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The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York • Page 5

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1 i iv 1 1 1 1 i i i (f) A- 'i 4 4 I 1 i PAD I M. W)r 1 icket NEW YORK (AP) Richard M. Nixon--building bridges to all'wings'of the party--won New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's promise Wednesday of full campaign help for his.

Republican presidential campaign. And, the GOP standard-bearer scheduled a meeting with Mayor John Lindsay of New York, another spokesman of the party's more liberal segment. 1 Rockefeller, strongest of Nixon's unsuccessful rivals for the nomination, said he would speak for the candidate in other states and take charge of the GOP campaign in New York State. Nixon joined the governor in a statement declaring they are "united in the conviction 'that the progressive spirit of the Republican platform clearly points the path "toward a GOP victory In Rockefeller's pledge was a of- a- day dedicated to promoting Republican unity for Nixon's White House race. Other'Republican leaders calling oti Nixon in his Fifth Avenue apartment were Sens.

Jacob K. Javits of New York and Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts. "I support the ticket and I make'. no qualification: -about that, 'either qualitatively or quantitatively," Javits told newsmen.

Brooke, the first Negro U.S. senator since. Reconstruction, said he had discussed racial, economic and urban affairs with Nixon. "If he campaigns the way he ilalks to me he's going to win a lot of votes in. this country," Brooke said.

The senator said he would speak outside Massachusetts for Nixon. And he expressed confidence in Nixon's choice of a running mate, Gov. Spiro Agnew of Maryland. THE POST-STANDARD. Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, 5 Hurled into, Restaurant by Blast ft TM I Flaming Tank Sets WomanAftre For Her: fallen Son Mrs.

James Anderson, her cheek wet with tears, yesterday held the Medal of Honor citation awarded posthumously to her. hero son, Marine Pfc. James Anderson Jr. Standing beside her at the Marine Barracks in Washington was her husband who held his son's medal. Secretary of the Navy Paul Ignatius, left, and Marine Com- mandan Gen.

Leonard Chapman stood next to the parents who are from Compton, Calif. Anderson was killed in Vietnam while shielding his comrades from a hand grenade during enemy action. (AP Wirephoto). NEW YORK (AP) A flam- in; propane gai tank exploded from a rooftop and shot like a i guided missile through a coffee shop window in midtown hattan Wednesday, setting a waitress afire. A witness said the Melva Harvey, kept "running around and screaming.

Her uniform was nearly burned off. Three men dragged her down and tried to beat the fire out." Mrs, Harvey, 30, of was later reported in criti- i cal condition at Roosevelt Hos- pitai suffering from severe burns. A customer in the Chock Full O'Nuts coffee shop, at 54th Street and Madison Avenue, suffered superficial burns of the leg and forearm. customer, Mrs. Florence Soriano, 51, of Somerville, N.J., jwas sitting in a booth nearest the window when the tank burst through about 11 a.m.

She also was. treated at Roosevelt Hospital. The, propane tank was being used in tarring operation, on 4 I the roof-of 509 Madison 53rd Street Firemen said the tank.became overheated and'ex- ploded after the tar caught fire, setting the roof ablaze. In thereof fee shop a block away, customers had been standing at the window watching the flames. 0ne of them, David Haberfieid, a systems en: gineerf! sat after a few minutes and then heard what he called "a tremendous blast" "The same instant," he went on, "people backed off from the window.

The moment the glass shattered, flying every- i customer, Leonard Volkening, 36, an elevator supervisor, said he was seated at a counter near the window when the tank "came 'through and richocheted" behind the counter, after "hitting the waitress" in the abdomen. "I ducked," Volkening said. "It must have come within two feet of me. All of a sudden, I looked around and the place was full of smoke. She was oh fire.

Two or three guys tried to drag her to the ground to-put the'fire but she was "running around, and Joseph L. Yablonicky, the coffee shop manager, said the men took off coats to "put the fire out on head arid -H shoulders, Ij was hard her back and.front were on fire and she wouldn't stand still." The tank; blackened and par- tially caved in, lay amid broken glass in the rear center of the restaurant after its fire was pjit out. "It's a miracle that no.one was killed outright," Yablon- icky said. The tar was restrictedito. the roof but the 22-story office building was.

cleared of tenants. Two firemen said they blown down a flight of stairs.by the gas tank explosion as-they tried to get through a fire One-was slightly hurt. Vrf GUARANTEED EARNINGS FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESPEOPLE MALE--FEMALE ew program just Crew manager to be selected. Only qualified and dependable applicants will be accepted. $65.00 a a plus $10.00 expense, plus commission, plus bonuses.

A good producer can expect to earn to $150.00 a week. Call Mr. Younglove, HA 2-1431 for an appointment. I Support Some Negro groups have criticized Ag new's tough law and order statements during Maryland's racial violence but Brooke said "Ted Agnew is not racist He's a progressive." CHICAGO (UPI)--Sen. Eugene J.

McCarthy's presidential hopes got a badly needed lift Wednesday from an endorsement by a prominent Midwest governor and a poll indicating he. would run stronger, than Hubert H. Humphrey against Richard M. Nixon. The Vice President's cam- Chicago itself bristled usual, were working up to a rag Lake For Body Of Minister CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y.

(UPI)Dragging operations were resumed "Wednesday for the body of a Buffalo minister missing and presumed drowned in Chau- Lake. Sheriff's deputies identified Mm as the Rev. Robert L. Dady, neighborhood coordinator of the Erie County Community Action Organization. Bady, his daughter, Camille, 15, and David Reilly, 41, of Columbus, Ohio, went out on the lake Tuesday in a boat to check water skiing conditions.

Deputies said they decided the water was too choppy for skiing and headed back to McCarthy. The first paign headquarters reported on the other hand that its "hard count" showed Humphrey's delegate vote total had climbed above the an increase of about 50 over the figure announced Monday. It takes 1,312 votes to win the party's Presidential nomination which will be fought out at the convention opening here Monday. McCarthy's new endorsement came from Gov. Harold E.

Hughe's of "Iowa at time when' lie could use a psychological lift. The senator's cause was jolted earlier when the convention's Credentials Committee rebuffed his efforts to displace Humphrey delegates from four states. The hope was that Hughes would be able to 'lead some wavering delegates into the McCarthy camp. To that end, the Iowa governor called the senator the "outstanding living spokesman" for Americans seeking an orderly end to the war in Vietnam. Hughes was the second of the 24.

Democratic governors to activity. Much of it was centered the international amphitheatre where workmen raced to get the hall ready for the more than 5,000 delegates and and complete the vast communications network necessary for a modern political conclave. The city also was swept by reports--none immediately veri- donnybrobk. Sen. Ralph W.

Yarborough of Texas, a McCarthy backer, was asked at a-news conference if the invasion might prompt the convention to draft President Johnson, who announced March 31 that he would not seek nor accept renomination. Yarborough said he believed there was a "strong possibility" fied of attempts by Vietnam Johnson would be drafted if dissenters to stage massive demonstrations possibly invade the convention itself. There also was talk of possible violence in the city's ghettos. In Washington, it was disclosed that the army will be prepared to airlift 6,000 riot- trained troops to the city upon request to help local police and Illinois National Guardsmen control any- disorders which do erupt. The Soviet Union's occupation of Czechoslovakia to quash the liberal movement there also added to the growing air of Humphrey failed to win on the first ballot.

Both the Humphrey McCarthy organizations and applauded the recommendation of the Credentials Committee that the Mississippi Old Guard be 4 denied seats on grounds of racial discrimination. The Committee approved instead a rival delegation half white and half But McCarthy forces were defeated in efforts to pick up ait Humphrey's expense in delegation contests involving Pennsylvania, Connec- excitement and tension here. It ticut, Washington and Me- was a far cry from the relatively calm proceedings at Miami Beach. The Democrats, Carthy's home state of Minnesota. They lost out in all four states.

But Reilly and the'minister decided to stop for a swim. The boat drifted away from them in gusty, 25 mile per hour Camille, who aboard, had trouble restarting the motor when the two men cried for help. She brought the boat to Reilly's rescue, but her father had disappeared in the water. Dady resigned as pastor of the Richmond Ave. chrislian Church in buffalo earlier this year to accept the CAO post.

was Gov. Philip H. Hoff of Vermont. The senator's supporters also were buoyed by the results of a Gallup poll taken just after the Republicans nominated Richard M. Nixon in Miami Beach.

It gave Nixon a margin, of 45 to 29 per cent over Humphrey and 42 to 37 per cent over McCarthy. "It is now all too clear that the Vice President is not electable," McCarthy adviser Patrick J. Lucey declared jubilantly. Polio Immunization Law i Upheld by State Court BINGHAMTON, N.Y, (AP) A State Supreme Court justice Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law requir- ing polio immunization for school children. The decision by Justice David F.

Lee Jr. of Norwich was made in relation to the family court case of Dr. Thomas E. McCartney, a Union Center chiropractor who refused to have his sixth-grade son vaccinated. Under the state health law, the, polio vaccination is a prerequisite for a child attending a public school.

The law allows Discover the New German Delicatessen Rye, the new Old World Bread by Millbrook. Save with our special introductory offer, and another 7c with the coupon on the opposite page. i two exceptions: When a religious article of faith forbids the vaccination, or when a doctor certifies that the vaccination would be a health hazard. Dr. McCartney, a a Catholic, said that he opposes polio vaccination as a matter of individual religious conscience and that he views it as a health hazard.

Becuase of his fathers stand, Thomas McCartney was refused entrance to nearby Maine Memorial School in September 1967. The school tutored him at home until late December, pending two other court sions on similar cases in New York State. When both local courts, one in Steuben County and one in Diitchess County, upheld the law, McCartney was served with a summon charging him with neglect of a child under 16. The family'court case was de layed pending Wednesday's State Supreme Court decision. Justice Lee said the law does not interfere with the plaintiffs freedom of worship and does not constitute an establishment of religion by the state government.

Dr. McCartney said that he will appeal the decision. Young Thomas never returned to school. FCC Approves Television Permit WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Communications Commission announced a a Wednesday an agreement whereby Granik Broadcasting will receive permit: for a Channel 67 television station in Patchogue, N.Y* The agreement, approved by the commission's review board, provides for dismissal of competing application of Long Island Video, and the nient to Long Island by Granik of up to JHSH In expensei, LANZ SHOWS YOU HOW TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN WOOl FLANNEL Lonz knows all getting noticed. Take camel wool dress the left brown stripe on the wide plus the off-side detailing make it a standout, 7 to 15, $40 The wool flannel at-right, in red or 'green, has as its look-maker the black ric-rac- 5 toll, $30.

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