Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1955 — Page 2

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13 From County At 801 l State College Thirteen Decatur students are enrolled at Ball State Teachers College at Muncie thia fall. They are Betty Joann' Andrews, Carol Jean Bowman, James Anthony Cus--ter, Robert E Drew, Thomas L. Drew, Roger A Eichenauer, Greta Margin t ite Erekem. limber; L Eeasel. Jeanette, A“ :1 Kahnert. Janet Sue HotuGeraM K. Koller. Vera M. Owens. Anita Helen Smith.

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Airline Stewardess Is Slain By Suitor Stock Broker Kills Self After Murder SEATTLE (INS) - Bullet-torn bodies of a New York stock broker and the airline stewardess he loved in vain lay in the Seattle morgue today after a tragic shooting j incident aboard a crowded plane j at 'the Seattle airport. Stewardess Sally Shedd! i San Erancisco. was killed by her i spurned suitor. Koliert Clendenin, also 25, as she went about her duties in preparation for the plane'k scheduled takeoff with 40 passengers late Monday. Clendenin shot himself twice with the same weapon as he ran from the aircraft, inflecting fatal wounds in the neck and head. He i died shortly afterward in a Seattle hospital. There were forty passen-

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gers aboard the plaa« who Cle» dentil opened fire,, I Clendenin carried a book an tilled. “How to Sell Youfwll to Okh- ! ers" Between its pages police i found a letter he had written to 1 Miss Shedd. He wrote in part: Top probably are right that I am hot the man for you. I am! I flying to lx>« Angeles for Thanks- i giving. Please try to understand. , 1 love you." Miss Shedd's flying partner and I ! roommate, stewardess Miriam K. I i Garland of Seattle, said Clendenin ■ boarded the plane after all the ! other passengers were aboard and i 1 took the first seat In the rear eompartment. Miss Garland related: “Before 1| I had a chance to tell her that he was on the plane, she walked back and he greeted her. They spoke a few words, not cordial.” Then, according to witnesses. Miss Shedd started up the aisle, but Clendenin followed, pulled her back her into a seat alongside 'Air Force Lt. Norman I Stout of Portland, Ore, Clendenin produced a .38 caliber i revolver and fired four times, two J bullets entering body and two tearing into the upholstery near ’ Stoat. The air force officer already had his seat belt fastened and \ could not rise quickly to interfere. While lie was unfastening the i belt Stout said. Clendenin first ran ■ toward the door then returned to fire one more shot that went wild. Stout chased Clendenin down i the ramp and saw the young brok- ' er drop the gun. The officer reI boarded the plane when Clendenin

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picked up the weapon and shouted a warning. "Keep aw*y!” Witbosses said Clondoniu shot himself once In the nOck, reloaded, and fired a seconl bullet into his head as he ran. He fell mortally wounded on the airport apron. Chicago's Bandit Queen Is Arrested No. 1 On City's Most Wanted List CHICAGO (INS) —Mrs. Margaret (Maggie) O'Connor, Chicago's bandit queen and No. 1 on the city’s most wanted criminal list, was arrested late Mondav night. The 30-year-old bandit queen, wanted for questioning in at least 100 felonies, including a possible murder, surrendered to two detectives without resistence. She was not armed. She had tried to disguise herself by dying her hair from blonde to black. And she changed her hair style to a mannish cut. “Maggie” evetj added 3b pounds In her attempt to avoid identification. But it was the two moles on her face that led to her arrest. POT two years "Queen Maggie” had eluded police. After she was captured they learned why it had taken them so long She told police she had been in Las Vegas. Galveston, Tex., Miami, lowa and other places. In Galveston. she said, she worked as a waitress in a night club.

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Thirty-seven of the 48 living members of the Decatur high school class of 1915 attended a recent reunion of that class at Decatur Youth and Community Center. It was the first reunion for the 1915 class since their graduation, ‘ The morning was devoted to informal visits of the various class members and an hour during which time other Decatur residents visited the reunion to renew cld acquaintances. Those attending the affair unanimously voted to hold a similar meeting in 1960. At noon a chicken dinner was served. Preceding the dinner, the Rev. Mr. Loos, hus-1 band of Nola Snyder, invoked the blessing. The tables were decorated in the 1915 class colors of green and ’ white, with a center piece of flowers in the purple and gold colors |

Arkansas Youths Held For Slaying Two Youths Held For Slaying Policeman JONESBORO, Ark. (INS) -Two Arkansas youths, one of whom reportedly admitted the fatal shoo'ing of a Henderson. Ky . policeman, faced murder charges today. Police captured 19-year-old Benjamin Sittons of Fayetteville. Ark., near Jonesboro Monday pight, while Joe Pearman, also 19 and of Fayetteville, was arrested earlier in the Henderson bus depot. Officers said that Sittons “confessed" that he shot patrolman Jack Ranier, 24, when he and Sg'. Sherman Hill surprised the youth and his companion as they were hiding in a stolen truck in a used car lot earlier Monday, Pearman denied the killing, claiming he was running down the alley at the time. —Ranier was shot three —times while inspecting Sitton's driver's license, which was found clutched in his hand He fell in front of his police cruiser, preventing Hill fiom pursuing the gunmen. "Sittons surrendered immediately when Arkansas state trooper Bill Miller spotted the youth sitting in j his car at a ser vice station. Two I guns were found in the auto. State police quoted Sittons as saying he had been in Chicago and i California recently and hffd commit ed four burglaries and stolen j two trucks during the period. The hunt for the two youths began Sunday night after they staged several (gasoline station h=hwrldrips-in l-ndiatnc - Indiana state police caught up I with them and exchanged gunfire i near the Gibson Vanderburgh i county line in Indiat a. However, the two bandit* fled j from their auto on foot and stole , a truck from a farmer. John j BersaDger. near Haubstadt. Ind In the abandoned, car, Indiana police found 15 pistols, two shotguns, a rifle and 1.000 rounds of ammunition. The car carried Oklahoma license plates. Police traced the. youths and the stolen, truck to Henderson where they were located in the used car lot.

of Decatur high school. The center piece was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hey, Fort Wayne. During the dinner Edward F. Jaberg read letters and telegrams from the 11 class members who were unable to attend the affair. Marion Archbold, who had originated the reunion idea, welcomed those in attendance and W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur schools, gave a y comparison of the high school of 1915 and 1955. ' Miss Frances Dugan and S. G. Hilderbrand responded, representing the class. Both are former school instructors. Photographs were taken of the reunion under supervision of J. Dwight Peterson, who also called on each member to give -a brief resume of activities of the last 40 years. Byard Smith, Fort Wayne attorney. presided over a "Do You Re-

Three Fliers Dead In Air Tragedies Military Fliers Die When Planes Crash SANTA ANA. Calif. (INS) — ! Three military fliers were killed Monday in three separate air •ragedies in California and New Mexico.

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member When?” program. Tribute was paid to the seven class members reported to be deceased. They included Cleland Ball. Naomi Poling. Robert Merriman. Ralph Miller. Bertha Schultz. Julia .Gillig and Wilma Dailey. Those unable to attend the affair included Irvin Goldner, Lloyd Btfery, Ellis Christen. Ruth Bowers Gill, Harold Kirsch, Kenyon Walters, Roy Mclntosh, Merle Johnson Niblick. Leah Hensley Centlivre. Lester Stanley—and Celia Andrews Swaim. Those attending included: Mr. & Mrs. Marion Archbold. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Blackburn. Mr. A Mrs. Walter Crum (Catherine Christen), Mr. * Mrs. Vincent Abrams (Abbie Bigham), Mr. * Mrs. Earl Ripley. Mr. & Mrs. Ed Rabbitt, Mr. & Mrs. John Stults, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Hilderbrand (a

El Toro maine base at Santa ; Ana. Calif., announced that two I of its pilots were IBst. Marine Ist Lt. Arthur J. Dag- ; lis. 24. son of Mr. and Mrs. James , M. Daglis of Newport. R. 1., perished when his F9F Pantherpet plummetde to earth 12 miles east of Needles. Calif. Marine 2nd Lt. Lorn l)„ Krause. 22. died in the crackup of his F9F Panther jet as he was landing at Finland air force base, near Al buquerque, N. M. He w.as the son ; of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Krause j

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teacher), Mr. & Mrs. L. Edison Eicher (Lucile Smith), Mr. & Mrs. Harry Magner. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hare (Ruth Fledderjohn), Mr. & Mrs. Russell Dull (Esther Enos), Rev. A- Mrs. Loose (Nola Snyder), Mr. & Mrs. Loris Clark (Nall .Winans), Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kooken, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Miller, Mr. & Mrs. J. Dwight Peterson (Mary Frisinger), Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Everett (Frances Daper). Ruth Daniels. Mary Laughlin. Iva Spangler. Lucile Fleming Miller. Laura Stanley, Francis Davidson. Sidney Borton. Paul Blackburjt. Olive Perkins. Vera Hunsicker Barber. Bessie Wilder Kain. Miss Frances Dugan (teacher), Mr. & Mrs. Ed Jaberg. Mr. & Mrs. Guy Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Truman Hey, Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Brodbeck. Mr. & Mrs. Otto Hoffman, Mr. & Mrs. Byard Smith, Nellie Barkley Schlemmer.

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