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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.
This contrast with a 16.3
per cent decline In Washing
ton and a .8 per cent decline
in California. British Colum
bia reported an increase of
'' 2 per cent.
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