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Stolen Relief Charged COCOA, Fla. (AP) — An American physician has ac cused Honduran officials of keeping the best food, clothing and medical supplies flown into the flood-ravaged country for hungry and sick villagers. “We saw tons of food deliv ered to the local commandant but never saw the people get ting anything more than beans and rice,” Dr. Edward Austin of Cocoa said after returning from a two-week mission to the village of Cuyamel near the Honduras-Guatemala border. “The people got only picked- over clothing. We saw govern ment officials and the upper class wearing newer clothes and what was left over—the ratty stuff—being worn by the people.” Austin’s wife Sara, a physical therapist, said patients told her food was confiscated by local authorities and school teachers, who then gave each family—regardless of size — one pound of rice, a half-pound of beans and one pound of lard to last two weeks. Austin, 40, said he was told government officials were tak ing the supplies to sell on the black market but added he had no firsthand knowledge because he was not allowed into military areas. “Our interpreters told us the officials would hold the food and, when the bad times hit, sell it back to the people at the price of gold,” he said. The Austins were part of a relief team sent by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Cocoa, Which has sister churches in Honduras. In Washington, Red Cross spokeswoman Dorothy Taafe said she had talked to one of five American disaster relief specialists in Honduras on Fri day and “they were getting all the supplies we sent. “It’s just one of those ru mors, I think. I wouldn’t put any credibility in it,” she said of the Austins’ charges. William Dalton, a spokesman for the Agency for International Development, said: “This is the first I’ve heard of such a thing. We thought the Hondurans had been doing a pretty good job.” Hurricane Fifi struck the Honduran coast on Sept. 19, killing thousands of persons, leaving many thousands home less and causing millions of dollars in damage. Both Parties Worry About Voter Turnout AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - Domecratic Gov. Dolph Briscoe and Republican Jim Cranberry began their last month of the general election campaign with both sides worrying about voter turnout. Some Republicans are pre dicting^ and hoping, the vote will be as low as 1.5 million out of the estimated 5.3 million eli gible voters. Other GOP fore casters think it will be more like 1.6 or 1.8 million. Democrats, who think their already strong chance improve as the turnout grows, see a vot er turnout Nov. 5 larger than the 1.58 million that voted in both the Democratic and Re publican primaries May 4. The political speculators think the Republican’s best chance of a victory in the gov ernor’s race would come with a very light turnout and with Raza Unida candidate Ramsey Muniz polling enough votes to affect the outcome. Muniz got 214,000 votes in 1972, a presi dential election year A total of 3.4 million Texans voted in 1972, when Briscoe and Republican Henry Grover ran a hot, close race for the gover norship. Only 2.3 million voted in 1970. A non-presidential election year. Cranberry started his last month of campaigning with a visit Sunday to the Midland- Odessa area with Sen. John Tower, R—Tex, joining the campaign tour. After visits Monday to Houston and Port Arthur and Tuesday to Ixmg- view and Tyler, Cranberry will be joined by Tower again for a fund-raising reception in Dallas Tuesday night. Wed nesday, Cranberry will be in Dallas and Sherman, Thursday in Fort Worth, Frida in Lub bock and Odessa, and Saturday in Pampa. Briscoe planned to concen trate on the highly industrial upper Gulf Coast area with vis its Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday to Houston. BUDGET BARGA NS TEXAS A&M 28 - TEXAS TECH 7 V'. _ CONGRATULATIONS ON A BEAUTIFUL GAME, AGSI CUDAHY BAR-S FULLY-COOKED BONELESS HAMS WHOLE lb lb 1.69 HALF . .lb lb 1.79 CUDAHY BAR S SLICED BACON 1.19 OSCAR MAYER BOLOGNA be^f’’° R 8 oz.69c SKI N LESS 10 OZ «9c PKG. SMOKY-LINK SAUSAGE HORMEL LITTLE SIZZLERS ... .89c SINGLETREE FARMS SAUSAGE ..lb 119 ECKRICH CHOPPED HAM pkg 1.15 ROEGELEIN MEAT BOLOGNA . ECKRICH MEAT BOLOGNA pk°g 69c CENTER CUT PORK CHOPS lb ECKRICH COOKED SALAMI pk°g 2 85c THIN SLICED BREAKFAST CHOPS lb ECKRICH SMORGAS PAC pkg 1-49 BONELESS PORK CHOPS lb OSCAR MAYER lPv^che^se^". • • .i K ° r f 75c BONELESS HALF LOIN PORK ROAST 1.69 ENDLESS LINK RUBBER PLANTS 2 1f EA .WHILE THEY LAST SPECIALS GOOD THRU OCT. 22, 1974 RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT OO TEXAS NEW CROP SPARKLING FRESH PRODUCE NEW CROP TEXAS ORANGES lb 23c GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS lb 15c SWEET D'ANJOU PEARS lb 35c FLAME RED TOKAY GRAPES lb 45c JUMBO SIZE CALIFORNIA AVOCADOS .. lb 49c NEW CROP TANGELOS . lb 29c CALIFORNIA SUNKIST LEMONS . . . ^ 1 69c BAG ° FRESH CRISP CUCUMBERS lb 27c S 1 A L K 33c . BAG 25c U.S. NO. 1 YELLOW ONIONS 3 bag 59c U.S. NO. 1 LOUISIANA YAMS lb 23c FRESH GREEN CABBAGE lb 19c CALIFORNIA LARGE SIZE CELERY FRESH CRISP CARROTS STEW MEAT US.DA. CHOICE BRISKET FAMILY PACK SILVER LABEL BUDGET BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK FAM ' L r: ACK LB 1.09 SEVEN STEAK FaM LVPA ? 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