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The Monday-
DENTON TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 19, 1979
20 Pages in 2 Sections
Iran to tree
10 more of
U.S. hostages
See agenda. Page 2A
Army reveals fraud in recruiting efforts
(ration is determined "to make the
all-volunteer force work no matter * indicating probable defeat of the
61
at energy situation
required immunization shots, but only 52 percent of the county’s pre-
cases
1
GOP governors
direct verbal blast
See HEALTH, Page 2A echo 'era get all the recommended immunizations.
Various agencies share
health care for poor
By The Associated Press
Three American hostages freed
from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
arrived in Western Europe today, and
the Iranian government radio an-
nounced that the militant students re-
leased 10 more to be expelled from the
country But an American reporter in
Tehran said the 10 had not been freed
yet.
_ Looking fit and well, a young
woman secretary and two black
Marine sergeants arrived in Co-
penhagen on a Scandinavian airliner
and were immediately transferred to
a U.S military plane They were
flown to Frankfurt, West Germany,
for a medical checkup at a military
hospital
It was the first break in the"em-
bassy siege that began Nov. 4 But
Ayatollah Kuhollah Khomeini, the
leader of Iran's revolutionary regime,
threatened to put some of the other 49
captive Americans on trial as' spies
unless the U.S. government delivered
the deposed shah to Iran for trial
Radio Tehran said four more
women and six more blacks had been
freed and would leave Tehran later
today. But ABC News said one of its
correspondents in Tehran reported
the official radio was anticipating the
release, and the 10 hostages had not
actually been turned over to the
Iranian Foreign Ministry yet for
explusion. .
Names of the 10 were not an
nounced
The first hostages freed were
Katherine Gross. 22, of Cambridge
Springs, Pa., a secretary in the
economics section of the embassy,
and Sgts. William E Quarles of
Washington, D. C . and Ladell Maples,
23, of Earle. Ark
what the cost or consequence."
Nunn noted that all branches of the
service failed to meet their recruiting
goals in the 12 months ending last Oct.
1. and said the Army and Navy are
lowering the level of education needed
for enlistment.
Alexander said the Army has never
fallen more than 2 percent below its
authorized manpower strength since
the draft ended in 1973 It was 16,000
persons short of a goal of 158,700 new
recruits in a recent 12-month period
but makes only enough to provide food
and shelter for his family. He has a
nagging cough and fever which has
caused him to miss several days'
work. He cannot afford a visit to the
doctor or medicine. His chances of
obtaining free medical help are
practically nil.
As the Denton city-county medical
services adviser, Margaret Hut-
chinson comes into contact with such
problems, and many others, every
day. Her job is to help residents of
Denton County, primarily low income
persons, obtain medical benefits
Working under the direction of
county commissioners court, Mrs
Hutchinson provides information and
and what will continue to happen
unless we in the .United States take the
necessary steps to curtail our crip-
pling dependence on imported oil.”
“I'd like to point out that this
meeting in the capital city of Texas
would not have been possible if you
had not elected your first Republican
governor in Texas in 104 years.” said
John B Connally, former Texas
governor who was one of five
presidential prospects making ap-
peals to GOP governors Sunday.
“This is a great tribute to Gov. Bill
Clements, and his wife, Rita, and I
hope the next time you meet here your
members will have increased. ... A
state is more influenced by its
governor than anyone else.”
Connally was just one of the
presidential candidates taking note of
the unusual gathering of Republican
governors in Texas. Such meetings of
the National Governors Association
are usually held in the Northeast or
Midwest
Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee,
another presidential challenger, took
notice of the fact that Texas has two
prominent presidential candidates —
Connally and George Bush.
Between George Bush and John
Connally, I was lucky to get my visa
Kathy Gross of Pennsylvania leads Marines
William Quarles of Washington, D.C., and Ladell
Maples of Arkansas as the trio leaves a Scan-
dinavian Airlines plane upon their arrival at
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service on the required bonds, ac-
cording to the staff report.
The preliminary report lists some 19
miles of streets that need recon-
struction and an additional 49.6 miles
of streets that need overlay or
repaving.
Also included in the report is a city
staff review of cost estimates for
rerouting Bell Avenue from Mingo
Road to University, as requested for a
Texas Woman's University campus
expansion program. Estimated costs
of the new route, plus a new four-lane
street from Mingo Road to reconnect
with Bell Avenue near the civic
center, is 9900,000. TWU officials
earlier estimated cost of the new Bell
route at 92 million.
Also at the 7 p.m meeting, the City
Council will take another and perhaps
final look at annexation plans to move
the northern city limit line northward
to the planned route of the new Loop
288 extension.
After opposition from residents in
the northeastern sector of the
proposed annexation area, coun-
cilmen narrowed the plan to include
annexation only of an area east of
North Locust Street and northwest of
University Drive. Residents in a
northeastern area of the city have
submitted a petition requesting the
annexation.
A preliminary vote last week on
continuing the annexation, however,
resulted in a 3-2 split on the council.
County
Health
Services
Streets:
Council eyes
$9.8 million
repair plan__
By NITA THURMAN
Associate Editor
A preliminary look at an estimated
$9.8 million project to improve city
streets will go before the Denton City
Council Tuesday night.
The report is the first result of a
street inventory study that has been
under way to determine street repair
needs and estimated costs of the work.
When completed, the proposal is
expected to be submitted as a street
improvement bond program in a
general election. .
The entire 99 8 million package
could require up to a 34-cent tax in-
crease to finance additional debt
illnesses," she said, noting minor . -
illnesses are non life-threatening available indicate 97 to 98 percent of all school children have received
is “very familiar with all types of
assistance programs," refers persons
to those applicable to their needs and
helps persons apply for Medicare,
Medicaid and other assistance.
When no other assistance is
available and a person is determined
totally indigent, she can ask com-
missioners to place the person on the
county pauper roll.
The main medical service lacking in --------
Denton County, she said, is aid to . Staff Photo by STEVE CASTLEBERRY
adults with minor illnesses “I know of A young child is comforted after receiving a shot at the immunization
no free services for adults with minor, clinic offered by the Denton County Health Department: A spokesman
for the Texas Area 5 Health Systems Agencies said the last figures
entire plan, which requires a 4-5
majority vote for approval.
A report on vandalism in the city
and the need for a recruiting program
for the Police Department will be
made by Danny L. Smith, and the
council will also consider a final
report on this year's summer
playground program.
Licensing of pets for animal control
purposes will also be submitted to the
council for consideration in a proposal
by Deborah Shelton of the Denton
Humane Society.
WEATHER REPORT
Low this morning
High Sunday
Low Sunday
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
15 Cents
referral services to all residents,
assists Flow Memorial Hospital in
determining who is eligible for charity
care, and provides financial screening
of applicants to the Denton County
Health District’s maternity clinic, the
Lions Club eye conservation program
and the Texas Woman's University
dental program.
Deciding who can or cannot get help
is quite an "awesome job," Mrs.
Hutchinson said.
second of a six-part series.
By RITA MILLER
Staff Writer -
-Vicki is 18 years old, single, has no
job and is pregnant. Neither her
parents or the father of the baby can
or will help her pay medical expenses.
Her chances are fair to good that one
or more agencies in Denton County
can help her find free medical care if
she chooses to have the baby.
John is married and has three Although county funds for persons
'young children. He has a steady job, ' needing medical help are limited, she
AP Laserphoto
Copenhagen, Denmark, airport this morning after
the three were freed from the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran, Iran. An official, lower left, waits for
them. -
High last year 63
LoW last year 48
The sun sets today at 5:30; it rises Tuesday
at 7:06.
77TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE — NO. 93
Colder
DENTON AND VICINITY — Weather
turning much colder by Tuesday, with
possible rain Tuesday. Low tonight near 60;
high Tuesday in the lower 70s. Winds
becoming northerly and increasing late
today.
The State Department said U.S.
authorities in Germany would
question them about the condition of
the rest of the hostages. An official
said those freed would be given
"decompression time" to themselves
during which reporters would be kept
away from them But he said he did
not know how long they would be kept
in Germany
Miss Gross, Quarles and Maples
were put on display at a news con-
ference at the embassy Sunday and
she told several hundred reporters:
"We haven’t had any problems
We've been fed more than fairly.
There haven’t been any problems
physically Maybe people have been
mentally upset, but other than that we
haven't had any problems. The most
difficult part was having to sit on hard
chairs 16 hours a day with my hands
tied."
Their captors said earlier that they
would deliver a total of eight black
men and five women to the Iranian
Foreign Ministry today for expulsion
from the country. Tehran Radio said
the 13 had been absolved of espionage
activities following Khomeinfs in-
structions to free women and blacks
who were cleared. But two women and
two black men apparently were not
being released, along with 45 white
American men and eight non-
Americans held in the embassy for
two weeks.
A statement from the students,
broadcast by Radio Tehran, said they
were releasing the 13 Americans in
accordance with Khomeini's orders
The statement said an investigation
group made "final investigations"
and the 13 "could not be proved to be
spies."
EDITOR'S. NOTE: This is the
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov.
Bill Clements accused President
Carter today of letting the country fall
into another energy bind by failing to
have a national energy program in
force when the Iranian crisis broke
out
Clements led off an attack on the
adminstration’s energy policy in the.
opening general session of the
Republican Governors' Association
annual meeting
In preliminary sessions Sunday,
three GOP presidential candidates
also said Carter should do more for
the Americans being held captive in
Tehran
Clements said the situation in Iran
already "is directly impacting our oil
supplies in the United States, although
our country has been receiving only
four percent of its full supplies from
Iran
"While I can appreciate and agree
with the adminstration’s decision to
cut off our oil imports from Iran, I
cannot excuse the fact that after
nearly three years in office Mr. Carter
has failed and is failing to develop a
national energy policy which could
free us from this kind of control by
OPEC nations," he said
"This recent turn of events is
nothing but another chapter in what • stamped even to come to this meeting,
has happened with the oil embargo in but this may change later," said
1973 and the Iranian turmoil this year Baker at a news conference.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An in-
vestigation of the Army's worst
recruiting scandal since the end of the
draft shows that up to 12,700 soldiers
were enlisted through fraud or other
irregular practices over the last two
years, officials said today.
Opening the books on a six-month
investigation, the Army told Congress
that 427 recruiters have been relieved
of their duties in the last year because
of malpractice.
Officials said there was more
malpractice among seasoned
recruiters than among newer
recruiters Many of those who lost
their jobs had received awards for “No one is forced to cheat in order
recruiting successes, to recruit for the Army," said Brig.
Seventy-five percent of the cases of Gen. Donald W. Connelly, head of a €5-
fraudulent or irregular enlistments member investigation task force set
involved discrepancies in the’ ’ up last May
educational records of potential Connelly, joined by Army Secretary
recruits who had not graduated from Clifford Alexander and Lt Gen
high school, officials said. Robert G. Yerks. the Army's top
Other cases involved illegal , personnel official, testified on the
coaching for enlistment tests and recruiting scandal before the Senate
concealment of police records, Armed Services manpower sub-
medical problems and dependents. committee
While readily acknowledging that Sen Sam Nunn. D-Ga , the panel's
recruiters are under pressure to meet chairman and a skeptic about the all-
recruiting goals, Army officials said volunteer military's ability to attract
the pressure is not overbearing . enough servicemen, said the adminis-
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