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San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 6

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jt ANCFIO Stvmri-Timm Qfl Sun nlnrilin MorniH Jill I- 1071 Change Okayed On Lindenwood Found Barracks Sv San Angelo City Com-- missioners Tuesday amid protests from a few voted to change numbers on Lindenwood Court and to drop the and designations of two Lindenwood streets which have caused confusion resulting from duplication of house numbers Commissioners decided to change numbers on the present Lindenwood Court to a 2400 series House -numbers there are currently in the 3300 series as are house numbers on Lindenwood Drive To add to the confusion one street is a continuation of the other 1 Protesting the proposal were Tol Terrell of 3328 Lin-denwood Court and Ben O'Neal of 3302 Lindenwood Cburt Terrell warned that other city streets have similar problems and O'Neal added that such a change take a couple of years to get The two charged that a dangerous precedent was being set Commissioners refused to excuse payment of a bill by Mrs Tammen whose rental house at 4702 Armstrong had incurred a $142 water bill due to a line leak City Water Supt Tom Koederitz said the leak Slate Angelo contest and a pie eating contest A squadron fog of war is planned for 8 pm Goodfellow will cap off the celebration with a fireworks display at dusk The public is invited to observe the display A large part of the city and county governments will take the day off with the usual exception of law enforcement personnel City Hall and the County Courthouse will be dosed Emergency crews for the fire police and water departments will be on call however Bridge Of Love TACLOBAN CITY Philippines (AP) Communist poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Christina Ford wife of auto Henry Ford II were on hand here for ribbon cut- ting ceremonies of President Ferdinand birthday present to his wife a $12 million bridge occurred in a long line leading to the house and had not been detected until the water bill had been received Mrs am-men repaired the leak immediately Koederitz said and was offered an adjustment on the bill as is the city's policv in such cases he said The adjustment involved paying for normal water iisagp plus 50 per cent of the leak-caused consumption Other business Tuesday involved Police Chief John DeMent and Lt Forrest Bailey police training officer giving a lecture on the justification of purchasing stainless steel pistols for the police force instead of less expensive blued ones Bailey pointed out 'that rebluing every one to three years adds to costs and that stainless steel pistols are superior Commissioner Liz Sholts noted that no maintenance costs are now expended on weapons since each policeman must take care of his own The purchase was approved In other action Tuesday commissioners: ONE: Approved zoning Greenridge Street in College Hills South R-3 between Finest Trail and College Hills Boulevard where City Savings Investment Coro headed by James Duncan proposes to build apartment houses TWO: Approved a nonexclusive concession permit for Snow Cones to operate at Lake Nasworthy from July 27toSeptl6 THREE: Approved rezooing a block on West Harris to C-3 (business district) as its present zoning classification of C-l (neighborhood retail) no longer conforms with the balance of the Work FOUR: Approved doting an alley and authorizing a quitclaim deed in Fort Concho Addition with assurance from City Manager Dick Howard that all property owners will continue to have access to their property The alley is in a section two blocks south of South Oakes bridge on property owned by Al Ricci FIVE: Approved a bid for $65518 from Oberkampf Humbing Supply for four' commodes and four lavatories requested by the parks department SIX: Authorized the mayor to apply for official ownership of the building at Mathis Field presently used by the city as a vehicle service station which was found to be still on the General Services Administration inventory Holiday Told In Angelo Highway Surfacing Told -V HOLLYWOOD (AP) ihc smiled down from thousands of barracks room walls in her white one-piece bathing suit her head tilted coyly over her shoulder reminder to the World War II Gl of hom he was fighting for Betty Grable's picture was found in the packs of men killed in battle It was carried for luck on bombing missions And it was pasted on locker doors aboard battleships lot of guys aboard ship kept her picture in their lock her friend actor Victor Mature recalled Tuesday kids in the sendee were all thinking of the gal back home and she was a beautiful way to bring back those memories" was the most vital woman ever known" said Dan Dailey who starred with her In many pictures had a great warmth as a per son that came across to her audiences I think she symbolized the great American chorus girl People could identity with Daley said he had visited Miss Grable at SL hospital In Santa Monica where she died of lung cancer on Monday was In great he said was never down about Easy-going and self-effacing the shapely blueeyed beauty still got cheers for her so-called million-dollar legs while performing as a grandmother in her 50s Sales Tax Set For Balmorliea BALMORHEA (SC) lit effort to keep hum raising property tax in Balmorhea the city voted a sales tax to go In effect October 1 1973 according to Mayor Jane Moore Sales tax was voted in a special election April 7 and hire Moore explained of qut revenue conies from our- tourist trade but by October our tourist season will he over Money wise I give any ect amount of our benefit" Mrs Moore said the council had no real plans for using the money mostly want to keep the property tax she said Reports of the sales tax gains will be sent in for the last quarter only KWFR Letter Change Told Call letters KIXY are to be the station letters for KWFR an AM station and KIXY an FM station effective July 2 by approval grant of the Federal Communications Commission Under the new system the AM station will be labled KIXY and the FM station will be labled K1XY-FM Chief engineer of KIXY Dan Wilson said will be no changes in programming on either station This is simply a call letter change" FCC had received the request from the stations on May 14 so that they might be more easily identified KWFR call letters were first used in 1934 when the station began broadcasting in San Angelo and Wilson agreed the name change be a real change for the Accident Condition Critical MIDLAND (STNS) James Lee Robertson a Midland youth remains in Midland Memorial Hospital with Jus condition listed as critical and unchanged Robertson 18 was involved In a two-car accident in southeast Midland Sunday night and suffered lacerations and several broken bones Patsy Garrett Shipmen 33 driver of the other vehicle did not require hospitalization though she was treated for a cut on her right elbow and dislocation of her right knee cap 3III-MR Assigns Programs Review Staff members of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center for Greater West Texas were assigned Monday to review and revise various programs to fit within anticipated receipts The action game at an MHMR board of trustees meeting The board reviewed program 'proposals such as outpatient partial care and buddies" James Young 'MHMR executive director reported on a recent meeting la Unurim T- Betty Picture In GI 1 In 19(17 while appearing on Broadway in "Hello Dolly" World War II admirers and their sons sent flowers and went backstage to ask her to autograph copies of the famous pin-up really like to know is how you've managed to stay s-0-0-0 beautiful all these years" wrote one vintage fan But Miss Grable belittled her assets all my voice is Just a voice I don't breathe with my diaphragm as singers are supposed to she told one interviewer it comes to dancing which done plenty of on the screen and in dubs I'm just average maybe a little below anything but a great She chuckled at the memory of the Harvard Actress of the award recalling that wired back: so But the pert blonde tinging and dancing star set a record of 12 straight years in the top 10 of the box-office stars Her 42 movies grossed more than $100 million in the 1930s and 1940s and in 1946-47 the Treasuiy Department listed her as the highest-salaried woman in the nation Through the years she earned more than $3 million Miss Grable was bom Dec 10 1916 In St Louis Mo the (laughter of stockbroker Conn Grable and his wife Lillian who literally pushed her pretty blonde daughter ito movie stardom Betty started at age 4 taking singing lessons and made her first radio appearance at 5 and when she turned 13 her mother decided she was ready for Hollywood The fhmily moved West Betty won her first movie role as a chorus girl for 20th Century Fox telling the director she was 16 It was at Fox that the famous pin-up picture was taken quite by accident for the film The publicity photographer noticed her 'standing with 'her to the camera and said this way As she glanced over her shoulder he clicked thetiiutter Nearly three million prints of the photo were distributed mostly to GIs and Miss career skyrocketed Her other films included the Dollar Jills in a and to Marry a Miss Grable was married in 1937 to actor Jackie Googan whom she divorced after two yean Former POW Due In Odessa ODESSA (STNS) Former POW Howard Rutledge of San Diego Calif is scheduled to address Odessa teenagers during a youth evangelism conference July 13-14 at Ector Cbunty Coliseum in Odessa The conference is sponsored by the Evangelism Division of the Baptist General Cbnven-tfon of Texas also includes participation by blind musician Ken Medcma Dan Yeary minister of youth at Houston's South Main Baptist Church and former Rice football player David StockwclL Rutledge a Navy captain spent over seven years in a North Vietnamese prison more than half of which was in solitary confinement The two-day meet begins at 7 pm on Friday evening July 13 and ends the following afternoon at 3:30 pm Angelo State Packets Beady Students planning to attend the second summer school session at Angelo State University should pick up registration packets this week according to registrar Dr Warren Griffin The term begins on July 17 Packets are available in the registrar's office in the ASU administration building and should be obtained before the present summer term ends Saturday Registration for the second term will be held Monday in the Physical Education Building Those who have pre- registered will pay fees and' make any schedule changes between 8 am and 11 am All other students will sign up beginning at 11 am Registration for evening courses raly will be held from 6 to 7 pm Monday la the registrar's office BETTY GRABLE LEFT AND JUNE HAVER In 1945 movie Dolly Sisters Planning Study In BROWNWOOD (SC) Advance planning studies are now under way on a Lake Brownwood modification project by the Fort Worth District of the Army Corps of Engineers Last week Congress approved $40000 in pre-construction planning funds for modifications work Involved In the work are a review of previous decisions and reinvestigation of details and changes in forecasted needs CoL Floyd Hcnk district engineer from Fort Worth has requested public comments on flood control water supply water quality control and other water resource development needs Public meetings Still be scheduled later in the study period The Lake Brownwood modification project was authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1968 It consists of the construction of a new dam and outlet works 800 feet downstream from the existing dam Also included are erosion control measures for the existing spillway and the existing embankment will be partially removed The project is designed to provide flood protection for suburban and urban lands along Pecan Bayou and water conservation storage which will provide water for municipal agricultural and industrial uses The new urban embankment is to be 1850 feet long with a maximum height of 129 feet above the stream bed with a crown height of 20 feet City Hall Meet Held In Midland MIDLAND (SC) The Midland Housing Authority held a public information session at City Hall Tuesday morning with less than 30 citizens quietly listening Housing Authority Chair man Bob Hicks outlined how the program now exists Margaret Purvis of the Authority explained there are 1494 low income families in Midland Including 3413 children and 787 low income persons over age 65 She reported that 683 per cent of the low income population is white and 3L7 per cent its black Hicks explained that there are already 244 housing authorities in Texas Involving 56000 housing units He added that if Midland did not use the housing and urban development grant available for tne program some other community would use the same money so it would not save Midland taxpayers any money to kill the program Average rent to families taking part in the program would range from $21 to $60 per month with a ceiling of $3900 family income for eligibility in the program Several members of the citizen's advisory committee appointed last week by the city council were present at the meeting The authority la suspended from operations until the council's committee reports back fn not more than 60 days stages first going over the route from Randolph to Jack-son Street and then Jackson to Avenue It will be arranged so that traffic will be carried on the outside lanes first and then the inside lanes and intersections will only be closed while the work is being done on each intersection in turn The Tuesday afternoon meeting brought together Evans and the subcontractor for the work Jack Albert representing Reece-Albert Construction Company Also present was Police Chief John DeMent who promised police cooperation in traffic control of the areas under construction Don Abell assistant city manager A1 Nelson city engineer and traffic signal control chief Frank Price The project should take about two weeks Evans said Four Persons Said Charged In Stockton FORT STOCKTON (SC)-Four persons were arrested and charged here Monday with possession of dangerous drugs and two were also charged with burglary in connection with a breakin at Stockton Pharmacy early Saturday morning Arrested and charged before Peace Justice Delton Yarbrough were Neal Noel 22 his wife Patty Noel 19 and hfs brother Terry Noel 16 along with Carl Dale Ellis 21 Bond on the Noel brothers was (set at S15000 each on charges erf possession of dangerous drugs and burglary Bond for the other two was set at $5000 each The arrests resulted from Monday evening raids at a residence in Fort Stockton and a trailer house in a park on the edge of the city City and county officers reportedly confiscated a number of capsules alleged to be dangerous drugs Some of the material was also alleged to have been taken in the burglary of the pharmacy New Trial Set In Kerr Court Austin Bureau AUSTIN The State Supreme Court Tuesday sent back for a new trial in Kerr County Court a suit by 16 relatives of Mrs A Sproul to have her 1961 will thrown out The county court had found for the 16 nieces nephews great-nieces and great-nephews and set aside the will A jury found that Mrs Sproul was not of at the time she executed the will but Fourth Court of Civil Appeals threw that decision out saying it was against such great weight and perponder-ance of the evidence to be manifestly It reversed the decision and remanded it for a new trial The court noted that there was ho testimony that Mrs Sproul acted in a bizarre manner but only that she had an liability to recognize relatives or recall certain' specific event Post offices in San Angelo will adopt a holiday schedule today as other public offices plan different ways of celebrating the 197th birthday of the United States According to a spokesman for the postal service there will be no city or rural delivery and no window service today Special service will continue and post office boxes will continue to be filled Collection and distribution of mail will adopt a holiday schedule with modified times of pickup according to the schedules posted on boxes and in post offices Goodfellow Air Force Base will begin celebrating the Fourth of July at 1U am this morning when the recreation camp opens for military personnel their families invited guests and retired military personnel A midway with booths is planned along with adult and children's track and' field events a watermelon eating A meeting Tuesday afternoon between State Highway Department and San Angelo city officials finalized plans for the resurfacing of Beauregard and Sherwood Way according to James Evans district maintenance engineer for the Texas Highway Department The two city streets both portions of highways are maintained by the state Evens explained because always maintain highway routes and if repairs are required we are responsible for them" Work will start July 16 he anticipates The project which will cost the neighborhood of Evans said will put a hot mix overlay on Beauregard and Sherwood from Randolph Street to Ave a total of 26 miles Hot mix overlay Evans explained puts down a mat til asphalt and aggregate mix one inch thick This construction is the same as the construction in the Southland Park addition he noted The work will be dime in two Armstrong Speaks In Kerrville KERRVILLE (SC) Land management and planning and attention to the current energy crisis were stressed Monday by Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong who spoke at an all-membership-luncheon of the Kerr County Chamber of Commerce More than 100 persons attended the meeting for the kick-off of Kerrville's July 4th activities The famed St Louis Ragtimers performed for the meeting as a preview of the Kerrville Ragtime Festival which will conclude today The newest activity of his office Armstrong said is an environmental planning division partly involved in coastal land-management studies He said the division would look into other ecologically oriented projects Armstrong emphasized that each community must plan ahead and that management and planning was the key to the future with regard to conservation Rep Jim Nugent presented Armstrong with an honorary membership in theAncient Order of Texas In other business the Chamber's 1973-74 budget of $48130 was distributed and a list of activities was passed out Granls Given For Coleman COLEMAN (SC) Five school districts in Coleman Cbunty will receive grants bum the Office of Education The allotment for the Coleman Independent School District will be $1793 Talpa will get $231 and the Mozelle district will receive $158 Novice will get $137 and Santa Anna will receive $549 The funds will be used to meet the educational needs of deprived children In preschool and elementary programs' along with selected secondary Dumas Man Injured A 39-year-old Dumas man was seriously lnured In a one truck accident about one mile south of Carlsbad on US 17 Tuesday at approximately 1:10 pm Texas Highway Patrolman Ken Phillips said the truck apparently went off the road and hit a metal railing on the approach to a bridge Hllarlo Flores driver sustained serious head and facial lnu-rles A Shannon Hospital spokesman said a report of Flores' condition could not be released Highway Department workers James Adams left and Wayne Ketchum clean up the bridge (Staff Photo).

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