The Morning Herald from Uniontown, Pennsylvania • Page 5

UNIONTOWN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER I. lttl-FAGE i TME MOANING HEKAIi) Fighting Flares Again Along Border said the nonstop raids Jobless Rate In Decline To Six Per Cent miles inside Cambodia, alter 10 days of fighting. The South Vietnamese commander of the border righting, hi Gen. Nguyen Van Minn, said his troops would pursue the enemy and indicated that new operations were planned. He told a correspondent he had sent out long-range patrols to fry to get a fix nn the latest positions of the North Vietnamese in order to bring U.S.

and South Vietnamese air strikes on them, believed by allied officers to be a rear guard covering the withdrawal of the main body of North Vietnamese troops. Previously, the North Vietnamese had committed units of two regiments to the drive they launched on both sides of the border Sept. 26-the 7th Division's 141st Regiment and the 5th Division's lT4th Regiment. Main elements of both these regiments were reported Tuesday have withdrawn to the east and north of Krek, seven Pace, the same area where the Saigon Iroops made contact Thursday. By nightfall, there were no reports of the outcome of the latest engagement.

South Vietnamese commanders identified the opposing troops as elements of the 20Sth Regiment of the North Vietnamese 7lh Division, a regiment known to be in the 3rea but heretofore not committed to the enemy's border campaign. The. fresh enemy troops were By ROBERT TUCXMAN AitacUled Preta Writer SAIGON (AP) Fighting broke out again Friday along the Cambodian-South Vietnamese border and units of a third North Vietnamese regiment were reported in action for the first time. South Victtiamsee infantrymen clashed late in the afternoon with North Vietnamese regulars near Highway 22 just south of U.S. Fire Base U.S.

B52 bombers and tactical bombers were in cutting ofr infiltration and supply routes and an important pari in enemy reinforcements. disclosed that, in addition to three infantry regiments, the North Vietnamese committed two artillery to the border fighting estimated an over-all force of men. Gov. Shapp Rips Two Years In Captivity U.S. Prisoner Is Freed Nixon's Phase 2: UieaaliyMR't hm mmmmmmmmmm By NEIL GILBRIDE AP Labor Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The total of unemployed Americans edged down in September to 6 per cent of the nation's work force, but Secretary of the Treasury John B.

Connally said Friday "That's frankly nothing io crow about." The jobless total declined 221,000 to 4.B million, and tie unemployment rate was down one-tenth of one per cent from 6.1 per cent in August. Secretary of Laior J.D. Hodgson said there- was some "cheer" in a 325,000 rise in seasonally adjusted total employment of 79.2 million, but that the continuing high level of joblessness called for prompt action by Congress to enact President Nixon's tax proposals. Connally, briefing newsmen on Nixmi's plans to restrain wages and prices after the current freeze expires Nov. 13, said the President's over-all economic plan including the tax proposals was aimed at boosting the total of American jobs by 500,000 to 1 million by the.

end of 1972. The Labor Department figures on last month's job picture also showed a drop in the average length of the wort week and an accompanying decline in average wages, an indicator of lagging industrial activity. The average paychecks of some 45 million. rank-and-file workers dropped J7 cents to $128.76 per week because of a 12-minute decline in the average work week to 36.7 hours, said the report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) Barefoot and weary, a wounded U.S.

ser geant, freed by the Viet Cong Friday, stumbled into an allied camp, were he reported he saw other American prisoners in his two years in captivity. S. Sgl. John (J. bexlon ai, Warren, exhibited cut and bruised feet Irom the eight hours he had walked tlu'ough the jungles to the base camp at Loe Ninh, 70 miles north ot Saigon.

bexwtl pr in "generally good condition" after examination at an Army He told U.S. officers he "kept seeing new faces all the time, never the same ones" hut he did not say how many other American prisoners he saw. He said he was constantly being shifted around during his captivity and was never allowed to approach the other prisoners. Sexton was wounded and captured in an ambush about 15 miles south of Loc Ninh, Aug. 12, 1969.

Smithton Man Killed B'ville Reveals Plans (Continued from Page One) tract agreement before the iwirrnioc of tiin neutral arbitrator is chosen. West Coast Dock Work To Resume By EDITH LEDERER Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Stevedoring and steamship companies geared up trraay for the unloading and loading of 249 ships stranded in 24 West wast ports oy tne longesc-ever walkout on Pacific docks. Striking longshoremen were scheduled to return to work Saturday under federal court order. men were back at. work Fridav in some norti cleaning and repairing equipment that hasn't been used since the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union went on strike 100 days earlier, a spokesman for the shippers said.

James Robertson, secretary of the Pacific Maritime Associ ation, which represents 120 nlovers. Predicted that alt ders placed through dispatching halls for longshore gangs would be filled. The striking longshoremen were ordered back to work Thursday bv ILWU president Harry Bridges. He said tne union sinite stratesv committee had voted unanimously to comolv with a 10-day temporary restraining order issued Wednesday nigm bv U.S. District Court Judge Spencer Williams.

A hearing to convert me temporary order into an injunction for an BO-day. cooling-off period under terms of the Taft-Hartley Act was postponed Irom Friday In Oct. 15. Military and perishable cargo and passenger ships, which have been handled throughout the strike, wil! continue the re ceive first priority in loading. After that, Robertson said, the first ships unloaded will be the first ones that arrived in port after the strike began.

Mon Valley Coin Show Man Valley Coin Ciub will hold its annual show Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16-17, at the Tru-cadero Motor Lodge, Interstate 70 and Route 201, Belle Vernon. Hours wiU he 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Sunday. Twenty coin and stamp dealers mil be present. There is no' charge for admission, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. -A highlight will be the ten-case exhibit of Valentine Pasvolsky, an internatinnallly known culleelor of Indian war and peace medals and regimental crests.

ALASKA INCOME About 38 per cent of Alaska's families have yearly incomes of $10,000 or more. Thinking ing and would also encourage private corporations to expand their industrial production and modernize their plants." 'These programs and policies are now on the shelf, Until they are reactivated I and many oth er Americans will continue to wonder if the Nixon administra tion has either the ability to solve our desperate economic plight, or uie desire to improve life standards for all oiir peo- le." lie chanted that wage-price freezes have worked only to control inflation during war time and also when there has been complete control over prof its, dividends, bonuses, fees, in terest rates and alt other sourc es of income. Shapp ridiculed Nixon's claims that Phase 1 of his Economic Plan (NEP), which ends In mid-November, has already been a success because of a drop in the wholesale price in dex lor September. "He (Nixon) failed to mention that this reduction was created only by building such pressures within our economic structure by the Aug. 14 edict, so that when the cork pops, as it must because of all of the wase increases already contracted for but delayed, then wholesale and retail prices will soar at a high er rate than before, inapp said.

"One month's favorable fig ures obtained under artificially forced conditions do not indicate that the battle against In flation is being The governor said that the new wage and price control commissions which Nixon is go ing to create under Phase 2 "will have to perform miracles to hold the rate of inflation in crease within prc-August rates, let alone cut it in half as the President has requested." He added that the two com missions are as confusing as a World Series game in which one team comes prepared, to play baseball, the other is ready to play football and the umpire throws out a basketball. Perry Area (Continued from Page One) All committee chairmen were advised to stimulate committee activity. Members will meet prior to the Nov. 2 meeting to revise the organization's by-laws. Meetings are held in the Perryopolis Borough Building LAST STATE Arizona, which joined the Union in 1912, was the last mainland state to do so.

Minh He told officers a Vict Cong grenade spread shrapnel through his right side. He said he had lust vision in his right Wlfsphtn FREED John C. Sexton Jr. is released hy Viet Cong. Paul Slrycula, chairman of Ihe mlice committee, asked Mr.

Cicchetti if it. could be done. Cicchetti replied that it was a. good idea but suggested that council and the police both sit down for talks with the negotiators serving, as spokesmen for the two groups. Council agreed with the suggestion and tentatively set next Wednesday evening-far the proposed session.

Construction, of the 50 units of bousing for elderly through the Fayette County Housing Authority is expected to begin next month. That project will be located off Second St. Mr. Knisley noted that work Is expected to begin soon on the North Side Redevelopment Project. The first allocation of soma $359,000 will be.

used to relocate families in houses slated for removal under the program and also for the de rnolition work. Next year's grant of a similar amount will include construction of a new fire station for (he North Side Fire Mr. Knisley said. Under the library committee report, council received a letter from the library board requesting council's representative to attend more board meetings. Mr.

Neel indicated that he was no longer available to serve on the board. Mr. Knisley named Councilman Thomas Novak to the position. In other action, council: Was requested to attend a meeting of the Citizen's Advisory Committee next Wednesday evening in the borough building. Approved the mayor's report for September totaling $771.

Mrs. Laskey Passes Away Mrs. Georgia I.nskey of 410 Main St Uniontown, died yesterday. She was 76. Survivors include a son, Harry, Uniontown three daughters, Mrs.

John (Nicki) VonBenka and Katherine Ruby, both of Uniontown; Mrs. Ernest (Marian) Laskaris, Philadelphia. She was preceded in death bv her husband, George, and two sons: Theodore and James G. Friends will be received in the Spcshock Funeral Home, Utiiontown, after 7 this evening, Sunday, from 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. and Monday until 12:30 u.m.

when prayer services will be held wilh additional services in SI. Peter's Episcopal Church with Rev. James Stalhakios officiating and Rev. Anthony Morfcssis assisting. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Tri-agion service wil! he held Sun day al p.m. by smaller effective played slopping Minh had regiments and enemy eye, and that his right elbow was shattered and immovabie. While he had no idea where he had been held, allied intelligence sources believed it was somewhere in Cambodia. Officers said Sexton appeared bitter and dejected when he walked into the Loc Ninh base camp, 10 miles south of the Cambodian border. He had hubblcd through the jungle with a rough map drawn for him by the Viet Cong and a note asking four people to assist him in getting back "to the U.S.

Embassy." One U.S. officer Siiid to Sexton, "You're back with the Americans. That should make you feel real good." Sextan replied, "Yes, but. they went aff and lett me," in reference to his capture. He was a member of Troop 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Officers said the Americans apparently were forced to pull back in the ambush and left Sexton behind. By the time they returned, he had been captured. Sexton said he was always on the move and that he had "walked and walked and walked" day and night, sometimes blindfolded, until he was sick of walking. Occasionally, he rode oxcarts. But he said lie had been moving constantly for the past two years.

"He has a very fine haircut," said one of the Americans 5e him at Loc Ninh. "He was freshly shaved, real clean looking, He was wearing something' similar to hospital pajamas, light bluish." Court Asks (Continued from Page One) Judee Sweet cautioned the couple on the "dangers" of using the same even to the extent of the possibility that one of them might at some time decide to change his or her plea. "If your interests aren't thp same, then of course Mr. Gold would be in an impossible position of trying to represent both of you," Sweet said. Giily alreadv has nteaderi in- nocent, but his wife's plea was held up pending the outcome of the single attorney issue.

Special state prosecutor Rich arri Sprague, first assistant dis trict attorney of Philadelphia, argued that the Gillys could possibly use the single attorney issue to win a new trial should either or both be convicted. He said serious questions of conflict of interest arise from the use of the same attorney by murder defendants. Attorney Gold countered bv saying that his interpretatioa of Pennsylvania law indicates there is no reason two defend ants in the same case can't be represented by the same. law yer. He said it was their con stitutional right tD choose for themselves.

asked the court to think of how it would look should the Gillys be convicted and (he case reach tne V.b. Supreme Court with either defendant saying, "In a case where I was on trial for my life, in my own Interest they wouldn't let me have Ihe lawyer I wanled." The Gillys, Mrs. Giliv's father. Siloiis Huddleston. and Martin are charged with murdering United Mine Workers leader Yablonski and his fam ily.

The Yablonskis were found shot to death in their beds in their Clarksville, home in January IS70. Another delenaant in tne case, Claude Vealey, has confessed. Mrs, Mary Glass (Continued from Page One) Friends will be received in the Dearth Funeral Home, New Salem, alter 7 this evening until Monday al 2 p.m. Ihe hour of service. Rev.

John S. Shaugh-ncsy will officiate. Burial will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. Classmate Kilted RECIFE, Brazil (AP) A high school student shot and killed a classmate who wouldn't give him an answer in a Portuguese test, Recilc newspapers reported. Muddled By LEE UNDER Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA IAP1 Gov.

Shapp said Friday that President. Nixon's Phase 2 economic policy "is the clearest example of his administration's continued muddled thinking on economic matters." The Democratic governor said that "the President's new program is bound to result In a fiscal fiasco (and) will neither halt inflation nor reduce Shapp made the comment in a statement reieasea at a news Instead of a wage price freeze, Shapp suggested Nixon should try the run employment techniques of President Kennedy in 1961. "We can. for example, keep our people employed for decades just rebuilding our cities and decrepit transportation sys tems." ShanP said. "Such mas sive public sector investment programs woum oe seu-unmuai- Connally (Continued from Page One) the hot issue of labor's 1h-sistence that wage settlements already under contract be permitted to take etfect when the 90-day freeze ends Nov.

13. "We are not going tD guarantee anything to any individual," said Connally, Nix-oil's chief economic spokesman. He said that any decisions' on deferred pay hikes that were postponed during ihe freeze will be a "matter for the Pay Board to Determine." The Pay Board and the Price Commission will be the two chief units handling the Phase 2 program, passing oh individual wage and price increases, subject to a general guideline which the boards themselves must formulate for keeping inflation bo within a 2 or 3 per cent level by the end of 1972, Connally offered no new details on any wage nr price standards that the two boards might develop. Connally sketched few new details of Nixon's Phase 2 program but he said the controls will be held firm until the nation's inflationary psychology "has been baited and broken." The controls will remain, he said, until there is a "basic agreement and feeling throughout die country that the expectations of inflation have subsided, We can't abide it any more." He said the job of policing Phase 2 will, he "fairly simple" and should be manageable by a force of about 3,000 people. Connally said the wage-price freeze will remain in effect until midnight Nov: 13, "and beginning on the next day, Nov.

14, the freeze is really still in effect, subject to whatever standards and criteria the. two boards set in the meantime." Connally said he does not' anticipate that Nixon's intention to seek standby controls over interest and dividends will have to be used, used. He said the Price Commission, to be composed of seven public members, will have authority over the rate-making functions of regulatory agencies. When asked to describe the types of companies that will come in for the strongest government controls, Connally said, "They are the largest, biggest, strongest economic units in the country. You know who Ihey are.

More important, they know who they are." Under Phase 2, these groups will be singled out for special consideration, They will have to clear their wage and price increases with the government before they can go into FIRST AUTO Frank Duryea, a loolmakcr, operated the first successful gasoline automobile in Springfield, in 1S03. JOBLESS DIP Chart reflects decline in unemployment. AP Wirtpboto The average pay was $7.03, or 5.8 per cent above a year ago but the 4.5 per cent rise in nvnic costs since then wiped out $5.44 of the gain, cutting the rise in purchasing power to 1.59. Total employment actually dropped 1.4 million, but he-cause it usually drnps more than that in September when youths with summer jobs return to school the bureau fig ured it as a 325,000 rise on a seasonal basis. Blvd.

in South Union Twp. at 1 p.m. yesterday. Driving the vehicles were Lowell Farley, 60. of Pittsburgh and Rolley Thorpe, 51, of 48 Miller Uniontown, Troop 's said.

California Some J05O damajre was reported in an accident in a parking lot on the California State College Campus about 4:25 p.m. yesterday. California police said the drivers were Jeffrev S. Keller. 20, of 435 Park California, and Charles.

Krepps, 48, of Beaver Falls. There were no injuries reported- Chalk Hill. Autos driven by John B. Wal lace 28, of 21 Fulton Uniontown, and Roliand Rex-rode, 61, of Farmisgton, were involved in an accident last ujht, according to State Police. Troopers said the mishap oc curred on Route 40 at Chalk Hill about 8:31) p.m.

Damage was- estimated at $1,600. Mao Greets Emperor TOKYO (AP) Mao Tse-tung, smiling and in good health, met with Emperor Haile Salussic of Ethiopia in Peking, Friday, according to dispatches from the Red Chinese capital. Minister Warns BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Prime Minister Brian Faulkner warned erltjcs inside his ruling Unionist party Friday to back hl6 government to the full or quit Steel Heads Back PITTSBURG A President Nixon's Phase 2 economic plan has gained support from the heads of the nation's two largest steel companies Friday, but the leuder of the steelworkers declined immediate comment ou the new plan. 7 Policemen Die WASHINGTON AP) -Seven police officers were killed in the line ol duty in September, raising to 87 the number of county and state law enforcement officers gunned down by armed criminals during the first nine months of this year, (be FBI announced Friday. Sled Losses PITTSBURGH (AP) -Jones Laughlln Steel the nation's stxlh largest steelmaker, said Friday It will report a net loss for (lie third quarter of this year because of the current slump in the I The News 1 In Brief (Continued from Page One) nellsville, shortly before 6 p.m.

yesterday. He was taken to the. Con-nellsville Hospital and referred to his family physician for treatment. A hospital spokesman said he was injured while riding in a car driven by his brother, Kevin. North Union Damage was estimated at 11,500 hut no one waa reported injured in an accident on Cool-spring- St.

in North Union Twp. about 12 noon yesterday. Involved in the crash were vehicles operated by Steve Lus-nak, 1 Nutt Uniontown, and Joseph Slampak of 39 Braddoek Uniontown, State Police said. Markleysborg Three cars were damaged in an accident on Route 40, four miles west of Markleyshurg yesterday at 11:15 a.m. State Police said the accident involved cars driven by Charles Cooksey, 10, of Baltimore, Pauline Bucklow, 17, of Markleysburg and a parked vehicle owned by Barbara Olingod, 36, of Markleysburg.

No one was injured hut damage totaled $1,100. Fairchance Autos driven by Harold E. Workman, 18, of Oliphant Furnace and Jeffrey Spaw, 1fi, of Smithfield R.D. 1 collided on Route B57, two" miles north of Fairchanee at 4:45 p.m. yesterday, State Police said.

Troopers estimated damage at 5S0O. No injuries were reported. Dixon Blvd. were reported in an accident at the construction area on Dixon New Launch Silos Built WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon's research chief said Friday the Soviets are Installing new launch silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles "at a great, rate. John S.

Foster told a meeting of civic and industrial leaders this gives us concern-thai, the stratecic balance could tip sharply against the United States within the next several years. foster did not say how many additional IBM launch silos have been built. But other Pentagon sources indicate there arc about 100 positions for what some officials think could be a new and more threatening type of ICBM. This is an increase over the figure of 80 that has been used unofficially in recent months. in an interview after his talk.

Foster implied that the Rus sians are winning tne expensive new underground launch silos at a rate of about 150 a year, ARKANSAS INCOME Ahotil 13 nor met. of the fami lies in Arkansas have incomes of Telegraph, were instrumental in selecting the site. Housing was only one facet of the government-sponsored program. According to Mr. Knisley, monies would also be available for new industry loans, job training funds, community rehabilitation grants, child day care center funds) nursing home allotments, new roads and road improvement, sewage and water allocations and more than 300 other federal aid programs under the 1963 Housing AcL Mr.

Knisley added that as a result of the program, it would be possible to reduce the amount of the bond issue council proposes to' float. He mentioned about $25,000 less bond funds may be needed but that figure was only a rough estimate. The amount must be known by next month, however, when the bond issue is approved. That action will be taken at the regular November meeting delayed from Nov. 12 to 15 to eliminate the weekend between the time the bonds are approved and when they are put up far sale.

Councilman R. Donald Noel said he wanted to make his position clear on the band issue. He said he has been approached on the streets by persons who believed he was opposed to ihe issue because he passed in voting for authorizing the bond issue. With the information he has received during ihe past several days, Mr. Neel said he was "100 per cent behind" the bands.

Ralph Phillips, borough building inspector, turned over information on three properties where legal action was necessary far demolition of uiisale structures. He said the required notifications were given but brought no results. They were turned over to At-ty. Richard L. Cicchetti, solicitor, for action.

Mr. Phillips also informed council that arrangements are being made to remove a dilapidated house on Cadwallader St. Two policemen and a laborer were hired under Ihe Federal Emergency Employment Act. Named to the police force were Thomas Fitzgerald and Thomas Warden. George Smith was named to the borough street department.

The appoinlmcnls wore effeclive on Ocl. 1. Under poiice, Mr. Knisley asked council to authorize lis negotiator, George Alberts, tu begin negnlialions with Mac Williams, negotiator for Die police in an attempt to avoid the costs of mandatory arbitration. The negotiations would continue during the next 10 days in hopes ot reaching a con- ROYAL VISIT President Nixon visits with Cathy Sparncino, 21, of Becklcv, W.

queen of the Mountain Stale Forest Festival being held In Elkins, W. Va, The president, first to attend die festival since President Franklin RooscvtK, spoke Hflcr the queen's coronation. lp wirrnsmo 510,000 or more..