Corsicana Daily Sun from Corsicana, Texas • Page 3

While Nation Celebrates At Least One Death Tied to Fireworks Police Beat Hy I'hii Ass(M'lBted Press Fireworks crackled and cannons boomed. Kven the sun de- lifihUid the patriotic this Fourth of July, tossing in a display of spectacular solar flares. But the national taste for Fourth of July pyrotechnics had its grim side too, as fireworks-related accidents caused at least one death and a spate of injuries. The death was in Cook County, 111., where two 16-year-old boys put together a pipe bomb for the Fourth using black powder. One died and the other lost an arm.

In Concord, N.H., 11 at a municipal display were injured when an errant fell in the crowd, but none required hospitalization. The fireworks displays were part of an extravagant program of celebratioas that included tamer features such as a pizza in Columbus, Ohio, an American flag made of ice cream in Boston and a visit from Santa to fishermen and their families in Bethel, Ala.ska. Billed as the biggest of the day was a fireworks display run by officials of Expo in Spokane, Wash. Blazing lights drew pictures in the sky of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Statue of Liberty, and the Capitol dome. The cost was put at $70,000.

In New York City, another major fireworks display was Obituaries R. Burley Funeral services were incomplete for Robert Burley, 17, who died of injuries received July 3 in a two-car accident on Hwy. 274 near Cedar Creek He died July 4 at the Medical Center Hospital in Tyler. Burley was bom Nov. 22,1956 and would have been a senior at Malkoff High School.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church where he directed and played the piano and organ for the youth choir and the young adult choir. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Burley of Trinidad; one brother, Ollie Burley, of Los Angeles, two sisters, Frances Burley of Trinidad and Mrs. C.

F. Smith of Dallas; and two nephews and three nieces. J.M. Butler DAYTON Jim Morris Butler, age 61 of Mont Bellview, son of the late Edgar and Annie Butler of Purdon, died Thursday in a Baytown hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services will held at the Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton at 2 p.m.

Siiturday with interment in the (ilendora Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, three daughters of Mont Bellview, and four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Fanner. Mrs. Flthel Morgan, and Mrs.

Alice Johnson all of don, and Mrs. Marguerite Boldin of Corsicana. Radio Station Manager Freed IX)S ANGELES lAP) A radio stiition manager jailed for contempt of court was expected to be freed today, one day after lie was ordered released by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas.

Officials at the Terminal Island Federal Correctional Facility said Uiey had heard about the order Thursday but wanted it in writing before releasing Will attorney said he planned to go to federal court here today to win his client's release. liCWis, 42, manager of KPFK- FM. was jailed June 19 after U.S. District Court Judge A. Andrew Hauk ruled him in contempt of court for refusing to answer a finieral grand jury's questions about a tiipe pur- to be from tlie Sym- bionese Liberation Army and a letter with signatures attributed ti) the radical Weather Underground, and for refusing to give Uie FBI the materials.

U'wis gave copies of the jjh and letter Uie FBI but refused U) yield originals, saying it would endanger credibility with news sources. Investigators want to check the oi iginals for fingerprint.s. exploded over the harbor after a 50-gun cannon was detonated by men clad in historic costumes. It was the first time in about a century that the city revived its tradition of a National cannon shot for each state. Other major fireworks displays were held in San PYan- cisco, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia.

Most of the fireworks accidents were with those in private legal in 18 states. Officials of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are planning hearings to seek a nationwide ban on such private use. A Seattle, man lost an eye and was riddled with fragments when 50 large firecrackers exploded in his kitchen. Four persons were injured in most seriously a 17- year-old youth whose right hand required surgery when a firecracker exploded.

A Milwaukee, boy was reported in satisfactory condition at a hospital after an exploding firecracker injured his left eye. And in Grinnell, Iowa, spectators at a display run by local auxiliary police and firemen watched a Roman candle come loose from its mooring and ignite the back of a pickup truck loaded with about $700 worth of fireworks. The chief suffered a head injury. Police in Knoxville, said Robert Murphy Jr. suffered mouth injuries when a firecracker went off.

His mother told them a man had put the firecracker in her mouth while she was visiting a neighbor. And in Peru, 11 children and an adult were injured in a parade accident unrelated to hreworks when an unoccupied car rolled down a hill and plowed into the crowd. Three children suffered broken bones. CALL US For Plumbing Repairs Prompt Courteous Service Ellington Plumbing Co. 874 8362 Fireworks Explosion A box of firecrackers exploded in the face of a Seattle man costing him his right eye and riddling his body with wood and plastic splinters.

AAyron Speldel, 35 was In serious condition at a Seattle hospital Wednesday night. The blast shattered furniture and blew out most of the windows of his home. (AP WIrephoto) In Long Weekend Count Texas Traffic Fatalities Shoot Up By The Associated Press A three-vehicle collision at Richardson killed a Houston woman and two Mexican nationals Thursday as 4th of July holiday weekend traffic fatalities took a big step in Texas towards the expected 102-hour total of 42. Department of Public Safety Director Wilson Speir predicted 42 persons would die on Texas streets and highways during the period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday.

Officers said the three-vehicle wreck on North Central Expressway in the Dallas suburb of Richardson occurred when a station wagon hit the shoulder of the roadway and crossed two lanes of traffic before being struck broadside by an auto and a vending truck. Officers identified two of the victims as Katharyne Kaare- lene Fitzsimmons, 30 of Houston and a Mexican national, Jesse Moreno, age and address unknown. The second Mexican national killed in the WTeck remains unidentified. Juan Polomo, a third Mexican involved in the wreck, was listed in critical condition at Parkland Hospital. The Associated Press early today had counted 19 deaths by violent causes during the holiday peri(xl, including iQ traffic fatalities, four drownings Jackson Homecoming Celebration Begins The Jackson High School Ex- Association will have homecoming activities all this weekend, according to Mrs.

Pearlie Hall, president. There will be a picnic tonight at p.m. at the home of Vernet Hicks on West Highway 31. On Saturday at 1:30 p.m.. there will be a luncheon at the Community 1114 Sixth Avenue.

There will be a dance Saturday night, also at the Community Center. Mrs. Hall added that there will be a morning worship service at Lincoln School from 9-11 a.m. Sunday. "Wc have many ex-students already here." said Mrs.

Hall, we're expecting more." and three shooting deaths. Other violence included; Wayne Weems, 39, of Amarillo was killed Thursday when his car, which witnesses said was traveling at a high rate of speed, failed to turn a corner and collided with a utility pole. Police charged two men with murder in the shooting death early Thursday of Isauro Martinez, III, 19, at a liaredo residence. Martinez was shot in the head. Clyde 18, of Dalhart drowned Thursday afternoon in Rita Blanca Ixike near Dalhart.

The year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thorne, Misty Brewer, apparently drowned in a bathtub in her home, police reported. Billy Ray Brown, 17, of Tyler drowned Thursday while swimming in a lake at Tyler State Park.

Donald Ray Wilbert, 22, of Marshall drowned about 4 p.m. Thursday while swimming at a private lake in Harrison County with friends. Robert Burley, 17, of Trinidad was killed in a head-on traffic collision 10 miles north of Trindad Wednesday night on Texas 274. Gilbert Ricarte, 3, of Houston was struck by a car and killed on a Houston street Wednesday night. A youth sought after he was seen climbing a fence at a Plainview truck freight yard was killed Thursday in what officers said was the accidental discharge of a shotgun as a policeman pumped a shell into the chamber.

The youth, a Mexican-American about 20. carried no identification. Officer Steve Holmes said the youth was found lying in brush in a field and lunged at the offi- cers, causing Holmes to load the chamber. Police asked Sheriff Charles Tue to investigate. A collision on U.S.

280 near Alice took two lives Wednesday night. Victims were Roel Ortiz 20, of Alice and Louis B. Perez, 23, a Ft. Hood soldier from Elgin, III. Manuel Viaranco, 65, a pedestrian of Berclair, was killed Wednesday night when hit by a car as he walked on U.S.

59 about 15 miles west of Goliad. Man Hospitalized With Knife Wounds A 30-year-old Mexican national is in fair condition at Navarro County Memorial Hospital after a knife fight early Friday morning. When released from ttie hospital he will be held in the county jail pending investigation into his statue as an alien, according to Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Spencer. Spencer said he received a call about 2 a.m. that the man, Fidencio Gallegos, had been taken to the hospital with stab wounds to the chest and stomach.

Spencer said he found four men at a house about six miles north of Barry where Gallegos had been stabbed. He said one of the men, Alancio Gonzalez, had a knife wound in his back and the subject was treated at the hospital before being taken to jail with the other three men. The men are being held for further investigation on their status as alians. In the early hours of Friday, police answered three prowler complaints with no suspects found in any. Officers Gary Snowden and Mike Atkei.sson responded to all three calls.

They reported that one complainant, Mrs. Lillian Cox, Apt. 32B, Northwest Apartments, reported she was asleep on a couch in her living room Friday at 2:35 a.m. when awakened by an unidentified young man tapping her on the shoulder. She related when she called out her name in belief it was him, the subject ran out the back door which she found had been cut with a knife.

Police searched the housing project without finding the suspect. At 4:48 a.m. the officers responded to a call from Mrs. Thomas Lucas, 1909 W. Park who was aroused from sleep by the barking of her dog at something in the backyard.

Nothing was found amiss. The final prowler complaint from Debbie Holloway, 2127 W. 13th was answered Friday at 5:09 a.m. when she reported hearing someone in her backyard. Asst.

Police Chief Doug Hightower investigated a burglary at Lincoln school discovered and reported to police at noon by Principal Vernett Hicks. Hicks could miss only a calculator valued at $400 taken from a storage closet. The principal reported his office was ransacked and the keys to the closet found and used to open the storage compartment. Entry was made through a window to the school. Vernon Starks, operator of the Seventh Avenue Washateria, 1411 W.

Seventh reported to Asst. Hightower discovery of vandalism Tuesday to air conditioning vents and ceiling mounts. No estimate was made of damage inflicted, however. Officer Palos said police answered two family disturbance calls on the holiday, but no arrests were made. Three persons were arrested, two for drunkenness and one for driving without a license and disorderly conduct.

Gunshot Victim Refuses Treatment John Lacey, 25, of Frost was taken to Memorial Hospital at 6:05 a.m. Thursday with a gunshot wound to his right arm but was not admitted because he refused to be treated. Deputy Gracy McCall investigated the incident and said I.acey refused treatment and also refused to file charges on anyone. McCall said the shooting apparently occurred over a pool game in Frost. The deputy said there will be no further investigation since charges were not filed.

Corsicana Daily Friday, July 5 1974 3 A Fireworks Hoarding Going on Locally? U.S. Ired Over Turkey's Decision about Opium WASHINGTON (AP) William B. Macomber the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, has been recalled for consultation, the Department said today. The move was regarded by diplomatic observers as manifestation of anger over decision to lift its ban on opium poppy cultivation.

However, the State Department, through press officer Paul Hare, declined to go beyond confirming an Ankara news dispatch that Macomber was recalled. On Tuesday John King, another press officer, had told Price important when you buy Glasses or Contact Lenses Single Vision GLASSES One Price Bifocal Trifocal GLASSES $2g90 One Price CONTACT LENSES One Price Second pair of Contact lensos purchased at the same time AIII cost only You iiiiiy PIMMIII lllf SflOIIlt p.MI $2000 to Jlcc SetCei StfCUACci'i DOWNTOWN CORSICANA 114 NORTH BEATON TELEPHONE 874-6373 i Considering that this may be the last year that the consumer can purchase fireworks, sales for the Fourth of July weekend were alwut normal; however, some operators did relate of a few people who possibly the explosives. fireworks stand on N. Hwy. 75 was just about cleaned out by the morning of July 4.

They reported people came in droves from about 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on July 3. rushing the stand and buying anywhere from five to seven worth at a time. The largest sale the made at one time was $43., and they Hospital Patient census was 140.

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Billy Williamson who operates a stand on the Emhouse Road was also just about cleaned out July 4 before he got another supply. He said that he had made several ten dollar sales, and the usual five to seven dollar sales, but he did not report any His brother, who operates a stand in Ennis said that he made almost $200. in one day after several very slow days prior to the Fourth. On the other hand, a stand on South 15th Street had not been rushed according to its operators, who stated that they had received less business this year. They did report that they had made a sale of $30 to one person, and a few sales of lesser quantity to children.

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The United States claimed at the time of the 1971 agreement that most heroin reaching U.S. addicts was of Turkish origin. In lifting the ban, the government of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit fulfilled pre-election promises. It claimed the ban was extremely unpopular among Turkish farmers who have been growing the poppy both for legal and illegal use for centuries. A YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT The Arab-lsraeli war, the Chilean coup, the fighting in Northern Ireland and the uneasy Vietnam peace are among the many international conflicts covered in exciting words and photos in "THE WORLD IN 1973, along with the domestic news events that shaped our lives.

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