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Returned hostages offer Groundhog Phil sees shadow Monday
thanks for Texas prayers
United Press International
DALLAS — The support of the
(.merican people throughout their
i44-day ordeal was a great source of
jtrength not only to the 52 American
ostages, but also their families,
|iavy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Engelmann
,)ld well-wishers in a ceremony on
pe steps of City Hall.
In thanking his “fellow Texans,”
mgelmann said although he and
Marine Sgt. Johnny McKeel Jr. were
nly two of the former hostages, he
poke for all 52 in “giving thanks to
exas and the people of Dallas-Fort
[Vorth for their thoughts and prayers
[uring our ordeal in Iran.”
“We will be forever in your debt, ”
e said. Engelmann smiled for most
f Monday s 20-minute ceremony,
marked by patriotism and prayer.
Near-freezing temperatures and a
crisp northerly wind kept the crowd
smaller than expected at about 250.
The two were presented procla
mations from their home counties.
McKeel, looking haggard and suffer
ing from a sore throat, had lost his
voice.
Dallas Mayor Robert Folsom ex
pressed McKeel’s appreciation for
the ceremony.
Both men were in uniform and
McKeel was accompanied by his
mother, Wynona, of Balch Springs.
Engelmann, whose family has shun
ned publicity, was alone.
Barry Craft of the Dallas Civic
Opera led the crowd in the Star
Spangled Banner. The skirt of the
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officials’ platform was yellow, a huge
yellow ribbon hung on the City Hall
and Dallas policemen escorting the
two ex-hostages wore yellow
armbands.
Engelmann, of Hurst, was pre
sented a plaque from the Tarrant
County Commissioners Court for his
courage. Commissioner Lynn Greg
ory, in reading the proclamation,
noted while Engelmann was held
prisoner by a “hostile government
for 444 days, in violation of interna
tional law, his love and allegiance
remained true.”
Monday was proclaimed a day of
rejoicing and thanksgiving in Dallas
County in honor of McKeel. The
proclamation read by Dallas County
Judge Garry Weber referred to the
“cruel and unusual punishment” the
52 hostages endured. Weber said the
entire nation was held hostage dur
ing the ordeal and all Americans now
feel a sense of relief.
Monday’s ceremony also repre
sented the “welcome we never got to
give those returning from Vietnam,”
Folsom told the shivering crowd
which was partially surrounded by
flag bearers from various organiza
tions. McKeel was honored by his
hometown in a parade Saturday. En
gelmann, who did not return home
until Saturday, participated in the
ticker tape parade for the hostages
Friday in New York.
Armadillo,
hogs split
on vote
United Press International
HOUSTON — Since groun
dhogs are not native to Texas, the
Hermann Park Zoo Monday
observed the traditional Groun
dhog Day weather-predicting
ceremony with a panel of two
prairie dogs and an armadillo.
“We had a split decision,”
curator John Donaho of the chil
dren’s zoo said. “The two prairie
dogs were Sophie and Nikki.
Sophie said winter was over,
agreeing with the armadillo,
Desdemona.
“Nikkie said it’s absolutely
gonna be a terrible six weeks
more. She would not come out (of
her burrow), would stick her nose
out, but that was it.”
The temperature was in the 40s
and the sun was shining when
Donoho took his poll.
“I’m inclined to go with the
armadillo,” Dohano said. “The
armadillo is a little more depen
dent on the weather than the
prairie dog. It doesn’t have a coat.
If the weather isn’t warm, it can’t
survive.
Asked why his panel split,
Donaho said, “I don’t know.
That’s just the animal business, I
guess.”
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil saw
his shadow today, and legend says that means we re in
for six more weeks of winter. But, he’s hedging a bit.
The groundhog climbed out of his hole at Gobblers
Knob in Punxsutawney at 7:28 a.m., an appearance
delayed somewhat by rain and snow.
Phil, wearing a yellow ribbon in honor of the freed
American hostages, hedged his forecast a bit, predicting
the rest of winter would be mild.
“That was because Phil couldn’t quite make up his
mind,” Punxsutawney Groundhog Club president
Charles Erhard said.
Erhard, himself, seemed a bit confused over how —
or why — Phil was able to see his shadow.
On the one hand, he swore that in the midst of the
rain and snow the sun popped out for about 30 seconds
— long enough to prod Phil from his burrow. Others at
the scene say they didn’t see any sunshine and Erhard
then suggested it may have been television lights.
About 150 people showed up to watch Phil make his
forecast for the 94th time.
As in the past, the eyes of America were on ]
today, waiting for the the critter to poke his furry hd I
from the burrow and tell us just how much longerwinfcf
will last.
Phil, the most famous resident of his west-centall
Pennsylvania hamlet, had another task at hand toda; [
The long-time Numero Uno of Groundhogs again k|
to ward off challengers to bis throne as a host <
hogsters, such as Buckeye Chuck of Ohio, made tkiI
own forecasts and tried to deflate Phil’s claim to fame [
In the past couple of years, members of the GroinJ
dhog Club, a booster group of sorts, have scoffed attlij
late-comers and defended their rodent against skeptics,]
Erhard said other animal prognosticators, such
Buckeye Chuck, Wisconsin’s Sun Prairie DogandOliJ
homa’s Grizzly Bear, are “just Johnny-come-latelyi
posters.”
The key to the whole Phil affair, his supporters insist |
is past performance.
Phil is “never, never wrong,” said Erhard.
It’s just a matter of figuring out what he’s saying
Republican defea ted for sta te cour
gets nomination for appeals court
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AUSTIN — Republican Will Gar
wood, who only three months ago
lost a bid for election to a full term on
the Texas Supreme Court, now is in
line for appointment to the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, said
Monday he has asked President
Reagan to nominate Garwood, 49, to
a place on the appellate court based
in New Orleans. The nomination
would require confirmation by the
U.S. Senate.
Tower is recommending Garwood
for a new seat on the court, which
was expanded by the omnibus courts
bill approved by Congress in 1978.
“Will Garwood is eminently qual
ified by scholarship, experience and
integrity to serve in our nation’s
appellate judiciary. His overall phi
losophy reflects a superb knowledge
and appreciation of the Constitution
so vital to fair-minded judicial inter
pretation,” Tower said in announc-
Cleanup crews battling huge spill
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HOUSTON — Contract oil spill
cleanup crews battling one of the
largest spills in the history of the
Houston Ship Channel Monday
chased a 4,000-barrel patch of oil-
water emulsion down the western
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side of Galveston Bay, hoping to
catch it before it could pollute any
environmentally sensitive areas.
Vaccuum truck and barge crews
continued cleanup in Barbour’s Cut,
a man-made inlet off the ship chan
nel, and along beaches at Shore
Acres, a Galveston Bay community
where some of the estimated 20,000
barrels of oil spilled from a ship colli
sion Jan. 27 stained the coastline.
“They’re working like hell down
at the Shore Acres area and over in
Barbour’s Cut area,” Coast Guard
spokesman Doug Bandos said. “But
the floater is our biggest problem
and we re just kind of watching that
one with Helicopter.
“We anticipate it going to Dollar
Point (south of Shore Acres). They’re
gonna send equipment down there,
try to boom it off and trap it, if it
misses it’s gonna go to the dike at
Texas City.
“Mother Nature is not helping
us,” Bandos said. “The wind keeps
blowing and it’s changing direction.
Every time we figure out which way
it’s going, the wind changes direc
tion and blows it another way.
“I’m not an environmentalist, but
as far as I know, it hasn’t really hit
any really sensitive areas. It missed
Atkinson’s Island (a bird feeding
area due east of the collision site). It
went right on by it.”
Three-thousand barrels of oil
were recovered at Shore Acres in a
24-hour operation Sunday and early
Monday. Recovery at Barbour’s
Cut, where the bulk of the spill fell
after the vessel was moored, was
stopped overnight but resumed
Monday.
ing his recommendation.
Garwood was appointed by Gov.
Bill Clements to the state Supreme
Court in October 1979, and dre»
strong support from a biparta
group in his bid for election to a
term on the court.
He was narrowly defeated ini*
November election by Democrat
C. L. Bay, however, and retumedto
law practice.
He previously worked as a law
clerk for the 5th U.S. CircuitCoirt
of Appeals under Judge John!
Brown in 1955, and is the son oik
mer Texas Supreme Court Justto
W. St. John Garwood
Republican sources said Tower
will announce later this week he
recommending the president
appoint Rep. James Nowlin, R-Sar
Antonio, as federal district judge,
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Bandos said cleanup crews, which
have cost the ship owners $100,000 a
day since Wednesday, went to work
shortly after the accident and “very
conservatively, I would say we have
40 percent of the thing picked up.”
However, Bandos said estimating
how much oil remained to be reco
vered was difficult because the spil
led oil had emulsified in the wind-
chopped bay waters and created a
mess greater than the volume of the
original spill.
Bandos said that, although the
bulk of the spill was trapped inside
Barbour’s Cut, early estimates of oil
escaping into the bay — 10 percent
or 2,000 barrels — were too low.
“I think there was more out there
than everybody thought,” Bandos
said.
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ture. He began his seventh term last
month.
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An estimated 20,000 barrels of
crude oil was spilled after the 365-
foot chemical carrier Lucor Wicliffe
tore a 12-foot gash in the left rear
quarter of the 809foot oil tanker
Olympic Glory near where the
Houston Ship Channel enters Gal
veston Bay.
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AUSTIN — A union official saii
today substitute teachers who have)
reasonable assurance of being re
employed will lose the right to
lect unemployment compensation!
the Senate passes a bill that gaine!
committee approval.
The Senate Committee on Econo
mic Development approved the hi
over the protests of the Texas Feder
ation of Teachers and the Texas AFL-
CIO.
“Teachers would be the only class
of people we have excluded by law,
said Joe D. Gunn, secretary-
treasurer of the state AFL-CI0. "II
is a class that is certainly already
the bottom of the totem pole and
probably has to struggle already.”
He pointed out that unemploy
ment compensation is insurance ant
is not collected except in proportion
to how much the teacher has paid
into it.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Roy
Blake, D-Nacogdoches, argued that
it would exclude only those who are
not working by their own choice,
June Karp of the Texas Federation
of Teachers said that many substi
tutes are waiting for full-time em
ployment as teachers.
“It was not the intent (of the Leg
islature) to pay teachers or substi
tutes if they had reasonable assur
ance they would have work,’’ Blake
said.
He is also sponsor of a bill that
would make it more difficult for
those who quit or are fired for mis
conduct to collect unemployment
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