Saturday, February 22, 1992 @ @ Saturday, February 22,1992 UWNNIT? 2riggham slain in palatial mansion I play suspected were immediately discarded; Ethel Prig- gham was not suicidal, and the butler didn't do it. Introducing . . . CHINESE CUISINE at the Hi Arrow Family Restaurant Saree Ken Higwing, Chef Take-Out Orders — She GRAND OPENING SOON! : - 1988 NISSAN PULSAR a POS URE Only 47,000 km's, cassette stereo system, auto. trans. Extra clean condition, inside and out. mma $9,989 Deduce who killed Ethel Priggham and win the grand prize. ~ Win an all expense paid two night get-away for two at Radium Hot Springs! Klause Von Binkie; former nanny, Abi- gail Anchorweight; possible mafioso, Sal Sanducci; and Randy Flagstaff, a com- plete unknown. At approximately 6:00 p.m., was about to book off for = evening at 5:17 p.m., when he made his grisly dis- covery. Covered by a thin blanket of snow, Priggham's body was clad only in a de- signer hostess gown and the usual dia- monds and emeralds she wore constant- fepreneur,and ly. The weather was much too severe for am,wasfound the ed ialite to be doors 1er palatial es- withouta a heavy wrap. To add to the mys- midablustery tery, a single white feather was found keeper, Nikoli _ tangled in her flaxen hair. Aside from a gthewalksand supposed accident, two other theories ~ Neal McKenna, Staff Reporter What was expected tq of merry-making for ti turned to tragedy. Breath tiful socialite, heiress, nt} land mogul, Ethel P dead on the grounds oft tate outside Castlegar. snowstorm, the grounds Popoff, finished shovelli 7 365-2155 Collect TRAN, FRUITVALE. ROSSLAND CUSTOMERS CALL 264-0213 the West Wing Priggham's weekend guest list, for the most part, read like a society roster's who's who. In Castlegar, and present at the Priggham Estate at the time of the death were: Priggham's current hus- band, Biff Bradshaw; her half sister twice removed, Alexis Romanoff; movie star, Madge LaMarr; political hopeful, Dash Riprock; plastic surgeon, Dr. » be a weekend xe social elite -takingly beau- Due to the blinding snowstorm and impassible roads, police authorities and PD other officials were unable to get to the . Who Put A il The death scene till the morning following : the murder. By that time, the body had =< oe e been moved indoors and other physical - evidence had been obliterated. A full in- vestigation continues. KEEP YOUR VEHICLE IN RARE FORM VS Steer ETHEL PRIGGHAM his hide. Sal escaped with barely his life. Requiring massive facial reconstruction, he sought out an old acquaintance, Dr. Klause Von Binkie. For a price, Von Binkie gave Sanducci a new face and the persons of Tony Dial was fabricated. On the afternoon of Ethel'’s death, Sanducci gained access to Priggham manor in the guise of a telephone’ repairman. Checking out the phone lines, he had the run of the house. He had waking reveries of having Ethel play "Bobbing for French Fries" in the kitchen. He could smell the hot oil in his mind. he had planned this, the day he would do her in, ever since the night of A little more than four years ago, Sanducci was an upper echelon Mafioso who assisted Ethel Priggham with arms and drug deals. Sal had the connections, Ethel had the respectability of an astute businesswoman in charge of a multinational corporation, it was a dangerous liaison. Priggham International made everything from space shuttle "O" rings to red dye #3, as well as SAL (Salvadore) SANDUCCI holdings in movie studies and soft drink manufacturing. Ethel Priggham represented “legit” business. Theirs was an ideal situation; dirty Mob money was laundered through legal enterprise. Both profited handsomely, each was the other's vile match. Allwent well Randy Flagsta@j ¥ considered himself a ladykiller. Randy Fl . method of strangulation, suffocation. He for ice picks, lf always effici weekend, Ran had - occasio: Priggham, Ma Romanoff, or A It was his plargl the weekend, impression on e < ¥ 2? agstaff's favorite Regularly dispatch was closely followed by also had an affinity vut hand guns were ent. Before this dy Flagstaff never to meet Ethel dge LaMarr, Alexis bigail Anchorweight. 1, over the course of to make a lasting ach of them. tes to four o'clock on of Ethel's death, on the living room an to snow heavily ‘ed to the indoors. | the Living Room for + but had the uneasy How Whodunit works, read the suspect biography on this page. Answer the following questions: When, where, why and how? Record your answers and save them till you have information for all eight suspects. Then you have the information to deduce Whodunit and win the Grand Prize. 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He tried to dismiss it, laughing out loud at himself. Not able to banish the sensation, he left 1, climbed the stairs ng and went té his | Ethel's body was was in the billiard ig pool with Biff or, the butler stated f inks to Mr. Biff and llow at 5:15 p.m. until Ethel decided to get out of the trade. . The heat was on and she was far too delicate to éven considér spending a split second in the slammer. To be succinct, Ethel set up Don Johnson look-alike. and the boat and they wanted her Mafioso partner in a convoluted double- cross involving the Miami Vice Squad and a Over a million dollars in uncut ASA was lost in the gun battle and ensuing explosion which blew .a deluxe Mob yacht to smithereens. Sal was in big trouble. The Company wanted restitution for the ASA SUSPECT: Sal (Salvadore) Sanducci interest out of | 4:40 p.m. stating that the covered bridge over the gorge had collapsed under the weight of the snow. 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