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Brezhnev Talks With Pompidou PARIS (AP) Leonid I. Brejhnev had a three-hour talk today with President Georges Pompidou of France to start foflow-up consultations after his summit meeting in Washington. A' spokesman for Pomidou described the talk as "positive tafa very complete." He said Brezhnev underlined the role the Soviet Union considers that France plays in Western Europe and stressed that neither France nor any other country came up for discussion in his talks with Nixon. This was regarded as Brezh- nev's way of assuring Pompidou that the United States and Soviet Union had not assumed for themselves all the world's decisions. At opening of the two-day talks Brezhnev was reported ready to offer Pompidou the chairmanship of a "super East- We'st summit" conference in Paris in December.

French reports said the offer had the approval of President Nixon. A' French official said privately that the Brezhnev-Pom- pidou talks in a Marie Antoinette boudoir at the Rambouil- letChateau could be the most difficult between France and Russia since Charles de Gaulle began friendship overtures toward the Soviets in 1964. It was widely expected that the Soviet Communist party Chief would attempt to assure Pompidou, and through him Western Europe's other leaders, that the new Soviet-American cooperation does not mean exclusion of other countries from the decision-making process in Europe. Brezhnev and Pompidou were expected to be in conflict on the French refusal to participate in force reduction talks and Paris' opposition to any discussions of nuclear limitation. While the Soviets regard France as a Western ally, the French see their attitude as a guarantee of independence outside the two big blocs.

The French have some leverage in their dealings with the Soviets at the moment because Pompidou will be visiting China in September. The Chinese attitude toward the superpowers is similar to that of the French. The Russians would not like to see Paris and Peking draw closer together. Brezhnev also is expected to sound out the French on cooperating more with one of his pet projects, the Helsinki European security talks. The French have taken a hard position on insisting that Soviet bloc countries agree to open more to the West.

This means freedom of their citizens to travel and unrestricted entry of books, newspapers, and teachers from outside the Socialist world. The Soviet leader may seek explanations of what French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert meant when he seemed to hint in a speech last week that France would cooperate in creating a Western European military force independent of the United States. On the French side, Pompidou is likely to explore with Brezhnev the Soviet Union's new friendliness with West Germany and what it means for France's place as a privileged Soviet client in the West. Child Treatment Price Freeze To Be Enforced BEAR-HUG FOR RUSSIAN Actor Chuck Connors, who is 6-foot-5, lifts Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev off his feet with a bear-hug as they said goodbye when the Russian left the Western White House at San Clemente, Calif. Brezhnev is a fan of Western films and had met the actor earlier.

(AP Wirephoto) Age Of Summitry May Be Just Beginning An AP News Analysis By BARRY SCHWEID 'Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The windup communique of President Nixon and Soviet leader Lejinid I. Brezhnev bolsters the that the age of summitry begun. Already we know that Nixon will; make a second visit to Mdscow. Henry A. Kissinger, foreign policy adviser, has'suggested it will be in 12 to 14-months.

this would call for a second visit to the United States by provided the warming- relationship between the twp'countries does not suddenly chfll. fhe general secretary of the Rockwell Painting Sfolen At Clayton CLAYTON, Mo. prffiinal painting by magazine illustrator Norman Rockwell has been stolen from a Clayton gallery, police said. The oil painting, entitled "The Russian School Children," was valued at $20,000 by officials of the Arts International, gallery, where the painting was on exhibit with 18 other originals by Rockwell. Police said a break-in was discovered Monday at the gallery and only the most valuable of the paintings on exhibit was stolen.

"That painting is known all over the country," said Marjorie gallery director. "There's no possible way that they can unload that painting. It was somebody who wanted that Rockwell desperately for himself," she said. Civic Center Meeting Slated For Wednesday will be a meeting 8 pan. Wednesday of all Laddonia area citizens to help with ideas and plans toward the proposed civic center that will serve as a one- stop social, welfare, health, recreation and neighborhood center for all ages.

Laddonia Mayor Jack Folta has received a letter from the Department of Housing and Urban Development setting an Aug. 17 deadline on the project plans. HUD is granting 151,000 for the civic center project. For Sizzling Quick Jim Pollard's the one POLLARD'S DERBY Soviet Communist party has virtually invited himself back by declaring publicly he would like another chance to see more of the United States and the American people. In their last three hours together in San Clemente, Nixon and Brezhnev laid the groundwork for the third summit.

It could be timed to climax; new agreement to limit and reduce nuclear offensive weapons. This, of course, will depend largely on the kind of progress that is made at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Geneva. The communique, meanwhile, hinted at an eventual all- European summit. Nixon and Brezhnev promised to do what they can to contribute to a successful European security conference. foreign ministers of 32 European nations plus the United States and Canada convene in Helsinki beginning July 3.

The communique said both Washington and Moscow "proceed from the assumption that progress in the work of the conference will produce possibilities for completing it at the highest level." The major goal is a general easing of Cold War frictions. Secretary of State William P. Rogers will attend the first week or 10 days of sessions for the United States. The conference may last for months. Kissinger said it is not up to Nixon and Brezhnev to settle whether there should be a grand East-West summit in Europe to follow up the Helsinki talks.

But the communique implies that the two leaders are pushing in that direction. In his U.S. radio-television address Sunday, Brezhnev invited all the nations of the world to join in the trend toward "peaceful cooperation" set by him and Nixon. Dean's Image As 'Cleancut' In Shambles WASHINGTON (AP) few months ago, John Wesley Dean HI seemed to be one of those enviable, bright successes who inevitably make lists of the 10 most outstanding young men of the year. But, today, the former White House counsel appears before the Senate Watergate cleancut image in shambles.

In sworn statements and in testimony before the Watergate committee, former administration and presidential campaign officials have tied Dean to the planning of the Watergate break-in and the subsequent coverup attempt. In a letter released in court, government prosecutors described him as at the center of the conspiracy. And, finally, Dean himself, in an interview a week ago in The Washington Star-News, said: "I would characterize what I did as stupid. I knew what I was doing. I didn't like doing it.

"Obviously, I wouldn't be fighting for immunity if 1 hadn't been involved." But before he gained the prominence that made him the most awaited witness at the Watergate hearings, descriptions of Dean invariably referred to his preference for a low profile and his loyalty. Born in Akron, Ohio, 34 years ago, Dean graduated with honors from Georgetown Law School in 1965. He went to work for a Washington law firm but lost his job in a dispute which a partner first described as "unethical conduct" but later softened by saying that "may have been an overstatement." He next worked for the Republican minority on the House Judiciary Committee and then as associate director of a congressional commission named to revise federal criminal laws. From there he went to the Justice Department as an associate deputy attorney general and then to the White House where he succeeded John D. Ehrlichman as to the President.

An acquaintance from those days described him as "kind of colorless He's kind of anecdote-proof. He's guarded like any good lawyer." Missouri Crop Planting Behind COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Planting of soybeans and grain sorghum is running far behind 1972's pace, the Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said Monday. The service said about 27 per cent of the soybean crop remains unplanted, including nearly half the crop in the boo- theel. The 1972 planting was virtually complete by the same date.

The report said grain sorghum was 76 per cent planted, compared to nearly complete seeding at the same time a year ago. The southern third of the state was making the slowest progress, the report said. The crop service said about half the state's wheat crop is ripe with about 17 per cent harvested through June 23, mostly in the bootheel. First cutting of alfalfa was reported 88 per cent harvested, with eight per cent of the second cutting harvested statewide, also behind the 1972 pace. The soil moisture supply was termed adequate and fuel supplies for current farm work were judged adequate except for a few isolated shortages.

Mantegna Painting Returned To Church VERONA, Italy (AP) A painting by Renaissance master Andrew Mantegna was returned today to the San Zeno Church from which it was stolen 10 days ago. Police declined to give details of the recovery. In Bergamo on Monday, thieves stole a 14th century silver and gold cross valued at $850,000 from the San Maria Maggiore Church. The cross was the work of sculptor Andreolo de Bianchi. Bernstein's "Mass" Draws Vienna Raves VIENNA, Austria (AP) Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" drew thunderous applause, and a Viennese opera expert, Marcel Prawy, called it "one of the great masterworks of our times, a pacesetter." The accolades came Monday night after 280 performers, including Yale University singers and dancers, appeared in the European premiere of "Mass" at the Vienna Konzerthaus, NEW YORK (AP) The Ways in which American parents batter and neglect and even kill their children is "a national disgrace worse than Watergate," a physician specializing on child abuse declared declared today.

"It is estimated we will be dealing with a minimum of 1.5 million cases of suspected child abuse and neglect this year, approximately 50,000 childhood deaths that could be attributed to maltreatment and 300,000 permanently injured children, (injured) both physically and emotionally," said Dr. Vincent J. Fontana of New York City. He is director of pediatrics at St. Vincent's Hospital and medical director of the New York Foundling Hospital.

Battered, abused and neglected children grow up to become parents who treat their children the same way, in an abuse that spirals upward, producing more or continuing anger, hate and criminality, Fontana told the American Medical Association meeting in convention here. "Unless we move to recognize this problem and give a great amount of money toward solving it, some day very few of us will be able to go out on the streets," Fontana said. The fundamental way to eliminate behavior that leads to battered children is to end the social ills of poverty, frustration and other human disappointments that create the anger, hate and infantile behavior, which parents take out on very young children, Fontana said. The "battered child" is not just a product of the ghetto society, he said. "The middle-class parents batter their kids just as frequently, but they do it behind closed doors, or their family doctors cover up for them, not reporting the abuse of the child," he said.

Fontana suggested that the federal government allocate $600 million to set up demonstration programs to combat child abuse. Pakistanis Toss Eggs At Mrs. Gandhi LONDON (AP) Eggs greeted India's Prime Minister Gandhi as she left No. 10 Downing Street following talks with British Prime Minister Edward Heath. The eggs were thrown from a crowd of about 50 Pakistanis who were demonstrating for the release of fellow countrymen held prisoner since the 1971 India-Pakistani war.

Two women demonstrators were arrested in the incident Monday and charged with "behaving in an insulting manner." Australia Considers Oil Price Freeze CANBERRA, Australia (AP)' Prime Minister Gough Whitlam called on major companies today to freeze prices voluntarily pending the establishment of a Prices Justification Tribunal in August. The tribunal will have the power to examine proposals for price hikes by companies with annual sales in excess of $28 million. WASHINGTON (AP) The 60-day price freeze will be enforced in a "fairly tight manner," with few exemptions allowed despite the fact that some supply problems may develop, Cost of Living Council officials said today. But an official told reporters that the enforcement policy does not preclude some relief in the food industry, where allegations have been made that the freeze is producing shortages. The decision to allow few exemptions increases the urgency of developing and announcing a Phase 4 system of wage-price controls to follow the freeze, said James W.

McLane, who directs the freeze for the council. John Dunlop, council director, said that the council is moving speedily to hold consultations with private groups throughout the country to get suggestions on the shape of Phase 4. McLane, asked if food short- Committee Approves Kelley WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee approved today the nomination of Clarence M. Kelley, Kansas City police chief, to be director of the FBI. Committee -sources reported that there were no dissenting votes.

The Senate is expected to act on the nomination later this week, possibly Wednesday. Keffey was nominated by! President Nixon June 8. Nixon withdrew his earlier nomination of L. Patrick Gray Illto succeed the late J. Edgar Hoover.

Unlike Gray, who had no law enforcement experience, Kelley has been police chief in 'Kansas City for 12 years and before that served 21 years with the FBI. Gray, who became acting FBI director after Hoover's death in May 1972, resigned April 28 after disclosure that he had destroyed materials taken from the White House safe of one of the convicted Watergate conspirators. Since then William D. Ruck- elshaus, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has been filling in as FBI chief. The first opposition to Kelley's nomination was voiced at the Judiciary Committee's hearing Monday.

But most witnesses urged his confirmation. The opposition came from Bruce R. WatMns, a black civil rights leader, and J. Nelson Thompson, a ghetto lawyer in Kansas City. Both complained of police brutality against blacks.

Watkins said that Kelley had added fuel to the city's 1968 riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. He testified the lives of six blacks were sacrificed needlessly. However, David R.

Hardy, a lawyer who headed a 5-member commission appointed to investigate the riots, said the commission agreed unanimously that Kelley had done a good job as police chief. ages appear to be developing because of the freeze, said, "There appear to be some problems in your basic areas- soybeans, chickens and so forth." Asked if some producers may be engaging in scare tactics, he said, "There are some real problems. Some may be blown out of proportion." Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz has predicted shortages of meat and poultry in the United States. Butz told the Senate Banking Committee Monday that President Nixon needs standby authority to reduce agriculture exports to solve the shortage problem.

He said the squeeze between high feed prices and the price freeze is hurting poultry raisers, forcing hog producers to sell off breeding stock, and causing cattlemen to keep beef off the market. Meanwhile, the President's Council of Economic Advisers said it was concerned about shortages, but that rationing within the next year is unlikely. The council said the freeze on some food, including broiler chickens, may have to be eased. Butz said that the granting of the export control authority would prompt producers to expand since they would have government assurance that their feed would be sufficient and at lower prices in the future. Economic council chairman Herbert Stein said his group has read 'lots of horror stories" about producers killing chickens because they are too expensive to raise.

He said the council also was concerned about shortages of eggs, tomatoes and other products. Turning to gasoline prices, Stein said some 1,106 service stations have had to roll back prices as a result of consumer complaints that the stations were violating the freeze. The overcharges averaged two cents a gallon at 741 independent and 365 company- owned stations, the council said. Stein said the administration still hopes to have an official announcement on Phase 4 controls by mid-July. Trade Deficit Appears Again WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's trade balance dipped back into deficit in May after one month in surplus, the Commerce Department said today.

A trade deficit puts new pressure on the dollar in foreign exchange markets because it means a net outflow of the U.S. currency from trade. The value of imports exceeded exports by $157.9 million last month, the department said, an adverse swing of more than $350 million from April's surplus of $196.3 million. Strike On At Busch "ST. LOUIS (AP)-Members of the beer bottlers and laboratory technicians unions walked off the job and set up pickets at the Anheuser-Busch breweries here this morning in a dispute over part of their contracts.

Lumber Profit Doubles In First Quarter By JOHN CUNN1FP AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) Revealing comments from various sources on the state of the American economy: who shopped for a house during the past few months knows that prices rose almost by the week, the primary factor being the higher costs of materials. Another side of the same picture is now ready for viewing: profits of building-product manufacturers rose 64 per cent in the first quarter of the year on sales increases of 27 per cent, according to F. W. Dodge Division. Dodge, probably the best- known compiler of statistics on the construction industry, found a "highly favorable marketing climate" for the 62 companies it surveyed.

Most favored by the market was the forest products group, whose profits doubled in the first three months over the like period a year earlier. who has had to write off a debt as un collectable is aware of the irritation involved. But if you think your irritation is painful, consider the collective frustration that plagues American industry. Basing Us estimate on Internal Revenue Service reports, Dun Bradstreet states that yearly bad debt losses of nearly 1.7 million U.S. corporations come to nearly $6 billion.

The biggest losses, based on figures for the 1969-1970 fiscal year, were in the finance fields, with personal credit agencies claiming they were forced to write off 8.1 per cent of their receipts. Savings and loan associations averaged losses of 6.6 per cent of receipts, bank and trust companies 4 per cent and mutual servings banks 3.6 per cent. heard that the U.S. economy is steadily becoming more a producer of services than of goods. That is, we sell overseas tours and good health and insurance policies as well as cars and food and houses.

Awareness of this trend can only be enhanced by reading the headline of an article in a Blue Cross magazine. "Health is No. 2," it proclaims, and it doesn't mean that U.S. health care is second best. The article shows that health care is the country's second largest industry, closing in on contract construction in terms of employes and in the amount of income it represents.

The industry in 1966 employed 2.26 million workers, or more than a million fewer than in construction. But with a hefty, 39 per cent jump in five years, it employed 3.13 million in 1971, or only 400,000 fewer than in construction. Income derived from health care soared even more, some 87 per cent between 1966, when the figure was $17.9 billion, to 1971, when $33.5 billion was earned in the health care industry. Enters K. D.

Home Mrs. Joe Beagles, who has been residing at 621 N. Western has entered the King's Daughters Home at 620 W. Boulevard. MEXICO (MO.) LEDGER Page Tuesday, June 26, 1973 Court Will Examine Kent State Case WASHINGTON (AP) Court will examine the role federal courts might play in assessing responsibly for the deaths of students-at Kent State University during a 1970 antiwar demonstration.

The court agreed to decide whether a suit may be brought in the deaths as the court closed its 1972 term Monday and began a long summer recess. Parents of three of the four students slain in the demonstration asked the high court to permit suits against former Ohio Gov. James Rhodes arid- officers and men of the Ohio National Guard. Lower courts have so far dropped attempts to file damp- age suits against the officials by the families of Allison, Krause, Jeffrey Miller and Sandra Scheuer. They were felled by National 1 Guard gunfire during a May 1970, campus protest against U.S.

involvement in the war in. Indochina. The court ruled in several, other cases before adjourning. It struck down tax deduction as a method of aiding parents of' nonpublic school students because it has the effect of furthering religion. A deduction created by New York state fell along with a number of other aid programs'; in a series of decisions.

Also struck down were New York and Pennsylvania tuition reimbursement programs. The court also ruled that so-. called hippies living in com-, mimes are eligible to receive food stamps. By a 7 to 2 majority, the court invalidated a law requiring all members of- a household be related to receive the stamps. The court, in rejecting an agt peal by the Nixon adminis-- tration, said Congress cannot discriminate against hippies.

In another decision, the court: upheld federal and state laws: prohibiting partisan political- activity by state and federal' employes. A six-member jority reaffirmed the Hatch: Act, which bars such political I activity. Tony Curtis Says 'No More Movies' LONDON (AP) Tony Curtis says he's through with the movies. "If Ihadmy way, I'd load all those Hollywood producers info a truck and drive them into the middle of the Pacific," the 48- year-old American actor was (juoted by London's Evening Standard. "From now on I'm going to be my own man." Curtis, who lives in the elegant Belgravia district of London, is celebrating his 25th year in films.

Now he's preparing for a new career, a Broadway debut in a stage play by Bruce Friedman called "Turtlenecks." "Everything else is so automated. In the theater you have got live people. And that's what counts," Curtis was quoted as saying. LIBERTY NOW Those "Summer of '42" Boys Are Now in The Class (PG) COMING CORNER LOUNGE I WILL BE CLOSED I Until July 2nd We apologize to our customers and friends to have to be closed because of delay of license, We are sincerely sorry to inconvenience you by being closed for a few days because of change of management. We hope you will continue to patronize our establishment when we reopen.

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