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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.
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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
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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.
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In summing up the views of
both men, it would seem that
neither feels moonlighting is
much of a problem in their
respective . departments; and
they plan no move, to prohibit
it, at least for the foreseeable
future.
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