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tf' 2-HearHand THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Saturday, Dec. 29, 1973 ister Of Slain Pinellas oman Charged With Murder i- By RALPH GOLDEN Tribune Staff Writer CLEARWATER Jacciuclyn Obenschain, 26, was front, had released Miss Obenschain and the detectives took her to the county jail where she was booked on the murder charge. Miss Obenschain reportedly will return to the medical center -if released on bond to await further proceedings, police said. The 24 year-old victim's fully-clad body with stab' wounds in the chest, abdomen, legs and arms was found near a dining room table in the family home at 15900 Gujf Blvd. on Kedington Beach by her mother Mrs.

Maxine Obenschain. WHEN POLICE arrived at the home they found the mother and the suspect and also a large kitchen knife, the suspected murder weapon. Police officials said there was no sign of a forced entry into the home and ruled out robbery as a motive but made no 'further comment last week. The sheriff said last week no information could be released concerning the homicide until lab reports were complete and due to the holidays these were not available until Wednesday. Charged yesterday with second degree murder in the Dec.

18 geainjii her sister, Jyl Obenschain. i tvX Jacquelyn was booked on the charge yesterday afternoon the' county jail and is being held under $10,000 bond, fcrifJJ Don Uenung said, J. BOTH THE suspect and the victim are daughters of former Pinellas Health Director Dr. John Obenschain. Obens-' chain is now health' director for Hernando County but still maintains a home in Pinellas County.

Genung said information gathered by Detectives Roland Hazard and Stephen Smith had been turned over to iPasco State Atty. James T. Russell, Russell filed a direct information yesterday and Circuit 'f Court Judge Harry Fogle ordered the arrest. 1 Detectives Hazard and Smith served the warrant on the suspect who has been a patient at the tBayfront Medical Center since the night of the homicide, Genung said. HE SAID Dr.

Richard Maribona, a psychiatrist at Bay- eath Claims Man ft Fisherman Search Goes On Where Bodies Found In Brevard deputies collect clues from brush at Tltusville (UPI) Space Eyes Search Area Where Bodies Discovered Tribune Bureau -WIER HAVEN Davis McKinley Hickman, 77, of West Lake Eloise Drive, called "Mr. Bass Fisherma:" in numerous articles, and television commercis died here Thursday. "He returned hundreds them (bass) to the lake i harmed, unhandled and i very much alive," Geoii. Salvation Army' Bell Ringers Rahe $1,100 Tribune Bureau LAKP PLACID Civic club members manning the Salvation Army kettles and ringing the bells for donations "Cl 101 the oVganization, the clubs an nounced yesterday. The Rotary, Lions and Ki-wanis Cubs participated.

Ninety per cent of the money donated in this manner to the Salvation Army remains in Highlands Countv fnr iica in occicfinrr IaiqI ivaa sh 1 1 and occasionally transportation, said Rotary Club President Clem Latimer. Tree Removal Necessary For Street Project Tribune Bureau LAKELAND Tree service crews are removing about 20 trees on Lake Hollingsworth Drive in order to widen the street to 36 feet and add an eight-foot wide pedestrian and bicycle path. The current project begins at Lake Hollingsworth Road and ends at Crystal Lake Drive. Contractor on the project is Blue Seal Excavating and Paving cost is $150,448.26. Teacher Union Airs Complaint TALLAHASSEE Wl A Florida School Board Association campaign to get the Florida Supreme Court to expand a public employe collective bargaining commission was attacked yesterday by a teachers' union spokesman.

"Once again we see the FSBA using public funds deny teachers their rights under the state Constitution," said Richard Batchelder, ex ecutive secretary of the Flori- da Education Association. Known too much. He'd haul, them up to the boat, reach down with one finger under a point on the gills, pull the fish up and examine amine it and release it if it wasn't what he wanted or something we'd ordered. He never handled them with his hands said it took the protective coating off the scales and made them subject to attack from bacteria and things." Hickman began his Cypress Gardens association more than 20 years ago. Johnson Motors frequently called on him for advice and thoughts on the needs of fishermen and the practicality of their ideas.

Fishing lure manufacturers constantly sought his counsel, and many of the most popular the pieces of tackle in use ar result of his recommen dations. WHEN HE WASN'T fishing he was campaigning for the best interest of the bass and the bass fishermen. He authored numerous articles on bass fishing and conservation and was a regular contributor to the letters to the editor columns of area papers in efforts to preserve the lakes. Hickman was a native of Rockbridge. Ohio, but had lived in Winter Haven since 1937., He was a retired jobber for Arbrogast Fishing and Bait Company of Akron, Ohio, serving as their first lure tester.

A veteran of World War he was a member of the Screen Actcrs Guild and Masonic Lodge. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joenn K2I0-gridis of Winter Haven and Mrs. Bilf Gumtow of Lakeland. New Look TALLAHASSEE (LTD -Atty.

Gen. Rc' yesterday urged the Forest Service to take another look at its policy of allowing commercial timbering and oil drilling in the Ocala National Forest. From Tribune Wires TITUSVILLE Amid speculation the body count could rise to 10, space agency scientists used sophisticated aerial sensing techniques yesterday to hunt for more slaying victims in an area where the bodies of four females have been found since Thanksgiving. State Atty. Abbott Herring said there was "a good possibility more bodies may be found.

We might find no more or we might find as many as 10." HERRING TID not elaborate but apparently based his speculation on the disappearance of about a dozen young women in the Titusville area recently. "This (the killings) has apparently been going on since at least November and since four were killed in a short period of time, there is no reason to think that it wasn't going on before," Herring said. On Nov. 25 the remains of cocktail waitress Paula Hamric, 22, were found in a ditch north of here. The second body, that of Nancy Gerry, 18, was found in the same area Dec.

10. The two women, both of Titusville had been shot in the head and their hands were tied behind their backs. On Christmas Day some children discovered the remains of Carolyn Jan Bennett, 17, of nearby Mims. She had been missing since Nov. 11.

THE NEXT DAY the skeleton of a girl aged between 12 and 14, was discovered in the same area No attempt had been made to bury any of the bodies, police said. Herring said the four deaths might be linked to two murders in Altamcnte Springs, some 30 miles west of here. In August the skeletal remains of Laura Lynn Harb'erts, 18, of Orlando and a still unidentified young woman were discovered in a garbage dump in a heavily wooded section of Altamonte Springs. "IT IS NOT normal to find bodies in the open and both of those from Altamonte Springs were young girls last seen with a young man a hippie type," Herring added. "It's like looking for two needles in a haystack," said Jim Ragura of the National Aeronautics and Space Admits- tration's earth resources program, who has been analyzing the results of a heat sensing aerial survey of the 30-mile square area north of the nation's spaceport at Cape Canaveral.

Infra-red photographs also have been made from a specially equipped plane. At the request of the state attorney's office, the NASA scientists planned to send a twin-engined Beechcraft aloft again today to make more infra red color photos of the area; Ragusa siad this technique was decided upon when detectives found grass had grown around the four decaying bodies found earlier. "THIS KIND of grass will show up as bright red spots on an infra-red color photo," said Leo Davis, chief of the photo branch at the Kennedy Space Center. The heat sensing device might pickup decaying bodies, which produce heat. But Ragusa said the main problem with both devices is that they cannot sense or photograph through the foliage of trees.

Once suspicious spots are found on the heat tapes or infra-red film, he said, sheriff's officers will be sent to investigate. Sheriff Leigh S. Wilson, meanwhile, sent 18 officers back into the area on trail bikes and on "IT WOULD NOT surprise me if we found more bodies', the sheriff said. Wilson says, his officers have tentatively identified the girl whose body was found by searchers Thursday morning. He was withholding the name until the girl's parents' had been interviewed.

The sheriff said a pathologist said this fourth victim ap; parently had been dead the longest. He said she was, identified through a St. Christopher medal found around her neck and a blouse she wore. The NASA plane, flying in foul weather, shot 282 pictures on 9-by-9 negatives in the area Thursday from 1,500 Simultaneously, the scientists were operating an infra-red electronic scanner which can measure differences in temperature on the ground to within one half degree fahrenheit. Ragusa said he hopes to have preliminary results, from the heat tapes and film today.

If A flf it ft MMSiPi Davis McKinley Hickman Prcscotf, a fishing companion Slid business associate, said rs.erday.. i his years as a profes--'1 licensed fishing guide, inn also caught or (he catching of thou-; bass. "EVER USED a land-: Prescott said, "he bruised the fish up 1SI Special Days! 500" Bus mm, mi. uus' Services Week Service; CHURCH r. J.

Bullingion osiot LGKeianu 7 I k. Will Hire Highlands HEARTLAND Church News -Cos Accountant! lachua Bookmaking r. Billy Graham Film Slated The Billy Graham film, "The Restless Ones," will be shown at the New Years Eve service at 10 p.m. at First Assembly of God, 1360 E. Main Lakeland.

Church Sets 'Prayer Vigil9 -There will be a "prayer vigil" at the United Methodist Chch in Mulberry throughout the day Monday. At 8 p.m., there will be a Communion service. 4 Watch Night' Service Slated On New Years Eve at the First Baptist Church in Mulberry, there will be a "watch night" service starting at 8 p.mr'There will be entertainment, a film will be shown and refreshments. The program will close at By BILL COOLEY Tribune Staff Writer SEBRING The county commission is split 3 to 2 on a proposal to hire a cost accountant for the road and bridge department in Highlands County. The proposal carried, however, and the county is technically in the business of hunting an accountant now, despite the objections of Commission Chairman Norman "Jug" Heston and Commissioner Robert Skipper.

Bike Rodeo Set Today WINTER HAVEN A bike rodeo and safety clinic, sponsored by the Cypress Gardens Lions Club and Exchange National Bank, begins this morning with a parade of bicycles from the police department to the bank parking lot at 9 a.m. Three $10 gift certificates will be given by local bicycle shops for the best decorated bicycles in the parade. All participating children will receive a free hamburger and two cokes from a local drive-in. Registration for the bike rodeo will begin after the parade and the rodeo and will end at 1 p.m. are in, probably by Jan.

8, would the commission approve the writing of job specifications and issuing any advertising for an accountant. Assistant County Clerk Jim Pyle told the commissioners that the sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, supervisor of elections and clerk of courts PLAY GOLF! It's Tht Came of A Lifetime 20 play fickt '60 Winter Haven's WILLOWBROOK GOLF COURSE Slat Km4 $44 Winter Ha 2S4-550I 'SI MWIiMl (Wi tat. I Iw. Horn tht famous THOMAS fi I lohilond's lorgtst and Oldait! 1 Llfc- mir have expressed interest in the hiring of a cost accountant, whom their departments could use on a parttime t'a'sts. i rvr riwiu a 1 uranvl lll 1 Cam Ll4a.M' mi ncMK i iMny Movit i h-.

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THl VOLCANO: Fat Out 5W.M' Pmou R.ht out bisrualiv' Down lo ti Wintvr Haven on Phone 399-3232 NOW! DURING A special meeting, the commissioners debated the issue, with Commissioner Ken Wilkinson stating that "we have no idea of how much it costs us to lay a mile of road in this county in the way of labor and materials." Commissioner Buddy Wise added: "How badly do we really want to know how much it costs?" The three proponents of the hiring said they would like to have reasonably accurate cost figures on which to base his decisions concerning the repair and paving of county roads and for other construction projects done by county crews. CHAIRMAN HESTON said, however, that he would prefer to hire an assistant for the county engineer rather than a cost accountant, keeping in mind the salary difference. Commissioner Skipper said he is not convinced that a cose accountant would be of much help to the commission in making better decisions, but that he is willing to be convinced. The various county departments are being polled to determine if there is a need among them for a cost account and whether they would be willing to chip in and help the road department pay the salary of such an expert. ONLY WHEN the responses EXCITING DAYS AHEAD FOR 1974 Charges Total 175 From Tribune Wires GAINESVILLE Two local businessmen were charged with being bookmakers to numerous prominent figures here as the stale attorney's office filed a total of .175 counts against 42 persons reported to be involved in a betting ring which handled some $103,030 in wagers every football weekend.

Many of those charged in the information filed by State Atty. Gene Whitworth were prominent Gainesville citizens bankers, attorneys, a former University of Florida football star, a former mayor, several doctors and restaurant owners and operators. THIRTY-SEVEN of those issued summonses as a result of the informations were charged with betting, a second degree misdemeanor. Among these were former Gainesville Mayor Howard McKinney, charged with six counts; Tommy Hicks, a legislative aide to Congressman Don Fuqua, charged with five counts; former Florida kicking star Harold Seymour, seven counts; James Salter, Whitworth's own former campaign manager; Gainesville Sun Bank President John Jennings, and ambulance company owner Richard Stephens. Five others charged with the more serious misdemeanor of bookmaking included Allen Ledderman, owner of two Gainesville sandwich shops, two of his employes charged with taking many of the betting calls, and Charles Denny, a concrete company operator.

THE GAMBLING scandal broke about a month ago when Denny and Ledderman were arrested in a crackdown on the alleged gambling operation. Whitworth used a vice squad armed with court approval for wiretaps in the long investigation of the operation. At Calvary Baptist Church Coming Events And Ht lonuorv is Bus Month "lakeland's Oldest Bus Ministry" ffJanuary 6 "Feeding of the lljCruf Coal: S00 on the Buses! Free McDonald I ilarflbvrgers Cokes! n. inn iintr lururiMf vii uih -r Itokolond" i iiiiinAV crnwircc 1 '945 HM Sunday School 10 45 Moinmj Eveninc Seivices M. 7:45 P.M.

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