I'AGE I A HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, On.
Wednesday, January 23, 1963
'Sad' Books
Get Approval
For Students
EDGERTOX, Wis. (UPD Hie
school board denied parents' de
mands Tuesday night to stop high
school classes from reading such
Iiltliy books as The Ugly
American and 1984.
"Wc are no longer living in the
age, of Longfellow, a board mem-
bar .vnd.
The parents, led by Mrs. Edwin
Tlialackcr, had attempted to get
the school board to ban class
readings of "filthy" and "vulgar'
books. They named such books as
J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in
the Rye; A 1 d o u s Huxley'
"Brave New World;" George Or
well's "1984;" John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men;" ryodor Dos-
loevsky s Crime and Punish
ment;" and "The Ugly American'
by William Lederer and Eugcm
Burdick.
.About 450 persons attended
two - hour meeting which ended
with a terse statement by board
President Thomas Houfe in sup
port of the continued use of the
books.
"We are 100 per cent behind
(he teachers and staff of the high
school, Home said.
"We are no longer living In the
age of Longfellow," said attorney
John Rothe. "We can't keep a
fence around our children.
The Rev. Wayne Turner, a Ro
man Catholic priest, disagreed,
"Parents have the right to put
fence around their children," he
s.iid, "and I will back them in
this right I
"The parents definitely have a
right to object to what their chil
dren are being taught," Father
Turner said. "I, a priest, must ob
joct to three books on mora!
grounds 'The Catcher in the
Rye," '1984,' and 'Brave New
" World.' "
One woman said the books in
question were "demoralizing liter
ature inspired by the Commu
nists." She said everyone ought
to read J. Edgar Hoover's "Mas
ters of Deceit" to learn what she
was talking about.
School authorities said the six
looks were on a reading list ap
proved for college preparatory
study by the National Council of
Uiglish Teachers. The books are
uSod in advanced senior litera
ture classes.
"DENNIS THE MENACE"
Zelma Ochiho Tells BeatinfSiciry At Murder Trial
YoU MEAHSOl CAN EATAnYTWINQ VA
WANT, AU'VDU'RE GONNA EAT UVB&V.'
Racial Discrimination
Said Over At Colleges
IRS Seizes
Newspaper
PHOENIX (UPll-The Arizona
Journal went to press today de
spite its seizure Tuesday by the
Internal Ticvenue Service for non
payment of about $175,000 in
ta-.es. .
;Thc morning daily was pasted
fr a tax sale, but government
njents authorized management to
continue publishing on its own re
sponsibility while attempts were
being made to refinance.
Pressmen voted .shortly after
uidnight to continue working in
hopes financial arrangement,
could be made. Editorial and
composing room employes voted
Tiiexlay to stay on the job alter
I'.ilking earlier with a "no-wage,
mi-work" demand.
Ken Porter, secretary of tlio
Jvurnal organization composed of
.ibmt 11.000 stockholders, was
confident the matter would be
.'titled by Thursday afternoon
;lle told employes Tuesday an
.it tempt was being made to rc
iifanre nnd reorganize the paper
fHst published 1 cb. 14, !2, a!
limtigh he said he could not prom
i e a deal could be completed
He declined to disclose names of
tlie backers included in his group
A 'government tax sale will fol
low if financial efforts are unsuc
ccsslul. Internal Revenue Service
.vents, however, would not sav
w : en a public auction would take
place, but promised it would not
i v tMav.
PORTLAND (UPD - The State
Board of Higher Education claim
ed Tuesday it "appears" to have
ended racial discrimination in
fraternities and sororities at the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State.
However, Wallace Pricsllye, a
member of the executive board of
the Portland chapler of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, said
the board will not achieve that
bjective until two fraternities re
move discriminatory clauses from
their national charters.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen read
letters from University of Oregon
President Arthur Flemming and
Oregon Stato President James
Jensen which indicated there is no
discrimination on cither campus
because of race or religion.
Two Cited
Lieuallen admitted that two fra
ternities which have chapters at
both schools still have racial
lauses in their national charters,
but said their chapters in Oregon
have waivers.
Priestley identified the two as
Alpha Tail Omega and Kignia Nu
He called the waivers irrelevant.
"What self respecting Negro
would want to belong to a croup
which has discrimination written
into its charter?" he asked.
In other action I ho board ap
proved an increase In out-of-stalo
luitinn at three schools, and an
increase in dmmilnry fees.
The dormitory fee increase Is
expected to be about $40 a year
at all state schools except Oregon
Tech. The figure is about $55 at
the latter.
$KI0 To $750
Lieuallen recommended a $fi0 a
year increase each of the next
two years for out-of-state students
at Oregon, Oregon State and Port
land Slate. It would raise the tui
tion -from the present $1130 a year
10 $750.
me ooara recommended re
duced tuition fees for Oregon stu
dents at most institutions. Fees
would drop from $100 to $90 per
term at Oregon, Oregon State and
Portland State, and from $88 to
$78 at Southern Oregon, Eastern
Oregon and Oregon College of Ed
ucation. Oregon Tech fees would
remain $100 per term.
Executive secretary James T.
Marr of the Oregon AFL-CIO sent
llic board a written request to
Halt increased tuition costs. He
said he feared many students
would lose their opportunities to
iltcnd college if costs no anv
nigner.
Zelma Joan Ochiho, 41, ap
peared as a witness in her own
defense in Klamath County Cir-
cut Court Tuesday afternoon and
told the jury of beatings and
abuse she received from her boy
friend whose life she ended in a
shooting incident, at her home,
Nov. 14.
.Mrs. Ochiho, charged with the
first degree murder of ex-prize
fighter Bruce Miller, 38, repre
sented the final witness to be
called by the defense late Tues
day, and was scheduled to com
plete her testimony when the tri
al resumed in the court of Judge
David R. Vandenberg Wednesday
morning.
The defendant's story of her
relationship with Miller followed
tile testimony of four defense wit
nesses which provided the jury
with knowledge of the events that
occurred at the Ochiho house.
624 Mt. Whitney Street, from July
of last year until a few hours
following the slaying.
The witnesses and the subject of
their testimonies incded Ethel
Mae Hood, 616 Commercial Street,
who was at the Ochiho house
when Miller inflicted a beating
on the defendant In July ; Jeff Hull
2305 Wiard Street, a friend of the
couple who was present when Mil
ler threatened to cut the throat of
Mrs. Ochiho; Stella Forest, Altur
as, Calif., who related telephone
conversations which she had had
with the defendant during the
day of the slaying; Ray Lung,
trust officer of the U.S. National
Bank, who commented on a tele
phone conversation he had with
Mrs. Ochiho soon after she was
arrested by sheriff's deputies.
Mrs. Ochiho's testimony focused
on three beatings she said were
administered by Miller since July,
and the order of events that oc
curred on the day the victim was
slain.
All three of the attacks
occurred at the Mt. Whitney Street
address, with the first assault oc
curring in the back yard, some
time early in July. Mrs. Ochiho
stated that on the initial occa
sion .Miller knocked her down
when she refused to give him the
keys to her automobile.
Another incident occurred some
days later when Miller threatened
Mrs. Ochiho with a meat cleaver
while she was in the company
of Ethel Mae Hood. The defendant
stated that tnc dispute developed
after Miller saw Miss Hood talk
ing on the telephone, and con
cluded that the two women were
arranging to leave t h e house
without him.
'Bruce became angry and
knocked me into a reclining
chair," Mrs. Ochiho testified.
'Bruce then went into the
kitchen and returned with a meat
cleaver."
The remainder of the testimony
on the incident was fragmentary,
except that Miss Hood came be
tween Miller and the defendant.
In the ensuing scuffle, Miller
struck Miss Hood above the eye
and the cleaver struck a nearby
table.
"Did he hit you with the cleav-
Icr?" the defense attorney asked
.Mrs. ocnino.
"No, he' didn't, but he intended
to," she answered.
"How do you know that?" she
was asked.
"Well, why else would he have
it in his hand?" she answered
curtly.
Ikkss Hood, as well as M r s.
Ochiho, testified to the third in
cident which resulted in the de
fendant being hospitalized for a
short time at Klamath Val
ley Hospital. Miss Hood reported
that the attack took place in the
bedroom of the house. The witness
said that she heard sounds of a
scuffle coming from inside the
room. She broke through the door
and found Mrs. Ochiho lying on
the floor with Miller standing over
her with his fists clenched. Mil
ler left the house and Miss Hood,
in the company of Otis Washing
ton and Bill Johnson, who were
houseguests at the time, drove
Mrs. Ochiho to the local hospital
for treatment of abdominal inju
ries.
Later, Mrs. Ochiho testified that
Miller had threatened to cut her
throat while the couple were play
ing pinochle wih Jeff Hull the
night before the episode which
ended Miller's life. Mrs. Ochiho
noted that her automobile was
again the basis of the argument
which led to the threat. She told
he jury that Hull arrived at the
house a short time after the de
fendant had refused Miller the
use of her car to take a hunting
trip to Table Mountain.
Hull remarked in earlier testi
mony that Miller was becoming
mean as the evening progressed
Finally he stood up and shouted
at Mrs. Ochiho, "I'm getting sick
and tired of you.
According to Hull, Mrs. Ochiho
admonished Miller and told him
to sit down and play cards.
Miller then snapped, "I'm go
ing to cut your damn throat."
He then started toward the
kitchen but was restrained by
Hull.
Mrs. Ochiho then told Miller
to get his clothes and leave the
house. He left soon after with
Hull, stating that he would return
the following day to get his
clothes.
Early the next morning. Mrs.
Ochiho told .the jury, she tele
phoned her cousin's wife, Stella
Forest, in Alturas, Calif., and
stated tliat she would visit her
later during the day.
Mrs. Forest, who preceded the
defendant as a witness, told the
jury the substance of the con
versation. She remarked that Mrs.
Ochiho was coming to Alturas be
cause Miller wouldn't leave her
alone,
On the morning of the slaying
Mrs. Ochiho said she awakened
early, talked to Mrs. Forest, and
then took a cab downtown to asK
someone to chauffeur her to Al
turas. (Mrs. Ochiho's driver's li
cense was suspended at the time. )
Some time later she' arrived
at the Pastime Tavern, where
Otis Washington agreed to drive
her to Alturas. Mrs. Ochiho also
met her cousin, Florence Baker,
and a friend, Kenneth Wilson, at
the tavern. 1
In the meantime. Miller had ob
served Mrs. Ochiho on Klamath
Avenue, and followed her into the
tavern. Later, Mrs. Ochiho and
the four other people, including
Miller as the unwanted guest, left
for the Mt. Whitney Street house
where Miller was slain soon aft.
er.
Mrs. Ochiho was then asked
in direct examination how she
acquired the .308 caliber rifle used
in the slaying. She replied that
the weapon, a shotgun, two weeks'
provisions, and various camping
equipment were purchased during
the Cuban crisis, when t h e
President and everybody was tell
ing you to get ready for a nu
clear attack."
Ray Lung, another of the four
witnesses testifying Tuesday, said
lie answered the telephone at his
desk in the U.S. National Bank be-'
fore noon on Nov. 14 and heard
Mrs. Ochiho's voice, "Mr. Lung,
I finally did it. I finally did it. I
killed Bruce. ... I tried, I
tried, you know I did. I tried."
H Your Own
MEDICARE
Equltable't Majar Medical Plan
John H. Houston
Service Since
Mark Asked
About Prayer
SI.1-;m il'I'li - Sen. Edward
Kadeley. D Eugene, today asked
(iov. Mark Hatfield to spell out
the prayer amendment he would
like made to the V. S. constitu
tion.
In a letter to Hatfield, Fadclev
referred to Hatfield's inaugural
address in which tlx governor
suggested the legislature could in
itiate an amendment "if it shares
with my view alxiut the privilege
of prayer in our schools."
Fadclry said the l!. S. Supreme
Court decision did not ban school
prajing. hut only "official pray
ers. . . cameo on bv government
He said it decided that "Caesar,
the stale, could not consliltilion
ally decide or colled what is to
be rendered unlo CihI "
Fadeley said if lialficld f;ion
constitutional Simcndiiicnt. "logic
ally, then, ou must favor t
.'hance to permit Caesar to drcidi
what is to bo rendered unlo (lodll ri i I
m the vhooh jVias oiuTea
"If not. what aie your views
that you hope the legislature
shares? What specific amendmonl
do vou propose" he said
Spur Road
Plan Okayed
PORTLAND (UPIl - Multiple
use access roads to tile Deschutes
River in Central Oregon will be
spur roads instead of one high
way along the river bank, it was
announced Tuesday at a mectinc
of the new Multiple Use Advisory
Monro oi tnc Bureau of Ijnd
Management.
Russell Oily, slate FILM direc
tor, said the spur roads to (lie
river will protect the natural
beauty of the Deschutes canyon.
Kinservalion groups opiKised the
initial arms plan, which called
lor a road along the banks of the
river.
SliK-kmen attending the meeting
varied violently when confronted
Mh a Presidential order which
reduces three-year tonus on grazi
ng district advisory hoards to one
ear. I hey said the change will
eliminate all continuity on the
boards.
The IT-mcmhcr advisory board
adopted a resolution declaring the
onler impractical, but accepting
it lor one war. Alter that, it
recommended returning to (lie
lluee-vear lei ms.
Union Votes
Boeing Pact
SEATTLE (UPD - Machinists
union members in Boeing Co.
plants throughout the country will
vote today on the latest contract
offer by he company.
Union olficials here advised
members to reject the offer.
Rejection of the offer by a
simple majority of the :!0.ono to
35.000 employes belonging to the
International Association of Ma
chinists could pose a new thrcal
of a strike.
A union spokesman said if the
contract is turned down, a new-
deadline would probably be set
possibly ru3y. He added, how
ever, that he expected the Taft
Hartley Act would be invoked to
prevent a walkout affecting the
huge aerospace operation.
Union members at Seattle, Ren
ton. Wash.. Wichita. Kan., Van-
denburg Air Force Base, Calif.
Great Falls. Mont . Cape Canav
eral, Fla., New Oilcans, Rapid
City. N. D.. Ogdcn, Utah, and
other scattered plants thimigliout
the country will he voting.
Results of the secret balloting
were expected late today.
The company has made conces
sions on wages, fringe benelils
and employe-rating systems but
las refused to concede lo IAM
lemands for a union shop, the
issue which has deadlocked nego
tiations for months.
Hunting Safety
World War I
Meeting Slated
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Vet
erans of World War I will hold
o regular meeting, 8 p m. Tliurv
daw Jan. 24. at the VFW Hall
on Klamath Avenue.
There will be nomination and
election of officers fur the com
ing year. All rhembers are urgco
to attend. Ruth Wishard is presi
dent. There will be light refresh
ments.
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serving you in Pacific Powerland
DELIVERIES OF ELECTRICITY SET NEW RECORD
In 1962, PP&L customers used 7.4 billion kilowatt hours 400
million mofe than the previous year. Reddy Kilowatt is doing more
jobs than ever belore to bring you the comfort and convenience of
modern electric living.
$40-MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION LAST YEAR
And PP&L's long-range program calls for $58 million more in con
struction during 1963. This action program is geared to produce
and deliver vital electric energy whenever and wherever you need
it in Pacific Powerland.
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live and work here in Pacific Powerland. Their paychecks mean
more business for the widespread area PP&L serves.
$10,825,000 IN LOCAL AND STATE TAXES!
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