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Mostly Cloudy Warm With Chance Of Showers Lows Mid 60s Highs Low 80s or Details See Weather Map Page 10A She Beaufort Sazette VOLUMELXXIX 2 SECTIONS 18 PAGES WEDNESDAY MAY 7 1975 BEAUORT SOUTH CAROLINA PRICE 10c NUMBER 6 Thousands Were Left Behind Hector Edges Harter Port Royal Election Station Plans Appeal Blood Needs Provided Ji Judgeship Vote Slated May 14 Ground Officer Tradition Continues Lt Gen Wilson A a Port Royal Policeman who was seriously burned last April The youth is listed in critical condition in the Bum Ward at the Medical University in Charleston Tuesday the grandmother issued a plea for blood donations asking donors to report to either the Charleston or Savannah Red CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 01 975 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REPRODUCTION ALL MATTER HEREIN IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT THE BEAUORT GAZETTE The total blood needs of a child burned in a house firerecently have been taken care of according to local Red Cross director Jim Cullom Cullom said it will not be necessary for donors to go to Savannah or Charleston to give blood for 5 month old Michael Paul Cadien son of leave South Vietnamese waters ship took on 9000 refugees about double its capacity Later nearly half were shifted to other vessels he said Arriving here shortly after the Challenger was the freighter with about 5400 Vietnamese refugees Both vessels took more than a week to get to Guam Many refugees were Catholics led by several Vietnamese priests who apparently brought along their entire congregations One refugee carried a life size statue of the Virgin Mary Both ships carried many poor fishermen and their families some of them carrying their be GEN LOUIS WILSON JR Nominated Marine Commandant incumbent council mem bers received 76 votes apiece while council member elect Thomas Logan received 73 votes Scattered write in votes were also cast for council including five for red Washington and three for Scott Graber Both ran for council in the Democratic (See ISHER Page 10A) eluding three for Tom Kuzmenka two for Democratic Primary can didate Henry Watson and single votes for GG Dowling and George Watson Other candidates nomi nated in the April 8 primary were elected Tuesday I 1 i Stratton A Demosthenes and John Griffin both City Council inember elect Don isher was elected mayor pro tem in uncontested general election in Beaufort Of 91 votes cast isher got 79 more than any other candidate which makes him mayor pro tem Mayor Henry Chambers polled 75 votes over scat tered write in votes in Of the role in the future Wilson said: be a force in readiness to maintain adap tability flexibility constant readiness to do whatever told to Wilson was born on eb 11 1920 in Brandon Miss A lanky high school athlete he went on to Millsaps College in Jackson 12 miles from home where he was on the football and track teams was a senior at Millsaps Collegein 1941 just before he draft Wilson recalled recruiter came along offering the officer can didate program so three of us took Only Wilson made the military a career Wilson served at Guadalcanal Efate New Hebrides Bougainville and the British Solomons during the early years of the war Candidates for the 'judgeship are Beaufort attorney Reeve Sams Clyde A Eltzroth of Hampton and Gerald Smoak of Walterboro All three were declared qualified for the post last week by a special Judicial Review Committee following a public hearing Although other nominations can be made from the floor Sams and Eltzroth are considered the leading contenders The judgeship election is slated for 11 am Elections for four district seats on the State Public Service Commission will follow at noon 1 longings in fishing nets who came barefooted in black pajama like clothes The Pioneer also carried an elite group of passengers headed by Tran Van Lam a former president of the South Vietnamese Senate who signed the 1972 Paris peace agreement Others included a former foreign minister high police officials and the former director of Tan Son Nhut airport The VIPs were kept apart from the rest of the passengers who might blame them for the fall of their country officials said The two ships are US vessels under military (See THOUSANDS Page 10A) was the front runner during the selection process and had the recommendation of the present commandant Gen Robert Cushman Wilson has not commented on those reports Since Wilson was chosen late last month Cush man and Anderson have asked for early re tirement Wilson has spent most of his 34 year Marine career far from the center of power at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington Since 1972 he has commanded the 60000 Marines of the leet Marine orce headquartered here Upon Senate confirmation Wilson will take over a force of about 196 000 In a recent interview he said he expects the Corps to remain at about its present strength Members of the SC House and Senate will meet in joint session Wednesday May 14 to elect a new judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit The seat is being vacated by Judge William Rhodes Jr who was recently elected to the State Supreme Court Cross centers But Cullom said today that this be necessary total blood needs of Michael Cadien have been provided for by the Beaufort Chapter of the Red Cullom i explained needs are being met now and will continue to be he (See BLOOD Page 10A) By July 1944 Wilson now a captain was commanding a rifle company in the 3rd Marine Division He pushed his company across rugged terrain agamst devastating Japanese fire and took a strategic piece of ground He was wounded three times that day The next day he took and held another strategic slope or essentially to the success of his regimental mission and to the annihilation of 350 Japanese Wilson received the Medal of Honor the highest combat decoration After World War Two Wilson's rise was steady He was an assistant division operations officer during the Korean War commanded a battalion in (See MARINE Page 10A) HONOLULU (AP) Characteristically Lt Gen Louis Wilson Jr was out jogging before dawn when a messenger told him that President ord had chosen him to become commandant of the US Marine Corps i i Wilson is known as a big tough a Medal of Honor winner as an infantry captain in World War Though the selection of the 55 year old Wilson was regarded as a surprise he fits the mold of i other commandants who reached the top after dis tinction in combat as well as staff jobs And his selection carries on the tradition of ground officers becoming commandant Pentagon sources have said that assistant commandant Earl Anderson an aviator Naumowicz Jr issued an initial order last Thursday in Washington to revoke the license The AM broadcast station was given 50 days to appeal the decision to an CC review board The action to close the station is the result of a two year investigation by the CC the agency said The CC conducted into the operation of the station that raisea questions concerning billing practices and whether or not the station engaged in the practices knowingly the federal agency said As a result of investigating the billing operations the CC said Recount Scheduled or 2 PM'i Today By BILL DuPRE Staff Reporter A recount was scheduled this afternoon for the Port Royal town election in which challenger Melvin Hector edged out in cumbent John Harter for the office Town Clerk Clara Henre scheduled the recount for 2 pm today at town hall Earlier Harter had requested another count of the ballots but Mrs Henre later found that a mandatory recount was necessary because of narrow victory margin Of 341 ballots cast political neophyte Hector' polled 171 to 166 according to the vote count Tuesday orty seven per cent of Port 731 voters polls in Tuesdays election our mayoral ballots were discarded because of improper marking In the race for two seats on Town Council incumbent Henry Robinson won re election with 214 votes and newcomer David Bogan was elected with 225 votes Challenger Garland vuic wuueu izvucea Winners in election will be sworn in at 7:30 pm Monday at Town Hall Mrs Henre said Harter 58 has served as mayor since January 1971 when he won a special election to fill the seat of former mayor LB Graham who resigned and later became town manager Hector 52 sought his first political office in the elec tion He is a retired Marine captain and owner of a store in Port Royal real Hector said this morning I would like to have seen a better He added that his victory indicates renewed interest in Port by its citizens Harter who was ill Tuesday and did not witness the vote count thanked his supporters in the election Pledging an door in running town government Hector had campaigned on a platform of control of Port Royal to the Improved recreational facilities a summer job program for the youth (See ELECTION Page 10A) By BOB BARR Associated Press Writer AGANA Guam (AP) An evacuation captain whose ship reached here after more than a week at sea says thousands of South Vietnamese and crying back! were left behind on the beaches Capt' Arthur Boucher said that 1 Phu Cuoc there were 30000 to would be refugees left behind who pleaded to board his ship the freighter were people afloat in boats They were scrambling to get on the said Boucher who arrived Tuesday with his ship one of the last to WINNING CANDIDATE CONGRATULATED Mevin Hector (left) the apparent winner in general election in Port Royal over incumbent Mayor John Harter is congratulated by Garland Cole who lost in his bid for a seat on Town Council A recount of the votes has been scheduled for 2 pm today (Photo by Bill DuPre) isher Polls Most Votes CC administrative law invoices contained false information either as to the amount actually charged by the licensee for advertising or (WSIB) misrepresented j1 the quantity of advertising actually In his decision Judge Naumowicz said the alleged fraudulent billing occurred a prolonged period of and the severest An CC spokesman said today the appeal procedure could be 1 The station has the right to appeal the decision first before an CC review board then before the full commission (See WSIB Page 10A) i' AMERICA CAN BE COLD Two young Vietnamese refugees bundle up in oversize GI jackets as they stroll thestreets of their tent city at Camp Pendleton Calif Most refugees complain of the cold temperatures the mid 60s and low 50s as compared to the hotter Vietnam climate (AP Wirephoto) WSIB License Revoked By THOMAS WESTBURY Staff Renorter The broadcast license of radio station WSIB here will be revoked within 50 days pending an appeal the ederal Com munications Commission (CC) has announced The radio station is charged with billing toward its advertisers from January of 1971 to December of 1973 the CC said in a news release issued last week from Washington Charles Bell owner and operator of the Beaufort radio station said his at torneys will appeal the decision to the ruL A OMBBBHHB JlHE JBE I 4 fBSf jg MB Hi mBBIMBHRdSBHHB BBKBBBBBBBB EW CT I S' i.