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rt 0 i- jinn7 fx 11 JlmM sjvj -7 Avvu if 11 Ilf.i.-.'Js. Ji Hi 4 A ft By Peter Walls Sentinel Staff Writer Sheriff's detectives Monday began sifting evidence for clues in the murder of a girl whose body was discovered Saturday near the village of Aptos. The body of Deborah Lee Shelton, 12, daughter of Mrs. Marcia Shelton, of 424 Palmer Avenue, Aptos, was found by a boy who had gone out to shoot his air rifle, i- The child had been missing since January 3 when she told her mother she was going mini-bike riding with a school friend and his sister. The body was badly decomposed.

The child had been dead for several weeks, the coroner said. Her hands had been taped behind her back, and tape that had covered' her mouth had slipped down around her neck during decomposition of the body. The voice directed the woman to bring $500 "up Trout Gulch Road." The voice claimed "we have your daughter; don't call police or we'll kill her," Mrs. Shelton related. The woman said she first searched for her daughter by herself, calling the Sheriff's office later in the day.

Lt. Marvin Gangloff. Sheriff's detective, said, "We believed in the phone call. We spent days checking out areas and talking with everyone we could. It's unusual for a kidnaper to make one phone call and throw in the towel." It is also unusual, said both Mrs.

Shelton and Gangloff, that the caller sought only $500 which indicated to investigators that he might well be a young person. After the phone call Mrs. Shelton never (Continued on Page 2) The coroner's office said she had been strangled, apparently with her own panties. Mrs. Shelton told the Sentinel that "parents should never take things for granted when children go places.

They should know who they're with and where they're going." When the child left home at 9:30 a.m. on January 3, she said she was going to meet a friend known only to the mother as Sherman. Debbie and Sherman and, she believed, Sherman's sister, were to pedal down toward the beach at Aptos. Mrs. Shelton said her daughter told her she was going to meet her friends near the Aptos railroad bridge not far from where the body was discovered.

Four Sheriff's detectives were called in shortly after Mrs. Shelton received a phone call from a person with a young voice-possibly a teenager. The body of Deborah Lee Shelton use the road regularly, no one ventured was found on the slope just beyond the inside the fence and the child lay unfold inside this fence off Aptos Creek discovered for several weeks. Road. Although horsemen and residents Apollo Decision Tomorrow Wether 113th Year-No.

59 Still ractoir TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1969 10 Cents 20 Pages Artillery Battle Along Suez Odd Limdoifi)g Egyptian miltary communique reporting Egyptian forces shot down an Israeli helicopter. This was denied by army authorities in Tel Aviv. its durability for a 10-day man-to-the-moon mission. Frank Chihocky, meteorologist aboard the Guadalcanal, said the reason for this change in forecast is a low pressure area in the northwest Atlantic that hasn't moved east as rapidly as expected. High winds raked the area and roughed up the seas into eight foot waves.

Chihocky said a reconnaissance flight would be made over the area and a decision army "It's not true," an spokesman declared. Jerusalem (P) Golda Meir took over the leadership of Israel's government today while Israeli and Egyptian troops battled again with artillery across the Suez Canal. An army spokesman said Egyptian batteries started shelling areas around Mitla, 45 miles northeast of Port Taufiq, in midafternoon and the shooting spread to Port Tauriq. "Our forces returned the fire and the fire is continuing," he said. Radio Cairo broadcast an by the dominant Labor party last Friday.

Wearing a black woolen dress and a square silver brooch pinned to her left shoulder, she told the 79-year-old president and a battery of newsmen and photographers: "lt is my fervent wish that it will be my lot to achieve what we all want peace with the Arabs." Mrs. Meir is expected to present her government to the Knesset for a vote of confidence Thursday. Shazar said 106 of the 120 Knesset members expressed support for Mrs. Meir. Mrs.

Meir accepted President Zalman Shazar's mandate to succeed the late Levi Eshkol as prime minister of Israel and form a new government. "I am ready now to give an affirmative answer so as not to delay by even one hour the presentation of a new Cabinet to the Knesset," Israel's top woman politician told Shazar. She did not say if she would make any changes in the 21-man Cabinet Eshkol headed until his death February 26 of a heart attack. Mrs. Meir, 70, was nominated since Saturday's heavy bombardments which left the Egyptian petrochemical complex at Port Suez opposite Taufia aflame.

Sunday's duel between the entrenched troops again accounted for heavy reported damage at Suez, near where the Egyptian chief of staff, Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad, died under Israeli shell fire. The army said one Israeli soldier was wounded in a sporadic exchange of light-arms fire today before the big guns opened, up. The communique charged that the Israelis started the shooting by bambarding Port Taufiq, Suez and El Shatt with heavy artillery and tank guns. "Our forces returned the fire," it said.

It was the third day of artillery battles along the canal made tomorrow afternoon about when and where to land the spacecraft. Chuck Filley, recovery team, leader aboard the ship, said if the space agency sticks to its plan to land on the 151st revolution Thursday, the only alternative would be to extend the Space Center, Houston (P). A weatherman on the scene disagreed with Mission Control meteorologists today and predicted that winds would be too high for a safe landing of the Apollo 9 spaceship in the main Atlantic Ocean recovery zone on Thursday. A report from the prime recovery ship, the carrier Guadalcanal, said alternate landing plans were being considered. By firing retro rockets an orbit or two early or late, the astronauts could land elsewhere in the Atlantic and escape the bad weather area 200 miles southwest of Bermuda.

In Houston, weather experts stuck with an earlier forecast that a storm in the area was abating and that conditions looked for the return of the astronauts to earth Thursday. "We still plan on landing at the start of the 151st revolution at 10:24 a.m. EST Thursday," said a spokesman for Mission Control. He said a weather re-j connaissance plane was survey-! ing the area and that conditions could change. As weater reports fluctuated, Air Force Cols.

James A. Mc-Divitt and David R. Scott and civilian Russell L. Schweickart sped through a leisurely eighth day in space. The flight plan called for picture-taking, navigation checks and plenty of rest as the astronauts continued to test the Apollo command ship to prove Mixon's AiM Decision -Thursday Later landing point farther east to escape the high winds.

The decision would have to be made soon enough to permit vard University and Dr. Herbert the entire question of new Washington (TP) The White House said today President Nixon York of the University of Cali- McCarthy Hell Accept Nomination If He's Drafted Washington (VP) Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, who said last fall he would not seek re-election as a Minnesota Democrat in 1970, now says he might accept a draft from his party if it is strong enough. McCarthy, relaxed and smiling, told an interviewer in his Senate office that he has "not thought about getting out of politics altogether." Back in the capital after a weekend trip to Minnesota, his first time home since the presidential election, McCarthy reinforced a statement at a Minneapolis news conference that he has made no final decision on whether (Continued on Page 2) will announce his decisiorf on fornja at San r)jeg0 the antiballistic missile (ABM) controversy later this week but not before Thursday.

All served as presidential advisers on science in previous weapons systems. In his March 4 news conference, Nixon had said he would make an announcement the first of this week. Questioned about the now-apparent delay, Ziegler said, "I certainly wouldn't draw any dramatic conclusions into a de- the Guadalcanal to steam to the new landing area. McDivitt, Scott and Schweickart were in good humor as they were awakened by a radio call at 4:30 a.m. "Even though it's dark out; side, it must be time to get up," Mission control commented.

"We let you grab one extra hour but figured you might oversleep on retro morning." "We'll try not to do that," Scott answered. McDivitt re Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said that before making subcommittee that a hish any wdiiu independent task force to confer on the matter witnlsnould be established to review lay." How About A Bachelor's Arts Degree? The Male Animal, invariably the innocent victim of The Tender Trap, will get a new chance to survive the clutches of the weaker sex. If they elect to do so, senior boys attending city high schools can take a course next fall entitled "Bachelor Survival." The five unit, elective course, enthusiastically endorsed Monday night by the Santa Cruz City Board of Education, will prepare young men "who may be on their own as college students or workers," according to a course description. Specific topics include diet and meal planning, cooking and sewing, food buying, budgeting, advertising and labeling, owning a car, savings and insurance, basic tools and techniques of housekeeping and getting the work done, buying clothing and caring for clothing.

Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird who will return from an inspection tour of South Vietnam late Wednesday night. ported "it's a beautiful day over Africa. Enemy Unleashes Three New Attacks Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, after meeting with Nixon, said he thought announcement of an $1.2 Million Set For Hvy.

17 Jobs Ray Hides Face ABM policy judgment by Nixon might be delayed until next! nci; 7ipoInr limipvpr saiH hp I Saigon (P). North Vietnam-tact, 62 bodies were found on unleashed three battlefield. This was the For 1970, projects that have not been funded yet include a' $240,000 widening of Highway that the announcement would Tuesday in an important seetorlonly action in which there were come this week. 'northwest of Saigon, and U.S. i U.S.

casualties. 'officers said this marked the; He said he could not rule i rourteen miles south of the out a possible television-radio PcmnZ of a.new Phase of the, landing zone, 100 North Viet appearance by the chief exec-'enemy off ensive. inamese struck an armored unit utive to unveil the decision. i J0 tne us- 25th Infantry Divi- A improvement for Highway 17 from Santa Cruz' to Los Gatos was announced for the coming year by State Division of Highways representatives today. 17 from Laurel Curve to Glen wood Drive, a $180,000 widening in the Madrone Drive area, and a $10,000 improvement at nudins wcic uuuwii uav.iv cinn.

ranks, armorer! rarriprs and helicopter gunships spoiled the attack. The U.S. Command In another development, the in a series of actions that cost White House agreed qukkly to 'the enemy 132 dead, the U.S. hear the views of three prom-j Command said. U.S.

casualties inent scientists opposed to 5 killed and 20 wounded. could a man What more want? said 38 North Vietnamese were (Continued on Page 2) Sentinel antimissile system, be- fore he announces his L.S. officers said the fighting; was the start of a third phase of; Sen. Clifford P. Case, offensive launched February said their views should be pre-123 and the days between now scnted at the highest level and and Saturday are critical ones.

In This Corner Clifford Green, deputy district; engineer, told county supervi-j sors that three major improve-) ment projects will be done in the coming fiscal year. Another $400,000 in projects is tentatively proposed for 1970. Included in the list of projects is a two-lane overcrossing of Highway 17 at Summit Road. "This," Green said, "would be a kind of mini-interchange." This would cost, he said, $350,000 and would also include widening of the dangerous grade near Cloud 9 and Hoef-ler's Restaurant to provide a arranged a White House meeting (5 p.m. EST) with Henry A.

Kissinger, Nixon's top adviser on national security. One analyst said the aims of the offensive appear to be "an attempt to limit the influence of the South Vietnamese government and to inflict U.S. casual- The Wrhite House said that Drug Pamphlet Fails To Arrive The pamphlet, "What You Should Know About Drugs and Narcotics," being offered in conjunction with The Sentinel's current series, "Safeguarding Your Teen-Ager Against Drugs," has failed to arrive. The Sentinel confirmed today that the pamphlets were mailed in New York last week, but had not arrived by press time today. Readers will be notified as soon as it does arrive.

The pamphlet, by Associated Press science writer Alton Rlakeslee, will be sold through this newspaper for $1 when it arrives. Blakes-lee's series appears today on Page 20. The pamphlet is a expanded version of the series. Index Weather Paop Monterey Bay Area Increasing cloudiness tonight. Partly cloudy to- Amiupmpnt? 9 morrow.

Slightly warmer days. Highs Amusemeuis in middle and upper 50s. Low te- Ann Landers 2 rl 17 Temperature for 24-hour period end-Bridge Column 17 in? at sm. today maximum 59, Classified Ads mMmum 33- Comics --8 Tides Editorial Features ..19 MARCH 1969 Home Improvement 4 high low 12 04:05 5.1 12:08 Markets 18 20:05 4.1 Mostly About People 13 oom 2 9 5.3 A. 13:56 20:41 4.4 Radio Programs 10 15 2.3 07:47 5.4 14:44 21:17 4.7 Spoils 11 16 01:44 1 8 5.3 15:20 5.3 0.5 TV Programs 10 17 03:32 1.3 09:35 5.2 16:02 -0 1 22:23 5.0 Tree n' Sea Living 3 is os 10.29 4.9 10 16:32 0.5 22:53 5.1 VltalS 18 20 05:50 0.2 12:11 4.1 17:38 1.7 23:47 5.0 21 06:38 0.2 13:05 3.7 Nixon would participate person- ties." It was pointed out one ally in the session if at all enemy document said sib'ie.

ia victory at the negotiating table in Paris depends upon victory The eleventh-hour effort tne battlefield. (See back-put additional opposition views story on Page 9.) before the President arose unexpectedly at a hearing of The heaviest fighting broke Senate foreign relations sub- out 53 miles northwest of Saigon committee that Ls exploring the! where 400 North Vietnamese foreign policy aspects of the bombarded Landing Zone Grant ABM of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Divi sion, then launched a ground as-The three witnesses all sub-rsault that swept up to the wires scribe to the view that U.S. de-jof the defense perimeter, ployment would escalate the artillery fired point blank arms race and lead to the charging ranks and rather than more security. They ihelicopter gunships helped lay are Dr.

James. R. Killian, board down a field of fire that broke turn lane. Other projects would be a $290,000 program of miscellaneous improvements for widening and turns-outs from Scotts Valley to the summit, including widening of the Glenwood turn-off and a $500,000 improvement program on the Santa Clara County side of the highway, including the widening of the Aldercroft Creek section. Green said all of the above projects have been funded by the state and bids already have been let on some.

Nashville, Term. James Earl Ray seeks to hide behind his handcuffs today as he passes photographers en route to a maximum security cell in the Tennessee State Prison. (See story on page 10) cnairman ot tne Massacnuseusilln fhp attarIf two Institute of Technology; Dr. George Kistiakowsky of Har- After the enemy broke con-.