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mm Candidate still stressing strong Congress theme 3 Sections 44 Pages Member of Associated Press MOUNTAIN HOME, ARK. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1974 VOL. 73 NO. PRICE 15c Joies is counts of an auton Malone of i a 3 ition by defense ines' behavior in on wounding ''eat i rj By PHILIP LAUNIUS Of The Bulletin Staff After deliberating for less than an hour Tuesday afternoon, a jury of nine men and three women found Darrell R. Jones of Kansas City, guilty of two counts of robbery and two counts of assualt with the intent to kill.

Jones had entered a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity" to all of the charges. Jones, flanked by his defense attorneys, Don Adams and Jess Covington of Harrison, listened im passively as the foreman of the jury announced the unanimous verdict. The jury recommended to Circuit Judge Harrell Simpson that Jones be given the maximum 21-year sentence on each of the counts. During the trial, 16th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Terry Poynter placed witnesses on the stand who outlined the events of last March 15, which resulted in the robbery of the Coast-to-Coast store in Ozark Plaza Shopping Center, the shooting of the store's owner, Mario Moore, the theft i 'J 1 a' 1 "He had the '-O'i who wanted rob and seemed very intense on what he wanted to do." The defense attorneys asked Moore if there were any objects available to him with which he might have defended himself. Moore answered "yes," but continued, "When I have a loaded gun pointed at me don't try to defend myself too much." George Zimmerman, a clerk in the Coast-to-Coast Store, said he remembered Jones entering the business establishment, "at around 9:15 a.m.

on March 15." Zimmerman said that he asked Jones if, "I could help him. but he said 'no, I just want to look The clerk said that Jones was "well dressed" and that he did not appear to be the "kind of person that you would need to watch that close." Zimmerman said that he heard a shot in the back of the store, and when he looked around, "I saw Mr. Moore slump to the floor." Zimmerman testified that Jones then approached him and said, "give me your cash." The store clerk said he handed over the contents of the register, approximately $91. Zimmerman testified that Jones then left the store and that he, "immediately called an ambulance for Mr. Moore." Defense attorney Don Adams questioned Zimmerman as to whether Jones' behavior was, "materially different when he left the store than from the time he entered." Zimmerman replied, "no, it was not." Joyce Malone, who is employed at the Citgo Gas Company across Main Street from the Coast-to-Coast store, testified that she had driven an elderly customer (Continued on Page 9-A) Bill King, a Little Roc a I Moore tes store on the morning of Marcn io, put cash in the register in preparation for the day's business, placed several "wheelgoods" items in front of the store for display and performed other ordinary" functions related to preparing the store for customers.

Moore said that after sweeping the floor he went to the rest room to wash his hands. He said that when he emerged, he saw Jones standing at the gun rack, and the store owner said he approached Jones and asked, "Have youfound.one tb suit you?" Moore said that Jones answered, "Yes, let's go to the cash register." Moore testified he then reached for an empty box in which to wrap the 30-30 rifle. Moore said at this point, Jones pulled back and said, "I have a loaded gun here, let's go to the cash register." The prosecuting attorney then asked Moore to identify a 30-30 rifle, and Moore testified that it was the same gun which Jones had taken from the Coast-to Coast stock. Moore said that when Jones told him the gun was loaded, "I looked to see if the ammo case in the store was locked, and it was. "I didn't want to argue with him (Jones)," Moore said.

"When someone points a gun at you, and tells you its loaded, you just have to assume that it is." Moore said that he turned to go to the front of the. store, and Jones fired, striking the store owner in the back. Moore said that to the best of his recollection, he said to Jones, "My God, you've shot me." Moore said he then slumped to the floor. "He (Jones) went down the aisle toward the register," .1 1 I Bulletin Bodenhamer ft BILL candidate for Congress gestures during Interview here last week. Terry Poynter, 16th Judicial District prosecuting attorney, asked Mario Moore, owner of the Coast-To-Coast store and one of the shooting victims of the March 15 Incident, to Identify the rifle used by Jones.

The gun was taken from Moore's store. Lakes heading for record year FIGHTING WEIGHT 8 OF INCUMBENCY Clinton said it was "very difficult" for someone who is unknown to most of the district's voters to challenge $: an incumbent congressman. "It is amazing," he com- mented, "that even though the popularity of Congress has been hovering around the 30 percent level or below, in the 1972 elections, 96 percent of all incumbent congressmen who ran for re-election won. And, they won because the people knew them-their their names." iS Clinton said, "I hope that the people have iy become sufficiently skeptical of the record of Congress so that they will give the challenger a chance for a change. I am only asking for a fair hearing.

If I get that and lose," Clinton commented, "I will have no complaints. But," he said, "this is a struggle against the weight of in- cumbancy. "It is basically a question," Clinton told The Bulletin, "of the type of leadership we are going to have in the House of $5 Representatives. You can put two people in the same situation and one would ac- complish things that the other could not by excerising vigorous leadership. I will try to offer the people that type of leadership." survey done by two recreation significance on campers specialists from the Corps visiting Beaver during that office in Little Rock showed period.

The survey was none of the factors had any completed last week. By PHILIP LAUNIUS Of The Bulletin Staff Bill Clinton, Democratic candidate for the Third District Congressional seat now held by Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison repeated his call for a "stronger, more effective Congress" during campaign appearances in Baxter County last week. In reference to the then impending resignation of President Richard Nixon, Clinton said, "If we had had the kind of Congress we needed years ago, then we would not be facing this sad prospect." Clinton said, "Reforming the committee system in Congress" would greatly increase the efficiency of that legislative body's operation, and he also called for "closer coordination" of Congressional committee activities. PREDICTS FRESHMEN INFLUX In answer to a question regarding what one new U.S. representative could do to change the complexion of Congress, Clinton predicted that he would not be the only freshman member of the U.S.

House of Representatives taking office in January. "If I am elected to Congress," Clinton told The Bulletin, "I will be part of and participating in a national tide moving toward a more effective Congress, a move to return leadership to Congress that will represent the average citizen. And," Clinton concluded, "The people who stay in Congress will be put on notice that the new Congressmen represent the desires of the people. So, the combination of these factors will, I feel, enable the members of Congress to take much quicker action on beneficial programs." Clinton called for "positive tax reform to equalize the burden on all of the people." The candidate said, "One thing which needs to be done immediately is to pass an excess profits tax on the very large, multi-national corporations, which represent the only sector of the economy actually profiting from inflation. "I was very distrubed," Clinton commented, "when the president (Nixon) told the American people to save money in order to combat inflation.

The average income for a family of four in this district is $6,000 and the people are in debt just to make ends meet. They are not able to produce the savings he (Nixon) referred to." The candidate said that, "any sector of the economy reaping unwarranted profits during this time of inflation should have a 'windfall profits tax assessed," and he called for, "reforms in the methods of taxing foreign corporations, so as not to encourage the flood of American capital abroad, which, Clinton commented, "not only adds to our inflation problem but aggrevates our unemployment situation at home." Clinton said that, "as we get inflation under control, we should strongly consider changing the entire rate structure of the tax system, which now unfairly weighs on middle-income people, the working people of this country." With regard to domestic spending, Ginton said he felt it was, "time we started worrying about the American people." Clinton said that substantial cuts could be made in the defense budget. "The Secretary of Defense himself," the Fayetteville law professor said, "has admitted that several billion dollars that were requested in the military budget were not necessary for the national defense, and that money should have been left in the pockets of the American people." TOO MUCH FOREIGN AID Clinton critized foreign aid spending and said that the program was, "riddled with give-a-ways and attempts to buy friends." He called the recent Russian wheat deal, "a corrupt use of our foreign 0 i According to Corps of Engineers figures released Friday in Little Rock, Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes are heading for record years in the number of persons visiting Corps campsites on the twin impoundments. At Lake Norfork attendance is up 10 percent over the 1973 figure of 1.4 million during the first six months. As of June 30 of this year 1.5 million visitors have been counted.

During the 12 months of 1973, 2.9 million people visited corps areas on Lake Norfork. Already this year 1.9 million visitations have been recorded for the first six months at Bull Shoals compared to less than that figure during the record setting year of 1971 when 3.9 visited the lake during the entire year. Col. Don Weinert, Little Rock district engineer, predicted that if the crowds continue to visit the combined 1,100 miles of shoreline on the two lakes at the present rate new attendance records will be set. Col.

Weinert noted this increase in figures is despite high lake levels that made some campgrounds, swimming beaches and boat launching ramps unusable earlier in the season. Lake levels are dropping steadily, he said, and the majority of all facilities are useable and in excellent condition. Col. Weinert said another record 'breaking crowd is expected at both lakes during the Labor Day weekend. He also said the policy established for the four-day Fourth of July holiday weekend of not turning any camper away from any Little Rock District Lake remains in effect.

When all designated campsites are occupied, campers are directed to temporary campsites in overflow areas. Last year attendance at Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes were down considerably-six percent on Norfork and 22 percent on Bull Shoals. Attendance at Bull Shoals had been declining the last two years. John Mawn, public affairs officer for the Corps, told The Bulletin Wednesday the Corps just finished a two-week survey at Beaver Lake to determine the effects of the gasoline shortage and high prices, inflation and high water among other things, had on tourism this year. Although the final draft of the survey is not complete the 1 policy and our government's money." "I am astonished," Clinton continued, "that President Nixon could see fit to spend money on some of the programs which he has, and yet veto the water and sewer bill of 1973, which is probably one of the most important public works bills to the people in the Third Congressional District.

And," Clinton said, "I was even more astonished when Rep. Hammerschmidt voted to sustain the president's veto. I would advocate concentration on these much needed domestic programs." UNDERMINES LABELING, NAME CALLING When interviewed by The Bulletin recently, Hammerschmidt said that Clinton was, "the epitome of what a model candidate should be, especially if you are ultra-left in your political thinking." Clinton branded the remark by his Republican opponent as "name calling" and said, "I feel that there has been too much labeling in American politics already. I don't believe," Clinton said, "that throwing such terms at each other will help to determine what anyone thinks about any given issue. It simply confuses the voters and plays on their emotions." Clinton said that he considered the use of such labels "highly irresponsible at a time when we all need to be calm and specify the points of our disagreement, and be extremely clear on where we think this country ought to go." Clinton said that the clearest lines of division between his philosophy and that of Hammerschmidt was that, "I believe in a strong economy.

And," the Democratic candidate commented, "I would have been very skeptical of upholding some of the president's vetoes. "I believe," Clinton said, "that our basic differences are in' our views as to what a strong and effective Congress is, and the manner in which we should tackle our economic problems." Clinton commented on Hammerschmidt's record of maintaining communications with the residents of the Third Congressional District. "Congressmen are given money to hire an efficient staff-both in Washington and in the district-and they write letters to people, send them questionnaires, sample their opinions and help them process claims. I don't think that this is a bad thing-in fact. I will continue, and hope to improve on the practice.

But," Ginton said, 'I don't think that is enough. It must not be enough or the country would not be dissatisfied with the Congress, and the Congress would not be in the trouble it is in." In Cotter district School starts Monday I' May field, third grade; Mrs. Dovie Sharp, fourth grade Mrs. Victoria Richardson, sixth grade. Cotter High School Jimmy Sanders, coach and physical education; Estel Grigg, science; Miss Jacqueline Leatherman and Harris Walker, social studies; -m, 1 ir i i i 1 Ronnie Thomas, English; Mrs.

Susan Guerber, mathematics; Miss Pat Childres, home economics; Mrs. Diane Mayfield, commercial; and Mrs. Lynn Walsh, librarian. Scheduled to be added to the high school curriculum this year are courses in drivers' education, world history, Arkansas history and music appreciation. Schools in Norfork will start Monday, Aug.

26 and bus drivers have been asked to pick up their buses on Thursday, Aug. 22, according to Doyle Davenport, superintendent. Junior and senior high school students will register on Aug. 22, he said. OTHER STARTING DATES Flippin Elementary School and Flippin High School, Aug.

23; Gainesville, Mo. schools, Aug. 23; and Norfork schools, Big Flat schools, Viola schools, and all schools in the Mountain Home High School District (junior and senior high schools, Gamaliel Elementary School, Nelson-Wilks Elementary School and Midway Elementary School). Aug. 26.

Classes for students at Cotter High School, and at the Amanda Gist Elementary School in Cotter, will convene Monday at 8:30 a.m. for a full day, according to Henry L. White, superintendent of the schools. Buses will operate on the same routes as last year, White said, but the routes will be adjusted if it becomes necessary. Cotter students in grades 7 through 12 will meet in temporary quarters in the industrial arts building, near the elementary school, according to Harris D.

Walker, high school principal. The old high school was gutted by fire in May 1973, and an new school is under construction and should be ready for occupancy next spring, Walker said. Walker said that due to overcrowded conditions, no out-of-district students will be able to enroll without paying tuition. The following faculties have been announced for the Cotter schools: Amanda Gist Mrs. Ann Jarman.

first grade: Mrs. Janet Towery, second grade; Mrs. Amber Lack, first and second grade: Georce Pie-iace Besmeared with cream, following last Saturday's senior pie-eating contest at the Ozark Country Jubilee at Bull Shoals, is Taron Hall of Bull Shoals, winner of the $25 first prize. He consumed 3-14 pies, according to David La Fevers, president of the sponsoring Bull Shoals Civic Club. Runnerup, with three pies, was Paul Shipman of Bull Shoals.

Winners In a junior pie-eating contest were Grady Shipman and Chris Grozis who tied for first place. They are of Bull Shoals. Bulletin Devlin Gubernatorial candidate to be here Friday Ken Coon, of Conway, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, will be a special guest at a meeting tomorrow i Friday) of the American I-egion Post No. 52, according to Joe Bradford, Commander. Coon will appear before the group about 8:15 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the legion Hut, 230 West 6th St. Bradford has invited all interested residents to attend the meeting to talk with the candiMe and to express to him their views. He said Coon will give a short talk on his beliefs and ideas about "what would be gnod for Arkansas." I Bulletin Nelson Last days of summer This Is Kevin Studdard's last week at home in the Monkey Run community before he goes back to school. Kevin spent part of It going to his "favorite place," a country road that leads to the White River, where he walks for hours, hunting. Kevin is 12 and will head back to Cotter for school Monday..