Frederick News-Post (Newspaper) - April 12, 1971, Frederick, Maryland GOOD The larger the island of ledge the longer the shoreline of wonder Ralph Sockman Vol 104 AIM WIMK AND FREDERICK MD MONDAY APRIL 12 1971 Press ton Pnt i TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TEN Surprise Visitor Attends Thurmont Easter Service By GENE HAUN Staff Writer Rev Kenneth Hamrick pastor of Thurmont United Methodist Church had just returned to his home after officiating at Easter Sunday services at his other charge Catoctin Methodist Church His wife met him with a age Camp David called while you were at Mrs Hamrick said and you're to return the call Rev dialed Camp David and learned than an im- portant decision had been made There would be some ary members of Rev Thurmont congregation this ter Sunday First Family Prior to Rev tele- phone call President and Mrs Richard M Nixon Mrs Mamie Eisenhower David and Julie on Eisenhower Tricia Nixon and her fiance Edward Finch Cox had departed Camp David bound for Thurmont Church United Methodist World-Wide Services Mark Easter Sunday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From the jungles of Vietnam to the crowded streets of rusalem Christians around the world celebrated Easter day In a world of strife hope was expressed for a day out war While North Vietnamese fought South Vietnamese in the highlands of South Vietnam many of the American servicemen in that country laid aside their weapons to attend religious services There were sunrise services at bases and headquarters throughout South Vietnam and during the day Easter Services were conducted by various Christian denominations in chapels and field hospitals It was an ecumenical day in Jerusalem Christians Christ's resurrection Greek Orthodox pilgrims held a Palm Sunday procession and Jews gathered at the Wailing Wall Judaism's holiest shrine to pray in observation of ver the week-long feast that marks the freedom of Jews from Egyptian slavery millenia ago Jerusalem police estimated the number of visitors at the largest number to for Easter services the Middle East war of 1967 Churches in the United States celebrated the resurrection On Fifth Avenue in New York New Yorkers in Easter finery took their tional stroll on a street closed See EASTER Page Rev Hamrick a part-time White House employe attended a staff reception last Christmas at which time Mrs Hamrick had asked Mrs Nixon to bring the President to her husband's church sometime in the future How did the news affect Kev Hamrick? Was he it was very he said I don't perhaps it was because the ident was booed and treated rudely when he attended Good Friday services in Washington Was it necessary to point the visitors out to other members of the I didn't mention their presence to others attending the Rev Hamrick said I did tion the President as well as other world leaders in my prayers at the end of the vice An Idle dealing with the rejection of Christ and Christianity by those in both biblical and modern times was the title of Rev ter message One example he used to il- lustrate his point was Joseph Stalin who had studied to be a priest but had turned away from Christ at the age of 19 Another illustration was Adolph Hitler who was casually introduced to Christianity as a boy and who rejected its teachings later in life President Nixon according to Rev Hamrick reacted favorably to the sermon The President said the mon was very good and was See VISITOR Page U.S Choppers Brave Fire To Resupply Base EASTER Nixon family and friends stand today outside Thurmont Methodist Church following Easter Services From left are ward Cox and his fiancee Tricia Nixon dent and Mrs Nixon Mamie Eisenhower and David and Julie Eisenhower The group spent the weekend at nearby Camp U.S Officer Hides Out Nine Days Following Escape From Fire Base 6 Mt Airy Dog Wins Prizes Two top prizes in the annual Blue Ridge German Shepherd Dog Show Sunday from to p.m at the Frederick grounds went to a Mt Airy female dog one of 146 dogs from proximately 30 states entered in the contest Bertrude of owned by Leon A Breult Jr and An- gela Chey captured Best of Breed and Best of Winners The prizes were awarded by John Seiler American Kennel Club judge owned by Dorothy C Graham Bricktown N J was awarded Best of Op- Sex Seiler an Indiana resident has judged dog shows in several areas of the country According to him Sunday's show was one of the best he had judged and credit was given by him to the Blue Ridge German Shepherd Dog Club First bred in Germany as an outdoor guard the German herd can be recognized by its resemblance to a wolf in shape walk and color The ears are usually erect and the muzzle is long and well formed With bows close to its body it grace Known for the intelligence alertness and ty they are usually brown or grey in color SHOW RUN FOR JUDGE Judge John Seiler watches Don Johnson's entry 18 month District Heights in the Blue Ridge German Shepherd Dog Show by Cedric H Smith Pedestrian Killed By Car William Riley Carter 31 a Howard County resident was killed early Saturday west of Ridgeville when he stepped into the path of a vehicle operated by William Andrew Lakel Jr RFD 9 Frederick which was traveling west on U.S Route 40 Death was attributed to head injuries Ronald D Fike gating officer reported that ter walked into the fast lane of traffic and into the path of According to Lakel swerved to avoid striking Carter No charges were made In another accident a speeding car struck a Hoad wooden bridge injuring three occupants near Thurmont at day state police said Mark Lenord Lewis 16 Allan Lee Hurley 16 and Joyce Stephens 15 all of Thurmont were treated for lacerations of the scalp and forehead at Annie Warner Hospital a hospital spokesman said Lewis and Hurley were re- leased and Miss Stephens was transferred to Washington ty Hospital where she is in factory condition with an injury to her right eye a hospital man said Lewis was driving a 1008 hard top west of at n rale of speed when his car struck the wooden bridge continued across the bridge and stopped In a deep ditch state police said None of the victims of the were wearing according to state police Tpr D P Murphy charged Lewis with negligent driving and unsafe tires In another accident over the weekend an unidentified vehicle ran another car off Md 355 south of Ball Road two brothers at Sunday state police said A 1968 sedan driven south by Lonnie Leo I owe 23 of sington was apparently forced off the road by the unidentified vehicle a witness to the said Lowe and his brother Melvin Clarence Lowe also of ton were treated for minor cuts at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released police said In other action three men in- a Corpus Texas resident were arrested in the city Saturday Two wore released on a total of bail James William Snyder Corpus Christi Texas was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated operating a motor vehicle while vision was Im- paired and operating a motor vehicle In a negligent manner Hall totaled and trial was scheduled for April 19 John Sidney Hammond Jr Biggs Ave was arrested for disorderly conduct and was sub- sequently released on ball Police Charge Man With Possession Of Marijuana Trial has April 15 been scheduled for Richard Arlington Sliger Jr S Jefferson St was charged with carrying a concealed po i and with disorderly conduct Released on bond his trial has been scheduled for April 15 In other police action city police reported the arrest of Charles Franklin Gannon 20 on North Market Street for ing a concealed weapon and See CAR Page SAIGON AP U.S copters broke a ring of enemy fire Sunday to resupply Fire Base 6 a South Vietnamese ar- tillery outpost under siege for 12 days Nearly a dozen helicopters reached the base Twenty more were called back when North Vietnamese guns downed one chopper The crew was rescued In other North Vietnamese troops ambushed U.S infantrymen trying to rescue the crew of an Army helicopter shot down 90 miSes south of Da Nang killing 10 Americans and wounding six One chopper crewmen was tilled and two were injured in the crash The enemy obviously saw PLEIKU Vietnam AP A US officer told Sunday of ing artillery in on himself as he abandoned a mountain top fire base and how he survived nine days in hiding During his ordeal after ing from Fire Base 6 Lt Brian M Thacker 25 of Hickam Air Base Hawaii said he hid in a bamboo thicket with nothing to eat and only the water drops he could lick from leaves after a rain to drink His weight dropped 38 pounds in the nine days he hid below the base in the Central lands waiting for a chance to crawl back up the mountain to safety Thacker an artillery er was the last man to leave Fire Base 6 when it was over- run by North Vietnamese troops March 31 Allied forces reoccupied the base in the mountainous region 300 miles north of Saigon the next day Thacker was ly listed as missing until day when he finally decided to risk a return to the base and succeeded He was pulled out Saturday by U.S helicopters that made a daring rescue run through heavy fire to reach the base that still is surrounded by the North Vietnamese Thacker talked with newsmen Sunday after he and another American Patterson He 20 Lawrence W of Arlington Heights III were decorated by South Vietnamese and U.S for heroism at Fire Base 6 Patterson had been a U.S ad- viser at Fire Base 6 and was among the last to leave when the enemy attacked He was rescued from the jungle about two hours later Both men received the Silver third highest U.S medal for from Maj Gen Charles E Brown commander of the U.S 1st Field Force Thacker also received the purple heart for a minor wound suffered in Saturday's ter rescue Maj Gen Ngo Dzu com- mander of South Vietnam's 2nd Military Region decorated both soldiers with the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Patterson recalled that he had been helping seven U.S crewmen from two American helicopters that were shot down at the fire base when the my assault swept over the hill after a battle He said he finally found cker working on the radio but Thacker ignored his urgings to pull out By this time the NVA were on the top of the hill I decided Man Killed Playing Russian Roulette A Rockville man shot himself fatally in the head in front of an burg woman as they sat in a car in Gambrill State Park at p.m Saturday state police said Raymond Mary Ruth Leon Sexton asked Sexton who is no relation if she had ever played Russian Roulette while they sat in his car in a picnic area on U.S 40 west between Frederick and Braddock Mountain police said Sexton then placed a cartridge in a revolver spun the cylinder placed it to his head and shot himself police said Sexton had been drinking prior to the shooting police said Middletown Volunteer transported Sexton to State police charged old Kensington man with sion of after he failed to yield right of way and his truck collided with an oncoming car at the Md 75 and U.S 40 intersection near New Market at p.m Saturday Stephen Colby Simpson the driver of a 1969 panel truck southbound on Md 75 apparently failed to yield of to a THE WEATHER Sunny today Highs In the low to upper 70s Fair night Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s Mostly sunny Tuesday in the mid 70s to the low 80s erick Memorial Hospital where emergency personnel were ing him for the gunshot wound when he died at p.m a hospital spokesman said Dr R Thomas pronounced Sex- ton dead and Cpl C is investigating the case Police Officer Hospitalized By Robbery Suspect A state trooper remains in in erick Memorial Hospital after being struck in the head while questioning a suspect at the Gold Dust at 12.32 police said Tpr G L Heard was struck in the head Lidie while Beard was ing him about a complaint police said Tpr Heard was ti fui 1967 sedan driven Raymond cut lip slight concussion and Joseph Fletcher 47 of amnesia at Memorial more which was westbound on U.S 40 police said Paul R Sanders found a quantity of during the investigation of the accident and charged Simpson witli session Simpson was incarcerated in the Frederick County jail in lieu of bond police said Police estimated damage to Fletcher's ear at and to Simpson's truck Both drivers were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital and released Fletcher was treated for abrasions and a hematoma of the lower left leg and Simpson was treated for back pain police said Hospital and admitted after the incident police reported Lidie was chained with and destruction of propel and jailed in lieu of bond Dolice said The incident red after four state policemen answered a call about a fight at the Gold Dust on Md 355 police said When arrived Fl Is worth Smith of ville made a with lot ce complaint against Lidie polite said V F Wolfe Tpi W Hapy and Tpr h schaidt accompanied Heard and his police dog to the scene police said to Patterson said Patterson related that he and the crewmen two of whom were wounded ran through per fire and five or six bushes as they fled down the hill from the base All were er rescued Thacker meanwhile had called in artillery from another nearby fire base directly onto Fire Base 6 and I left when the rounds were on their way He said he slept in some bushes the first night and then found a bamboo thicket where he holed up to await rescue or escape Thacker said he knew for several days that the base had been reoccupied but didn't want to risk capture by trying to go back Explaining why he finally de- to make his move he I didn't think I could make it through the next day He left the thicket early day morning crawling 15 to 20 Halt In Bombing Would Free POWs STOCKHOLM Sweden AP U.S prisoners of war in- downed pilots will be released immediately if the United States ceases its ings and other interventions in Laotian the Pathet Lao leader Prince vong said in an interview here Sunday A reporter from the trade un- ionist paper Aftonbladet was admitted to the prince's secret headquarters in mountainous northern Laos The reporter quoted the prince as Captured U.S pilots are treated although have perpetrated untold crimes against the Laotian people in- indiscriminate ings of hospitals schools and homes with women and dren yards at a time up the and stopping to rest Once he heard somebody lowing him but saw no one Finally he reached the base perimeter crawled through the wire and reached the safety of an underground bunker where the South Vietnamese troops who retook the base and their American advisers were holed up the helicopter go down and were trying to get it one American officer said Enemy losses were not known The U.S Command dis- closed the second protective reaction air strike inside North Vietnam in three days the 22nd this year A spokesman said a Navy A7 on cort duty in the upper Laotian panhandle fired a missile at an enemy surface-to-air missile site 30 miles northwest of the demilitarized zone and about a mile inside North Vietnam Results of the strike were not known No damage was re- ported to have been inflicted on the U.S aircraft A North trawler lost a duel with U.S Coast Guard cutters and Navy warplanes early Monday and was sunk off the southern tip of South Vietnam South Vietnamese quarters claimed its troops backed by U.S air strikes killed 200 North Vietnamese east of the Chup rubber tation in eastern Cambodia Saigon's casualties were given as six wounded U.S pounded North Vietnamese around Fire Base 6 for the fifth consecutive day Two waves of the bombers unloaded 180 tons of explosives within less than two miles of the base located about 300 miles north of Saigon near the border juncture See CHOPPERS Page Youth Conference Urges Withdrawal WASHINGTON CAP A task force of the White House Conference on Youth called by President Nixon will urge the group to endorse immediate and complete withdrawal from the Indochina war That is one of the few als likely to embarrass Nixon among ten task force reports prepared for the gathering next week in Estes Park Colo The papers range over Fuch diverse subjects as chian coal mining and the of sex education But the major storm cloud hanging over the conference is in the re- port on unemployment and the economy We propose that the In- war be made the first order of business and call for an immediate and complete withdrawal from the says the report It has become clear that the Indochina war is an over- whelming issue with tions in areas being ex- bj the conference We have tried to look beyond the war but we keep coming back to its impact The war's impact runs through mam of the reports A task force on the draft establishing an volunteer armed force by June 30 1972 One member of the task force Assistant Secretary of Defense Roger T Kelley ex- his differences with some aspects of the report in an appendix The report says Kelley contains a fine discussion on why military conscription is in- consistent with our national heritage of individual liberty but I would have preferred that it also stressed the respon- of our citizens to defend the nation A report on foreign relations calls for increasing the rate of withdrawal of U.S forces from Vietnam but mentions no numbers or deadlines Other recommendations in the reports Expansion of programs in the armed forces and acceptance and tolerance of unconventional drug grams run and controlled by in- involved in the drug subculture A dual minimum wage one rate for adults and another for Changing the legal age of adulthood to 18 The Appalachian coal in- dustry should be either See YOUTH Page NNY I'S t LOVER HILL MDS sters residing at Clover Hill wei u greeted recently by Faster Runny who brought with him several goodies to delight and th children Left to are bunny Donald Sullivan Beth Sullivan and who Kladly receive the randy by Amoit L Brown
