HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore
Wednesday. .lulv 1.
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Log Mishaps
Fatal To Two
Love Tryst Murder Case Stated For Jisry Today
on arranged the meeting. I She said she had used it ior tar-
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two men died in Oregon logging
accidents Tuesday.
Dick Lawrence Meiriman, 31.
Jacksonville, and Car! Johnson,
V'. Forest Grove, were the vic
tims. Merriman. a school teacher,
was working during summer va
cation at an operation on Dead
Jndian Road, lfi miles east of
Ashland. He was hit and killed
by a tree which was blown the
wrong way by a sudden wind as
it was being tailed.
, The widow, Shirley Merriman,
und two children, Mark and Sher
ry, survive.
The other fatal accident occur
red about four miles from Gaston,
southwest of Portland. Johnson
was a taller and bucker at the
K. P. Hoodenpyl logging opera
tion. As he operated a power saw
8 log rolled down and crushed
hurt against another log he was
cutting. His brother, John John
son, who had been working with
him, discovered the accident.
Survivors include the widow.
Ruth; a daughter, Mrs. Charlene
Johns, Forest Grove; two broth
ers, Nils of Florence, Ore., and
John of Forest Grove; and a sis
ter, Mrs. Marie Krumlauf, Reeds
port. Funeral services are scheduled
tor Friday at Forest Grove.
CINCINNATI (API -- Edythe body into the trunk of her car.
Klumpp's fate on a charge she keeping it there overnight and
murdered her lover's estranged then taking it to Lake Cowan in
wile goes to a Hamilton County nearby Clinton County the next
Criminal Court jury today. day and burning it
The jury of six men and six wom
en must decide whether Mrs.
Klumpp. a blonde 41-year-old di
vorcee and mother of four, should
he acquitted, sentenced to death
or given a prison term.
The state claims it was just
eight months ago Tuesday that
Mrs. vKlumpp fatally shot and
bludgeoned Louise Bergen, 32. on
secluded street here. Mrs.;
Klumpp had been living with Mrs.
Bergen's husband. William, 30, for
several months. The state claims
she feared Bergen was about to
go back to his wife. .
Mrs. Klumpp admitted during
a nine-hour session on the witness
tand she was involved in the
shooting. She said, however, it
was accidental as she grappled
with the younger woman over a
pistol she said Mrs. Bergen was
pointing at her.
She also admitted putting the
She taught a sewing class a few
hours after Mrs. Bergen's death.
The body was in the car at that
time.
She testified she didn't tell au
ihorities or Bergen of the shoot
ing and body burning because she
was scared and feared no one
would believe her.
The state claims Mrs. Klumpp
arranged the fatal meeting with
Mrs. Bergen (or two reasons. One
was that she (eared Bergen was
the alleged murder has been link
ed with three major points: (l.
relationship would come to light -The (act Mrs. Klumpp received a
during a credit investigation o( an call from a credit investigator the
application for a loan on her I morning of Oct. 30. 2 The date
home. .sho bought the gasoline she used
The state says she needed mon- in burning the body. 3 How the
un happened to be in the car.
and had forgotten to take It
ey to keep her home from being
sold at auction to settle a proper
ty division with her divorced hus-
out
of the car.
Through most of the trial Mrs.
Klumpp has stared grimly straight
ahead. She has wept a few times
going bacK to his wife. The other iband. Robert Klumpp
was that she feared their illicit1 -Mrs. Klumpp claimed Mrs. Ber
The state contends she took the
.22 caliber target pistol with her
with the intention of eliminating
Mrs. Bergen from her problems.
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Israel Crisis
Drags Along
JKRL'SALEM AP Israel's
cabinet crisis dragged along to-1
day with Premier David Ben
Gurion's resignation still expected
but so far not delivered to Presi
dent Izhak Ben-Zvi.
The premier is expected to quit
and then form a new govern
ment because two left-wing
parties in his four-party coalition
have refused to live up to a 1957
pledge to support all cabinet deci
sions or resign.
The left-wing Achduth Avodah
and Mapam parties refused again
Tuesday to withdraw their oppo
sition to the government's agree
ment to sell 250.000 grenade throw
ers to West Germany. They also
refused to resign from the govern
ment.
Bcn-Gurion apparently was hold
ing up his resignation until parlia
mentary endorsement of the arms
deal, expected in a vote today.
After his resignation, Ben-Gur-Inn
will be asked by the president
to (orm a new government be
cause his Mapai t Labor) party is
the largest in Parliament. If he
cannot put together a majority
coalition, he is expected to form
a caretaker government to run the
country , until election of a new
Parliament in November.
Lad's Death
Said Mishap
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Did
curiosity lead a 7-year-old boy to
a tragic death inside of an auto
matic clothes dryer?
Detective E, B. Meals says that
probably was the reason Jerome
Brown crawled into the coin
operated machine early Tuesday
His body, mangled badly, was
found about an hour and a half
later by two women who were the
first customers at the laundro
mat, which is unattended.
The youngster, son of Dorothy
Gale Brown, was identified by
teeth and clothing.
Meals said the machine started
after the boy closed its door
Housewives of the area had been
using the dryer free because
coin had stuck in the starting
mechanism. They operated it by
merely closing and opening the
door.
Death Toll
Stands At 20
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The
death toll from Sunday's freight
train explosion on the Ogeechee
River stands at 20.
The count increased Tuesday
when James R. Smith of Savan
nah, 20, died of burns that cov
ered 80 per cent of his body. His
wife. Marjorie, was in grave con
dition in a hospital. Their chil
dren, Wayne, 3, and Timothy, 1,
died earlier.
The explosion occurred at a rec
reational area near Meldrim. Still
at issue was whether the train
derailed and caused the explosion
or the butane cars exploded and
caused the derailment.
Superman'
Rites Slated
HOLLYWOOD (AP) -Funeral
services for actor George Reeves,
television's Superman, will be held
today with actors Alan Ladd and
Gig Young among the honorary
pallbearers.
The rites were scheduled for 3
p.m. at a west Los Angeles mort
uary with the Rev. R. Parker
Jones of St. Albans Episcopal
Church officiating.
The body will be entombed tem
porarily at a Santa Monica mau
soleum until Reeves' mother.
Helen Bessolo, takes it to Cincin
nati for permanent interment.
Police and the coroner say
Reeves shot himself to death June
16 at his home. His mother has
not accepted the suicide verdict
and has hired filmland attorney
Jerry Gieslcr to investigate.
ENTERS NAVY
Ronald Gene Johnson of Klam
ath Falls entered the Navy at
Portland June 19. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Wolfred
Johnson of 2321 Crest Street. John
son was graduated this year from
Klamath Union High School. He
will receive basic training at San
Diego Navy, recruit station.
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