ZZ (Sec. IV) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri. Dec. 21, '56
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ng Mental Patient Kidnaps Bride;
vh Hurt in Wild Flight From Police
DENVER, Dee. 20 Cn-Pollc to
day captured a mental hospital
furtive and bit abducted teen
aged bride, and after an all-day
search seized a scar-faced Indian
ai an accomplice.
; M.ke Wiegner, 18, an escaped In
mate of Napa (Calif.) State Hos
pital, and Jui wife, Clo Ann Mo
watt Wiegner. 17. of Daly City,
Califs boUi were injured when the
stolen car in which they were rid
ing crashed during a police chaae
throuch Denver itreeti before
" A tt-year-old Sioux. Jesse East
man, alia Red Cloud, escaped
from the smashed car. He also
was a fugitive from the Napa
hospital. . . '
Cirl Kidnaped '
Clo Ann's parents said the fir!
was forced at riflepoint ta accom
pany Wiegner and Eastman when
they fled from Daly City Monday.
Late this afternoon, police
spotted Eastman driving eastward
on the outskirts of Denver in an
other stolen car. He offered no
resistance when his car was
baited.
Eastman hat beea charged by
the FBI in San Francisco with
unlawful flight. Pellce said he had
been under treatment at Napa hos
pital as an alcoholic with "suicid
al tendencies."
In Denver General Hospital to
night, Wiegner and Clo Ann vowed
their love for each other.
Wiegner asked detectives to
"give my wife a personal message.
Tell her, 'I still love you darling"'.
Clo Ann replied, "You tell him
I still love him, too."
: She said she did not know her
husband was a mental patient until
after leaving Daly City with him.
Meanwhile, Webb W. Burke,
lead of the FBI here, said be was
awa;' word from the San Fran
cisco I EI whether to enter the
"kidnaping angle" of the case.
Charges Filed
Charges have been filed In Cali
fornia accusing Wiegner and . a
"Jul n Doe" with assault with a
dead y weapon, auto theft and
burury. !
Co Ann's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Juhn J'awatt. arrived hero by
plane f. jm Daly City tonight The
trip va financed by a collection
t A i rp by San Francisco police
a 1 i ' rested uewsp.iper readers.
1: .ran was hailed by state
r .1 Robert Meininger late
t n l,e attempted to escape
f. i I iver.
1. I 1, unarmed except for
y r: -r c.,1 :e louna in nisi ,
, ;;iren:!y was not in-j
i.i l a eariy morning car
had traveled across Nevada and
Utah and were spotted early to
day on a North Denver street Ten
police cart took up a chase which
ended when the fleeing car smash
ed throuih a wooden barrier on a
dead-end street and plunged down
an embankment
Eastman fled on foot. Wiegner
and his wife were taken to a hos
pital with multiple injuries. Both
were reported in satisfactory con
dition lata today.
Eastman, also knows as Jesse
Red Cloud, was said by Denver
police to have been under treat
ment at the Napa hospital as an
alcoholic with "suicidal tenden
cies." "He's gun happy," Wiegner
said, "and be needs money bad
ly."
California officers said Wiegner
and another man forced the girl
from her parents' homo at gun
point Monday, leaving the parents
tied and escaping In their car. The
auto wu found abandoned not far
away, where the pair stole anoth
er, police said, and drovs to Den
ver. Wrigner said Clo Aim accom
panied bim willingly.
Early, today cruising police no
ticed the car parked by a south
west Denver cafe, a girl sleeping
in the back seat and a rifle in
Ike Undecided on
Type of Hat for
Inauguration
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 Pres
ident Eisenhower hasn't let out
the word yet as to what kind of
hat he's going to wear for his
inauguration.
"That haunt been discussed,"
Rnhert V. Flemlnr. chairman of
the Inaugural Committee, told re
porters today.
. "Bui I'm nuita .tire lt' eninff
to be a homburg-i hope H is."
Fleming recalled ina Eisen
hower's decision four years ago
tia war hnmhnrff inxtrad of the
usual top bat set off a frantic
buying spree among the men.
"Vim muldnt find a homburc
on the Eastern Seaboard," Flem
ing said.
the front.
Suddenly two men dashed from
the rear of the building, got into
the car an the wild chase through
the streets was on.
The fugitive car was forced into
a dead-end street and hurtled into
a ravine.
Wiegner and the girl reportedly
first met in a San Francisco mov
ie house and were married Nov.
13 in Montana. When they re
turned to California Wiegner was
admitted to the Napa hospital as
emotionally unstable. He was clas
sified aa incorrigible at the age of
14.
The young girl was taken to the
San Mateo (Calif.) Juvenile Home
but later released to her parents.
In Daly City, her mother said
Clo Ann refused to leave willingly
with Wiegner when he broke into
the Mowatt borne. "They made us
lie on the floor, and they tied up
by husband and me," aaid Mrs.
Mowatt
The parents said they thought
Wiegner needed help but Mrs. Mo
watt added: "We cant condone
what ho has done."
Potatoes in
Storage Up
WASHINGTON, Decl M III -
The Agriculture Department re
ported today , that atorago stock
of potatoes in the hands of grow
ers and local dealers on Dec. 1
totaled 118.800,000 hundredweight
13 per cent mora than a year
earlier.
The agency estimated that
merchantable stocks were IS per
cent smaller than the total stocks.
Maine led all states with total
stocks of 83.300,000 hundredweight
compared with 30.000.000 a year
ago. Idaho was second with IS,
000.000 hundredweight compared
with 23,600.000.
Cypriots Order
24-Hour Strike
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec.
The Greek Cypriot underground
today called for a 24-hour general
strike tomorrow to protest Brit
ain's offer of limited self-rule to
rebellious Cyprus.
The call wu issued after lead
era of the Island colony's Greek
majority and Turkish minority
firmly rejected the proposed new
constitution. ..
$1,000 Taken by
Armed Bandit at
Portland Store "
PORTLAND, Dec. 30 III -Police
- searched today for a man
who held up a southeast Portland
supermarket last night and fled
with receipts estimated at more
than $1,000.
James Miller, w, the manager,
said the man pointed a long-barreled
revolver at him, announced
it was "a stickup," and ordered
him to fill a paper bag with
money. The bandit obtained the
contents of three eash registers
and left after firing a shot into
the floor.
The gunman was described as
about six feet tall and from SO to
SS years old. .
ELECTRICITY
OtHAN tjlNIBAl
atomic company
Portland Bus Firm Seeking Fare Jump
PORTLAND, Dec. JO l Rose
City Transit Co., which operates
Portland's mass transportation
system, today asked the City
Council for fare increases. '.
It wants to substitute a straight
30-centa-a-ride faro for the pres
ent rata of three rides for 80 cents
and 82.71 for a weekly pass. The
10-cent fare for students would not
be raised. i
Gen. Mgr. Raymond I. Perkins
said the Increases are necessary
to prevent an expected operating
loss of 147,000 through December
and January. He said the chief
reason for financial difficulties is
a wage Increase to bus drivers
Nov. 1 and a drop of I per cent
In passenger patronage this year
from 1955.
Insects snd disease kill ten times
as many trees as do man-mad
fires, says the National Geo.
graphic Society:
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BROWN'S JEWELRY
, 114 N. liberty
Values to 18.50
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Women's Handbags
Famous Sth Avnu Mok
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Regular 1.98.
ANITA SHOP
Corner Seat & Liberty Srs.
OPEN FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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Far Your Skepinf Canvantanct
F. W. Woolworth Co.
Liberty and Stot St.
"Pen Sets Engraved While You Waif
2 PIECE PEN SET
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WIN. Liberty . fa. EM 1 4181
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AT WEISFIELD'S -S5
Rf. 1.93
Ksw Deccralcr Tails
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Wonderful Ceramic
Salem, Oregon
SMOKER PLANTERS
Black Iron Stand, Ceramic
Planter and Ash Tray , . .
Green, Pink, Black.
DOWNSTAIRS STORE
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BROWN'S JEWELRY
114 N. Liberty
Coffee Percolator Set
4-Fioee Coffamakor, C roomer, Sugar ani Tray.
$39.50 Value $flSS!
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The family Store
168 N. Liberty
Little, toy anal Girl ' ' '
DUSY LEAVER. SHOES
R j. 4.99, first quality
leathan, laathar lining
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widths for fit. " ,
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BROWN'S JEWELRY
114 N. libatry
Special Shipment Jost Arrived -
Rg. to 49.50
Young Laditi
WATCHES
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; 111 S. liborty-At tha lu Stap-Fh. IM44I2S
fTu-Fcr Ice Cream Sale
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'T'" ICE CREAM
Ona Rouna Half Gallon ' $ A
93 in Reusoble Cartan Jm far I.OY
jMT GREEN STAMPS Open Dally sad Sunday til 11 PJf.
The i-amuy 6 lor 2(8 N. Liberty
LAVISH NYLON
TRICOT SLIPS
Many lacy and pretty
stylos t choose from,
in whit on) pastels.
Siia 32 to 54. Rf. 2.91.
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California Hand Print
Table Gollis
With Napkins
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Dacron and cotton blond. Wuh
able. Choice ol color and pat
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3.88
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14" High, 24- in0, ,
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Shipping Welflht 5 lbs.
Reg. Styll
$3.95
HNEWBERRYS 241 N. Liberty
' GUARANTEED
SWISS! WATCHES
99
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3 Year Service Certificate,
Styles for Men, Women, Boys
sod Girls.
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Yeater TV & Appliance Co.
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Salem's Best Bay! 1957 Model . . i 21-inch
Packard Dell Console TV
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The Family htor ; 2S8 N. Liberty
This CcL'psn Vcrth $lfn.
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BICYCLE
The FamUy More 268 N. Liberty
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