Area of five, Texas, new
woodchip, Moody, Warrnambool, Herald
and Unver with special
report from Frank and William
Monroe.
Now here is Chip Moody.
Thank you and good evening.
There has been a major development
in that probe of the Fort Worth
Police Department's Auto Theft
Division by the Citizens
Investigation Committee Channel
five. Frank Hilar has been covering
the recent hearings and he was there
this evening when some startling new
facts were uncovered.
Right.
Today's hearings were to have been
the last in the panel's
probe, but testimony today changed
the committee's plans.
Deputy Jake Usry, responding
to questioning by committee members,
revealed the existence of tape
transcripts of interviews of several
former members of the auto theft
division.
Ussery said Capt.
Garland Geeslin taped interviews last
December, and he said those tapes
were made without the knowledge of
the officer.
As he said, a copy of those
transcripts was given to the
district attorney's office and
another to the police department's
internal affairs division.
The investigating committee then
ordered that the transcript be made
available immediately.
The transcript was produced and upon
examination by the committee, the
transcripts reveal that Lieutenant
John Cunningham and Detective Arnold
Phelps had taken vacations and
recovered stolen cars.
The transcripts pointed out
contradictions in previous testimony
from former auto theft detectives
and high ranking officers in the
Fort Worth Police Department.
All had testified previously that
they had no knowledge of such
practices as Walz
was recalled to the stand and
testified that he knew of the
transcripts existence but withheld
it because, in his words, the tapes
were made illegally without the
knowledge of those being
interviewed. The criminal.
Do you recall a conversation with
anyone concerning your decision not
to disclose the existence
of this information?
No.
Did you inform city
manager line that you had this
information, but we're not going to
disclose it to the committee?
No, I did not.
Did you inform any member of the
city council of this?
No.
Did you inform the mayor of this
Mayor Overcash?
Did you consult with any
member of the city attorney's office
as to the legalities of withholding
this information?
I consulted with him about the
legalities of withholding all
information.
Did you tell the city attorney's
office that this particular
information existed?
I don't know.
I was talking about all the
information.
What were you and what were you
advised by the city attorney's
office? That it was questionable.
It was questionable.
What did he advise you not to turn
it over?
I don't know that he gave me
that kind of advice.
He said it was
very questionable whether any of
that information should be made
available to this committee,
was then found himself in a tight
situation when committee counsel
Robert Watson began questioning
closely on when he first learned
that recovered items were indeed
used by detectives for personal
trips.
When did you learn that he
drove one to Colorado?
It was sometime later and I
don't know when, but months later
what it was prior to our taking
your testimony, wasn't it?
Yeah, well, it
was it was prior to July of 1975.
I don't know my thoughts and I can't
answer that.
You don't know whether you learned
of this prior to July of 1975?
No, I don't know the date.
Well, according to these
transcripts, Captain Geeslin was
aware of it in December of 1974.
He didn't tell you about it?
I don't know what he told me.
I can't remember all that.
I know
the people were driving the cars and
I think the same thing to me,
too. I have testified
to that, but not to Colorado.
A celebrated me leupen
coming home to Colorado.
Bennett didn't tell me, somebody
asked me.
Yes or no. Remember who told me
our win or win?
Because
I just don't remember.
Members of the investigating
committee voiced displeasure that
those transcripts had not been given
to them sooner.
And they agreed that the
transcripts, if they had been
available, the committee's hearings
would have been concluded at a much
earlier date with the introduction
of the transcripts.
The committee now will conduct still
further hearings and will recall a
number of witnesses who testified
in earlier sessions.
And it is possible that the panel
could find a number of previous
witnesses in contempt walk.
A family feud exploded in gunfire
in south Dallas County this
afternoon, leaving an elderly man
dead and two other persons wounded.
Sheriff's officers say Richard
Gaston came to this house on
Foljambe Road near Willmar to
continue a running argument with his
wife's grandfather, Richard Rackley.
There apparently were more bitter
words after which Gaston reportedly
shot the 68 year old Rackley in
the head with a revolver.
He was dead on arrival at a
hospital.
Gaston fired another round at his
mother in law, wounding her in the
head before he himself was brought
under fire from Rackley, 63
year old wife, Lillie Belle.
She cut loose with a 14 gauge
shotgun, one charge from which
caused Gaston minor head wounds as
he raced out of the house.
He's in good condition at a
hospital, as is his mother in law,
Lenore Friend,
The Death of Earl Campbell.
And new developments in the Sarah
Moore case when The Texas News
continues.
The city hall flag in Dallas was
flown at half staff today following
this morning's death of 68 year
old Earl Campbell, a one time Dallas
mayor and former congressman.
Gabble, who died in a hospital after
a long illness, was a member of a
wealthy family when he was elected
mayor and he was to preside
over the city in its darkest hour,
the assassination of President John
Kennedy.
In fact, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell wrote
in the fourth car of the ill fated
presidential motorcade and Mrs.
Campbell actually saw the rifle
jutting from the window of the
School Book Depository Building.
I saw it after the first
shot was fired.
It was almost impossible
for me not to look up at that window
because I was turned
towards the window at the
time and I simply raised my
head and saw
the gun.
You could see the gun, but could not
see anyone behind it or know
anything. No.
Or any ID.
Nothing but the gun.
Campbell, as mayor of Dallas, found
himself the victim of hate mail
and mysterious threats after the
assassination, for a time
he was heavily guarded and as
recommended by police, Campbell flew
to Washington for the president's
funeral under an assumed name
and the face of heavy criticism of
Dallas. Campbell defended the city
wherever he went, saying time
would calm hard feelings and bring
about more reasonable attitudes.
Both of us are extremely delighted
that everything seems to be calm, be
calm down now and
we can go about our normal business
without any fear
from any outside dangers.
We feel completely
at ease with reference to our
safety.
And 1964, Campbell
quit the mayor's post to
successfully run for Congress.
You became a hawk during the Vietnam
War and an advocate of a strong
defense posture.
He said. Those who didn't want a
strong defense would see Russia
victorious in the Cold War.
When Russian tanks moved in
to Prague and brutally destroyed
the free Czech government,
you didn't hear one peep out
of those people who are telling
us that we should arm ourselves.
And 1972, Kabul
announced for a fifth term, but he
was beaten for reelection by
Republican Alan Steelman.
Gobbo then faded into political
obscurity.
Funeral services are scheduled for
11 o'clock Friday morning at
St. Michael's and All Angels Church.
A federal grand jury in San
Francisco tonight indicted twenty
seven year old house painter Steven
Soliah on charges of harboring
a fugitive. Selya rented the
apartment where a fugitive, Patty
Hurst and Wendy Yoshimura, were
arrested Thursday.
Cilliers two sisters are being
sought for questioning in the first
case. Also tonight, Miss Hurst
traveling companions William and
Emily Harris were placed on five
hundred thousand dollars bail, each
in connection with California state
charges.
The couple will be transferred to
Los Angeles to face arraignment on
18 felony charges
growing out of their activities with
the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Authorities are blaming the SLA
and its sympathizers with a series
of terrorist bombings during the two
months prior to Patty Hearst arrest.
And officials say other attacks
were in the planning stages.
Twenty seven year old James Kilgore
is sought in connection with that
investigation.
Kilgore is a house painter and a
friend of Stevens Aliah.
According to published reports in
Washington, D.C., a young army,
Waak was found unconscious on a
sidewalk near the White House in
1950.
The lack, identified as Sarah Kahn,
reportedly suffered from amnesia.
The Army says it has no military
record of a whack named Sara Khan,
but will double check.
Sara Jane Khan is the maiden
name of Sarah Jane Moore,
charged with attempted assassination
of President Ford in San Francisco
on Monday.
There were also reports from San
Francisco today that Mrs. Moore was
working as a government informer
just 24 hours before she fired
at the president.
She reportedly had information about
illegal weapons and talked about
a man named Mark Fernwood.
NBC's Rick Davis today
visited the man who sold the
suspect. The gun used Monday
afternoon.
Mark Renwood is a gun collector and
he manufactures replicas of antique
weapons. He's not a dealer.
Two weeks ago, he sold Sarah Jane
Moore, a 44 caliber pistol,
the one confiscated by San Francisco
police on Sunday.
Monday, he sold her a 38.
That was 11 a.m.,
four and a half hours before that
handgun was fired at.
President Ford seemed
very friendly, very calm.
There's nothing about her
demeanor that would have any way
indicated that she has such a
terrible thing on her mind.
Mark Grimwood wants to make it clear
he is not a member of any left wing
radical group.
He's a conservative and an
anti-communist, and he's against gun
controls.
The sale to Sarah Jane Moore was
not illegal in the state.
Rick Davis, NBC News,
Danville, California.
Former President Richard Nixon has
been ordered to answer questions
under oath as a defendant in a civil
suit in connection with the White
House plumbers unit.
He'll also be asked to volunteer and
faces possible subpoena to testify
before a congressional committee
looking into alleged improper
domestic activities by intelligence
agents.
The Senate Intelligence Committee,
chaired by Frank Church, voted to
ask Nixon to voluntarily appear
cochairman John Tower of Texas
objective to talk about a subpoena,
saying that should be a last resort.
The committee today zeroed in on
illegal action by the CIA in opening
and reading mail of some prominent
Americans. One letter sent to
Richard Nixon in 1968
before he became president.
The General Accounting Office today
reported to a White House committee
to rather to a US House committee
today. Its findings in a first
ever audit of the FBI,
the agency was criticized for a low
batting average and warning of
radical or subversive activities.
Meanwhile, FBI agents today arrested
twenty nine year old Leonard
Handelsman in Seattle, Washington.
He is a radical who had been sought
since 1970 on charges
of mob action and pipe bomb
possession.
Congressional committees recently
enjoyed widespread publicity
over the failure of the CIA and
other agencies to destroy deadly
nerve gas as ordered.
Well, today, the House passed a
military weapons bill of nearly
thirty one billion dollars.
And the weapons list includes nerve
gas.
The sale of beer on the campus of
the University of Texas at Arlington
is on its way to becoming a reality
now that the proposal has the
official approval of the school's
administration.
Wally Monroe as the report.
Since last year, there has been
serious discussion of having beer on
the campus.
Administration officials had reacted
favorably to the idea, but an
early proposal which would have
allowed it was turned down as
unacceptable.
The idea now has gained approval
because of plans to renovate the
student center.
A one and a half million dollar
renovation of the center was
approved by the Regents in July.
The remodeling would allow
construction. A coffee house which
could have entertainment programs
and at which beer could be sold,
UTLA president Dr. Wendell Neiderman
says half the universities in the
nation already allow beer sales
and he thinks it could make Utøya a
more pleasant and interesting
campus.
Since nineteen fifty nine, which
is the year I came here, almost
continual complaint from students
has been lack of anything
to do on campus.
And as we emerge
as a growing institution,
I think we're we're going to
have to have to change this.
And I see the coffee
house, which
incidentally, is not in the
mainstream of activities in the
student center, but in a particular
designated area
so that the twenty six
percent of the students who opposed
the coffee house concept
can still use the student center in
the normal manner.
But I view it as a place where
students and faculty can get
together and
can discuss things in a
relaxed atmosphere.
And I really don't see it as
something that's going to upset
the university.
As some of our
critics seem to feel,
there's at least one more obstacle
before students and faculty on the
campus will be sipping beer.
The plan has to be approved by the
regents of the University of Texas.
That, however, is considered little
more than a formality, since beer
already is served on two campuses
at Austin and in the Permian Basin.
Willy Monroe Area five News
South Central Expressway in Dallas
took on a Western flavor today after
a cattle truck overturned and the
cargo escaped.
The driver and a passenger were not
injured, but about 20 of the 180
calves aboard the truck were killed.
The rest escaped and put an
additional strain on South Central's
rush hour traffic.
The truck left Jacksonville, Texas,
around 2:00 this morning en route to
Blythe, California.
But the driver failed to negotiate a
curve at Grand in South Central and
the truck flipped over.
Several off duty policemen and
members of the Mounted Park Patrol
aided traffic officers in the
roundup.
By midday, most of the Mavericks
were back in custody,
fair and mild.
The key words of Harrell's forecast
90 seconds away.
Oh, as we approach the weekend, I
would imagine there are thousands of
Monday through Friday workers
wondering if this beautiful weather
will extend into Saturday and
possibly through Sunday.
Well, it'll be good weather.
I don't think the rain, but
the situation will change
between now and Saturday morning.
We'll have haze in the morning.
And then with the weekend coming up,
the winds should be coming out into
the south, picking up the gusty
temperatures up into the low
80s bracket and
pretty much the same, but not quite.
The temperatures will be up just
a bit right now.
Little or no weather being reported
around over the state. That is no
inclement weather at all.
Very few clouds, temperatures,
variable because the winds are dying
off. We plotted the 10:00
temperature reports given Libia of
how it's dropping off now, 60
degrees is the current reading that
we're showing. Fifty nine here.
Yes, 57 degrees north,
Fort Worth at 62 at Waco
and fifty eight degrees along the
Red River. It's fifty seven at
Mineral Wells and along the coast
temperatures generally in the 60s
there. A few, 70 reports down there.
Macallan 71,
Victoria 70 degrees winds
northeast along the coast and for
the next two or three days they'll
be out of the northeast to east at
six to 15 knots.
And we can expect seas to run two to
four feet. But don't look for any
shower activity.
So if you're planning a trip down on
the coastal regions, might be a
pretty good time to consider it.
Now on the weather map, the old
tropical Hurricane
Louise has died out in the mountains
of West Virginia, but
low center still prevail in that
region and there's widespread rain.
So far, we've had no massive
flooding and may
escape it. The precipitation has
been somewhere around five inches.
And in New York City, LaGuardia
Airport today reported a two inch
rainfall as the threat of flooding
in New Jersey and Maryland,
Pennsylvania, portions of New York
on up into portions of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.
And more rain tonight can certainly
aggravate that situation, which is a
little critical right now.
Showers and thunderstorms extend
south on down into southern Florida.
The temperatures you see on the
chart, these were the highest of the
day, 78 degrees Dallas, 77
Fort Worth and another day of 100
plus temperatures at Los Angeles.
One hundred and two degrees there it
was. Ninety nine in Phenix.
And you can see the temperatures
increasing all along the coast.
Many points just inland
from the coastal waters reporting
temperatures of one hundred to one
hundred and two degrees.
The wind flow pattern in the upper
levels showing high pressure over
the western part of the country and
the low center that formed down over
Louisiana and Arkansas
now beginning to push on off to the
northeast. That should begin to
spread, push the rain along with it.
And we hope that they won't get
enough to cause any flooding up
there in the Northeast.
But the good weather will prevail
across Texas.
And we in the morning will
expect to see light north
northeasterly winds, temperatures
about 50 degrees.
But because the winds will be very
light, we would not be surprised to
see some readings as low as 45
by afternoon and evening shower
activity all up in the northeastern
part of the country.
And the storm beginning to break up
quite a bit. But shower activity
will still be evident there.
We'll call it mild because we think
the temperatures will still be below
normal for this time of the year
over area five.
There's nothing on the radar in the
sky outside.
It's clear the visibility is
unrestricted in the wind, dying off.
Now it's indicating north, but it's
light three to five miles
an hour.
The barometer stands at
30 and twenty eight hundreds.
And the relative humidity at this
moment is 52 percent.
The temperature kicks ass 58
degrees. And we have had no rain
and we don't expect any for the
foreseeable future anyway.
We're going to say fair and mild
through Friday and that will pretty
well continue into the weekend with
northerly winds slowly coming around
in the southeast by Friday
night.
Forty five to fifty in the morning.
Seventy six in the afternoon, and
then fifty to seventy eight on
Friday. That's below normal for this
time of the year, but it's mighty
pleasant. Could be a record low in
the morning, though.
We'll watch.
Two pro basketball teams are in the
news tonight. Doug is on deck with
sports.
Well, it's not unusual to hear of
individual players jumping leagues,
but whole teams, that's got to be a
first.
I was shocked. I really was when I
saw it on The Wire tonight.
The Associated Press says they have
learned that tomorrow two ABA
teams, Denver and New York, will
file an application to jump to the
NBA.
Now, if that happens, watch out for
the lawsuits.
Sources told the Associated Press
negotiations over the past two
months between the two ABA
teams and the rival NBA are
designed to bring Denver and New
York into the National Basketball
Association as two expansion clubs
in nineteen seventy six.
John, why Brown, president of the
ABA, said today there is
no way the two clubs could be
legally taken into the NBA.
It's simply illegal.
All ABA teams would file suit
if Denver and New York somehow
manage to jump to the NBA.
It would certainly bring about the
downfall of the ABA
and pro football to NFL clubs.
Buffalo and Houston have voted to
reject the owners latest contract
proposal, the Oilers by a unanimous
vote, and Buffalo by a count of
forty two to one.
If you remember, the Bills and the
Oilers were among the least militant
teams during last week's strike.
But as one player said today, after
hearing what's been offered, the
players have made a 180 degree
turn. Other NFL clubs are scheduled
to out to vote tomorrow and Friday
in hockey. The Fort Worth Texans
opened training camp at Will Rogers
Coliseum today, and it's the first
time in their nine year history that
Texans have trained at home.
Also, for the first time, the Texans
will be stocked by two parent NHL
clubs, the New York Islanders and
the Los Angeles Kings.
Another new look is the head coach,
Terry Gray, a veteran of 15 years
in pro hockey, ran his club through
the first two day workouts.
Only three former Texans returned
from nineteen seventy five to last
place club.
One of them, Glynne Johnson, says
the Texans should be more aggressive
this year.
We've got some very fast hockey
players, but I think we've also got
some tough hockey. But, you know,
no gun type activities, I don't
believe, but just
all around tough physical hockey
players. And that's what you need.
You know, if you can play
aggressive, hard hitting game with a
clean game, you still a penalty box
and you're going to win games and
the boys can skate to have any
dreams about Randy Hall during the
off season? Oh, no, I,
I didn't think too much about Randy,
but I'll be ready for him if he's,
if he's there.
I guess he's up with Chicago right
now. And he started a fight
the other day in an exhibition game
with Chicago and Los
Angeles I believe, or Boston
and Boston. But no, I
I'll just take each game as it goes
along. And if something happens
to Dallas, we've I know we play him
about 14 times, but
I think I think in a sense, you
might might have established myself
that, you know, I know I won't back
down, but I'm not looking for a
fight, you know, so but
Randy, he's a good hockey player
when he wants to play hockey.
If you've never seen a National
Hockey League game, you have an
excellent opportunity.
Saturday night, the Kings and the
Islanders play an exhibition game at
Will Rogers.
NHL officials will take a close
look at attendance.
There is some interest in putting a
National Hockey League club into
Area five in baseball.
The Rangers are idle today and
tomorrow before their final series
of the year gets underway Friday at
Arlington Stadium against Kansas
City. Here's a look at tonight's
action around the American League.
Baltimore beat Detroit eight to one,
Milwaukee bomb Cleveland ten to
three. Boston and New York had a
twin bill rain down.
Minnesota leads Kansas City after
six and Oakland is just starting
in the National League.
Tom Seaver had a no hitter going for
eight and two thirds innings until a
two out to strike single by rookie
quashed his hopes for his first no
hitter. Chicago went on to win one
to nothing. San Francisco nipped
Atlanta in the first game.
The second one was canceled.
Pittsburgh down, rather,
Philadelphia down, Pittsburgh,
Montreal, St. Louis, Cincinnati
beat. Houston in Los Angeles and San
Diego are just getting started
toward the fires for
Dallas.
Transit services may go up.
Films coming next.
The Dallas Transit Board today
recommended several bus fare
increases in order to make up for a
budget cutback from the city
council.
Today's action was necessary because
last week the council cut three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
from the budget.
That cutback also meant the transit
system would lose another three
hundred fifty thousand dollars in
federal assistance.
The proposed increases include a
jump in park and ride fares from
50 to 75 cents.
Zohn crossing fares would go from a
nickel to a dime for each of
these, and other proposed bus fare
increases will have to be approved
by the city council before they go
into effect,
Carroll says it'll be fair and mild
through Friday.
That's the news.
Good night. Good night.