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Show 2A Murderer Finally Dies After 3 Massive Jolts The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday. 1983 April 23, Walter Slczak, Film Villain, Kills Himself - The exeATMORE, Ala (UPI) cutioner had to send three massive electric charges surging through the body of John Louis Evans III Friday night before he died in the electric chair for the murder of a pawnbroker. The killer, smoke edhead dying up from his black-veile- d and legs, was finally pronounced dead at 8 44 p m. CST while a thunderstorm raged outside Holman Prison. John Evans was burned alive by the state of Alabama, cried his lawyer, who witnessed his death. Three times . . . John Evans was tortured tonight in the name of vengeance, disguised as justice. FLOWER HILL, NY. (AP) -Walter Slezak, the rotund character actor who specialized in Nazi villains and won a Tony award for his part in "Fanny" on Broadway, himself killed with a pistol at his Long Island home, police said Friday who Slezak, was 80, had appeared depressed by his medical problems, which included a prostate operation and a shoulder injury, Nassau County Detective Lt Louis Fucito said. He was watching the 11 p m news on television Thursday night while his Dutch-bor- n wife, Johanna, was in a bedroom, police said. He suddenly went into the backyard, put his revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. Familiar Face Slezak was a familiar face in films, but he also appeared on television and even at the Metropolitan Mortimer J. Adler, left, talks with Gordon B. Hinckley, second counselor in the First Continued From Page One and the development of a vision of a truly democratic system of education. Dr. Adler said the worst are global in nature, the threat of thermonuclear destruction, widespread environmental pollution, exhaustion of available energy supplies, mass unemployment and the growing possibility of conflict between the have and have-no- t nations. drudgery Grant and Ginger Rogers, This Fallen Sparrow, Land is Mine, Sinbad the Sailor, Lifeboat, "The Gazebo and Black Beauty. acFucito said the Austrian-bor- n tor had undergone treatment for his shoulder injury three or four times a week at a New York City hospital. He also had had heart trouble and had told his wife that he couldn't go on like this with his illnesses much longer, Fucito said. Prejudice and Emotion problems, none of the worst would be as hard to solve as putting a man on the moon, he added, but the difference between solving social and technological problems is prejudice and emotion Intelligence and reason must prevail if mankind is to conquer its worst of times, said Dr. Adler, who seemed pessimistic about that prospect. As Acting Strangely Mrs Slezak told police that at one point in the evening her husband had come into the bedroom. She said he was acting strangely and appeared to be crying " Slezak was trained as a concert pianist but had embarked on a banking career when film director Michael Curtiz discovered him in a Vi- anti-Germ- Continued From Page One pressed concern that the extraordinary reduction in inflation over the last five months is coming to an end. Prices actually went down at an annual rate of 0 4 percent from November through March, largely the result of plummeting gasoline and fuel oil costs. Donald Ratajczak, an economic forecaster at Georgia State University, predicted that fuel prices would be rising in April, spurred partly by n the increase m federal gasoline taxes that took effect at the start of the month. In 1959, Slezak realized a lifetime ambition by making his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in a role in Johann Strauss operetta The Gypsy Baron. His father had also performed at the Met. non-singi- mckel-a-gallo- He won a Tony award for the musical Fanny on Broadway, and appeared in episodes of the television series Rawhide, "Dr. Kildare and Batman." Slezak retired in 1967, although he returned briefly in 1974 for a guest spot on the soap opera, One Life to Live, in which his daughter, Erica Slezak, appears. In March, however, gasoline prices fell a full 1 percent to an average level 17 4 percent below their peak of two years ago, the government said. Fuel oil prices were down a record 5.2 percent, the fourth straight monthly decline. Declaration Nets $375,000 - The copy of the Declaration of Independence, known as a Dunlap broadside, will join the other three historic documents in a special display in the Chapin Library at the college in Williamstown, Mass , said Robert Volz, the librarys curator We want to put them all together the four foundation documents of the nation," Volz said Volz said the money to buy the copy was contributed by about 20 alumni and that the bidding had taken Witten close to the limit The last competitor in the bidding NEW YORK (AP) Williams College paid $375,000 at an auction Friday for a copy of the Declaration of Independence that was printed m Philadelphia within hours of the documents adoption in 1776. Williams is now the only institution in the world with all four of the docu- ments," said Lawrence Witten, a Southport, Conn . a book dealer and alumnus who represented the Massachusetts school at the sale in Christie s auction house. 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Hines was alone when he died, she said. 12 If the seasonally adjusted, 0 attor-'J0jne- Pe-- months, consumer prices overall have risen 3 6 percent. In the last rhythmic 77. prices for cereal and bakery products rose 0 4 percent. Overall, grocery store food prices surged 0 9 percent while restaurant meal prices rose 0.2 percent and alcoholic beverage prices advanced 0.7 percent, the report said. Ratajczak said the March pickup in food prices was not a quirk but the forerunner of reasonably high food prices in the next few months. Hines, who lived in Oakland at the time of his death, helped through his n band to establish many musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughn. well-know- per- cent increase in March held steady for 12 straight months, the yearly advance would be 1 6 percent. Whit-ingto- ftttax 1905, Hines studied piano privately in Pittsburgh as a child. He came from a musical family; his father was a trumpeter in the Eureka Brass Bank of Duquesne and his mother an organist. White returned to the switch outside the death chamber and at 8 35 licked p m., sparks and flame around the leather cap holding the electrodes to Evans skull and smoke again streamed up from his body. Prison Commissioner Fred Smith was in the witness room with an open telephone line to the governors office in Montgomery.- While the - doctors were examining Evans the second time Canan designated as turned to a witness by Evans Smith and said. I ask for clemency. Smith, peering into the death chamber, did not immediately respond, but when Canan repeated the request, he relayed it to Montgomery. The doctors apparently still found signs of life, and at about 8 40 p m. White sent another surge through Evans body. Canan again repeated his plea, and as doctors were entering the death chamber the third time Smith summoned the warden and told him "Hold everything. 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Deputy Coroner Kevin Kirby said shaking a child violently causes small vessels in the brain to rupture and the brain to swell. d cabinet with no katci (Ut ut a) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) MATTRESS & BOX SPRING SALE performanca a valua prlca. I H oar copy IM par copy bn Daiv anpwv Of Killing Donor of Liver nine-hou- all at Carr tar Dai vary or Father Accused RESTMAKER FIRM Twin I3E.M lM Dally and Su staff. BETTER tnaoilrttad arrteta. taan and pteturaa aant Sad Trtftaw an aant ownart riaft and dally outside the intensive care unit, hospital officials said. Shes worn out, said John Don-ic- a of Le Bonheurs public relations YOUR fty SuftSfftirriON Brandons mother, Billie Hall of Walnut, Miss., was in a waiting room SALE ENDS SOON Trlfena, U) South at n, n Born in Duquesne, Pa., on Dec. 28, Consumer prices fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent in February and 0 3 percent in December, the first declines since 1965. Prices were up 0.2 percent in January and unchanged in November. Mb V white prison smock. Z77 J I B his style, died Friday it an Oakland hospital. He was PO$TAS chin iffaft Lift City TEA Sand Th Satt LJfta SaH L v artih 9 B - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Jazz great Earl Fatha Hines, a pianist who influenced big swing bands with Tenn. (AP) Brandon Hall underwent his second liver transplant in 10 days Friday, receiving an organ from the body of a baby girl allegedly murdered by her father. Doctors said the liver seemed to be functioning well, but the next two days would be critical. Brandon, whose first liver transplant was plagued with problems, received the new liver from a girl in Bowling Green, Ky. Authorities there announced Friday that her father had been arrested and charged with murder. Doctors said Brandon was in better shape than after the first operation, and initial tests of liver function were good. His pediatrician, Dr. Peter declined to assess the boys chances of survival, because you conversely assess his chances of dying. He has a good chance of surviving and a good chance of dying." When he walks out of the hospital well be reasonably sure hes out of the woods; and the first couple of days are the critical ones, Whiting-tpsaid. r The operation, which ended at 9 05 a m., went very well, said Whitington during a news conference at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. He had n6 difficulties during surgery. Saamd ciaaa aoata m paid at OaJv IRES ds As the third charge of 1,900 volts was surging through Evans body, lawyer Russell Canan was begging Wallace for mercy. Holman Warden J D. White threw the switch that sent what was supposed to have been an mstantanous-l- y lethal charge through Evans body at 8 30 pm. CST. The condemned mans body surged against the restraining straps, his fists MEMPHIS, products were unchanged, but (I Retail 7-- EHWiifw) AokJI IS. mod avary rnqmlno bv th Karr- t nbuna Corporation. Sait LaaaCitv. uiN$4H0 237 2015 ADVERTISING IIEP KTMENTS di Dispatch 237 2702 (lassified Ads C.en Display His attorneys won him another stay Thursday night from a district court in Mobile, blocking his scheduled execution at 12.01 a.m. Friday. When the Supreme Court, by a 2 vote, dissolved that stay at 7.07 p m., his attorneys had nowhere else to turn except Gov. George Wallace. TELEVISION Editor lor scores after II p m Llsewhere m I tab DlalToUlrrei tion." chair. ratun Vrts f ount take . nanonaibHHy ter t hair cuaody or Promotion tdilnnal Page Publisher St . have learned the meaning of service. Continue to be restless, as you have been restless while here, he said. Continue to read and seek and learn. Continue to expand your vision and broaden your understanding. Let this be commencement in a very real sense. Tabernacle Choir The ceremonies were highlighted by the appearance of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which was honored with a citation from BYU President Jeffrey B. Holland. In the traditional presidents message, Dr. Holland launched graduates with the hope they will pursue truth and virtue in a way that would honor the unique Latter-da- y Saint doctrine of progression and exalta- Food prices, which had been rising little or not at all, climbed 0.6 percent last month, driven by a 4.4 percent boost in fruit and vegetable price s caused by rainstorms in California and Florida that reduced supplies. Prices for beef, pork, poultry and fish fell slightly, but egg prices leaped 7 7 percent. Prices for dairy J SltlRTS your skills may You have been taught the importance of truth. Hopefully you . RCA COLOR ) 237 wherever you . iJlt l.iltf irilmnr chr Dn ou wed infiirmjtinn, want sports scores, have a news stor or feature ou want to talk about Is sour paper missing Do ou want to discuss a classified or displa) adserUsement office billing information tions . was a dealer in Switzerland acting by telephone for an undisclosed customer. Tribune Telephone Numbers I I B IJP ( & The human race may be forced to do on its knees . what it could do by rational deliberation, by forethought and careful planning. Ms. Wilson, an English honors graduate from Pleasanton, Calif., was hopeful that education would be the key in helping graduates make what seem to be the worst of times into what we would rather have the best of times. As we try to mane our world the best of times, this ability to function, or act on our knowledge, is surely one of the final tests of the value of our education," she said. We have learned many isolated facts. We have gained a broader perspective. We have learned, we have been forced to make difficult decisions. In remarks concluding the commencement, President Hinckley exhorted graduates to go forth now and serve with honor and integrity He died for the 1977 murder of Edward Nassar in a holdup in Mobile, Ala. He was originally scheduled to die in 1979, but the Supreme Court granted him a stay six hours before he was to be placed in the electric The strap holding the electrodes to his left leg burned through and fell away. White, the assistant warden and two doctors entered the room and the doctors used stethoscopes to search for a heart beat They turned to each other, nodded, and left the room. Evans chest was heaving noticeably and his body strained against the straps as they left. Saliva trickled from under the veil and down his Consumer Prices Indicate Fatha Hines, Boy Gets Second Liver, Jazz Inflation-Fre- e Next 2 Days Critical Economy DeadGreat, at 77 - ennese beer garden and signed him for a part in Sodom and Gomorrah." In 1944, Slezaks father, Leo, a Viennese opera singer, was fined in Austria because of his son's appearance in films, usually as a Nazi villain. The most famous of those films was Alfred Hitchcocks Lifeboat in which he played a German sailor who conceals his Nazi sympathies in an attempt to take control of a group of shipwreck survivors. greatest early American Presidency, and BYU President Jeffrey B. Holland at BYU graduation ceremony. Largest Ever, Class of 83 Graduates At BYUs 108th Commencement Opera with Ronald ReaHe a and gan chimpanzee in "Bedtime for Bonzo, and appeared in "Once Upon a Honeymoon with Cary 4 Evans died less than two hours afU.S. Supreme Court vacated a stay that had blocked his execution throughout the day. Evans was the seventh man executed since the Supreme Court lifted its death penalty ban in 1976, and the first to be put to death in Alabama since 1965. I have no malice for anyone, no hatred for anyone, said Evans, of Beaumont, Texas, before the veil was placed over his head. ter the clenched permanently and sparks danced around his head and left leg mmiuuiMM - f ffl)YTIi7nTtTnDTliTfyf 4 |