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Jury hears evidence on Norman penalty By KICHABD 8YPHER TNT Courts Writer A Superior Court jury began hearing evidence today on whether to order the death penalty for Nedley Norman Jr convicted of first-degree murder yesterday for the April 19 slaying of a deputy sheriff Norman 22 showed no emotion as the veidict was read at 4:20 pm by Judge Thomas Sauriol who heard the two-week trial moved here on a change of venue from Kitsap County Norman's mother buried her face in koski and Steven Richards testified against the defendant Richards saying he saw Norman shoot Allred in the bock with a 357-caliber Magnum pistol The gun was leaded with hollow-point slugs commonly known as Testimony Indicated the shooting occurred as the culmination of a series of events beginning when Richards put a large dent in a door of his girlfriend's car while driving to work Richards uid the girlfriend Patricia Meyer demanded that he fix the door and that he discussed the matter with Norman an automobile body repairman Richards uid Norman suggested the theft of another vehicle for use of its door and testified the man stole a car on the night of April 18 phase testimony that probably will take another week It wu expected that a series of criminologists and sociologists would be called to discuu the relative merits of the desth penalty and life imprisonment without parole Both the prosecution and defense will call witnesses they did in the "guilt" phase and the jury will again hear oral argument by both sides on the question of the penalty to be imposed The jurors then will deliberate on Norman's fate The jury must order death life imprisonment without possibility of parole or life with possibility of parole The last would require Norman to spend at least 13 years and four months in prison her handi at the rear of the courtroom and appeared near collapse The father of shooting victim Dennis Allred raised hli rixht arm and denched his fist as the verdict was read and later embraced and kissed prosecutors Danny Clem and Ronald Frans Qem and Franz dedined to comment on the verdict citing a request by Judge Sauriol that none of the attorneys talk to the press until completion of the trial Norman also refused comment The lanky mustachioed defendant had been accused of gunning down Allred after the stocky 30-year-old deputy stopped Norman and two companions as they towed a stolen car on a road north of Bremerton Both companions Kenneth Stem- Once the vehicle wu stripped for parts the men decided to dispose of it in a gravel pit on the Illahee-Gllberton road north of the Bremerton city lim-ita he uid It wu while en route to the site that they were stopped by Allred for (hiving without taiUights During his dosing defense argument attorney Anthony Savage uid the shooting wu committed in of panic" "You know what a terrible waste this is" he uid "One fine young man is dead Three other young men are in (Jeopardy) and it's all because Patty Meyer got a ding in her car door" With the phase of the trial now decided the jurors began hearing evidence relating to the "penalty" Tacoma News Tribune Staff photo 96th YEAR NO 43 15c FRIDAY AUGUST 25 1978 TACOMA WASH Market Final Nedley Norman Jr Passengers crew leave hijacked TWA jetliner GENEVA Switzerland (AP) The passengers and crew of a TWA jetliner from New York left the plane safely today at Geneva airport after a mysterious seven-hour interlude that authorities said was either a hijacking or a hoax Amid general confusion at the airport Swiss Justice Minister Kurt Fur gler uid "up to now we cannot rule out either" possibility In Washington the Federal Aviation Administration said it was "convinced that the Incident was a because airport security equipment any hijacker would have passed through was working properly and a passenger therefore would not have been able to smuggle explosives or weapons aboard GENEVA POLICE CHIEF Guy Fon-tanet Mid the incident began when someone dropped a list of demands into the lap of a stewardess But one of the 79 passengers later uid a bewigged fellow passenger grabbed a stewardess and handed her the demands The "task force of revolutionary as the document described the "hijackers" had threatened to Mow up the plane by 5:30 pm by remote control if the demands were not met authorities Mid The demands included freedom for former Nazi deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess for Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan and for five jailed Croatian hijackers But then the passengers and crew walked off the Boeing 707 about an hour before the deadline "OBVIOUSLY THE person that drew up the letter walked off with the other Hid a TWA spokesman in New York The passengers were taken by bus to a security section of the airport to undergo questioning Fontanet first Hid after the red-and-white plane landed here at 8:20 am that there were hijackers But he later Hid no one was in contact with a hijacker after the 19-page list of bizarre demands was given to the stewardess the plane crossed the Irish coast Max Billinger a TWA spokesman in New York uid the demands were passed to the stewardess during a movie when it wu dark in the plane FONTANET SAID the hosteps so far had not recognized the person who gave her the mesuges Katarina vanden Heuvel 18-year-old daughter of William vanden Heuvel US ambassador to the United Nations office here was among the passengers "We were watching the movies about four hours before the scheduled Hid the Princeton University student from Rochester NY: wu a guy with a wig who walked down and grabbed a flight attendant He handed her the The first demand directed Capt Hubert Hamilton to take the plunc to Coint-rin Airport here the original destination AIRPORT OFFICIAL uid there wu no reaction among the passengers when Hamilton apparently safely kicked in the cockpit announced over the intercom this afternoon tliat two negotiators were coming to the plane Hamilton wu in radio contact with authorities -'There was no reartion so the two hoarded the plane As things continued to remain quiet the passengers were told to one official uid 'There wu no "All 79 passengers and nine crew members are free" raid airport spokesman Daniel Tcsseyre TWA officials in New York had said there were 10 crew members Eric Sandstrom to head VFW Kric Sandstrom a Tacoma sign contractor and decorated veteran of World War II hu been elected national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Sandstrom 58 was chosen to head the veterans' organization during its convention in Dallas Texu An earlier vote at the convent inn admitted women into VFW ranks for the first time Details Page A-3 Staff photo by Warren Anderson Brothers in life and memory r- Five Tacoma softball players who died last week in a Montana plane crash were de- ington State University football quarterback who had been their teammate in softball here Friends and relatives of the five young men crowded the sanctuary of Trinity Lutheran Church for the service Story Page A-3 scribed at a memorial service last night as "brothers until the -end and beyond" The speaker was Jerry Henderson a former Wash No-frills fix-up for Stadium Bowl OKd tem wu taken out during the demolition phase earlier this year School officials Hid the old lights would have been inadequate Warner told the board members that they had the choice of either going ahead with the stripped-down version of the project or luring the bowl as it exists now with the demolition phase completed -The board reluctantly awarded the contract directing administration officials to contact federal agencies and officials in search of additional fund- ing to complete the project as initially planned Once a grand old stadium that nw three US presidents speak and countless gridiron battles the 70-year-old landmark had gradually fallen into disrepair until portions were condemned unufe Only 8000 of the original 30000 seats were uuble when the demolition work began but December When completed next July the revamped bowl will offer seating for 15000 spectators left over for contingencies The initial planning called for a $150000 contingency jrian and all nine extra features The extras to be eliminated indude wooden seats with backs some esthetic painting the redesign of two stairways lnduding the main entrance and sound and lighting systems "No asked surprised board President David Tueil Jr Warner confirmed that floodlights for the playing field a $53000 item would have to be eliminated He added that the old lighting syt- By BILL RIPPLE TNT Education Writer A bare-bones contract for restoration of the Stadium Bowl was awarded by the Tacoma School Board last night but a tight budget will force the district to eliminate all frills including lights The contract went to Jardeen Brothers Inc of Tacoma the lowest of two Mdden with a quotation of $1988819 -for the complete project which is funded under a $2-milllon federal grant two Mds were higher than what we'd like" Associate Superintendent Fled Warner told the school board But he recommended the board award the contract minus nine extra futures in or strike Postal ultimatum: talks eluded in the overall bid WASHINGTON AP) The largest 'elation of Letter Carriers had rejected The bare-bones contract brought the postal union today rejected a tentative it Wednesday price down to $1575393 plus $80345 labor agreement and a spokesman Hid Postmuter General William- in state sales tax the Postal Service to reopen nego- Bolger who hu consistently refused to The district's engineering firm had tlations within five days or we go on negotiate the tentative agreement estimated the final-phase construction strike" reached July 21 said In a statement cuts at $17 million The American Postal Workers Un- today that peaceful way still exists Warner told the board the district ion rejected the pact 94000 to 78000 to settle the dispute" and tlwt he hoped could proceed with the project at spokesman Stan Allen uid The second there would be no disruption in mail Jardeen's price and still have $10000 largest postal union the National Asso- service Close-Out Savings All 1978 models Reduced to SELU Under a resolution passed at the recent convention of the 299000-member APWU in Denver union President Emmet Andrews must ask the Postal Service to reopen talks and call a national strike within five days if the agency refuses The APWU represents more than half of the nation's 554000 unionized postal employees Andrews conceded today that a mail strike is illegal but he added "I am willing to follow the mandate of our are going to try to get the Postal Service back to the table soon poulble" Andrews told reporters In the meantime he advised the members "to keep cool I want any of my members to do anything A little drier Partly cloudy with a slight chance of a few showers after patchy morning fog tomorrow High near 79 (21 C) low In the lower 59s (around 11 C) with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph (8 to 24 kmpta) and a 20-per cent chance of rain high wu 73 (23 C) low 55 (13 C) Weather summary Page A23 92 PAGES 3 SECTIONS U4lOERNES5 lFriday in the TNT TAX CUT A leader of the prestigious Business Roundtable says the nation's economy runs a real danger of sliding into a recession unless Congreu quickly enacts a tax cut of at least $25 billioa Page B-24 BASEBALL STRIKE Four regular American LMgue umpires refused to work today's Toronto-Minnesota game signaling the start of a strike by major league umpires Page B-l BOOK-BURNING Incinerating surplus books is not new for the Tacoma School District Two former employees say it's been going on for 10 yean Page B-23 TIME MARCHES ON An exhibit of Time Magazine coven triggen an old Bob Greene fantasy What would it be like to "make the cover of Page ArlS PAPAL CONCLAVE More than 100 Roman Catholic cardinals have begun electing a successor to Pope Paul VL Page A3 SENATORS RAPPED A Tacoma woman who lobbied against extension of the Equal Rights Amendment criticized the two US senaton for planning to support the measure Page A-4 T-YANKS The T-Yanks defeated Vancouver 3-1 in a niiHhortened game Page B-l LOUIS PRIMA Louis Prims trumpet player and gravel-voiced singer Is dead after three yean in a coma He wu 65 Page AS OBJECTIONS Seattle Mayor Charles Royer voiced several objections to the proposed Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning ana Conservation Act Page AS A- EXAMPLE: 17 FT TANDEM AXU R-512 Large rafrlg 4-bumer stove with oven Dual holding tanks front bunks and more WAS $4806 3769 AstrwGraph B-ll Bridge A-23 Classified Ads B-5-21 Comics A-1S Crossword A-22 Dear Abby A-13 Dr Thostesom A-24 Editorials A-14 Entertainment TGIF Financial News B-22-24 Funeral Notices B-21 Obituaries A-23 Sound Life A-19 Sports B-l-4 TV-Radio A-17 Vital Statistics A23 Weather A-23 S'' NOW Staff photo by Brace Kellman operator get me Quarterback Jim Zorn of the Seattle Seahawks played last night as if he had a wiretap on the Chicago Bears' telephone lines Actually the young player talking to coaches stationed above the Kingdoms playing surface was able to figure out what the Chicago team was planning without too much trouble He completed 1 5 of 21 passes to lead Seattle to a 1 6-7 victory in the Seahawks final exhibition game Details in Sports Pages B-1 and B-2 TT A.