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(Eumberlann lEuenmg 7 --Cumberland Evening Tifnes, Monday, April 28, 1975 Strong National Race Seen Next Year Sen. George S. McGovern (D- SD) who was defeated two years ago by former President Nixon for the nation's top office, said he hasn't given up on the Democratic Party, in remarks made at a press session before his speech last night at Frostburg State College. Steps have been made in the party to open it up to many. There is a belter balance of old and young, men and women, and i i groups, he declared.

In the past there was cri- ticism from many Democrats over the so-called power brokers who hand picked delegates to a i a con- ventions. The new methods of i a a overcome this practice, he added. Sen. McGovern, in com- menting on the 1972 election, said it is better to lose a a dishonorably. "None of our people are in jail," he observed.

i as a presidential candidate cannot be disregarded, he said. Both parties will be running very strong in the 1976 presidential election. In response to a question of whether he would support George Wallace if he were to become the Democratic Parly's candidate for president. Sen. McGovern replied, "1 would give him the same support he has given the Democratic candidates for president during the past 20 years." There was no Wallace support for the parly's candidate back to Adlai Stevenson in 1954.

However, he commented, he didn't believe Wallace could win the nomination even though the polls show he is strong. On the nation's economy. Sen. McGovern called 'for a scaling down of military spending and applying this money to jobs. Back to work for the unem- ployed means collecting taxes.

This year there will be a a of taxes due to unemployment. As far as the income tax rebate Sen. We Govern said he voted against it. This money, he pointed out, will mean little to the i i i a and if spent will do little to help the economy. This money, he stated, should be applied to transportation.

upgrading the railroad beds of the nation. On many lines, the track bed is so bad the trains can only go ten miles an hour. In one instance in his home state, he added, a train standing still fell over when the tracks and rails collapsed under it. As far as railroads are con- cerned, he said he has cast his last vote for Penn Central financial assistance. He hoped the last allocation by 'Congress was the last.

a i slashing the military budget (President Ford is asking $16 billion more than last year while reducing his requests for chiid nutrition by S700 million) could also be placed on search for a new clean source of energy He decried the use of nuclear power plants, saying that he has been afraid of all things nuclear since the first atomic bomb was dropped. Drill Scheduled The Clarysville Volunteer Fire Company will conduct a drilJ today at 7 p.m. The com- pany's youth firemen will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to install officers. New Landfill Scheduled At Cabin Run RIVER SEARCH SCENE Searching operations for missing Daniel Patrick John, of 548 Greene Street, who was reportedly running from Ridgeley police and was last seen at 12:10 a.m.

yesterday in the Potomac River while apparently trying to Concert Slated Tonight a Choral Society will present its last concert of the season today at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hail of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. At this concert traditionally the chorus presents a variety of popular choral numbers and well known solos. Choral numbers to be sung by the chorus are: "Holiday Song" by Schuman, selections from "Camelot" by Lerner and a i a Gaines, "Old Mother Hubbard" by Hely-Hutchinson.

"A-Round the Corner" by Morias, and selections from "My Fair by Lerner and Loewe. The group will be accompanied fay Mrs. Katharine M. Church. Also on the program is a by the Fibieh'Riegger.

Soloists include Maude Mc- Daniel who will sing "The Wind's in the South" by Scott, and Janice Weldon, who will sing "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" from Oklahoma by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Robert Moreland will sing "My Tribute" by Crouch, and George Millholland will en- tertain with "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha by Darion and Leigh. "Italian Street Song" from Naughty Marietta bv Herbert and "Ti'll There Was You" from The Music Man by Wiilson will be sung by Joan LaClair and Linda Byer respectively. James Hager will present a tenor solo and director of the Choral Society, Alfred C. Mudrich, will perform "Valse Brillante" by Mana-Zucca on the piano.

A a a featuring Ed Seli, Robert Moreland, Royce Hodges, and Daniel Tice will delight the sudience with "Our Boys Will Shine Tonight," "Ain't Dat A a a Heaven." Master of ceremonies will be Cletus Hartsock. Refreshments will be served following the concert. A frea- will offering will be taken. A repeat performance will bs given by the Choral Society on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Church- McKee Auditorium at Potomac State College in Keyser.

Cyclist Injured A 31-year-old Romney man was injured yesterday in a i a a Romney. David T. Corbin, of RD 1, Romney. was reported in serious condition today In Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery for leg and hip injuries. swim to tlie Maryland bank, were held all day yesterday and continued today.

Many agencies are involved in the search. In the foreground are Ernest Davis, left, head of the South End Water Rescue Squad, and Sheriff Frances Michaels. McGovern Says End Of Viet Aid Is Return To Sensibility "Thank God it's coming to an end." U.S. Sen. George S.

McGovern (D-SD) told ap- proximately 1,000 Frostburg State College students last night in Lane Center in commenting on the end of the war in Viet- nam." "I have been sick at heart over this war" over the loss of American lives and the billions of dollars dumped into nothing. He commented that former President Thjeu attempted to take $73 million in gold boullion out of i a on a Swiss-air plane, but he was thwarted when the pilot told him the jet couldn't take off with the 16-ton load. In speaking of the cruelty of i South a a senator pointed out that 200,000 South Vietnamese citizens from all walks of life have been imprisoned because they dared to speak against his governing. 'This is the same man who was described by former President Nixon in 1972 as one of the five greatest statesmen in the world i-today. Sen.

McGovern com- mented. Sen. McGovern praised'the American veterans of combat in South Vietnam, but he said he was afraid for their benefits. To who say the credibility of the United States is being challenged by refusing any more aid to South Vietnam, Sen. McGovern said this action is a return to sensibility in this nation in the eyes of the nation's friends in the world.

This nation has to begin a reassessment of its foreign policy, he declared, discarding what he termed as excess baggage. "If we can learn from sacrifices, then the experience in Vietnam can save us from a worse a Sen. McGovern stated. The challenges facing the United States today is in- ternationalism, as the nation a tsolationistic, he stated. In- ternationalism does not mean having the Army in other nation's backyards, but is participation on many fronts.

The major of these is com- batting hunger which is killing 10,000 persons every day throughout the world. More people die of hunger than are killed in wars, he maintained. The ability to help these starving people is an area where the United States is better equipped than any other nation, he said. One-fourth of the worjd lives in a primitive rural society and assistance to these areas should be in providing information on a i i i a i a planning and goor) agriculture practices. The South Dakotan recalled his role in the Kennedy ad- ministration as director of the Food For Peace program in 1961 and 1962 before he was elected to the Senate.

Senator McGovern said he had advocated a new world food policy last fall while attending the World Food Conference in Rome. He said he advocated them and still supports the idea that the major world powers should reduce their military budgets by 10 per cent and use these funds for the reduction of world.hunger. Similarly, he had finished his address concerned what direct action an individual person might take to alleviate the world hunger. $250,000 In Scholarship Fund Of State Not Spent A I A reversion of a tenth of state scholarship aid to the state coffers is largely due to sudent confusion over the program, according to the financial aid director of the University of Maryland. Ulysses Glee.

Ihe aid direc- tor, said huge sums of federal scholarships and loan money "jalso go unspent each year because students are uncertain about who is elgible and how to apply. Several aid officials speaking at a conference here sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People blamed insufficient high school counseling for most of the confusion. Another reason mentioned is that scholarships are not transferred from students who drop out after only a few months of college. The officials decried the- failure to use $250,320 of the $2.5 million 1974 state scholarship fund during a time of economic recession and spiralling tuition costs. State budget records show that $203.000 went unspent in 1973 and $210,000 in 1972.

"It is almost criminal that the state annually is reverting scholarship money back into its coffers," said Howard P. Rawlings, chairman of the Maryland Black Coalition for Higher Education. "The impact on black students is im- measurable." Attempts to abolish the program under which state senators award scholarships have failed in the last three sessions of the a Assembly. Rawlings said the coalition is preparing a a legal challenge to the Maryland i a i deseegregation plan which is to be filed with the U.S. Depart- Senator McGovern offered a number of ideas.

They included forgoing a meal and giving this money to some agency, giving up a favorite food in the same manner, being careful about diet, and donating the savings while improving health. He cited a number of agencies which always can use more funds such as CARE, Church World Service, Catholic and Jewish food programs, the Salvation A and the Red Cross. He received applause when he referred to the budget requests of President Ford. He thought it was strange a President Ford requested $16 billion more for the military in the new budget while reducing his requests for child i i $700.000. Council Handles Routine Matters The Mayor and City Council today discussed a petition signed by 17 residents of North Centre Street and Eutaw Place asking that some work be done at the rear of 419 North Centre St.

The letter complained of neighborhood conditions which it blamed on the Cumberland Cement and Supply Company using the railroad overpass as a coal tipple. It also contained a statement that no action had been forthcoming from the a of i Development (CD). George Scarlett. CD director, said that contrary to the statement made in the cover letter, which was signed by Louis B. Young, he had.

in fact, spoken with officials of Cum- berland Cement and Supply and a trucking firm which had been hauling the coal, as well as with Mr. Young. He said his in- formation is that the work was of a temporary nature and has now been completed. Mayor F. Perry Smith Jr.

said the matter would be referred to the Municipal Planning and Zoning Com- mission for consideration at its next meeting. The council also asked that bids will be asked for pumps at the Ridgedale and McNamee Hill pumping stations and opened bids for two lots on Sheridan Piace. The bids were $1,000 from Carl M. Isner. 502 Sheridan Place, and Jack Baker, 211 Sheridan Place, whose bid was $255.

Mr. Baker appended a letter to his bid, saying that if he were successful in purchasing the lots he would maintain them in the same condition as he has done for a of years, so that residents of the street would have off-street parking available and so there would be a play area for the small children in the neighborhood. Both bids were taken under advisement. The council also approved a request from the auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Police for permission to' conduct a memorial ceremony on May 13 at the Police and Fire Memorial on the corner of North Liberty and Frederick streets. In addition, there was a memorandum from C.

Eugene a i Department of Parks and Recreation recommending that a request to hold a rally at the Veterans' Memorial at South Centre and Harrison streets be approved. The request was made uy Charles Nolan, president of the Allegany Community Student Government, who, in his earlier request, said students, Missing In Action I A groups and others would use the rally to help bring to the attention of Congress that there are still approximately 1,300 American prisoners of war not accounted for in Southeast Asia. eeting Operation Gateway will hold a general membership meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Algonquin Motor Inn. Bicen- tennial projects the group is sponsoring will hediccussed.

The Cabin Run Road a i will begin operation on June 1, a i over for the Vale Summit landfill which has been in operation for tha last three and one-half years and is nearly full. The a i is the county's third and is expected to serve for at least five years, ac- Sen. Gates Will Sue Electric Companies By BRUCE HOLLEM Evening Times Staff Writer West Virginia State Sen. William J. Dates of Romney will file a class action civil suit against all electric power a i i West Virginia sometime within the next two weeks.

The suit will claim that the fuel adjustment clause, which was recently abolished for a one-year period by the W. Va. legislature, is unconstitutional and will ask that monies paid by W. Va. customers for the past five years be refunded.

Sen. Dates first revealed his intentions to enter the suit at a recent meeting of the Mineral County Democratic Women's Club in Keyser. In a telephone interview, however. Sen. Dates stated that he will not release any details concerning the suit until it is actually filed.

He, did report, however, that a separate suit will be filed against each electric unility serving West Virginia sometime within the next two weeks. At one point in the interview, Sen. Gates called the fuel ad- justment clause "one of the biggest frauds to be per- petuated upon the American public in many years." The youthful lawmaker also stated that he attended the recent hearings conducted by the W. Va. Public Service Commission fPSC) in Mar- tinsburg.

At the hearings. Sen. Gates questioned Potomac Edison spokesmen concerning PE's recent request for a 30 per cent i a in the W. Va. residential base rate.

This latest requesst, which was put into effect on a temporary basis April 1, was designed to com- pensate for the loss of the fuel adjustment charge in W. Va. Sen. Gates said that he challenged the PE witnesses "as to whether or not the 30 per cent increase does not include more than just fuel costs." He charged that under the fuel adjustment clause and now under the new base rate in- crease, power companies threw in other about everything except the kitchen sink." The suit, to be entered on behalf of all West Virginia electricity users, if successful could bring about a refund of approximately S200 million, according to Sen. Gates.

He points out, however, that it will probably be at least two cording to Grorge A county engineer. The county's first such facility at Huffman was begun in and operated for about four years. Federal, state and county funds went to operate the Hoffman landfill on an ex- perimental basis for most of its existence, but the Vale Summit landfill and the new Cabin Run Road facility depend entirely on county funds. Located south of Cabin Run Road between Maryland Route 36 and Route 936, the landfill is located in the same area as a strip coal mine operated gy Winner Brothers Coal Company near Shaft and also in the vicinity of the present landfill. Solid waste will be deposited in cavities left by Ihe strip mine operator and will be covered over when the area is refilled with dirt.

At the Hoffman landfill, garbage is covered by an average of three feet of dirt, while at the new location the cover will average '20 feet deep. Mr. Arthur said. In the new operation, the county will probably be able to deposit only one layer of trash where in the Hoffman and Vale i operations it has deposited several at a time. However, there will be a wider area open for landfill use.

It will depend on the strip mine operation, Mr. Arthur said, as to the rate garbage can be deposited and covered up. The county has applied for use of 160 acres of landfill, but will probably be able to use only about three acres at a time. County Health Department officials have sunk test wells in the area to test water quality for possible drainoffs before, during and after the operation. The a is still operating 11 test wells at the Vale Summit site.

Mr. Arthur said, and to date there have been no unsatisfactory water quality tests. is hoped to keep the new site open at night to allow people to i in a quantities of trash. Mr. Arthur said.

However, the practice may be discontinued if it is abused.as in the case of people who have brought truckloads of garbage to dump in the other two landfills. A public hearing is to be held May 12 on the county's ap- plication to operate the Cabin Run Road a i is scnejuled for 7:30 p.m. in (he i i meeting room in the county off ice building. DANIEL JOHN Obituary ii FRANTZ Miss Ida Alice, 85, Friendsville. GLOVER Mrs.

Roy 70, Addison, Pa. KEYS James Russell, 78 of RD 2, Bedford. McMURDO Miss Mary Margaret, 59. Lonaconing. PORTER Mrs.

Harry, 74, Everett. Pa. Marion 82. of 146 Win- chester Road. TRAIL Stanley 72, of RD 1, Hancock.

(Continuedon Page 14) years before a final decision i the ease is made. DAY Meeting Set Fort Cumberland Chapter 2, Disabled American Veterans, will meet today at 8 p.m. in the a i a A to elect delegates to the state con- vention. Many Hunt Local Boy Last Seen In Potomac ot a a i of agencies continue today in the search for a local boy who disappeared early yesterday morning and was last seen in the Potomac River, apparently attempting to swim to the Maryland bank. Daniel Patrick John, of 543 Greene Street, reportedly was last seen by John Barncord of Ridgeley, who had been asked by police there to aid in the chase after the youth reportedly ran from police.

Personnel of the Allegany County Civil Defense office here are coordinating the search for the teenager Assisting in the effort are Maryland State Police, volunteer fire com- a i i i i Green, Ridgeley, Cresaptown, and Wiley Ford, the Com- berland City Fire Department. a i i Department. Cumberland City Police, South a Rescue Squad, Tri-State Citizen Band radio club operators, A a i Department, Ridgeley Police a A a County Chapter, American Red Cross which established a canteen on the Maryland side of the driver and West Virginia State Police along with the LaVale rescue Squad. McDonald's Restaurant here sent sandwiches to search workers yesterday, according to Owen Morris, administrative assislant to Charles Smith, director of the Civil Defense Office located in Constitution Park. Mr.

Morris said the agency is coordinating the activities of the various agencies assisting in the search, and he also stated Maryland State Police divers are expected to join in the search today. Dragging operations were conducted yesterday along the Potomec River near the Moose Home for the boy. A spokesman for the South End Water Rescue Squad said dragging operations were held for about five hours where the boy was last seen. At least 90 persons were i in yesterday's search. Last night high-powered searchlights were trained on the West Virginia and Maryland sides of the river in the event that the boy's body would surface.

The water was rather calm yesterday despite the (Continued on Page 14) Police Issue Parking Note City Police issued a reminder today that alternate parking on city streets goes into effect at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Vehicles are not to be moved before that time and should not be moved after the deadline. Persons planning to be out of town are asked to a arrangements to have their vehicles moved by a neighbor in order to comply with city or- dinances. Breakfast Slated The Retired Men's Breakfast will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

in St. John's Lutheran Church, 406 Arch Street. Fire Company Meets The Ridgeley Volunteer Fire Company will meet at 7 p.m. today in the fire hall. ment of Health, Education and Welfare.

He said blacks are un- derrepresented on policy- making boards, noting that only two members of the 15-member University of Maryland Board of Regents are black. None of the St. Marys College board are black and seven of the 14 community college boards have no black members, Rawlings said. Rawlings also suggested that the University of Baltimore be placed under the control of Morgan State College, which is to become a university with its own board if Gov. Marvin RIandel signs a bill paseed by the last session of the General Assembly.

He said the move would i a i Morgan, the University of Baltimore and Coppin State as well as giving Morgan one of the state's two law schools. NEW PTA OFFICERS The new officers of the LaVale Elementary School Association were recently "installed during a meeting at the school. They are, from left, Ralph Isiminger second vice president; Mrs. Virginia Sears, treasurer; Mrs. Judy Robinettc, first vice president; George F.

Helmstetter, president, and Mrs. Beverly Kuich, secretary. They were elected at the last meeting of the'73-'74 term. City, Area Weather DOWNTOWN READINGS Yesterday Today 1 p.m. 63 i a.m.

57 2 p.m. 64 2 a.m. 55 3 p.m.. 65 3 a.m. 52 4 p.m.

65 4 a.m. 52 5 p.m. 65 5 a.m. 52 6 p.m. 63 6 a.m.

52 7 p.m. 62 7 a.m. 52 8 p.m. 61 8 a.m. 52 9 p.m.

60 9 a.m. 56 If) p.m. 59 10 a.m. 56 11 p.m. 58 a.

58 Midnight 57 Noon 60 FORECASTS Allegany County Mostly cloudy with a chance i a tomorrow. Lows tonight in the mid or upper 40s. Highs tomorrow from the mid 60s to around 70. Chance of rain is 30 per cent tonight and 50 per cent tomorrow. Winds southeastern- ten mph or less tonight.

Garrett County Mostly cloudy with a chance i a tomorrow. Lows tonight in ihe mid or upper 40s. i lomorrow in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50 per cciit tonight and tomorrow. Winds southeasterly ten mph or less.

West Virginia Mostly cloudy with showers and thundershowers likely through tomorrow. Lows to- night in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Highs tomorrow in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Western Pennsylvania i a of showers and thundershowers tonight. Low in the 40s.

Windy i showers a dershowers likely tomorrow. High mostly in the 60s..