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PAGE 10-UNIONTOWN, WEDNKSDAV, JULY 5, 1372 HOME EDITION TJIK EVBNJNfi STANDARD Dems Spar For Convention Edge I A I BEACH, Khi. (AP) Aides to Sens, Hubert II. 11 in li and George MeGovern nre sparring verbally in warniup for next week's a i National Con- i while a federal appeals court considers the crucial California slid Illinois credentials cases. Humphrey's campaign manager, dcmmui'ccl that McGivcrn i or rcpu- diate Rick Stearns, one of his campaign aides, (or saying that lie favored a third party to "punish" Humphrey should the Minnesota -senator win tlio Democratic presidential nomination. "Talk nf punishment of the Democratic party is irresponsible and can't be tolerated." Chestnut said, reacting to the Stearns comments which seem lo lie purl of an effort by some McCiovern aides lo convince parly lenders tluil denial of (he nomination lo the fronl-rnnniiiR South Dakota senator would split the party.

a MeGovern were resting -Humphrey ill his Waverly, i a i home, MeGovern at his Kastern shore Maryland a while Ilieir supporters spent the Kourth of July arguing the California and Illinois credentials eases before the U.S. Circuit Court in Washington. U.S. District Court Judge George 1,. Hart refused Monday lo overturn Democratic Crerfen tials Committee decisions ousting 151 MeGovern delegates from California and uncom- mitted delegates from Illinois headed by Chicago Mayor Richard .1.

Daley. Prank a 11 i i 2 Mcfiovern's national polillenl director, snid on the CBS radio program "Capital Cloakroom" there is still hope the competing Illinois delegations can rciich a compromise "and dial something can he worked out sealing them both." In this sweltering convention center, meanwhile, the City Council planned to reconsider today whether it will reverse decision against granting campsites for the young nondcle- gates expected in Miami Bead) for next week's convention. At a news conference Tuesday, Convention Manager Richard Murphy announced a the hall would be "buttoned up" SHOUT, LONG OF IT Models Vicki Wise (left) showing a brief colon mini slip and Nicki Howarth in an null-cling, ankle- length slip with long side slashes show the long and short of it at a shnw in London. A I wirrphom) Accident Kills Pair (Conlinued from Papp car-truck accident on the Fredericktown Beallsville Rd. yesterday.

Deborah Clair, 1 8 of Fredericktown R.D. 1 and a passenger in her car, Millard i i 16, also of Fredericklown R.D. 1 were discharged from the Brownsville General Hospilal i treatment. The truck driver, Nathan Prowitt, 33, Washington, R. D.

4, was unhurt. Uniontown A vehicle driven by Theodore R. Collins, 18, of 65 Lincoln Uniontown, hi I a car owned by Richard G. Jones, 33, of 87 Lincoln Uniontown while parked at the rear of the Jones residence at 9:20 a.m. yesterday, according to city police reports.

Damage was set at $200. Near Everson, Two cars collided on a roadway in Upper Tyrone Twp. near Everson about 10 a.m. yesterday. Drivers were Kathryn L.

Kuhns, 25, of 421 Brown Kverson, and Joseph A. Rega, 26, of Poplar Everson, State Police said. Troopers said a passenger in the Rega vehicle was taken to the Frick Communtiy Hospital in Mount Pleasant for treatment of minor injuries, An estimated $400 damage resulted. Near Perry Damage was set'at $1,100 but no one was reported injured in two-car crash on Route 51, three miles north of Perryopolis about 4:20 p.m. Monday.

Stale Police identified the drivers as Terrence L. Heiler, 22, of Pittsburgh, Wayne C. Collins of Church Mnsontown. Woman Hurl A Carmichaels a was hurt in a three-car accident at Ihe intersection on Cleveland Ave. and E.

Main St. in Uniontown at 4:10 p.m. Monday. Helen Krkovich, 49, of Old Waynoshurg operator of one vehicle, was taken to the Uniontown Hospital for treat- City police said the a were Tliclma Campbell, 27, of fifi Miller Uniontown, and Daniel E. i ID, of 76 Cleveland Uniontown.

Police cstimaLd damage nl $750. Lincoln-Jacobs Sis. Two local motorists were involved in an accident at Lincoln and Jacob Sts. in Unionlown about p.m. a Drivers were identified as Shirley K.

Juriga, 30. of iflf) N. Gallatin and Robert II. Paroda, ifi, of 305 Morgantnwn Uniotilown. Two-Car Crash Connelisville and Austin Sts.

in Uniontown was Ihe scene of a two-car accident Monday al p.m. Kenneth B. Harris, 57, of 23 Bicrcr Unionlnwn and Sol J. I.eshin, 57, of i a Wise, were drivers in the i a city police said. Mr.

Harris' wife was taken lo the (Jnionlown Hospital for treatment, city police said, N. Belle Vernon An estimated $1,700 damage was reported in an accident nn l''ayette Ave, North Relic Vcrnon shortly before 4 p.m. Monday. Involved were two Relic Vernon residents, Nancy Krill, 17, of 1035 Broad Ave. and Leroy Emerich, 31, of 214 Charles troopers said.

No one was reported injured. Near Masontown Property damage totaling $2,700 was reported in a two-car collision at the intersection of Route 21 and old Route 21 just east of Masontown. State Police said the mishap occurred about 3:15 p.m. yesterday. Involved were Robert Balint and Lisa Ann Carozza, both of Masontown, troopers said Route 119 Vehicles operated by Richard J.

Wilson, 17, of Confluence and William L. Franks, 62, of Dawson were involved in an accident yesterday, according lo Stale Police reports. The accident happened about 3 o'clock on Route 119 near the Starlile Drive-in Theater at Evans Manor. Damage was set al $500. There were no injuries, police said.

No One Hurt There were no injuries in a two-car accident yesterday. Slate Police identified the drivers as Roy A. Leonard, 36, of Ohiopyle R. 1 and Virginia Higinbotham, 36, of Unionlown R. D.

4. French Premier Has Resigned A I AP Jacques Cr.a- ban-Delmas. premier since lOSi. has resigned. Elysee Palace announced today.

No reason was immediately given. A brief communi'iue said President Georges Pompidou rnceiveri Chahan-Dclmas After a Ci'binet meeting and a i Cha- offered the resignation, which also included other members if the government. 57, becamt premier June 20, a election of Pompidou as president. Flood (Continued from our) are lo be included in a plai federally sponsored, which wi supplement the state's existin program. About 30,000 persons are ceiving unemployment con lensalion through the state )ian which also uses fedora 'inids.

An additional 578 wh couldn't meet the income an cnflth of employment require nents, including the graduates are participating in Ihe federa plan. The U.S. Department Agr said that food stain, distribution in the state ha( reached $1 million. The Salvation Army and tn American Red Cross hav seivert 2 million pounds of foor furnished by the Agricullur Department and are still feed ing some 30,000 people in the area. The Office of Eniergenc; Preparedness announced an agreement with the U.S.

Posia Service lo distribute 5 millior pamphlets to every mailing ad dress in the slate, outlinirg ivhere food assistance is avail able. Apart from the human needs the Army Corps of Engineers is tending to the physical restoration. It said it had negotiated with 173 contractors for cleanup operations totaling $1.7 The Corps' Philadelphia disaster control center reported that it had received few calls requesting special cleanup assistance and advice. The Environmental Protection Agency announced thai it is concentrating on repair of sewage treatment systems following restoration of service for nearly 200 water systems. It could not estimate how many sewage facilities were still inoperable.

In Allentown, the and Shaefer Brewing Co. shipped three trailer-loads of bottled water to the Wilkes-Barr area. It replied to a request Monday night by Norman Lourie of the governor's office for 4,000 cases of water. Lasl Monday Shaefer offered to supply Ihe water in its bottles. from midnight Sunday until Inle Monday afternoon for a bomb sacrcli recommended by the Secret Service.

Ho said afternoon sessions may he necessary next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon to handle minority reports on Ihe parly's plnlforni before the nomination proceedings begin. Alternate delegates may he forced to take seats in the gallery, Murphy said, because. Credentials Committee rulings on contested delegation's have resulted in half-vote splits between warring factions. A number of protesters are already here, in advance of the a i a and delegates. About'40 staged a brief mock funeral outside Ihe Convention Hall Tuesday for a young Viet- namese killed in Saigon Sunday when he tried lo hijnck an American plane.

When they sought to drop a 3 fool of plywood laden with flowers into canal as part nf the ceremony, police retrieved it twice, Ihen curled it off in boat Hie third (imp. The demonstrators then dispersed, While the demonstrators and parly officials were the main players on this stage, major attention was still on llm credentials battles in Washington. In Circuit Court, Joseph A. Califano the attorney for Ihe Democratic National Convention, pressed his argument thai the federal courts have no role, in Ihe credentials issues, regardless nf (lie wisdom of what the parly panel was doing. U.S.

Planes Blast Near Hanoi By GEOUGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON A American warplanes blasted the Hanoi region with heavy strikes Tuesday, the U.S. Command announced today. More i i also was reported on the north, crn front in South Vietnam, east of Qnang Tri City and southwest of Hue. North Vietnam claimed that the U.S. planes bombed and strafed residential areas of Hanoi, "killing or injuring many persons and destroying or damaging hundreds of dwelling houses." It said (wo U.S.

F4 Phantoms were shot down. The U.S. Command said it would disclose details of the raids later today, but it denied thai attacks were made on ci- vilian largels and said it had no information "indicating other a i i a targets were hit." The command also said had no plane losses Tuesday to announce yet. Bnl it did announce that M1G2I interceptors shot down a pair of Phantoms southwest of Hanoi on June 27. It said two of crewmen were rescued, two are missing, and the announcement had been delayed until Ihe search was abandoned.

During the last two weeks, the U.S. Command has reported eight planes lost over North Vietnam and 14 fliers missing, pushing the toll since the resumption of full-scale on April 5 lo 53 a i a downed and 59 airmen missing. In South Vietnam, the U.S. a said, American planes accidentally attacked South Vietnamese marines five miles southeast of Quang Tri City. The command said 11 marines were killed and 30 were wounded.

Spokesmen said the attack is under investigation. Small clashes were reported east of Quang Tri City, and Soutli Vietnamese forces were reported still on the outskirts of Ihe provincial capital that is Ihe first major objective of Ihe 2 0 0 0 0-msji counteroffensive launched last week. Heavier fighting broke out to the rear of the offensive. Spokesmen said North Vietnamese forces shelled and as- saulted South Vietnamese positions about 10 miles southwest of Hue but were driven back with air and artillery strikes. The Saigon command claimed 67 of the attackers killed and said South Vietnamese casualties were two killed and 12 wounded.

Hue was shelled Tuesday for the third night. Five 122mm rounds landed, wounding one soldier. On Ihe southern front, four fights raged along the Cambodian border SO miles west of Saigon, and the. Saigon command claimed 132 North Vietnamese troops were killed. It said South Vietnamese losses were six men killed and 27 wounded.

Chess Anyone Tomorrow? REYKJAVIK, The world Iceland A championship match between Bobby and Boris Spassky now scheduled to start Thursday afternoon following another psolponement, this one demanded by the Soviet cham- )ion. After holding out for more money and getting the American challenger came to celand for the postponed open- ng match Tuesday. But Ipassky walked out of the noon to decide who would move first because Fischer was He had sent his Roman Catholic ot present, econd, a riest. Officials announced a new 48- our postponement of the open- originally scheduled for last unday. They hoped both play- ers would be ready lo meet on Thursday.

Fischer arrived in Reykjavik early Tuesday. The Icelandic Chess Federation had rejected his demand for 30 per cent of the gate receipts, but he agreed to come after a London investment banker doubled the $125,000 purse which he and Spassky will divide. The 29-year-old American grandmaster was resting from the overnight flight in a guarded villa at the edge of town when Spassky counterattacked in the holdout department. The 35-year Soviet champion read a prepaed statement calling the American's conduct insulting and intolerable, ft said Fischer, by refusing lo appear al the opening ceremony last weekend, had insulted Spassky personally and the So viet Chess Federation and had jeopardized his right lo play for the title. The statement demanded thai Fischer be punished.

However, Max Euwe, president of the international federation, said Ihe Soviets had not formally requested punishment. "What should I do?" he asked. "Put him in the corner?" Fischer was slaying away from newsmen and did not comment on the Soviet statement. With the contribution from the London banker, James D. Slater, the winner is lo gel $156,250 and the loser $93,750.

In addition, each player will gel another $75,000 from the television and film rights. Hospital News Truman Remains Satisfactory KANSAS CITF Former President (AP) Harry S. Truman remains in satisfactory condition at Research Medical Center, where he is hospitalized for tests relating to what doctors sav is a "lower gastrointestinal ailment." Hospital officials report the 88- year-old Truman has been resting comfortably and was visited Tuesday by his wife, Bess. Approximately one ounce of saffron is made from 4,000 cro- cus bulfes. UNIONTOWN Admissions: Gentle Moff nionlown; Danny a larkleysburg; Debra K.

Grover, Uniontown; Betty Jordan, Fairchance; Janet Evansek, Hibbs; Martin Dtittko, Union- lown; Linda L. Beatly, Union- lown. Janettc Minerd, Uniontown; Frank S. Wilseck, Uniontown; Linda Ann Bayles, Uniontown; Matthew Stevulak, Adah; Sylvia M. Cole, W.

Lcisnering; Edward Wilson, Dunbar; i a Bobish, McClellandtown. N. Hustead, Uniontown; Dan Galln, Uniontown; Catherine Darrell, Marklcysburg; James Phillips, Alonzo Workman i town; Dorothy a 1 Unionlown; James A. Singleton, i Charlotte A. Burns, New Salem.

SOUTH UNION South Uninn Twp. Sew- pclll, treasurer of the A i age A recoup,) ti tic A received grant ill Irnm the U. S. Dcpl, of Housing nml Urhan Development under Film's water or sewage fnclll- Hi's program. Left In right, arc Vomcnlck C'u- i i i i i the Fayette Bniilf unit TniM Authority trustee; and Joseph Aulhorlly president.

J'holo Dehra A. DeRosa, Uniontown; Betty M. Eberly, Uniontown; James W. Walker, Markleysburg; Kleanor E. Boyrf, W.

Leiscnring; John Kelly, Leckrone; Harriet J. Treeiisky, Uniontown; Elizabeth A. Newell, Dawson. Mela Markovich, Unionlown; M. Helen Swaney, Unionlown; James II.

Rillenhouse, Smock; Jennie Lamho, Brownsville; Ethel D. Menges, Woodstock. N. Vilo Dragone, Unionlown; Saundra Ferguson, Uniontown. Sandra N.

Lewis, Uniontown; Michelc Yveite Mosshurg, nwnt Furnace; Mary Josephine Diencs, Farmington. Discharges: Floyd Ccrny. Linda Connors, Ray Cox, Thomas DeMasse, Mrs. Dana Fayock and daughter, Anna Iforvalh, Mrs. Joyce Kraytiak nmi daughter.

Pamela Lambie, Sarah Ream, female Reid, Joyce Roberts, Nellie William Smith, Mary Tnumas. Blanche Utterback, 1C i Wheeler, Charles Leichlilcr, Sharon Van Sickle, Mia Agos- lini, Delia Crawford, Barbara Doyon, Dnrany, i Dunn, Forrest Knvin, Pamela Fikc, Antonctte Galic. Garth i i Helen (luley, Mary lianxcs, Anna James Rockwell, Christopher Ernest Wiliams, George Yunko, Mary Ralston, Calvin Wilson Admissions: Mrs. Slclla Kon lor. Grecn.sbiirfi; Mrs.

Rotty llagcrly, Waltcrsburg; Mrs, Doris Uncoski, Coal Center; Oliver Rockwell, Brownsville Mrs. Alice Crapp, a i a licssle Christopher. W. Brownsville; Mrs. Cnnnlf Baker, Monongahcla; Patrick Takash, Vtsslnbnrg.

I'Mward Thomas, Mrs Pirt, Mrs. Kathryn Luchctti, Ixiiiis a i Mrs. Vivian Mlkila, Mrs. Donna Sawyer, Mrs, Anna Dienstoloro, a Rrady, Merlin Wosl, Mrs. Nancy Murphy.

Abraham, I'Ynnk Mrsaros, Mrs. Josephine a i Mrs. Helen Zosky, Carl a lagher, Samuel Sunkin, Mrs. Piiscitla Tan- and daughter, Mark Seidel, Mrs. Mary Lloyd.

CONNELLSVILLE Admissions: Donald Lane Scolldale; Marion Bable, Con- nelisville; Paul Alishouse, Par- ryopolis; Thomas a Uniontown; Mary 0 i a Kverson; Marguerite New-' comer, Uniontown; Mrs. Mary Bogdanskc, Sldr Junction. Mrs. Tishey Harris, Dunbar- Orval Sl.ccr.ng, Aliquippa; Tammy Hurl, Normalville; Joni Demko, Belie Vcrnon; Charles Shepler, S. Connelisville; Mrs Jeanne Dicks, Connelisville.

Dischargers: Earl Gaborko, Richard Gilcf, Jack Mrs. Amelia Murray, i Swink, Mrs. Cheryl Kaiser, Mr.s. Belly Basingcr and Francis Batronis, Cora Richny Mrs. Clements, Ellsworth Tutllc, Mhce Copelaml Grant Johnson.

Karen Marliiigo Gun Club Queen Karen Marlingo, 15-year-old North Laurel Senior High School student from Lemont Furnace, won the annual beauty pageant held at the Hutchinson Sporls men's Club. She was crowed queen by Debbie Carr of Unionlown, winner of last year's competition. She received a $75 U.S Savings Bond and trophy. Fourteen girls competed. First runner-up was Toni Rae Ardabelle, 16, Smilhfield, student al Albert Gallatin Area High School, $50 bond and trophy second runner-up, Janet Sharp, 15, Uniontown, Uniontown Area student at Senior High School, $15 bond and Irophy, and "Miss Susie Ru- menyak, 15, Brownfield, student at South Laurel Senior High School, $25 bond and trophy.

Andy Zacovic (Continued Pase one) operated the old West End Drug Store, corner of W. Main and Arch Sts. Mr. Zacovic moved to Cleveland in 18,15 and was emploped there as a pharmacist until his retirement several years ago. Surviving arc his wife, Emma Poster Zacovic; a daughter, Mrs.

Bernard Elizabeth) Nehrcr, Parma, Ohio; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Republic and 'Frank J. of Uniontown, and two sisters, Mrs. f'Yank Lydiai Brozik of Republic and Mrs. A a Fritsch of Uniontown. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy, in iind two brothers, James and Charles.

Hospital To Get Funds Appalachian Regional Commission has approved a federal grant in Ihe amount of $450,000 fort he Unionlown Hospital. Congressman Thomas Morgan, who made Hit! announcement, said the will he used in the demolition of a snbsliindard section of Ilia hospital. The congressman said Ihe appropriated funifs will hi: used "to assist in ihe construction of two floors of an addition; that will i a he capable of extending to 10 floors." He said the colal cost of the project will he $4.5 million. In mifi-Jiwe, Cong. Morgan and S.

Sens. Hugh and Richard Schweiker announced that a grant of $1.5 million to the hospital had been confirmed by the: Health Services Agency in Washington, D. C. Al thai time, it was announced lhal the hospital plan is tear down the old and wings of the Portions of the grant would he used for the construction of a diagnostic and a center, ancillary facilities, and reno of facilities still remaining. Under this phase, (he privala wing at the hospital would ie retained.

was also announced al that 'am that a boiler plant being constructed at the hospital is being built without federal fundii.g help. Mr. Rodgers Dies At 65 John V. Rodgers, 65, of 103 Lemon Wood Acres, a lifge-long resident of this area, died yesterday in the West Virginia University Medical Center, Morg ant own. Preceded in death by his parents, Owen and Jane Rodgers, he is survived by his widow, Lenta; a daughter, Mrs.

Belly O'Brien of and a son, Jack, of Uniontown. Also surviving are three grandchildren, nine brothers, Bernard, of Columhiana, Ohio; a i Michael, Thomas, Edward, James, a Gerald, and Owen, all nf Uniontown; two sisters, Margaret Maust of Columbiana, Ohio and Mrs. Catherine Pct- levich of Uniontown, and stop- mother, Mrs. a a Rodgers of Uniontown. Friends will be received in (he Spcschock Funeral Home afler 7 p.m.

today and from 2 until 5 and from 7 to p.m. tomorrow. Services will ho held al 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will he in ihe Donegal Cemetery.

Time For Taxpayer To Act Are you opposed (o the proposed increase for the salaries and expenses of state legislators from $15,600 to $25,200 per year? Do you oppose the increase in the salary of Ihe governor from $15,000 to per year? Or boosts for judges and cabinet members? If you oppose such an increase send your protest coupon lo the House or Senate member from your district. You can take action as taxpayer, 'Hieir addresses follow: Rep. Fred Taylor, (513 Morganlown St. Uniontown, Pa. IS'IOI ffIst District) Hep.

Russell a i Circle SI Perrv- opolis, Pa. 1547,1 (52nd District) Hep, Donald Davis, D. 2, liox 416-A Uniontown, Pa. (53rd District). Rep.

Ben Parker, Jefferson, Pa 15344 (50(h District). Hep. Eugene C. Saloom, 7.10 Main Pleasant, ISiififi Dist i Sen. William i 107 Main St Uniontown, Pa.

15401 (32nd District). Sen. Austin Murphy, Biln Maple Drive, Monongahcla, Pa. 150153 (46th District) Greene and part of Washington Counties Protest Against Pay Hike Rc P- 0n MC Hep. Donald Dnvls, fflcl(! aml Austin As a voter ami (nxpnycr prolesl llic Commonwealth Comwcnsa- lion Commission recommendation of increasing the pny and Txncnse allowance)! lor the state Icj-lslators from $15,600 to $25,200 a year or B2 per cent.

This is far nhove the Pay Bonnl giildellnVoWpSr En? Also I protest the large rnJscs for the JitdldnJ mut executive brunches of sta lc government. I wanl you lo vote agaln.L a ay rnlse work Inward economy In government. A STRJCKT or BOX TOWN and.

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