Chessman Pushes
Legal Struggle
To Avoid Death
Los Angeles (W Caryl
Chessman, condemned red
light bandit -who has spent
nearly 10 years in death row,
returns to court today to
carry on his legal struggle to
avoid the gas chamber.
The 36-year-old convict
author, condemned, to death in
1949 on charges of kidnaping
and raping two young women,
tangled in court Wednesday
with the prosecutor who help
ed convict him. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney J. Miller Leavy.
Seeks To Show Bias
In an angry session with
Leavy on the witness stand,
Chessman acting as his own
attorney framed question
after question in an apparent
attempt to show that the
prosecutor had been too
"biased and prejudiced" to
handle the case objectively.
Leavy charged that he had
not used all the evidence at
the prosecution's disposal in
the first trial and under Chess
man's challenge to "tell every
ing" told of a girl named
"Sylvia."
The prosecutor said officers
had advised him that "Syl
via," whose last name he did
not know, had been attacked
by Chessman in some isolated
spot. He said use of the
woman's testimony would
have further shown Chess
man's guilt.
Could Prove Innocence
Chessman implied that
"Sylvia", who he indicated
was a prostitute, could have
proved that he was not the
red light bandit who preyed
on lover's lanes in the guise
of an official.
The dark-haired convict
charged that Leavy had "re
peatedly relied on representa
tions of other persons" and
"had a fixed opinion in the
ease."
Leavy said he felt the de
fendant was guilty because
the evidence indicated he was
and that was the reason he
asked for the death penalty.
However, he added:
"I have not personal ani
mosity against you (Chess
man.)" Chessman, who has been in
death row longer than any
other person in U.S. history,
won a hearing last June on
the transcript of his 1948
trial.
Pilots Threaten
Strike Deadline j
Chicago tw The Air
Line Pilots association (AFL
CIO) has threatened to set a
strike deadline in its dispute
with Western Airlines.
President Clarence N. Say
en of the ALPA said Wednes
day night failure to reach an
agreement may mean a strike
after the Jan. 16 expiration of
a 30-day "cooling off' period.
"A definite deadline would
be set in the near future,"
Sayen said.
The airline employs 263 pi
lots. Its headquarters are in
Los Angeles, and the line op
erates in about 50 cities, in
cluding Mexico City, and Cal
gary, Lethbridge and Edmon
ton in Canada.
Sayen said the pilots' old
contract with WAL expired
in July, 1957, and "every ef
fort" since then to reach a
new pact has failed. He ac
cused the company of failure
"to negotiate on the basis of
current criteria applicable to
air line pilots' rates of pay
and working conditions."
Alaska Snowplow
Kills Two Children
Ft. Richardson, Alaska (IP)
Two children were killed by
a snowplow while playing in
a homemade tunnel here
Wednesday.
The Army identified the
victims as Ross A. Kramer, 3,
son of Capt. and Mrs. R. A.
Kramer Jr. of Treverton. Pa.,
and Maxwell E. Dicks Jr., 2,
son of Capt. and Mrs. M. E.
Dicks of Minneapolis. Both
families had three children.
The accident occurred dur
ing normal snow removal op
erations in the parking lot be
hind Ft. Richardson's family
quarters. The children had
built a tunnel in the snow and
were hiding in it when the
plow approached.
The driver of the plow, an
Army civilian employee, was
treated for shock at the scene.
Sterling Hayden Asks.
Name Be Restored
Hollywood lfl Actor
Sterling Hayden, who changed
his name to John Hamilton
during World War II to escape
unwanted publicity when he
enlisted in the Marine Corps,
today asked the court's per
mission to restore his movie
name.
St. Louis OP! Bruce R. John?
son of Scappoose, Ore., show
ed the grand champion in the
junior division at the national
dressed turkey show hers.
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