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The Austin American Wednesday, July 5, 1972 CENTRAL TEXAS DEATHS RAINS 6 Austin, Texas (From Pap One) Iioad 30 ahnut a mile south of County, was killfd in an i Slate Highway 21. auto-pedestrian accident nar T-iucireaux. who recently moved! witnesses said a wing of the the Muldoon community i Caldwell from Louisiana, was 0uc-hed ground, causing Saturday. Jessie Gonzales. 24 fining bait in a small pond on die aircraft to crash ar.d catch of Dallas was charged with Hie outskirts of town when he afre 0ne nf feet was murder with a motor vehicle in 'parent ly sot a cramp in (,, cockpit, and connection with the accident.

Although Bn'1lrM, rescuers were unable to free! In Rockdale, 70-year-old sid to I a good swimmer, two'm iiefore he cnl.a willie Favors of Rockdale was companions were unable to get klllpd Sunday morning b.m from the water. Kowe, who formerly lived in when struck by a car on U.S. 79 The accident occurred 'Crosby, was nlhm to Bryan in the Rockdale city limits, f.nnday at about p.m. Alhospital and was hcinc! A Ft. Hood soldier, Michael rescue group from 0 a Dallas hospital, Kdward Mascho, 20.

was killed recovered the body, which h(t rtted enroute. Wilhclm' Sunday night when tin 'ken to Phillips and Ltickeyjsajf jjow6 apparently died from motorcycle he was riding was in Funeral Home in Rockdale. burns instead of injuries a head-on collision with a car on An 18-year-old Segum in ne rrash Arrow Point Road west of tmmy Chavez. drowned, A 19-year-old Lulins resident, iTempie near Lake Belton. 4 I I-' Sit IJi wnue swimmjns wiinjohB Gonzales, was killed in Khalil Omar, 29.

a I'niversils -rV rn.ifi.nr-' two friends in the t. "lirT fli a i. I II I roil "i itAriK MUUiTltl 1 III on i. ixc! iinmi in. Independence Day morning, i Afghanistan, drowned Sunday Chavez, son of Mr.

and Mrs Tne accident occurred shortly 'on the Buster Meyer Ranch 23 Smtiaio Chavez of Rt. 1. was mlrnht Tuesday, when miles west nf Austin off Slate miming with car he was dnvlI1 rolled Highway 71. Davenport and r.alenl0Ver .8 mile west of Luhns on Raymond F. Wright.

63 Henderson near the Capote1, he Siln MarfVS in lifetime resident of Caldwell Road Bridge three miles south Caldwell County. ICounty, died Monday from nf Segum on Farm Road 4(ifi. r)w of a injuries sustained in a traffic The companions told officers, O)rpora near Wellington, that Chavez disappeared was lakcn chambers! Weldon .1. Tucker, 44, a they thought he was "playing a nmtip in Llnj, iKilleen resident, was killed same" with them. The Sesuinj W.JS dpad al early Saturday in a hcadon (From Pajje One) did not know the names of the four.

Another sailboat sank in 25 to 30 feet of water on Lake Travis, Patterson said. The, occupants of that boat', managed to scramble toi safety, he said. "It was the roughest I've ever seen Lake Travis," warden said late Tuesday-; afternoon. Simpson said he had never seen such a hard rain on the lake. The rain was so heavy Tuesday afternoon, he said, that the shore wasn't visible, and it was so dark that boats were using ninning lights.

A spokesman at Lakeway; Marina said the winds Travis whipped up to two feet in sheltered coves and three to four feet in the open. Several boats from Lakeway were out when the storm hit, he said, but all made it back to the marina safely. The marina was not damaged, he said. Bill Lueders, manager of Lake Travis Lodges, said the marina had some minor storm damage. Some cables were broken and the walk leading to the marina was buckled, he said.

The storm hit the lodge at about 2:45 p.m., Lueders and about 200 persons' crowded onto the marina when the wind forced them to dock at the nearest available lxirt. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Patterson said, there were no reports of persons missing on Lake Travis, the weather had cleared and people were going back out on the lake. In Austin heavy clouds at p.m. Tuesday, had given the city a twilight gloom and the Capitol lights had been lighted.

The afternoon rain forced inch was recorded at Municipal Airport during the holiday dampener. (Staff Photo by Jim Dougherty) Ihe scene of the accident byieolhsion on Interstate Highwav of the Peace Malt -I-) near Italy between Waco and; fire department was called al '() a.m., but Ihe companions had removed the body when KALN SCUTT.LKS PICNICS Empty tables in Zilker Park attest to the midaftcinoun downpour which cleared most of the July 4 celebrants from the park Tuesday. More than half an i Dallas. Three persons injured in Rullock of Luling. A 19-year-old Austin firemen arrived.

i Justice of the Peace Willie! Davis of .1100 Speedway. Iwo-car hcadon collision in Ihe Murder was killed accident near a three car IO bliM of K. 12th St. at 10:50: San Antonio Sunday were still' hospitalized Tuesday, Political Maverick Will Lead Japan Fans Brave Rain, Enjoy Folk Music Mae Morawietz pronounced Chavez dead at the scene at 4 a m. She ruled accidental death drowning.

The body was lken to Goetz Funeral Home in ScEiun. Also at Secuin, Mrs. Tuesday. The mishap, according Suspect to the. '''s'eu in sciiinis conuinon in Department of Public Safety.

kcnnn2e Hospi.a were occurred al 1 a.m. Tuesday on ''re 'a''OUs, 56. of 4804 I wish 1 could bring peace to 10 p.m. but arrived early to sign Sought U.S. 2S1 just south of the Alamo- Dr- Mlllle Lee! TOKYO (APj The rulingTanaka overcame the handi Liberal Democratic party leaps of poverty, a scanty edu Wednesday elected Kakuei Tan-lcalion and lack of social posi world, a smile to everv'autographs and talk with his iaiK was WhittillL'ton.

49. of Win n.mna Kuadaliipe County jail Tuesday; watrnus suffered a cc" City. with murdering her; mn-e ymt.A nmn There's a chance peace will notice tuesaay men muroer'aka jts president and to fight his way to the top charges against a 24-year-old nrim i9n in (he Janane.se mlitical hean. fans. "Mance is known and loved in Ihe folk music business as Benny Goodman is in jazz," i i at i wimp i ntimv inn nuxuana.

awivmcnik. Whlttinpton Constable Terry Tuesday at Loekhart after Stautzenberser said Calk was charged with murder in the) sustained two; 10 lifetime." hospital officials! These were only two of many 'similar ideas expressed in sons isaid Jim Rlackmore, producer Austin man for the Jan. 8 fatal shooting of Neil Eugene Johnson, 20, of Granada Hills, Calif. break with past policies of de-j Kbullient and ruggedly hand-pendence on the United Stales 'some, he is a sharp contrast to and aloofness to China. I his opponent, Fukuda, a long- Tanaka.

who marie hk wav in time bureaucrat born into -hot in the head with a .22 s'aomns anu siompins oi of the show. The audience, made up of Also injured in Ihe accident Tuesday nichl during the second raliher rifle at ihe Calk home "-year-urn Jessie joe Jimenez ni'lit of the 10th Annual three miles north of KinssburvWe a lar.e crowd mv Cf' Williams. 2.1, of mostly your.g people, seemed to uesuay n.ni. as a maverjck in wealth. American Folk Festival t.uve.

Late enjoy the show and often said they were defeated a pro-! Though the general electorate sponsored by the Austin Parks Sunday at 3 p.m. The n'Kht al the l.ulins const able said the shooting Thump. Tuesday he was listed in with clapping to the music. i searcnin lor me suspect. jlc ()f re(jrin Minister had no hand in the voting, pop- satisfactory condition with a and Recreation Department.

the warm; Johnson was killed during an'Kjsfcku Sal0 foreign Minister ular opinion favored Tanaka as of the Peace Matt Despite allcucdlv occurred during More than 250 folk music fans he- Jimenez fractured left shoulder. temperatures and the robbery familv argument. Rullock of l.iilin said Taken Fukuda, 57, on the sec-the man most likely to carry ond ballot of the parly con- out an indeiendent foreign pol- Two persons also still wcalner wooden benches, the audiencejHuston-Tillotson College Calk was taken to the "slashed badly and then wil( threatening skies to hear with threatening skies to u. stomped- bv three men hospitalized. Tuesday qujet and attentive.

Theieampus of the afternoon of Jan vention by 282-190 votes. Tan- icy, ease relations with thej the cancellation of the aka needed a majority of 239 of United States and seek closer! Javcecs' Honor America Day Se-um He then was transferred Saturday myht in a small suffered in a one-car 'musicians from throughout was broken only: 8. a Saturday, police said i i iiu.oim iho ruiiriiufi irucit anri accidenl on Montonolis Drive Central exas. hv a Iikkp Hnu nr a The occasionally by a loose dog or a lne IHWI snooting occurred deeates ties ixissibly ending in diplo-l patriotic activities on Town it. r.MMihP i.eneirfi nnspnHi l-ort Sam Houston in San tMe city street in the downtown Rndge Sunday.

Carlton White, a country; crying baby. shortly after Johnson and declared in--matic recognition with Lak no wjIld damage or Antonio by an Army hclicopier area while the final day of the In critical condition in Ihe music-type folk singer from; The festival was cosponsored: Virgil Forrest of Mesquilejv.j(1 Though Fukuda said he would j0od was reported, the Police in Ihe AST rrogram Military annual Watermelon was Jlojelio LaraKerrville, got the festival off toibv Castle Creek. Spirit Sound 'accompanied two men to hast! Tanaka currently is minister give priority to China and U.S.; Department said. of international trade and in-relations, his close ties to Satoj Austin received .55 inches of Assistance to Traffic and fesliviliei were in progress. riarra, IX, of 2(1.) Chicon.

a lively siart witn sucii tunes as and the River City Inn. It is Ju" aoa i.ndini.Ts. safrtv, Judge Rullock said three men' In serious condition in IIir "She Looks Like Good People," iird each July 4 holiday. and his friend had met dustry. land his generally cautious pol-j Calk died laler Sunday al then beat Jimenez' wile wit was iioscnoa ynarra.i Jriuig jenny i my i-ne i u.c ct Mrs (il aa she did mil i j' "I 203 Chicon.

Arthur Bull for Yoij," and "You Had of Texas campus and were. Former Foreign worked against him. taken Miki and Masavnshi view of bitter rain between 1 and p.m., the Weather Bureau said. Rain fell generally throughout Central Texas Tuesday afternoon. At Taylor two inches of rain cancelled an assortment of given a ride in a car driven byjjra were tne fjrst attacks on Sato and his govern-j the men to the Fast (hrew hpjr jinporl mentf Tanaka is considered! location, police said.

Tanaka. The volin, on more acxeptable to Peking, Forrest (old police one nf thejfjr rmmd was Tunaka fat-! How well he succeeds will de-1 Julx Fourth: A A a ions' Birthday charred with murder before hospitalization. Jimenez was I Ramirez. 17, of 6100 PalmjBo'h Feet In Ihe Water Singing' Justice of the Pence MorawietzJtakcn to a Luhng hospital. Circle, was treated and released a Love Song Using My vho set bond at S5.0OO.

Mrs. where he died Monday, for minor injuries suffered in He was followed by Jimmy; Calk remained in jail in lieu of Ybarra, Jose llencito "1P mishap. Young, playing' an bond. and Rosano Hernandez Fdward JlUsek, ,17, of 2002 S.jand Fred Donna, playing aj A 31-year-old crop duster, originally were charged Iiefore 'Congress was treated and 'bass Stiitar. They played mostly! Keith Rowe, died Monday mghl Judge Rullock with aggravated released from the original tunes including one from burns sustained in the assault.

After the death of shortly after a collision al 10 which went, "You say you got men pulled a .22 caliber: j.y); Ohira, 101; the fortunes of the eon-j panne outdoor activities and revolver and demanded their servatives who have goverenedi (ort.ej the Miss Williamson 69. The staff at St. David's money. The two men gave the. Tne niel JapaK's sinle the end of the war.

I County beauty pageant to gunman aut $14. police said. wnfjr'm Tanaka Thursda.vjTanaka faces a lower house, scek sheter in the high However, Forrest said one a three-year term as prime election either late this year or the robbers tried to take early next year that will deter-; ()ne jm.n 0f ram scattered watch off his (Forrest's) wrist, ne wj (Mf japa'g voungest minc if the People support con-j jrft-nikers in the camping area som.thing against me. Well: afternoon when his plane Jiminez. the charge wa' a m.

Tuesday at the intersection crashed tin the Peter Scarmardo changed to murder with of Sixth and Lamar. what did I do? You don't like: Hospital was celebrating "The farm in the Brazos River bottom Bullock set bond Birth of Nations" on July 4. "Baby Boy" Nations, son of at $5,000 for; Aso lreate(i and released at lne 1 wc" 1 fccl Hie hospital was Michael and a struggle ensued. ministf.r the war tinned LDP rule. area of upper Burleson County.

leach of the trio. the struggle, a shot was fired, CHESS Chief Deputy Sheriff Alfred; Violent death struck at Bonner, 8, of 3407 Banton Iioad. I The performers scheduled Wilhclm said that Rowe. wlnrscatiered points throughout. He.

was injured alwut 10:30 a.m.! included Jimmy Johnson, worked for the Harry CourleyjCentral Texas over Ihe Inng'rtiesday jn an auto-bicycle1 Brown Paul, Bob Kve, Sam Flying Service in ('lav, had just; Fourth of July holiday period, 'accident in the 3400 block of JC, Hickory, Andy (Tarcr, Mr. and Mrs. B. V. "Bill" Nations, gained his independence Tuesday at 9:45 p.m.

The first July 4 reloaded chemicals in Ihe crop: Since 6 p.m. Friday, these. Manor Road. Kppcrson, Mai. Truck! baby at St.

David's weighed Page One) (From killing Johnson, police said. Homicide Lt. Colon Jordan said Tuesday police had discovered the. possible identity of one of the suspects in connection with the murder from fingerprints found in the car used in the holdup. S.

Viels Penetrate Quang Tri dusling plane and was making a deaths also Have occurred: ()paj JIMjf 23, 0f' Amateur Night, Trilogy and in at seven pounds and three turn over a firld jusi off Farm Davi ft. of Kaytte'jOUstanj rweived mmor' Mance Upscomh. ounces. and! laying holdout intolerable. They: protested F.uwe's decision to tolerate il.

When Fischer failed lo appear Sunday as he should have, Nixon Issues Call inj'Jries in an auto-pedestrian expecuug r.m ws; hip- twm sun were accident 12.5 miles west of KNOW later and we hope; negotiating a name for the 'Austin at the Lower Colorado ''p''rv Walker and Mike; Independence Day baby. The Piier Authority Park in nll-h' drop by because: new boy has a two-year-old on Salado Creek, south of Belton. Ar.d July 4th celebrations were cancelled at Blanco because of heavy rain. In Johnson City, V3 inches of rain fell in a three-hour period Tuesday afternoon. Florence reported 1.6 inches of rain.

Other cities reporting Tuesday afternoon rain included Belton, FIgin, Georgetown, Lampasas, Loekhart, l.ulins. New Braunfels, Bound Rock, Smithville, Belton, Killeen, Bartletl, Weimar, Caldwell and Somerville. A resident of Burnet said that both rain and hail fell there Tuesday afternoon. County, she was treated an(i we know tney are in lown, saifli brother, Billy Nations. SOLONS (From I'ape Onr) 'Come lo America' SAIGON' (AP) Government Kuwe allowed him until norm paratroopers penetrated the Tuesday to show up in Beykja- city limits of Quang Tri City on vik or forfeit his shot al but the success of Spassky.

released at Wakefield, stage The grandmother, Betty 'following the 1:50 n.m. Mondav manager. i Anderson, said the mother's fal.t 'oiorvthin- in it nnuxr in lav accident. i The festival was moved to the: name is Carolyn Nations but SAN CLFMFATF, Austin Recreation Center, 1213; there likelv would he A P) President Nixon invited down that kind of foundation Four persons injured in fireworks if anyone called her "Carrie Nations." drug dependent youth project at; their northern counleroffensive; Fischer's refusal to come by the Vernon State School instead was marred by an accidental Sunday was based on a dispute of the House proposed $1.01 U.S. air attack that killed lliwith the organizers over mon-million.

South Vietnamese marines and ey. The argument was settled Asreed to Ihe House nlan to! wounded 30. Monday when British financier the world in a holiday broad- for peace." Nixon said, citing one-car rollover in the 43WshoHl Crrel( Blvd-- fmm cast Tuesday to come to Ameivhis trips to Peking and Mosf-owjblock of North IH 35 Monday lwause of the rain, ica during ils bicentennial eraiand his quest for nuclear arnsftcrnoon all were treated andMonda' "isht's festival drew an and "share our dreams of a limits. released al Brackenridge. estimated 6,500 persons, brighter future." One of Ihe best ways lo re-! Released after treatment1 The festival promoters had In the nationwide radio ad-jduee the danger of war and en-Scrc Richard Roberts, 20, expected an even larger crowd jIiovc from Ills Weti-rn Whileihum-o (lie (if nonfo w'COR Meadow Ronald Shaw 91 iTUCSday flight bCCUUSe Of an James Slater offered to sweet-! en an already record pot with block construction of the! Thirty "'Hps to the soiilh, controversial ll-storv Texas! North Vietnamese gunners i Railway Kmployes SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) CRASH (From Pajre One) Highway Department building! shelled Ihe old imperial capital jdonation of 50.0(10 British between the Capitol and Ihe I of Hue again Tuesday night and'; pounds about $130,000.

Fischer Governor's Mansion, instructing! attacked the western defenses; said he would play. by Mance) Railway employes struck Tues- ltiiiise ivnn snoke of nlans for throii-'h neoiilcto iieiinle ion. Of Mailindale: James ar a the nation's 200th birlbdav ele- tads Nivon said, addin-: 21. of 7012 Meadows and James 'Lipscomb; a nearly SO-year-oldiday for higher pay, paralyzing The Russians said Tuesday folk singer from Navasota. train service throughout the! the Texas Parks and Wildlife of the city.

cans -hnuld use the o. aM- stand a better chance of work-; The accident occurred at Lips-omb was scheduled for country to "prove once again that the big constructively together if I'm Monday. Department to buy the land for In the air war, North Viet-; that Fischer had violated the; the car containing the six million and turn it into nam claimed that war-; rules of the match. They want-isons tried to pass another car, state park. 'planes in several waves bomb-d an apology.

Kuwe reported skidded and was in collision Aoreed to retain a husinrrcd and strafed civilian areas In! they had some harsh words fori with the oncoming Sherman spirit of '70 is a spirit of open- people on both sides can learn Blandran, 50, of 2710 0 Ullicia r.nlrv rorm car. Ihe 71-year-! The crash occurred on Farm- rider added by the House that Hanoi and on ils outskirts at'm as well, prohibits the Texas Education i noon Tuesday and that two Ft! "I'm a bad boy, i riiilz-hn-iun cniri a lA.M'jrL-ff Rn'iI Mill uVmt 100 old Dutchman a Phynlnm fichter-liomhers were OCT DADAflC rci rHiiHuu 1972 Aqua Festival Pet and Land Parade of hrothei'hiKKl and of to respect one another as fellow Sarta Tiosa was listed in fair peace human beings. Our invitation to 1 1 Tuesday in The president specifically the world can contribute sig-JBrackenndge Hospital following suggested that business and in- niftcantly to that crucial proc- a two-car collision at 6403 Felix dustry attempt to cut the costs ess. about 10 a.m. Monday, officials of travel, lodging and The president said he would id-find that air rarriers and ship- be sending formal and official He suffered multiple fractures ping lines explore ways of of-jinvitalions to governments in Ihe accident, a hospital fering inexpensive the globe welcoming all spokesman reported, portation.

people to visit, the United Stales! A head-on aufomobile-triick appropriated funds to bus shot down. Radio Hanoi said mile. yards north of the Abilene city school children for the sole! many persons were killed and Spassky read his statement; limits. purpose of achieving racial! injured and hundreds of homes from what looked like an offi-j A Department of Public Safety balance unless reouired to do snlwere destroyed and damaged, jcial document in Russian. It'patrolman said it was the worst (Circle One) Please Print Name Ase accident in the West Central Texas area comprising his district in his 20 years of service.

Rescue workers were not under court order or state or The U.S. Command said itjereated the impression that he federal statutes. had no plane losses to report was acting on Moscow's orders. Accepted the House-approved' for Tuesday. It has been a lona-j A dispatch by Tass, the offi-vti miiimn (nr a nur iirt I standing policy of the command cial Soviet news agency, said Street Address Telephone to determine for some in urittihnlrT annminfompnl n( CnMCcl huH Hnm.nnH(vl lli-jl lh.ai)ie slamp prosram for the needy Feder- t'nle how many cars were in The Senate had voted S10.4I aircraft losses until search and International Chess City and State Zip Code million for the program.

rescue operations are com-jation known as FIDIv-takej volved in the accident because the vehicles were so mangled. Seven of the victims appar- pleted. some punishing measures With just, one week left in the: which is a wish to enter my pet. Asked alwut the Radio Hanoi against Fischer on the grounds special 30-day session that Ibegan June 13. both the House thal nafl been he had violated the riilcsj ently were killed instantly.

The eighth died after arrival at the 1972 Aqua Festival Pet and Land Parade Friday, Am? 4. My parents and I assume all responsibly. wish to enter as a clown or as a costume animal. "Let us bV known throughout laws and circumstances collision at 1 p.m. Tuesday Ihe world as Ihe 'Land of the permit." 11.6 miles north of Llaiioj Open the chief execu-- After observing thai America Stale Highway IB left tive said.

He voiced hopes that! has been peopled by immi-; Edward Carl Mulling, Ofi, of San "millions upon millions of from many lands, Nixon! An.omo seriously injured, itors" from around the world aid the bicentennial era is -Mulltns. who was driving his; would respond lo his to say to the world's na- automobile north was givcni lo come to the United States tions: emergency treatment at Llano! during the bicentennial era. "You helped to make us what Memorial Hospital and taken by' are aware that a real: we are. Come and see what ambulance to Wilford Hall at structure of peace cannot lie wonders your countrymen have Lackland Air Force Base in San; built on good will alone." he; worked in this new country of, Antonio. said.

"Its foundation must he; ours. Come and let us say; The truck diner, Arthur Lee' the resolution of those basic na- thank you. Come and join in 'Kiggs of San Saba, was unhurt, tional differences which can our celebration of a proud to Department of trad to war." Come and share our dreams of Public Safety Officers Iven, killed and wounded in Tues- for the match. Il did not speci- land the Senate will convene Hcndrick Memorial Hospital. of measures Wednesday.

The House meets a spokesman said: what sort Date Signature of Entrant Parent's Signature 10 a.m. and Ihe Senate is1 "We have avoided comment. should be taken. scheduled for 11 a.m. on propaganda broad-; Asked about the Tass report, casts.

We do not and have not Kuwe said no formal request Sea hares, relatives of the targeted targets other than mil-, fir punishing measures had shell-less snail, are vegetarians: Mary ta reels. I have no infor-jheen received. Besides, he said, Koarl Death's (o I PRAC.UK (AP) Czechoslovakia reported 212 highway deaths in Ihe first three months All Mints mint hi oilimrk no Ijitr Una 23, 1 9 72 flifn' 1K Mil. Ntttit 0. Mif, PET PtRAOt, P.O.

Ii 1 9S7, Aitifin, T.n 711(7 and can attain weights of 13 pounds or more. mation indicating other than; "what should I do? Put him in of 1972, an increase of 27 over military targets were hit." the corner?" ithe same period in 1S7L I Bode and Bill Ship "The United States is doing! brighter future.".

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