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By FR4.NK JENKINS
' The weather In the Bay Area
: thia week has left quite a little
: 10 te desired. Among its other an
tics, it has broken the ancient 21-
: days-in-a-row rain record, estab
lished during the last wet cycle.
which has hitherto been the mark
for comparison. But, as a topic for
conversation, the weather has had
to take a back seat for the Abbott
case In the long, dark days when
the jury has been deliberating
The papers have been devoting
about half their front sections to
it every day. and It has Drovided
small talk for every gathering of
every nina.
The Jury finally came 'in last
nigut. ana today the town Is buzz
ing with comment. In general, the
verdict Is accepted as about the
only one possible under the cir-
- cumslances.
All I can say Is that I'm glad
I wasn't a member of the jury.
Condemning a human being to
death Is serious business. Some
how it seems more serious when
there is no direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence, of
course, can be damning. And It
is a notorious fact that human
beings can be VERY Inexact In
their observation. All newspaper
reporters are occupational aware
of the fact that when a dozen peo
ple see something happen there
are likely to be at least a dozen
versions of what happened.
Still, If one is sitting on a Jury
and faces the terrible responsibility
of sending a human being to the
gallows or the electric chair or
the gas chamber It is comforting
indeed to have someone step up
into the witness box and testify
that he saw the deed and recog
nises the defendant as the one
who rilri it.
That helps at night when the
poor aevn 01 a juryman needs to
get some sleep.
One of the ruggedest Jobs in this
-Abbott case was held by a slight
quiet, scholarly-looking gentleman
named Tnomas. He was the al
ternate, the 13th Juror. I hope he
isn't superstitious, because in the
course of the long trial there was
a 13th Friday. In addition, he is
trie father of a 13-year-old son.
I hope -no black cats ran across
his path when he was out taking
his exercise and I trust that he
walked undej no ladders. It's bad
ensngn to De a I3tn juror, serving
In a month with a 13th day that.
falls on a Friday in a year when
nis son was aged 13.
Punishment of a capital crime
is serious business luppose death
I is the proper penalty for brutal
I crimes, such as the murder of this
little girl. "There is certainly no
piace in a decent world tor people
who are so put together as to be
capable of doing such things. But
condemning a human being to die
is a hard Job to have to tackle as
a civic duty.
Getting back to this 13th, or al
ternat. Juror, it is a system de
vised to save money for the tax
payers. This trial was at least
one of the longest in California
history. It ran for 54 calendar
days, or 47 trial days. What with
hotel bills for the Jurors they
were kept incommunicado at one
of the Bay's best hotels its cost
ran into a lot of sales tax pen
nies. The alternate sat with the Jury
throughout the trial. He listened
to all the testimony, just as the
other Jurors did. But when all
the evidence was in and the case
was closed and the regular jurors
retired to deliberate, the alternate
was ISOLATED. That Is 'to say,
he was shut up in a room all by
his lonesome, with a special bailiff
as his guide, protector and (let's
say) KEEPER.
The idea was that if any regular
Juror fell sick or was otherwise
incapacitated, the alternate would
plnch-hlt for him. Otherwise ' if
some juror had become ill, or his
mind had broken under the strain,
or something else untoward had
happened the whole show would
have had to be put on again at
great cost to the taxpayers of
Alameda county.
It sounds like a good system,
and I'm all for devices that save I
the taxpayer money although.
considering the way the citizen- j
ship of the whole Bay Area went
for the story, I think the taxpay
ers got their money's worth out
of it. .
Coakley Plans
Perjury Raps
OAKLAND (UP) District At
torney J. Frank Coakley of Ala
meda County says he's considering
possible perjury charges against
two witnesses that testified on be-'
half of convicted kidnap-slayer ;
Burton W. Abbott. j
tie loenuneo tnem as ADoott s
uncle, Sgt. Cyril W. Smith of the
Stockton Police Department, and
retired sea captain and mystery
writer Walter R. Bechel.
The district attorney said he
and his associates were studying
the testimony the two men gave
during Abbott's trial and would
decide In a "day or two" whether
perjury charges will be filed.
Meanwhile Abbott, convicted of
the kldnap-murder of 14-year-old
Stephanie Bryan, met with his
family in the Alameda - County
Jail. It was the first family gather
ing since a Superior Court Jury
found him guilty Wednesday and
condemned him to death In the
gas chamber.
Abbott will appear before Judge
Charles Wade Snook for formal
sentencing at 10 a.m. Friday.
Price Ten Centa Is Faces . - KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY , 1856 '. Telephone till No. 3386
Mothers1 March
'Torchlight Night" will be
staffed by the mothers' of Klam
ath Falls Tuesday night between
7 and 8 p.m. as a part of the
March of Dimes, said Mrs.
Lela Woods, chairman of the
event, Saturday.
This Is a nationwide event of
the polio drive Mrs. Woods said
and all householders of Klam
ath Falls who wish to contribute
to the March of Dimes are asked
to put their porch lights on be
tween those hours, A mother of
the city will call on the houses
and collect the contributions fo
the antl-pollo fund.
Senator Sees
'Kindly' Note
WASHINGTON t Sen. George
(D-Ga), chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee, said Satur
day the Bulganin-Eisenhower (let
ters "both breathe a kindly spirit
of conciliation." ,
Sen. Bridges (R-NH), however,
described Soviet Premier Bulgan
in's letter proposing a friendship
treaty between this country and
Russia as "cheap politics blown up
to an international scale."
George and Bridges Joined a
number of other Congress mem
bers of both parties in applaud
ing President Eisenhower's reply
rejecting the Soviet leader's pro
posal. George described Eisenhower's
letter as "a most . excellent ex
ample of moderation and sincer
ity." Bridges said it is a. docu
ment , of great historical signifi
cance, pnrasea - wun consumace
skill, and "should give immediate
new nope, courage and determin
ation to the free and enslaved
world alike." '
Morse Levels
Danger Charge
WASHINGTON m Sen. Morse
(D-Ore) said Saturday night the
Eisenhower administration is fos
tering a "dangerous" resurgence
of anti-federalism that threatens
the civil and economic rights of
millions of Americans.
Tills, Morse said, must be
checked if the general welfare goal
of the Constitution is to be ful
filled. "We must expose in the 1956
campaign the sorry record of this
anti-federalist administration." he
said. "The shocking record of, the
past three years of political ex
pediency and. downright political
hypocrisy of the Eisenhower ad
ministration must be disclosed at
every crossroads in America."
Morse attacked the administra
tion in a speech prepared for a
Roosevelt Day dinner sponsored
by Americans for Democratic Ac
tion.
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BOB EGGE, left, manager of the Sears, Roebuck store, and Jim
Parker, electrical department manager, talked over plans for
the days business yesterday morning es the 9 o'clock photog
rapher ceme by. ' '
Red German
Army Joins
Soviet Bloc
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia HI
Soviet Russia and her East Euro
pean satellites formally took East
Germany's new Communist army
into their Warsaw Pact Military
Alliance Saturday night.
Formed two years ago to coun
terbalance NATO, the Alliance thus
was expanded to unify the military
forces of countries with 300 million
population and bring them under
Moscow's direction.
The representatives of Russia
and the others making up the Al
liance's political advisory commit
tee also signed a foreign .policy
declaration renewing their propos
al for a collective European secur
ity system, which the West has
regarded with disfavor in the tast.
It declared "the danger of a new
war is being Increased by the arm
amenta race."
ALLIANCES
Under the European security
proposal, military alliances of both
East and West would be abolished.
The declaration proclaimed that in
the preliminary stage only a por
tion of the European states would
be Included, but the Soviet Union.
Britain, France and the United
States would have membership.
The declaration also urged crea
tion of a zone in Europe in which
the strength of rival armed forces
would be agreed upon. This was
a proposal of Soviet Foreign Min
ister V. M. Molotov at the Foreign
Ministers Conference In Geneva
last fall. V
Soviet Marshal Ivan S. Konev
was confirmed as commander . In
chief of the unified forces and a
communique indicated each of the
nations had a deputy to serve un
der him. It named East Germany's
defense minister, Willi Stoph, as
"one of the deputy commanders."
CHINA'S BLESSING
Red China gave its, blessing to
the antl NATO organization
through the presence of its official
observer delegation.
The avowed purpose of admit
ting East Germany to full mem
bership was stated in a speech by
Soviet Foreign Minister. V. M.
Molotov, who called uponithe East
ern bloc to combat what he called
the "aggressive" policy of NATO.
"One cannot regard the danger
of a new war as having receded"
although, he said, it was shown at
the Big Four conference in Geneva
last year that achievement of an
East-West understanding was a
"realistic task."
SHIP AGROUND '
TOKYO (jfi A light cargo ship
operated by the U.S. Military Sea
Transportation Service ran
aground in soft mud in Ominato
Harbor Saturday but freed Itself
six hours later, the Navy reported.
The vessel, the T-AKL24, was not
damaged.
HEREFOnDS
THIS MARCH OF DIMES STEER was donated to the polio fund
.drive by Ben and Mable Henzel of the Lost River Ranch. The
steer wilt be auctioned at the Klamath Stockmen's Commis
sion Co. yards on the Midland Road Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
with all the proceeds going to the March of Dimes. The person
buying the steer may have it cut up and wrapped free of
charge by Carl Woods of Carl's Superior Meats in Griggs
Grocery. The stockmen's commission will donate a lamb to be
auctianed end Del Stepp will offer a hog as will Tulana Farms.
Tom Grigtby's Smokehouse end Trulove's Merketwill, each
' give a side of bacon-to be auctioned for the polio fund. , '
Smith Judge
Gives Warning
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP) The
Judge hearing the legal battle over
custody of three-year-old Susan
Smith has warned both sides that
the case must be finished Tues
day or he will have to nostnone
it. '
Judge M. G. Del Mutolo explain
ed the action was necessary due
to other business on the court
calendar.
Late yesterday the little girl's
mother, Mrs. MarJorie Smith, 34,
of Portland, Ore., began her case
against charges that she is not a
fit mother for the child.
The charges were brought by
the child's aunt, Mrs. Ellen High
tower, 38, of Los Gatos, Calif., who
testified earlier in the day.
Mrs. Hightower told the court
how she went to Portland last
April after her brother, Kermlt
Smith, was murdered in an auto
bombing. She said she took Susan
home when Mis. Smith was ar
rested for complicity In her hus
band's death.
Mrs. Smith was acquitted of the
charges and obtained a court or
der for the return of her child,
but Mrs. Hightower refused to
give up the girl on grounds Mrs.
Smith was an unfit mother.
On the stand yesterday Mrs.
Smith, nearly in tears, denied that
she had anything to do with the
death of her husband or that she
had ever been intimate with
Laurence Wolf, the man convicted
of the slaying.
Alpine Slide
Kills Skiers
ST. ANTON, Austria I A
woman skier from Pennsylvania
and three Britons and two Ger
mans were killed Saturday by a
roaring avalanche in this Alpine
winter resort.
Police identified the alx victims
as:
Janet Lester-Neville, born May
29, 1929, student, West Chester,
Pa.
Mr. K. Fleming, 44, Bradford,
England.
Juliana Boer, 31, an official of a
London tourist agency.
Dr. Peter Shaw, 31, Blairgowrie,
Scotland.
Dieter Mannesmann, Weslhafen.
West Germany.
Josef von Schllchfer, Bavaria.
It was the worst tragedy of Aus
tria's winter holiday season.
The avalanche struck a group of
nine skiers, led by an Austrian in
structor, while practicing near the
Ulmer mountain hut at 6,000 feel
altitude.
Rescuers managed to dig out
three persona alive.
The accident brought to 38 the
death toll from Austrian avalanch
es this winter.
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Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls' and
vicinity.- partly cloudy Sunday and
Monday with a few anow flurries
both days. Continued Cold. High
Sunday 34. low Sunday night 10.
lli?h Monday 32.
High Saturday
Low at midnight Saturday .... 9
1956 Fishing
Rules Okayed
PORTLAND I The Oregon
Game Commission Saturday ap
proved most of the 1956 sports
fishing regulations It adopted after
public hearings two weeks ago.
They Include a general trout sea
son of April 28-Oct. 31. The high
Cascade lake season, Including
Diamond Lake, will be May 26
through Oct. 7. but as usual. Odell,
Crescent, Buttle and Fish lakes and
Wickiup Reservoir will open ear
lier.. The salmon angling deadline on
the Umpqua River was moved
from Beckley Bridge up to Smith
Ferry Bridge. This will open some
six miles of additional salmon fish
ing waters.
The commission moved the dead
line at Paulina Lake out an addi
tional 100 yards. The deadline on
the Middle Fork of the Willamette
was moved uoriver from Fall
River to one-half mile below Dex
ter Dam.
Jn the Deschutes River stcelhead
angling will be allowed up to the
mouth of the Crooked River. But
the winter closure from Feb. 1 to
April 27 below life Crooked will
stny in effect.
The commission held to its deci
sion to close the steelhead season
Feb. 29. despite an appeal by
sportsmen to extend it two weeks.
It also rejected a proposal to keep
the Wilson River above Lee's
Bridge open to summer trout
angling.
The regulations will become ef
fective Feb. 11.
Crater Lake Free
Of New Snowfall
No new snow fell at Crater Lake
National Park In the 24-hour pe
riod ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Snow depth was 127 Inches.
Maximum Friday temperature
was 30 degrees; minimum Friday
night, 2, and the official thermom
eter stood at 4 degrees at 8 a.m.
Saturday.
Weather was clear and cold and
roads were expected to be In good
condition over the weekend. Skiing
prospects for the weekend are good
and the warming hut will be open,
weather permitting.
AGREEMENT SIGNF.D
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia 11
Yugoslavia and Russia signed an
agreement Saturday cn use of nu
clear energy for peaceful pur
poses. Russia will deliver to Yu
goslavia an atomic reactor and
supply the raw material, a com
munique said.
'Friendship'
Pact Vetoed
By US Chief
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON I President
Elsenhower rejected Russia's pro
posed "friendship" treaty Satur
day. He told Premier Nikolai Bui
ganln that a "change of spirit"
and not a mere "stroke of the pen"
Is needed to promote world peace.
Bulganin had written Elsenhower
that present world tensions are
"fraught with the possibility of
breaking the peace," and plunging
nations Into atomic war.
It would be "an act of great in
ternational significance" for peace,
he said, If the United States and
Russia would sign a treaty pledg
ing (1) to settle disputes peace
fully In conformity with the United
Nations charter, (2) non-interference
In each other's affairs and
(3) to strengthen economic, cultur
al and scientific cooperation.
FIRMLY
Courteously but firmly, Elsen
hower replied that "It la deeds and
not words alone which count."
Such a pact as Bulganin proposed,
he . said, "might indeed ' work
against the cause of peace" by
creating the Illusion that all Is
well.
Elsenhower challenged Bulganin
In a personal letter to Join in
"prompt measures" to unify Ger
many, end the threat of atomic
war, free Russia's satellite states
and abolish the Iron Curtain.
The chief executive blamed So
viet behavior tor the state of ten
sion existing in tha world but aaid
the means el Improvement' he had
suggested are results to which the
United States is "dedicated and
toward which we are prepared at
any moment to move In a spirit of
conciliation." He invited Bulganin
to write him again stating his re
actions. IKE'S LETTER
The White House made public
the President's letter of about 1.800
words along with a 2,000-word let
ter which Bulganin had aent to the
President Inst Wednesday amid
great fanfare. United States offi
cials said they were convinced that
Soviet "peace propaganda" was
one of the motives in sending the
Bulganin letter.
Also made public was the text
of the 20-year treaty of "friendship
and cooperation" which Bulganin
proposed.
Bulganin said he thought his bid
for a pact would be "favorably
received by you and will evoke a
positive response from the Soviet
and American peoples, as well as
from those of other countries."
Bl'LGANIN'S BID
That line was regarded by Amer
ican officials as an outright bid by
Bulganin for popular acceptance of
the Idea, in effect an admission
that he waa making a propaganda
move.
The President's letter was draft
ed Friday night in a conference
with Secretary of State Dulles at
the White House. It was Immedi
ately cabled to Ambassador
Charles Bohlen in Moscow. Bohlen
delivered it to Acting Foreign Min
ister Andrei Oromyko.
Storm Blamed
For 4 Deaths
PORTLAND til Some relief
from the snow and ice that
gripped northwestern Oregon for
some three days appeared in the
offing Saturday night.
Rising temperatures during the
day began melting nearly a too
of snow that had fallen Thurwla?
night. Some snow was forecast for
Sunday, but the warming trenr;
was expected to Increase.
The cold storm claimed fou
lives In Western Oregon. The lat
est victim was Frank Gallucci, 62,
who suffered a fatal heart attack
while shoveling snow in front of
his Portland home.
Earlier victims were John
Strand, Portland, who also died
from a heart attack while trying
to free his snowbound car; Cathy
Johnson, 5. McMitinvllle, and Mrs.
Vernon Ward, 32, Roseburg. who
were killed in traffic accidents.
Before the temperature rise be
gan Oregon went through another
cold Saturday morning. Burns re
corded a minimum of 8 below
zero and Baker 4. Elsewhere in the
state low temperatures were near
or below freezing.
Icy roads caused many acci
dents. Mm. Katherlne Schaboklicky, 52,
Springfield, was critically' injured
when hit by a car in the start of
what eventually turned out to be
a seven-car smashup on the Port-land-Salem
Expressway near Wil
sonvllle. ;
Five persons were hospitalized In
Portland after a five-car plleup on
the Ross Island Bridge.
SALEM un Republican Gov,
Paul Patterson of . Oregon an
nounced Saturday he would run
for the U, S. Senate Beat held by
Democrat Wayne Morse.
Patterson, who Inherited the gov
ernorship Deo. 17, 1952, when ex
Oov. . Douglas McKay waa ap
pointed secretary of the Interior, is
a staunch aupporter of President
Eisenhower.
Morae also will, seek re-election.
He waa elected in 1044 and 1950 as
a Republican, but became a Demo
crat after the election of President
Eisenhower.
Patterson's statement said:
"I will be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator,
ISSUES
"The issues In this campaign are
ciear. mare are fundamental all-
GOV. PAUL PATTERSON
ferencea between my political phil
osophy and that of Sen. Wayne
Morse. :
"A United States senator must
be responsible to all of the people
oi nia state, regardless of their
political affiliations or their eco
nomic interests. .
"He must never abandon that
responsibility to further his per
sonal political theories. Oregon
must be represented in the United
States Senate by one whose actiona
faithfully and consistently .reflect
the beliefs of the matorltv of her
cltlsens. I will direct my energies
to' that end. ; " " '.
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"The people of Oregon have
elected me governor. This is my
Job. My duties are demanding and
time consuming. I shall use the
time and energy remaining to take
directly to the people my beliefs,
my stand on issues, and my record
oi aervico HJ uregon.
" In the May 18 Repul jean pri
mary, Patterson will oppose State
Hep. Elmer Deetz. canby dairy-
Wilcox To Quit
Agency Job
Earle R. .Wilcox announced to
day his resignation as forest man
ager of the Klamath Indian Agen
cy, effective January 27.
He has accepted a position' as
forestry consultant with the man
agement specialists, T. B. Watters,
E. O. Favell and W. L. Phillips,
who are directing the termination
of federal Jurisdiction of the Klam
ath Indian Reservation under Pub
lic Law 587.
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EARLE R. WILCOX
Wilcox is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Washington College of
Forestry, class of 1938, and holds
a bachelor of science in forestry
degree.
He Joined the Indian Service in
1940 at the Crow Agency In Mon
tana and has been with the serv
ice since that time except for four
years' Army duty during World
War II and 15 months during the
Korean conflict. He came to Klam
ath Agency In October, 1952.
In his new capacity, one of his
principal responsibilities will be
checking and supervising the ap
praisal of tribal properties which
will be accomplished under provi
sions of Public Law 687. Approxi
mately 90 cer cent of the tribal
property Is timber land and com
prises approximately 745,000 acres
of timber land.
Mr. and Mra. Wilcox and their
two children are moving to Klam
ath Falls to make their home.
His office headquarter! are at 139
South Seventh Street.
man who launched the successful
effort to repeal the 21-year-old
state law which allowed the state
to fix milk prices and set produc
tion quotas for dairy, producers,
This law was defeated by the peo
ple In 1954.
Patterson, however, Is an over
whelming favorite to beat Oeetx.
PRESSURED
Patterson has been pressured by
many Republican leaders to run
against Morse. Some of these lead
era regard him as the only hope
the GOP has of defeating Morse.
So tar, Morse has no opposition
In tha Democratic primary.
Patterson and Morse, despite be
ing bitter political foes, have sev
eral things In common. Each is 65
years old. They are lawyers and
members of the Congregational
Church, and each has a wife and
three children. Each has a keen
SENATOR WAYNR MORSE
mind, and they ere skilled debat
ers. -
After betatr graduated from the
University of Oregon law school in
1928, Patterson settled in the rural
town of Hillsboro to practice law.
He served four sessions In the
State Senate from 1945 to 1951, In
the latter year, . he waa Senate
president, placing him first In line
of succession to tne governorsnip.
INHERITED
After Inheriting the-office from
McKay, Patterson served two
years before seeking election to' a
four-year term, yhlej-waa-thavllrst '
time be ever ran for statewide of
fice. ;
In the 1964 primary, he easily
won the nomination, beating Sec
retary of 8tate Earl T. Newbry
148.211 to 51.991.
. In the general election, Patter
son scored another easy win, beat
ing Joseph K. carson jr.. Demo
cratic former mayor of Portland,
322,522 to 144,179. In that election,
Oregon, for the first time in 40
years, elected a Democrat to the
U. S. Senate Richard L, Neubar-
ger.
Patterson Is a member of the
Committee of Governors which
helped President Eisenhower draft
the administration's highway-aid
program. He also attended the re
cent White House Conference on
Education, coming back convinced
that federal money is needed for
school building construction,
GOOD SUCCESS
He has had good success with
the Republican-controlled Legisla
ture. The 1955 Legislature passed
his proposals for higher state In
come taxes, bigger unemployment
benefits, and creation of a water
resources board to referee disputes
over uses of water.
The governor is a strong cam
paigner, and loves it. All during
his term, he has made many trips
over the stste, making one or more
'peeches almost dally.
His announcement probably re-
moves two other Republicans from
he race. They are Lamar Tooze,
Portland lawyer, and State Sen,
lohn C. F. Merrlflcld, Portland in
suronce company president.
Toozn and Merilfleld said they
wouldn't run if Patterson does. -,
MORSE VOTE
Morse first was elected by I
95,000-vote margin in 1944. In 1950,
ne was reelected by 260,000 votes.
The big issue of the campaign
vill be the Etsenhower-McKay pol
icy of building power dams in
partnership between government
agencies and power oompanies.
Patterson favors this policy, but
Morse bitterly opposes It.
If Patterson is elected to the
Senate, Stale Senate President
Elmo Smith. John Day weekly
newspaper publisher, would suc
ceed him, serving the remaining
two years of the term.
The deadline for filing candi
dacies is March 9.
No Skating At
Moore Park
Due to snow removal difficulties,
there will be no skating today at
Moore Park, city Recreation Direc
tor Bob Bonncy reported yesterday
afternoon.
He added that wet conditions still
exist, but the current cold will im
prove . skating prospects for the
near future. An announcement will
be made when skating is resumed,
he said.
Ho also said the ski tow will not
operate, but that there will be
sledding. . , . '
HAIRDRESSERS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ifl DO
Calllornions get in peoples' hair?
Could be. California has more li
censed hairdressers il,077 than ,
anv other state. ,
Reporting this, the State Board
of Cosmetology said New York waa
second with 48,100,