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Old Skeleton In Closet
Embarrasses Police Chief
TEMPLIiTON', Mass. (API .
veteran police officer who Inn:
had reason lo believe he had lived
down a crime uf his youth li
thrown wide the duor tor all to
view Ihc .skeleton in his closet.
Police Chiel John L. Whipple.
55. was sicn indelinitc leave by
the Board of Selectmen! of thi.-.
town of 3.I.)U. pending investiga
tion of undisclosed charges.
Tuesday nisht Whipple issued a
jlatenicnt which left little to in
vestigate.
Thirly-cijiht years auo. as a liny
of 17, he said, he and a younger
brother while employed on a
Kludge, .VH., larm attempted a
grocery store robbery.
They were armed with pistols
hut he "had no stomach (or it"
Producer
Back On Job
HOLLYWOOD AP) H,, Huach
Sr., a producer who s;no a help
ing hand to ninny ol Hollywood's
early-day slars. is returning to the
film business al fitt.
Roaih has been in semi-rctirc-mcnt
since his Min, Hal Jr., boutt
him out several years auo. Hut
Tuesday he was hark in his own
studio at nearby Culver City. He
told newsmen he plans 80 one-hour
Comedy TV shows and lour feature-length
theatrical comedies in
thp next year.
The Roach Studio passed into
receivership recently. Roach Sr.
aid he had obtained financial
backing and. subject to court ap
proval, worked out a lease pur
chase acrecment.
HONOIt .MITCUKLL
SOUTH Olt.WCK, N .1. U'HP -Seton
Hall University Tuesday
Awarded Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell an honuraiy
doctor of laws dryree.
ami threw down his weapon.
Whipple said he pleaded uuilt
to larceny nd was given a one
to three years suspended sentence
That wits in YM2.
Whipple returned to Teinpleton.
.1 niid-Masachiise(ts town, mar
ried and brought up a family of
six.
"My fellow townspeople knew nl
the holdup," he said, "and found
it unimportant and forsot it,"
Subsequently he was nominated
by 4:J friends and elected con
stable, by a one-vote margin. Kor
a time he was known as "Johnny
One Vote."
Whipple was a member of the
police force 10 years, under fie
different chiefs. In-fore he was ap
pointed head of the eiht-man de
partment seven years ayo. He won
a reputation for unJer.landin
treatment of childn n.
Whipple's trouble besan March
11 when Ouane Leonard of the
town advisory board called the
selectmen's alien! ion to a law
which bars service on the police
force to anyone with a felony in
bis record.
While Whipple is on leave, .Jo
seph U. Moullon. chairman of the
Board of Selectmen, is serving as
temporary chief.
Townfolk and several WorceMer
County ollicials have rallied to
Whipple's support. They say their
objective is lo ha e (iov. Wo ley
Powell of New Hampshire per
manently clear his name.
"I was born and brought up in
ibis town and 1 know ils people,"
Whipple said. "J have nothing lo
fear,"
"DENNISTHE MENACE"
Gee; I thought -vmoie some lemonade.'
Life Snuffed By Doze Pills
Rare Orchid Display
NKW YORK '.r-Rocketeller;Pj'itc tl'
Center will bloom Thursday with ;i,,t '
a M-day display of hundreds ol
rare orchids.
A 24-foot greenhouse will be st
up for the orchids in the Center'
anion area.
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HOLLYWOOD UP, Death
climaxed a long series of personal
misfortunes Tuesday lor actress
l.ynne Raggett.
The .'(2 year-old blonde was
found dead in her bed, clad in
a pink shorty niglitgovvn and white
panties. There was a quantity of
pills nearby.
Police attributed her death to an
nerdose of medication pending an
Hilopsy.
Her nurse, Darlene Jones, told
actress had asked her
come to her Hullywood
apartment until late luesday be
cause "she wanted to get a lot of
rtM." i
Her death ended a career once1
considered promising hut marred
hy a broken nuiiuige, uri it. bat
tles, personal tragedy and illness.
She came lo Hollywood as a 1!)-ycar-old
starlet from Wichita
Kails, Tex. She never became a
star although she appeared in sup
porting roles in many films.
Miss Maxell married producer
Sam Spiegel in l!MH. Four years
later, she filed suit for divorce
and accused him of adultery.
Spiegel countered with his own
mt charging her with similar mis
conduct. They were divorced alt
er a bitter and costly court battle.
She served a SU-dny county jail
term in 'XA for hit-and-run driv
ing alter her car hit a station
wagon, killing a 9-year-old boy
and injuring lour other young pas
sengers. The actress narrowly escaped
death last June 7 from what po
lice described as an overdose of
sleeping pills. Two months later
she was found lying beside her
bed too weak to gel up. A doctor
said she was suffering from mal
nutrition. She was admitted to a
hospital psychiatric ward.
Labor Chieftain
Asks 'Summit' .
NKW YORK (API Top
management and labor leaden
should hold a ".summit confer
ence" to try lo improve under-
slnndiny. says Secretary of Labor
.James I'. Mitchell.
Mitchell made the susjtoslion
Tuesday nixhl al a dinner of the
Industrial Relations Division of
the Federation of Jewish Philan
thropies of New York.
He said that periodic summit
meetings, held in times when hvi
negotiations were not in progress,
would have "real merit if only
tried."
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Playboy Wity Racing Flair To Walk Slowly Down Aisle
lTOLLYWOOD (API Marriasc
n the best Hollywood tradition
merging wealth and beauty be
;ins unpretentiously Thursday for
lime store heir Lance Heventlow
and actress Jill St. John.
Heventlnw, 1!4, a playboy with
a Hair lor auto racing, reputedly
is heir lo more than 20 million
dollars. This witt be his first mar
riase.
Miss SI. John, 19. a rcdhaired
starlet who has been in the en
tertainment business since the a
of 6. was married at 18 to a linen
supply company executive and di
Jury Deliberating Fate
Of Larry Lord Motherwell
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I.arry Lord Motherwell is a tall
curly-haired charmer who, in an
adventurous past, was liked bv
most men and loved by many
women.
But a jury Is deliberating to
day to decide whether the 4:l-year
old. former construction worker
shall Ine his lile in prison or die
in the San Quentin fias chamber
The jurors' decision will be in
fluenced by ariiumcnts so unusual
the I,'. S. court system thai
they maKe the Motherwell case
one ol the year s most intriijuinfi
murder stories.
For one thing, the evidence was
entirely circumstantial.
Then, the jurors undoubtedly
will consider suggestions that
Motherwell has killed three other
persons and tried to murder four
more even though he has not
been convicted of any of these
charges.
Murdered Widow
Motherwell was found guilty
ast week of killing Mrs. Pearl
Putney, 72. Washington. I). C,
widow, in !ft.i8, for her money.
He was said lo have buried her
near here on an isolated lumber
road.
I'nder C'alilornia law, the jury
is now meeting in a separate trial
lo decide Ihe penalty. It can cith
er be life imprisonment or dealh
The evidence was circumslan
lial in that no one saw the kill
. the prosecution never pro
duced the weapon, and the slate
admits it doesn't even know how
.Mrs. Putney died.
The slate's case, however, was
built on testimony thai Mrs. Put
ney was last seen in Marysvillc.
Calif. and that he later pawned
or gave Ihe widow's jewelry lo
girl friends.
Tells of More Murders
In addition, the stale s case
was strengthened by Ihe fact that
Motherwell, an admitted chronic
liar, conlradicted himself several
times in his story and never came
up with even a slightly impressive
alibi.
the suggestions ot previous
murders by Motherwell were
made Monday lo Ihe jury con
sisting of nine housewives, a car
penter, a laborer and a gold
miner by prosecutor Lynn D.
Plush Bus
Is Comfort
NKW YOliK (AP'-The smart
Ihing lo do Ihese days, if you
want In get your dinner guesis lo
the theater without a lot of un
pleasant cab-hunling, is lake a
bus.
.Not just an ordinary bus, of
course, but a very posh uphol
stered bus. with a bar and a
while-coated waiter pouring the
champagne.
Some of them even have cater
ing service and bridge tables.
transportation company which
is a big provider of limousines
lor special occasions is now (out
ing buses lor rent.
Kngraved anniHinccmenls lo Ihe
Social HegisItT set described the
bus service, al prices which ranee
from sj.i for a i'8-passcnger bus
in S'tn for a 41-passrnger hus
lor 2'j hours. This includes tax.
Negotiations
Resume Thursday
HOLLYWOOD iAP The strik
ing Screen Actors Guild resumes
negotiations Thursday with the
Assn. of Motion Picture Produ
cers.
At issue is the actors' demand
for a share of prolits from the
ale of post-IMS movies lo tele
vision.
The producers otlercd to revive
talks Tuesday after the Guild ac
cused them of stalling negotiations
in the 17-day old strike.
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Complon.
Complon called Motherwell's
lirsl wife as a witness. She uttid
she believed Motherwell killed
their infant child in 1!H5.
She also charged that Mother
well once gave her sleeping pills,
closed the windows, turned on the
gas, and left her and their other
two children asleep.
Witness Didn't Tell Name
The wile, appearing under her
maiden name of Dorothy Sum
mers, further asserted that he
once hit her on the head with
an iron bar while they and two
children were out for a Sunday
boat ride.
She was saved from the gas
by a chance visit of her mother,
she said, and from drowning hy
the appearance of another boat.
Suggestions of other murders
w ere made by police oil it ers from
Washington, D. C. and Freder
ick. Md
Frederick Police Chiel Charles
V. Main told the jurors that
Motherwell had admitted burying
his mongoloid child. Heather, in
11154 in a pet cemetery. Mother
well previously had claimed he
was burying a dog which "saved
my life during the war."
Impersonated Admirals
Detective, Kmmett Waters of
Washington told how Motherwell's
second wife. Sarah, drowned in
a tub while her husband was sup
posedly away.
A Grand Jury refused to indict
him in lite baby case, and police
never sought an indictment in the
case of Sarah.
Defense attorney John Keges
told Ihc jury that he thinks his
client is everything dastardly
except a murderer.
Motherwell is known lo have
impersonated doctors, admirals.
FRI agents and scientists in a
lifetime of amorous exploits with
women most of whom gave him
money.
He was always rpiiel and pleas
ant. And as the jury pondered its
decision today, Larry Lord Moth
erwell was just as calm as ever.
voiced at. 18. Her press agents say
she has an IQ of 12 i genius
ratingi.
The voung couple say they will
be wed in a civil ceremony hut
won't say where. They got a mar
riage license at Riverside Tuesday.
The small group attending the
wedding will include llevenilow's
mother, heiress Barbara Hutton,
and Jill's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Kdward Oppenheim of Beverly
11:11s.
Jill said her wedding ring will
be a plain platinum band.
"Anything more elaborate
wouldn't look good because ol the
size of my diamond engagement
ring." she said. "I don't know how
many carats it is 1 never asked
Lance, but it looks big. It goes
almost from knuckle lo knuckle."
It will be a single ring cere
mony. "Lame can't wear a ring be.
cause he works around his racing
cars so much." Jill explained. "I
think people will know anyway
that he is married."
She said her husband-to-be is so
enthusiastic about car racing that
he had lo make him change out
ol his racing overalls "when they
:ot their marriage license.
Honeymoon plans are indefinite
because Jill has In return to work
on a movie il the actors' strike
ends.
"As a mailer of fact," Jill said,
'I don't even know where we'll
spend our wedding night. 1 guess
I'll leave that up to Lance."
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