Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 1970 Page: 1 of 14
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STEPHENVILLE. ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS 76401
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1970
904 A COPY
Ford Plant to Close
Due to Overhead Hike
ratio reason in tin decision,
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Local Weather Statistics
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Most died Saturday
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Kidnapped Girl Freed
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of two D u b 1 i n
broken into Friday
ng to City Marshall
Be st ton said the Dallas plant
production accounts for 2 per
retire,
future
Whe he objected to the instru.
sion, Letos said he was hit,
High
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Gene Gilbreath, project chair-
man from Dublin, and Mrs. Fred
M. A. Day of Knoxville, Toon.,
L A. Day, also of Knoxville,J. L.
and Ballard Day of Stephenville;
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Robin
ident Grady Swindle announced
that the new directors and com-
mittee chairmen will be introduc-
ed. The 1970 budget and pro-
gram will also be discussed.
The intruders quickly bound
Mrs. Vickers* bands and feet
with telephone wire which they
brought along. Her husband was
away from home.
Then the men departed with
Karen, who was wearing shorts,
s blouse, loafers and a cordu*
roy coat. It was over these gar.
ments that a motel blanket was
droped for protection against a
wintry chill after her release.
mated 75,000 Ctholics in the 28
counties.
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the people of the area.”
The Soil Conservation Ser-
vice will assign a Project Coor-
dinator to assist in project plan-
ning. "He will help local people
get in tough with state and fed-
eral agencies which have funds
to meet project objectives, Gll-
c on verted lu to
IMHBLE-DECK
agate. Cocos ves
a pilgrimage to I
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agents
waiting
was^fbi
hours earlier.
TIERS OF TIRES arc
checked for tears or other
defects. An illusion of
movement Is created by
this arrangement of
“green” or unvukanixed
tires awaltiag curing at
!iM,p,|»Jtr‘"l'fieW ’ M>ry
Mrs. Martha Moody of Hurst and
Miss Lille Day of Knoxville.
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Clarence Andrew Reed, 66,
died Friday with funesal serv-
ices scheduled at 3;3O p.m. to-
day in the Stephenville Funeral
Home Chapel.
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Here is the weather dote for the period beginning January 3
through January 9
Temperature
Low
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Erath County 79 years.
Survivors include
Mrs. Fannie May Griffin; t w o
daughters, Mrs. Wayne Owens of
Stephenville and Mrs. ina Ford
of Arvii^CaUL; three sons, Doyle
and J-. D. both of Stephenville
and Den Wilson Griffin of Fort
Worth; one sister, Mrs. Liuie
Smith of Teague; one brother,
Edd Griffin of Houston'; 18 grand-
children; and 23 great-grandchil-
dren.
Rev. Claud Bays Is to officiate
at the services with burial in the
West Bad Cemetery. Pallbearers
are C. W. Brown, Preston Hook,
T. H. McMillan, Marvin Ratliff,
J. C. Raulston and O. T. Wood.
Cemetery.
Dey, who liv<
the time of his
tive of Tenness
emplo
Bon
Billy Ray Day and Cody Owen George Owen of Snyder and Mte
Dey, both of Fort Worth; a da ugh- R« Loper of Stephenville; seven
ter, Mrs. Chloe LeMoyne Reis- grandchildren and seven greet-
ture leadership in USDA assist-
ance to the Project which will
begin at once.
Gilbreath stated that Con-
gressmen Burleson and Poege
and Senators Tower and Yar-
borough had been of great as- !
sistance In obtaining pianaiag
authrolzation.
^st ■ Dint. Atty. Lynn Cooksey
named Bryent as the person
who held Miss Vickers captive
while others in the gang tried to
collect the ransom, several
times telephoning the Vickers
home. He said sh* ras moved
from one »pot to another two or
three times.
FBI agents and other officers
supplied these details:
Three men wearing stocking
masks pushed inside waving
guns after ? Mrs. ■ Vickers
NEW WEATHER EYE will work night and day. Previ-
/time pho
me photos
>ws the 682
licate sensors for
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ous weather satellites were restricted to dayi
tography only, but TTROS-M will take nighttin
using infrared light. Artist's concept shows
pound weather eye which will carry ueE__„ „
taking cloud cover pictures in total darkness as well as
- during daylight hours.
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TEXARKANA, Tex. (AP) -
An informant led peace officers
to a motel where a kidnaped girl
' was being held for MO,000 ran-
som and she was. freed an.
harmed Friooy night. Three
men were jailed and two more
were sought.
Auburn haired Karen Vickers,
16, simply walked out, crossed
an areaway and joined FBI
and local authorities
ta the motel office. She
was Abducted at her home 26
hours earlier.
Wrapped in a pink blanket,
the pretty high school junior was
reunited at a hospital a tew
minutes later with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Vickers
of Texarkana, Ark. The father
is a well-to-do grocer.
An uncle, Vernon Vickers,
said, “She’s in fine shape out-
side a little shock and exposure.
She was treated very well.**
Officers said no ransom was
paid.
Agents of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, sheriff’s depu.
ties and Texarkana police ar,
rested three men and sought two
others on kidimping charges.
An FBI spokesman identified
those in custody as Paul Law.
rence Bryant, 21, and Joe Willie
Feggett, 29, both of Dallas,
and Hugh Mulnc Smith, 26, of
Texarkana, Tex. He named the
men being sought as Booker T.
Burkhalter, 24, alias Terry An.
derson, of Dallas and Jonnie
Tasby, 21, of Lafayette County,
Arkansas.
Catholic Divisions
Announced Friday
DALLAS (A P) - Final divi-
sion of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth
'o Sees of Dallas and Fort
>rth was announced Friday by
Bishops Thomas Tschoepe and
John Cassata.
The division included such
Matters as real estate, money
and religious assignments.
The Pope ordered the divl.
sion in October.
The prelates said the Fort
Worth Diocese will consist of
Bishop Cassata, Bishop Augus-
tine Danglmayr, 55, priests, 36
seminarians and pre-seminar-
answered 7* knock 7t her’^r ‘•“L. J**.*
Friday evening. The family resi.
donee is across the street from
the municipal airport on the east
edge of Texarkana, Ark.
can relocate hourly workers, al.
though counseling service was
to begin som.
Ford said it will hire no more
assembly personnel in order to
keep Dallas'plant workers from
being bampeduby new employes.
The reaction from business
leeders was expected.
“They weren't too happy, but
they reel lied our position,** Bas*
tian said.
On the other hand, state Sen.
Mike McKool said the move is
“a reel economic fbocker.” Me.
Kool said be was ‘‘really coo.
cerned.” \ ,
Bastton said the loss of a sin.
gle plant Is hardly a mortal
blow to the Dallas economy..
“We will continue to operate an-
other facilities here, aad, «tf
course we have several fine
dealerships in the area.'*
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against five of them. None was
a student at the college.
ninon eight In Landon, but this is something else
--------sg may be. Mohammedans don’t mind. Thev re on
1. holy place of Islam
Conservation Project Approved
For Bosque-Leon Area Work
Resources Development
Objective In Five Counties^
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L. M, N, O; and 2 p.m., P,Q,
R.
This schedule will be ob-
served tor both days of regular
registration.
Late registration will continue
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Thefts In Dublin
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The offic
doctors wg
night, accoi
M. T. Fox.
Fox said a small amount of
money and a radio was taken from
the office of Dr. C. P. Cole at 122
N. Grafton.
He said the office of Dr. Carl
Jordan, at 109 N. Grafton, also
was broken into, but nothing was
reported missing. The locks
on the front doors of both of-
fices were pried open.
Girls Convicted of Bad Conduct
After Terrorizing College Class
CENTER LINE, Mich. (AP)— against five of them. None was j"
.• Ten young women accused of • student et the college. ,ged i8 to 22, Invaded his class,
terrorising a Macomb County M—1----------•— -■
Community College sociology orderly conduct isjffdeys in toil
class were convicted of dlsoi*. ------
derly conduct Friday by District
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Chamber to Meet
The Chamber of Commerce’s
- - -board of directors will meet
Students will register accord- Monday noon it the Tarleton
tag to the first letter in their Robin Room. Chamber proa-
last name. The schedule follows: ‘ ‘
8 a.m„ S, T; 1:30 s.m., U,V,
W, X, Y,Z; 9 a.m., A. B; »
a.m. C, D; I0;30 a.m., t,F,
G; 1 pun., H. M,K; 1:30 p.B.,
By TOM DECOLA
Associated Proas Writer’ _
DALLAS, Tax. (AP) — The cent of the total Ford output,
big Ford car and truck ossom. and that loss can be matte up
bly plant hero will cloao Fob. 27, by other plants.
company officials sold Friday. “This action lb no reflection
Ford spokesmen cited the ex. on the Dallas economy, ft's just
cessive cost of modernisation of a business move that we
the 45.yaer.old facility os the couldn't avoid,'* Bastton said,
main reason in the decision, Officials said Ford sales are
which was reached around the holding up well, but the com.
first of the year. pony's profits are under pres.
One of the 300 satoridd era. sure from all sides.
ployes et the plant said the on. Of the Dalles plant employes,
nouncement was “like a sharp 266J re eligible for immediate
blow.*' —4 retirement benefits and another
News of the closing was an. 756 could be entitled
nounced staHfltoneougU.Jta toe ment benefits In 1
I, UVi israi and Del. whether they remain with Ford
l»s^ business and civic leaders, or not.
1,600 Depending on seniority, moot
1. ft has an an. hourly workers will be covered
about $17 mH. under weekly unemployment
benefits that could go as high
as 95 per cent of their pay for
'i li t.
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_, - . T T’ * uiatupiun AMSM Jiuy MV’.tuiuau 111c lhuucuio ivi •
Judge R.°^*rt Chr“now81d> J1 pined national prominence Democratic Society (SDS) cud
when Gerald Hankus, an asso. scrawled obscenities on black,
ctote sociology professor, and boards.
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Ijenuille Empire-®rihune
Secretary of Agriculture Clif- ~ The next at telegram fdl-’* will have Department ofAgricul-
ford M. Hardin has announced that lows; SecrgSry of Agriculture ----
the Leon-Bosque Resource Con- Clifford M. Hardin has autboris-
servation and Development Pro- ed agencies of the US Depurt-
ject has been authorized to start ment of Agriculture to provide
development of a project plan, assistance to sponsors of Texas'
Leon - Bosque Resource Con-
servation and Development Pro-
McCleskey, area director, re- ject in developing a project plan.
hourly employes, sold Donald
Bastton, general manager of ths
plant's automotive assembly di.
visiau.
Officials said they must meet
with union leeders before they
ite hourly workers, al.
Tarleton Classes Resume
After Long Holiday Rest
After enjoying a long Christ-
mas holiday, the students at Tar-
leton State College will begin
the new semester Monday.
Registration tor the spring r*«i«tration.
term is set for Monday aad -------—
Tuesday in the Cave of the Tar- »lw®u<h Monday, Jan. 26.Classes
leton Center. Returning sop- r*” ' 2* — — - -
hotnores, juniors, and seniors ‘N*
will enroll on Monday with new
students and all freshmen re-
gistering Tuesday. Registration
is scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m.
and 1 to 2:30 p.tn.
Obituaries
lif Jmi
Funeral services for Robert Funeral Services for Mrs. Leia
Wesley Day, 68, who died Friday, Moss of Dallas, mother of Mrs.
will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rex Loper, was held Monday
Trewitt - Reed Funeral HoX*, e afternoon in the First Baptist
CbapeL Church of Oak Cliff with burial
Burial will be in West End in Laurel Land Cemetery ta Dal-
las.
id tn Benbrook at Mrs. f “ ‘ X
death, was a na- morning at 1 a.m. at her home,
ee. He was last Survivors Include, three sons,
who said he wftl psss sentence
next month.
AU 10 pleaded “no contest” to Eric D. Leto£ a'student’’test!,
the disorderly conduct charge, fled before the House Internal
after additional charge* of as. Security Committee in Washing,
seult end battery were dropped ton.
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UP, UP, AWAY • This employee of Dalles' Aaplundh free Expert Company teek a pleasure
excursion Friday afternooA as the crew trimmed tree limbs from telephone jwires on McNeill
Street. This group will be working throughout Stephenville during the ooxt three months.
f cetvod official word of the an- The Soil Conservation Service
nouncement by telegram Friday will have
from Congressman Omar Bur- [
ileson.
The Leon - Bosque Project
covers Bosque, Comanche, East-
land, Erath, and Somervell
Counties. The application for as-
sistance to develop natural re-
sources oTtoe five county area
is sponsored by the Bosque, Palo
Pinto, and Upper Leon Soil and
Water Conservation Districts
ta Cooperation with the Com-
missioners Courts of each of
these counties.
Following the announcement.
Gilbreath said that “this is the
word we have been awaiting. Some
initial work has been done, but
we can now proceed immediately
to develop a plan that wiU pro-
vide for total development of the
Area. We want to invite all In-
dividuals and organized groups
of the five county area to help.”
“We began work toward obtain-
ing this program in 1964,” Mrs.
McCleskey statejL^'We want now
to develop a plan to accelerate
going conservation programsand
obtain others that might help
to <fo the job. We want to also
develop our recreation, tourist
Ind industrial potential to pro-
• * vide for the full employment of
After Three Nabbed
AU five men are Negroes, the
FBIgaid.
fa addition, police said two breath added',
women had been arrested and
one was charged with posses*
sion of illegal weapons after two
pistols were found ta her motel
room. They identified her as
Martha Ann Robison; 18, of Del.
las. The other woman was held
for questioning.
I the closing
iiroultaneouslj
eto>toy»Cf_._ ____
The plant employes
hourly work
nusl payroll
UtMV
Every attempt will be made
to relocate both setorted and up to 52 weeks.
Hankus said the young women,
Maximum punishment for dis. room while final examinations
- ’ ‘ .-1 were under way, distributed
a<|.,$500 fine;X
The class disruption last July literature of the Students for a
Falta; Shroy of Dublin; Troy L. nora.
and Jackie E. Reed of Arlington;
three sisters, Miss Dosha Reed Rgipti Starling are to officiate at
of Gilland, Mrs. Maurine services with burial ta the
O'Bryant of Oklahoma City a n d £rath Garden of Memory. PaU-
Mrs. L. L. McConnell of Lone bearers are Dwight Gaines, Cecil
Wolf, Okla.; two brothers. Hoary Davis, Dean Cox, Hershall North,
and Ancel Reed, both of Gillland; cecll Gratem and Garland Ator"
and 20 grandchildren. World War I Veterans wUl serve
Revs. Don Caldwell and M Ike u honorary pallbearers.
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“Dftitiltsta Cast
Wltir Board Vote
j The North Bosque Water Con-
the Trewitt-Reed Funeraichape? «®d hnprovement District
GriffintfedTT^lS* ^Friitty 11 ,h* Cit7 Recr««-
at his Star Route residence.
Born June 5, 1884 In Alabama,
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Point Baptist Church, Woodmen ectors are t0 ** elected. Those
this
include Fred Mc-
Arnette are to officiate at the
services with burial ta
LoweU Cemetery.
firiffii
Funeral services are to be
conducted at 2:00 p.m. today in
for Albert Nathan Griffin, age 85.
Uon Hall.
t Polls wiU be open from 8:00
be was a member of the Rocky a-ra- ’ 7:00 P-m- as three dir-
Point Baptist Church, Woodmen ^t01"5 are to be elected. Those
of the World and had resided ta “embers whose terms expire
this year " ’ “
his wife Cleskey, C* C. Winteas and L. B.
Howard.
The other members of the area
board are Leonard Fenner of
Stephenville and D. E. Bullock
of Hico.
Cowan Addresses
Local Lions Clab
Dr. James Cowan, president
of the Erath County Meatal Health
Association, spoke to the Lions
Club at their meeting Friday.
Dr. Cowan, introduced by pro-
gram chairman Don Taylor, out-
lined some of the services aad
functions of the Association.
OEO Official Resigns
ATLANTA, Gs. (AP) — The customed to. The problems «
Southeastern director of the Of. the South might have been bet.
flee of Economic Opportunity re. ter served ted this office been
signed Friday because of whet more directly involved,** Suttle, ,
he termed *'lncolm»tlb|lity** 86, said.
with the Nixon administration. The regional director added
William, appointed to the post that he thinks OEO still ten "a
by President Lyndon B Johnson greet future" under theUUxon
in 1967, charged that policies administration and that it is atlil
for his region of jurisdiction ted “the best hope tor the poor
been handled from Washington people of this region.”
instead of et the local level a.«.ifted #4- .
'•A number of policies effect.
tag this region hove been tend. ZnM eUwSted .12
led et the headquarters level. ft -woofs fee I
That’s set the method t*m ee. ft JI **
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mnassee. He was last Survivors include: three sons,
as an aircraft worker. Rex, Charles, and Marian, all of
Ivors include two sons, Dallas; two daughters, Mrs.
both of Fort Worth; adaugh- Rex Loper of Stephenville;
er of Fort Worth; four brothers, grandchildren.
Funeral sei vices are to be
four sisters, Mrs. Dossie Prater conducted at 2:00 p.m. today ta
of Stephenville, Mrs. Jeanetter the Stephenville Funeral Home
Mayfield, also of Stephenville; Chapel tor William Cecil Ingley
ago 79. Ingley died at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday ta bla 1915 Wont Wash- '
tagton Street residence foUow-
tag a lengthy illhess.
Born Jul? 21, 1890 to Bluff
Dale, he was a member of the
Church of Christ and retired state
highway construction employee.
Ingley lived here the past 10
"Born'April 7, 1903 ta Wise years after moving to Stephen-
County, Reed was a retired vlU* from Spur. Ho had resided
rancher and ted lived in Lingle- ta Spur and Brownwood 10 years,
vllle the past 27 years. Survlv- Survivors Include: his wife,
ors include: his wife, Mrs. Clara Mrs. Lucy Mahan Ingloy, aad one
Mae Reed; two daughters, Mrs. daughter, Mrs. Welton Smith of
LaRue Prater of Comanche and Stephenville; two slster-ta-taws,
Mrs. Annette Landes ofCrowley; Mrs. T. E. Crites of Lubbock
five oons. Edward D. of Wichita and Mrs. W. O. Crites of So-
Falls; Shroy of Dublin; Troy L. nora, several nieces and
of Sidney; Charlie of Stephenville nephews..
and Jackie E. Reed of Arlington; Willard Morrows and
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