JX. NOVEMBER 20. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Reeder Savs Trial
Dates Up to Court
Jackson rv..4.. m-j.::, .
lomey Thomas Reeder said
ouraay that "It is the re
sponsibility of the circuit
court to set trial dates for all
civil and criminal cases" in
Jackson county, and that the
two circuit Judges are able
nd responsible and fulfill
this responsibility, as well as
their other duties, in a fair
and judicious manner."
Reeder said his statement
was in answer to a letter from
Floyd McCabe, Butte Falls, in
which McCabe criticized the
district attorney for a delay
in scheduling a trial for Leon
ard Nelson; the "possible il
legal detainment of the de
fendant; and the totally un
necessary detention of the two
material witnesses to the
crime."
McCabe's letter to Reeder
was published in the Mail
Tribune's communications col
umn Friday.
Nelson is charged with first
degree murder in connection
with the death of William Car
ley Campbell, 55, in Medford
Aug. 13, this year.
Witnesses Being Held
Two material witnesses are
being held in the Medford
city jail awaiting the trial,
which is scheduled to start in
circuit court Uec. 5
that a judge, in setting a trial
date "must take into conside
ration many factors including
the orderly sequence of other
cases which are ready for
trial. In this particular case,
Leonard Nelson has been in
dicted for first degree murder.
"The court has appointed
an able and responsible attor
ney to defend Mr. Nelson. His
attorney is in a far better po
sition, I believe, to represent
the rights of his client than is
Mr. McCabe. The trial date of
the Nelson case has been en
tirely agreeable to his attor
ney and indeed, was scheduled
as such in part upon the urg
ing of his attorney."
Are Grateful
Reeder noted that the two
material witnesses being held
pending the trial of Nelson
are the two men who witness
ed the crime. "They were of
considerable assistance to the
police in solving this crime,
and the immediate arrest of
Nelson. We are grateful to
them for this," the district at
torney said.
"However, it is imperative
mat tnese men be available
when this case is tried. These
two men are transients and
have no permanent residence.
iney are in tne habit of drift
ing aimlessly about the coun
dj :.T V. a""'-35iy aooui tne coun-
Reeder said in his statement 1 try. It is also a fact that each
WU Debating Team
In National Finals
Salem, Ore. - IUPI) - Willam
ette university defeated Mon
tana State university Satur
day in finals of the Pacific
Northwest Regional Moot
court competition.
Willamette, which won the
national championship last
year, will send its team to the
national finals in New York
Dec. 7-9.
Friday the Willamette team
defeated the University of
Washington to gain the finals
here and Montana made the
runoff by beating University
of Idaho.
The Willamette team in
cludes Harl A. Haas, Salem;
William Crowe, Eugene;
Brent W. Bates of Bakers
field, Calif., and the faculty
advisor, Alister McAlister.
has a long record of arrests
and neither is a stranger to
jail.
"In this situation I had no
reasonable alternative except
to request the court to have
them held as material witness
es. A murder case is not a
trivial matter.
"I would be derelict in my
responsibility to the people of
this county and this state if I
permitted these witnesses to
leave this area and not be able
to produce them for the trial,"
Reeder said.
Thorough Research Stressed
At Clinic on Countv Charter
Reports given by represen
tatives of various county char
ter committees at last week's
county charter clinic meeting
in Portland stressed thorough
research, study of present
county government and out
lines of goals.
Tuberculosis Is
Subject of Show
Common misconceptions and
fallacies about tuberculosis
will be discussed on "Adven
tures in Medicine" over
KBES-TV at 5 o'clock this af
ternoon, according to the
Jackson County Tuberculosis
and Health association, spon
sors of the program.
Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, mo
derator of the bi-weekly medi
cal panel series, who attended
the annual meeting of the Ore
gon Tuberculosis and Health
association last May, quoted
one of the speakers, Dr. J.
Arthur Myers, Professor of In
ternal Medicine and Public
Health, from the University
of Minnesota's Medical Grad
uate Schools, in stating "there
is no quick solution to the
problem of tuberculosis. Peo
ple living with the disease are
A Benton county charter
committee member said his
group started by studying
legislation, held numerous
conferences with various pub
lic officials and investigated
what the county is doing now
with its governmental powers.
The Benton county group
decided it would have to make
a number of basic decisions.
These include: Is any change
needed and is it desirable?
Should the county have the
power to legislate? What are
the departmentalization and
compartmcntalization of coun
ty functions? Who would run
still spreading it. Our prob
lem is how many people are
harboring the germ - not how
many die of the disease."
Jackson county has had fif
teen new cases of TB so far
this year, compared to eleven
cases for all of 1959, accord
ing to the county health de
partment. .
Appearing on the panel this
afternoon will be Dr. John T.
Brandenburg, internist, D r .
Russell G. Barnes, general
practitioner, and Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, public health phy
sician, recently returned to
Medford from California.
county government under a
charter system?
Follows Procedurt
A Washington county rep
resentative said his committee
followed Benton county pro
cedure. It discussed present
governmental processes, re
viewed county offices and is
trying to determine if county
government would function
better with one department
head or two or three.
The Hood River county com
mittee is following two plans.
They are a procedural outline
and timetable. It has estab
lished a "hearing group" sep
arate from the study group
Hood River set April 6,
1962, as it target date for
completing the study. The
charter would be submitted
to the county clerk in May,
1962, for vote in the Novem
ber, 1962, election.
Listens to Officials
The Hood river hearing
group listens to various coun
ty officials and employees.
Reports from these hearings
are presented regularly to the
study committee for Its cotv
sideration and incorporation
Into its study results. A
projected schedule has been
drawn up setting deadlines for
studying various phases of the
program making recommen
dations, the Hood River coun
ty committee member said.
Marion county reported it
has just started.
A Lane county committee
started in May. After some
study, committee members de
cided they needed some ex
pert help in research. The
county court provided a bud
get of $1,700 and furnished
the committee with a deputy
district attorney to make le
gal studies.
The group has studied ad
ministrative r c o r ganization
and other particular questions
of legislative powers which
may be granted under the
charter. One particular ques
tion studied is the possible ef
fect of home rule county legis
lation on schools, the Lane
county spokesman said.
The committee was split
into two sections - adminis
t r a 1 1 v e reorganization and
legislation. Reports are made
to a general committee. The
group has a salaried research
assistant, has charters of all
U.S. counties and holds in
formal conferences with coun
ty officials and ex-county of
ficials and county employees
on a confidential basis.
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chair
man of the Jackson county
home rule charter committee,
said this committee has stud
ied trends in other county
governments, and has inter
viewed some officials. Selling
the program is the big prob
lem, Mrs. Rutter added.
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