Former Boy Friend Kills Airline
Stewardess and Himself Aboard
Plane At Seattle-Tacoma Airport
SEATTLE, (#!—A pretty United
Air Lines stewardess, greeting the
passengers coming aboard a Los
Angeles-bound flight, was shot to
death by her former boy friend
at the crowded Seattle-Tacoma
Airport Monday night.
The rejected suitor, Robert Clen
denin, 26, then fired bullets into
his own neck and head, killing
himself.
Sally Shedd, a 25-year-old blue
eyed brunette, was struck twice in
the chest after Clendenin knocked
her sprawling into a seat.
Clendenin, a trainee with the
New York brokerage firm of J. A.
Hogle and Co., had entered the
plane and taken a seat before he
turned with rage on his former
sweetheart.
Mrs. Herman Roesch of Port
land, Ore., who occupied the seat
next to Clendenin and watched
him take a gun from his briefcase,
said:
“I thought it was a cap pistol.
Even after it went off I thought it
was a cap pistol. It just kept on
going off. Bang. Bang. Bang.”
Clendenin, who met Miss Shedd
several years ago in New York,
was one of the last of some 40
passengers to file up the ramp of
the DC-6B.
He nodded and spoke to his for
mer girl friend before taking his
seat next to Mrs. Roesch at the
front of the plane.
Withdrawing the pistol from his
briefcase, Clendenin rushed down
the aisle and confronted Miss
Shedd. He pushed her into a seat
on top of an Air Force lieutenant
and fired four shots. Two of the
shots struck Miss Shedd. Both hit
her in the chest;
The passengers on Flight 678
stared in disbelief at the scene
unfolding before them.
The Air Force lieutenant, Nor
man Stout of Portland, Ore., said:
“She was lying almost across
me. Then he shot her point blank
three or four times. I couldn’t tell
which. She lit on me, uttered a
gasp and then he shot her.
“I couldn’t get loose from my
safety belt until he had shot her.”
When he did free himself, Stout
leaped from his seat and grabbed
Clendenin. A fifth shot, which
plunked harmlessly into the side
of the plane, was fired as they
grappled.
Stout finally tumbled Clendenin
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! through the door of the plane and
! down the ramp to the concrete
field.
Clendenin, the son of Beverly
Clendenin of Salt Lake City, ran
about 25 yards and fired the one
remaining bullet in the gun into
his neck.
Blood streamed from the wound
but he remained standing. He re
loaded, ran another 25 yards and
fired a bullet into his head. He
died three hours later at Renton
Hospital.
Miss Shedd was dead on arrival
at the same hospital.
Miriam K. Garland, the dead
girl’s roommate and the second
stewardess aboard the plane when
the shooting occurred, told King
County Sheriff’s Detective Jim
Graddon of Miss Shedd’s tempes
tuous romance with Clendenin.
She told how they met in New
York last September to attend the
World Series, of Miss Shedd’s sub
sequent attempts to break off the
romance, and the slain stewardess’
fear of Clendenin.
Miss Garland said last Monday
the victim met Clendenin in Chi
cago and told him they definitely
were through. The next day, Miss
Garland continued, Clendenin
showed his ultimate victim the
same .38 caliber revolver with
which he was to kill her six days
later.
Last Friday morning, while;
Miss Shedd was visiting a friend,
Miss Garland said, Clendenin
burst into her bedroom and “de
manded to know where Sally
was.”
Miss Garland, who was at the
door of the plane when Clendenin
boarded it, said she couldn’t “help
feeling that I could have pre
vented it—if I had just shoved
her ^Miss Shedd) off the plane
the minute I saw him.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy with occa
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snow with east to southeasterly
winds 15-25 mph with gusts. Low
temperature expected tonight 15,
high tomorrow 24.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 19, lowest 0. Max. wind 29
mph from the east. Sunrise at 9
a.m., sunset at 2:35 p.m.
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perature 13, lowest 2. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 39
in 1949, lowest -24 in 1918.
- ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Robt. Powell,
Dennis Conrady, B. L. Hacken
berger, Don Smith, Robt. T. An
derson, Col. James Calkins, Fritz
Awe.
To Anchorage: David Duck
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Gentry, Lt.
Holt, Sp3 Felner, Capt. Abraham
Herzig, Robt. Morgan, Sgt. Fret
lell, Maj. Pierce, Sgt. Beveridge,
Capt. Hines, Sgt. Larsen, Sgt.
Jorde, Sgt. West.
From Moses Point: Herman
Umberger.
From Unalakleet: Gordon Dim
mick Jr., Toshavik Selam.
To Gambell: Harold Knopes
and Towell and Betty Campbell.
To McGrath: Sheldon Meishish,
| Ross E. Wilson.
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Convention Turns
Down Amending
Provision
FAIRBANKS, UP> — The second
and probably final attempt to
amend rule 50 of the Alaska Con
stitutional Convention to give an
easy second chance to change sec
tions of the constitution before
final adoption failed Monday by
a vote of 50-4.
As it stood originally, rule 50
made no provision for the amend
ing of any section of the consti
tution, once framed, before final
adoption.
Last week, Delegate W.O. Smith
of Ketchikan sought to insert into
the rule the right of a delegate
to put any part of the document
back into second reading with a
simple majority vote. This motion
failed.
Then George Sundborg, say
ing he was acting against his bet
ter judgement but wanted to hon
or the voice of the majority, pre
sented a motion to make amend
ment possible by a vote of 28
members. This motion was refer
red to the Rules Committee.
Monday the committee reported
unfavorably on Sundborg’s mo
tion. However, a redraft of rule
50 was passed providing that any
part of the document, when pro
posed in its final form, may be
opened for specific amendment by
the affirmative vote of at least
seven of the members. This re
draft was passed by a vote of
47-7.
Proposals were dropping into
the hopper constantly Monday
and the total now introduced
stands at 15. Champion proposal
makers are Maurice Johnson of
Fairbanks, who has six to his
credit, and R. E. Robertson of
Juneau, who also has introduced
six.
A Johnson proposal on execu
tive rights would establish the
powers and duties of the gover
nor. Under his plan, the governor
would be at least 35 years old, a
citizen for 20 years and an Alaska
resident for five years. He would
be assisted by a lieutenant gov
ernor with the same qualifica
tions.
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I Mamie’s Recipe For
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
WASHINGTON, W—In time for
the Thanksgiving season comes
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reci
pe for pumpkin chiffon pie.
She contributed it to the new
edition of the Congressional Club
Cookbook. The book is a compila
tion of favorite recipes of the
wives of senators, representatives,
Supreme Court justices, and Cab
inet members, and of women law
makers. Mrs. Eisenhower is an
honorary member of this club.
Here is Mrs. Eisenhower’s recipe
for “pumpkin chiffon pie”:
3 beaten egg yolks, 3A cup brown
sugar, 1 Vz cups cooked pumpkin,
Vz cup milk, Vz teaspoon salt, 1
teaspoon cinnamon, Vz teaspoon
nutmeg, 1 envelope gelatin, V* cup
cold water, 3 stiffly beaten egg
whites, and V\ cup of granulated
sugar.
Combine egg yolks, brown sug
ar, pumpkin, milk, salt, and spice.
Cook in double boiler until thick,
stirring constantly. Soak gelatin
in cold water, stir into hot mix
ture. Chill until partly set. Beat
egg whites, add granulated sugar,
and beat stiff. Fold into gelatin
mixture. Pour into pie shell and
chill until set. Garnish with
whipped cream. Makes one big
pie or eight individual pies.
L.A. Car Thief Steals
Limousine Used By Wife \
Of Philippine President ‘
LOS ANGELES, (JWThere’s aj
car thief in Los Angeles who haaf
no regard for diplomatic relationsi
A consular limousine, bearing^
diplomatic license tags, was stolen;
Monday while the user, Mrsj
Ramon Magsaysay, first lady olj
the Philippines, was doing her
Christmas shopping.
The driver, Venancio Bagnol, at
member of the Philippine con-1
sular staff here, told police he*
parked the car and then went into
a downtown department store tof
help Mrs. Magsaysay carry out
packages.
When they looked for the cari
it was gone. The limousine wa4
being used by Mrs. Magsaysay*
during her visit here enroute fromj
Baltimore to Manila.
The consulate sent another catf
around for the wife of the Philip-;
pines president.
POLAR BEAR BROWNIES
The Polar Bear Brownie group
met Saturday at 11 a.m.. We did
the Horseshoe ceremony.
We made turkey cups and filled
them with candy.
There were eight Brownies and
one leader present.
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