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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE rLEVTfJ irginia Moves To Revise State Educational Policy I I RICHMOND. V. tf A move lined at delaying a state consti tutional convention appeared on the brink of collapse today as the Vir ginia Legislature moved ahead tilth plans to revise the stale' r ucational policies. A northern Virginia bloc re gained hopelul It could muster eul ileient votes to hold up the pro nosed convention, but forces favor fcig the amendment of the state Earth, Rain Highlight Abbott Trial Bv C.IXNN STACKHOISE Cnlted Press Staff Correspondent 'OAKLAND. Calif., tUP Samples of earth taken from Ste phanie Bryan's crude grave and from soil around Burton W. Ab bott's nearby mountain cabin were ' expected today to prove vital links k the chain of evidence against the 27-year-old defendant. ' -- Testimony about the soil samples came yesterday from' a Trinity County deputy sheriff, Charles Wy i ekeff, who took them after the hodv of the Berkeley schooirlrl . Was discovered on July SO. ; VycKolf was to resume his testl ' fnony today ana to be lollowed on . Ifie stand by Dr. George Loquvam Alnmoda County pathologist who examined Stephanie's body and 1 supervised its removal from the 1 Wave. rr Abbott, a University of Califor nia student, Is accused of kidnap- !np and murdering 14-year-old '' Stephanie. .She disappeared on April i"8 about 4 p.m., while walk ing home from, school. Wyckoff testified yesterday that he was called to the scene after a pariy .headed by Harold Jackson, . Trinity county . rancher had found - the grave, with. the aid of two hunting dogs. . Assistant District Attorney Fol get Emereon showed him a large . clod wrapped in cellophane and housed in a wooden box. "Yes," Wyckoff recalled, "that was the clod of dirt we took off the right shoulder of the body." The body waa lying on its left aide. Emerson showed him another piece of earth. Wyckoff said: . "Yes. that is a sample I took from around the cabin." Emerson did not make much ot the dirt samples at the time, but it was presumed that Dr. Paul , Kirk, UC criminologist and the . prosecution's main technical wit' ness, will try to show some physical relationship between the two ,J pieces. ;- - .S Earlier, , defense attorneys Har ifold Hove and Stanley Whitney con, i ducted a long cross-examination ol M .Tnnlrcnn riu'ullmtr at Inno-th rm hie Deuel tnat the ground was wet when Stephanie's grave was dug. There was considerable rain in the area up to and including April 29, the day after Stephanie van ished and the day Abbott hat admitted being at the cabin. The late April rain was the last in weeks. Jackson said he believed the ground had been wet at the time the body was burled because it was so hard on July 30. He ex plained that wet clay of that par ticular kind always dried to the consistency of-hnrd rock.. For almost two hours, Hov questioned him about the weather In Trinity County, past and preseni and the depth tp which the April rains would nave oampenea tne ground. suggested various solutions to the school problem. A spokesman for Uw Gray Study Commission, which recommended the constitutional amendment, to carry out the tuition plan, said the commission had resisted "all sorts of pressures ' to come up with a scheme that would call for aboli tion of the public school system. The commission members felt public schools should be main tained, said David Mays, attorney for the commission. At the same time, Mays warned that residents of south&ide Vir ginia were ready to abandon pub llo schools rather than permit inte gration ot white and Negro pupils. Several Negro speakers were among those who called for defeat constitution were more confident than ever the would beat the at tempt. The convention would amend the Virginia constitution to permit the state to provide tuition grants to parents who wish to avoid sending their children to integrated schools. The grants would pay the admis sion cost to private schools. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against segregation In the public schools. A seven-hour public hearing that began yesterday afternoon and ended at midnight produced a turnout of some 60 speakers who Square Dancers Elect Officers MERRILL At a regular busi ness meeting of the Merrill Step-En-Stompers Square Dance Club, held November 17, the following officers- were elected for the new year. Lee Haskins, president; Bit 1 Woodhouse, secretary-treasurer: Vivian Cunningham, publicity; and Jim Eradshaw, caller. Dances will be held the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. There will not be one on December 24 however. Dues for 1956 are now due and payable. Anyone interested in square danc ing Is welcome and parents are welcome to bring their children, Skiing Season Opening Planned LAKEVIEW At the next snowfall, skiing season will offi cially open at the Fremont tiign landers' Warner Canyon ski area James Howard, president, said Tuesday. The tow is ready to rue and the ski hill is covered with a foot ol fm which has been well-packed by a crew of stiers for a base Howard staled. Fremont Highlander member ships are (2.30 and season tow ticket are (20 foi members. Tick- At an aala at Amifh' Hair Shop, Snyder and Howard Dru and Hotel Lakevlew. Soroptimists Hear Austrian LAKEVIEW Held! Tax o: Austria was guest speaker at the '. November 29 luncheon meeting of the Lakevlew Soropttmists at the Hotel Lakevlew. She discussed the Austrian school system. Miss Tax who Is taking her sen ior year at Lakevlew High School s a foreign exchange student un der the American Field Service program, expressed her appreci ation for the privilege of attending an American school. Delbert Mil holland. high school principal, in troduced her, Mrs. Edna Olson arranged the program. BLOOD is always needed Be a donor CALL RED CROSS NOW! Give ILOOD to the Red Cross Bloodmobilt at the Klamath Falls Armory Decem ber 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. and on December 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Santa Says HEY KIDS! DON'T FORGET THE Show FRIDAY and SATURDAY 2-4-7 p.m. " 10-2-4 p.m. t Bring Mom and Dad to Our FRIDAY NIGHT T.Y. PARTY Watch the Fights at 7 p.m. Every Friday Night SANTA WILL BE AT J. W. KERNS - After Every Marionette Shew Friday & Saturday SHOP OUR BIG AND COMPLETE TOYLAND j. w. kern 734 Se. tth Phone 4197 of the amendment plan and com pliance with the court decision. Oliver Hill, Richmond attorney vho is state legal counsel for the National Assn. for the Advance ment of Colored People, said seg regation laws had worked as a "tremendous disgrace" to the Ne gro race. "You .talk about states' rights," declared Hill to the legislators. "What about Individual rights?" With the finish of the hearing today, the way waa open for com mittee consideration of the I ment bill the lone measure th4 may be considered at Use epeck4 session. ' This would possibly clear path for final action tomorrow or Saturday. ' V IN PERSON L2)LiALI DORMS CALIF. r mm mm AtiD HIS WESTERN DANCE BAND DANCE 10 till 2 a.m. Admission 1.50 person Tax Included Sat., Dec. 3rd "T" Texas Tyler, the man that mede "Remember Me," "Bummin' Around," and others, all time Western hits. 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