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PAOI FOUR — Section A THI UVtLLANO DAILY SUN NEWS, Levellond, Taxat Thursday, Februory 25, 1960
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FURR'S CHECKER OF THE YEAR
nbyr Webb, right, has been named of the LeveUand store, she is shown here
"Checker of the Year” for the entire chain checking out Mrs. Hazel Latham, one of
of 58 Furr’s Super Markets. An employee her “regular” customers. (Staff Photo)
NCR CUSTOMERS ARE LOYAL
Fast, efficient - everybody likes
' checker of year"for 58 stores
, By PINKY ROSENBERG
‘TTast and efficient . . everyone
likes her. She's got a terrific per-
sonality."
Sounds like a good recommenda-
tion for a good worker, doesn’t it?
Well, that’s the way Frank Fry,
manager of Furr’s in LeveUand
'describes Ginger Webb, Furr’s
“Checker of the year,” a veteran
employee of the local store.
. “People wait in line especially
lo have Ginger check them out,”
Fry comments. "Shs has custom-
ers who won’t let anyone check
them out but Ginger. Just yester-
day (Tuesday) she worked a half
hour late to take care of some
people.”
The bright - eyed black - haired
lady at the first checkstand is a
familiar sight tor many area house-
wives. She knows eil her custom-
ers by name.. .and most of their
families. As one of her fans noted
"she's never too busy to say
Lawyer suggests freeing
Carol if Finch guilty
By DIAL TORGERSON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carole
Tregoff’s attorney has painted a
hypothetical picture suggesting
her surgeon lover could be guilty
Of murdering his wife but that
Carole is innocent.
Some observers saw the law-
yer’s imaginary anecdote for the
Jury Wednesday—in which he did
Hot mention Dr. R. Bernard
Fihch by name—as a last-ditch
effort to save Carole even at the
(doctor's expense.
But defense lawyers insisted
Were was no break in their ranks.
*- The defense took over final
arguments after a prosecutor de-
clared the lovers hoped to solve
their financial and romantic prob-
lems with “one shot in the back”
Of Mrs. Finch.
The 42-year-old society surgeon
and his 23-year-old mistress are
charged with murdering his wife,
Barbara Jean, 36, outside the
Pinch estate in suburban West
Covina last Juy 18.
J, Carole's counsel, Robert A.
Neeb, who resumes his summa-
tion today, began by citing a hypo-
thetical example that paralleled
circumstances of the slaying:
"Supposing that I — somebody
perhaps I knew — had a tenant
In a store and he wanted me to
take him there and I agree.
"And supposing I furnish the
automobile. Let us suppose I fur-
nish the gasoline. Maybe I took
him to dinner.
“Maybe I lent him some money,
and I drove him to the scene of
the place, and when I did, I knew
that he was mad at his tenant,
and they were having trouble. And
he told me he was going to have
it out with the tenant.
“And supposing he had a paper
bag with him somewhere in my
car and he said. ‘Now, here we
are. Let’s go in. I’m going to have
trouble with this fellow.’ And he
says, ‘Bring the paper bag in.’
“And I bring it in, and he gets
into an argument — he gets into
an altercation, and maybe it turns
out there is a weapon in the bag,
and the tenant gets shot.
“Am I guilty of murder? No, I
am not. because I didn't have a
knowledgeful intentional partici-
pation in toe event which was un-
lawful.
“You have to answer this ques-
tion in this case, as far at Carole
Tregoff is concerned.
"Unless you believe ... that
when the car was moving from
Las Vegas to West Covina ... Car-
ole Tregoff had in her mind an
intent to kill, she is entitled to an
acquittal of the charge of murder
in this case.”
Finch and Miss Tregoff drove
in her car from Las Vegas, Nev.
to the Finch house the night of
the slaying. They say they went
there to discuss a divorce with
Mrs. Finch. The doctor testified
the gun discharged accidentally
as he tried to throw it away after
snatching it from his wife.
Carole testified she carried the
doctor’s attache cate, called a
"murder kit” by the prosecution,
from the ear to the Finch house
because it contained a flashlight
the doctor wanted. Finch says the
case, containing a carving knife,
hypodermics, sleep-inducing drugs
and other items, was one he was
preparing for use on emergency
calls.
something nice to the children."
A Furr’s employee fer six years,
Ginger and her husband Dale
moved to Levelland from Hobbs
about 15 years ago. They have
two married children, both of whom
reside here, also.
Ginger won the divisional “check-
er of the Year" honor and the
$25 bond which went with it on
a vote of her customers. This
qualified her to compete for the
grand award, as "Checker of the
Year” for the entire chain of 58
Furr’s stores in Texas, New Mex-
ico and Colorado. To win this
title, and a $100 bond, she had to
submit an essay on “Why I Like
My Job” as well as answer a
questionaife.
overboard from the Netherlands
sant.. .Ginger Webb almost makes
the weekly shopping tour a plea-
sure tor many South Plains house-
wives. After all, that’s why she is
“Checker at the Year.”
Nimitz reassured
by U.S. defenses
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fleet
Adm. Chester Nimitz, 75. and
starting today on 76, finds the
United States’ defense posture re-
assuring.
At a birthday banquet Wednes-
day night, the retired commander
of Pacific naval forces in World
War n was lauded as “the senior
statesman of the sea’’ and praised
for distinguished service.
“It is reassuring to be told by
the secretary of defense that U.S.
defenses are so powerful and alert
that no aggressor would dare at-
tack unless ed by a madman,”
he told the 600 buests.
Nimitz said earlier—in a tele-
phone interview with friends in
Honolulu—that after all these
years he could not see how the
United States could have im-
proved on the Pacific strategy
that brought victory in 1945.
At Pearl Harbor, the Navy ded-
icated 75 trees at the main gate
of the Pearl Harbor Naval Ship-
yard as “living candies” com-
memorating Nimitz’ birthday.
Khrushchev at
after most anti-US.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent in
Moscow tor three years, Roy Es-
soyan encountered Nikita Khrush-
chev many times in many moods.
Essoyan, now an AP correspond-
ent in Southeast Aaia, has met
Khrushchev again, this time find-
ing the Premier in a bantering,
bubbling tourist mood. Here is
Essoyan's account of their conver-
sation, which was held in Russian.
By ROY ESSOYAN
Associated Press Staff Writer
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush-
chev and I argued the merits of
American baseball caps and the
rigors of international goodwill
tours this week.
The discussion, held in on Indo-
nesian rest house near the ancient
Borobudur Temple in central Java
startled Soviet and Indonesian offi-
cial*.
Khrushchev was at his best,
clowning and bubbling with good
humor. His behavior, soon after
the most anti-American speech of
his current Southeast Asian tour,
reflected Ms changeable disposi-
tion.
He was friendly, brusquely
charming, and even shushed some
of his aides who tried to warn
him against my views.
Khrushchev and his party were
relaxing after climbing around
Borobudur, a thousand • year old
Buddhist monument whose ter-
races depict the life of Buddha in
intricate stone carvings. The Pre-
mier beckoned me over to the
seat beside him, which Indonesian
President Sukarno had just vacat-
ed.
I took off my crumped blue
denim baseball cap as I sat down.
Khrushchev grabbed it, examined
it and waved it around.
“This (s the sort of thing that
baffles me about the United
States," he said. “America is such
a rich country and you Americans
wear rags ike this.”
"That’s no rag." I said. "It may
not be very beautiful, but it’s very
handy at baseball games and for
chasing you around these islands
under the hot Indonesian sun."
Khrushchev took another quizzi-
cal look at the cap.
“Try it,” I said.
Khrushchev slapped the cap on
his head and posed for photog-
raphers.
“It must keep the sun off very
well,” he said. "It looks very
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The
scene was tense Shakespeare.
As Othelo throttled Desdemona
someone in the audience shouted,
"don’t do it. buddy, they'll send
you to jail.”
“You just don’t know what to
expect,” said Dr. Lewin Goff in
retrospect. His University of Kan-
sas players Had presented scenes
from "Othello," “Brigadoon" and
“Teahouse of the August Moon”
to an audience of 900 inmates at
Leavenworth Federal Prison.
The convicts cheered the villain
in Othello and booed the hero—
except when he strangled the
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on television one
finally pulled off
By CYNTHIA LOWRY
NEW YORK (AP) — In this
year when just about every show
that is not a western or situation
comedy is referred to as a special,
it was pleasant Wednesday night
to see a real one. It was special
because of its performers, none of
them were familiars on toe guest
star circuit.
The special was NBC’s Star
Parade and its format gave Bea-
trice Lillie, Cyril Ritchard, Tam-
my Grimes and Tony Randall
opportunities to clown, undeterred
and unrestrained by toe usual
supervision of a host or hostess.
Miss Lillie sparkled in a couple
of typical Lillie numbers. The
elegant Mr. Ritchard had the
temerity to kid comedy —
"Around toe World in 80 Days”—
and even pulled it off. Tammy
Grimes had a charming singing
number. And Randall, that per-
forming jack-of-all-trades engaged
in a series of satiric blackouts, all
very witty.
Earier, CBS' Playhouse 90 pre-
sented a well-acted drama which
posed an insolubje problem. The
question: May evil means be used
to good ends?
Van Heflin played a French
captain in Algeria who must de-
cide whether to torture a 15-year-
old boy if it is the only way in-
formation may be obtained to stop
more murders and atrocities by
rebel leaders. Reginald Rose's
drama struggled with toe question
but never came to grips with any
real answer.
der to warn him that I had spent
three years in toe Sovet Union
(as an AP correspondent).
"I know," Khrushchev an-
swered, apparently unperturbed.
“He wrote bad things about toe
Soviet Union,” toe aide persisted.
Khrushchev turned to me and
asked, “What dd you write?"
"I wrote what I saw," I said,
“The good and the bad.”
"There was more bad than
good," another aide interjected.
“It’s all in the point of view,”
I said. "I don’t like much of what
appears in your press and you
don't like much of what you read
in ours. You have your views and
we have ours.”
Khrushchev nodded solemnly in
agreement.
"We have different points of
view and the only important thing
is to be honest,” he said.
An aide pointed out that I was
of Armenian origin but an Amer-
ican Armenian. The implication
was that any Armenian outside toe
Soviet Union was not to be trust-
ed.
Khrushchev waved the remark
aside.
clowning best
speech of tour
MODEL RULERS
Premier Khrushchev, left, of Russia and President Suk-
arno of Indonesia model sarongs in Jogjakarta before
flying to Surabaya where both spoke. Khrushchev is in
in Indonesia on a 13-day state yv.'C,
(AP Wirephoto)
Van Rie testfies Lynn
spent 3 hours in cabin
Hie gimmick of Arthur God-
frey’s original "Talent Scouts”
was that ordinary people brought
their discoveries — show business
beginners — to a public audition.
But it was ignored in NBC’s Star-
color adaptation Tuesday. Some of
toe new faces were familiar to TV
audiences, too. Colleen Dewhurat,
for instance, drew critical raves,
utilitarian."
One aide leaned over his ahoul-
By TOM MORGAN
BOSTON (AP) — Willem van
Rie, Dutch ship radio operator,
testified today that Lynn Kauff-
man was in his cabin for a three-
hour period on toe day he is al-
leged to have killed her.
This was brought out under
cross-examination by Asst. Dist.
Atty. John F. McAuliffe.
The 31-year-old murder trial de-
fendant said the girl was in his
cabin from 1 a. m. to 4 a. m.
Sept. 18.
The state charges Van Rie beat
Miss Kauffman and tossed her
overboard fro mthe Netherlands
freighter Utrecht as it proceeded
down Boston Harbor the night of
Sept. 18.
It alleges the Dutch wireless-
man had a quarrel with her in
her cabin.
The prosecutor prodded Van
Rie for not mentioning the noc-
turnal visit in his direct testimony
Wednesday.
McAuliffe opened his question-
ing by pointing out that in Vie
Rie's direct testimony he men-
tioned toe girl only as Mrs. Kauff-
man.
Several witnesses have referred
to the 23-year-old divorcee as
Mrs. Kauffman. She was divorced
when she was 21. Her maiden
name is Lynn Kauffman.
Van Rie conceded he had ad-
dressed her as Lynn.
Miss Kauffman vanished from
toe Utrecht sometime after 7
p. m. Sept. 18. Her body was
found toe next day on a harbor
island.
Van Rie spent six hours—virtu-
ally toe entire court day—Wednes-
day supporting his claim of in-
nocence.
Much of his testimony was
aimed at showing his shipboard
duties occupied his time during
the period Miss Kauffman went
to her death.
A half hour of toe testimony
was a voluble and sometimes
emotional description of a brain
washing he claimed he received
in a Brooklyn, N.Y., police station,
where he was arrested on a mur-
der complaint.
He said relays of officers ver-
bally “pounded, pounded, pound-
ed" toroughout the night at Sept
29-30 until in desperation he gave
a false statement.
In this he is represented as say-
ing he went to Lynn’s cabin as
Utrecht slid out of Boston harbor
and they quarreled over her pos-
sible pregnancy. (An autopsy
shewed she was not pregnant.)
The statement represented Vaa
Rie as saying he hit the girl unin-
tentionally.
This happened, the statement
said, when Lynn came at him in
anger after he laughed when she
inquired what he would do if she
were pregnant.
Van Rie insisted toe told toe po-
lice toe statement was false and
that he made it only in toe hope
of getting back to Utrecht to ob-
tain proof he could not have been
involved in her death.
Van Rie said interrogators kept
repeating throughout toe night
that he was in toe girl’s cabin,
that all toe ship’s officers knew he
had relations with her.
Van Rie’s testimony suggested
his defense will be based on a
theory Lynn was a suicide. She
had complained of illness and
failed to appear for any meal
Sept. 18, first time this occurred
during toe voyage, according to
Van Rie.
He testified he last saw her
shortly after 8 a.m., when she
was interviewed by immigration
and health officers who boarded
Utrecht at Boston. He said he
talked to her through an open
porthole of her cabin about noon
and inquired if she wanted any-
thing. but she said she did not.
After Van Rie undergoes cross-
examination by the prosecution,
toe defense is expected to put on
a battery of medical experts in
an effort to counteract a medical
examiner's claim Miss Kauff-
man’s many injuries made her
death by drowning consistent with
homicide.
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It’s not your origin that mat-
ters.” he said. “All a mother
does is to give birth. After that
you mould your own future."
Asked how he thought the trip
was going, he took it personally.
“I’m enjoying it tremendously,”
he replied.
I asked him if he found the trip
trying. The 65-year-old Soviet
leader arrived in New Delhi near-
ly two weeks ago looking tired
and listless. Since then he had
shown occasional sparks of fire,
but most of the time he looked hot
and weary.
“I’m taking it fine,” Khrush-
chev said, “much better than I
had expected."
“Isn’t the heat bothering you?**
I asked.
“I take Sukarno’s advice,’*
Khrushchev laughed. “I dunk my
head in cold water every time I
get a chance and it does wonder*.
I don’t feel tired at ail.
Within an hour, Soviet newsmen
on toe tour blossomed out in khaki
baseball-type caps somewhat sim-
ilar to mine.
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