The Express from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania • Page 4

Page 4-Monday, October 16, 1972-The Express, Lock Haven, Pa. Activities of two former area residents have been chronicled recently in the public prints. One story concerns Doyle Leathers, formerly of Howard and Renovo. whose activities were reported in The St. Petersburg.

Fla. Times. The other is William Hotter, news of whom appeared in The Washington. D.C. Post.

Doyle Revere Leathers is about to start his 60th year of teaching at the Adirondack-Southern School for Girls. According to the St. Petersburg story. Mr. Leathers at 81 could pass for a man inhistfO's.

"He stand an erect 6 feet, and weighs 171. only a few pounds more than he did when he was 'the best track man Gettysburg College ever had' in the words of the 1913 yearbook, when he graduated." Leathers started his athletic career at Renovo High School, where he was captain of basketball, and then went on the Perkiomen Prep. As a track man he tried out for the 1912 Olympic team, but didn't make it. A contemporary from nearby Carlisle Indian School was Jim Thorpe, and Leathers regales friends with many stories of the famous Indian athlete. After teaching in a prep school.

Mr. Leathers returned in 1917 to Gettysburg College and coached football. He was assisted briefly by Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was then with the Tank Corps training on the Gettysburg battlefields. In subsequent years.

Leathers taught and coached in various schools before going to Admiral Farragut Academy in Florida as head of the math department from 1945 to 1961. Leathers' first wife died in 1948. They had one daughter. Mrs. Peter Millard.

of Bethany. whose husband teaches architecture at Yale. Leathers was married in 1952 to Mrs. Edna Griffin Musgrave. The report of Mr.

Leathers' activities was sent to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lingle, of Beech Creek, by Samuel Schenck. of Florida. Mr.

Schenck knew that the Lingles were recording Leathers family data. It developed subsequently that Mr. Leathers, whom the Lingles had been trying to locate, and Mr. Schenck had been born at Howard about the same time, but did not know each other. Mr.

Leathers has many cousins living in the area. He is the son of the late Nathan Edgar (Ed) Leathers and Minnie Aley Leathers. He is among descendants of the Leathers who came from York county, settling in Howard Township in the early 1790's. When Doyle was about six years old. his family moved to Renovo.

where his father worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1897 until his death in 1921. Information about the William Holters was supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Max Heinrich. William is the son of the late Dr.

Wid Holier. Lock Haven dentist, and Mrs. Holter. The Holters live in Waterford. near Alexandria, in an historic home, which is among Waterford homes opened about this time of year for tourists.

Waterford is an 18th century milltown in Loudon County, where the houses look much as they did at the please turn to page 10 IMW I WWW BIBW 1 Washington merry-go-round Coded messages from US embassies give Nixon, Kissinger intelligence reports By JACK ANDERSON consisted of only four transport planes charging that Tanzania. India and even U.S. but also anti-Castro. The messaj WASHINGTON Every day. coded which have ceased to make regular Britain are planning to invade his small quotes them as calling Casti By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON Every day.

coded messages flood into Washington from our embassies, military commands and intelligence outposts all over the world. The most urgent telegrams are unneled into Henry Kissinger's command post in the White House. Digests of overnight intelligence reports are delivered each morning to President Nixon. From Sources with access to this intelligence flow, here are some recent highlights: New Offensive? Privately. Henry Kissinger is optimistic about the prospects of a Cease-fire in Vietnam.

Yet intercepted messages indicate that North Vietnam is preparing for a renewed offensive. Our military intelligence has found no trace, however, that Russia has replaced the tanks and artillery the North Vietnamese lost in their spring offensive. They were able last spring to sneak heavy hardware into South Vietnam virtually undetected. But the best available intelligence suggests that both Russia and China have cut back military shipments to North Vietnam. Hanoi's military preparations, therefore, may be for a limited attack upon a political target, perhaps even Saigon itself.

But no one really knows whether the guns will be silenced or booming when the voters go to the polls on November 7. Soft on Thleu Hanoi may be softening slightly on its arch enemy. President Thieu. In the secret truce talks. North Vietnam's Le Due Tho has emphasized that the Saigon regime must be dismantled and replaced by a tripartite government dominated by neither side.

But he has indicated that Saigon can choose anyone it wishes to the new government, that neither side should have a veto over the other's appointments. The implication is that Hanoi would not object if Saigon appointed the hated Thieu as a member of the tripartite government. Mao's Vow China's supreme ruler. Mao Tse-tung. told visiting Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka fiercely that the Chinese whould resist to the death any encroachments by Russia.

A CIA report on the secret Mao Tanaka talks quotes old Mao as saying China would sacrifice its own people to prevent Soviet domination. He cited the fate of his former heir apparent. Lin Piao. who died in a plane crash fleeing to Russia after attempting a pro Soviet coup against Mao. Chou's Opposition The Central Intelligence Agency reports that Chinese Premier Chou En-lai is still encountering opposition inside Peking's ruling circle.

Chou's opponents are upset over his policy of detente with the United States. Japan and the West. They contend that the detente has hurt China's credibility with revolutionary forces around the world. Soviet Shipments A classified State Department analysis charges that Israel's forays across her border against the Palestinian guerrillas have given the Soviets a pretext for strengthening their foothold in Syria and. Iraq.

Military shipments have been sent not only to Syria and Iraq but to the Palestinian guerrillas directly. Contrary to press reports of a Soviet "airlift" to Syria, however, the airlift consisted of only four transport planes which have ceased to make regular deliveries. But the shipments, though no more than token military aid. have had the effect of strengthening Soviet bonds with the Arab hotheads. The analysis concluded, nevertheless, that Russia wouldn't likely risk war for Syria.

Iraq or any other Arab country. African Wildman The efforts to placate Uganda's wildman. General Idi Amin. appear to have backfired. He has ordered the Asians, who had become the backbone of Uganda's economy, out of the country.

He has made impossible demands upon neighboring Tanzania. He has made and broken promises to visiting mediators. He has imposed harsh martial law upon his country. charging that Tanzania. India and even Britain are planning to invade his small country.

For the sake of black African solidarity, a host of black African leaders have made pilgrimmages to Uganda to placate General Amin. But a CIA report suggests all this attention has merely enlarged his ego and made him more difficult than every. Castro 'Uncouth' Intelligence reports acknowledge a rise in feeling throughout Latin America. But. apparently.

Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's attempts to exploit U.S. unpopularity for his own purposes have failed. A typical message from our defense attache in Ecuador, where Castro visited last year, describes the top Ecuadorean military brass as anti- U.S. but also anti-Castro. The message quotes them as calling Castro "uncouth" and "not the great leader that many people consider him to be." Cuba-Panama Friendship A secret CIA cable, reporting on a conversation with a Cuban intelligence officer known only as "Alfredo." quotes him as saying that "the Cuban government generally supports the PJG (Panama's military junta) and General Omar Torrijos.

the head of Panama, but wants to find ways to encourage Torrijos to move further to the left. 'Alfredo' suggested leftists in Panama form a Panama- Cuba Friendship Society, which could promote friendship with Cuba, put pressure on Torrijos from the left and possibly be used as the center for certain unspecified Cuban activities." Distributed by L.A. Tfanm Syndicate AFTER AMERICA, AMERICA, I SHED MY GRACE ON THEE ANO THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM 6EA TO SEA WHAT NIXON SAY it seems like yesterday Harm'sh received live alligator from his brother Old Picture CLASS IN SURVEYING With instru- place the location or the group. Notice the ments and chain, this class was apparently fellow in the back row holding something in studying the basic elements of surveying. We the air always count on a wise guy in a would guess from the clothes that it was group photo! sometime before World War but we can't 70 years THE OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON was marred in Clinton County by a severe accident in Gallagher Township as Andrew B.

Curns, son of John Curns. was badly injured. The boy, who is 15 years old, left for the Caldwell School and took his gun intending to shoot a pheasant or squirrel for his mother, who was ill. While the boy was standing on the porch of the schoolhouse, the gun accidentally discharged. A portion of the shot struck the boy on the side of the head.

His ear was torn away, as was a portion of the skull. He was taken to the Lock Haven Hospital for surgical treatment. The Church Street Club, consisting of Helen Kintzing, May Stevenson, Prudence Boone. Rachel Harder, Clara Kreamer and Margaret Whitaker, was organized for the fall and winter. 60 years THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, closing up the affairs of the aviation meet, stated that a bigger and better meet would be held the following year because it was found that our merchants did a large volume of business during the three day of the meet.

Only one arrest for drunken' ness resulted during aviation week, although thousands of visitors were in Lock Haven The ravages of hog cholera continued to inflict heavy financial loss on the farmers of Sugar Valley. Out of a herd of 150 hogs, Samuel Eisenhower lost seven, Daniel Engle lost 17, and many other farmers lost a large percentage of their herds. Earl M. Harnish received a live on the right alligator from his brother, Ralph, who was touring the south with A.G. Field's Minstrels.

50 years THE JOHN B. RODGERS CO. was preparing to give "Springtime" here. Among the leading members of the cast were Helen Glize, Edna Wise, Margaret Claster, Helen Fabel, Estella Wagner, William Wenker. Mary Bowmaster, Laura Wise, Julia Coffey, Lloyd Bauman, Harrison Beardsley, Robert Rempe and Helen White.

Sixteen new members were admitted to the Lock Haven Business and Professional Women's Club as 50 members attended a meeting at St. Paul's Episcopal parish house. 25 years ago BLAND J. ROSSMAN POST 1630 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars opened the doors of its new building at 200 E. Church St.

After 18 months of remodeling, the local VFW had moved from 102 E. Church St. to the former Columbus Hotel building. John Haley was named manager of the Irvin Hotel, William B. Cook proprietor, announced.

The Lock Haven Police Department threatened to throw the book at those enthusiastic fire buffs who chased the fire engines and who parked too close to fires. 10 ago A $100,000 ADDITION to the building of the Ross Library was authorized at a meeting of the board of trustees. The federal government approved a $20,000 loan to the Clinton County Housing Authority for preliminary planning. McGovern hurts cause of peace BY WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.

George McGovern has decided to run on what he is parlaying into an unconsummated pledge of Richard Nixon. Accordingly, the McGovern campaign took out full page ads on the fourth anniversary of Mr. Nixon's now- famous declaration: "Those who have had a chance for four years, and could not produce peace, should not be given another chance." I say now-famous declaration because it did not cause a ripple at the time it was made. It was in Santa Monica, on October 9. 1968.

at the Civic Auditorium. Mr. Nixon was addressing a crowd of 4.000 people. The New York Times headline the speech the next day: "Nixon Promises to Seek a Lewd Mail to Children." Which reminds me. I am not aware that Mr.

Nixon succeeded in fulfilling that promise he was blocked by a Democratic committee. Neither am I aware that George McGovern has hit him for this quite concrete failure. On the other hand. Mr. McGovern isn't likely to do that.

Take away their lewd mail, and what have the children got left? That would be the final betrayal of George McGovern. Way down in the story, the reporter tells of the heckling of Richard Nixon by peace protesters. It was to them that he shouted out his judgment that "those who have had a chance for four years and could not produce peace, should not be given another chance." The literalness with which Mr. McGovern is taking that campaign pledge suggests a crabbed analytical mind. For one thing, if you go ahead and take the statement literally, why should we suppose that Nixon was correct? takes him to be incorrect in almost every other particular.

So why should he happen to be correct only when he lays down the law that a president who cannot produce peace in four years should not be reelected? Is McGovern saying that the American people were wrong in voting for Abraham Lincoln in 1864? He had four years, but hadn't yet brought peace. Were the American people wrong in voting for Franklin Roosevelt in 1944? He certainly hadn't produced peace. If one gets away from the literalness of the term, what is it that is generally meant by "producing peace?" It means producing peace for the United States. Peace for the United States is generally measured by an end to the loss of American lives. The United States is still spending money in the Indochinese theatre.

But the expenditure of that money, a small percentage of our total military budget, was not the major issue accosted by Nixon in 1968. Clearly, if he had said that by the end of his term of office not one American soldier would be dying in Vietnam, that statement would have been considered more newsworthy than his pledge to take the dirty pictures away from the children. But in fact Mr. Nixon has accomplished peace in this sense. Substantively.

he has lived up to his pledge at Santa Monica of four years ago. Fighting remains, to that technically it can indeed be said that he has not "produced peace." How can anyone produce peace, so long as there are people in the world who are willing to fight to dominate other people, and so long as there are people willing to fight to maintain their independence? What George McGovern would do is to punish those who would fight to maintain their independence. So that what George 1 pledge to the American people is reducible to is: I pledge that I L' shall produce peace in the world by denying to anyone the arms with which to resist aggression. But McGovern does not encourage people to take him literally. Whether he is promising a thousand dollars to eveVy man woman and child, which promise he now asks us to accept please turn to page 10 THB ss NWi Tin Jtnq Shm Eimiai Km Publlihed Dally Except Sunday by the Lock Haven Express Printing (-11 Main Lock Haven, Pa.

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