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Pagi 2 A IBlrfjtta Stall (Tbur Ditmr im -CMTA pall tbxas State Hospital Finds Camping Helps More Bodies Said Possible ies already found until al 27 are identified Elmer Wayne Henley Jr 17 and -David Owen Breaks 18 have been Indicted on murder charges in eight of the slayings Football Forecast: Soggy And Chilly David A Williams of 4302 Highland Drive was honored by Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Texas at- a recognition dinner and reception Thursday in Dallas which recognised Williams' 20 yean employment with Blue Cross He is district sales manager for the company here By KATRICIA COCHRAN Times Staff Writer Football forecast: Rain Dribbling rain which gave way io thunderstorms about noon Friday threatened to continue whenever they choose Usually all is quiet by IdJn and they're up shortly after sunrise to get hot coffee before breakfast Won WWW Off pNMj OK CPi POCOW toast and jelly and more coffee Later there is more free time for exploring swimming or just sitting STAFF a Flournoy noted are alert to personal needs of the patients and sometimes take the opportunity to counsel with them Progress in their condition is of-' ten traced back to these sessions Hopefully the psychologist explained all patients who want to go camping will be afforded the opportunity But at present those who sign up at the ward level are screened on the basis of behavior and need-for the relaxed atmosphere IN ADDITION to the therapy value the trips are something of a reward for good behavior Dr Flournoy pointed out and the-influence is readily noticeable on the wards But more important the outings result in patients becoming more alert more highly motivated and more enthusiastic about the over-all program The excursions were started in 1171 by Art Blake RN and James Cason staff mem- ben who still take part patties others bringing water from the campground pump or firing places at which they will eaL a camping trip everyone Is a cam-per Boundaries real or imagined are mi-t' nimised and patients can lean to relate in a more open manner They have the opportunity to be more independent and fori that -they really are explained Flournoy often take greater pride la them- selves and their family while on a campout They become more expressive and participate more freely" SCRIBUNGS IN DIARIES and poems which some write Indicate their appreciation of the natural beauty they observe in the Wichita Mountains Few fall to comment on the view at dusk from the top of ML Scott One patient compared the twinkling lights of Lawton to the stars The ML Scott trip is a regular on the outings Back in camp after dark patients with help of staff members light a fire and story telling singing jokes group discussions and domino games pari midnight Dr Flournoy stressed that patients are allowed to retire and rise in the morning Memben ef Onr Lntheraa Charch win 25th anniversary with special services Saturday nad Sunday Lakeside Sues Wichita Falls Agnew Deal SAN ANTONIO Tex (AP) -Atty Gen EUtott Richardson should be compelled to resign in the wake of the probated sentence given former1 Vice President Spire Agnew says US Rep Henry Gonzalez D-Tex Gonzalez says event in which Agnew resigned and pleaded no contest to a tax evasion charge point to quickie deal" prostitutes further the already-prostituted Justice said Gonzalez adding no one rise besides Agnew would received such privileged treatmeuL Gonzalez commented In Washington Thursday Richardson been a part of this whole said Gonzalez referring to problems 1 He said Wednesday's developments apparently were a planned move by President Nixon to handpick a successor The leaks about the Justice Department investigation and subsequent pressmen on Agnew can be traced to the White House he said HOUSTON (AP) Pc'i are exploring the poasibiLty that bodies might be -found i six of the 27 youths hum in the Houston mass murders were discovered Asst DisL Atty Don Lam-bright in charge of prosecuting two youths indicted in the slayings said Thursday another search was conducted last Tuesday at High Island Tex' and more searches mdy be made there He said a search was made i the beach of the Gulf of Mexico at High Island after the medical examiner's office here found an extra arm and pelvis bone among the remains of two youths uncovered in a single grave there -But further digging at the site where the bodies of FYank Aguirre and Johnny Ray Detome were recovered failed to "locate anything of additional Lambrlght said "Until wo are satisfied there is not another body there we may well go back he said The- search win go on we have an explanation for the bone inventory At this point we have no explanation Lambrlght who accompanied officers Tuesday said is a unique possibility that one of the graders waking the beach could have graded up the from another gravesite and carried them to this one "We know whether the bones originated at this another gravesite It could be possible that a body was -buried there years ago Or a body may have washed up there Anything is possible" Six bodies were found in five graves along a half-mile stretch at High Island Seventeen woe disinterred in a Houston boat stall and four in East Texas near Lake Sam Rayburn Of the 27 bodies 20 have been identified Dr Joseph A Jacfaimczyk Harris County medical examiner said Thursday he could not be positive that the bones were from another of the bod State GOP Leaders Give Veep Chokes states House GOP Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan was mentioned by five chairmen But virtually every name speculated upon as a possible candidate was cited at least once There wu an ample offering of favorite sons among them Sen Howard Baker Jr from Tennessee Sen Bob Dole from Kansas Sen Marlow Cook from Kentucky former Gov Walter Hlckel from Alaska Sen Jesse A Helms from Noth Carolina Gov Arch A Moore Jr from Wert Virginia and Gov Robert Ray of IOwa' Of the If Republican governors only file five made their preferences known Three Te out of the country and could not be reached and 11 either had not offend names a would not disclose them Among those 11 were four Reagan Rockefeller Ray and Moore named by their home-state chairmen The Rev Robert Pride a native Wichitan will be installed pastor of St John Baptist Church in Childress Tex at 3 Sunday He has previously held pastorates in Quanah Henrietta and Amarillo The political action committee of the Wichita County Women's PoMcal Caucus met Thursday sight and sent President Nixon a telegram ngtag appointment of a woman as sue-ir to Spire Agnew The caucus urged the appointment ef Jill Rnchelshans or Anne Armstrong to replace Agnew as vice preaUeat As part of the US Naval Reserve's observance of the 196th anniversary of the US Navy a display of ship models made by reservist Bill Carter a city fire department lieutenant went on display Friday in the lobby of the First-Wichlta National Bank The models will be on display all next week Six Wichita Falls students and their office education teachers will be participating in the Area IV Office Education Asso-ciatkm'a officer training workshop Saturday at Abilene Christian College Students par ticipating Include Sandy Hicks president and Lynne Elliott secretary from Rider High School Gay Lovelee president and La-donna Copes vice president from Wichita Falls High School and Nancy Trigooa and Card Stewart presidents of file two programs at the Technical Training Center Constitution The City of Lakeside City in Archer County Friday brought suit against the City of Wichita Falls asking a district court to the extraterritorial jurisdiction" between the two as approved by the Municipal An nexation Act The suit was filed by Henrietta attorney Frank Douthltt And assigned to the 89th District Court of Judge Temple Driver The petition bore the name of William Hays mayor of lakeside According to the petition lakeside City is a "duly in fcorporated general law city having less than 5000 and having an extraterritorial jurisdiction of one-half inlie It sets out that the City of JVlchita Falls is a home rule city a population in excess pf 50000 and less than 100000 and having an extraterritorial jurisdiction of three and Jme-half miles" I suit alleges the jurisdiction of lakeside City is overlapped by the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the defen-idant" And no agreement it States has been reached concerning apportionment Lakeside City buys water Jrom the City of Wichita Falls The petition states "pursuant to a written agreement and to furnish water service Jo inhabitants of the overlapping iarea" But the City of Wichita according to the suit "refuses to allow plaintiff to deliver such services because Store has been no apportionment fof the extraterritorial Jurisdiction and those inhabitants may jor may not be within the-extraterritorial jurisdiction Right-To-Work Attempt Set LO Nelson Office Supply i7 icon WICHITA MUL TOtaS DESKS CHAIRS FILES sporadically through Saturday in the Wichita Falls area And in the Austin area the bodies of two persons whd drowned during near cloudbursts Thursday were recovered Friday By noon Friday 30 of an inch of precipitation had been tallied at the National Weather Service to boost Wichita Falls' total for the month to 178 Par for October is 287 inches Year's moisture measurement to date is 2878 while normal is 2168 inches TIMES RAIN GAUGES Atop Times Square 10 Midwestern Fire Sta 118 Fillmore Fire Sta JO Bonner Fire Sta JO Beverly Fire Sta JO SW Parkway Fire Sta JO Windtherst Rd Fire Sta J2 At Lake Kemp 12 of an inch fell Friday morning Only light showers sprinkled the two municipal reservoirs Levels of both Lake Arrowhead and Lake Kickapoo remained steady Friday Arrowhead collected 10 of an inch of rain Its level is 911 feet Spillway is 928 At Lake Kickapoo a trace was reported Level is 10433 while spillway is 1045 feet WITH SKIES mostly cloudy and winds northeasterly at 5 to 15 miles per hour Friday temperatures were expected to warm to near 70 Morning minimum was 57 following 72-degree maximum Forecasters at the National Weather Service said the overnight low should dip to the middle 60s with high climbing to the lower 80s Winds Saturday should be southerly RAINS SET off by a dying cold front doused much of South Texas during the night causing temporary flooding in a few areas In Austin where water rose three feet deep in underpasses and forced occupants to flee at least 50 homes Thursday police found the body of Mrs Maxine Elam 44 director of Women in Communications Her body was about a quarter mile from where she vanished from street Thursday Her car had been stalled by a flooded low water crossing at a creek Her husband Richard is an associate dean at the University of Texas Also found was the body Bryan Drummond 10 several miles south of Austin in the Onion Creek area He was washed off a bridge during Thursday's storm The frontal system which loosed even heavier deluges farther north the day before was dissipating after coasting as far south as a line from between Houston and Galveston toward the southwest into Mexico Before the rainfall tapered off the downpours were heavy enough to fill many streets in and around Corpus ChriSti Moisture amounts Thursday ranged up to 680 inches at Papaiote in Bee County Measurements at other points included Tynan 580 Mathis 510 Austin 464 Beeville 397 Corpus Christi 280 Houston 265 College Station 264 Victoria and Waco both 247 Dallas 218 Fort Worth 209 Alice 206 Tyler 200 Lufkin 199 San An tonlo 167 Longview 151 and Wichita Falls 134 Texas should be given a right to vote on a matter historically considered so fundamental to them" The GOP House members also said they would not support any candidate for chairman of the 1974 Constitution Convention who does not support a right-to-work law in the constitution Those signing the statement included Reps Fred Agnlch Kay Bailey Sid Bowers Tom Craddick Bob Davis Milton Fox Frank Gaston Don Henderson Ray Hutchison Al Korioth Bob Maloney Jim Nowlin Dick Reynolds and Joe Sage By JIM WILLSE Associated Press Writer The names Connally Reagan Goldwater and Rockefeller appear the most popular among state Republican leaders suggesting prospective succei to Spiro Agnew according to a survey of GOP state chairmen The suggestions were in response to resignation as vice president after admitting income tax evasion President Nixon asked Republican governors congressmen and state party leaders to offer names to be considered in the replacement process GOP National Chairman George Bush himself listed in number of the telegrams sent Thursday to Washington said nearly all 150 members of the Republican National Committee got their recommendations in by the 5 pm deadline The suggestions from the states were to be considered along with responses received from 165 of the 192 Republican members of the House and those provided by a majority of GOP Senators State chairmen in 50 states were contacted by The Associated Press and asked who they favored Eight said they had not sent suggestions to Washington and eight said they had but would not disclose than All the others 34 made their choice or choices known Some listed one choice others more One is many six Not all were listed in order of preference In addition five GOP governors listed their preferences The names mentioned most often were those of four men considered likely candidates for the job: forma: Texas Gov John Connally New Yak Gov Nelson A Rockefeller California Gov Ronald Reagan and Sen- Barry Goldwater of Arizona Connally the Democrat-turned-RepufaUcan and Reagan were named by 15 charimea who responded Goldwater by 10 and Rockefeller by 10 Reagan Goldwater and Rockefeller woe the only names submitted by chairmen in their home Paul Scheurer Service Dept 723-2139 Service Any Brand CENTRAL HEATING let Us Install A HUMIDIFIER For Your Health PUNNED SERVICE SAVES YOU MONEY AUSTIN Tex (AP) Fourteen of the 17 Republicans in the Texas House said Thursday they will try to get a provision written in the new constitution The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission made no recommendation concerning a so-called right-to-work law when it completed its draft of a new constitution The provision is by statute only at the present time The i Republican representatives said in a statement that they were taking a stand because among other things the AFL-CIO has emphasized that its No 1 legislative objective in Texas is to enact a so-called statute Under such a law the holder of a job would he required to pay money to an union whether or not he is a member This would have the indirect effect of repealing the right-to-work law in Texas This should not be done without a vote of the people and the Constitution Convention process is a perfect and timely vehicle by which the people of Jury Deadlocked (a Estate Case A 30th District Court jury was dismissed shortly' before' noon Friday after jurors reported they were unable to reach a verdict in a suit involving an estate of about 2 million Testimony started Monday in the case and the jury began deliberation about 11 a Thursday Judge Arthur Tipps said the suit contesting the will of Harry Parker) late Wichita County rancher and oil operator was brought by a surviving brother and sister and nieces and nephews Parker left an estate Tipps said valued at about 62 million War Powers Sill Approved CAM IN OID OOU) WASHINGTON (AP) The House gave final congressional 'approval today to a bill that ould Impose landmark restraints on the president's war-Tnaking powers sending the measure to the White House land near-certain veto Republican Leader Gerald Ford predicted President Nixon ould veto the bill for the same Reasons he gave when he told the House June 28 two of its provisions were "dangerous land Backers of the measure were Switching today's vote for an indication of whether they can uster the two-thirds vote needed to override a veto NACOL1 JEWELRY Hearing Is Re-Set Hearing on an application for a writ of 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