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The Vernon Daily Record from Vernon, Texas • Page 3

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VERNON DAILY RECORD. Vernon, Texas, Mon May i Ford Visit to Spain Seen 4s Threat to Power Change (MADRID. Spain (AP) President Ford's visit to Spain later month is causing concern among liberals here who sear the occasion could slow the transition of power from Gen Francisco Franco I hey claim the visit will give stamp of approval to a re gime which is considered out moded by most of the rest of hurope and which view as a stumbling block in establishing democracy here We are and surprised that the Americans apparently have learned nothing from Viet nam. Greece and Portugal," says a socialist organizer How can we interpret visit as anything but a sign the United States is continuing to support rightist governments, and above all. a dying dictatorship liberal executive says he sees trip as unnecessary interference in negotiations regarding continued American use of Spanish military bases.

The present agreement expires September Five months of talks in Madrid and Washington have yielded no publicly-acknowledged progress so far Diplomatic sources report a surprising number of similar opinions irom other Spanish moderates Officially, the Spanish ernment has welcomed the visit Ford on May 31 immediate ly after the NATO summit meeting in Brussels The Spanish press generally has viewed a meeting between Franco and Ford as another sign of increased im portance in the defense of the western Mediterranean after NATO difficulties with Portugal and Greece The latter has withdrawn from NATO's mill tary wing Although not a NATO mem ber, the Spanish government reportedly is seeking some sign of closer association with the North Atlantic alliance and ceptance, which presumably could be sanctified visit from NATO members who have always barred Spain's because of the Franco regime I officials insist Ford will not sign an agreement on the bases during his scheduled 24- hour stay in the Spanish capi tal senior Spanish official agrees A Western diplomat privately terms visit "rather tricky business from the I and Spanish points of view and a corporation law yer says he thinks the U.S. visit is ill-timed it gives support to the Franco regime when we are trying to liberalize PR V1SK1) AS GKKATEST PRESIDENT Tough Ex-Cop Facing Vote Test Problems in Derailment PH 11 ADFI.PH1A Democratic Mayor Frank 1 Kizzo. the tough ex cop who once called Richard Nixon the greatest president America ever had and was snubbed his for it, he's con fident he 11 be nominated for a second term Tuesday We'll win easy," said the sear old fortnei police commis sioner who attracted national attention for his strict law and- order stance The Democratic organ choice to knock the out ot office the pri Meet ion, state Sen Louis akes issue with Rizzo Hill. 50. an ex Ma stepson of a former insists going to Catholic northeast section majority of organized labor is supporting Rizzo with money, a ton of literature and some J.

am) workers But the confidence they exuded a month ago ap pears to have withered Do I think it 's going to be a tight asked AFL CIO Council President Edward foohey The answer is yes We can the difference be twefii losing (his election for and inning it There four other candi dates on the Democratic may orally ticket, but together they are expected to poll only a small portion of the vote On the Republican side, Thomas Foglietta, a former city councilman endorsed by the GOP. has taken opposition irom Yaiinupo .1 an engineer who claims he also is Samoan prince The GOP has 227,749 registered voters Rizzo, now running as "the man against the machine," was the organization choice four years ago He won by 48,000 in an eight man contest Camiel said the fight now is to "erase that mistake He said the mayor 1972 endorsement of Nixon and his support of losing GOP can didates for district attorney, city controller and some judge ships proves he a real Democrat like Hill DOHA, Ark. (AP A de railment Saturday caused officers to ask a half-dozen fann lies to leave their homes but the incident passed without harm to anyone, the Crawford County office said Sulphuric acid leaked from the derailment and persons who lived in homes in low-lying areas were asked to go away for a while until the fumes thinned out Gene Spear, dispatcher for the office, said the families were sent back home later Saturday Eleven cars of a Missouri Pa cific freight derailed while southlxmnd near the Ar kansas Oklahoma border town. Cause of the derailment was not deter mint'd. I za ion may i marx eli liai.

I assess ni fine am mayor, in Peter of the I predicts least 40. Bristling Storms Hammer Texas ('ANDY buttons like those in candy stores years ago are actually lipstick samples produced at the Merle Nor man cosmetics plant in 1 os Angeles. The samples next be divided into single units. .) annel. boss of one most powerful party machines.

Hill will win by at non out of about 400,000 here are regis 'inocrats eligible to go The political experts say what has been a name calling contest i- i tossup that likely will be settled in black neigh borhoods and the middle class, predominanth Jewish and By I 111 1 Bristling thunderstorms ham tnered at much of West Texas during the night, kicking several tornadoes before they died down, and more turbu lence broke out in that section early loday skies were clear to partly cloudy in other parts of the stale this morning, with the overcast thickest in Central Texas and along the coast as south winds shoved damp air ashore from the Gulf ot Mexi co Funnel clouds whirled across the sky Sunday evening as menacing thunderstorms swept eastward along a line from from the Panhandle Plains sec tor into areas farther south Twister sightings were reported near Lubbock, Levelland. Meadow and Odessa but (here was no word of injuries or damage thunderstorm re mained in force well past mid night around Wichita Falls and before the unruly weather swept eastward into i Stormy weather broke out anew near daylight in South east Now Mexico and surged across the Texas line, prompt mg further severe thunder storm alerts for a time in (lain es, Cochran, Hockley, Yoakum and Terry counties Forecasters looked for the re vived storms to spread into Central Texas and continue tonight, and to take over on East Texas tonight and Tues day Temperatures in early morn mg ranged from degrees at Dalhart in the Panhandle up to at Brownsville and McAllen al the south tip of the state Sunday's top marks went as high as at FI Paso and ich ita Falls and 94 at Childress Baby Beef Boneless Loin oaDy oeet uqu? ur rmes Altn TIP STEAK 98L T-BONE STEAK 98 PEAK 00 FRANKS Baby Beef Baby Beef Rump or PikesSavory 12oz. pkg 68 3oz Tru Gold NESTEA J129 LUNCH MEAT 2 88 Assorted Flavors Tru Gold Cut Hl-C DRINK 49c GREEN BEANS 3 89e mm Tree TopGolden West APPLE JUICE 49c PRESERVES 69c 4 1 With $7.50 Pur. Or More 6 oz. Instant MARYLAND CLUB COFFEE Bestyet Mac, and Cheese HOMINY Sunbeam COOKIES White or Golden 5 r.

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