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2nd SECTION
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1958
Pages 1-10
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AT DAUGHTER'S HEARING Stephen Crane (left), and
Lana Turner are shown at the hearing for their daughter,
Cheryl Crane, at Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.
Cheryl was ordered held for a further hearing later this
month, to determine whether she will be prosecuted for
the fatal stabbing of Johnny Stompanato last week.
Lena's Daughter Wrote Stompanato
Hollywood (W Lana Turn
er's teen-age daughter wrote
her mother's lover a chatty,
"love ya and miss ya loads"
letter just six weeks before
she killed him with one stab
of a razor sharp butcher
knife, it has been disclosed.
In a misspelled, schoolgirl
scrawl, Cheryl Crane urged
gangland gigolo Johnny Stom
panato and her. film queen
mother to come back from
Europe "soon," according to
a copyrighted letter published
today in the Los Angeles Eve
ning Herald Express.
An autopsy report, mean
while, showed Stompanato
suffered from an incurable
kidney ailment that might
have meant his death in only
a few years.
Eygene Newsstand
Operator Arraigned
Eugene (IP) William Jack
son, Eugene newsstand opera
tor, was arraigned in Lane
County Circuit Court Thurs
day on 'three grand jury in
dictments accusing him of
selling obscene and indecent
material.
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Lana Turner's Tears Flow in
Knowledge of Her Own Failure
Editor's note: Following is the when
lasL i inree aispatcnes on me ca-:
reer or Movie Queen Lana Turner.
In today's article, Vernon Scott
says that she is aware that her
own failures are responsible for
her daughter's slaying of Johnny
Stompanato.
By VERNON SCOTT
United Press Hollywood
Writer
Hollywood OP) A mother's
bitter tears sting Lana Tun
er s Deauiiiui iace today in
the knowledge that her own
failures are responsible for
her daughter Cheryl's knife
slaying of mobster Johnny
Stompanato.
More than anything else
the blonde screen beauty
wanted 14-year-old Cheryl to
have a happy childhood.
Lana s own youth was
blighted by tragedy, neglect
and cruelty. She wanted
things to be better for her
only child. But Cheryl's plight
is infinitely worse than any
thing that ever befell her1
movie star mother. She has
killed a man.
Lana Turner, who real
name was Judy, loved her
father dearly. He was
happy-go-lucky man who was
murdered in a San Francisco
crap game when his red-haired
daughter was only 9 years
old. "
When he. lived he was
lively companion for his sen
sitive daughter, but a poor
provider. When her parents
separated, two years before
"Tex" Turner was bludgeoned
to death. Lana was farmed
out to some "friends" in Mo
desto, Calif.
Beaten Frequently
She was treated .worse than
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a scunerv maia. one nwut
breakfast, prepared dinner.
did the family washing and
ironine and was beaten for
the slightest mistakes.
"Her mother visited Lana one
day after a particularly brutal
beating and, seeing her daugh
ter black and blue, took Lana
back to live with her in San
Francisco. It was then Lana
learned of her father's mur
der. So Lana wanted a normal
home life for Cheryl, .but not
badly enough to make the
necessary sacrifices.
Cheryl's father, Steve
Crane, was divorced by Lana
the girl was still an
infant. Thereafter she knew
two other fathers, millionaire
Bob Topping and movie "Tar
zan" Lex Barker. Between,
before and after those mar
riages, ' Cheryl watched her
mother date a parade of play
boys and goodtime Charlies.
A gangling, leggy filly who
claims little of her mother's
beauty, Cheryl spent much of
her time with servants and in
private schools.
When ' she was old enough
to read the headlines pro
vided her with information
about her mother that few
little girls would find com
forting. But there remains a
fast bond between mother and
daughter.
Sometimes it seemed as if
sober faced little Cheryl pro
vided the major share of sta
bility and security in their
broken family life.
Last year the tensions at
home and the snipings of
school friends took their toll
on Cheryl. She dramatically
decided to "run away" from
her madcap mother.
She was found in Los An
geles' skid row 'and reunited
with Lana. Crane also was
present when the .wretched
girl was released., by the
police. -
The limelight captured
Cheryl again three months
later when she tumbled from
a horse in Estes National Park,
Colo., suffering a fractured
vertebrae and slight concus
sion. Again Crane and Miss
Turner rushed to her side,
and again, though briefly,
Cheryl knew the warmth and
security of having both par
ents with her for a bedside
party. '
Girl's World Collapsed
But Cheryl's world crashed
around her last Friday night
as she listened to gangster
Stompanato threaten her
mother's life.
Still protective, looking out
for her emotional mother,
Cheryl plunged an eight-inch
knife into Stompanato, killing
him within minutes . and
changing her life forever.
The tears that Lana sheds
are as much for her own fail
ings in raising Cheryl as for
the horror of the bloody tab
leau that took place in her
bedroom on Good Friday.
What of Lana's future? Is
her career ruined?
Not necessarily.
Robert Mitchum bounced
back after his marijuana mix
up. And Enrol Flynn's legal
battles only heightened his
popularity. Hollywood's stars
seem to prosper after their
scandals are aired. Lana could
well continue to greater tri
umphs. '
Navy Marks 58th
Anniversary of
Use of Submarine
U. S. Submarine Base, New
London, Conn. (IP) The
Navy's "silent service" is 58
years old today, and modern
submariners find it hard to
believe that the Navy's first
undersea boat could be any
thing more than a museum
piece.
But on April 11, 1900, the
Navy was so impressed with
the performance of the USS
Holland that it commissioned
it as a coastal defense vessel
and a warning to any nation
with notions of aggression.
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long, displaced 74 tons and
had a beam of 10 feet. It was
armed with one torpedo tube
and a pneumatic dynamite
gun. Carrying a two - man
crew, the Holland had a dual
propulsion system, a storage
battery-powered electric mo
tor plus a gasoline engine.
Rapid Chang
That was the beginning of
the Navy's submarine service
which, with the fairly recent
advent of the atomic era, now
presents. the most formidable
striking force in the world.
The one torpedo tube has
given way to atomic war
heads, missiles that can be
launched from the decks of
surfaced subs and soon will
be launched from submarines
traVeling beneath the waves.
Destruction power, once
measured in yards, will be
carried to better than 1,500
miles from a moving base
which the enemy cannot lo
cate. The Navy now has three
powerful atomic submarines
in service: Nautilus, Seawolf
and Skate. Each is capable of
girdling the globe three times
without surfacing or refuel
ing. Each can operate at sea
for as long as two years with
out surfacing except to take
on supplies and fresh crews.
Mot Coming
More atomic ' submarines
are coming off the building
ways. The fastest, USS Skip
jack, will be lauched at the
electric boat yards of General
Dynamics May 26. The big
gest will be the Triton, a ra
dar picket ship which has
been compared to a destroyer
in size and which will serve
as an undersea radar station.
The Polaris subs, soon to
get into construction, will be
able to penertate to almost
any part of Russia with mis
siles having a 1,500 - mile
range. Recently, Rear Adm.
William F. Raborn called this,
"One of the most significant
Weapon systems ,yet devised
by man ... by carrying the
launching site to sea, it will
take the bulls - eye off our
country by forcing the enemy
to concentrate his counter-
measures on the seven seas."
Three Polaris subs have
been ordered and the Navy
hopes to have nine in opera
tion by 1961.
Seattle (IP) Former
Teamster President Dave
Beck's office here will be
closed effective April 30.
Daily's U-Driye
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Meat Grading for
Smaller Plants Eyed
Salem (IP! Three steps
looking toward some type of
meat grading service for smal- j
ler Oregon packing plants ,
have been authorized at ai
meeting of Agriculture De- j
partment officials and indus
try representatives here. j
The meeting was called by j
Agriculture Director Robert i
J. Steward. j
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ine department wm can
vass all meat packers now un
der state meat inspection but
not under federal grading to
determine how many would
be interested in a state grad
ing service. Cost estimates
will then be made on the
basis of the canvass.
In a third step, Steward
will arrange a meeting in
Oregon with Fred J. Beard,
chief of the meat grading
branch of the United States
Department of Agriculture
marketing service.
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