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SOLO FLIGHT RECORD Peter Gluckmann, 33, San Fran cisco watchmaker, became the world's official record holder. for a solo flight around the world in "a single-engine plane when he landed in San Francisco Sunday, 29 days after starting his jaunt. Here, Gluckmann emerges from his plane shortly after landing. '. . ' . -(UPI Telephoto) San Francisco Flier Sets First Round-World Mark Killer of Girl Freight er Object of Search San Francisco - IUPD - San Francisco's Peter Gluckmann, 33, is the world's first official record holder for a solo flight around the world in a single engine plane. Gluckmann established the record flight of 29 days, six hours, eight minutes and 52.2 seconds by landing here Sun day. ...... No other person had made the trip with official sanction, although similar flights have been completed. , Sanctioning body in Gluckmann's case was the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, which keeps all aviation records. Gluck mann, who operates a watch Halleck Available Fnr Hnminafinn 1 MWIIIIHHIIVII Washington-(DPD-House Re publican , Leader Charles A Halleck is available for the I960 GOP vice . presidential nomination. The 59 -year -old Indiana congressman noted Sunday that you don't run for vice president" but said he would answer "yes" if the party's presidential candidate sought him for a running mate. Although the choice must be ratified by the convention, the presidential nominee usu ally selects his running mate. Halleck's political prestige has been climbing sharply since last Jan. 6 when he took over leadership of House Re publicans by ousting veteran Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) from that post. shop in San Francisco, had hoped to complete the trip in his Meyers 200 in 16 days but was hindered by tropical storm Louise and other bad weather over the Pacific. He covered 26,000 miles on the flight in his 260-horsepow-er plane. Jerry Giesler Back in Hospital Hollywood - (UN) - Attorney Jerry Giesler was reported "resting comfortably" Satur day after a heart attack.- Giesler, . 72, was taken to Mt Sinai hospital for the sec ond time within three months Friday after suffering the at tack at his home. Dr. Jack A. Sheinkopf said the attack was "mild" and that the famed Hollywood at torney would probably be hos pitalized for about two weeks for. observation as well as rest and treatment." In July, . Giesler was hos pitalized for two weeks for what was described as a phys ical checkup. His. clients have included Rudolph Valentino, E r r o 1 1 Flynn, Marilyn Monroe and Cheryl Crane, the teen-aged daughter of actress Lana Tur ner who was accused of kill ing Johnny Stompanato on Good Friday, 1958. He and a partner recently were retain ed to defend Carole Tregoff, accused as an accomplice in the Barbara Finch slaying case. . Boston-flJPIPA rack homi cide detective today started on a cold trail in search of a killer who beat a Chicago di vorcee aboard a Dutch freight er and hurled her body into the. Atlantic. Capt. ' Joseph B. Fallon, head of Boston's homicide squad, admitted Sunday night that he was without a clue in the slaying of pretty Lynn Kauffman, 23, daughter of a wealthy Chicago industrialist. To Meet Detectives Fallon was expected to trav el to New York, today to con fer with detectives who ques tioned those aboard the Dutch freighter SS Utrecht when it docked in Brooklyn Saturday. He may also requestion some members of the crew himself, according to a spokesman. The badly beaten, half nude body of the girl, described as "the life of the ship," was found Saturday in outer Bos ton harbor. A medical exam iner said it appeared she was knocked unconscious and thrown overboard to drown. There was no evidence , of rape. Returning From Singapore Miss Kauffman was a re search assistant to Prof. Stan ley Spector of Washington university in St. Louis, who is an expert on Far East af fairs. She was returning from a year in Singapore along with Spector's wife, three young children and a Chinese boy the couple hoped to adopt The professor had returned three weeks ago. . ' They Spectors came here Sunday to identify the body of the girl and to talk with police. BITE PAYS OFF Tokyo-(DP-Newiy - aDDoint- ea DanK watcnman Shieeru Enomoto, 18, thought quickly when confronted with a knife wielding robber during his first night on duty Sunday. He bit the robber's knife hand. The surprised crook dropped tne knife and fled. - " "Buffalo Bill" Cody is .bur ied atop Lookout Mountain near Denver, Colo. Cross-sfifch Arl Tho world agrcss on' Gilboy's, pleasoT 9r i X fifl- PllP ;j OIISJ - 4 f 1 - ? - f Gilbeys Gin A prize pair - realistically detailed to create a dramatic effect above mantel or on table. 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McAndraw Phone SP 3-4575 of SP 2-4107 LYNN KAUFFMAN Cold Trail fox Killer Round-Up Ends Run at Pendleton Pendleton - (UPD - Don Mc Laughlin of Ft. Worth, Texas, Saturday won all-around cow boy honors at the windup of the four - day 48th ' annual Pendleton Round-Up. He won $1,977. . : " Second - high cowboy was Johnny Leonard of Del Rio, Tex., who piled up 1,625 points, worth one dollar per point. . Local Man Named Operations Officer Choke Witnesses enaed Maj.'- Curtis E. Hopkins, of Medford, was named opera tions officer recently for the 906th air refueling squadron of the Strategic Air Com mand, stationed at Minot Air Force base, N.D. The unit commanded by Lt. Col. Robert D. Cummings will fly the KC-135 aerial tankers expected at the base soon. Activated, last June with five officers and one airman, the 906th air refueling squadron now has approximately-20 of ficers and 10 airmen. Major Hopkins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Hop kins, Old Military rd., Cen tral Point. A senior pilot, he was a B52 aircraft commander in the 28th Bomber Wing at Ells worth Air Force base before arriving at Minot. He is a vet eran of 17 years in the Air Force, with four years over seas. The major was a bombar dier - navigator for .the 97th Bomber Group of the 15th Air Force in Italy in 1944. He also flew during the Korean hostilities. He attended bom bardier, school in 1943 , at Deming N.M., and pilot train ing at Randolph Air 'Force base, Texas, in 1947. Before entering the service, Major Hopkins attended the University of Montana, Mis soula, Mont. He is married to the former Betty Jane John son, also of Medford, and the couple have four children, Cherron, 13, Curtis 9, Jan nette, 4, and Steven, two months. - ' ' Councilmen Get Marine Corps Look . Portland -(UPD A city coun cilman from Vancouver, Wash., took part in a Marine Corps landing operation on the Willamette river Sunday but.it was all a mistake; They weren't supposed to be that close, i . ; ' Councilmen "L. ' Semke of Washougal and P. L. Wilson of Vancouver were aboard the USS McGinty for decommis sioning ceremonies. Sailors, thinking the two were newsmen, ushered them down a ladder into the cap tain's gig and they were sev eral miles downstream before they learned they were par ticipating in the maneuver.. Wilson and Semke went along because they thought it was "part of the ceremony." The Navy and the councilmen said no harm was done. It takes four pints of cream to churrr one pound of butter. To Be Subp Los Angeles-(UPD-Seven stu dents present when a Univer sity of Southern, California student choked to death dur ing a fraternity initiation will be subpenaed for a coroner's inquest Sept. 29, police re ported. Richard T. . Swanson, 21, a first year dentistry student at USC, choked to death on a piece of oil-smeared raw liver he was forced to' eat last Thursday as a pledge of Kap pa Sigma fraternity. Police said those to be sub penaed included the fraternity president, Dan Hayes; three active members and three pledges.. Officers also said they expected to call 13 other witnesses, including police of ficers and ambulance attend ant Nathan Ruben who said Swanson's life might have been saved had the boys told what actually had happened to Swanson.. , Swanson's death brought demands for action from the parents of the boy, cityr coun ty and state officials. . MONROE ON . TIME Hollywood - (UPD - Actress Marilyn Monroe, noted here for never getting anywhere on time, surprised everyone by turning up an hour early for Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's speech at 20th Century-Fox Saturdav. rnmo. dian Jack Bennv anirH- "She Ahought the speech was yesterday." MAIL TRIBUNE, MatffwJ, Or. 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