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Show Page HERALD. Provo. Utah. Thursday. October 58-- THE 12. 1978 Ring Facts Surface in Wake of Slaying Drug-Smuggli- ng SAN FRANCISCO (LTD - Details of an inter- ring whose participants were largely black belt judo experts have begun to surface in the wake of an apparent narcotics-relate- d San Francisco Bay area triple murder. Frank Ragusa, one of the victims killed inside a plush Berkeley house last January, was linked to the ring, it was disclosed Tuesday. national drug-smuggli- kilo for three kilos, but that Teegarden, who was to make the delivery, upped the price to $45,000 per kilo, and that this annoyed Hassle. The dispute which followed may explain the slaying of Hassler, the inspector was quoted as saying A black belt judo fighter named William E. Backhus, of Philadelphia, faces charges in Frankfurt. West Germany, of conspiracy to smuggle huge quantities of a substance known as "ET" into the United States. Money Saving Coffee Offer. 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The charges against Backhus are that he and his group bought more than 20 kilograms of "ET" (ergotamine tartate) in Germany and smuggled it to secret laboratories in the United States where it was to be converted into LSD. (UPI Telephoto) IN A THICK CAST that surrounded her body from head to knee, Cathy Szukaiskl, 14, ihowg how the got around In a wheeled device comprised of hoopi and metal struts. Cathy is recovering from surgery to correct a spinal curvature. Doctors removed the three month - old week and replaced it with a smaller one from the neck to the hips. cast this Cast Removed Girl , 14, Not So Hung Up LOS ALTOS (UPI) -Cathy Szukalski is not so hung up any more, s s The girl had been imprisoned in a plaster cast, suspended in the air, for three months but Monday she got to come down. A series of hoops and metal struts, mounted on wheels to give Cathy mobility, was intended to let her spine heel from surgery that fused 10 of her vertebrae to correct a head-to-kn- curvature problem. Cathy had an altershe could have native been confined to bed for but the three months mobile cast worked out well, considering. Cathy slept, ate, studied, and watched television while about hanging in mid-ai- r two feet above the living room floor. Several metal struts stuck into the cast were connected to two huops lined with ball h to it, but she's been bearings, allowing her to turn on her side. The hoops fit on a small platform and turn on four wheels, permitting the apparatus to move along the floor. "Her spirits have been so good and she's had such a positive attitude," Mrs. Szukalski said Monday, a few hours before Cathy's date at San Francisco Children's Hospital to have the cast removed. "She's really faced up counting down the hours. nurse at Children's Hospital said today the procedure occurred on schedule Monday, Cathy was "just fine", and she would probably be placed in a new walking cast toA day. Mrs. - home. Within a week or so, she hopes to attend her percent classified 23.97 '5.00 Mfg. Rebate 101 thru 113078 A drug official said 20 kilograms of "ET" would produce 50 million doses of LSD. Ragusa, 29, is believed to have obtained 'ET" from the European smuggling ring. Several pounds of "ET" were found in his home after the murders. ITS HERE! LaBelle's New Fall CATALOG Ask tor a free copy Investigators in Alameda County and El Dorado County said Ragusa is believed to have purchased $90,000 worth of the substance from Lee Hassler, a Berkeley linguist who made frequent trips to Germany. The best things happen at LaBelle's catalog showrooms Hassler was shot to death two years ago. His body was found alongside Highway 50 in El Dorado County, wrapped in a tarpaulin. 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