Extracted from The Statesman Journal (Salem, OR)
Springfield man kills self
ALBANY -- The body of a 65-year-old Springfield man was found Tuesday on Mountain Home Road about eight miles east of Brownsville.
Harold Vernon Ketch died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Linn County sheriff's deputies said. They said the body was found near Ketch's pickup about 12:30 p.m. by a passerby.
The body was taken to Buell mortuary in Springfield.
Wednesday, June 28, 1978