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Longview Daily News from Longview, Washington • 8

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The Duly News Longs lew Washington Monday May 24 1976 Public records Murderer captured TACOMA Wash Wearing a surprised look and nothing else convicted murderer and escaped convict John Thomas Music was captured by Pierce County deputies in the small farming community of McMillin near here "I think we caught him completely by said Sgt Fred Palmer commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team "We were in position before he even knew we were there Palmer said Music who touched off a statewide uproar by walking away from the minimum secun-tv area at the state penitentiary at Walla Walla on April 17 was captured Friday After deputies surrounded the house where he was hiding they alerted Music by bullhorn that he was surrounded The 27 -year-old hastily emerged from the house in the nude Music was booked into the Pierce County jail on assault accusations after deputies found two loaded revolvers in the house Lois Landis 26 who was with Music when he was captured was booked for attempted assault and harboring a Johann Koch's anvil lost request went aw ry Blacksmith's last request for anvil headstone upset AP La frphoto 'Raton' While Kelly Buckwalter watches Kate Smith a rat hoists a small American flag at Santa Barbara High School The rat was trained by Kelly as an experiment in operant conditioning of animals in her chemistry and psychology classes Local News briefs approximated the sermon would be beginning That minister was the one chosen to speak at Koch's funeral Carlberg says during which the minister dwelt at some length on the blacksmith's Sunday hammering habits Where's the fire i Longview Two engine companies responded to the Melvin Hockett residence 1839 1st Ave at 11 48 a Saturday when caterpillars were being burned There was no damage A short in a fuse box caused the power shut off at the Ken Evans residence 346 15th Ave at 3 44 Saturday Damage was confined to the fuse box and iring Kelso Firemen responded to a fire at the residence of Beverly llli-quette 1710 River Road at 2 45 Saturday The fire apparently started by a candle next to a mattress in the bedroom and spread to the mattress and a sleeping bag Considerable damage resulted A fire reported at 6 42 Saturday at 301 Mam St proved to be false A man burning a small pile of scrap at Willow Street and Pacific Avenue at 6 58 Saturday was advised to have the fire out by sundown The fire was being attended by a garden hose An earlier report indicated tires were being burned There were no tires in the pile of scrap WOODINVILLE Wash It was a simple request Like millions before him Johann Koch wanted to take it with him when he died Not his money not his friends just his anvil But somehow even that request went awry A few days before his death in 1952 the German-born blacksmith asked his old friend Elmer Carlberg to install his workshop anvil above his headstone and have it inscribed Village Blacksmith Koch also asked that the anvil be silver-plated Carlberg now 78 recalls that he asked two friends to take old anvil to Seattle to have it plated and inscribed But the friends decided bronze would look better and last longer So they had the anvil bronze-plated Then they decided Koch was not the only blacksmith in the suburban area east of Seattle so it wouldn't be proper to list him as "The Village Blacksmith They changed the inscription to read simply Blacksmith Carlberg was upset when he saw the anvil a few days later but by then there was little he could do Carlberg also recalls that Koch's funeral was not what he might have wished The 75-year-old blacksmith who came to the area in 1915 had little patience with a particular minister whose church was located nearby On Sundays when services were about to begin Carlberg recalls Koch would enter his shop and begin pounding on his anvil increasing the tempo of his blows at the time he Another negative influence was an Interior Department official's assertion that it was uncertain whether the Alaska pipeline would be completed on schedule in mid-1977 Among stocks of companies with Alaska pipeline interests Standard Oil of Ohio fell 2H to M3 Atlantic Richfield lost 2 to 957 and Exxon was down at 99 Meta! NEW YORK i AP Spot non-ferrous metal prices Monday Copper 704 cents a pound destinations lead 23 cents a pound zinc 37 cents a pound delivered Un $3 7549 a pound New York gold $126 06 per trov ounce New York silver $4 458 per trov ounce New York quicksilver Si 10 00 nominal per flask New York LorptioPo Dance with me Bronya Weinberg a member of the Multigravitational Aero-dance Group of New York purses her lips after finishing touches were applied to her makeup prior to a performance Saturday night at New Guggenheim Museum The dance group has more or less attempted to defy the rules of gravity by dancing in the air with the aid of ropes suspended from a rigging platform Market Report BIRTHS Joyce and Allen Brewer 3636 Green Mountain Rd Kalama twins a boy and a girl bom May 21 Yvonne and Kenneth Dent 231 Lexington Ave Kelso a girl born May 21 Pamela and Frederick Maxwell 0 Box 822 Morton ash a girl bom May 21 Betty A and Maurice Wells 1575 Alabama St Longview a girl bora May 21 Betty and Daniel Miranda 3114 Garfield St Longview a girl bora May 21 Virginia and John Merila Box 505 Rainier a girl bora May 21 Teresa and William Pass-field Box 309 Castle Rock a girl bom May 22 Deborah and Michael Klein 174 21st Ave St Helens Ore a boy bom May 23 Deborah and Gary A Marcil 1309 3rd Ave Castle Rock a boy bom May 23 Billie and Lester Wallace Route 1 Box 8A Clatskame a boy bom May 23 LONGVIEW MUNICIPAL COURT Gregory A Ford 26 110 Cowlitz Castle Rock posted $141 fol lowing arrest Saturday on warrants charging speeding and other traffic violations Penny Jo Jessee 28 5542 Mt Solo Road Longview posted $61 bail following arrest Saturday on a warrant charging driving 50 miles per hour a 35 mph zone Donald Murphy 36 305 Pacific Ave Kelso was released on personal recognizance following arrest Saturday evening on a charge of disorderly conduct Jess Harmon 33 400 Hubert St Castle Rock posted $250 bail after being charged early Sunday morning with violating a major traffic law Ron Wheatley 35 Coos Bay Ore is being held in lieu of $50 bail after being charged early Sunday morning with obstructing an officer Bruce Kurtz 23 2019 48th Ave Longview was released on personal recognizance after being charged early Sunday morning with violation of a major traffic law Craig A Albright 25 277 Cypress St Longview is being held in lieu of $250 bail after being charged Sunday afternoon with driving while his license was suspended DISTRICT JUSTICE COURT Ralph A Marks 34 1016 11th Ave Kelso is being held in lieu of $250 after being charged Sunday with driving while his license was suspended He is being held for Clark County authorities on a parole violation Robert Russell 18 Astoria posted $50 bail after being charged Friday evening with illegal possession of intoxicants Rick Brumbeek 19 Salem Ore is being held lieu of $50 bail after being charged Sunday by the State Patrol with illegal possession of intoxicants Daniel Rollins 20 Forks is being held in lieu of $50 bail after being charged Sunday by the State Patrol with illegal possession of intoxicants KELSO MUNICIPAL COURT Envie Davis 42 241 Ragland Road Longview was released on personal recognizance after being charged Saturday evening with violating a major traffic law and driving while his license was suspended Gregory Hales 23 311 Rosewood St Kelso was released on personal recognizance after being charged Sunday with driving on a suspended license DEATHS Oscar 73 of Deep River died may 21 at home Pentti-la's Chapel by the Sea Harold 84 of Cathlamet died May 23 a Longview hospital Dowling Funeral Home of Cathlamet George 79 of Clatska-nie died May 22 at home Haakin-son Funeral Home of Clatskame KISN loses court hope for license WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today declined to review the Federal Communications denial of license renewals for Star Stations Inc radio stations in Indianapolis Ind Omaha Neb and Vancouver Wash The justices left undisturbed a decision of the US Court of Appeals in Washington upholding the refusal to renew licenses for WIFE and WIFE-FM in Indianapolis KOIL and KOIL-FM in Omaha and KISN in Vancouver In denying the Star Stations application for renewal the FCC said WIFE gave free advertising to Sen Vance Hartke D-Ind in his 1964 re-election campaign and slanted the news to favor him The commission also said news coverage of the 1966 senatorial campaign between then Gov Mark Hatfield of Oregon and then-Rep Robert Duncan D-Ore was calculated to favor Hatfield Star Stations said the denial of the applications was severest sanction which the FCC has ever levied upon a broadcast and involved a monetary loss of almost $20 million Mutual Funds NEW YORK (APi-The following quotations supplied by the National Association of Se curitv Dealers Inc are the prices at which these securities could have been sold bid 1 or bought Friday Bid Asked NEW YORK (AP) The stock market took a sharp drop today depressed by expectations of an impending rise in the bank prime lending rate Trading was relatively light however The 2pm Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks was off 12 79 at 977 96 The last time it declined more than that over a full activity was April 7 when it tumbled 15 43 points Losers overwhelmed gainers by more than a 3-1 margin among New York Stock Exchange-listed issues Forecasts were circulating on Wall Street that an increase in the prime rate might come any day because of the recent rise open market money rates PORTLAND Ore (AP) 1 Weekly livestock Mav 20 Cattle and calves 1480 last week 12to year ago 1255 slaughter cows 50-1 00 higher bulls steady slaughter calves st arte feeder steers 2 00-3 00 lower feeder heifers 1 00-2 00 lower slaughter steers choice 2 3 970 lbs 39 10-40 00 good and choice 2 3 1200-1300 lb nolstems 36 75 37 50 slaughter heifers choite 2-4 900-1050 lbs 38 00 39 00 good 2 4 850-1000 lbs 35 00- PORTLAND Ore (AP) -National Association of Security Dealer quotations at noon Thursday Thev do not include retail markup markdown or tommtsMons Bid Asked INDLSTRIALS Baza IS 24 Bohemia Lmbr 14 144 Brooks Scanlon 16 164 astade Corp 10 11 Columbia Corp 84 84 Dani Russell 74 Data Svstems 4 I Edwards Ind 54 54 Greggs Foods 34 4 4 Hvster 184 194 38 00 and commercial utter 27 low dressing bulls vield lbs 37 35 25 37 00 lbs attic steers lbs 37 800 lbs 39 39 50-45 00 37 00-41 75 Over THEFT Rodney Foreman 324 Douglas St told Longview police Saturday that a tire and wheel had been stolen from his vehicle while it was parked front of his residence AUTO Longview police recovered a car stolen from Larry Brown 2302 Lynnwood Dr late Saturday afternoon in the 1800 block of 1st Avenue The vehicle was reported stolen from 1316 Commerce Ave at 2am that day WALLET Longview police learned Saturday that a wallet belonging to Irene Mattson of Newberg Ore was stolen from a residence at 417 15th Ave LAWN DAMAGED-August Morant 852 Michigan St notified Longview police Saturday that an unidentified vehicle had driven over and damaged his lawn DAMAGED MAILBOXES -Longview police said Sunday that a hit-and-run vehicle damaged three mailboxes on one post in the 3100 block of Oak Street ITEMS Clarence A Gauthier 1132 20th Ave told Longview police Sunday that a fire extinguisher skill saw and speed drill were stolen from the back of his pickup parked in his driveway A teen-age Kelso girl was arrested Sunday by Longview police on a charge of shoplifting at Anita Shop in the Triangle Shopping Center She was released to her mother with juvenile action pending PUPS Darlene Greer 431 21st Ave told Longview police Sunday that four one-week old black and white puppies were stolen from her back yard SHOPLIFTERS-Two 14-year-old Kelso boys were lodged in the juvenile center pending contact with parents following arrest by Longview police Sunday on a charge of shoplifting at Montgomery Ward A third boy 14 was charged with aiding and abetting shoplifting and was released to his parents Juvenile action is pending against the boys IN CUSTODY-A 17-year-old Kelso girl is being held in the Cowlitz County jail on charges of grand larceny credit card theft and forgery She also is being held for juvenile authorities in Sheridan Wyo The arrest was made Saturday by sheriff's deputies PAID BRIEFS $3 00 Line first insertion $2 SO Line each subsequent day John Watts Body Shop special paint ob only $129 95 at Frank Fred's Mobil Cathlamet 795 8084 New Hour at FRAN PAUL PANTRY' 9 30 to 8 open mornings for coffee and homemade pastries rolls cakes Home of VanDuyn fine candies 919 15th Iv Want: Med Lab technician Dr's of fice 423-0390 lost Irish Setter with 9 week old puppy (black brown feet) in Rainier 556-3481556-6901 3 party sale 210-40th Tues Parking Lot Sale 20th Delaware May 25 10am plants patio garden camping goods Moving Sale May 25 to 30 318 St Rainier Furn Avon etc Thanks for wallet found at Keil's CABIN ENTERED-Theft of a dresser three to four lawn chairs a table one occasional chair and a lawn mower from a cabin at Elks Meadow on Rose Valley Road was reported to the office Saturday by Jim Baker 807 7th Ave Kelso ITEM deputies learned Saturday of the theft of a battery charger from the home of Floyd McFarling 202 Ostrander Road Kelso The sheriff's office learned Sunday that a pay telephone had been pried from its holding bracket at the concession stand at Roy Morse Park Entry also was attempted into the concession stand Officers were unable to locate the telephone on the premises the report said GARAGE An aluminum garage door at the Gary Schonert residence 3411 West Side Highway was caved in when struck by a hit-and-run vehicle Saturday evening the sheriff's office reports The lawn also was damaged SIGNS DESTROYED-Three Cowlitz County Road Department traffic signs on North Pacific Avenue were broken off at ground level Saturday the sheriff's office reports two Kelso boys are being questioned about the incident TWO CHARGED-Two Kelso boys ages 16 and 17 were apprehended early Saturday morning by Kelso police on charges of appearing in public after consuming intoxicants They were released to the mother of one with juvenile action pending CAR STOLEN-Steve Holli-field 904 A Allen St told Kelso police Saturday that his 1959 Ford was stolen from a parking lot in the 100 block of 2nd Ave Kelso police arrested two juvenile boys ages 7 and 8 on charges of shoplifting at the Stop and Go No 1 Saturday afternoon They were released to their parents with juvenile action pending BIKE A 10-speed bicycle was reported stolen from the yard of the David Malone residence 301 2nd Ave Kelso police learned Saturday HIT-AND-RUN-John Tisch-er 404 7th Ave told Kelso ponce Sunday that a hit-and-run vehicle did some $600 damage to his vehicle while it was parked in the 400 block of 7th Ave Three Kelso teenagers ages 14 15 and 16 were arrested by Kelso police early Sunday morning on charges of appearing in public after consuming intoxicants The boys were released to the mother of one with juvenile action pending RINGS Kelso police learned Sunday that four valuable rings were stolen from a box on the dresser at the home of Shearen A Harlin 1204 11th Ave TWO ARRESTED-A 17-year-old Kelso boy was charged early today with appearing in public after consuming intoxicants and aiding and abetting petit larceny A 16-year-old companion was charged with petit larceny and appearing The older youth was released to his mother and the younger youth lodged in the juvenile center with juvenile action pending ART Landscapes flower and portrait paintings by Art Nose-da of Kelso and pottery by his daughter Adrienne Stacy will be exhibited through June 17 at the Kelso Public Library Livestock slaughter cows utility 2-4 28 00-33 00 00-32 00 canner and cutter 24 00-27 00 grade 1 2 1400-1700 00-40 25 1100-1400 lbs vealers choice 250-300 39 00-42 00 feeder choice fleshy 700-900 00-38 75 choice 600 00-42 75 350-600 lbs good 300-700 lbs standard and low good 300-700 lbs 31 00-34 75 heifers choice 350-700 lbs 32 DO-36 25 good 400-700 lbs 28 00-32 00 others choice cow-calf pairs 300 00-415 00 per pair good 230 00-300 00 per pair Sheep 205 last week 100 year ago 205 spring slaughter iambs I 00-2 00 higher slaughter ewes steady spring slaughter lambs choice and prime 93 102 lbs 59 00-61 60 spring feeder lambs choice 63 90 lbs 56 75 58 00 shorn slaughter ewes utility and good 8 00-12 00 the counter BANKS-FINANCIAL Equitable Savings 11 IPs Granning Treece 64 6s Orbanco 124 13 Rainier Bancorp 334 34 Seafirst Corp 324 334 IS Bancorp $264 274 INSURANCE Amer Gaarantv 54 54 Nationwide Corp 84 84 Safeco SO1' 37 UTILITIES NW Nat Gas 84 84 Telephone I til 5 6 LOCAL MUTUAL FUNDS Columbia Fund 14 22 Noon stocks.

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