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national Battalion/Page 11 November 3, 1982 Cyanide suspect sought United Press International CHICAGO — Police sear- :hed nationwide Tuesday for in Illinois man who is wanted [for questioning in the cyanide ylenol poisoning deaths of feven people. They said “sub- Istances” taken from his apart ment were being analyzed. ‘ Mort Friedman, a spokes man for Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner, said i bulletin was issued Monday [for Kevin Masterson, 35, of Lombard, Ill., believed to be Jisitinga friend near Murray, £y. — about 400 miles south |<jf Chicago. The Chicago Sun- Times j;quoted Dale Span, a Murray police captain, as saying state taskforce investigators flew to [that area Monday night. [ However, a Paducah, Ky., television station reported [Masterson left the area during Henslffthe weekend for an undis- of o Garcii ribedlk who 111 try jparetiil] iputoti iiurderer Charles Manson and 8, ind pas in sdio(| contrail rmputtr. rsvsteiii m they hail rugh tk ;s or let! ciplinaiy t thesis parent’s omputfl closed location. The police bulletin said Masterson has a history of mental illness and may be dangerous. He was described as a white male with red hair and blue eyes, about 5-feet-10 and weighing 165 pounds. Friedman stressed Master- son is wanted only for ques tioning at this point, in the deaths of seven people who took capsules of Extra- Strength Tylenol in the Chica go area between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1. Hundreds of tips and rumors have led investigators to numerous dead ends and the killings set off a rash of copycat poisonings and tam perings nationwide. Masterson’s landlord, 85, w was not identified, said the man told him he once admit ted himself into a mental hos pital to avoid military service in the Vietnam War. “He always helped me with things, all kinds of things around the apartment,” thef- erly man said. “I don’t believe he had any connection with anything like that.” Investigators armed with search warrants went through Masterson’s room Friday and recovered “various items.” Friedman refused to identify any of the items taken from the apartment, saying only they included certain “subst ances.” The substances were being analyzed, he said. Investiga tors also conducted interviews of several friends and ac quaintances Saturday and Sunday. The man’s father, reached in suburban Wheeling by the Chicago Tribune, said his son had no chemistry background and was on a trip he had plan ned to take alone. “I think it is dastardly that his name was used,” the father said. “There is no question in my mind he is not the one who did this. Another suspect in the case, James W. Lewis, a fugi tive wanted on federal extor tion charges, is still being sought by investigators. Lewis is accused of demanding $1 million from Johnson & John son, owners of the company which makes Tylenol, to “stop the killings.” In New Jersey, a federal magistrate set a $50,000 bond for a man charged in a copycat extortion plot. Vernon A. Wil liams, 34, of Newark, alleged ly threatened to distribute cyanide-tainted Tylenol nationwide unless he was paid $100,000. Thunderbird widows denied AF evidence Manson escape plot uspected by guards United Press International VACAVILLE, Calif. — Pris- )n officials suspect mass- hree other convicts of plotting lit escape by using a hot-air bal- [odn to fly over the walls at the California Medical Facility. Prison spokesman Don Cus- i usedi ardsaid Monday that Manson a speoij ind the other inmates were rtojpj iked in special custody pend- an investigation. He said prison-fashioned weapon,” Cus tard said. Custard said guards searched Manson’s cell on Saturday and found the hacksaw blade and what they believe to be mari juana and LSD. He said tests are ts niigli scape charges may be filed. Custard said guards disco id a hacksaw blade, a piece of ydid«( metal that appeared to be materitl fashioned into a knife, 100 feet bTnylon rope and a catalog for Drdering a hot-air balloon. The hacksaw blade was found in Manson’s cell along with what officials suspect were marijuana 1 LSD. Manson, 48, was the noto rious head of the “family” of young dropouts who killed ac- (ress Sharon Tate and six others pT in Southern California in 1969. * ‘ i Custard said the discovery of iheitems was made after a guard got suspicious Friday night when he found the door to the / prison’s Protestant chapel tied I Shut with an electrical cord. When the guard ordered the door opened, he found Manson bd the other inmates. |'A search of the chapel’s attic fesulted in discovery of a piece of metal that could have been “a MSC Camera Committee FAliI* PHOTO CONTEST • Entries open Nov. 1, 82 and close Nov. 5, 82 at 4 p.m. in the MSC Lobby. Cost is $2.00 per print. • Prints will be judged Sat. Nov. 6, 82. • For more info call Bill 260-1958. 41 laza A VIVACIOUS, CXCITING FUN, N0U NIGHTCLUB IS SOON TO 0PCN IN C0LICGC STATION ^eoro nouu interviewing tor waitresses, barbacks, bar- ending door and hostess positions. Rpplg in person at ^'Pstih Thurs. Nov. 4 ond Fri. Nov. 5 between 12 and % LUoodstone Shopping Center 81 5 Harveg Rood College Station, Tx 77840 United Press International LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The widows of three Air Force Thunderbird stunt pilots will not be permitted to use a 700- page military accident report as evidence in their mulli-million- dollar suit against the company which manufactured the jets. U.S. Magistrate Philip Pro on Monday denied use of the Air Force accident report prepared by the Air Force. The report blamed the “follow-the-leader” crash of the Thunderbirds on a jammed tail stabilizer. Attorney Gary Logan is rep resenting three of the four widows of the pilots killed dur ing a Jan. 18 practice exercise til Indian Springs, Nev. He asked Pro to admit the entire 700-page accident as evidence. „ Logan sought to use the acci dent report evidence in the pending trial against Northrup Inc., manufacturers of the T- 38s. Logan told Pro in oral argu ments Oct. 26 that his experts, based upon the report, would testify that the lead aircraft pi loted by Maj. Norman Lowry was defective and it was a design defect that caused the crash. Lowry, 37, from Radford, Va., died in the crash along with Gapt. Willie Mays, 32, from Ri pley, Tenn.; Capt. Joseph Peter son, 32, from Tuskegee, Ala.; and Gapt. Mark E. Melancon, 31, from Dallas. Logan represents the widows and children of Lowry, Peterson and Melancon. They are seeking a total of $6 million in damages from Northrup. A separate suit against the aircraft builder on behalf of Sara Ann Mays is pending in a California state, court. Attorney Rex Jemison, repre senting Northrup, said the Thunderbird accident report should not be admitted. r/' r *. -V *i • f " _ . r* -t *—• , r r4 I - -• '** /it '! . ~ ' *.1 'I - being performed to determine the contents of the substances. Custard said guards conduct ing a later search of the chapel found the nylon cord and the balloon catalog. Tt t 4 ] ^ I >T > * I 41 ■m'j I v , I h * CaCCttjt. ^Station'* fine {JlaClan xeilaurant 696-7311 Wednesday: Compliment your $ 4 50 Lasagna lunch or dinner with a $ 4 50 bottle of Chianti. 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