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Wichita Falls Times from Wichita Falls, Texas • 8

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PageiA tPirijiti JTflllt gtwtf WIcMta Faftt TvM Tanft vmtai Marc I nt Dallas woman rescued -7- 4 in takeover are listed fi'v Mrs Hoffman said her daughter told her last night those barricaded with her had expected to spend the night in office "I feel much better now" Mrs Hoffman aid "But this thing is not over Itis terrifying I Just heard where the terrorists are saying they will kill some hostages" Mrs Hoffman said that when her daughter called to tell her she was out of the building -I started to cry I didn't know what to do I told her to call my mother (in Connecticut) who was worried about her So I know my mother has heard her voice and that's a relief" Miss Hoffman is a graduate of Hockaday a private school for girls in Dallas and Southern Methodist University She has lived in Washington for the past few years and has served as national executive director of B'rith Women since December from the police commend post next to the building where she and others had been taken by the rescuers "I only talked to her for a few minutes I can't even remember how she said they were rescued There waa something about the SWAT teem going through a stairwell and that's how they were taken ouL" In a telephone interview with The Associated Pres Wednesday Miss Hoffman had said she had heard someone come running down the hall yelling "lock your door She added later she heard throe shots fired She said she and four others closed (he door and desks chairs end bookshelves against She said she was told the terrorists first were on the fifth floor and later moved up to the eighth "The police knew they were Mrs Hoffman said DALLAS (AP) A Dallas woman who was among the persons trapped by the terrorist attack on the B'nJ! B'rith building has been rescued by a police SWAT team her mother said today The women Fee Hoffman 32 executive director of B'nal B'rith Women a Jewish service organization had barricaded her-df In her office along with four other persona Wednesday afternoon after they heard riiota fired right outside the door" One person was killed and several were wounded as a group of terrorists took over that building and two others Miss Hoffman's mother Sylvia said had talked lo her daughter several times Wednesday on Uie telephone ceiling her office directly "Last night she called me and said out' Mrs Hoffman said Mrs Hoffman said her daughter called i Mfcfll 6-) I uj 'lb 11 tfi 1 jv1' 'T-'I r- 4 av-dr -1 Carter to stand firm on water project cutoff ANTHONY QUINN IN CONTROVERSIAL ROLE as Mohammad with director-producer Moustapha Akkad (AP Photo) Producer willing to show controversial film to gunmen WASHINGTON (AP) Here la a Mat of known casualties in (he takeover of three buildings by terrorists Wednesday: KILLED Maurice WiiUama 22 news reporter for WHUR-FM Howard University radio station shot to death at the District of Columbia cHy hall WOUNDED Marlon Barry 41 District of Columbia councilman shot In chest at city hall hospitalised 1 In fair condition Robert Pierce SI security guard at city hall reportedly paralysed from the waist down after being shot Mack Cantrell SI security guard at city hall hospitalised In good condition with a bullet wound In the right hand Wesley llymcs 11 hospitalised with a gunshot wound In the IcR arm and a machete cut blithe left hand Injured In takeover at B'nal B'rlth headquarters building Alton Kirkland hospitalised In serious condition after surgery for hack and chest stab wounds Injured at B'nal B'rlth building Brian Golliday 22 Severna Fark Sid treated and released Injured at B'nal B'rlth building Steven Wlddes 26 Arlington Va treated and released Injured at B'rlth building Three wounded hostages at B'nal B'rith building unidentified condition unknown One man wounded In the takeover at cHy hall originally thought to he dead condition unknown Identity unknown Hostage trade offer extended WASHINGTON (AP) A congressman and a relative of a woman held In the siege by llanafl Moslems have 'Volunteered to trade places with some of the hostages Rep Robert Donum R-Calif who visited the District Building one of the three sites under siege during the night Mid Thursday he was offering to give himself up if other elected officials would make similar offers at the two other buildings where hdstages are being held Carl von Goetz of Oakley Md half-brother of a woman being held In the Islamic Center offered to replace his relative but the terrorists refused the offer In the House Rep Larry McDonald D-Ga said Metropolitan Police Department had closed out Its Intelligence files and "as a direct result of the lack of advance the seizure of hostages and the death of a newsman took place ects would be reviewed for economic necessity and environmental safety He said the review would be completed April 11 Corps of Engineer projects on the list are: Lukfata Lake Oklahoma Yatesville Palntsvillend Day-ton Ky Dickey-Lincoln Maine Meramac Lake Mo Cache River Ark Grove Lake Kan Freeport III At-chafalaya River Bayous Chens Boeuf and Black La Richard Russell Ga Bureau of Reclamation project! on the list are: i Fruitland Mesa Savery Pot-Hook and Dolores Project Colo Garrison Project ND Oahe project SD Orme Dam Central Arizona Project Ariz Auburn Folsom South Unit Calif Bonneville Unit Central Utah Project Utah He said the projects would provide Jobs something Carter ia trying to do with "make work" measures "I don't think that the President gave us any reasons for reassurance" said Rep Gene Snyder R-Ky "I would be surprised if they (members of Congress) didn't reinstate them ail" Members of the delegation aid some of the hearings on the projects would be held in the states where they are located But Gam declared "I'm afraid this hearing process might be Just window dressing" Virtually every member of the congressional group has an interest In one or more of the 19 projects Carter deleted the projects last month from the fiscal 1976 budget He said the savings would total $2266 million The President Mid the proj WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter told a congressional delegation today he intends to stand firm on his proposal to cut off funds for 19 water projects in It states until they are reviewed But some of the congressmen said the projects will be funded anyway "It seemed to me the President was going to pretty much tough it through" said Sen William Hathaway D-Maine after he and the otter members of Congress met with Carter at the White House "He had pretty much made up his mind that these projects should be But Stat Jake Gam R-Utah aid "the chances are overwhelming that they (a majority of the projects) will be put back In by Congress" Gam said Democratic members of the delegation questioned the cost effectiveness of cutting the projects NEW YORK (API Moustapha Akkad producer and director of "Mohammad Messenger of God" said today he was willing to show his film to the llanafl Moslems holding hostages In Wellington and destroy It If they found It offensive He said he has Informed Washington authorities he was ready to go to the capital but was told not to and that the film was a side Issue "I said I'll show It to them and I will destroy the Rim If It Is offensive to them" he said Washington authorities also told him not to do anything that might Inflame the situation such as holding a news conference or appearing on television he said by telephone from a midtown hotel The film depicting the rise of the prophet of Islam opened In New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday but was withdrawn in mldscreen- Ing to comply with one of the demands of the terrorists Akkad a Syrian-born Moslem said the film which was five years in the making and cost 117 million was being shown in and Libya and has been scheduled for Egypt Syria Morocco Algeria and other Islamic nations Ihe film's national distributor Irwin Yab-Ians said Wednesday that all advertising and promotion has been canceled The movie which chronicles 23 years in the life of Muhammad from the prophet's spiritual awakening at 40 to his death at 63 in 132 AD stars Anthony Quinn Irene Pappas Michael Ansars and a Syrian-born actor named Johnny St-kka Sekka said In New York Wednesday he was mystified by objections to the move "I made the film to bring the story of Islam the story of 700 million people to the West" Sekka said Wholesale prices up WICHITA FALLS Lawrence at Kell 692-1121 0UILDIN6 SUPPLY CENTERS Shop 8 1 6 Mon-Fri 8 5 Saturday LUMBER ROOFING PLYWOOD PAINT PANELING DOORS WINDOWS INSULATION HARDWARE FENCING PLUMBING ELECTRICAL Md MUCH MORE Lubbock Wichita Fills Sbtrman Bcflori Brownwood Austin (2) Weimar Gihreston La Marque Brazoria Webster Brazosport Odessa Bill collector controls sought WASHINGTON (AP) Two state regulators of bill collectors testified today that federal regulation Is needed because state laws can do little about collectors' calls from another state "We are currently finding it very difficult if not impossible lo put a halt to abuse of Californians when calls come In from other states as far away as New York" said Douglas Falgln chief of California's Bureau of Collection and Investigative Services Falgln and Shefry Cheno-1 weth director of the Minnesota Office of Consumer Services' endorsed proposed federal regulation of bill collectors sharply during the month Department analysts said the Increase appeared larger than the true underlying rale of price rise because natural gas producers were refunding money to customers In the months prior lo December and that kept prices for those months lower than normal The latest overall Increase compared to a five-tenths of a per cent rise In January and marked the biggest gain since the 12 per cent advance In October 1173 The monthly Increase for February worked out to a compound annual rate of about 11 WASHINGTON (AP) The higher cost of coffee poultry fruits and vegetables helped push wholesale prices up nine- tenths of a per cent In February the government said today It was the biggest Increase In 16 months Labor Department analysts said they were unable to determine how much of the Increase could be attributed to the severe winter But the Jump In the Inflation rate SI the wholesale level comes against a backdrop of drought In Western states and a citrus and vegetable freeta In Florida Fuel prices also were up master charge per cent and left wholesale prices 6 per rent ahead ot where they were a year ago The wholesale price index stood at IN signifying that the goods which cost $100 In 1967 now cost UN Although Increases in wholesale prices are not translated dollor-for-dollar Into higher consumer prices In succeeding months the wholesale price index does provide an Indication of the inflationary pressures percolating through the economy And February's increase broke the four-month pattern of Increases registering five-tenths or six-tenths of a per cent The price of farm products climbed 21 per cent In February after a 11 per cent rise the previous month And the price of foods and feeds after processing climbed 11 per cent In contrast to January's two-tenths of a per cent drop Surveying farm products Individually Labor said prices for row cotton and eggs rose sharply after declines in January Live poultry green coffee cocoa beans tea grains and fresh and dried vegetables registered sharper Increases than they had in January iMNlMERICASll COZES STUDS 3 Grad 156 LUMBER 2 Grade 3x4x1 O' 56 2x4x12 a a a 1 o87 2x4x14 215 2x4x1 ft 266 2x6x8 1 74 2x6x1 O' 218 2x6x12 282 2x6x14 aa 305 2x6x16' 376 Moslem group's stands explained QSEin O-IsiDsb i i orraysM (flje iHiDD' MU)1 Hi 19314 'ED Spartan WINDOWS Single hung with glass and half screen Muslims were antiwhile and Untiled membership lo nonwhites Abdul Khaalls said he broke with the Black Muslima over the race Issue After Elijah's death his son Herbert Muhammad allowed whites to Join the reUglan Sunni Moslems: one of two main branches of orthodox Moslem the Sunnis represent the mystic wing It Is possible for a member of the llanafl Moslems to be a Sunni HU KITCHEN CABINETS -by KITCHEN KOMPACT Thoso handsome cabinats or prefinished with a walnut lone that blonds with any decor Como in today and discuss your kitchen plans with our experts and see our kitchen cabinet display These cabinets are in stock lor you to toko homo today or wo will deliver them lor a reasonable charge mi LAZY SUSAN STVLI wide 1144 SINK MSI UNIT 34 Hijh 14" Deep 40" wide 1144 Tl'wide MSI By The AP Several groups linked lo the Moslem religion have been named In connection with the terrorist occupation of three buildings In Washington Here Is a look at them: llanafl Moslems: a small mostly black group founded by Khalifa llamaas Abdul Khaalia 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