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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Most likely you can't pic
ture yourself being brought
into court on anything worse
than a speeding violation.
. Nearly everyone feels that
way. ' Even so, it is good to
know that in this country you
can't be made to stand trial
twice for the same offense.
We have a provision in the
vrvyun vuusuiuuun against
"double jeopardy." That's one
of the important safeguards
in our system of law which
makes it certain that once a
court has reached a verdict
of "innocent," the acquitted
person may not be put on trial
again for the same offense.
This right holds good, how
ever, only if a full trial is
held and a verdict is reached.
It is possible to face another
trial on the same charge if
the first, trial ends with a
"hung jury" or a "mistrial,"
or if a new trial is requested
or if the judgment of acquit
tal is reserved by the state
Supreme-Court on appeal by
the State.
A classic example comes
from the "Wild West" in the
1880s. A man named Ball was
charged with murder, along
with two others. Ball was ac
quitted, but the others were
found guilty. The guilty pair
appealed to a higher court,
and their orginal indictment
was found to be faulty.
Once again the government
accused all three men. Ball
claimed his right against
double jeopardy had been in
vaded, and the U. S. Supreme
Court agreed. He didn't have
to stand trial again. The other
two did, and paid the penalty
for their guilt.
The reason for the "double
jeopardy" provision is to pro
tect the individual from be
ing hounded all his life. In
old England, where the fear
of tyranny frst prompted safe
guards for personal freedom,
one court said: "Were it not
for this rule, anyone obnox
ious to the government might
Be run down, by repeated at
tempts to carry on a prosecu
tion against him."
PAYS UNDER PROTEST
Madison, Wis. - lUTO - The
Dane County Circuit Court
clerk's office said it received
two alimony checks from a
man for his ex-wife. The
checks, certified for $22
each, were made out to "Clerk
of Kangaroo Court."
Mother Loses 4th
Race With Stork
San Diego, Calif.-flJPD-Mrj.
Leslie Marshel, 24, lost an
other race with the stork
Wednesday, but it didn't both
er the Navy wife much - she's
only won one of five races.
Aided by her 27-year-old
husband, Wednesday's race
ended in the family car on the
way to Paradise Valley Hos
pital where both mother and
child were reported in good
condition today.
Mrs. Marshel's first child,
Leslie, 6, was born in an ele
vator of a Comus Christi.
Tex., hospital. Yvonne, 5, ar
rived in the lobby of a Nor
walk, Calif., hospital. Tim
othy, 3, was born in an am
bulance on the wav to an
Oakland. Calif.. hosDital. Rnh-
ert, 2, narrowly beat the stork
to Paradise Valley Hospital.
"Next time," said Mrs.
Marshel, "I'm going to wear
track shoes."
CALLS RIFLE CHIEF
St. Petersburg, Fla. - (WD -Chief
of Police Harold Smith
is conducting a high priority
investigation within his de
partment. Smith said if he is
successful in finding out who
has been making bird calls
over the department's public
address system, "they'll get
30 days without pay to practice."
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BIG LILY LEAVES Mrs. Leona Bnnkman, Okawville, 111. The leaves measure 26 inches
left, and Mrs. Fred Foster show the size of in diameter and the blossom, center, is
tropical lily leaves taken from bottomland more than eight inches in size. (UPI)
lakes in the Kaskaskie river watershed near
VA Given Authority to Activate,
Operate Beds for 2,000 Patients
White City - The President
has authorized the Veterans
administration to activate and
operate facilities and beds to
care for 2,000 nursing home
type veteran - patients.
The authorization was re
ported today by John S. Glea-
J J fide pmnoL !
Wanted...
3 million fire wardens!
This summer, the fire hazard in the Pacific
Northwest is so great there simply aren't
enough fulltime fire prevention people to han
dle the problem. They need your help !
The forests are littered with explosive blow
down some 1 1 billion board feet of timber
plus untold volumes of branches and debris
felled by Columbus Day windstorms.
Warm summer weather has turned this wind
fall into "red slash" a condition best com
pared with a four-week-old Christmas tree,
ready to ignite with the slightest spark. This
could result in some of the worst forest fires ever
seen in this area. Millions of acres of productive
forest lands could be lost. Whole communities
are threatened. So more areas than usual have
been closed by official agencies to reduce the
hazard. These include
public and private lands.
Here's what you can
do. Please respect all fire
closures. Warn visiting
friends and relatives of
the danger. When you
go into the woods, stick
to established camping
areas. Watch your
matches and cigarettes carefully and make sure
they are out really out. Build fires only in fa
cilities provided for them. Never leave any fire
unattended. When you leave, put it out com
pletely and cover the ashes with earth.
With your cooperation it should be possible
to prevent a major fire disaster this year.
A public service message from
A
Weyerhaeuser Company
Medford
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Tribune
SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1963 PAGES 1 to 10 ' V
son Jr., administrator of Vet
eran Affairs, who said the 2,
000 nursing home beds would
be operated in addition to the
125,000 hospital beds now au
thorized within the VA medi
cal system.
The presidential action,
Gleason said, will greatly
help in relieving the adverse
impact on VA's acute medical
programs by the influx of old
er veterans who now com
prise one-third of all VA hos
pital admissions, and who gen
erally require long time care.
In his authorizing memo
randum to the administrator,
the President said:
Changing Characteristics
"The changing characteris
tics of our veteran population.
particularly those who served
during the first world war,
are resulting in an adverse ef
fect on the acute medical pro
grams administered by the
Veterans administration.
Nearly 1,000.000 war veterans
are aged 70 and over. The
number will increase 50 per
cent by 1966.
"Older veterans account for
one-third of your hospital ad
missions and they comprise
the bulk o the long - term
care patient load. Many have
attained maximum benefits of
hospitalization but attempts
at community placement have
been unsuccessful because of
the lack of facilities, inade
quate financial resources, ab
sence of family ties, and oth
er reasons. Retention of these
patients in facilities designed
for acute care is costly and
places an undue strain on the
125,000 hospital bed limit un
der which you are now operating.
To R.liev. Situation
"In order to relieve this
situation, I authorize you to
activate and operate facili
ties and beds for 2,000 nurs
ing type patients in addition
to the 125,000 hospital beds
presently authorized. This
will provide arrangements
more consistent with patient
requirements and improve
utilization of acute care fa
cilities. The higher patient
turnover will also defer the
need for Increasing present
bed levels. Existing buildings
best suited for this purpose
and appropriately located
throughout the country, ac
cording to your judgment,
should be utilized. No con
struction, other than for nec
essary conversion of existing
facilities, is authorized.
"This authorization is to en
able the Veterans administra
tion to gain first-hand knowl
edge and experience in the op
eration of beds specifically de
signed for patients requiring
attendant type services. 11 will
be possible to evaluate a full
range of care from domicili
aries through acute medical
care, restoration centers and
nursing home care where out
placement is not possible.
"I am sure that as part of
your administrative studies,
cost control systems will be
established so that direct cost
comparison will be definitive;
also that you will continue to
work toward the development
and utilization of community
and private resuroces in the
best interest of the veteran
and the nation."
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JFK Wins Poll as
Greatest Politician
London - OIPIl - President
Kennedy won a British Broad
casting Corp. (BBC) poll of
2,000 young Britons to find
out whom they considered
the world's greatest politi
cian, it was learned today.
Kennedy drew support from
about one-quarter of the par
ticipants, aged 11 to 21. He
and Mrs. Kennedy were also
named in the survey as ideal
parents.
Spaceman John Glenn of
the United States and Soviet
space travelers Yuri Gagarin
and Valentina Tereshkova
were among those chosen as
the bravest persons in the
world,
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