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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Tuesday, Feb. lfl. lflfif) Singer Flings Ash Tray At Guest In Restaurant BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI Negro singer Lena Home took offense at remarks about her race Monday night in a restau rant and hurled a hurricane lamp dishes and ashtrays at a man sitting at a nearby table. "This is America, you cannot Insult people like that," shouted Miss Home as she stood up from her table at the Luau and let loose with the barrage. One ashtray struck Harvey St Vincent, idcntilicd as the vice president of an engineering firm on the forehead and opened tmall cut. By the time police arrived al the st'ene, tempers had cooled and neither Miss Home nor St Vincent wanted to press charges Only police action taken was tin making out of a brief report ol the incident. "I lost control," Miss Horn told police. Don J. Viray, 43, maitre'd or the Luau, said Miss Home and her white husband, musical direc tor Lcnnie Hayton, arrived at the restaurant shortly atler midnight Miss Home and her husband were seated at a table with other man right below them in the dining room, Viray said According to the police report St. Vincent's companion, identified as Norman Wynne, said, "There's Lena Home," and SI. Vincent made a derogatory remark. With that .Miss Home stood up and said: "I can hear what you are say ing. Please slop." St. Vincent made another re mark. Wylinc walked away and Miss Home began throwing things from her table, police said. Viray said St. Vincent was hit DOORS OPEN :45 P.M. TICHNICOIPH TOMORROW SPACE W MONSTERS INVADE ' THE EARTH ...TO . .' ...... ;w and INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN k J a 1 K.. -jJsVII SCREENFUL, j 11IL above the left eye and bleeding, but took the incident "very gen tlemanly" and moved to another table after declining medical aid. An employe called police during the brief fracas. Hayton asked lhat St. Vincent be thrown out of the restaurant alter the incident but the man agement declined. Quentin Con Gets Reprieve SAX QUENTIN IL'PH If con vicl-aulhor Caryl Chessman is ex ecuted on schedule Friday, the kidnap-rapist will go to the ga chamber alone. Donald L. Cash, a Southern California murderer, was sched uled to die with Chessman in double execution. However, he re ceived a 30-day reprieve Monday from Gov. Edmund G. Brown. 1 he governor s action came within hours after the Californi Supreme Court and the U. Supreme Court rejected Cash's pe titions for a stay of execution Brown said he issued the rcpricv so the condemned man could re ccive further psychiatric exam mation. California Weather L'nilrd Press International San Francisco Bay Area: Fair oday, partly cloudy Wednesday high today 60-65; low tonight 42 30: westerly winds .8-16 m.p.h. Mt. Shasta-Siskiyou area: Fair oday; cloudy Wednesday: little change in temperature. Sierra Nevada: Fair through Wednesday except partly cloudy n north Wednesday; little change n temperature. Sacramento Valley: Fair today; partly cloudy Wednesday; high both days 56-64; low tonight 38 46; northerly winds 8-18 m.p.h today. Northwestern California: Fair today; cloudy Wednesday; little change in temperature; high to day and low tonight Ukiah 65-38, Santa Rosa 65-37, Napa 65-40 coastal winds northwest 12-25 m.p.h. today. Weather Table By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr. Albany, snow 26 22 T Albuquerque, clear 50 27 Anchorage, clear 26 10 .08 Atlanta, cloudy 48 34 Bismarck,, snow 4(1 22 .03 Boston, cloudy 36 XI M Buffalo; cloudy 30 28 .06 Chicago, cloudy 34 31 T Denver, cloudy 47 27 Des Moines, cloudy 37 26 Detroit, cloudy 36 29 .01 Fort Worth, clear 50 26 Helena, Mont. 40 M Honolulu, rain M 'M M Indianapolis, snow 3(1 30 T Kansas City, clear 41 30 Memphis, cloudy 40 36 .02 Miami, clear 60 66 Milwaukee, cloudy 30 26 Mpls.-SI. Paul, clear 42 27 New Orleans, cloudy 58 46 .22 New York, clear 36 27 Oklahoma City, clear 35 27 .01 Omaha, cloudy 35 23 Philadelphia, clear 34 20 Pittsburgh, cloudy 28 12 Hapid City, snow 48 30 T Richmond, clear 41 16 St. Louis, cloudy 45 34 .Salt Lake City, cloudy 40 22 .02 San Diego, clear 7.1 46 San Francisco, cloudy 60 50 Seattle, clear 47 36 Tampa, clear 60 39 Washington, clear 36 20 I M Missing; T Trace I LAST TWO DAYS! THE FABULOUS GIANT or GIANTS! $TEV REEVES Goliath AND THE BARBARIANS -C010RSC0PI V C01HIM AND Tm MRetRiirn tutimi SIIV1 Rltvtl . i0 Harriot CMtlO aiOMO and MUC( CalOt IN AMI ft iC AN INtlNtlONAl PlCTUM IN C010SC0H iia "DENNIS THE MENACE" "l OOiC ' 'L ' ' . ' " x 'LOOK WHAT Mil TAYIQR GRANGE Masters and officers of Klamath County granges learned at a coun ty Pomona Grange meeting re cently that degrees will be con ferred in a number of granges soon. Francis Flowers, Pomona mas ter, said first and second degrees will be conferred March 9 by Poe Valley and Lost River granges al Lost River hall, third and fourth degrees March 31 by Shasta View and Midland granges at Midland hall, and the fifth degree by Po mona officers at Midland May 12 Flowers asked for a fifth degree practice session March 31. Pomona grangers also decided to continue their Grange Purchas ing Association for a few moro years at least. Leon Andrieu re ported on the association's status at present. Members acted on three reso- lutons. Mrs. Zetta Sullivan, Porno na home economics chairman asked the grange to furnish coffee rolls and butter for the regional grange conference at Midland hall March 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The conference will feature a no-host potluck dinner during the break. Mary Lou Crapo, Pomona youth chairman, announced organization soon of a drill team for gran? youth in Klamath County. . A d Barlecn will be drill captain. Subordinate masters Ray Brack- man, Alex Cammock, Bun bcott Rex High, Ruth Hall, Cecil Brown Douglas Tennant, Marjorie Newn ham and Charley Henderson re ported for Iheir granges. All sub ordinate granges were represented except Bly. Charley Henderson, county ex- PTA NEWS DORRIS Buel Fisher, principal ol Dorris Elementary School, was presented with the annual honorary PTA lite membership in a candle light ceremony at the Dorris Par- nt-Tcacher Association's Found is Day program Tuesday night. Mrs. Robert Meglasson, PTA president, made the presentation Mrs. Arnold Skoog, membership hairman, explained the meaning of the award. Mrs. Skoog cited Fisher tor his outstanding work with youth as a member of the Court of Awards Committee for Camp Fire Girls, sponsoring organ ization representative of the Cub Scouts and an organizer of the Red Cross swimming courses. He has done manual labor on the outh building, is a Lions Club member, has raised funds for the youth building, is a counselor to local young people and has donat cd his time and money to needy children and families. Mrs. Meglasson pinned corsages on past presidents, Mrs. Joe Allen .Mrs. Anna Motchenbacher, Mrs Clayton Gn-en, Mrs. Byard Kelly Mrs. Marie1 Sundkvist. Mrs. James Robert Egeline and Mrs. Frank Goldbar. A program was given by scv enth and eighth grade students. Fifty members were present and the room count was won by the fifth grade with the largest per ccntage of parents present. Mrs Richard Caskell was in charge of child care. Refreshments were served by second and eighth grade mothers. Klamath ralla. Ortgon Servint Southern Oregon and Northern California Published dally except Saturday by Southern Oregon Publishing Company Main at Ciplanada Phone lUxedo 4-8111 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS. Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE. City Editor rttered aa second elan matter at the poit office al Klamath falls. Oregon. on August 'JO. 1900. under art nf longreaa. March S. I7ff Second-claae poitage paid at Klamath ralla. Oregon, and at additional mstllnp office. SUBSCRIPTION RAItS Carrier 1 Month 6 Months I I SO . no una . I so . t so KM 1 Year Mall In Advance, 1 Month Months 1 Yeai Carrier and Dealer Week day copy . unaaa. copy Inc UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OT C1RCULA riUtt Subscribers not receiving delivery of their Herald and News. Blesse shone TUsede- IU before 1 PM After ' r M.. phone Maurice Millar Clr culaaos) Manager at TVxede. eXTSl GAVMFOB Fff !' NEWS tension agent, spoke tb the mem bership about agriculture in the county. Lawrence Barleen, county grange deputy, urged them lo get as large as possible a turnout for the re gional conference. Master Flowers encouraged all members to secure blood donors for the forthcoming tour of the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Each sub-j ordinate master received cards for distribution to members of h i grange for that purpose. uverseer Alex cammock pre- sented Malin Grange with a gift donated by Big Y Market to the local grange which sponsors a Po mona meeting, Following a noon luncheon served by the host grange, assisted by Merrill Grange, Pomona Lec turer Mayme Cammock presented her entertainment program. Chaplain Lucille Gray recited an opening prayer. Jim Long of Ma lin played a song on the piano All Pomona officers present per formed a candlelight "New Year' service. Mrs. Gray sang "God's Little Candles." Rex High delivered a reading dedicated to a late Pomona mem ber, Fred Peterson. Mrs. James McCullem of Malin sang a solo, "He," accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Gray. All members sang Happy Birthday" to Lillian Thorn as, Floyd Meeker and Mayme Cam mock, "who were all 3a years old.' Kathryn Smith provided accompa niment. The traveling prize was won by Marjorie Ncwnham. It was donat ed by Ruth Johnson. The meeting was opened by all Pomona officers, with the excep tion of Bill and Mildred Novotny, who were ill, and Carl Yancey. Verda Urbach and-Lawrence Bar leen substituted as lady assistant steward and assistant steward, re spectively. Next Pomona meeting will be conducted at Fort Klamath Grange Hall May 14. It will be an all day session beginning at 10 a.m. Upper Klamath Lake Grange will be co-sponsor. YOUR IN. I twini ... - - SI m m liViliMfc ; : : DICK B. MILLER COMPANY, 710 KLAMATH ill THI DINNIS O'KIIFI SHOW . IVUY WItK ON CIS-TV. . . HtAR IOWIU THOMAS AND THI NIWS . MONDAY THRU FRIDAY Carole Weeps On Stand; LOS ANGELES (UPI) Carole Tregoff, on trial for the murder of her lover's wife, returns to the stand today to face another with ering cross-examination that re duced her to tears Monday The red-haired mistress of Dr. R. Bernard Finch, 42, broke brief- LOS ANGELES (L'PI)-Jumes Pappa, 26, Monday picked up his final divorce decree from Carole Ttegnff while she testified In an other court at her and Dr. R. Jtcrnurd Finch's murder (rial. "I don't want to see her get Hie death penalty, but It wouldn't bother me if she got a couple of years," said . the construction worker. "She made a fool out of inc." Pappa stopped in at the Trc-goff-Flnch trial for the first time earlier in the day. "Carole used me for a sucker and I'm not going to let her use me anymore," he said. "I would say one thing, if they do both get nut of this and they get married they deserve each other." Carole was granted an Interlo cutory decree Jan. 19, 1959, on grounds of cruelly. She has testi fied at the trial that she was I inch's mistress before filing the divorce action. ly Monday under questioning by prosecutor Clifford Crail about the night of July 18 when Mrs Barbara Jean Finch was slain. oo'n caroie and finch are charged with her murder. Carole, 23, was on the witness stand less than five minutes un der questioning by her own law yer. She said "absolutely not" when asked whether she plotted lo' kill Mrs. Finch or tried lo mui'-l der her. Then the grim-faced Crail took over. Within an hour Carole was in tears and sobbing. Crail says iie has perhaps anolher full day of questions. Carole's cross-examination was in direct contrast to that of the surgeon. Finch was on Ihe witness Lost Control Charles Anderson, 320 Wendling Street, is looking for an electronic, foot-actuated amplifier control he lost in the city Saturday, city po lice said, Anderson said he put the con trol momentarily on the sidewalk at 500 Alameda Avenue and for got it. The instrument is worth $18. he said. BUY YOUR MAGNA VOX FROM A FACTORY-DIRECT STORE Model 1 MVIflSL "AmTletn Tra. .dlllonsl" tl" Mahosanr Con. sole ID.ua There's still nothing fez LOCAL AUTHOHIZ1D OLDIMOIILI QUALITY OIALIR OURINO HI stand for six days. His cross examination by Grail's colleague rred Whichello, was so gentle- muniy mat nnicneuo nas won the nickname, "Cream Puff." Carole s breaking point came when Crail asked her about Ihe scene in the garage when she and Finch asked Mrs. Finch if they could talk to her about a divorce "She said no or something like that, Carole replied. "The next thing that happened she had a gun and pointed at me ft km RAY W. SWEAZY Boy Scout Chief To Visit Here CHILOQUIN - Ray W. Sweazy, national director of interracial service for the Boy Scouts, will visit here Wednesday with scouts and interested persons. He will meet at noon with mem bers of the Klamath Tribal Coun cil and the Chiloquin Recreation Council among others. Sweazy assists local Boy Scout councils in bringing the program lo Negro, Indian, Oriental and Lat in American boys. M&S Realty Has Moved to 339 E. Main ALSO Branch Office at New Ton-Atee Homes Tract Vvgi LARGEST SELECTION STEREO & TV IN SOUTHERN OREGON! Liberal Trade Allowances No Interest on 30-60-90 Day Charge Accounts. DERBY'S MUSIC 126 N. 7th TU 4-5121 t 0 I ..l like S htCJCZK FT f iiKe a To Testify Again Today Something was thrown at me and: then I left," Carole said. She began crying. Crail said he didn't want to continue under those circumstances. Carole straightened her shoulders and said she could go on. Still to be covered by the prose cution were these points: Carole contracting and paying $1,350 to convict John Patrick Cody in Las Vegas. She and Finch say it was to trail Mrs. Finch for divorce evidence. Cody says it was lor murder. The big question is why Carole paid the full amount at the outset. Crouching in the bushes for six hours outside the Finch home while police swarmed about it If she was completely innocent why did she not emerge? The so - called "murder kit:" Carole admitted Monday she car ried the attache kit to the scene. She also admitted she did not tell police about it at first because she "didn't think it was important." Her testimony that Finch flung a shaving kit with bullets to her n the garage. That is the crux of the defense case that Mrs. Finch had the gun and bullets in her car. Crail said Monday that any person would have fled the minute they saw Mrs. Finch with the gun. Carole said she waited until she got the kit. ihi it3 viJr vr" - I In Fine Whiskey. . . FLEISCHMANN'S is the BIG buy! 90 PROOF is why! BLENDED WHISKEY 90 PROOF THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING Over 32 million owner know from firat-hand experience nothing can compare with th thrill of oitning anil driving a Rocket Engiru OMsmabile! 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