Jeannace Formally
Asks Commutation
Salem - (UPH - Convicted
child slayer Jeannace June
Freeman, 21, formally re
quested Gov. Mark Hatfield
Saturday to commute her
death sentence to life impris
onment. Miss Freeman is scheduled
to die in the gas chamber Jan.
29 for throwing a boy to his
death in the Crooked River
gorge last year.
Hatfield is in southern Cal
ifornia, and is not scheduled
to return to Oregon until
Sunday evening, his office
said.
This is the first time Miss
Freeman has requested her
sentence be commuted to life
imprisonment.
Miss Freeman listed six rea
sons in her request for the
commutation:
1. Her age of 19 and lack
of education at the time of the
crime.
2. Her personal childhood
and adolescent history.
Holmer Replies To
Eymann s
Salem -UPfl- Stale Finance
Director Freeman Holmer Sat
urday denied charges levelled
Friday by Slate Rep. Richard
Eymann (D-Mohawk), that
Gov. Mark Hatfield had pro
duced a "phony budget."
Holmer returned early yes
terday from Chicago where he
attended a meeting of the
Council of State Govern
ments. When asked how long he
had worked to draft the two
page answer, Holmer replied
"most of the morning and part
of the afternoon."
Hatfield has been In Cali
fornia since Thursday evening
and has not been available for
comment on Eymann's charg
es. Holmer's statement, lie said,
was Issued "to allay any con
cern that the revenue and ex
penditure estimates contained
In Governor Hatfield's 1963
65 budget are not substantia
ted. "They are Intended to an
swer criticisms leveled againsl
the budget this past week,"
Holmer explained.
Holmer said return of $5.5
million to the general fund
from the Veterans' loan pro
Rram "is reasonable and Is
based on the precedent estab
lished by the 1951 legislature.
The attorney general's opinion
of 1953 is not convincing."
He said the issue could go
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3. Inability to obtain psychi
atric treatment because of
lack of funds.
4. Unequal application nf
Justice as it relates to Mrs.
Gertrude Nunez Jackson.
5. Lack of counsel for 14
days, and
6. Even though imprisoned
for life, a firm belief she
could make some worthwhile
contribution in the years
ahead to the betterment of
humanity.
The governor's office said
Saturday 158 letters have
been received opposing Miss
Freeman's execution, and 65
favoring her death In the gas
chamber.
Miss Freeman was slated to
be executed Dec. B, ibut won
a stay until Jan. 29 when her
attorneys asked time to de
cide if they wanted to appeal.
Miss Freeman was convict
ed of killing Mrs. Jackson's
six-year-old son Larry.
Charges
to the people for a constitu
tional amendment "if there is
legislative doubt."
Ally. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton Friday said return of $5 5
million to the general fund
would violate Oregon's consti
tution. KF Gas Service
Partially Restored
Klamath Falls -(UPD- Nat
ural gas service was expected
to be restored completely in
Klamath Falls sometime yes
terday following the rupture
of the main line into the city
Friday.
Service was restored to the
city's two hospitals and to
many restaurants Friday aft
ernoon, but 30 repairmen
from northern California and
southern Oregon worked
through the night turning on
meters and re-lighllng pilot
lights.
A piece of earth-moving
equipment broke the line near
the city Friday morning, cut
ting off gas service to 2,000
California Pacific Utilities
Co. customers. The Ponderosa
Elementary school, within
200 yards of the break, sent
Its 72 pupils home as a pre
caution. OPEN
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UNTIL
UNTIL 5:30
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Four Dead In
Klamath, Siskiyou
County Accidents
Klamath Falls - (UPD - Icy
roads claimed two brothers
in a two-car accident on High
way 97 just north of here
early Saturday.
The victims were identified
as Hubert LcRoy Ellison. 43,
and James II. Ellison, 51, both
of Springfield.
Another brother, Bennie W.
Ellison, 39, was hospitalized.
Also hurt in the collision
was Mrs. Alice M. Kutch, 68,
Portland. She was listed in
fair condition.
State police said a car
driven by Bennie Ellison slid
on Ice and crossed the high
way into the path of a car
driven by Robert Dale Kutch,
40, Portland.
Weed, Calif. (UPD An Ore
gon youth was killed and four
others were injured Saturday
In the crash of their auto on
U. S. Highway 97.
The dead youth was Colin
Ray Finlcy, 18, of Coquille.
Highway patrol officers
said the car, driven by Danny
Paul Baker, 18, of Klamath
Falls, went out of control,
off the highway into an em
bankment, then back across
the highway. It rolled over
several times.
Baker suffered minor In
juries, but the others were
seriously hurt. Finley died
about six hours after the ac
cident.
The other passengers were
Finley Burnett Couch, 18, of
Coquille; Daniel Vernon Bag-
ley, 20, of Astoria, and Edwin
Carlson, 18, of Portland.
Mt. Shasta, Calif. ll!PD-Vcl
ma F. Anderson, 63, of Coeur
d'Alcne, Idaho, was killed
Saturday when her car went
out of control on a curve and
overturned.
California highway patrol
officers said two other Coeur
d'AIene women were passen
gers in the car. They were
Florence Hooper, 53, who sus
tained minor injuries, and
Matilda Brainard, 62, whose
injuries were classified as
major. They were treated at
Mt, Shasta hospital.
2 Admit Putting
Debris On Tracks
Albany -(UPD- Investigation
by an FBI agent, a Southern
Pacific agent, and state police
led to apprehension Thursday
afternoon of two teen age
Tangent boys who have ad
mitted placing objects In the
path of the Southern Pacific
Shasta Daylight train Wed
nesday night.
The boys, 12 and 13, con
fessed to Investigators that
they placed a large metal
sign, a sign post, and some
lumber on SP tracks at the
Tangent-Lebanon road cross
ing. The northbound Shasta
Daylight crashed through the
obstruction without derailing.
According to stale police
here, the boys further admit
ted to placing railroad ties
on Highway 9t)E Wednesday
night and several other times
during the past week.
The mailer has been turn
ed over to Juvenile court here
for further action.
Police Look Into
4,314 Offenses
A grand lotal of 4,314 of
fenses against the law were
investigated by Medford city
poller during November, ac
cording to a report released
by Chief of Police Charles P.
Champlin.
Of the number chri-kcd,
some 4.1!Mt of the cases were
closed, amounting to n !7 2
percentage, Ihe report showed.
Some 84 malur offenses
were invest igated, a decrease
from 1 1,1 in lfltil) and 8ti last
year. Of the number reported,
47 of the cases involved lar
cenies or thefts of under $50.
Of (lie 4.314 minor offenses
investigated, some i,2M were
rinsed for n total percentage
of HR S cleared cases.
The report revealed a steady
Increase in traffic violations
in the city during November
of the past three years. Some
1R7 ritnlions were issued last
month, as compared with 14!)
last year and 13.1 two years
ago.
Some 31 persons were In
jured in 71 traffic accidents
in Ihe city last month. There
were no fatalities.
i Flemming Elected To
j Church Council Post
Reaverlon -il'PI. Or Arthur
iS. Flemming, president of the
University of Oregon. It a .
been elected vice president
iof the Oregon Council of
Churches.
j He was chosen at Ihe conn
jell's general assembly here
I Dr, A. J. Hutrey of Portland
was re -elected president of
the organisation.
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Medford
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1962
Salem, Gold Beach And
Ontario Taking Action
To Get Federal Funds
By United Prtis International
County and city officials
have moved rapidly to take
advantage of Friday's Depart
ment of Labor designation of
the Salem, Gold Beach and
Ontario areas as surplus la
bor markets.
Secretary of Labor Willard
Wirlz declared those three
areas eligible for federal
funds under the accelerated
public works program be
cause of substantial unem
ployment. The Salem city council im
mediately voted to apply for
more than $2 million in fed
eral aid to help finance a
$ 6 million sewage treatment
plant project recently approv
ed by the voters.
Marion county officials
were considering the possi
bility of asking for federal
matching funds for the South
Salem Sanitary Sewer district
collector system, while Polk
county reportedly was con
sidering an application to as
sist in construction of a pro
posed $350,000 anr.ex on the
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courthouse at Dallas.
The city of Gold Beach has
prepared two applications,
one for $116,000 and one for
$81,000, to assist in building
a sewer extension and im
proving Its sewage treatment
plant.
Malheur County Judge El
lis White said that county
will seek $103,000 to pay
half the cost of a new jail
which will include juvenile
facilities and a mental ward.
Missing Editor May
Be Amnesia Victim
Milwaukie - UPH - R. Dale
Johnson, 37, editor of the Mil
waukie Review, was missing
for the third day today and
was feared a possible victim
of amnesia.
Johnson was last seen leav
ing his office Thursday morn
ing. He had been treated for
a nervous condition, and his
doctor said amnesia could
arise.
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Thornton
Transfer1
Salem -njptl -Transfer of $5 S
million from the veterans'
bond sinking fund to bail out
a predicted general fund def
icit would violate Oregon's
constitution, according to
Atty. Gel. Robert Y. Thorn-
Recount Confirms
Monaghan Election
Oregon City -IUPII- A re
count has confirmed the
election of Democrat Thomas
Monaghan of Milwaukie to
the state senate from Clacka
mas county.
Monaghan defeated Demo
cratic incumbent Richard
Groener by 38 votes, 22,337
to 22,299. Groener had de
manded the recount after ini
tial figures showed him los
ing by 57 votes. He gained
19 in the recount.
Republican John J. Inskeep
led the ticket with 23.345
votes and won the other
Clackamas county seat. Mona
ghan was a state representa
tive in the 1961 legislature.
Salem - IUPII - State workers'
salaries are below those paid
by private and other public
employers in 84 per cent of
the classes surveyed by the
Oregon Civil Service Com
mission. The commission
made public its annual salary
survey Friday.
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UNADVERTISED
Rules Hatfield's Proposed
Would Violate Constitution
ton.
Thornton told United Press
International the governor
lacks authority to make such
a transfer, and said any enab
ling legislation adopted by the
legislature would be in viola
tion of the constitution.
In his budget revealed last
Saturday, Gov. Mark Hatfield
called for return of the $5.5
million as one of the measures
necessary to keep the general
fund in the black for the bal
ance of the biennium.
Thornton cited an opinion
handed down by his office
Feb. 26, 1953, relating to the
Oregon War Veterans' bond
sinking fund.
In that opinion, -Thornton
said: "The legislative assem
bly does not have the power
to transfer or appropriate
moneys from either the Ore
gon War Veterans' fund or the
Oregon War Veterans' bond
sinking fund to purposes oth
Wallowa Newspaper
Suspends Publication
Wallowa - IUPII - The week
ly Wallowa Record newspa
per was suspended with this
week's issue, publishers John
and Richard Lyman announc
ed Friday.
They said they were unable
to meet expenses in this lum
ber mill town of 800 resi
dents. FLOOR
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Me
ITEMS -MANY ARE 1 - OF - A
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"Any attempt to transfer or
use the funds for purposes
other than those enumerated
in the enabling legislation
which created the Oregon
War Veterans' bond sinking
fund would meet the full im
pact of the constitution."
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The constitutional amend
ment which created the veter
ans' fund included provision
for a two-mill tax to raise the
money. However, no tax was
ever levied. The state had sur
plus funds and over a period
of years the legislature gave
$8,017,905 to the fund.
It
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