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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 1

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wrier totmdlt: Comics 17 TV, Radio 20 Filitorials 16 Weather 1 iS MM, Market 19 Women THE WEATHER Fair and cool today and tonight; high 75, low tonight 55. Partly cloudy, a little warmer Thursday; high 79. Sunrise 4:40, sunset 7:49. The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, June 13, 196224 rages Two Sections Price 10 Cents A mi Ml A NEW KENNEDYS 'GIFTS' TO GETC FIND SKULL inn nAiirrA In 1 -Family Zoning Area MAIL KUUItt VASCRUSHEB TAX THEORY FACES FIGHT: By Kenneth Thomas The Des Moines zonine lilfl PhlMlJi iJ I F-4J -v- PROBEDBY FBI 5 Pet. Contribution In Iowa Reported board of adjustment discussed Mills Rejects Link! Yonin8 olation i complaint alleging a lodging With '63 Cut operates in an area zoned for single-family resi- THROAT CUT Stepmother's Body In Lime Grave By George Mills (R.sUtfr Staff Wrlin HEDRICK.

IA. Mrs. Juanita Marcella Smith, 46, whose long-dead body was i dences. The complaint was By Richard Wilson U. S.

Postmaster General first brought to the attention; (JUtitUr'i Wiihlnftoa Corrttpmdent) J. Edward Dav lannrheH city authorities in 1956. r-- WASHINGTON. D. rcuerai Bureau or lnvestiga-i The house involved is at c' i ,4 1k mt tion (FBI) in- writing Wavs and Means Com- 415 Twenty-eighth owned writing ways andMeans torn by Mfs wmj js a i into what ramnainn MS MfHSt r-'O-i ij a aupiex with six additional found Tuesday, 1 coniriDUii w.fTi in a shallow 1 cated Tuesday sleeping rooms.

MOINtsS that he is not! Attorney KODert Kiiey, mat ne is noil ,7. newly-appointed Iowa rural Vl. i i grave outside her bedroom window here, tr hp irlpntifipd icaiucui in me aiea, iuiu inc wtkI8 lo dc luciiuiieu. maij carners was learned TSTCfc with President1 board firs complained KpnnoHv', tpJ 1956 to Fred Heyer. superin-Tuesday- rl tk In I la artprf sftpr Ynrpino i.t.

V' VL cent proposals! r- -a. v- aKTfor tax department. unhappiness to Iowa Demo- -v "Sfc fi-n I Vi Atf rum Pia ha Fma lions in iTOJ. uCII uiouc mc rralip nartv offina nvpr a or six additional reports since This is only story in The Des Moines Sun-1 one indication oay negisier Mar. me re- w4TiV I New Department that the presi-j pun oaivi.

dent's tax pol-; Heyer's department has icies and his long been in charge of zoning 3 Sought Job MIIJJI npw Prnnomic aonroach out- enforcement in the citv. A ine slory aescnoea a con- died of a crushed skull. The stepmother of Gayno Gilbert Smith was killed probably last fall by a heavy blow on the side of the head, said Chief T. A. Thompson of the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Throat Cut Thompson said her throat had also been cut sufficiently to have caused her to bleed profusely. The extensive cut, however, did not sever any of the vital structures in the throat or neck, he said. Another official said that "somebody really bashed in i the side of her skull." The nude body was entrusted with lime. lined in a speech at Yale Uni-i new department in the plan et among three Democrats fnr cpri 'and zoning commission staff, fr rura' mai1 Job are headed for serious js ww han -rose. in Monroe County.

challenge in Congress. enforcement ThplThe story quoted one source Where Body Was Found Chairman Wilbur Mills change comes after charges'" sayin8 tne winner of tne (Dcm Ark) is miffed overjof widespread laxity would be expected to the Kennedy tax proposals.1 Heyer. I contribute 5 per cent of the; His remarks disassociating Heyer told Riley at thelfirst year's t0 tne: himself from the proposals; meeting Tuesday he had no! Democratic cause. That would were reported to have had record of Riley's earlier com- be aDOUt $250. pffprt on the New nlaints.

and couldn't remem-1 Another aspirant for the This is the shallow grave next to house in Hedrick where body was found Tuesday. Body is that of Mrs. Juanita Marcella Smith, 46, stepmother of confessed murderer Gayno Smith. Mrs. Smith had been missing since September, and was the object of a wide search.

County and state officers found the body by running a steel probe into the ground. Register Photo by Thomas DeFeo. nil N4v'- job reportedly sent word to ber any complaints on York Stock Exchange. party officials saying he would be willing to contribute; $3,000 over a 5-year period 1 I pened even though it could building in question. Riley at that point told Hever "Fred, you're either mistaken, or worse." oointment.

He' I II III K. MJ IS 1 1 appointment. He have happened," Prill said. if he got the Worst Drivers in World Are in D. Says Payne was not under consideration Identification of the red haired woman was established by a tattoo of "Cupid" on the left shoulder, by a fingerprint and in a number of other ways, Thompson said.

Mrs. Smith had been miss- The stock market Tuesday suffered the third heaviest loss of the current lump. The Dowr Jones average of 30 industrials wat off 14.23 to 580.94. See Market Page for details Millt told Questioning col A petition complaining of at the time. the building was presented by Caused Jet Crash in N.Y.

CAB Probe The New York accident occurred Mar. 1. Prill said: "The Civil Aeronautics Gregg Gentleman, 2814 For By Dwight Jensen est drive. Gentleman presented affi-. Albert A.

Payne charged Tuesday that Des Moines ing since September. She The FBI investigation has been completed and the report forwarded to Washington, it was learned. The FBI findings have not been disclosed. Day is reported to have A'ttmv, 1 t. it i WASHIVPTOM ,4, Board is the agency that will a'c luuni unvere i ve ever seen in tne entire: in a moaest.

gray-shin-WASHINGTON, D. C. world." home here with Gayno, a Hptprmmo thp nrnhah raucp i leagues on the House ways uivuS MyinR me ounuing and Means Committee that was a single-family residence, he had never said that taxes "at least" until 1946 when it the loss ot a small Doit tnai, ayne a native Texan and angle parking and some other 4-year-old farmhand who is control and its investigation is still in former nugnt to ne reauieu wimc dropped out of a wasnington, u. cjty proposals. that postal appointments Mrs.

vjlODDyiSl, IS spending goes up. Mills was sold two more times. merhan.sm could have caused Progress, needled by conservative mem- Willis bought it in 1954. are not awarded on the basis onanism could have caused hers of his committee. Mrs.

Willis told the board of campaign contributions. New York Jama.ca Bay jet Npw yor accidcnt could Part of the questioning the building was already con-; crasn in wnicn persons was inspired by the presi- verted when she bought in turn were said to have re- were kjl)ed the pec)era Avia-drnfs statements that the and she did not know it was plied that there is no 5 per Tuesday. 1 now a consult-1 ant for the Des! Moines Area' Citizens Fair -Tax Association. Appe a i Payne has said he came to Des Moines to "wake up the natives" to the dangers of such federal-aid programs as urban renewal and public housing. He contends he has lived here most of the time since 1959.

Batts told the Traffic Com- U. i. snouia iree nsru muh. u.c Th. th hnlt of a bal- ordinance.

meni, mat any coninouuons the "mythology have been the result of an installation mistake by one man on one aircraft. "We do not see this as a possible explanation for any other 707 crash about which we have any information. "But it would not be the anced federal budget. Under questioning. Mrs.

are voluntary and in small may nave supped out ot piate Willie tniA the hnnca rnn. amounts. u-hnn a nn BPfiirintr it fpll out before the Desi Moines Traffic Committee, he Given Up tained only five seepjne Heated Conflict -because someone forgot to nZtJSzn7Mthri, Whatever the situation at install the cotter pin that from Huaget ui- and she later converted a added that mittee Tuesday he still feels "the people in aj ange parking should be Des Moines are in jail at Sigourney charged I with five murders. Gayno Smith has admitted killing Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew and three of their children the night of May 26 in their home at nearby The adult McBeths were Gayno's aunt and uncle. Keokuk County Sheriff I John Wallerich, State Agent Richard J. Carmi-chael and other officials began questioning Gayno Tuesday night about the death of the stepmother. The killing of Mrs. Smith took place many months before the McBeth slayings.

Gayno Smith Tuesday night denied killing his stepmother. One theory was that Gayno Smith killed the woman while she was in bed and dragged the body out of the window and into the previously dug 3-foot -deep hole. Officers rrtor David E. Bell that an room into the sixth sleeping lk7u' normally secures me nui. attempt to achieve a balanced unit.

he 5 per cent contribution Telegrams the worst I've TRAFFIC Confinued on Page Six budget may contribute to. Gentleman said building in- mon discussion at Melrose, i Concerned over this possi- first time that an airplane crashed because a mechanic left a cotter pin out of a bolt." The apparent loss of a bolt in a control mprharmm aUn The conflict over the Mel- ble cause, the FAA late appointment was so day sent telegrams to all bringing economic recovery i spectors have checked on the to a halt. building in the past "and are In fact, the Kennedy ad-; aware of the violation." But ministration has given up no action has ever been hope of the promised balance taken, he said. heated that the Democratic state patronage committee notified the postal department to make the selection users of Boeing 707 jet planes has fjgured jn investiga. alerting them to the situation, tion of the Chicago crash of a Among recipients of the Constellation propeller-driven seen in any city" when it comes to getting out of parallel-parked cars in front of moving traffic.

Angle Parking Payne and other association representatives opposed a recommendation by Traffic Engineer Herman M. Batts that angle parking be banned 1 9.13 Ordinance INSIDE THE REGISTER Mr. Lauds Laos Pact in the ieoerai Duagei. The president and his airliner in wnich persons were killed last Sept. 1.

i If the conversions were without considering any po- warning was the Military Air made after the city zoning litical recommendations. Transport Service, which op- ordinance was adopted in The job of rural mail tar- prates 707-type aircraft used Left Roll Prill's telegrams said that investigation to date indi i i.m, inpie is no uoum inner is pnzcu ai iviei i would be illegal. Undpr the rose and elsewhere. fiscal officials are calling for a new look at federal finances, pointing to European success with deficit government operations and tax adjustments to pep up the economy. I lH.i.i ordinance, tne area is in critical areas where traffic chvift Pmr 1 cated the plane that smashed into Jamaica Bay may have is heavy and streets narrow.

zoned for single-family resi-i dences. The 1953 ordinance gone into a left roll, induced AruinR that le kj by a malfunction of the praises agreement on Laos coalition government in Hdkes Hair message to President Ken- said the fairly a well-preserved hndv wa Mills has been pointedly is now in effect. tnn uc itiaiueu ii is Dtuer saying for the last couple of rudder boost system. by President Kennedy and other government leaders. The absence of any explanation for several fatal accidents Involving 707s and other jet airliners long has given safety investigators special concern with regard to the President.

George C. Prill, director of FAA's flight standards service, disclosed the development controlled, Payne said he and somewhat caked with lime, others in the taxpayers' group RACHEL CARSON, notpd aii- VVnile flakes were in the vic- The pay at Melrose is approximately $5,000 a year to start, plus 10 cents a mile for use of a car on the 66-mile route. The job usually takes about 25 Vi hours a week. A carrier said the route in question usually takes 4 hours and 15 minutes a day, six days a week. One resident back in March The petition says, however, that the conversions were illegal even if made before the new ordinance went into effect.

The old ordinance did days that he knew nothing of the Kennedy tax cut pro-' posals outlined last week. I Mills may be personally miffed over this, especially! ainr hp hae finichprt turn; This is a system which, like power steering on an automobile, enables the pilot to exert strong forces with little physical effort. experimented Tuesday morning with the parking area on University avenue at Forty- that' eighth street. The message added hard jobs for the' Kennedy1 not P'1 hnuses" in oMino thp'm the neglhborhood, the thor and marine biologist, um red nair- witnesses to links the sharp rise in leu- tne exhumation said. kemia in the U.

S. with the 0ne bit of speculation mak- i increased use of chemical inC tne rounds in this Keokuk insecticides Page 7 county town of 762 was that Gayno Smith first killed his REPRESENTATIVE H. Carl stepmother and then, many Andersen months later, shot the Mc-touched by the Billie Sol Beths ,0 when they be-Estes scandal because of came strongly suspicious and 1962 tax bill through the 1 io" M.yf: it The building was in vio I called the carrier assignment about the best job anybody ever could get around here." tariff-cutting powers through in answering queries aoout the possibilitv that a holt, correctlv installed in the "You cannot say this is it boost SyStPm. had fallen out. we ran never prove it hap-, prjn sajd more rerent of the jet use an additional safety wire, installed stock he sold to Este.s, Since Batts hadn't done it, Payne said, the group painted lines on the street to outline parking stalls.

Payne showed pictures to illustrate how motorists parked in a more orderly fashion after the lines were painted. City traffic officials said it is illegal for unauthorized persons to paint lines on the I GAYNO Confinued on Page Four- below the head of the bolt says he's sold stock to lots of people Page It lation whenever it was converted and is still in violation. Gentleman said. The board referred the complain to the city legal department for advice on whether the old ordinance was violated. Action on the building is scheduled for the board's July 10 meeting.

Potomac Fever Pleasant June r. W. I Off. Day; High Is 78 WASHINGTON, D. Ode to a neutral Laos: Three nrinces of Laos acree to nlav house, a came of milk and I At Beautiful June weather 7reu inai mey Qia n(n; nrPvailpd nvPr Inwa TuPsrfav Plan t0 do anything about the ShotS RlTlO Out in oney- They'll wink at the Reds and share their beds rt but come and get our money.

ThP almnit rlnurllp; skv anrt incident. cool, dry air were the more "We wjfh Purely to be con-! pleasant for the contrast to, Pa'ne said-Uhe week or so of stormy How Stupid? (: weather the state has had. "Are you trying to tell us i Afternoon high tempera-! that the rudest drivers in the TAXES Continued on Page Six Pups Payoff Offering coon-hound pups in a Want Ad provided a pretty payoff for this advertiser. Six pups were sold to buyers who came from Marshalltown, Ames and southeast Iowa. COON bminH ntrr Blnrk nrt Tn.

unit Wu Tick pupt. Vnry rion-bl On A. Turk, R. 1, Anktny, I. AM2-MM.

You can sell pups and pets of all kinds with a 2 lines-2 Want Ad. Additional lines cost only 50c per line, per day. Order your ad by mail. Register and Tribune, Des Hojnes 4, or phone CH3-jlll. and Family Want Ads are easy to use, easy to order, and you can.

it, of course. Havana I heater HAVANA, CUBA Sup- porters and opponents of; Prime Minister Fidel Castro clashed inside a local theater; Tuesday night. At least three; Kennedy meets with U. S. Steel's Roger Blough on the gold problem.

J. F. motto: He who puts his hand to the Blough never looks backward. Republican leaders claim the New Frontier has got the country moving in the wrong direction. They prefer the tried-and-true Republican motion a bold, fearless marking time.

In London, girls' skirts climb above the knee. It's the trend of the modern hemline higher and thigher. What was it the presidential candidates promised us in the last campaign, the. Soaring Sixties- or the Souring Sixties? Fletcher Knchel tures ranged trom at; world and people stupid Council Bluffs to 69 at Du-j enough to get out of the left buque; Des Moines had 74. 1 side of a car will be governed Cool air pushed the mercury by two little white lines?" down to a morning low of 49 Committee Member Wilson B.

jat Mason City; Des Moines's I Morrison asked Payne, low was 59. The Des Moines Area Citi- The pleasant weather willlzens Fair Tax Association, continue today, the Weather formed a few months ago, has Bureau said. Thursday will 'assumed the role of watchdog be partly cloudy and a little over the city government. It i warmer. has fought elimination of i shots were heard, and police made several arrests.

The audience streamed out of the theater across from Havana's central park. Police brought several persons out and drove them away in patrol cars, then closed the theater. No other details were avaijable immediately. i Au-j-Mxry- Gayno Smith Question Him Mrs. Juanita Marcella Smith A Tattoo Mark.

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