Did cop cop county’s ‘coke’?
EUGENE (AP) — Officials say more
than $100,000 worth of cocaine has been
stolen from an evidence safe in the Lane
County district attorney’s office,
apparently by a law enforcement officer
Between 20 and 25 ounces of cocaine
were determined to be missing last week
from a safe in the office of the defunct
Lane Interagency Narcotics Team In
vestigators have been called from
Oregon State Police headquarters in
Salem
State police Superintendent John Wil
liams said Thursday investigators
"eliminated the possibility of an ac
cidental misplacement." He indicated
the amount of cocaine missing, but de
clined to disclose other details
District Attorney Pat Horton said no
law enforcement officer has been iden
tified as having taken the cocaine and
We re not prepared to rule out anything
else at this point but, unfortunately,
that's a pretty strong premise Hell, that's
the obvious conclusion you would arrive
at.”
Horton said ‘ a number of people from
a number of agencies ' had access to the
evidence safe, which is in a part of the
district attorney's office in the Lane
County Courthouse
Horton said the cocaine had been tied
up in the judicial process for an ex
tended period of time " He declined to
say how the theft was discovered, and it
was not clear whether it was from a
single investigation or from various in
vestigations
Horton said the cocaine had per
iodically been removed from the-safe in
the course of the judicial process
The interagency narcotics team was
supported after its creation in 1969 by
funds and personnel from five city,
county and state agencies It dissolved
last winter and spring because of budget
difficulties among the agencies
Smokers stub vice
on smoke-out day
From Associated Proas reports
Some dined on cold turkey
sandwiches Some took bribes
from their bosses Miilions more
just counted the hours, snapped
rubber bands or nervously
drummed their fingers
The American C ncer Society
estimated that 16 million of Amer
ica's 53 million smokers tried to
lose the cigarette habit — and if this
year is like the previous "smoke
outs.' about a million smokers will
bid cigarettes farewell
Airline fares go head to head
costing $99 coast to coast
NEW YORK (AP) — A transcontinental air fare war broke
out Thursday as two big carriers matched a $99 one-way New
York-to-California fare set by an upstart competitor But
travelers must meet severe restrictions to fly at the bargain
rate
The $99 fare was set Tuesday by Capitol Air, a former
charter carrier that launched scheduled service between New
York and California after the airline industry was deregulated
in 1978 The low fare was matched Thursday by United
Airlines and Trans World Airlines.
American and Eastern airlines and Pan American World
Airways were all considering their response, spokesmen said
The new fare cuts $40 from the prevailing advance
purchase, round-trip fare for midweek transcontinental
flights And to fly at the low rate, travelers must meet several
criteria:
The fare is good only on non-stop flights between New
York and San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Jose. Calif
It is good only for trips begun between Nov 30 and Dec
14
Trips must begin and end on a Tuesday or Wednesday,
with a layover at least through a following Saturday with a
maximum stay of 60 days Capitol, however, requires the
return trip be by Dec 14
The ticket must be purchased at least seven days in
advance
Woman dies as couple waits in auto
for ‘higher power’ to land on earth
GRAND MARAIS. Minn. (AP) - Drawn by
messages from "some higher power." Gerald
Flach and Laverne Landis drove last month from
St Paul to the snowy, frozen wilderness of north
eastern Minnesota to wait for a flying saucer,
authorities say
For more than four weeks they waited in their
car. apparently eating vitamins and drinking water
from nearby Loon Lake
On Monday, a motorist found Flach, 38. an
electrician from West St Paul, semiconscious on
Gunflint Trail. 41 miles northwest of here Rescue
squad members found Landis, 48, dead in the
front seat of the car a few hundred yards'otf the
main road
An autopsy determined she died from a
combination of hypothermia, dehydration and
starvation
Flach. described by a friend as having
becoming obsessed with UFOs in recent months,
was taken to Cook County North Shore Hospital in
Grand Marais, where he remained Thursday.
Cook County Deputy Sheriff Frank Redfield
said there was no evidence of foul play and no
criminal charges were filed
Flach said he had been receiving messages
through Landis from some higher power,” Red
field said 'The most recent message directed
them to go to the end of the Gunflint Trail and
await further messages.
"These people kind of believed in flying
saucers.1'
Jack McDonnell of Grand Marais found Flach
Monday, said Bruce Kerfoot of the Gunflint Trail
Rescue Squad Flach told him his friend in the car
needed medical attention
McDonnell took Flach to the nearby Gunflint
Lodge where he received first aid for hypothermia
— lower than normal body temperature
The rescue squad used a four-wheel-drive
vehicle to reach Landis, Kerfoot said. The car was
snowed in on a small access road a few hundred
yards from the main road It was out of gasoline
"I believe they were parked there like four to
six weeks, just living in the front seat of their
compact car," said Kerfoot, who removed Landis’
body from the car. “Flach told me he hadn’t eaten
in four weeks and they both looked very, very
gaunt.”
Kerfoot said he saw vitamin bottles in the car,
but no sleeping bags and no evidence of cooking
The couple apparently drank water from the lake.
Dr Michael DeBevec, who treated Flach,
refused to comment on the case Wednesday.
Flach could not be reached at the hospital.
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