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North Central Ohio's Foremost Newspaper PHONE 522-3311 Mansfield, Ohio, Thursday, March 25, 1971 United Prett lntrntionl, Aiocite4 Pres. Va'iin9ion Pott! Loi tnnlei Timti Strvict TliN CliNTS ress Buries Cong SST Viet Saigon's Cost High In Laos Invasion WILLIAM MAGRUDKR market has been given to Britain, Russia, France Defeat Puts 15,000 Jobs in Jeopardy 46 51 Ohio's Republican senators William Saxbe and Robert Taft voted for the measure. The congressional veto battered the prestige of the President who, after a fruitless attempt at first person lobbying with wavering senators, called the outcome "distressing, disaj)-pointing" and "a severe blow." Leader's of an environmental coalition greeted thoir victory with heady jubiliation and toasted Sen. William Proxmire, the project's most relentless congressional foe, with champagne sipped from plastic cups. At the same time their opponents, the Senate's pro SST wing, said the decision will cause the waste of more than $1 billion in federal funds, trigger the immediate loss of up to 15,000 jobs, and jeopardize American supremacy in the world's aviation markets.

An SST backer said the March 23rd vote will be remembered as "Day One in the ecological calendar." An SST supporter said the date will (Please Turn To Page 8) WASHINGTON (AIM The Senate has completed the congressional burial of the supersonic transport in a vote that halted nearly a decade of federal SST spending and ignored the pleas of President Nixon, industry and organized labor. Stunned and demoralized after Wednesday's 51 46 roll call vote, SST boosters and planners said chances for revival of the development program are slight. The House last week also voted to kill further SST subsidies. (Related Story on Page 44) William M. Magruder, director of the SST project for the Transportation Department, said he had been advised tentatively by a group of bankers that there was no method of financing available for the construction of prototypes in the light of the senate action.

"Congress has given the market to Britain, France and Russia," Magruder -said, referring to SSTs now under development by those countries. SENATE FOR AGAINST 204 215 II 14,000 North Vietnamese troops killed. A large proportion of these are credited to U. S. bombers and helicopter gunships, but the U.

S. Command in a report last Saturday said "cumulative results of U. S. air operations in support of the South Vietnamese indicate 3,600 enemy troops reported killed by air." The American command said the tabulation was based on reports from air crews, forward air controllers and South Vietnamese forces. Defense sources in Washington say Pentagon officials and senior military officers are deeply disappointed the South Vietnamese withdrew from Laos before the onset of the heavy rains.

Defense sources said high ranking officers in the U. S. command in Saigon and the top level joint military staff in Washington wanted South Vietnamese to reinforce its troops in Laos and slug it out with the North Vietnamese. As recently as last week, sources predicted privately South Vietnamese troops would remain in Laos until mid April, digging out supply caches and disrupting truck movements on the Ho Chi Minh trail. The heavy rains are expected about the beginning of May.

Although the basic plan called for South Vietnamese soldiers to advance as far as Sepone, about 25 miles inr side Laos, there was an option to extend the operation. Lt. Col. Do. Viet, an official Soutli Vietnamese spokesman, announced that the last of the 22,000 South Vietnamese troops who invaded Laos had returned to South Vietnam.

But Associated Press correspondent Michael Putzel reported from the front that South Vietnamese marines were ordered back to the Co Roc Ridge just inside Laos this afternoon to prevent the enemy from using it to shell allied bases on the Vietnamese side of the border. The marines had been pulled off the ridge earlier while U. S. B52 bombers pounded the area. Then they were ordered back.

But the North Vietnamese fired a 20 round artillery barrage at the South Vietnamese forward command post at Ham Nghi, and U. S. officers said the rounds came from Co Roc. There was no report of casualties or damage. I On The Inside 44 PAGES, 4 SECTIONS 7K JiTH SAIGON (AP) The 45 day campaign in Laos cost the South Vietnamese nearly 10,000 casualties or almost 50 per cent of the total force committed, highly placed military sources said today.

The sources said 3,800 South Vietnamese troops were killed, 775 missing and 5.200 wounded, nearly double what the Saigon government has reported. These source's said the communiques from South Vietnamese headquarters being given to newsmen are lagging or are deliberately not reporting the true losses. The latest official figures list 1,146 troops killed, 245 missing and 4,235 wounded. At the same time, South Vietnamese headquarters is reporting nearly Taf Urging Tighter Rein OnGIUse By RICHARD THOMAS New Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Sen. Robert Taft today urged increased congressional control over U.

S. military activities in order to prevent future Viet-nams. "The process by which we became involved in Southeast Asia is a classic illustration of executive usurpation of powers from a Congress not willing to exercise its war powers and an executive unwilling to call for it," Taft said. "There have been at least 165 instances during our history when American armed forces have been committed abroad," he asserted in testimony prepared for delivery to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "On only five occasions, however, has war been declared by the United States.

We must include congressional authority and public opinion in the policy decisions." Taft's testimony was in support of a resolution he has introduced requiring prior congressional approval before U. S. combat troops can be deployed aboard. Taft's resolution contains lour exceptions where prior congressional approval is not required: When U. S.

territory or- armed forces are attacked or in imminent danger of being attacked. When deployment is necessary to meet treajy obligations. After there tion of war. has been a declara- When the President feels that the "inherent right of self defense," as defined by international law and the United Nations Charter, is a (I IN i 00 VERY BAD NEWS Somber faced listen as a company official announces sible. The chart at upper right denotes tin Wednesday's Senate vote to, halt federal plane.

IUPI worn on me r. tsoemg said workers would be laid off as soon as pos- 2 Teen-Vote Plans in Ohio's Hopper COLUMBUS (AP) The question facing Ohio legislators no longer seems to be whether or not 18 year -olds should vote, but how best to arrange it. The Senate Wednesday, faced with either amending the Ohio Constitution or ratifying an amendment to the U. S. Constitution to lower the voting age, decided to be doubly safe and try both.

A resolution, authored by Sen. Douglas Applegate (D Steubenvillel was introduced calling for a state constitutional amendment lowering The Applegate measure, however, if passed by both houses, would go before state voters in November. Sen. Stanley Aronoff, sponsor of a number of similar pieces of legislation and chairman of the Senate Elections Committee, argued for the Ohio amendment. Aronoff said amending the Ohio Constitution would permit Ohioans to enact a swift change in their voting laws without having to wait for other states to act.

The Cincinnati Republican said pre HOUSE 1 earlier House vote on the SST and funding of the supersonic transport Photo I mature ratification of the nation's constitution could work to defeat any change in Ohio law in the near fu-" ture. Sen. Anthony O. Calabrese, (D-Cleveland) irate over exclusion of Ohio's "industrial corridor" from the new national railroad passenger service system, asked in a Senate resolution that the federal government reconsider its position. Calabrese asked that "Railpax" be rerouted to include the cities of Cleveland.

Youngstown, Akron and Toledo. "What this means is our hands are tied until the plant actually begins operating," said Tenenbaum. "At that time if the pollution control board believes the plant is polluting the water, they can shut it down." However, Dr. Thomas A. Gardner, director of the state Health Department and a member of the board, said he felt the state should still have final certification in the matter.

But Gardner also noted the water board was mostly concerned with possible discharges of the plant into Lake Erie and its tributaries. The AEC, on the other hand, was primarily concerned with possible radiation emissions from the facility. The $270 million plant will be built by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and Toledo Edison Co. and will be located near Port Clinton.

The utilities, although they only received their construction permit from the federal government Wednesday, began construction of the plant nearly a year ago hoping for eventual approval. Several representatives of the utilities testified before hearings held by the Water Pollution Control Board that the water used by the plant would be about 15 degrees warmer when returned to the lake. Abby 43 Hot Line 8 Area 20-22 Legal 36 Business 35 Lenten Guide 3 Bridge 43 Little People 43 Classified 36-42 Magazine 6 Crossword 41 Movies 15 Deaths 34 Society 16-19 Dr. Crane 41 Sports 23-28 Editorials 4 Television 14 Education 11 Tell Me Why 43 Hospitals 10 Weather 2 xx "A 5 I () employes at the Boeing Co. in Seattle the Senate voted against continuing the voting age from 21 to 18 for all elections, and setting the minimum age for holding public office at 21.

That was followed by a resolution from Sen. Ronald Moltl (D-Parmai asking that the Ohio General Assembly ratify a proposed U. S. constitutional amendment doing the same thing, but on a nationwide scale. Congress approved the amendment and sent it on to President Nixon earlier this week.

At least 28 of the nation's 50 states must ratify the proposal before it becomes law. Harold Dorsey "elements of racism" asked that Dorsey document in writing the claim of mistreatment of blacks and give a written list of the demands to the board. Dorsey agreed to preparation. When City Schools Superintendent Robert E. Glass began to speak in reply' to the presentation, Dorsey and about 25" other black persons walked of the meeting.

Supt. Glass said he knew of no mistreatment of either black or white pupils in city schools. lie said there are occasions when students of any color must be disciplined. He said administrators try hard to recruit qualified black teachers, but that most are not interested in coming to Mansfield. There are 12 now, he said.

Supt. Glass pointed out that 48 per cent of black high school graduates in the city go on to college and that much scholarship help is available to them. Doug Johnson, a black teacher in (Please Turn To Page 8) lot" 125 Hear Demands 71 CI 1 1 TV 7 State to Keep Control Of Nuclear -Power Plant or dcnooi ooara mi COLUMBUS (LTD The federal government has issued a construction permit for a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Erie, but the operation of the plant will come under state control. Gov. John J.

Gilligan's office said today. The Safety and Licensing Board of the Atomic Energy Commission said it granted the permit for the proposed David-Besse plant because it could be oicrated "without undue risk to the health and safety of the public." Gilligan's news secretary, Bob Te-nenbaum, said since the construction had been certified the state could not slop the plant from being built. However, the State Water pollution Control Board will decide whether the plant can dump water into the lake. Senate Briefed WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of State William P. Rogers hopes to clear up today what he considers Senate misunderstandings of the Nixon administration Mid-East policy.

Rogers was holding an unusual briefing session this afternoon for all senators at the invitation of Senate leaders. They had been informed Tuesday the secretary would like to meet with as many members as By VIRGINIA LEE Mansfield Board of Education and some 125 persons attending the board meeting last night in John Sherman Junior High School heard seven demands to remedy what were claimed to be "elements of racism" existing in city schools. The spokesman was Harold Dorsey. a Mansfield-OSU instructor who said he came "in behalf of a group known as Value." He said the group had support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, black ministers and some other black organizations. Dorsey demanded formation of a black student union, black studies at all grade levels, hiring of blacks for 10 per cent of the teaching staff, employing blacks in 10 other staff positions, establishment of a system of sensitivity training, public reports of elementary and secondary school programs and where they are being operated ahd removal of school administrators "detrimental to both blacks and whites." He asked further that he have a written report in answer to the demands within three weeks including an answer to the question: "Who should conflict between students and principals be reported to?" Board President George Murray I (771 ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE Mrs.

Sonnie Schrader, center, wife of Mansfield Jaycees President Art Schrader, is among those listening with interest as Harold Dorsey makes demands for black students. (Photos by Jim Bikar).