Directed
Verdict
Is Asked
. PORTLAND (AP) - Circuit
Judge Alan F. Davis is expected
' to rule Monday on a motion for
' a directed verdict of acquittal in
' the trial of Mrs. Joseph Garrett
53, on a charge of first degree
I murder. .
" Mrs. Garrett, a former Dallas,
' Texas, socialite, is accused of
setting a fire in her home Oct. 6
that claimed the lives of three of
her four children and their gov-
. erness. Mrs. Garrett has pleaded
innocent and innocent because of
. . insanity.
- The state, tried to prove that
Mrs. Garrett set the fire and fed
it with inflammable fluids, after
a quarrel with her husband. Mrs.
Garrett'; attorney asked the
judge to direct the jury to turn
hiT free after the state rested its
case.
. Judge Davis, said in remarks to
the prosecutor that there was no
one in the court room who was
not convinced that "there was
aomethinc wrong with this worn
jn," after hearing testimony of
her conduct before the fire broke
ut. v
Among prosecution witnesses
called Friday were Mrs. Garrett's
father and brother, Alvin M. Ous-
ley, a Dallas attorney, and Alvin
Owsley Jr., a Houston attorney.
Both said that Mrs. Garrett war
a kind and loving wife and mothei
except when stricken by what
they called psychomotor seizures.
-:
Accuser Drops
Beating Charges
William F. Seaberry, . 24, 3060
lodi Street, decided Friday to
drop charges against three men
he accused of beating him up
pec. 26 in a tavern brawl,
j Charges of assault and battery
gainst Richard Berg, 22, Pelican
City; Delroy Berg, 26, 2826 Alta-
Biont Drive, and Charles Bennett,
23, 3613 Boardman Street, were
dropped in district court after
Seaberry signed an affidavit that
be would not testify if called as
a witness in the case.
The motion to dismiss was filed
fcy Defense Attorney Richard C.
Eeeslcy. -
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PLANS FOR SETTING UP bull pans In the livaiteek salts a r n a at the Klamath
County Fairgrounds wart discussed this week in preparation for the Range Ready
Bull Sale on Jan. 26. Left to right are Norman Jacobs, Don Jacobs, livestock men,
Ray Petersen, Klamath County agent, and an unidentified worker.
J-'Knlfe Removed
From Victim
At KV Hospital
A man taken to Klamath Val
ley Hospital Friday, night with a
serrated steak knife sticking in
bis back was reported recovering
and in no danger Saturday morn
ing.
R. S. Andrews, 32, of the South
Suburban area was arrested by
state police on a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon on
Roy J. Weeks, 42, of 323 Com
mercial Street.
Weeks was stabbed during an
argument between the two men
in a trailer house in back of
3206 Summers Lane at about 9
p.m. Peace Ambulance was called
to the scene and reported Hie in
cident to the police. A witness
listed was Adeline Ganter, no ad
dress given.
Police said both men had been
drinking. Weeks was conscious
when he was taken to the hospital.
On The Record
Hatfield Urges Surplus Use
KLAMATH FALLS
BIRTHS
BOYS
ISGRIGG Born lo Mr. and Mri. Rich.
ard ligrigg Jan. 12 in Klamath Vallty
Hospital a boy waighing 7 lbi l3'i ois.
firsick Born to Mr. ana Mrs. trn- . , , , . , ,
esl D. Flriick Jan. II In Klamath Val-milSl iry naraer 10 make suipius
lev Hospital, a My weigmng a ids., r4
SALEM (AP)
Hatfield Friday
Public ; Welfare
- Gov. Mark 0.
told the. stale
Commission it
ozs.
mi SUMMARY
commodities available to welfare
recipients.
He said that "a majority of
not
en-gen-
Fitzgerald
Rites Set
Chiloquin Girl
Pleads Guilty
An 18-year-old Chiloquin girl
who pleaded guilty to a charge
of using a motor vehicle without
tho nlvnflf'l pnriKAnt ITai ci.ntonr.nrl
to oav a fine of $25 Friday inlald- died Friday at home
district court. of his brother, Dan, with whom
Judge Hal F. Coe also suspend-he had lived for the pastll
ed a five-day jail term against years.
riava Lole . scoll. blie and, Mr pitJP,.ari aas hnrn rp.
LAKEVIEW
Denis Fitzger-
the state commission has
demonstrated the full and
thusiaslie support that the
eral program merits."
the trouble, he said, is that
the commission has not yet de
vised procedures to make the
plan, workable.
Also, he added, the county nub-
iic weuare commissions haven t
shown enough interest.
Hatfield suggested that a fond
distribution plan might be worked
BLM Aims
Explained
The organization and objectives
of the Bureau of Land Manage
ment were explained in some de
tail to Klamath Falls Rotary Club
Friday at the noon lucheon meet
ing. Speaker was Ross Young-
blood, Medford BLM office man
ager,
Youngblood traced the history
of the BLM and the Oregon and
Jaycees Award Night
Scheduled January 26
A lot of people have inquired
about the one-column silhouettes
of a man's profile bearing the
letters "DSA "OYF" and "SCA'
that have been scattered around
this newspaper during the last
few days.'
The inquiries- are indicative that
one of the oldest and most suc
cessful "gimmicks" in advertising
still works fine. The unusual pic
tures are called teasers.
out in connection with a plan to California grant lands. 0 It C
have welfare recipients work on
public works projects. :
In the past two years, he said,
state institutions have used
$400,000 worth of surplus com
modities. f Another $1,700,000 of
two companions, Albert Shuey,j23j im ln Rockchapel, Countyl"1656 coiwodities Is used each
jva. iui solium lunui programs,
23, and Percy Ball. 36, were ar
rested in Klamath Falls Thurs
day night in a car belonging to
Bud Parazoo of Chiloquin.
Shuey and Ball asked for ad
ditional time to consult attorneys.
OBITUARIES
Would Put Tax On Trees
7 Teenagers
Are Killed
In Accident
i ST. PAUL, MimWAPJA-ler-
fific head-on crash of two cars
early Saturday killed all seven
teenage occupants.'' "
Five boys and a girl died at
the scene of the tangled and
atrwn wi-pf-lcaee and the seventh:
... . c-. n iiuintmu lauua idAdUie tu Ul-
I Ti In U1 "a ol-"' charts instead of the present
ttncntl'il All u'oro 1ft unarc nln ... . r .
KLAMATH
Cork, Ireland, and came to Lake
County in 1918.
He is survived by two broth
ers, Dan and James, both of
Lakcview, and two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Butler, and Mrs. Brid-j
get Amoty, both of Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Rosary will be recited today
at 7:30 p.m. in the Ousley-Oster-man
Chapel. Requiem Mass is
scheduled Monday at 10 a.m. at
STILL
Tha nama of Valera Still, daughter
ot tha lata John Gideon still was omit
ted from tha obituary. Ha It also tur-j Burial
" ""-""-"" cemetery.
St. Patrick's Church with ,-t h e
Rev. Peter Duigan officiating.
will be in Sunset, Park
SALEM (AP) - A bill to re
peal the property tax exemption
on deciduous trees was intro
duced Friday in the state House
of Representatives.
The bill was a .Tax Commission
proposal which aims at making
or-
hospital. All were 18 years old
and lived in the St. Paul area.
"It was like a battlefield." said
one officer at the scene. The im-
method of taxing only the land.
The problem first came to light
in 1955 with the Tax Commission
io:irtni.aie!il nrnnrnm ,l.inV m,nA
pact tore the motor from one car: h " 6
and hurled it 150 feet. A wheel
was found 600 feet from the im
Oact point.
v Wreckers were called to pull the
tangled wreckage apart so some
f the bodies could be recovered,
i Authorities- did not determine
immediately what caused the 1
a.m. crash in suburban Roseville
cn the north edge of St. Paul.
, The highway patrol said at least
ene car was over the center stripe
ef the highway when the crash
Occurred.
The highway patrol identified!
the victims as: Thomas Irish, one
ef the drivers; Larry W. Dexter:
Michael Glsem and Ronald C.
Crawford, who were in one car:
and Michael Swifka, driver of the
second vehicle: Cynthia Corn
Stock, and Guy Marshall who died
in the hospital.
er County but only land was
taxed in Jackson County.
Speaker Robert- Duncan, D
Medford, said the bill is import
ant to Jackson County pear erow
ers. He said the pear growing in
dustry has not been profitable.
He said there is some justifica
tion for exempting the deciduous
trees to encourage the industry.
Another tax commission bill
would eliminate the exemption on
crops and other plants. It was in
troduced Friday.
A commission spokesman said
this would be insignificant in the
amount of value involved.
He said it was aimed primarily
at eliminating disputes on differ
ences in value between sage
brush land and sage brush land
with grass.
Taylor Given
Life Sentence
MEDFORD (API John R
laylor. accused of wounding a
state policeman at Ashland last
Dec. 19, Friday was sentenced to
life imprisonment after he had
pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault with intent to kill.
Taylor had a previous criminal
record. At the time of his cap
ture at Dufur, Ore., he told po
lice he had shot policeman Don
ald Cain to avoid being caught
wun stolen guns.
uuiur, wnere Taylor was
caught, is nearly 300 miles away
from Ashland. Taylor told police
ne maae tne trip in stolen cars.
He suffered a minor bullet wound
when he tried to run as police
ciosea in on mm.
lands, he pointed out, cover an
area 60 miles wide (30 miles
each side of the SP Railway)
starting at the California border
and extending northward to the
Washington-Oregon border.
In Oregon, O&C lands are brok
en down into five districts, in
cluding Medford. More than 900,-
000 acres of land are in the Med
ford district, which includes Klam
ath County. The office employs
75 persons, with an annual pay
roll of $500,000. Operating costs
are more than $200,000 annually,
Youngblood said. Lands are man
aged on a perpetual basis involv
ing mineral development, grazing,
forestry, recreation and watershed
development, Youngblood ex
plained.
Teasers are used to build curi
osity and thus give punch to an
advertising message.
ln this case, they were used to
focus attention on what is per
haps the Klamath Junior Cham-1
ber of Commerces most signifi
cant project of the year ... the
award banquet Jan. 26 open to
the public at the Klamath Union
High School cafeteria at 6:45 p.m.
On that evening, Jaycees will
announce winners of the annual
Distinguished Service Award,
(DSA), Outstanding Young Farm
er Award, (OYFl and Senior Citi
zen Award, (SCA).
A total ol 42 persons have re
coived such awards in Klamath
County during the past 21 years
I The awards are meant to focus
attention on the contribution
young men are making to the
community and their careers.
Similar awards are made on
(ate and national levels. Basis for
judgment is exceptional achieve
ment or contribution. of consider
able importance to a chosen field
or fields, to an organization, the
stale or nation.
Candidates for the DSA and
OYF are men between ages of 21
and 35. Men over 35 are elicible
tor ine sua.
The banauet will be served fam.
ily style and Javcecs promise "all
you can eat." Tickets may be pur-
cnascd trom any Jaycee for a
nominal fee. Members hope the
banquet wa! attract ud to 350
men and women.
Last year's winner of the DSA
was Paul Cruikshank. Ron Phair
was named to receive the SCA.
Featured speaker will be John
Carpenter, director of snorts and
public events, KOIN-Tclevision,
Portland, considered by some to
be the most popular sporlscaster
in the Pacific Northwest.
Dave Johansen will be master
of ceremonies.
Frank Dimmitt is General rhair.
man of the banauet and all .lav.
cees are contributing effort and
time.
Alaskan Mountain Named
For Late Oregon Senator
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.
Maurine Neuberger, D-Ore.. said
Friday she was delighted that a
mountain in Alaska has been
named by the U. S. Board of
Geographic Names in honor of
her late husband, Sen. Richard
L, Neiibeigcr.
Site said in a statement:
"It is my understanding the
action by the board was taken at
the request of Secretary (of In
terior Fred A.( Seaton, the Alas
ka congressional delegation and
the Alaskan Legislature. I am
pleased to accept this honor in
Dick's memory.
"No person (ought harder for
Alaskan statehood. Dick was
aide-decamp to General James
A. O'Connor for more than three
years during the construction of
the Alaska Military Highway,
from July 15, 1942, until Aug. 12.
1945.
"This action by members of
the Board of Geographic Names
is a splendid tribute to Dick and
to Oregon. I hone that before
too long, I can again visit Alaska
and see the mountain. Mean
while, I look forward to receiving
a photograph of Mount Neuhers.
er. It will have a place of honor
in my otlii-e.
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NEW YORK (UPD-Jack Paar'
today nursed a "stiff neck" which
kept him off . his television show
.Thursday night.
Paar complained of a draft dur
ing Thursday night's NBC-TV
show and was replaced for Thurs
day night's performance by Ar-
lene Francis who explained his
plight to the audience.
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