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r MKDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON 2 C THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1963 Lay Minister s Son Confesses Sniper Slaying Pontiac. Mich. - IUPP - The brilliant son of a Baptist lay minister has confessed to the inu nf his mother because "she tried to find ex cuses to keep me home. The confession of Douglas Cooper Godfrey, IS. ended iwn terror filled weeks for the residents of the fashion able Detroit suburb of Bloom' field Township, Mich. TIib fatal shootini of Mrs Mary Godfrey, 38, mother of five, and two previous snip ing incidents had left the community in a state of near panic. The 10th grade student scored 147 on sn !Q test while in (hp fourth srade. At Bloom- field Township High school he was regarded as an excel lent student. Admits Other Shootings Young Godfrey admitted he fired two shots at Bloomtieia Toumshln homes and one shot at a car to establish the pres ence of a sniper in tne area. He said he missed the car hut the other shots shattered win dows in the wealthy sub division. His admission he plotted his mother's death - while ending the fear-filled nights of Oakland county residents added another tragedy to the Donald Godfrey family. "We argued all the time. She was too strict. She never let me do the things I wanted to do," Godfrey told authori ties in his confession at the state police post here. The boy's father pledged to "stand by my son . . . This is one of those things which is hard to explain." He added, "I always con sidered him a good boy." Accompanies Son The father, a manufacturer of precision Instrument, brought the youth to the state police post at the request of Oakland County Prosecutor George Taylor after evidence began to point to Godfrey's son. Mrs. Godfrey was killed Jan. 25 by a 28-caliber slug fired through the kitchen win dow of her home. The slug struck her in the left eye. The youth was held at the .Tiivpnilp Horn for Investica. lion of murder. Taylor said he umnlri ask for a sanitary hear ing anH would confer todav with Probate Judge Donald E Adams on the next move in the- case. 541 Area Farmers Cef Dividends Farmers and stockmen In the Jackson county area, ap proximately 451 of them, will share in a 5 per cent, $10, 586.75 dividend to be paid by the Federal Land Bank asso ciation of Roseburg. The dividend, declared by the association's board of di rectors, is payable to all stock holders of record Nov. 30, 1062, K. W. Knechtel, man ager, said. The checks were mailed Feb. 5. Knechtel said the $10,586.75 dividend represents the asso ciation's share of a 5 per cent 5640,000 dividend declared by the Federal Land Bank of S.okane. The Spokane bank has paid out more than $5,' (100,000 In dividends since 1944, according to Knechtel. During that, same period the FLBA of Roseburg has paid $92,345.80 to its stockholders. The local association makes loans for the Spokane bank in Douglas, Coos, Curry, Jose phine and Jackson counties. 1RL Conference To Draw 600 Students Eugene - The 16lh annual Conference of the Oregon High School International Re lations League is expected to bring ar. estimated 600 U denls to the University of Ore gon this week end. Registration will begin this evening in the Erb Memorial Student Union, and continue Friday. Cf iiiterrst wiK be addresses by Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D -Ore.) and Dr. William band ers, assistant secretary gen eral of the OrRanitation of American StHtes. Sen. Morse will speak at the first session Friday morn ing in McArthur Court. His talk will be on U.S. Latin American relationships. Presi dent Arthur S. Flemming is scheduled to give the welcom ing adclrcw. Waterborne Lumber Shipments Increase Seattle - lUPH - Waterbornf lumber shipments from Ore gon were 10.7 per cent great er during 1962 than 1981, the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau said. 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