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Brownwood Bulletin
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MONDAY
Court strikes down
mandatory executions
Beverly Hills disaster
gets Texans' attention
By BILL KIDD
Bulletin Austin Bureau
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The total number of miles in
actual county roads and the
number in each precinct will be
measured for length by the four
men. The work is expected to
take about two weeks and
temporary beadquarters will be
the county courthouse.
center at Assen Sunday after
noon and asked officlals to send
for the women. Dr. Franz Tut-
uhatunewa, health minister in
the government-in-exlle of the
phantom South Moluccan re-
public, was sent to get them,
and an ambulance took them to
a hospital at nearby Groningen.
The women were the first
hostages freed by the 7 to 11
terrorists aboard the train since
they allowed e number of
elderly passengers to escape
when they took it over The four
gunmen atthe school freed IN
children and a teacher May 2
after about half of the
youngsters became ill. They are
still holding four teachers.
The work will be done
beginning immediately with no
cost to the county. Meeting with
commissioners this morning at
their regular meeting were
Capt. Ernest Clendennen, Copt
Royce Swayne, Lt. Pedro
Galvan and Sgt William Ken-
daU.
collar ratio locally is about 1.1 percent higher
than It was back in 1M.
At that time, according to the census taken
that year, there were 9,280 people employed
in the local area, 3,580 of them in white collar
occupations. The rest were to blue collar jobs,
to service industries or working on farms
The facto and figures on employment are
from the Department of Commerce and from
the Bureau of Labor Statistica, which has
made detailed studies of labor force
C18TiDuuons.
Since then, automation and machanization
"This has never been done
before," Brown County Judge
James Bunnell said. "Thio la a
real good opportunity for us and
we need to get this work done.
Commissioners don't know
exactly just how many county
roads they each have,” the
Judge said.
Brown County commissioners
smiled in approval this morning
when four men from the 490th
Civil Affairs Co. of the Army
Reserve out of Abilene agreed
to make a survey of an county
roads by precincts.
to the factory, on the farm and In productton
processes in general have had a marked
effect on the composition of the work force.
As a result, what with ths readjustments
that have taken place, the proportion of white
collar workers in Brown County has reached
48.5 percent, it to estimated
Elsewhere in the United States, the average
to 42.6 percent
Under the heading "white collar" are a
wide range of occupations. Including
profeestorwl and technical workers, teachers,
sales clerks, bank employees, clerical
workers, business executives and the like.
Classified as "blue collar” In the Govern-
ment's reports are machinists, craftsmen,
foremen, construction and factory sm-
ployees, farmers and others engaged in the
production of goods or in their transportation,
operation, maintenance and repair
Although the number of people in blue
collar occupations has increased by 4.5
million since 1M, reflecting the rise in the
national population, the white collar con-
tingent has grown more than three times as
fast
Sirica had indicated last week
that be would give the two for-
mer Nixon administration offi-
cials until Ji e 22 to get their
affairs in order Haldeman had
asked through his lawyer to re-
main free to attend his daugh-
ter's graduation ceremony from
law school and Mitchell asked to
help his lawyers prepare a last-
ditch, slim-chance appeal to the
Supreme Court
They have a choice of turning
themselves in to a U.S. marshal
at 10 a.m. or to voluntarily
appear at the prison gates by
noon.
Sirica only placed the men
into the custody of the attorney
general and It is up to the Jus-
tice Department to designate
the prison. Haldeman's lawyer,
John J Wilson, said he had er-
By HENK VAN DE POLL
Assoclated Press Writer
GRONINGEN, The Nether-
lands (AP) - Two pregnant
women released by South Mo-
luccan terrorists after 13 days
captivity said today that the
other 53 hostages aboard a train
in northern Holland are in good
condition despite "very great
psychological pressure."
"In general, the bootages are
being treated correctly by the
Moluccans," said Annye Brou-
wer-Kort, 31, in a statement
read to reporters before she and
2-year-old Nelleke Ellenbroek-
Prinsen left the Groningen
University Clinic with their
husbands.
tween the militants on the train
and two teadore of the Sosth
Moluccas community made
little progress, and a second
meeting has not boon fixed
“I don’t yet see any reason to
beoptimistie that it will all soon
be over,” be said as the twin
sieges went into their tlrd
week
Justice Ministry spokes-
woman Toos Faber said the
terrorists' demands are basio-
ally unchanged. They have de-
manded the release of 31 other
South Moluccans Imprisoned
for terrorist activity and a plane
to fly them all out of the
country
Mrs Faber said there was no
of Mrs Ellenbroek and Mrs
Brouwer and the sesslon Satur
day between the terrorists and
mediators Josina Soumokl and
Hassan Tan. Another officizl
suggested the Moluccans freed
the women to get rid of a
"troublesome burden."
Officials had repeatedly
sought the release of Mrs El
lenbroek-Prinsen, who is five
months pregnant, but they ap-
parently had not known that
Mrs. Brouwer-Korf was two
months pregnant
Mrs Faber said the terrorists
gave no indication they would
free the women until they tele-
phoned the government criais
Mrs. KWiMlib. who to five
months pregnant and Mrs.
Brouwer, who to two months
pregnant were freed Sunday
But Justice Minister Andreas
van Agt said there to no In-
dicattan that release to near for
the other hostages aboard the
train near Assen or four others
held in a schoolhouse.
Both women looked relaxed
and rested after their night in
the hospital, where Mrs Brou-
wer is employed in the person-
nel department They were re-
leased from the hospital after
examinations by a physician
and a psychiatrist
Van Agt said a six-hour me-
diation meeting Saturday bo-
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What changes have taken place in the
makeup of Brown County's labor force to
recent years?
To what extent has automation caused s
shifting in jobs? What to the distribution now,
as between white collar and blue collar
employment’
Government figures show that the
proportion of men and women to white collar
occupations in the local area has been rising,
year by year.
At the present time, on the basis of date
gathered for the country as a whole, the white
ranged for his client to go to the the Beverly Hills fire,
minimum security facility at In Texas, as in other parts of
Lompoc, Calif Plato Cacheris, the country, the Kentucky
Mitchelr’s lawyer, said ar- tragedy seems to have in- statewide code is a problem
RJRICHARnCAREIII The court noted that Itwas not rancements were not comnlete creased awareness of the No one seems sure whose dards are needed.
WASHINGTON (AP) - whetneusumm“le“odtor &enmipropo "I Texas has no statewide fire is a feeling that stricter stan- Texas where disasters such as
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persons convicted of killing po- Today’sdecisinnspsresthe wifi be done. cities have adopted stringent notes Eatthe industryisunsure O'Burke feeis that while it's
lice officers to be executed. 5 mLEt conotd .The..courtroomuscene.was standards, some sizable towns what its role should be regar- possible that Texas could have
"There is a special interest to mateHprzzEoershaconwetnd strietly..a formallyBefore have none. ding a fire code. such a tragedy, it's unlikely-at
affording protection to these natheurebuundrshootng Judgesirica.enteredthe room, The SBI also reports that of O’Burke says his group may least where there are strict
public servants who regularly " Mitchell and Haldeman chat- the 555,814 bulldingsprincipally bring proposals to the 1979 local standards, which are
must risk their lives in order to ficer Dennis McInerney, ted. Haldeman looked tanned commercial and educational- Legislature-but he’s not cer- strictly enforced-as is the case
guard the safety of other per- . and fit with his hair in the same shown by its computer as in- tain whether firemen or the SB! in Dallas, he adds.
sons and property ” the court’s Chief Justice Warren E. Bur- mod styling that he adopted dividually-rated insurance should be the prime moves in But as O’Burke and others
ma ioritv oolnlon said “Built is ger and Justices William H. after his brush-cut days at the risks, only 19,000 have sprinkler such a proposal would be within note, there's no uniformity in
Incorrect to suDDose that no Rehnquist, Byron R. White and White House. systems. its Jurisdiction. standards-or enforcement,
mitigating circumstances can Harry A. Blackmun filed die- Mitchell appeared slimmer Before the start of the 1977 Opposition to the proposal Whether there should be
exist when the victim is a police sents. They would have upheld than he did during the Water- legislative sesion, the SBI and likely would be considerable- uniformity may be an issue for
officer. .. Louisiana's law. gate cover-up trial although his State Firemen's and Fire Mar- because of the increased ex- the next legislative session.
I to start prison terms
Mitchell, Haldeman to report June 22
. By HARRY F. ROSENTHIAL face was devoid of color for reconsideration both men made many a deal for pleas to
3- Associated Press Writer Their lawyers had made their will file by the deadline June 17, reduced chargsesandgmontdts
Fa WASHINGTON (AP) — H.R. pleas for a few weeks additional The formalities were com- number of people mmonit
31 Haldeman and Jota N. MI- time during an informal pleted with each man's signtag fromproecuionmnordmam
“a* chenl, the biggest fish in the hearing last week and t‘ere was of the judge's committal order evidence agalnst Haldeman and
3” Watergate prosecutor’s net, no further pleading today, after Sirica had told them that MIMfesare the last to be pun-
l were ordered today to report to Cacheris asked that Mitchell’s the choice of whether to turn ished when the prison gates
$- prison no later than noon June "status remain unchanged themselves into a U.S. marshal Pivevear anniversary
33 to begin serving their sen- pending the disposition of a mo- to Washington or at the prison of the Watergate break-in will
A fences for their Watergate tion tor reconsideration in the gates was theirs. .. NAs&ed and the prose-
crimes. Supreme Court" and said that with that, case number 7+ cuter's office will have been out
The ceremony that effectively "be feels that he is in a unique 110, the star in all the Watergate business for a handful of
ended their years-long fight to position by reason of the pre- prosecutions was effectively days
mu stay out of prison took only four mature disclosure" that the closed. the imprisonment of Mitchell
s minutes. Both men have been court would refuse to hear the Next to Nixon, who was par- and Haldeman will mark the
• sentenced to serve 2%-to8-year case, dotted for all crimes, Haldeman closing of the book on the scan-
prison sentences, imposed on The leak from the court, al- and Mitchell were the prime dal that caused the only resig-
• Feb. 21, 1975, for their roles in most an unprecedented event, targets of the Watergate prose- nation of a president of the
"9 America’s biggest political will form the basis of the plea cution force. The Drosecutors United States.
scandal, the Watergate cover-
6 "lIA District Judge John J. NO STATE FIRE CODE
No 199
shal's Association looked at the pense in construction of new
possibility of seeking a state buildings, or alteration of old
fire code-but it was decided ones.
AUSTIN-On Nov. 8, 1942, fire that there was not sufficient in- While there appear to be no
sweeps the Cocanut Grove formation to take such a step, a statistics on the matter, most
nightclub in Boston, 491 die. spokesman for the SBI says. cities in Texas that have adop-
On May 21, 1977, fire strikes nunconu. vir. chiaf ted building codes use the
the Beverly Hills Supper Club in , Duncane re.cne. Southern Budding Association,
sopemomangisdammadrove P2eEma.Bsfisorgsnit amrcsdserszmiangfoksctn
AwezananTggsduahjan,
throughout the country... done some 8o0d in some statewide code) would be
areas, economics,” O'Burke reports
The same may prove true of But as Meadows comments, And he agrees the cost of
there have been "a heck of a lot building could be increased,
of meetings” and no solution to depending on what is required
the problem-if the lack of a by the code.
But he still feels stricter stan-
activity by federal employes
top this week’s agenda in
Congress.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP)-
Official returns from
Turkey's general election
gave former Premier Bulent
Ecevit’s centerleft
Republican People’s party a
500,000-vote lead today over
Premier Suleyman
Demirel’s conservative
Justice party.
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PORTLAND - It took
Jack Ramsay nine years and
three professional teams,
but he finally found the
group of athletes he wanted.
And once he found them, he
took them to the NBA title.
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WEATHER
BROWNWOOD AREA-
Continued fair and warm
becoming cooler over most
of the area late Tuesday.
Monday night law upper 9te,
high Tuesday near 90.
Extreme temperatures
Sunday and thia morning
were not available from
official weather bureau
source. Sunset Monday 8:41,
sunrise Tuesday 1:27.
ASSEN, The Netherlands
(AP) — South Moluccan
terrorists have released two
pregnant women, but Justice
Minister Andreas van Agt
says there is no indication
that freedom is near for the
other 57 hostages held to a
train and a schoolhouse to
northern Holland.
GWAIT < AP)- Kuwaiti
troops dressed as mechanics
overpowered a Lebanese
I man to a wheelchair who
hijacked a Lebanese jetliner
with 113 persons aboard and
demanded 91.5 million,
airport sources reported.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
(AP) - Andrew Young says
it's time to "let up" on criti-
cismothe Soviet govern-
ment’s human righto
policies. Frankly, I’ve said
almost nothing about Soviet
dissidents l*” -
taowttat it helps aiytidng,
the black U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations said to
.interview to July’s Playboy
magazine.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Revisions of the nation’s
housing, commanity
development and clean alr
programs, and easing of
restrictions on polltical
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coating. reflection in the shade of trees along the bluffs
11 Ocily 35 Sunday
F) GOOD AFTERNOON
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