Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 287, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 1973 Page: 1 of 12
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Brownwood Texas
Vol. 73 No. 287
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Auto talks recessed
Negotiators report progress
men after the marathon ses- room that he was on his way to
sion.
talk with Chrysler Chairman
Because of a news blackout Lynn Townsend
A
siderable progress."
.ng 112,000 UAW members at 112,000 UAW members *5 mil-
"We are now optimistic about Chrysler plants in the United lion a day in wages. the union
ply, “I think you’re mis- reached today, they would de-
noon today.
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2 youths rescued after 17
days on lifesaving craft
County okays
tax exemption
'Redrawing
of precinct
Company executives said
that, if no settlement were
Justice eyes
Agnew facts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Justice Department is consid-
ering asking a federal grand
jury investigating alleged graft
in Maryland to send its findings
on Vice President Spiro T. Ag-
new to the House of Represen-
said
And Chrysler was faced with
soaring production losses and
prospects of laying off office
workers.
one.
He had pleaded innocent to
Commissioners also declined
to put in the budget approved
today a $6,000 fund to meet
urgent medical expenses for
persons not on welfare but
unable to meet the cost The
court agreed to consider in-
dividual cases of need in the
future, however
Requesting creation of that
fund were Mrs. Edwin Webb
and Mrs Pat Davidson
Brown County
United Fund
drive underway
picked up by the German freighter
Angelburg after being spotted by the
plane. He said a Coast Guard cutter
would take Evans and Cosgrovj off the
ship as it passes Miami en route to New
York.
As the youths were being rescued,
two Miami brothers who had been
aboard the ill-fated cruiser, the 53-foot
Itasca. were arriving in Miami on a
commercial flight from British Hon-
duras.
Julian Fitzgerald, 42, and Joseph
Fitzgerald, 40, were picked up Friday
by a Jamaican cargo ship on its way to
British Honduras and were taken there.
Their rescue prompted the Coast Guard
to intensify a search for Evans and
Cosgrove.
MIAMI (AP) — Seventeen days after
their cabin cruiser hit a log and went
down in the Caribbean, two Miami
youths have been rescued from their
livesaving 13-foot dingy.
Tommy Evans, 20, and Buddy
Cosgrove, 19, were spotted Sunday 125
miles northwest of Swan Island by a
U.S. Coast Guard search plane two
days after two companions were found
in a rubber liferaft.
"It sure was a lucky thing," Coast
Guard CPO Paul Von Protz, assistant
duty officer at Miami's Search and
Rescue Center, said of their recovery.
But they were right in the middle of
our search area They were able to
stand and wave at the plane."
Von Protz said the youths were
DETROIT (AP) — Weary ne-
gotiators today recessed a 23-
hour marathon bargaining ses-
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crets by hiring former IBM en-
gineers
Christensen's ruling, mailed
from his Salt lake City office
and released at the court where
the case was heard, said IBM
“is enjoined from adopting, im-
plementing or carrying out
predatory pricing, leasing or
other acts, practices or strate-
gies with intent to obtain or
maintain a monopoly in the
market...”
Christensen's ruling was
stayed pending appeal or post-
trial motions.
A *3,000 homestead exemp-
tion on property taxes for
Brown County residents 65
years of age and older was
approved by county com-
missioners this morning.
The exemption will take ef-
fect at the beginning of the next
tax year
A request for the exemption
was presented this morning by
Cecil Dickinson.
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...Political agent to plead quilty
By DONAL M. ROTHBERG )y was a campaign of political is expected to enter his plea to money used in Segretti’s cam-
wAssuciatedPresswrtter.. sabotage in Florida the new indictment paign activities Kalmbach said
icWAgenEDonMdARsegettt tednrbrimappqarancebeforta Segretti, 52 years old today, he did not taiow what Segretti
agreed today to plead guilty to agreed to have the c„ L_.„
an expanded indictment charg- ferred from Florida to Wash-
Brownwood Bulletin •
He instructed IBM to disclose mum
Expanded charges
IBM was also ordered to price m m m
a number of its products EP • • A m m 0
aedced bv Searetti
argued that IBM had been pric- " "" " " "" "" W " " " ■ ■ ■
ing the equipment in ways de- • •
signed to freeze out com-
petition.
Industry analysts said that, in
view of IBM's avowed intention
to appeal, it was too early to
assess the ruling's full impact
ontheucompaniesiinvolyed,the vonaiah. segretu federal magistrate, Segretti was released on his personal was to use the money for
emstunorthnsenerpubusness agreed today to. plead guilty to agreed to have the case trims- recognizance Todays four-count in-
John Douglas computer in- anzexpanded indictment charg- ferred from Florida to Wash- The new indictment charged dictment charges that Segretti
dustrv sDeouilis! tomPiterkin. ing him “h violating federal ington, D.C. Segretti with conspiracy and conspired with Robert Melton
age firm of Halistosts Securities election laws during the 1972 A federal grand jury in Tam- with illegally publishing un- Benz and Tampa accountant
ddedooweynodhstcurite, Elorida Democratic presiden- pa handed down the four-count authorized politicalstatements. George A. Hearing to disrupt
ruling stands it avdeared to t.promary. . indictment Aug. 24 but it re- Federal law requires that po- the campaigns of Jackson and
have "quite severe" com- pSegretti received money from mamed sealed until today. litical literature contain the Muskie in the 1972 Florida
petitive impiicatonsfor IBM. Pesident-Nixon” s„former.pen- The magistrate scheduled a names °f persons or organ- primary
sona attorney tor what alleged- hearing for Oct. 1 when Segretti izations responsible for its dis-
"It's not a bargaining break- quoting " Otherwise, union cide whether to lay off an un-
down. it's a breakdown of leaders had no comment specified number of the auto-
stamina. Chrysler Vice Presi- O'Brien told newsmen as he maker's 10,500 white-collar
dent William O’Brien told news- was leaving the bargaining workers.
that indictment which accused tatives, sources close to the in-
him of distributing a phony let- vestigation said today.
ter on the stationery of Sen o . .. . ..
Fam___. c „ Such a move, which could be a
Edmund S. Muskie. D-Maine. . . . . . .
The letter accused two other prelude to. impeachment of
Democratic presidential candi- Agnew, should the facts war-
dates. Sens. Henry M. Jackson rant such’action,’would get the
I wcine Na u u— ■> Justice Department around the
AWashingtonand Hubert H thorny constitutional question
SS ’ “ of whether a vice president can
“HerbertwV.SKalmbach, Presi- be indicted before he is im-
dent Nixon’s former personal peached
attorney, told the Senate Water- A Justice Department
gate committee in July that at spokesman, asked if there was
the request of White House aide any comment on the report,
Dwight L. Chapin he passed on replied, "None.”
IBM found monopolistic
• Firm ordered to pay $352.5 million •
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Inter- in damages for stealing IBM from domestic competitive is- and Telex were delayed in
national Business Machines trade secrets. sues. opening on stock exchanges in 7
Corp., the world’s largest com- At IBM headquarters in Ar- U.S District Court Judge A. New York as Wall Street re-' '
puter maker, was found guilty monk, N.Y., a spokesman said Sherman Christensen, who ceived news of Christensen's
in federal court today of mo- the company planned to appeal heard arguments in the huge ruling
nopolistie business practices the decision. and complicated case for nearly The struggle over competition
and was ordered to pay a com- Telex spokesmen said their two months earlier this year, in the electronic data process-
petitor $352.5 million in dam- company was pleased with the also ordered IBM to begin a ing industry dates back many
ages. decision. They said Telex series of actions to break up its years.
The smaller concern. Telex planned to “vigorously prose- hold on the computer accessory Telex began the case which
Corp, of Tulsa, in turn was or- cute” the overseas side of the market led to today's ruling with a *1.2
dered to pay IBM $21.9 million case, which had been severed The securities of both IBM billion suit accusing IBM of
monopolistic practices. IBM re-
sponded with a suit charging -
\ Telex with obtaining trade sc-
an early settlement," a Chrys- States and Canada.
ler statement said after the ses- But O'Brien did concede,
sion broke up Were closer than we were
Spokesmen for both the com- yesterday.”
pany and union insisted the A newsman who told UAW
talks had not broken off, and a President Leonard E. Wood-
union spokesmen said its ne- cock that O'Brien said the two
gotiators planned to return at sides are "clone" drew the re-
sion aimed at ending the three- imposed on the negotiations, no Townsend reportedly stayed
day strike by the United Auto further details could be obtain- at company headquarters dur-
Workers against Chrysler, ed about progress in the bid to ing most of the marathon bar-
Company officials said the all- end the strike which began at gaining session.
night session had brought “con- midnight Friday and is affect- The strike was costing the
tribution.
BROWN COUNTY each of the our counts in tor
m _ day’s indictment is one year in
Taxable property Zrvix i
I I I dictment against Segretti had
ah _ been returned at Orlando, Fla.,
lines likely $1,277 per capita Watergteesprnosecuciat
Redrawing of both county T • ■ *T""• Archibald Cox said today’s
What is the assessed value of "1972 Census of Governments," indictment supercedes the old
Two budgets adopted by
county's commissioners
Adoption was unanimous by receipts and total expenditures for 1974 is $161,467.
Brown County commissioners of *634,242.33 The expenditures Expenditures by funds for
this morning for both the 1974 for 1974 plus the ending balance Brown County budget jury fund.
Brown County operating budget makes the figure $940,918.68. *13,270; roads and bridges'
and the 1(73-74 county revenue The tax rates for 1*74 remain *291.252.13; general fund,
sharing budgets. the same as in 1973. The rate is *166,350.56; right-of-way'
A public hearing was held last 60 cents per *100 property *25.000; officers salary fund,
week but approval was delayed valuation plus 30 cents per 100 *253,714.21; roads and bridges
until today valuation for road and bridge special (road hand salaries)
The budget for Brown County special. *69.700.93; other funds (soil
calls for a total of *940,916.6* in The revenue sharing budget conservation, criminal plan-
ning, law library) $14,954.50.
BUDDHA IS THERE as a young Cambodian soldier holds a north Phnom Penh. the capital. Some Cambodian soldiers are
Buddhist amulet between his teeth during battle on Highway 5 barely in their teens.
The 1974 expected receipts
. । are from ad valorem taxes.
Mid-Texas may feel curesndeilnquane; ad,xoloana
> , other sources. *450,136.
touch of early fall money from state, automobile
• registration and fines and fees
The season’s coolest tem- Otherwise, the forecast for of office.) commieinnar a . ’
peratures.should.spread.over tonight calls for decreasing Thesgtotalreceipts add upto precinciZXS property in Brown County’To They show that, in Brown
Midirextstonightifuasta lied cloudiness and cooler tem- 2792,668 Plus, a. beginning wil apparently be necessary what extent has this total, which County, where the property tax
exoefrontgetssmuvingpgainas peratures, soared to 90 ha total 08142,250-s8omgking County Judge James Bunnel serves as the base for local is the principal source of
ePeteduthesnationat Weather , The mercury soared to ** the total receipts *940,916.6*. told commissioners this taxes, changed in the last few revenue for local government
Service predicted this mornine. degrees in Brownwood Sunday Tax revenue among various mii csoes-S _______»
atsartntanmirthestgnee amsmmar"aagdnsFamcmncz M X."as commissioners have been OSGddregsussfguhtsu
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today. Highest readings on This morning’s low here was fund (routine courthouse ex- stead of by precinct as now assessment situation is timelv *28 775 000 Y & ’
Tuesday are expected to be in 64 penses) and 15 cents of the » done But Bunnell told the court Suchanlooktasn “ tme 58775,000 an = ..
the 70. Extended forecasts for the cents tax rate is allocated to the this morning it appears the at- taken bv the Census Bureaus percent ensineea in th!
Forecasters said there would area predict a slow warming right-of-way fund. large elections are not per- part of ’ nationwide sureau of United States assessments went
be a slight chance for a few trend on Wenesd.y and This is an increase of 14 cents mitted under the Texas Con- stateoandatornvidgosurvsent Unnitedstate assessments went
widely scattered thun- Thursday with highs getting over 1*73 Commissioners are stitution. tt’ KOkernmenttoP3Pr« percent
dershowers ahead of the front’s back to near 90 by Friday af- making this allocation in order Since most of the county's rve years tte rmndkngs, m Assessed4vpetsnts are not to
Passe teknoon. see BUDGETS on Page l See LINES on Page 2 released, are contained in its See TAXABLE on Page 2
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THE REAL THING — The new J. H. (Cap) Sheltom Track at toe Maae all-weather oval
Cea-Tex Stadium took oa the look of a first-class facility over the completed later this week,
weekend as Realite crews began applying finishing tenches to
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