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BURGLARY SUSPECT — George Wallace Stewart, 30, 5474 Los Alamos Way, Buena Park, holds an expensive lamp recovered along with other household items allegedly stolen from Buena Park model homes. More than $1000 dollars and his wife Ruth Mae, were booked in Orange County Jail early this morning on es of suspicion of burglary. The couple w rested while movers were loading the Ste furniture as well as part of the stolen it BURGLARY SUSPECT — George Wallace Stewart, 38, 5674 Los Alamos Way, Buena Park, holds an expensive lamp recovered along with other household items allegedly stolen from Buena Park model homes. More than $1000 dollars worth of furniture was taken into custody by Buena Park detectives as well as loot from the Moon Cafe burglary in Anaheim Monday. Stewart and his wife Ruth Mae, were booked in Orange County Jail early this morning on es of suspicion of burglary. The couple w rested while movers were loading the Ste furiture as well as part of the stolen item a van which was allegedly heading for Mi More Than $1,000 Burglar Loot Found in Buena Parl BUENA PARK — More than a thousand dollars worth of furniture and household items were recovered in a Buena Park residence early this morning as moving men were in the process of moving the loot prior to shipping it to Missouri. Three model homes burglaries and an Anaheim cafe caper were cleared by Buena Park detectives when George Wallace Stewart, 30, 5674 Los Alamos Way and his wife, Ruth Mae Stewart, 39, were arrested at the couple’s home, police said. The series of events leading up to last night’s climax began in Buena Park in January when a model home in the Community Estates development, 5749 Crescent Ave., was broken into and several pieces of furniture were taken, reports said. Then in March the same model home was again entered and more furniture was taken. Approximately one week later, the model at 5761 Crescent was entered and again furniture and miscellaneous household items were stolen, reports howed. All totaled 31 separate expensive household fi were taken in the night e the furniture was recover night’s post-arrest invent Stewart home, police said. Anaheim detectives cl of their recent burglar Stewart, in a written about his Buena Park admitted that he had s pane of glass with his crawled through the ho Moon Cafe, 3071 Lincoln Anaheim. Stewart hauled off the ister, one case of beer, cigars, a dollar roll of p a jar of Polish sausage people’s residence. The cooperative, mild Stewart, readily took de Libby, Dave Hopkins a tive Sgt. Fred Atkins th home and showed them tally packed items, w with his own furnisings ing made ready for the try jaunt to Missouri. Stewart went from roo assisting the Buena Pa to unpack and recover worth of “hot” goods. Stewart’s wife, Ruth written statement, indic ficers that she was u where the furniture cam upon questioning her h covered that he had lef on four separate occa ly and brought back the ficers said. “I’m just glad it’s told a Bulletin newsma interrogation at the B Police Station. NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF HERTER SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON (UPI) — Christian A. Herter was formally sworn in today as the new secretary of state. President Eisenhower, standing at his side, proclaimed that Herter was the "best person" for the job. HOPE TO REVIVE BILL TO END DEATH PENALTY SACRAMENTO (UPI) — Foes of capital punishment launched a new effort today to win Assembly approval of a watered-down bill to limit the use of the death penalty. Assemblyman Lester A. McMillan (D-Los Angeles) admitted his measure calling for a flat eight-year moratorium on capital punishment could not win lower house approval after Tuesday's 43-35 vote against it. NEW VIOLENCE MARKS TEXTILE STRIKE HENDERSON, N.C. (UPI) — Rifle shots, a fire bomb and a hall of bottles marked the worst outbreak of violence Tuesday night in the more than five-month-old strike against the Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills. No injuries were reported. Authorities feared new outbreaks today by angered union members who found a lack of jobs despite an apparent week-end settlement of the strike. PASSOVER BEGINS AT SUNDOWN United Press International Celebration of the Passover will begin at sundown tonight in millions of Jewish homes. The Passover is the world's oldest continually observed religious ritual. It commemorates God's deliverance of the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Placentia Okays The Bull Orange County Plain Dealer EST. 1923 34 Pages in 4 Sections Vol. XXXVI No. 225 Ananenu, California ASK $1.5 IN FREEWAY Late Bulletin SANTA ANA (OCNS)—County Supervisors voted unanimously today to restore County Counsel Joel Ogle to his $1480 per month position as county counsel. The action came upon the recommendation of District Attorney Kenneth Williams. Cost of Living Shows No Change in March WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government reported today living costs remained unchanged in March. Lower food price offset increased cost of other goods and services. The Labor Department’s consumer price index registered last month. This was a record for March and three-tenths of a cent higher than a year ago. Burglary na Park All totaled 31 separate items of expensive household furnishings were taken in the night entries. All the furniture was recovered in last night's post-arrest inventory of the Stewart home, police said. Anaheim detectives cleared one of their recent burglaries when Stewart, in a written statement about his Buena Park escapades, admitted that he had smashed a pane of glass with his fist and crawled through the hole into the Moon Cafe, 3071 Lincoln Ave., in Anaheim. Stewart hauled off the cash register, one case of beer, a box of cigars, a dollar roll of pennies and a jar of Polish sausage to the couple's residence. The cooperative, mild-mannered Stewart, readily took detectives Al Libby, Dave Hopkins and Detective Sgt. Fred Atkins through his home and showed them the partially packed items, which along with his own furnishings, were being made ready for the cross-country jaunt to Missouri. Stewart went from room to room assisting the Buena Park officers to unpack and recover $1,187.83 worth of "hot" goods. Stewart's wife, Ruth Mae, in a written statement, indicated to officers that she was unaware of where the furniture came from but upon questioning her husband discovered that he had left the house on four separate occasions recently and brought back the items, officers said. "I'm just glad it's over," she told a Bulletin newsman after her interrogation at the Buena Park Police Station. Late Bulletin SANTA ANA (OCNS)—County Supervisors voted unanimously today to restore County Counsel Joel Ogie to his $1490 per month position as county counsel. The action came upon the recommendation of District Attorney Kenneth Williams. Ogle had been suspended Dec. 9 by supervisors. Local Man Admits 26 Burglaries Leon Albert Landry, a 31-year-old Anaheim man who makes his home at 629 W. Vermont St., has admitted to Santa Ana police the commission of 26 burglaries over the past six months, two in Santa Ana, 17 in Anaheim, six in Garden Grove and one in Fullerton. Police said that they believe the man is connected with others but that the suspect is presently unable to recall other than the ones already confessed to. Landry's apprehension came about when a woman who lives near the Townsend Engineering Company, 804 McClay St., Santa Ana, observed a strange car parked in her driveway shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday morning. She called police who sent an officer to the scene. As the officer was checking Landry's car the suspect approached, explained that he had had transmission trouble while driving to a girl friend's house, and had gone for help. The officer took Landry to the station and booked and locked him up on a drunk charge. What police were not aware of at the time was that Landry had just left the Townsend Engineering Company after the silent alarm signal had been set off. Police who arrived there called the vice-president of the company and they searched the building. In one of the offices they searched at approximately 1:45 a.m., Landry was crouched behind a desk. He had previously (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 4) Deadline Passes for Miss Anaheim Contest Cost of Living Shows No Change in March WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government reported today living costs remained unchanged in March. Lower food price offset increased cost of other goods and services. The Labor Department's consumer price index registered last month. This was a record for March and three-tenths of a cent higher than a year ago. H. E. Riley, price chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the index has moved within a range of two-tenths of 1 per cent the past nine months. This is the longest period of stability record, Riley said. But he said signs point to increased living costs in fortnight months because of advances in food costs expected during summer. Because of past stability, 1,350,000 workers whose wages geared to the index will not receive any cost of living pay be required to the index will not receive any cost of living pay by March food prices dropped four-tenths of 1 per cent from ruary, largely because pork, eggs and fresh vegetables drove sharply in price. Costs of transportation, housing, clothing, medical care reading and recreation increased slightly during the month. The department said weekly take-home pay of a factory or with three dependents rose to $79.68 in March — an all-peak. Details of Shooting Told at Dickson Tr By Orange County News Service A signed statement by alleged murderer Dickson, 42, of Garden Grove, which revealed wanted to frighten her husband, Morris Dean leaving their home, has been read into the test by prosecuting attorney Dewitte Chatterton. The chief deputy attorney offered the statement, reportedly made by the woman to members of the Garden Grove Police Department and District Attorney's Office a day after the fatal shooting, to a jury hearing the case in the court of Superior Judge Robert Gardner. The document, read into evidence by Attorney Chatterton on a question-answer basis with policewoman Patricia A. Nullo of the Garden Grove Police Department, described eight years of marriage with the victim, as being one of a series of problems—hot checks, prison sentences, confinement to a mental institution, and other women. She told investigators that for days prior to the fatal shooting her husband had been building up to a serious mental condition. It is five-day outlook re-slight chance of few shadows ward the end of the week appreciable precipitation. Morning low clouds clush coastal valleys Los Angeles and v Stewart's wife, Ruth Mae, in a written statement, indicated to officers that she was unaware of where the furniture came from but upon questioning her husband discovered that he had left the house on four separate occasions recently and brought back the items, officers said. "I'm just glad it's over," she told a Bulletin newsman after her interrogation at the Buena Park Police Station. The courteous Stewart told detectives that his book collection, the majority of which contained works of the great philosophers for the most part were purchased at used book stores for 50 cents a copy. His taste in furniture, expensive as it was, led him to purloining cherry-wood, maple, and walnut furniture of the colonial period with which to furnish his own home. It was because of the large amount of items he had "collected" that storage space in the modest three bedroom home was overburdened and the couple decided to ship everything they owned to Missouri, sell their house and leave California. Three detectives and one uniformed patrol officer spent a half an hour loading the stolen furniture into a truck to transport the loot to the Buena Park Police Station. Stewart helped during the move. Then he and his wife were taken to Orange County Jail and booked. Weather Low clouds clearing by mid-forenoon today and Thursday. High today 76, low tonight 56. Deadline Passes for Miss Anaheim Contest Deadline for entries in the Miss Anaheim Beauty Contest and Pag-eant closed this afternoon, it was announced by chairman John Caram today. The Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event will take place Friday evening in the Chrysler Building, Brookhurst and La Palma. It will be open free of charge to the public, and will start at 8 p.m. Entrants will be vying for the coveted title, with many top Hollywood and television celebrities acting as judges. Top prize is a round trip to Las Vegas on the Hacienda Tour, but each girl will receive a set of cosmetics for their entry. INDEX Amusements D-5 Classified D-6, 7, 8, 9 Comics D-4 County D-1 Dear Abby B-6 Editorial D-3 Obituaries A-6 Orange County News B-1 Radio-TV D-5 Sheinwold D-6 Society B-2, 3 Sports B-7 Stocks and Bonds A-6 TV in Review B-2 Weather Roundup A-6 The document is titled "called the vice-president of the company and they searched the building. In one of the offices they searched at approximately 1:45 a.m., Landry was crouched behind a desk. He had previously (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 4) She told investigators that for days prior to the fatal shooting her husband had been building up to a serious mental condition. It came to a climax that evening. Mrs. Dickson allegedly making an attempt to scare him into leaving the home, 12388 Lampson Ave. Morris, 36, described as a former Metropolitan Hospital patient in Norwalk and as having served two prison terms, was in bed when the housewife allegedly decided to use the rifle, a gift from her husband. She removed the rifle, which contained two bullets, one reportedly already in the chamber, from a closet, and went into the bedroom. There she begged the victim to leave. "I mean business—you've got to go," she is reported to have said. The man countered, "You haven't got the guts to stand up for yourself or the kids." He dared her to fire. Mrs. Dickson said she didn't remember what happened. Suddenly there was a loud noise and she knew the weapon had gone off. The bullet entered the man's side and went through his body. The couple's 16-year-old daughter, Leda, and a girl friend, Geraldine Dobson, in another room, rushed into the living room. There they found Mrs. Dickson, who said she had shot her husband. She asked them to call police. None of the witnesses called yesterday recalled seeing or hearing the couple fight or argue that day. Weather forecasters hade day that Southern California al and mountain areas m showers by the week end, mostly sunny skies once the mid-April pattern. The five-day outlook re "slight chance of few sheard the end of the week appreciable precipitation." Morning low clouds cloak coast and coastal valleys. Los Angeles and ev emerged from the cloud mid-morning and had a perature near 76 degree ranges generally from along the immediate coast 90s in lower desert valley. The Air Pollution Con trict reported eye irritation amog in the Los Angeles IN ADVANCE OF Robots PASADENA, Calif Plans for robots which plore the moon in advance were outlined today by entist of the National A nd Space Administration. Dr. A.R. Hibbs of the Propulsion Laboratory the main problem in the figuring out "how to get information with the equipment." The 34-year-old chief research section is one man "working group" appointed by NASA, "the major long-range scientific environment." kays Bond Issue Bulletin Anahaim Daily-Herald Anahaim, California, Wednesday, April 22, 1959 Phone PR 4-7870 TEN CENTS 1.5 MILLION WAY CRASH ng Shows in March government reported today that in March. Lower food prices ids and services. ner price index registered 123.7 March and three-tenths of 1 per File Huge Suits For Three Deaths Three suits charging wrongful death and totaling a million and a half dollars were filed yesterday by File Huge Suits For Three Deaths Three suits charging wrongful death and totaling a million and a half dollars were filed yesterday by attorney William C. Wetherbee in behalf of relatives of men killed in the April 15 fiery freeway collision which involved seven vehicles. Two suits were filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and one in Orange County Superior Court, Santa Ana. Each was for $500,000. The first suit, filed in Orange County Superior Court in the names of Fulton Jock Fischer, 13, and his mother, Dorthey V. Fischer, alleged negligence on the part of the Mohawk Petroleum Corporation in management and control of their tank truck and trailer, causing it to collide with the Ford driven by Adolph B. Kinkelaar-McNish. The suit also alleges that Kinkelaar failed to exercise ordinary care in the operation of his vehicle, all of which purportedly resulted in the death of Russell William Fischer, a passenger in the Cadillac which was consumed in flames, after being pinned under the flaming tank truck. The suit was filed at approximately 1 p.m. Filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court later in the afternoon, for the same reasons, were two suits, one by Franklin Norman Carlson Jr., and Cindy Joy Carlson, minors, and their mother, Donna H. Carlson, for the death of Franklin Norman Carlson, as well as that filed by Steven Megill, nine, and Becky Megill, 2, by their guardian ad litem, Ruth Burton, in the death of their father, Eugene Robert Megill. Kinkelaar, who is now out on bail after being charged with four counts of misdemeanor manslaughter, is to stand trial May 11, in Division One of Anaheim - Fullerton Municipal Court. He was cited by Anaheim police on the day of the accident for making an unsafe lane change, an act which purportedly caused the tank truck to ram his vehicle in the rear and skid out of control across the Freeway divider. Election Date Set for Knott-Orange Annex An election date of June 16 was CITIZENS REJECT NEW ANNEXATION Semi-official returns on the Magnolia-Cerritos annexation held yesterday at the Jonas E. Salk School, show that the proposed move suffered defeat by a vote of 239 no's to 208 yeas. The County territories of Sixty-five acres lying between the City of Anaheim and Stanton, was part of a district which turned down similar action two years ago. The polling place opened at 7 a.m. yesterday, and closed at 7 p.m. Placentia Passes School Bonds PLACENTIA — Voters in the Placentia Unified School district put their seal of approval on a $1,500,000 school bond issue yesterday by voting 634 Yes to 303 No to approve the bonds. The 634 Yes votes establishes the necessary two-thirds majority needed to okay the bonds to build schools even if all the 11 absentee votes should be against the bonds. The voting is considered to have been quite heavy for an off-season election, but the population in the district has been growing and could account for unusually heavy vote to a certain extent, according to officials. The $1,500,000 in school bond money will be used in a Phase I school building program. Building Phases II and III are in the thinking stage, but the $1,500,000 in the Phase I program is expected to handle the district's needs in the immediate future. Weather forecasters hinted today that Southern California coastal and mountain areas might get showers by the week end, although mostly sunny skies once again set the mid-April pattern. The five-day outlook reported a "slight chance of few showers toward the end of the week but no appreciable precipitation." Morning low clouds clung to the coast and coastal valleys. Los Angeles and vicinity emerged from the cloudiness at mid-morning and had a high temperature near 76 degrees. Readings ranged generally from the 60s along the immediate coast to the 90s in lower desert valleys. The Air Pollution Control District reported eye irritation from smog in the Los Angeles Basin. Election Date Set for Knott-Orange Annex An election date of June 16 was set by the City Council at its meeting last night on the proposed Knott-Orange Annexation. The Orangewood Jr. High School was named the polling place by City Clerk Dene Williams after she disclosed to Councilmen that no written protests to the action had been received by her office. The voting is considered to have been quite heavy for an off-season election, but the population in the district has been growing and could account for unusually heavy vote to a certain extent, according to officials. The $1,500,000 in school bond money will be used in a Phase I school building program. Building Phases II and III are in the thinking stage, but the $1,500,000 in the Phase I program is expected to handle the district's needs in the immediate future. The growth of the district in population and in taxable wealth is unpredictable. However, last night City Engineer Carl Caplinski told a council meeting that some 50 construction permits had been sold the previous day in Placentia. IN ADVANCE OF MAN Robots May Explore Moon PASADENA, Calif. (UPI)—Plans for robots which will explore the moon in advance of man were outlined today by a top scientist of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. A.R. Hibbs of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory here said the main problem in the project is figuring out "how to get a lot of information with the simplest equipment." The 34-year-old chief of JPL's research section is one of a nine-man "working group" recently appointed by NASA, "to conduct major long-range scientific exploration of the moon's surface and environment." Two kinds of robots probably will be used as the main lunar explorers in the program. Hibbs said — "sophisticated lunar satellites and instrument payloads that are soft landed on the moon." He estimated it would take up to five years to get these vehicles into operation. "With a lunar satellite orbiting 200 to 300 miles from the moon, we can tell what the moon's surface is made of," he said. "We can measure the different kinds of radiation emitted by a fraction of the moon's rocks to tell whether the rocks are made of basalt, silicate or something else." The robots which will be landed gently on the moon following surface "mapping" by the satellites probably will use solar energy to power various devices, including "drills to take rock samples and perhaps little arms to reach out and sample dust and make other measurements," Hibbs said. The instrument packages, first of which will be immobile, will radio back to earth information which may tell the age of the solar system and how it was formed. "The moon's surface hasn't changed for five billion years," Hibbs said. "There's no weathering' such as we have on earth."