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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 12

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San Francisco, California
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1 0 Sec. sujy. Feb. 9, sch -5 Cops Baffled in Sniper Killings 'Wv 1 Tragedy On Ice In Sierra (Continued from Tage 1) athletic events; Melvin Lee Moore, 16, of 967 16th and Gloria Curry, 17, of 1124 10th St. AU three were seniors and honor students.

SURVIVORS' STORY A survivor, 17 year old Frank Bailey of 859 32nd said, "We were out there on the ice. It collapsed. I tried SAN DIEGO (AP) -Police remain without clues in the slaying of a newlywed couple despite around-the-clock work checking countless leads offered by the public, a detective said yesterday. A sniper killed Johnny Ray Swindle, a sailor, and Joyce Ann, his bride of three weeks, Wednesday at nearby Ocean Beach. Both were 19 and from Jasper, Ala.

"Since the outset, 20 to 25 detectives have' been on the case day and night," said Detective Sgt. Edward C. Stevens. "The response from the divers have searched the nearby ocean. The newlyweds were standing on a concrete patio, watching the waves strike the beach, when struck from behind with 22-caliber bullets.

The killer finished them off at close range with bullets in the head. public has been terrific. We want to hear from anybody who saw or heard anything in Ocean Beach the night of the slaying." Police have made ballistics tests of about 40 weapons in an effort to find the murder gun. Detectives in helicopters have scanned rooftops. Skin tf 1 SJ SLJ .1 f- DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO 5th and Market Shop Monday night until 9 to reach for Moore in the water, but couldn't.

I broke the ice until I got ashore." CAROLINE 5IMRIL Another youth, football and lips biu6i was fisned out. player Glenn Berry, 17, of 710 Ward St. in Berkeley, "nefl t0 save her' he heard the screams and saK-jumped into the water. Witnesses said the group "I got hold of Caroline," he left the resort area and said, "then I lost her." walked about 100 yards i1 111 11 oil Tin. it i.ma jMiniffc iii'k im tti MELVIN LEE MOORE The lake is at an altitude of 5,621 feet in an area covered with snow drifts.

The three buses from the high school left Oakland at 5 a.m. and arrived here about four hours later. Pinecrest Lodge, a popular summer resort, is just off Highway 103 near the Dodge Ridge ski slopes in Stanislaus National Forest. In the confusion after the drownings, sheriff's deputies GLORIA CURRY Willis phOtOI decided to search the lake with skindivers from Sonora. Early reports had as many as three missing students, although this was denied later by Mrs.

Arends. The three buses departed immediately for the Bay area. A school official said the students were eligible for the outing on the recommendation of their teachers and parents. Each paid $3. ICE CALLED UNSAFE across the ice to a tiny island, A deputy sheriff said, "No slidinS on the ice- 0n tneir one should have been out way back-the ice broke-here." The bodies were sent to a pJ it i The ice was about two mortuary in Sonora, about 30 inches thick and unsafe for miles west of here, in the skating, he said.

The lake keeping of Vice Principal i was not posted. Muriel Arends and a teacher, One youth, teeth chattering Miss Carol Howe. II 0 0 0 0 fiij Cop Killer Suspect Tries Suicide 112 Navy Flier Killed LEMOORE NAVAL AIR STATION -(AP)-A Navy pilot was killed when his A4 attack jet crashed into the Pacific on a catapult launching from the aircraft carrier Coral Sea, the Navy said yesterday. He was Ens. William Charles Brooks, 23, of New York.

CHICAGO (UPI) The admitted killer of two Los Angeles policemen slashed the muscles of his upper arm with a stolen razor blade yesterday in a vain suicide try, police said. Leaman Russell Smith, 33, was taken to a ward of the entered a Los Angeles, department store to cash a check. Employes became suspicious and called police. In the shooting which followed, two police officers died and a clerk and a customer were wounded. Cook County Hospital, where he will be kept under guard while recovering.

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