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CINCH 11 JU1 129TII YEAR j0. 198 FINAL EDITION FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS Of if an lice Wi Skying Fomtless I -'I ft ft nl A Ba ii ie iro Patricia Dumler why? had a gunshot wound in the head and stab wounds in the chest and back; Mrs. Wilson, a gunshot wound in the head. Police said it was believed the victims were shot with a .38 caliber pistol containing dum-dum ammunition. (A dum-dum bullet has verti- Related Photos On Page 60.

cal cuts in the head which causes it to splatter on impact). The weapon has not been recovered, police indicated. APPARENTLY the Dumlers and Mrs. Wilson were bound at one point with electric cords missing from two lamps and a television set. Sgt.

Russell Jackson, chief of the homicide squad, said there were marks on the ankles and arms of the three victims that could have been inflicted by tying. The cords were not on the bodies when found. BY MARGARET JOSTEN Enquirer Reporter Two grinning pumpkin lanterns on the front porch added a macabre touch to Thursday's discovery of the vicious murders of three socially-prominent Cinclnnatians a husband, a wife and the wife's mother. Police have yet to round up a suspect in the shooting and stabbing of Martin Q. Dumler II, 29, his attractive blond wife, Patricia, 27, and her mother, Mrs.

Mary Wilson, 50, visiting from suburban Wyoming. Two children, Martin G. Dumler III, five, and Jane Dumler, four, escaped injury in what must have been a night of horror Wednesday at the fashionable two-story home, 1192 Beverly Hills Mt. Lookout. Coroner Frank P.

Cleveland said at day's end that Dumler suffered a gunshot wound In the head and the right cheek, plus two stab wounds in the chest; Mrs. Dumler part back there always has scared me. It's so easy to hide back there." DUMLER was sales manager of the Chatfield and Woods Sack Co. His father, Martin Dumler, is president. The dead man is the grandson of the late Dr.

Martin G. Dumler, businessman, composer and painter. Dr. Dumler was president of the Chatfield and Woods Sack Co. for many years.

Mrs. Dumler is the former Miss Patricia Wilson. Her mother, whose home is at 266 Compton Ridge Wyoming, was visting while her husband, Frederick W. Wilson, was in the hospital recuperating from a heart attack. Both the Dumlers were graduates of the University of Cincinnati.

They were married in 1964, and were members of the Cincinnati Country Club. Mrs. Dumler, described by neighbors as "highly attractive," was a part-time model for Lillian's Dress Shop. Coroner Cleveland said he did not know what type of gun, or caliber, was used. The stab wounds were made by a bladed instrument with a single sharp edge, but he has yet to determine the size.

Sergeant Jackson said several small caliber guns were found In the house, but they apparently belonged to the Dumlers. Included in the "evidence" taken from the home was a box of .22 caliber bullets. Police also are making tests on two steak knives taken from the house. One knife was found on the living room floor and one in the bathroom. Detectives said the knives had what might have been blood upon them.

They could not say If it was human blood. Murder Site The lamps obviously expensive were among the pieces of evidence carried from the brick and frame home by police. Although police carried awtiy sacks and sacks of evidence, including an Oriental box of sandalwood and a red metal container labeled, "Private, Keep Out," they would not divulge the importance of clues. Police Chief Jacob Schott, on the scene of one of the city's gorier murders, said the three apparently had been "corralled" in the master bedroom on the second floor of the home sometime Wednesday evening. All were dressed in what he called "casual clothes." Schott said robbery apparently was not the motive.

Both of the women wore jewelry, expensive jewelry. Dumler's wrist watch and $7 lay on the top of the bureau. "This is a nasty murder," the chief said grimly. "Since we have practically eliminated the death penalty in this country, it seems people will kill you for a nickel "We've had one senseless killing after another. We'll have to get back to the day where the punishment fits the crime." The back door was found ajar by the maid, Mrs.

Ruby Boehner, Fairfield, Ohio, who arrived about 8:30 a.m. It was she who discovered the bodies although Martin III and Jane had been trying for some time to get Into their parents room. "Thank God, the children couldn't open the door," said Mrs. Louis J. Lobert, 1188 Beverly Hills the next door neighbor to whom the children first appealed for help in awakening their mother.

A heavily wooded area lies immediately behind the Dumler home. Another neighbor said "that wooded Agnew Burred Daughter From Marching M-Day Iff mm tl Martin Dumler why? Police were making an Intensive search of the neighborhood Thursday night, quizzing residents. About 40 men are working on the case, including the Tactical Unit. One neighbor, who did not want to be quoted, said a man of about 30, clad in sweater and paint-smeared pants, had been seen "just walking around" in the neighborhood between 2 and 4 p. in.

Wednesday. Mrs. Lobert, who lives immediately next door, said the Dumler children came to her early in the morning and said "Mommy and Daddy won't wake up. We can't get the bedroom door open." Just as Mrs. Lobert was getting ready to go over to see what she could do, the mnld drove up and parked In the blacktop driveway.

"A minute later she (the maid) came running over and asked me to keep the children because something awful had happened." Cincinnati saw Its last multiple killing last September 24. Then, during a holdup at the Cabinet-Supreme Savings and Loan Association, 5162 Delhi Pk four women were shot down In cold blood, In September, 11)00, the Gerald Bricca family was wiped out by a murderer, who has yet to be arrested by Hamilton County police. Bricca, 27, his wife, Linda, 25, and their four-year-old daughter, Debbie, were stabbed to death nt 3381 Grcenway Bridgetown. generation- and put its Ideas to test. But they must reason their way, not jump to what they feci is the truth.

Education is a continuing thing." Senate OKs More CI School Aid WASHINGTON (.11 The Senate passed Thursday a bill to raise veterans' education benefits by 46, despite hints that President Nixon might veto it as inflationary. Sen. Jacob Javlts, N. supporting the bill, mentioned the possibility of a veto, and warned that Mr. Nixon will have to cut Federal spending elsewhere to balance the added expen.se of the veterans bill.

The vote on passage was 77-0. House and Senate conferees now will work on a compromise version of the bill. after Iho cliangfl crs and suburban commuters also will be sorry to see the return of standard time. Many have found daylight time gives them a chance to get outside more after work. But for drive-In movie theater operators, the end of daylight time will be warmly welcomed since business doesn't really pick up until after the sun sets.

Many farmers also prefer standard time. They say they have to live according to the sun the way their animals do and daylight time forces them to arise an hour earlier by the clock. House In Which Three Were Slain Wednesday Patrolman Terry Root guards Dumler home, 1192 Beverly Hills Mt. Lookout House Votes Its Approval Of $49 Billion Housing Bill New York Times Service WASHINGTON The House of Representatives, by a vote of 339 to 9, Thursday night passed a $4.9 billion housing bill that would radically revise the nation's urban renewal program. Just before giving final approval to the omnibus measure, the House wrote in an amendment that would require any urban renewal project to include as many units of low and middle-income housing as the area included when it was a slum.

Opponents of this change protested that it would prohibit re The Weather Mostly sunny and warmer today with a high in the low 50s. Fair and not as cold tonight with a low in the mid 30's. Rain probability zero today and 10 tonight. Saturday, partly cloudy and warmer. Details, Map on Page 2 Page Action Line 61 Amuse 16-18 Bridge 33 Brumfleld 61 Business Clasif ied 37-54 Columnists ...7 Comics 30 Crossword 9 Dear Abby .24 Deaths 37 Editorials 6 Page Garden Graham 32 Horoscope 5 Horse Sense .33 Jumble 13 Society 25 Sports 55-59 TV-Radio ....10 Welkcl 60 Women's 23-29 Word Game .23 Welkel 58 Local and Area News Pages 60, 61 PHONE: City desk 721-2700.

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Thursday to temporarily stop Sunday deliver. y(? a-4v i A THAT "EXTRA" HOUR of daylight gained last spring will vanish again this weekend with the shift back to standard time. Clocks in 47 of the 50 states are to be turned back one hour at 2 a. m. Sunday the second part of the "spring forward, fall backward" reminder many people use for changing their timepieces.

There will be no change In Michigan, Arizona and Hawaii, where residents elected not to go to daylight time April 27, an option open to them under the 19R6 Unl-lorm Time Act. The law, which Is enforced by the Transportation Department, requires all states that have not ex- It's That emptcd themselves to go on daylight saving time on the last Sunday In April and return to standard time on the last Sunday in October. Those states which do exempt themselves must use standard time on a statewide basis. Congress passed the act to end a crazy quilt pattern of time zones across the nation. One year before the law took effect, 16 states were beginning daylight saving time on the last Sunday in April, 20 others were starting it later and 14 were not using It at all.

And of those using it, only 18 were observing It so it was possible to go Jrom daylight time to standard time and back by traveling a few miles. Although only three states still refuse to switch over to daylight time, It took three years to achieve the current level of near unanimity. Opponents of daylight time battled long and hard In some states for the right to maintain GARDEN CITY. N.Y. UT) Vice President Spiro T.

Agnew's own teen-aged daughter wanted to march in a dcmonslratiion on Moratorium Day, but he refused to permit It, columnist Nick Thlmmesch reported from Washington Thursday in Newsday, the Long Island newspaper. In a copyright Interview with the vice president, Thimmesch quoted Agncw as saying: "My 14-year-old daughter, Kim wanted to show her support for the moratorium by marching and wearing a black arm band. I wouldn't let her. She was unhappy for about a day, but she got over it. Parental-type power must be exercised.

Some parents have just forgotten how. "People in the establishment don't want to say 'no' to young people even if they are wrong. Some self-serving politicians see our huge youth population as a volatile political commodity available for plucking. "Youth should challenge the adult Ti Tw, ml hand is dual systems in the same time zone. Among the strongest backers of daylight time were the transportation Interests such as railroads and airlines.

7'he Issue was decided gradually In several states by a series of referenda, state laws and finally orders from the Transportation Department to comply with the law. The disappearance of daylight time will be greeted with dismay by children because it will mean less time for them to play outside before dark. Many adult city dwcll- HAZARDOUS ENHANCER? Baby Food of congressional and not executive action. Albert noted that the measure, as amended on the floor Wednesday, includes $1.5 billion in additional mortgage money to be made available through the government National Mortgage Association. This, with an existing $500,000, he said, would produce "an additional units of housing." "Once again," the Democratic leader declared in a statement, "the Congress has moved decisively to fill a void created by the administration's inaction in an important area of national policy." In Doubt age to the part of the brain called the hypothalamus.

The scientist, a professor of nutrition at Harvard, said he would favor taking the substance out of baby food if there was the "slightest presumption of guilt," even though unproven. In answer to a question, he said bluntly: "I would take the damn stuff out of baby food." Bii-l-t-on Up Those Overcoats! A wave of arctic air out of Canada caught Cincinnatlaas with their luke-warm 'clothing on and promised to account today for a second day of record-breaking low temperatures. The Weather Bureau's forecast included a low somewhere in the mld-20s early today, compared with a previous low for October 24 of 29 degrees set in 1895. A new low reading for October 23 was set at 8 a. m.

Thursday when the mercury dipped to 27 degrees. The all-time low reading previously for the date was 30 In 1924. Local meteorologists predicted mostly sunny and not as cold for later today, with a high In the low 50s. newal programs aimed at reducing the housing density in inner city areas and using former tenement land for parks and playgrounds. THE OVERALL measure the House approved differs in both major and minor provisions from the housing bill that passed the Senate last month.

As a result, the discrepancies must now be resolved by a conference committee. During this process, the urban renewal change might be dropped. House approval of the bill immediately was greeted by the Democratic majority leader, Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma, as "the result Ingredient fessor of psychiatry at the Washington University School of medicine, said this new evidence, added to research he has done previously, had convinced him substance should be removed from baby food. The same view was expressed independently by Dr.

Jean Mayer, internationally-known nutritionist. However, the executives of companies that manufacture baby food entered demurrers. The first, Imrl J. Hutchlngs, general manager for research of the J. H.

Heinz said he doubted that Olney's research was applicable to man. Daniel F. Gerber, chief executive officer of Gerber Products also expressed doubt that MSG had any potential harm for human beings. Mayer is director of the first White House conference on food, nutrition and It will be held here in December. Asked about monosodium glutamate at a luncheon Thursday at the Women's National Press Club, he said that there had not been any evidence that the flavor enhancer, usually called MSG, had any dangerous effects on man.

High concentrations of It did have effects on baby animals, he said, causing dam New York Times Service WASHINGTON A scientist in St. Louis said Thursday he had fed infant mice monosodium glutamate (MSG) in amounts greater than those in baby food and had produced brain damage. Monosodium glutamate is a food enhancer. The area in the rodents' brains that was affected, according to the scientist, was the hypothalamus. Among other things, the hypothalamus has the function of controlling the desire for food and water.

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