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VOL 14 NO 40_KODIAK. ALASKA._DECEMBER 11. 1S54_^_PRICE 10CENTS _
Cabbie Held On Traffic Charges
McCarthy Not Guilty
On Charges Of Assault
Leslie McCarthy, 64, was]
found not guilty on char es
of assault with a dangerous
weapon, in U. S. Commis
sioners Court Wednesday.
Willie Hines, the plaintiff
in the case alleged that Mc
Carthy hit him repeatedly
about the head with a 45 Army
automactic, causing four
stitches to be taken in the
crown of his head. The Strug,
gle took place in McCarthy’s
cabin on Tagura Road on Nov.
.28 after the two men had
been arguing over a rent bill
that McCarthy claimed Hinds
owed him.
According to direct testi
mony given by two men and
their common-law wives, Mc
Carthy and Aljce Sargept
went out to the Hinds cabin
at the City dump to pick up a
puppy Hinds had' promised
the defendent. They took a
bottle of gin with them and
the four of them drank the
contents. Shortly thereafter
all four came-' back .into Ko
diak, had several drinks at
various bars and McCarthy in
vited Hinds and Natalie ■Ma
lutin to his cabin to finish Tiis
Thanksgiving turk v. A bottle
of gin was purchased and , the
four went to McCarthy’s
cabin.
Shortly after, the argument
over the rent took place and
McCarthy asked Hinds to
leave his home. The fight en
sued and both men went to
the floor. McCarthy claimed
that Hinds bit his finger in
the melee and to shake Hinds
loose he grabbed a flat iron
from a shelf over his head and
“konked” Willie with it.
When the fight started Nan
Malutin ran from the house to
call the police. Hinds was re
moved to the hospital for
treatment. On December first
Hinds filed charges and Tal
m-adge Smith,-retained by the
defendent, requested a jury
trial.
A panel of twelve jurors
was drawn including Ralph
Shupp; foreman, Oscar Nel
son, Clarence Selig, Mrs. John
Raft, Charles Sutlilf. Andrew
Peterson, Mrs. Winona Bulhy,
Joe Heitman, Mrs. OrvalNye,
Mrs. Helen Wright, .“rven
Mahle and Jorgen Fredrickson
LANSING. MICH-Marvin Foerster, 20, and his pride, the
former Rhea Mae Schuster, 18, pose happily as they cut wed
ding cake after they were married in Detroit, Mich., (Dec. 5)
Lessthan 12 hours later horrified witnessess listened helpless,
ly to the screams of the dying honeymoon coup
le, unable to rescue them from their fiercly burning car which
pissed a curve In the highway near Lansing, overturned and
t’urst into flames. (A*wirephoto)
annen & Benson
Recount Probable
Says Governor
Juneau (A*) — Governor
Heintzleman ruled Thursday
that the expense envolved1
through the recount of the
votes cast for election last,
October should be borne by |
the person requesting the re- j
count.
The Attorney General’s
Office gave :*the opinion that
! there is no statutory provision
for the payment of the recount
expenses, but that the law
charges the Governor of A
| laska, rather than the -Board
with the-responsibility of con-1
ducting the recount.
Alex Miller, Fairbanks,
Chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee of Alaska
notified the Canvassing Board
| Committee, asking for a re
| count of the Benson-Lannen
I race for Labor Commissioner.
| The returns from the election
showed the two candieates to
be 25 votes apart with Benson
the Republican candidate out
in front. ;
City Ordinance Is |
No Sno w On Walks
Property owners and espec
ially store owners are remind', i
ed that there is a City Ordin-i
ance that state • the owners of |
property are responible to keep
their sidewalks clear of snow,
during the winter months.
If you leave, your sidewalk
unshoveled. ..and someonet
should fall and get hurt you'
would be responsible for the
accident ard would be subject
to suit by the injured party as
well as being brought into
court for violation of the exist
ing ordinance.
Airport Survey Made
For Kodiak By Meeks
Frank Meek of the Bureau
of Lend Management, was'
in Kodiak this week to cheek'
the possibilty of the City of 1
Kodiak obtaining enough land!
for a Municipal Airport. The
land being investsgated is on
Miller’s Point.
The City also has a permit
to use 80 acres of land at Man,
ask a Bey as a cemetery site.
The site in question has not
been definitely accepted for
that particular use as yet.
Two injured When Cab
Skids Off Mission Road
Richard S. Parker was ar 1
rested on Wednesday by Chief
Roland Vickery .and charged
with reckless driving, driving
while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor and failure
to stop and remain at the
scene of an accident.
On Thursday, through his
attorney Paul Dupler, he plead
not guilty and bond was set at
$1000.
Three different witnesses to
the accident have given sign
ed statements to the police and
described in detail what they
saw.
One witness (name with
held) stated Parker was driv
ing at least forty miles an
hour over a snowy slippery,
road. This witness was driving
toward the approaching taxi
cab driven by Parker, and be
ing rlarmed at th<^ excessive
rate of speed at which he was,
driving, pulled as.fat off thO
road as he could to keep from
being side-Swiped by the on
coming cabl TO m ss the park
ed car, 'the' cib careened 'to
the road shoulder and in so !
doing skidded into MrST Al-j
fred T. Vaughn and her H
year- old daughter, Marilyn]
knocking them down. Parker ,
drove oil up the road for ap
proximately 150 to 200 teet
and then started backing to
ward the scene of the acci
dent Sgt. A. Vaughn, hus
band £ father of the injured
also witnessed the accident,
went down the road to meet
the cab driver and Parker re
fused to give him, his name,
drivers license or any identi
fication. Instead he drove off
leaving the scene offering no
assistance to the. injured
people.
The Sergeant helped his
wife and daughter into the
residence of - Curtis Saxton
where both were examined by
Doctor Johnson. Mrs. Vaugha
was found to be suffering
chiefly from bruises and
shock. The baby was un
injured.
Mrs. Saxton called the
police and Chief 'Vickery ar
rived, at the scene of the ac
cident just in time to meet
Parker driving into Kcdiak
with two fares. Chief Vickery
stopped the cab and tried to
interrogate Parker.who was
found to be so intoxicated he
coyidn’t talk- coherently. He
was' taken into custody and
his cab impounded in thf
police yard.
Parker, was released from
jail, on Thursday eVening’l
Robert Blair posting the $10Ci<j
bail. ‘
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FRANKLIN, MASS-The first fireman to enter the blazing
ruins of a home in which five small children died cslls back
tragic news b- his buddies early Dec. 6. The children, an only
sdn and four of .five daughters, all under 7, of Reginald De
Baggis, 30 and his wife Maureen. 29, were trapped beyond’ Ak
cue. De Baggis, who rescued his wife and youngest child, was
1 burned and cut attempting to save the others. (se)