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Birds In Honed Path Are Acting Strangely These Spring Days when they hatch But a family of flickers (woodpeckers) that insisted on living inside the walls of the house has aorta ruffled their feathers Within a few weeks the flickers pecked a 5 inch incubator the Langstons nailed a piece of gauze wire over the hole to stop the fowl play When they checked the area a few days later the flickers had moved over one stud and opened a second hole in the paneling The undaunted flickers were stuffing hay in the opening at a maddening pace That was the last straw for the Langstons and now they are upset They shot one of the birds hoping it See Birds Act Page 2-A 1 In recent weeks other birds have apparently decided to leave the wilds to brave life with people Tom and Jean Langston of Blue Barker Road are of the opinion birds have gone just a little too far They were pleased to have a pair of mallard ducks remain on their pond after a flock came in for a rest stop They didn't get upset when the female duck waddled repeatedly across their lawn to lay 16 eggs in a day lily bed next to their bedroom window They are even prepared to accept the young ducklings By LOl'ISE EKVIN Daily Mail Reporter HONEA It appears there are a few crazy birds in Hones Path At least some birds are behaving strangely here this spring It all started when a pet hawk soared away from captivity in the March wind Sebrina a red tailed hawk had lived with people all three years of her life but returned to the wild at the first opportunity She led many to believe that birds don't like people Need Some To Woodpecker pecks hole in redwood panel Reports reaching the Pentagon said an AC130 unship and A7 attack aircraft keeping watch over the merchant ship held captive by the Cambodians struck the Cambodian ships with 20-millimeter gunfire and possibly other US Planes Fired Cambodian Boats Upon Blasted Wren Builds Nest in man's shoe Make Tub Drawings By Betty Mhe hole in the redwood paneling under the eaves of their home Through the opening the woodpeckers brought in enough straw to All a 12-foot section between two studs of the house Before the birds could start their weapons Pentagon sources said the incident occurred near Koh Tang Island about 30 miles off the Cambodian coast where the Mayaguez is anchored under Cambodian guard Meanwhile it was learned originally proposed an allocation of $37 million to expand prison facilities The corrections department during this fiscal year is using up the first $7 million McCuen said unless the department gets the full $30 million the prisoners may soon be sleeping on the toilets At the Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia where prisoners are sent by counties to await assignment to one of 30 detention centers the normal capacity is 90 it usually runs 200 or better" Mcftien said Some For Friendship Fruit You need a cup and a half of friendship fruit before you can even start to make it Brandied fruit is kept on hand by constantly adding needed ingredients and then passing on a cup and a half to a friend when there is enough on hand However it started originally friendship fruit came to Anderson via Texas with a side detour through Cincinnati Othello Marett of Tanglewood Drive has given away the starter cup and a half several times since she got her original batch from Renie Noblett a juice and fruit you can use over ice cream as in a banana split on top of plain cake a on baked she says Or like Othello you can experiment and use it other ways The fruit is brandied first Then every two weeks by carefully following a set of printed instructions you add one cup drained peaches pineapple or cherries and one cup sugar "You keep it away from she says it in a glass dish in a warm spot and not tightly covered because it's "Anyone can make friendship is her you need is a It takes about two weeks to build up enough fruit to give some to a friend and keep the chain going ever jail doorway that US Air Force warplanes flying out of Thailand have been order to prevent any effort by the Cambodians to move the Mayaguez from its present position The fate of the Mayaguez 39-man crew was not known Two Chat In Under the five-year plan the Central Correctional Institution a foreboding bastile-like structure several blocks from downtown Columbia would be demolished The 26 acres it covers plus surrounding area would be sold for commercial use said McCuen and the prisoners sent to new regional prison camps A subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee working on a capital improvements bill sent over from the Senate has said it will probably cut the $30 million allocated for corrections over a Inside I i Wren builds nest in cost pocket ther action orders from President Ford Pentagon sources said about 1000 Marines had been flown from UB bases in the Philippines and on Okinawa to the' US base at Utapao in southern Thailand The move was made in the face of Thai government -objections There was no indication as to what happened to the crew of the Cambodian boats one of which was identified as a gunboat There were about seven Cambodian craft in the area of the Mayaguez at the time the three vessels were destroyed sources said There was no evidence that any UB aircraft were hit by gunfire during the incident the sources said Pentagon sources said US Air Force rescue helicopters attempted to pick up some of the crewmen of the destroyed Cambodian boats but that other Cambodian naval craft fired on the rescue helicopters and they broke off the attempt Earlier Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott had said he expected developments in the Mayaguez crisis within the next 24 hours and added they might include use of force to rescue the ship's crew In other Indochina developments: Phnom Penh which has been silent on the subject of the Mayaguez said Khmer Rouge soldiers when they captured the Cambodian capital and found they couldn't tell the boys from the girls of their strange clothes and It lashed out at "fascist and hair and clothing styles and said the revolutionary army erased these bad memories from our youths' Press correspondent George Esper reported from Saigon that the 10000-ton North Vietnamese ship Song Huong arrived from Haiphong with a load of foodstuffs He said it was welcomed by 300 civilians and 500 troops radio said President Ton Due Thang and Paris peace negotiator Le Due Tho were leading a 12-person North Vietnamese delegation to Saigon for the celebration beginning Thursday of the birthday of the late Ho Chi Minh Ann lenders S-A Bridge 11-11 Comics I l-B Crossword 11-11 Deaths 8-B Jeane Dixon 11-11 Editorial 4-A Entertainment 23-B Sports 45-B Weather 2-A Soft Walls The walls are being carpeted in the Anderson Arts Council building in a modern neutral gray design "It's unusual and the latest thing to carpet the walls where art is being a member said WASHINGTON (APJ-US Air Forces planes destroyed three Cambodian naval vessels after the planes were fired cm in the vicinity of the captured US merchant ship Mayaguez off Cambodia Pentagon sources said today US Told Withdraw Marines By The Associated Press Thai Premier Kukrit Pramoj gave the United States until Thursday morning to remove 1100 US Marines he said were landed in Thailand today without his permission The Marines were sent to back up President Ford's demand for release of an American freighter held by Cambodia's new Communist government Kukrit told newsmen he would take if the United States did not withdraw the Marines from the territory of its only remaining ally on the Southeast Asian mainland In an ultimatum delivered to US Charge d' Affaires Edward Masters Kukrit said his country does not intend to be drafted into US preparations to take back the merchant ship Mayaguez by force Meanwhile 40 or 50 student protesters yelling go and carrying signs such as Ford get your troops were at the airport for the arrival of the new UB ambassador to Thailand Charles Whitehouse Whitehpuse walked nodding and smiling between the ranks of the students and issued a prepared statement saying he hopes to further and cooperation between our two peoples in the months UB planes kept watch on the 10485-ton freighter Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand It was reported lying to near Cambodia's Koh Tang island 30 miles off the Cambodian coast The ship manned by a crew of 39 was captured Monday en route from Hong Kong to Thailand with a cargo of military and civilian freight There were reports Tuesday that Caucasians were seen being taken to the island from the Mayaguez in fishing-type boats US planes have been keeping a constant aerial watch on the Mayaguez awaiting fur- Shower Stall four-year span to $15 million over two years Most of the prison facilities over the state are overcrowded but none more so than CCI which is designed to accomodate 1100 inmates It is presently holding more than 1-700 said McCuen He said statewide the system has about 5300 prisoners some 1400 more than a year ago he said MCuen attributes the increased numbers to a rising crime rate and better trained law enforcement personnel Harmony The people get along together better than the animals do at the home of Dr and Mrs William Evans on Barnard Bee Seven children coming home for the summer from various schools will be bringing with them four dogs two hamsters and a Siamese cat of the animals like each Mrs Evans says inmates Mill Around Cell Block Prisons Over-Crowded Tin An old tin bathtub with arms will soon have a place of honor in the Pendleton Historical Museum thanks to Anderson residents Bonner and Polly Manly "I suppose George Washington took a bath in she said "and certainly Scarlet O'Hara" The tub will be stripped of its coat of black paint to the original tin and preserved for display after any necessary repair is done The Manlys were using it as a magazine rack COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina's prison system bulging with convicts has a five-year plan to alleviate overcrowded conditions The House Ways and Meana Committee Tuesday halved a proposed $30 million bond issue that prison officials said would have corrected most of the conditions have a five-year plan for where the money will be spent but we don't have the says Sam McCuen public information officer for the Department of Corrections Former Gov John West Illegal An Oconee County visitor to Anderson says he had put 10 rows on Seneca Chief corn in the ground know it's against the law to plant any other kind in he says Today's Daily Mail District 5 School Board members hedge on views of tax Increase and budget deficit Page l-B Amendment to strip Milk Commission of price fixing powers at retail wholesale level sparks debate Page 8-B Several Anderson County track standouts qualify for state meet In Columbia Friday Page 5-8 1 Anderson Weather Winners At Hanna Cartney Bailes Ring and Mary Antonakos DAR Award Caldwell alao won the Hanna Award (See Stay On Page $-B) (Staff Photos by Jim Sheehan) Honors Day Award Winning top awards in the Hanna High School Awards Day program today were Cindy Christmas and Kenny Caldwell Hall Journalism Rings Randy Coleman Prince Ring Libby Mae- I 1.