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Legal Death Moratorium Faces Test By DE VAN L. SHUMWAY SACRAMENTO (UPD - Gov. Edmund C. Brown's proposal for a four-year limited moratorium on the death penalty faced its first legislative test today. It was expected to squeeze through. The bill, actually introduced by Assemblyman Lester A. McMil lan, D-Los Angeles, began its long trip through the California Legislature with a hearing be , fore the Assembly Criminal Pro ; cedures Committee at 1:30 p.m. j As it now stands the bill would . close the doors of San Quentin's ; gas chamber to all but double , killers, twice - convicted slav- ers, kidnap-murders or prisoners : wno Kill peace oflicers. It would j' not apply to prisoners now on .death row. j, This is substantially the same bill, also authored by McMil- ; lan, that lost on a nearly un ' precedented 40-40 tie vote in the ! Assembly in 1951. ', Brown, long an opponent to capital punishment, obviously I doesn't expect serious trouble in the Assembly with this year's; , version. But he conceded a month ' ago that there is little chance of , Senate approval. ' Although the governor supports '. outright abolition, he pleaded in ; a special legislative message for a moratorium to "end our mod- crn equivalent of the Roman cir . cus." ' Despite the advance head count ! which showed the bill would have little difficulty reaching the low- er chamber floor, proponents ; called in some heavy artillery, . Late last weke Richard A. Mc ' Gee, administrator of the Califor- i nia Youth and Adult Corrections ; Agency, announced his support of the bill. , Then Brown's office made pub- lie a letter from Dr. Karl Men- .' ninger, director of the Mennin- eer Foundation and Clinic in To- peka, Kan., calling the death 1 penalty "a fruitless and barbar ! ic" relic from the past. 1 Dr. Thorsten Sellin, a Univer- i sity of Pennsylvania criminolo ' gist, told a news conference in i Uie governor's council chamber 1 yesterday that homicide rates : have nothing to do with exis- , tence of a death penalty. i He said that a successful mor ! atorium would show the people i of California there was no close I relation between the use of the i death penalty and homicide rates, ! Sellin was among those sched- uled to testify this afternoon. 1 Opposition to the bill was being ' handled by freshman Assembly man C. George Deukmcjian, 'R-Long Beach, who introduced s-three bills early in the current ; legislative session to increase the v.use of the death penalty. Among his list of witnesses a was J. Miller Levy, Los Angeles wCounty deputy district attorney who prosecuted the sensational Caryl Chessman case. Chessman, convicted of kidnap- ing and sex perversion, was exe cuted in the gas chamber tnree years ago after a 12-yoar court battle to save his life. He was known as the convict-author be cause he wrote a best seller while in prison. Other action in the legislature Drugs Sen. John A. Murdy, R-Santa Ana, said he would at tempt to water down his bill to clamp strict controls on the drug Chloromycetin in an attempt to boost it from committee and onto the Senate floor. Education The Senate voted final approval of a measure ere ating a new educational program for "culturally disadvantaged children." The bill was intro duced bv Sen. J. Eugene Mc Atcer, D-San Francisco, at the request of Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Automation An administra tion bill to establish a state com- mission on manpower, automa tion and technology was approved by the Assembly Ways and 'Means Committee and sent to the lower chamber door. The com mission would study the impact of automation on employment in California. Abortion Assemblyman An thony C. Beilenson, D-Bcverly Hills, introduced legislation lib eralizing abortion laws. The bill would permit operations when the pregnancy involves a substan tial risk to the mother or wnen it resulted from rape or incest Park Approved SALEM il'PI The Oregon Scenic Area Commission has ap proved a scenic area starting at tv uest ritv limits of Salem and extending three-fifths of a mile along the south side ol relocated Hichwav 22 in Polk County. Views of the Willamette Uiver were considered in establishing the billboard-free area. Aik about daily "Business Card" SPOT ADS TU 4-11 U HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore. mill s iL Mi mmr (til , tefc Ik i if V. HOSPITAL REPS- ATTEND REDMOND MEET Mrs. Fred Ehlers, left, secretary of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, and Mrs. John Howard, center, wife of the architect of the proposed hospital, attended the annual meeting of the hospital auxiliary area held at the 86 Corral Club in Redmond Wednesday, April 3, to talk with people representing hospitals of other areas. Mrs. Ehlers explained plans for the new Intercommunity Hospital to the group. To the right of Mrs. Howard is Mrs. Wilson Appelgren of Hood River, chairman of the hospital aux iliary Area No. 6. ice Probe Two Accidents Two accidents, one involving major damage to two vehicles and the other a hit and run crash, were investigated by city police over the weekend. A hit and run crash at Main and Twelfth streets was re ported to city police at 9: 17 p.m., April 5. The witnesses said the hit and run vehicle was drivin' at a high rate of speed and side- swiped a parked pickup as it tried to pass another vehicle on the right side. The hit and run Evangelist Plans Return HONOLULU (UPll - Billy Graham, feeling fit after two months of recuperation here, planned to return to the mainland today to prepare for next month's European crusade. The evangelist underwent a fi nal physical examination Monday and was pronounced almost fully recovered from the recent intes tinal disorder which forced him to take a two month rest in the islands. Graham, said he was "feeling very well." But he added that his role in the forthcoming cru sade in France and Germany will be limited to one talk a day. TOTAL PERFORMANCE: ; ' ' I r , ' S L- T, ! ! ' - x FORD GALAXIE 500XL SPORTS HAROTOP YOU'LL KNOW WHY FORD SWEPT THE FIRST FIVE PLACES AT DAYTONA...WHEN YOUR '63 FORD IS STILL GOING STRONG YEAR AFTER YEAR Ddytona's big, banked oval puts unbelievable stresses and strains on engines, steering gears and frames. The l ords that won at Daylona took all the punishment this famous track could dish out over 500 miles of grueling competition with out missing a beat. In this toughest of all slock car esents, mechanical failures claimed over fifty per cent of the starting field. But of twelve Folds entered, nine went the distance, ford took six of the lust ten places. Fie-hundred-mile events like Daylona are a public demon stration of toughness, reliability and sheer engineering excel lence that are part of the new generation of Fords. A test like this can't be duplicated on anybody's testing grounds it's run tight out in the open. Any car can enter. But only the car that has the best total combination of strength, balance, precision IN KLAMATH IN LAKEVIEW SEE". driver was proceeding south on Main Street at the time of the accident, The witnesses said the hit and run car was "a red and white 1957 Ford. They said the vehicle was traveling so fast that they couldn't get the license number. The parked vehicle received mod erate damage. It is owned by Merlin Pulliam, 2039 Manzanita, Two drivers escaped injury when their cars collided and were damaged extensively at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Main and Mortimer streets. Grady D. Sanders, 34, 535 La- guna Street, driver of one of the cars, was cited for failing to yield the right of way to a ve hicle driven by Ron G. Head, 17, 321 Haskins Street. CARDS lOR SUNDAY, APRIL 14th When you care enough to send the vny best SHAW Stamps, too! Ill STATIONERY III 729 Main Ml FALLS SEE . . . BALSIGER MOTOR CO., MAIN . . FARLEIGH FORD SALES, 210 NORTH F ST., Tuesday, April , 1963 PAGE 3 The accident occurred when Sanders was pulling out of a lot near the intersection and collided with the other vehicle while Head was turning left from Main onto Mortimer. L: -J .At.Ja. .w- l . . . who travel in the best of com pany always travel in clothes from SPENCER'S . . . Klamath's only ex clusive Children's Shop. Bring your little man in to be outfitted today! 6)9 Main, Phone TU 4-5497. Mom gets &?M'.' Green Stamps, too! control and road-clinging suspension can win . . . that's what we mean by tolal perlormance. Visit your Ford Dealer before vou buy any other new car. Here's what you'll find: a new kind of total-car durability, a new kind of handling ability, a suspension that is starllingly smooth yet slicks to the road like tar. If you haven't driven one lalely, you can't really know what a new f ord is like. Rernrrnjnr, ii it s buit Ity-ford, it's built for pprlormjnt e . . . lot.i) prrlnrnhincn! F0 M tt? Twr 5M"X Of ct'inc'iii moDucrs MOTOR UlMf-AKT Four-Cent SALEM (UPI - A 4-ccnt a package cigarette tax bill worth $15 million in the next biennium was defeated 33-24 in the Oregon House of Representatives Monday in a slap for the governor and the House tax committee. Rep. Clinton Haight, D-Baker, changed his vote to "No" in erder to be on lite prevailing side so that he could seek reconsidera tion of the measure later. The House passed, 33-2fi, and sent to the Senate a companion bill to raise $11.5 to $13 million in the next biennium by speeding up employers' payments of with holding taxes to the slate. The cigarette tax, a key part of Gov. Mark Hatfield's revenue- program, went down on a mixed party vote. Rep. Victor Atiyeh, R-Bcaver-ton, said Oregon was the only state in the Union without any tax on cigarettes. He said it would raise the added revenue for Ore gon on which any reform in other tax fields must depend. The state must raise some $60 million in new money to balance a $385-405 million 1963-155 budget. The final figure depends on the ways and means committee. Rep. Jake Bennett, D-Portland, spoke fur some 40 minutes against the cigarette tax. He reminded Spring Pruning Fruit and Shode Trees Evergreens and Ornamentals Baker's Nursery Call TU 2-5553 LITTLE E solid, silent SUPER TORQUE & ESPLANADE LAKEVIEW, OREGON Cigarette Tax Defeated In House Democratic colleagues their party platform opposes a sales tax. Bennett said the cigarette tax is a selective sales tax, and he pre- dieted it would go up. He also called the proposal "unholy" for No wonder salads always taste better with Carnation Cot tage Cheese whether they're fresh, crisp greens with toma toes or delicious fruit salads - Carnation Cottage Cheese al ways adds real zest with a goodness that is all its own! So give your family a real salad treat - give them Carnation Cottage Cheese salad today! Here is the limerick "THERE ONCE WAS A NURSEMAID NAMED JANE WHO THOUGHT THAT ALL MILK WAS THE SAME 'TIL SHE TASTED CARNATION AND TO HER ELATION Just fill in the Just fill in the last line of the limerick above! You can win valuable free prizes for your whole family there are treats and surprises for everyone at your friendly United Grocer stores. Entries will be judged for neatness and originality. Bring your en try to ony United Grocer today. at all mmm giving an endorsement to tobacco, He cited numerous cancer statis- tics. Supporters of the bill, some of whom spoke only in explaining their votes, said Oregon no long- amain cottage cheese last line er could afford the luxury of being le only state without a cigarette (ax partjouari ; vjew Qf (nc " , .. L . , . e 0 c s(ale s "scal "eltle- AFL-CIO opposition to a cigar- arnation CONTEST Name Address City Phone No. etto tax was reflected in some of voles- f- , Today's supermarkets stock up 8 0OO UemJi compared viu, about 1,000 just 20 years ago. Stato BjW a li . MlM.ll 11
