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You Sure You Haven't Played This Game THE MARION STAR Member of Associated Press Established October 8, 1877 Published Daily Except Sunday Paul H. Miller, General Manager Saturday, July 7, 1973 A Community in Tears $wrmm 1 jit SmMi A little girl skipped off happily to the library. What happened thereafter may never be known, but the tragic end to her life has upset the calm of the community. The anguish that only parents can know is shared to a degree by the citizens, but nothing they can do can undo the cruelty that marked her last hours. They can, however, remain on the alert for any thread of information that might lead to the capture of her slayer.

JUST SHORT OF HER NINTH birthday, little Sandra Fry was missing some 24 hours before her nude, raped and strangled body was found in the wilderness along a stream in western Marion County. Authorities have been busy trying to reconstruct the scene of her disappearance and seeking leads as to what happened. Marion city firemen, long known for their big hearts and quick response to a cause, have begun a reward fund for information leading to arrest and conviction of the killer. WHETHER THE CRAZED slayer still is in Letters to the Editor of The Star and Survival Forget Doodads By James J. Kilpatrick WASHINGTON On June 26, a General Motors vice president turned up before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Spokesmen for Chrysler and Ford had been there the day before. They were all pleading for the same thing a further delay in the enforcement of federal clean air standards. "Even though we have diligently sought solutions to meet the 1976 standards," said the gentleman from GM, "we have been unable to develop the requisite technology to meet all the requirements for 1976 models." Put another way, what GM was saying and the other companies also is that they have not developed the technology to produce an emission control system for existing automobile engines. The key word is "existing." For the past 20 years, auto producers have worshipped their basic overhead valve engine, kept it on a pedestal, and regarded it with reverence as a kind of sacred icon. It is this icon worship that has them in trouble today.

NOW, GRANTED, this whole problem of "clean air" is awesomely complex. So far as the problem involves the automobile, the government is putting its reliance upon enforcing national emission standards, first as to hydocarbons and carbon monoxide, and later for oxides of nitrogen. Yet it is generally acknowledged that the problem is "national" only in a sense. Smog is a terrible problem in some cities, but over much of the country, most of the time, smog is no more intolerable than the common fly. It is thus a fair question Chrysler has raised 1 the issue persuasively whether EPA's standards1 are unreasonably high.

It is another fair question, raised in February by the National Academy of Sciences, whether the billions of dollars that will be spent on emission control systems could be spent more wisely and usefully on other areas of public health. A host of fair questions have to do with the impact of the EPA requirements upon fuel consumption, foreign trade, auto design, mass transit and consumer choice. All those questions merit debate, but forgive me, today, for sticking narrowly to the icon question. If engineers had taken their precious overhead valve engine off the pedestal long ago, smashed the icon and started over, tley wouldn't be in this humiliating fix right now. FOR ALL kinds of reasons, mainly profitable reasons, the industry has stayed by its beloved altar.

Engineers vowed to protect the icon at any cost. They bolted on a new carburetor, set extra lean; they added doodads that sqmrt extra air to the exhaust system; they developed extensive catalytic converters that demand no lead fuels. The result is an engine that starts poorly, runs worse, squanders gas, burns up spark plugs twice as fast, and is not expected to give 50,000 miles of basically trouble-free service. The National Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions, in its February report, placed the eventual annual cost of a fuel-catalyst system at $23.5 billion a walloping sum of money. The problem can't be solved with doodads.

Those unwanted hydrocarbons are created in the combustion chamber, and a solution must be "found there. Foreign manufacturers, not obsessed with icon worship, learned this long ago. ONE JAPANESE firm, Honda, already has designed, built, tested and gained certification for a reliable engine that meets 1975 standards. Honda's control system relies on a stratified charge, in which a small amount of gasoline-rich fuel is ignited in a small chamber and the resulting combustion then ignites an overly lean mixture in a larger chamber. The concept is not new.

Army tank designers have been working with the idea for years. The Mercedes diesel engine and the Wankel rotary engine apparently possess the required technology; and these engines possess it now. Belatedly, major producers have bought rights to the Wankel, but they have not exactly embraced it. If EPA yields to the industry's pleas, we are likely to get more doodads. What we need are more iconoclasts industry leaders who will put away old idols and turn their creative energies, just as their admen say, to producing some truly better ideas.

Commends Authorities TO THE EDITOR: This letter is meant as a personal commendation to the Marion City Police Department and to the Marion County Sheriff's Department. My son is one of many boys in this city who got caught up, in the drug trap. Because of this, he has been in and out of mental hospitals for some time. The police and the sheriff's department officers have taken him to the emergency room several times and have had to take him back to the hospital on several occasions when he has escaped. My son, at times, turned to alcohol to try to relieve his withdrawal symptoms.

He learned to trust our law officers of Marion and called them himself to help him when he was confused Brenda' Still Tops TO THE EDITOR: I felt impelled to write this letter after reading the article about the Miss Ohio Pageant and comments by Brenda Vulgamore. It seemed fitting to let Brenda know publicly that in no way did she let the people of Marion down when she did not make the 10 semifinalists in Sandusky. Naturally, everyone from Marion was stunned when we first found out she did not make it because we knew what a fine and talented individual Brenda is. But after witnessing the pageant myself, I can assure the people of Marion that the competition was unbelievably rigid. In fact, the lady who was the mistress of ceremonies made a point to state that she had been associated with many pageants on the national and statewide levels since her reign as Miss Ohio of 1967 and that Lloyd Jones establishment looks pretty good to a lot of bright and able young people.

AMERICANS are great for rising to special challenges, but it takes time for them to find the handle. William Jennings Bryan opposed preparedness prior to our entrance into World War I because, as he put it, "a million men will spring to arms overnight." There is a lot more to an effective fighting force than "springing to arms." Generally, American history shows raw recruits ran like rabbits at the first volley. Fortunately, our militia were usually up against second teams. The Mexicans, for all their heroism at Chapultepec, were badly led. Indians were disorganized and could be defeated in detail.

Bull Run was a hurly-burly of amateurs. And when we did meet first teams we were always able to count, first, on a small cadre of professionals to get us ready, and, second, on a fair amount of time to learn how to handle the arms after we sprang to them. We dislike drafts. We will tolerate them only for short-term objectives. The long, indeterminate grind of Vietnam turned young America off altogether.

Nor can we make do with a small professional force. If the balloon goes up again, we will have no months to whip civilians into shape while our allies hold the line. What allies? SO, WHAT ELSE but a large volunteer military establishment? And it had better be good. An experiment five years ago in putting dregs in uniform on the theory that it would straighten them out proved a disaster murders, rapes, loss of face overseas and eventually a spate of dishonorable discharges. Nor will coddling get the job done.

A current Air Force recruiting pamphlet says of the training instructor: "He knows how you're feeling, standing there. He may yell at you, but you'll find out he's the best friend you've got at basic. Because he cares about you." Nuts! Much better is the way a Marine Corps pamphlet puts it: "Is boot camp really tough?" "Yes." "Can I make it?" "Several million Marines have." The purpose of our professional soldiery is to be formidable enough to deter war and be able to win battles if deterrence doesn't work. Wig-wearers might not win. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmm Page 4 the area is not known, but the fact that he might be is sufficient to frighten parents and children for some time.

A member of the criminal element that inhabits our area or a deranged individual whose mind cracked and caused him to do this tragic thing, the slayer must be brought to justice. The community's tears join those of the bereaved family. Hals Off Dept. "The Music Man's" run isn't over here in Marion yet but it must be said the community has scored another smash. Those still planning to see the production at OSUM tonight or Sunday afternoon are in for a treat.

To all the cast and sponsors we tip the River City beanie for a job well done. "Music Man" has to be one of the delights of the summer of 1973 in Marion for Their Understanding and very sick. On each occasion, I personally witnessed fairness, mixed with a gentle firmness. I also saw compassion and pity for him in their eyes. My son, when I asked about how he felt about these law officers, stated they always treated him nice and he liked them.

There are always a few individuals in any organization who are not fair or kind. But for the most part, I think our law officers of Marion are. As a member of this community, and a grateful mother, I always will look up to these hardworking, fair and decent men that some people have the audacity to call pigs. It's the pigs they have to deal with everyday who cause all the problems. A MOTHER in Heart of Ohio this particular group of girls was the most fantastic she ever had seen.

In retrospect, the pageant was a tremendous happening. There was no doubt that Brenda had the largest and loudest representation at the pageant and that this is certainly a tribute to her character. For sure, she had the only group that proudly displayed huge red and white buttons with her name on them, and a great sense of unity was felt among the group of Marion people, young and old alike! So to Brenda, I would like to say thank you for doing such a fine job in representing the local Heart of Ohio pageant; we know you gave your best possible effort and that is all anyone can expect. You still have stolen all our hearts! DAVE WIGTON 371 Brightwood Dr. 7J Berry's World "Don't take the Liza Minnclli-Pefer Sellers split-up so hard.

Try to think of Princess Anne Good Job, John By Art Buchwald more to say, I'm going back to my office. President: I didn't mean to take no your time, John. Could you give me a teensy -wcensy hint as to what you're working on? LVan: Mr. President, You know very well I can't do that. If you don't feel I'm doing a good job, gel yourself another lawyer.

PRESIDENT: I don't want anollmr lawyer. I want you, John. But you can't blame me for wanting to know what's going on around here. Dean: Why don't you ask Haldeman if he's So Smart? Haldeman: Mr. President, all I know is John is doing a good job.

I never asked him what he was doing. President: Well, how do you know he's doing a good job then? Haldeman: Just by the way he keeps his Letters to the editor of The Star should 1 be brief and to the point and must be ft signed with a pen and must include the writer's address. The Star reserves the right to edit letters received. Copies of letters to others cannot be published and The Star publishes no poetry submitted by readers. Names may be withheld from publication upon request except where at- i I tacks are made or election issues involved.

IP II it Mickey By Jenkin In Grand Rapids, three Marine Corps reservists have filed suit in federal court demanding the right to tuck their long hair up under short-haired wigs while on active duty. Presumably in the plaintiffs' eyes regulation Marine haircuts are "Mickey Mouse." And the all-volunteer military services promised to do away with "Mickey Mouse" regulations. "Which brings up a question: If wigs had been optional among Marines during World Wat II, would the First Division have taken Guadalcanal and would the Second have seized Tarawa? Now, Mickey Mouse regulations and customs have existed in all military organizations back to Sennacherib. The uniformed services have a way of breeding brainless ceremonials and petty tyrannies that do not contribute to fighting efficiency. YET MUCH that appears useless is useful.

In an age of intercontinental missiles, close-order drill would seem irrelevant. No one deploys in battle any more in the parade-ground manner so beloved by Frederick the Great and the Duke of Wellington. But drill is a conditioning process toward instant obedience to an order. Any army that would pause and consider orders as a committee of "the whole would be rolled up and swept away. Today the United States is engaged in an unprecedented experiment an effort to produce a large defense establishment on a purely voluntary basis at a time when capable young people of fighting age enjoy a record number of civilian job options where little discipline is required.

In order to avoid making such an organization a repository of dropouts, misfits and dimbulbs, the lushest pay, perquisites and fringe benefits are being offered. THEY INCLUDE: Pay for the lowest-ranking recruit, single, is $288 a month with, of course, room, board, medical services and uniforms free; eligibility for first promotion in four months; life insurance of $15,000 for $3 a month; extra pay for hazardous duty; right to choose or reject foreign service; many job-training options, and four free years of college during a six-year hitch. Obviously, this is going to be a very expensive armed service. Money that in other nations would go for the development and procurement of advanced weapons will have to be spent by Uncle Sam for the mere care of those who wear his uniforms. As Congress grows more and more fractious about total Pentagon expenditures there is danger that we may be buying a relatively static military force.

Our friend, Russia, has no such problems. Being a totalitarian state it puts up with no Jane Fondas and gets no static from draftees. And because civilian life under the hammer and sickle is likely to be dull, arduous and poorly paid, a career in the Russian military desk. He's probably one of the neatest men in the White House. I always know a man's doing a good job when he doesn't have any papers on his desk.

Dean: Oh yeah? Well keep your nose out of my office, Haldeman. I might have something in there I don't want you to see. PRESIDENT: Please, men. no fighting. We're one happy family in the White House.

Right? Dean: I suppose so. President: Let me ask you one more question. Are you absolutely sure. John, that there is nothing I should know concerning the people who work for me? Dean: Boy, you never give up do you, Mr. President? Haldeman: If we thought you were going to get so upset, John, we never would have called you into the Oval Office.

Dean: I'm sorry. I guess I've been working too hard, what with covering up and. President: Covering up? Dean: You know what I mean. It gets cold at night in Alexandria and my wife always keeps telling me to cover up. Well, I'll see you later.

(He exits.) President: Bob, I like that kid. He's a team player. Haldeman: He's the salt of the earth, Mr. President. I wish we had a hundred like him.

President: Send him an electric blanket as a gift from me. I don't want him to catch cold. Mouse News of Other Years mmmwwmmwx the boost was long overdue and necessary to meet higher costs and assure long-term supplies for the industry. Many other officials of major oil firms were slated to be questioned in the probe. 10 YEARS AGO-Mrs.

Smith Witter of Marion, president of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers, had been named Ohio PTA representative to the committee to support the $250 million educational bond issue on the ballot in November. Argentina's voters gave exiled dictator Juan D. Peron a new defeat at the polls when they pushed a country doctor toward the presidency of South America's second largest nation. While the nation set a Fourth of July holiday mark for murder on the highways and got a helping hand from Ohio, Marion County had an aura of safety about its traffic record for the 4V2-day holiday. Less than a dozen property damage accidents had been reported, and there were no deaths or serious injuries.

The Marion Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps had scored its fifth straight victory of the season, topping a field of six corps in the Michigan City, Summer Festival. Facts in Brief Former evangelist Billy Sunday played baseball in the National League from 1883 to 1891. The Marion Star 1M Conn BC. Marlon, Ohio 30 Phoa 382-1101 Subscription rates; 15 cenu single copy. Horn delivery 70 cenu per week.

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Inc. 40 YEARS AGO Jimmie Mattern, flier who left this country on a solo around the world journey the previous month and believed dead because of his long silence, sent back brief word of his safety at a tiny trading post, Anadir, in Siberia. The message came via Moscow. Plans had been made by the City Union of King's Daughters in Marion for establishing a milk fund for families not supplied by the Red Cross chapter. At a meeting of the women at the library, the new leader, Mrs.

Walter E. Miley, presided. Because of a rash of sheep killings and injuries in Marion County, claims for damages had been filed with the county commissioners. Several farmers had reported losses of Iambs and ewes. Nine dogs had been impounded as a result by Dale Rhoads, dog warden.

Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, American tennis ace, beat her British opponent at Wimbledon to capture her sixth net title in women's singles there. 20 YEARS AGO-The New York Central Railroad was celebrating its first century of existence. It was formed on July 7, 1853, when 10 small railroad companies consolidated. The original agreement specified that the consolidation would continue "for the term of 500 years." The railroad that started with wood-burners was planning to end the use of steam locomotives in a few months, replacing coal-burners with diesel-electric engines.

Chinese troops snapped four days of rainy silence on the Korean battlefront with attacks against American and South Korean hill positions on the muddied Western Front. Infantrymen of the U.S. 7th Division clung grimly to the top of Pork Chop Hill after more than 1,000 Communists seized the flanks of the outpost in savage hand-to-hand fighting. Pleasant School's Dallas Cornett had been elected president of the Ohio Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. Appearance before the House Commerce Committee to defend oil and gasoline price boosts had been made by W.

W. Keeler, vice president of Phillips Petroleum Co. It was claimed 1973 by NEA, Inc. WASHINGTON The White House would have us believe that Dean III. by himself and without aid, comfort or advice from anyone, conspired to activate the Watergate break in and then cover it up so no one would ever know that people in President Nixon's administration were involved.

The way they make it sound, Dean answered to nobody. All right, let's raise that one up the flagpole. President: John, Bob Haldeman just told me what a wonderful job you're doing. Dean: Thank you. Mr.

President. But frankly I don't think it was Bob's job to tell you anything. President: I'm sorry about that, John. Tell me, just out of curiosity, what have you been doing that Bob considers such a wonderul thing? Dean: I'm not at liberty to tell you, Mr. President.

It's very confidential. PRESIDENT: But I'm the President of the United States. Shouldn't I know? Dean: Mr. President, when it's time for you to know, I'll inform you. In the meantime, get off my back.

President: I didn't mean to offend you, John. I was just trying to get some information on a matter that will probably affect me sooner or later. Dean: This is a security problem and, as your counsel, I cannot discuss it with you. Bob Haldeman, John Ehrlichman or anybody else. Now I'm very busy and if you have nothing.