Biloxi Sun Herald (Newspaper) - August 4, 1974, Biloxi, Mississippi Su I lera I By AP 90 - Number 304 Sunday Morning August 4, 1974 98 Copy 25' tours state to aid HANK KLIBANOFF Capitol stories on Page President Gerald Ford Saturday sa d President Nixon's has eroded in the administration's efforts to thwart the growing push for his impeachment odds have the vice president told newsmen at the Pine Belt midway between Hattiesburg and after a whirlwind visit to delivered similar speeches in support of Republican Congressional candidates and the President during stops at the Golden Triangle Regional Airport near in and at the vice president's speech at Pine Belt delivered to his largest crowd of the urged South Mississippians to keep U.S. Rep. Trent office a long vice president was by Lott's former U.S. Rep. William M. Colmer who told the Republican vice president that the people of Mississippi no longer wedded to the emphasized during his speech to the crowd of 2,000 that peace and a growing are the major emphases of Nixon term of speaking from a white and blue covered podium on the runway praised the Pascagoula congressman as architect in the waging of in the He also labeled who faces minimal opposition in the November general as not a that the inflation problem is something shouldn't try to sweep under the Ford urged the crowd to support the balanced federal made no mention of the fact that Lott previously has voiced strong disapproval with the Nixon administration's federal budget most of Ford's remarks at the three rallies appear very it was during the press conference following his speech at Pine Belt that Ford said the President's position was weakening in the if he believes the President will be Ford suspect the odds are the vice president strongly repeated his contention that the President is innocent of any impeachable vice president indicated that while the proposed censure of the President as an alternative to impeachment would be he I had my see one of the minority judiciary committee who has voted consistently against all impeachment told reporters following the press is a very good likelihood he will be he don't think anything is a foregone conclusion in a cryptic delivered prior to the Rev. David Tart of Laurel are aware we have broken your Holy commandments both corporately and but he urged continuation of faith in Nixon spite of his past on the podium with the vice Lott and Colmer were several Mississippi Republican including Glover Roberts of Lott's 1972 campaign photo by Vernon for Trent Lott and Mrs. Lott lead is former congressman William M. Colmer for Vice President Gerald Ford at Ford was in Mississippi Regional Airport near On made in Gautier linked with RE GIN A HINES Jackson County Bureau veil of secrecy surrounding the July 24 armed robbery at a Gulf Hills party was lifted Friday night by the Jackson County sheriff's department after deputies raided a high stakes game at Gautier and announced the arrest of one of the robbery party at a Gulf Hills was surprised by three masked men who robbed the guests of jewelry and other Deputy Barney Mathis Jackson County sheriff's department said guests at the party had been linked to a gambling operation under surveillance since July 5 at Gautier Garden told The Daily Herald Jackson County Bureau he had been close-mouthed in releasing details of the investigation and a list of party since he felt the planned raid on the Gautier gambling party would be hindered by widespread last week sheriff's investigators learned one of the guests who had left the party before arrived to investigate the robbery was Larry P. a Biloxi bar Mathis Mathis was the man deputies had been watching in connection with twice weekly gambling games at Apartment Gautier Garden which he had allegedly 37, 999 Main and owner of the Union was arrested in Friday night's raid and charged with operating a gambling Mathis along with Investigators T. E. Huntley and Alson Young and Jackson County Deputies SECRET POLICE Portugal - The new regime in said Saturday that 929 former secret policemen from the old dictatorial government have been placed under But 1,239 suspected police re still at according to the military commission formed to dissolve the dreaded security SOUGHT IN Ala. An ex-convict was sought Saturday in the disappearance of 19-year-old Alabama football player Bobby who dropped from sight last Police began a search for ex-convict Hayes Joseph 30, Friday night when they spotted and stopped it. The driver leaped out and but a woman in the car gave police A moderately shook Tokyo and other parts of central and northern Japan early and police reported one woman died and 17 persons were A doctors said the 20, died of a heart attack caused by Those injured were hurt in falls or were struck by falling The tremors lasted about a minute and were strong enough to shake houses and topple ORLEANS Searchers recovered Saturday body of a Mississippi man killed when a pickup truck plunged through a hole in the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway knocked out by a string of barges Dr. Charles Jefferson Parish said the body was identified as that of Wallace 19, of Miss. The body was found floating in the near the Pages Page and thundershowers Details on Page critic reports new contract KIM Litton Industries has run into new time and money problems with U.S. Navy contracts and wants an extra million to finish two major shipbuilding programs already far Rep. Les said Litton and the Navy basic details of - charge but said he distorted the and made the seem worse than it said an Navy indicates Litton will finish the last of five big helicopter carriers some 44 months behind a year later than previous Litton is seeking an extra million on that he Navy said there was but merely an of the validity of an additional delay of 12 The Navy said the analysis the delay will take Navy and Litton both said the million price dispute is now before the Armed Services Board of Contract because Navy contracting officers disallowed the entire claim more than a year it is reversed by the the Navy Litton will collect nothing beyond the originally agreed contract said it expects to get the whole question about a spokesman money is said Navy officials also have confirmed that the last of 30 destroyers is 18 months behind schedule and Litton is seeking a extra million on the whole said the delays were Navy's fault because it ordered changes in the ship slowing down spokesmen confirmed Litton has asked for the extra but said the amount falls within the ceiling price specified in the contract and the company will probably get the said the delays were due to inadequate and inefficient labor at Litton's shipyard said the Navy was trying fool itself and the into tne work could be completed on time and without major cost The Navy said it knows there are is not itself or anyone and it is working with Litton to try and correct said there is a nationwide labor shortage in but it contended that aside from price increases caused by inflation it said are covered in its contract is within the ceiling set by the charges distortion of convicts killed at Texas SUSAN IBBY Herald Staff again Rep. Les Aspin has found it convenient to distort the facts in his continuing attempt to criticize and discredit the defense a spokesman for the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula said late statement came in answer to the latest charges by a constant critic of Litton that delays in U.S. Navy contracts were due to inadequate and inefficient labor at the shipyard in facts are that despite severe national shortages of both skilled manpower and vital shipbuilding the program underway at Litton remains on schedule and within ceiling the Ingalls spokesman spokesman program has hot The serious oi rising inflation on labor and material have resulted in increased escalation costs over the original but this cost growth is an effect of the economy and in no way caused by Litton's performance on the At 12 of the destroyers are in three of which have been the LHA Litton and the Navy have been at difference over the final estimate cost of this program for more than two and the matter continues to be Rep. Aspin again has attempted to reflect this two-year-old difference as being something While four of the are currently in this program is carrying the burden of the impact of the manpower shortage and Litton has notified the Navy of possible further delays in the last three and Mike made the raid at 12:01 a.m. Mathis said they seized from a round table in playing cards and poker said those arrested for participating in gambling and released after posting bond were Charlene George Cedar North J. P. Gene and Anthony bond and was also released from Jackson County Friday Jackson County Sheriff's Investigator Thomas J. Quave accompanied Jefferson sheriff's deputies and Tobacco and Firearms division agents of the U.S. Treasury Department in the arrest of 47-year-old William who has been charged with armed robbery at the Gulf Hills was arrested at his home at 836 Wilshire after a warrant for him was issued earlier He is currently confined to Jefferson Parish awaiting extradition proceedings to Mathis said the arrest of Club was a combined effort culminating an investigation by the Jackson County sheriff's department with assistance from the Mississippi highway Harrison County sheriff's Tobacco and Firearms division and Jefferson Parish investigation into the identity of the two other gunmen allegedly involved in the robbery is still continuing the chief deputy told The Daily Herald that it was several days after the robbery before the actual nature of the party and its link with the organized gambling operation were first few we were feeling our Mathis tracing the weeklong can't get anyone on a It was Monday before we realized that something was said No. 1 Caldwell or the boathouse in which the party was was apparently leased by William B. a local who reported the robbery to the sheriff's The apartment is allegedly occupied by R. G. who operates package store on Old Highway 90. Vance was identified as one of the guests at the party according to reports by Deputy H. D. Kirk who initially investigated the and were Jim a Biloxi realtor and Gary a book salesman residing in Rosa St. Andrews on Page Tex. A 10-day siege at the Texas state prison ended Saturday night in a fusillade of gunfire that killed two women the ringleader of the convict rebellion and another inmate who had joined him in a bid for prison officials J. Estelle prison the armed convicts had library surrounded lined with books as Inside the shield were armed inmates and drove inmates inside the blackboard shield were given an opportunity to give Their response was said officer fired a shot until fired Estelle described the outcome of the rebellion best we could hope the dead were Fred Gomez the ringleader of the escape Rudolpho another of the rebel Elizabeth 47, a school teacher at the n Rev. Joseph and Novella 46, an assistant were the four hostages who volunteered to accompany the convicts in their O'Brien was wounded in the chest by gunfire and was listed in Mrs. Pollard was officials of gunfire erupted inside the Texas prison where convict Fred Gomez Carrasco was holding 12 hostages Minutes a official said of justice Senate vote on impeachment is but observers feel that Senator John Stennis will be instrumental in the Story on Page appointments ' have been made to fill Coast banking Story on Page find sentencing to be the most difficult task I face as a a local circuit court judge says in a series on the criminal justice system which begins Monday in the South Mississippi observation and others by local judges are made in the series written by Sun staff writer Mike The local judges say they need help in sentencing Coast men and informal survey of sentences meted out in area courts indicates their requests for assistance should not go Read it beginning Monday in the
