Cabbie Killer
Admits Crime
SEATTLE (API - A four-day.
four-county manhunt ended Sun
day evening with the capture, and
subsequent confession, of an ox
convict wanted in the murder ol
Seattle taxicab driver.
Joseph Chester Sell. 2'J. sporting
a scalp-tight hair cut. quietly sur
rendered to Pierce County Sherifl
Frank Stojack on a country road
near Kibe, a tiny town in the
Mount Rainer foothills of western
Washington.
Stojack turned Self over to the
King County sheriffs office here,
where officers obtained a signed.
8'a-page confession.
"I did kill the man." officers
quoted Self as saying, "But I did
not go out to kill him. I'm not the
cold-blooded killer these people
think I am.
sen nad been sought since
shortly alter the body of Ralph
Gemmill. 38. was found in a south
v King County field Wednesday
Nght. Gemmill had been shot
twice once in the side and once
in the head.
Sheriff Tim McCullough said
Self told him he had meant only
to rob the taxicab driver, bu(
Gemmill grabbed for the gun and
it went off.
Self's picture had been picked
out by witnesses who saw a man
enter Gemmill's cab here Wednes
day. Self's thumbprints also wore
found on a flashlight in the cab,
detectives said.
Sell gave himself up after an
Intermediary telephoned t h e
Pierce County sherilf's office and
said the Oregon ex-convict want
ed to surrender to Stojack per
sonally. Self was disarmed of a pair of
rifles apparently taken in a burg
lary of a residence in the Elbe
area.
XlcCuIlough, who watched
through field glasses as Stojack
and Self made their' way down
the road, said the accused mur
derer spoke only a few words on
the ride to jail here.
"What's the penalty for murder
in the Stale of Washington?" Self
asked McCullough at one point.
The sheriff replied succinctly:
"Hanging."
Government Owned
WASHINGTON (API - More
than half of the land in Oregon is
owned by the federal government.
The General Services Adminis
tration said in a -eport that feder
al holdings in Oieaon total 31,57!),
9 acres, or 51.2 per cent of the
state's 61.641,600 acres.
. LABOR PEACE ASSURED
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPi) -The
Federation of Employers and
the Trade Union Congress reached
agreement today following three
months of wage talks, thus assur
ing Sweden of another two years
without a labor conflict.
GLAMOR GIRLS
C 1 W, Kmc FMtntM flrwliuu. he, World rwfcu
"When I'm late for work all this instant s.u
slow."
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OFF KEY
LONDON (UPI) - A Chfncse
actor named Wong Keye has been
hired to play the part of a piano
'uner by the makers of the movie
"Song Without End," the Sunday
Express reported Sunday.
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4-H NEWS
AWARDS WON
' LAKF.V1EW Window displays in
local stores won awards lor sev
eral Lake County 4-H clubs during
the contest held last week.
First place went to the Cookeltes
of Lakcview. led by Mrs. William
Osborne and Bobbie Jean Osborne,
Correct table , setting was the
theme of the display and it won a
cash prize of $5.
The Dead Eye Dicks Club won
second place and $3 for their dis
play on salety in handling guns.
This club" is led by Charles Cle
land and Maty Ileavilin.
The theme of National 4-H Club
Week. "Learn. Live and Serve
Through 4-H" was used" by Ihc
Flying Needles Knitting Club in its
exhibit and it won a third prize
of S2. Leader of this club is Mrs.
June Paxton.
Oilier displays were set up by
the Cheerful Chefs, Wcstside Live
stock,' Westside Wonders, Busy
Bees, and Learning Cookers.
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HERALD AND NKWS. Klamath
VD Rate Up
In Oregon
PORTLAND (API - The vener
eal disease rate in Oregon during
1959 was up 70 per cent Irom that
of 1955, Dr. Richard H. Wilcox
state health ollicer, said Friday
Dr. Wilcox said 224 youngster;
under the age ol 20 were afflicted
with venereal disease last Var.
He said 11 of these youths had
not yet reached 15. And another
261 between 20 and 23 had vener
eal diseases.
Most suflered gonorrhea, which
until recently had been cured
easily with penicillin. He said
now there are indications that
penicillin is losing its effective
ness against gonorrhea.
There were 1,777 cases of gonor
rhea reported in Oregon last year
the largest number since 1948. He
conceded that part of the increase
might be due to greater alertness
in seeking out cases.
Unable To Check
NORTHVALE. N.J. (API The
brain of a pet dog that suddenly
turned killer was so. badly
damaged when the animal was
destroyed that a doctor cannot tell
if it was rabid. ,
Dr. Carl Gedon performed an
autopsy on Blackie. a doberman
pinscher that turned on its mis
tress, Frances Tctreault, 58, and
chewed her to death Saturday.
Police Chief John Gavalas killed
the animal with three blasts from
a shotgun.
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Tragedy Turns Farm Home
TELL CITY. 1ml. i.M'i Until
Ui Thursday, Amies Wilson had
lived quietly with her husband.
Ted. and her mother, Mrs. Robert
Anii.-lrong, in a modest white
Perry County farmhouse not far
Hum the Ohio River.
Life has changed since then. The
short. 47-ye.irold grandmother
has been hostess to hundreds of
ici'sons. Her house is 100 yards
Irom the scene of a Northwest
Airlines plane crash (hat took 63
Mining Claims
Hearing Slated
PORTLAND i.Pi - A hearing
will be held May 3 to take tes
timony from anyone opposed to
17 controversial mining claims
that cover 227 acres in the Imp
qua National Forest.
Among those Irvine to obtain
title to the claims is Fred Bar-
tels of Cottage Grove.
The Forest Service has said
that if the claims are granted,
the owners will get timber valued
at more than $24,000.
In the past, the Bureau of Land
Management said, the claims
have produced gold valued at
about $41)0.000.
HOHBY BOBBY
LONDON (L'Pli trie Harvey
37-v ear-old heavyweight wrestling
champion of Scotland Yard today
revealed his secret hobby: mak
ing wedding dresses.
"I'm no Christian Dior, but 1
don't do too badly." said Harvey.
0ftitt lirftt Cm'I'M
21. 1 OHO
lives.
The stream of visitors con
tinues!. They include Civil Aero
nautics Hoard investigators, l-'Hl
agents, stale police, airlines olli
c.als and newsmen.
Most want to use the telephone.
They kept it busy lor almost 24
hours immediately alter the
clash. Some of the isitors only
waul to re-,1 or get warm for a
lew minutes. A few ask to use
the washroom.
The crash put an extra demand
on the Wilson water supply, which
comes Irom a cistern. Her hus
band, a witness to the crash,
hasn't had time to replenish it.
"1 didn't get to sleep at all
Thursday night," Mrs. Wilson
said. "I finally went to bed, but
never did go to sleep. I was ner
vous and people kept coming in
all night."
Wreckage recovery operations
are centered around a 25-lnot deep
crater created by the crash and
xplosion of the main part ol the
forjneH
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Into Crash Inquiry Center
airplane, l'.'s in the middle of a
soyoean Held which snow, a thaw,
and hundreds ol feet have turned
into a quagmire.
Visitors to the house naturally
bring some of the mud with them.
"I mopped once Saturday morn
ing." Mrs. Wilson said. "Ilul when
I had the bouse half moiM'ed.
I somebody else knocked on the
door." I
Investigators say their work I
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Podiatrist - Foot Specialist
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weeks. "If it does, I think I'll just
turn over the house and leave."
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