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News N'' Briefs 1 SEW Tur TIattv J7fer 1HE UAILY EAGLj 5 IT vj Since 1876 'i 1AA A 1 Ci 100 Arrested in bchool Strike 1 (AP Wirephoto) 1 JJU331UHUA3 IV ICaVC 3UI1UU1 'J a business to the school board and 3ee COMMISSION Page 4A Cloudy Gentlemen My Wife 15 6 i IM'! i si ftf HAlt YX? 1 rii te Ui? "mijp" Jiljiwi81 lllttfRtofc 1 i ml school! Vance School I i not tax and his second appearance on the witness stand Asked 'by4 Gordon why he identified Smith during his first appearance Shaffer said he been asked to by Dist Atty Brooks Cofer Shaffer testified during the earlier appearance that two Negro men had entered the pharmacy at approximately 4:30 pm on eb 4 and asked for a brand of cough syrup which he stock By THE ASSOCIATED Student strikes and Commissioners Questioned About T' A A 1 1 A 1 I ri Vance Affair Alleged Brutality rl approved President 3 iS si Conlee urged the com missioners to leave school Vol 94 No 248 A He then went with them to pulled the money front the the cash register where one of 3 register and gave it to them the tnen asked for a package Shaffer said he said of cigarettes Shaffer said The men stood there for a minute Shaffer recalled the man wanting the cigarettes looking at the other and then they left the building they came back Shaffer said pulled out the gun and laid it on the Shaffer said the cash register was still open At the command he 34 Pages in Three Sections 10 Cents AIRVIEW SHOWS LUBBOCK BUILDING SUPPLY STORE ATER TORNADO STRIKES CITY Rescue Workers Search Debris for Dead and injured as Destruction Toll Mounts tr BryanCollege Station Toxas Wednesday May 13 1970 12C 2B 4A 4 5B 14U 7B 12C 7B 3B 2A 25C 4A 4A 6B 17C 4A 12C attend to city matters 4 Mayor Jerome (Jack) Zubik told his predecessor that the commission intended to ask the city attorney for an opinion on conflict of interests possibility but had not done so as yet Conlee sat down after the exchange and left shortly thereafter Negro activist Lev Thomas ques'ioned the commission about an incident Saturday night in vhich a black man was injured while being arrested at estimate presented by Ad valorem Records inc consolidate all delinquent records into a master file to collect payments Buddy Kenneda assessor collector said to control the doe problem and Citv Manager red Sandlin reported they did not but few cities were able to rigidly en f'rce such laws Sandlin reported a larger number of dogs being picked up and Mrs Parker acknowledged that more people had been calling in andj reporting dogs as nuisances a 4 i 4 az JiHik vi tax this would be the easiest way to 'settle the tax problem which has troubled the city since June 1969 Kenneda said the tax office would have to hire extra workers at a great expense and the iob could not be completed lelore 1972 if it were handled internally Burtop David Tl Conlee asked the why they were raising the question about one drtheir own appointees He said the question tad been raised last year when Vance went on the school board and indicated many persons now believe Vance is doing a good job 1 question him being on the school board we questioned him on the com said commissioner Thurmond the Bryan con Marv Ann Parker tracing firm which has tne contract for construction of the conflict of interests for tustee (Buddy) to serve on the Bryan Building Committee The conflict of interests possibility was raised at the Monday night meeting of the building committee which is composed of three represen tatives of the school board and a two of the city commission The reason for the questioning was the fact that mother 1 a Judge Harry A Blackmun of Rochester Minn after the Senate A evidence and no fingerprints from it were introduced Qofer in his rebuttal said Gordon had taken one small thing and blown it up cross examine those witnesses because he knew there anything he could Cofer said The pistol was excluded from evidence on a technicality Cofer said and the bullet from it was still in Shaffer so it be introduced Shaffer identified Smith as the person who came into his store ered in the general chaos but was expected to grow as inju ries proved fatal and more bod ies were found in the wreckage a mile wide and eight miles long or a time Monday it ap peared thatnhe 'tornado ruined (ireat Plains Life building the 20 story pride would tot ter and fall Great cracks and gashes were seen in what re mained of its facade A down See CREW Page 4A a and injured in the rubble of tornado scarred sections of this West Texas city today as offi cials sought methods to rebuild an estimated $200 million in damages A 20 storv office building racked bv the storm tottered Jn the incessant winds of the plains country Another office building stood stark and dead bereft of siding and windows Everywhere there was rubble and ruins like a bombed out city in wartime There were thousands of an esti mated 4800 whose up to 750 dwellings were hun dreds of injured estimated as when duplications were discov high as aOO and at least 20 dead the death lisj expected to rise fi as the seardn in the debris con tinues Texas officialdom descended on the city en masse in an ef fort to ascertain the needs and to nelp in every way govern ment is able lhe Red Cross sent massive supplies The Texas Department of Public various agen cies such as the Highway Patrol and Texas Rangers were in the Illi' have turned against the Viet nam war and the Nixon admin istration because of the dispatch of US troops into Cambodia His office announced that stu dent draft deferments will not be jeopardized by the campus strikes and closings Strikes at many of the na 1500 four year colleges and at other educational institu tions began last week to protest decision to send Ameri can combat troops into Cambo dia and the deaths of four Kent State University students shot as National Guardsmen at tempted to quell a disorder All but a small number of the campuses were never officially closed or have been officially opened However unofficial sti dent strikes and protests have continued on many campuses with impacts of varying de grees Bryan ColleM Station Area orecast: Mostly clouds and warm with chance of showers or thunder showers Low temperature toniiht in the 70s HUh Thursday 95 A A Sunrise 6:32 am Sunset 1:11 pm Temperature: Jo noon today low 70 dearees at 1 ujnThiA 80 denees at 11:30 Hiah Tuesdak or the past 24 hours endind today total this week 0 total this month 426 1 total this Wind velocity: rom the at 10 miles per hour Relative humidity: 67 per cent I Barometric pressure: 2972 and Steady Valorem Records Inc told the commission his company could finish the job within 60 to 90 days Commissioners 'will decide on a date for a special meeting regarding the proposed' bond ection when they meet again May 26 City Secretary Joe Evans presented the audit for the reported improvements were in order concerning the handling of cash and the 'distribution of checks to city employees He 1 requested an electronic activated perforating machine to aid in the prevention of duplicate payments of bills Other business discussed i induded approval of major street7 adjustments water system construction funds street construction 5 electrid system funds payment 4 of accounts and bids The names of five persons a a ac nmnnwH members a Ways and Means introduced his wife Dorothy to newsmen gath nomination of hini to the Supreme Committee but none of these persons has yet been appointed in his Rochester office Tuesday shortly 4 Court Story Page 4A (AP Wirephoto) US General Killed (AP) Mai Gen John A 4 conunanderof the Army Sn Gommand ta Vietnam was when the helicopter in W' 1 14 instructed city attorney Pete Eckert Tuesday night to prepare an ordinance for a dog leash law Jack Worbington president of the Bryan letter carriers ap pealed to the commission for a leash law saying 33 carriers had been bitten 89 times since 1952 Another nlea was iwThe commission aonroved an fiscal vear 1968 o9 Evans Ann Landers Bridge Deaths 'T Comics Editorials XT aculty orward IT Hdoise a Horoscope Military Men Official Records Sports Spot Stock Quotations A Televisfon Want Ate a Weather' Elsewhere News By ED HORN Eagle Managing Editor Tuesday was a night for probing at the Bryan City Ci remission meeting Aside from hearing from dog leash law proponents the commission was challenged about its questioning of a board member and was questioned about an incident of aliened notice hrutalitv Jack Conlee former Bryan a is the senior partner in Vance mayor questioned tne com mission about the expressed feelings of several com missioners that it may be a new high school stadium Morris Jennings 1204 Garden Lane who said rights oX 'people are being abused by I letting dogs roam at I Commissioner Joe aulk suggested that a leash law be enforced on a trial basis for six months Commissioner Andy Herrera a postal employee and firmer letter carrier expressed desire for strict enforcement in keeping dogs on leashes and penned Herrera remarked he had been bitten twice and said will be a deterent to people if we had a leash Commissioner Mary Ann THE BANK doing more for Parker asked if most cities the more' IRST BANK of Bryan had larger forces TRUST Adv d7 1 lornado Rums A Ji LUBBOCK Tex Res city in force more than 100 in cue workers and relief agencies all the DPS said pressed a search for more dead The big tornado its winds ris mg to a crescendo of sound that was almost deafening struck the city of 170000 Monday at 9:47 pm and was followed by hurricane force winds clocked at more than 100 miles per hour The storm struck with its devastating winds in the Texas Technological University area but missed the main campus They virtually leveled two apartment complexes ana men made wreckage of the bright modem downtown dis trict A Hospitals filled quickly with a the hundreds of injured The i death list grew and then shrunk PRESS demon strations have continued to surge and subside on campuses At the University of South Caro lina 100 persons were arrested during student policy plashes The arrests Tuesday night at the 13000 student campus in Co lumbia SC were made after students threw' bottles bricks and firecrackers at city and state police backed by National Guardsmen who were imposing a 9 pm curfew Law enforcement officials used tear gas and clubbed sev eral students Two guardsmen received minor injuries The student strike information center at Brandeis University in Waltham Mass reported today that 266 colleges and universi ties were on strikes of indefinite length Draft Director Curtis Tarr said in Washington that a ma jority of the students I A w' Bryan Dog Leash Law Preparation is OrderedBryah city commissioners to control the dog problem and Valorem Records Inc told the A presented Tuesday afternoon During the testimony Gordon presented no witnesses nor did he cross examine state wit nesses He said in his closing argument this morning he asked no qqestions because the state did not ask any of its witnesses 1 74 i 9 'Ji' A A By KATE THOMAS Eagle Staff Writer 1 Melvin Smith Jr of Houston was found guilty this morning In the armed robbery of the Redmond Terrace Drug on eb 4 1969 i a 1 were to identify the defendant as the presented this morning by Dist man committing the robbery until the end of tne tnai 7 should I ask them? The burden of proof is up to the he said He reminded the jury that the gun had not been introduced as W7 1 1 workers search 14 Mch he was flying was shot down bv Atty' Brooks Cofer and defense enemy Burners the US Commend ei ey4e Go'lM 01 MK the crime In 4 was the sixth American gen which pharmacist Joe Shaffer eral killed in action in the Vietnam war was shot in the chest was me seconq in a little more than a month 50 of Corte Madera Calif nine other Americans including oilier high ranking officers were aboard aUHl Huey hit by enemy fire in the central highlands 10 miles southwest of Pleiku and about 220 miles northeast of Saigon Shaffer said going to kill you and shot point blank and hit me in the Shaffer recalled Shaffer testified that $229 J9 was taken by the two men Two of his employes Helen Akers and Mrs Withers testified earlier concerning part they played in the incident Mrs Akers UdlJVU dll dlllUUli ft ska and the See TRIAD Page 4A les violence or confronts Resigns AUSTIN (AP) State Banking Com tnissioner alkner resigned Tues day because of in health Robert Stewart 39 deputy hanking cofnmissioner for thp nast fivp ware was appointed to succeed alkner in September alkner had been connected with the State Banking Department for almost 50 years and was held in high regard in the state financial community Watchful Calm AUGUSTA (AP) Nationa! Guardsmen state troopers and policed forced a watchful calm today pending renewed City Hall negotiations aimed at stemming further racial violence City officials scheduled an afternoon meeting with black leaders who are de manding amnesty for most of those ar rested Monday night during rioting that xiok six lives and left dozens of busi nesses looted and burned Withdrawal RAJIYEH Israel (AP) The Israeli army command announced that all its forces had returned today from Leba nese territory after completing a 30 hour drive against Arab guerrillas based on "the southwestern slopes of Mt Her mon About two dozen tanks and halftracks carrying about 300 troops first crossed back into Israel after spending the night occupying 27 square miles ot guemiia infested Lebanese territory Votes Confirmed MONTGOMERY Alai (AP) An of ficial tally has confirmed a margin 6914 votes by Gov Albert Brewer over lf George Wallace in last Demo cratic gubernatorial Gov Wallace and Brewer meet in a June 2 runoff with the win ner virtually assured of election Re publicans have indicated they plan no cantuaates ror governor me general election and there are no major inde pendents in the race Guard on Campus DENVER' Colo (AP) Nation Guardsmen most with unloaded i moved onto the University ofDenver campus early today and sujrounded a war shantvtown'until it WSS torn down for the second time since IfaM Jnif ALUUUCIJ Thpra wa ni annrmrimatelv 200 over night inhabitants of the commune which they called Nation had evacuated a few minutes oeiore Guardsmen arrived Two youths carrying an American flag and riding a motorcycle up and down the street in front ot tne commune were arrested Hickel SAN RANCISCO (AP) Secretary i of the Interior Walter Hickle said to day the nation must direct its priorities toward living of life rather than the destruction and defense of I The reordering of American priorities I war abroad to improvement of the physical and social environment at home has been a major tneme or young people opposed to the Vietnam war and to environmental' pollution Hickel has been urging President Nixon since last week to listen to the "youth i life fi to wk vr i 'ramm iwijibiiii ninnimijniiiniL' mm ajb1 mi ihi nimr ii nn i I to 1 i i i risiu jmuia ik pawn 'i 4c irauw jncumi JWRii' wmahiM fiH to '1111 jw JHSHSrWi IUi dW'in nrr alt! 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