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The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 3

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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Wwlnewlay, June 7, 1967 3 father's day gift specials at savings Miss Shields' Murder Isn't Close to Solution i 1 irMt ft i been definitely fixed, officers related. They said the time was first fixed at around 1 a.m., but now a theory has been advanced that she might have died as early as 8 p.m. the preceding night. TESTS MADE Simulated tests are being conducted to determine the rate lower level downtown Sony, no mail or phone orders via vn summer bargain days summer dresses at By KEELEIt McCARTNEY At 5:05 p.m. on May 19, an attactive young office secretary got into her automobile in a parking lot near Washington and Hunter streets SW and drove west on Hunter Street.

A few hours later, the body of Diane Marie Shields was found stuffed into the trunk of her automobile in East Point in one of the most brutal and baffling murder mysteries ever discovered in the metropolitan area. After three weeks of intensive investigation, East Point and Atlanta police admit they still have not come up with a motive for the bizarre slaying nor are they close to unmasking a suspect. USUAL ROUTE Miss Shields, a receptionist-secretary for the Associated Industries of Georgia, was believed to have been en route home when she left the parking lot. She usually followed that route to an apartment at 1934 West Virginia College Park, which she shared with a sister, Mrs. Sandra Fleming.

East Point Detective Capt. L. M. Banks and Atlanta Detective I of decline in body temperature when the body is contained in the trunk of a car, they said. It is hoped that this will narrow the time range.

Miss Shields was wearing hose that were dirt-stained, indicating she had walked without shoes on a dusty floor, officers said. There were small scratches on her legs that a not been explained. Officers do not believe Miss Shields was killed in her car, but as yet they have not come up with a likely spot. NORMAL LIFE She had a normal number of friends, led a normal life and was well liked both in business socially. That much investigators have ascertained in questioning persons from her home town of Guntersville, and Atlanta.

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were marks of another blow under her right ear. A cut was "If we could get even one lead beyond that point, it would put us in business even to the section of the metropolitan area where she or the car might have been seen," said Banks. Rewards totaling more than $1,600 have been posted in the case, Banks said. He said police will treat all information found on the back of her head, but investigators said that could have been caused by a fall. There was no evidence of an assault, officers said.

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C. Faulkner said Miss Shields was always careful to drive with the right front door locked to prevent anyone getting into the car when she stopped in traffic or at a traffic signal. The right front door on the 1963 Chevrolet sports Impala, gunmetal blue, was locked when East Point police on routine patrol saw the car parked at 2:30 a.m. on May 20 near a coin-operated laundry in East Point. They saw blood dripping from the trunk.

BODY WEDGED IN An investigation revealed the body wedged into the trunk in a narrow space between the spare tire and an assortment of cooking utensils. The body was fully clothed except for the shoes, which were found in the rear floorboard. The death was described as "very brutal." Officers said she had been strangled with a rope men's plaid walk shorts 2 for 3.00 orig. 3.99 to 5.99 Polyester, cotton and cotton blends in plaids, imported madras. Sizes 29-42.

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Although the court had not or a wire. They said a medical examination indicated five times the necessary force to produce death had been exerted on the throat. ordered that legislatures be elected under new plans until year 'round sunglasses A kerchief which she wore around her head had been the 1968 election, it had moved up the original date by which a plan had to be passed by the had asked for a postponement from the June 26 date set earlier, requesting that it be put off until July 11 so that House Speaker George L. Smith II could be present. He would be unable to attend the June 26 hearing because of a period of prescribed rest following an ear operation scheduled for June 13.

In changing the date of the reapportionment hearing, the court did not issue a written order with reasons, but merely instructed the clerk's office to change the date. However, the delay would seem to indicate that the court feels in no hurry to review the plans as long as it can pass on rammed down her throat, of' legislature until this May in or der to assure that it could pass 1.99 2.99 Save on high fashion glasses in assorted shapes and sizes. High colors, jet and tortoise shell. ficers related. They said they were told this had been done with enough force to cause death but that the actual cause was on a plan, and if it was rejected some other plan could be passed before the general election listed as strangulation.

STRUCK BLOW 1968, when the voters would be called upon to vote on the constitutional amendment establish' ing the new plan. She had been struck a blow under her right eye and there save on lingerie 6 New Lanes on South Expressway Expected to Open Aug. 1 Despite Rain ing and painting, which haven't been started. NYLON SATIN TRICOT PETTICOATS. Lace and tailored styles.

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Lycra. White, black, nude. XI 2.29 After the final stretch of pavement is removed from the old southbound lanes north of the Lakewood Avenue interchange, workmen will install approximately 2,000 feet of cross drainage and pipe. Paving and completion of tie-ins with east-west arteries will follow. McDonald said curb, gutter and electrical work remain to be completed as well as grass- By DUANE RINER Although rain prevented all but four days of work on the South Expressway within the past two weeks, the contractor still expects to open the six new north-south lanes by Aug.

1. "If we get a good June and July we'll make it," Dick McDonald, project manager for Wright Contracting said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the expressway is currently handling 80,000 vehicles per day, approximately more than when the complex $5.6 million job was let to contract in July 1965. Emory C. Parrish, executive assistant to State Highway director Jim L.

Gillis, said representatives of the Columbus-based prime contractor had assured at a meeting last month with Gov. Lester Maddox that southbound lanes would be open for traffic in three to five months. "I think that's a pretty fair estimate," Parrish commented. The pavement to be replaced includes stretches 600 and 1,000 feet long. i I homefumishings sale mttmm -Hi t's'' The entire project, including the Lakewood interchange, is due for completion in October.

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16.99 12.99 "To be able to handle that volume of traffic and do this massive amount of work is a tremendous job. They should be complimented instead of castr gated." tt.U.Tw4 Parrish took aim at motorists who have, deliberately or through sloppy driving, mowed down the plastic markers separating the lanes. Capitol Sendoff Carol Ann Clum, University of Georgia coed from Athens, is congratulated by Gov. Lester Maddox as she prepares to leave for New York where she will represent Georgia in the 13th Annual College Queen Pageant. Contestants are chosen for their scholastic accomplishments and leadership in campus activities.

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