FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wyoming Sheriff Tells Story
Of Capturing Nebraska Killer
Thursday. January 30, 1958 1 1 H L T
nouse rruDers iu
Reveal Names of
Editor'! note: sheriff Earl Hafiin . tention to our siren and once
teen-aied killer Charles Stark
weather's murder rampage late
Wednesday when he shot the
youth in the right ear during a
high speed chase. Here if the sher
iff s story.
By EARL HEFLIN
At Told lo United Press
Douglas, Wyo. IP) I
should have aimed a little to
the left. A quarter of an inch
would have done it. Another
quarter of an inch and I'd
have blown his head off.
We picked up his trail and
Bob Ainsley, Douglas chief of
police, had his '57 Plymouth
up to 110 miles an hour be
fore I could get a clear shot
at that Packard.
The kid didn't pay any at-
we almost ran mm aown dui
he out-maneuvered us. He
didn't out-maneuver my 30-30
Winchester pump, though. I
leaned out the window and
fired away. I got about four
good shots.
But, you know, the kid
kept going. Then, about two
minutes after I hit him, he
halted. I guess he got a
glimpse at his own blood and
that scared him.
But he didn't act much like
he wanted to cooperate even
after Bob pulled the squad
car alongside. He got out of
the Packard slowly and I
fired again, at his feet, to get
him to show some life.
Anguished Parents
Of Nebraska Killer
Await Phone Call
: Lincoln, Neb. (If) The an
guished parents of mass killer
Charles Starkweather, 19
.-waited today for a telephone
call from their son, not sure
what they would advise him
to do.
; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stark
'weather were unable, too, to
say exactly why their son
suddenly turned killer and
took at least 10 lives in this
area's biggest crime spree in
.history.
'Reason Advanced
''- - Wvomine authorities at
Douglas, where young Stark
weather was captured
; Wednesday, said the slayer
".would be permitted to tele
phone his father today for
:help in arranging legal coun-
sel.
: One reason the parents ad-
vanced for the maddened kill
ings was that their son's
; health had driven him to des
.peration. : "It could have been a lot
- of things," the father, a hand--some
man who works as a I
carpenter, told newsmen. "He
has lost a couple of good jobs;
that girl (Caril Fugate, his
companion) has him wrapped
around her little finger; he
is to lose his sight within a
year, and a recent cold made
him lose 30 pounds."
The father said Charles suf
fered from astigmatism. He
could not explain what com
plications could cost his son's
eyesight.
Worried About Blow
Starkweather said his son
had been hit in the head with
a two-by-four some years ago
and had worried about effects
"of the blow.
"It's a terrible thing to
have to lock the doors and
windows of your house
against your own son," Stark
weather said.
"I trusted Charlie and
thought I could have talked
to him until he killed the old
man (August Meyer, 70). But
if he'll kill an old friend like
August, he could turn on his
own father."
That did it. He moved. I
commanded him to lay down
on the ground. But again he
wouldn't cooperate. So I fired
agvin, missing him on pur
pose, of course. That convinc
ed him.
Doesn't Say Much
We took him into town
here and put him in jail. He's
sullen. He won't say much,
not that any of us wants to
be sociable with him. He acts
sleepy all the time and I
guess he might be after that
drive from Lincoln.
We got his car patched up
and we're going to try to keep
him around Wyoming for
awhile. I don't know what
Bill Dixon, county attorney,
is going to do, but I sure
would like to see that kid
brought to trial right here for
the murder of Merle Colhson,
Teamsters Said Joining Oiher Labor Unions
Robot Pilot
Blamed for Crash
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London dPi Investigat
ors said today the crash of a
British Britannia prop-jet air
liner last November may have
been caused by a runaway
"robot" pilot which took con
trol from the plane's human
crew.
The crash killed 15 persons
and caused all Britannias to
be grounded for a brief period.
Investigators trying to de
termine the cause of the
crash said the runaway robot
possibility was raised by re-
ports of a second Britannia
crew which had the same
trouble.
The first crash occurred as
the long-range airliner came
in for a landing near Bristol,
England. All the crew, along
with technicians who had
been checking the plane's per
formance, were killed.
Aviation sources said the
second Britannia was flying
at 3,000 feet over Britain
when it ran into trouble with
the "demon robot."
The automatic pilot, which
normally is kept turned off
except when needed on long
flights, suddenly started oper
ating. Because it had not been
adjusted to steer a specific
course, it sent the big plane
into steep dives and climbs.
The flight engineer cut off
power to the automatic pilot
just in time and the human
pilots regained control.
FCC Wrongdoers
Washington 1P House
investigators today sent some
members of the Federal Com
munications Commission
(FCC) a list of "misconduct"
charges against them and
warned that their names
would be bared to the public
Friday. .
Only those accused of
wrongdoing were to receive
individual statements. Names
of those receiving bills of par
ticulars were to be made pub
lic. Chance to Prepare Answers
The charges were dispatch
ed to enable those involved
in nrenaro anewpre when
tv f,wt,w -
questioned under oath next
week. The special House sub
committee investigating the
FCC and five other regula
tory agencies voted unani
mously late Wednesday to
question FCC commissioners
under oath on charges of "al
leged personal, official mis
conduct." The subcommittee also vot
ed to forbid its investigating
staff to provide subcommit
tee members themselves with
any of the staff's "confiden
tial" reports. '
The action was obviously
aimed at stopping leaks to the
press. A subcommittee staff
report detailing charges
against FCC commissioners
was leaked to the United
Press and some newspapers
last week.
Chairman Slated
FCC Chairman John C.
Doerfer, who has acknowl
edged receiving , a color TV
set from the broadcast indus
try, apparently was one of
those slated to receive -a list
of charges. He also has ac
knowledged the industry has
paid travel and hotel expenses
for him and his wife at in
dustry conventions.
Doerfer has labelled
charges against him and other
commissio n e r s "inaccurate
and misleading." He said it is
legal for an FCC commission
er to receive a fee for a
speech. As for color TV sets
he said "to us it's not a lux
ury; it's part of our job to
see how it works."
The subcommittee met to
day to hear, Chairman Ed
ward N. Gadsby of the Secur
ities & Exchange Commission
testify on his agency's operations.
Detroit 0P International
Teamsters President James R.
Hoffa, fresh from "successful"
negotiations with the Auto
mobile Transporters associa
tion, said today various team
sters leaders are joining oth
er unions so they can con
tinue their activities in state
and local AFL organizations.
Hoffa and teamster negotia
tors reached agreement Wed
nesday night on a contract
with 74 auto and truck tran
sport firms that haul and
drive vehicles to dealers in
32 states. Hoffa said "we got
what we expected to get"' in
the settlement that closely
followed the pattern set by
the central states negotiations
in Chicago last
concluded
month.
Fringe Benefits
The agreement calls for
numerous fringe benefits and
a 10 per cent hour wage boost
in new contracts starting
March 1. Some 15,000 team
sters covered by the con
tracts will also get seven
cent an hour increases each
year for 1959 and 1960 plus
a half cent per mile hike in
the mileage allowances for
each of the three contract
years.
"They argued for three
days but finally fell right into
the pattern," Hoffa said.
t He denied the teamsters
planned to "block" national
AFL-CIO attempts, to com-1
plete the merger of local AFL
and CIO organizations by hav
ing officials join other un
ions. Responsible Positions
"Some local teamsters lead
ers now hold responsible posi
tions in state, county or city
f e d e r a tion organizations,"
Hoffa said. "They are join
ing other unions so they can
continue their work in the
federation."
"Teamsters official William
Lee, for instance," Hoffa said,
"is president of the Chicago
AFL. He has become a mem
ber of the International Build
ings Service Union and sev
eral other teamsters are do
ing the same thing."
The teamsters were ex-
Portland Hospital
Contract Awarded
Portland OP The Ross B.
Hammond Company of Port
land Wednesday was awarded
a $1,958,000 contract for con
struction of the new Kaiser
Foundation hospital on North
Greeley ave. here.
Completion time is sched
uled in 15 months. The 157
bed hospital will overlook
Swan island.
FIRE WARNING
Greenville, Me. (in The
following warning is painted
in bold letter on a large bill
board on the road to Lily Bay
near here: "This is God's
country. Why set it on fire
and make it look like hell?"
Searchers Decne
Offer of Wooden Boaf
Augusta, Me., (IPI Game
wardens searching for a lost
hunter in Maine's northern
woods radioed their search
headquarters for an alumin
um canoe.
A voice crackled back "We
are sorry we have no alum
inum canoe, but we can get
a wooden boat if that will
help."
It turned out that radio
"skips" were operating again
and the offer of the wooden
boat came from a New Mexi
co police dispatcher. The
wardens declined with thanks
the offer of the wooden boat.
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pelled from the AFL-CIO last
month.
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Company Sued
Portland (IP) Mr. and Mrs.
William M. Keller, who re
side in Clackamas county,
filed suit in Circuit Court here
Wednesday for $17,000 dam
ages against Portland Trac
tion company. Keller, a Port
land attorney, claims he and
his wife -have been damaged
by PTC's stoppage of inter-
urban trolley service.
PTC suddenly halted the
service last Saturday nignt,
claiming loss .of revenue.
The Kellers maintain that
the value of their property
has been impaired by the loss
of public transportation and
that they have been incon
venienced.
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Baker City Jail
Meals 'Adequate'
Baker (IP) Police Chief
Cliff Murray today defended
the quality of meals served
prisoners in city jail. He said
they were "quite adequate."
Murray's statement was is
sued after he learned of a let
ter sent by two prisoners to
the jailer at Anacortes, Wash.
Wesley Davis, 30, and Jack
Gibb, 18, wrote the Anacortes
jailer they were sorry they
escaped his jurisdiction be
cause the looa was baa in
Baker jail. The pair are being
held in connection with a
spectacular flight through
eastern Oregon in which two
police cars were stolen.
I WAS FRAMED
Los Angeles (IP) Sixteen
traffic officers showed up in
Municipal Court Wednesday
to back up 16 traffic viola
tion charges against Stanford
Patterson. Judge Stephen S.
Weisman eyed the group, told
Patterson it was very "incon
siderate" of him to cause the
policemen to be taken off the
street where they were need
ed, and intoned, "Sixty days."
Freight Hauling
Permit Upheld
Portland OPi The certifi-
cate of Maskleyne Transfer
and Storage, Inc. to haul
goods from Walla Walla,
Wash., to Pendleton, Ore., and
other points has been upheld
by a three-judge federal court
here.
Three competitors of Mask
leyne brought the court com
plaint against the Interstate
Commerce Commission, which
had issued the certificate. The
companies, Sites Freightlines,
Inc., Inland Motor Freight and
Consolidated Freigh t w a y s,
asked the court to rule the
ICC certificate invalid.
But the court panel held,
in a unanimous opinion writ
ten by Oregon Federal Dis
trict Judge William East, that
the commission acted within
its authority in issuing the
certificate.
Others on the panel which
heard the case here were
Judge James Alger Fee, of the
court of appeals, San Fran
cisco, and William Mathes of
Los Angeles,, a California dis
trict federal judge.
MAN THE PUMPS
San Francisco (IP) The
State Board of Equalization
reported Wednesday-4hat Cal- j
ifornia breweries last year
sold 203,245,076 gallons of ,
beer more than enough, at j
12 million gallons per ship, to j
float 16 battleships. i
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Aberdeen, Scotland (IP)
Inhabitants of the remote is
land of Foula in the Shetlands
received supplies and mail
including Christmas cards
Wednesday for the first time
since they were cut off by
storms 47 days ago.
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RETIRED PROFESSOR DIES
Wake Forest, N.C. UP) Dr.
Dr. Robert M. Poteat, 71, re
tired Latin professor, author
and former imperial poten
tate of the Shriners, died at
his home here Wednesday. Po
teat, son of a former presi
dent of Wake Forest College,
suffered a cerebral hemor
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