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Slayer hunt
is widened
By VERNON SCOTT
By DONALD THORNTON
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - A
middle-aged c o u p l e was
stabbed to death yesterday in
their home. Police said the
wordi "death to pigs" were
smeared in blood on the door
of the refrigerator in the
kitchen and the word "war"
carved on the chest of the
male victim.
There were striking similarities between the double murder and the mass murders of
actress Sharon Tate and four
other persons Saturday.
Leno La Bianca, 44, owner
of a market, was found, a
carving knife protruding from
his chest, lying in the living
room of the rambling, ranchstyle home.
Detectives said early today
the word "war" was carved
on his chest along with several "Xs." A hood, believed to
be a white pillow case, was
over his head, secured with a
knotted electrical cord.
IN THE BEL AIR slayings,
the word "pigs" was scrawled
in blood on the front door of
the Benedict Canyon home,
and one of the five victims,
hair stylist Jay Sebring, was
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Spencer officer
is awarded DFC
SPENCER Risking his
own safety to save the lives of
other men has been a routine
matter for Maj. Weston T.
Smith, U.S. Air Force.
But the United States thinks
it's a little more than routine.
Maj. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon E. Smith, RD 1,
has been decorated with the
nation's fourth highest award
the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
He was presented the award
at Pleiku Ah- Base, Vietnam,
for "heroic defense" of an allied reconnaissance patrol surrounded by the enemy in central Vietnam near Ban Me
Thuot.
MAJ. SMITH, an air liaison
officer and forward air controller, flew his light observation plane at a low level to direct strike pilots to the enemy
positions.
His efforts were credited
with saving many allied lives
and the successful evacuation
of the troops in the area.
In an earlier incident last
year, Maj. omith was flying
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Medics returned
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Mother 'is
is sure
son didn't kill
LANCASTER, Ohio (UPI)
The youth apparently met
William Garretson, 19 - Polanski when the director ofyear - old Lancaster youth fered him a ride while hitchheld for questioning in the hiking in California in Februbrutal slayings of Hollywood ary and then offered him a
star Sharon Tate and four oth- job looking after his dogs.
er persons, was described by
She said she last heard from
his mother as a nonviolent her son when he telephoned
person.
her collect last Tuesday to
Garretson was arrested Sat- wish her a happy birthday.
urday after the bodies of Miss
Tate, and four friends were
found dead in the actress's
suburban Los Angeles home.
The youth, who was employed in the house of movie
director Roman Polanski
The capacity of man's brain
Miss Tate's husband had
to absorb more knowledge and
left his Lancaster home last to retain it longer is being deOctober.
veloped by today's biomedical
His mother, Mrs. Mary Garscientists. Some of the fasciretson, said she found it hard
nating work in this field is deto believe her son was capable
scribed in the last of a series
of murder.
of excerpts from the new book
"He never wanted to hunt or "The Second Genesis: The
fish," she said. "He was never
Coming Control of Life" on
interested in killing.
page 16 today.
"I don't know if he killed
them or not. No mother wants
to believe that."
Garretson had been in trouble with the police in Lancas- Israeli leaders said their nater as recently as two years tion would keep only parts ot
ago when he was given a one- the territories it captured duryear suspended sentence for ing the Arab-Israeli war in
furnishing beer to a minor. In 19G7. True or false? See news
15.
1964 he was arrested for shop- quiz on Page
lifting, but charges of grand
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larceny were later dropped.
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Mrs. Garretson said her son Contract Bridge
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called her regularly and was Deaths, Births
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homesick.
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DAYTON - Shaw A. Fergu- Successful Investing . ..3
son, 41, an insurance execu- Sum of the PEOPLE
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tive and real estate developer, Television
said today he will run for The doctor says
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Women
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state auditor in 1970.
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Ferguson, treasurer of :he Your Birthday
Montgomery County Democratic Executive Committee,
made the announcement at a
meeting of that group.
Active in the Democratic
party since 1952, Ferguson is
There's n four-letter word
the first announced candidate you don't hear any more: Wfor state office in his party.
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Brain's capacity
to learn tested
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