TUESDAY, DEC. IS. 1949
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE FlVaS
Student Plans to Plead
Innocent in Co-ed Murder
IOWA CITY, low, Dc. II W)
A University ot Iowa psychology
sludsnt today turned to poetry as
ht walled In lor a preliminary
hearing In the strangulation tlay
Inf of a beautiful coed.
Tti hearing lu Ht lor Dectm
ber 21 when tho broad-shouldered
Kobert E. Hrdnaaek, 24, WH
brought belore JuaUr ot tilt Peace
C. J. Hutchinson here yesterday.
11a U charged with the f trait de.
tree murder ot pretty Margaret
lUeege) Jackson, 20, who body,
clad In a wh.ie, lUaplnaa evening
gown waa lound early Sunday In
nicn'a rooming house.
With nil manacled handa duped
together, Urdiuark ahonk hit bow
ed head aadly from aula to aide In
a negative fesnlon aa he heard the
charge against him read In the
crowded JuUoe ot the peace otllce.
Innocent flea
No lormal plea waa entered lor
the aenlor sttUrnt from Cedar Itap
hla, Iowa, but III" lawyer hi eskUig
lor a preliminary hearing aald hla
client would plead Innocent.
Bednaack haa aald he "loved that
girl more thm my life" and that
aha loved him.
A Irlend who tfcacrlbed Bednaaek
-Jn ail easy-going, popular fellow,
"k, upon He request, booka ol
Mem to the prlaoner. Olllcar
brought him the book ol love
poems. Thti la My Beloved" by
Walter Benton, hob Carpenter, o I
Cedar Haptda, aald he took to the
jul booka ot poetry by Elisabeth
Uarrett and Robert Browning.
Bednaaek, In a algned etatemenl
relraaed by County Attorney Jack
White yesterday, aald that he had
)na handa on Uie girls throat Just
belore hie mind -went blank.
Traglo Evening
The statement related how he and
the girl, also a aenlor In psychol
ogy, had a candle lighted wine and
lobster dinner hi a room at the
rooming house where he staved,
went to a (raternlty dance where
they had several drinks, and then
returned to the rooming house tor
a nightcap.
I poured out a drink lor us. . . .
I kissed her a lew times," the
statement said.
He said Misa Jackson had placed
her handa on his throat "In a play,
tul manner." and he had told her
'that waa loo high up to choke a
person."
I showed her the proper place
on the throat to choke a person,"
Bednaseka statement aald.
(In 'loo
He aald the next thing he re
membered Margaret was lying
on the lloor and was not breath-
lug." He said he tried to revive her
as she lay on the lloor, and then
laid her on a bunk bed and "tried
to bring her to by using artificial
respiration."
The girl's lather, William E. Jack
son ol Burlliutlcn, la., a member
ot the Iowa Bta'.e parole board, aald
Aus daughter w a "an Innocent.
V trusting girl" who "put loo much
trust In her companion."
He aald the gir waa not In love
with Bednaaek, and aald authorities
had vended titer waa "no wrong
doing on the part ol my daughter.'
Utters
Letters lound in Bednasek's room
showed the couple corresponded
during the summer when the girl
was employed In Denver.
One letter waa signed "Lot ol
love Oeege." Oeege waa Mlas
Jackson's nickname. In another let
ter, similarly signed, Bednaaek was
referred to aa "Hucl."
Iter lather's statement called the
alfalr a "one-sided romance." Jack
son pointed out his daughter had
Invited another youth to her Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority dance the
night belore her latal date with
Bednaaek.
C. Warren Bhelton, ol Denver,
Mlaa Jackson's guest at the soror
ity dance, said he met her In Den
ver last summer and did not know
Bednaaek,
In a statement released by au
thorities yesterday, Bednaaek aald
he waa "somewhat perturbed" be
cause the girl had Invited another
man to the sorority dance but add
ed that he wasnt "sore" about It
"alter Margaret explained It to
me."
Among thing's lound in Bedna
aek'! personal belongings In his
fthlrd lloor attle room at the
"Empty Arms" rooming house
Bherlll Albert Murphy said, waa a
small wallet Use calendar card
with these notations:
reb. ."Met O-O "
March 10 Steady.
June 10 "Had O-O last time."
J una 11 "O-o led lor
summer. , ,"
July 16 "O-O aald w were
through."
School Bus
Safety Aids
Proposed
In response to a recent petition
by the school board, the traffic
safety committee reported certain
recommendations to the council last
night lor Improvement ol school
bus service In the city.
The report advised that tour-loot
cutbacks be made ol the northwest
and northeast corners at llth and
Main Streets.
At the Intersections ol Bth and
High, and llth and High, It was
suggested that parking be prohibit
ed lor a distance ol 30 fret trom
the corner.
It was also suggested that widen
ing of the street be done at Msln
and Mill streets and that a shed
on the northeast corner be removed
by the owner.
Zone Study
A request by the school board lor
establishment of a bus tone at Fre
mont school on High street be held
up for urther study.
The school board also sought a
cutback ol the southwest corner at
Main and Riverside, but It waa de
cided this would be too costly a pro
cedure. The request was denied.
'.,, let,),
PRINCIPALS IN SLAYING
Margaret Jackson, 20, Bur
lington, and Robert Bednasek,
24, Cedar Rapids, la., are
shown together at a formal
dance last May.
Merrill Cub Scouts
To See Movie
MERRILL A movie lor the
benefit of the Cub Scouts will be
held In the Oddfellows hall Friday
at 8 p. m. A film "Alaska Adven
tures" will be shown plus several
comics, and cartoons. The public
Is Invited.
Hoover Cites
Inflation,
Tax Dangers
WA8HINOTON, Dee. II IjPtA
campaign lor government reform
today boiled down to a program
drawn up by Herbert Hoover. He
forecast that It would save the tax
payers 12.000.000.000 a year.
The former president, addressing
the national reorganisation confer
ence last night, predicted that this
fiscal year's f.MO,000.000 excursion
Into red Ink may be exceeded In
the following year.
Villains
"We may be turning two Frank
enstelns loose In the land," Hoover
said. "Their terrifying names are
'Higher Taxes' and 'Inflation'."
The estimate of a 15,600,000.000
deficit for hla fiscal year, ending
next June 30, Is President T r u -man's
The two-day conference, sponsor
ed by the non-partisan Citizens
Committee for the Hoover Report,
neared Ita close today. Its wind-up
schedule Included presentation ol
an award to Secretary ol Defense
Johnson for "courageous efforts" at
coat-cutting and unification In the
military establishment.
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, national
chairman, told the conference that
"the public Is being aroused, as at
no time In our history, to the neces
sity of adopting a fundamental. In
telligent reorganization program
for the executive branch."
Peoples' Strength
Chairman Johnson, the president
of Temple university, Philadelphia,
told the MO civic leaders from every
section of the country:
"If the people demand these re
forms that can aave them millions
a year and guarantee our survival
as a free people, they will become
law."
Senator Democratic Leader Lu
cas HID said today that Truman
plans to send about 10 reorganiza
tion plana to congress this session.
Dept.
New Fire
. Jobs
Proposed
Fire Chief Roy Row sdvUed coun
ctlmen last night the civil service
commission advised strengthening
the fire department by creating sev
eral new positions.
Besides the chief, Rowe said
there should be a first and second
assistant chief, two captains and a
fire marshal.
On the recommendation of Coun
cilman Matt Flnnlgan it was de
cided that the fire committee, the
eltv attorney, fire chief and etvll
service commission should look' Into
the matter.
Mrrill Patrons
Meet Thursday
MERRILL Merrill Parents-Patrons
organization will meet Thurs
day evening at S p. m. In the high
school recreation room. Main topic
for discussion will be plans for the
Teen-Age club which Is unable to
meet In the recreation hall now that
school la being held there.
All parents are urged to attend.
Hall Hotel
Remodeling
Permit OK'd
Building permit approved by
council action last night amounted
Of this amount 120.000 waa for
remodeling of the old Hall hotel at
4th and Main.
Other permits Included addition of
a room to a residence at 1605 Sis
kiyou, $500; enlarge a private ga
rage, U20 Pacific Terrace, $600;
new used car office, 2154 B. 6th,
1300: a new bedroom and remodel
ing of residence at 1170 Crescent,
12000: remodeling of a business
building at 476 Spring street, 11000;
enlarge living room of residence at
2027 Applegate. $850: new partitions
to building at 6th and Broad, $900:
repair fire loss at 230 Klamath,
$1500; repair fire loss at 2430 Or
chard, $1500; new roof for residence
at 614 Walnut, $576.
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COATESVTLLX. Pa.. Dee. 11 )
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row will begin hla 75th year ot ron
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'GREAT LOVER' Elizabeth
Taylor was belle of the ball
and her date, Bob Precht, the
envy of other students at the
UCLA junior prom. As winner
of the student sponsored
"Great Lover" contest, 13-ycar-old
Bob, as the univer
sity's greatest romancer, es
corted 17-year-old Liz to the
ball. More than 3000 students
crowded Paramount studio's
largest sound stage, in Holly
wood, Calif., where the prom
was held.
Rotarians Invite
'Anns' to Lunch
A. D. "Deb" Addison, Rotary
president, has announced that all
Rotary Anns, the wives of Rotari
ans, are invited to attend the club's
regular noon meeting this Friday
at the Wlllard hotel to enjoy the
annual Christmas program featur
ing the KUHS a cappella choir un
der the direction of Andrew Loney
Jr.
Rotary meetings regularly convene
at 13:10 p. m. each Friday.
Most of the Indian Totem Poles
still standing In the northwest are
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