Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 46

2-C TIIK ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Evening, July 31, "Maj. Spoede Is Honored At Retiring ililf pholo by Don 1 MAJ. K. W. SPOKDK, LEFT, WITH MEDAL lirars Col.

Hicc read citation in Driver ourse Tonight Sixly llirec persons have registered for the Abilene police department's driver instruction course, which begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the basement cilv hall. leaiies Give Up LONDON (AP) Tlie Beatles gave up Hie clothing trade Tuesday and gnve away $24,000 worth of mod gear in the process. The wealthy British pop music group owned way-out clothing shop on Baker Street called Apple Shop. A group spokesman said: "The Beatles looked the shop recently and decided Ihey wore not really interested hi it and didn't want to be shopkeepers any longer.

"Monday they had a meeting and decided to give everything away because they weren't going to carry on Hie When Apple Shop opened Tuesday sales clerks gave awaj shirts, jackets, trousers and jus about all oilier stock, The re matndcr will bo up for grabs Wednesday. Tiie Beatles owned 51 per ecu nf Apple Simp and tailoring firm in Chelsea. They're turning llielr interest in the Chclsef shop over lo an unidenlifier partner. ROBEKT J. SHF.RKR The four-hour course will be taught two hours nightly 01 Wednesdays and Thursdays, in both English and Spanish.

Traffic Capt. P.M. Prultl sail Sgl. Jack Hurst will teach the enrollces in (he English-speaking class and Patrolman Guaclalupe Duron the Spanish section. Thus far, 39 of Die 63 registrants are of Latin American descent but 24 of those 39 have chosen to study ii the English class, said Prullt.

Al the completion of each weekly course, students will be jivcn Texas drivers' license applications lo file with the Abilene office of (he Department of Public Safety. Abilene police and the local JPS office will keep a record on low many of them are successful in obtaining their licenses, Pruitt said. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) Astronaut Michael Collins, space veteran from Hie Projcc Gemini flights, was releasec from Wilford Hall Air Force Hospilal today after surgerj lasl week for removal of a smal growth on his spine. Collins, who entered the bos pilal July 21, wore a sports out fit as lie and his wife, Palricla left the hospital.

The couple a commercial airline fligii "or the trip back lo their home icar the Manned Spacecraft Cenler outside Houston. The 5-foot-ll astronaut wore H'otecllvo collar around his teck, the only outward evidence operation a cost him a ob on the prime crew of the liird Apollo Manned Flight next car. Officials of the National Acro- lautics and Space Administra ion said Collins will have a re cuperalion period of three lo six months. Further physica ests will be made, NASA" said determine if his flighl status will he changed. Collins Wiis the pilot of the three-day Gemini 10 flight July, 1GGG, and did two sue "-space walks" (luring the flight.

He is an Air Forcr iliculcna.nl colonel. Not everyone knows about the clangers of hypervcntilatlon, but a teenager in New 1 Mexico does. found out the hard way. One hot summer day, the boy, who lives on a military installation, went lo the base ool to cool off. Tha wafer was, cool and Inviling, so ho tookj many deep breaths too many! mid too deep pushed off, and Tied lo swim the length of Ilic nol underwater.

Minutes later, 10 was pulled out, waxen faced, and not breathing. 1 h-to-mouth resuscitation him, 'What'happened 'to him' could happen to anyone who attempts lo stay underwater too long. 11 Ii bypcrvcntilntion Is I i explained Clyde a Presiden! of TTA HOUSTON Carl R. chairman of Ihe board of announced loday that Robert J. Shercr was elected president and director of the company at a special meeting of company's board of directors.

Shercr, who has 25 years' experience in the aviation industry, was associated with the Civil Aeronautics Board 13 years. He worked seven years in the agency's field audits division and served six years in the bureau of economic regulation, lie was employed 12 years by Bonanza Air Lines (now Air West, Inc.) resigning as vice president-finance lo acccpl the TTA post. Born in Eaton, Ohio, he was graduated from a i Franklin University, Washington One Texan Killed Vietnam War accounting and i administration. A veteran of (he U. S.

Marine Corps, he served during World War II and Ihe Korean War and was discharged with the rank major. He and his wife, Mary, have five children, TTA announced earlier this week that Its name will be changed lo Texas International Airlines. WASHINGTON (AP) The Defense Department listed 27 servicemen killed in the war in Vietnam Tuesday. The list included one Texas Marine: Cpl. Joe Pierce son Mr.

anil Mrs. Joe Pierce Sr. 1918 Santa Barbara, San Anto nio. Shocked Lineman Remains Critical West Texas Utilities Co lineman James Thomas Wilde 25, of Rt. 1, Clyde, remainec in critical condition Wedncsdas D.

with a master degree in at the John Scaly Burn Center In Houston. A nurse described his condition f.s "stable," which she said was indication neither "gained nor tos ground." Wilde was burned Monday afternoon when he came li conlacl with a circui breaker at WTU's Hartford SI substation. He was transferred Tuesday to Houston. Maj. Itobcrt W.

Spoede assistant professor of military science at Hardln Simmons University, was awarded 'he Army Commendation Medal in ceremonies held Wednesday morning at H-SU. Maj. Spoedo has resigned position here lo accent leach ing assislantship at William and Mary's, where he will also pursue a doctor of history degree. He will receive his master of nrts degree in history during the summer commencement. Col.

Johnny M. Rice, professor of military science al H-SU made the medal presentation. JIaj. Spoede's citation read in part: "Displaying unique leader, ship and administrative ability, professional zeal, and mature judgment, a performed his duties in distinctively outstanding manner and achieved optimum results." Spoede is a veteran of 20 active service, having graduated from Texas AM in 1949 as a distinguished military graduate, lie is a veteran of Vietnam, serving there before coming to H-SU, Ho has served at H-SU since August, I9G6. He and his family will leave Thursday for Williamsburg, Va.

WASHINGTON (AP) The cost'Of living, paced by higher mortgage Interest and other home i charges, jumped one half of one per cent in June to a level 4,2 per cent above thai of a year ago, the government announced today. The June rise equaled that of February 1966 and was larger his than any other since September 1962 when the index went up six-tenths of one per cent. The rise in consumer prices was relatively sleeper than that for wholesale prices which Increased two-tenths of a per cent in June, raising Idem 23 per cenl above a year ago. Underwater mm Has WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate rejected overwhelmingly a move to restore $50 mil- ion to Presidenl Johnson's for- aid requesl, already slashed by more than $1 billion Members turned back 61-16 a iroposal to provide the $50 mil ion for agricultural develop- menl in poorer countries. Sen'.

Frank El Moss, D-Ulah, ind Walter F. Mondale, D- said the funds would provide seeds, fertilizers and pesticides needed to allow the na- ions to meet food problems. But opponents argued the aid level In the lending bill is realistic in view if ifie government's fiscal prob- 'ems al home. "H's about time we began to ace up to the problems of the eople of Ihis country," Sen. Sluart Symington, said.

Tlie Senate approved 43-29 Tuesday an amendment which sponsors said could help gain he release of (fie captured 'uebio's crew, but which critics ermed "a cruel hoax silly ind meaningless." 3il Company Raises Prices Chairman of Ihe Taylor Counly Chapter of American Red Cross by blowing off carbon dioxide thus lowering (he carbon dioxide In amount ol the blood Then, If a swimmer attempts to swim under water for distance, a considerable length of lime may elapse before the carbon dioxide level, reduced by overbrealhing, will provide a strong stimulus to breathe. The danger is thai the oxygen level may drop to Hie point where he 'blacks out 1 before lie feels Ihe urge to lake i breath. Unless help Is al hand gel him to the surface, Irowning will result." The a physiological consequences can occur when children compete to see who can stay under water longest. "The Red Cross urges parents not only to warn their children aboul hyperventilation," said Grant, "but that they learn all aspects of water safely in free courses in swimming for children and adults offered at most Red Cross Chapters. First Hovercraft Makes Two-Way Channel Crossing DOVER, England (AP) The world's first cross-channel car ferry-overcraft made its maiden two-way crossing between England and France on Tuesday.

Riding on a cushion of air, the hovercraft reached speeds ol 5( knots on (he 27-mile journey to Bolognc and arrived In 39 mln ules. The return trip took 50 minutes in moderate sea condi lions. State-run-British Rail will begin a daily service Wednesday with the SRN4 hovercraft, which is capable of carrying passengers and 30 cars. Corporal's Body Due Home Today Funeral arrangements are pending at North's Funeral Home for Marine Lance Corporal Alton K. Woolf 18, whose body was to arrive in Abilene Wednesday.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton K. of 933 Fannin, the snldici was killed by hostile mortar fire while in a defensive poslllon in Quang Tri province in Vietnam, July 21. He had entered the Marine Corps 23 months ago.

Living Cost Up Over Lost Year Senate Drops Foreign Aid Measure Mortgage Interest charges in creased nearly 4 per cent above those in June last year. Other home ownership costs advancing in June Included In surance rates and (or home decoration and repair. Consumer prices for food and beverage at home rose less than usual for June but the cost of eating out In June Increased for the 54th consecutive months. Farm product prices dropped as a result of lower prices for resh fruits and vegetables and Ower grain quotations, but egg 3rices went up sharply. The department said that despite rising prices, real earnings advanced during June.

Real earnings represent the buying rower of a worker's net spend- ible Income after adjustment or consumer price changes. Gross earnings rose to $108.20 a an increase of $1,51 over the month. Spendable weekly earnings- gross pay less federal income and Social Security taxes--also posted records. A worker with dependents had spendable weekly earnings of $95,55 in June, up $1.15 from May, and a single worker's rose $1.11 to $86.68 In June. The Idlest figures mean pay ncreases for some workers whose labor union contracts in- wage escalation clause; tied to the cost of living Index.

As a result of the three-month rise since March, the Labor Department said approximately 34,000 workers in manufacturing and transportation industries will gel raises of 2 to 4 cents an hour. An additional 5,000 will get two-cent Increases based on the Index advance since last December. The Labor Department said that for the worker with tliree dependents, real earnings in June were the highest since July when they were 3 cents higher. NEW YORK (AP) Humble Oil Refining Co. raised whole- sole prices of regular-grade gasoline to service station dealers In New York and New England Tuesday 7-10 to 8-10 of a cent a gallon.

The action follows boosts by 'It increases brealhholding lime other oil companies. BEFORE CRASH JOE C. McSWAlN 1M2 ACHS grad McSwainto Teach Bible at ACHS Joe C. McSwaln, a 1967 psy- liology graduate of Abilene Christian College, will join the acully al Abilene Christian ligh School in September, according to Harold Lipford, ACHS director. He will teach Bible and serve is a counselor.

McSwaln graduated from ACHS in 1962, then received achelor's degree in psychology rom ACC. He also attendee Sam Houston State. While In college in Abilene he was presi dent of InPSYders, a psychologj organization, and a member ol Knights social club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

John P. McSwaln of 1125 Vashington Boulevard in Abi- ene. He is married to the ormer Juanila Gene Hancock ol They have two children Slightly Hurt In 2-Car Smashup Foli Set Tomorrow )n Presidential Preference Vote A presidential preference poll Conducted by the Sleek Division Steck Warllch Co. will be icld in Taylor County Thursday. Abilene banks, the System A two-car wreck al S.

5th and Chestnut aboul 10 a. rn. iVednesday resulted in minor njuries to two teenagers, who were treated and released al Hendrick Memorial Hospital They were the driver, Glenda Davis, 17, and Marcy Davis, 14, both of 2949 Arrowhead. The driver of the other car, Mildred Hldgeway Lefllcr, 201V Poplar, was nol hurt, police said. N.

121 and Mock- and 1 I itore a I ngblrd, on ACC Hill" Ken Angerslein will Instruc' poll personnel on the use voting machines, which will be used lo conduct the poll. Tabulations will be made lenn Bradshaw on computer; at Abilene Christian College. Task Force Hits Viet Cong Camp SAIGON (AP) A task force of armored American gunboats, iclicoptcr and South Vietnamese marines plunged deep into the fertile Mekong Delta to raid a Viet Cong base camp. Field reports today said al least 90 of the enemy had ioen killed and the action was continuing. The Vietnamese Marines retorted seizing an arsenal confining 62 weapons, 423 mortar rounds and more than 12,000 rounds of small arms ammunition.

The only allied casualties re ported were Iwo South Vietnamese wounded. The assualt was made Tuesday 92 miles southwest of Sai- jon, along a tributary of the Cai Lon River 34 miles east of the of Thailand. A military spokesman said It was the first allied penetration of the area of the southern Mekong Delta which has been dominated by the Viet Cong for years. The allied commanders "had good information they would gel some action down there," the spokesman said. Most of the damage to the Viet Cong apparently was done by the U.S.

Navy's 60-foot Monitor gunboats and by armorec troop carriers after Ihe Vietnamese marines had cornerec the enemy in a bunker complex U.S. Army helicopter gunships also raked the enemy position! with machine guns and rockefs. About 1,000 U.S. infantrymen from the 9th Division, swept through another area about two miles to the past but rporled little contact. Elsewhere, only light, scat lered skirmishes were reported They included three small fights on the outskirts of Saigon In which South Vietnamese troops said they killed seven enemy soldiers, captured six and seizej 18 weapons and large quantities ol ammunilion.

Northwest of the capital American strategic bombers flew their 50lh mission in seven days against suspected North Vietnamese troop lions menacing Saigon and key towns near It, Eight missions totaling 40 he big B52 bombers droppec ,,200 tons of bombs Tuesday ant oday on enemy positions 30 to 60 miles northwest of Saigon. The equivalent of ahoul 250 ol B52s have attacked suspect ed enemy base camps during he last week in the three west provinces of Hau Nghia Tay Ninli and Binh Long, which form a triangle near the Cambo dian border. With each bomber carrying 30 ons of explosives, they have dropped aboul 7,500 tons jombs Jn this comparatively small area. The third major Communis offensive of the year is expectet in the next two months, and Ihe major attack In the Saigon area is expecled from Ihe west anc the northwest, where the 9th North Vietnamese division am two other regiments are report ed preparing. Saigon, Tay NInh City and the key district towns of Loc NInh and Trang Bang have been mentioned In intelligence re ports as likely targets.

The enemy troops have gener ally eluded search sweeps bj thousands of allied soldiers. Un able to get ground troops Int Ihe enemy's jungled base camp in time to catch them there, th U.S. Command is rcsorling the 1352s as one of its main dc torrents. The eight-jet Stralofortressc laid fiery carpels of bomb around Tay NInh City an Trang Bang In the lasl 24 hours lo discourage the enemy frorr massing any sizable force I push In on these two cllies. Intelligence reports indicat that the Communist commarii might attack both Tay Ninh am Trang Bang In an attempt I pull forces from around Saigon so there would be less resis tance to an assault there.

Over North Vietnam, U.S. pi lots flew 114 missions Tuesd.i) and reported destroying or dam aging 79 trucks, one of the big gest catches in Ihe past severa weeks. The fliers also rcportCL touching off 89 sustained (ires and 81 secondary explosions, in dicatlng bomb hits on enemy ammunition and fuel stores. Pilot Requested Course Change DALLAS (AP) The pilot of i Branlff International airliner isked permission to change radically just one min- ite before the craft exploded flames during a thunder torm and crashed May 3, kill- ng all 85 aboard. The request for a 180-degrce course change was the last con ad ground controllers had with Capl.

John Phillips, as revealed a transcript made public Tuesday at a hearing by the Transportation Safety Soard. The four-engine, propjel Elec- ra crashed in a field Dawson, 80 miles south of Dallas, was Flight 352 on the busy Houston-to-Dallas afternoon commuter run. Four witnesses at the first day of the hearing said Ihey saw Angela Ruth, Andrew, 1. 4, and Gene Among he Iwo polling locations Gibson stores, al Injury Mexico City Young Mobs Run Wild MEKICO CITY (AP) Mexi co City was a battle groum again Tuesday as mobs young people ran wild througl city, fighting police, wreck ing city buses and throwing rocks and bottles. Al least one person was dead more than 400 were Injured am at least 1,100 persons had beer arrested since antigovernmen rioting began last Friday.

Officials claimed the riot were Communist inspired an( said they were the worst Mexi co's capital has experienced ii 20 years. Tuesday night club-wielding students braved a heavy rat and hijacked four city buses aft forcing terrified passenger flee. Then they ran the vehi cles inlo the sides of buildings Earlier, Army troops firec volleys of shots into the air anc dispersed the students. Th Iroops were withdrawan, but Ih mobs returned, marching from the old university section, an seized the buses near Ihe city' ightning flash near the plane nd possibly strike It before Ihe hip went down. The tape from which the Iran- cript was made was played at he hearing Tuesday.

Voices of ho crew Indicated virtually no At 4:41 p.m., seven minutes aefore the crash, Phillips told he passengers over the plane ntercom: "We'll be able to go well under and to the west of all the thundershowers They vill be visible lo you lo the righl and since Ihey have jusl moved from the west, it might still be just a little choppy pte. Five minutes later the crew members thought they had ttmri clearance throvigh the hunderstorm. At 4:46 p.m., the Fort Worth air route traffic control center asked: "Braniff 352, do you ndicate the area you're going nto there now as being fairly or do you see openings llirough it?" Kraniff 352: "It's not clear, out we i we sec an opening through it." minute later the captain asked the first officer to requesl oermissinn to make a turn of 180 degrees. Just before that request, which was granted, Fort Worth control (eld the flight: "You're Hie closest one that's ever come to it (the storm) yet." the tape ends, the captain is telling the first officer: "No, don't talk to him (Fort Worth) too much, don't carry on a conversation with Let's trying to get us a fix We'll make a circling letdown and (unintelligible) Eleven witnesses testified Tuesday. About 20 or more were still to be heard from today and possibly Thursday.

An investigator for the board said a final ruling on the crash would not be made for perhaps five months. Technicians are still sifting through the wreckage. Yel to testify were officials of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Weather Bureau, Branlff and Lockheed-California, the Eleclra's manufacturer. Two witnesses Tuesday, H. R.

Primm, a rancher, and C. D. White, a carpenler, both said YFW Pool Suit Hears Jury A damage suil in which thi Barents of a teenage Abilene gir ire suing for $30,067 for injurie. she allegedly received at now-closed VFW Swimming Poo was expected lo go to the jury ii 42nd District Wednesday after won. Mr.

and Mrs. T. W. Mayhew of 1473 Fannin are suing Clayton Leach Post 2012, Veterans Wars, as owners of thi wil, on behalf of Ihcir daughter Kay, 13. The suit alleges negligence on he part of the pool owners in he upkeep of a ladder to a high diving board.

The Mayhcws claim that on Aug. 23. 18GT, a slcp on (he ladder slipped, or because of improper drainage, caused Kay lo slip, and fall. She received a deep wound in her armpil which required 28 der.p sutures and 23 skins sutures to close, testimony Tuesday revealed. Robert E.

Ford is representing the Mayhews, while Aubrey Roberts of Sweelwater is attorney for the VFW Post. The post sold The property on which the pool is located to Fred Hughes Buick Co. earlier this year, and (he pool has nol been open since- last summer. The Mayhews are seeking $20,000 physical damages, $10,000 for pain and suffering, and $67 for medical expenses. Final arguments in Ihe were (o begin at 1:30 case p.m.

Wednesday, according to Judge Raleigh Brown. Paroled Youth Caught Stealing An Abilene juvenile on parole from Galesville stale school for boys was caught stealing money from a purse inside a car in the 800 block of Pine Tuesday, said Juvenile Officer Shelby Fancher. The 15-year old was placed city jail and was to bo transferred to county jail. He probably will bo returned lo Galesville, said Fancher. The juvenile officer said the youth was apprehended in a car owned by Mavis Douglas, 2226 N.

6th, by an employe who works in a nearby business firm. He said the parolee was released about the end of the school term from Gatesville The youth was sent lo the school for boys In 1967, he said. cenirai square. Riot squads swinging long batons dispersed that crowd, but at least 3,000 of (lie youths gathered half a mile away near a teacher's college. Their leaders used bugle calls and walkie talkies to control them.

They swarmed over buses and a trolley car, smashing and running the vehicles onto the sidewalks. Al one point all four intersections around the park in front of the school were blocked by the wrecked buses, Two busloads of riot police sped lo the scene. Tiie fled and the police were again withdrawn. The violence mainly involved prep school students from 14 lo 18 years of age. The disorders began last Friday with a pro- Castro demonslralion honoring Ihe anniversary of the Cuban prime minister's 26tli of July Movement.

Students charges of police and Iroop brutality brought more demonstrations on Saturday and Monday. Astronaut Collins To Be Released Following Surgery SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) Astronaut Michael Collins will he released today from a San Antonio hospital where he underwent surgery last week for removal of a growth on his spine, space officials said Tuesday. Collins enlcred Die hospita July 21 after X-rays confirmct the existence of a bone spur growth between the fifth ant sixth vertical vertebrae an area near the nock. Surgeons removed the growth lasl Tuesday and Collins was able to leave his bed for brief periods Hie following day. The growth and Ihe surgery forced removal of Collins Hie prime crew of the thirc manned Apollo flight, plannec for sometime next year.

Replacement of Collins on the flight as not been announced Cantello to Navy ANNAPOLIS, Mel. (AP) Former Olympian Al Cantello was named Tuesday as the Naval Academy's new cross country coach. Cantello succeeds Jim Ge- hrtles, who stepped down to devote more time (o liis hoac 1 coaching duties for the indoor and outdoor track squads. Canlcllo had assisted Gehrcles with the three sports his appointment to Ihe Navy staff in Hu will continue as an assistant in indoor and outdoor track. plane burst into flames after lightning flashed near it.

"A butt of lightning went across the front of the plane. It might have hit it," Primm said. "At that Instant, it (the plane) exploded into nothing but a ball of flame and fell to earth like a falling leaf," he said. To! Dies After Liver Implant HOUSTON, Tex. (AP)-A 16- monlh-old girl who received an infant's liver in a transplant died today-- four and a half hours after Ihe operation.

Surgeons said earlier that (he lot's chance of survival were slim. A spokesman al Texas Children's Hospital said (lie cause of death had not been exactly determined but doctors believe the reason was that the donor's had an artery defect. The child was Sbelia Rcnee Sanfonl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royce J.

Sanford of Corrigan, Tex. She weighed only 15 pounds and was admitted in what doc- lors called terminal condition from blockage of the bile ducts. The girl died at 6:30 a.m. The operation ended al 2 a.m. after Ihree hours of sur- pprv Steel Says Three -Month Earnings Up NEW YORK (AP) U.S.

Steel Corp. reported Tuesday earnings for the three months ended June 30 rose to $77.7 million, or $1.43 a share, from $43,433,0.18, or BO cenls a share a year earlier. Sales climbed to $1,438,000,000 from $1,036,967,821 in the 1957 second quarter In Ihe firsl six months of this year, U.S. Steel, the No. 1 slecl producer, earned $128,5 million or $2.37 a share, on sales ol $2,533,000,000.

This compares with $84.6 million, or $1.56 a share, on sales of $2,001,596,447 in the 1967 firsl half. In recent months, steel producers' sales have been swollen by hedge buying against Ihe possibility of a steel industry strike. U.S. Steel directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of CO cents a share on (he common slock, payable Sept. 10 lo stock hnlHfU'c fit A.