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sac TOE HBWS--NEWPORT, B. WED1TESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1983 Soldier Killed, 2 Hurt When Jeep Overturns CAMP PICKETT, Va. IM-A. soldier was killed and two of his companions were injured slightly last night when their jeep overturned on a Camp Pickett road. The army identified the dead as Pvt.

Orville M. Tretania, 21, son of Mrs. Evelyn Tretania of Church Stockbridge, Mass. Injured were Pvt. Richard Roberts of Pittsfield, and Pvt.

Rudolph L. Williams of Arlington, Va. Roberts and Williams were treated at the, post hospital and released. The three soldiers, members of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Camp Pickett, were returning to a bivouac area when i the accident occurred. Post authorities said the jeep went out of control on a curve.

SUNSHINE SOCIETY AIDS Hope Branch, International Sunshine Society, met yesterday and voted to contribute to the rent endowment fund of the national society in New York City. Mrs. William S. Hegamyer, presided'at the meeting which was held in the Catherine Street home of Miss Helen Charters and Miss Elizabeth BIye. Announcement was made that delegates will attend the R.

1. Division of International Sunshine Societies on Oct. 29 in Westerly. Mrs. Stanley Hughes was appointed chairman of equipment to replace James Barney.

H-Bomb (Continued from Page 1) volves the ultimate responsibility for deciding how close the danger is, avoided a time forecast or any flat claim that the U. S. S. R. has or doesn't have an actual hydrogen bomb when he spoke yesterday at Atlantic City.

He talked somberly of the "mysteries of the atom" being known to Russia, of atomic war which could bring "erasure of cities, windrows of unidentifiable dead, the possible doom of every nation and society." Wilson's Words Cheer Senators Ellender (D-La) and Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) said Wilson's statement was cheering to them, since it confirmed their own beliefs in the matter. "I have alwavs doubted that the Russians were capable of doing some of the thines people said they can do," Ellender said in an interview. Johnston said it has been his belief that the Soviets haven't developed nuclear energy "to an appreciable point." "Knowing the Russian people, I doubt they would be talking about it if they really had it," he observed. There was some speculation that Eisenhower's recital of the bomb- "ing threat to America was the forerunner of boost in U.

S. striking power against an enemy. CIVIC LEAGUE TO ASSIST Army Suspensions (Continued from Page 1) in the present investigation." Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were electrocuted earlier this year after being convicted of having delivered atomic secrets to Soviet espionage agents. Plans to cooperate with the Girl Scouts working for badges by offering classes in sewing, needlework and -cooking at Swinburne House were announced yesterday at the executive board meeting of the Civic League of Newport. Miss Ruth B.

Franklin, chairman, presided. As Mrs. Emily Schwartz, who has been teaching luncheon and supper classes, is obliged to resign because of illness, the supper classes for adults and young women will be continued under the guidance of Miss Alice Gladding. Efforts are being made to find a teacher for millinery classes. BOSTON aV-The Boston Pgst today says Dr.

Hyman G. Yamins, an Army Signal Corps civilian technician assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology told it the Army has suspended him from the Signal Corps laboratory at Fort Monmouth, N. as a security risk. The Post says Dr. Yamins revealed the suspension after news dispatches told that the Army announced in Washington suspension for security reasons of an undisclosed number of persons at the laboratory.

It did not name he persons. The Chicago Tribune Press Serv ice said the suspended persons included scientists engaged in development of radar defenses. When questioned about the Post story, Dr. Yataiins, at his Newton home, said: "I haven't any statement to make." Asked if he would make a statement later, he said: "I can't tell." Conn. Mill Employe Slain; Wife Charged With Murder STAMFORD, Conn.

(51 A 47- year-old rolling mill employee was shot to death here today police said they had charged his wife with murder in connection with the slaying. Pinkney's wife Florence, 46, admitted the shooting, Capt. William J. Lynch said. She was ordered held without bail.

Lynch said this was what happened leading up to the shooting: Pinkney remained home from work all day Tuesday and spent the day drinking. He and his wife were watching a television program about 1 a.m. and he became angry because his wife had left her hat on top of the set, claiming it would scratch the set. When Mrs. Pinkney argued with him Pinkney became angry, called" her names and then locked himself in the Mrs.

Pinkney pried open the bedroom door with a crowbar only to find her husband had left the room and had returned to the living room. Incensed, Mrs. Pinkney grabbed a .22 caliber rifle from behind a door and fired one shot at her husband. Lynch quoted Mrs. Pinkney as saying she intended only to frighten her husband and didn't know the gun was loaded.

The Pinkneys were married in 1938 and have no children. Gen. Clark (Continued from Page 1) nist aggression, in which you and I have taken part--and which will continue to demand your utmost vigilance and fidelity--is unique in history of mankind. Never before has a strong group of nations, acting under the authority of a permanent world organization and by the ffee will of its members, fought together to achieve world freedom and world democracy." The 57-year-old Clark, who will retire at his own request Oct. 31, told newsmen he was leaving "with the utmost confidence in Gen.

Hull and what he will do here in this command." Pay Raise (Continued from Page 1) in the report in Rhode Island or nearby Massachusetts and equals in pay the national average. At the same time he stated that the national average of a 72-hour week for fire department and 48 for the police is above the Newport average. The original motion carrying the five per cent increases and other city employee hikes passed without a negative vote. An endorsement of the 10 per cent increase for the police and fire departments was received from the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Local 534, carrying the, restriction that it was dependent on firempn and policemen ending their outside activities as painters. It was received without comment.

AWARDS MADE TO KIN BOSTON ffi--A total of $22,000 has been awarded by Federal Judge C. Sweeney to the survivors of fishermen who lost their lives when the New Bedford dragger Penguin sank off Block Island, R.I., in February, 1951. Awards made to the administrators of the fishermen yesterday were: Knut Matiand, Norman Hansen, John Aanen- san, Sigurd Matiand, Arne L. Knutsen, $5,300, and Joseph Alonzo, $600. The fishermen were from the New Bedford area.

JOHN C. BEEBE, Jr. Plumbing Heating TEL. 3143 7 Harvard Street LANDSCAPING A I SREDINQ TRANSPLANTING A I A CEMC1VT A CELLARS WILL A Ann OP A Tel. 1164-R Chain-Link Fences PERCY T.

BAILEY R-D-S West Main Road Day Tel. 810 Eve. 2745-W Neirpon, I. Suspects (Continued from Page 1) case. O'Connell would identify this man only as "Tom." The FBI announced in Washington that Hall and Mrs.

Heady implicated Thomas John Marsh, 37- year-old former i who served a term for molesting a minor child. Hall told his questioners at a district police headquarters that he and "Tom" had confined Bobby to the basement-garage of the St, Joseph house. Asked by the Dolice chief whether he shot the boy to death. Hall replied "No." He said he found beside the boy's body a pistol he had given "Tom" two or three days earlier. "I don't know what I did after finding the body," Hall said.

Further questioning from Hall the admission that he wrapped the body in a canvas cover and buried ut in the back yard. "I had to get rid of it," Hall said. Mrs. Heady said "I've been half drunk since the kidnaping." She was almost incoherent as the questioning began, but regained her composure. Her face bore scratches.

She said Hall had struck her and that she fell while drunk. Bobby wasn't frightened when she took him from the school, Mrs. Heady said. "He came so nice," she said. "He talked about getting a dog and ice cream." St.

Louis police arrested Hall on a tip that he was spending a lot of money. He was questioned by police from midnight last night until 8-15 a.m. today. Then he broke down and admitted the kidnaping, implicating Mrs. Heady.

Police picked up the woman at a St. Louis apartment which the couple had shared after Kidnap Boy (Continued trom Page 1) St. Joseph, 55 miles north of Kansas City. Shortly afterwards a telephone call was received at the big redbrick two-story Greenlease home. The elderly automobile distributor is reputedly one of the 10 wealthiest men in Kansas City.

A voice told the family a telegram would be received at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 5 telling where the boy would be found. Wheiu the deadline came and passed without the arrival of a telegram, it became obvious to the family the kidnapers were only seeking time to escape. Joyful expectation of the boy's release turned to tears for the family and their friends. WASHINGTON IB--Thomas John Marsh, 37-year-old ex convict sought in the Bobby Greenlease Mdnap-killing case, is a marked man--he has his name tatooed on his right forearm.

As a broad hunt went forward for Marsh, the FBI today released this descriptive report on him: Marsh wears many tatoos. One is in the form of a cross on the right forearm with the inscription "In Memory Of Sister--Tom Marsh." Marsh is a native of Willow Springs, 5 feet, 6 inches tall with brown hair, blue eyes, and ruddy complexion. His build is stocky, but his exact weight is not noted in the FBI files. Marsh's left ring finger has been amputated at the first joint. He also has a scar on his inner right wrist.

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