The Daily Chronicle from Centralia, Washington • Page 1

By LOUISE COOK NEW YORK (AP-Those funny lillle lines on cans of peas, soup and other grocery items are the signal for a new marketing technique that store officials claim will save money and time for shoppers and the industry. Consumers aren't sure how well it will work. Supermarkets are just starling to tne tem on a limited basis I called the Universal Product Code and involves the use of a scanner and computer designed to speed Ihings up at the checkout counter and cul down on human errors. The Marsh Store at the Sherwood Shopping Center in Troy, Ohio, has been using the code system since June 28 and spokesman Sieve Overmyer said Monday that initilal reaction had been "jusl fantastic Third charge neors BULLETIN WASHINGTON (AP) -The House Judiciary Committee today recommended a third article of impeachment by charging President Nixon with disobeying its demands for evidence. WASHINGTON (AP) With two broad impeachment articles already approved, the House Judiciary Committee edged toward adoption today of a separate charge tied to President Nixon's refusal to comply with committee subpoenas.

The third article of impeachment and the first proposed by a Republican before the panel by its second-ranking GOP member, Rep. Robert McClory of Illinois. Debate and a roll call vote on an amendment prior a midday recess indicated approval of the McClory article was virtually certain, although by a smaller margin than on the first two articles. The committee adopted 28 to lu late Monday a sweeping, five-part second article accusing Nixon of misuse of federal agencies. The first article, charging obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up was approved 27 to 11 Saturday night.

McClory's article declares that Nixon "failed without lawful cause or excuse" to produce the evidence, including tapes of ,147 conversations, sought by the panel in eight subpoenas issued during April, May and June. One of Nixon's chief defenders Rep. Charles Sandman, R-N acknowledged during debate that the third article was heading for passage. The panel quickly passed today 24 to 14 an amendment offered by Democrat Ray Thornton of Arkansas aimed at making clear that the McClory article is not intended to infringe upon legitimate claims of executive privilege by presidents. Rep.

John F. Seiberling, D-Ohio noted "We are not seeking broad authority to obtain White House material, but are limiting ourselves to an impeachment inquiry." McClory agreed, but stressed that the issue of privilege "has no place in an impeachment inquiry." Other impeachment stories page 8. Today in the News TAPES CLAIM A While House spokesman said loday Presidenl Nixon will claim lhat portions of 20 Watergate tapes being surrendered today to U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica should not be passed on to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski Warren said the Presidenl has determined thai he will file claims lhat Jaworski should be denied parts of the tapes on grounds of national security or executive privilege.

COVERAGE URGED Senate deputy Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd said loday that broadcast coverage of a Senate impeachment trial would enable the public to see and judge for themselves. "It is imperative lhat the American people have confidence in the justice, the fairness and the correctness of the decision," the West Virginian told the Senate. He said that later today, he and other senators would introduce a resolution to allow a trial of the President to be broadcast by radio and television. PARTNERS CHARGED Two partners in a computer-mail firm were charged today by Watergate prosecutors with misdemeanor counts of aiding and abetting the donation of $82,000 in corporation money from the milk producers to the campaigns of Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey, Sen. James C. Abourezk, and others. store lines may vanish needed that thprp uL'aro fatiV He conceded that there were "a few little bugs here and there, but nothing like' the problems' we an ticipated." 'Some manufacturers, with annual grocery sales of $69 billion, are planning to implement the They're members of a trade association calle.d the Uniform Grocery Product Code Council.

Here's how the system works: The different sized lines are imprinted on a can or box by the manufacturer. A spokesman for Distribution Codes Inc of Washington, D.C., which developed the system, explained that the lines really are called a "machine readable symbol linear bar type." Some of the lines stand for the name of the manufacturer and the type of product. The rest represent the price. It's up to the individual supermarket to set the price by feeding information into a computer. It might tell the computer that a specific combination of lines means 29 cents, for example.

If an item is not marked with the code--either because the manufacturer has not imprinted it or because the product is something like meal that varies in price according to weight--the store can stamp on its own symbol with an in- store printer. The customer takes the product to the checkout counter where it passes by an electronic scanner which "reads" the lines and asks the computer what the price is. The computer's-reply flashes up on a screen and is noted on the cash register. Shoppers ytill will get a supermarket tape-including not only the price, but the name of each item represented by what's known as a 12-character alpha description. That means the description of product can't be more than letters.

Consumer opposition stems from industry plans to ultimately eliminate price tags on individual items entirely. The price would be posted on the shelf above or below an item, but wouldn't be stamped on the product itself. Shoppers say such a system wouldn't work. They point out that in cities where unit pricing is in effect-requiring stores to post the price of an item per pound or oiher standard unit the shelf signs often get mixed up, are out of dale or aren't big enough. Centralia-Chehalis, Washington Chtotude Tuesday, July 30,1974 38Pages 86th year.

11 this By The Associated Press Turkey, Greece and Britain reached an agreement on the future of Cyprus today under which Turkey will have the right to retain military forces on the Mediterranean island, delegates to the Geneva peace talks reported. They said the accord called on Turkey to cul but not totally withdraw its invasion force from Cyprus sometime in the future, with no date specified. The delegates said the accord also gave Turkey's estimated strong contingent the right to intervene if Turkish Cypriots feel threatened by their more numerous Greek Cypriot fellow-islanders; the right to continue occupying all new territory seized since the U.N. truce eight days ago; and called for recognition of two self-ruling communities on the island, giving Cyprus the look of a federal state. A spokesman for the Turkish delegation predicted the accord would be signed this afternoon.

But Greek Foreign Minister George Mavros told newsmen that, while he is hopeful, there were still a number of problems to resolve before a truce could be signed. The Turkish spokesman said, the exact wording of the agreement was being worked, out, including a compromise on the potentially explosive issue of Turkish troop withdrawals. He indicated the Turks would agree to wording in the agreement that would speak of Turkish troop reductions, rather than withdrawals. A Greek delegate said, however that the new Turkish formula commits the Ankara government to withdraw its invasion force when a final political settlement is reached on the Mediterranean island. The Turkish military presence thereby would be officially defined as temporary, thus saving the Greeks face.

Once an interim military agreement is concluded in Geneva the Cyprus peace talks will be able to advance to a second stage to deal with the island republic's political future. This would include an overhauling of the Cyprus constitution as well as the i960 agreement whereby Greece, Turkey and Britain guaranteed Cyprus independence. These talks could begin'toward the end of the first week in August the Turkish spokesman said. One date being mentioned was Aug. 8.

Observers in Geneva reacted to the latest pronouncements with caution, recalling that several times during the six-days of talks delegates had said an agreement was near at hand. But each time the" accord fell through at the last moment. The talks again appeared headed toward failure when Turkey, which had been taking a hard line, offered new proposals at the three power conference. The new Turkish proposals came after Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger conferred long-distance from Washington with Turkish Premier Bulent Ecevit in Ankara, Turkish sources said. British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan met first this morning with Mavros and a half hour later with Turkish Foreign Minister Turan Gunes.

Then the three ministers got together at Callaghan's office in Geneva's Palace of Nations. Their military advisers were summoned to join them later this afternoon indicating the negotiations were going from the stage of generalizations to the specific technical questions involved in a disengagement ot Greek Cypriot and Turkish forces on Cyprus. Turkey now has more than 20,000 troops on Cyprus; they are opposed by the remnants of the Greek Cypriot National Guard and reservists, plus a Greek army detachment of about 1,000 men. The Turks are occupying a 200-square-mile corridor from the Turkish sector of Nicosia the capital, to a 15-mile beachhead on the northern coast including the city "ofKyreriia. Military observers said small units from each side were making forays across each other's lines, but this was normal in any cease-fire situation until terms for a permanent truce were settled.

The Turks meanwhile unloaded more troops and military equipment at Kyrenia. Legislative, county hopefuls file declarations of candidacy irmer Lewis Countv Denntv A former Lewis Counly Deputy Prosecutor, Norman Slough Cnehalis, filed Tuesday in Olympia te re from ihe 20th uislnct. Slough, a Democral, filed for position 2, a seat currently held by Rep. Hugh Kalich, D-ToIedo. If Kahch files for the same seat a primary election would be held in September.

Incumbent Rep. Elmer Jastad D- Morlon, filed Monday afternoon in' Olympia for slate represenlalive from the 20th Districl. Jaslad who is seeking his sixth term, filed for position Warren Smith, a Chehalis Republican, has also announced he plans to file for state representative, position 2, from the 20th District. Aleanwhile, candidates continued to iiie for public office Tuesday at the Lewis Counly Audilor's Office. Incumbent Lewis County Commissioner Harold Cooper has filed as a Democrat for county com- HAROLDCOOPER missioner, dislricl 3.

Cooper said he conlinues lo supporl sound financial counly governmenl and will promole programs only when Onalaska school patrons invited to Thursday parley benefils outweigh financial burdens. He indicated inflation is among the biggest problems in Ihe future and said he intends to insure a dollar's worth is received for a dollar spent. Cooper was elected last year following the death of former Commissioner Clarence Birley. Karl (Bud) Kuehner, a Democrat, has filed for the office of Lewis Counly Treasurer. Kuehner is seeking the post being vacated by reliring Republican, Harold Quick Lewis Counly District Court Judge James B.

Gober, incumbent has also filed for the post of District Court Judge, a post he has held for seven years. Gober, prior to becoming District Court Judge, served for seven years as justice of the peace in Chehalis He and his wife, Karen, have two children and reside in Chehalis Judge Gober filed his candidacy as non-partisan. Other candidates to file this week include Marshal! McNeil, Centralia as a Republican for committeeman for precinct Maude E. Gaume, Centralia, as a Republican for committeewoman for precinct and Izella J. Roundtree, Curtis, as a Democrat for committeewoman of the Curtis precinct.

ONALASKA Patrons of the Onalaska School District are invited to a special public meeting Thursday, 8 p.m., in the high school home economics room. Pal Martin, school superintendent, said purpose of the session will be for patrons to question district adminislralors about the Scpl. 10 maintenance and operation levies to be voted upon in the district. Present to answer questions in addition to the superintendent, will be school board members and the high school and elementary school principal. The school levy request has been divided into five parts for the election.

The propositions include-- No. 1, $22,000, for repair of the elementary school roof. No. 2, $52,484, for employment of teachers, a librarian, maintenance man and reinslalement of the extracurricular program No. 3, $30,000, for supplies and materials, including new texlbooks and fuel.

No. 4, $20,000, purchase of desks and chairs in the elementary school, repair of exisling equipmenl and purchase of some type wrilers. No. 5, $15,000, for purchase of a new school bus. HIGH MERCURY Mostly sunny ord WOTO through Wednesday.

Highs 75 fo 85. lows in the 50s. Variable winds becoming northerly and light. Complete on On the inside "Everybody knows that excessive government spending 5s the principal cause of our inflation" Page 2. Some sewer-water rates are changed in Chehalis.

Preservation of the Cbehalis Railroad depot is discussed. A candidate announces for Thunton Counly assessor. All on Norm LeFebvre, coach of ihe Northwest team, and Randy Mc- Nurhn, IS, CbehalU, a lop prospect for a national Impound title, depart Wednesday for Peoria. andUJe National Junior Olympic Boxing Tournament, South fotsap defeats 1 -Owtalfc the slate Babe Roth baseball championship. Both on page 6.

Sweet voice silenced 'Mama' Cass Elliot dies, might have choked on sandwich (AP) Britain's top pathologist said after an autopsy today that further tests would be needed to determine how "Mama" Cass Elliot, the sweet-voiced 238- pound pop singer, died. Prof. Keith Simpson gave no details of his examination, but said the singer did not appear to have died from natural causes. He did not elaborate. Police said an inquest will be held at Westminister coroner's court Simpson's statement came only hours after the singer's doctor, Anthony Greenburg, told newsmen: "I think the post-mortem will probably show thai she died as a result of choking on a sandwich while lying in bed and inhaling her ownvomil.

"She was a very big lady and I could not rule out ihe possibility of a heart allack." Dol MacLeod, the singer's secretary, said she found Ihe Si- year-old star's body Monday afternoon slightly propped up in her double bed in the six-room apartment she was occupying during engagements in Britain. The television set was on, and a ham sandwich and a soft drink were beside her pillow, Miss MacLeod said. "She had been dead for a considerable lime before her body was found," Dr. Greenburg said. The singer, who rose lo fame in the 1960s as the leading Mama of The Mamas and the Papas, completed a two-week engagement ai Ihe Palladium Salurday night She was preparing lo start a tour of Britain.

"This last week was the happiest 1 have, ever seen her," said her manager, Allan Carr. "She told me after she had received a slanding ovalicn at Ihe Palladium: 'I feel lhat I have given the best of myself 23 times, but I have never felt betler about anything I have ever done Dr. Greenburg said she had been dieting and had "been doing quite well She told an interviewer from the Times of London a few days ago she had lost 80 pounds in the past year. Miss Elliot's 7-year-old daughler by singer James R. Hendricks, Vanessa, was reporled with her grandmother in Baltimore, Md Born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, she grew up in Virginia and Maryland and took the name Cassandra Elliot before going to New York at to try for a stage career.

After a few small parts and a role in a touring company of "The Music Man," she turned to singing first with Denny Doherty and Tim Rose in a group called The Big Three, ihen with Doherly and two others as The Mugwumps. The Mugwumps also Tailed with the public and split up. Then Miss Elliot and Doherty teamed with John and Michelle Phillips as The Mamas and the Papas. Success came quickly in the form of million- selling gold records and sellout concerts across the country. The Mamas and (he Papas split up amicably in 1968, and Miss Elliot struck out on her own with recordings and television and night club appearances.

Slosh burns controlled Two controlled slash burns were conducted in the Central Area, state Department of Natural Resources- administered lands, Monday, and six more burns were tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. Garold Harkins, operations forester for the Central Area headquartered at Chehalis. said the Weyerhaeuser Company was in charge of the two burns held Monday, one a 185-acre burn about 10 miles south of Montesano and the olher a 26-acre burn in ihe Lincoln Creek area, aboul 12 miles wesl of Cenlralia. The six burns proposed for Tuesday, Harkins said, included another four acres in the Lincoln Creek area. The other five slash burning sites include an 85-acrc site five miles east of Elma, a 166-acre block 14 miles west of Tenino, a 60-acre location 12 miles north of Long Beach in the Neman area and two Frances area burns, one of 3H acres and the other of acres.

Harkins said the land is drying out somewhat with the recent warm wealher, but he noted thai burning danger is still "moderate." Meanwhile, Ed Loners, director of the Keep Washington Green Association, pointed out that, by this time in 1973, there had been over 900 wild forest and range fires throughout the state. "This year," he said, "we are still under half thai number, or 447." Loners said 334 of those wild fires have been man- caused as compared lo 823 man- caused wild fires at the same time last year. Fires raze barn, home Two buildings were destrovwl in different parts of Lewis Counly Monday and Tuesday, both the result of fires. The most serious blaze came at 3 a.m. Tuesday near Onalaska when a (ire started in the fuse box of a residence at the intersection of the Tauscher and Middle Fork Roads.

Occupants of the home were Mike Dibble and his wife, along with Dibble's brother-in-law, his wile and their small child. The child awoke and cried out. awakening its mother, who roused the rest of the family. Flames had taken over the three- bedroom, frame structure when Onalaska volunteer firemen arrived, causing aboul $15,000 damage to the house and another SS.OOOloss in personal belongings. Firemen remained on the scene about 3' 3 hours.

Monday at 10 a.m. a fire, believed caused when an unloading haying truck backfired, destroyed a barn at the Ben Meyer residence, five miles wesl of Cenlralia on the Bis Hanaford Road. Only a small amount of hay was in the barn at ihe lime of the blaze, firemen said. Firemen remained at the site until 8 p.m. Monday..