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A Hollywood Wesfside Beverly Hills mm Mews Ci mmB MONDAY MARCH 13 1967 10c Vol 62 No 297 154S Wilcw HO 9-1234 11109 Maflnolla WL PO 3-5141 14511 Syfrin VJU 715-3127 7211 Vassar A CP 113-7450 224 Canon IH CR 4-2341 Staff Photo by Bob Martin WET WEEKEND Valleyites braved nearly an inch of rain over the weekend One is shown here venturing into the deluge for shopping in the 4200 block of Magnolia Blvd Weatherman expects rain to slacken tonight 30 per cent chance on Tuesday (LB House Damaged WEST LOS ANGELES Blonde screen star Elke Sommers and her writer-husband Joe Hyams today escaped through a second-story bedroom window after their canyon home previously termed caught fire Miss Sommers was clad only in pajamas and Hyams in a bathrobe when five city fire department units reached the burning house at 2617 Deep Canyon Dr above Beverly Hills Battalion Chief Bush said the 26-year-old movie actress had shoved a garden hose through a shattered front window and was attempting to put out the blaze when firemen arrived Damage to the sprawling two-story dwelling was estimated at $5000 Cause of the fire was under investigation Miss Sommers in attempting to fight the fire through the shattered window suffered an inch and a half cut on the palm of her right hand She was treated at the scene Authorities said Miss Sommers and Hyams were asleep in their second floor bedroom when the fire broke out at 6:22 am They were awakened by the sound of a crystal chandelier breaking loose from the ceiling downstairs and crashing onto a dining room table When they opened the bedroom door to investigate the noise a cloud of smoke rolled into the room Miss Sommers said they slammed the door called the fire department on the bedroom telephone and then made their escape She said they went out the bedroom window onto the garage Turn to Page 2 Col 7 flocked Five Yanks Die in Night Of Terror Kill 113 Bra LA Area LOS ANGELES Rain-slick-1 wood bartender and his compan-ened streets and highways from ion Anthony Gjessing believed to be a Hollywood area resident Authorities reported the Cessna 150 on route from Bakers-' field to Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank went into a fog bank and crashed into an obscured hillside The aircraft glanced off the hillside and fell onto the northboun lanes of the Golden State Freeway just north of the Gavin Canyon bridges Other fatalities: Lee Hartwell 34 Los Angeles killed when his car skidded and rammed into a power pole in Pacoima at Osborne St and Norris Ave Hutchins 32 of 29021 Bouquet Canyon Rd Saugus struck by a car while he was walking along Highway 14 hear Newhall Peter Latkovich 23 Los the weekend storm which wil probably continue through Tuesday led tothe death ef 13 persons in traffic accidents Two others died in a plane crash the result of poor visibility caused by the storm A two-car collision on Highway 99 near Gorman claimed five lives and critically injured three teenage girls The California Highway Patrol said the accident occurred when a northbound car skidded out of control in heavy rain and sideswiped a southbound vehicle All the occupants of the northbound car were killed" Three were identified as Bobby Lee Moor 25 Marty Carol Broussard 21 and Willie Washington 29 plus an man age 30 and unidentified an unidenti- $100000 Arson Probe Continues CULVER CITY Arson investigators continue their probe today into a fire that destroyed three sets --at Metro-Gold wyn studios in Culver City It took more than a dozen companies of the Los Angeles and Culver City fire departments more than an hour Sunday to control the massive fire The ex tent of the damage was estimated up to $100000 The permanent New York and Fifth Ave sets on lot 2 which were used in the filming of Man from television show were destroyed Also severely damaged was Brownstone St a set which was! seen in the movie Pa-1 The blaze gutted waterfront street which was used in the filming of American in No Recent Filming A studio spokesman said each of the streets were 300 feet long He said there had been no recent filming on the sets and none was scheduled this week In July 1961 the studio was the scene of a violent explosion that claimed three lives blaze burned into the west end of the Filmways Inc building where television commercials are produced setting off the sprinkler systems Smoke and water damage was reported however no film was lost according to a spokesman for the firm Damp Weather Helps Chief Campbell said the sets? Staff Photo by Alan Cavadel MAJOR FIRE Fireman directs hose at smoldering remnants of MGM set Damage from fire which erupted Sunday is estimated at $100000 More than a dozen companies of Culver City and LA firemen fought the blaze fied woman age about 36 All Angeles died when his car reportedly were from Los An- spun out of control on the Ven- geles jtura Freeway near Woodman The girls who were in ve- an crashed into another vehicle Ruffin 65 Los Angeles killed while walking Turn to Page 2 Col 5 in southbound car all are Bakers field high school students They are in critical condition at Gold en State Hospital Newhall Teen Patient Knifed in Bed Dies WESTWOOD A teen-age neuropsychiatric patient at UCLA medical center was fatally stabbed today as he lay sleeping in his bed Hospital authorities said El-jliott Slaton 16 of 5022 Mari-onwood Dr Mar Vista died at 8:15 am while undergoing emergency treatment for six wounds inflicted with a butcher knife His roommate in the neuropsychiatric ward Ryan Mates 18 of 24908 Malibu Road Malibu was being held in connection with the stabbing SAIGON US troops trapped and battled two Com munist battalions in jungles near the Cambodian border after the guerrillas staged a "night of the long throughout South Vietnam military spokesmen said today US Army 4th Infantry Division soldiers reported killing 29 of the Communists thfey ran into and pinned down with air and artillery strikes near the border raising to at least 535 the number of Communists slain during ffie weekend But the Americans suffered 5 men killed 36 wounded and 5 missing in the fight climaxed a night of terror as guerrilla bands struck four Vietnamese towns American military posts medical centers and plucked out the eyes of a Vietnamese official who defied them Red Strongholds Hit The fighting in the South Sunday came as US warplanes pressed their assault against North industrial heartland with a 128-mission attack Today US Air Force B52 Stratofortresses followed up the attack by dumping scores of tons of bombs on Viet Crag strongholds in the South fed by the ravaged North Vietnamese war machine US spokesmen said the 4th Division force taking part in the Operation Sam Houston drive to clear Communists from the Central Highlands area along the Cambodian border caught the two Communist battalions on the move The guerrillas tried to run Yanks Charge The Americans charged in After 45 minutes the Communists again tried to flee But American officials said the Communists failed because of the air and artillery strikes that kept them pinned into the jungles only a few hundred yards from the neutral Cambodian area they use as a refuge The Communists in desperation unleashed a mortar barrage But they did not manage to get away until late Sunday night Dodd Admits Gift Funds Used Police said a large supply o' marijuana and pills was found in the underclothing of the un identified man who was dressed as a woman The plane crash also occurred in the Newhall area Killed were the pilot Daniel Nelson Cottie a North Holly- WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen Thomas Dodd acknowledged today he used testimonial gifts to pay for improvements on his Connecticut home and to pay income taxes He also said he eless he said in a statement most of it went for political debts Dodd also acknowledged he had been furnished exclusive use of three automobiles by a Meredith Quits Race For Congress NEW YORK James Meredith withdrew today as GOP opponent to Adam Clayton Powell in the special congressional election charging that the Republican Party had failed to keep its commitments to him Meredith said that when he 'entered the race for the Powell seat last Tuesday the New York Republican organization agreed to see that he had the party consensus and adequate financial and organization support through inbility or unwillingness they failed to keep these he told reporters as he left his apartment a few hours after be dropped out of the race gave his son Jeremy $4900 Connecticut contractor whom he from the testimonial receipts is charged with helping get As the Senate opened public government business hearings into the Connecticut: Stipulations finances he conced- ed for the tained in 162 pages of first units arrived at the used some Of $170000 collected tions innn agreed to by Dodd and: scene in the 4000 block of Over- at four events for him between Co 1961 and 1965 for personal Senate Eth csComittee a the group opened the second expense Advice round of hearings into charges land Ave after a passerby spotted the fires He said the damp weather Former Acfor Bob Duncan Shoots Seff NORTH HOLLYWOOD Former Western actor Bob Duncan was found dead in his North Hollywood apartment today an apparent suicide victim Police said Duncan had called the North Hollywood division at about 8:33 am to declare he intended to kill himself When officers arrived at the apartment at 5434 Willowcrest Ave four minutes later they found Duncan 62 seated on the living room couch still grasping a 22-caliber rifle He had apparently shot himself through the forehead A note on the floor near the couch asked that his accountant be contacted to dispose of his belongings Detective Sgt Norman Allen said it was believed Duncan took his own life in despondency over ill health He said Screen Actors Guild membership cards were found the apartment along with papers indicating Duncan had directed some cowboy shows for television in the early 1950s wa eoii of conflict of interest against lawyer beforehand he pocketed campaign funds and double and that the money which his critics said was intended for political purposes could be used any way he saw fit Neverth INDEX JFK Hearing Set NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Attorneys for Clay Shaw 54 planned final legal maneuvers in a hearing today on the eve of their showdown with Dist Atty Jim Garrison over claim Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald and others plotted to kill President John Kennedy Tuesday three judges will hear from both Shaw and Garrison at a preliminary hearing to decide if Garrison has enough evidence to bring Shaw to trial on conspiracy French Go Left Against De Gaulle PARIS (UPI) A stunning swing to Communists and dent Charles de parliamentary control With all but other leftists by French voters today all but wiped out Presi-two of the 486 National Assembly races decided Gaullist forces had fallen from 266 seats to 243 exactly half Communist members jumped from 41 to 73 other leftists -gained 26 for a total of 116 seats and small party and independent candidates won 52 races Svetlana Gets Swiss Tourist Pass BERN Switzerland (UPI) Switzerland has given a three month tourist visa to Josef daughter Svetlana who defected from the Soviet Union government spokesmen said today They said she asked for and has been given the SP Switchmen Return to Jobs SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Further disruption of Southern Pacific Railroad service in seven Western states was averted today with 1500 switchmen back on die job after a 14-hour walkout The workers began returning to their jobs Sunday after US District Judge Albert Wollenberg issued a temporary restraining order against die Switchmen's Union of North America helped Bremen control the blaze in the timber-dry sets No sound stages of the giant studio were damaged the chief said Michael Cowan an assistant director at Filmways said all negatives were removed from the building and were safe we have a lot of water and smoke damage in the building it will be open for business on he added Embers from the blaze touched off a second small fire at Lot 1 when they fell on a drop-cloth about 200 yards away The second fire was quickly put out One Los Angeles fireman was injured by falling debris Harold Eide 37 of Truck Company 37-A was treated for minor injuries at Central Receiving Hospital and then released Eight Los Angeles units under the direction of division commander Johnston aided Culver City fire fighters in controlling the blaze triple charged for air fares The stipulations statements of fact agreed to by lawyers for the committee and for also included acknowledgement by Dodd of multiple billings for many trips he took He said last week that such billings had occurred but blamed it on alleged ineptness of one of his office employes denying any deliberate intent to collect more than once for expenses Gift Traced The stipulations also contained agreement by lawyers for both sides that Dod'd did not collect payments for 21 round trips between Washington and Connecticut that were due him These amounts for which he was said to be due payment but had not collected from the Senate as travel allowance would run $52 for an air trip and $8750 plus highway tolls for a car trip SERVICES JOB SALES DELIVERED BY C-N ADS Fred Zullo Edward Grossman and the Brasher Plumbing Co have two things in common They all advertise in the Citizen-News classified columns And their ads bring the desired results prompt Zullo wanted to sell five aquariums and stands He 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