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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1960
Man Arrested in
Disappearance of
Two at Seattle
New fork-IUPII-The FBI to
day arrested Guy Rockwell
Muldavln, once wealthy an
tique dealer wanted in con
nection with the disappear
ance of his wife and her young
daughter whose mutilated
bodies were believed found in
their Seattle home shortly
after he remarried.
The FBI said Mudavin, 37,
who will be arraigned later
today, was picked up in a
Greenwich Village, apartment.
Muldavin also is wanted by
Seattle police on a charge of
fraudulently obtaining $10,
000 from the stepmother of
his present wife, the former
bvelyn Emerson, on the pre-
tense of using the money to
buy antiques In Canada.
H. G. Foster, head of the
FBI in New York, said Seattle
police wanted Muldavin in
connection with the myster
ious death of his second wife
Manzanita Mearns, who disap
peared on April Fool's Day
this year with Dolores Ann
Mearns, 18, her daughter by
a previous marriage.
Police said bits of human
tissue and pieces of a human
body were located in a newly
sealed septic tank at the home
where Muldavin, his wife and
daughter lived and operated
an antique shop.
Muldavin, who was school
ed In Switzerland, New York
and Connecticut as well as tu
tored privately on his family
cattle ranch at Tibera, N.M
divorced Manzanita in Seattle
July 26 on a desertion charge
and married Miss Emerson
July 22. Five days later, po
nce cnarged, he received
cashier's check for $10,000
irom her stepmother, Mrs.
Germain Winkler, to buy an
tiques for quick resale in Can
ada.
The disappearance of his
second wife, Manzanita, was
first reported by her former
husband, William Mearns.
Muldavin, who divorced his
first wife, Jo Ellen Loop, in
laos after 10 years of mar
riage, was not directly charged
with mutilation or with homi
cide. He was arrested on a
technical charge of flight to
avoid giving testimony relat
ing to the mutilation of hu
man remains.-
A John Doe warrant on the
mutilation charge was issued
Nov. 1.
Humphrey Seen
In Senate Post
' Washlnglon-IUPl) - Key Sen
ate Democrats wore reported
In agreement today on the
choice of Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey of Minnesota for the
post of assistant floor leader.
Sen. Mike Mansfield of
Montana, who is the assistant
leader now, is scheduled to
become Senate Democratic
leader when Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas moves into
the vice presidency.
Sen. George Smathcrs - of
Florlde was reported the prob
able choice for secretary of
the Democratic Conference,
No. 3 in the line of Senate
Democratic leaders. The post
has been vacant since the
death this fall of Sen. Thomas
C. Henntngs Jr. . of Missouri.
Both Humphrey and Sm a til
ers were understood to have
the approval of President-elect
John F. Kennedy and Johnson
for the leadership Jobs.
Portland Shooting
Charge Reduced
Portland -IUP1I- An involun
tary manslaughter charge was
substituted for a second de
gree murder complaint Wed
nesday against Jerry Schmidt,
22, in connection with the
fatal shooting of his cousin
The boy, Lester Leland
Kelly Jr., 17, was killed Tues
day while sleeping.
Police said Schmidt had
gone to Kelly's home to
awaken him so that the two
could start on a job-hunting
trip.
Schmidt told officers he
saw the boy's gun above the
bed where Kelly was sleep
ing, and reached to examine
It. As he pulled the revolver
from the holster, Schmidt
said, the gun discharged and
the single bullet struck Kelly
In the head.
Newhouse
Shooting
Clue Fizzles Out
Portland -IUPD- Police said
today that what appeared to
be a possible break in the
unsolved shotgun wounding
of Orcgonian executive Don
ald Newhouse fizzled out
Wednesday.
' Detectives, who did not go
Into detail, said late last week
they had uncovered what ap
peared to be promising Infor
mation. However, they said
further investigation ruled it
out.
Ida Lupino, Husband
Reveal Separation
Hollywood (UPD Howard
Duff, 43, and Ida Lupino. 42
husband and wife stars of the
former "Mr, and Mrs. Adams'
TV series, have separated -
but hope for a reconciliation
The couple separated in
1953 but reconciled a month
later. They have been mar
ried nine years.
Foreign Liquor
Purchases Nixed
Washington-WPD - The De
fense Department today order
ed U.S. military exchanges
overseas to stop buying
Scotch, Canadian and other
foreign liquors.
It indicated, however, that
it mignt permit the continued
sale of foreign alcholoic bev
erages in officers' and non
commissioned officers' clubs
at home and abroad "for con
sumption on the premises.
Foreign beverages have tra
ditlonally been bought by U.S
military stores abroad for sale
at low, tax-free prices to serv
icemen and other eligible per
sons.
They became a casualty, ef
fective today, of President Ei
senhower s program for slow
ing down the flow of dollars
to foreign countries. Under
the same program, Eisenhow
er has ordered the number of
servicemen's dependents over
seas to be reduced from 484,-
000 to 200,000 by July 1962
Oregon Receives
Forest Receipts
Salem - (Ml - State Treas
urer Howard Belton said
Wednesday the federal gov
ernment has paid Oregon
$12.6 million as its share of
federal forest receipts for the
fiscal year ending last June
30. This Is nearly $1.5 million
more than in 1999.
Lane county gets the big
gest share, $2,507,608. Doug
las is next with $1,900,539
and Clackamas third with
$835,429. The smallest share,
$1,018, goes to Malheur
county.
Electrical League
Plans Social Event
Cal-Ore Electrical League
members and those of the
Electric Club of Southern Ore
gon are sponsoring a social
hour and dinner dance at
Rogue Valley Country club
starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 6.
The event is planned as a
pre-Christmas get-together, ac
cording to Clarence Weaver,
secretary-treasurer of the Cal-
Ore league. Ben Graham,
president of the Electric club,
said that local distributors,
Icctrical and plumbing con
tractors, appliance dealers,
personnel of The California-
Oregon Power company and
others identified with the elec
trical business throughout
southern Oregon and northern
nllfornia are invited to at
tend.
Reservations may be made
by contacting the league of
fice, SPrlng 2-6171, extension
2, or by writing in care of box
231, Mcdford, by mail.
Ambulance Group
Endorses Statement
At a meeting of the Oregon
State Ambulance association
in Eugene last month the as
sociation endorsed a statement
regarding the state statute
which says that ambulances
are not emergency vehicles.
The resolution stated that
"our main concern in ambu
lance operation shall be the
welfare of any patient In our
care, and that proper handling
and first-aid procedures shall
be of prime importance. We
further declare that every per
son is entitled to competent
handling and efficient trans
portation to medical atten
tion. The next meeting of the as
sociation will be held in Eu
gene Dec, 14.
Murder Suspect
Arrested in Eugene
Portland, Ore. -IUPII- Carl
Michael Wtlwerding, 25, was
arrested in Eugene Wednes
day in connection with the
slaying of Harley Balllngcr In
Bridgeport, Calif., on Oct. 23.
The suspect was brought to
Rocky Butte jail here and
held in lieu of $5,000 ball,
pending extradition action by
California authorities.
Officers said Wllwerdlng
was arrested on a federal com
plaint charging him with un
lawful Interstate flight to
avoid prosecution for the slay
ing of Bollinger.
Joseph Thornton, agent in
charge of the local FBI of
fice, said authorities were
watching for Wllwerdlng In
Eugene because he had rela
tives there.
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