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Microfilm OriU-r, p. 0, Box DEL Rio NEWS-HERALD 43rd YEAR NUMBER 136 Phone 775-3531 DEL RIO. TEXAS 78R40, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 9K 1970 10c COPY TEN PAGES TODAY Agnew Confers On Withdrawal Pftt By CARL P. LEUBSDORF Associated Press Writer SEOUL (AP) Vice Presi.

dait Spiro T. Agnew conferred for nearly six hours today with South Korean President Chung Hee Park about the troop wWi. drawalstne United States wants to make from Korea and the U.S. aid Park wants to offset the reduction in American forces. Agnew said the talks went they lasted far beyond the two hours that had been scheduled.

The vice president said he expected to resume his discussion with the South. Korean leader at dinner tonight. Agnew announced on his ar. rival Monday that the United States will provide South Korea with additional military aid to modernize its armed forces. No details are expected until after an American study of South Korea's military needs and talks between technical personnel of the two governments.

American sources say the Ko. reans are seeking a $3 billion, five-year program, more than four times the $140 million a year currently being provided. Korean sources have indicated Park would demand concrete assurances of U.S. aid dropping objections to Washing, of the 62,000 U.S. troops in Korea.

Agnew's lengthy cession with Park indicated the South Korean president and his aides laid out in considerable detail their contention that the U.S. withdrawals, part of the world, wide reduction of U.S. forces, could leave this staunch American ally open to a new invasion from Communist North Korea. Korean sources said Park bluntly told Agnew Monday, daring tne-viee'pi i airi- rival courtesy call, that he and his officiate' disagree with the U.S. assessment that another IriiT" vasion is extremely unlikely and that the South Koreans are strong enough to handle an.yV thing with the aid of the Ame'rS.

can fDrees that will remain. U.S. officials say their government will make no specific promises until it shopping list Park gives Agnew. The vice president also told newsmen en route to Seoul that he did not expect the Nixon ad. ministration to recommend any specific program to Congress as a result of his talks with Park.

Agnew told Park he doubts Congresswillenact into law the Senate amendment to cut the extra combat pay the United SUUes is providing for Korean and Thai soldiers in Vietnam. Korean leaders said the cut could force them to remove their contingent from Vietnam. Nonmilitary items also were discussed by the two leaders, in. cludingproposals in Congress to limit textile imports, a restriction that some American sources say might have even more drastic impact on Korea than on Japan. Before his conference with Park, Agnew paid a courtesy call on Nationa! Assembly speaker Rhee Hyo-sang and conferred with Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon.

Thuy Returns To Paris PARIS (AP) Xuan Thuy, North Vietnam's chief negotiator at the Paris peace talks, will return to the capital Wednesday, his office announced today. Thuy's arrival may be a sign of more serious negotiations at the so-far stagnant conferences, observers said. Thuy left for Hanoi last May, officially to report to his government. But it was believed he wished to boycott the talks because he felt that the acting U.S. negotiator, Philip C.

Habib, was 'ttxf low-ran king a substitute for ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. The United States named a full ambassador to the post in July, David K. E. Bruce, who returned from retirement to take the job. Bruce came to Paris Aug.

3. Bruce stayed in his office, sendin Habib to represent' him, apparently to his disc on. tent with HanoJte slowness to send back Thuy, Hanoi announced (Monday) that Thuy had actually started back to Paris the day before that session. Around Town By IMA JO FLEETWOQD JESUS TREVINO went to San Marcos Monday to take his daughter, Carmen, to begin her third year at Southwest Texas State University. GLORIA GARZA, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.

Joe Garza of Brackettville, recovering from surgery in Val Verde Memorial Hospital. She was brought here Saturday aad her operation was performed Sunday. Gloria, who completed two years at San Antonio College, had planned to enter Our Lady of the Lake In San Antonio next month but will not be able to do so until the second semester. MRS. ROY BAEZA left Sunday from San Antonio to Clerk Certifies Candidates Mrs.

AJicemae Fitzpatrick, Yd Verde County clerk, has fcjrtified the list of candidates i the necessary vote to for office in the and district. fUsled were Sergio Gonzalez county judge; Dixie Connolly, district clerk; Mrs. Fitzpatrick, county clerk; Cecil T. Adams, county treasurer; L. Fernandez, county i school superintendent; David 'Trent, county surveyor; WhjUshead, county i commisstpner -for 'Precinct' Henry Mills, -county commlfclomr for Precinct Nominated for Justice of Peace for Precinct 2 by the County Democratic.

Executive Committee Nominating Committee is Frank join her husband, Spec. Ray Baeze, who is serving a tour of duty In Europe. She was accompanied to San Antonio by her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Rodrigo Santellanes, and her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Santellanes. Mrs. Baeza is the former Miss Lydis Ana Santellanes of Del Rio." SAN FELIPE EX-STUDENTS will hold a picnic fov members and families Sept. 6, before Labor Day, at the roadside park on Sycamore Cteek, Highway 277 South, the president, Oscar Cardenas, has announced. He is administrative aide in the San Felipe Independent School District.

LT. COL, SAMUEL MYERS his wife Leslie, and two children, Samuel III and Laura, are visiting In Del Rio with hfs parents, Lt. Gen. (ret) and Mrs. Myers, 307 Stricklen Ave.

Col. Myers has just returned from Vietnam, where he served as executive officer and commander of the famous Second Squadron of the First Cavalry. This unit, stationed In Marfa before World War II, Is well known along the border and will be remembered by many Del Rioans. During their two weeks stay, the younger Myers 'will visit their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Spence of and tfcelr cousins, Mr. and Mi-a. Robert Spence Jr. and Mr, and Mrs. Charles Sellers.

The younger Spences and the Sellers reside on their rancjHO. the Pino Solo and 'the Kscondido, southwest of Del in Northern Coahutla. Swly In September. Myers and his family will go to Ft, Knox, where he will be assigned to the Combat Developments Command Armor Agency. Uvalde School Case Brought to Del Rio Second Allies Turn Sllit Back Cona I Expected DONATION OF Pena, left, coordinator of bilingual education at the San Felipe Independent School District, accepts a donation of 700 textbooks from Capt.

Ramiro Pena Guerra, Consul of Mexico. These textbooks, "My First Grade Book" and "My Second Grade Book" have been used all over the Republic of Mexico. The San Felipe Independent School District has received 350 of each for use in the bilingual education program in San Felipe. Possible' At Mideast Talks By WILLIAM N. OATIS Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.

Arab-Israeiipeace talks started here today under U.N. auspices and the Israeli dele, gate said he thought peace was possible if the Arabs really wanted it. Is raeli Ambassador Yosef Te. koah spoke to newsmen after a 45.minute meeting with Gunnar V. Jarring, U.N.

special representative for the Middle East. Their meeting was the opener of a new round of Middle East talks to which Israel, Jordan and Egypt agreed in accepting a U.S. peace proposal. Tekoah told reporters he had informed Jarring of "the basic principles of Israel's position." He said he would meet him again later today and would re. turn to Jerusalem for consultations this evening.

"Idon'tthink it would be useful to enter into details of our discussions," Tekoah added. "But as you know, the objec." live of thece discussions which we have commenced here with Ambassador Jarring is the establishment of a just and lasting peace between Israel and Egypt, Israel and Jordan. "All of us realize that to conclude a peace after a conflict which has lasted for 22 years will require the solution of many difficult problems. "However, if the Arab govern. ments prove desirous of attaining genuine peace with Israel, we are confident that this will be possible." Tekoah added that he would feel much better about the prospects "were It not for news about continuous violations of the cease-fire by Egypt." Jarring has been trying for nearly three years to nudge the Arabs and Israelis toward a peace agreement.

He is follow, ing his regular procedure of talking to one government and then another. The Arabs refuse to negotiate face.to-face with the Israelis. Both jarring and Secretary. General UThant were optimistic. Thant, arriving after Tekoah, said; "I am cautiously op.

timistic over prospects for peace, in fact more optimistic than at any other time since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war." He has no direct role in the current talks. Jarring told newsmen Monday he feels sure the three governments have "the firm intention of finding a solution." "I hope that with good will' and understanding they will in time reach agreement on a just and lasting peace," he said. Jarring was meeting today with Israel's chief delegate to the United Nations, Yosef Tekoah; Jordan's ambassador to the United States, Abdul Ham id Sliaraf, and Egypt's chief U.N. Hassan El Zayyat, Twister Hits Ouemado Store QUEMADO Dipping down at 6:30 p.m. Monday, twister hH the A.J.

Smith grocery store here and caused damaged estimated by Mrs. Smith at "several thousand dollars." No one was injured. Smith saw the twister as it dipped down. It took the roof off the market portion of the and the house adjoining the store at the rear. The television antenna, on a utility pole, was taken down and the garage destroyed.

"Five inches of water" caused additional damage in the store, Smith reported. Another twister was sighted Monday night at the Va5 Verdp Industrial Farm but did not touch the ground, observers reported. Commissioners Hear Fiood Control Report a Representatives with the Soil Conservation Service met with the Val Verde County Commissioners Court Monday to present further plans dealing with the San Felipe Creek Flood Control Project. C.R. Pusard, president of the Del Rto Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Devil's River Soil and Water Conservation District, also assisted in the presentation.

Land Rights Specialist Kelly Cook and Joe McEntire, along, with local 'Soli' Conservation Sejvice representative, Bis'iop, presented a special casement form which the court will use in obtaining easements from property owners In the project area. The court approved the of the project, and voted to file It for future reference. Sponsors for the project are their water supply "This Is our Val Verde County, City of Del life Judge Jim Lindsey Rio and the Soil Conservation said. Service. Cook said the final work plan is now being completed, and will probably go to Washington In about wo months.

He said It will be several months later, however, before wor can begin. After work begins, Cook estimated It will take about a year to complete. dam to be constructed will be 54 feet high and about one-half long. The project will be constructed to contain about 32,000 acres. The court discussed asking the Texas Water Quality Board to create a district coving the City Manager James Hester met vfith the court io discuss the work being done as a joint effort by the city and county clean-up crews.

It was agreed that the work being done to clean up after Hurricane Celia should ba completed in-about two more weeks, and the county crews could.return to their wovk. Foreman of the county' crews told the court ihat there were some alleys in Del Rio that had not been cleaned for and termed It; By T.JEFF WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer PUN CM PENH, Cambodia (AP) South Vietnamese and Cambodian warplanes drove back attacking North Viet, namese and Viet Cong forces to the north and south of Phnom Penh today, military spokesmen reported. The enemy assaults were launched overnight against the battered village of Prek Ta- meak, nine miles northeast of Phnom Penh, and against the frequently attacked town of Saang, 19 miles south of the capital. Fighter-bombers and Cambodian gunboats on the Mekong River came to the defense of Prek Tameak, which was over. 727 Back Safely PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Trans World Airlines jetliner, hijacked to Cuba by a husky young: man who wore an Army uniform and "fooled the pilot," landed safely early today at Philadelphia International Air.

port. The Boeing 727 touched down at a.m., 2 hours after it was originally scheduled to ar. rive Monday at 7:33 pjn. on a flight from Las Vegas. The hijacker, who boarded the plane on a military half fare ticket, left the plane at Havana.

The other passengers and a crew of six returned to Philadelphia after a stop in Miami. Two FBI agents also returned with the plane from Miami. FBI agent Oliver Eevell said the passenger manifest identified the hijacker as Robert J. Labadie. The pilot said the man showed him a military identification card with the iame name on It.

The hijacker, riding in the first class section of the Philadelphia-bound flight told a stewardess to order the pilot of TWA flight 134 to Cuba or he would signal a friend in the coach sec. tion. to set off a bomb. The hijacker, described as in his late 20s, boarded the flight in Chicago. He took over as the plane passed Fort Wayne, and allowed it to land in Pittsburg to refuel before making the hop to Havana.

The plane returned to Miami at 1:36 a.m. today where FBI agents and Intelligence officers questioned the pilot, Capt. Warren George of New York City. run last week by a strong enemy force. The village is on the eastern side of the Mekong, While Phnom Penh is on the western bank.

ACambodian spokesman said theViet Cong were held back at Saang by a South Vietnamese AC47 gunship that circled most ofthenight, dropping flares and spraying the attack routes with rapidfirefrom its three7.62mm miniguns. There were no casualty reports from either Prek Tameak' or Saang. Some observers be. lieve the attacks are part of an enemy attempt to establish a foothold to harass the Phnom Penh area. The South Vietnamese air force reported that its Al Sky- raider bombers flew 24 sorties in the past week within a 6 to 15 mile radius around Phnom Penh, strafing and bombing North Vietnamese and Viet Cong positions.

In South Vietnam, action con. tinueci generally light. In one clash in the Mekong Delta 110 miles southwest of Saigon, South Vietnamees forces claimed killing 23 North Viet, namese and Viet Cong troops with the help of air and artillery strikes. South Vietnamese casualties were reported light. MRGDC To Meet Wednesday The Project Review Committee of the Middle Rip Grande Development Council will meet Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

in the MRGDC office in thii Del Rio Civic Center, according to Director Richard Thomas. On the agenda for review are two projects, the City of Uvalde Airport Improvement and the City of Eagle Pass Detective Bureau and Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Unit. The committee will review the projects for possible funding. DEL RIO AND VICINITY: Fair through Wednesday with hot afternoons and warm nights. Minimum tonight in the mid-70s; maximum Wednesday in the.high 90s.

Winds from the southeast at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Maximum temperature Monday, 98; minimum 75. Minimum temperature this morning, 73. Relative humidity at noon, 52 per cent. Time of sunset, 8:14 p.m.;.

time of sunrise, 7: 18 a.m. Name Trustee To County Board They were told to clwm nvrnw wiling only the brush and debris piled project to Protect the springs' In the alleys to alleviate the rom wh Rl now evjstSng 'since the Laughlln Air Base obtain brush has dried ovi, Joe De La Garza was named as trustee for Precinct No. 1 of the San Felipe area Monday at a of the Val Verde County School Board, which had been postponed previously due to a lac of quorum. Dr. L.M.

Cartall, president of the board, reported that he had contacted three eligible candidates about the position, one of whom was Uarza. A motion was made that Garza be. selected and carried unanimously. Mike Fernandez, superintendent, presented the Amlstfld Report Amlitad elevation this momhig was 1058.60, up .08 of-the at was 158.60 feet. Water storage amounted to 970,346 acre 1 of 1,808 acre surface measured 23,870 acres, an of 43 Downstream was 973 second feet, "unchanged from Monday.

budget for the coming year with a total of $22,446.50 along with a copy of the budget for last year which was almost identical to that of the coming year. After only a slight deliberation, the board accepted the budget 'unanimously as presented. Fernandez then reported that the bus routes for the jfuno, Del Rio, Langtry and San-Felipe schools would be the same as when approved In May except that Del Rio may have'to add another route due to more students than anticipated. The board was informed that drug usage and crime be taught and. that, the, state does not any textbooks on the subject.

Femsndcz' reported that had comC up with some the subjects that could be used. Fernandez went aay that 8 textbook committee hac tteltctad and will meet in uary to atiect to beyuatd schooJ of 197P-71, i J', Mrs. Cora Cottle, U.S. district deputy clerk, told the News-Herald today that a suit charging the Uvalde School Board denied Mexican-American students their constitutional right to "due process" has been filed, and papers should be in her office by noon tomorrow. The suit charges that the rights were denied after students were denied a hearing on grievances.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio Monday, but is to be a matter for the Western District of U.S. District Court. A second suit on behalf of a discharged teacher, Josue Garza, was expected to be filed today, but Mrs. Cottle said she did not know if the two were filed together, or if two separate suits would be filed.

The suit, filed for one pupil, Daniel Morales, student at Robb Elementary School but as a class action on behalf of all Mexican-American students in Uvalde. The youth's mother, in filing on behalf of the minor, is asking $150,000 damages for her son. Attorneys Pat Maloney and Jesse Gamez, joined by Mario Obledo, Texas attorney for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, are charging that the Uvalde board has never given a hearing to grievances first listed by students last Feb. 23. The suit notes that some 525 Uvalde pupils, "in protest of the board's to remedy grievances" on April 4, "refuse to attend 'in peaceful protest, and for the unwarranted dismissal of Josue Garza, a teacher." According to the suit, the board refused to call a special session on the gieivances and told parents they would not hear grievances at a regular session because the full board would T.ct be present.

The suit also says that additional requests for hearings were made, listing additional. grievances, but that the only response by the board was "ridicule and haughtiest rebuke." It adds that the walk-out resulted in several participating students' reclassification by their draft board and inducted into early service. In the federal suit, the board is accussed of practicing racial segregation and denying equality of education to Spanish-surnamed pupils; refusing to ake steps to rectify the language deficiency of the plaintiffs in order to open an instruction program to them; assigning Mexican-Americans to classes for mentally retarded or inferiors on the basis of criteria which essentially measure or evaluate English language; inadequately transmitting notices to parents by not issuing them in Spanish; and with categorically refusing to admit that problems currently exist. The suit claims the plaintiffs were forced to federal" court because of elementary school Principal E.P. Shannon's and the board's unreasonable and obdurate obstinancy." It asks for a temporary restraining order enjoining the defendants from discriminatory practice or penalizing Mexicans-American students, and to restrain the board from suspending Daniel Morales.

It ako asks for awards of $50,000 compensatory and $100,000 exemplary damages for him, plus legal costs. list of 15 grievances; attached to the suit, also claims that Shannon at one time put a notice on the bulletin card which read: "No MesHn Food Served Here." A later list of also, asks for a Mexican-American principal for Robb, Elementary School and other Ako to the suit, fc a copy of a notice from Shannon to- the dinniawd Apttt, "because of TOW wttfc m. A.