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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Minister Refuses $3 Fine; Jailed Portland - fUPD - A Eugene minister, angered by confus ing traffic signs, spent four hours in jail rather than pay a S3 traffic fine here. The Rev. Raymond R Cronk, a Seventh Day Advent ist minister, appeared Mon day before Municipal Judge J. J. Labadie after being cited for driving against traf fic on a one-way street Sept. 30. He pleaded guilty but of fered "extenuating circum stances" in his defense. He cited "inadequate and confus ing traffic signs" and said he was an out-of-town driver trying to find his way at night. The judge fined him $10 and lowered it to $3. The Rev. Mr. Cronk declined to pay the fine and spend four hours in jail-from about 4 p.m. until about 8 p.m. He was allowed to serve the "sentence" in the jail chaplain's office rather than in a cell. The minister said he be lieved a warning ticket would have been enough. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1962 Hope for Americans Awaiting Execution Rests in Executive, Judicial Branches 5 (Editor's note In the con trerersy surrounding t h execution of Caryl Chess man in California and the sparing of tht lift of con victed kilUr Paul Crump in Illinois has stirred up an eld argumant whathtr th slat has th right to taka a man's Ufa. UPI reporters throughout th country questioned gov ernors. Ugislators, judgti and penologists for thtir stand on th issu. This is thir report): California Made Disaster Area Washington- (UFD -President Kennedy has declared Califor nia a major disaster area as a result of storms and flood ing. The declaration made the state eligible for emergency federal grants. White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger said the actual allocation and payment of relief funds awaited a re quest and justification from state authorities. Salinger said the severe weather, which struck the Pacific Coast Oct. 10, has led to federal grants of $1 million to Oregon and $350,000 to Washington. WELL hif flESENTED Austin, Tex. - (UPIl - Texas teachers who are "joiners" can find an organization to fit their needs during all stages of their careers. The state has a Future Teachers Association for youngsters, a Texas State Teachers Associa tion, Texas Classroom Teach ers Association, and, for teach ers no longer teaching, a Re tired Teachers Association. By BARNEY SEIBERT United Press International For the 100-odd Americans now awaiting death by execu tion, hope rests mainly in the executive and judicial branch es of state and national gov ernments. Except in California, where 32 persons await the gas chamber, and Illinois, where 8 await the electric chair, there appears to be little dis position among lawmakers to abolish the death penalty. tt is probably not a coin cidence that California and Illinois have been the scene of the most publicized battles in recent years to save the lives of condemned men. De spite world-wide protest, Cali fornia went ahead with the execution of "Red Light Bandit" Caryl Chessman. In Illinois, a similar outcry end ed last summer with commu tation of the death sentence of robbery-slayer Paul Crump. Campaigns Have Failed In other states, campaigns against capital punishment have failed. Within the past two years the legislatures of Kansas, Pennsylvania and Virginia re- trr) CVfr & ELECTRIC CHAIR Shown here is a sinister-looking as sistant to the great equalizer, "Death," the electric chair in a U.S. prison. The controversy surrounding execution of Caryl Chessman in California, and the sparing of life of convicted killer, Paul Crump, in Illinois, has stirred the coals of an old argument whether the state has the right to exact the supreme penalty. (UPI) deadlocked. 40-40, in 1961 over a bill to impose a four- year moratorium on capital punishment. A try for a six year moratorium on the death penalty was defeated, 43-35 in 1939. The 1957 California as sembly voted 44-29 in favor of a six-year capital punish ment moratorium, but the bill died in the Senate Judiciary committee. Illinois has seen 33 attempts to outlaw the death penalty since 1903. All have failed Stronger Interest One reason for the apparent stronger interest among Calt fornia legislators in doing away with the death penalty may be the more frequent application of it by the state's courts. The 32 persons await ing death m California are substantially more than in any other state-yet its large cities have a substantially lower homicide rate than many other areas of the na tion. In I960, Los Angeles and San Francisco together had only half as many cases of homicide as Chicago. But the two electrocutions in Chicago this year were the first five years. The state of New York- has not had an execution in 16 months. In 1960 the City of New York alone had 360 hom icides. St. Louis, Mo., had 67 homi cides in 1960 but the slate of Missouri has not used its gas chamber since 1957. Pennsylvania had more jected abolishment of the death penalty. Bills for aboli tion of capital punishment died In committee in the leg islatures of Utah, Nebraska and Indiana. New Jersey's legislature this year establish ed a committee to study the capital punishment question but the committee has yet to meet. Another legislative com mittee in New York may ex amine the problem. California's lower house WOTTA WATCH New York (UPD - What Is probably the largest wrist watch strap on record, almost a foot and a half, was pro duced by a local watch com pany (Bulova) in order to out fit the X-15 test pilots with electronic wristwatches, also made by the company. The 17 inch long straps were made of special nylon webbing similar to seat bell and safety belt material. Reason for the Bun- yon-like straps? So the pilots can wear their watches over their bulky high pressure suits they use. YOUR CAR rtgSSA and fhs Yps fA CLEAN lQE-Q&L I For Your Convenience i Savings Big Double load Washers LAUNDROMAT MWKTOWH NKtDWrU) .. HTM Jfi iTBFPT vyE5T 52 SIX. -vNfc COURTHOUSE Editor's not: Following Is th fifth in a sries of 12 artlcls dealing with Oregon motor vehicle laws. Questions regarding state motor vehicle lawi may b submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles Traffic Safety Division, 5a lorn. Almost no one thinks he will be involved in a traffic accident. The statistics, however, in dicate that more than 100,000 drivers in Oregon will have to report a traffic accident to authorities this year. Oregon's accident reporting law is unique in that it Is the only state in the nation to require drivers to report all accidents on public streets and highways. Other states require reports only if prop erty damage exceeds a certain minimum amount, varying from $35 to $100 or more. The accident report, made on a form provided by the Department of Motor Ve hicles, must be submitted within 24 hours after the ac cident. It may be filed di rectly with the department, with a county sheriff, or a city police department if the accident occurred in a city. May Require Report The department also may require a supplemental re port from the drivers in volved or from witnesses if the original report provides insufficient information of the accident. If the driver is physically incapable of mak ing the report, and another occupant was in the vehicle, the report is to be made or "caused to be made" by the occupant. The Financial Re sponsibility Law requires the a irt22a ei d .snail LIDO? NEW LOCATION! BARNES TRAILER RENTALS & McCULLOCH CHAIN SAWS 530 W. 6th, Next to Y.M.C.A. LOCAL RENTALS Hourly Rates $2.75 For Any Size For First 2 Hour OVER 40 TRAILERS TO CHOOSE FROM ONE WAY TRAILERS TO ALL POINTS HITCH & DOLLY RENTALS Plus S&H Green Stamps On Chain Saws BRING THIS AD IN It's Worth $10 on Purchase of a New Chain Saw w4 a t i 1 n 6 D m FOR SALE McCulloch Chain Saws Go Karti Parts ew Chain Saw 0 1 a owner of the vehicle to make the report if any "driver not the owner" does not make the report. The state form also provides space in which drivers are to report their insurance cover age. In this space, drivers are to show the name of their liability insurance company, the policy number, and the name of the insurance agent from whom the policy was purchased. Occasionally, two drivers whose cars collide will con spire not to file an accident report. They may decide the damage is minor, so why bother with a lot of red tape, or the agreement may be in stigated by one driver whose record is such that he fears the report of one more acci dent will result In license sus pension or cancellation of his insurance. It is illegal and always un wise to agree to this arrange ment. If the other driver should subsequently change his mind and file a report, or if the department should be notified of the accident through some other source, the driver failing to submit a report is subject to license suspension, under financial re sponsibility provisions of the law, and is also subject to a penalty, upon conviction, of not more than $100 or a jail sentence of not more than 10 days. Reports Confidential Oregon accident reports arc confidential, for use only of state administrators and en forcement agencies. The law does provide that the Department can disclose certain information to any party involved In the acci dent, or, in the event of his death, to any member of his i family, or his personal repre-', sentative. ! This information is limited by law to identity of the own- j er, driver, occupants and wit-, nesses to the accident, the Ii-1 cense number, and names of i any campanles insuring the owner or driver. President Signs Forest Sale Bill Washington- UTO -President Kennedy has signed a bill which one congressman has charged will mean the "rape of the national forests." The legislation permits the interior secretary to sell up to five acres of public land to anyone holding a mining claim last July 23, providing the claim was at least seven years old. Rep. John P. Saylor, lop Republican member of the House Interior Committee, said the legislation will per mit week end hunting lodges to be built throughout the National Forest system. In a speech on the House floor about two weeks ago. the Pennsylvania congressman charged that the legislation also may encourage the un lawful use" of the National Forests for such purposes as swanky resorts, nudist colon ies and houses of ill repute. Supporters of the bill dis agreed. Reflective Signs Los Angeles-ITO-City offi cials here are making it easier for both local residents and visitors to locate streets they are unfamiliar with. New street name signs in inches high and 40 to 60 inches long have been In stalled at test locations. Coat ed with reflective material tht glows in automobile head lights, the street name signs can be seen a block away at night. Springs Will Help In Event of Attack Chicago Height. III. WPP In event of atomic attack, America's retaliatory punch will depend In part on thou sands of springs located be neath the earth In 57 Titan II intercontinental ballistic sites. The springs are designed to isolate everything from light fixtures to entire control cen ter floors from shock waves and vibrations of anything short of an enemy's direct hit above the missile site. Manu factured by Alco Products, Ins here, the springs are used by the Korfund Dynamics cor poration, Westbury, N.Y., in the assembly of shock isola tion systems that literally sus pend the workings of the Titan complex within the underground firing centers. 3y VOTE FRED E. ROBINSON YOUR MAYOR Serving 8th year as Councilman Past President of Council 20 Years Local Business Man 20 Year Member of Chamber of Commerce IS Years active in community service For Efficiency and Economy Vote Robinson Your Next Mayor. P4 Pol Adv Robinvxi for Mayor Comm , 1. V. McGaod wio, Chairmen, 1507 E. Metn St., Medford. than 200 homicides in 1960 but there were no executions between Oct. 26, 1959, and Oct. 23, 1961. Since then there have been three execu tions.. South Dakota was the last state to impose capital punish ment, adopting the supreme penalty in the late 1930s. Since then only one person has died in the state's electric chair-none In the past seven years. On Aug. 20 Oregon had its first execution in nearly 10 years. New Mexico has had only 10 executions in 30 years. Four persons have been ex ecuted in Ohio since January, 1959. In Kansas, which abolished capital punishment shortly af ter the turn of the century and then reimposed it in 1935. only 20 persons have been executed in a more than a century of statehood. Alabama and Texas courts have shown no reluctance to impose the death penalty and there appears to be no im portant sentiment against it in the two states. Said 'Gross Failure' In at least two states-California and Iowa-capital pun ishment is an issue November election. California's Democratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown has described capital punishment as "gross failure" which has in the ; punishment are generally based on religious, moral and statistical grounds. Opponents argue that states like Wisconsin and Rhode Is land, which have had no cap ital punishment for more than Hu!ieiiui-Mi mr mure wian neither protected the inno-!a century, are among those cent nor deterred the wick ed." He advocates its abol ishment. His opponent, Repub lican Richard M. Nixon,. has endorsed retention of the death penalty. In Iowa, the Democratic candidate for governor, Har old Hughes, has pledged that if elected he will ask for leg islation abolishing the death penalty. Republican Gov. Nor man Erbe has said he does not feel strongly either way, but in the past summer he refused to commute the sen tences of the first two per sons hanged in the state in nearly a decade. There are currently nine stales Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan. Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin which have no death penalty. Neither does Puerto Rico nor the Virgin Islands. Arguments against capital with the lowest murder rates Many clergymen say it is as wrong for the state to take human life as it is for individ uals In da so. Anti execution spokesmen also raise the same issue as thai which went before the British parliament-possibility of error and execution of an innocent person. Persons favoring capital punishment cite statistical and moral arguments. 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