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DIAL MISS CLASSIFIED 6434040 or 5424641 THE DAILY NEWS Vol. 51 TEN CENTS PER COPY HUNTINGDON and MOUNT UNION TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1972 PHONE 6434040 No. 138 McGovern Routs Old Democratic Pros Is For Temporary Housing For Huntingdon Tyr IP TwoMountUnion Bond Issue Wellare vv U.11 11J.U11 TV7.ii T) 7 ni A' i Will Build Vetoed By Shapp Sites Are Selectedsewer Plant 3 FF Installed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today began site preparation at Mount Union locations to serve the temporary housing needs of approximately 30 families. Final arrangements for a third site for the Huntingdon area are now under consideration.

That site is expected 'o serve the needs of 30 families also. The first Mount Union site is located between Chestnut and Pine Streets, bordered on the east by Jefferson Street. The second location lies midway- between Jefferson Street Near Altoona Huntingdon Man Hurt In Fatality A Huntingdon area man was seriously injured in a headon car-truck accident near Altoona last evening in which a Blair County woman was killed and her husband was badly hurt. Joseph M. Grubb, 23, Huntingdon, R.D.

1, driver of a 1971 Pontiac sedan, is listed in "fair" Condition today at Altoona Mercy riospital's intensive care unit. He is being treated for a cerebral concussion, lacerations of the knees, brush burns of the body and a possible neck injury. Mrs. Marion Hunt, 52 Frankstown Road, Hollidaysburg, R.D., was killed in the 8 p.m. crash which occured just one-half mile north of the Hunt home.

Mrs. "unt was dead on arrival at Altoona Hospital at 8:25 p.m. D. Harold Troxell, Blair County coroner, said her death was due to a cerebral hemor- ra a ture aUSed a depressedsltu In Match Of Century Robert M. Hunt, 55, driver of Chevrolet sedan type trii'cft 'and husband of the dead woman, is suffering a severe '-X' (Cont'd on Page 5) and North Division Street, on the north side of West Pine Street.

Trailers ranging in length from 55 to 60 feet will be used to accomodate the displaced persons, depending on family size. These mobile units will meet requirements for one full year of temporary housing. Federal- Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials have started negotiations for obtaining the number of trailers required. The OEP (Office of Emer- gency Preparedness) federal Knowles, Inc. of Pittsburgh on coordinator for disaster assis- June 3 has been approved.

Mor- tance to the Huntingdon County ris-Knowles is the consulting en- area advised today that a task S'neer for the authority, force completed leases and The hassle over the March agreements for the trailer sites, edict of Regional Engineer Elvin Comprising the task force are Hoover of Lewistown has been federal, state and county resolved by submission of the officials. Fulfilling an emer- schedule and the March 26 or- gency housing need of 55 to 60 der, prohibiting building of any families will satisfy all present without permission to sew- requlrements forthecounty, OEP er is revoked. (Cont'd on Page 5) (Cont'd on Page 2) Huntingdon Borough's Sewer and Water Authority is preceding along the scheduled steps toward providing secondary treatment of sewage wastes at the Huntingdon Borough treatment plant. The authority met in regular session last evening in the municipal building. Authority members, borough council representatives and technical advisers met with John Karns and Thomas Zoidis of the firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andres Ingersoll and Butcher and Sherrerd of Philadelphia to discuss the bond issue which would finance the sewer improvement for the borough.

The authority was informed by letter from DanielB.Drawbaugh, chief of the Division of Water Supply and Sewerage, Department of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg that the revised schedule for constructing secondary treatment facilities at Huntingdon, as submitted by Morris HARRISBURG (UPI) Gov. Milton J. Shapp has vetoed a bill which would have given the General Assembly its own veto power over all the rules and regulations of the Welfare Department. County Has $15,000 For Flood Clean-Up Municipalities in Huntingdon County will have $15,000 available for the hiring of the unemployed persons to assist in clean-up operations from the effects of the Flood of'72. Lt.

Gov. Ernest Kline today announced the distribution of $486,000 in state funds forthis purpose and indicated that Huntingdon County will receive $15,000. Mifflin County was allocated $2,500, Franklin received $25,000 and Mifflin County got $2,500. Kline said the funds are available through the Bureau of Employment Security for 25 Pennsylvania Counties. Senator Is Now Almost Assured PartyNomination ROBERT RUMBERGER The governor's action was no surprise.

He had warned both the House and Senate during their debates of the controversial bill that he would not approve it. According to the proposal, all welfare rules and regulations would have been submitted to the legislature at the start of the 1973 session. The lawmakers could either change them or let them stand. Sponsors of the bill said it would improve the operations of the massive Public Welfare Department. But department ollicials said tew lawmakers T- would even look at the 44 pounds worth of regulations, so it would be useless.

TVT The welfare control provision IN 6W was tacked on to a bill to create a Board oi Auctioneer ber Cold' Examiners Springs Road, Huntingdon, was the authors ol the nsta as PresidentoftheStone nendment intended It as a re- Valley Llons Mon day even- Ing at the annual installation ban- assured himself of the PreSidential nomlnaUon ho 0t6d Ut WHh Tm B3m thin I T-' a 10 anrt Sh eS kicked and his tie discarded, Me- Govern watched on television in penthouse suite as all his Hvals-united in their fervor to op him to the power of his tightly disciplined loyalists on the convention floor. The supremely confident Prairie State senator planned to seclude himself today, possibly on a boat to go over drafts of the acceptance speech he fully expected to deliver before the convention Thursday night fol- within our grasp up l's tally showed needed with 311 dele 8 ates su uncommitted. A sweet victorv for many of McGovern's young supporters i to revenge th" bloodshed of Chicaeo in 1968 came in the convention's decision at am EOT today to unseat Daley and replace him with a more representative delegation ASetback The challenge to the nation's most powerful old-line political leader was a setback for McGovern, who had hoped to work out a compromise which amendment form measure," "in point oi fact Shapp said, quet of the club. 'He is a mech- June Set Records For Coolness UNIVERSITY PARK, Agnes not only drenched Pennsylvania with record rainfall during June, but also sent temperatures plummeting to record summer lows, the National Weather Service reported Monday. Forecasters said Philadelphia's 22 days of rain last month were the area's most Curing June in more than 100 years and Harrisburg's 18.55 inches of rain exceeded the region's record monthly rainfall by more than eight inches.

They also said Allentown and Erie had their second wettest June in recorded history. As Agnes wrought the most devastating floods in Pennsylvania history, the National Service said, values (rainfall) ranged from about 20 inches in parts of the (Cont'd on Page 3) Chess Experts Favor Fischer Iceland (UPI) American challenger Bobby Fischer was the favorite of the experts in the "chess match of the century" today but Iceland's thousands of chess fans gave their almost undiluted backing to the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky. Fischer stayed in seclusion but Fred Cramer, vice pres- ident ol the U.S. Chess f-V, Federation and one of Fischer's l-l HI assistants, said "Bobby is go, go, go." Fischer expressed dissatifica- lion Monday with arrangements in the haU where the match was to be played. Cramer said, "Fischer does not like the First Tax Rebates Are Handed Out HARRISBURG (UPI) Gov.

Milton J. Shapp Monday handed out the first of some 264,000 checks to be distributed this summer under Pennsylvania's new tax rebate system for senior citizens. The tax refunds under the new Senior Citizens' Property Tax Assistance Act go to senior citizens, widows over age 50 and disabled persons from state lottery profits. lighting, the board and the pieces, the location of the television cameras and some other minor details, including the thickness of the window drapes." The lirst of 24 games in the $250,000 world chess championship match was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. (1 p.m.

EOT) after two weeks of uncertainty and controversy. An unoilicial poll among chess experts assembled in Reykjavik showed the 29-year- old Fischer the favorite. But most ol Iceland's 210,000 chess- (Cont'd on Page 3) 'Two Prisoners At SCI Escape Police are searching for two Philadelphia men who escaped ttJs morning from different work details at the Huntingdon rectional Institution. The first prison breach was discovered at 8:30 andthesecond iope came to light 4Q minutes i iter during a head count. Deputy Superintendent Rielwrd Kelly said officials were unable to determine immediately If there was a connection between, the two escapes.

One inmate was a form tractor driver assigned to a farm detail, while the other escapee worked on. (be piggery detail. Tne one fugitive, James Harold (Cont'd on Page 3) JOHK A. SHAFFER Troops Out OfQuangTri SAIGON Vietnamese forces destroyed six Communist tanks in beating off an attack' east of Quang Tri City Monday but government paratroopers were forced to regroup just outside the city, leaving.it temporarily in control of North Vietnamese troops. A Saigon command spokesman said North Vietnamese troops, backed by tanks, attacked a South Vietnamese unit nine miles east of the besieged northernmost capital 432 miles north of Saigon.

But the government forces repelled the attack and knocked out six Soviet-built tanks. He said there were no reports of casualties. UPI correspondent Barney Seibert, reporting from La Vang, two miles south of Quang Tri, said U.S. advisers told him "the North Vietnamese are (Cont'd on Page 8) Huntingdon Getting New State Trooper State Trooper James F. Hoi- Jlngshead, a native of Cassyille, is being transferred to the Huntingdon State police Sub-Station on Thursday, July 13.

Hollingshead, 28, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holiingshead of C85svilie, is presently residing in Mount Union, but will move Valley, R.p. 1, in the near future. He wttl 8J1 a vacancy on the Huntingdon Sub-station roster caused by the transfer of State Trooper James B.

Taylor, a licensed pilot. Taylor has been assigned to helicopterpilottrain- ing school at qettyspurg. (Cont'd on Page 3) required separation oi the exe (Cont'd on Page 3) Bremer Refuses To Cooperate UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (UPI)-Arthur H. Bremer, 21, Shapp said the average rebate the former Milwaukee busboy will be $110 and will total $26 accused ol trying to assassinate million for the first group of Alabama Gov.

George recipients this year. Wallace, has refused to cooper- Shapp said although this tax ate with psychiatrists at a rebate for property owners is Maryland mental institution "tax relief in action" it should This report was given Circuit Court Judge Ralph "in point ol fact it would irn-" I pair the Department of Public amc ln he Maintenance Depart- Welfare's ongoing efforts to ent ofOwens-CoralngFiberglas streamline its operations and Co rp ntin don secure even greater iiscal A Ladies Nlgnt covered di sh administrative a ountabill- nner was enjoyed bv 64 Lions ty their wives and guests. Shapp said the amendment Bn i Pr sident Rumher er was "constitutionally objection-f, ned tne dlnner meetln cal- able" because it violated the ng upon George Race to lead nf tho lhe snup in the pledge of al- (Cont'd on Page 8) WEATHER Partly cloudy and quite warm today, tonight and Wednesday with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers, highs today and Wednesday in the mid 80s to low 90s. Lows tonight in the mid 60s to low 70s. Winds, south to southwest 5 to 15 mph today becoming light and variable tonight.

Probability of precipitation, 30 per cent today, 20 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Wednesday. W. Powers Monday during a hearing which ended with Powers delaying the start ot Bremer's trial lor three weeks. The trial was to start Wednesday. Dr.

John M. Hamilton, superintendent of Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital where Bremer was sent lor examination, wrote Powers that Bremer "has relused to cooperate with or participate in medical and psychiatric examinations." "I see no valid reason lor continuing to attempt the examination ol Mr. Bremer," Hamilton wrote. Hamilton said 'he had been (Cont'd on Page 8) group legiance to the flag and Lion John Hearn gave the invocation.

Past District Governor Edward Zimmerman of Huntingdon installed Royal H. Musgrove, as a new member of the club, with Lion Arthur Black as the sponsor. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Edward Zimmerman, secretary, and the treasu- (Cont'd on Page 8) Huntingdon's Service Clubs To Fellowship A unique venture in social intra-clubbing lor the Huntingdon area takes place tomorrow aiternoon and evening at the Huntingdon Fairgrounds. Members ot theHuntingdonKi- wanis Club, the Huntingdon Rotary Club, and the Huntingdon Lions Club have been invited to enjoy a fellowship picnic, as a preliminary to opening greater lines ol communication among members oi the three service organizations. As Elwood "Woody" Yowler, instigator ol the program, puts it, "It'll give members of each club a chance to know each other; an evening ol fellowship that help new and old members (Cont'd on Page 2) There was no word from him The action shifted tonight to about a choice of a running- the party's platform, with male Alabama Gov.

George Triumph Overwhelming Wallace hoping to make a So overwhelming was Me- personal appearance at the Govern floor triumph that his convention-but probablv not Huh ri nd and closest rival, from its rostrum-to lead the Hubert H. Humphrey, bowing to fight for his own philosophy the inevitable, acknowledged to The Wallace forces hoped to (Si 1 1 he W8S PUrge from tfl PbUorm liberal thinking about quitting the planks on busing, welfare and battle in an act of conciliation- national defense which reflect the finish to his 12-year pursuit McGovern's viewpoint of the presidency. This time the McGovern strategy was all right," forces planned to join with a relaxed' Humphrey said after the McGovern steamroller flattened him. "We just lacked a few votes." Humphrey in the roll of healer could serve McGovern as a bridge to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, who was unseated by the convention against McGovern's will, and as the man who might bring McGovern the support of alienated labor leaders.

McGovern's claim of victory was cautious: "It would now (Cont'd on Page 3) INSIDE THE NEWS Ann Landers 12 Classified 13-13 Comics Crossword 13 Obituaries 2 Society It Club 10 Sports 4 5 Penna. Story 6 This Is No Pipe Dream Scientists Disappointed Eclipse Of Sun Hidden louds A cloud cover disappointed Scientists who had set up some scientists during Mon- their projects on Stanhope day's total eclipse of the sun, Beach on Prince Edward but for the man in the street Island, in the direct Path of the and Mrs. Douglas Greening's total eclipse, were disappointed cows, the momentary phen- when a last-minute cloud cover omenon meant very little. moved in and obstructed many The eclipse occurred as the of their experiments, moon passed between the earth "We got lots of pictures, but and the sun, casting a shadow the cloudiness certainly affect- of complete darkness in a thin ed the more sensitive of the line from Sakhalin Island north projects," said Dr. Donald H.

of Japan across Alaska and Menzel, director of solar Canada. expedition for educational expe- The phenomenon lasted for dition international, two hours and 13 minutes, Mrs. Greening reported the beginning at 3:22 pm EOT in cows on her farm in Swastika, the Orient and fading out about 250 miles south of 5:45 EOT in the Atlantic. (Cont'd on Page 8) 163-Acre Golf Course Development Treasure Hours Work Advances What may have seemed little more than a pipe dream just over i yea i aB 'I We on its way to be coming a reality for a handful of Huntingdon businessmen engaged in developing the Treasure Hours recreational complex approximately 3V, miles north of Huntingdon off Route 26. Landscaping work currently in progress at the 200-acre site ap- P' anned 'his project with conser- pears likely to be finished by the vation mj nd at every step, Sept.

30 completion date for the said notin tnat much what lirst phase oi the development, was once n6 Slected iields will despite delays caused by the re- be completely reclaimed and put cent flood crisis. Treasure to good conservation use. Hours, Inc. executives noted that Tne rst pnase tfte Treas- the Hood waters caused no dam- ure Hours development plan calls age to the development. lor tne creation of a 163-acre goll course that will incorporate completely ways, tees and No pipe dream, this stack of more than 32,000 feet of heavy-duty plastic conduit goes into the irrigation system at the Treasure Hours golf course, which will open next spring.

Golf course superintendent Eugene Eckenrode and public relations director Robert Forshey, at left, are shown discussing plans for the resort complex with J. Melvin Isett, president of the Treasure Hours. Inc sure Hours." sprinkler system. The sprinkler system has al-.

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