Brownwood Bulletin (Newspaper) - January 20, 1975, Brownwood, Texas GOOD AFTERNOON Here is a summary of some of todays leading news stories PARIS AP Three Arab terrorists left Paris in a French plane today after an unsuccessful attempt to attack an Israeli a gun battle with police and an overnight siege during which they held 10 persons hostage In a restroom at Orly Air WASHINGTON AP Former CIA Director Richard Helms is returning for a second ap before the Rock commission on the spy domestic ac WASHINGTON AP More than two years after his overwhelming defeat for the George McGovern is more con than ever that he was right from the start about the nations major Brownwood Bulletin Ton Today Texas January IJ Conti Dally Sunday Auto industry launches week with idle DETROIT AP The na tions beleaguered auto In dustry begins third full week of production In 1975 with 11 as sembly plants closed and 000 workers on The new week began as an improvement over last when the auto makers reported 28 plants closed and hourly employes on furlough because of declines in retail Only American the smallest of the Big will be in full production this General Motors will operate without four Ford Motor will have three plants closed and Chrysler Is extending another week of shutdowns to four Ford and Chrysler will offer new car buyers factory rebates of up to again this week in hopes of boosting which have been in the doldrums for 16 BROWNWOOD AREA Fair and warmer through Low tonight in the upper high Tuesday In the Maximum temperature here Sunday overnight low Sunset today sunrise Tuesday straight It is the longest auto slump in 30 Chryslers rebate now in its second offers up to 1300 in company checks to buyers of specified and a bonus if specially designated models are traded in on the The program ends Ford begins the first full week of a similar plan which provides up to In rebates for the purchase of small Ford The promotion ends General Motors has not launched a rebate GM will have workers on temporary layoff this Pay hike due quick action AP Emer gency pay raises for state em ployes was the debate topic to day as Texas legislators began their second week of the 64th The Senate convened at and the House at 2 Lloyd served notice last Friday that he would ask for a vote today on his million proposal to increase salaries for about 000 state employes for the re maining seven months of this business As approved by the Senate Finance would give an average per cent raise to those making and under and a per cent raise to those making more than Travel pay would be Increased from 12 to 16 cents a mile for use of private cars on state Also cleared for immediate action in the Senate was a emergency entitling Jobless Texans to an extra million in federal unemployment The Senate has already ap proved its version of the After todays legislative ses attention will shift to in augural sharply cur tailed this year because of the economic At 7 the Texas Demo crats victory will be staged in Austin Municipal Au for those presenting a Profits from the steak dinner will go to the Democratic Dinner speakers will Include Dolph Lloyd and National Demo cratic Chairman Robert Many Texas congress men and legislators will attend Inaugural day activities Tuesday Include a 7 prayer a noon swearingin ceremony on the Capitol and a public reception in the rotunda during the The usual downtown parade and inaugural balls were can celled at the request of Briscoe and HOSTAGES UNHARMED Arab terrorists fly to Baghdad LITTLE ARROWS Saturday afternoons are stretched Into the evenings by youngsters who want to make he most of weekend playtime Silhouetted the letting sun Is Mike son of Charlie Burris and Bonnie Burris and grandson of and BUI Bulletin Photo PARIS AP Three Arab terrorists flew to Iraq today in a plane after an attempt to attack an Israeli Jumbo a gun battle with po lice and an overnight siege dur ing which they held 10 persons hostage in a restroom at Orly Air France said the plane was still ground in Baghdad two hours after The Israeli plane was not damaged in the attack at Orly Airport and the hostages were released But 21 per including one of the ter were reported injured in the gunfight that raged for 15 Tuesday last day for absentee vote Tuesday is the last day to vote absentee for or against abolishing the Early Independent School Twenty absentee votes had been cast in the Brown County courthouse this The Early election is slated for this Commission quizzes former CIA official Absentees take jump at school WASHINGTON AP For mer intelligence chief John McCone appeared before the Rockefeller today as the panel re Its hearings into CIA do Former CIA Director Richard Helms was expected to ap pear later in the day before the panel headed by Vice President Rock for a second round of questioning on the do The leadoff witness for the second day of hearings waa Patrick former execu tive secretary of the President Foreign Intelligence Advisory a panel on which Rockefeller once The board a group of 11 private citizens appointed by the Presi dent to evaluate the nations in Coyne would give the com mission a background briefing on intelligence a spokesman said before his ap Coyne appeared briefly in Lawmen seek trio in San Saba death SAN law enforcement officers have opened a statewide March for three men Involved in the robbery and murder of an unidentified man found Sunday morning In a ditch off Texas Highway If five miles north of The badly decomposed body was found by Sen Saba rancher Marvin while he WM feeding Sap County Sheriff and Tens Ranger Bob Favor of Brady art heading the probe which three men possibly driving a white Chrysler The trio linked to the car and the body by a traffic citation found In the dead by Milk County Highway Patrolman Bobby tot citation to a Missouri man driving the im car which in news reports last year when he denied an allegation that he had told Rockefeller in the fall of 1969 about wiretaps on the phones of government officials and newsmen suspected of in volvement in leaks of classified During his confirmation hear Rockefeller denied ever having known of the and the House Judiciary Committee the allegation ai un Senate Democrats were ex to decide whether to create a special committee similar to the Watergate panel to investigate allegation of CIA The Democratic la scheduled to vote on a resolution by John that would set up an now ambassador to appeared before the Rockefeller commission at first meeting lait Monday and a brief David staff director of the indicated Sunday night in a telephone in that the itate was identical to the testi mony that gave to a Senate panel later in the week mads A sudden surge this morning in the absentee rate in Brownwood is being watched Brownwood Milam said Shortly before several schools had not reported at tendance but the Junior high school here was apparently the severely hit with 212 students and seven staff A flulike illness was causing many in the to go home during the A bout of bad weather now could really hurt and possibly cause the closing of Milam We hope this will not be the High absenteeism in schools during the first few of 1974 many including Brown to recess for periods from two days to several minutes Sunday afternoon in a crowded concourse of the air port Eight of the wounded were reported in serious Previous reports said there were two terrorists and from three to seven But witnesses at the airport said three terrorists and eight hos tages came out of the the gunmen with stockings masking their faces and the hostages with bandages cov ering their Two other a French woman and her were freed earlier this morning when the terror ists began negotiating with the Egyptian ambassador to as In The Identity of the gunmen was still Police at first said a note In which they de manded an escape plane was signed Mohammed Boudia named for an Algerian militant murdered by Israeli agents in Paris in Later reports said the note was un In Yasir Pal estine Liberation Organization condemned the and the organizations representative in Ezzedine el said the gunmen would be punished if they were handed over to the But Israels ambassador to Asher Ben brushed aside the PLO saying These organizations change their but they are all the same Some time they call themselves Black September and sometime the revolutionary Arab Youth and sometime the Mohammed Boudia But they are all the It was the second attempted attack on an Israeli plane at Orly within a Two men fired two bazooka at an El Al jetliner it departing last Monday but and hit a Yugoslav jet and an airport Three persons were The gunmen escaped and later the Mohammed Boudia Squad claimed it had made the El Als flight 418 from Paris to Tel Aviv had just pulled away from the boarding area Sunday afternoon with 222 persons One of the terrorists emerged onto a terrace of the terminal building and prepared to fire possibly with a bazooka on the plane about feet 2 men third missing at Proctor AP Two men drowned in one identified as a Fort Worth bank while on a duck hunting trip at nearby Lake sheriffs officers said A third Fort Worth man was Deputies identified the two bodies as Roger Cutchins and John Van vice president of the Bank of Fort Officers said the trio was hunting from a boat on the lake when high winds caused the craft to swamp and sink in the frigid Officers said both bodies had life The missing man was not identified at Deputies said the men ap drowned early Sunday but the bodies were not recovered until about that The bodies were found on the shore near Lake Proctor The wife of one of the missing men telephoned Comanche County officers in an attempt to locate the trio after they were late in returning to Fort touching off the search Game warden Billy Works is heading the assisted by Comanche County Sheriffs See PROCTOR on Page I Spring registration underway at Howard Payne University students returned to campus this weekend and registration began today for spring semester classes which start Late registration will be In effect after 5 Tuesday except for evening classes and the final date for signing up will be Tuesday morning registration will kick off with sophomore students whose last names begin with initials A to Initiate Q to will begin registering at 10 with initials I to scheduled for 11 Registration will then continue at with initials A to Students who are registering for the first time will begin at and all others who have not signed up will do to beginning at Students who are registering for day classes should gather on the first floor of Old Main on Center at the time they are scheduled to appear according to Bennett acting dean of admissions and Registration for evening continuing education courses will be held during the regularly scheduled class meeting time of each Giant bank changes hands to stave off failure By TERENCE HUNT Associated Writer Faced with probable fail ure and a lack of public con the Security National Bank of Long 63rd larg est in the has been wid to another New York Security of laid In Sunday that ite troubles re sutted from a IQM of which the bank laid stemmed from the general eco nomic decline aod toe failure of another Dog the Franklin last This gave to rumors and damaging stories about the bank which substantial of and im paired the banks ability to obtain borrowings from normal Security Na tional Banking sources laid Secur had Buffered in to on New Yorks where the construction industry is de pressed fellowing a building boom during the Franklin Nationals failure followed heavy foreign ex change Franklin Nation al at one time was the nations 20th largest bank and its failure the largest in the nations The Federal Reserve Board in which author the sale of Security Nation al without stockholder approv laid the comptroller of the currency had found external forces and pubic confidence have adversely affected the op and condition of Secur ity to the point that an emer gency exists Comptroller of the James Smith declared an emergency at Security National and asked immediate action to prevent a probable failure of that Security with of and on Long ad W in New York purchased by the Chemical Bank far Ml oaa of the M 10 will all and most liabilities of the smaller In another economic develop ment the adminis tration stepped up its campaign for President Fords sion program as three made public appearances urg ing congressional approval of Treasury Secretary appearing on despite bis dislike rf U
