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Show SUNDAY HERALD 2 JANUARY 10, 1960 Utah County, Utah SUNDAY, .j i I Autopsy Doctor Testifies In Finch Murder Trial " ' X ' -- : , 1 w ' 5 ' m I :: . - i . ' ' ' . - x , . ' ' It i.h i' ' ' i "a 'fa's ; i r , ! I fit ' t i f x S r v 4 , an so-call- ed red-haire- j Asked About Wounds The autopsy doctor Actually picked up for the prosecution where Swedish maid Mirie Anne Lidholm left off in her testimony. The girl had said she saw Mrs, Finch run out of the garage with earlier the week the shutdown would begin this weekend unless a strike against Kennefcott was settled. ;The mills at nearby Arthur normally supply the concentrates to the smelter. The mills are - not in operation because four small craft unions are still without contracts wth Kennecott. The same four unions are also holding up the return to work' at .Kennecott's Bingham Canyon open M pit "mine. One of the unions, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen land Engineers,, was scheduled j to meet today at Bingham to consider j the company's latest offer. federal mediators v. Meanwhile, continued to supervise talks with the International Brotherhood; of Electrical Workers, Local 1081, System Federation Local 155 and the International Assn. of Machinists Local 568. j i day of the year, with;. 356 more days in 1960. . The moon is" approaching its full phase.. Th morning stars re Mars, 10th 1 7rnn e anA .TiiTvitfr On this day in history: In 1737, Ethan Allen, revolution- ary hero, and leader of the "Green Mountain Boys" was born. In 1861, Florida seceded from ; the Union. t In 1901, the striking of oil in ( Beaumont, Texas, marked the start of the great Texas oil boom. ; In 1917, William (Buffalo Bill) Cody, frontier , scout and showman, died. .' In 1920, the League of Nations came into being as thei Treaty of Versailles went jnto effect.; In 1928, Leon Trotsky, one of ' Union was ordered into exile by the Communist Politburo. In 1946, the U. N. General Assembly held its first meeting in London. A thought for today;' Part of the charter of the United Nation reads We, the peoples of the i. l Ttu !i J xrli! save succeeding generations from the sco.urage of war affirm faith in fundamental human riehts. . ." L . ja ST. ' PATRICK CALLING VALPARAISO, FLA. (UPI) Dr. ch j Published by Herald .'Co- West FonrUi rporation, North iStreet, every afternoon, Monday through Friday Sunday Herald published Sunday 190 morning. Entered as second class matter at post office tn Provo. 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UPD Police and detectives pressed today private an j international search for one of thei season's top debutantes who disappeared, or eloped, the day after her lavish coming out party last Dec. 26. The missing girl is attractive "Yes." Gamble Benedict, 18, whose late Mrs. Finch's body was found on grandfather was president of the the lawn of the home: of Dr. Finch's father which adjoins the surgeon's residence. " Ridge said he believed she was; shot there. Ridge was asked about the second fracture. He said it was over the right eye and had stopped bleeding quickly, indicating the heart had stopped pumping YORK- iSlEW - ! j Writers Call Strike Against I j j j " ii Ex-Wi- i' ' fe don't know what you'd call it." "In ordinary usage," replied the. company, Late Actress Feared 'accident' when the injury is inflicted by some outside ii agency, not by the victim himself. This would have been Growing Deafness an accident if he had been jolted off by a collision or by Actress the movement of the train. Here, he stepped off under his NEW YORK (UPI) Margaret Sullavan, who died of own power, with no outside help' an accidental overdose of sleepSHOULD FRANK WIN COMPENSATION FROM ing, pills Jan. 1, had a fear of h. ( ,i Mkany y vveiffh hnth sir es, tnen marK vour missing her cues because of a th verdict: growing deafness. P . f n, d$-mand- j s j Al-ie- d NO ( ) For the actual court decision, see verdict elsewhere.!' YES on , ( ) this page. 255 Africans Die In Voodoo Rites tsipapa poison tests in at least 53 villages. It said at least 500 natives were given the test jwhich is isuoDbsed to drive out evil spirits:' revival of voodoo practices. Several witch doctors and tribal A police report said that witch have been arrested. chiefs the deadly doctors have resumed BRUSSELS, Belgium (UPI) Reports from the Belgian Congo Friday said 255 Africans have died in the Mweka region in a , JUST ARRIVED! ' R (p) ih tew lti jj It xmm tw JUNIORS k 1 - j N Remington Typewriter Company. Her grandmother and guardian, fylrs.i Henry. Harper Benedict, in formed police six days ago of the girl's disappearance but asked that her name not jbe put on the missing persons lisjt. Mrs. Benedict saiid her granddaughter left the Harper mansion just off Fifth Avenue on Dec. 27 and has not been heard from since except for a phone call Dec. 30. She said the caller, who sounded like Miss Benedict, promised to come home for New Year's Eve. "But she didn't show," said Robert Hoffman, the Benedict attorney. "Mrs. Benedict ordered a private investigation but' the findings have been negative up to the moment. We are trying to ascertain whether she left the United States." Police also reported that their investigation has been futile. Miss Benedict was one of the best known members of the South- ampton, N.Y., younger jset last summer and had attended all of the holiday festivities fop debutantes last month. Her usual escbrt was a German-born commercial artist in his early 30s. Her grandmother was reported to belieVe that she may have eloped. "The last time I saw her was when she got into a car with three men after her debut," said the artist, Ernest Von. Kalckreuth. "She had many admirers and was very, mature Jfor her age, though a little gullible. Anyone could tell her a story and she The ANGELES (UPI) Writers Guild of America announced Friday night it will strike against major motion picture stu- a dispute i Anita dios next Saturday in HOLLYWOD (UPI) Roddy-Edeninth ex- - wife os over films released to television. Guild members set the date at Tommy Manvilie, today jfaced lethrekten thai her gal problems concurrent meetings on the West current marriage for lie failure and East coasts after a strike to, establish Nevada residence' in the playboy fcfur. years had been authorized last Novemdivorcing J ;! .j' ber. IjIt ago. ' she. Miss den disclosed Friday Behind the rift, are Guild also was threatened with perjury that writers participate in charges and has been paying the films sold profits of post-194- 8 blackmail to someone in New York for the past two j arid a half for viewing over television. Both years in connection with the resi- theatrical and television films are jj inVolved in the walkout. dence question. actor She said her husband,, Negotiations for a theatrical John Sutton, prompted her jj to movie contract were broken off disclose the legal entanglements several yf eeks ago after expiration would believe it." after he intercepted a blackmail of the contract Nov 17. The telenote last month. She said it was vision film contract expires Frithe first he knew of the situation. day with; further talks scheduled "We have got to clarify this next week. ' One i can't thing," Sutton said d The companies (involved are go around ndt knowing If one is Co Productions Artists Inc., married or unmarried, Something lumbia Pictures Corp., Loew's must be decided." Pictures Corp., The actor said he planned to Inc., Paramount x Film Corp., Uni- SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) meet with his attorney, Rexford 20th Century-FoIncWarner versa! Pictures Cb., to a state of Utah lost an appeal weekend decide this Eagan, Bros. Pictures Inc., Walt Disney to the U.S. District Court course of action. for Productions Inc. and subsidiaries. Utah he when court upFriday held conviction of state three Plans Announced For highway department employes on charges of violating Airpower Symposium Act. HILL AIR FORCE BASE !(UPI Convicted of violating 'the act Plans for the fifth annual Am which prohibits political activities around the power Symposium by any employe of government theme of "Space Age Education" supported in whole! or parts by were announced today by William federal funds, wer Vernon P. J. Farmer, wing commander. INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (UPI) Bridge, Horace J. Gunn and PaThe first phase; of the sympoformer Ogdeh man nes Georgopoulos. the Utah A sium, sponsored by They were adjudged by the ' Who claims he shot and killed Wing of the Air Force Assn.. his to have solicited other emCSC wife at her request pleaded will be a conference dn ( space to a charge of murder. ployes to contribute! to a Repubage education at the University guilty jjtoday I f. lican; fund raising project in ; of Utah, March llj. Fred Burkett entejred his' plea May, 1958. k Other phases include a The law provided that the state before Judge dismiss workshop at the University Jbhn P.Inyo County Superior the three men for 18 jMc MurrajK who orderof Utah in June Land a session months or forfeit i a stipulated two from ed that psychiatrists of the .at the fall convention Patton State Mental Hospital ex- amount of federal j money. The 1 Education Assn. state elected to forfeit the money amine him. j A sanity hearing officially was which amounted to $40,000. LOS Frank sued to collect. "If this wasn't an accident," he told the court, "I ENME I f ' "accident. r MISSES '1 HALF SIZES t x hi inrw iinfurn . f b VVL u " H State Loses Appeal Case ' r- -The Admits Murdering His Wife At Her Own Request I v tl f f - i rj H I I . :i j Howard vA. Parker asked Mayor- Cmml;sirinpr Jimmv Tlrnnlrs fnr a city ordinance banning reotiles after Parker stepped on an iatwesnaKe in ms nome one morn ing while stumbling to answer the telephone. i -- of Tommy Manvilie In Legal Trouble J' THE ALMANAC International United Press By is Sunday, Jan. 10,; the Today ' ' , 0 requirements. Palmer said the depot will not lose any of its mission assignHer hearing difficulties were ments as a result of the reduc responsible for her nervousness tion. before performances and her voice, Dr. Julius Lempert said Friday. THE LONG TRAIN revealed he had opLempert ST. ALBANS VT. (UPD When on the star's left ear 12 erated state police opened the door of a ago to allow her to hear car parked in the middle of a road years better and a similar operation near a Central Vermont Railway was contemplated for her right crossing, the driver, toppled out. hearing. He told police he had been deer Miss Sullavan willed the bones hunting all day and fell asleep o her ear to Lempert, who said vhile waiting for a freight train the request would help scientific to pass. research. New York police reported DEBUTANTE MISSING Saturday that tjiey are investigating, the disappearance of debutante Gamble Benedict, 18, who is. shown in a Bradford Bachrach photograph. Heiress to a typewriter fortune!, the girl was reported missing by her grandmother;' Mrs., Katherine Geddes Benedict. Police said it was believed that the girl, missing two weeks, may have - 4- . n , give his opinion of how, where and when the fractures were in-- ; Ninth In History r' year ago. Layoff ed nearly 1,700 compared to a year ago. Most of the layoffs were seasonal. low-pitche- Film Studios Sunday Almanac '' 1 installation, said an 18 per cent reduction in tjae civilian work force at the depot was ordered by the Navy Department. Depot officials said they plan to take care o as much of the reduction in orce as possible by normal attrition. This involves not filling positions as employes .quit retire or 1 die, then waiting until the necessary ceiling on employment is reached before realigning the jobs to fit the work j in Today v k : H the doctor after her. Whichello' turned to the Vyounds on Mrs. Finch's body, A' shutdown j MAGNA r(UPD Ridge testified that s he had at Kennecott Copper Corporation's 38 cali smelter near here, began tocjlay been shot in the back, the left bullet ;he going through with the layoff of 350 workers. her over and shoulder blade emerging, breast. her oif their jobs because of laekj of She had- two skull"- fractures, the copper concentrates which jare autopsy surgeon said, and there j processed at the smelter. were cuts, bruises and skin burns; A full shutdown is expectedj to on both arms, her right leg and be completed by Tuesday, lay- injuries to' her face and right ing off more, than 1,000 Workers. hand. ij ' officials announced Whichello asked the doctor to Company - ' . i , Kennecort Smelter Lays Off 350 Men i ; i to the Finch garage. - . ; ?-- h If ', - ' Ty '. I six-wom- f ' j -- ;! d j j , M j United Press International From LOS ANGELES (UPI) the UPS Of a teilOW oocipr cam; the words that may determine whether1 surgeon Bernard Fineh ' , ' - Reqders Court By WILL BERNARD Traveling on an overnight chair car, Frank was lulled United Press International By s into a deep sleep by the rocking of thtr train. Without Labor demand in Utah picked awakening, he stood; up and began; walking toward the up briskly during the Holiday rear of the car. A total week but so did !i CLEARFIELD (UPD layoffs, the onto of 215 civilian jjobs at the Clearout Still the platform--atiasleep, he stepped State Department of Employment ' field Nava Supply Depot will be Security reported today. over the railing. toppled eliminated effective Feb 15, base Job demands for the week endSeriously injured, Frank put in a claim for.compenka-tio- n j officials announced today. in500 an 2 for totaled ed Jan. under his accident insurance policy. But the company Capt. C. i F. palmer, command- crease of 100 over the same week refused to pay off, arguing that this wasn't really an fl ing officer at the Weber County a notices total' ' l ' Labor Demand, Layoffs Both Pick Up in Utah 215 Civilian Jobs Cut Out At Clearfield I , , ' :!k;V- - s 1 , - s '"" A , , It ' ' MMM"'IM'wiWppWW"''"CT ll mill . ' ; I,' ' " '. . - home Ridge put together a story of what may have happened there j the night of July 18. It ran completely contrary to r the version of an accidentia! shooting w hich the defense unveiled a demonstration i with a,nH f!arolp Treaoff will die; mthe Friday to intended show 'Mrs. F:.nch had eas chamber. the gun and her wealthy husband The witness' at the murjder wrenched it from her "hand. was Dr. Gerald Ridge, who f The trial was in reecsS over m: lifetime his performed in, e week. end. than 1,800 autopsies. - j the Arid after examining body Ridge testified after the six- Jean man, jury $aw the of brunette Mrs. Barbara contents of a "murder Finch, 33, and visiting! her cliffop d Carole kit" which the hill carried up the steel By JACK V. FOX lllllllll 9iiuulJMIWtiMiiliillLiilJiUliJJI)l'IWIJIIMiJIiiiinHirii1iin(Tinriw(ri1llll.lillllll : ,,,y , 11-1- 2. j two-wee- Better Mottoes Order of the Day; LOS ANGELES (UPI)' Let's Have Better Mottoes today reported that "We iDon'ti Want 'Yes Men' Around Here Everyone Agree?" is the mottoi for this month. The association said runnersup The! Assn.1; j ' to the winning motto included: ' "What' do you mean' I'm not right? I'm the boss."! "It isn't the ups and; downs, in life that bother me. It's!; the jerks like you." ' scheduled for Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. Burkett called deputies on Dec. 21 from j the Furnace Creek Inn in Death Valley to say he had killed his wife. According to the story he told investigators, his wife had him test his revolver to make sure it worked properly before he shot her in! the head. Burkett and his wife ived for the past three months at San Diego, but previously resided in Ogden. I lit in r ALL NEW WANTED STYLES TOP FASHION FABRICS ; his fryihgpan still closeby. A ' CAS I. WATER Reader's Court i THE VERDICT Yes. 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