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TEE TATO Vol. 126 No. 1.57 STAUNTON, 24401, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS T(H LEADER Laird blamed for keeping raids secret Special of court session nixed Army Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, and initiated by Laird, outlines a plan under which simultaneous B-52 strikes would be made in Cambodia and South Vietnam.

The strikes in South Vietnam, the memo said, were designed to provide "a resemblance to normal operations thereby providing a credible story for replies to press inquiries." The memo, dated Nov. 20, 1969, also said other areas would be selected inside South Vietnam, which would not actually be struck. Instead, military record keepers would show each Cambodia mission as having occurred in South Vietnam. A second set of statistics showing where the bombs actually fell was held by a tiny number of top civilian and military officials with a "need to know." The Armed Services Committee has spent three weeks investigating why the Defense Department falsely reported that 3,630 B-52 strikes in Cambodia occurred in South Vietnam. Sen.

Harold E. Hughes, D-Iowa, said, "This is the first indication I've had on paper that there were orders to enter false information in the record." Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said similar reporting methods were used as far back as 1966 and 1967 under the Johnson administration. Testifying before the committee, Moorer released a second memo indicating former Defense Secretary Robert S.

McNamara approved a similar method to the one approved by Laird and intended to lead the press astray. That memo concerned 1967 B52 strikes in Laos. WASHINGTON (AP) While he was Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird personally approved an elaborate plan for keeping secret thousands of B-52 raids against North Vietnamese troop sanctuaries in Cambodia, according to a top secret memo made public Thursday. The raids, from March 1969 to April 1970 were ordered at a time when the United States was professing to observe the neutrality of the Cambodian government.

The memo linking Laird, now President Nixon's top domestic adviser, to the deliberately camouflaged raids was released by Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements Jr. during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The document, written by the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ret. Iff 1 BWww WASHINGTON (AP) Chief Justice Warren E.

Burger has refused to call a special Supreme Court term to consider the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, but opponents of the bombing are expected to make another attempt to gain the court's attention. Burger refused the request Thursday from American Civil Liberties Union Foundation lawyers acting on behalf of Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N. and three Air Force officers.

Less than two hours after the request was filed, Burger wrote "denied" across the petition, a court spokesman said. It was not known whether the chief justice would issue a written opinion. A spokesman for Rep. Holtzman said the lawyers are considering a barrage of follow-up petitions in an attempt to get the administration to stop the bombing before Wednesday, when the President has said he will obey a congressional mandate to halt the air attacks. Cooperation missing, city officials say Staunton City Council is concerned that "a spirit of cooperation" is missing between the city and the Augusta County Board of Supervisors.

During council's meeting Thursday night, members commented that work to solve mutual problems is being delayed, possibly because of a tendency of each governing body to point to possible short-comings and Dr. Frank R. Pancake, councilman, stated that the "most significant thing to come out" of a meeting last week of council and the supervisors was that "there is not as much of a spirit of cooperation and of solving problems that our two bodies ought to show." "I would hope City Council would make every effort to see to it that we attempted to be as forthcoming as possible to consider those things of interest and arrive at answers, whether or not the answers are satisfactory to everybody," he stated. "We are all here in the same community, and I hope we can work out our problems in the near future," Dr. Pancake said.

Mayor Richard A. Farrier said the two bodies "should not get into shortcomings. He pleaded with those present at the joint meeting to not look back and nitpick, but look forward at the opportunities we have. "The thrust of our concern was a plea to look ahead and try to find ways for cooperation," the Mayor said. "We have already made a lot of headway in some he noted.

He said that unless mutual problems can be ironed out, there is a serious "danger of He termed this threat "a very unfortunate and regressive sort of thing. "It is most important to avoid this feeling and to look ahead instead to our opportunities," he added. The joint meeting was held to discuss the county's plan to move the county complex out of the city. The city has offered to work with the county in helping obtain suitable office or building space within the city limits. The city has suggested that the Western State Hospital site might be ideal for either the county complex or a joint governmental complex.

If the property is sold by the state, which owns the land, Staunton has voiced its interest in purchasing the tract. Should the supervisors agree to the suggestion, the complex would still be within city limits. Dr. James R. Cooke councilman, said he believes citizens of the city and the county feel many mutual problems can be solved with joint cooperation.

He said many citizens feel "some day we may have a regional Mayor Farrier said the city is looking forward to receiving from the county a report stating the requirements for finding new space for its offices. "The ball is clearly with the Augusta County Board of Supervisors and we can only await their he stated. Watergate committee awaits action on suit Ml i li i 1 I', -r i- it .1 inn IS i iTr ii '-'-i i 1 1 nrrm rn in nil -11 i V.tiii.i mn i rum Burger gave no indication whether he had conducted a poll of the other court members before denying the petition addressed to him. Thursday's action marked the fourth time in two weeks the issue had been before the court. The tangled path the case has followed includes an attack by Justice William O.

Douglas on the conduct of his colleagues. Last month, Rep. Holtzman won an order in a U.S. District Court in New York to stop the bombing. That order was quickly blocked by the circuit court pending a hearing that was held Wednesday.

Not content to wait for that hearing, the bombing opponents went to Justice Thurgood Marshall last week. Marshall refused to act alone. They then went to Douglas. Last Saturday morning, Douglas issued an order giving new life to the original court order and, in effect, ordering a halt to the bombing. notified all parties that he believed that to relinquish the material would violate the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers.

In a supporting brief Tuesday, White House lawyers argued that the courts and the presidency are co-equal branches of government under the Constitution and therefore, the courts cannot compel the President to obey their orders. To do so, it said "would effectively destroy the status of the executive branch as an equal and coordinate branch of government." Weather Some cloudiness tonight with showers or thunderstorms likely; low in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Cloudy Saturday with showers or thunderstorms likely; highs in the 80s or low 90s. wants to move tained will not interfere with surrounding neighborhood. Mayor Richard A.

Farrier, suggested that if the Navy vacates the downtown building, the city should study ways it could be used by the city, possibly as office space to relieve congestion in city offices. In another matter, council authorized City Manager Edwin D. Martin to notify contractors that the city wants to move ahead at once with construction of three tennis courts at John Lewis Junior High School. The three tennis courts will cost the city $30,900, a fipre Mayor Farrier said was too high. "I question paying that much for tennis (See RESERVES, Page 2) Jesse E.

Snyder Jr. of 700 Selma Katie Roller, 15 months, Mr, and Roller of 100 Fallon and David 12, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Parrish Terrace. (Photo by Dennis Sutton) Nine sets of area twins showed up for the twin get-together at Gypsy Hill Park Thursday.

Among them were (left to right) Terri and Tony Campbell, five months, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Campbell of Waynesboro; Denise and Darrell Byrd, 15 months, Mr.

and Mrs. Elwood B. Byrd of Rt. 3, Staunton; (second row) Judy and Jimmy Snyder, 9 years, Police seek WASHINGTON (AP) Federal Judge John J. Sirica had two court actions raising unresolved constitutional issues before him today.

Both ask him to order President Nixon to obey subpoenas demanding White House tapes and documents related to the Watergate investigations. The Senate Watergate committee filed a civil suit Thursday in U.S. District Court and asked Sirica to speed up the timetable for responses in order to bring about a decision as soon as possible. Sirica took no immediate action on the request that he require the White House to respond within 20 days rather than the 60 usually given. The committee went, to court just two days after lawyers for the President asked Sirica to dismiss special prosecutor Archibald Cox's request that the judge order Nixon to turn over tapes of nine presidential conversations.

Cox and the Senate committee issued subpoenas July 23. Three days later Nixon Reserve unit The Naval Reserve Training Center wants to move from its quarters in the old post office building and start operations in the unused Third Presbyterian Church on Nelson Street. Staunton City Council approved a request Thursday night to subdivide the property to separate the unused church from the adjoining manse. The Navy has indicated after the tract is subdivided it will ask council to determine whether the R-3 zoning will permit the center to use the building. Citing a lack of space at the old post office building, Lt.

Commander Ross A. Jones, reserve center commander, told council 130 men train at the reserve center each week. He said most of the training is in classrooms and the church site, if ob graves in teen layings News inside Seeing double additional him as many as 30 victims may be involved in the three-year-long carnage. Porter said Henley had also told questioners some bodies had been buried near High Island. On Thursday he led them to the graves of two victims in the piney woods.

The other 17 victims were found buried in the boat stall. Police said the case unfolded early Wednesday morning when Henley telephoned them and said he had killed Corll in self-defense at Corll's suburban Pasadena, home because Corll threatened to kill Henley and two other youths after an all-night sex and paint-spray sniffing party. Henley told officers that Corll had killed other persons and buried them in the boat stall he had rented for the past three years. But police said Henley then told them he had participated in the sex slayings. Authorities said Henley implicated another 18-year-old Houston youth who has been taken into custody and is being held.

MR. CECCHINI 11 if Atf rj' I irrfenniii ijk r4 1 i i Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Mrs. Douglas and Doug Parrish, of 19 Oakenwold Abby Page 12 Church Page 5 Classifieds Pages 9-11 Comics Page 6 Editorials Page 4 Health Column Page 4 Horoscope Page 11 Obituaries Page 3 Sports Page 7 Theaters Page 11 Women's News Page 8 Charlottesville fire destroys five businesses CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.

(AP)-Fire officials sought today to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed five downtown businesses and roared out of control for nearly four hours Thursday night and early this morning. No one was seriously injured in the blaze which city fire Supt. Julian Taliaferro said apparently started in the Office Restaurant and spread through a half-block area before it was finally contained just short of the Paramount Theater. Taliaferro said it would take "some time" to find out what started the blaze, which started about 8:25 p.m. and wasn't contained until 12:30 a.m.

Destroyed were the restaurant, the Hallmark Card Shop. Carmichael Shoe Repair, Kirby's Jewelers and McCrory's variety store. There was no immediate damage estimate. All the buildings involved in the blaze were three-story brick structures. to Valley Further areas of concern facing the department will come in the needs of a population used to a Wide variety of.

transportation, "Historically we began-with canals, and roads, now we have air and rail said Mr. He sees his office, as part of the Commonwealth's effort to meet changing public needs. Safety is one of the most important concerns of the new engineer. "I have been closely involved with serious accidents on the he explained. "There is.nothing harder to do than tell a worker's family he.

has been 'seriously. injured." Monthly' safety meetings in various areas 6 the district will be used by Mr. Cecchini and' his staff to bring their concern home to the.man who is on the road. He also sees the meetings as a means of getting to know, what is taking place in all (See OFFICIAL, Page 2) HOUSTON AP) With the bodies of 19 sex perversion slaying victims already recovered, authorities shift their search today for possible additional graves of slain teenagers and young men. Police were to search near the town of High Island east of here and in the piney woods of East Texas.

Two bodies were unearthed late Thursday near Lake Sam Rayburn in the piney woods area. The other bodies were unearthed at a boat storage stall in southwest Houston. Police said Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, has admitted taking part in the slayings and burials of the youths. Authorities said Henley, who at first said he had killed only the man responsible for the mass slayings, changed his statement Thursday and told police he and another youth helped lure young boys to Dean Allen Corll, 33, for sex parties that led to torture and death. Houston Police Lt.

Breck Porter, who is heading the investigation, said Henley told "We are happy to return to the area and the Shenandoah Valley" Mr. Cecchini commented. He has not had much time in his short time back to do much other than start to get a feel of the district and the office. "I am very fortunate in having such a fine group of people in the office to help me" said Mr. Cecchini.

"They make the job much easier." He indicated that there were a few moments of wondering about moving into a new job. Mr. Cecchini has replaced R. Ambler as district engineer. Mr.

Ambler recently retired after 50 years with the department. The image of the highway department and its employees is changing, says Mr. Cecchini. He cited instances of the department expanding beyond the area of road construction, maintenance and planning. "We are looking at mass transportation problems" he explained, as one of the new fields of interest.

Highway official happy to return By TOM PARK Leader Staff Writer Paul Cecchini viewed his new job with momentary apprehension, followed by a desire to meet another new challenge. A week has passed now for Mr. Cecchini as the new Staunton District engineer for the State Highway Department. He has found that most of the time in the office has been spent in familiarizing himself with the district operations. The geography of the Staunton district is not new to the new engineer.

His first assignment in the department was as an assistant resident engineer in the Edin-burg office. A later assignment this time to the position of resident engineer took him to the southern area of the state in the Hillsville office. In between these assignments to the western portions of the state he was in the Richmond area. Wrestling show The featured attraction at the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Fair Thursday night was a match: featuring the Amazing Ziima and Peggy Alien vs El Gauncho and Belle Star in a tag team match. On tap at the fair tonight is a country and western show, featuring the Osborne Brothers and Billy Craddock.

(Photo by Dennis Sutton).