The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1954, Page 2

ey Paje2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, December 7, 1954 UN. IsExpected To Approve Demand For Release Of Airme By TOM HOGE 4 laws are quite adequate. . | am Ulinois law which provided that 2|States Seek :Enforeing OF Weight Laws By CHARLES F. BARRETT | Court ‘ruled’ yesterday. that. states WASHINGTON (#—The Supreme may not’ bar intersta! ers from their highways, pte Deated and illegal overloading. And that decision set off 9 new today effect of heavy trucks on the na- tion’s highway system, and how to enforce weight limits imposed by states. ‘ Two influentially. placed Bemo- its—Sen, Jury Hears Of Sheppand’s Collapse At N ews CLEVELAND (» |Of Wife’s Death; Brother Testifies Today Sheppard collapsed in tears when told that his wife was dead, his brother, Dr. Richard Sheppard, testified today. The witness said he was one of the first to arrive at his brother’s heme on the morning of the mur- der, July 4. Trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard on a charge of commit- ting that murder is in its eighth week. Dr. Richard said he hurried: to the bedroom, thinking the victim, Marilyn Sheppard, might still be alive. However, he quickly deter- mined that she had been killed. Returning to the den down- stairs, Dr. Richard told the jury, he found his brother sitting in a red leather chair. He said he asked Dr, Sam about his injuries and then said: “Marilyn is gone. There is noth- ing I can do.” With these words, he said, “Sam slumped on the floor on his face and began to cry, and he was moaning ‘Oh, no, no—oh my God, 9 - | Ro. The Supreme Court, in an Ilinois ease, declared that only the Inter- state Commerce Commission can grant permits to truck companies State. And so, the court held, only the ICC can abridge that permit. The 80 decision voided part of the state could suspend an inter- state trucker from its highways for 9 days upon 10 loading vio- lations, or one year and 90 days , | ater another 10 viglations. The court said ‘that states, to enforce their alties for violations or (2) ask the ICC to take away the permit of habitual violators. ‘The opinion, written by Justice quires trucking firms to comply |with proper state laws and rey lations, so there is no reason the- ICC may net: protect ‘the state’s interests on its own initia- ~ | tive or on complaint by the state. » joined by Indiana the American ‘ane ens had argued that loss of the state’s | Power to suspend truekers from its highways would leave a state "| without sufficient. means to com- ; |pel compliance. State officials con- tended that trucking companies could make more than pirat money off of excessive loads to Pay for mere Peter T. Beardsley, director of the law department for the truck- ing associations, today ealled this a “ridiculous contention.” He a fines and other penalties already provided in state law. are more than adequate to deter any would- be violators, if property enforced. » oe |He’s Ahead On ‘sis| His Jail Terms E z tis &F i ; : fd ‘fl iy parking LA PLATA, Md. —Adrian’ €. Short, 30, of Welcome, said last week he was under the impres- sion he bad been freed from jail nine days ahead of time in order te vote, - He said he told jail authorities he was a Republican, was taken to a polling place, voted and went me. Trial Magistrate L. E. Crist Jr. said yesterday, however, that ac- tually Short had served 21 days too. many. Crist said Short, convicted on twa counts of assault, was given two 3-day terms to run eoncurrently. However, he said, papers commit- ting Shert to jail were made out for 60 days ‘‘through a clerical error.” He said the error was discovered _ 2 after Short had served 51 jays. Texas Rites For Drowning Victim The body of Mrs. Charlotte Gor- Coleman, 31, was sent yester- day afternoon by the Pritchard Funeral Home to Strawn, Texas, for funeral services and burial. Mrs. Coleman drowned Friday morning when the car she was} driving went off the highway at Big | Pine Key, She is survived by her parents, | Mr, and Mrs. George Gordon of | Strawn, Texas. | DEATH arge.|_ MRS. SYLVIA LANCE | ‘ceny, Mrs. Sylvia Lance, 47, a teach- er at Harris School, died sudden- | ly Sunday at her home, 528 Wil: | liam Street. | She is survived by her hus- | band, Newton D. Lance, a Navy | man stationed in 3; her} mother, Mrs. Pauline | Far Rockaway, N. Y.; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Furedi, Levittown, N.| Y., and a brother, William Fen-! ton, New York. | The body. is being sent. today to Far Rockaway by the Lopez Dr. ‘Richard also testified about his brother's son, Chip, now 7. He said he had great difficulty rous- ing the boy, and that he was “very, very groggy” when mem- bers of the family took him from the house. The defense presented Dr. Rich- ard as the third witness in its attempt to discredit the state’s charge that Dr. Samue> Shep- pard's motive for murder arose from his relations with other wom- en. Chief Defense Counsel William J. Corrigan showed the witness the trousers Dr, Sam was wearing on the morning of the murder. They weight May | have blood spot on the ‘right ' |(1) still impose fines or other pen- Mes: knee. Dr. Richard testified he no- ticed- the large amount of blood splattered over the four walls of ie bedroom where Marilyn was hacked to death. Holding the trousers so that the jury could see the single blood spot, Corrigan asked: “Would it be possible for a man wearing these. trousers to stand beside Marilyn Sheppard’s hed, commit this crime, and have so little blood on them?” “I would say absolutely not,” Dr. Richard replied. Defense and. prosecution lawyers clashed heatedly over testimony Corrigan attempted to bring out regarding newspaper coverage of the case at the time of Dr. Sam’s arrest. He also brought up other ingidents. that took place at the Sheppard home, which the witness was; asked to describe. The pros- ecution objected that this was im- material and fudge Edward Blythin sustained the objection. Corrigan then announced he would dictate the story af, these incidents to, the court fer. During recess, Dr. Richard ex- ptained to reporters the two in- cidents about which he was not permitted to testify. H He said that on the night efi Aug. 6-7—more than a month after the murder—he heafd noises not far from his home, went outside, and saw four men building a plat- form in a tree, He said he did not know the purpose of it, but assumed “they were trying to get Dr. Samuel} Election Date Change May Be Asked By City Monroe County’s legislative dele- gatioh will he asked to pass a ]o- cal bill setting the dates for Key West’s cit¥ election two weeks af- Flying Farmers Here Tomorrow Abput 60, aireraft of the Flying Farmers ave scheduled to arrive here about 8 3. m. tomorrow. Fred riplett, of Wichita, Kan., national president of the Flying Farmers, said today that about 45 ———— Your Grocer SELLS That Goad STAR * BRAN and cUuay. COFFEE and CUBAN 1955. ter the primary election in Nov., wil bi Under the present law, the pri- mary election is set for the first Tuesday in November with the gen- eral-election set a week later. City Clerk Victor Lowe. however, told the city commission last hight that the elections are too close to- gether and suggested that the leg- islative action be asked to change the dates of the elections to the first and third Tuesdays in Noy- ember. Lowe said that the one week per- iod does not allow an adequate sa- fety margin for: printing of the bal- lots. City Fathers To Ask Tax Repeal The city commision went on re- cord last night as fayoring the abo- lishment of the state personal pro- perty tax. They voted to have a formal re- solution drawn up and presented to Monroe County's legislative de- legation to indicate their stand un the matter. The commission’s action came in the wake of reports that’the moye to end the tax has strong. support among the state’s lawmakers. Rep. Ted David, of Broward County, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives has sparked the drive to end the con- troversial tax which he says costs more to collect than it brings into the state coffers. go to Havana hen the Flying Farmers wi se? annual mass flight, ‘inlet sai However, about 40 of them start- ed back to their homes from Fort Lauderdale this m this morning. nie Yule Bonus Plan . Last ¢| EB FOR A FREE 3-Day Tour To Havana Inquire At EL PASAJE SPANISH TA RES’ I 1005 Truman Phone 2-6136 a platform high enough so they could see into our bedrgom.” The other point related to a trail of blood, leading from the garage to his car. He said he was con- vineed someone “planted” these spots, but does not know who, “They were not animal’s blood,” he told reporters, “and from the look of them, it was obvious that someone, someplace put them there.” The jury did not hear this tes- timony, but Corrigan put it in the transcript, dictating directly to the court, . 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