Word: jeane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ella Jean and her husband left the farm and, by Joel's account, he had no contact with her until later that fall...
...crime was as bizarre as it was mystifying. The younger Saikin testified that the trouble began in the spring of 1967, when he brought the girl, whom he planned to marry, down to the farm to meet his family. At first, he said, his fa ther loved Ella Jean "like a daughter-in-law." Later, the elder Saikin developed a different kind of affection for the pret ty but not too bright girl, who had man aged to cram a lot of living into her short life. Before the end of the sum mer, the father was escorting Ella Jean...
Samuel Saikin denied everything. Taking the stand in his own defense, he said that he had brought Ella Jean to Chicago in an attempt to patch up her marriage. When she arrived, he met her at the airport and took her to his warehouse. Early next morning, they drove to the farm, awakened Joel and drove along the Indiana Toll Road so the two could talk before returning to Chicago to drop off Ella Jean's luggage. He waited in the car while Joel and the girl entered the warehouse. Joel returned alone, he said, and admitted having killed...
Unresolved Conflict. The trial failed to resolve the conflict between the two accounts of the murder. Prosecution witnesses confirmed that Samuel Saikin had threatened both Joel and Ella Jean, and two recalled his mentioning the surgery to blot out her memory. But the defense was just as strong. One witness said that Joel had complained about his father and promised "to get even" with him. More important, a gas-station attendant placed the two Saikins and the girl together on the Indiana Toll Road and produced a credit-card slip to confirm the identification...
Whether or not Pompidou's ploy works, it was plain that the unequal distribution of wealth in France-and elsewhere-was one of the root causes of the current unrest. Said Political Commentator Jean Ferniot: "The war has moved from the political to the social battlefield." And, as in beleaguered Britain, nobody can be sure where the next skirmish might break...