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Thuraday March 16 1972 JMUlAiN Man says he started fatal Los Angeles fire Day sole! Sewing Chairs Reg 2495 LOS ANGELES (UPI)-A convicted arsonist less than three months out of prison boasted to investigators as firemen were still battling the flames that he set a flophouse fire that killed three persons police said today Harvey Lynn Beagle II 30 Porta Tables Reg 3995 Now was booked on suspicion of murder The fire broke out early Wednesday in the 76-year-old Barclay Hotel once one of the city's most fashionable hostel-ries but lately a home for skid road pensioners and welfare cases at 12 to $6 a night A man and two women died in the blaze Officers said Beagle approached arson investigators while firemen were still battling the blaze and told them he had set the fire The investigators were at first skeptical but Portable Cases Reg 1995 Bring this ad with you for OFF on noodlos' thread scissors Attorney convicted in Seattle further Investigation including chemical analysis of the debris There were 132 guests in the hotel and about 30 persons were rescued from the burning building including 15 carried down ladders by firemen One firefighter called the building an skid road flophouse" By the time firemen arrived some residents were perched on outside ledges waiting to be rescued The (dead were Geraldine Smith about 50 who asphyxiated and an unidentified man and woman found burned beyond recognition in a hallway Six guests and one fireman were injured including two guests hospitalized in serious condition from burns and smoke inhalation The fire caused an estimated $6000 damage The fire department said the hotel had been inspected only last week and was given clean bill of health There were no bobbins nippers ombroidory shears i 10 4 4 i i i i i Beagle showed them a newspaper clipping identifying him as SEATTLE Robert an arsonist who burned a North Egger a Seattle attorney and Hollywood furniture store Joseph Lacey a bailbondsman Beagle was released from have been convicted on charges Prison Jan 10 after serving 22 of knowingly receiving stolen months for that offense police money and conspiring to con- said vert it through legitimate chan- Beagle complained to the neb into honest cash arson investigators that the Joseph Venti a third defend- clipping gave me credit ant was acquitted by a federal for $150000 damage It was court jury Wednesday The jury really $250000" police said BIG SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE STORE The Sewing Machine Specialist ADfSEWING Washington HDi CENTER Parts service for all makes Beagle was booked pending OLD TIME fine savings have for St Day when you shop J'ilAatelliWt ItfWiftfflfrlFtfrlm hL W)6X had deliberated hours Maximum sentences for each man could include $10000 fines and 10 years imprisonment US District Court Judge James van dcr Heydt of Anchorage ordered presentence reports prepared Sentencing is expected in late April Egger 44 and Lacey 66 were allowed to remain free on bond until the sentencing attorney Anthony Savage said he would appeal if a new trial is not granted Lacey's attorney Joel Rindal said it was premature to discuss a possible appeal The government contended that Egger knew that $4000 he took from the wife of a convicted bank robber last year was stolen and that he turned it over to Lacey for "washing" Beverly Lehman former wife of the man convicted of robbing the Greenacres branch of the Old National Bank of Washington near Spokane of $30141 in 1970 was the key government witness She testified she helped her husband and he told her the defendants would "wash" the money about 7li LOAD LOOKS FAMILIAR This pneumatic shovel appears to be loading Paris' most celebrated monument into its hold However it's an optical illusion which struck photographer's eye The Eiffel Tower built in 1 889 by Alexander Eiffel is still firmly in place (UPI Telephoto) C(D STMIE Bed Frames Wool Pants Ski Jackets Take then make it called motto of program Hollywood bed frames excellent quality adjustable to twin or double size four wheels Tremendous high grade bargains 1000 value Nylon 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halted by the wreckage of Phelps truck backed up two miles to take him to an ambulance He was later reported in satisfactory condition with minor injuries Julius Pierpont 42 Spokane Wash driver of the produce truck was not hospitalized and his brother George 46 Spokane was in satisfactory condition A snowplow cleared away the lettuce cabbage broccoli celery and onions spilled on the highway US 97 about 10 miles north of Klamath Falls Dress Sox Pequot Pillow Tubing Black convention impact to be felt in '76 says Fleming Striped Hip Huggers Fine quality denim striped hip huggers Full range of sizes Excellent bargains Regular 800 pair 198 2400 pair men's fine sox in nylon and orlon styles All sizes many colors These are regular 100 hose Best quality bleached 144 thread count genuine Pequot 42 inch pillow tubing Regular 79e yard SEATTLE The real felt in 1976 State Sen George gation to the convention is one impact of the National Black Fleming says of the 50 members who will Political Convention just con- Fleming chairman of the 17- meet before May 19 to write a eluded in Gary Ind will be member Washington State dele- final agenda in the name of the 2000-member convention 00 2 1 mm pair I 49 Pair Yard Wool Shirts Support Hose Woman in vote chase for sheriff Blue Jeans Fine quality famous make heavy blue denim jeans zipper fly Sanforized shrunk All sizes available Regular 598 198 Good styles in 100 wool shirts in new plaids and solid colors Sizes small medium large and extra large Save 500 Excellent quality support hose seamless made of spandex and nylon Good colors in all sizes Regular 595 98 98 2 12 Pair Pair Each The convention rather than being militant was an attempt to introduce alternatives to present structures which obviously aren't working" Fleming said Thomas Gardiner special assistant to Gov Dan Evans said news reports had misinterpreted the convention by picturing it as militant He added: emergence of a movement to get black input into the political system unnerves a lot of people" State Rep Michael Ross named to the Resolutions Committee of the Convention said the working group of 50 state chairmen will be empowered to endorse candidates when it becomes politically advantageous to do so The final agenda of resolutions he said will be taken to both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in an effort to get some of them written into the parties' platforms Fleming explained that the new group will run voter registration drives and that because of the time needed to organize such political clout the group's power would not be completely apparent until 1976 BURNS Ore (AP) The mayor of nearby Hines has filed for Harney County sheriff and many of the oldtime law enforcement officers of the West must be churning in their graves For the mayor is a female Mrs Carol Hudkins No woman ever has been elected sheriff in Oregon although Mrs Maybel Simpson was sheriff in Lincoln County from 1921 to 1925 filling out the term of her 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accompanied by her husband Prince Philip and Earl Mountbatten of Bur- SEARCH GOES ON A March 1970 auto accident has resulted in a $155930 damage suit in Superior Court Gerrie Ann Milton Feist contends in her complaint that she was injured while riding in a 35 98 Each Walt Fricke a member of the Rocky Mountain Search and Rescue Group from Boulder Colo slowly inches his way down cliff in the Royal aGorge Group is searching for James Robert sen believed lost in tho gorge UPI) 1 Yard VANCOUVER WASHINGTON EIGHTH AND MAIN STREETS car that collided with a car ma on the brief visit Wednes-driven by Steven Jorgensen day the defendant The royal tour ends March 26 4 6 A 4 4 4.