HERALD AND NKU'S, Klamnth. Kalis, Ovr
Tfiiirsrlav, Prrpmhrr 10, 1959
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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
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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. The Coast Guard flew a plane
with a doctor aboard from Kodiak
to Cold Bay, 400 miles west of
here in the Aleutians, to pick up
the unidentified seaman and fly
him to Kodiak Naval Hospital.
The Jana is a member of the
Soviet fishing fleet in the Bering
Sea. Last April the mother ship
of the fleet, the freezer Pische-
vaya lndustriya, appealed for
help when a seaman fell over
board. The seaman was near death
with concussion. The Coast Guard
flew him to Elmendorf Air Force
Base in Anchorage, where he re
covered. The Soviet government
thanked the United States official
ly last month.
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