Great Falls Tribune from Great Falls, Montana • 1

In Drug Case 3 Montana CAP Members In Alabama Limit Rights Stretch Your Budget Judge Ponders Arrest Legality Reserved. Ad Effective Dist. Judge Robert J. Nelson 'and a hashish pipe. A motorist I With These Thru Wednesday, Three senior members of the mmmy i encrveu decision on parked nearby directed July 15, 1970.

Civil Air Patrol, Montana wing, wucuici aujiL'iun iiarvOUCS rit(inrinn 1., deputies' attention to objects he mnv rwii Dt'VCIcU law; enforcement agencies, coupled said were thrown in the ditch by are attending the CAP National Staff College at Maxwell Air GREAT FALLS Force Base, this week he had probable cause of arrest. Hamilton argued this was insufficient, and as this made the arrest illegal, materials seized in the allegedly unlawful arrest could not be admitted. Deputy County Atty. Art Mat-teucci argued there was reliable police investigation as the background for probable cause, and in any case marijuana was readily visible inside the van, and made Tuss' arrest lawful. Neither arrest nor search They are 2nd Lt.

Sonna Halle- I COUPON man, Great Falls, WO Steven No. 83 85th Year Knoop and WO Gordon Kroemer, both of Bozeman. Great Falls, Montana, Wednesday, July 15, 1970 151 wm Single 1 Lower Price by Ccpy lv Carrier Delivery with an anonymous telephone 0B8 of the young men. They tip was sufficient grounds to found materials they believe to legally arrest a young drug be 25 tablets of LSD. suspect.

Deputy Sheriff Frank Tuss Nelson presided at a hearing testified that the Cascade in the case of Frederick Tisdell, County sheriff's office had re-23, 4237 3rd Ave. one of three ceived information from Mis-young men arrested by sheriff's soula, Great Falls and other officers June 19. The hearing law-enforcement agencies that was on a motion by TisdeH's at-! Ponikvar was under investiga-torney, Donald Hamilton, who; lion for trafficking in dangerous argued TisdeH's arrest was! drugs. ne National Staff College program is based on experience in all aspects of CAP. Through Two Held in Bizarre Case lectures, seminars and func tional training participants warrants were issued in the case.

Ponikvar and Kluth are facing similar possession charges, and are yet to be processed in District Court. SPECIALS become involved in methods and instructions in the CAP illegal, ana ne moved tor either dismissal or suppression of seized evidence. mission. Great Falls Man Torso Murder Victim He said the day before the arrests his office received the anonymous telephone call that Ponikvar's van was leaving for Great Falls with a "load." The van is distinctively painted with an American Flag motif. 2 STORES TO SERVE YOU WEJI6ATE (ENTER HOLIDAY VILLAGE PHONE 761-8420 PHONE 761-7420 STORE HOURS: OPEN 9 A.M.

TO 9 P. M. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY; SUNDAY 10 A. M. TO 6 P.M.; SATURDAY WESTGATE CLOSES 6 P.M.

When deputies stopped a vehicle at Montana 200 and Interstate 15, they arrested Tisdell, Franklin Ponikvar, 21, 1710 Colorado Black Eagle, Tuss testifed the anonymous quiet and well thought of always going out of his way to do a little something more for people." fB5mf mm 5 and Stanley Kluth, 20, Shelby. Landowners to Discuss Sand Coulee Creek Plan call in itself would not have They searched the gaudily- prompted the arrest, but to-painted van and found material ecther with noli hp infm-matim TSlTr1 they believe lo be marijuana from the other agencies, he felt I A 1 I lH 1 IM III Public hearings are scheduled i The earlier survey showed the today in the Cascade County dam scheme, if decided upon Courthouse into proposals for a 1 lower Sand Coulee Creek flood' would cost about $8,000 annually control project. to Perate- sPread among the "ITf I IMIT ONE COUPON pfp rnunuro tW LIMIT ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER mum wmmji I I I I PICNIC SET The hearings are todfitermine approximately 200 owners If a flood control district was the teehngs of about 200 land Cars Become Necessity, Dealer Tells Kiwanians Cars are fast becoming a life sources, control is not simple, requirement. Barnes said. "Since 196 3 By ALAN CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Writer A quiet, studious social worker from Great Falls performed an act of kindness Friday and apparently died to satisfy the twisted passions of a man who calls himself Jesus.

James Michael Schlosser, 22, 205 13th St. Great Falls, has been identified as the victim of witchcraft and cannibalism in a crime destined to become one of the most sordid in the nation. It is a case which has caused a veteran California detective lo admit he felt physical revulsion merely interrogating one of the suspects. Monday, Park County officials reported finding a headless, limbless torso with its heart torn out floating in the Yellowstone River. Tuesday, two wild-eyed young men were arrested in Salinas, Calif.

One has admitted the murder, according to Monterey County sheriff's detectives. Both him he tore out the heart and ate it, then severed some fingers, later cutting up the body and scattering the parts. California Highway Patrol officers arrested the two a few hours after Schlosser's Opel vehicle had been involved in a hit-run accident in Meniere County. Each suspect was said to have had fingers in his pocket, which police first thought were chicken bones. Later, McMahon says.

Baker freely volunteered to talk about the crime. "I have to listen." McMahon told the Tribune. "But 1 can hardly stand it I've been 21 years in police work in California and this is the weirdest one I've ever had. "I have to go back in there (the detention cells) right now and get a taped statement. It's making me sick." The detective said both Baker and that they found a bloody 12-inch knife there.

From Park County and California law-enforcement officials, this is the story Baker told: He was hitchhiking and Schlosser, bound for a weekend with friends in Gardiner, picked him up. It is believed they later picked up Stroup. Baker said he knew of a job possibility at a site off the main highway, and Schlosser offered to drive him to the home of the jobsite foreman. "He was a kindly person, always doing favors," a fellow employe said of Schlosser. Schlosser had started work June 22 as a social worker at Roundup.

At a secluded spot, Schlosser was killed, and Baker is quoted as saying the corpse was beheaded and dismembered. Detective-Sgt. McMahon quotes Baker: "I have this problem I'm a cannibal McMahon says Baker told had partially consumed human fingers in their pockets, authorities reported. They are: Stanley Dean Baker, 22, Story, and Harry Allen Stroup, Sheridan, Wyo. Detective-Sgt.

John Mc-Mahon of the Monterey County sheriff's office says Baker calls himself "Jesus," and admits to cannibalism, witchcraft and other occult practices. Both were charged with murder in Livingston. McMahon says Baker has given him a statement in which he admits eating the heart of his victim, after shooting him on a secluded road. Late Tuesday searchers from the Park County sheriff's office said they had found what they think is the scene of the slaying, in an area four miles north of Gardiner on the bank of the Yellowstone. They said the scene was saturated with blood and bone chips and Stroup were long-haired hippie types, and he, McMahon.

saw similarities between the Schlosser case and the Sharon Tate murders, where a "family" led by Charles Manson is accused of murdering the Hollywood starlet and others. A California Highway Patrolman said Baker told him he was the victim of an electrical accident at age 17 "and 1 haven't been the same since." Efforts to drag the Yellowstone to try to retrieve the rest of Schlosser's body proved futile. The river was high and swift in the search area. Police in Sheridan, said both Baker and Stroup had attended high school in Sheridan. Sheriff's deputies in Sheridan said Stroup had been a "hippie type" but recalled Baker had a good reputation as a youth.

Official sources said Stroup SERVICE FOR 6 has spent much of his time recently in Denver. Baker, a Sheridan officer said, had recently been discharged from the Navy. Sheridan police said Baker, a fi-foot-2 inch man of husky build had been working recently in Big Timber. Baker and Stroup were charged late Tuesday with first-degree murder in Schlosser's death. Park County Atty.

Byron Robb, who filed the charges, said he will begin extradition proceedings immediately, Schlosser. a 1970 graduate of the College of Great Falls, intended to pursue a career in social work, and the Musselshell County job was his first in this field. Co-worker Mrs. Evelyn Beedle told the Tribune she had not had time to know Schlosser well, but she knew he was owners from Stocked to the TEFLON COATED deemed necessary, a District Court would establish boun Missouri River who would be I I I I daries and other physical and affected by the project Heavy duty aluminum. With Coupon $499 There is no specific plan as i mechanical aspects.

Assessment yet, but if landowners and be based on existing interested parties agree to the I county reclassification figures. Kiwanian Bob Barnes, local General Motors CorP. nas been Our Keg. $8.88. I adding various valves and de need, a survey would be taken by the state Soil and Water Con servation District office here The hearing today i scheduled for 10 a.m.

in Judge R. J. Nelson's courtroom on the third floor of the courthouse. auto dealer, told Great Falls Kiwanis Club Monday what car manufacturers are doing to protect the life requirement that surrounds the essential vehicles the air we breathe. vices to help alleviate part of the problem in their products.

This year there is the purge line, which traps vapors from Earlier plans, drawn up in 1966, called for a $1.2 million I) STFTVTOT ''fll'l, lid I I I 1 1.1 Mil COUPON PER CUSTOMER 325 LIMIT ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER II the carburetor and gas line." General Motors cars for 1971 will operate on lower octane unleaded fuel, Barnes said, to help cut down exhaust emissions AMES M. SCHLOSSER JOHNSON WAX CO. II system of dams on the creek; the money would be obtained through the federal Small Watershed Act, and local land-; owners would be assessed only1 for land acquisition and maintenance costs. MEPPS Hi TUNE KARR 1400 ON DIAL AND WIN ATRIP TO LAS VEGAS 11 CLEANER WAX SPINNERS I 1 1 Sizes 1 Th round 3 Our Reg. $1.49.

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As they all are different and have different sources within the car, they need different types of control. "The most offensive of these pollutants are hydrocarbons, or unburned gasoline combined with oxygen in the sunlight," he continued. Hydrocarbons originate in auto exhaust (60 per cent), crankcase (20 per cent) and evaporation from the carburetor and gas line (20 per cent). "Because there are three WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th EXPIRES WEDNESDAY, JULY 15tli The company also is working on a package of pollution controls for installation in older automobiles, but the devices haven't all been approved yet, he said. "At the rate auto emissions are decreasing, by 1972 they should be reduced to the 1942 level," he asserted.

Barnes also discussed alternates to the internal combustion engine. All other factors considered, the gas turbine appears to be the best alternate at this time, he said. BALLET CELESTE presents "COPPELIA" Snow Scene from "The Nutcracker" "Le Corseire" "Dance Macabre' 117.lMir.MM mTJ.lll, T.T71 yrPKw 'it 17) It Mm 1 ili'iiVi 'Ti a. i 'i 'iai Adv. Tickets II mVW COUPON PER CUSTOMER I LIMIT ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER 1 Date: July 18th Times: 2:30 and 8:30 P.M.

Place: Civic Center Theater Admission: Matinee: Sl.50-S3.5t Evening: $2.50 TRUE TEMPER. AMERICAN Liberty Theater Paris of Montana Holiday Records he got a bachelor's degree in social sciences from the College 01 Great Falls. He attended CGF for two years; for two years previously he had gone to Centralia College in a h-Ington. During much of the two years he was in college here Schlosser worked a couple of hours early in mornings cleaning the dining area of a bar and cafe. He worked lor an uncle, Henry Kwpp, who was Jim's godfather and knew him all his life.

Kropp said xne young student's usual working hours were 2 to 4 a.m. His wages helped pay his college tuition. Last sununer Schlosser work CAMPING ed in a government-sponsored recreation project in Stoekett. The job involved working with a group of children such things as taking them on hikes and Kropp said Schlosser had a good time that Jim also did part-time work while he was a student at Great Falls High School helping his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Pius T. Schlosser, run their neighborhood grocery. The elder Schlosser, who lives at 205 13th St. retired about four years ago when his sight began failing. Jim attended Central High School during the ninth grade, Continued on page 2, col.

Hondlcd SHOVEL WITH COUPON I Mr TOOL KIT r.w- i in" A I osco Our Reg. $2.99 $199 JU A88 'll Pv WITH COUPON I EXPIRES WEDNESDAY, JULY I WL kxpires WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th By MIKE WENNINGER Tribune Staff Writer A nice young man who pretty much minded his own business. A quiet fellow who usually was in the background of the passing scene during his 22 years of life. A lg man but a gentle one. An earnest man who wanted to make a career of helping people less fortunate than himself but without any grand intentions ol changing the world.

The kind of man who would pick up a couple of hitchhikers and never think that such a simple gesture of goodwill could lead to tragedy. That was James Michael Schlosser. a young social worker whose life apparently was ended during the weekend by a mystery-shrouded murder that had overtones of cannibalism. Less than a month ago Schlosser began working in Roundup for the State Welfare Department. He was interviewing and screening applicants.

He enjoyed the work, said a friend who noted that Jim had never talked of pursuing any other career. Schlosser had had other jobs during his ihorl life most of them part-time ones that helped him get through college. In May mm I vnmvimaiiMkw mtmrnMiLViMViiim iH I 1 I I PER CUSTOMER LIMIT ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER I I I I Anybody can make hard liquor. A soft whiskey is something else. Anchor Hocking pitcher and six glasses.

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(AP Photo) ZIPPING TO WORK ON ALLEN DA'S WIRE A workman, who is fitting guy wires to the cable on which aerialist Karl Wallenda will walk across Tallulah Gorge in Georgia, zips to his work platform in the center of the sagging cable on a pulley 17, 7177 i 7S WJ.lJT-TTr, HARRY ALLEN STROLP STANLEY D. BAKER r.T d.tl'l.fll-mi'A'l'Jii CUSTOMER LIMIT ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER JOSEPJ I FEViR Good Morning! 1 1 mi DI-GEL LIQUID 6-FL-OZ. BOTTLE ILLIQUID 6-FL -OZ BOTTI I DIGEL i I LIQUID Jl I ASPIRIN On Saturday Store Closing State Liquor Board Stands Pat HILDRr fl A nM-Atf SHOP Antacid VnlraM HA. ill The Lockhorns The difference between hard liquor and soft whiskey is more than just a matter of taste. What makes Calvert Extra soft is the way it is distilled and blended.

So while soft whiskey has a unique taste, it is also as smooth and mellow as the best imported Scotch and Canadian. It took us many years and thousands of experiments to develop the unique taste of soft whiskey. It wasn't easy. But we think you'll agree it was worth it. IH establish in our stores wc will be criticized by some." Welsh.

"This is present practice Regardless of what we do some complaints will be received. Morris, "Furtlier study required McNab. "This is argumentative since by trial and error we will fnid most profitable hours. They may be ail right as is." The board did adopt the legislative auditor's recommendation to discontinue the policy of requiring state stores to close for taking inventory. yvg inrgi WITH COUPON Ah KSffi With Coupon I If EXPIRES WEDNESDAY, JULY K.lh I8B- EXPIRES WEDNESDAY, JUH th MM SANDALf I sun ifecASTORS I Gs Ii PlAYING ARDS jj "Don't worry if the steak's a little tough, the coffee will dissolve it." Court Tells Why Ouster Action Nixed HELENA (APi Montana's Supreme Court said, in effect, Tuesday that Atty.

Gen. Robert L. Woodahl couldn't have ousted the Liquor Control Board members if he had proved his charge at a trial. Why? Because, said the tribunal, the statutory language about removal "is cast in terms of willful And the removal petition filed by Woodahl does not mention the willful element. In its unsigned opinion, the high court explained why one week earlier it threw out the ouster action against the five board members.

The court noted that Woodahl charged the board members with having "wholly failed and neglected" to maintain records showing the disposition of liquors received as samples. "The removal charge is based entirely on inadequate record keeping." the opinion said The justices held that to oust the board members under the law cited by Woodahl he would have to allege and prove willful refusal or neglect to perform official duties of the office. The question of willfulness was cited by the Supreme Court as one of thret Issues in the case. Graham said, "I don't think it would be so bad if they stayed open until Saturday noon." Liquor vendors are political appointees, Mathers said, adding that he'd sat on a patronage board "when people came in asking for the job "I definitely am against the Saturday closing." said Board Chairman Robert Arnot, Conrad In addition to their verbal comments, the five board members also reported on changes being made to comply with the auditor's 169 recommendations, in a "progress and evaluation report." That report was dated June 11 and released to the press at Tuesday's Legislative Audit Committee meeting Arnot, McNab and Welsh. Billings, said that the recommendation to establish more convenient store hours will probably not be adopted Administrator Shea wrote that the board had considered the change and therefore complied with the recomrm ncution "The board does not at this time consider a change necessary -Comments by ttse board: Arnot.

My personal recommendation would be to adopt this -Wiley. "This is being done in-. and regardless of what we "In a business sense we have a monopoly," McNab said. "We are operating a retail monopoly, but we should consider the convenience of the public," Mathers said. Board member Jack Wiley, Helena, apparently referring to a local newspaper, said.

"I've been here 14 years and we don't have a Saturday newspaper." Shea recalled. "There were some arguments when banks closed Saturdays." Audit Committee Vice Chairman Rep Norris Nichols. R-Ste-vensville, pointed out that closing state stores on Saturdays means higher prices for the public, which must purchase spirits from privately operated liquor stores or bars Operators of bars and licensed retail outlets must buy their iiquor from the state monopoly, at the same price paid bv the public. There is no restriction on what bars and non-state liquor outlets may then charge the public. Board member Walter Morris.

Missoula, said that further study was required because "we as a 1 liquor control state owe the public a great deal." In New Hampshire, another control state, he said, state liquor stores are open four holidays and on election das "to give a little moT advantage to the buying public The reason given by the board was that liquor store employes should have the same days off as other state workers. "In my particular area I've had a great deal of criticism about this." said Sen. William Mathers, R-Miles City. "Do you intend to open stores on he asked the board Joseph Shea, board administrator, replied. "We now have more business on Friday than we had on Saturday." "You are doing the business of two days." Mather said.

Board member Robin McNab. Bozeman, said that when the motion was made to close the larger retail stores on Saturdays, it was agreed that hours would be lengthened Fridays, and. if necessary, there would be a return to Saturday hours Later the board set 10 a p.m. hours for Fridays and all days preceding holidays. McNab said that closing the stores Saturdays was done "to save the state money "How could you save money closmg Saturday Mathers inquired.

McNab said that the heaviest buying had now been shifted to another day Friday. "It seems strange to close a store when this was the buying habit of the peopk1 Mathers said By JOHN KUGLIN Tribune Capitol Bureau HELENA The Legislative Audit Committee Tuesday was unable to convince Montana's Liquor Control Board that state retail stores should be open Saturday. Another Liquor Board Story on page 5 "I realize the vendors arc very much in agreement with this (Saturday closings 1, but it is a disservice to the people to force them to the bars when you close on Saturday." said Sen. Carroll Graham, 0 Grass, chairman of the Audit Committee. All five members of the Liquor Board met in the Capitol with the Audit Committee.

Under discussion was one of the 169 recommendations in a critical report on Liquor Board operations, issued last February by the legislative auditor's office. The recommendation was that the board should "consider establishing store hours more convenient to the buying public." The legislative auditor found that 30 per cent of all sales in state retail liquor stores were on Saturday until the board adopted a Monday-Friday schedule last Jan. 9 Calvert Extra The Soft Whiskey Weather Forecast East ol divide Warmer. Highs 85-95. Lows 50s.

West of divide Warmer. Highs 85-90. Lows 50s. AI 1-8 tar Baseball Game: NL Wins 54 in 12th Stories, photos on page Said Mrs. Duane MEE for a very low FEE 1 placed a classified ad on the very first day, I received my "pay," These want' ads pull iike mad: the Fermi-.

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