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ANC ASTER NEW ERA Today's Chuckle The garage attendant took a look at the battered car and then told its driver: Sorry, We just wash cars we dont Iron them." Local Weather Partly cloudy tonight, Iows30to35 Partlysunny Saturday, highs in rrud 40s. Probability of precipitation 20 tonight, Saturday. Complete ataili Pag 3 Metropolitan Lancaster 1970 U. S. Census 320,079 98th Year -No.

30, 9S4 METROPOLITAN EDITION LANCASTER, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1975 Price 15c Daily Home Delivered 90c A Week Charged With Embezzling Rebates How Loved Ones Remember Her Lindy Sue Biechler: A Blossoming 1 Life Lost never got the check. Police would not reveal the names of the insurance companies which refunded money to Butts firm. However, Trooper Taylor said the majority of them were major companies." It is not known if the policyholders actually purchased insurance policies through Butts. Police also did not know if Butts was authorized to sell insurance for all the companies. 'NOT IN SERVICE' The phone at his office in Manheim was listed as not in service.

James R. Heck, president of the Lancaster County Association of Insurance Agents, said to his knowledge Butts never belonged to the association. However, Heck thought his agency did, at one time. Trooper Taylor said the investigation was triggered by a com- Sea EMBEZZLING Pag 2 child. The arresting trooper described his position as sort of like a broker for the major insurance firms.

Police said the rebate checks were for all types of insurance, such as general accident, homeowners and car insurance. Explaining how the alleged crime was committed, Taylor said the policyholders would notify Central Insurance Managers 112 S. Main Manheim, that they wanted to cancel all or part of a policy. For example, a policyholder might have sold a car and had six months left on the policy. The trooper said a secretary from Central Insurance would notify the insurance company involved and that firm would send the rebate check to Central Insurance.

Taylor said Butts was supposed to credit the account of the policyholder, but this was not done and the policyholder Police said this money was to be turned over to policyholders who had canceled their insurance policies or part of their policies with the major firms. Trooper Taylor alleged that Butts was to refund these rebate checks to the policyholders, but apparently did not and kept the money himself. TOTALS $3,651 Taylor said there were 59 policyholders involved and the amount totaled $3,651. Butts was arrested yesterday on a charge of failure to make required disposition of funds received. He was arraigned before District Magistrate Paul K.

Cassel, Manheim, who released him on his own recognizance. A hearing tentatively has been set for Jan. 6 in the case. Butts could not be reached for comment today. Police said Butts is a native Lancastrian, married with one By JOHN M.

HOOBER III Nw Era Staff Writer A Lancaster insurance broker was arrested yesterday on a charge that he embezzled $3,651 in rebate checks belonging to 59 policyholders of ten other insurance firms. Charged by state police was: Laurence Anton Butts, 40, of 1023 W. Ross St. He is the former president ot Central Insurance Managers a Manheim-based insurance firm which closed its doors last January, according to state police. He also was active in Kiwanis Club activities in the Lancaster area and 14 months ago was installed as lieutenant-governor for Division 16 of Kiwanis.

State Trooper George W. Taylor, who investigated the case with Asst. Dist. Atty. Joseph C.

On Friday, Dec. 5, 19-year-old Mrs. Philip D. Biechler was stabbed to death in her Manor Township apartment by an unknown murderer. Up to that point violence had been an alien element in her life.

The people who knew her best her parents, husband and friends said she was "just beginning to blossom oi person when tragedy occurred. This article tells how they remember Lindy Sue Biechler. LAURENCE A. BUTTS Madenspacher, said between September, 1971, and January, 1975, Butts had received rebate money from other, larger insurance companies. MRS.

LINDY SUE BIECHLER At Age 17 By ERNEST SCHREIBER New Era Staff Writer Lindy Sue Biechler was an exceptionally pretty young woman of medium height. Her hair, described by her father as dark blonde in color, appeared in photographs as brown, often with a touch of gleaming red. A natural wave flowed through it. Lindy had no frailness about her. Big-boned" and surprisingly strong are the words her father uses.

When we were downing around, Wayne Little recalls, she could pop me one on the arm, and she was the only woman I know who could do that so you could feel it. As a small girl she had light freckles and a demure, sometimes wistful smile. While shy among those she did not know well, when among friends she displayed a strong sense of humor and fondness for kidding. A childhood photograph shows her and a young playmate along the river at Long Level. Both young girls are covered with shaving cream, the result of a stray can of Rapid Shave found floating downstream.

Throughout her early years she had a notable lack of self-confidence, her family and friends say. She seldom persisted in the activities girl scouts, baton twirling or boating that she tried. When among family in those early years, she would hop on the couch where one of her parents was sitting, then slowly inch across the cushions until she was cradled next to them. Six months ago, after a succession of jobs that did not greatly excite her, Lindy went to work for florist Bob Aument. On June 9th she reported to her first day of work at his flower shop, a small, cozy nook tucked behind Cottage Avenue on the east end of town.

Business Training She was the first employe hired by Aument. Ostensibly she would be a secretary, in line with her business training at Conestoga Valley High School and her former jobs. But from the start Lindy Biechler did far more than the required secretarial chores. She cleaned windows, hung a burlap ceiling cover, and even insisted on helping her boss patch a hole in the building ceiling. After the shop was renovated she quickly learned to get her secretarial duties out of the way in the early morning, so she could work with the plants and flowers during the remainder of the day.

After a few weeks of employment in the shop she was telling her parents and friends that her work was the best job Ive ever had. Nobody could ever get me to leave it. She was wrong on the second point. Fire Ruins Old Hotel at Marticville 3 Companies Fight to Save Apartment Apartments in a building that formerly was the Marticville Hotel, four miles south of New Danville, were heavily damaged by fire today. There were no injuries, but oxygen was administered to three puppies overcome by smoke.

Firemen from three companies fought the blaze, but the interior of the three-story structure sustained substantial smoke and water damage. STARTED AT STOVE Firemen said the blaze appeared to have started in the vicinity of a coal and wood-burning stove on the first floor. Floyd Lefever, owner, lives in the building with his wife and their eight children. All Were away when the firewas discovered at 11:20 a.m., firemen reported. The old hotel at the intersection of Frogtown and Marticville roads is a landmark in the area and had been a meeting place for local residents for years.

It had been converted completely to a residence and firemen described it as the old Marticville Hotel. INTERIOR DAMAGED The fire damaged ceilings, walls, furniture and furnishings. At the scene were fire companies from West Willow, Rawlins-ville and New Danville and the West Willow ambulance To fully understand the girl who was Lindy Little Biechler, one must know that early in her life, when she was four, her parents decided to go their separate ways. As is normal under Pennsylvania law, she was awarded to the custody of her natural mother, Mrs. Gary Geesey, who then moved to the 400 block of S.

Ann Street. Regularly on holidays, vacations and alternating weekends See LINDY Page 2 Woman Treated at Marticville Fire Scene from three companies fight blaze in the three-story Members of the West Willow anbulance crew treat an unidentified woman for shock at old Marticville Hotel fire today. She became distraught while watching firemen Recipe Wins $500 Prize-Winning Cake Has Surprise In It Chopped Earthworms 1 Knight Slaying Suspect Gives Up Body Found in N.J. Believed 2nd Man Wanted in Murder PHILADELPHIA (AP) One of three men wanted in the killing of newspaper heir John S. Knight 3rd surrendered to police early today, and hours later police in New Jersey found a body they said may be that of a second suspect.

By Board Finance Unit i 60-Mill Cut Urged In School Job Tax The finance committee of the Lancaster City School Board today voted to recommend a cut in the millage rate of the proposed job tax from 160 mills to 100 mills. The recommendation of the board will be presented to the full board at the next meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday night. Action to reduce the mill rate came on a two-to-one vote with Gilbert Lyons, committee chairman, and Dr. Harold White voting for the reduction, and Dr. James Beittel voting against it.

The board took two votes on the measure. The first, which also passed, reduced the amount to 120 mills, the second cut another 20 mills away from the tax base. Eight of the nine members of the full board attended the committee meeting and took part in an hour-long discussion. The suggestions advanced during the discussion ranged from complete elimination of the controversial levy, to keeping the full 160 mills originally proposed. One of the fauors which contributed to the decision for reduction was an announcement that the board has amassed nearly $895,000 in new assets since the job tax was proposed through what was, termed budget ST.

PAUL, Minn. (AP) A recipe for Applesauce Surprise Cake submitted in a cooking contest has won $500 for a West St. Paul woman. The surprise, Patricia M. Howell said Thursday, is that she substituted chopped earthworms for walnuts.

The contest was sponsored by North American Bait Farms of Ontario, which markets earthworms. NEW USES The Canadian firm was trying to draw public attention to what it calls rapidly growing new uses for earthworms, including feeding the worlds population. Mrs. Howell said she read about the contest and decided to enter. I looked for standard recipes that would be even more delicious with earthworms, she said.

However, Mrs. Howell said she didn't taste her entries. 3-FEET UNDER By the time I figured out some recipes, it was October and all the worms were three feet under. The judges said they read more than 200 entries and tried the top six. They said the cake is delicious.

Judges included Ronald Gaddie. author of Earthworms for Ecology and Profit, and Dr. Ronald Taylor, author of Butterflies in My Stomach," a book on insects as food. The worm company said earthworms are potentially a very cheap source of animal protein a world where protein is in increasingly short supply. Mrs.

Howell's recipe: c. butter. 14 c. sugar. 3 eggs, 2 c.

sifted flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. cinnamon. 4 tsp. salt, 4 tsp nutmeg, 4 tsp.

cloves, 14 c. Ford Signs Bill Eliminating Fair-Trade Laws WASHINGTON (AP)-President Ford signed legislation Today eliminating fair-trade laws throughout the nation, saying it will give the consumer a better break in the market place. At a Cabinet-room ceremony attended by a bipartisan delegation from Congress, Ford signed a law which does away with existing fair-trade, or minimum-price, laws in effect in 21 states. Fair-trade laws allow manufacturers to set a minimum price for brand-name merchandise. Ford said the new law will permit brand-name discounting everywhere, and thus restore competition in the marketplace.

It takes effect in 90 days. Ship Sinks in Atlantic; 10 Lost ELIZABETH CITY, C. (AP) Rescuers picked up 14 survivors and continued to search today for 10 crew members missing since a Liberian freighter sank early Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said. Thirteen of the survivors were picked up from a large life raft about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras by a Navy research ship that spotted a flare. The 14th man was picked up from a small boat or raft about 17 miles north by a helicopter.

Steven Maleno, 25, known to have several addresses in the Philadelphia area, was with his father and brother when he met with detectives on a downtown street comer by prearrangement at 2: 15 a.m. PRIME SUSPECTS Hours earlier police had announced at a press conference that Maleno and two others were prime suspects in the case. At midmorning, police in Camden County, N.J., just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, were investigating the discovery of a body that police sources said may be that of the second suspect, Isias Felix Melendez, 20. The body was discovered near a lake in Pine Hill, N.J. Sources said identification papers on the body suggested it was Melendez.

The third suspect named by police is Salvatore Soli, 38. Knight, 30. was the special projects editor at the Philadelphia Daily News and grandson of John S. Knight, founder of the Knight newspaper empire. He was stabbed to death Sunday morning at his luxury apartment center city It had been reported that Knight may have known one of the intruders and that one of the three men was a homosexual.

On Wednesday, Golden said Knight was bisexual and that homosexuals were bang interviewed He refused on Thursday to discuss any aspect of the pri- Today's New Era lUVE GOT II OPPING DAYS iFT TO BUY PRESENT APWirephoto STEVEN MALENO vate lives of the suspects. Golden said he did not want to prejudice any future criminal case. Golden did not explain why he thought robbery was the moUve. Police have said jewelry, silverware and a $4,000 wristwatch were taken, but about $300,000 worth of paintings and art work were left untouched. Rosemary McKinnon, a house guest at Knight's apartment, was stabbed as she tried to escape down the elevator Her husband.

John, was not injured. Golden said it was the stabbing of Mrs. McKinnon which prompted the charges of attempted murder Golden refused to say how po- See 1 SUSPECT Pag 7 Patricia M. Howell of West St. Paul, poses in her kitchen after winning $500 in a cooking contest with her recipe for Surprise Applesauce Cake containing Page Bridge 13 Christmas Story 8 Church 10-11 Comics 13-14 Crossword Puzile 31 Editorials 18 Family 16-17 Farm 12 Financial 26 Health 19 Obituaries 3 Radio-TV 14 22-23-24-25-27 Theater 4-5 Want Ads 28-29 30-31-32-33-34-35 applesauce, 1 c.

chopped, dried earthworms. 4 c. chopped nuts. To prepare earthworms, chop coarsely and spread on nonstick cookie sheet. Place in 200-degree oven for 15 minutes.

Remove and let cool. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs Sift dry ingredients together and add to egg mixture. Add applesauce, worms and nuts and mix well. Pour into well-greased 10-inch tube pan and bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes.

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