Daily Press from Victorville, California • 6

Dally Frees Vlctarvllle Tuesday April IHI County fears return of kidnapper Chief judge steps down for colleague By BOB EGELKO Associated Pms Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Reports that convicted kidnapper Kenneth Parnell (dans to return to Mendocino County where he was arrested for holding two boys captive eight years ago have sparked fear and opposition him go to some other state Let him stay away from this county There's still hard feelings said Mendocino County Supervisor JohnCimolina a free man of Cimolino said about Parnell power leu to do anything about where he goes But if he coma to Ukiah I think he'll be a marked unemployment smith declined to comment on specific whereabouts or plan have yet to forget what took Hid AG Rocha ter jMmwfnrinn County's undersheriff The county opposed parole to that area throe years ago when becaue of good behavior and work credits he was released from prison after serving five years of his concurrent eight-year eight-month tiiwwi for his two kidnapping conviction Cimnliwa said be would support a petition drive or other legal efforts to persuade Parnell not to move up north: think the people hero want him and we would do whatever we possibly could to keep him from waning here We need him and we don't want him" psychological problems and attempted suicida starting at the age of 9 He was sentenced to three years in prison in 1961 at the age of 19 for sexually molesting an 8-y ear-old Bakersfield boy and spent time in a Utah prison in the '60s for robbery and grand larceny Michael Smith of the state Parole and Community Services Division Mid Parnell finisha parole Tuesday and no longer is bound to Alamedc County His parole conditions had required him to stay there attend weekly therapy sessions and stay away from children He ako was prohibited from traveling through Mendocino or Merced counties Echols said Parnell a former hotel clerk and drifter has lived in a Berkeley boarding house since 1965 working as a short-order cook and dishwasher between bouts of no communications of any he Mid When Parnell was released from prison former Mendocino County District Attorney Joseph Allen expressed concern: no doubt in my mind he will do it Mike Echols a Coloradtvbaaed author who wrote an NBC mini-steries about the Parnell case Mid Parnell told him six months ago that he planned to move to Mendocino when his parole expired Parnell 56 was paroled to Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay area county after serving five years in prison for kidnapping then 7-year-old Steven Stayner from Merced on Dec 4 1972 and Timothy White then 5 from Ukiah on Day in I960 Both boys were abducted while walking home from school Parnell has a history of State Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Gore said Parnell is to be discharged from parole Tuesday but his office was not aware of any protest about the action have received no letters Officer remains behind bars HEARING MADE EASY Never Adjust Your Volume Control Again 2 Years Free Batteries SAN FRANCISCO (AP) James Browning will step down as chief judge of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in June four months ahead of schedule so that Alfred Goodwin second on the court in seniority can succeed him Browning who has headed the nine-state court since 1976 turns 70 on Oct I He said Monday he wanted to give both Goodwin and Judge Clifford Wallace a chance to be chief judge He also said he has no current plans to retire as a judge Under federal law a chief judge must assume the post before age 65 and must step down at 70 Goodwin turns 65 on June 29 if Browning did not relinquish the job before then Goodwin would be ineligible and Wallace who is next in line would become chief judge By timetable Goodwin would have five years as chief judge before turning the job over in 1993 to Wallace who would then be 64 Wallace one of the most conservative members was considered a leading candidate for the Supreme Court appointment that eventually went to Anthony Kennedy also of the 9th Circuit one of them becomes chief judge be Browniiw said of them possess all the qualities He said his motivation was to let both men take the post in turn rather than any desire to cut out Wallace Browning said he had made the decision on his own but added tar as concerned there is no an the court Browning a native of Montana and a former Justice Department antitrust attorney and clerk of the Supreme Court was appointed to the 9th Circuit by President John Remedy in 1961 Since urnwiding Richard Chambers as chief judge in 1976 Browning has worked to mechanise the operations and has led the oppwHi to congressional efforts to split up the circuit the largest of the 11 territorial federal circuits The court now has 26 active judges and two vacancies one created by Anthony elevation and the other awaiting Senate action on President stalled nomination of conservative University of San Diego law professor Bernard Siegan Browning said he would in active status for the time rather than taking semi-retired senior status a step that would create another vacancy on the court Goodwin a former Oregon Supreme Court justice and federal judge in Oregon was appointed to the appeals court by President Richard Nixon in 1971 Wallace was appointed by Nixon in 1972 after two years on the federal bench and 15 years of private law practice all in San Diego The chief judge acts as a regular member of the court and also is its chief administrator chairing the Judicial Council overseeing its staff and representing the circuit on the nationwide Judicial Conference Current law limits the chief judge to a single seven-year term but it did not cover those like Browning who were in office when it took effect Just Put It In Your Ear and Hear Automatically! preliminary hearing is set for April 28 Agrio is accused of killing Alma Agrio a 23-year-old deputy trainee on Mar 26 She was shot in the bad of the head during an argument in the home According to police accounts the couple had an argument when Mrs Agrio returned home from a night out with a friend The argument escalated and at some point police Hid Mrs Agrio grabbed her service revolver from a compartment in the headboard of their bed During the struggle over the weapon the gun discharged and Mrs Agrio wm killed instantly by a shot to the back of the head SAN DIEGO (AP) A San Diego police officer accused of killing his wife remained in a county jail today after a judge reduced his bail to 960000 Municipal Court Judge Janet Kintner lowered the bail Monday for Pablo Agrio 29 of Bonita despite the district request to rain the bail from 9100000 instead Defense attorney Nicholas Cimmarrusti said he know if Agrio had enough funds to bail himlf out of jail Agrio was still in custody early this morning a jail clerk said Agrio a four-year veteran of the force ha been placed on a 30-day administrative leave of absence by the San Diego police department A CARPET COUNTDOWN TO VICTORVM1I Mojave Dead Hearing Aid Center 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