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The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
Police Fail To
Link Suspects
ToOhioKilling
Doctor Re-enacts
Finding Of Wife's
Body On July a

CLEVELAND R - Three tree
trimmers who witnesses said were
near the house where Mrs. Marilyn
Sheppard was slain July 4 were
jailed overnight, but police were
unable to link them with the brutal
Staying. They were to be ques-
toned further today.
A trio of fishermen who were
fishing at a pier only 800 feet from
the Sheppards' house during the
night of the crime were called in
to try to identity the tree.rimmers
as men they reported seeing about
three hours before the killing.
The fishermen agreed the tree
trimmerS were not the same men
who had asked them about a picnic
spot and then started walking from
Huntington Beach, a public park,
westward toward the Sheppard
home.
Don't Fit Description
Nor did any of the tree-trimmers
answer the description DR.. Samuel
Sheppard, husband Of the victim,
gave of the man he said "clob-
bered" him on the neck outside his
wife's bedroom when he tried to
go to her aid. Sheppard, an osteo-
path, described the man as bushy-
haired and wearing white shirt.
The fishermen said that description
fitted the spokesman for the group
of men with whom they talked at
the pier.
While divers raked Lake Erie's
bottom from behind the Shep-
pards' Bay Village home in a vain
attempt to find the weapon used to
beat the 31-year-old mother, DR..
Sheppard re-enacted his part in the
tragedy Ior ponce yesterday.
Reconstruction
He told what Coroney Samuel r.
Gerber described as substantially
the same story he had given earli-
er: That he was doing on a couch
in the living room, heard his wife
scream or groan, and started UP
the stairs only to be felled outside
the bedroom by a blow on the neck.
When he came to, he entered the
bedroom and then heard a noise
downstairs and ran down. He said
he saw a man on the back porch
and chased him to the beach where
he again was knocked unconscious.
County Detective Carl Rossbach
began his interview with DR.. Shep-
pard by telling him: "You are a
suspect in your wife's murder"
"You don't think I killed herr"
Dr.. Sheppard cried. "My God, do
you think I'd do that when we
were expecting our baby?"
During his tour of the grounds,
DR.. Sheppard objected to news
men, photographers and others in
the group.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
Fear, Resentment
Build Up Terrific
Tension In Hanoi
By FORREST EDWARDS


HANOI, Indochina R-Fear and
resentment are building poten-
tally explosive tension here be.
cause many believe they and their
city are about to be handed over
to the Communicated Vietminh
under a cease-fire agreement. Hun
dreds are leaving the city daily.
Thousands who lack money or
q place to 60 are voicing resent
ment. As yet there is no real
threat of a native uprising such
as slaughtered hundreds of Euro
peans and Eurasians in December
OF 194S. Nor is there any real panic.
But an announcement of q cease
fire agreement that would parti-
ton Wet Nam and give the north
ern half of the Vietminh-expected
IN many quarters-could touch off
either or both. An American n
Hanoi tells of a Vietnamese who
threatened in his presence:
Threat Made
"The day / learn we have been
sold out, l will take my gun, 60
INTO the streets, and shoot the first
three French l see. It will make
me feel better and it will give
me points with the Vietminh."
Il think" said the American.
he was just talking. / hope =
God he was, bcause some,
like that is all that would be neeu
ed to touch off bloody rioting."
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
Small Boy Is
Hurt Slightly
In Am. Mishap

A one-year-old boy received a
slight injury this morning as the
result of head-on collision of two
vehicles at the intersection OF
north Roosevelt Boulevard and
Sigsbee Park road.
Mrs. Della v. Alvarez, 13 B Sigs-
bee Park, driver of a 1947
Chevrolet convertible stated that
she had let 60 of the wheel to grab
her son who was falling as she
made the turn from the boulevard
to SigSbee Park road.
Samuel @. Miller, a Naval officer
stationed at the Fleet Sonar School
and driver of a 1947 Buick sedan,
said that he was parked waiting
for the light 10 change when the
collision occurred.
Mrs. Alvarez was given a SOM
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10

Lang Suggests
MOving Offices

Key Wesf's government will
be "dsesnsralixed" n . svs.
sessien advanced by City Man
aser Victor Lang 10 adopted.
lans wants 10 move the bulk
q the elty's administrative Of.
fees from the city hall 10 the
Pelneians Community Center,
which was recently given TO
HE city by fhs Key West Real.
~ Company when they pvr.
chased Q portion Of The hevs.
Ing project.
included IN the move, ae.
eorcins 10 Lang, would be his
swn effies, ths city finance Of.
flee and shs public service de-
VaTfmeni.
The suggestion met with mix.
I'd response from the city com.
mission Of last nights meeting.
Ne definite action was taken
sn shs prepessl.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
SOCIAL SECURITY MAN
TO BE HERE TUESDAY

William B. Weaver, manager of
the Miami office of the Social
Security Administration announces
that the Social Security field rep
resentatives new headquarters in
Key West will be room 216, Main
Post Office Building. The field rep
resentatives' next visit to Key West
viii be Tuesday, July 13.
If you have any questions per-
tanning to Social Security, be sure
to contact the field representatives
at the above address from 900
a. m. until 400 p. m. on July 10.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
Papy, County And Civic Leaders
Back Their Stand At Meeting Here
By JIM COBB

The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission
backed by county and civic leaders, stood firm yesterday
in their refusal to give up title to Omon dollars worth
of keys land.
AT meeting with State Road Board attorney George
Dayton marked by impassoned plea from State Rep
resentatve Bernie c. Papy that the land be returned
its rightfu owners the people of Monroe County," the
took no action on Dayton request that they
start iqudating their assets
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10

Members of the county
commission, the Chamber of
Commerce and other inter-
ested citizens attended the
session.
The SRD is asking that the
commission turn the land
owned by the district over
to them when u bond issue
floated to finance the Over
seas Highway is paid off
October l but the commits
sion holds that the property
should revert to Monroe
County under the terms of a
local bill passed by the state
legislature.
The road department also came
in for sharp criticism yesterday
for failure to maintain the high
way and Bahia Honda park facili.
ties properly since they took it
over with the removal Of the tolls
in April. !,
Explorstory Meeting
Dayton, who said that yester.
days meeting was "of an explora-
tory nature said that he was
here to "get the attitude of the
commission on various problems
which confront the road depart
ment and the commission.
He expressed the desire that the
two agencies could work together
in harmony.
According to Dayton, the chief
problems are:
l. Establishment of a policy
governing payment of bills which
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10

AA"NS 0SSuAACu ASdlIiot Tie QlSLI1CI
since the SRD took over.
2. Disposition of personal proper.
ty owned by the district.
3. Disposition of the keys lands
4. A decision whether or not the
commission is to become a party
to a suit to recover funds the SRD
claims were overcharged by a
contractor.
Controversial Point
1.-THE third point, I understand.
is going to be rather knotty prob.
lem," Dayton commented.
First action of the commission
was to reappoint Clifford Hicks
as secretary and auditor of the
commission. An employee of the
toll district since 1910, Hicks Is
former assistant general manager
of the district. He was named
unanimously by the commission.
Chief bone of contention at yes
terday's meeting was the status
of the Keys land when the bonds
are paid off October 1. The dis
trict has funds on hand to pay
them off.
State Rep. Papy took the floor
and defended the VALIDITY of the
local bill he had passed which
gives them to the county.
He pointed out that when the
commission in office in 1916 voted
to sign an agreement conveying
them to the state, he fought the
move vigorously.
"They sold my people down the
river" he commented.
Papy added that the bill giving
the lands back to the county was
drawn up by attorney general
Richard Erwin, then the attorney
for the road board.
Voted TO Back Bends
He pointed out that the people
OF Monroe County voted to tax
their property in the event toll
revenue was insufficient to pay
off the bonded Indebtedness of the
Overseas Highway. eve want
these lands to 60 for the benefit
of the people of Monroe County, ="
he stated.
His talk met with applause from
the audience - and from some
members of the commission.
Papy added that the relationship
between Monroe County and Cecil
Webb, chairman of the road board,
is not of the best. "He has been
unfair to my people," he COM
mented.
Papy also said that the SRD
"does not have to take over the
highway if they don't want to-"
Webb's Statement Recalled
Commission member Sam Har-
ris had recalled earlier that Road
Chairman Webb, during a meet
ing here March IL, had said that
1--WE (the SRD) don't want the road
dumped into our laps"
Webb had claimed that two-mil-
lion dollars in maintenance was
required to put the road in shape
and that it would be too much Of
a drain on the highway depart
ment.
Dayton acknowledged that the
statement had been made, but de-
clined to comment on it.
Harris also attacked the validity
of the 1916 agreement, when he
said that the commission violated
the terms of the bond indenture
when they signed it. The commits
sion had no right, he opined, to
sign away the collateral for the
bonds.
Suggestion Advanced
Rep. Papy then advanced the
suggestion that the lands be sold
to the county commission for a
token payment of 500, subject to
the approval of the State Board Of
Administration.
There is no statute prohibiting
that, is there?," he added.
Dayton said that he didn't think
there was but that he was of the
Continued on PAGE Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Ohio School Is
Awarded Honor

ATLANTIC CITY. At The Con-
vention of the American Associa-
tion of School Administrators, ses-
sion here, February 13 to 18, it
has been announced that the New
Southeast Consolidated Rural
High School of Wayne County was
granted an Honorable Mention
Award for Good School Design.
In this the Third annual Compel
tion, sponsored by The School Ex-
ecutive Magazine, only ten such
Honorable Mentions were bestow-
ed out Of a total of 139 entries
from all of United States and Can
ada and this was the only award
granted to a high school in this
state.
The S50O,0O0 school is now un-
der construction near Apple Creek,
Ohio and is to be completed early
next year. The design of the prize
winning school was executed by
the firm of Joseph Baker and AS
sociates, Architects, of Newark.
The John Rubin Co. of Akron
holds the General Contract for e,
reCting the building and John r
Lea will be the Superintendent oi
the new district which serves the
communities of Fredericksburg
Apple Creek, and Mt. Eaton.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Chimney Fires
Cause Big Losses

Charles r. Scott, Ohio State
Fire Marshal, points out the fact
that sparkling chimneys caused 535
fires in 1852 with a monetary loss
of 1894 $50. Defective chimneys
were responsible for $40 fires with
a monetary loss of S596,833.
To eliminate these causes of fire
from your property, Mr.. Scott sug-
gestS that you inspect your CHM
ney for the following defects: To-
ose and falling mortar, cracks, To-
Ose fitting or defective smoke
pipes, unused smoke pipe openings
stuffed with combustible material
and wood joists, Iath or wood work
fastened to the chimney. Correct
these conditions by pointing up or
rebuilding the chimney, install new
smoke pipes of proper size, plug
unused openings with masonry or
metal stops and remove any COM
bustible material that is attached
to the chimney.
Fires in chimneys, commonly re-
ferred to as a chimney burning
out, he continues, can be danger
Gus due TO the great amount of
heat created when the SCOT is burn
ing, and the flying pieces of SCOT
may ignite any combustible mater
ial that it comes in contact with.
This condition can be prevented
if you will remove the SCOT from
your chimney several times a year.
This can be done by an expert
chimney cleaner using modern vac
um equipment or the property
owner can remove the SCOT by
lowering a rope, to which is attach
ed a weighted wire brush, bundle
of rags or a peice of log chain, in
to the chimney and working it up
and down. Be sure to remove the
SCOT from the base of the chimney.
Mr.. Scott warns against throw
ing salt or other chemicals on the
fire to cause the SCOT to burn
from the chimney. This creates the
same hazard as a chimney burning
out.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23

at the Hardin County Playground
at 1890 pm.
]. f. Halsey, Des Moines, Ia,
will cry the auction and Ned w.
Place, Wapahoneta, Ohio is sale
manager.
The eight bulls that are being
offered are a group sired by the
breeds best bulls and they are old
enough to go anywhere for heavy
service. The open and bred heifers
are the kind that can go on for
years and be producers wherever
they go.
Largest consignment to this sale
is Willard Moser, Pandora, Ohio.
Other consignors are Leroy Eg-
bert, Botkins, Ohio; Harry Egbert,
Anna; Leroy Katter, Wapakoneta;
r. L. Copeland, Sidney; Miller
Cattle Co., New Paris; ]. r. Fu-
son, DeGraff; Vic Herringshaw,
Rudolph: Homer Wells, Botkins;
Duane c. Coppus, Fostoria; w. E.
Henkener, st. Marys; and Vernon
Heidi, st. Marys.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
New N Series To
Stress Home And
Domestic Plans

City, farm, town and village
homemakers who would like to
know more about decorating and
furnishing their homes, sewing for
the entire family, upholstering fur
niture, consumer information, bal
ancing the family food budget, and
preparing three meals a day" will
relish WBNS-TV's new series, "At
Home With Aileen," starting Mon
day, February IS. This quarter
hour feature, to be seen at $50
am. Monday through Friday, is an
educational program produced in
cooperation with the Ohio State
University College of Agriculture
and School of Home Economics.
The programs will be planned in
cooperation with, and occasionally
feature staff members of the Ohio
State University School OF Home
Economics, Resident T hin g
Staff, and Agricultural Extension
Service. Whenever possible show
topics will coincide with current
activities underway in the Univer-
sity's Home Demonstration pro-
gram in the 81 county viewing
area of WBNS-TV,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Teen-Agers Tackle
Livinq Problems

Parents and teenagers can get
facts and principles from commu-
nifty institutes to help them solve
their problems, J. P. Schmidt, ex-
tension rural sociologist at Ohio
State University, said today. To
prove this, he cited the experience
of Sycamore community, Wyandot
County.
A panel of 2 high school girls, 2
high school boys, a father, a moth
er and a professor of sociology at
Bowling Green University helped
Sycamore parents and teenagers
solve problems about time to be
home at nights; use of the family
car; choice of. friends and going
steady. These were problems list
ed most often on poll of teenag-
ers week before the institute.
The poll showed Is percent of
the teenagers had diSagreements
with their parents. 1t also provided
facts for the panel without person.
al reflection on individuals in the
community, and helped build in
terest in the discussion, according
to S. c. eastman, Wyandot Coun-
ty extension agent.
On the relationship betW cen
community facilities and problems
in homes, 68 percent of the teen
ayers said there weren't enough
places to go. Sixty percent thought
the community should have a
movie theater, IS percent said it
should have a skating rink and
One-third wanted a place for dane
ing and other recreation.
Smith said Sycamore demonstra-
ted that communities can discuss
their controversial problems with
good results.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Bishop Werner In
State Broadcast

The annual Lenten Message of
Bishop Hazen G. Werner will be
broadcast to Ohio's 524,000 Metho-
dists on Sunday, February %, and
will be heard in most areas at
SIS p. m. Eighteen radio stations
will cary this specially-transcribed
fifteen-minute program.
The choir of the Trinity Metho-
dist Church, Youngstown, Ohio,
under the direction of Mr.. Walter
Swearingen will provide the mu-
sical portions Of the program.
The first of Bishop Werner's
Lenten messages was broadcast in
1851, and the broadcast has be-
come an annual event.
For the first time, copies of the
Lenten message will be made av-
ailable to Listeners through the
Public Relations Office of the Me-
thodist Church in Columbus.
The program will be carried at
Sis p. m. by VILE, Cambridge;
WHBC, Canton; WKRC, Cincin-
natl; WTAM, Cleveland; VEIN
Findlay; WSTV-FM, Steubenville;
WRFD, Worthington; WWST, Wo-
oster.
It will be heard at alternate
times on stations in Bellaire, Day
ton, Sandusky, Toledo, Youngst-
own. GAINESVILLE, and Lima.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23

prize.
The youth was named one OF
four scholarship winners at the
recent national All Club Con-
gress at Chicago. He received the
Drize from A m ric a n Forest
Products Industries, Inc, indus
unsupported group which spon-
sors the All Club awards ma
tionaIIv and conducts many ma
tion-wide tree growing programs
In Ohio the group is represented
by the Ohio Forest Industries
Committee.
Since young Gwirtz started his
forestry project six years ago he
has planted 5000 trees. In addi-
ton he has persuaded neighbors
and other All friends that the
farm woodlot is a source of regu-
lar cash income when properly
managed.
Carefully selected trees are
sold by the Ohio forestry cham
pion to the Kaple Lumber Co..
New Washington. To store lum-
Der for his woodworking needs
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Crippled Children S
Society Sponsors
Epilepsy Institute

A Regional Institute on Epilepsy
is being sponsored by The Ohio So
ciety for Crippled Children in Col
umbus, Ohio, on March 1920, at
the Deshler-H Hilton Hotel, accord
ing to announcement by Walter B.
Underwood, Executive Director of
The Ohio Society
Open to five states Indiana,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Michi-
gan and Ohio - the Institute has
as its theme THE Unmet Needs
of the epileptic." :"
Constructive adjustment by the
patient to this physical handicap
depends to a large extent on the
attitudes of those who are close
to him, and to whom he looks for
help" said Mrs. Margaret Davis,
secretary of the Epilepsy Project
of The Ohio Society. Common
problems of the epileptic will be
discussed, primarily in the light
of the attitudes of members OF the
professional team concerned with
his welfare and what those indi-
viduals can do to lead him toward
positive adjustment"
Modern medical trends in the
field of epilepsy will be discussed
by neurologists and neuro-psy-
chiatrists; health and welfare of
the epileptic will be the topics OF
directors of nursing services and
of social welfare; vocational re-
Mobilization will be explained by
experts in this field and by in
dustrial leaders; and public school
education will be discussed by
public school administrators and
representatives of state depart
ments of special education.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
WEST JEFFERSON NEWS
96 SCOuters Attend Meet
At High School Thursday

Second, slit, THE King with a
Terrible Temper" by Den 2, Lar
ry O'Harra, Loren Jester, Stevie
Johnson, John Lawles, Jim Long
and Kenny Stratton.
Third, "All in a Days Work
by Den 3, Jim Campbell and Jack
Davis, concluded the Cubs part of
the program.
Harry jackson, Scoutmaster Of
the local Troop after his presenta.
tion by Cub Master Stratton, eX
planned the three steps in scout
ing, Tenderfoot, Second Glass
First Class, and, starting at IA
years, the Explorer Rank, giving
the various awards which termin-
ate in the Eagle Scout rank, the
desire of every boy who takes up
Scouting. He also explained eX-
hibits representing Bicycle Award
and the three types of Camp Fires.
The following cards of achieve
ment were presented Dy Scout
master Jackson; Second Class to
Charles Morris, Bill Pfeil, Doug
las Gildien, Paul Miklos; Special
Scoutorama Awards to Douglas
for the last Scoutorama.
AS a conclusion for the most i'm
pressive evenings program, Scout
master Jackson, was assisted by
the following Scouts in presenting
the "ScoutmaSter's Benediction:
Denny Stratton, Tom Lankford,
Bill Pfiel, Bryan BIauser, Charles
Morris, Douglass Gildien, Paul
Miklos, Bob Horton, Dan Travis
and David O'Iarra.
The special committee for the
Blue and Gold 44th Birthday
Party" was, Mrs. Charles O'Harra,
Mrs. Lewis Overturf and Mrs. Rus
sell StrattOn.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23

Gwirtz built a shed which now
contains 10000 board feet of
walnut, maple, oak, and wild
cherry.
"Our farm woodlot really pays
off" he says. "Since starting my
forestry project and selective
cutting of timber, we've fenced
our cattle out of the woods and
now have a fine crop Of young
trees springing up"
Nationally more than 10000
boys and girls participated in
the All forestry competition.
The program is conducted in Al
states.
"These youngsters are tomor-
rows tree farmers" declares ].
C. Mcclellan, chief forester for
the awards donor. "The lumber,
pulp and paper, and other wood
dependent in duStrieS which
make this competition possible
are proud to have a role in this
project. It's part Of a vast indus
try effort to insure adequate
wood for our future needs"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
Ohio Journalism
School Conducts
Workshop

ATENS, OHIO - The annual
51a-day Workshop on High School
Publications to be conducted by
the school of Journalism at Ohio
University June 21-26 will have a
"Sesquicentennial" theme, Prof. L..
J. Hortin, director, has announced.
The OU Workshop, which began
in 1916 as a 2-day conference, I"
reached a record-breaking enroll
ment last year of 453 students
and advisers. These workshoppers
came from 142 high schools in six
states Ohio, West Virginia, Pen
nsylvania, Kentucky, Utah and
Texas.
Ohio University, oldest univer-
sity north of the Ohio River and
west of the Alleghenies, is cele-
brating its 150th birthday in 1854.
"As a pioneer Institution, we are
trying to develop new procedures
and techniques through this work
shop in Journalism" MIR. Hortin
explained.
The 1854 workshop is designed
for five major high school groups:
% editors and advisers of letter
press newspapers; (2) editors and
advisers of yearbooks; (3) stu
dents and teachers interested in
the business phases of newspapers
and yearbooks; (4) editors and ad-
visers of mimeographed and offset
newspapers; 90 photographers,
Special clinics are planned for ad-
visers and for radio-TV journal
lists.
Two model newspapers will be
published by the workshoppers du-
ring the session: THE Stream
liner" a mimeographed paper in
two colors, and THE Workshop
per-" a tabloid size letterpress
paper. All participants are asked
to bring copies of their high scho-
oil newspapers, magazines and
yearbooks for analysis and criti-
cism by the staff.
Nationally known authorities in
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-23
MCKinneys Beat
Harvester 67-35

McKinney's A c basketball team
continued its lead in the Sunshine
Park League play Thursday night
when the boys defeated the Inter-
national Harvester team 67 to 35.
In the first game of the evening,
the West Side Merchants defeated
the Bazookas Sc to 30 keeping the
defeated team on the bottom rung
Of the League ladder.
In the third game on the even
ing's card, the Rockets defeated
Macs AC 80 to %.
The three high point men in the
League play are Sprouse Of the
West Side Merchants with 131,
Mitchell of Mckinney A c S with
100 and Fenstemaker, another of
the Merchants men with 90.
The games are played at the
Sunshine League Park, every
Thursday night.
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