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FIRST MORNING CALL Worth Repealing This nation will survive if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold. William Allen White The Weather Warmer, chance of afternoon showers today. Colder tomorrow. Lehigh Valley's Greatest Newspaper ALLENTOWN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1966 JO- Weekly IOC Horn Delivered 10c A Copy NO. 24,645 President Rules Out Yar Funf tt Approved 'Brakes on Economy jBy senate In Form of Tax Hike $13.1 Billion Cleared, 87-2 ctirtr rnmnarfH uith a VCar WASHINGTON The nnn Ayrr in noul ArHpfC 4 Of 9 TllftC Complied From Wirt WASHINGTON President Johnson said Tuesday it is durable goods and the fact that day tQ glve the adminlstra-unemployment exceeded 6 per bim too soon to apply anti-inflation cent in 19 of 20 primary u.a.

L. xt, labor markets. Hght the war in Viet Nam. brakes such as a tax increase on the nation's economy. At an impromptu news As for whether a tax increase! Passage of the appropriation in bill was accompanied by de- will be needed ultimately, he Johnson, who called newsmen into bis office for an unscheduled meeting at 4:16 p.m.

EST, was asked about the prospects for a tax boost this year to dampen any inflation threats. He said flatly he had no current plans for recommending higher taxes and cited a number of statistics of non-inflationary nature. The President listed a decline of retail sales in January and February, a drop in housing conference, the President also said this would depend in me long run on government expenditures and Congressional appropriations. Johnson said that thus far this year Viet Nam expendi- discounted reports that tne Democratic-controlled Congress is in mutiny against him and blandly shrugged off a question whether organized labor "seems to be going mands from Sen. Richard u.

Russell, for a stepping up of power to "bring this war to a close." Russell, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said present tactics may require 10 or 12 years to bring the Vict Cong to their knees and "the American people arc going to be very unhappy about it" unless the Communists are forced to the peace table soon. Port Closing Urged Sens. Stuart Symington, and Hugh Scott, R-Pa. joined Russell in demanding Continued on Page 12, Column 3 Viet Cong Hike Anticipated Capital Seeking Fall Guy for Tax Purdy Faces Contempt Proceedings House Unit Votes To Cite 3 Others By MARTIN J. SIKORA HARRISBURG (UPI) Commissioner E.

Wilson Purdy and three state policemen were the targets of contempt proceedings Tuesday for obeying Gov. Scranton's order to ignore a House committee investigating the force. The 10-member committee met and voted unanimously to begin criminal contempt proceedings against Purdy, Deputy Commissioner Frank McKetta and Detectives Leo Moran of Harrisburg and Albert Pfadt of Greensburg. All four had been served with subpoenas to testify at a committee hearing March 15, but refused to appear because Scranton issued a blanket ban on state police corporation with the inquiry the previous day. The committee's decision, believed to be the first of its kind in state legislative history, was announced by Rep.

Ronald G. Lench, D-Beaver, chairman of the committee which lately has been looking into charges that the force used illegal wiretapping techniques during investigations. Lench said the "precise mechanics" of the citations would be determined at a meeting here March 28. He noted the action would require clearance of the full House, but predicted such approval would be forthcoming because of the unanimous decision by the six Democrats and four Republicans who attended the committee's 75-minute meeting. Other Disclosures Lench also disclosed: He had been directed by the committee to ask Scranton and other top political figures to keep the case from becoming a "political football." The committee would start hearings March 29 on the administration's request to increase the force by 600 men.

Lench said Purdy, McKetta and others would be subpoenaed again, but had no idea if they would show in view of Scranton's ban. already is buzzing over who should get the blame for it. A growing number ot legisla Will there be a tax increase? The situation is assessed by UPI reporters John Pierson at the White House, Patrick J. Sloyan in Congress and William Eaton on the labor front. 1 that the North Vict Nam port of Haiphong be closed by bombing, mining or blockading.

Voting against the bill on the final roll call were Sen. Ernest Gruening, D-Alaska, who protested against an escalating war and "the increasing slaughter" of Americans and South Vietnamese, and Sen. Wayne Morse, who frequently joins Gruening in criticizing U.S. foreign policy. The measure won House passage by a 389-3 vote last week but it must be returned there tors, many runmng for reelection in November, believe a fav increase is coming and they're bracing for a paintui confrontation with the voters WASHINGTON (UPI) President Johnson and his economic advisers say they still see no need for higher taxes, but politically sensitive Washington back home.

If there has to be one, the President appears to be ready to shift the blame not only to Congress, but to the Commu AP Wirephoto Switzerland's imposing Mt. Eiger has claimed another life. nist Viet Cong and perhaps business and organized labor. Chained To Guns WAR ZONE Viet Nam (UPI) Three teen- age Vict Cong were found i chained to their weapons after their machinegun nest was overrun during fighting last week in this jungle area 35 miles north- i east of Saigon. The youths, estimated to be 15 or 16 years old and dressed in khaki, I were chained to the 75- pound mount of the heavy weapons, presumably to prevent them from fleeing I the battlefield.

They were the gunner, assistant gun- ji ner and ammunition bear- cr. The heavy chains were attached to shackles around their necks. I "They wouldn't have been able to drag that gun mount away with them in the heavy brush," said Pfc. Douglas Sturg- ies, 22, of Paterson, N.J., one of the first Americans to reach the emplacement i after it was knocked out. Other paratroopers re- ported seeing the body of i a 14-year-old boy tied to the base of a tree in a de- fensive position about 200 yards outside the Ameri- i can perimeter.

He appar- i ently was left there to help cover the Viet Cong retreat. for action on Senate amend-ilments limiting the defense scc- retary's authority to transfer s' funds in support of South Vietnamese and other allied forces. Ij Most of the $13,135,719,000 in The unions take the position that a tax increase is not necessary at this time. But if one goes through they want the burden to fall on business, which they claim has enjoyed snarinff profits while the Alpine Plunge Kills American KLEINE SCHEIDEGG, Swit-! adventurer and world traveller, zerland (AP) A fair-haired ''Climbing is a sophistication OAnn tJof exploration," he said a few American plunged 3,000 feet to n. ic Ki.

the bill was requested by President Johnson to provide more and more firepower for the Vict Nam war, but it also includes $415 million in economic aid. There was no argument between the House and Senate over the amount of funds. The money is for the current fiscal year ending June 30. working man is long overdue for higher wages. Manv feel that the administra tion, no less than Congress, is responsible for federal spending in the new budget, always a potent influence on the econo his death Tuesday, the 26th vic gest Alpine climb ever my.

No matter who gets the blame, there is increasing pressure on the President to A stocky, sunburned man, he loved nature, rocks, mountains, and the wind howling amidst wilderness. To him this was his life and turned out to be lA tim of the passion that sent generations of alpinists against the towering Mt. Eiger north wall. John 30, of Los Altos, an ex-fighter pilot, died smashed against the ice-covered rock he was scaling at the head sil Russell told the Senate it ii "flies in the face of common sense" to let the Reds continue I' to receive supplies through Hai-l! phong. He said the Pentagon has decided that closing the North Vietnamese harbor "has a low-t' er priority" than the bombing of petroleum dumps, and he said i he disagrees with this.

seek a tax increase to neip finance the Viet Nam war and head off inflation. So far, he and his advisers have resisted. RALPH NADER death. JOHN HARLIN Thev argue that the business of a five-man British-American G. M.

President Apologizes team. His death threw a soell of bad omen over his teammates and the eight German climbers who For Harassment of Critic vowed to conquer the summit expansion might be ruined, as Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler put it, "by slamming down too hard on the brakes." On Capitol Hill, election-year pressures to approve public works and other politically popular spending programs could give Johnson a good excuse to counter with higher Exchange Leaders Urged To Move From New York (e n. y. Timei News strvic sues selling under $5 a share.

NEW YORK Members of (This rate is graduated upward the New York Stock Exchange! to a maximum of four cents a through the treacherous direct ascent route. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. D-N By JERRY T.

BAULCH rt. vn nrouintf I 1 IS a I itttt mm. i 1 and committee Chairman Abraham A. Ribicoff, uarninff an emotion-srippea1 imcc both took issue with Gillen's taxes to dampen the effect. German voice crackled through.

Roche apologized Tuesday, the radio from a bivouac highl t. rframflticallv repeated share on stocks selling at $20 a urged their leadership Tuesday Congress already has added interpretation of Roche re-irisrks Gillen said. "Let's get this share or more. up on the wall. ihis Duhiic aooloev hours later, This transfer tax is paid by $200 million to Johnson's planned budget deficit of $1.8 Two days ago, the Germans t0 an aut0 safety critic who the person who sells the stock.

The exchange has argued and Anglo-Americans joined forces for a determined assault complained G.M. harassed him with an investigation. clear. Mr. Roche apologized if they happened, and they didn't happen." nn the 14.046-foot mountain.

against the tax on grounds that about 70 per cent of the cus Roche took his emphatic billion by passing a new oi bin of rights costlier than the President had requested. Organized labor tends to see the economic boom as a reason Harlin himself joined the team stand before a Senate subcom tomers using its marketplace live outside New York state Monday after a brief rest, tell to consider "most seriously moving the nation's largest securities market to another state. At the same time, they endorsed the stand taken by exchange, and the board of gov-posed increase in stock transfer taxes as advocated by Mayor John V. Lindsay. Members commended Keith Funston, president of the exchange, and the board of gov-e mors for their "prompt and fnrrefnl action" last Thursday ing his friends: "lhis is it.

ah to bargain for hefty pay mittee after the head of a private detective agency G.M. used in the investigation of au the way to the top." increases, rather than to 'Sorry It Happened But Ribicoff said he was under the conclusion that Roche was very disturbed about the investigation and was "sorry it happened." Kennedy then spoke to Roche who was sitting in the specta 4 and, in effect, are taxed unfairly by such a levy. At a press conference Tues exercise restraint. AFL-CIO thor-lawyer Ralph Nader ques day, Funston stressed that the exchange has not made any final decision, as to whether or tors' section and asked him if This afternoon, as brilliant sun glittered on the surrounding Alpine peaks, Harlin was a red-clad puppet hurtling down, his arms spread in a pathetic gesture. No one knew whether the expedition will continue.

Climax of Career not it will move from New York. that was the correct interpretation of his statement. in cancelling plans to construct a new $50-million building at tioned whether Roche naa meant the apoligy he had given earlier in the day. The head of the detective agency, Vincent Gillen, contended that Roche had said he apologized if there had been harassment of Nader in the investigation. Gillen contended there had President George Meany has declared war on the administration's voluntary guideposts for wage boosts limited to 3.2 per cent.

With scattered labor shortages, both skilled and semiskilled, beginning to appear, the economists argue that now is the time for unions to seek better wages without paying more taxes. Standing, Roche asked for time at the end of the hearing to the foot of Broad Street. The resolution also urged Funston and the board "to con The exchange, which has been located in New York since its founding in 1792, moved into its present Roman Renaissance home at the corner of Wall and Broad streets in 1903. To Harlin, this climb was to clarify G.M. position.

When Roche did return to the witness chair he said he wanted climax his career of alpinist, Inot been harassment. to make clear that he is taking sider most seriously moving our operations to some other state." An inspection of possible sites outside of New York began last week in New Jersey and a team frnm the exchange visited loca responsibility for the actions that Nader and the committee i Archbishop of Canterbury complained about. And he said he wanted to apologize and hoped the apology would be ac tions in Fairfield County, Tuesday. For Funston it was a day of In Rome for Visit With Pope cepted in the spirit it was giv meeting and maneuvering with en." While Roche, in his earlier appearance, had taken responsi By SHEILA WALSH I Ramsey, were expelled from ROME (UPI) Archbishop ta'v by police. The ve were protesting political figures, even as the battle lines appeared to harden.

The contest began March 3 when Mavor Lindsay proposed bility for any harassment of Nader by G.M. even though he1 spiritual head of the Anglican against the scheduled meeting and said he learned about the month-long investigation only Wednesdav of Dr. Ramsey Church, flew here Tuesday for two weeks ago he disclaimed anv G.M. responsibility for sex the Pope. It will be the first official meeting between the spiritual leaders of the church of England and the Roman Catholic Church since King lures" and some other things of Inside The Call State Shafer Calls Loan Case Char-ges A Political Smear Page 2 State Senate Clears Mining Compact Bill Page 2 Motor Bureau Falls Behind On Stickers Page 6 Lehigh Valley Allentown Job Tax Sets Record Page 17 Happy, But Weary Homo Has No Time to Relax Page 36 Spur Ground Broken In Bethlehem Page 37 Sports Sharman Replaces Warriors' Hannum Page 32 Today's Index airport for only a few minutes before leaving for the English college where he will stay during his three-day visit.

On Wednesday, Dr. Ramsey will meet twice with Pope Paul the first a mostly ceremonial session in the morning and the second a lengthy private meeting in the afternoon. Another highlight of the visit will be "a common act of worship" Thursday in the Basilica of St. Paul's outside the walls. There the Pope and the Archbishop, joined by a congregation of thousands, will issue a common declaration on Christian aims.

a 50 per cent increase in the stock transfer tax levied by New York State as part of his tax package. The mayor said then that the city was in "shocking financial condition." On Wall Street, the exchange immediately denounced the plan that would add an estimated $50 million to the $100 the state collected in stock transfer levies last year and allocated to the city. At present, the transfer tax rate on stock sales in New York state is one cent a share for is- an historic meeting with fope Paul VI. He was heckled on his departure from London and his arrival in Rome by a small group of Irish and British Protestants. The five hecklers, including four ministers, denounced Dr.

Ramsey as a "traitor to Protestant Britain." Two of the all of whom arrived aboard the same plane with Dr. which Nader complained. The government operations subcommittee which has been looking into auto safety heard Nader earlier tell about a strawberry blonde in a supermarket who tried to lure him to her apartment and a strange brunette in a drug store who indicated she wanted his com VIET CONG SHACKLE Capt. Clay N. Mobley of Charlotte, N.C., displays a shackle he said was found around the neck of a young Viet Cong chained to his 50-caliber machine gun in the Communist Zone in South Viet Nam.

The shackle prevented the boy, about 15, from retreating. He was killed by a grenade. (AP) Henry VIII broke with Rome in the early 1500s. Dr. Ramsey's predecessor as Archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England, now Lord Fisher of Lambeth, visited the late Pope John XXIII in the Vatican in 1960.

But that meeting was informal, and not "official." In a brief airport statement, pany to discuss foreign affairs. Deploring "the kind of Harassment to which Mr. Nader has Wilson Hit by Stink Bomb, Suffers Minor Eye Injury FIRST CALL Dr. Ramsey said he was looking "forward enormously to seeing Rome and to my interview with the Holy apparently been subjected, the G.M. head told a Senate committee, "I am just as shocked and outraged" as the senators.

G.D. Director, 87 Coeds Observe UFO in Michigan News in shortl2 Porter 30 Reston 16 Sports 32-36 Sulzberger 16 Bridge 30 Classified 41-47 Comics 38, 39 Deaths 7, 40,41 Editorial 16 Family 13-15 Financial 40, 41 Lawrence 16 Lippmann 16 If I were asked about my Television i.u: visit, he say wait expectations 01 una tified flying objects (UFO) to ed cgn only launch an investigation. i tv vZ to lster Wilson was hit in' minister, who did not want any Keynotes jthe eye and jnjured Tuesday further action taken." WUSOn 48 ctinlr oc Un Roche said he hoped tne senators and Nader would accept his apologies. The 32-year-old crusader for auto safety, author of "Unsafe at Any Speed," testified earlier this month of peculiar events that happened to him after his book was published. Nader told a The cnnl-ovman coiH "tho mis.

The witnesses said mey; Vatican sources already watched rom the second floor cautioned against expecta-of a Hillsdale College girls drastic or A V- uvuv; iuwii Liu i4 1 1 ill ii campaigned in a Lonaon in- liMU nMa. Entered 2nd Class Matter Post Office. Allentown, Pa. 1I10S dustrial suburb. Br." dormitory as me oujeti immediate results.

Pope Paul 0 0 bled, wavered, glowed eerily and once zipped right at a dormitory window before stop- nincr snddpnlv. himself said this "is not yet a visit of perfect union, but is however a visit of friendship and introduction to union." HILLSDALE, Mich. (UPI) A Civil Defense director, an assistant dean and 87 coeds reported Tuesday they watched a glowing object zip past a college dormitory and hover in a swamp for hours. Their description of the eerie object seen here Monday night tallied closely with that of one seen by more than 50 persons, including 12 policemen, near Ann Arbor, the previous night. The Air Force dispatched its top scientific adviser on uniden- 6 Die in Blast SALVADOR, Brazil UP An explosion ripped a government rtil i-efinorv Mnndav nirrht anrl of detectives following him and sleuths quizzing his friends and old college acquaintances about his sex life, asking whether he was anti-Semitic, if he belonged to any left-wing groups.

A doctor said there was some LTn iV a stink bomb such as can be damage to the eye but it would x. in sn0DS not prevent the Laborite uni snops' from continuing in the March 311 Wilson was struck at Slough, national election campaign. The an industrial suburb about 15 doctor said Wilson "should be miles west of London, filled with all right within 48 hours." industrial workers and immi- A police spokesman said that grants. The Conservatives two 14-vear-old bovs were aues- wrested its maruinal seat from Mrs. Kelly Hearn, for seven; Dr.

Ramsey apparently was years a newspaper reporter oner 4l, iua 'officials said six persons were uidnmc ui Lilt: xii.iuiib ai 1.1 1 v. -adv killed and 16 others injured, ihe DAILY TRIPS to HARRISBURG cause of the explosion in a pro- 'Is that the club president or the club pitcher?" before becoming assistant aean; Rome He kft the lane of women, assistant prof essor f. remained at the of English and housemother of the dorm, had the coeds take dv. notes as they watched. ICE SKATING AT ALBETH Kreeger's Auto License Service pane compressor was not im- tioned and that "one of them Labor in the 19G4 election by 11 5th Perkasie, Ph.

257-6433 mediately known. has been severely cautioned on votes. i I 4.

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