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I tiA1 1110AH ERAL a Serving Biloxi-Gulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast for 91 years Mississippi Coast' Wednesday Afternoon January 14 1976 Served by Mseetated Press Bervl Single Copy 15' Volume 92 Number 103 5 Sections 56 Pages Former Hattiesburg man accused in murder-kidnap of bank official's wife For of 1 a a I': i-: ti 'i --k ail" 1ic'7t 0" 11111! :) fill 31" 1 40' Mb Vt i i7lr 3 4 oit -4 4 -4--- Ihttio 4 i 1''-lt44 44 4 tiiity tt 4111 dr A' 1-: in Ap 40 lik 4 4: 1- it 1 ill ft 7'1' 44 4 ''K 1' is 4 of i 0- 01- 'k 4 Ar ses 1 ix i 4 --O 1 ''it- ---A :4 stwit' ''''s t414 k- 4 dollb 4 I -r '-4 i' 44 -1' A 1 'r''' 4 --''''-'4': '1' -'''11' ri 4 -1 1 i 1 Iff'! 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'44 ''''4 t'" it 41-t V44 4- 71'7'A 4 1 te'rir -4f 5 -sL- t4 '''-et ''z: 4 Friends said the younger on was in the house Monday when his mother wu kidnaped He was unharmed and remained there alone until Marter and friends learned of the kidnaping Friends said they rushed to the house to get the child The older boy was at catechism class at St James School in Mississippi City They said Marter was contacted first at about 4 pm by the kidanper who demanded a ransom The Harrison County Sheriff's Department Gulfport police the FBI Mississippi Highway Patrol Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and officers in surrounding counties worked on the case None had slept the night before while delicate negotiations between Marter and the kidnaper were under way Dist Atty Albert Necaise Gulfport Police Chief Craig Monroe Jr and Sheriff Howard Hobbs joined a 5pm news conference on the case Tuesday after Jordan wail taken before County Judge Gaston Hewes for a preliminary appearance Roy Klager assistant agent in charge of the FBI in Mississippi conducted the news conference Hobbs has assigned investigators David Melton and Robert Allbritton to the post-arrest investigation Coroner Edgar Little Jr said examination of the body by a pathologist was scheduled Wednesday before a decision on a complete au topsy would be made All the officers at the news conference gave only minimal information to newsmen When Jordan was taken before Hewes he appeared calm and responded clearly to questions from the judge Necaise read the charge of capiSee Marter A-2 1 3 0 dY iyu nwgwhe aor Bn ns II dd tahp ee Ale emalned dethleearernaeldonoef nd frion hed to the missiasolat wbaliiirtche kidan- 4 ded a raosalliff's an County Sheriff dthtehheciyahmtrusld The oldetr rt police Craig Nt he ce I kidnaper a i Monroe ed H' Gulf ble far- 14110GtaiennurtClfepor ppi HighVA 3ureau 01 Narcotics In surrounding )11 the the night before ieP- ni- ions be- te negotiat nce on I news conference Jordan esdaY' County Judge preliminary a Pr lief lei fAriatlfebyoaHoward mernfritor eLre i tant agent in rs as111-1---missisippi 3 FeBw- nconference n- igna ed inventiglal: elastoln and Robert A DOT LEGGETT Herald Staff Writer (Related stories on B-2) Authorities late Wednesday morning said an autopsy indicated kidnap-murder victim Mrs Edwina Marter had been dad "many hours" before her body was found early Tuesday afternoon The time of death was estimated to have been soon afte'r her abduction A former Hattiesburg man in a bright red Jump suit was Jailed Tuesday after he was accused of the kidnap-murder of Mrs Edwina Marter 35 wife of a Gulf National Bank senior vice president Officers said it is possible Mrs Mailer who was taken from her home on Southern Circle Monday afternoon was killed soon after the kidnaping Her body with a gunshot wound in the head was found north of East Wortham Road early Tuesday afternoon 24 hours after the kidnaping The arrested man is Richard' Gerald Jordan 29 a former temporary resident of Mansfield La who said he lived at Hattiesburg and had been in Harrison County three days News media writers in the area agreed for almost 24 hours to a news silence on the case while the victim's husband Charles Marter went on a number 6f futile trips at the direction of his wife's kidnaper in efforts to pay a 225000 ransom It had been hoped that silence and Mailer's payment of the ransom would result in the safe return of his wife About 9 am Tuesday Marter finally delivered the ransom money to a spot near Interstate 10 and Canal Road after repeated telephone contacts from the kidnaper The money was placed under a blue jacket near the road and DO! Heral (Relate' Authoriti morning sail kidnapmur wina Martel hours" hefty early of death wl been soim a A fOrmer bright red Tuesday aft the kidnap-21 Marter 35 Bank genic)! Officers a whc home on So afternoon vu kidnaping Her body in the head East Worth day afterno kidnaping The arreo Gerald Jord porary resit who said hi and had bel three days News med agreed for news silence victim's hi Marter wen trips at the kidnaper in ransom It had be and Mailer' som would of his wife About 9 a finally del money to a and Canal telephone cc naper The mane: blue jacket Staff photo by Dot Loggaff EDWINA MARTER Kidnaped and killed Marter left Sheriff's department officers in a pickup truck kept the point under distant surveillance without Marter's knowledge until a man artived later and removed the money The officers pursued the man's automobile and pulled up alongside The car's driver sideswiped the truck and forced it into a ditch before speeding away Shots fired by the officers had no effect on the speeding car The car was a late-mcidel brown four-door Mercury It was found abandoned at Norwood Village later in the morning Gulfport Police Officer Rudy Tollision spotted the suspect in a taxi shortly after 1 pm and police moved in for the arrest Authorities said much of the 925000 had Nen recovered Tuesday afternoon Mn Marter was born in New Orleans She was the former Edwina deGruy She was the mother of two sons 9-year-old Eric and 3-year-old Kevin Accused man Richard Gerald Jordan left stands calmly in the SecurityMarkham Building at Gulfport Tuesday afternoon before his preliminary appearance to hear charges of capital murder filed in the alleged kidnap-killing of Mrs Edwina Marter of Mississippi City He was accompanied by Sheriff Howard Hobbs center and Asst Sheriff George Smith )iii4 The Wald Today 'How do we answer all fhe 4 name from bank Suspect got SUSI: Hobbs said the money was found hidden behind a house near the area where Jordan abandoned his car after being pursued by police who had watched Marter make the drop Dist Atty Albert Necaise said Jordan led police to Mrs Marteris body after his arrest in Gulfport She was sprawled in a wooded area north of Gulfport The coroner's autopsy report said Mrs Marter had been dead "many hours" and apparently was slain soon after her abduction from her home Monday The Associated Press A man charged with kidnaping and killing a Gulfport banker's wife told officers he had gotten the name of the woman's husband by calling the bank and asking for "a commercial loan officer" He said he then looked up the couple's address in a telephone book But he said he never meant to hurt her Harrison County Sheriff Howard Hobbs said Wednesday Hobbs said Richard Gerald Jordan 29 insisted he intended to fire The A A man ch and killing wife told offi name of the calling the commercial He said couple's ado book But he to hurt her iff Howard day Hobbs sail dan 29 insim a warning shot over Edwina Marter's head when she broke loose and ran but shot her in the back of the head instead Jordan an unemployed shipyard worker was held without bail' charged with capital murder in the kidnaping and death of Mrs Mader Her death Tuesday came after her husband Charles Mader vice president of Gulf National Bank delivered $25000 in a futile i ransom payoff dropping the money package at an isolated point near Interstate 10 Dunlop leaves Cabinet over picketing site veto Du MrsArmstrong nominated WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford today nominated former White House counselor Anne Armstrong of Texas to be the first woman to serve as US ambassador to Great Britain and said he expected her to do 11a superb job" Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and Mrs Ford stood alongside as the President named Mrs Armstrong to her new job and promised to continue to name women to government posts Mrs Armstrong 48 succeeds Ambassador Elliot Richardson who is coming home to be Ford's new commerce secretary Christians repulse Moslems BEIRUT Lebanon (AP) Christian fighters broke into a Palestinian refugee camp north of Beirut today and claimed to have repulsed an assault by leftist Moslem forces aimed at cutting off the last Christian bastions in the hotel district The latest fighting came as plans were reported for an Arab minisummit in Damascus to try to end Lebanon's nine-month-old civil war which has spread to the northern eastern and southern parts of the country Soviet air crash kills 86 MOSCOW (AP) Western aviation sources say a Soviet TU134 airliner with 86 passengers crashed near Moscow Jan 3 killing all on board The sources said the crash occurred as the plane was taking off on a flight to another point in the Soviet Union The plane reportedly crashed into some houses near Moscow's Vnukovo airport but it was not known if there were any casualties in the houses The sources said they did not know the destination of the flight Boat capsizes 23 missing DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (AP) Twenty-three prisoners were missing and believed drowned today after the boat in which they were riding capsized on Lake Victoria in strong winds a government spokesman said He said 15 other inmates and a prison official In charge of the convict party swam safely to shore The accident occurred near the town of Bukoba on the western shore of the lake Kissinger Brezhnev to meet MARIE LANGLOIS Herald Staff Writer The neighbors of Edwina and Chuck Marter whose children played with their children or visiting nephews and were in and out of their homes on Southern Circles are all wondering the same thing "How do we answer our children's millions of questions on why this had to happen to such a good sweet happy person as Mrs Marter?" One mother whoise daughter babysits for the Marters said she was asked "How are they going to explain it to Eric and Kevin?" They are the children Some of the children knew before their parents did that something was wrong and that Mrs Marter was missing from her home They knew about it because they were quietly questioned by officers while they were playing basketball All the residents are concerned Nearly all feel the act was not a happenstance that it was carefully planned and executed Everyone who lives on the circle agrees that it is not an easy area to find from the Scenic Drive Unless one drives up into the circle for some distance he would not know there are homes located in that area "They had to have known something about us when our children go to school when the car pools leave whose at home and who is not" was the response of one The young mothers want to know also if Edwina Marter was selected at random and if so why not one of them? The circle is occupied by professional people: Some bankers some lawyers some doctors others retired others owning business firms Nearby neighbors and a mother who had been in a car pool with Mrs Marter for two years said "She was one of the finest sweetest and dearest of persons She was always smiling always pleasant She had the most radiant smile it just made you feel good See neighbors A110 his position since Ford announced Dec 22 that he would veto the bill that would have broadened picketing rights at construction sites The bill has been sought by organized labor since the Truman administration WASHINGTON (AP) John Dunlop has resigned as secretary of labor the White House announced today In a one-paragraph letter to President Ford dated Tuesday Dunlop told the President: 'nig letter records my resignation as secretary of labor and coordinator of the President's labor-management committee "I have appreciated the opportunity once again to try to be of service to the countryand to you Mr President to the best of my ability Your willingness to listen to divergent views and numerous courtesies to me I shall always cherish" In a letter of reply dated today the President told Dunlop: "You will be greatly missed by all who have had the privilege of working with you" with you" WASHINt Dunlop has of labor flounced to( In a one President Dunlop told letter recot secretary cn of the Prel ment comn dated the to try to be tryand to the best of ingness to 11 and numerc shall alway In a late the Preside will be greo have had with you" day after Dunlop met privately with the President to inform him of his decision Dunlop maintains that Ms posi- iion with organized labor was unworkable in the aftermath of Ford's veto of the controversial common-site picketing bill During the 85-minute White House session requested by Dunlop the President tried unsuccessfully to talk him out of quitting according to informed sources However Dunlop agreed to remain in the Cabinet until January 31 when he is expected to return to his teaching post at Harvard University The most frequently mentioned choice to succeed him is WJ Usery Jr director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service who is highly regarded by both labor and management Dunlop's resignation came as no surprise He had been reassessing White House officials had described Ford as anxious to avoid any further shakeups in his administration On Nov 2 he fired Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and Central Intelligence Director William Colby while stripping Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger of his post of director of the National Security Council Ford was warned before the veto that it could cost him the services of Dunlop who has specialized in trying to improve labOr-management practices in the construction industry Ford said he received Dunlop's letter "with the deepest regret" The announcement came one Ford said letter "witk The anno WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger will fly to Moscow next week for talks with Soviet leader Leonid I Brezhnev on a prospective nuclear weapons agreement The State Department in a brief announcement said Kissinger's three-day visit will begin next Tuesday and concern "questions of mutual study of Gulf's legal and illegal political contributions That report found that Dorsey "perhaps chose to shut his eyei to what was going on" with the political slush fund The report wu prepared by a three-man committee headed by' New York attorney John McCloy and wu turned over to Gulf direc- tors and the Securities and Exchange Commission last Dec 30 lie Gulf Oil officials leave jobs off lea intermediary as saying he made secret cash payments to Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania of $10000 a year for about 13 years Scott has not denied receiving Gulf payments but has said he only received political donations He has denied knowing such donations came from corporate funds Scott has since said he will not seek re-election Other Gulf donations included $4 million to the ruling political party in South Korea $627000 to Italian political parties and a $108000 helicopter to the late Bolivian dictator Rene Barientos who was killed when the aircraft crashed PrrTSBURGH (AP) Bob Dorsey under fire because of an Illegal company slush fund that doled out more than $12 million to politicians at home and abroad resigned today as chairman and chief executive of the Gulf Oil Corp The resignation of Dorsey and three other top officers climaxed a dramatic and extraordinary meeting of Gulf's Ward of direc- tors The two-day meeting ended at about 1 am today after a 16-hour session that haddirectors sending out for meals In making the changes the board accepted the so-called "Mc Cloy Report" a 300-page WEATHER Fair and cool through Thursday Warmer Thursday High in 60s Low in 30s Details on Page A-8 INSIDE Ann Landers 011 Ce 2 Classified Da 8 Comics Crossword C- I 2 The slush fund came to light in 1973 when Gulf admitted it had illegally given 000000 to Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential cam- paign The McCloy report quoted one Entertainment 10- I 0 Horoscope The Aces C-I2 'W A I A 3 a I Noio I I.