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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1954)
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE News Analysi Reviews K.F. Circuit Court Records (Ed. Note: Hie following is the transcript of Floyd Wynne's Wed nesday night commentary on toe current law enforcement situation ' In Klamath County. Wynne, news ' analyst for KFLW, has complied these figures with a view to pre senting the public with a full back ground on the situation.' By FLOYD WYNNE Let us give the Circuit Court record of criminal cases a close examination. Let us, in all fairness to the present District At torney compare his record for the 22 months he has been District Attorney with the preceding 22 months record of his predecessor D. E. Van Vactor, now District Judge. During his 22 months in office dating from September 1, 1852 to July 1 of this year. Alderson had 148 cases registered in the Circuit Court criminal records. Of these 148, 84 pleaded guilty; indictments against 36 were dismissed, 9 in dictments were re-submitted to the Grand Jury and 14 cases were taken to conclusion by jury trial. Of the 14 cases tried . . . eight decisions of "not guilty" were re turned and six decisions of "guilty." During the 22 months Just prior to Aldersons taking office, the period from November 1950 to September 1952, D. E. Van Vactor j handled 145 cases. They were dis posed of in this manner: 120 pleaded guilty, 17 indictments were dismissed, three indictments re-submitted to the Grand Jury and only five cases went to a jury decision. Ol those live cases de cided by jury lour were declared 'guilty" and only one was de clared "not guilty." Now let us contrast these two records even more closely: The number of cases handled were ap proximately the same, 146 for Al derson 145 for Van Vactor. Van Vactor, however, had almost 50 per cent more that plead guilty than did Alderson, 120 against 84. FHA Scandal Investigated WASHINGTON J Senators In vestigating housing scandals today summoned William Levitt, one of the builders of Levitttown, Long Island, for questioning on the fi nancing of rental homes built with government-insured loans. Levitt and Alfred Gross, one of the sponsors of the huge Glen Oaks apartment project In Jamaica, were two of several witnesses scheduled before the Senate Bank ing Committee, which is investi gating alleged irregularities In government-backed housing construction. One of the principal targets of inquiry to date has been alleged windfall profits reaped by apart ment builders who got government insured mortgages larger than con struction costs, then pocketed the difference. . Levitt is a member of the firm of Levitt and Sons, builder of Lev- it town. The community is consid ered by some a model operation for new building techniques. Some 6,000 homes in the planned community, It was reported, were built for rental and the balance for outright sale under sections of the National Housing Act. OaKe it from m Sfirl...stay Smarten Healthy By BESSY. The Basin Bossy Vacationland, U.S.A., ha It own code of styles for the vagabond gals. Simple, colorful shorts are among the most popular travel wear visible In national parks and other public playgrounds out of doors. But the slickest, neatest and the "does-most-for" of all are the new pedal-pushers the modified Matador type. And, as usual, there is the .... . ... sprinkling o f slack-clad gals, and quite fre quently a far more trim fig ure in blue jeans. -The best, dressed femme along a vaca tionland fishing stream is the one dressed most practically for the occasion. And it's surpris ing it is how sweet and lovely they look in gear suited to "rough ing" it. And, after all, who is to see you on a really good fishing hole unless it is really good but the fish himself, who doesn't much care whether the fisher-girl Is in mink or mackinaw. Of course there are lets of clothes available for the out-of-doors girls, designed with a femin ity built in. And, should the bud get be able to stand it, they are mighty nice to sport before the eyes of the admiring wader-clad clan along the creek. -- Vacation often means skimping on proper foods and naturally va cation is the time to do Just that. Helax. and for a wild two weeks eat what you wouldn't or couldn't the previous 50 weeks of the year. But, just to stay on the safe side, a glass of milk with each meal will keep the diet somewhere clos- er to balance, you can take it from me. Bessy. I BESSY Van Vactor had less than half as many indictments dismissed, only 17 as against 36 for Alderson. He had only about one-third as many cases that went to decision ly Jury, five as against 14 for Aider son. Van Vactor had only a third as many re-submitted to the Grand Jury as Alderson, three against nine for Alderson. Clearly the Tecord indicates that under District Attorney Prank Al derson prosecution has not been as efficient. Now, what has been the differ ence In Circuit Court costs? 'Al derson took over approximately in late August of 1952. Therefore the biggest share of circuit court ex penses for the fiscal year July 1, 1952, to July 1, 1953, were in curred under his administration. During that fiscal year July 1, 1952, to July 1, 1953, the budget for Circuit Court expenses and this Includes only the money paid out for juries, witnesses and Grand Jury expenses and incidental court costs, the budget was for $7,000 for that year and expenses amounted to Just $5,658.48, or some $1350 under the proposed budget. How ever for the following fiscal year the proposed budget was also $7,000, but the expenses have amounted to $8,690.44 t . , or about $1890 over the budget. In other words . . . circuit court costs in the year just concluded have in creased over the previous year by some $3,031.96. Clearly the court costs have shown a marked in crease in Just one year's time, in dicating much more court activity since the initial base of court costs has not increased in that one year's time. A check of the records also re veals that this Ss the first year in the 14 years that David Van denberg has been Circuit Judge that the proposed budget has been exceeded. . A check of the records also re veals that ordinarily criminal cases comprise only about 10 per oent of the circuit court activity during a normal year and that about 90 per cent of the court's activity is dealing with civil cases. Yet during the year just concluded on July 1 only one small civil case was disposed of. The remain der of the entire circuit court budg et went to defray costs of criminal prosecution which Is only 10 per cent of the court's activity. In other words, approximately 90 per cent of the cases on the docket for the past year in Circuit Court are still to be disposed of yet the budcet for the year was ex ceeded by some $1690. These figures do not include Dis trict Court costs or District Court records which we shall present next week. Also next week we intend to give closer scrutiny to the 36 indict ments which have been dismissed under the administration of Dis trict Attorney Frank Alderson, In the meantime the Klamath County Bar Association has been taking steps also in an effort to de termine just how serious is the breakdown of Jaw enforcements in Klamath County and just what can be done or recommended about It. We shall hear more from them and from the State Bar Association, as well as Chief Justice Latour- ette in the near future on this problem. 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