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rw nrr rr r-ir wi bpi -jrv 4 i- tr Sbe Jfao tribune I Gas Saved Couple Held by Ex-Convict FORT PIERCE FLORIDA PAGE THREE FRIDAY MARCH 25 1966 Ambulance Service Meeting Called In Martin County said Howard offered himself as hostage if Acree would let the Fawbushea go Acree consumed a bottle ri cooking sherry Fawbush said the only alcohol In tha house About one hour before police derided to lob in tear gat Acree came to the door with Mrs Fawbush He put the gun in his mouth and said he waa going to commit suicide Acree went back in the house laying he would come back out hooting Not long after that Trout said decided to fire the It waa 1:15 pm whan tha leaf gas waa lobbed into the bout nine houra after the atari ri the long ordeal A sharp pistol crack waa heard moments later Acree was rushed to' hospital when he died' Acree had been released from the Oregon State Penitentiary in December after serving a five-year term for grand larceny Before shooting himself Acree dictated a combined wifi" and confession to his sister Patrolman Wilson was report- ed in fairly good conditiotfto- AN ORE-PORT CARGO Two lOOfoot ateal pilee arrive at dockolde In Fret mantl Australia tor leading and delivery aboard the freighter Carman up the woatorn coaat to th Iren ere pert at DamplarKIng Sound Each pile welgha lift tons Air Force Probes Michigan Saucers PARKS City Dads Hunt For Federal Funds Stuart officials and citizens this morning set up the meeting after discussing various alternatives to replace the local pri- rate ambulance service which will end June 1 Celled by Invitation ef Mrs Richard Hupfel who asked an opportunity to discuss plan for emergency service developed in Glanc III and used in about 50 other communities around the country the mooting developed irtto a breed discussion of many possibilities Johns Funeral Home gave notice several weeks ago it would discontinue ambulsnce service at the end of May because of the financial burden imposed by the inclusion of ambulance employee under minimum wage law provisions John Santarriero local car dealer has offered the county an ambulance at no charge and the county has initialed a volunteer a 1 ance corpa Forty isix potential members have appeared at meetings so far County officials say the county Is prohibited under present sMutos from contributing to ambulance service The Glenco plan which combines fire and police departments with emergency ambulance service but not to the exclusion of private ambulance services was discussed as were many other plans none of which gained widespread sup port At the meeting were Mrs Hupfel County Commissioners Bruner and Ed Miller City Commissioner Arthur Sms City Manager Joe Crowder City Police Chief Jesse JTay lor Deputy Sheriff James Mills Mrs Walter Hupfel Richard Hupfel John Keeler Robert Hanna Sentarsiero Mrs Miller 'and the preee the fiscal agent flew to Atlanta yesterday The men filed application for a public facilities loan through the Community Facilities A gency of the Housing and Urban Development Dept "If the application ie approved" Harding sold "and the gevemment Has the meney it will mean that the government will buy bends limed to partially finance the propeied sanitary sewerage program at an Interest rate of 3J per cent" Harding went on to explain that this would be in the event that the city is unable to find equal or more favorable interest rates st the time of public eale of the bonds "Interest according to Harding "are going up and at the present time is very doubtful that you can obtain this kind of a rate from any private source' I In answer to questions concerning the progress of the request tor a federal grant to help finance the $35-miilion sewage and water expansion program Harding said he felt confident that the Fort Pierce application (it amounts is now bring re viewed in Washington DC (STUART BUREAU) City and county officials and private citizens will bold a joint meeting to discuss ambulance cervices some day next week as a result of a preliminary meeting held this morning A few Martin County and Rehearing' Sought in Davis Case Petition for rehearing of the federal appeals court reversal In the dynamiting and conspiracy conviction of four stricken attempting to wrack a Florida East Coast Railway train will be filed tomorrow This was learned by The News Tribune today through Assistant UA District Attorney Aaron Foosaner in Miami who said that although the deadline for filing was Thursday an extension was granted the District Attorney's office to permit the belated action "We believe that reconsideration is warranted" Foosaner aid "inasmuch as the reversal was based In part on comments by tha presiding judge We have asked the hearing on the grounds that mere Information be presented and expanded" On March 4 the Fifth Circuit XCourt of Appeals sitting In New Orleans overturned a i verdict of guilty returned by a 1 Miami jury Charges of attempting to derail trains were dismisse against John Wesley Davis of Fort Pierce and Joseph Leo Hugh Winn and John Katrikos all of Miami Foosaner said he had no Idea when or if the rehearing might be held provided it was granted 1 The appellate court in reversing the lower decision ordered further proceedings in the eases of Vedder and Davis however Double Take Exempts Juror LOS ANGELES (AP) The prospective juror eyed the prosecutor the prosecutor responded in kind did a double take and the juror was no longer even prospective "(A my gosh!" exclaimed May Reicbmann my son" 'Hello said Deputy Dist Atty Joseph Rejchmann who was preparing for a robbery-narcotics trial Judge James Dansby ex cused Mrs Reichmann Thursday "I really mind hut I've been excused from two juries already soon as I told them who my son she said Tbe'judge said such a coincidence never occurred before in his 40 experience STOCK REPORT DETROIT (AP) As reports of flying saucers whizzing through skies coo tin ued to multiply an Air Force investigator called news conference today to discuss his probe ri the unidentified flying objects Dr Allen Hynek a Northwestern (HI) University aito-physetat called the conference after spending almost a week nterviewing people in the nearby Ann Arbor and Hillsdale Sees Hope for Courthouse Land Deal (STUART BUREAU) County Commissioner Bruner said this morning he was optimistic that a plan for purchasing at reasonable cost land that is needed if the county is to build a $48437 addition to the Martin County Courthouse under present architect's plans can be worked out Bruner said if the purchase cannot be worked out the build' ing will be shrunk a foot or so but he added he felt optimistic over the purchase County Engineer Fred Ball said a stretch averaging about two fust in width and about 74 feet long would be required but offered estimate ri the cost "There are about 150 square feet he said "We probably should negotiate on the basis ri frontage on East Ocean County Attorney Dean Tooker designated by the commix si on to conduct negotiations with A Hunringer owner ri the strip ri land on which the county almost started building as out ri town this morning taking one ri hia sons to a doctor He waa expected to be baric in town this afternoon Tire Blowout Fractures Leg A tire-blowout on a sports car driven by William Benjamin Wike ri 1172 Seaway Dr sent the 60-year-rid man to Fort Pierce Hospital where be is being treated for a fractured leg His condition waa reported by the hospital today as good Wike was driving north on South Indian River Drive when the accident occurred at 2:55 pm Thursday about a mile north of Midway Road according to LL Wayne Scambier ri file Sheriffs Department The driver swerved to the left and struck a tree Causing $500 damage to the car PHILADELPHIA (AP) Dr Alfred Newton Richards 90 a former vice president ri file University of Pennsylvania and an internationally known (dentist died Thursday Richards served of the faculties ri Columbia and Northwestern universities before coming to Penn In 1910 all-age recreational areas and other related activities The From Pagj federal grant will not include however major structures such at stadiums or lighting for night activities City Commissioners are expected to consider a resolution with ngards to the open space program at Monday night's meeting If passed Harding says he expects the application to be in the mail next week SUIT and else what the county alleged wee junk Ramey was found guilty in county court last June Minn's trial was not held at the same time the lessor's trial was held but his case was brought up last week Trial was set for May 18 to give Mann time to clean up the area not bring used by Ramey Mann trid County Atty Dean Tooker and County Prosecutor William A Oughterson he would dean up the lot in the time allowed for trial before a jury The suit which seeks a writ of alternative mandamus teach-nically makes the county judge who sat on the Ramey case and set trial in the Mann case the defendant Other county officials had received no word of the case by the time of closing at the courthouse Thursday County Atty Dean Tasker said he wes surprised at the legal route being- taken by Mann's attorney but had no ether comment except to say in passing that the courts have held that zoning powers art proper as police power of the governments County Engineer Fred Bell who is mentioned in the suit at the issuing authority in complaints said he was amazed There are other allegations in the suit including one in which Mann claim that Judge Johnson refused to i amiss charges against him above his The case was filed in common law A Damper On Education An unknown culprit opened a window at Lawnwood Elementary School put a hose through and turned on the water Fort Pierce police reporetd School authorities said destructive mischief of this nature has been going on at the school for some time Detective Sgt Jim Britcher is investigating SPRINGFIELD Ore (AP) A Springfield nun said he was beginning to expect that he and his wife would be shot to death until police fired tear gas into their house allowing their escape from an ex-convict who held them prisoner for nine terrifying hours A few moments after the tear gas exploded Thursday after noon the ex-convict Harry Acree 33 shot himself to death with a pistol "If they would have waited another hour to fire that tear gas I think we would have all been said Charles Faw-buih 46 tiie hostage Few bush still nervous from the ordeal spoke from a room next to his wife's hospital room "My wife had a heart operation a few years ago and he's not supposed to get said Fawbush were a few times when I think she was going to make Mrs Fawbush was under treatment for shock Fawbush said that just before the end Acree "began to get meaner and meaner At the last he said these words: "I shot the dump eop and I haven't got a thing to lose got two buL lets in this gun and I can make both of them Fawbush said that after a policeman yelled that they were going to fire tear gas Acree sat in the chair with a gun pointed at Fawbush end his wife guess I just acted by reflex when the tear gss came through the window I grabbed my arm with one hand and the door with the other and pushed her out the door Then I went The day of terror was similar to another drama in nearby Eugene a week ago when a gunman persuaded police to give him an automobile The gunman Harvey LeRoy Baker 33 and hia hostages the Marvin Keeler family drove through downtown Eugene in the ear police closed in a single shot killed Baker The Keelers were not hurt The Springfield drama began when Acree fled to the Fawbush house after Patrolman Terrace Ml on 24 was Aot in the stomach Thursday morning when he and other officers searched an auto with expired license plates Acree and two companions were in the ear Acree shot Wilson after the officer found a shotgun in the oar A follow officer ar rested the two companions Fawbush said that Acne pounded on his door about 5:30 am as he was getting ready to go to work "I thought it was a neighbor in trouble or someone in our family trying to get hold of Fawbush said "I opened the door a crack and then the door flew open and there waa this gun a few inchea away from my face me hack into the bedroom and he said 'I've just shot a dump cop I want some He was barefoot He kept pointing the gun at me and his hand was shaking 'After a while he calmed down and after he found out the officer dead he said he was going to give himself up if 'that cop don't Meanwhile more than 50 police circled the area in this Oregon community of 22000 Police and others telephoned the house and talked with Acree and the hostages When Acree asked for his sifter police got her She walked into the house and tried to talk her brother into surrendering Spr infield Police Chief William Trout said sister Fay McCutcheon of Eugene ms in and out of the house several times State Police Capt Howard miked in the house unarmed in an effort to get Acree to surrender Fawbush day and tonight and a little warmer Saturday Low tonight in the 50s High Saturday in tha 70a Mostly northerly winds 13 to 18 miles an hour today becoming northeasterly by areas where most ri file sight- I tags have originated Hynek who hai studied and investigated UFOs for the past 15 years called the eonferepco day after the Air Force said it would have an explanation' of the sightings within 24 hours Saucer sigh bogs have been reported with increasing frm quency during the past two weeks especially in estremg southern tower Michigan Police at nearby Ypeilnnti said some 300 Eastern Michigan University coeds and 100 mate students reported earing bright lights over the school1! football field Thursdsy night aa they notched from their dormitories Three members of the unives sity police force said they lights in the sky when they arrived at the field but eotdd not determine whether they were objects GDbtiuarfea William Yates Wiliam Yates of 1208 11th -St Okeechobee died at Okeechobee General Hospital Wednesday evening at the aga of A resident ri the town for 70 years he leaves Ids wife Bessie five sons William Billy and Digram all ri Okeechobee and Edward of New York and Arch ri Galveston Texas three deughters Mrs Meady Raulerson Bessie Bronson and Mrs Muriel Jennings all ri Okeechobee two brothers John and Jasper both ri Okeecbobed three sisters Mrs Eminer Arnold Mrs Polly Ann Briggs and Mrs Etter Willis ms all of Okeechobee and 35 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren Fred A Noble (STUART BUREAU) Fred Albert Noble of 11 8 8th Ave Ocean Breeze Park a resident ri Jensen Beach for II years died Thuridayat the Martin Memorial Hospital at the age of 78 He had moved here from Keene He leave his wife Evelyn Noble ri Jensen Beach a daughter Mrs Mary Rafuii ri Brockton Masa two maters Mrs Mary Keen ri Stuart Fla and Mrs Mildred Pond of Chelmsford Mass one granddaughter and five great-grandchildren Eddie Gilliam Eddie Gilliam 71 of -U03 Avenue died Tuesday inPort Pierce Memorial Hoepitil j- Mr Gilliam was sharpen ter by profession and a long-time resident ri Fort Pierce He is survived by Mi wife Rosa Hair Gilliam six children -two grandchildren four aiiteri and a brother Louisville dear 38 Memphis dear 45 Miami dear 78 Milwaukee dear 23 Mpls-StP cloudy 25 New Orleans clear 60 New York dear 58 Okie City cloudy 49 Omaha dear 27 Philadelphia dear 70 Phoenix cloudy 81' Pittsburgh cloudy 54 -Ptlnd Me rain 38 Ptind Ore dear 66 Rapid City dear -15 Richmond dear 67 St Louis dear 28" Salt Lk City- dear 51 San Diego cloudy 65 San Fran cloudy 62 Seattle deer 57 Tampa clear 75 Washington dear S3 Milling) Trying to keep pace with government aid programs Fort Pierce City Manager Alfred Harding City Finance Officer Huskey and Bill Hough VIET Thuot The infantrymen killed From Page' One 124 Communists in Operation Garfield a spokesman said The Viet Cong gave another demonstration of their ability to stage hit-end-run raids within earshot of downtown Saigon by attacking a hamlet less than two miles from Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Airport Flare planes lighted file skiea as government artillery beat off the attackers The guerrillas struck with grenades and mall arms There wea no report of casualtiee on either side The Marines and the Vietnamese 2nd' army division be gen Operation Texai last Sun day after the Viet Cong overran a small outpost at An Hoa killing 32 of the 80 defenders The AHies struck back with three and then six battalions in a pincer operation The AHies poured nearly 7000 rounds of artillery fire into enemy positions and planes flew countless air strikes When Viet Cong resistance stiffened more troope were flown in by helicopter and others came by coaetel Highway The pincer finally tightened on the enemy when the Marines cut off escape by the Truk Hire River to the south and file Vietnamese troope blocked off High way 1 on tfie east The pattern was a repetition of the tactics employed in Operation Utah two weeks ago to break up three mixed Viet Cong-North Vietnamese battaL ions The Allied officers gave these statistics on enemy tosses: 456 Viet Cong bodies counted 780 wounded or killed carried away and 84 weapons 22 tons of rice and two tons of ammunition captured Clearwater PO 'MIAMI Milwaukee Investment Co of Detroit apparently will build a postoffice at Clearwater to lease to the government but officials said a lower bid might be in the mail The Michigan firm was low bidder Thursday It bid $52-000 a year on a basic 20-year lease and offered six 5-yesr renewal options at $50000 a year offering file government an option to buy for $650000 SOUTH BRIDGE TIDES Today High am Low 5:42 am 5:48 pm Tamar raw High 12:16 am 12:16 pm Low 6:18 am 6:30 pm (Jetty Tides Two Hours Earlier) LOCAL DATA High Yeiterday 75 Low Today 60 Rainfall Barometer 3002 Sunset Today 6:34 pm Sunrise Tomorrow 6:19 am 5-Day Forecast Temperatures Saturday and through Wednesday will average three to five degrees below normal except about tiro degrees below normal extreme south Some sample nor-mala include Jacksonville high 75 low S3 Tampa 77 and 57 Miami 81 and 62 Key West 77 and 49 Rainfall will average McCain Opens Headcpiarters On Saturday Campaign headquarters for state senate candidate McCain wifi be formally opened Saturday at 10 am according to announcement from St Lucie County earn-paigi manager Ed Bailey McCain la running against Sen John McCarty in file 12th district comprised of 9L Lucie Martin Indian River and Okee Counties According to Bailey the office located at 125 Fourth St wifi maintain a full schedule with hours from 9 to 5 on weekdays and 9 to 12 noon on Saturdays Mrs Paul Frere is office manager end personnel will be available at all limes to answer questions' Coffee and doughnuts will be served and the public is Invited to attend HOSPITAL Fart Fierce Mamerial Visiting heurs at Fart Pierce Memerial Hospital: Private JO em tei 1:39 pm' Wards 3 to 4 pm and 7 to 0:30 pm Other semi-private 3 to 4 pm and 7 to 1:30 pm Maternity 3 to 4 pm and 7 to 1:39 pm (Fathers and grannmethera only may visit In tha maternity department and only two viei-tore at a time No visitors undar 14 years of ate- BLOOD DONOR HOURS Monday Threugn Friday 1:30 pm Wednesday night (by ap-peintment Phene 7 pjru-9 pm Saturday am-ll neon ADMISSIONS THURSDAY Mrs Agnu Peirce SOS Azalei Ave Mra Abble Furchak Causeway Trailer Court lira Maggie Anderson 1610 No 15th St Mlehaal Palmero Arc yri Z0T No 12th St: Paul Vlelno is mot 713 Palm Avanus Mra Plnrance Willems 107- North 16th Street Glenn Walker llZi Avenue Lor-ri A Mann am moa Dixie Mobile Homes Mrs Barbara Gilbert 2810 Avenue WnUam Wlke 1171 Senway Drive Mr Carrie Summerlin Bt Box 874 Alton Rogers am I years Okeechobee: Loiter 9 Reaves am weeks 1011 Avanue DISCHARGES THURSDAY William Ware am I moa 1203 Avenue John Smith ZOO No Slat St Mrs Myrtle Bush Sfl02 So Federal Highway Valmore Brown Stuart: Walter Nettles 1801 So Hrd St Orena Bailey an moa 710 No 9th Bt Jamei umaford 4306 Avenue Charles Fulllck Ketr St Vivian D-Ward 'age I yra 1B No 17th Sti Mra Hazel Hnghind Vero Beach: Leon Hlnote Box 873: Mra Pearle Williams 111 No lath Court Mra Oliva Meialdc 1108 Juanita Ave WTVX Telecasts A Week Away Regular programming is still a week or moreyaway for WTVX Fort Pierce's new uL tra high frequency television station First broadcasts of test pictures Thursday were received in both Vero Beach and the Fort Pierce areas telephone calls confirmed according to Don Lord program director The UHF station will be working for the coming week on improving technical quality of its patterns and preparing iive local coverage and a local show to be called "Off the Lord said WTVX broadcasts on Channel 34 wiH replace the current programs on Channel 4 of Ca ble vision in this area and carry CBS programs UHF Growing MIAMI (AP) The Storer Broadcasting Co saying it is encouraged by growing numbers of TV sets with UHF will reactivate its Miami UHF television Channel 23 inactive since 1957 The station will be known as WGBS-TV i lees then one half inch with showers mainly Sunday or Monday Florida Forecast FLORIDA: Mostly sunny today and Saturday Continued cold north and cool south today and tonight and a little warmer Saturday Few spots ri frost inland sections of extreme north tonight Low tonight 45 to 55 except mid 30s inland sections ri extreme north and tow 60s Keys High Saturday mainly 60s northeast and extreme north and 70s elsewhere ZONES Scattered frost tonight Fair through Saturday Continued cold today and tonight and a Htfie warmer Saturday Low tonight in the mid 80s High Sab urday In the upper 80s Norther iy winds 10 to 15 miles an hour today becoming northeasterly Saturday THE WEA THER Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Lew Pr Albany cloudy S7 S3 J9 Albuquerque clear 56 33 Atlanta clear 52 28 Bismarck cloudy 39 25 Boise dear 58 32 Boston doudjr 52 46 AS Buffalo now 42 20 16 Chicago clear 28 15 05 Cincinnati dear 35 21 41 Cleveland snow 35 17 Denver dear 62 Des Moines dear 27 16 Detroit cloudy 35 20 Fairbanks MM Fort Worth cloudy 55 41 Helena dear 56 27 Honolulu Indianapolis cloudy 32 34 -Jacksonville clear 74 36 Juneau Kansas City dear 43 28 Los Angeletj rain 72 53 43 Fair through Saturday Continued cold today and tonight and a little warmer Saturday A few spots ri frost likely tonight at colder locations well inland and away from the coast Low in the 40a except ranging to file mid 80s well inland High Saturday in the 60s Northerly winds 10 to 18 miles an hour today becoming northeasterly 8 to 15 miles an hour Saturday Mostly sunny today and Saturday Continued cool this afternoon and tonight and a little warmer Saturday Low tonight 45 to 52 High Saturday 70 to 73 North to northeast winds 8 to 15 miles an hour Mostly sunny today and Saturday Qontinued cool to.