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Paged orld THE BATTALION MONDAY, JANUARY 28,1® THE MONO/ S] nlikely spy makes unusual escape United Press International LOMPOC, Calif. — Christopher John Boyce was the most unlikely of spies and has now become one of the most unusual escaped convicts ever hunted by local and federal author ities. The 26-year-old son of a former FBI agent, Boyce and accomplice Andrew Daulton Lee, 28, were con victed in 1977 of selling top-secret intelligence information to the Soviet Union. Sentenced to 40 years in prison for espionage, Boyce was missing last Monday when guards at the Lompoc PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. Federal Correction Institution made their 10 p.m. bedcheck. Authorities later discovered a wooden ladder, apparently made in a prison workshop, and a pair of met al-cutting shears near two 10-foot fences that Boyce must have scaled to make his escape. Lee, meanwhile, is serving a life sentence at the same federal prison. Boyce and Lee, who authorities said passed some of the most sensi tive of America s secrets to the Rus sians, shattered the stereotypical im age of spies — especially Boyce who joked with his cohort that he could use the code name “Falcon” because of his love of falconry. The son of a devoutly religious mother, Boyce was once an altar boy. He was sometimes a straight — A student and he had an IQ of 145. He was a student of history and phi losophy and in 1976 voted for Gerald Ford. But like many young men his age, Boyce became troubled by the war and Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. When that disillusionment took hold, he was a 21-year-old col lege dropout making $145-a-week at TRW Inc. in Redondo Beach, Calif, where he held a Top Secret clear ance from the Department of De fense. Boyce admitted to the FBI that he photographed thousands of docu ments at TRW, primarily regarding a proposed top-secret spy-satellite project, and passed them to Lee for delivery to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. During interviews following his trial Boyce said at TRW he learned of the CIA’s activities in other nations, adding that he was particularly offended to discover the CIA’s inter vention in Australia’s domestic affairs. Lee was a convicted drug dealer who sold the secrets to the Russians out of pure greed, Boyce said, insist ing that his participation was an act of political conscience. “If I had to do it all over again I would have quit my job rather than release the information,” Boyce told The New York Times’ Robert Lind sey who later wrote a book about the case “The Falcon and the Snowman.” Nearly 50 FBI agents, U.S. Mar shal’s deputies and local officers joined the search for Boyce in the rugged terrain surrounding the fed eral facility at Lompoc, 170 miles of Los Angeles. FBI spokesman, Tom Sheil, did not give any credence to speculation that foreign agents may have been waiting outside the prison to help Boyce make his getaway. “We have no reason to believe anybody scooped him up with a heli copter,” Sheil said. “I don’t believe at the present time that would be the case. Boyce’s attorney during the trial, William Dougherty, said that Boyce cooperated fully during the ClAs debriefing of him after his convic tion. But he added: “It doesn’t take fantasizing to real ize what would happen if the Rus sians did get their hands on him They would use hypnosis drugs ami anything else to get out of him infor mation he may not have told theCLt because he just didn’t remember," However, the U.S. Marshals office, which is in charge of the ease, said it has instituted measures to prevent Boyce from leaving the country by normal means while coa- tinning the manhunt- THE ARMY WILL HELP FINANCE YOUR EDUCATION - IN JUST 2 YEARS. & Making it in college? Then hang in there. But... if you’ve already decided to leave be cause of financial pressures, the Army can help. Now, if you qualify, the Army’s 2-Year En listment will offer: * An Educational Savings Plan so you may return to college later. 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Historically gold has been a refuge in times of world anxiety and by any standard the turmoil in Iran, the holding of American hostages, the Russian incursion into Afghanistan and the illness of President Tito of Yugoslavia have created that anxiety. Also historically, people of means in the area of turmoil see that their wealth is protected. This time those people are among the wealthiest in the world — the oil-rich Arabs. And they were buying gold in huge amounts. David Mizrahi, editor of the New York-based MidEast Report, said he estimates, based on information from Middle Eastern sources in Zurich, that Arab gold holdings amount to around 250 million tcEEPs me £ 5Ef\RCHlN' FOR A ''HOARD' ounces. BBSHhcs 80 Where the jobs are & how to get them 50.000 Mimnwr jol* opunintt* <i Want a fun summer job? We list 50,000 of them in the 1980 Summer Employment Directory of the United States — camps, dude ranches, commercial resorts, summer theaters, amusement parks and more! 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This figure, if accurate, means that private gold holdings by Arabs almost equal the U.S. gold reserves of 262.6 million ounces. “The Arabs didn’t sell their gold in any amount the past week, ” Mizrahi said. “They don’t care if the price falls — the bought gold to protect their assets and as they see it that protection still is necessary.” New York bullion trader James Sinclare agrees. “There was some selling by the public in Europe but the big purchasers of physical gold are not selling. ” ALTERATIONS Tl min' Spei tele agai: tiom It Rhy Lon Dm Ire si then like In lead half hack gam effoi seve T( on a inth of tl own cons line that “1 then eithi wen Rile; hear ketb R’ ace, wen Dan ta in IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" 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McCartney, his wife Linda and their four children, landed un announced at Lydd airport in Kent and immediately drove off into “quiet seclusion” a spokesman for the former Beatle said. “It has been a terrible shock, the 37-year-old musician said on the flight from Tokyo to Amsterdam where he changed planes. S| "I flew into Japan before America and I still had the American attitude that marijuana isn’t that bad. I know it sounds daft but that’s the truth- that’s why I stupidly brought the stuff with me.” McCartney was held at Narita air port on January 16 after he arrived for an 11-concert sellout tour of Japan with his hand Wings which was canceled after his arrest. Cus toms officers said he was carrying nearly half a pound of marijuana in his suitcase. - t high thet the i Ef yard Mik' 7.12 Verr Was 3:18 Ti throi meel in th Tl A&N Nort long