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No Vefo Expected 6 The Pittsburgh Pr, Tuesday, November 21, 1967 .11 Flat Racing Bill Goes To House V' -'-MZ Eosed to horse race gambling ut had; never said anything about a veto. Asked about this after the meeting, Mr. Feather said: r- "He said last October he was opposed to horse race gambling. How else would yon interpret it" But it was clear that the (Continued from Page I delphia, William J. Lane of West Brownsville and William G.

Sessler of Erie. Sen. Frederick H. Hobbs, Pottsville Republican, was re corded as voting for the bill, although he is in Spain on a honeymoon. One Allegheny County Democratic senator, Stanley M.

Noszka of East Liberty, was absent because of illness in his family and didn't vote. Sen. Donald O. Oesterling, Butler Democrat, voted for the bill. The bill would create a three-member racing commission with authority to license four thoroughbred tracks any place in the State.

The roll call came as Protestant church lobbyists sat on the sidelines glumly watching proceedings. A short time before that they had been called to Gov. Raymond P. Shafer's office, where the Governor denied that he had ever said he would veto the horse race bill if it reached his desk. The Governor was perturbed by a week-end statement of the Rev.

Raymond G. Feather of the Federated Legislative Committee that Mr. Shafer had said, during the end of his successful campaign for" governor last year, that he would veto the bill. Gov. Shafer said he told the church lobbyists last year and repeated again yesterday that he personally is op- if UPITelphoto Israel, Jordan In Clash' Planes, Tanks Used In Battle JERUSALEM (UPI)-Israel and Jordan battled with planes, tanks and artillery for four hours along the Jordan River cease-fire line today in the biggest clash between the two nations since the Mideast war last June.

Jordan claimed it shot down two Israeli jet fighters, destroyed two tanks and wiped out two gun emplacements in the fourth day of fighting in the Jordan Valley. Israel said one of its Mystere jet fighters was shot down by Jordanian antiaircraft batteries and its pilot was seen parachuting into Jordanian territory on the east side of the river. Israeli authorities said the Mystere ja Scflttered peces of Jet provide mute evidence of trojedy near Cincinnati. 6 Crash Survivors City-Bound Cincy Crash Pilot Founded Fayette Airport Press Stale Wire MT. PLEASANT-The pilot of the Trans World Airlines (TWA) jetliner which crashed in Ohio was an ex-Marine who with a partner opened and operated for two years the Mt.

Pleasant-Scottdale Airport in Fayette County. Capt. Charles A. Cochran, 45, of Spring Hill, was among the plane's 67 victims. A native of Franklin County, Capt.

Cochran came to Fayette County after his discharge from the Marines in 1946 and with an unidentified companion began operation of the airfield at Iron Bridge, near the Westmoreland County line. They operated the airport together until 1948 when Capt, Cochran re-enlisted in the Marines. He did not return to Iron Bridge and after his second Marine hitch, joined TWA. Purse Snatcher Saves Mother CHICAGO (UPI) An ex-liausted teen-age mother thanked God today someone snatched her purse. The theft kept her off the Trans World Airlines plane that crashed yesterday in Cincinnati.

Peggy Ball, 18, wife of a serviceman who was wounded in Vietnam and mother of a baby girl named Cherish, was flying home Hawaii, scene of an idyllic week with her husband, on leave from the fighting for rest and rehabilitation. In Los Angeles yesterday, she was scheduled to fly American Airlines to Chicago and then home to Muncie, Ind. Bad weather delayed the flight. She was transferred to the TWA flight that crashed. The slender mother said she was exhausted while awaiting her flight out of Los Angeles so she went to the ladies' room and took a nap.

"All of a sudden I woke up and felt cold," Mrs. Ball said, "I looked around for my purse. I wanted a cigaret. There was no purse. I was just furious." Gone with the purse was $540 in Travelers' Checks, her tickets, all her identification and $5 in cash.

"Thank God, someone snatched my purse," Mrs. Ball said. "Somebody up there likes me." Plane Toll: 67 Die, 16 Survive 5 TWA Airliner Nearing Landing Cincy FielcT Continued from Poje I) niated the plane was traveling aj about 166 mph over gently rolling terrain at about the sime altitude as the runway i was headed for when the cjash occurred. flight recorder, a metal sphere which continuously records the plane's heading, ajtitude, air speed and vertical acceleration, was recovered from the plane's tail sec-tibn. Voice Tape Found -The voice tape recorder, wliich recorded all conversation in the cockpit in the final 3d minutes before the crash, was found in other debris.

At the crash site, Ken-tacky state troopers stood guard while bodies were removed and Federal investigators gathered evidence. are in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Covington, tbe largest in northeast Kentucky, in Booth Hospital, also in Covington, and in General Hospital in Cincinnati. Door Malfunctions for a malfunctioning door, there might have been no crash last night. Capt.

Charles L. Cochran, 45, a veteran of 14,000 air hours, was at the controls when a problem was found in ofie of the cabin doors on the four-engined jet Convair 880 that was to make the flight. The 76 passegners and seven crew members transferred to another plane, also a Convair 880, and began their flight, 2'i hours late. Less than six miles from the Greater Cincinnati Airport, located across the Ohio River in Florence, there was "a loud boom and a gigantic flash in the sky." The airliner, with Capt. Cochran at the controls, screamed to earth, bursting into flames on impact.

"I've never seen a plane so completely destroyed," said Edwin Walton, one of the first rescuers on the scene. "Everything was gone except the tail section." Mr. Walton said he watched in amazement as two stewardesses, a man and a small boy who had been tossed clear of the wreckage walked about 250 yards to a farmhouse to call for help and wait for an ambulance. He also helped some survivors. Tf 1V a ill ger of the Allegheny-Kiskl Division of West Penn Power.

Co. at Vandergrift. Also destined for Pittsburgh and among those reported dead were Mrs. Linda Gal-legos, formerly of Morgan-town, W. VaM her husband, Gilbert, and Mrs.

Gallegos' 3-year-old son by a previous marriage. A TWA spokesman identified four other Pittsburgh-bound survivors as George Brokaw, Adena, Ohio near Steuben ville; Miss Judy Schwept; Airman 1C Ruben Torres, of Johnstown, and Regis Ochs, of Lucinda, Pa. Hospitals listed Mr. Torres and Mr. Brokaw in good condition and Mr.

Ochs as Other Pittsburgh-bound passengers believed dead are Mrs. Helen Loretta Hoblak, 607 Lynda Lane, North Versailles; Stephen A. Ritso and his wife Mary Ann, of 518 Beckman Haler Heights, McKeesport; Miss Carmela Moreno, 907 Shadycrest Beechview; Mrs. Angeline D. Waldron; Mrs.

Mary Fortunate and her daughter, Shirley, 23, both of Steubenville, Ohio; Mrs. Judith Chupac and Steve Chupac; a Mr. Mulligan; Mr. Rolf Kofink; W. C.

Simpson; Mrs. Oveida Torres, wife of Airman Torres; Mrs. Mary Fish, 160 Smith Cannonsburg; Mrs. Marie Ochs, of Lucinda, Mrs. M.

Wileman, Williamsport, and Earl Roudybush. LBJ Going To Ranch WASHINGTON (UPI) -President and Mrs. Johnson plan to celebrate Thanksgiving at the LBJ ranch in Texas with a big family reunion, including their in-laws present and future. though, is I still have my uniform on'." He called the second time to say the plane had been delayed. Another victim among the Pittsburgh-bound passengers was Kenneth Porteous, 70, of Glendale, who was coming to spend the holidays with a sister, Mrs.

Martha Jones, of 7726 Abbott East End. Mrs. Jones and a niece of the victim, Elizabeth Porteous, learned of the crash while awaiting his arrival at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Mr. Porteous, who retired about five years ago from Lockheed Aircraft moved from the Pittsburgh area 26 years ago.

He had planned to spend a week with' his sister before continuing on to visit friends in Florida, Mrs. Jones said. Among six survivors who were bound for Pittsburgh was Harry Sanditch, 35, of Reseda, who was on his way to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Sanditch of 68 W.

Steuben Crafton. Formerly employed with Universal Cyclops, Mr. Sanditch, who is married and has two children, left Crafton four years ago, relatives reported. A brother-in-law, Paul Mc-Intyre of Avalon, departed for Covington this morning to visit Mr. Sanditch in St.

Elizabeth Hospital. Another victim, Miss Helen Camarota, of 401 Russellwood McKees Rocks, was re- turning home after visiting a sister in California who recently gave birth to a baby. Killed in the crash while returning from a Hawaiian vacation was Kennth W. Godfrey, 60, of Murrysville, mana cizzvrczz Azzzzj uccps 'AfcQUIIPY, 1 Governor didn't agree at all with the "veto" interpretation and objected to the churchman's use of the word "veto." In fact, at a press conference several months ago, Gov. Shafer said that if a horse race bill reaches his desk in proper form, he likely would sign it.

was one of several planes which helped destroy six Jordanian tanks and one armored car during the battle. An Israeli spokesman said two Israeli soldiers were killed and another wounded. Jordan made not mention of casualties in what it described as "fierce fighting" on a seven-mile front along the Jordan River which separates the Jordanian and Israeli forces. Israel captured the west bank of the Jordan in the June 5-10 war. An official Jordanian communique said the battle flared after Israeli jets hit the Arab refugee camp at Al-Kamiri.

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Doherty, 47, chairman of the Easter Seal Society, was returning from Los Angeles where she attended the annual Easter Seal convention which ended Sunday. Mrs. Doherty, a widow who resided with her mother, Mrs. Hazel Connolly, at the Avalon Arms Avalon, had been executive director of the Society since January, 1958. Prior to that, she was executive director of the Lawrence County Society for about five years.

She was married in June, 1943, but her husband, Lt. Jack Bryer, was killed in action in Germany 16 months later. She is survived by a son, Jack Doherty, of Anchorage, Alaska; a brother, Bernie Connolly, of Casper, Wyoming; and a grandson. Also killed was Navy PO 3c Ronald L. Maier, 22, of 510 North Millvale, who was returning home after his discharge yesterday in a Diego.

His last assignment had been aboard the U.S. nuclear missile ship Long Beach, said his mother, Mrs. William F. Maier. Before that he had spent 10 months In Vietnam and 18 months in Newfoundland.

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