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Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 20

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Pocatello, Idaho
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K-9. 8 Slot, Journal POCATELLO, IDAHO, FRIDAY, 20 STROUP NOT THERE Baker Chills Court with Tale Of Satanic Cult, Cannibalism it, and had consulted a LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) stopped his car near Gardiner, don A convicted slayer chilled this and both men climbod into priest." mountain community Thursday sleeping bags. Concerning his claim of a with a bizarre courlroom tale "I laid there awhile. I was "blackout" on Ihe events stoned, but awake," Baker said.

Schlosser's killing, Baker said "When 1 woke up there was he sometimes had blackouts un- Ughtning and things There der the influence of LSD and was some thunder too. By that sometimes when he had not us- time, it was already done." cd the drug, "What was done?" asked defense attorney Michael Whalen. Baker stared at Whalen. "The first-degree murder," he drawled. Baker said he could not recall dismembering (he body.

"I wrapped all that stuff down a long time ago," he said, "If I of satanic cultism, cannibalism, drugs and murder. Stanley Dean Baker, 22, admitted killing James Michael Schlosser, Z2, a Great Falls so; cial worker and mutilating the body. Baker testified at the trial of Harry Allen Stroup, 20, who is on trial in Schlosser's death, Baker is serving a lite term for the killing. Schlosser's headless, heartless torso was washed up at the Pauling Tells of Effective Cure for Colds STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Linus Pauling, tlie scientist who won two Nobel prizes, says an effective cure for the common cold is as simple as a walk to the corner store.

Vitamin can do the job, but psople have not been making proper use of it, he said Thursday, Jf they did, there would be no mpre colds, lie said at a news conference to discuss liis book, "Vitamin and the Common Cold," scheduled for publication Dec.l. Pauling offered the following prescription for cold sutterevs: Take about one-half level teaspoon of the powder form of ascorbic acid- vitamin C- each day until the cold disappears. When a person first catches a cold, he said, taking about one gram of ascorbic acid each hour will chase the discomfort away. Pauling said continued suffering with cold 1 "Is explained by the fad that in the past, the medical student has been taught little about vitamins and nutrition." "Fortunately, physicians are now beginning to recognize Ihe value of the vitamins," he added, Pauling said enough vitamin Cfora year's worth of cold pro- tection can be bought for about $5 a person. II is.

now available at most grocery and drug stores, he said. Pauling, a scientist also known as an antiwar crusader, said Americans spend about $500 million a year on "cold remedies which do not prevent colds." feet of a fisherman in the Yellowstone River July 11. Baker and Stroup were arrested in California two days later. Stroup has pleaded Innocent, saying he was not at the slaying scene. Baker said he and Stroup had beentravelmg together, but separated before the slaying.

Each took an LSD capsule in parting, he said. Baker said it was after the separation that Stroup headed for his native Sheridan, while Baker hitched a ride with Schlosser. That night, in an LSD-magnified trance, he shot the gentle, husky, bespectacled social worker and threw the dismembered body into the river, Baker said. He said he ate the man's heart. fn describing the day of the killing, Baker said Schlosser want, I can hypnotize myself Into not remembering things and won't recall them." Under questioning by Whalen, Baker professed "super-human" mental powers, saying his study of the "bible of the satanic faith" had led him to communication with intercelestial beings and a "direct role" In the death of pop singer Jimi Hendrix in England this fall.

"We had a war going on between us," Baker said. "He ftendrix) had fired on me close as I can remember about Ihe age of 10 and I had a direct contribution to the death of Jlmi Hendrix." Saying it was possible the "reincarnation of Christ was within him, Baker claimed (lie salanic i i was "something I should have have gotten info." He said he had tried to aban- Message from Headquarters WASHINGTON (AP) The Army complains "guardhouse lawyers" are spreading false rumors that a soldier in trouble can get his discharge upgraded to honorable by paying a $500 fee after he gets out of service. A message from headquarters tothe field says rumor-mongers arealso passing word that a discharge can be changed by getting a congressman (o intercede, or by waiting six months when it supposedly will be upgraded automatically, Not so, the Army said. Figures show very few discharges are changed later, and changes are getting tougher. The Army is anxious to scotch the rumors "in view of escalating disciplinary problems which may culminate in less than honorable discharges," the message says.

Last year The Army Discharge Review Board switched 79 unfavorable discharges to honorable- 4.1 per cent of 1,688 cases it considered. Three years earlier, it up. graded 145 discharges to honorable, 6.5 per cent of 2,209 cases. Warns of Violence EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Michael Ramsey, has expressed fear that unless there is a peaceful solution of South Africa's racial problem "then violence may appear." The Anglican prelate sounded his warning at a question and answer session with students at a federal theological seminary Thursday.

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