ai>me-Owru*d jN ewspaper
volume xvi
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 28, 1955
lOcaCopy
NUMBER 204
World Series
play-by-play
on page four
Stockton woman admits she
took child; baby with parents
Kidnaper deceived
husband with story
of motherhood
STOCKTON CaM. (/P) A
grief-stricken woman who kid
naped a baby because she de
ceived her husband with a
story of motherhood surren
dered 1 1-day-old Robert Mar
cus to a Catholic priest today.
Officers said she confessed
stealing the ibalby from the
nursery of a San Francisco
hospital mine days ago.
Police chief Jack O’Keefe
said Mrs. Betty Renediicto, 27,
of Stockton delivered the baby
to the Rev. Allen McCoy at
St. Miary’s parish after tele
phoning Dr. Sanford Marcus,
the infant’s father in San Fran
cisco and instructing him to
meet her here.
The baby is in excellent con,
dition and police said there is
no question he is Robert Mar
cus.
Dr. Marcus, 34, grinning for
the first time since his son
was stolen, said “We Ifeei in
our hearts he is ours. We are
99 per cent certain. But we
will await footprint checks
and blood tests.’’
Marcus and his grief-strick
en wife, Hanna, 29, who has
been in a state of near collapse
since the kidnaping, made the
80-imi>le trip to Stockton in a
San Francisco police car in 75
minutes.
Mrs. Benedito sobbing and
near hysteria when taken to
the Stockton police station
was booked on a technical hold
ing charge. Chief O’Keefe said
he understood San Francisco
authorities would charge her
with kidnaping.
Dr. Marcus, in appeals to
the kidnaper for safe delivery
of Robert, had promised he |
V eatchcombing
• Well it looks like the NY
Yanks algiain — with Mantle out
they still come up with 'home
runs when needed.
• Tomorrow the first of the
visiting congressmen arrive to
enjoy Sitka hospitality. When
they go home — we know ■
they will tell their constitut
ents '‘Sitka, Alaska, is a place
you should visit.”
• The tight over whether
B. Frank or Williams is right
may lead into the counts. Then
it will (be a political football
in the next campaign.
• And speaking \>f politics—
the local Democrats are going
to hold a caucus so they will be
aible to talk to visiting party
members junketing through the
territory and arriving in Sitka
would not prosecute. Asked a
bout that today, he said:
“I think the woman is a
psychologically disturbed per
son.
“I, myself, have no further
concern with the woman, oth
er than to offer my thanks for
the baby’s return.”
Chief O’Keefe quoted Mrs.
Benedicto, wife of a prosper-'
ous publisher of a Filipino
weekly newspaper, as saying
she took the child because she
had convinced friends, includ
ing her husband, she was prsg
n/ant.
The husband. Marcus Bene
dicfto, 52. didn’t know of the
ruse, the chief said and didn’t
become suspicious until last
night. Then he went to police,
almost at the moment his wife
was telephoning Dr. Marcus, j
about 12:35 a. m. today.
O’Keefe said Mrs. Benedic
to sobbed out this story:
When “Papa” Benedicto be- ,
gan passing out cigars, she
went to San Francisco, looked
over the Mft. Zion hospital
nursery and dashed away with \
the Marcus baby. She said she 1
chose that particular one be
cause Marcus was her hus
band’s first name. , ,
Mrs. Benedicto drove im
mediately back to Stockton j
with the baby and kept him ’
in her three room apart
ment — while possibly the
greatest manhunt in the his
tory of the San Francisco Bay
area was getting underway.
Then mental anguish set in
She said she loved the baby
and wanted to keep him. But
• all the time her radio and tel
evision sets were blaring pleas
from the grief-stricken parents
,for the return of their child.
’At last she decided to give
Mm up.
Big Three do not !
recognize any East
German regime
NEW YORK </P) The West
ern Big Three in 'a joint state
ment said today they d'o not
recognize any East Germany
regime — a move apparently
intended to keep Berlin acces
sible to the West.
They said the Soviet Union
remains responsible for carry
ing out obligations previously
made with the three powers on
the subject of Germany and
Berlin.
The statement issued in con
junction with the Big Three
foreign ministers meeting here
was aimed at agreements reach
ed Sept. 20 by the Soviet Un
ion and East Germany.
The foreign ministers reaf
firmed the view of their Igov
| ernments that “final determiin
| ation of German frontiers must
! await a peace settlement for
the whole of Germany.
BILL SARVELA FILES
FOR S.P.U. BOARD
Just a few minutes before
five o’clock last nigiht William
(Bill) Sarveia filed for the
position of member of the board
of control of the Sitka Public
Utilities, five year term. i
Stock market
continues upswing
NEW YORK t/P) The stock
market today continued its
comeback from Monday’s big
break with renewed vigor. i
Prices ran higher in key
stocks from $1 to $4 a share as
buying and selling orders churn
ed the market. .There were
some losers here and there.
The ticker tape, which norm
ally reports transactions with
in seconds, could not keep up!
with the rapid pace and ran as !
much as 3 minutes late but
caught up after the first hour.
Collins' two homers pove
way for victory over Dodgers
Slugging match is
marked by four
homers and rally
by Haifgih Fullerton, Jr.
NEW YORK (ff) Two home
runs by Joe Collins carried the
New York Yankees to a 6-5
victory over the Brooklyn
Dodgers today in the first
game of the 54th World Series.
-A crowd of 63.869 saw a slug
ging match marked by five
homers and a Dodger rally that
fell just short of tying the
score in the eighth inning.
Collins smashed his second
H. D. Covin report conpleted;
no adverse problems found
Formal decision to
be made in Dec. by
Alaska 1. & P. Co.
Harold D. Oaviry consulting
pulp mill engineer for the Al
aska Lumber & Pulp Co., who
completed his report on the
proposed pulp mill project for
Sitka on August 26, reports
no adverse problems present
ed themselves.
In a letter to Leslie Yaw,
chairman of the Sitka Cham
ber of Commerce (pulp mill
■committee, Mr. Cavin writes
the report is now in Japan be
ing studied and financial ar
rangements negotiated and “so
far as I know no major prob
lems encountered.’
Mr. Cavin writes further:
“The Forest Service has the
timber contract drafted and
the timber sale is to be adver
tised October 15 and the award
to be made in December. At
this time a formal decision
should be announced on plans
by the Alaska Pulp Co.
(The same day Mr. Gavin’s
letter was written. Sept. 26,
regional forester Art Greeley
announced timber sale -would
■be advertised by the end of
October.)
“There is one adverse prob
lem that keeps coming up and
that is resentment and opposi
tion to Japanese interests com
ing to Alaska,” Mr. Cavin con
tinued. “This opposition stems
from misinformation — peo
ple thinking the project is
backed by the U. S. govern
ment and that the mill will be
operated by imported Japan
ese labor.
“I am sure you people know
that the project will be oper
ated by an American company
with American labor and that
the invitation to bid on the
timber is open to any other
American company that canj
qualify to hid.”
Mr. Cavin also sends kind-]
est regards to his friends in'
Sitka.
Tension over illness
of president eases
a bit more today
DENVER (JP) Tension over
President Eisenhower’s illness
eased a bit more today — and
hopes brightened a bit for his
recovery before any crisis a
rises over delegation of presi
dential powers.
A continuing succession of
hospital bulletins reporting
satisfactory progress “without
complications cheered admin
istration officials and the pre
sident, too.
“Get iwell” messages contin
ued to pour into Fitzsimmons
army hospital from all over
the world — one of the latest
from Eisenhower's old friend
and World War II comrade-in
arms, Soviet Marshall Geopgli
Zhukov.
WASHINGTON (/P) Presi
dent Eisenhower’s administra
tive team was described today
as confident that within 30
days at most the president
himself will again be able to
guide the nation.
The opinion was based on
continued optimistic medical
reports on Eisenhower’s pro
gress in recovering from a
heart attack which struck him
last Saturday in Denver.
One presidential aide said
that if a matter of transcend
ental importance should arise
immediately, it could be taken
to the president even now.
Meanwhile, however, Eisen
hower’s top aides were report
ed to be settling down to a 30
(continued on page four'
[homer of the (game with Yogi
Berra on base in the sixth in
ninig to provide the deciding
runs after he had given them
the lead in the f ourth with a
bases-empty circuit blow.
Ford finally was yanked af
ter Brooklyn had scored twice
in the eighth, with the aid of
Bill McDougald’s two base er
ror, and Bob Kriim finished.
Newcomlbe went out in the
sixth, soon after Collins’ se
cond homer.
The cannonading started in
the second inning when Fur
illo led off the Brooklyn half
with 'his sixth World Series
homer — an all-time high for
a National leaguer. The blow
barely reach the right field
stands, bouncing off the top of
the low wall into the stands.
Jackie Robinson smashed a
triple into left field center be
tween Irv Noren and Elston
Howard and scored when Don
Zimmer looped a (basehit over
second.
The Yanks tied it up in the
last half Of the second. New
combe walked Collins and then
He vard, in his first time at bat
in a World Series, drove one
into the lower right field stands
along the foul line for a homer
Duke Snider putt Brooklyn
ahead for the second time -when
he opened the third with a
(continued on page four)
jPeron may leave
for exile today
BUENOS AIRES (/P) Author
itative sources said Juan D.
Peron, still stuck on a Pana
guayan gunboat in the River
Plate, probably would receive
his long-awaited safe conduct
to exile today.
The disposed dictator took
refuge on the gunboat Para
guay nine days ago. Provisional
president Eluarlo Lonardi. who
led the revolt that ended Per
on’s 10 year sway as Argent
ina’s strong roan, announced
after the revolt ihe would be
accorded the traditional Latin
American right of political as
ylum.
Lonardi backed this by tell
ing newsmen last night Peron
was free to begin exile in Para
guay at any time.
Marine forecast from Wed
nesday to Thursday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Sitka1 southeasterly
winds 15 to 25 mph this after
noon and shifting to southwest
erly 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Cloudy with rain. Showers
tonight. t
Outside waters Sitka to Ya
l^utat southerly winds 20 to 30
mph this afternoon and soufch
westrly 15 to 25 mph tonight.
Rain and fog today. Showers
tonight.