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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 2

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ir-- vV- VSST 0mrnrn iiwWfti MmSUKSsiM rnmirtii WwSii jSte 2-A TIIE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Texas Monday Evening May 14 1973 Svetlana Stalin Gets Divorce Major Fire Homeowner! fieepingTra Insurance Cuts Approved LILLI ANN FALL FASHION TRUNK SHOVING TODAY 9:00 am to pm Li CHARLES STEELE JR son of Air Force CM Sgt and Mrs Charles Steele of 2326 41st has been awarded his silver wings at Webb AFB at Big Spring uku graduation from Air Force pilot training lt Steele is being assigned to Minot AFB ND where he will serve with a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command Steele a 1907 graduate of Cooper High School received his BS degree in 1972 from Hardin-Simmons University He was commissioned upon completion of Officer Training School at Lackland AFB at San Antonio His wife Betty is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hollis of 2409 19lh By LEE JONES Antedated Press Writer AUSTIN (AP) Major cuts In fire extended coverage and homeowners insurance rales by nine companies were announced today by the Stale Insurance Board The board said it had given the firms permission tn charge less than the standard rates set by the board tions were announced: State Farm Fire and Casually Insurance homeowners 12 per cent fire 10 per cent on personal lines and 20 per cent on all others and extended coverage 10 per cent on personal lines and 20 per cent on others Niagara Fire Insurance Co Homeowners farm and ranehowners IS per cent fin and extended coverage 20 per cent each PHOENIX Ariz (AP) -The marriage of Svetlana Stalin to William Wesley Peters has ended In a divorce by default Superior Court Judge Lawrence Doyle issued the divorce last week after Mrs Peters daughter of the late Russian dictator Joseph Stalin failed to appear in court Mrs Peters who sought political asylum in the United Slates in 19G7 married her husband In 1970 and left him in late 1971 She said she disliked the communal style of living at Taliesin West a fash-1 a 1 arcilectural school started by Frank Lloyd Wright Peters was a protege of Wright The judge granted Mrs Peters who now lives in Princeton NJ custody of the 2-year-old child Olga Margedant Peters was given visitation privileges" Each was to retain his or her own property The marriage was the second for Peters (0 and the third of record for Svetlana 48 nothiers Tie statewide rale reduc DOWNTOWN 349 Cypress Seaboard Fire and Murine Insurance Fire and extended coverage 30 per cent Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance CO fire and extended coverage 2a per cent homeowners farm and ranehowners 20 per cent SL Paul Mucrcury Insurance Fire and extended coverage 20 per cent farm and ranehowners 20 per cent Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance fire and extended coverage 20 per cent homeowners 15 per cent Central Mutual Insurance fire 10 per cent on personal lines and 20 per cent on others extended coverage 20 per cent homeowners 15 per Premier Insurance fire and extended coverage 20 per cent Sentry fire 20 per cent Extended coverage is insurance against natural disasters such as hail and windstorm vandalism explosions and other non-fire hazards LT CHARLES STEELE to Minot AFB ND Before you safari that special Graduation gift this year chock into tho first Swiss movement that doesn't go Tick-Tock Bugging Operation 'Not Sophisticated' Harris a law enforcement specialist was cited for inert-torous service while assigned to the 377th Security Police Squadron Tan Son Nhut AB Vietnam He graduated from Brunswick High School in 1970 RANDALL KLOSE son of Mrs Bill Lockstedl UL 2 Abilene has been promoted to sergeant in the US Air Force Sgt Klose an air traffic control radar repairman is on duty at Dyess AFB with a unit of the Air Force Communications Service Chtcklnlo the sensational Hermes 3000 portable typewriter Sgt DENNLS HARRIS son of Mr and Mrs William Harris 749 Davis has received the Air Force Commendation Medal at Bergstrom AFB at Austin By DAN IIALL Associated vrss Writer NORTH iVEN Conn AP) The man who says he tended the eavesdropping equipment used last year to monitor calls from Democratic National Headquarters says the public Is getting a distorted picture of the episode have an idea that this was a very sophisticated operation but it wasn't" Alfred Baldwin III said in a recent Interview The 37-year-old Connecticut native said that while the leadership of the surveillance mission had extensive CIA and FBI experience the job turned out to be a Kids" operation He said he was once an FBI agent for two years while McfYird entered a Democratic office in the building After the light came on in the office McCord appeared at the indow and waved casually to him before closing the curtains Baldwin said McCord two former White House aides and four others were arrested after five of them were surprised by police inside the Democratic offices on June 17 Baldwin was later implicated and testified for the government In the Watergate trial In Washington last January He added that his lawyers have been told he would be subpoenaed to testify before the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair A former real estate salesman and a college Instructor in security techniques Baldwin said an his job applica-tio since January have been rejected School to Observe Two Memorial Daysr Check into the 44-key office keyboard (available in many foreign keyboards too) the Flying Red Margins sound absorbing housing and many many more handy features in this unique machine precision made in Switzerland Stop by for a no-obligation demo today Counting four companies that previously were granted deviations the board has now approved rate cuts sought by firms writing 23 per cent of the coverage in Texas Several more applications are pending board chairman Joe Christie told a news conference would urge nolicvholders to contact their agents and Inquire about this" Christie said of the rate cuts There will be a time lag he said before the companies can do the turner work "oprr-sary to put the rate cuts Into effect The board recently announced a new policy of encouraging companies to deviate from the uniform rates established by the board The TIM SPURRIERS We are hearing aid specialists with 23 yean experience in hearing testing and fitting hearing aids We could nave tne answer to your HEARING but NOT UNDERSTANDING problem with an all new model Maico hearing aid It costs nothing to try in our office or in the privacy of your home within 100 mile of Abilene MAirn HEARING AID maiiu SERVICE Mtmnlkmht EPSOM NII (AP) The Epsom School Board has found a solution to the Memorial Day celebrate it twice The legislature restored the holiday to Us original calendar date May 30 However nationally It will be observed Monday May 28 making a three-day weekend The decision was simple It will close schools both days But a catch School will let out for the summer June 21 instead of June 20 as had been scheduled to make up for the extra holiday HA DANIEL OFFICE MACHINES AD BOGGS OWNER 133 CEDAR 673-3759 you only want to fcoritypmiw aiatey HERMgl) Abilene Texes 1866 Pine Street Phone 673-8501 He recalled that one time during his employment with the Committee to Reelect the President (CRP) he was sent to pose as an anti-administration demonstrator at an Andrews Air Force base gathering in nearby Maryland lie wound up being held by guards for questioning when he was the only to show up He said he also was directed to a news conference held by antiwar leader Rennie Davis He returned with a press release which was used to prepare a confidential report The release had been available to anyone he said Baldwin said he was assigned to the sensitive bugging job without being checked closely by James McCord Jr the committee's security chief and former CIA agent who hired him He said that one night he was watching from a motel across from the Watergate Baldwin said the CRP security position was attractive because he looking for a job and this was a way to work my way Although his father was a cousin of Raymond Baldwin a former Connecticut governor chief justice and US senator the CRP job was his first campaign work he said He claimed he didn't question the morality of the political eavesdropping because he considered it part of the campaign give-and-take Under similar conditions and with no foreknowledge he probably would do the same thing again he said Baldwin said would have assumed that they (the Democrats) had a security operation too" adding that McCord concerned about a security leak on our side" (here was aay doubt that such a policy by the board would result in a competitive atmosphere within the Industry resulting in lower Insurance costs to the insurance buying public surely it must now be dispelled" Christie said He added a note of caution: Is important the public understand there are factors other than price which are deserving of more than casual interest Stability of a company service provided by the company and its agents and efficiency and promptness in handling claims are all elements to be given serious 20 Spaces Ooen In Driving Course Graduation Father's Day are just around the corner and we can't think of any better gift idea than Donegal co-ordinated Sportswear These Perfectly matched outfits will make any graduate or Father look his best Coleseta Knit pants shirts in brilliant colors: Tiger Orange Tropic Yellow Bronzine Royal Blue Tropic Green Navy Red- Brown White Looking Down Didn't Affect These Climbers By AL SCHW ARTZ Associated Press Writer TIMBERLINE LODGE Ore (AP) of them was 13 and I don't know of any other 13-yrar-old kids myself who can make that mountain" said a climber who had just come down 11235-foot ML Rood with six blind teen-agers kids are far and above the John Doe kid out on the street" he said mean have the will the drive ay Clarence Hunnicutt course coordinator for two defensive driving classes said registration for the courses Monday totaled 50 persons Hunnicutt said there are spares left for about 20 persons The classes are open to persons 55 or older but each must have a valid Texas driver's license Hunnicutt said Gass A was filled but that there are still openings in Class Class will meet May 16 18 23 and 25 Classes will meet from 9 to 11 am in the Gold Room of the First Stale Bank He said that anyone wishing to register can do so at 8 am Wednesday at the First State Bank SHIRTS M-L-XL PANTS 30-40 SPORTCOATS 38-44 Reg 40-44 Long 3111 No 12th Leg Robbins and Dean Atkinson All six are students at the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver On a clear day the mountain is visible fTom the school The climb began Sunday just after 2:30 am at Timber-line Lodge at the 6000-foot level The party reached the summit about 2:30 pan the time in which most parties make the round trip The trip down for the blind teen-agers took another four hours On the final stretch a broad blanket of snow stretching thousands of feet in a gentle incline two of the boys took the lead One of them prodded the snow with a ski pole to find the way liked it" said Ed Johann of the blind young people guy said he's ready to go again next weekend climb all the time We decided it would be nice to do something for somebody else for a change" OPEN 677-7471 Western Mattress your Complete Bedding Center Can Stretch Your Bedroom Dollar! 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