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Ik Maine v'0 -Vi- Vv- Bangor Daily News Friday October 7 1988 Caribou dies in fight over a female UM officials remove other antlers By Nancy Garland By Nancy i TV show produces flood of balls to state police i Of the NEWS Staff The number of famous Maine creatures that have died in the name of romance now stands at two with the death of a young caribou at the University of Maine Like Andre the seal famous ocean mascot the largest yearling stag caribou at the university has died in the throes of a fight over a female The caribou stag was killed Septl 30 during a fight with another young stag according to officials with the caribou relocation project that is centered on the Orono campus Losing the animal was a and a major disappointment to project officials who had hoped to release him with 22 other caribou next according to Mark McCollough caribou project leader The animal would have represented a valuable genetic link in the herd had he survived according to McCollough demise reduces the nursery herd of caribou at the university to 44 which is double the number of 22 caribou originally brought from Newfoundland in 1986 Blood on the antlers of the second largest yearling indicates he may have been involved in the fight according to project officials: Following the incident McCollough and his co-workers tranquilized the remaining yearling stags and removed their antlers to prevent further losses Caribou like deer and moose grow a new set of antlers each year The antlers are used almost exclusively for fighting with other males bank and was able to interview several of the callers who offered poten- tial leads State police barracks in Scarbof- ough and Augusta received at least 30 calls from throughout the country from people who claimed to have seen or talked to Delano within the past Jew months McCausland said He said the calls to Maine which may be more credible because the toll charges were paid by the caller came from across the including Texas Oklahoma Wyoming Florida Arizona Georgia Minnesota Maryland Montana New Jersey and South Carolina Delano's parents Elizabeth and Platt Monfort said they hoped the influx of calls following the show will produce a break in the case were pretty depressed last night after watching it It was very well done very tastefully done but it did leave us with the feeling that the police believe she was a runaway" Mrs Monfort said hard to believe she is out there I just see her taking off like the mother added describing her daughter as a methodical person who never would take off 'unannounced and leave all her belongings behind Mrs Monfort said the NBC crew was in the area for six days and spent four days shooting the 15-minute segment in which an actress portrayed her missing daughter WESTPORT (AP) A nationaUy 'televised dramatization of a West-port disappearance more than two years ago has generated a flood of telephone calls to producers of and Maine State Police officials said very encouraged by the result going to generate an incredible amount of leads" in the disappearance of Gail Delano said Stephen McCausland spokesman for the state police parents while pleased with the Wednesday night program said they still believe their daughter was the victim of foul play Delano a divorced mother of two was last seen June 21 1986 when she left her home in this coastal community to meet a man she had contacted through an ad in the column of a weekly newspaper Her car along with the keys to it and her purse were found in the parking lot of the Brunswick restaurant where the rendezvous was to take place but whereabouts have remained a mystery ever since The program which also included a segment about an unsolved murder in Kentucky and brief follow-ups from previous shows generated hundreds of calls to the toll-free number in California that was flashed across the screen McCausland said Detective Steven Drake of the state police was at the telephone at 2 Vi years of age The animals at the university because of good nutrition have attained breeding condition a full year earlier than usual Plans are to release a herd of young caribou in northern Maine next summer From 1989 to 1992 pbout 100 caribou will be released into the wild during the autumn breeding season or The antlers are shed after the breeding season usually in the middle winter months Death caused by fighting is not unusual in wild caribou according to McCollough Large adult males will fight to the death to gather and defend a group of up to 100 female caribou According to McCollough caribou first breed Slain father and uncle testify 3 Bangor Winslow murder trial opens in Belfast court By Walter Griffin Midcoast Bureau BELFAST Edmund Winslow slumped in his chair and stared at his black canvas sneakers as his father-in-law testified that Winslow broke into his home shot him fatally wounded his daughter then fled from the scene in a sports car After three days of jury selection testimony in the Winslow murder trial opened in Waldo County Superior Court Thursday Winslow 27 of Warren is accused of the Nov 5 1987 shooting death of his former wife Vicki Pendleton Winslow in the bedroom of her Rockland home Winslow also is accused of forcing his way into the home and wounding Ronald Pendleton his former father-in-law during the altercation Ronald Pendleton testified that on the night of the killing he was suddenly awakened by the sound of someone smashing down his front door Pendleton said that as he rose from his bed to confront the intruder he encountered Winslow Pendleton said Winslow shot him with a pistol and then charged up the stairs toward his bedroom Pendleton said that after being shot he ran from the house and screamed to a neighbor to call the police raised his arm and I see a pistol in it and he Pendleton said Pendleton said Winslow advanced toward him after the first shot and juiors and two alternates was selected late Wednesday afternoon In his opening argument Assistant Attorney General Michael Westcott told the jury that evidence presented in the trial would show that Winslow had a lengthy history of violent behavior toward his former wife had threatened her over the telephone the night she was killed and that by forcing his way into her home while armed with a handgun he exhibited a premeditated purpose toward violence The defense team of Camden attorney Steven Peterson and Rockland attorney Joseph Steinberger argued that history of drug and alcohol dependency affected his ability to reason between right and wrong Also testifying at session was Malcolm Church a neighbor who lived across the street from the Pendleton home Church testified that he had just let his cat out when he noticed Edmund Trans-Am sports car pull into the Pendleton driveway Church who described himself as a frienu of the Pendletons since 1970 and as someone who was aware of the violent nature of Vicki and Edmund relationship said he immediately phoned the police department when he saw Winslow's car pull into the dooryard Church said that as he was on the line with the police dispatcher he heard a shot He said that lust as the dispatcher asked whether an ambulance was needed a wounded Ronald Pendleton ran into his yard urging him to call the police Graves said that as he attended to Pendleton he heard a second shot ring out aimed the gun at head but did not pull the trigger I Pendleton said Also testifying was Robert Graves Vicki uncle who was asleep in an upstairs bedroom down the hall from room at the time of the attack Graves said he was awakened by the commotion and that after pulling on his pants he encountered Winslow He said Winslow was his door and that when Graves attempted to restrain him Winslow slipped from his grasp and a shot was fired Graves testified that he saw Vicki Winslow slump to the floor after the shot and that Winslow rushed by him and fled from the house put my hand on his shoulder topull him away and when I let go I heard a shot" Graves said called the police right off and told them Ed Winslow had shot his Under cross-examination from defense attorney Joseph Steinberger of Rockland Graves acknowledged that while he was uncertain as to his actions and cloudy about the exact time frame of events on the night in question Graves remained emphatic that Winslow was the intruder He said that although he never saw the face of Vicki attacker he was convinced that it was her former husband When asked by Steinberger if he was still grappling with Winslow at the time of the shooting Graves replied have my hands on him when I heard the Asked if he ever saw a gun Graves answered Jury selection in the trial began Monday and more than 100 prospective jurors were interviewed by state and defense attorneys before a panel of 12 From the October 1889 NEWS Sherman Me Harvesting is nearly closed and all kinds of crops are very good with the exception of the potato and apple crops Potatoes are rotted badly and the apple crop was injured largely and some kinds nearly destroyed by the bluejays Hundreds of them will light on the apple tree and in a few minutes will spoil bushels of apples by picking holes in them The Daily News has the largest circulation in Eastern Maine Ask the steamboat men on the river Bangor Me are sometimes said a polite clerk in a Bangor shoe store yesterday to a lady on whose foot he was fitting a No 8 shoe when she assured him that her pedal extremities were very diminutive Bangor Me Mr Edward Conners met with an accident at his store yesterday which gave him something of a shaking up A clerk had carelessly left a (heat) register aperture uncovered while he was cleaning out the register and Mr Conners coming into the store walked directly into the hole i I I Suppression hearing in Larson case to continue Bfc Larson admitted after talking with counselors at the hospital in Togus that it had not been a real attempt at suicide Harmon testified- Harmon said Larson had been during the investigation which included Larson accompanying him back to the scene of Kathy death and a six-hour interview in Montana in motel room Defense attorney Ed McSweeney focused on this interview in questioning the investigator asking Harmon wny he had worn a body wire and suggesting he had not been honest with Larson McSweeney inferred that Harmon had represented himself as a neutral observer trying to help Larson when all the time he was gathering and cataloging evidence against him never warned him that you might be sitting across from him in a court of McSweeney accused Harmon did you first start regarding this as a homicide investiga- Hjelm prosecutor from the state Attorney Office said the defense seeks to suppress all statements made by 38-year-old Larson to law enforcement' 'officials Hjelm explained that the 90-tninute delay in the start of proceedings was caused by an effort by attorneys to and pare down the of statements to be challenged Harmon was questioned more about the circumstances of his many interviews with Larson after death Oct 11 in an 80-foot fall from Otter Cliffs than on substance of the conversations with Larson However there were allusions to details of the 26-year-old woman's death: Harmon testified that Larson told him the couple went to the park on Mount Desert Island to find otters that they had separated when he heard a cry or noise and went to the top of the cliff where he saw his body 80 feet below Harmon said Larson had told him he tried to kill himself the day after the death with a combination of beer and over-the-counter sleeping aids asked McSweeney Harmon explained that the suspicion came about gradually I started noticing there were discrepancies in his the investigator said longer I investigated the more discrepancies I Testimony also alluded to insurance policies purchased by Kathy and Dennis Larson on each lives just prior to her death to the disappearance of first wife in Montana and to statements by Kathy mother conceiving her fear of heights and her own suspicions about the death McSweeney said at the end of the proceedings Thursday that some of the dozen motions pending will be heard at a later date He said he was of completing the current proceedings in session Among the pending motions is one requesting a change of venue for the trial Larson has been incarcerated in Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth since March when he waived extradition proceedings in Montana By Pat Flagg Hancock Bureau ELLSWORTH Dennis Larson a Montana man accused of killing his bride of one month last fall in Acadia National Park spent the day in Superior Court Thursday listening to attorneys arguing about the suppression of evidence The motion to suppress evidence gathered during a police investigation in the death of Kathy Frost Larson took all day and is scheduled to continue Friday Several other defense motions also remain to be heard Jeffrey Harmon a Maine State Police investigator took the stand for the day ana verified the accuracy of tapes and reports as they were submitted into evidence attorneys who entered no objections during the lengthy proceedings reserved the right to question the accuracy of recordings after they have had the chance to check them against transcriptions In an opening statement Jeffrey Waterville man arrested afterbody found in river WATERVILLE AP) A 20-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday hours after a body was discovered in the Kennebec River and a trail of blood led authorities to the apartment Waterville Police said The woman whose body was discovered a few feet from the shore by two construction workers was identified as Carlene Grover 35 of Waterville Her body was found beneath the Two Cent Bridge a pedestrian bridge spanning the river said Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland Hours after the body was recovered police arrested Michael St Pierre 20 also of Waterville and charged him with murder said McCausland St Pierre who was arrested at the Waterville police sta tion after being interviewed detectives was arraigned Thursday afternoon in District Court St Pierre entered no plea and ordered held without bail The state Medical scheduled an autopsy for Waterville police Sgt Jeffery Massey said officials believe Grovers body was dragged Temple Street across Front Street and across Head of Falls to the river A 120-vard trail of blood clearly showed the route Massey said The same blood trail that indicated body had been dragged resulted in St arrest to court papers and Massey Waterville Police Chief David Veneziano who said the victim speech and hearing impaired said appeared she was in St apartment when she was killed by was Office Friday down according was it SMILING FACES i ip mill eiw in in i in jqy mu iti tm I I I i A it' VV" Lax parents to get notice for child support payments 1 i In late October 30000 parents responsible for child support payments will be advised that delinquent payments will be reported to consumer credit reporting agencies Federal laws and new federal regulations call for the mailings on an annual basis' "The aggressive collection of child support is a basic component of our ASPIRE program of welfare reform" Ives said not going to let absent parents welsh on their responsibility to their families They have an obligation to them thqt they cannot ignore" AUGUSTA Commissioner Rol-lin Ives of the Maine Department of Human Services has announced that child support collection notices are being mailed this fall to thousands of Mainers who are delinquent with their child support payments He said the department is strengthening its enforcement policies More that 18700 are being told by mail their income tax rebates will be offset if they owe child support More than 28000 also will be told in a separate mailing what child support collections have been made on their behalf 'l 4 NEWS Photo by Tom Hindman Teresa Forest of Winterport poses with some of her pumpkins cleverly painted creations set to lure pre-Halloween 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