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Telephon voi, x-No. he ernon aily ecord Mr.ins 1 nn VKRNDN, TKX VS, MONDAY. MAY 19. 1975 Sr ttered owe rs i Itu Nl I -t Thailand Accepts U. S.

Note of Regret VFW leaders at a two-day District 15 VFW convention which concluded at Wilbarger Auditorium Sunday are pictured here. From left are former State Auxiliary President Mrs. Clifford Teer of Waco, principal speaker and former State VFW Department Commander Gifford Teer of Waco, District Commander A. J. Cannedy of Wichita Falls, Convention Chairman Joe Donges of Vernon and retiring District Auxiliary president Mrs.

Nevehn of Seymour. Ship Rescue Operation Praised Here former VFW Department of T'Xas Commander Sunday praised the action ordered by President Ford to rescue the merchant ship Mayaguez and its crew after its capture on the high by Cambodian i'lifivird Teer oi Waco said the action indicates to the world that the nation has the backbone to meet its obligations. He said it an action which Americans can take pride. Addressing some 150 delegates to a District 15 and Auxiliary Convention, Mr. Teer, however, differed with the administration on anmnesty and criticized the decision under which an amnesty program was recently completed to allow draft dogers and deserters to return to this country.

The guest speaker also discussed a variety of state and national VFW programs. Also at the convention, which opened late Friday, A. J. Cannedy of Wichita F'alls was re-elected district commander, while Joe Hopson of Bowie was named senior vice commander and Gaylord Byers of Graham v.as named junior vice commander, John Zuhn of Vernon was elected district surgeon Mrs. Anabelle Hendrix of Wichita F'alls was elected as president of the Auxiliary, succeeding Mrs.

Nevelyn Montgomery of Seymour. Mrs. Fay Birdett of Wichita Falls was elected senior vice president. Paschall Montgomery of Seymour, a candidate for State office as VFW Department of Texas junior vice commander, was presented an award for membership recruitment Joe Donges of Vernon served as convention chairman. James W.

commander of the Ray Cox post here, was host commander for the convention Town Crier Bv OHLIN HHKWEK Emmy Show Set Tonight LOS A.NGKLFS (AIM The threat of a boycott by directors and writers passed, the television industry was ready for its biggest night of the year the Fmmy awards The stars and series makers gather tonight at the Hollywood Palladium for the 27th annual awards outpouring a minimum of H3 Emmies to be conferred during the two hour plus telecast CfiS, 9 p. m. EDT Except for Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier and a few others, most of the nominatees are expected to be in the audience. in previous years, the producers tried to eliminate acceptance by directors, writers and other non performers. SHIP, CRKW ItECOVKRV ISews Management On Toll Is Denied Regents of Vernon Regional College and trustees of the Vernon School District have scheduh'd meetings Tuesday night The school lx)ard will meet at (i tn at the school ad ministration center, with the college meeting to start 30 minutes later at the college aflmini.stratum building Both have long agendas lacing them Harold Beam has mailed on' putdic school board agenda Ahich includes.

Possibh' replacement ot tables and chairs as well as mdou and stage curtains at School delays at state Irvi'l in orders new polK proposal a 11 1 oa (i Co in rn i i on he.uing to discontinue ol n.itiii.il HI s( hnol ImihTs, (iiircli.ise (il 0( ul.i of ouM 01 on rfxirt 1(1 Thoiti.iv aiui i Ihrl Kiliii Si hol.u MHom HH Itnalii i.tl loi I 'ilutUH Ihuou opiiinii nn of a ol (ot In aHy i.ttlrd tow i Mil 42 Are Injured In Bus Crash LIBERTY CITY, Tex lAP) A Continental Trailways bus enroute from Shreveport to Dallas crashed head on with a sports car and overturned Sunday, sending 42 persons to hos pitals, police said The bus. carrying 47 passengers including two infants, hit the car which had swerved across the median on Interstate 20 near Liberty City shortly after p.m., officers said. The car was cut in half and the bus rolled down an embankment and tipped over State police said the driver of the car apparently thought she saw a parked car in front of her and swerved across the center of the highway bus passenger. Bobby Ix'e Sherbia. 2.3, of Dallas, said most of the passengers were asleep when he saw the sports car apparently trying to pass the bus.

the next thing 1 knew we were going over on the side of the road Two passengers were listed in critical condition and two BCS HASH, Page 2i (AP) American casualties in the Mayaguez rescue were substan tialiy higher than originally re ported and now stand at five dead, IH missing and 70 to 80 wounded A White House sjwkesman denied today that there was any news management in the deiay in announcing the casualties But Press Secretary Ron Nes sen said President Ford was somewhat puzzled over the slowness in totaling the losses was no intention to hide the bad new's. There was no intention to hide the casu allies," said The new casualts figures from the air. ground and sea operation in the Gulf of Thailand were disclosed Sunday by Defense Secretary James Schlesinger On the Pentagon had put preliminary casuality figures at one Marint killed, 22 wounded and 13 Ma and airmen missing. President regrets even one casualty and he certainly regrets all of the Nessen said. He said the President is at not being able to get all the figures and he is puzzled about the length of time Questioned al)oul the length of time.

Nessen said speaking, during the oper ation, people were spread over a number of ships and several WEATHER Temperature readings for the past 36-hour period ending at noon Monday: Maximum 93 Degrees Vlinimum 63 Degrees Noon Heading 81 Degrees Past 36 hours 0.17 Year to Same date last year 5.15 Forecast; Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Low tonight 63 to 71 degrees. High Tuesday, 76 to were separated from their units It just takes time to get firm figures Schlesinger said the tive servicemen killed were three Marines and two airmen The higher estimate of the wounded uu'ludes sorts of minor wounds." Schlesinger said on ABi 'issues and swers alxmt the delay de termining the casuality toll. Schlesinger said we indicated at the (See NEWS. Page 2) Tin; 1 VTED PRESS Thailand accepted a note from the government expressing regret for the un authorized use of rhai bases to attack CamlHxlia and recover the freighter The government revised the American toll the May aguez operation sharply up ward, announcing that five men were killed.

10 were missing and 70 to 80 were wounded But the captain of the Mayaguez Charles Miller, said in Sing apore that seven dead Marines were already when he was brought aboard the de stroyer Wilson senior American official re that the Ford admmis tration stTiously considered us ing B.52 Iwmbers against Cam bodia The official said no one in the administration wanted to use the big Iwmbers, but such action was a real possibility, The Mayaguez left Singapore today tor Hong Kong The ship's owner denied a charge by Prince Sihanouk, the Cambodian chief of state, her cargo included a large number ot plastic bombs and radio electronic efjuipment A said most of the cargo consigned to mill liases in Thailand was post i'xchange goods Capt Miller and memfwrs ol his crew said the I Marines who were landed on an island the coast to res rue them were put ashore on the wrong island Miller said he the crew were on Rong San while the landed Koh Tang, about 25 miles A Pentagon spokesman the wrong island landing. In Laos, a dozen and seven other foreigners de tamed students in the town of Savannakhet radioed the Embassy in Vientiane that were safe and well Lau tian government officials were negotiating with the students who took over the town on ednesday and ordered the tor eigners to remain in then homes An international relu't otticial in Saigon rejnnted that aU)Ut twi) dozen Americans. 150 South Korcvins and 2(M) Filipinos who wanted to be evacuated I' lorces on April 2U 30 were left Most ot them arrived at the American Embassy too late bt'cause suiticient was not gnen ot the evacuation plans, the otticial said Saigon tadio said there was some sfarvatuni in the letnamese capil.il becaust' ot ttie influx ot refuget's the ('ommunists occupied the citv But It said the ni'w ernment distritnited i Itxi tnns ot rice to more than persons The new governnii'nt also an noumed the ol all litic.il prisoners from Con 'soii prison island Thailand accept.ince ol the letter ot regret defuseti a crisis between the I'nitfU St.ites and its last on the Asian nuunKnii President Will Veto Strip-Min ing Measnre U. S. Index Link to Oil Price TEHRAN, Iran The Iranian government newspaper reported today that the United States and other major industrial countries have agreed that the price of crude oil should be to an index of the major products the oil countries buy from the industrial nations Rastakhiz said follow ing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's discussions with officials over the weekend, special envoys of the United States.

France, the European Economic Community, Saudi and Iran met secretly in Tehran and agreed to hold an energy conference The report did not say when the conference be held. The shah some months ago proposed that the price of crude oil rise or fall in accor- Accused Slayer Shows Signs of Jail Beating AUSTIN. Tex (APi Rob ert Kleasen. accusc'd in the slayings of two Mormon evangelists, staggered and al most fell as he entered state district court this morning to enter his ol innocence "He was lieaten up in jail Saturday night." Pat (Janne. one ol Kleasen attitrneys.

told a rejHirtei A bailifl onto Kleast'n's ielt arm as nioxcd to a high hacked ch.iir a counsi'l tal)le Kleasen gnnuK ed ht' s.it down he.i\il\ ills lip and h.iti liruisc in the cfnlci dill not spe.ik G.uin«' nitcifd the Itii him dfierni.uit is li in onK ol st.is ttijiis Judgt' liuu Ul.Hkwell to the tvso f.isfs MDce ate uii Htunr Is 1 h.M vMiuld thf Irons IfN ng Klea in taM' lu hr iuuw! nmoi rut in fllAt otvr Hul Ihr uvj-t thr motion "lor now alter Dist Bob Smith protested kleast'n has tiled a SSO.OOO federal suit against Travis Frank and i'hiet Bill Mansell for alleged in jail Man sell orderetl another mate to serve Kleasen a sand ol two ol white brt'ad enclosing a dead cent! uede. Kh'iisen s.ivs Kr.ink denied Kleasen saiilt claim Kleasen w.is take.n to hospital night making complaint. sanl He w.is vt'en W.IS r.iNcd so lorth, I i s.mi rele.i.MsI him to the l.iil uhru' Kleasen got thi' l.il tip I'tank said 1 ilon't know just he got that sail! hi Kleasen ig.tio Surul.4\ am! tf5at KlraMMi again sanl was up ttul hks tom Hif I I hI PrtRr I Dead, 17 Hurt In Prison Riot CITY. Colo. (AP) One inmate has been killed and 17 injured in a disturbance at the Colorado State Penitentiary that was put down by guards who fired warning shots from submachine guns.

Warden Alex Wilson said. WiKson said the casualties Sunday night were the result of lights among inmates of one of the prison's cellhouses He said five of the wounded men were flown helicopter to a hospital nearby Pueblo lor treatment ol cuts. One prison official said the disturbance was a that grew out ot a fight in volvmg Mexican and black inmates earlier in the dav Wilson estimated inmates weri' mvohed The identitN of the dead in mate, whose w.is found in side his cell, w.is not released P.iolmo. a gu.ird who at tine in the disturbance Ir.inu'd .1 water hose on the relH'llious prisoners, said the i'i'llblock W.IS "a mess Wilsisn said sh.ikedosvn t)f the cellbloi'k the dl.sturb tiiiiu'd up knives and oth ei swordlike laiards h.id U'en Ihreatend during the sh.irp pieces strti. h.minu't's.

Si jars ttnt.iin mg lead SttiiH- lejHvilnl minor mjufirs tiuin biukea glass, but iMHif hurl seruHivh WiImui Naut dance with the w'orldwide rate of inflation. as indicated by the world market prices of some 30 other major commodities. Up to now the United States and other major industrial nations have resisted the propo.sal The shah said in Washington Sunday that the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries probably will raise prices in September to keep up with the rising prices of what they buy The shah said the oil countries have lost 35 per cent of their purchasing power of world inflation, the shaky world monetary situation and the dollar's loss of purchasing power Speaking on NBC 'I'V's the he said it was de cided at the last meeting to give the world a chance to curb their inflation, to check it. to put their house in order That period will be terminated so in September we are going to meet again and decide what to WASHlNtiTON (API Pres ident Ford will veto com promise strip mining bill a for Rep Morris Ikiall, said today The spokesman for I (lall principal sponsor ol the and chairman ot the House Scnatt- conference committee th.d pro duced Its final version said earlier that had vetoed the Udall accused the President of supfxirting coal industry ava rice and called it a discredit to the presidency Ford interested in the will of the people and instead prefers to bow to his special constituency, the estab lishment. Udall said in a statement The President was to sign a $405-million aid bill to help resettle more than UHi.iKMt Vietnamese and refugees and to ap point a committee to direct that effort ('arl E.

Bagge, president of the National Coal said the President was showing the courage of his convictions by vetoing a harsh and punitive surface mining bill which would have harmed the national inter est Former Chief Collapses TOKYO Formei Japanese Prime Minister Eis aku Sato collapsed tonight at a restaurant Tokyo while meeting with businssmen. his secretary said. He said Sato was a coma and was being treated by doc tors at the restai-' nt. No other details were a.ailable, he added Doctors said Sato suffered an apoplexy and as of 11:30 pm a EDT he had not regained consciousness The 74-year-old Sato shared the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize with former Irish Foreign Minister Sean MacBride for his role in promoting peace and stability in Asia during nearly eight years as Japanese prime minister from to 1972. co.il industry continue to do reclamation of mined land under strict state hiws liuf this ill advised ven ture into extremism should be Bagg(' said 1 the i'ongress sustains his veto Sfeiger, wh(t h-tl House opposition to the hill.

there is no doubt f.m sustain the Ihis vr a lull tli.it would h.ne cost and elec inc tluit i.s i 1 he bill mail (Ol Parochial School Textbook Aid OK ASlllNtnoN 1 AP The Su prt'tne Court upheld a portion oi a Pennsylvam.i law under which the state pays lor t('xtbooks used student private schools, including churcl'i reUited schools But the court struck down olhei provisions of the same law the loan of sti uctional ni.iteri¿ils and ment to the prniite si'hools and allowing tlu' to pay lor services sucii as counseling, testing ajid Npeech and hearing therapy tee Potter Stewart, speaking lor the court in (i 'i decision, s.ud the portions oi the law that were struck tfowri violated llie church state bar ners erected the Con stitution William Brennan William o. Douglas and Thurgood Marshall dissented on grounds that no part of the law was constitutional William Rehn (juist and Byron VNhite and Justice Warren Burger contended that the equipment and services portion of the as well as its text book provisions should have upheld The court's decision modified .1 ruling of a three judge feder al court uphol ding the law in its entirets. The court also to review the tax exempt status of nonprofit hos pitals which refuse to accept patients unable to pay for their treatm-'iit Huled tare trarih reiluci th.i! a t.iie iu ihd'e nu t- he the recipientrental ulitv cause there is a lodij recipient' horn- 1 llKi! court Ultne-'S noi .1 hearing i'ontempj i'u- reiusr.u' it a trial Ruled that i ''ecunties broker da no! the right to compel the tlouTri nu'nt b.icked securities Ir. vestor ('ol to take to reciiver their for them iH'clined to he.u' an i.uiiba See (M Train-Tniik Crasli kills 66 Hurts 18 NEW DELHI, India AP A train lammed into a truck filled with guests on their v.a> to a wedding in central Maha rashtra state todas. killing at least f)(i persons and injuring IH, the government radif' i ported I'he radio said all the were on the truck, which w.i.s hit as It crosst'd the railway tracks alniut 40 miles of Poona The radio ref)orted that mul- tilated bodies of women and children were scattered over the tracks.

nONOHED AT HOW of friends and neighbors fitun Foard. Wilbarger, Cottle other surrounding counties, ds Hell AS guests from long distances, tuineit out Sunday uf- lerrutoiJ at Crowell Community Center to honor Mrs Bettie (left) her as administrator of Foard Count) Hospital Mrs. Ciafford. her husband Bill Caf- fol and and Mrs Walter Stupp, greet guests from the line, nhuh also included Judge and Mrs. Seth Halbert and other Foard officials.

those with backs camera are Bt'tty former Crowell residents Mr and Mrs Bill Dodd of Kule. Mrs. Dodd, daughter of Hall of CYowell. took LVN training under Mrs. Gafford in She presently is.

by the hospital at Stamford, tiuests viere served from a huge cake and a crystal punch bowl, officials and hospital directors and staff members were hosts foi the.

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