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"URSTIn On The South Plains" LuBBocRAvALANCHE-JOURNAL 53rd Year, No. 260 52 Pages Lubboclc, Texas, Friday Morning, August 29, 1975 Price 15 Cents Full Leased Wires: (AP), IUPDI FIFTEEN CENTS Natural Gas Decontrol Urged Similarities Found In Slay-ings Of Two Women By PAT REMICK Avalanche-Journal Staff THE BODIES of two 18-year- old newlywed women were buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens this year. Both of them had attended Coronado High School. And both of them were murdered. Deborah Sue Agnew Williamson and Vickie Stroud Stokes were attractive young women who died at the hands of anoth er just a few months apart.

Mrs. Williamson's body was found by her husband early Monday morning in the patio area of the couple's. 1115 82nd St. home. She had been stabbed 17 times.

The nude and partially decomposed body of Mrs. Stokes was discovered April 29 in an abandoned storm cellar south of Wolfforth. Police say they have investigated the possibility of a connection between Mrs. Williamson's murder and the still unsolved murder of Mrs. Stokes, hut believe there is no evidence to show that the two murder cases aro connected.

The Avalanche-Journal has received reports, however, that the two women knew each other and that there are several similarities in their deaths. Mrs. Williamson had been married less than three months when she died. Mrs. Stokes had been married only six weeks when she disappeared March 29.

Both victims had military dependency identification cards. When Mrs. Williamson's body was found, she was partially disrobed. Mrs. Stokes was found wearing only a pair of socks.

A preliminary ruling by Jus- VICKI STROUD STOKES DEBORAH WILLIAMSON tice of the Peace Charles E. Smith indicates Mrs. Williamson had not been raped or sexually molested. Pathologists were unable to determine if Mrs. Stokes had been the victim of a sexual assault due to the advanced decomposition of her body when it was discovered.

Mrs. Williamson had been stabbed in the head, neck, back and upper torso. Although Justice of the Peace F.H. Bolen ruled in July that the immediate cause of Mrs. Stokes' death was strychnine poisoning, he said "undetermined factors" also may have contributed to the young woman's death.

Some law enforcement officials have theorized Mrs. Stokes also may have been stabbed or otherwise wounded in the shoulder area. A bloody pillowcase had been found nearby. Another similarity in the cases is that, so far, neither sheriff's deputies nor police have been able to come up with a strong syspect or motive for either woman's death. Detectives have, however, received the Department of Public Safety laboratory reports on fingernail scrapings taken from Mrs.

Williamson's body and on hair foaud in her hand. The A-J has learned that "something unusual" may have been discovered during laboratory tests. Sheriff's deputies were unable to obtain any such evidence from Mrs. Stokes body. Police have refused to release the findings of DPS tathol- gists.

The testing was done to indicate whether the skin, blood See PURSE Page 13 Utility Poles Route Decision Delayed 34th Street Merchants 'Buy' Time Proposal Studied On Relocation By VAUGHN HENDRIE Avalancho-Journal start MERCHANTS along 34th Street bought a little time Thursday In their last-minute battle against 90-foot tall utility poles soon be installed in front of their businesses. Frank McGlaun. owner of an office supply business, offered to pay his share of the additional cost to relocate the high-voltage transmission line to another route. Realtor Ray Chapman said that "It forced, we might have to make a request of the federal courts to require a full environmental impact study" to delay the project. Board Meets Today At the request of the city council, the Electric Utilities Board will meet at 6 p.m.

today In council chambers to see if any alternative can be recommended by the first of the week. "I move we return this to the utility board and let them verify the location of this transmission line," said councilman Bryce Campbell. "If they feel the expense is warranted, they can recommend an alternate location." The motion passed unanimously. The action came during marathon meeting Thursday Jn which the city council also: City Contract Continues Voiced its displeasure with the county hospital district for taking over emergency ambul- nncc service instead of contracting for the service ns previously agreed. The city's contract paying Aid Ambulance Co.

$2 900 per month for emergency service probably will continue at least iailii'1 Jan. 3, Mayor Roy Bass said, even though the hospital district ambulances arc to be operating by Oct. Agreed to hire an architect to study feasibility of adding nine holes at Mcadowbrook Golf Course In Mackenzie Park; Appropriated $200,000 to build a 12-court tennis center in Argentine Aircraft Bombed; Four Die TUCUMAN, Guerrillas Argentina (UPI) An set off a planted in a drainpipe beneath an airport runway Thursday, causing the fiery crash of an army transport plane packed with Argentine federal troops as the plane was taking off. official air force state said four persons were State Charter Labeled Both Bad' Murder Trial Here Gets Ninth Juror By JOE HUGHES Avalanche-Journal staff THREE EMPTY seats in the 137th District Court jury box remain to be filled before accused shotgun slayer Raymond Sanders begins to hear the state's evidence against him. Lawyers selected three jurors from among nine potential ven- iremen brought before presiding Judge Robert C.

Wright Thursday. Qualified killed and 25 wounded. The 1 in Montoneros guerrillas took responsibility for the spectacular explosion and said it was carried out in the name of Marcos Oastinsky, a rebel, leader slain last week in Cordoba as he was being transferred in a police truck. The air force said that when the plane was ready to take off, "subversive elements" denotat- ed an explosive device a few yards in front of the plane. A5r force sources said explosives were planted in a drainage pipe under the runway.

The statement said the U.S.-made C130 Hercules transport plane carried 114 "gendarmes," the country's frontier, federal police who have joined in the amy campaign to wipe out the guerrilla bands in the mountain jungles of Tucuman. The explosion ripped a hole about 17 feet wide and seven deep in the runway and mrled flames and chunks of asphalt into the air. The craft bounced to a halt, for service during CORN LOVING the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith of York, has developed a taste for buttered corn on the cob.

Benjamin nibbles the corn right down to the cob, holding the cob with one paw and rolling it a little at a time until each kernel has been consumed. (AP Wire- photo) Integration Order Given To Midland intense questioning by attorneys for both sides were: James E. Hansen, a mechanical engineer; Mrs. Margaret Griffin, an automobile dealership bookkeeper; and Juanita Carrell, a registered nurse and doctoral degree candidate at Texas Tech University. Examinations Resume Today Prior to resumption of examination proceedings at 9 a.m.

today, nine of the 12 required jurors have been seated to hear the capital murder case. While interviewing, attorneys repeatedly have stressed that a capital murder conviction for a defendant means life imprison- slamrned into the runway and burst into flames. The fire set off by the blast See GUERRILLAS Page 13 Lcfhvich Park Street west of and Adopted in master plan for a north of G6lh Elgin Avenue; principle future 5GO- NEW ORLEANS (AP) A three-judge federal panel called Thursday for the immediate integration of elementary schools in Midland, Tex. The panel of judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous decision by a federal judge and ordered Immediate "steps to completely dismantle the dual in the elementary Mexican-Americans from Ang-lemcntary Schools were at issue los said Judge Jedn Minor Sen COUNTY'S Pngft 12 Wisdom of New Orleans.

Five Cited The six-page opinion cited In The A-J Today Amusements 8-11 Classified 2-13 Comics 10 Deaths 8 A ment or chair. After four death in the electric Editorials 4 A days of question- system grades." "The record clearly demonstrates that the Midland school district deliberately segregated Dallas Man Found Guilty Of Marijuana Possession five schools in the 19-school system, which he said have virtually all-minority enrollments. They were: with no whites, 13 Mexican-Americans and 299 blacks in the student body -De Zavala, with whiles, 308 Mexican-Americans, and 31 blacks; with 12 Anglos, 293 Spanish siirnamed, and 1S7 blacks; with 31 Anglos, 224 Spanish, 187 black; with 10 Angl.is, 78 Spanish, 388 black. Declines Comment man LAMESA (Spocial)-A Dallns Tlnu-sclay was found guilty of felony possession of mar tunnn and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary and a J5.000 fine. Jackie Eugene Itinson, 40, wns convicted in IMih District Court hero In connection with the largest marijuana haul in Lamesa history Jan.

18. The fury's decisJon came on the heels of Wednesdays five year probated sentence of two ii cncos by a different jury 5n 06th District Court. The marijuana, haul netted 1,400 pounds of the Illegal drug men 'convicted In the same bust. Jay C. Emerson, 21, Dallns and Barry B.

Phillips of DuncnnvHic each wcr given five ycnr probated sen Midland Tames II. School Mailey Supt. Dr. declined to in the 1972 decision by district court in El Paso. The court ruled at that time that Midland schools were in compliance with federal integration guidelines.

Domincy added that integration of the designated schools would negate the newly implemented bilingual programs at De Zavala and Crockett. Grades seven through 12 were integrated on a boundary change-busing plan in lilGS. "The Mexican school, which Sno Vage Weather Map Page 4-F Lubbock and vicinity: Partly i udy today and Saturday. A ing, a total of 35 Lubbock and area men and women have undergone qualification proceedings. Questioning has ranged from only a few minutes up to one hour.

Death Right Challenged One man promptly dismissed Thursday afternoon when he told the court: "I'm not poing to sit as God." He said a situation would have to be "very rare" to induce him to consider the death penalty. "I don't think I have the right to take another man's life," tie said after being asked to elaborate. Asked to circumstances under whiclt he c.iuld consider death as a punishment for crime, the young man replied: "Something like murder Soc MURDER rape 12 Farnilj' News 2-S Farm News And Quotes 10-11 A Hobbies 4 Horoscope 5 Investment Column 9 Oil News 8 Sports 1-4 Stock Markets 6-7 TV-Radio 8 COMIC DICTIONARY CONFIDENCE MAN One who pretends to take you for what you are in order to take you for what you have. By SAM ATTLESEX Avalanche-Journal Staff A CONTROVERJSIAL provision authorizing annual sessions of the state legislature is in the proposed Texas Constitution because "compromise is a daily factor in the legislature," State Sen. Betty Andujar said here Thursday.

Mrs. Andujar, who opposes annual sessions because "it costs the taxpayers more money," however, doubts that the much-debated annual session provision will cause the death of the entire document. Speculation Grows Growing speculation across the state indicates that the new state charter will be defeated Nov. 4 by Texas voters, primarily because of opposition to yearly conclaves of the legislature. But Mrs.

Andujar, a He- publican from Fort Worth, noted that voters opposed to annual sessions still can vote for the other eight provisions of the document. "The failure of the Constitutional Convention (of 1974) gave birth to a better deal for the public, because the public can now vote for just the various articles (and not the total document), Mrs. Andujar, a delegate to the ill-fated convention, said. Like Yule Gifts She compared the proposed constitution to Christmas gifts, saying "You receive a lot that is good and some bad." But she obviously is opposed to annual sessions being authorized in the state document. Mrs.

Andu- par said it was "purely a political decision" that allowed annual sessions in the constitution Mrs. Andujar was in Lubbock to speak to a luncheon of the Lubbock Republican Women's Dub. During a press conference following the luncheon, Mrs. Andujar said she is in favor of President Ford dumping See SUCCESS Page 13 Shortage Seen In East Governors Ask Test On Price WASHINGTON (AP) Governors meeting with President Ford urged on Thursday that natural gas price regulation be suspended for five years to test the theory that higher prices would increase gas supplies. Gov.

Robert D. Ray of Iowa, chairman of the National Governors Conference, told reporters that President Ford listened but ma'de no commitment on the five-year Ford has been urging permanent deregulation of natural gas. Ray also said most of the 16 governors agreed on three other principles: FPC Diversion Congress should adopt legislation reinstating Federal Power Commission authority, earlier invalidated by a federal court, to allow diversion of natural gas from markets within states to interstate markets for up to 180 days. the governors should have greater "input" into federal energy policymaking. that there should be strong programs to promote energy conservation and the conversion of some facilities from scarce fuels to more plentiful fuels.

The meeting came as the White House and the Federal Energy Administration issued a new study confirming earlier predictions of severe natural gas shortages would concentrate "in the mid-Atlantic states, from Southern New York to South Carolina, and in several other states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Shutdowns Faced The FEA warned that companies whose gas supplies are curtailed may face shutdowns unless they can buy other fuels, such as petroleum. The FEA said industries and electric utilities burning gas under boilers probably would bear the brunt of the shortages because of FPC regulations assigning 'priority gas service to residential and commercial customers. As some users switch from natural gas to higher-priced petroleum fuels, the FEA said, consumers would feel the impact through higher prices for goods and services from these users. Crisis Discussed With this gloomy report in hand, President Ford sat down to discuss the natural gas crisis with the governors of Iowa, Vermont, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jer- See GOVERNORS Page 13 The three men were arrested a icsa nlrport ns they tempted to smuggle the mari uarva away from the airstrip cstimony revealed.

The cargo had been lond-ed on a plane, but when the air- crnft encountered mechanical difficulties, the group was forced to land nt Lamesa. Hlnsan nlso wns charged with bribery in connection with comments ninde to a police officer nflcr his nrrest. The court, however, did not hanr testimony on that charge Thursday. comment on the ruling, saying Ke wanted to rend the official notification of the decision before making a statement. Trustee Joe Dominoy, however, said he was surprised that the court cnllcd for integration in thrco schools not at issue in the earlier court onso.

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p.m. Midnight 71 7fi £0 Rl 81 73 78 14 71 70 UT's Summer Turnout Rises AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) Apparently those days when only a few students stayed on college campuses in the to pickup extra gone forever. Dr. David Hershey, director of admissions at the University of Texas at Austin, said Thursday that the total enrollment for UT's two summer sessions was 20,587, a 4.8 per cent increase from the previous summer.

Fall classes begin Tuesday, and 42,000 students are expected. Sunny Skies, Warm Weather Return To City, South Plains MAxltmim 81; Minimum Mnxlmum year niTo lodny 70; Mlm- muin ycnr neo B3. Bun lodny 7:19 a.m.: Sun sets to- Maximum Humidity Minimum Hu- mldlly WJ; Hiimldlly nl mldr.lnlil 75 1 SOUTHWEST WKATHKK city city AWlenc RS Penvtr SS .06 IKI Kl PftfX) AniRrllla SS SR 7.1 Okln. dty .03 S7 nnltiu 71 W. Kalli 81 70 Tech Enrollment Reaches 17,750 SOME fi.OOO students enrolled at Texas Tech University Thursday during the second of formal registration at the school.

Thursday's figures bring the total enrollment to approximately 17,750 students for the fall semester. Registration continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Municipal Coliseum and today from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday in the Registrar'! Office in West Hall.

News Services SUNNY skies and warmer temperatures returned to the South Plains and Lubbock area Thursday afternoon. Other her advance toward coastline. sections of the state were not so lucky. Marblo size hail accompanied by heavy rain was reported near the town of Gruvor in the northern Texas' Panhandle late Thursday. In southwest Texas heavy rains dumped 1.75 inches on Alpine, and prompted flash flood advisories to campers in low areas, Thunderstorms oa cun-ed over much of South Cen ti-al nnd Southeast Texas and three funnel clouds were report ed near Columbus.

Last hut no Satellite pictures indicated he disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico was about 400 miles ioutheast of Brownsville, mov- ng toward the west-northwest at 12 mph and was increasing intensity with maximum sus- winds of 40 mph. National weather was dominated by a cooling trend brought about by a steady progression of fronts moving into the Pacific Northwest during the past few days. The National Weather Service predicted temperatures would continue to run below normal through the weekend. Rain continued to soak the County, reported up to 2.75 inches of rain in less than hours and came under a flash flood warning with more rain expected during the night. Up to 4 inches of rain has fallen in the Carol inas and northern Georgia since Wednesday morning and produced widespread threats of flash flooding, Sunny skies were general along the New England coast.

According to the National Weather Service, a high pressure ridge over Texas produced Thursday's clearing skies warming temperatures in least, Tropical Storm Carolinelnation's midsection. Manistee South skies Plains should area. Lubbock remain partly cloudy today and Saturday with a low tonight in the 60s and See WEATHER Pap It.