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Two more slain in Los Angeles

Stabbing of couple
parallels 5 killings

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

found with a black hood over

his head.
La Bianca's wife, Rosemary, 38, owner of a boutique
in the Wilshire business district, was found in the master
bedroom. Police said she had
been stabbed numerous times
with a bayonet-type weapon.
She was face down in the
bed, clad in a sheer negligee.
An electrical cord bound her
neck.
The latest slayings were in
the upper-middle-class Silverlake district of Los Angeles,
about 15 miles across town
from Miss Tate's estate in
Benedict Canyon.
POLICE INSPECTOR K. J.
McCauley told newsmen he
did not believe the slayings
were related.
Nonetheless, the parallels
were close, the words written
in blood, the hoods, the num e r o u s stab wounds, the
cords around the necks of the
victims, and the apparent lack
of robbery as a motive.
And a policeman said the
same technique was used to
write the words the heel of
the hand dipped in the blood
of the victims.
McCauley, who replied "no

comment" to most questions,

said the La Biancas were last
seen alive at 1 a.m. yesterday
when they dropped off a stepdaughter, Susan Struters, 19,
at her home after they returned from a boating trip.
La Bianca's stepson, Frank,
14, .was left with friends during the outing. He made the
grisly discovery of the murders when he returned home
shortly before midnight last
night.

LOS ANGELES (UPI) Authorities w i d e n e d their

search today for someone "involved in a personal way"
with starlet Sharon Tate and
four other persons brutally
murdered in the aftermath of
a party at a rambling Bel Air
estate.
Even as police pressed their
search for one, two or possibly
three killers, a couple in the
Silverlake district 15 miles
away were found stabbed in a
double murder strikingly similar in several respects to the
slayings of Miss Tate and her
friends Saturday.
In both cases words were
scrawled in blood in the
homes. In the Tate murder,
the word "pigs" was written
in blood on the front door. In
the Silverlake slayings, the
words "death to pigs" were
left in blood on the refrigerator door in the kitchen.
The man at Silverlake had
the word "war" carved on his
chest.

BOTH CHILDREN are those

of Mrs. La Bianca by a previous marriage.
None of the neighbors in the
upper-middle-class residential
area heard unusual noises
from the home, which is separated from surrounding dwellings by a wall on one side and
a yard on the other.
Police sealed off the home
which is fronted by a manicured lawn and a waist-high
hedge.
One woman, a neighbor,
said "I didn't hear a thing.
The dog had been barking but
that wasn't unusual."
Asked for her name, she
said, "I'm not going to give
my name out after all these
murders."

FRANK STRUTERS, 14, (right), is shown being led from a neighbor's

home to an awaiting auto by his father after the boy discovered the
bodies of his mother, Rosemary, and his stepfather, Leno La Bianca,
in their Los Angeles home. (UPI Photo)

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Kitchen pilot lights

turned into torches
ZANESVILLE (UPI) A Zanesville woman opened her
oven Saturday night and started to put a sheet of cookies in
to bake.
Her oven and the kitchen turned into a sea of flames.
Similar occurrences resulted in the gutting of four
homes and heavy damage to six others here when a car
struck the building housing a gas regulator. The impact
caused the regulator to send a heavy concentration of gas
into the lines and then into some 2,400 homes in a 50-block
area. Pilot lights on kitchen ranges turned into torches.
Police said fires broke out in only 10 homes in a widely
scattered area. No one was injured, although residents fled
to the streets during the emergency.
Larry Joe Gaiters, 27, Zanesville, whose car started the
chain reaction, was charged with reckless operation.
Columbia Gas Co. officials said 3.5 ounces of gas was a
normal flow in the lines, but that the crash caused up to 20
pounds of the fuel to be directed into the houses.

North Viet, Cong

mass for offensive

body toward the beach. Chief

guard Ken Washio, 20, hauled
G l a s s from the water,
stretched him out on the
beach, and began mouth-tomouth resuscitation.
Guard Joe Svosecz, 17, 2845
Meister Rd., then took over
the job and was still at it
when fire-rescue squad mem-

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

Avon LaJce man U.S. envoy

fo nation In West Africa

Warming

as forward air controller near

Buc Lap during an air strike
when he saw a fighter jet go
down. He marked the spot
where the jet went down and
stayed in the area until a resTum to page 4, col. 1

POLICE ASSIGNED to the

Tate case were seeking a second suspect today for questioning, but said as many as
three persons could be involved in the bizarre murders.
The name of the unidentified
suspect came up during police
questioning of William E. Garretson, 19, a caretaker at the
home who lived in a guest
house. He was the only person
alive when detectives arrived
at the scene Saturday.
Garretson underwent a n
hour-long polygraph test yesterday. Although police said
they were not "entirely satisfied" with his answers, a
spokesman said "if we can get
some p h y s i c a l evidence
checked out, we will probably
release him today." He did
not elaborate.
POLICE HAD not estabILhed a motive for the intruder or intruders who apparently cut the telephone lines into
the home sometime after 10
p.m. Friday, then murdered
the five occupants with knives
and guns.
The victims:
Miss Tate, 26, wife of film
director R o m a n Polanski,
eight moths pregnant, died of
multiple stab wounds of the
chest and back. Folanski flew
here yesterday from Europe
and immediately went into seclusion.
Abigail Folger, 26, San
Francisco, heiress to the Fol-

pole, man
; i s dead i

Medics returned

Weather

MAJOR WESTON T, SMITH

Car hifs

An unidentified man was

SAIGON (UPI) - North Vi- Demilitarized Z o n e (DMZ) munist troops have been killed killed this morning when his
car struck a utility pole in
etnamese and V i e t Cong yesterday.
in the raids.
Wellington Township.
troops are massing for an ofGen. Creighton W. Abrams,
The victim, a young man
fensive between Saigon and U.S. commander in Vietnam,
WHILE PREDICTING the
the Cambodian border, in- flew to Dong Ha near the o f f e n s i v e , the American was pronounced dead at 7:45
formed U.S. military sources DMZ today to confer on the sources conceded that "be- a.m. at Southern Lorain Counsaid today. Communist at- attack by elements of North cause of Allied pre-emptive ty Hospital, Wellington.
He died of internal injuries
tacks shattered a lull in Vietnam's 304th Division, operations, the enemy's effort
which fought in the battle of may be feeble or even post- which resulted when his chest
ground fighting and brought
and abdomen were crushed,
Dien Bien Phu that ended the poned."
the highest U.S. casualties in French-Indorbina war in 1954.
according to deputy Lorain
Military
spokesmen
sa
i
d
in
two months.
U.S. Marines lost killed and American troops fought North County coroner R. G. Thomas.
The victim died immediateNew fighting killed 41 Amer- at least 80 woundea in the as- Vietnamese and Viet Cong
ly
after the accident, Thomas
sault.
icans and wounded 170 others
from the edge of the DMZ to
in battles that included a
jungles near the Cambodian said.
The dead man had no identiU .S. MILITARY sources border in action that brought
North Vietnamese assault on
fier''..^
papers on him, the
two Marine camps near the said two regiments 2,500 heaviest U.S. casualties since
hospital said. Ohio State Palate
June.
troops of the 9th Viet Cong
trolmen are checking identifiDivision had already moved
cation from the car's license
into northern Binh Long Provplates.
ince.
His eastbound car went off
They predicted a CommunCINCINNATI (AP) - Some the left side of Rt. 18 just east
ist attack in the region before 75 Army Reserve medics were of Quarry Road, according to
Aug. 20 and said Allied troops back home with their families the patrol. The car snapped
were pouring into the area to and friends today, the first off a signpost, went into a
counter the threat.
large-scale group to return ditch where it struck a culvert
The Communists are expect- home here from Vietnam.
and flipped onto its side, inbers Bruno Rositano and Joed
to
concentrate
their
attack
vestigating
patrolman T. L.
The
medics,
men
and
womseph Verespe arrived.
on the cities of An Loc, Quan en of the 311th Field Hospital, Carroll said.
The car traveled 77 feet
THE FIREMEN, en route to Loi and Loc Ninh, all 60 to 70 got home yesterday and were
St. Joseph Hospital, continued miles northwest of Saigon treated to a reception and cer- from the culvert and struck
near the Cambodian border emonies at the Outcalt Re- the utility pole which sliced
by giving Glass chest massage. By the time they arrived and a major Communist infil- serve Center attended by mili- through the windshield of the
at the emergency room, Glass tration route, the sources said. tary officials, local politicians car, Carroll said.
The United States has been and the veterans' families and
The car had to be pulled
had a feeble pulse.
intensively bombing the area friends.
away from the pole before the
Washio, 943 Mildred Ave.,
in the past five days. B52s
The unit, mobilized in April, victim, trapped in the car,
and Svosecz were sure they
have bombed northern Binh 1968, had operated a prisoner could be freed.
had a drowning victim on
Long Province 21 times in the of war hospital at Qui Nhon,
There were no skid marks.
their hands because of Glass's
past few days and military Vietnam, as part of the 44th There were no seat belts in
open, protruding eyes and the
sources said at least 110 Com- Medical Brigade.
the car.
fact they could detect no pulse
or breath.
"We were sure he (Glass)
was dead, but we proceeded
according to the book, and it
paid off," Svosecz said this
morning.
Glass, who was brought to
the hospital at 1 p.m., was
listed in guarded condition after a fair night, according to a
hospital spokesman.
AVON LAKE - An Avon Lake man will
Rositano and Verespe, who
and called it an "interesting" country. While
serve as the United States' next ambassador
have participated in many
in the foreign service, he has served in varsuch rescues, said they were
to the Republic of Upper Volta in West Afriious capacities in Germany, Morocco and the
ca.
"pretty sure" Glass, a retiree,
Congo.
was dead when they arrived
William Everett Schaufele Jr., whose
He is country director for Central West
at the beach.
parents live at 32150 Lake Rd., has been nomAfrican Affairs in the State Department.
inated for the job by the White House. Confirmation of his nomination is expected next
SCHAUFELE, 45, and his wife, Heather,
month. He will succeed Elliot P. Skinner.
have two sons, Steven, 16 and Peter, 10. He
Schaufele, a 19-year veteran of the diplosaid today that if his nomination is confirmed,
Peter would accompany him and his
matic corps, said this morning he did not exwife
to
Africa, but Steven would remain in
Clear and cool again to- pect Congress to confirm the nomination until
school in the United States.
night, low in the upper 50s. after Labor Day when the legislators will reCompleting his undergraduate work at
Mostly sunny and a little convene after they recess Wednesday.
Yale University, Schaufele did post graduate
warmer tomorrow. High 78 to
work at Columbia University. During World
84. Wednesday fair and warm"UPPER VOLTA is a remote country,
War II, he served with the U.S. 10th Armored
er. Winds mostly northwest 6 typical of many African nations which don't
Division in Europe.
to 12 m.p.h. becoming light have much in the way of economic developand variable through tomor- ment, but do have 4.5 million people," he
SATURDAY, another Ohioan was inrow.
said.
volved
in an ambassadorial switch. Robert
Sunset 8:33 p.m .Sunrise to"This
is
a
personal
thing,"
he
added,
M.
Sayre,
ambassador to Panama, will
morrow 6:32 a.m.
"but
I
feel
if
we
don't
help
these
nations
switch
jobs
with
Charles W. Adau- Jr., curHIGH; 76 degrees at 6 p.m.
move
along,
we'll
eventually
have
internarent
ambassador
to Uruguay, the announceyesterday.
LOW: 56 degrees at 6:30 to- tional ghettoes much as we do now in the ment', said.
cities."
Adair is a native of Xenia, while Sayre is
day.
Schaufele said he had visited Upper Volta
an Oregon native.
Details page 15.

Lorain swimmer, 70, owes

his life fo fast thinkers
LORAIN Swimmer Paul
Glass, 70, "undoubtedly".owes
his life to the fast, expert first
aid given him by life guards
at Lakeview Park Beach yesterday, according to firemen
and Recreation Director Miriam Snyder.
Glass, 1407 East 29th St.,
was spotted, unconscious, as
the waves washed his limp

Ten Cent?

MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1969

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ger coffee fortune, described

as a "rich hippie" who attended seance sessions, died of
stab wounds in the chest.
Jay Sebring, 35, innovator
of hair styling for men, once
Miss Tate's fiance, died of
multiple stab woulds of the
body.
Voityck Frokowsky, 37,
worked with Polanski as an
actor and writer in Polish
films, died of stab woulds of
the body and limbs and a gunshot wound in the back.
Steven Parent, 18, a
friend of Garretson who left
home in suburban El Monte
Friday to visit him, died of
multiple gunshot wounds of
the chest.
GARRETSON'S
attorney,
Barry Tarlow, said Garretson
sat up reading until 6 a.m.
Saturday but heard no unusual
sounds from the main house,
separated from the g u e s t
house by a swimming pool
and shrubbery.
"There was a party at the
house the night of the killings," Tarlow said. "From the
investigation made by my office, our best guess is that
whoever did it was involved in
a personal way with these
people who were killed."
Attention today turned to
the second suspect sought by
police.
Homicide Det. Lt. Robert
Helder said, "We are looking
for an individual. We don't
have any definite information
that he was involved. His
name came up in conversation
with GarreLson."
THE M O T I V E for the
strange slayings was a mystery. There were no signs anything was stolen from the
home, which sits at the end of
a long driveway in exclusive
Benedict Canyon.
Contrary to earlier reports,
Heldtr said there was no evidence that the crime was a ritualistic murder.
Autopsies on the victims
showed there was no evidence
of sexual molestation, no mutilation of the bodies. Police
said there were no narcotics
in the home, no alcoholic beverages on the tables, no signs
of an unusually violent struggle.
"We have a weird homicide
with two bodies inside and two
bodies outside," said Helder.
"We don't have anybody that
we can talk to. We're trying to
piece the thing together with
the small amount of physical
evidence we have."

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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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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