The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 12

-Evening Journal, Del. Friday, July 7, 1972 12 Le Four Fingers Do the Walking. Running: Authoress Pearl S. Buck, 80, was resting comfortably today at Rutland (Vt.) Hospital. The famed writer of "The Good Earth" and many other works is recovering from pleurisy.

She entered the hospital Saturday. recruited top advance man William Codus from the State Department protocol office to handle political travels of the Nixon women. The appoint-m seems to indicate extensive travels for Mrs. Nixon and daughters, Tricia and Julie. ff Servants Overseas Give Us 'Bad Image' a public nuisance" included using a place unlawfully for narcotics.

When told of the decision, Fiedler, a professor at the State University at Buffalo, said simply, "Hooray." Former President Harry S. Truman, R8, is now on a liquid diet at Research Hospital in Kansas City. But doctors say his condition had not changed from "satisfactory" since he was admitted Sunday with an intestinal ailment. Actress Jane Fonda is on her way to North Vietnam. She left Paris yesterday carrying several hundred letters for American prisoners of war from their families.

Miss Fonda said she expects to stop in Moscow before going to Hanoi. Sir Francis Chichester has been given a blood transfusion in London and is still weak, his son Giles said yesterday. "It now seems possible he will spend about two weeks in hospital," Giles said. "He is quite cheerful." Chichester, 70, dropped out of the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Yacht Race last week after becoming ill at sea. Presidenlial Adviser Henry American Telephone Telegraph Co.

in fact, she received a $7.15 dividend check last week and was standing firm on her religious principle. He said the stock was listed in the name of Klinghoffermandellficldson. "I get my mail addressed to me by that name," said Miss Shore, "so why not telephone She said she was told by the telephone company that it would list the names when it is proven that they are "real or legal." "I thought these kinds things were supposed to have ended bark in the days when they stopped throwing Christians to the lions," said Weiler. Billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes is accused in a $51 million damage suit of slandering Noah Dietrich, his R.l-year-old biographer and former aide. It was the second slander suit filed as the result of a televised news conference last January in which a voice identified as Hughes said of an associate: "He's a no-good, dishonest son-ot-a-bitch and he stole me blind." Dietrich's suit, filed yester day in Superior Court in Los Angeles, alleged that Hughes marie the statement about another associate and likened Dietrich to that individual.

I February, Robert A. Maheu, who was fired by Hughes as the head of Hughes' Nevada gambling and hotel empire, filed a million libel and slander suit claiming the statement referred to him. The State Department has made good on a promise and assigned James Baker to South Africa the first black American diplomat assigned to the nation. A State Department spokesman announced yesterday that Baker, a 37-year-old career foreign service officer, has been assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, where he will be economic and commercial officer.

York's highest court yesterday cleared Leslie L. Fiedler, the prominent author and critic, of drug-related charges for allegedly letting his children smoke marijuana. In its 5-2 ruling, the Court of Appeals said the 1967 conviction was improperly based on the concept that "maintaining Compiled From Dispatches Bell Telephone Co. of Pcnn-sj lvania is resisting a request to list three members of the Kling hoffer man dell field son family in the Philadelphia rii-rectory, claiming that Kling hoffer man dell field son isn't their real name at all. But Sarah T.

Shore, Hay. mond Weiler and Richard C. Yokes have asked the Penn-s 1 a a Public Utility Commission (PUC) to order Bell to list the names Ihev use as members of some nameless religious "congregation." Miss Shor ewants to be list-? as Mrs. Zrphaniahaza Kling hoffer man dell field son III. Weiler wants to be listed as Mrs.

Sebastian Zcphaniaha-za Klinghoffermandellfirlrison Jr. Yokes wants to appear as Mrs. Obbaddiahahhakuk 7.e-phan iaha a Klinghoffermandesone III. THE PUC complaint was singed by Miss Shore and Harry Weiler, 61. who said he was her father.

Both insisted they were not joking. "These names have a reli-g i significance." said Weiler, "And we are charging Bell with religious discrimination by refusing to print the resentatives," senator said. Proxmire conceded that in less developed countries wealthy members often have personal servants. But he then asked if it was wise to have American AID officials identified with the small percentage of wealthy people in those countries. "Most senators including this one have no personal servants, let alone any pa id for by the taxpayers 99 per cent of the American people do not have personal servants.

"Why should the taxpayers provide servants for government employes?" Proxmire asked. WASHINGTON HIPII Sen. William Proxmire, said today he would try to cut the funds for personal servants of American officials out of the foreign aid appropriations bill. Proxmire, who heads the Senate foreign operations subcommittee considering bill, complained the Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) "promotes a snobbish American image abroad" by providing household servants for its mission directors. 'For an agency which is supposed to help the weak of the world, it is particularly inappropriate to flaunt the relative wealth of our official rep Dietrirh Sues Hughes names as wp u-c them in the congregation.

Weilor he did not join in the romplaint because his telephone is listed in his daughter's name. He said earn of the three wanted to be listed as "Mrs." Because all of the congregation's religious names are "based on the Mother Earth bit." WEILER said his daughter owns II shares of stock in Jumps K. linker Sent to South Ajrica Kissinger was expected to pass up a date today with 48 scantily-clad Playboy bunnies, who resigned themselves to a 15-foot poster as a stand-in. The Baltimore bunnies chose Kissinger as "the man I'd most like to go out on a date with." The award was scheduled for a luncheon presentation. President Nixon, gearing up his re-election campaign, has Remedies Claims for Cold Peninsula Slwrlx Elkton Oil Baffles Machine Get 10 Pet.

Effective Mark are similar in composition to the drugs studied." the FDA said in releasing the data. About 25 per cent of the OTC-drug claims were judged effective, compared with about 60 per cent of the prescription-drug claims rated effective or probably effective. The FDA has begun a three-year project to develop standards for 2fi classes of OTCs on the market, estimated to range between 003 and 500.000. When the standards have been completed, the FDA said, the government may require revision of claims, changes in formulas or promotion, or removal of some OTCs from the market. Research Council judged four as effective, eight ineffective as fixed combinations, five effective with reservations, 15 possibly effective and 1.1 probably effective.

Rated effective without reservation were Iso-phrin nose drops for nasal congestion; Fedra-zil for hay fever; and Chlorephrine Nyscaps for hay-fever nasal congestion and as a time-release capsule. At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, NAS studied 420 OTC drugs as part of an effectiveness review of about 3.000 prescription drugs. "THE 27 products are broadly representative of cold preparations on the market since most WASHINGTON (AP) The National Academy of Sciences accepts less than 10 per cent of effectiveness claims marie for a representative sampling of 27 nonprescription cold remedies. Among popular over-the-counter (OTCI compounds rated ineffective in a report released today is Coricidin cold tablets, manufactured by Schering Corp. of Bloomfield, N.J.

CONTAC sustained-release capsules, made by Menley James Laboratories of Philadelphia, were judged possibly effective, meaning there is no evidence that they work 12 hours against cold congestion. Among 45 effectiveness claims for the cold remedies evaluated, the academy's National Saigon Claims Most of Quang Tri Laird: Dikes No I Aim WASHINGTON fllPII Softening previous flat U.S. denials of Hanoi's claims, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird has acknowledged American warplanes may have damaged some flood control dikes in North Vietnam. Laird charged, however, that most of the claims result from a deliberate effort by Hanoi to duck responsibility for failing to repair the dike system adequately after disastrous monsoon floods a year ago.

North Vietnam's dikes themselves have never been the target of U.S. bombs or lockets, Laird said yesterday. SAIGON AP) The Saigon command claimed today that elements of a South Vietnamese paratrooper task force spearheaded by tanks had forged into the heart of Quang Tri City, and seized control of two-thirds of the northern provincial capital. But field reports and senior U.S. military source sharply disputed the announcement made in Saigon.

ASSOCIATED Press enrre-spondent Dennis Neeld reported from the front he had no information to indicate a thrust into the northern half of the city. A senior military source said there were no South Vietnamese units of any significant size in the city. He left open the possibility that seized Checkmate, a hilltop outpost 12 miles southwest of Hue. The outpost had changed hands three times in the past week. "The enemy paid heavily for it and it could be construed as the beginning of a major offensive against Hue," one source said.

At the same time, the enemy sent 403 rounds of artillery shells slamming into nearby Firebase Bastogne. IN the advance on Quang Tri, a huge U.S. air and naval armada covered the South Vietnamese troops. South Vietnamese marines were closing in on the city from the east. One task force was reported to have advanced half a mile to the.

eastern outskirts and was a little more than a mile east of the Citadel, at the center of the city. A second marine task force made a helicopter landing Vr miles southeast of the city. LT. Col. Dn Viet, a spokesman for the Saigon command, said that elements of a South Vietnamese paratroop battal-i backed by tanks had pushed into the northern part of Quang Tri a few hours before dawn.

"They are right, next to the Citadel," he said. Viet reported that resistance appeared to be light although the forwardmost troops of the battalion were shelled by 107mm rockets and long-range 130mm guns. "We control at least two-thirds of the city," Viet told newsmen. ELKTON, Md. Source of that "oil gusher" which for months has been baffling Elk-ton officials can be expee'ed to continue bewildering the perplexed here.

A testing inslrumenl, an "underground tank validator," failed yesterday to come up with the answers to the origin of an oil leak responsible for flooding cellars of some Maui Street business houses. The apparatus in operation Wednesday night and all day yesterday didn't perform as was intended and, James E. St. Germain, manager of construction and engineering lor the American Oil Co. in Baltimore, called it "too sensitive." ST.

Germain's companion, B. David Pennington, a technician, had another theory, he said the fuel oil viscosity mav have prevented its smooth Pow through the submerged validator tube. But despite the tests, it appeared the probers were no nearer a solution to the oil leak after tests at the courthouse and the Howard Although earl indications were that a 1.000-gallon tank at the hotel might have provided the answer to the problem. St. Germain said "tentatively, we have no indication that this tank is the problem." He suggested readings over a period of time to ascertain if oil is actually leaking from the tank.

This type of program for all tanks in the area he said should turn up something. WHILE packing up the equipment and leaving. Pennington said he had experienced gnod results in tests elsewhere hut he said he'll confer with the machine's inventor in an effort to iron out the bugs. The men said they'll hp ready within weeks to return for further tests. DEATHS W.

Harlam Clev-enter. 77. Federalsburg. Mrs. Lila May Mahaffey.

7R, Salisbury. Mrs. Kendall Dougherty. 72. Princess Anne, William Lynch.

53. Salisbury; Leon Rust. 55. Farm-mgton: Miss Elizabeth Elburn, 82, Fair Hill. David J.

Etnmett, 65, Pleasant Hill, Md. be operating there. Field sources said South Vi-ietnamese paratrooper and Marine units were closing in on the city but were meeting tough resistance. To the south, the North Viet- reconnaissance teams might Slated nt I1(nninl High namese launched attacks that sources said may mark the beginning of an offensive against the old imperial capital of Hue, 32 miles south of Quang Tri. THE North Vietnamese Monkey Leaps Jn Wrong Jungle PITTSBURGH tUPI) "ft.

was sad, but it happens all the time in the jungle," was Spassky Drops Demand For Penally; Play Tuesday Free Summer Classes Are For Enriehmenl REYKJAVIK, Iceland lllPli the matter-of-fact explanation given by officials for the July 4 death of a Rhesus monkey at the Highland Park zoo here. publicly to draw lots tn see who would get the first move. Before the meeting, the Russian chess federation had demanded that Fischer be ordered to forfeit the first game because he caused the initial postponement. At that time the match was scheduled to begin July 9, one week late. Cramer said that to salve Soviet pride Fischer agreed to postpone the start until Tuesday if Spassky would drop the demand for a forfeit.

Russian Roris has agreed to drop his demand that American Bobby Fischer be penalized one game for delaying the start of the world championship chess match, U.S. chess sources said today. Fred Cramer, a vice president in the U.S. Chess Federation, said Spassky and Fischer worked out the details of their agreement in a backstage room in Reykjavik's main sports hall yesterday a few minutes before the two met Wilmington Public Schools will offer free vocational pro-grams for city students beginning Monday at Howard High School. The courses are designed primarily for enrichment but school officials will arrange for credits upon request.

The decision to offer the courses free resulted when only 12 students enrolled in the regular summer school vocational program that carried an $8 registration fee. School spokesmen said the district will operate the program with state funds. The courses are open to students in grades 7 through 12. Those interested should be at Howard High, 1.1th and Poplar at 30 a.m. Monday or phone 427-7301 before that time.

Courses will include, typing, cosmetology, radio and television repair, drafting, auto mechanics, carpentry, ma-chine shop, and clothing management and production. program will run through Aug. 11. Classes will be from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Evening courses will also be arranged. Assistant Director Chuck Clift said the. monkey escaped from the children's zoo, but no attempt was made to capture it because "they always come back to their cage at feeding time." "Unfortunately, this one entered the aquarium where we have a South American said Clift. "The monkey apparently thought he was home and leaped for a tree, but got caught in midair by a caiman alligator." Summer Scamper Daitl (noper, 2. demonstrates southern exposure.

Npm hnglanri aIp. a Hp scamper al)nut on bis Ian in Yhstic, C.nnn., aing hi pant ami ihi'Ipi-m ear. He know how to handle summer warmth. You can't beat our interest nn i Found Blcpflinz bv Police 5wy accounts '500 bJt on 2 year certificates $15,000 minimum Burglary Suspect Beaten With Shotgun Barrel Interest may be sent monthly, quarterly, or semi-annually er compounded to aaou'nt CECIL FEDERAL SAVINGS A.M) LOAN ASSOCIATION A suspected burglar was beaten with a shotgun barrel early today after he awakened members of a family whose house he was burgling, according to Wilmington police. The incident occurred at about 2 15 this morning at the home of George R.

Woodard, 42, at 301 West St. Charged with 2d-degree burglary is William Harmon. 31. of the 800 block N. Adams who was arrested at 3d and Washington bleeding from head wounds.

WOODARD gave (his account to police: A rear door was forced to gain entry to the home where members of the family including Woodard. his son, Georse 20. and his 12-year-old daughter, Stephanie, were asleep. The suspect went to the front of the house where George was sleeping but was awakened by the intruder. Young Woodard got up and began struggling with the burglar, later identified as Harmon.

The noise of the struggle awakened the father and sister. The father, seeing the struggle, picked up a shotgun and struck Harmon several times over the head with the barrel, Harmon fled. Meanwhile, several police prowl rars responded and at about 3 this morning Harmon was taken into custody. HE was returned to the Woodard hnm' ahere members of the family identified him. Harmon gave police a different story.

He claims that he went to the West Street address because earlier in the evening he was told by another man that "I could find some action there." Harmon said he didn't force entry but as he opened the door he was beaten by the Police took Harmon to the Delaware Division here he was treated for the head wounds and held for observation. His condition, at first listed serious was changed to fair. dab. i 7 1 I HUM WPPI Elkton, Maryland I.