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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. .2 A Fourth in a Series Moonlighting Rot A Major Problem Among Medford Policemen Local Officials Attend Conference Various Jackson county law enforcement officers attended I the second annual Oregon ! crime prevention conference i in Salem last week. The meet- . ing started Thursday. Criminal Investigator Lee Rice and Chief Deputy Paul ' Bettiol represented the sher ' iff s office, and Lt. Lyle Per I kins, Medford city police. ! Featured speakers at the ! conference called by the at torney general were Dr. Gar- ret Heyns, director of InstHu- ; lions, stale of Washington, and Dr. Maxwell Jones, Oregon state hospital. ' Reports were scheduled I from the attorney general's ; crime prevention advisory committee following its year . long study. The report was ex i peeled to include training and salary ranges and proposed ' solutions, crime prevention ! seminars via the district at 1 torncy's office, the listening ' device bill, proposed narcotics , bill, and a bill proposing ' stale-wide curfew. ! i Scientists have ruled that a zebra is a light-colored ani- i mal with dark stripes, not ! the opposite. The Week in California Authorities To Ask Death in Chamber for Accused Killers United Press International . president pro tern of the upper Kern county authorities said ! house, said the case brought they would ask deatli in the I the need for the death penalty gas chamber for Richard Ar- into sharp focus. He said the len Lindsey and possibly the question of capital punishment same for Lindscy's pregnant I should be examined now "be- wife in the rape -slaying of 6-year-old Rose Marie Riddle. The crime brought anony mous lynch threats against the accused couple and fanned the capital punishment controver sy in the state capitol. Lindsey, 30, 'and -his wife, Dixie, 23, have accused each other of killing the blonde, blue-eyed child after she was lured away from her home with the promise of a dollar for housework. Rose Marie was beaten to death with a tire lug wrench after a sexual assault so vicious that it alone could have proved fatal. Several Calls Received The Kern county sheriff's office disclosed that sever al calls were received by local radio stations warning that there would be "lynch action" at the jail. Slate Sen. Hugh M. Burns, DAIRY QUEEN and COFFEE SHOP 450 South Central REOPENING Monday. January 23rd OPEN Mondays thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Join Your Friends for Tasty Treat fore the record of a dramatic case can be cluttered with reams of legal technicalities and before the hand-wringers can generate mountains of pity for the slayers." He urged voters to "exam ine news accounts of this ter rible crime" and then write to their legislators expressing their views. Stick To Accusations The Lindscys stuck to their accusations against each other. Mrs. Lindsey, mother of three and expecting her fourth next month, said through her attor ney that after they picked, up Rose Marie she begged her husband to release the girl. She said Lindsey beat her and threatened to "do her in" if she tried to stop him from rapine the youngster after they had driven to a remote field. Lindsey's story was that he raped and choked the child with his wife's consent and that she was the one who ac tually delivered the death blows with the tire wrench. Seniors Selected For Northwest Band Two Medford high school seniors have been chosen to participate in the Northwest Conference Band in Spokane, Wash., March 15 through 18. Selected were Miss Linda Hess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Hess, 750 Lo- zicr lane, and Miss Anne Younger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus N. Younger, 832 Palm st., both Medford. Nam ed as an alternate was Miss Carlu Borough, daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Borough 1626 Myers lane, Medford. The local youths were among about 800 applicants from the five northwestern states who applied for the 260- piece band. Auditions for the Conference Band were record ed on tape and sent to the or ganizing chairman. Frank Piersol, director of bands at Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa, will direct the musicians for the four-day per iod in Spokane.' A concert will be presented by the Conference Band the evening of March 18, accord ing to I. A. Mirick, instru mental music supervisor for the Medford public schools. Elsewhere, there were these developments: Waves: Strong easterly winds finally drove back huge waves that pounded the south ern California coast for nearly a week. Thousands of dollars of property damage was caused by the unusually high waves, and two persons were swept to their deaths. The Picrpont Bay colony of Ven tura county, containing about 50 homes valued in the $15,000 to $20,000 class, was the hardest hit area. At least 30 of the homes suffered some kind of water damage despite large seawalls of sand. Gov Edmund G. Brown declared Ventura county a disaster area. I Finch: Opening arguments got under way in Los Angeles before a jury of three women and -nine men in the third murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his red - haired sweetheart Carole Tregoff. Both the earlier trials ended in hung juries. Finch and Miss Tregoff have denied state charges they plotted and car ried out the July 18, 1959, gunshot slaying of the sur geon's socialite wife, Barbara. Powell: Dick Powell and June Allyson had a "friendly" breakfast in Hollywood with their two children, but the actor-producer said he has "ac cepted the divorce plans and will let proceedings take their natural course." Under terms of the divorce suit filed by Miss Allyson, she would re ceive S2.5 million and custody of both children. Nixon: Outgoing Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon said he has "no plans at the pres ent time" to run for office in 1962 or 1964, but he would not rule himself out of the po litical picture. Nixon left Washington after the inaugu ration of President John F. Kennedy for a month's vaca tion. He said he would join a Los Angeles law firm about March 1. 1 . Shooting: A dishevelled for mer student was arrested in Berkeley and confessed he burst into an office at the University of California, shot and killed a graduate student and wounded a professor be cause "God told me to do it." Police identified the man as John Harrison Farmer, 34 who graduated from the uni versity in 1959 with a master's degree in journalism. They said he admitted firing the charge from a sawed-off shot gun which killed Steven Mann Thomas, 29. of Ukiah. A sec ond blast ripped away part of the jaw of English Prof. Thomas F. Parkinson, 40. Most Members of City's Force Hold Outside Positions By GREG NOKES Mail Tribune Staff Writer (Editor's note: This Is the last In a series of four articles deal ing with the problem of moon-liGhtlnc- The first three articles dealt with the problem In New York's police department and in other police departments around the country. This article will deal with the problem, if It Is a problem, In Medford's police and fire departments.) Property Deeded Back to Company The Jackson county court Friday deeded the property of Lithia Lumber company of Ashland back to the company following payment of real property taxes. The company property was tak.en over by the county for back taxes owed. It had owed about $75,000 in back taxes to the county and the city of Ashland, according to former mmMm (Mi -$m4 Rub torn AiAmmK 6fst Oncwm lthmt At -fi tw Mi ' fttfit Smr kt!ant ltt t 1961 WESTINGH0USE 5-CYCLE LAUNDROMAT AUTOMATIC WASHER with MORE WASHING POWER for Cleaner Clothes Too an be tun ... if it'i Westingtiouse (With Matching Dryer) TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN 214 W. Main St. Ph. SP 3-6241 BIG Y APPLIANCE CENTER Phone SP 3-3052 Nearly all members of Med ford's 41-man police force hold outside jobs, a practice known as "moonlighting." Police Chief Charles P. Champlin does not like moonlighting, but he feels that it is a neces sary evil. Moonlighting has not been a major problem in Medford as it has been in such cities as New York where the police force is roughly equivalent in size to the entire population of Medford. Nor is there any indication that it will ever become a ma jor problem. "But," Cham plin says, "whenever a man has to hold down two jobs to earn a decent living, it is a bad situation, whether he be a police officer or anybody else." Starting Pay The starting pay for a pa trolman is $350 a month, and in three years he can receive a maximum salary of $430 a month. If this pay were raised "substantially," then Cham plin says he would "have a great tendency" to prohibit off-duty work. The chief said members of the c i t y's force now earn enough to make a respectable living, but not enough to af ford the "extras" that most people would like to have. So, they hold extra jobs. He defends this practice with the statement that po licemen are entitled to the same opportunities in life as everyone else. "Just because a man is a police officer, I see no reason to place economic restrictions against him that are not consistent with the restrictions against anyone else." Range of Jobs . -'. . The outside jobs held by members of the local force range from driving instruc tors to grocery clerks: "They work anywhere from one to' five hours a day at these jobs. Other police officers do not hold regular outside jobs, but will work from time to time at odd jobs. Although the range of work a police officer may do in his off-duty hours is large, there are several kinds of jobs that Champlin prohibits. Chief among these is an in flexible rule against working in a place where alcoholic beverages are served. Many taverns and nightclubs would like to employ off-duty police men as "bouncers.". This is done in many cities, Cham plin points out, but it is taboo here. The chief reserves the right to approve, or disapprove, of any outside job held by a member of the force. No Interference He demands that the out side job not interfere with an officer's police work. "A po lice officer for this depart ment is expected to be alert at all times and put in eight ! active and alert hours with us." Also, a police officer's ' "loyalty." as Champlin calls I it, must be to the police force, and not to some other job. j The chief says he has dis charged some officers over j the years simply because their i loyalty appeared to lie else where. Some kinds of moonlight i ing would be permitted by the chief no matter hor much ; money an officer made. Champlin said these incluoc j police officers . hired by the j school district to work at bas ! kctball and football games as '. guards of sorts; a police offi cer serving as a parade cs cort; and a police officer per forming special guard duty at such functions as the opening of a new building. Best Under Circumstance The department has neither the manpower nor money to provide on-duty officers for such things, the chief explains, and the existing arrangements ; are the best possible under the circumstances. Another outside job that the chief would hesitate to ever prohibit, is where off-duty of ficers arc working as driving instructors. One member of the city's force runs hts own drivers' training school. Another ; works at Phoenix High school as a part-time driving instruc tor. Such work is "wcll-justi-fied." Champlin says, because of the officers' familiarity and experience with traffic laws and sa driving habits. the police chief does, but de clares he would never move to force a fireman to get rid ', of an outside job. He adds: that he has even defended the practice on occasion. i He explains his position j this way: A fireman is like anyone else - he does not like; to hold down two jobs. He does so only because he can-j not live as he would like to: live on his salary as a fire-! man. The individual firemanj alone knows when he is mak ing enough money at one job j to support his family as he would like. When the fire-! man is making enough money at one job, then he will quit j his second job voluntarily.' "He doesn't need me to tell him to." ' Bear Out Chief's Views i The results of a recent pay; hike for city firemen would tend to bear the chief, out. ' About a year ago, firemen's maximum pay was raised to $430 a month. (The same as in the police department.) When the pay hike came, many of the firemen quit their extra jobs. The chief believes there are far less firemen now holding outside jobs, than there were before the pay hike. He anticipates that if an other pay hike were to come, even more firemen would quit their outside jobs. Those members of the fire depart ment's 39-man force which now hold outside jobs are in the minority, according to the chief. Chief Barker feels . as Champlin does, that the man's primary obligation should be to the fire department, and that his outside job must not interfere with his ob as a fireman. County Commissioner Ralph James. The company has paid $26, 623.38 in real property taxes from 1954-55 fiscal year to 1959-60 fiscal year. The per sonal property taxes of $30,- 722.82 plus interest still ow ing are to be paid in two in stallments, according to the agreement between the com pany and the' county. Other arrangements have been made with the city of Ashland. On Dec. 12, the county court had agreed to allow the lumber company to continue operation yet pay its back taxes to the city of Ashland and Jackson county. According to a resolution approved earlier by the coun ty court the lumber company will pay all real property taxes due now, plus interest, plus 2 per cent penalty. Half of the personal property tax due is to be paid by: July 31, 1961, and the last half by July 31, 1962. CHRISTIAN 1 I SCIENCE J Station K-BOY Sundays -9:45 A.M. 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