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Chessman Offers Hos Lilfe To Bring End To law on Capital! (Punishment Sacramento. Calif. - (DM t-aryl Chessman, who fought tor more than a decade to avoid death er, offered his life today in ""J Dame against capital pun ishment. v The 38-year-old convict-au- inor made his offer in a 1p. ter to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, who was expected to comment on it at his press conference today. The 19-page letter was de livered to the governor late Monday, as the California Legislature opened a special session to consider abolition of the death penalty for the ninth time. . It has defeated similar bills on eight occasions in the past 27 years Before Legislature Brown put the matter be fore the Legislature again on Feb. 19, when he granted Chessman a 60-day reprieve Just 10 hours before the con victed robber - rapist was scheduled to keep his eighth appointment with the gas chamber, Chessman praised Brown in his letter for refusing to bow down to political expediency1 in granting the reprieve. But, the condemned man said his case had so inflamed the Leg lslature that "my continued existence ... threatened to throttle" action on the death penalty. Chessman said he had asked himself over and over again what he could do "to divorce the ugly, emotion-inflaming image of Caryl Chessman from the grave social issue of capital punishment. ' He said that he decided that he could, "without theatrics," offer his life ; "If the hysteria and the mob wrath that surrounds the problem only can be propi- tated by my death and if oth erwise they (the legislators) agree that the death penalty should be abolished, then I earnestly urge the members of the legislature to. frame 'their bill in such a way as to exclude me," the Chessman letter said. - : "You can do this honorably by taking my life back into your hands alone," the appeal to the governor said. "You can let me die." Chessman gave his "solemn word before the world" that he would never "challenge" the proposed anti-capital pun ishment law in the courts and would "disavow any attempt by any attorney purporting to act in my behalf." Governor Criticized i The convict-author in turn criticized Brown for refusing to investigate the claim he made in a Feb. 18 letter that he was innocent of the Los Angeles kidnap-sx attacks for which he was sentenced to death in 1948. 4You declined to listen to the evidence I have, to probe for the truth," Chessman said. "Thus my last hope that a re sponsible public official would look into the case was dashed." . He also scored Brown for telling a recent news confer ence that he would not push his appeal for capital punish ment abolition in the legisla ture. "Hence, any proposal for abolition or a moratorium is plainly foredoomed," Chess man said. "Those who know that gas chambers have no justification in our society are without a leader now." The governor delayed the death penalty fight in the leg islature Monday while he met with liberal leaders to map strategy. It was doubtful that the issue would come up for debate before Wednesday. Something Fishy About Water Pressure Rector, Ark.-Richard Snel lon thought there was some thing fishy about his water supply and he was right. Experiencing low pressure, Snellen removed the kitchen spigot and out rushed the water and a small fish. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT William Earl Lock, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. James Franklin Neelon. violation of basic rule, $10. Elbert Volner Kellogf, disobeyed traffic signal. $5. .,,, Stella Hays Pardee, violation or basic rule. $10. . ..,:.. i Joseph Avery Botvdoin. failea to yield right of way SIS. Richard Eugene Fields, no regis tration in vehicle. $10. '' ' . Richard T. Huckaba. disobeyed traffic sign. $3. Roberta Lee Misener. no Oregon driver's license. $5-- Donald Lawrence Blake Sr., no operator s license in possession. $5. Kenneth Wayne Butler, dis obeyed traffic signal. $10. Edwin Russell Blair, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. ,,, Gerald LeRoy Hartley, wrong wav on a one-way street, $10. Ernest Guy Dahack. improper leil Turn. j. . - Addison Martin Keplinger. viola tion of basic rule. iu. Harold William Knips. violation of basic rule. $10. . M Mary Allen Atterbury, violation of basic rule. $10. Jchn Joseph Murphy, excessive nOofina "Lucile Reddington. viola tion of basic rule. $10. . , Marian Joy Farnham, violation of basic rule $10. ... M Donald Grover DarneUle, impro per turn. $10. ji.v.j Shirley Alice Bos wall, disobeyed traifle tigatl, 110. Theyll Do It Every CAMT6IVEV0U Y Jjgr fjS TVr euberger Legislative Close To Success (Continued from Page 1) Neuberger listed two legis lative projects he regards as "hopefully close to success. These include creation of a Seashore National Park on the coast and legislation set ting up- a Columbia river reg ional ""development corpora tion.' . . Among his accomplishments he listed:. ;.. v,V 1.-. Sponsorship pf a bill authorizing $90 , million to save pine 'forest and wildlife marshes of the" Klamath Basin and Indian reservation. Historic! Shrine 2. Sponsorship of a bill for a historic shrine at Fort Clat sop. 3. Sponsorship of first fed eral legislation setting stand ards for protecting roadside scenery along the 42,0000-mile Interstate highway system. 4. Inclusion in the water ways bill authorization for the Yaquina bay project. '; 5. Sponsor l n g of an in crease in the federal gasoline tax so the U.S. highway net- Search Continues For Missing Plane San Francisco - (DPB - An air search continued today for a civilian plane with two Air Force men aboard missing since Friday on a flight from Klamath Falls, Ore., to Cris sey Field at San Francisco's Presidio. The men, Capt. Norman D. Morgan Jr., 27, and Airman 1C Robert E. Brown, 31, both of Larson Air Force Base, Wash., were members of an Aero club at Moses Lake, Wash., and were flying here on a pleasure trip. Their plane was due at 11:35 pjn. Friday. Air Force spokesmen said today the search for the plane had covered a 100-mile wide area from here to 60 miles north of Klamath Falls. Sev eral reports of wreckages failed to check out. Training Manual Hearings Ordered Washington (UPD A House armed services subcommittee today ordered public hearings starting Monday on why the military issued training man uals on washing dogs, mixing martinis, and watching for Communist sympathizers in churches. Chairman Melvin Price CD Ill.) said Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. and Air Force Secretary Dudley C. Sharp probably will be "the first witnesses. He said the subcommittee will explore the whole prob lem of military manuals. One it wants to see if it exists is a master manual on how to prepare manuals, Price said. State Prison Annex Inmate Walks Away Salem (UPD - An inmate of the state prison annex, John Grady Pippen, walkedfcway Monday night and was still at large today. Prison officials said he was missed at a 10 p.m. bed check. The annex is a minimum cus tody institution. Pippen, of Winston, was serving a two-year term from Douglas county on a burglary charge. t Time : Lists Work work could be kept on a pay-as-you-go basis. 6. Sponsorship of fair across-the-board increases in all classes of postal revenue to reduce the fiscal deficit in the Post Office Department. 7. Sponsorship of a volun tary health - insurance and medical program for-public employees. 8. Leadership in increasing federal funds for medical re search, cancer in particular. .He said he had no apologies for cooperating with the Eis enhower . administration in a bi-partisan manner when he felt it was in the public in terest, particularly in foreign policy. Man Injured in N Station Accident Bridine L. Sanderson, owner of Sandy's Service sta tion, 1504 North Riverside ave., was Injured yesterday when a car he was working on rolled in reverse knocking him to the ground and run ning over his leg. Sanderson was reported in good condition at the Rogue Valley hospital tPday where he is recovering from a la ceration on his Head and a broken leg. Medford city police said the accident occurred at 12:25 pjn. at the service station yes terday while he was inspect ing a universal joint of a car operated by Howard Eugene Garlets, who gave his address as the Grand Hotel. Sanderson was reportedly on his hands and knees look ing under the left side of thel car when he asked Garlets to put the car In gear. Garlets told police he accidently hit the accelerator instead of the brake and the car went in re verse, the open door striking Sanderson on the head knock ing him to the ground where one of the wheels then ran over his leg. He was taken to the hospi tal by Medford Ambulance service. ELECTRONIC EARMUFF$f,. 1WE AJ?MY NOW HAS EXPERIMENTAL EARPHONES WUITIJ DCPMIT TUe LISTENS? TO AL OUT" EXTERNAL ROS AND HEAJ? RADIO MESSAGES LOUD AND CLEAR X BONO BONANZA! NEW E AND H US. SAVINGS BONOS PAY 3 WHEN HEU5 TO MATURITY MORE THAN 2H THE FIRST YEAR AND A HAL? THEN 4 TO MATURITY ELECTRONIC EAR A STONE-CEAF FRENCHMAN REVISED HIS HA?LM3 WHEN SUf?GONS DtZlNGLy IKSESTED A UNY MAGNET WOUND WTTH FINE KIRS (M INDUCFCU COIL) IN THE TEMPORAL EON BEHIND THE BAR AND CONNECTED THE WII?ES WITH HIS DAMAGED HEAPING NERVE By Jimmy Hatto Excuse no.38,421- NOT ANOTHER BUSINESS FDR MILES GROUND-BUT HE'S GONNA BUY LOCALLY' Real Estate Study Course Scheduled To Begin March 8 A real estate study course will be held in Medford start ing Tuesday, March 8, accord ing to an announcement by William Frohnmayer, presi dent of the Medford Board of Realtors. The course will consist of six sessions of one or two hours each held Tuesdays at 7:30 pjn. at the Medford High school. A registration fee of $5 will be charged. Registrations will be ac cepted at the Southern Ore gon Title company office, 112 West Main st., or at Frohn mayer's office. All brokers, salesmen and other interested persons may attend. Lecture topics will include real estate as a vocation, what makes value in real estate?; salesmanship; the listing agreement, the earnest money form and legal pitfalls; financ ing the sale; title insurance, conveyancing and legal de scriptions; and ethics, the Ore gon real estate brokers law and the state examination for brokers and salesmen. Instructors will include Don ald E. Herried, E. L. Bartholo mew, Robert Stokes, John Chaney, Wallace W. Yatkins, Donald E. Walters, and Frohn mayer. Several of the sessions will he in the form of a panel discussion. Timber Bids Readvertised Portland - (CPS - The imme diate readvertisement of bids for sale of three Klamath In dian timber units valued at $21,235,030 was ordered to day by the Interior Depart ment. Bids will be opened J3.ec. 1. Sale of the units will be governed b y specifications and minimum requirements for sustained-yield manage ment under provisions of the Klamath Termination Act. At the same time the In terior Department said there would be no readvertisement for three other units on the Klamath reservation for which bids will be opened April 1 and for four other units with bid opening Aug. 1. 19- .TEMPORAL BONE vAUGNET, Roundiable Hears About Railroad's Electronic System A film depicting a new communications system called Car Fax, which is being used by the Chicago and North Western railroad was shown at the Medford Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon Monday by Ernest T. Hadley Jr., general agent of the railroad's Medford office. The system, which is com pletely electronic, keeps con stant track of the railroad's 50,000 box cars, loaded or un loaded, and can tell, by means of electronic punch cards, where they are headed, when they will arrive, what they contain, which train is pull ing them and what their loca tion is at any given time. The network was put into operation by Chicago and North Western in 1957 and they are the only railroad to have one at the present time, although Hadley pointed out, other railroads are now study ing -similar systems and can be expected to put them into operation before long. That Chicago and North Western even had an office in Medford, came as a surprise to some persons at the round table. Hadley pointed out that this is primarily a sales and service office and one of their main functions is to sell their route to shippers. Eastern Shipments Although most shipments from this part of the country are loaded on the Southern Pacific railroad's cars, he pointed out, many of these carloads are headed for mid west and eastern destinations and there are several com petitive routes that can be used. Hadley and his office at tempt to "sell" both Southern Pacific and the shippers, on the idea of using the Chicago and North Western's tracks through the midwest states, instead of their competitor's routes. The Chicago and North Western operates primarly in nine midwest states having their main offices in Omaha, Neb. - Because of their far-reach? ing communications system, which is rented from the In ternational Business Machines corporation for $l1 million a year, they know where any one of their cars is at any given moment and when it will be available for another shipment. They can dispatch their boxcars to needed points with the least p o s si b 1 e amount of trouble. Hadley noted that when shipments are transferred from one railroad's tracks to another's,-the using road pays the originator $2.75 p.er d.ay for the use of the car. At next - Monday" noon's roundtable, West Coast Air lines, in cooperation with Pan American World Airways, Will put on a promotion show, including guitar players and hula girls, to call attention to Pan America's jet service to Hawaii which puts Medford only six hours from that state. Mother's the Law In California City Culver, Calif. - An under privileged junior citizen got a discouraging lesson in law from the desk officer at po lice headquarters. "It's nice outside and my mother won't let me go cut and play," the young caller told the sergeant. "Is it legal? Can she do it?" The sergeant had to tell the young prisoner that mother was the law in that area. Four-Year-Old Scores As Ace Troublemaker St. Louis Four - year - old Dickie Wylie, who was taken to police headquarters after being found wandering near his home early one morning, exposed at least nine persons to his measles before his fa ther arrived to fetch him back home. Next day, Dickie managed to set fire to his mattress and suffered first and second de gree burns. About 2,600 crossties are used in every mile of rail road track. SCIENCE LOOKS AT YOU AND YOUR JOB Medford Mail Tribune hitchhiker Picks Good Place To Be Injured Buffalo, N.Y. - Stanley Her bert hitched a ride with three men in a pickup truck. As he attempted to climb in back Herbert slipped and hurt his back, through not seriously While comforting Herbert the three men introduced themselves. One was a doctor. Another was a minister. And the third was an undertaker. 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