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FINAL EDITION The Pittsbiarffh Press 12-24 VOL. 92, No. 153 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1975 TONIGHT-Coid, snow likely. 30 Pages 20 Cents Board OKs Brashear Plan, Fifth, Gladstone Closings and reorganization plan presented to the board Sept. 8 by Olson.

That plan had been produced partly to satisfy the State Human Relations Commission, which has been pressuring the board to desegregate all its schools since 1968. Olson urged board members to adopt the Brashear-related changes yesterday because they were needed to go into effect next year, and no agreement has been reached on a total plan. Mrs. Miscimarra argued that the closing of Gladstone would undermine the survival of Hazelwood as a neighbor-hood and create a "source of vandalism." She also said moving ahead now would lock the board into a middle school structure that the board is now reviewing, at her suggestion. But Olson said he needed the approval to have time to "get the communities ready" for the changes and so that attention could be turned to changes involving Herron Hill Middle School and Knoxville Jr.

High. He said he would present a Knoxville realignment plan next month. Olson said the opening of Brashear will create about $245,000 In additional busing costs because "virtually every" student will have to be bused to the school. School into a middle school and the reassignment of many South Hills area students at Brashear when it opens in September. Individual grades in some elementary schools also will be shifted to other schools by the plans.

School board members approved the changes by a 10-5 vote after an effort by board member Helen Miscimarra to block the Gladstone closings and the Prospect conversion was defeated 9-6. An earlier move by Mrs. Miscimarra to delay a vote on the reorganization was also defeated. The changes that were approved were part of a citywide desegregation across the Monongahela River and through the Liberty Tunnels. Since most of the other 1,700 students will be white, that shift will give the school a large measure of racial integration.

The students who will have to travel 1 the farthest, however, will be a group of Gladstone pupils who will be reassigned to Carrick High School'. Those students will travel 6.6 miles from their Hazelwood homes to Carrick, a trip that Supt. Jerry C. Olson hopes can be made in 15 minutes. The changes also will include the closing of Gladstone Elementary School, conversion of Prospect Jr.

High CHher stories, Page 6. By DAVID NILSSON Press Education Writer Two city high schools Fifth Avenue and Gladstone will be closed next June as part of wide-ranging changes tied to the opening of the $23-million Brashear High School in Beechview. The closings were approved by the city school board yesterday In the most extensive realignment of the city's high schools since Allderdice High School was built' in 1927. One of the biggest changes will be the busing of about 800 black students from the Hill District to Brashear HHnH U. S.

Embassy Aide fied by the terrorist murder" and said Welch "has long been a dedicated official of the United States government." Greek Premier Constantine Cara-manlis vowed to "do everything for the discovery of the hideous criminals." Police declined to speculate on the i rJjmm r7 -v. rS" i M'. li'-'-M'-- I yv '-if i I 7 -T -'t' I tL jz L'i A'l .0111 The school is located off Crane Avenue on an isolated tract of land that until recent years was used as a farm. Here is the plan: Brashear High School: Will enroll students in grades 9-12 from the Banks-ville, Beechwood, Brookline, Caimalt, Lee, McKelvy, Miller, Weil and West Liberty school areas. In September, students from these areas who now are in grades 9 and 10 at Carrick and South Hills high schools and grades 8 through 11 at Fifth Avenue High School will attend Brashear.

Fifth Avenue High School: Will close in June. Students entering grades 7 and (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) At Home Neither Welch's wife nor the chauffeur were injured in the barrage ol bullets. Welch, who had served as first secretary in Athens for less than a year, joined the Foreign Service in 1960 after nine years as an economic analyst with the Department of the Army. UPI Telephoto In Nazareth, the Galilee town where tradition said Jesus grew to manhood, politics mixed with Christmas. The Communist victors of the recent mayoral election in the town planned a mass rally in a movie theater led by the new mayor, Tewfik Zayyad, a member of the Moscow-leaning Bakah party.

The town canceled its holiday celebrations to save money. In Beirut, Lebanon, a city torn by nine months of civil war, gunmen kept the streets deserted and showed no good will toward any man. Christian churches canceled carol services and midnight masses. Almost every shop, bar, restaurant and nightclub was closed. In Los Angeles, a lawyer contended lighting of the City Hall tower in the form of a cross is illegal because it violates constitutional provisions for separation of church and state.

A judge rejected an immediate petition, but set a hearing for Jan. 16 well after the Christmas season. Lost Dog Christmas So she is tossing in a Christmas tree, Christmas dinner and a gift for each child. Toby, part golden retriever and part shepherd, apparently had spent four days wandering after a thief took Susan's car with the dog in it from in front of a market Friday. Susan, 23, of Mount Vernon, N.

had found the dog three years to the day earlier in the same spot. Toby at that time had been hit by a car. By coincidence, Susan also was recovering from injuries received in an auto CDS Shot Down identities or motives of the killers. They said neither Welch's wife nor the chauffeur saw the assassins clearly. His wife told police a small black auto carrying three masked men drove close to the embassy car.

When Welch stepped out, they began shooting. ed the town and its hilly environs in routine precaution against Arab guerrilla attacks. The main streets sparkled with decorations. Glittering Christmas trees stood in restaurant and shop windows. Armed soldiers checked all vehicles and persons entering the town, which was closed to ordinary traffic.

Only visitors with special government permits were allowed in. Latin patriarch, the Right Rev. Msgr. Giacomo Beltritti, planned to open holiday observances by leading a procession to Bethlehem from his home in the ancient walled city of Jerusalem. Midnight mass in the Roman Catholic St.

Catherine's Church, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, climaxes the observances. The Israeli Tourist Ministry expected 25,000 tourists, an increase of 8,000 over last year, and hotels in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other centers reported full bookings. Woman's Home For Secret Service ojent and President Ford ride chairfift. Ford Works, Skis On Vail Vacation ATHENS (UPI)-Richard Welch, identified as the chief of Central Intelli-g Agency (CIA) operations in Greece, was returning from a Christ-m a party with his wife when three masked gunmen in a black car drove up to his home and opened fire. The 46-year-old embassy officer was caught in the spray of bullets as he stepped from the chauffeur-driven limousine.

He was dead on arrival at an Athens hospital. An organization calling itself the Union of Officers Struggling for the National Idea today claimed responsibility for the slaying. Anonymous callers saying they represented the organization telephoned newspapers and said they had killed Welch. "From now on you will hear of us often," they said. The organization has never been heard of before and police said it may not be genuine.

Welch's death yesterday came one month after the Athens News, an English-language daily, published a list of alleged CIA agents in Greece that included Welch's name, address and telephone number. In Washington, intelligence sources said Welch, assigned to the U. S. embassy as first secretary, was chief of CIA activities in Greece. The sources said Welch had been mentioned as an intelligence agent in recent publications by former American colleagues in the CIA and this may have marked him for execution.

In Vail, vacationing President Ford said he was "shocked and horri- Russia Shuns U. S. Warning On Angola Toughen up on Angola, Kissinger asks, Page 8.J By ALAN HORTON Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON Russia and Cuba are reinforcing their military support for pro-Soviet forces in Angola despite strong U.S. warnings that detente is being jeopardized. While Secretary of State Henry A.

Kissinger yesterday was repeating President Ford's warning that Russia's intervention is straining detente, U.S. intelligence sources reported: Russia has ordered a guided-mis-sile destroyer and two support ships to stand by off Angola's coast. They will augment the tank-landing ship and two other support ships that have constituted Russia's West African Patrol. The destroyer is expected to arrive early next month. Cuba may be delivering all or most of an armored tank division including several thousand troops to fight in Angola.

Between 6,000 and 7,000 Cubans are in Angola already, according to U.S. intelligence sources. Cuban forces are advising and fighting beside pro-Soviet MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) forces. They aim and fire the truck-mounted Soviet rockets, for example. A number of Cubans have been wounded and several captured in ground combat.

Russia has sent several sophisticated Mib fighter-bombers to Congo's (Continued on Page 8, Column 3) Holiday Rush Clogs Highways United Press International 'Twos the night before Christmas and across the nation, motorists left for their Christmas vacation. The Christmas traffic rush began in earnest today as motorists clogged highways to share gifts and dinners with family and friends. The National Safety Council estimates between 440 and 500 persons could die in traffic mishaps on the nation's roadways between 6 p.m. local time today and midnight Sunday. HOLD THAT TIGER! An Indian tiger, unsteady route from West Germany, had broken from its cage after a tranquilizer shot, falls through the airliner in the plane's cargo compartment while being fed at freight compartment door into a net spread over a Karachi, on its way to Japan.

All 84 passengers and forklift at Tokyo airport. The 400-pound tiger, en crewmen left before the tiger was taken off. World Christians Await Holiday UPI TelephoU Earlier, the President got himself tangled in the leashes of his golden retriever, Liberty, and a new addition to the White House kennel, Riva, a Chesapeake Bay retriever owned by Mr. Ford's son, Jack. At that time, Mr.

Ford was trying to lead the dogs out of the diplomatic reception room of the White House to South Lawn and the waiting helicopter. Mr. Ford was like a schoolboy play ing hooky when he arrived at this resort where snow has been unusually sparse and skiing conditions poor. He was accompanied by his wife, Betty. Most of the other members of the family were already in a chalet the Fords rented from Dallas oilman Richard Bass.

The President spent a couple of hours on the slopes and made a fancy sharp turn in front of 100 spectators who recognized him and cheered. "Skiing is excellent, good at the top," he told the crowd. "There were some rocks but we missed them." White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Mr. Ford would follow a routine of working in the morning on official business and skiing later. White Christmas Forecast Here We may have a White Christmas after all.

The National Weather Service says it will be cold tonight with a low in the low 20s and a 40 per cent chance of light snow developing late tonight, i Tomorrow's high will be in the low 30s with a 70 per cent chance of snow. Snow is also predicted for most of Western Pennsylvania tonight and is expected to work its way throughout the state Christmas Day. Press Weatherbird Donald Dingbat didn't believe the forecast but before long he got the drift of it. (Detailed report, Page 30.) VAIL, (UPI) In jaunty spirits, President Ford headed back to the ski slopes at this snow-starved Rocky Mountain resort today after signing a batch of bills. In the evening, Mr.

Ford and his family planned to gather for a Christmas Eve celebration and if they follow tradition a midnight mass. The President had 28 more bills to act on after signing 20 measures yesterday including a six-month extension of the 1975 tax cut and a bill to move the United States toward conversion to the metric system. Aides said Mr. Ford is in Vail to take it easy and to relax with his family. Within a couple of hours after his arrival yesterday, the President headed for the ski slopes.

He escaped possible injury when be headed for the chairlift apparently without noticing that it was moving in his path. A Secret Service agent shoved him out of the way, and the President hopped on the next chair with another agent for the ride up Vail Mountain. On Inside Pages In Two Sections Ask ThB Press 28 Bicentennial Diary 28 Bookshelf 29 Business, Finance 22-23 Comics 28-29 Crossword Puzzle 28 Death Notices 24 Movies, Theaters 11-13 People In The News Roy McHugh 2 Sports News 20-21 Star Gazer 29 TV 30 Vital Statistics 24 Editorials 18 Want Ads 24-27 Gallup Poll 4 Goden Weddings 4 Heloise 14 Ijcoby Bridge 29 livir75 14-16 Press Telephones Home Delivery 263-1121 Want Ads 263-1201 Other Depts. 263-1100 At 20, you'd buy new shoes if you scuffed the pair you were wearing; at 40 you'd scuff both 'shoes so they'd match. United Press International Christians around the world will observe the birth of Jesus Christ in the most popular commemoration of the church year Christmas.

First suppressed in America by the Puritans because of pagan origins, Christmas celebrations have become increasingly popular and commercialized. Dec. 25 was the date of a pagan festival in Rome, chosen in 274 A.D. to celebrate the winter solstice. Christmas on Dec.

25 is firs' known to have been celebrated in Rot in the second quarter of the fourth century. Much of the nation will have a hoped-for white Christmas. The National Weather Service said snow will fall for Christmas from the Central Great Lakes to the Ohio River Valley and west to Central Missouri, and also in Southwest Wyoming. Snow is already on the ground from Southern New York State to Lake Erie past Milwaukee and Minnesota into the Rocky Mountains. In Bcthichem, thousands of pilgrims, the largest number in nine years, converged on this Judean hilltop town today under eyes of troops to observe Christmas at the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ.

Israeli troops in combat gear patroll- Press Takes A Merry Holiday 3 The Press will not publish tomorrow in observance of Christmas. You will find complete coverage of all holiday news in Friday's edition. MERRY CHRISTMAS NEW YORK (UPI) A bit tired and a little hungry, but none the worse for wear, Toby is back home for Christmas. Two youngsters set out to find the missing dog yesterday after hearing how Toby had been stolen, and. that his owner was nearly heartbroken.

They found Toby and returned him to owner Susan Klein. What it means is a pretty good Christmas for themselves. Miss Klein promised a $100 reward to Janet and Michael Krongy. Then she found their father, Edward, had just been laid off from his job. i.