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pttlautlpfxm inquirer Wednesday, July 12, 1972 3 Astronauts Censured in 'Moon Mail' Sale Action Line solves problems, gets answers, cuts red tape, stands up for your rights. Write Action Line Box 8300, Philadelphia, 19101. Or Dial CO 3-7000 between 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. Monday through Friday.

WWI Vet Feels He Earned Medal; He's Eligible for Two Awards From Our Wire Service HOUSTON. The Space Agency oi Tuesday reprimanded the Apollo 15 astronauts for "poor judgment" in trying to sell moon mail for trust fund set up for their families. The reprimand for the three astronauts was described by a spokesman as "damaging." He said he didn't "think they will fly again." One astronaut, James B. Irwin, 42, already has announced his retirement to take up religious endeavors. The others, David R.

Scott and Alfred M. Worden, both 40, will be given "due consideration" for future spaceflight assignments, the spokesman said. THE ASTRONAUTS took an unauthorized batch of 400 envelopes on the July, 1971, mission, in which -Scott and Irwin landed on the moon at Hadley Rille. The envelopes signed and stamped, were addition to 232 approved for the flight. Bob Gordon, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman, said Horst W.

Eireman, a West German stamp dealer, received 100 envelopes, retained one and sold the rest for $150,000. But before any money changed hands, Gordon said, the astronauts real ized the sale was improper and they turned down any proceeds. Eireman is a naturalized American living in Stuttgart. "The crew exercised poor judgment in their actions," a NASA announcement said. "Therefore, astronauts Scott, Worden and Irwin will be reprimanded and their actions will be given due consideration in their selections for future assignments." DR.

GEORGE LOWE, NASA deputy administrator, said the incident could not be condoned. "Astronauts are under extreme stress in the months preceding a flight to the moon and their poor judgment in carrying the unauthorized covers must be considered in this light," Lowe said. NASA ALLOWS astronauts to take some personal items on space flights as long as they retain them or give them to personal friends and do not use them for financial gain. The crew gave 100 envelopes, which were stamped and their signatures notarized, to a friend living in Germany. These were the envelopes later received by Herman Seiger, a West German stamp dealer who sold 99 of them for $150,000.

The dealer said they are worth more and wants to buy them back. I was wounded during World War I and think I'm entitled to some sort of medil. I never received one. Is it too late? Chester Baker, Huntingdon, Pa. Not for you.

Ycu're eligible for two medals. Fighting around Chateau Thierry got so heavy that some records were lost, including yours. Action Line tracked down affidavits of men who served with you, attesting to your wounds. We also dug up information about your service in Mexico in 1916; you're entitled to both Purple Heart and Mexican Border Service Medal. World War I vets who never received decorations should write: National Military Personnel Records Center, GSA, 9700 Page St.

Louis, 63132. Include name, rank and service number. I've been search ng all over for a record with different accents heard around the United States, but haven't had any luck. What can you do? Ethan Aronoff, Millville, N. J.

End search. Natonal Council of Teachers of English is sending record U. S. Opens Door To Meat Exports From 12 Nations y'Aii. PAC Yo' CYARN YOU GflRRfiOE WASHINGTON (AP).

-The State Department is calling in the ambassadors of 12 major meat exporting countries today to tell them that the American market is now "wide open and we will take all you can send." Spokesman Charles W. Bray 3d, announcing this move, said the aim is to bring down the price of fresh and frozen beef and veal to the American consumers. Undersecretary of State John N. Irwin has asked envoys of the 12 countries to meet at the State Department today with Treasury Secretary George Shultz and representatives of the Department called "Americans Speaking." It gives example of English as spoken by people in six areas of the U. Eastern New England; Brooklyn; inland North; around Madison, Delaware Valley; South midland, near London, Ky.

and the South, around Prattville, Ala. The 30-page pamphlet that comes with record will help analyze what you hear. Record costs $3.95, is gift, to you from Council. Others can get free catalog listing publications and records by writing: National Council of of Agriculture, the Cost of Living Council, the President's Council of Economic advisers and the office of the special. assistant to the President for consumer affairs.

BRAY SATO it is anticipated that President Nixon's freeze on voluntary restraints on meat exports, announced in late June, would bring an 11 percent increase in meat imports this year. The new appeal to the 12 nations for all the beef they can ship here will boost imports still further above the 11 percent already expected. The 12 nations and the amount of their exports to the United states in 1971 in millions of pounds were: Australia, 600.4 million pounds; New Zealand, 250.9; Mexico, 78.2; Ireland, 74.7; Guatemala, Israeli Gen. Rehaven Ze'evi Testi ies at Tel Aviv Court Martial Terrorist Kozo Okamoto (left) listens as army leader (right), admits tricking him into a confession Saluting of Duck a Hoax? Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Urbana, 111., 61801. Action Line I Special fn The Inquirer TOKYO.

That story about U. S. officers in Vietnam being forced to salute a general's pet duck, then killing and eating it A lot of duck soup, says the general involved. Maj. Gen.

John W. Barnes called Lt. Col. Anthony Herbert, who accused him of failing to report war crimes in addition to making him salute his duck, a "hoax, charlatan and undisciplined character." Barnes, who is now stationed in Taiwan as chief of the Nationalist China military assistant advisory group, answered Herbert's charges in an interview published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes by that paper's Taiwan bureau chief, Andrew Headland Jr. BARNES SAID Herbert's story about the pet duck, complete with dog tags, was a "spur-of-the-moment Herbert falsehood." And he said Herbert never reported any war crimes to him while the latter was under his command.

Herbert, who charged he was relieved of his combat command duties because of his persistent attempts to report war crimes, said Barnes provided a garden for his dog-tagged duck and had his pet walk around his imported flower bed. Barnes had a plane fly flowers up from Saigon and planted them in this barren plot, Herbert charged. "YOU MAY FIND this too much to believe," said Herbert, who retired last March after 24 years in the service, "but Gen. Barnes actually insisted that we salute that duck. "Of course, I refused.

It was a symbol of all the silly crap in Vietnam I just crept up on him one night in Back in December I mailed a package to a store but they never got it. I filed a claim with the post office and still haven't gotten a refund. What's the story? Mrs. Louis Gould, Wildwood, N. J.

Post office can't find your file. Postal Data Center in St. Louis, where claims are handled, had no record of yours. But they're contacting post office where you filed claim for duplicate form. Officials in St.

Louis decided you've waited long enough for refund; tley're waiving signature on claim form and mailing out anyway. Persistent postmen took 27 years to track down St. Paul, Minn. man. Christmas card mailed to him from Texas followed him to El Paso, California and to Hawaii.

Besides batch of postmarks, tattered envelope bore two Japanese sta nps when card was finally delivered. My September teacher's pension check was stolen and cashed. I've written everal letters trying to get my money. What's going on? H. Philadelphia.

Investigation. Sta Treasury had to investigate forged check incident before Public School Employes Retirement Board could issue new check. Board was given the go-ahead; check for $304.25 is already in your hands. There are about 40,000 retired school employes now on state's rolls receiving monthly checks. Anyone who held full time position in public schools or community colleges is eligible.

Others in same boat can contact: Frank Cashman, secretary, Public School Employ Retirement Board, 310 N. 2d Harrisburg, Pa. 17101. GEN. BARNES COL.

HERBERT an enraged retort did he lie? true Ranger fashion and wrung his goddam neck. Then the sergeant-major and 'I sat down and made four duck sandwiches out of him and ate them." Herbert's charges of covering up war crimes against Barnes and Col. J. Ross Franklin were later dropped. BARNES TOLD Pacific Stars and Stripes that he wrote a letter to Playboy magazine, in which Herbert's accusations appeared, saying: "If you want a real story, why don't you expose Herbert for the hoax, charlatan and unprincipled character he is? "The Army (fact sheet) states that Herbert swore under oath he did not report any crimes to me.

Later he swore that he did report crimes to me. He must have lied one time or another under oath." 25.3; El Salvador, 3.0; Honduras, 16.7; Nicaragua, 44.8; costa Rica, 39.8; Panama, 6.1; The Dominican Republic, 12.5 and Haiti, 2.6. IT WILL BE explained to the ambassadors that countries which help the United states now with larger meat imports will have this factor considered when import quotas for 1973 are set. During 1971 there were 1.112 billion pounds of meat imported into the United States under the voluntary restraint program. Total U.

S. meat production this year is estimated at 23.3 billion pounds. With a boost of more than 11 percent in meat imports, in the vicinity of 1.3 billion pounds will be furnished to American consumers with the hope that this will bring down soaring meat prices. 4 Men Held As Car Thieves RICHMOND, Va. (UPI).

-The FBI said Tuesday it arrested four men after a grand jury indicted them for involvement in a Richmond-to-Philadelphia auto theft scheme. Special Agent Donald W. Moore said the four were indicted by a grand jury in Alexandria. He said they were accused of stealing cars here, registering them with stolen titles and selling them in Philadelphia. Arrested were Albert E.

Joseph, Carl S. Stanley, Frederick T. Dailey and Charles G. Wilkerson, all of Richmond. Fischer Late; Spassky Moved by Himself Line Action Lod Trial Is Told of Suicide Deal From Our Wire Service ZRIFIN, Israel.

An Army general testified Tuesday he signed a pact with Kozo Okamoto offering him ar gun and a bullet for suicide in exchange for information about his part in the Lod airport massacre. But Okamoto was tricked into his confession; he did not get the gun. The military court trying the young Japanese for his life ordered Maj. Gen. Re-haven Ze'evi to produce the pact today.

It was signed after hours-long questioning in the 'immediate aftermath of the attack that killed 26 persons and wounded 79 others. A witness said the general showed Okamoto the bodies of his slain companions before offering the deal. THE COURT denied a defense request for a psychiatric examination after Okamoto, who admits to the murders, said he did not need one. He called himself "psychologically normal." Ze'evi chief of the army's central command, led the military investigation into the assault by the three-man Japanese suicide squad. Okamoto is the only survivor.

The general said he drew up a nine-point contract in which he offered Okamoto his pistol and a bullet with which to commit suicide if the 24-year-old defendant revealed the planning and execution of the massacre. UNDER TERMS of the pact, Okamoto wrote a confession in which his lawyer quoted him as saying, "I was in a state of ecstacy, absence of mind in a strange ecstacy" during the massacre. The court has yet to rule on whether the confession is admissible as evidence. Court President Lt. Col.

Avraham Frisch said the defense has shown no proof that Okamoto was not sane at the time of the massacre. "Okamoto himsell said he was a normal person of sound mind and did not want an examination," he said. IN TEL AVIV, a grenade exploded in the men's room of the central bus station Tuesday, wounding 11 persons, police said. It was the first guerilla attack in that city in nine months. A police spokesman said about 300 Arabs in the area were taken into custody following the explosion "in order to prevent them from being attacked in order to protect them.

But there was really no need for it." About 20 to 30 Arabs would be held for questioning, the spokesman said. was not cold enough but was satisfied when ice cubes were produced. Spassky spent much of his waiting time walking about the stage and disappearing to the restrooms behind. Father William Lombardy, Fischer's second, said the American meant no slight to Spassky by arriving, late. "The traffic was just a bit more heavy than we had expected and we arrived at the hall only a few minutes before match time," Lombardy said.

against two pawns. EARLY in the game, Fischer went over to the arbiter a couple of times and appeared to be objecting to a huge sign in blue, white and red showing the International Chess Federation (FIDE) emblem and the name of the Icelandic chess federation. The sign decorated the stage where the two players sat alone with the arbiter and his deputy. Fischer only left the table twice to drink some orange juice. He first complained it Continued from First Page move all by himself in the shadowless illumination of the stage at Reykjavik's Sports Palace.

FISCHER, as usual, was late. He arrived seven minutes after Spassky moved his queen's pawn and referee Lothar Schmid pressed the button to start Fischer's clock. There was something surrealistic about the world championship series with prize money of about $300,000 start ing with only one man sitting at the chess table. Fischer appeared calm when he arrived but later seemed angry with himself. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he shook Spas-sky's hand, quickly sat down and took two minutes to respond to the champion's opening queen gambit by choosing the Nimzo-Indian defense.

The Brooklyn-player broke Spassky's mobilization of heavy pieces in the 14th move but later in the game errored by sacrificing his last bishop Here's a Move-by-Move Recount of the First Day FISCHER I have 35 children's chairs in good condition to give away. With a little paint they'll look like new. Who can use them? Mrs. Chris Christoph, Philadelphia. Neighborhood youngsters.

Juanita Green, executive director of North Philadelphia Development Center, 2039 Wallace st. will use chairs for cen'er's summer program. Past president of North Central Action Branch of NAACP and administrator of Green Nursing and Convalescent Home, Mrs. Green bought boarded-up property on Wallace st. in 1969 with her own funds and turned it into community center.

Center has classes in language arts, typing, art and home economics. Others who can help out, call CE 5-1333. Some "calendar njpper" made off with our Humble Oil antique car calendar. The old gents in our office are pretty upset. Where can we find another? Ronald Merkel, Emmaus, Pa.

Right on your wall. Though their supply was down to nothing, Action Line got Humble Oil Co. to replace your missing calendar. Company prints up limited quantity every year for dealers and customers. Picture of vintage car accompanies each month's calendar.

Others who want to get on mailing list should write early in the year to: Humble Oil Refining Box 1288, Baltimore, 21203. Sound Off WHY DON'T PEOPLE who complain about computers put the blame where it belongs. The fault lies with the people who put the informatic into the computer. If the wrong information is put in the wrong information will come out. Mrs.

E. Camden. TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER In Philadelphia, call: 665-9350 I fl mm. mm a 30. P-N3, P-KR4 Elapsed time: white 37 minutes, black 90 minutes.

31. K-K2, P-KR5 32. K-B3, K-K2 33. K-Kt2, PxP 34. PxP, BxP 35.

KxB, K-Q3 Elapsed time: white 95 minutes, black 95 minutes. 36. P-KR4, K-Q4 37. B-R3, K-K5 38. B-BS, P-R3 39.

P-Kt6, P-B4 Elapsed time: white 130 minutes, black 110 minutes. 40. K-R4, P-B5 Adjourned after three hours and 34 minutes of play. 111 1 1 UOB BH Elapsed time: white, 51 minutes; black, 49 minutes. 15.

QR-B1, KR-Q1 16. Kt K2 -Q4, Kt Kt 17. Kt Kt, B-R5 Elapsed time; white, 45 minutes; black, 35 minutes. The exchange of queens which Spassky invited on move 11 left him with only a slight advantage in the form of more harmonious development. On his 15th he took 20 minutes obviously wondering how to reinfuse life into the game but found no way to avoid more equalizing exchanges.

18. B-Kt3, BxB 19. KtxB, RxRCh 20. RxR, R-QB1 21. K-Bl, K-Bl 22.

K-K2, Kt-K5 Elapsed time: white, 60 minutes; black, 55 minutes. 23. R-QB1, RxR. 24. BxR, P-B3 25.

Kt-R5, Kt-Q3 26. K-Q3, B-Ql 27. Kt-B4, B-B2 28. KtxKt, BxKt 29. P-Kt5, BxKRP REKJAVIK, Iceland (AP).

Here are the moves of defending champion Boris Spassky and challenger Bobby Fischer in the opening game of their 24-game match for the world chess title: Spassky white, Fischer black. (P: pawn; Kt: knight; bishop; rook; queen; king; O-O: castling, a move whereby the king is moved over two squares and the rook two squares alongside each other, a piece is captured.) 1. P-Q4, KT-KB3 2. P-QB4, P-K3 3. Kt-KB3, P-Q4 4.

Kt-B3, B-Kt5 5. PIG, 0-0 6. B-Q3, P-B4 7. O-O, Kt-B3 8. P-QR, B-R4 Elapsed time: white, 8 minutes; black, 10 minutes.

The opening was a curious blend of unusual Manhattan defense with Nimzo-Indian. SPASSKY 3 in Pennsylvania, otner tnan Pnfladelpnia, cad T3LL FREE: 800-222-2765 News on Chess MONEY GRUBBING in the Bobby Fischer mold is discussed by J. A. Livingston, Inquirer financial columnist. Page 26 CHESS FOR NOVICES-the basic game.

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