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wv Page 4 Dec. 12, 1979 Manforh Jfattinel Christmas Card Avalanche for American Hostages Weve had 5,000 pounds of mail to the hostages just since Saturday, he said, estimating 5,000 pounds would be about 200,000 Christmas cards. The Citizen-Journal in Columbus, Ohio, ran a front-page editorial urging citizens to send Christmas greetings to the hostages. In response, Donna Griffith of Columbus said all four members of her family wrote personal messages to the hostages. We said essentially that we were thinking about them and praying for them and wanting to keep their spirits up, said Mrs.

Griffith. The New York Post Tuesday splashed in red headlines across its front page: Send this Christmas Card to the Hostages. Beneath was a 6by-ll-inch Christmas card containing the message, Have Faith, Were All with You. United Press International Hundreds of thousands of Christmas cards and telegrams, carrying with them messages of affection and faith, are streaming toward the 50 American hostages held in Iran. Christmas mail campaigns were started by newspapers, radio stations, families of hostages and private citizens to express sympathy and support for their countrymen.

The post office at OHare International Airport in Chicago, which processes owerseas mail from 13 Midwestern states, has been deluged with Christmas cards addressed to the hostages. Our normal volume of mail to Iran is 35 to 40 pounds a day, but it has grown by leaps and bounds, said airmail operations manager Thomas Messick. Brilliant Star Appears Thursday Morning CHICAGO (UPI) Mars and Jupiter, positioned next to each other, will be visible to the naked eye in the pre-dawn sky Thursday in an astronomical rarity many scholars say is like the Star of Bethlehem seen by the Wise Men 2,000 years ago. Mars will be positioned directly above the brilliant planet Jupiter an event known as being in conjunction, said Larry Ciupik, Adler Planetarium associate astronomer. The conjunction of the two planets will be repeated again in late February and a third time in early May, which is described as a triple conjunction.

The last triple conjunction of the two planets oc curred in 1836 and 1837. At 5 a.m. Thursday, if the sky is clear, you will be able to see Mars and Jupiter in conjunction and will also see Saturn slightly lower and to the east, Ciupik said. In addition to the three planets, Ciupik said, the crescent moon and two stars Spica and Regulus also should be easy to spot. Many scholars believe when the Wise Men saw the Star of Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus Christ, it may not have been a star but a triple conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, he said.

We do know that on May 27 in the year 7 B.C., Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction, Ciupik said. An avalanche of Christmas cards, all Clark (left). The holiday messages to the addressed to the Godspeed to Hostages American hostages in Tehran will be program, is poured out by Chicago Sun- forwarded through the most reliable Times mail cage manager Jim Sarecco international channels, with the help of fellow employee Frankie Driver Ends Up With Broken Leg it Arredondo: 15 Years to Life Colliding with a parked car at 2:10 a.m. today, Dixie K. Burgess, 51, of Armona had apparently suffered no injuries but he ended up in Sacred Heart Hospital later with a broken leg, possibly triggered by the accident.

Burgess was westbound on Lacey Boulevard at 2:10 a.m. when his car drifted off the north edge of the roadway west of 12th Avenue and struck the parked vehicle registered to Michael Wilson of Manteca. Sheriffs officers were first to arrive on the scene, advised the California Highway Patrol there were no apparent injuries and waited for the CHP to respond. Burgess reportedly became belligerent to the officers, fought them at the scene and was ordered taken to the jail to be booked on drunken driving. He reportedly continued to resist officers and braced his feet against the patrol car seat so he would not be removed when the officers arrived at he jail.

After being taken inside, he allegedly refused to cooperate in the booking process and was placed in the padded drunk tank. Officers said he slipped as they at tempted to get him to lie down and they noted a bump on his head and blood on his trousers as he complained of pain in his leg. Burgess was delivered by ambulance to Sacred Heart Hospital where he was found to have a compound fracture of the leg. He underwent surgery this morning. The incident is still under investigation.

Burgess car received total damage in the accident, the parked car moderate side damage. Dealing with his already disabled car on Street west of 19th Avenue at 1 a.m. today, Vernon S. Werre of VA-192, Lemoore NAS, suffered a minor leg injury when a hit-run vehicle collided with a second car whose driver had stopped to assist. The second vehicle, belonging to Brenda Benn of 75 Hazelwood Lane, Lemoore, had been pulled in behind Werre's to help him start his car with jumper cables.

The hit-run vehicle, apparently a light or white color 1970 vintage with a male driver, collided with Benns car, shoving it against Werre who was standing between the two. publicly on at least one occasion in Kings County, and was known to be violent when he had been drinking. Judge Rosson commented he had been willing to go along with the plea bargain struck between prosecution and defense only because of Arredondos apparent record of good character in the past, despite indications he on occasion was a heavy drinker. Otherwise, said the judge, he would have allowed the case to go to trial, where Arredondo faced a possible death penalty if convicted. In custody since his arrest, Arredondo has been in jail 341 days, for which he will receive credit on his sentence.

Under the sentence pronounced today, the soonest Arredondo could be eligible for parole would be 10 years, according to Marshall. He could come up for a hearing as early as six or seven years from now before the state board which actually fixes the term he must serve. Ufn release from state prism, Arredondo will be on parole for five years and any law violations during that time could result in his return to prison. The alternative suggested by Basta in seeking probation was two consecutive one-year terms in county jail, five years' probation and the maximum fine allowable. Continued from Page 1 Today, Basta acknowledged the seriousness of the crimes, pointing out that one of the lives taken was that of Arredondos own daughter.

But he said the probation process "onsiders the defendant as well. Arredondo, he said, has admitted his wrongs and gave his reasons why the events took place. In some countries, Basta said, Arredondo would have been held in respect for upholding the honor of his family. Basta said Arredondo was checking on his daughters safety." In his version, the defendant was shoved against the wall in her apartment and drew a gun to use it as a club against his assailant. Irma purportedly grabbed for the weapon, the gun discharged and Warren reached for her as she started to fall.

Intimating Arredondo as the saying goes 'saw red and fired at his alleged assailant (Warren), Basta suggested what occurred was, ai least partly, accidental. Robert Marshall, deputy attorney general, disagreed with the mitigation proposed by Basta, noting that the record indicates Arredondo habitually carried a gun either in his pickup truck or on his person, had brandished the gun Job Fair Gets Going Thursday Obituaries Norman T. Hill Services for Norman T. Hill, 68, of Laton will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Odell Colonial Chapel.

He died Monday in a Hanford hospital. A native of Oakland, Hill had lived in the Laton area for the past 31 years. He was owner and operator of Norms Dairy. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the United States Army Air Force. Surviving are his wife Otheda of Laton; two sons, Randy Hill of Fresno and Danny Hill of Laton; a daughter, Sandy Dias of Laton; a sister, Adele Hill of Fresno, and three grandchildren.

Johanna DeHniter Johanna DeRuiter, 93, died Wednesday morning in a Ripon hospital. A native of Holland, she came to Hanford in 1908, and moved to Ripon nine years ago. She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church. Surviving are a son Henry DeRuiter of Hanford; two daughters, Ida Duyst of Hanford and Gertrude Hoekinga of Alameda; 11 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great -grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday in Peoples Funeral Chapel.

Services will be held in the same chapel on Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Hanford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Gideon Society. The Hanford office of the State Employment Development Department will play the role of matchmaker as coordinator of Kings County's first Job Fair scheduled Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. The Job Fair, to be held in the blue community building at Kings County Fairgrounds will include approximately 40 employers or their representatives meeting with prospective employees.

With particular emphasis on employment and training opportunities for veterans and the handicapped, the Job Fair also is intended to assist other workers in Kings, Fresno and Tulare counties who are looking for employment or wish to find better jobs and work skills. Each firm represented at the Job Fair will have a booth, with personnel available to interview prospective employees and to offer information about the company and work skills it needs. Among kinds of employment participating in the Job fair are banking and financial institutions, food processing plants, law enforcement, utilities, construction, government offices, real estate, retail businesses and manufacturing. Self-employment opportunities also will be represented, as will area colleges, employment training programs, veterans services, rehabilitation and training services for the handicapped and the Employment Development Department. The Hanford Sentinel is cosponsoring the Job Fair.

Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Todays Prices ffi 197, PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER ol the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION I 1 r. H'l 1.1111- H.M..I Two cases have been ordered consolidated for trial Jan. 28-29 involving Sean Anthony Maacks, 20. One complaint charges him with burglary of a locked car belonging to C.M.

Jordan on Aug. 26. The other charges a burglary of the Kings County Community Action office Oct. 7 and possession of stolen property Nov. 11, including a TV, stereo, calculator and cassette player.

Bankruptcy FRESNO Creditors meetings are scheduled at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, in the bankruptcy proceedings for James Darwin Webb and Valarie Webb of 167 Mariner Circle, Lemoore NAS; John William Early and Susan Lee Early of 6621 11th Hanford. At 1:30 p.m., creditors meetings will include those of Linda Yvonne Maize of 309 S. Douty Hanford.

The meetings are held in room 411 of the Federal Building, 1130 St. Court Reports KINGS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CALENDAR Joseph Elo Hise, 23, has been placed on three years probation, was sentenced to nine months in jail and is to make restitution for any necessary costs to George Crossland in a hit-run accident which occurred Sept. 1. He will not be eligible for parole during the jail term. Hise surrendered himself to authorities several days after his car struck Crossland, riding a bike along Hanford-Arrnona near Lemoore.

Crossland suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. A witness pursued the suspects car to a Lemoore trailer park where the driver had disembarked and fled on foot. -v Polico Blottor -i ARRESTS Knowing she was wanted by authorities, Barbara Jean Germany Jones, 29, of 11658 Sixth Place turned herself in Monday. She was jailed on a Superior Court warrant for assault with deadly weapon and assaulting an officer, and four Hanford Justice Court warrants three for shoplifting and one for drunken driving. fflje Hmtforh jOentinei The Journal (USPS 234-440) Vol.

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