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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 67

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FOIOIKIt ADDICTS. DltOIMHTS Sutiitiiv An" II Youths Get on Board Gospel Train Chile's Transport Minister Resigns I 1 tuv: Chili (API lim, rr Rut Sat' nrdny at hilc'i (mnsjxirt and rwt.ln work mmnlrr d'lrr fulilr allnmp! i lrnKf a inpjiling nniinnmdf trnpnr-lain 41 i i 1h mrcer nffi. rrr frr.rti-lH- thought Marmt rrrkutrnl Allinri ha nut piven him 7 3 A I 'i p-r I tf n-itlrmmt l( II at with thr tinker i nepfv from hi air Um i tlupf, Th cnvfrnmrni nii aniKKini'M in national r.iiii.i mat inn. RVJIAVM.MrmilR 'M Pt Iwmer drug addict, high hno dropoiiii and a former Iradrr of a lie-lrni neet gunj atp now aingmg the golrl as prt of thp Highland Park imifiiunity hmr. Joining ihp i hoir, they mv.

ha dta-mituallv ihangrd I heir lives and given ihem fnrnds who tare aixmi wh it I hry du. "I slartrd listening lo the words of ihp mg and learned to live It." said James Johnson, 2i, a former heroin usrr. "Ihe choir gave me something lo do and made me (are reality. Ue traveled mi much I Used drug lest and lest." Angenrtl Page. IV M'd she rmi hi ailrd a gmu that would ")ump on people and tub them," Now she say she belong to a small peaelul cluh ad i a devoted rhoir member.

The ihree.vrarld chmr gtew rail of the church rhoir at the Jov Temple Chunh of frd in Christ. 11227 Hamil-u But il a younger group than the church rhor and believe in spreading the gmpH hv gelling a fnend out )ail or cff drug a a by smgmg The group ha traveled over much of the eaiern half of ihe nited State and to mililary hae lo entertain, mil Ihe trip which servp lo attract youngsters in ihe hoir are threatening to rum the group fmam tally. Memhersh'p ha dropped from MS ti became many of Ihe member can't afford to pay their own travel esjene. according lo har director David ut h. 1Tv gnmp arcefKi only "goodwill offerings" lur ihnr concert.

8nl ouihI fmam ntoM of their own trip. I ut is lm kma for wiiue group lhal ntiht maie a bus lo the choir. "tte'se hrrn geitina lo dillrrenl place by VW, fremlm, and Ihe Stanley Steamer, an old atailon wagon," said Willie Walter, ooe of ihe choir' lounder. "The way we cut corners, it's haid lo it-l how mui we spend, Sometinies all the guv have to share one hotel r'un I llf II SWS Ihe choir has already cut two records and is nrgoiiatmg a ronirarl with MHim Picture People. Inc.

of Birmingham lo do musical eg. ments of a film. wanl lo ieai more people and do more things, bul we haven't got muih to work with right now," I tilth id "We need PW or morp voice." I ven wtth'Hil adequaie number. Ihe rhmr has a booming, swinging stsle. They mm a he.ilihy portion of gos wnh the standard spirituals vimeiimes lo the arcompanimi-ni of a fotir-vrar-old bongo plaver.

Joseph "Nate" I utih. The choir member ay ihev like their brand of gospel music and wanl tn maintain their distinction a a community choir. Said Robert Walker. 20: "All those the church choir scared me with all thai Jumpin' around and shou-tin "praise the My brother told me in go to ihe community choir and they wouldn't do that." Kumlirrio Majjli" hHtl. air ff ititittnr of operation.

I i si Ti m-i i 1 Animals Protest wm nmsl lo rrplm Ruiz in The meal ihorlacc hai hit hnmc (or ihl Dr Molnrt Zoo raccoon, tilting on the houidr of Jane llulchlnon. 20. Thf animal Jnlnrd atwlrrf linn. Jaguar, make and an raglt lo "plrkrl" ihe federal building in proiem. 7 on nlfiriaU ay ihry ran'i localp adequate mral mpplirt for ihf animal.

i in Hi 1 A lhi ml.inrl Rui' ir fori pM lill hv Ihr MTvu'i 2 man, (ten, (iuMaui lish Ihr lnlr Iwu in lru onrt on Julv Thrv urtf Uirr (omH by nwl onrr nd drir of pfUdlP hu- and 7f inkf lcnfr a hark lo vrnrV ulnmaturn IhurMtav afifirH-m in the far of a Ihffal li have ihr military I'onfiM air Ihnr vr hit Agncw Tells Rallv He Will Fijrlu io Prove Innocence S.I I F. ui(h, 4, Itn timit' limn 0f(om4ttin ihr (hmr. fim r-y-rH jdf iiee.hr 0T D.IRLFSt. 0nj Jtmr rUnx, ihe fi mndilv frritfj thnir'i UtJ linfrr. Highway Hearings SUtlcd 1 IASIG-(ITM-Asp-rial House romnvttep will hold Ari'in'ed vat'S District ludi'p Walter I II rffman of the asirrn District of Virginia Th appoint mt nt, mad by hff Judge Clement I ix public hearing tn Mudv allegations that thp decision to proceed with the pxtension of Northwestern Highway in Oakland County wa Improperly influenced hv developer.

It also will attempt lodHer. mine if thp Highway Depart- men! failed to adequately con sider the need fur an ecological impact of thp pxtension. There ill be hearings in the Hihisp chamber of the Capitol Aug. 27 Ihrrwgb Aug. 29 and hearing in Ponfiac Sept.

25 through Sept. 27. I The lansing hearings will focu primarily on the High- a Department' decision concerning the Northwestern 1 project, while thp Pontiac i The complete Levi family line is now available in Michigan for the first time. What is the complete Levi's line? t.inworth of the U.S. Circuit Cmirl of Appeals, wai netessary hetausp all nine Maryland federal Indies disqualified themvrK rs from silting in thp rase.

looking a d. from a hort vacation in Palm Spring with I rank Sinatra. Agnew as accompanied on the pl.itform by hi wife ludv. Rauman. and Serreiary of Agriculture arl But.

Agnew. former governor of Maryland, praised his onetime ronMitu'Mit as people "who won't judge a m.in loo qui klv i by Jumping to conditions." I Hp also praised Bauman a a man Mho "will not go to Washington lo play the Ualer-gatp game Today much of official Uashington reminds me of a morhih crowd gain- ered around a flip-gutted building, waiting lo see who will be carried out." After his speech Agnew moved under a heavy police and Se ret Serv ic guard to shake hands with admirers crowding against a roe. As he signed autographs they called out lo him: "We're with you, Spirn" "We'll with you in Vm hell." But on the fringes of the crowd, in conversations with reporters and each olher, Marylanriers were no so sure RYSU I. IRIIDMW rr.NTRrvn.ir. Md Virr-Preidnl Spiro Asnr.

In Manland Snurday for lh firl lim in ha hrram puM-rly InvoKrd in an inen-paiirm of polmral hnhm and fKiorlion. it mH fr the homp folk. "I tnirnd lo to PMabli.h my inrnn pne of any ronp1'v inc." ARnrw said al a rally for a Republican congressional randid-if. Hp thas(ird anonymu new wwrcp he td uprp improperly leaking report. of the invPMigation.

"They have no hesitancy al all ahfMji vioUnns my civil right. or my ronstituti'nal righr hm I'll hap morp to aay about that later." hp said. AGM.W SPOKE at a tradi-tirmal "bull mast" on behalf of randidatP Robert E. Bauman. Rut a pall of arandal hung ovpr thp usually fPMivp occasion lika thp smokp in thp trpp from thp barbequn grill.

Only a few hundred attended thp affair, which traditionally ha drawn several thousands. Bauman is running to fill a vacancy created when the Republican incumbent, William Mill, killpd himself a a result of an incident connected to the Watergate investigation. Fvpn by their cheer and shouls of good wishes for Agnew, folk in the crowd mad? it clear that his troubles were on their minds. Agnpw announced on Aug. 1 that U.S.

District Attorney George Beall of Maryland had notified him that he was under investigation for possible violation of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and tax laws. Several consulting engineers in the Baltimore area have al leged that they kicked haik lees, in cash payments and ex torted campaign contributions, to Agnew and his fund raisers hearing will attempt to determine the involvemi nt of county official and developer. The hearing will be conducted by a special House study committee co-chaired bv Reps. Philip Mastin. Ha Park, and Michael Novak, Irisli Mob Heats Up 6 Policemen Jmm i ill tin flu It's hundreds of items in the classic blue jean BELLS, STRAIGHTS, SHIRTS, JACKETS AND GENTLEMEN'S JEANS.

IT'S THE FANCY JEAN LOOK. IT IS THE HANDSOME PANATELA LINE OF NEW SLACKS AND TOPS-IT IS THE LEVI'S FOR GALS LINE IN A DAZZLING SPECTRUM OF COLOR AND FABRICS. IT IS THE GOOD LOOKING, RUGGED, LEVI'S' BOYS WEAR LINE WITH DURABLE DOUBLE KNEES IT IS BLUE DENIM FOREST OF NOVELTIES SUCH AS BELTS, NOTEBOOKS, LAUNDRY BAGS, PLACE MATS AND TOTE BAGS. IT'S ALL LEVI S' FOR ALL THE FAMILY about Agnew'. future.

A 71-year-old farmer licked the barbeque sauce from his fingers and said: "I'm hewil dcrod by politics right now. I voted for Agnew but I'm noi so sure now." Mrs. Patricia Worm, a farmer's wife, said: "Scandals have been happening since the beginning of time and politics, I suppose. Bui that doesn't mean it's right." And her cousin, Alan Qui-das, mumbled aloud: "What lo believe? who to believe? and when to believe it?" BF.I FAST (I'PI) A mob beat up six policemen in the town of Portadown early Saturday after cruising gunmen, firing from a car, killed a year-old Protestant in an ap- parent random attack. Along the border with the Irish Republic, a bomb demolished the post office in the village of Middletown.

Three masked gunmen forced the postmistress to flee before planting the bomb and escaping themselves. The explosives went off minutes later, but no one was injured. Policemen attributed shooting death of Trevor Holland in Portadown, -22 miles southwest of Rplfast, to an in exchange for public works contracts. Agnew, in a press conference, called the accusations damned lies." lie told the crowd: "Your welcome is -especially heartwarming under the circumstances you understand wiiat I mean." Atomic Blast Is Reported WELLINGTON, New Zealand (UPl) France exploded the third atomi-: blast in its controversial 1473 at- mospheric testing series over I the South Pacific, New Zca- I Iff RH other random at'ack by the gunmen who have killed 13 persons within the past year. Holland, shot from a passing car as he sotod in front of a cafe, was the Sfifith fatalily in the four years of violence among the majority Protestants, minority Catholics and the security forces of Northern Ireland.

Shortly after his death, a mob beat up six policemen in a post-midnight riot outside a dance hall in Police said two of the officers were seriously injured in the disturbance before reinforce SHORTLY before Agnew spoke, it was announced in Baltimore that a federal judge from Virginia was assigned to oversee any grand jury investigation of Agnew. Abandoned Car A I Junkyard Conceals Body The body of an unidentified, middle-aged, black man was discovered Saturday in the trunk of an abandoned car in ments broke up the mob. land said Sunday. Government sources said the explosion was at Mururoa Atoll, 721) miles southeast of Papeete, Tahiti, the site last month of France's first two blasts in its current series. The size of the explosion and the source of the information was not given.

France's tests have drawn protests over fears of fallout from al least half a nations, including New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Sweden and Japan, and resulted in a severing of relations by Peru. In Paris, a spokesman for the French defense ministry said: "I can not tell you any FOR THE COMPLETE LEVI'S FAMILY LINE Two locations to serve you Youth, 15, Crushed Under House A 15-y ear-old youth was a junkyard across from Dearborn Auto Supply, 18870 Mid-dlebelt, Huron Township. An employe of bhe company noticed blood stains on the car seats and called police, who forced open the trunk. Police said the man apparently died of stab wounds. A pocketknife was found in the car.

IM AND) WOW thing." Former Temptations Singer Found Dead 241 PIERCE STREET BIRMINGHAM 642-1122 Daily Thursday Friday til 9 CORNER 12 MILE FARMINGTON RDS. in the Crowley's Kendallwood Center 476-3400 644-3900 Open Daily Fri. til 9:00 crushed to death when a collage on Harsens Island slipped off temporary supports as he was installing a footing under it. The victim was David Bruce Burns, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert J. Burns of 1815 Rowland, Royal Oak. The incident occurred Friday. The boy's father said that the cottage had been raised about 15 inches on jacks while the footing was being put in place. The jacks slipped and David was crushed.

He was 6 -nounced dead at the ferry which was to have taken him to a hospital. The island is in the lower St. Clair River. MNMJtRICAflD Fl Police identified Williams through a fingerprint check. He sang baritone and lead with the popular black male group in the late 1960s.

Williams was replaced after he became ill and doctors ordered him to halt personal appearances. Williams, a native of Birmingham, was one of nine children. Paul Williams, an original member of the Motown singing group, The Temptations, was found dead, an apparent suicide late Friday night. Williams, 34, was found slumped in the front seat of a car at 14th and W. Grand Blvd.

He died of a gunshot wound in the head; a gun was in his hand. He was wearing only s.viniining trunks. JUST IN A FAMILY WAY miiwuimn Twin -i' iVi 1I 1 it'! ilf Hi iil ir ft ii ml ttfn.

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