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'DENNIS THE MENACE"
HERALD ANT) NFWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORErSrr - - -
Granting Appeals Tough
Says Ex-California Chief
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tailed Press Inlemalioaal
LOS ANGELES ll'PI' Former
Gov. Good in J. Knight, reflect
ing on live years and three
months as chief state executive,
said today the worst duty ol the
otlice is reviewing appeals for
clemency from men sentenced to
die.
"I'd bleed from every pore each
time i went over a case,
said.
You realize that all you have
to do is scratch your name on a
piece of paper you do it as gov-
C-47 DITCHES IN SEA
TRIPOLI, Libya (LPP-A U.S.
Air Force C-47 transport en route
to Tripoli from Germany was
ditched in the Mediterranean Sea
Sunday with the loss of one man.
It was reported today. The plane's
captain, identified only as Guy
M. Allphin. 34. went down with
the sinking craft and was pre
sumed dead. Seven other crew
members were found floating on
a rubber raft and were saved by
a rescue plane.
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MRS. V. E. O'NEILL
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Mrs. V. E. O'Neill received the
Oregon Technical Institute Great
est Service Award, conferred an
nually, during commencement ex
ercises on campus Friday afternoon.
Great Service Awards went to
Mrs. Josephine Kittredge of Eu
gene, formerly of Klamath Falls:
to Mrs. Dorothea Buck of Klam
ath Falls and. in absentia, to Clay
ton Hannon of the Portland Jour
nal, formerly a Herald and News
reporter.
These are , citizens judged by
0T1 officials to have done out
standing service to the school.
Honored guests at the service
were Mrs. William Smullen. wife
of the keynote speaker at the cere
monies: Mrs. S. E. Brogoitti. wile
of the chairman of the Stare Board: searched each case.
of Education, who also was pres
ent: Mrs. Kittredge. Jess Bell of
Portland, chairman of the OTI Ad
visory Council: Mrs. O'Neill, past
president of the hoard of .educa
tion, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Rranchfield of Medford. Branch
held is a member of the advisory
council. The school's director. Win
ston D. Purvine, also was honored
as a guest.
ernor about 20 times a day. any
how and a man can live. In a
temptation to commute a death
sentence. A flick of my wrist, and
I can let him breathe. I'd tell
myself. And if you did, not many
people would know.
"Seventy-five to SO per cent of
the people sentenced to die are
not well known, and their cases
haven't been well oublinrpH Th
Knight I public really isn't deeply con
cerned with exexcution.
"Executive clemency appeals
are strenuous and the toughest!
u"" a covernor nas lo tace. The
evening before the day of an ex
ecution isn t pleasant."
Knight said he commuted three
death terms sentences to life im
prisonment, in the 20 to 25 cases
he reviewed in office. He said he
had some doubts about several
cases but resolved them all and is
proud that there never has been
new eviaence in any case which,
as he says, he "let go."
Knight said pros and cnn f
capital punishment didn't enter his!
consideration of executive clemen
cy aunougn he favors capital pun
ishment. The farmer governor said he al
ways made himself available.
evenings and mornings of execu
tions in case any new evidence
were found to warrant a reprieve.
He had a direct phone from his
office to the prison.
He said he was usually arret.
sible to the public as governor. Hei
wouio review each case, write his
conclusions in lonehand in f rnnl
of the case file, sign it and make
n available to anyone who wanted
to see it. Sometimes a file would
oe given to a person who wanted
to consult Knight on a case.
t saw most of these Dtonlc
personally, but some 1 had In re
fuse to preserve my sanity," he
said.
Knight, now living in a Los An
geles apartment with his wife.
irgima. took time out from a busv
schedule of speeches and getting
resettled to recall his inner man
struggles with death sentences.
"I was always deeply concerned
over this great power in the hands
of one person, he said. "You're
court of last resort. You can
give back property but not life.
and when you've rung this bell,
you can't unring it. I never treat
ed it casually, and while I'm not
infallible, I've had no regrets
about my handling of it. And I
had three excellent executive
clemency Secretaries who re-
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FRIDAY. Jt'NE 12. Ifl.iO
ONE OF THE HEADQUARTERS buildings visited by many of
the 7,500 Christian Scientists attending the annual meeting
of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, it tht block-long edifice of the Christian Science
Publishing Society. This building houses the Christian Science
Monitor, the denomination's international daily newipaper,
at well as the weekly, monthly and quarterly religious publications.
Hubby Dies;
Wife Accused
GRANGE NEWS
F.ASTSIDE GRANGE
NEW i PINE CREEK-Eastside
Grange met in regular session re
cently. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mill
sap's application was read and
relerred to the membership com
mittee, and acceptance was rec
ommended. Bill Barington re
ceived the obligation.
It was decided to take action
on the Home Economics Club's
proposal to clean the cemetery. A
plat will be made and brought
up to date while there are still
those who can identify the graves.
The master appointed a commit
tee to do this: Fred Fi.-her, Mrs.
Ethel Cundilf, Jack Hinlon, Alice
Allen and Irvin U. Fans. -
Holding a grange picnic on July
4 was discussed, but tabled until
the next meeting because of con
flicting events.
The use ol the hall was granted
lor a meeting to the Goose Lake
Valley T V. Club.
A grange lair booth was
brought up but tabled, as it is not
definitely known if there will be
a Cedarville Fair this year. There
was discussion on the Modoc Coun
ty Fair, which may not be held,
using the money instead for a
Modoc County exhibit at the Sac
ramento State Fair. This was
thought to he a mistake since the
fair usuallv stimulates consider
able activity among the local!
granges
It was worst on cold. wet.
windy nights. I'd be sitting home
enjoying myself, watching TV
with my lovely wife and maybe
having a glass of Ringer ale or a
coke. Then I'd look out of the
window and see the wind blowing
tne trees, ana it could become
bit eerie.
"I'd lie awake thinking about
some cases. Once I was particu
larly disturbed about one 'Burton
Abbott i and asked a guard to get
the file. He brought it back to the
executive mansion, and I reread
the entire thing all seven or
eight ' inches of it. I finished at
2 a.m. It was all circumstantial,
but it was overwhelming.
so 1 let rum go.
ARTIST AWARDED
LONDOX (UPI - The U.S. Air.
Force Thursday awarded its hish-
est civilian honor the excep
tional service award to London
artist Frank E. Bereslord who'
painted pictures of American air
men in Britain during World
War It.
SILVERTO.N (API Archie
Goodwin, who had been uncon
scious since Monday when he was
hit on the head with a sledce
hammer, died today at a hospital
here, police said.
A complaint charging assault
with a dangerous weapon was
tiled Wednesday against Good
win s wife. Josephine. 36, in con
nection with the bludgeoning.
Goodwin, ao, sutfered a severely
crushed skull in the attack and
failed to regain consciousness.
Marion County District Atty
Hattie Kremen said under Oregon
law she would now be required to
tile murder charges against Mrs.
Goodwin.
Action on the charge of assault
tiled Wednesday was delayed be
cause Mrs. Goodwin is expecting a
sixth child in the immediate fu
ture.
She was temporarily committed
to the Oregon State Hospital at
Salem. She had been released
from that institution Sept. 5, 1958
Police said .Mrs. Godwin told
them at a Silverton hospital the
night of the slaying where to find
the sledge hammer and admitted
hitting her husband.
She was taken lo the hospital,
officers said, for treatment for an
overdose of sleeping pills.
.Neighbors called police to the
modest Silverton residence of the
couple alter the two fought vio
lently in the back yard. All of their
children were away from home at
the time of the incident.
LIKES HIS PAPER
LOS ANGELES A noisy bur
glar proved no match for a testy
newspaper reader Thursday.
James A. Wigmore, 85, lust
can't stand to be bothered while
reading his paper in the dignified
California Club.
The burglar rattled the window
climbing in.
"Get out of here: shouted Wig-
more.
The burglar got.
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MRS. KATHRYN F.
Church Group Names Leader
Mrs. Kathryn F. Cook of Boston
waa recently named president of
The Mother Church. The First
Church ot Christ. Scientist, in Bos
ton, Massachusetts.
A native of South Bend. In
diana, she has devoted her entire
time to the practice of Christian
Science healing lor many years.
Her husband was George Shaw
Cook. A tormer Christian Science
lecturer, teacher, and editor, he
served as president of The Mother
Lrturcn 20 years ago.
Mrs. Cooks appointment was
announced by The Christian Sci
ence Board of Directors at the
annual meeting of The Mother
hurch. She succeeds Leonard T.
Carney, a member of the Board of
Trustees of The Christian Science
Publishing Society. Mrs. Cook will
serve a one-year term.
Active in various capacities in
the Christian Sripnr mnt-MmM
she accepted a position in the of.
tice of the Committee on Publi
cation for Indiana in 1J24. Since
that time she has kpoa 9lm.i
continuously engaged in some
phase of Christian Science work.
SEGREGATIONISTS KILL BILL
MONTGOMERY. Ala. HTH
Segregation leaders 'in the Ala
bama Legislature killed a bill
Tuesday that would give ordained
ministers the right to refuse to
testify in court about confidential
talks between pastor and parish
ioner. Rep. Hugh Locke of Bir
mingham said he saw a "poten
tial danger" that such a right
would benefit Negro pastors lead
ing a drive for racial integration
in Alabama.
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Girl Wears Dress
For Graduation
CEDAR SPRINGS. Calif. (API
Patricia Gitt was the only grad
uate Thursday of the Cedar
springs elementary school.
It was a big day for Patriria
She wore a dress
We almost never do ud here
in the mountains, vou know " sh
explained. "We wear jeans in the
summer and ski clothes - in the
winter.
Cedar Springs is high in the
mountains northeast of Los Ange
les. It has the last one-room
schoolhouse in Los Angeles coun
ty, with IS pupils. s
APPOINTMENTS EXPECTED
TEHRAN. Iran (UPI Gov
ernment sources said today that
three new ministers will be
named next week to replace the
cabinet members who resigned
Thursday in an 'internal" dispute.
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First National Bank Aides
To Meet In Klartiath Falls
FIVE BOYS DROWNED
SANTAREM. Portugal 'ITI'
Aulhorities said today that five
teen-age boys were drowned in
the Tacus River during a beach
party Thursday despite frantic ef
forts of would-be rescuers to save
them.
Directors of First National Bank
ot Oregon will meet in Klamath
Falls on Tuesday, June 23. it was
announced by Russell H. Tisdalc.
vice president and manager of the
Klamath Falls branch ol the state
wide bank.
The bank has followed a policy
of holding one meeting a year in
communities outside Portland
where the bank operates branch
es. Tisdale said, and this is the
first time in the S.Vyear history of
First National that the directors
will gather in Klamath Falls for
a meeting
G. C. Lorenz. Klamath Falls busi
nessman and longtime director of i
the bank. Tisdale. Myron E. Shan
non, manager of the South Sixth
Street branch, and John A. Ver
nard. manager of the Merrill
branch, will be hosts for the visit
ing business leaders.
' Planned as a saluie to the
Klamath Basin area, the session
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tunity to strengthen the manv sig
nilicant ties between the bank, its
ollicials and the citizens of this
area." Tisdale explained.
"The visit will give the delega
tion a close look at the economy
of the Basin, and allow the di
rectors to meet many ol the
hank's customers in the district,"
he added.
The group will visit the two
First National branches in Klam
ath Falls and the Merrill branch
while on a tour of the agricultural
di.otrict prior lo the board meet
ing Tuesday afternoon.
C. B. Stephenson, president of
the bank, will head the delega
tion scheduled to fly into Klamath
Falls airport early Tuesday. June
53. Accompanying him will be
E. B. MacNaughton. chairman of
the board, and 22 other directors.
The group includes Dr. Burt B.
Barker, vice president emeritus,
t'niversity of Oregon: Henry F.
Cabell. Henry Failing Estate: Ben
R. Chandler. Coos Bay: Ted Gam
hie, president. Mt. Hood Radio and
Television Broadcasting Corp.:
John D. Gray, president. Omark
Industries. Inc : A W. Groth. re
tired banker: William A. Hasel
tine. president. J. E. HaselUne
Co : L. H. Hollman. Hotfman Con
struction Co: and Oscar H. Keller.1
president. Firstamerica Corporation.
Also visiting here for the meet
ing will be J. H. Mackie. retired
hanker: Lynn S McCready. vice
president and manager of the
hank Eugene main office: Paul
Neils, chairman. J. Neils Lum
ber Co: Wade Newbecm. presi
dent. R. M. Wade ft Co : V. V.
Pendergrass. attorney: John V. G.
Posey, president. Posey Lumber.
Inc : William Swindells, president.
WiJJamettt Valley Lumber Com
pany; Charles W. Wentworth. pres
ident, Wentworth and Irwin, Inc.:
Ralph E. Williams. Investments:
Thomas W. Young, president But
tertield Brothers: Herman Oliver.
John Day cattleman: aat Tom F.
Sandoj. president. GalumDia River
Packers Association, Astoria.
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