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24-Year-Old W. Va. Man StatesJealousy Is Motive For Slaying1Lawrence F. Price, Bridgeport, Officials PlanOhio Is Victim - Body FoundIn Alley Near His Pool Room -'lip From Waitress Leads to Asiatic FluArrest of Murderer.Battle AgainWASHINGTON UP -BRIDGEPORT. Ohio UP — Po-’ General Leroy E. Bum lice said today a 24-year-old today with rcpi eseiitati' Wheeling. W. Va.. man has con- major health organi/atioi fes.sed to slaying a Bridgeport pool plans for combatting a room operator and leaving his epidemic of Aisatic fit body in a darkened alley.Dick Rutheifurd was quoted by Wheeling police who arrested him as saying he was motivated by jealousy when he killed his longtime friend. 1 awrence D. Price, 29, early Tuesday. Price’s body was found in an alley near his pool room, lie apparently died from a blow by a blunt instrument.country this coming fall ter.Burney scheduled a c with officials of the Medical Association, Red Cross and othei lead ! groups to review last in on worldwide spread of type flu.iHe said in advance of ihg representatives of 1would describe “their Rutherford said ho became on- : II,„blll/,„e ,.mergcic.vraged because Price was keeping medjCal manpower in Cicompany with Cynthia Soos, a eipdemic.”waitress here. It was a tip from j Burney said he also pMiss Soos which led to Ruther- j discuss wilh thc medica|ford’s arrest in Wheeling.how thev may assist thShe hadinfoimed police t h a t the effort to get as man;Rutherford and Price were friends cans vaccinated withwho attended school together, but Asian strain vaccine as t added that Rutherford told her wil* P*rm!L some time ago he planned to at- Although supplies oftack Price and steal his money.Wheeling detective John Men-nillo said the Soos woman received a call ft in Rutherfoid Tuesday. 'Ihe waitr**s said Rutherford told her he struck Price and hid his money ifnder the sink in his trailer home on Wheeling Island.vaccine will lx* too small any sizable projxirtionpopulation before late 1 Public Health Service of not now forsee any sci amble.Rather they appear mcerned about public aptI are planning an all - ou Mennillo went to the trailer and tional campaign to urge found .. sbin of money under the to get shots as soon as th-sink in a soap box.Polce at first theorized Price’s death might have Urn connected in some way w ith the recent pinball bombings in Bridgeport and Wheeling Puce was the operator of a poolroom in a building owned by Charles Maroon. Two of Maroon's buildings mysteriously were Umibed in the last three months heie and at \\ heeling.Rutherford wws turned over to Belmont County. Ohio, authorities.is available.Neighbor Rei Boy From HarCl EVE LAND UP —Oppelt, 10. had a narrow with death Tuesday whei cidentally hanged hims placing with a clothesln behind his home here.The youngster tossed oi
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Delphos Herald
Delphos, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 14, 1957
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