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Vol. 145, No. 37 Richmond, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1975 In 4 Sections 48 Pages 15c rdl: If Rate Peak Under "My own personal feeling is that there may be some increases, but I think the hump will have been reached sooner than some of the experts are forecasting and that the trend will start in the other direction the President said. At one point, Ford said: "I don't want to get in a numbers game about what the unemployment figure might be at a certain date." But at another point he said AFL-CIO President George Meany "pulled that figure out of the air" when he predicted a 10 per cent jobless rate.

We don't foresee a figure as high as that forecast by Mr. Meany," Ford said. He added that with his economic program "the rate of unemployment will gradually go down at the end of 1975 and be improved in 1976." ard M. Nixon returning to the national or diplomatic scene, said: "I see no prospect for any appointment because of his health Ford defended his private 45-minute meeting this week with former Treasury Secretary John B. Con-nally, under indictment for perjury and bribery.

"I see no conflict whatsoever," Ford said. Until Connally's case is resolved, "I think it is very appropriate for me to meet with him to discuss both domestic and foreign policy." Ford skirted a direct response when asked whether he agreed with his economic advisers' forecast that unemployment will peak at 8.5 per cent about midsummer. The jobless rate soared to 8.2 per cent last month, the highest figure in more than three decades. WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford is cautioning Americans to brace for a faster-than-forecast surge in unemployment but says the jobless rate will peak at under 10 per cent and gradually head downward before year's end. The President's personal predictions on the closely watched indicator of the nation's recession came at a Topeka, news conference Tuesday night after he announced the release of $2 billion in frozen highway funds to spur 125,000 or more jobs in the hard-hit construction industry.

Ford scheduled a late-morning meeting Wednesday with his top economic advisers to discuss unemployment and the reaction to his latest two-day trip in search of support for his economic and energy proposals. Economic questions dominated Ford's second out-of-town news conference in a week, but there were these disclosures on other subjects: He believes "the possibility exists for a step-by-step progress in the Middle East" and that if Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger returns from his current Middle East mission "with some encouraging news he will probably go back shortly thereafter for whatwe would hope would be a settlement on a step-by-step basis." Ford repeated his warning that unless progress is made "there is a very serious prospect" of another Middle East war and oil embargo. The President, asked about the possibility of resigned President Rich- Mi-t iHT- ture, meet with midwestern governors and hold a news conference. He met with his economic advisers upon returning to Washington, D.C., Wednesday.

(AP President Gerald Ford got right in the middle of the throng that greeted him upon his arrival at the Kansas State-house Tuesday. Ford visited Topeka to address a joint session of the Kansas legisla Freed Fund 4,000 Jobs INDIANAPOLIS (AP) President Ford's announcement freeing impounded federal highway funds may mean $40 million and up to 4,000 jobs for Indiana. The President announced in Topeka, Tuesday release of $2 billion. Roger Marsh, executive director of the Indiana State Highway Commission, gave the $40 million estimate but added, "Until we have the actual figures we won't know the real amount." He also said, "It will mean many projects can advance and that our whole highway program can be improved. We've been short of funds and working to meet the needs and this will certainly give it a big boost." Gene K.

Hallock, chief engineer of the commission, estimated the new funds would create 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in Indiana in various types of Indianapolis-To-Louisville Rails Closed To Passenger Service INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Penn Central passenger service was ordered halted between Indianapolis and Louisville by the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday, an aide to Gov. Otis R. Bowen said. William Watt, transportation adviser to Bowen, said the closing was due to deteriorating ties at the south-em end of the line. Poor track along that section also resulted in the line being closed for a few days last August State Sen.

Robert D. Garton, R-Columbus, said he was informed by Indiana Public Service Commission officials that the closing affected passenger trains only. He said he was told that freight traffic was still open, but at reduced speeds. A Penn Central official in Phila delphia, Cecil Muldoon, said the line would be closed to passenger trains only because of an "increased number of slow orders." He said poor weather also has hampered track repair efforts. Rerouting Forced The move will force rerouting of Amtrak's Floridian passenger train.

Watt said. An Amtrak official in Logansport, said the Floridian will now travel on the Louisville Nashville railroad tracks which go through Terre Haute and Evansville, then on to Nashville, Tenn. The rerouting will eliminate passenger service north and south through Logansport and Indianapolis and Louisville. Watt said he understood the situation would continue for "two or Park Expected I Win Referendum Victory Kissinger Meets With Sadat In Cairo SEOUL, South Korea (AP) President Chung Hee Park was expected to win a sizable victory Wednesday in the referendum he called to get a nationwide endorsement of his authoritarian rule. Despite calls for a boycott by opposition political groups and some church and civic organizations, it was generally conceded that the final result would be a large majority in favor of the former general who has been in power since a bloodless coup in 1961.

Value of Lent May Mean In Indiana constuction and materials industries. "I doubt that we get more than $40 million right away," Hallock said. He said funds were being released on a "first come, first served" basis, which means those states that have construction contracts ready will receive allotments. Paper Work Needed Indiana has several project plans completed, totaling about $40 million, but paper work must be finished before the application can be forwarded to Washington, he said. Last week, Indiana filed a federal suit seeking release of $181 million in impounded funds earmarked for the state.

Marsh said he didn't know what effect Ford's announcement would have on that suit. The total amount of impounded funds is $10.7 billion, so the $2 billion is only a fraction, he noted. "As far as the suit, I'm sure that would have to be reassessed." There were doubts, however, that the vote for the 57-year-old president would be as great as the 91 per cent he mustered in a 1972 referendum. By 1 p.m., 48.6 per cent of the more than 16.7 million eligible voters had cast their ballots, according to an unofficial police report. The turnout was smallest in the Seoul area, where it was 31.3 per cent by that hour.

Park is traditionally strongest among the conservative rural population. Trueblood D. Elton Trueblood Thus it is possible to have a better class, if it is known to involve only a few weeks. Then, later, another course with similar limitations can be enjoyed. Life is lived best, if it is lived in chapters.

The long experience of Christians through the centuries has led to the agreed conclusion that a period of approximately six weeks is best for most persons who seriously propose to prepare for Easter by the acceptance of interior discipline. Though the particular type of control is up to the individual, there is a common understanding to all. It is the recognition that a life devoted to self-indulgence is a poor one. '1 took them to the Tahra Palace, where they are staying. Then Kissinger was driven to President Anwar Sadat's rest house at Barrages, on the Nile 10 miles north of Cairo, to begin their discussions over lunch.

Leaving Jerusalem, Kissinger said the purpose of his talks was "to explore the basic principles and categories of a possible interim agreement" and he would now have "similar discussions with the Egyptian leaders." "We didn't expect too much from the first move," Allon said. "We must stick to the initiative until we get positive results." The secretary of state stressed "we did not attempt to reach any final conclusions on this trip." Kissinger flew to Cairo to tell Sadat how much more of the Sinai desert Israel is prepared to return in a second disengagement agreement and what it demands from Egypt in return. After getting Sadat's outline of the agreement he wants, the. American Discipline Beneficial Late Bulletin MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Three Mia-mians jailed in Cuba in 1971 on charges of drug smuggling have been released by the Fidel Castro government and will arrive in this country Wednesday night, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.

The three were seized by a Cuban gunboat in February 1971, while aboard the 47-foot ketch Pierrette II, according to a spokesman in Miami. The vessel was the subject of an extensive Coast Guard search after its departure on a pleasure cruise to the Bahamas. The Coast Guard identified two of the men as Jim Tavis and Jim Col-ker, but it said it had no identification on the third person. They are to fly into Miami Wednesday night from Jamaica, the Coast Guard said. No further details were immediately available.

Light Snow Mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures are forecast for Wednesday night with a 30 per cent chance of light snow. Lows should be in the low to mid 20s. Partly sunny skies are expected Thursday with highs in the low to mid 30s. A chance of rain is forecast for Friday and Saturday as temperatures rise to the 30s and 40s Friday and warm to the 40s Saturday. Richmond Temperatures Tuesday: 38; 29.

Wednesday: 6 a.m., 25; noon, 30. Tuesday snowfall: 2.6 inches. One year ago Feb. 12: 54; 30. Feb.

12 records: 59 (1949); -10 (1929). Ratsimandrava, a colonel, was pro-claimd president by the military government Feb. 5 after months of tribal tension in this former French colony of Madagascar off the southeast African coast. He was also prime minister artd minister of defense and planning. He was considered the most left-leaning member in the government of his predecessor, Gen.

Gabriel Ramanantsoa, who resigned Jan. 25 after warning' that the country was on the verge of civil war. Madagascar has a history of ethnic conflicts. Its 8 million people are of African, Asian and Arab descent and include Christians, Moslems and ani-mists. The military has been in control since May 1972, when it ousted Phili-bert Tsiranana, the country's civilian president since independence from France in 1960.

three months." Freight To Continue Officials said freight traffic will continue along the line, at reduced speeds. This is the second time in the past year that Amtrak has rerouted its Poridian trains because of bad track on the Penn Central line between Chicago and Nashville. Amtrak suspended operations over the Penn Central track in August after the Federal Railroad Administration ordered Penn Central to shut down sections of the track until repairs were made. Amtrak said the first trains to be affected by the change are the northbound Floridian, which left Florida Monday night, and the southbound Floridian, scheduled to leave Chicago Tuesday night. negotiator is to fly back to Jerusalem Thursday with a stop en route in Damascus, the Syrian capital.

U.S. sources reported the Israeli resolve was hardening. They said Kissinger encountered considerable resistance during his talks Monday night and Tuesday with Premier Yitzhak Rabin and leaders of his government. Informed sources in Cairo said Egypt was firm in its demand for return of the strategic Mitla and Gidi passes and the Abu Rudeis oil fields and equally firm in its refusal to give the public pledge of nonbelligerency demanded by Israel. Kissinger, speaking at a dinner in his honor in Jerusalem Tuesday night, said another step toward an Israeli-Egyptian agreement was possible, and "the notion that Israel would be pushed back without acquiring a quid pro quo is unimaginable." But Kissinger added that Israel was being asked "to undertake another act of faith." Martial law and a curfew were proclaimed Tuesday night.

The curfew was extended into the morning as military cars raced through Tananarive, apparently in search of members of the police force. There was speculation that tension between the rival coastal and highland tribes would set off a civil war on this big island off the southeast African coast. Radio Malagasy announced that 19 military officers representing all six provinces had formed a National Committee of Military Leadership to take over the government. The broadcast said the committee was headed by Gen. Gilles Andriamazo.

The radio said a mobile police group was responsible for the assassination of Ratsimandrava, who had been named chief of state by his military associates only six days before. CAIRO (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger flew into Cairo Wednesday and conferred with Presi- dent Anwar Sadat on prospects for tangible Egyptian concessions to Israel for a broad pullback in Sinai. Kissinger brought a detailed Israeli position with him from Jerusalem, including about a dozen steps toward an end to the Arabs' economic, political and diplomatic boycott of the Jewish state. Sources said these included movement of cargo bound for Israel through the Suez Canal, tourist travel from one country to the other and exchanges of journalists and cultural and sports groups.

A senior U.S. official told newsmen that Israel was insisting also on a signed document from Egypt marking an end to almost 27 years of hostilities. And, he said, if Israel gives up the Abu Rudeis oilfields it would have to be guaranteed an alternative source of petroleum, particularly in the event of another emergency. Successful Move Kissinger's 36-hour stop in Jerusalem was described by Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon as "a very successful preliminary move" toward an agreement. The secretary of state told newsmen at the Cairo airport: "I am back to see what I can do to make progress toward a just and lasting peace and to take the next step on that road as soon as possible." Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy welcomed Kissinger and his wife and Classified Ads The little ad that can bring "BIG" results.

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It is brought to our attention once each year that empty freedom is unproductive and that the only power worth having is power which is under control. The fasting, in which some persons engage for a six-week period, is only one of many forms which this emphasis upon discipline can take. The second concrete value of the Lenten observance lies in the fact that it has a definite limitation in time. Most persons hesitate to take up a rule of life indefinitely, but are nevertheless willing to undertake a rule for a limited period. Thus, I have learned in my teaching the value of limiting a course to a term or a semester.

The work undertaken thus becomes a conscious and manage- able unit, which has both a beginning and an end. Likewise, in the work of the church, it has been discovered that Christian education, especially for adults, goes forward best if the period of instruction is relatively brief, with the termination fully known in TANANARIVE, Malagasy (AP) Malagasy's military rulers Wednesday accused dissident police forces of assassinating President Richard Ratsimandrava. The president's limousine was ambushed on a narrow road Tuesday as he was being driven from his office to his home on the heights overlooking the city. Ratsimandrava was critically wounded and died several hours later, the goverment said. Two bodyguards and several of the assassins also were reported killed.

A large military force surrounded the Antanimora police camp, and the ruling military junta called on Col. Brechard Rajaonarison to leave the camp unarmed and give himself up. There were indications that the army was preparing to attack the camp unless the police surrendered..