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France Germany Press for imIIaJ ftm nD by from I'Pl) Common Market Stability 1 a already has cost British taxpayers more than $960 million British Airways Board Chairman David Nicolson said in a letter published yesterday the airline probably would lose $60 million annually operating the five Concordes the airline has on order SETUBAL Portugal Delayed by a revolution and a storm a replica of the brig the setting for Richard Henry classic Years Before the will set out across the Atlantic June 10 to recreate the voyage of her famed predecessor The 100-foot brig which honors the historic 180-tonner in which Dana sailed from Boston harbor 140 years ago will make 32 ports of call and sail three oceans before reaching her home port of Monterey Calif next April Enropean Common Market and United States have agreed on formula to cut import duiies 01 1 billion worth of American exported goods The agreement which climaxed months of negotiations between US Ambassador William Eberle and representatives of the nine Common Market nations was hailed by President Nixon as a major step toward resolving other and sensitive issues Nixon said it a major step toward improved Atlantic and would clear the way for prompt Senate action of his proposed trade reform bill Under the formula duty would be reduced on about $750 (Compiled H-P PARIS France and Ger- many denounced trade protection measures in Europe today and called for a return to economic stability in Common i Market member states President Valery Giscard and West German 3 Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Said the nine-member com- unity must its per sonality and cohesion' r- The new French president and the new West German chancellor made their remarks la a joint statement after 5Vfc hours of talks late yesterday 'and today statement gave no specifics on planned action but 11 Elysee Palace officials said the two leaders discussed the massive balance cf payments deficits bedeviling most 'European states -Germany excepted led Italy to erect trade barriers The WASHINGTON and economic stability in the strike-plagued country strike situation has eased in the past eek but an estimated 3000 workers around the country have not returned to their jobs The labor federation warned members against anarchists to create conditions ripe for a The current government took power last month after the military ousted a right-wing dictatorship LONDON Britain's state-owned airline says the Concorde supersonic jetliner can't be operated at a profit but entrepreneur Freddie Laker doesn't agree Just whb is right must be decided by the British government which is considering scrapping development of the 1350 mile-per-hour airliner The Anglo-French project In Cambodia Communist gunners hit Phnom Penh with a 107mm rocket at dawn today in the fifth successive day of attacks on the capital and stepped up their shelling of the provincial capitals of Svay Rieng and Kampot One child was killed when the rocket hit the southern fringes of the capital near a cigarette factory on the banks of the Bassac River LISBON One of largest labor groups called a mass rally today to show support for the government and warned that anarchists had attempted to set the stage for a new revolution The Intersindical controlling 90 trade unions and representing one million workers ordered the mass demonstration after the government appealed for unity million to $1 billion worth of tobacco oranges and grapefruits kraft paper photographic film plywood and certain types of machinery Details of the pact an nounced in Brussels not include compensation for US cereal an issue still in dispute The House-passed trade bill which would broaden the President's powers to raise and lower tariffs without specific Senate approval has been held up in the Senate partially because of discontent with tariff policies of the European community VIENNA The major oil exporting countries said today they hope to make 1974 year of stability" avoiding price increases by imposing new taxes on the of big Western oil companies hope to avoid an oil price increase because we want to make 1974 the year of a spokesman for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said The spokesman said the petroleum producing countries rather step up taxation of Western oil companies to reduce their excess want to relieve the oil companies of some of their exorbitant the spokesman said OPEC members produce 85 per cent of world oil imports BELFAST British troops swept through Roman Catholic areas of Belfast today In a house-to-house hunt for men and weapons of the Irish Republican Army An army spokesman blamed the extremist provisional wing of the IRA for setting a booby trap that killed a 54-year-old Protestant yesterday as he Storms on Path Through Texas Mideast Buffer Manned by UN council will be taking unlocked the door of his house in Londonderry SAIGON Communist antiaircraft guns within five miles of embattled Ben Cat shot down a South Vietnamese fighter-bomber 25 miles north of Saigon military sources said today Officers said other government warplanes knocked out two of the North Vienamese 37mm antiaircraft guns near the town The pilot of the A1 Skyraider shot down yesterday parachuted to safety after the Communist guns hit his plane on a bombing run the sources said Six other Skyraiders bombed a large antiaircraft position only one mile south of Ben Cat a district town which serves as headquarters for defense forces and knocked out two guns officers reported Teen Boy Shot As Burglar Carlos Martinez Jr 14 of1 3244 Lebanon street was shot late yesterday in the arm and stomach by a man claiming he thought the boy was a fleeing burglar Martinez was listed in poor condition today at Thomason General Hospital POLICE WERE called to the 3200 block of Lebanon at 6:30 pm yesterday to investigate reports of a man carrying a gun When they arrived there were informed a boy had been shot and was in the basement of his residence A witness told police he saw the boy running through the alley in the 3200 block of Lebanon street followed by a man firing a revolver He called police and then directed officers to a nearby residence where he had seen the gunman enter There the suspect was arrested Charged with assault with intent to commit murder was Filomeno Rodriguez Montoya 53 of 3113 San Antonio street The warrant issued by Municipal Court Judge Glen Sutherland Two Men Plead Guilty to Felonies Two men charged with felony offenses pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Jerry Woodard in 34th District Court Sergio Ramirez Padilla 20 236 Pyrite drive pleaded guilty to burglary and was given five years in the state penitentairy with probation David Randall Andrews also known as Don Turner 21 formerly of 6405 North Mesa street pleaded guilty to intent to pass a forged instrument and was given four years with probation He was also ordered to pay $100 for fees By United Press International Thunderstorms sporting gusty winds today dumped heavy rains from Victoria to the piney woods of east Texas 1'along a steady path across the plains Several funnels were sighted 3 hear Austin and Columbus as 'the- storms gained strength after midnight fc: THE NATIONAL Weather Service said the unsettled 'weather was the product of an ill-defined cold front extending from near Lufkin to Laredo Storm activity will continue rover the coast as the front pushes to the Gulf of Mexico Milder weather will follow the front and cover much of the state tomorrow Galveston Bay was hit by Clfoavy thunderstorms before 'Sunrise and winds of up to 50 miles an hour accompanied the turbulence Rough seas prevailed along the coastline TODAY'S HIGHS were to be S' little cooler across Texas as 'the- front completes its southeastward sweep Most areas expected low 90 readings except for extreme southwest Texas near Big Bend where the mercury should hit ldO degrees heaviest rains 'were eight inches in parts of 'Duval County in south Texas 7 Persistent rains dumping three to four inches in some 'areas swelled rivers to within inches' of overflowing today in Texas Food Experts For Meet Food and school lunch experts from various points in Texas will speak at the Ysleta School Food Workshop in Eastwood High School Tuesday through Thursday The workshop is being presented for managers and assistants of school cafeterias by the Texas Education Agency in cooperation with the Ysleta Independent School District of East El Paso ON THE program from Austin are Frank Brooks director of Texas Agriculture Products for the State Department of Agriculture Harry Cagle supervisory trainee specialist from UT-x Austin and Wayne Kuykendall acting director for com-- modify distribution for the State Department of Public Welfare Other speakers are Mrs Elizabeth Beavers TEA Area Consultant for School Food Service in Waco Mrs Audette Harkins Lubbock TEA Area Consultant Miss Ann Skeabeck home economist for the school lunch and nutrition service for the USDA in Dallas Miss Edna Spinks Big Spring TEA area consultant El Pasoans participating in the workshop are Binion assistant superintendent of special services and director of school food services for the YISD Mrs Dorothy port YISD supervisor of school food service Bill Haneman of the City-County Health Unit Dr Hanks YISD superintendent Mrs Christine Kincaid manager of thd Parkland High School Cafeteria Mrs Esther Wilsey manager of the Eastwood High Cafeteria and John Up-DeGraff commodity distributing agent State Department of Public Welfare El Paso RANCHO CORDOVA CALIF Now this crowd of young' people has gathered around this suburban bank that was stormed by two teenage gunmen The gunmen held 20 hostages and demanded a million dollars in ransom however they surrendered to police officers after 7 hours to the cheers of onlookers (UPI) the next critical step in what we hope will be a quickening movement toward peace in the Middle US Ambassador John Scali said The first troops from Austria and Peru were drawn from a UN unit on the Suez front where they have been serving since January in a buffer zone between Israel and Egypt The Golan Heights force will eventually include 1250 armed troops Waldheim ordered contingents of Canadian and Polish troops at the Suez to handle logistics and said members of the UN Truce Supervision Organization on duty in the Golan area will be integrated into the new force Waldheim booked a working lunch in Washington today with Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger to discuss the negotiations that led to the Israeli-Syrian agreement He then planned to make a two-week tour of the Middle East THE SECURITY Council resolution excludes forces from the five permanent members of the Security Council the United States the Soviet Union Britain France and China from taking part in the observer force The Soviet Union and the United States however each have 36 officers assigned to the observer force in the Golan region Waldheim named Brig Gen Gonzalo Briceno of Peru as interim commander of the new force and said his staff officers would be drawn from the UJV troops on the Suez front Scali tried to have the resolution passed Thursday but Soviet Ambassador Yakov A Malik like a according to one diplomatic source and forced a postponement until Israel and Syria signed a disengagement accord yesterday After getting instructions from Moscow Malik cosponsored the US resolution But he insisted that the Golan operation remain within the $30 million authorized for the first six months of UJi operations in the Middle East LEARN NEW JOB SKILLS logbfOr Jaw $4 El Paso Public Schools Ending School Rev Summer Quarter Technical Center 2211 Arizona mm zr UNITED NATIONS (UPI) The United Nations ordered neutral troops into the Golan Heights today to man a buffer zone between the armies of Israel and Syria The Security Council yesterday approved a resolution sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union authorizing UN -Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to set up the UN Disengagement Observer Force I CHIN A AND Iraq did not take part in the 13-0 vote approving the resolution you have before you the Mrs Mahon Rosary Rites Set Sunday Rosary services for Mrs Emma Wheatly Mahon who died Thursday in Walnut Creek Calif will be held tomorrow at 7 pm in Martin Chapel Funeral Mass will be Monday at 11 am at All Saints Catholic Church with Rev Francis Smith officiating Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Mrs Mahon was 71 She lived at 2524 Morehead avenue and had been a resident of El Paso 45 years She was a member of All Saints Catholic Church and was a retired school teacher having taught at Austin High School for more than 20 years She was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin attended College of Mines and received her Masters Degree from Texas Western College She was the granddaughter of the late Col George Dinnings owner of the Jackass Coach Lines She was a member of the Retired Teachers Assn daughters of the Confederacy and Daughters of the American Revolution Survivors are her daughter Mrs Tita Waggenor Walnut Creek Calif two sons Dr-Williams Mahon Jr of Tucson and Arthur Mahon Columbus Ohio and eight grandchildren Crowd Conduct Set For Board Agenda The Civic Center Board will hold its monthly meeting next Tuesday at 4 pm with one of the main subjects to be the conduct of audiences at Civic Center events -Alderman Don Henderson has said he has received complaints about bad language and the use of marijuana during concerts at the center The board will also consider the contract with horticulturist Ted Harris His contract is nearing an end Burglars Hit Texas Rehabilitation Office the Midwest More -rainfall drenched the northeast and the central Gulf Coast MORE THAN TWO inches of rain in the mid Mississippi Valley caused a sudden rise in the river and the National Weather Service predicted it would go above bankful during the weekend The Weather Service predicted the river would crest Monday at 32 feet at St Louis where flood stage is 30 feet Yesterday the Mississippi was at 275 feet Flash flood watches were posted throughout Arkansas Louisiana Tennessee Alabama West Virginia and Maryland Roads were impassable in low lying areas of southwest Louisiana and onshore winds increased tide levels on the Gulf Coast aggravating flooding problems Barring additional rainfall the US Army Corps of Engineers at Iowa City Iowa said the Coralville Reservoir would peak below its overflow level this weekend As a precaution 160 National Guardsmen and about 150 volunteers built a two-foot-high sandbag levy around the fine arts campus of the University of Iowa Three to four inches of rain coated parts of eastern Texas and the central Gulf Coast states Memphis Tenn and Charlottesville Va each reported an inch of rainfall in one six-hour period offices of the Foot fit Shoe Store 512 North Stanton street Taken was $500 from the cash registers The Parisian Store 310 East San Antonio street was burglarized of three television sets on display in the store Residential burglaries late yesterday or early today took place in the blocks of 1200 Wagner lane 8900 Roberts drive 1500 Upson street 2000 Grandview drive 6000 Redstone drive 4500 Arlen street 5300 Ridge drive 8900 Lawson street 100 Crosby street 1000 Myrtle avenue 1500 North Brown street and 3700 Keltner drive Automobiles burglarized or stolen were located at Kerbey at Mesa street 1000 East River street Oregon at San Antonio street 400 Camino Real 700 Montana avenue 900 North El Paso street 400 South mett street 10000 Galahad way 200 East Overland street 4000 Alabama street Oregon at Yandell avenue and 900 South Oregon street Airway Ramp Close A spokesman for Vowell Construction Co said today that The Gateway West off ramp from Interstate 1-10 leading into Airway Boulevard will be closed starting Monday -morning for repairs until further notice Motorists are advised to take note of the closing and adjust their traffic routes accordingly BinnmnHMiNnHinmHHiinimiiNiiiiHHnmiimmimiiiininiHiHnnnHHHnninninn Predicts Slim Husband Pickens longevity Texans are experiencing They also noted a growing trend for people to retire agea 55 THE mass of American workers do choose this earlier retirement in the year 2020 one person in four will be of retirement they said Census figures for 1970 indicate the proportion of the US population over 55 is ISA per cent up dramatically from the 94 per cent level in 1900 The researchers said figures compiled by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service indicate 718 per cent of the 992059 Texans over 65 at present live in urbanized area Other data indicate a substantial decline in the proportion of the elderly in the central cities however with an increasing number moving to suburbs ONE THIRD of Texas elderly have annual incomes below the poverty level The researchers reported nursing home and convalescent facilities for the aged has increased frm 913 homes with beds for 45622 in 1967 to 927 homes with 77199 beds in 1973 AUSTIN Tex (UPI) Women over 65 years old interested in finding husbands had better get a move on because the pickings are going to get decidedly slimmer according to a study by researchers at the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research Kathleen Luft and Dianne Priddy research associates report there are only 72 males for every 100 females over 65 at present to the year 1990 indicate that the shortage of males in this age segment will become more acute with the number of men dropping to about 65 for every 100 the researchers said The women reported the overall number of older Texans is increasing however In 1970 89 per cent of the Texas population was over 65 and by 1980 the total is expected to exceed 12 million or 10 per cent of the population The researchers cited tremendous advances in medical technology over the past 25 years with the greater Firm Reports Net Earnings Net earnings of $270633 by Billy The Kid manufacturing concern for the first quarter of 1974 were reported today by board chairman Tom Pren-dergast The earnings came off net sales of $9066923 and amounted to earnings of 28 cents per share and 27 cents of diluted earnings The earnings compare to $15064 for the first quarter in 1973 off sales of $7983826 The burglary of five typewriters valued at $2500 was reported at the office of the Texas Rehabilitation Com-J mission 5160 El Paso drive I yesterday Burglars broke in through a window Burglars also ransacked the 2000 Guests 1 Expected For Celebration About 2000 guests are ex-j pected to attend the two day celebrating marking the 50th anniversary of the National Wilderness System in Silver City NM and at the Gila Visitor Center An Arts and Crafts Show at Gough Park in Silver City and backpacking equipment and "techniques demonstration at Western New Mexico University highlighted events 'today SECRETARY of Agriculture Earl Butz is scheduled to speak jgt the Gila Visitor Center in ceremonies starting at 10:30 ia'm tomorrow Godfrey of television feme will be the master of ceremonies and New Mexico Governor Bruce King will give "the welcoming address Other speakers are John McGuire Washington DC chief of Forest Service and Sigurd Olson Wilderness Society A Western Barbecue will be held at 12:15 with entertainment by Hank and Louie Wickham of Albuquerque The Gila Visitor Center is 45 miles north of Silver City via one of two main routes both paved Roads are narrow with sharp curves and steep grades so officials suggest two hours driving time be -allowed by guests HI IW llernld-IW A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER Published daily except Sunday by Herald-Post Publishing Company of 401 Mills avenue El Paso Texas 79999 Second class postage paid at El Paso Texas Registrado como articulo de 2a clase en la administration de Correos de Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua con fecha 22 de Abril de 1931 TELEPHONES 532-1661 Member of United Press international Newspaper Enterprise Association Science Service Audit Bureau of Circulations SUB-t-' SCRIPTION RATES By Carrier in 'i El Paso and elsewhere evening 50c week evening with Sunday Times l75c week evening Herald-Post with Times morning and Sunday S125 week By mail evenings only 1 month S425 3 4 months S2300 a year S4400 Moil subscription payable in advance Two El Paso Students Earn College Degrees Two El Paso students were among a record spring graduating class at North Texas State University Denton Tex They are Donald Kenneth Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Richard Meyer 9123 Mt Etna avenue bachelor of arts degree in -geography cum laude and Mary Ann Roach daughter of Mr and Mrs Miles Roach 4725 Tropicana avenue bachelor of science in home economics degree in home economics education ROCK ELM WIS This man whose name is A Perry has spent $8000 and three years of hard labor to build a stagecoach that he plans to ride as his relative did 125 years ago' Exhibiting the tough pioneer spirit Perry says his purpose for the adventure from St Paul Minnesota to SL Anthony Falls Minnesota is try to bring the west and history back (UPI) BUY SELL USB SILVER DOLLAR 4X0 4X3 USA 90 SILVER COINS (50c 10c) HINTED PRIOR T0 1965 Pr £88 370 USA 40 SILVER COIRS (KENNEDY HALVES 320 Minn PRIOR TO mi Par Dollar US 150 MEXICO 5 PESOS SILVER 450 555 MEXICO SO PESOS COLD 21BX0 225X0 UEXICO 20 FESOS GOWIZTEOt SOLDO MXO OSi 20 DLLS GOLD 0S1 10 DLLS GOLD (MOUUO 210X0 240X0 MSTRtt 100 COROU GOLD 170X0 1S0X0 EOGIilD COLD SOV 45X0 SZXOi HEXICU 0L1HFIC 20 FESOS i 21D? 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