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Defendant on Way to Court for TrialAccompanied by Sheriff George A. Hlckoff, Daniel J\1. Shadle of McElhallan, leaves the Jail today on the way to the Clinton County Courthouse for the start of his trial for the murder of Roland I). Butler. The trial began today with the hearing of testimony from witnesses for the prosecution. Butler was killed in a tavern altercation after the two men had started out to hunt groundhogs together. (Express Photo)viv** A V « It A.July 2.t .'.illThree AmericansWin Nobel Prizes)tState to ReceiveBoro Sewer PlanCouncil ChangesDewey St. SignsMILL HALL — Plans for a| proposed sewage treatment plant or an alternative lift station and force main werepresented last night to borough council by engineer Warren Ohl. Council has not decided which project will be adopted.The state is willing to approve the plans before council advertises for bids. Council mensuggested The plans be submitted for state approval.Ask Street RepairsCouncil instructed that aletter be sent the Central Paving Co. of State College requesting the company repair streets that have proven unsatisfactory.It was reported Dewey St. residents are displeased with the parking problem. Parking signs will be moved to the east side of the street. Council was j informed the dikes have been | repaired.Recreation FundsA motion transferred $750 to the recreation fund for the new park project which will cost $2,600 to build two tennis courts. The project is expected to be completed this winter. Contractor James P. Webb has been instructed to go ahead with the project. IThe October financial report! was presented by the borough j secretary. Bills due in the bor-j ough's general fund totaled;$785. Sewage bills were $64. The Mill Hall fire company will receive a $750 allotment for 1955. Revenue came to $1,203 in October.STOCKHOLM, (AP — T h C Nobel prizes In chemistry and physics went to three Americans today.Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud of Cornell U n i v c rally \s mod i cal college won the prize In chemistry. The physics award went jointly to Dr. W. E. Lamb of Stanford University and Dr. P. Kitsch of Columbia University.Two Split PrizeThe physicists will split prjze money of $36,720 for their work in correcting an error made by a Briton who previously won the Nobel prize. Their work was In connection with atomic measurements.Dr. Du Vigneaud will receive | the $36,720 chemistry award for |his work on two hormones that help in childbirth and keep a check on vital body organs like the kidney. The 54-yenr-okl Chicago-born biochemist is the first scientist ever to take apart land put together a hormone •produced by the pituitary gland. His work on the two substances —oxytocin and vasopressin—is described by Nobel .authorities here as a historic feat in biochemistry.”Correction Aids Scientists ,The correction is described by members of the awarding body— the Royal Swedish Academy of Science—as a major advance toward the understanding of what goes on inside the atom. It enabled scientists to calculate correctly the properties of some of its component parts.Quietest AtomicTests Are StartedFBI Adds Hoodlum toMost Wanted ListWASHINGTON (AP — The FBI today put John Allen Kendrick of Washington, D. C.f de- j scribed as a hoodlum with a 30-year criminal record, on its list of 10 most wanted men.” Kendrick is currently under indictment here for a shooting affray in December of last year in which one man was seriously wounded.After that affair, his automobile was found abandoned at Sharon, Pa., and the FBI got out a federal warrant charging he had crossed state lines to avoid prosecution*LAS VEGAS, Nev., (AP)—The quietest series of atomic testsyet has started.The Atomic Energy Commission issued this statement yesterday;“In a test today there was a detonation of a nuclear device. No fall out problem exists because there was no measurable nuclear detonation, even though fissionable materials were involved.”Residents of this resort city heard and saw nothing.The AEC is trying to find out whether atomic weapons can be exploded accidentally. It said thetests would continue today, weather permitting.Surplus Food DayThe Salvation Army will distribute surplus food tomorrow from 9 a. m. to noon at the citadel. Butter, milk and cprn meal are listed as the items available*Jury Has ChoiceThe district attorney’s request gives the jury a choice of either first or second degree murcler or possibly manslaughter if it should find Shaclle guilty. The law and a fuller explanation of possible verdicts will be given to the jurors by Judge Abraham IT. Lipez at the close of the trial.Six prosecution witnesses were called to the stand this morning and five testified. The sixth, Mrs. Anna Butler, widow of the dead nmn, returned to her seat without giving testimony after a short conference between Judge Lipez, the district attorney, and defense attorney James T. Smith.Two of the witnesses, relatives of the dead man, told of events leading up to the shooting ofButler,Charles R. Butler of McElhat-tan, brother of the dead man, said he was a neighbor of Shacile’s. He testified that he and Shaclle hac! made plans to go groundhog hunting early on the morning of July 2, They picked up rifles and started out on the trip, stopping first at the Buffalo Inn on Route 220 where they had several glasses of draught beer,Stopped In Jersey ShoreFrom the Buffalo Inn, the men progressed to a tavern in Jersey Shore, the name of which Butler couldn’t remember, where they had several more drinks of beer and whiskey. They drove to Rauch town where they had originally planned to hunt and there decided to go to the home of Roland Butler, about 2 miles eastSof Loganton.At Roland Butler’s home they met Butler and his uncle, William Jennings Butler, and after a short talk decided to visit the Evening Star Tavern, a short distance from Loganton.There Butler said he was unable to recall ail of what hadhappened, telling Judge Lipez and the jury that he “was pretty looped up” from the morningdrinking..Guns Left In CarHe said, lie recalled “Uncle Billy got pretty drunk and that he took him out and put him In the back seat of Shadle's car, which was used for the trip. There he said he noticed the two guns which were to be used for hunting, on the floor behind thefront seat.Charles Butler said he returned to the bar and saw a rumpus” underway between his brother and Shadle and joined It. He said he couldn't recall who started it—or what It was about. Walter U. Heckle, operator of the tavern, broke up the fight, Butler said.1-Ie testified he was unable to recall Shadle or his brother leaving the tavern. He said he walked out because he thought it was time to go home and saw his brother laying there alongside of the car.” He said he did nob recall hearing any shots fired.I gathered him up.” Butler continued, and tried to get him on the lawn . . He said he noticed blood on his brother’s neck. I kind of blacked out a little,” he said. He added he did not remember his brother making any statements about who shot him.Diccl In Sayre HospitalRoland Butler was taken to Lock Haven Hospital and transferred to Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre shortly after where he died on July 7.The prosecution alleges that.. Shadle, after the quarrel in the bar, went outside, got one of tfteA. rifles from the car, waited; for ■■ Roland Butler to walk out; ofitlie.Vtavern and shot him.. ,r vl.-Hlilf? Under cross m ina rin«^h\r^Smith, Butler jpeated. the-test!!!;mony he had given.Uncle Saw GunsWilliam Jennings, small, balding, grey hair said he had been living, nephew, Charles Butler; time, but- was .visiting^See COURT-'(Page 11, Col. 3)» .fl.i - V M' 2VmVJ‘wr?mm
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Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Nov 02, 1955
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