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Nemechek defense rests with psychiatrist's views
SALINA (AP)—Francis Donaln Nemechek was in a psychotic state when he killed four women, a psychiatrist testified in Nemechek's murder trial. Its case in Nemechek's murder trial.
Cody said the 26-year-old defendant "was not in touch with reality in an emotional state," he said.
The psychiatrist, John Cody, of the High Plains Mental Health Center at Hays, also testified that Nemechok left a little boy to stay with his mother for a patred he felt for his former wife.
His testimony ended a day-long presentation by the defense in which eight
"These women were not substitutes for his wife, and the rage he felt for his wife was substituted on these women whom he had no intention to kill." Cody said.
Prosecuting attorneys indicated they intended to offer rebalanced testimony today in a hearing that was scheduled for next month.
Namechek, from WaKeeney, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to five first-degree murder charges resulting from separate incidents during a 21-month soon.
Cody acknowledged under cross examination that "no one can be 100 per cent sure in matters like this." But he said it was unlikely that Nemechek lied to him during a psychiatric examination last November.
The psychiatrist said Nemechek's actions at the time of each murder were "a tremendous outburst of uncontrolled rage" precipitated by rejection by his former wife, Cindy. There were divorced in October 1974, two months before the first murders.
"He was not really able to tell whether they—the victims—were his wife or not," Cody said. In each instance, "he had a feeling of punishing Cindy."
Nemechek was arrested last August for the stabbing death of Paula Fabriza, 16, of Ellis. She was killed after her abduction by a man she encountered there, where she worked as a park rangerette.
Spain ends rift with U.S.S.R. after 40 years
MADRID (AP)—Spain-established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union yesterday, ending a nearly 40-year rift that won the Spanish Civil War.
A few hours after the announcements in Madrid and Moscow, King Juan Carlos began a mission to another riff of the Franco years by flying to Rome for a visit to the king under Paul VI. The first visit by a Spanish ruler to a Roman Catholic pontifex since 1923.
E-reestablishment of the Soviet diplomatic tie came just a day after the Spanish government decreed a law that could result in legalization of the Communist party. It allows the supreme court to decide the legal fate of political parties instead of the cabinet.
Spain also renewed relations yesterday with Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the last two countries in the Soviet Bloc without diplomatic ties to Spain.
Six weeks later, Nemechek signed a confession that he killed Carla Baker, 20. Baker was a KU student. She disappeared on June 30, 1976, after setting out on a motorcycle to her home in Hays. Her body was found three months later at the same reservoir.
King Juan Carlos and Greek-born Queen Sofia arrived in Rome yesterday afternoon and were to be received by the Pope today. The King will send a royal ruler to visit a pontiff, seeing PXI.
Relations between the vatican and Spain, a Roman Catholic country, improved suddenly last year when the king gave up the 500-year old right of Spanish rulers to the pope. The pope, in 2016, bishops. Franco had repeatedly refused Pope Paul's request for this.
Nemechek's confession, introduced into evidence Tessyk, also related that he shot to death Chryslin Lymen Young, 21, and Diane Lovette, 20, both from Fort Madison, Iowa, at an abandoned farm house in December 1974. He is also charged with the murder of son, Gayy, who died of exposure in freezing temperatures outside the house.
Cody testified at the time of the killings Nemechek didn't understand the nature of his acts and wasn't able to explain what he did, which is necessary to a legal defense of insanity.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Lloyd McBride, who left school at age 14 for a factory job, was the apparent winner over rebel Edward Sadlowski yesterday in a bitter contest for the presidency of the United Steelworkers union.
Steelworkers pick president
An unofficial survey by the Associated Press gave the 69-year-old St. Louis native a 65 per cent plurality. Almost 490,000 votes were cast in the 1.4-million member union.
"We could claim victory now and be safe," McBride said by telephone from his home. "We've agreed we will not make an official claim to victory until Thursday."
The AP figures, compiled from reports to the union's district offices, gave McBride 286,963 and Sadliowski 193,192 at 3,593 of the union's 5,000 locals.
MrBride's major support came from the South and the West, where most of the locals are small and outside the basic steel industry, he won a sizeable 38,000-vote plurality.
Retiring President I. W. Abel, who had embroiled Mr. Bride, said "He has a victory.
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—Authorities backed down last night and offered "complete and total" immunity from prosecution to a gunman holding a real estate executive hostage at gunpoint for an apartment believed wired with dynamite.
"As I understand the grant of immunity, it is complete and total if he releases the hostage unharmed," Deputy Marion County prosecutor George Martz said.
Martz said the offer had been delivered to Anthony 'Tony' Kirkess, 44, who Tuesday morning took Richard Hall hostage after complaining that Hall had cheated him on some real estate he was trying to develop as a shopping center.
Arritis demanded immunity from prosecution and cancellation of a $130,000 mortgage that he said Hall's two real estate firms were foreclosing.
The grant of immunity was a key demand made by Kirstis, Asked if Hall might decide to press charges after being released, Martz replied, "As I understand it under the terms of the grant he could not do that."
Hall was permitted to speak to his wife on the telephone Tuesday night. His father, John Hall, said he was saying the mortgage would be canceled. He also confirmed that the firms had influenced two grocery stores and a real estate firm to locate on property owned by Kirstie.
Kurtis, who earlier yesterday boasted that police "are lucky they're dealing with me and I'm stable," was said to be considering the offer. He also had said the officers were "very helpful" at Hall's companies, Hall Hotell Co. Realtors and Meridian Mortgage, was not adequate.
Assistant Teacher Chief William Pond appealed to news media and spectators to stay out of the line of Kirtas' third floor and think over the offer, without distractions.
Authorities offer gunman immunity
In a telephone conversation released by police late yesterday Hall said, "This is Dick Hall. I have food and I have water. I have been treated all right."
"This guy (Kirstis) is tired. He hasn't
saw him. I think he at a critical site.
Pond said.
Kurtis was described by his brothers and friends as an expert in weapons and exposition.
Reflection
Steve Leben and Ralph Munyan, candidates for student body president and vice president, and the REFLECTION candidates for Student Senate have surveyed 1,185 KU students on Senate issues, because they are sincere in their desire to open new lines of communication between the Senate and the students. Here is the second of the three part survey.
Q- Planning is underway to make improvements in KU's recreational facilities. It is being proposed that a new fee of $2 to a 54 semester be assessed for these improvements. Would you favor making such improvements in recreational facilities?
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
BUS SERVICE
O= If the KU bus system could have more night service and/ or Saturday service through an increase in bus pass price of $24 from its present price of $18, would you favor the additional service?
We will begin a program of recreational facilities improvements at the beginning of the Senate session in March. This will be done as much as possible within the $10,000 surplus the Senate has built up from student activity fees. We would oppose any increase in fees until the surplus has been spent, and then we will make sure that fees are not increased unless absolutely necessary.
Yes — 55% No — 32% No opinion — 13%
Yes — 40% No — 37% Oppose all bus routes and their costs. We will then survey users of the bus system as we see whether they would be willing to pay for the extra service. Additionally, a federally-funded study of Lawrence's transportation needs is scheduled for this semester. We will include any modifications suggested by that study in our survey of bus users.
Steve Leben and Ralph Munyan—they care enough about you to ask your opinion.
Vote for them on February 16 and 17.
Paid for by Leben/Munyan
small arms instructor while he was a corporal at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. However, West Point said it might had no records of his service there.
West Point spokesman Maj. William Smullen said Kirtisis was not employed there "as far as we have been able to determine."
Smullen said that the academy's personnel records go back only three years, and that none of the faculty and staff were present. The academy in the 1905 remembered Kirtsia.
Smullen said a search of military records in Washington would be required to discover if Kiritsis had ever worked at West Point.
An Indianapolis radio station carried a report that the bomb is displayed ready to explode.
The bomb squad went to the scene
Tuesday evening, several hours after Kirkitsa kidnapped Hall from his downtown office and barricaded himself inside the apartment. He told police that apartment was wired to explode if they shot through the windows or tried to force the door.
Kiritis had been using dynamite to clear
a 18-acre plot he wanted to develop into a shopping center.
Kiritsis, who had been heard arguing with Hall inside the apartment, heard the broadcast report and issued a new warning. He said he did not want to harm anyone.
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