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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Monday. October 10, 1960 PAGE FIVE Governor Is Last Resort For 18 Sentenced To Die profoundly disturbed at the con- . j .'mm jf null wiiiiii mo pillule ui abnormality has By DE VAN L. SHl'MWAY SACRAMENTO I CPU - Gov Edmund G. Brown, a devout Ro-' gross mental man Catholic and an outspoken emerged." opponent of the death penalty,! To look into such cases. Brown stands as a "court of last appeal appointed a special committee on between 17 men and one woman' legal insanity, which is now mak- nd death. ing a study into the criminal The 18. sentenced to die in the mind and what constitutes a mind State's lethal gas chamber, have : incapable of being adjudged guilty one final chance when all e 1 s e of murder, fails an anneal fnr rlemenrv . Brown has said that this appeal it. "not jacketed by the forms or technicalities of the law, but : aimed at conscience and last truth." But he also has said: "I don't know whether a governor can be God in these cases." A few davs after he made that tatement he let Caryl Chessman! LOS ANGELES (CPU The , die because "I feel I have taken jury may finally begin delibera an oath of office and 1 have sworn i lions late this week in the second to uuhold the laws even though I 'murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Jury To Get Finch Trial This Week ST "--' ' - , s ' Demand For Christmas Trees On The Increase YREKA A constantly imreas-: brought in from the Ken-Del the Ken-Del tree farm clearly il had a good prospect in Siskiyou ing population in California will Christmas tree farm and show illustrated this technique. TwoCounty. The meeting was ar conlinue to push up the demand 10 lne audience. Several speci-1 stubs where trees had been har- ranged and moderated by Bill for Christmas trees was the pre-imfns 01 lodgepole pine and bull vested previously were clearly Rudaman. farm adviser from tha diction of Ken Bishop, head of Pme wnicn no not nae me ac- visiine. aim a neaulitul silveriip hiskiyou County ottice ot tne Ag- one of Southern California lni'R- cepiance ny me nuying punnc 01 nign qu.iiny lor Harvest imsiriaiiiurai txiension service ot c-il Christmas tree wholesale-re- lnal 'ns do, were a'sn shown by year was growing on the stump.Jtiie University of California. tail firms. Speaking before a large Reynolds. j Bishop was of the opinion that! crmpof Siskivou Countv Christ-j Methods of thinning, shearing fir tree slumps properly cultured' . - - mas tree prmiucors in the Jack-!l'"R and shocking Christmas mM mMmw to produce Christ- PlfPC HplH son Street School recon'ly. Bish- trees to pioduce trees ol hig.ier mas trees indefinitely, producing; , ' U J 1 on minimized tne comivuuon i - i( mpi tiuaniy nee anoui every n.. r J m artificial trees. Glittormjj metal : .re described by Osburn.! 12 years. He stated that the Christ- D V VrQCl YREKA Oh!ication nieht v,s a Set; observed at the recent meeting don't like them The death of Chessman, con victed in 1948 as the red-light . bandit of Los Angeles, set off Finch and his paramour, Carole TSoff. !-, , - j The retrial entered its lbtn rCmCM IO IV1U A VISITING POLITICIAN, Harold T. (Bin) Johnson. U.S. eonqreisman from the Sec ond Congressional District, arrived by private plane recently at Mott Field, Mount Shasta, to be present for freeway opening ceremonies at Dunsmuir and Weed. John son is shown with two of many persons who greeted him Mount Shasta's Mayor Ove P. Nielson, center, and Mrs. Lillian Wells. Photo by J. O. McKinney and plastic trees lack the nostal-,-"" (;""'. i- nias nee business takes a lot of gic appeal of the fragrant naturarllnR successive crops oi trees hard work, and is not I rnn ha cln ffl - ""- r.u I It II IIUIL K m OS I n. ' c r-i.ii fs... V , . , . duces better quality trees morel .vl uf ,he sncikers concurred 7 , r- P i , j ' , Well managed natural stands m ,i,,-h mihnH nfl u "L swaKt,s c0111"1 der of Eastern Star, held at the ,he cu.over forest lands w.tl he. - - . , Masonic Temple, with all present renewing tneir onngations. rre siding the meeting were Worthy Matron Flavel Lichens and Wor thy Patron Eric Garoutte. An announcement was mad during the session that the next meeting would be advanced of- ,l, .,.-,- nf in,.t-,,spri urntuic-r ' :.... ll.n ri.,m.ii,fl it -ic I lit- f r.,IH,,n liniv.-r- than could be obtained by trans- voung trees for each Iron Gate Dam week today witn me surgeon m , . . . , world wide reaction. He had been lawyer winding up his tinal ar- bUUWU I IUII sentenced to die on charges ofigument to the panel of 11 women ,..,,, ,,.,. . kidnaping, robbery and forced sex and 1 man. , s fLiS'V,P' Z ill A that must 10 ow aiiorney,"- ft- j - perversion. Brown reprieved him once to let the Legislature consid er abolishing the death penalty but refused to commute the May 2 death sentence, after the Legis ' lature had turned him down. While Brown has been governor, 14 men have died in the gas chamber at San Quentin. Eight men have been given ex- ecutive clemency the right to life behind bars since Brown took office in January, 1959. Solon Cites Rewarding Task Of Appointments candidate must be single, between sitv of California extension fores- 1 6 ' " UeTai S Mill led ' , , ,,!,,,, i iee n natural stands. One of the 1 itun.vi ter another speaker at the meet- . . . . I 11 u . i . t .. -i- , swcimen trees brought in from ,,.vo,.., ... , . , ing. The best location for Innst- .J. t , DL.NSML1R Details of con mas tree plantations, where trees . .struction of lion Gate Dam near are planted, and are harvested by .Ounry tmpiOyeS jflornbrook were discussed at the ficers night with the ceremony of "come and cut" customers, iSj YREKA At a meeting held, Lions Club luncheon here last initiation being performed by the near centers of large population: Monday night. October 3, by the week. I advancing officers. Election of officers will also be held at Friday night's meeting, October 7, at 8 o'clock in the Ma sonic Temple. Prior to the meeting, a pot- luck supper was enjoyed by ap proximately 50 members and such as the Bay Area. Roth Gil-jsiskiyou County Employes Asso-' The speaker was C. W. Patton, den and Verne Osburn, California ciation. John .icnott of Yreka wasii'eka, district manager tor Cali fornia Oregon Power Company. Regulation of the flow of the Klamath River is the primary YREKA One of the most re- Grant Cooper's argument is the summation by the prosecution and the judge's instructions to the jurors. Then the lives of the once wealthy surgeon and his red haired mistress will be in the hands of the jurors who have list ened to 98 witnesses since the re trial began June 27. The jury hearing the first trial of the lovers accused of killing education and weiiare, will discuss j,,.:.. nf . m.mhpr of the nation's educational needs ... , , .. Thursday with three top educators ! Congress is appointing outstanding at the World Newspaper Forum, young men irom uie cusuici iu Tninino Flnmmintr uil ha fir tile VailOUS miir.ary acaueuiies, b " ' i: i- U.M Lee A. DuBridge. president 0f. 'K "-" California Institute of Technolo- ,BIB ' vu" pv: Dr. David D. Henry, nresi- gicssional District of California. dent of the University of Illinois, congressman jonnson lumiei and Dr. Arthur G. Coons, presi-; states, "This also is a responsible dent of Occidental College of Los task and one which takes much Angeles, who will act as moder-Itime and effort. With many qual- Division of Forestry Service (or-, appointed president of the organi- ester, another speaker, felt lhat Nation to fill the vacancy left by the very low survival rate of rodithe resignation of Jamie Smith, and white fir transplants in tliiswho recently resigned his posi-i purpose of the dam, Patton told i region made Christmas tree plan- tion with the county assessor's I the Lions. tations a poor risk compared to office. Work on this earth-fill dam their families. A fall theme pre- Inatural stands of these species Jenott was vice president of'started this summer and plans dominated the decor for the din- lu-hit-h rnuM hp manacpd to Dl'O- llio actnr-i.it inn anrt K'pnnpth Rlpv : include an IR Olin kilnuall cpnrru.inn linlii in tkn Ksnnital rnnm nf 17 and 22, in excellent physical duce earu, financial returns. was appointed vice president at tor plant at the dam base. Ithe hall. Fall leaves and horns condition and have a high school Del Reynolds, partner in the Monday's meeting by Jenott with The dam is about five milesof plenty filled with a variety diploma. High school seniors as-Ken-Del Christmas tree operation 'the approval of the board of di- upstream Irom Hornbrook an dot fresh frails centered the ta- sured graduation by June 30. iat Tennant, described Mt. Shasta lDfil, are eligible to take the ex- silvertip, red fir, white fir, and amination. All applicants must! Douglas fir ns being the best rectors. Prior to his appointment Blev was a member of the board , Creek of directors. He is assistant audi- Carl Clement, new publisher of have three units of English, two commercial Christmas tree species lor to County Auditor Ernest the Dunsmuir News, is a new of algebra and one of plane geonK that are grown in Siskivou Coun-S.Iohnson, where he has been em- member of the Dunsmuir Lions Terwilliger and Grace Leave-8 etry by graduation. ty. Specimens of these treesiployed for more than five years. ICIuh. (assisting. waters will be backed up to Fall blcs. Mrs. Lillian Pettee was the chairman in charge of the pot luck supper, with committee members Jean Rae, Henrietta Brown said five of these were Finch's wife was unable to agree ator Insane and that he is "amazed and Brown Hits V Job Lack SA. FRANCISCO (UPD-Gov. Edmund G. Brown said today that tne numDer oi loos avaiiauie in 'California is not keeping up with accident mp niimnpr ill wuineis. The governor told the California ' Jeril caime vanuuiauuw v.uncit- " tion that in August, civilian em- ployment in the state was up 2 per cent from a year ago and unanimously on a verdict and the hearing ended March 12 in a mis trial three months and four days after it began The foium will be held Thursday ified young men applying, the task of selecting the limited num- and Friday under the sponsorship I bcr of nominees is doubly diffi of the California Newspaper Pub-; cult." lishers Association as a kickoff for The session last Friday was re- National Newspaper Week, Oct cessed as Cooper sought to weave la-21 together testimony into a con vincing pattern that would show that Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch's death July 18, 1959, was by 4-H NEWS A highlight of the two-day event will come Friday when Vice Pros This year, Johnson will be able to nominate 11 young men for fi nal competition for one vacancy at the Air Force Academy, and 10 young men for final competi ident Richard M. Nixon will deliv-ilinn a, . Merchant Marine er a major foreign policy address, school. He stated that he had no Gov. Abraham A. HiDicotl ot vacancies this year at the Naval Connecticut will appear Thursday , Academy at Annapolis or the Mil night as a Democratic spokesman; jlal.y Academy at West Point. to address the expected 1.000 pub lishers, editors and guests. Flcmming is former president of Ohio Wesleyan University and The first step in the selection process will be taken November ETNA ETNA On September 26, the TTInn AA3 P1..K Knli mnnlintf personal income was running 6.6' , , . , , , . ' , ,, , We decided to split our club into nap nan ahnarl ni last VnaT. , ' . ... . . two erouos. one containing the Government Oreanization It should he noted, noweer r mem; chairman of Presi that despite this increase, the' J 6 i , . . c . . ... , . , , . , 'Ul'IS. lieill E.IM.-IIIIUMI.-1 7, nLlUKC . - number of new jobs developed uv members ory Committee and is past presi-i this examination shou d contact va.i.ui..... ..." ..v, r . .... . . chance to ho d of- iron! am a Fe ow of the Amen-ii" ""'n' our rapiaiy expaiiuing wuiu force," he said. 12 when civil service examina- ill ho aivpn in ntips also now is chairman of the Pres- ,hr0 ,,out California. Results of :.ln.,'p Aoi.nim Pnmmittnn nn 0 mill a ........u.j v........ "",1,.- ,,i hp ,, ,n namine aDO I cants for further testing. Any young man desiring to take fices, and the older members 'can Physical Society. Coons is won't be held back from learn ing what they should, These two groups will still be part ol tne "Clearly, continued impetus must be given to the California economy so that new employment E(na 4H club will stay anreasi oi our zooming Wfi aso elec(ed officerS- The 1 population. chosen ones are listed below: N, The governor said he wanted to. Wen(iy Cassadyj president; Tom , "do everything possible" to en- Hav,det vice president; Elizabeth courage a healthy home construe-1 Dudley, secretary-treasurer; Shar tion industry and said that two,on Hjcrtager, reporter; Carl years ago the Los Angeles Metro- Hamrnond, card sender; Clint . politan Area had more housokecp-Uuster anr Sleve Dillman, game . ing units than any slate in the ca(erSi ant) Frank Hayden and ration. Christine Sorenson, song leaders Last year, New yoik exceea ed the California total and we want to return to first place," chairman of the master plan sur vey of higher education in Cali- man Johnson, Room 1031, New House Office Building, Washing ton 25, D.C., prior to Monday, fornia and past president of the. October 16. for on thai date John- American Colleges, while Henry has served as President of the Na tional Commission on Accrediting and was an administrator for ed son will advise the civil service commission the number of young men who will be examined. Coast Guard Academy appoint ucation systems in New Y'ork and mcnts are based on nationwide Michiean. rnmnetilive examinations to do Other speakers will include Rear Adm. Lawson P. Ramage, chief of the Polaris missile proj ect, Navy Submarine Division; Eric Johnston, president of the Mo- Brown said. "This is a major problem to which we have as signed first priority in Sacra-1 mento." After this and some old and tion Picture Association of Amer- new business, the meeting was ica; Henry J. Kaiser Jr., vice adjourned held February 20 and 21, 1961. There are no appointments or geographical quotas for entrance to the Coast Guard Academy. A Sharon Hjertager, News Reporter. Lt. Charles Wilkes, American naval explorer, first recognized :j , L-inJ,..i,;., r-n,.,. ui esiiu.-m, pt.ii.sti iiuiuaii j,., ...... , ,i . .nH fnrmpr Secretary of Navy that Antarctica probably was a Charles S. Thomas. I great continent, in 1840. Weather Table Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr, Albany, clear Albuquerque, cloudy Atlanta, cloudy 32 72 39 61 54 79 60 .. 69 M M 72 50 .. 71 42 .. 61 52 .. 69 38 .. 69 37 .. 72 47 .. 35 23 .. 89 63 .. 44 38 .. 86 75 .. 73 45 .. 49 42 .. 80 57 .. 68 53 .. 69 58 .. 72 56 .. 86 76 .. OS 65 .. 68 55 .. .Oklahoma City, clear 82 60 .. "Omaha, clear 78 52 .. JjThocnix. cloudy 77 61 .. Pittsburgh, clear 72 43 .. 'Portland, Me., clear 65 38 .. f Portland. Ore., clear 60 41 Rapid City, cloudy 61 42 .. -Richmond, cloudy 59 55 .05 fct. Louis, cloudy 68 54 .. Kali I.ake Cilv. cloudy 44 39 .42 69 61 68 59 55 43 .. 85 70 .30 60 49 .22 ' Bismarck, clear Boston, clear i, Buffalo, clear Chicago, clear '' Cleveland, clear Denver, cloudy " Detroit, clear Fairbanks, clear Fort Worth, clear Helena, cloudy Honolulu, clear Indianapolis, clear 5T,Juneau, cloudy Kansas City, clear l.os Angeles, clear -lx)uisviile, clear JfIemphis, clear Miami, clear ' jS'ew Orleans, clear Kew York, clear NEW! 5-Pc. Living Room Group "DESERT OAK" by West Wood W!h(' II I it a i ,J , -' ''San Dieco. clear " fan Francisco, clear Seattle, cloudy Tampa, cloudy Vashington. clear n- (M Missing' SS Agent At Yreka YREKA Eugene DeMar of the Bedding district office of the So fcial Security Administration will "be at the Yreka office of the Cali i forma Department of Employ Ment from 9 am. to 3 p.m. 1 Thursday. October 13. 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