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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1959)
HERALD AND NKU'S, Klamnth. Kalis, Ovr Tfiiirsrlav, Prrpmhrr 10, 1959 PACE 1 B Paroled Slayer Promises Not To Return SALEM (AP) - "I won't be back." John Omar Pinson, 41, de clared as he walked out of the Oregon Prison here Wednesday on parole. Pinson has a record for crime and prison breaks among the most notorious in Oregon criminal history. In 1947 he shot down an Oregon state policeman. "I feel very fortunate and very lucky." Pinson said of his chance for freedom. "Right now I want to forget my past and start a new , life." Pinson will go to another slate Utility Chief Vows Fight For Oregon SALEM (AP) A proposed new- natural gas pipe line from Canada to California that would pass through Oregon still nssures this state no benefits, Jonel C. Hill public utility commissioner, said here Wednesday. Hill accused Pacific Gas Trans mission Co. of dragging its feet by continued failure to reveal its price and specific marketing area. He pledged an all out fight to get Oregon a share of gas from the pipe line. , The firm now is before the Fed eral Power Commission in a hear ing that resumes Dec. 14 at Wash ington, D. C, seeking permission for the pipe line. It would run from Kings Gate, B. C, across Idaho, Washington and Central Oregon to the California border near Klamath Falls and would cost 125 million dollars. "I'm concerned," Hill said, "that no final commitments have been made on record before the FPC for delivery of natural gas by either PGTC or Pacific North west Pipeline Corp. to distributing Bgencies in Central and Southern Oregon. "If need be, in order to accomp lish fair treatment to Oregon con sumers, a request will be made to FPC to delay issuance of a certifi cate until such time as an appli cation is made to serve distribut ing agencies in Oregon." and work at a job waiting for him under the supervision of that state's parole board. Just where was not revealed by Pinson or prison officials. In answer to a reporter's ques tion, Pinson declared: '.No, I am not planning to marry." And with a smile, he added: "I will have to leave the girls alone for a while." Pinson, who started his criminal career with an armed robbery al 16, quickly became an incorrigible in prison. He led several escape attempts, including a successful one that gave him 11 months oi freedom. Back in prison after 11 months free. Pinson led another escape attempt that included 20 others When it failed he began his ref ormation. That was eight years ago. Since then Pinson taught for a time in the prison school. In re cent years he has been an aide to the prison psychologist. Pinson didn't say what brought about his changed attitude, but the greying ex-prisoner did say "it wasn't religion." As Pinson approached the door, he looked directly at Warden C!a.-?nce T. Gladden and said: "Thanks for everything, warden." Then as he went out he said he wouldn't be back. Jury Selection Slated In LA Triangle Slay Case LOS ANG KLES (VIM I Selection of jurors was expected lo begin Thursday in the murder trial of wealthy Dr. R Bernaid finch and Carole Tregoff. The trial was moved lo a larger courtroom at the start of .Monday's session where 263 spec tators could listen to the conclu sion of arguments by Finch's attorney. He is arguing the cou ple could not get a fair trial in Los Angeles or surrounding areas and said one of his last witnesses would be District Attorney William B. McKesson. The attorney. Grant B. Cooper, said he planned to show when the selection of jurors begins that nospread publicity given the love triangle case has prejudiced prospective jurors. Superior 'udgc Walter R. Evans was ex pected te rule on Cooper's change ' enue motion alter an attempt to seat a jury was made. Finch, 4. and his admitted mistress. .Miss Tregolf, 22, are accused of plotting and carrying out the fatal shooting of Finch's :stranged wife, Barbara, 33. She was found shot to death July IB .'t the couple's fftj.nno home in nearby West Covina. The couple sat quietly Wed nesday studiously avoiding look tig at each other. Cooper charged in spending the second straight day arguing for a change of venue motion that the prosecution made public a so-called "do-it-yourself murder kit" and other facts before evi dence had been presented in court. Deputy District Attorney Fred X. Whichello admitted from the witness stand that he had used the phrase lo describe a brown attache cae found outside Finch's home where Mrs Finch was shot. The case contained rope, a knife, flashlight and a sedative as well as a hypodermic needle and syringe. Turning to a newspaper article dated July 30, Cooper asked Whichello whether he was cor rectly quoted in saying he had hearsay evidence that Finch and M'ss Tregoff "planned lo bind Mrs. Finch with rope. Inject her with a lethal dose of Seconal, place her in a car and drive it over a cliff in front of her home." Whichello admitted he made the statement, but said t h e phrase "murder kit" was first ued by West Covina police Capt. William Ryan during a conversation prior to Finch's pre liminary hearing. Cooper also has introduced a .V)-page summary of news stories and television news program films about tne case in his at tempt to show prejudicial state ments by officials about Finch and Miss Tregoff. He ako Intro duced results of a public opinion poll taken at a cost of $3,000 to show lhat many residents al ready had made up their minds about the case. Judge Evans agreed to have lha case transferred from the old courtroom which held only 81) spectator seats to the new court room after the defense com plained about crowded conditions for attorneys and participants MOOSE LODGE CRAB FEED Saturday Dec. 12th Buy Yeur Tickers Early! Copter Sets Height Mark BLOOMF1ELD, Conn. (AP)-Ai helicopter record was unofficially established today by the Air Force. A Kamarl H43B crash-rescue turbine-powered helicopter reached 29.770 feet in altitude, a little under an hour after it look off from the Bloomfield plant grounds. Piloting the helicopter was Capt. Walter J. Hodgson, veteran Air Force rescue pilot stationed at the flight test center at Edwards Air Force Base. Calif. Copilot was Maj. William J. Davis, project officer on the H43B development program. The record is far higher than the previous one established by a Soviet helicopter on March 12 this year. Its altitude was 21,932 feet. The climb will not be official until instruments sealed In the air craft are checked. CG Assists Red Seaman KODIAK, Alaska (AP)-For the second time in nine months, a Russian seaman was in need of U.S. medical help today In the stormy Bering Sea. For the sec ond time, help was on its way from the U.S. Coast Guard. The Soviet refrigerator ship Jana radioed Tuesday that a member of its crew was seriously 111. 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