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Witnesses Cite Reasons to Abolish Death Sentence Br ZAIf STARK ' United Press Inierneilonel Salem - fl!PS - The halting, quietly spoken testimony of a reporter who had watched 16 executions In Oregon's gas chamber highlighted a hear ing Friday before the Senate Judiciary committee. Almost a score of witnesses during the 2V4 hour hearing cited reason; why the death penalty should be abolished, Hep. Philip Lang Port land) a former state police man, was alone in favor of capitol punishment. He said it was a deterrent to murder Paul Harvey Jr., Salem cor LAVETHIS COUPONJ ! The PARK HAVIIAND! S. W. PARK at SALMON I I IN PORTLAND Here's a BIG special (or a great j week end of pleasure and relax-! tion in tne Heart at Portland. Enjoy inv Dvduiiiui new swimming pool in tha sky, the TOP OF THE PARK I DINING. 1h timiUlini Kanlik Suana and carefree days of fun. ' iimirtaiavn Beauttful ALOHA ROOM TOP OF THE PARK WNINO FREE OARAOt r!i i wsmw LSSa respondent for Associated Press for 26 years, was sub poenaed in a rare action to appear before the committee. Harvey quietly answered questions asked by committee chairmen Sen. Thomas Ma honey (D-Portland). Ho said he had witnessed the execu tions "in the line of duty, certainly not by choice." , He said all 16 had been rep resented by court appointed attorneys. Facial Contortions . "Unconsciousness came about five seconds after they took a breath of the gas. It must have been quite painful, judging by the facial contor tions. Some of those execu ted did not wear masks. It was difficult to witness." At Mahoney's prodding, Harvey related details of a place even after the judge, mentally retarded 17-ycar-old district attorney and jury pe Mexican who was executed, titioncd the governor to com The youth had killed three mute the sentence, members of an Oregon farm Harvey termed the death family after escaping from a sentence "vindictive justice." California institution out of fear he would be identified and returned to the Institution. He told of another case in which the execution took Legislature Faces Busy Week Of Hearings; CD Due Again Will This Coupon WEEK END SPECIAL FUN BREAK 3 DAYS-2 NIGHTS FOR 2 PEOPLE liiditfiflf Cofltfwri fruMpb fc f I COST 9 III r Salcm-WMl-The Oregon Leg- islature will get off to a fast start next " week with hear tngs Monday on medical care for the aged, truth-uwending, and farm picketing. Civil Defense will come up again Monday night when Ways and Means subeommit- tee has planned another work session to resume considera tion of its proposal -to chop the budget tor the state CO agency. Several bills of some sub stance made advances last week. A few others came to the end of the line Killed. -Increases'. The House Planning and Development committee voted to let the controversial Sun day closing bill die in com mittee. The Senate killed in creases in minimum pay for teachers. The House refused to ap prove a memorial endorsing the social security approach to hospital and nursing home care lor the aged The Senate passed and sent to the House measures call ing for a study of automation, providing for certification of psychologists, and asking the federal government to keep hands . off legislative appor tionment. ... The House approved and forwarded to the Senate bills revising boat registration laws Singmasfer Resigns From Association E. H. Singmaster, owner of the E. H. Singmaster Insur ance agency in Ashland, has resigned as a director of the Jackson County Federal Sav ings and Loan association. He has been a director since 1956.' ; He notified, the board that his own insurance business and his work on the Oak Knoll retirement development required his resignation. He is a board member of the Oak Knoll Land Corporation and the Northwest Pacific De velopment Corporation. Singmaster's knowledge of the Ashland area needs help ed in establishing the savings and loan branch office in Ash. land, according to J. H. Pletsch, executive vice presi dent and manager of the Jack son County Federal Savings and Loan association. His ac tivity also made it possible for continued growth of the association, Pletsch said. . Page 2A Medford Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1963 THIS WEEK ONLY! 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Appeared Certain An investigation of the State Game commission ap peared certain after the House Fish and Came committee ap proved a Separate-passed res olution. A Senate bill to strength en the anti-pollution law and authorize local programs cleared committee and went to the Senate floor. The Ways and Means sub committee on education voted to limit higher education's building program for the next biennium to $20.6 or less by considering only the 12 top priority items. , The House Military Affairs committee decided to take lead in fighting for Civil De fense. He also argued against arbi trary imposition of long sen tences, and said "I know of outstanding cases of rehabili tation." Companion Measures Sen. Don Willner (D-Lake Oswego), sponsor of the anti death penalty legislation, said he favored the companion measures which would fix the penalty for first degree murder as life imprisonment, and prevent consideration for parole until after IS years had been served. Both would be voted upon by the people. Thomas E. Caddis, author of "The Bird Man of Alca traz" said it was more expen sive to execute a person - be cause of legal proceedings nor mally associated with such a sentence - than to keep him in prison for life. 3rd Management Conference Set In City April 9 The third annual Southern Oregon management confer ence will be held Tuesday, April 9, under sponsorship of me Medford Chamber of Com merce at the Rogue Valley country club. ine contcrences are ar ranged by the chamber in co operation with the school of business administration, Uni versity of Oregon, and the general extension division of the Oregon state system of higher education. Frank Bash, chairman of the education committee of the chamber, will open the conference at 9:15 a.m. Dean undholm, coordinator, will introduce tne speakers. Speakers listed for the meeting are Dr. Donald Wat son, professor of finances and assistant director of business research; Dr. R. W. Lindholm. dean of the school of business administration, and Norman Smith, assistant professor of marketing, University of Ore gon. Luncheon Scheduled Luncheon will be held with the Medford Rotary club at noon, at which time the gath ering will be addressed by Lloyd R. Porter, chief of the foreign trade section of the U.S. department of commerce. His topic will be "'Getting into the Export-Import Field." Porter assumed his position with the International Trade section after having been the director of economic research for the Commission of Public Docks for three years. He is currently acting as advisor to the Portland Chamber of Commerce World Trade and Shipping committee. Bill Longmorc of the South ern Pacific is chairman of the luncheon plans. Other topics to be covered during the day arc "Financing Your Business," "Taxes and Business." and "Your Cus tomer's Buying Habits." Structure Covers Park, Shop Lot The final painting has been completed on a structure which covers 20 parking spaces in the Park and Shop lot at the intersection of Cen tral avc. and Fourth st. The structure, of steel, was installed as an experiment. Park and Shop official Fred Robinson explained. 11 is prin cipally to provide shade dur ing the summer. If it proves lo be popular, similar struc tures may be Installed on oilier lots, it was explained. It Is believed that this is the first time such a structure has been installed on the west coast In a public parking lot, according to officials. Other Instances Of Maltreatment Turn Up at Trial San Diego, Calif.-OIPD-Court-martial proceedings against a Marine drill Instructor ac cused of maltreating recruits disclosed Friday that three other sergeants also were charged with improper treat ment of the men. . The proceedings, therefore, were continued until Monday. The defense attorney for Sgt. Carlton L. Slay, 33, San Diego, won the continuance in order to have more time to study the charges. Slay was accused of 18 counts of maltreatment or cruel and unusual punish ment involving 15 recruits. The charges included punch ing and shoving his men. ine Marines disclosed Fri day that in addition to Slay and another senior drill in structor, two junior instruc tors were involved. AH were assigned to the 2nd Recruit Training Battalion at the Ma rine Recruit Depot. S. Sgt. Harvey D. Fletcher, a 10-year veteran, and S. Sgt. Hickman Thomas, 36, were the third and fourth drill in structors implicated on charg es of maltreatment. Fletcher was accused of maltreatment against five re cruits, Ho allegedly minched or shook the men, according to Marine officials. He has since been reduced in rank to corporal. Thomas was accused of us ing exercise such as pushups as punishment and harass ment. He kept his rank after pre-trial hearing officer Jan. 16 recommended non judicial punishment. Authorities said specific charges against Slay included punching recruits in the stom ach, hitting them in the face and pushing them against a wall locker, ' Harold W. Anthony, 18, Greenville, 111., informed Ma rine officers he was doing pushups when Slay slammed him to the floor seven times. He cited the "Bird Man," Robert Stroud, as an indica tion of potential loss to civil ization by the taking of hu man life. Stroud became rec ognized as a world authority on birds after servine decades in solitary confinement after his death sentence was com muted. Gaddis called for leader ship on the part of Gov. Mark Hatfield "to act, not hang back on this issue." Hatfield has stated public ly he dpposed capital punish ment, but would grant com mutations only in cases of ju dicial error. Dr. Hugo A. Bedout of Reeri college agreed with Harvey's views on limiting parole and said "I can document that parole boards make few mis takes." Innocent Man Bedout cited statistics which showed that on the aver age of once a year an inno cent man is sentenced to death and presented a list of 70 such eases over the past 70 years. Rabbi Emanuel Rose, Port land, presented a list of 50 persons who had been wrong fully convicted of murder, and called for public viewing of executions. "Put it in the newspapers, put it on television so people can fully realize what we per mit," he said. He called upon Hatfield to withold all death penalties un til the people have another chance to vote on the issue. Warden Clarence Gladden said "the facts indicate capi tal punishment should be abolished," and said a murder is committed each Hour, but that during 1961 only 42 per sons were executed, 22 of whom were Negroes. This emphasized statements made by several witnesses that only members of minori ty groups and indigents were executed. He warned against elimi nating the possibility of pa role because "prisoners with out hope are harder lo handle." Many witnesses had reser vations about restricting pa role, but some felt it was a worthwhile "selling point" to get the public to vote against the death penalty. v In 1958 a vote to eliminate the death penalty in Oregon failed by only 12,053 votes. You Specify... ...We'll Satisfy Oakland, San Frjnciico, Los Angeles and OHiar California Points. 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