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Wednesday, February 28, 1979
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track of by photography ” from satel-
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deck valued at $100 was stolen from
a vehicle parked on a car lot Supday
night, according to police reports
The stereo unit was stolen from a
vehicle parked on the DAS Auto
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and 9:30 am Monday
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Denton police peceived another
report of a possible sniper attack
Tuesday from a man who said he
thought a bullet hit his vehicle as he
was driving on University Drive
According to the report, the man
was driving in the 1000 block of
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high school girls' team lost a be
district playoff game to Brock
Tuesday night
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which coptured second place in the
elementary division of the Texos Amateur
Wrestling Association's stote tournament
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China's Hsinhua news agency said
the Vietnamese shelled a commune
northeast of Lang Son and 10 miles
inside China on Friday, then sent
about SO troops across the border
Saturday but border guards drove
them back
Hsinhua said the Vietnamese
returned Sunday morning and burned
down two villages, then fled after •
.Vietnamese were killed and one was
"taken prisoner
The third incursion was reported on
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KRUM — The Krum Independent
School District will be closed Thur
sday and Friday tp give students a
chance to help cheer the high school
boys’ basketball team to a second
straight state Class B title in Austin
The decision to close the schools for
The boys will play their first game
in-Austin at 8 30 a m. Thursday
Uniyersity near Western State Bank
around 7 50 p m Sunday when he
thought a bullet hit the left side of his
vehicle
No damage to the vehicle was
found, the report said, and the man
said he did not bear a gunshot
27, of Florida pleaded guilty to being transferred at a dock in Port
possession of marijuana with intent to Arthur, firearms, and explosive
distribute .. devices that had been attached to the'
Bead was continued on the defen- hull ot the boat
the central portion of the frontier,
where Hsinhua said a company of
Vietnamese attacked Menton, in
Malipo county about six miles from
the border, but left 30 dead or
wounded behind
Hana claimed more than 16. 000
Chinese killed since the invasion
began Feb 17. while Japan's Kyodo
news agency said sources in Peking
told it the Chinese wiped out about
17,000 Vietnamese in the first week of
fighting
The claims are impossible to verify
BEAUMONT — Sentences will be
handed down March 30 in federal
court against Les W Fuller 48. of
Aubrey , and Gloria Jean Davis. 30, of
Denton, plus four other defendants
arrested and charged in November
with participation in a marijuana
smuggling operation.
The six entered guilty pleas to
charges before L’ S Judge Joe Fisher
last week, according to US Attorney
David Baugh
They are among 12 persons arrested
aoNov 18 by Drug Enforcement Agema
who tracked a shrimp boat from
Colombia to Port Arthur and sub-
sequently confiscated some 22 tons of
marijuana being transferred from the
boat Agents estimated value of the
marijuana at 117 A million
Fuller pleaded guilty to a charge of
conspiracy to possess marijuana with
the intent to distribute, Baugh said,
and Ms Davis pleaded guilty to
misprison of a felony, which he
defined as "knowing a felony is going
down and not doing anything about
it.”
Three other defendants. Dayton
Bud Evans Jr . 28 and Larry Dale
Washington, 31. both of Balch Springs,
and Willis Judge Butler, 42. of
Mesquite, also pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to possess marijuana with
the intent to distribute, Baugh said,
and James Monroe Loungendyke Jr .
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Mrs Mayfield died
parked in front of a residence in the
2400 block of Sherman Drive, ac
cording to police reports
The owner of the vehicle told
police she parked her auto in front of
her residence around 10 p m
Monday, and discovered around 7 30
am Tuesday that gold paint had
been sprayed on the hood and left
side of the vehicle
Tuesday • night
Westgate Hospital
She was born
Filing deadline nears for council
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miles from the surface
High resolution cameras, par
ticularly in low orbit satellitea, can
easily pick out objects such as tank*
artillery batteries and trucks Some
satellites are able to pierce the cover
of night with radar and infra red beat
detecting sensors
Photographs are ejected m capsules
that parachute toward earth and are
plucked out of the air by specially
equipped Air Force planes
Television links are used to Iran
smit pictures in black and white, color
dams. Baugh said, pending sen
tencing by Judge Fisher March 30
Fuller, former president of Cutter
Bill Western World, a subsidiary of
Cauble Enterprises was also named
on several other counts in a federal
indictment issued in January, in "
volving possession and illegally im-
porting marijuana and federal
firearms violations
Ms Davis was named on the in-
dictment on two counts of possession
with intent to distribute and illegally
importing marijuana and a federal
firearms notation
Charles E "Muscies" Foster of
Denton, also a former employee of
Cauble Enterprises, was also named
on the indictment on ronaparw-y tn
possess marijuana with intent to
distribute, possession, and illegally
importing marijuana Foster has not
been arrested
The 30-count indictment detailed 24
“overt acts ” alleging conspiracy in
which plans were made to purchase
the 73-foot shrimp boat, the "Agnes
Pauline. outfitting it and hiring a
Houston man to captain the vessel,
plus sailing from Port Bolivar to
Santa Marta. Colombia, and back to
Port Arthur
namese and Chinese military radio
communications This is called signal
intelligence
One expert said forward combat
elements probably are using low
power radios that cannot be
and infra red patterns to ground and changes in the battle area, experts
ship stations V - « said
But a veteran intelligence specialist ' They indicated that some of the
said "ihis kind of military action it) most valuable information is obtained
that kind of territory is hard to keep . from constant listening-in on Viet
flarhle reatiuns
T,n*- VANIIES rAnI.EroNS
American military officers attached
to the embassy were given detailed
briefings and access to the fighting
fronts As a result, U S officials in
Washington received a steady stream
of thmely tables reflecting the ebb and
flow of the battles
The United States has no diplomatic
relations with Vietnam and,
therefore, has no official represen-
tattves-tn Hana in touch with the
government there There ■ a US
diplomatic mission in Peking, but no
American military officers are
stationed there
While some tformation reaches
US officials from friendly countries
with dhiplomatic misaions m Hana, in-
telligence from such sources is
generally of a dubious quality
Nettleton. Ark.. Nov 8.
1905. and married
Walter B Mayfield in
1935 in Amarillo
iEwisVILLE BUREAU B.
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Sept 7, 1815, in Wise
County and she died
Monday at Harris
Hospital in Fort Worth
She is survived by two
sons, Barney
McCasland of Fort
Worth and Herman
McCasland of Man-
sfield. Four daughters.
Wanda Forns of
Arlington, Bertha
Jenkins of Bridgeport,
Dorotha Andrew of
Mansfield and Barbara
McCormick i of
Langworthy, Iowa; two
sisters. Alene Hill of
Long Island. NY. and
Effie McMillian of
Bridgeport; 15 grand-
children and five great-
grandchildren.
T.M. Cunningham
Funeral services are
pending with the Sch-
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radios are used That s how the U S
it takes analysis of -many has identified 17 €hinese divtsions de
photographs, snapped during sue ployed in the Vietnamese border
Bridgeport; two
brothers, WK “White"
Coffman of Springtown
and Joe Coffman of
Bridgeport; four
sisters, Goldie Reed and
Linnie Nix. both of Fort
Worth. Mida Faye
Helton of Paradise and
Leola Livengood of
Decatur; five grand-
children. nine great-
grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild
Pallbearers were
Calvin Butler. Brandon
Barrett, Lonnie Barrett,
Jimmy Don Coffman
and Jimmy Coffman.
Barbara O.M. Wright
BRIDGEPORT —
Funeral services were
to be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Hawkins
Funeral Home Chapel
for Barbara Ophelia
McCasland Wright. 63, a
lifelong resident of Wise
County. Burial was to be
at West Side Cemetery
in Bridgeport
Mrs. Wright was born
JES8IE FAYE
THOMAS, 76, of 2245
Scripture, funeral
services were held
Tuesday at the First
Christian Church,
conducted by the Rev
Charles Sanders and the
Rev James William
Morgan Burial was at
Pecan Grove Cemetery,
under the direction of
the Schmitz-Floyd-
Hamlett Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Ed
Vinson, Jack Pitts,
Charles Graves,
Ferguson McCombs.
Ted Williamson and
Milton Garner.
filed for each position However it
has not been too long Holt said
since more than 20 candidates filed
for council seats
“I guess it is all getting too
complicated and takes too much
time to be on the council Not as
many people seem interested in
running anymore." he said
in the race now are Milton Hill and
Roland Vela. Place 1, Domingo
Garcia and Robby Robinson. Place
2 and Wilbur Dixon and Mary C
Gay. Place 3
Filing ends March 7 at 5 p m tn
Hoit's office -
Ruby Davis Robert L Coffman
Funeral services for ’BRIDGEPORT —
Mrs J M (Ruby) Davis Funeral services were
of 1901 Fordham are held at 10.30 a m
'pending with the Goen Wednesday at the Cates
Funeral Home Street Church of Christ
Mrs. Davis died for Robert Lafayette
Tuesday evening at a Coffman, 96, who died
Houston hospital Monday at his home in
Lydia L Wyaht Bridgeport Burial was
at East Bridgeport
2 Funeral services for Cemetery, under the
Lydia L. Wyatt. 89, of direction of the Hawkins
Lewisville, were Funeral Home.
scheduled to be held at 3 Mr. Coffman was born
p.m Wednesday at the Nov. 25, 1883, in Cot-
Goen Funeral Home tondale and married
Chapel The Rev. Paul Myrtle Lillian
Mercer was to conduct Lawrence in 1906 in
the services and burial Paradise.
was to follow at He is survived by two
McCurley Cemetery, sons, J D Coffman of
Mrs Wyatt died Fort Worth and AC.
Monday evening at a "Cheatum" Coffman of
Lewisville nursing Chico, one daughter,
home. Faye Coffman of
WASHINGTON AP - Lacking
observers anywhere near the bat
tlefield the United States is relying on
a complicated mosaic of intercepted
radio messages and satellite
photographs to keep track of the
Chinese- Vietnamese war
The process of patching together the
products of such remote intelligence
means that assessments available to
senior US officials lag at least 12
Kours behind actual events on the
Battlefield
This is a far cry from what in-
telligence officials are used to in the
1973 Mideast war for example. US
military attaches and diplomats were
present in the capitals of the warring
nations
At least in the case of Israel
Survivors include her
husband, Walter
Mayfield of Denton, one i
daughter, Dottie
Williams of Denton; one
brother, Buster Cross of
Amarillo; one sister.
Lavern Stickley of
Canadian; three
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
She was born in
Lewisville Aug. 10, 1889
and was a housewife.
She had lived in Krum
prior to moving back to
Lewisville
She is survived by five
— sous, L.C. Wyatt of Fort
Worth. H C Wyatt of
Nocona Steve and Earl
"Wyatt of Lewisville and
Oscar Wyatt of
Fayettevile,Ark.; one
daughter, Mrs Lloyd
Jernigan of Krum;- 22
arandchildren, 35 great-
grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
Vandals damaged a vehicle
Therefore, U S intelligence
agencies depend principally on what
their electronic ears and photographic
eyes detect
The detailed methods by which U s
intelligence information is gathered
are chosely guarded secrets
But it is known that the United
States keeps aloft several kinds of
reconnaissance satellites traveling tr
orbits at different attitudes Some
observation satellues are as far out as
about 25,000 miles others pass oven
-he earth in orbits as tow as about 135
T M Cunningham of.
2500 Hinkle
Mr Cunningham died
Wednesday morning at
Westgate Hospital
He married Hilda
Hugon in 1923 in Gaipes-
ville. He was a member
of the Presbyterian
Church and was a
retired Presbyterian
minister
Survivors include his
wife, Hilda Cunningham
of Denton; one
daughter, Mrs. William
G. Rautensberg of
Dallas; two sisters, Lila
Howell of Turbeville,
Va., and Bessie Grace
Armstrong of Denver,
Colo.; .two grand-
children and one great-
grandchild:
Daisy B. Mayfield
Funeral services for
Daisy Bell Mayfield, 73,
of 1213 Bolivar, are
pending with the Sch-
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Continued from Page One
Matters such as the expansion of the
council and the direct election of the
mayor, since they involve voters’
right*, must be first approved by the
F S Department of Justice
Councilman Bill Nash presented a
petition circulated by his wife, Jo
which he said contained fthe
signatures of 1.000 t1,100 responsible
Dentop voters who supported the two
changes and wanted them placed on a
charter revision ballbt .
“People are unhappy about voting
on matters and not having them
count.” Nash said of the request for a
referendum which is nonbinding. as
opposed to tuning a charter election
These people (on the petition)
understood exactly what they were
signing — the changes are what the
people want," he said Are we going
to let people run the country or is
goverment going to run the country ’ .
These changes would bring the people
closer to their representatives ”
Nash added he does not believe
single member districts if required
by the federal government, would
create ward politic*
"Politics is not a dirty word It is
only as dirty as the man in the office,
lie said if the court* have been
ordering cities to change to single
member districts, it is because a large
majority of people feel it is. the best
representative form of government
Very learned and educated men have
studied it, they didn’t just think it up
in the night ”
"(The vote) would put the matter to
rest once and for all," Stewart said
“If the people say they want it, fine If
they say they don t, then we can forget
about it ”
But we must let the people know
exactly what kind of mayor they will
be electing What additional powers
will he have’” Mrs Hughes asked
Stewart said he saw no changes in ।
the mayor’s powers I
One week remains in filing for the
three Denton City Council positions
which will be filled in an April 7
election
Since filing opened Jan 7 six
persons have announced their’
candidacy for the positions — two in
each race.,
City Secretary Brooks Holt feels
there will still be more candidates
“I ve been getting too many calls
from people interested in the last
. _ day of filing for there not to be at
least a couple of more file.” he said
The race, as shaped now, is not too
different from council elections in
recent years when only tuo persons
U.S. struggles
THY t»FNTON REEOR D CH RONteEE
“He d have the same duti-s as he
doesnow I don t see a strong mayor
he said
- What is the point in having the
people elect the mayor then, if he will
have no more power than he does
now *" Hughes said, beginning a
tense exchange with Nash
| “You won t have people getting
together before the meeting (in which
the council elects the mayor > and
deciding who will be major, he said
"it will cut out all the silent cam
paigning we have for mayor People
calling each other and saying if you
vote for me. I'll vote for you ”
"Ive never made an agreement on
mayor before a—meeting.'—Mrs
Hughes said
Yes you did, Nash responded
Im unaware of it if did.” Mrs
Hughes said
"Yes you are You have made phone
calls.” he said
"I have never made any deals on
the major no str. she replied
Stewart said he would agree to
adding a clause on the ballot which
would specify the mayor elected by
the people would have the same duties
and responsibilities the mayor
presently has in the City Charter '
I d like to thank the council for "
giving the people what they want.”
Stewart Mid following the vote
in other action the council
— Delayed consideration of new
construction by Denton Aerosmith
Corp at the municipal airport until
next week, when amendments to the
city’s contract with Aerosmith for the
operation of the airport will also be
considered
— Rejected bids for the purchase of
the old post office building and voted
to advertise the building for new bids
Highest bid among the three sub
mitted was 3101.000 An appraiser
estimated the buildings value Ur be
$220,000
Tools missing from parked vehicle
A tool box and tools valued at $500 According to the report, the tool
were reported stolen to police box and tools were stolen from the
Tuesday from a vehicle parked on locked vehicle between 5 30 and 8 30
.. uh10 r .0 m - p.m Entry to the vehicle was ap-
Hohday Lanes bowling alley parently made through a window of
parking lot. ’ the vehicle.
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