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The Daily News from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania • Page 9

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The Daily Newsi
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Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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9
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with supermarket prices. ADVERTISED ITEM POLICY Each of these advertised items is re quired to be readily available for sale at or below the advertised price in each Store, except as specifically noted in this ad. BONELESS PORK ROASTS 69 LB. PORK HOPS CENTER CUT PORK CHOPS 169 LB. I LB.

2 RIB 2 LOIN 4 CENTER SELF-BASTING GRADE A TURKEYS FROZEN 10 TO 16-LB. AVERAGE REFRESHING SEVEN-UP LITER BTL. CALIFORNIA ICEBERG LETTUCE ABSORBENT BOUNTY TOWELS BREAD DOUGH STORE COUPON KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP 89' 32-OZ. JAR WITH THIS COUPON Limit onopor customer. Valid thru March 24,1979.

Altoona Division Stores. 2 STORE COUPON GRANULATED SUGAR QUARTERED PABKAY MARGARINE WITH COUPON STORE COUPON SSJSTORE COUPON SAVE 44c 1-LB. PKGS. RANULATED SUGAR SAVE He HI-C FRUIT DRINKS WITH THIS COUPON Limit one cuitomer. ViliU thru Sat.

WITH THIS COUPON Limit one per customer. Valid thru 24,1979. Altooni Division A4P Storm. 'PP18? 'P? 1p Wf BISJRVfTHE BIOHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES- IN THIS AD EFFECTIVE THUV TUES94Y. MABCH 20,1979 IN: MT.

m- M-oz. CAN WITH THIS COM PON Limit one psrcujlomsr. tbrv Mirth 24, 1971. 2 Sunday Accidents Probed Two Sunday traffic accidents wefe investigated by Huntingdon state pbllce. A 1966 Ford was demolished in an accident at 3:15 p.m., yesterday, on Juniata Township Route 434.

Police said John Neidert, 62, of 1927 Brlggg Harrisburg, was northbound when he swerved his car to the right to avoid hitting a southbound Vehicle. His car slipped on the pose gravel and flipped onto us roof. Police said the car was a total loss. Michael Scott Roll, 18, Mapleton Depot, R. D.

escaped injury at 5:15 p.m. in one-car accident on Route Township. Roll was eastbound on Route 22 when his vehicle drifted to the right and struck two guard posts. Police said there was $500 damage to the Roll's 1969 Chevrolet. Estimated loss amounted to only $10 in an accident Saturday at 1 p.m.

in Lincoln Township at the intersection of Routes 994 and 26. Huntingdon state police report Steven Zelanko, 43, Saxton, R. driving a 1969 Olds and William R. Welsh, 28, Logan Tyrone, were westbound on Route 994 and stopped at the Route 26 intersection. Zelanko intended to go right on Route 26 and then changed his mind.

He put his vehicle into reverse and hit the Welsh car, a 1975 Plymouth, which was behind him. There Was no damage to the Olds and only $10 damage to the Plymouth. No person was injured. 'They're (Cont'd from Page 1) an interview with Parsons on March 9. However, because of military security and orders from his present unit commander some of the details of his story are missing.

(Also, 'the material set in boldface type within parentheses is not part of Parson's story but was gathered from other news sources. It is provided for clarity and continuity.) Parsons graduated from the Southern Huntingdon County High School, near Orbisonia, in 1972, then spent a year at Evangel College, Springfield, Mo. He had planned to major in psychology but ran out of money after completing the general requirements. So he went into the marines. Three months of boot camp at Parris Island, Beaufort, S.

C. "The recruiter told me it was gonna be rough; he didn't lie. I hated i THE DAILY HuM j'; Grill Is Donated To Vo-Tech BrSftath? Kne Pl 1 WnAers the 9 har olais Restaurant in Belleville, have debated a Ct Area Voca 0 al Technical School, Mill Creek, for use in the gri11 af Mrs joan every minute of it when I was going through it. But now that I look A lot of peop back on it I've gained a lot confused. Then from it." When he arrived at the wall, which was within the embassy compound, Parsons couldn't tell if his position had already been overrun.

After leaving the wall, he went back to the embassy and tried coming 6ut another way to get back to his squad. "But by the time I got there, they had Molotov cocktails thrown at the chancery building. And from there on (By this time some 150 Marxist People's Fedayeen attackers had swarmed over the embassy walls. The badly outnumbered marines, about 19 in all, had ordered to fire their weapons into the air and to use tear gas to contain the attack.) Parsons said he thinks the marines were firing back, although he didn't see any doing so. "But I know one thing," he said, "if someone is shooting at you, natural instinct is to return fire.

But if you ask the marines (about) that, they'll After trying to leave the chancery the second time, Parsons went back inside. He told the Iranians (embassy employees) to go to their area and the Americans to get inside the chancery building. He then went to what he called "post one." 'T9tal Chaos' "Inside it was total chaos when I got there. Marines reporting on different radios from outside positions, people were just Then I heard one radio request from marines for more ammo, more gas." He again tried to leave the chancery to go to another position on the wall. "But when I got to the door it was already being fired on.

The door was pinned and they were firing at the lock." A civilian embassy employee advised him not to go out. 'Deadly Force' When Parsons first began running for the chancery building "ducking, running and zig zagging" the attackers were firing sporadically. The attack was just beginning. "It wasn't really that bad. And when I got to the embassy they (marines) were saying (on- the radios), 'Request permission to use deadly "When they started coming over the a lot of the marines didn't attack.

We did not fire back because we were our orders from the abmassador. But we didn't hear any. The ambassador didn't say anything for about three or four minutes after the first report of the attack." About 30:35 a.m., according to Parsons, the ambassador gave permission to use whatever force they felt was necessary. "But by then it was too late," said Parsons, "and later, when they started coming into the embassy, the ambassador told us to lay down our weapons and not return fire." The assault on the American Embassy in Iran began at about 10:30 a.m. local time; about five minutes later the civilian advised Parsons not to go out the door.

"Rounds were starting to come in the windows. I saw a Molotov cocktail on one of the AT THE SINGER SALE-A-THON YOU CAN OWN THIS SINGER MACHINE FOR ONLY 189 95 ON OUR MACHINE An outstanding value, it has a free arm for sewing collars and cuffs and a built-in buttonholer that sews buttonholes of any length in four simple steps, Model 534. Carrying case or cabinet extra, Trademark of THE SINGER COMPANY windows. We started getting really heavy automatic fire. People were just crawling into cracks on the floor.

"I was crawling on the floor. This shotgun blast came through one window and was only about six inches from hitting me. It hit the door sill and the wood splinters came flying back at me." Kunnmg from room to room, Parsons and several American civilians overturned tables and desks and shoved them against the doors for security. At no time did Parsons see anyone in the embassy panicking. "Most of the people were just shocked, dazed.

I tried to keep them motivated I was the only marine there, except for two in communications and I was going from room to room trying to secure positions. A lot of the secretaries were on the floor, in shock; they didn't know what was going on." 10:40 a.m. At about 10 minutes into the assault, "all communications from the outside ceased," said Parsons. "You can't have radio and shoot at the same time." Shortly after that, he encountered the secretaries on the floor. "I let it be known I was crazy.

I was crazy in the fact that if they came in this embassy and wanted to kill American people they're going to pay. If they came in there, you could bet there'd be a marine there that would be the first line of defense. "I thought all the marines outside were dead. And, if they were going to come in and kill those people, well, let the first one come." (To Be Continued.) Livestock Report Fashion zig-zag machine. Now Only'124 15 interchangeable stitches.

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Few Choice No. 2 4 1000 -1200 Ibs. slaughter steers 68.00 70,50 one at 71.75, Good 64.50 67.0o! few Standard 63.00-64.00 Couple Choice slaughter heifers 66.50 and 67.00, few Good 63.50 64.25, Utility Commercial slaughter cows 53.00 58.25, few 59.10, Cutters 52.50 56.75, Canner Low Cutter 48.75 52.35, Shells down to 42.50. One Good slaughter bullock at 67.00. Yield Grade No.

950 1950 Ibs. slaughter bulls 60.10 70.50, Choice 400 700 Ibs feeder steers 78.00 91.00. Calves 410. Vealers grading Good Choice $5 to $13 higher, standard Good about steady. Prime vealefs 133,00 139.00, Choice 117.00 130-00, Good 100-00 lfO.00, Standard Good 90 110 Ibs.

092.00 99.00, 70 85 Ibs. 84.00 91,00, Utility 50 100 Ibs. 60.00 Farm calves, holstein bulls 90 120 Ibs. 100,00 140.00; holstein heifers 90 169 Ibs. 130.00-175,00.

Hogs 185. Barrows gilts aboutsteady, US NO. U2 200 230 ibs, barrows gilts 51.25, lot 52.00, No. 3 195-250 Ibs. 49.10 50,75.

US No. 1 3 300 500 Ibs. SOWS 42.75-46.25. Feeder pigs; 55. US No.

1-? 25 45 Ibs. feeder pigs 35.00 53.0J per head, lot 122. lbs.5j).00cwt. SJieep 5. One Good 76 Ibs, iajnb at If-46m.

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