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After 29 Years. WASHINGTON mow than a ywra (tvr young' WorW Wir II Marinti in ihillow anmirkcd graves near the ('northern cojat Guadalcanal. They wre (Mr lives In Che dank and malarious jungle lo Mlp turn lie tide of battle in the Pacific. Today they-came home. Home lo Arlington National Cemetery burial with lull military honors.

Home to lie UiUwrneclu wbo l'in that In Korea, and in Vletoim. Atler so many years, nothing remained at 'the five men but skeletons. These were placed In Iwo caskets for burial in a common grave al Arlington. The Marine tund was called out for the filnertl." Rifles cracked in a 21 gun salute, and Inc mournful notes of Taps echoed over the northern Virginia hills as the caskets were towered Into Ihc ground. A toUed U.S.

flag TM presented to (he rclalives of each man. Marine officials bald they could not recall another funeral tield under similar circumstances It might never have been held al all except for the effort's of a forester's wife in Solomon Islands and research era el the Smithsonian Insiliu In Washington. Records of the Isl Marine Dlihlon, io which all five-men belonged, snow that Pvt. Paul Gagnon, 21, of Aogusti, Maine; Pfc. Godfrey Hunter, M.

of Winston, Salem, NC.i Pie. Bayid W. Johns, 19, Johnstown, Pfc, 1 Eugene Johnston, 18, of Littleton, N.C., and Cpl. John F. SUMS, 2f of Richmond, N.C., all died Oct.

9, The bodies of four other men who were killed with Ihtrn near me Malaniktiu Klvcr, on the From Guadalcanal northern coast o( Guadalcanal, were Jound liter. The search did n4 turn up anyone else In that jrea, In 19tt a special military review board ruled I he Jive buried today, were because no trace ol them had been found in the dense, warworn jungle. The case remained closed for the next 21 years. It was reopened In 1970 after retired Marine Capt. E.

C. CUrke, executive secretary of the 1st Marine Division Association, received a Jeter from Iho wjfo of a forestry official In the Solomon Islands. Mrs. Y. Timothy Kwaimani wrote to say that a -skeleton wilh Marine dog lags around ils neck had been found on Guadalcanal.

The name on the metal lags was G. E. Hunter. "That slarted a chain of evenls which led lo the Auslrallan government ami Solomon Islands officials conducting a new search for grave sites on Guadalcanal," a Marine official tald. "Four more skeletons were In late 1 The remains: were senl lo Washington, where Smithsonian Institution officials nearly five months to establish positive Identification through dental search and other records, officials said.

AMARILLO GLOBE-TIMES Wceioe ne 28, 2 lm el fciimilnj cmipow, Inc. 42-Hour Filibuster Sets World Record AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) Stale Sen. Mike McKool of Dallas added four hours and II minutes lo the world fili- buster record today, but his ordeal failed to add a dime lo (he slate budget lo help the mentally 111. MeKool held Ihc floor for 42 hours and 33 mlnulcs.

eclipsing the mark of 38 hours und 22 minutes sel by South Carolina SliUc Sen. lialph Gasciuc in 19G8. After the Sfool-1 Dallas State Sen. Mike McKool of Dallas a new world record. BUDGET VOTED Senate Holds Line on Taxes AUSTIN (AP) Tews senalors passed a no-new-taxes $4,1 billion general'appro- prialions.biHtoday after a record-breaking filibuster by Dallas Sen.

Mike McKool. A voice vole sent the bill lo the House, which plans 0 substitute ils own version in committee today, lay i on members' desks, lake a 72- liour break ami debate Ihc bill Saturday. McKool finally sal down al a.m. afier speaking on Ins fecj for a record 42 bours and 33 minutes in an effort to gain more funds for slate programs lo help the mentally III and retarded. His-'lactic put Ihe legislature behind on ils limetablc for Hdion on appropriations by more than a day.

Speaker Kayiord Price had liopcd for House floor action Friday, but- pushed Ibe de bate back to Saturday New require a three-day period for members to study appropriations bills before voting on liiein. Appropriations are the only item before (he session, which Ihe governor called specifically lo enact a slate hudgol for the fiscal year starting Kept. 1. funds for Hie new stale schools lor Ihc retarded, and community menial health ami retardation services' were a casualty of Gov. Preston Srnilli's threat (o block any new taxes.

Bolh the Senate bill and the measure approved by Ihe House Appropriations Com mfltee upgrade some slate programs, bnl keep mobt at existing levels, The Senate bill gives slate employes a 0.8'per cent pay raise, bui holds faculty salaries at tax-supported colleges universities and i en I schools at. 19)0 scales. By conlrasl, Ihc House measure gives slate, employes Ihc same raise as Ihc Senate and also adds 3.4 per cent to salaries. The final bill probably will be a compromise written by a 10-man conference i probably nexl week. Their Ailment Is SAN DIEGO (AP)-Two Humane Society officers called lo re trieve a monkey from a telephone pole in a residential area rolled up in a pickup truck equipped with ladders, nets and oilier animal rescue gear.

But monkey eluded them scampering through trees and across roofs. When the pursuers gave up, ho was swinging by his toil from a telephone line. "We get about GO monkey calls a year," explained Anthony Atkins of the Humane Society. "We've caught only one." lawmaker sat down, Ihe Senate rejected his amendment by voice vote and sent to the House ils $4.1 billion spending hill for the year beginning Sept. 1.

McKool said he had called allcnion to need for more money for mentally handicapped persons and tliat a House-Senate conference committee might later agree to appropriate extra funds because of Ihe public pressure his fight created. lie complained of numbness and aching bones. This did not stop liira, however from standing anil talking some more for television cameras The self-styled Chihuahua of the Texas Senate seemed fresh toward Ihc end. "Texas is 4Mb in Ihe nation, in mental health and mental retardation services," McKool rasped as he walked around his desk with his lie knolled and coat buttoned hut shoes off. think Texas should Ire in the top 10.

I don't tare il it's just shooting marbles," he said. McKool spent most oi the lime arguing (o (he empty chairs of his colleagues. He wanted $17 million added lo (he slale budget to help mentally handicapped persons. He lowered his goal bv steps, to SI million, but the Senile leadership rejected Ills offer. U.

Gov. Ben Barnes downgraded McKool's Idealism. He conferred wilh the 53-ycar-uld lawmaker early Tuesday evening--after Forl Worth Sen Don Kcnnard's slate filibuster record of 29 hours and 22 minutes had been broken-and told newsmen: "lie didn't mention mental health. lie mentioned Hie record." McKool recently lost a congressional race lo a television weatherman who called himself a "Sam Hayburn Democrat" and who called MeKool an ultra liberal. So whatever political milcafc he makes of his filibuster will have lo come Iwo years from now when he can run for office again.

McKool was equipped with special tubing under his ciolliing, which eliminated the need for lime out lo moke Ihe In)) lo Ihe reslroom, which would have been a violation of the rules. During Hie predawn hours today McKool's colleagues helped divert attention while he emptied his waste bag. As MoKool was shielded by several fellow senrlors. Sen llalph Hull. flock wall, look Ihe speaking burden from him momentarily by raisins a parliamentary 'incslion.

After lie received (lie answer, he said: "1 Iliink that ivill lie a relief. I'm relieved and I know Sen. MoKdol is relieved." McKool's normally liuskv whine deepened only as the final hours passed. He sucked on "medicinal" lemons and oranges--food is prohibited. His energy seemed to drain and then rclura.

Several times he said he would speak "for 10 nr 15 more mimiles." Sen. William Moore of Bryan raised a point of order (Sec FlUBUSTKH-Pagc Big Dealings Swirl in Chess Collision NEW YORK (AP) Promotional aspecls of Ihe Fisch- cr-Spassky world championship chess match are becoming as Important ns are in any big league sport. Chess matches are not usually world happenings, But wilh Ihe keen interest sparked by American Bobby Risch- cr challenging Russian Doris Spas sky for the world litle it's a diffcrenl situation; The Icelandic Chess Federation has put up close to 5200,000 for the 24-game match, to be held for two months in Reykjavik, Iceland starling July 2. The games will )c played OF UNITY IS READ City Delays Action On Polk Street Plan By BOB DAVIS Staff Writer The Amarillo Cily Commission, pur off for at feast a week a decision on rcchannel- ing Polk Street and reaffirmed an election campaign promise lhal they would work as a unified body. The unily statement, which was read ly Mayor Ray Vahue.between Items on nn otherwise routine agenda, 'followed a day In which rep're- senlallycs of the Cily Em.

pldycs Union blasted three members of the commission and risked (or Ihe resignation Cily Manager John Stiff. Thi statement reads as fol- 1 lows: "This commission recognizes lhal no group of men ice to I'olfc Slreel and reduce Ihe narrow four lane tralfic to a two-lane thoroughfare with protected lefthand lunis. Although the commissioners support Uie plan which down- merchants hope will revitalize the'city's core, Ihcy questioned Ihc need for changing Ihc central transfer point for city buses from Sixth and Polk lo Eighth and Polk. The plan will go back lo city a i planners and members of the- Downtown spokesman, told commissioners he hoped Ihe plan could be acted upon at Ihc commission's next meeting, scheduled for July 6, In other business, Ihc commission accepted bids troni Uolh offered lo pay one eiglilli of one per ccinl of above Ibc going rale for treasury notes. However the first National bid provides a guaranteed role of 5 per cenl.

In Ihe precession meeting, Ihc commissioners decided lo instracl Fire Kosebcrry lo remove a lisl of mowing contractors from the notice sent to landowners who are in violation-of the city i a Two of the IS names on Ihe lisl arc Ihosc of cily employes All These IIOI.LV1VOOD (Al') He called himself an advance man for Ihe "Mannlx" lelevi- sion series and told one and all in Crescent City, a small iNorlhern California town, lhal he was making arrangement for the scries lo shool one of its segments there. The man. vv 0 identified himself Hilly fxrc Dallon showed up lasl weekend and hired ao exlras, ordered 2,000 cupcakes and arranged for 210 rooms in molds and homes. Then he lell, skipping out on Ins motel bill and sayiiv the company would be aiona Tuesday. When" Ihcy failed lo show up, local Ihcalcr owner William Chapman, who had ns- sistcd the Pflramounl which seals about 3,000 people.

The match will be open lo Ihe public, and tickets will cost S5 a game or 575 for the 24 scheduled games. Of Ihc $200,000 put up, some $125,000 will Ire paid in prizes to (he players, according to the federation. Fischer, 29, and Spassky 35, Will also divide CO per ccnl of the income from films rfnd television. The federation has signed a 99-year contract wilh Chester Fo.v and Inc. for exclusive worldwide visual righls, including righls lo film the malcli and still photos of (he match taken inside the Sports- hall.

Fox and the federation will splil (he profits equally. The price Fox paid for the rights Is undisclosed. Uut lie (lid say he would have to spend some $200,000 for (he color tilm'mg. "I guess it's a coup, but il's quite an undertaking," Fox said in New York. He has asked for bids from interested television stations in countries Ihroughout the world.

He is concerncd wilh the highesl bidders in each country, and if a contract is signed, lie will send (hem film clips as Ihc malcli rcsses. "We'll be i a i straight through Sunday and beyond. It's been very hectic. There's a lot of interest in it, more so in the rest of the world Ihan in Ihc U.S.," said Fox, who adds lhal the onlv two countries which have sent cables saying they would not hid arc Kuwait and Jordan. "We've spoken with Tass briefly There hasn't been thai much interest from Ihe flussinns," says Fox, adding lhal he will not name countries negotiating, or those which have signed contracts, until negotiations arc ized.

In Iho United States, ABC has contracted for exclusive film rights. The Fox film segments will he shown Saturdays on Ihc AflC program, "Wide World of Sports." Fox declined lo say how much ABC paid for Ihe rights. He did comment that he has not suggested bid prices for those interested. "I find the news media have their own way of evaluating this. They're immensely fair," said Fox, adding he has used a sliding scale depending on Ihe country However, in (be United States.

Channel New York, and Telepromplcr Cable T.V. have planned programs discussing the action at the match, without (he use of the Fox film. Channel 13 plans ,1 niovc- nymove commentary and analysis on Ihc match by chess master Shelby L.vnjan, who will work from a studio in Albany, x.v. using vertical hoards to illuslrale the mores. The extensive coverage would starl Sunday, July 2 and run from 1 p.m.

to (J p.m., nationally. II would continue Ibrcc limes a week Ihroughoul Ihe malch wilh TSTI Students Seek Ruling on Rent Hike By BARBARA BOONE Sltff Writer Working logrther will always' two city banks competing for have Ihc same opinion on cv- the right lo be Ihe depository cry subject. We would, how- of city funds for Ihc next 12 ever, lake this occasion to months. Amarillo National Bank and First National Dank submit- a i 'renew pledge lo Hie citizens' of harmoniously for Ihe Iresl in- Icresls of ALI, citizens." Asked whiil promplcd Ihe statement, Mayor Vahue said only. "I Ihink it speaks f6r llscM." Al a news conference John Motfalt, chairman of Ihc union, read a prepared statement In which three of Ilic five commissioners were labeled as "rubber stamps" and commissioners a Brlggs and Houston Dcford were praised.

During (lie prcscssion meeting, several of Hie commissioners expressed reservations concerning one phase of the plan lo restore bus serv- led )kh which wrc similar bill nol Identical. silualion existed. The lisl will be removed in December when '(he mowers have a chance lo advertise in the new Amarillo telephone directory. Tbc commissioners also issued a proclamation expressing their support of (he Honor Dav pitrftdc whirfi will ho held Saturday on Polk Slrcct In conjunction wilh Ihc Range Riders Rodeo cr ulilily cosls, maintenance bedroom home and labor costs lo repair the inonlh for a and $100 a llirec-bedroom ronls shorter broadcasts Tuesday and Thursday for cities on Ilic Eastern seaboard. Hicharcl Ciller, lawyer for Channel I3-WNDT, said Fox the federation threatened to go io court.

i( these: plans were nol abandoned. He totd (hem that plans were being continued and that lie was authorized bv Tele- promoter lo similarly'inform. "There's i outrageous ahnut the Chess Federation and Fox trying to limit coverage," saict 'fiillcr. "it could have been any kind of major news event." "I Ihink Ihe people who'll be walcbing us will nol lie Ihe same people who're watching Wide World of Sports, don't think we're competitive," said Frank I.cicht, vice president and director of programming and administration at Channel 13--WNDT. "We have staled lhal we arc in favor of absolute llic.

total dissemination of tlic news. However where a device is used to rccrcale or simulate private properly, well, lhal is not Itic use of news but an abuse," said Richard C. Slcin, lawyer for Fox. He further added, "Mr. Fox- has exclusive film rights granlcd (o him by the federation and those are his rights.

Any reproduction would appear lo infringe on those rights to the detriment of the Federation and Mr, Fox. James llalperin, lawyer for Ihe Icelandic Chess Federation, denied a report they were served an injunclion. "Our law office hasn't served anyone will, a restraining order, he said, adding he would not comment on fulure plans. Roone Arlcdgc, president of umiitui-u the scries named Dallon. Today's Chuckle A woman whrxlocsn'l play bridge Is a fugitive from the chin gnnj.

i hous- ielf-sup porting homes nan KO Is mistake. Shop IN mrttmit Uwwrwmt let all bmc flimliMngt G-IU. 71( E. loin. The Inside Story Injured coach from Wichita falls learning lo mlk ngain.

Slwry on Pngn 1 1 uiL-i WUIL i Msrr a ccm increase in married stu-cuss Ihe increase TccliViWlltatc TCX StalC TM" fcw ccks students a Bd Tccliiiff.il Institute. expect a report from IRS offs The increase, lo go inlo effccl lo the legality of Ihc Sepl. 1, was approved by Ihe Increase In view of (he freeze TSTI Board of Regents c.trly program. UK rc- Ihis spring and Ihe 38 students One student threatened in nr wm ll hc slrirl lie maintained (hat (he Increase Is nol a renl increase, hut is only in place of tililiiics for Ihc mr-condilioncd homes. He said 1ST! Is presently working out contracts with utility companies lo take over Ihc utilities.

Io Ihc proposed plans for outside- programs on Ihc malch. I think that would be excellent programming and a good Ihing for them lo do going to do it in a condensed, limited way. As long as we can do whal we want lo do, we'd IK delighted said Arledgc. "If Ihcy do a movc-bv-movc thmg, I'll watching," he said. Great Crowd Death Hat, Thousands mid flionsmids defied Dallas Iteat, tmmidi- and enjoyed Eiplo '72.

Story on Page analysis qualifies cotmly's death rale from respiratory diseases. Piign WEATHER Fair becoming partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight mil, a slight chance for dcrstorms. a i Thursday tonllnticrt warm. High today and Thursday near 90. Ixw tonight low Ws.

Wind easterly 1 ho ll today At the present time, TSTI is having lo pay ihc utility companies lo come lo Ihc campus anil do repairs and mninlcnancc work. iiuur lotiay For Ihc remainder flml Probability of TSTI housing, utility increases rcc 20 per cent loday were considerably higher link- 1n 20 wr ccnl lonlghl. cr said. Tlicrc are Ml homes on Ihe campus. 7 Nctlv The low in Amorillo this morning was C3.

Tlic liigli Tuesday was 93 SUNSET TODAY: 9:05 SUNRISE THURSDAY; 0:35.

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