of Roger Thorpe, ceased appearing Leona Herbert (Rosetta LeNoire, Fall 1970 to April 1972), Deborah Mehren's mother, ceased appearing Marion Conway (Lois Holmes, January to April 1971; Kate Harrington, April 1971 to March 1972), Linell's mother, confessed to murdering Stanley Norris before dropping dead of a heart attack, character killed off Claudia Dillman (Grace Matthews, 1971 and 1973), Marty Dillman's mother and Billy Fletcher's paternal grandmother, fought with Peggy and Johnny for guardianship of Billy and also tried to gain guardianship of Billy against Peggy when Johnny abandoned them, written out Charles "Charlie" Eiler (Graham Jarvis, May 1971 to January 1972), written out Elizabeth "Betty" Eiler (Madeleine Sherwood Thornton, May 1971 to January 1972), Charlie's wife, written out Karen Martin (Tudi Wiggins, September 1971 to March 1972), written out Captain Jim Swanson (Lee Richardson, November 1971 to January 1972), Springfield police department Captain, arrested Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris for the murder of Stanley Norris, written out Ira Newton (Sorrell Booke, January 1972 to April 1972), District Attorney, written out Rita Putnam (Anne Shaler, January 1972 to March 1972), nosy television news reporter who broke the story during Leslie Norris' trial for murder of her husband, Stanley, that Leslie had an affair with her defense attorney, Mike Bauer, while married to his brother, written out Dr. Dick Carey (Paul Nesbitt, January 1972 to March 1972; Roger Morden, April 1972 to March 1973), provided competition as an intern at Cedars to Dr. Johnny "John" Fletcher which caused Johnny stress and to become mentally unbalanced, tried to make a romantic play for Peggy Fletcher when Johnny left town, written out Dr. Wilson Frost (Jack Betts, February 1973 to May 1974), brother of Audrey Mills, character involved with Dr. Sara McIntyre Werner during the time that Dr. Joe Werner was involved with Charlotte Waring and then Kit Vestid, the relationship stayed platonic, even if Frost wanted otherwise—may have unwittingly helped Kit in some of her crimes, ceased appearing Sir Clayton Olds (Miles Easton, 1973–1974), a British psychiatrist treating Victoria Ballenger's lover, in Europe, for depression, which made Victoria hit Steve Jackson up for more money, under false pretenses, written out Dr. Tom Halverson (Chris Sarandon, 1973 to May 1974), a Cedars intern, originally involved with Charlotte Waring post her marriage to Mike Bauer, Charlotte tried to pair Tom up with Kit Vestid—but Kit was uninterested in any man except Dr. Joe Werner, later was