Lancaster Eagle-Gazette from Lancaster, Ohio • 1

Xmtcaater fag YOlJJ NEWSPAPER SINCE 1809 LANCASTER, OHIO. MONDAY. JU1Y 12, 1974 90s watlcly by Crrir $4. IS monthly by Motor Rauto ESTABLISHED 1809-Wo. 57 24 15c PER COPY Wraps Up Veep Interviews Carter Awaits Columbus Mishap 1 Two Youths I.

H't -i 11 .11. MS, II mn.ftw..'. tfl OMfimm HI lift Wf wm'HjjUWl' J'' "mytmMHi JKWl- wm I ie In Crash His omination was dropped from the ticket-after that disclosure. Unprecedented Step Carter revealed Sunday that he is taking unprecedented steps to keep that sort of thing from happening to him. He said be has requested financial and medical information from ev-' eryone on his list of possible running The accounting firm of Arthur Andersen Co.

was engaged to go over the financial data, including tax returns, Carter said, and "they have found nothing to cause me Carter said Sen. Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota, one of the finalists, reported he suffers front a mild case of high blood pressure and takes medication for it. Carter said this "is a factor but not an over-riding factor" in his decision. Later, after meeting with Rep.

Peter Ro-dino of New Jersey, Carter said Rodino's age, 67, also would be a factor but not an over-riding one. Carter also has interviewed Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington, Sen. Edmund Mus-(TURN TO IP AGE 7) 1-1 f-T- 11 I Christians Two Lancaster teenagers died in a one-car accident on U.S.

33 in Columbus Sunday night, according to the Columbus Police accident investigation squad. Robert W. Farmer, Jr. 19. of 1442 Tiki Apt.

5, and Vickie L. Handley, 18, of 767 Rainbow died of massive head and internal injuries in the 11 p.m. accident, officials said. Farmer was driving north on U.S. 33 just past the James Road ramp at an apparent high rate of speed when he lost control of the car in which the Haandley girl was a passenger, police said.

After weaving in the roadway, he went off the road and struck a metal light pole, sources said. Handley was dead at the scene, according to Columbus emergency squad officials, and Farmer died at 2:20 a.m. in Grant Hospital. They were the 33rd and 34th traffic fatalities of the year in Columbus, police officials said. Carpenter A 1975 graduate of Lancaster High School and a carpenter.

Farmer, is survived by father, Robert of the home; mother, Mrs. Delores J. Har-t i Lancaster: sister, Sharon Lancaster; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Friesner Lancaster, Robert Farmer, Columbus; Mr.

Laura Stiefel, Florida; aunts and uncles. Service will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Sheridan Funeral Home, the Rev. Wendell Emrick officiating; burial place to be announced. Friends may call after 7 p.m.

Tuesday and anytime Wednesday at the funeral home, '74 MIS Graduate A 1974 Lancaster High School graduate. Miss Handley was employed by Bininger's Drive-Thru West. She is (survived bv parents, (TURN TO IPAGE 7) A TORNADO wliich swept through parts of this western Pennsylvania town, Latrobe, Sunday, caused this trailer home and stove to be blown 75 yards to rest upon another home. There were no occupants in either of the homes at the time of the storm. Six tornados dipped down Sunday, one in Lightning, High Winds Take Toll On Power Lines In Local Area Robert W.

Farmer Jr. Vickie L. Handley i 7 ivoura extensive Roman ruins 40 miles northeast of Beirut; a neighboring small refugee camp; and another crowded refugee caxnp on the southern edge of Sidon, 25 miles south of Beirut. The leftists said a fire started by Syrian- shelling was still burning out' of control at the American oil refinery outside Sidon. They said the fire was consuming reserves of gasoline the Moslems had been counting on.

Refugee Camp The Christian siege of the Palestinians' Tal Zaatar refu gee camp on the southeast side was in its 22nd day, and the Christians said they captured one of the last major buildings still standing in the 74-acre camp. A communique said that the camp, which threatened the main" highway between the Christian sector of Beirut and (TURN TO PAGE 7) By DON McLEOD AP Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) Jimmy Carter, his hand freed by political strength that an incumbent president might envy, is wrapp ing up his vice presidential in-terviews as he waits triumphantly in the wings for tonight's opening of, the Democratic National Convention. The 37th Democratic National Convention, staged at Madison Square Garden, is expected to nominate Carter for the presidency Wednesday night by an overwhelming vote amid a har- mony that contrasts to divisive party in 1S68 over the. Vietnam war and 1972 over. party reform.

Church, Stevenson Sens. Frank Church of Idaho and Adlai HI of Illinois, meeting Carter today, are the last of seven finalists for the vice presidential nomination, all from Capitol Hill, to be interviewed. Carter said Sunday he has three names at the top of his. list but said he is keeping an open mind until the interviews are over. The peanut farmer and former Georgia governor who daz-, zled the political establishment with his long-shot run to the nomination said he would wait until after his own nomination before revealing his choice of a running mate, With 19 primary victories to his credit and The Associated Press delegate poll showing him with 1,653 votes, well over the 1,505 needed for nomination, Carter is wrapping up a campaign that is a sharp contrast to the close and bitter Republican nomination battle.

A month ahead of the GOP convention President Ford leads conservative challenger Ronald eagan by only -a handful of. votes. The vice presidential selec-' tion has emerged as the major unresolved issue at the convention in the absence of a race for the top of the ticket and the calm of a party platform so secure that it's already printed and bound and in the hands of each delegate. Public Opinion Carter's personal public opinion pollster, Patrick Caddell, has concluded that no particular vice, presidential prospect would appreciably help or hurt Carter's own chances of winning the fall election, campaign aides said. The Carter, staff said Cad-dell's polls show that the strength and diversity of Carter's own.

appeal make, the No. 2 spot virtually irrelevant. The only possible trouble spot, they say, is that he not make an especially bad choice which might develop into a major scandal or embarrassment. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota, the party's 1972 nominee, suffered a setback when it was discovered that his running mate, Sen.

Thomas A. Eagleton of Missouri, had undergone electric shock treat ment for depression. Eagleton i Angola Asks $5,000 For Body's Return Third World Seeks Israeli Condemnation southeast Ohio, while heavy rains in nonlieast Ohio brought rapid rises on the streams and flood warnings. (UPI Telephoto) South Central Power Co. and Fairfield Cablevision Associates officials could not be reached for comment before press deadline, time.

Telephone Service' A influx of 150 repair service requests was received this morning by Ohi Bell Telehone according to Customer Service manager Tom Lally. -Lines were" damaged primarily" by wind and falling trees, he said. Flooding Three to four feet of water blocked Bethel Road south of Ohio 312, southeast of Bremen, this morning, accordig to the Fairfield County Sheriff's office. One residence in Quarry Courts, located east of Lancaster, was threatened with flooding, but waters receded. A total of 1.48 inches rain fell on the Lancaster area Sunday night, Warm Temps, No Rain Seen Little chance of rain is forecast tonight and Tuesday, with partly cloudy 'skies.

Overnight lows will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s, rising to the upper 70s Tuesday. The extended forecast calls for little or no precipitation Wednesday through Friday. Highs will range from the mid 70s to the low 80s Wednesday and Thursday, and in the 80s Friday. Lows will be in the 50s Wednesday and Thursday, and in the 60s Friday. A total of 1.48 inches of rain fell on the Lancaster area during the last 24 hours.

The high temperature Sunday was 90 degrees, with an overnight low of 68. At 9 a.m. today, the temperature was 72 degrees, with the barometer at 29 24 inches and falling, aKe By FAROUK NASSAU Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) The Christians claimed today that their forces have overrun all Moslem strongholds in the Koura region of northern Lebanon and are "within grenade-throwing distance" of Tripoli, Lebanon's biggest Moslem city 60 miles north of Beirut. A Palestinian communique reported that Syrian troops and tanks were "savagely shelling" the Nahr el Bared and Badawi refugee camps on the northern and eastern edges of Tripoli with artillery and rocket launchers. Syrian Army The Palestinians also accused the Syrian army of attacking their forces and those of their leftist Lebanese Moslem allies in eastern and southern non as well as in the north.

Security and hospital sources estimated that more than 325 persons were killed' in' the past 36 hours on all fronts, raising the estimated toll for 15 months of civil war to more than 32,000 dead. The Palestinians said the Syrians shelled Baalbek, the site of Auto Ad Brings Results The person who placed the ad shown below was very pleased with the results. The car was sold soon after the, ad appear-. ed in the Classified Section of this newspaper- 74 PORD Goloxio. 2 door hardtop.

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O'Shea '1G9 board day schools In the state. Weaver School has an enrollment of about 466 students. O'Shea said he has met 169 board members, but has yet to become acquainted with his staff. He added he has seen the new mental health and retardation building on Ohio 37 from the road, but has yet to see the interior, But what he has seen has (TURN TO PAGE 1) it Executive Director ental Retardation Lightning and high winds took a heavy toll on electric power lines in Fairfield County Sunday evening, with some flooding reported the southeast area. Cable television was reportedly interrupted, and scattered telephone service repair requests in Lancaster were received by Ohio Bell Telephone Co.

Electric Outages Severe wind and lightning damage were reported knew, of no effort being made to bring the two sides together, They predicted that the debate would end with the rejection of both resolutions, Israel at the opening of the debate Friday declared that its commando action was justified because Ugandan President Idi Amin collaborated fully with the Palestinian and West German hijackers holding the hostages. But nobody was preparing a resolution to censure T'dispatch from Tel Aviv said the former Israeli military attache in Uganda, Col. Baruch Bar-Lev, reported Amin told him in a telephone conversation Friday that he has severed re- iations with Arab guerrilla ar0UDS because they have cause(j trouble him "nothing but Bar-Lev said Amin also told him that speaking "not as a politician but as a professional soldier, I must tell you the (commando) operation was very good. Your commandos are very good." i 1 1" 1 11 tttYtllf LMWll I Utility Optimistic About Pat LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -The Nixon family's optimism is rising with reports that Pat Nixon is out of the critical stage in her recovery from a stroke that could leave her partially paralyzed.

Former President Richard M. Nixon said late Sunday as he left Long Beach Memorial Hospital that he was encouraged by his wife's progress. Nixon and daughters Tricia Cox and Julie Eisenhower spent more than four hours with Mrs. Nixon, It was the longest visit since she was hospitalized Thursday, the day after she was stricken, Earlier Sunday, doctors said Mrs, Nixon was responding to (TURN TO PAGE 7) Inside Today Public Notices Society Building Sports 6 6 8 9. 10 13 14 Vital Statistics TV Logs widespread in Fairfield and Hocking Counties.

Major outage areas were: Baltimore, with repair crews working since 5 p.m. Sunday; Lancaster, in the Marietta Road-Pleasantville Road Sells Road area, with trees down on primary lines; Sugar Grove, trees down on power lines and fuses blown by lightning; Logan, high wind damage to lines and poles. trees, down, and high water damage; and an area near Ohio 93 and Ohio 662, with primary line damage. Other pockets of damage were widespread. James Gahris, area manager for Ohio Power state "Our men are all out working, and we hope to have a relief crew here from Newark some time this morning." According to reports which Gahris received by radio today, widespread damage in this area was reported in an area bounded by Zanesville.

Cambridge, and Logan. YjewS Cap5u(e5 523 Tivo Killed MANILA, The Philippines (AP) The Philippine government news agency reported today that U.S. Navy planes killed two Philippine fishermen on June 28 in the same target practice area in which Navy bombing allegedly killed four fishermen on June 18. The Philippine News Agency said the report came from the defense department, but a spokesman for Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile said the department had no official statement on the matter, A U.S. Navy spokesman said the Navy had no information on the deaths.

Early Photos PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -Early photos show the third proposed Viking 1 landing site may be too rough for a sale touchdown. But scientists say later pictures and other analyses could uncover a 6mooth landing surface along the deeply watered "Western Front" of Mars. A spokesman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Sunday that preliminary pictures of the latest site revealed rough ground similar to the rugged terrain at two previously rejected landing sites. Visit Scene LOS ANGELES (AP) William and Emily Harris want to visit the scene of their alleged crimes, and if permission is granted it could delay opening statements and the start of testimony in their trial for kidnaping, robbery and assault.

Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler called a special hearing on the matter for today, and indicated he would allow either the Harrises or their lawyers to make the requested trip to Mel's Sporting Good store in Inglewood, Board Names O'Shea WASHINGTON (AP) Daniel Gearhart signed up to fight as a mercenary in Africa because his family was deeply in debt. Now. says his widow, the Angolan government that executed him wants her to pay 000 to get his body back. Angry and close to tears Sunday, Sheila Gearhart naid her husband died on their 11th wedding aniversary. "I'm beginning to wonder if they didn't even know that," she said.

"I wouldn't be surprised." Executed Saturday The 34-year-old Vietnam veteran was executed Saturday by an Angolan firing squad, although he claimed he never had a Chance to fight in the African country before his capture by Cuban troops. He had advertised his services as a mercenary in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Mrs. Gearhart, said her husband fought for pay because of $30,000 in debts plaguing the family. Now, facing life as a widow on welfare with four children, she said the Angolan government has told her it will cost her to get her husband's body back.

"I can't pay it," she said from her home in suburban Kensington. Md. "There's no Correspondents' Club of land that women were Thai-domg much of the heavy reconstruc tion work, carrying pails of mud on bamboo poles and filling in road and railway beds with simple tools. Other work crews often were unarmed soldiers, the couple said. The Hieberts said they were struck by the poverty of northern Vietnam, the frayed clothes Of Hanoi's resident, tlie lines of women waiting to buy cloth at stores, the shacks in the countryside that "looked like refugee housing that was built in the South (during the war) but even poorer." Food Shortages They said there were al-so indications of serious food short-aijes, but that the Vietnamese were reluctant to discuss this.

Northern Vietnam suffered heavily from floods and por weather during the last growing season and still has not recovered from the war damaat! to it ngricjlt'iral vtem. "Mo't of i-i" wop talked ITl'KN TO PAGE way can pay it. I have four children to support." 'Everything I Can" But she said she would do "everything I can to get his body back, to give him a decent funeral." She said she never received $1,000 that tier husband said he sent her. The money was three weeks' advance pay received when he arrived in Angola. Gearhart said at his trial he believed it came from the CIA.

The pastor of the Gearhart's church said neighbors and church members had contributed "several thousand dollars" for the family. Earlier, Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, said from Lisbon on Sunday that the U.S. Embassy was trying to arrange release of Gearhart's body.

Malhias, who was trying to get into Angola to argue against the execution of Gearhart, was (TURN TO PAGE 7) Probation Granted For no People Two people were grunted probation and several people arraigned in Fairfield County Common Pleas Court Friday. William A. Courts, indicted for grand theft in connection with welfare fraud, was given five years probation, ordered to Mrve 30 days in the county jail, and pay a $300 fine by Judge Merlin Parent. lie entered an Innocent plea to the charge during his araignrnent and changed his plea to guilty to grand theft during a hearing later on Friday. Thomas Blackwood.

19. of 8392 Otterbeirt Lancaster, was granted five years probation, ordered to spend 10 days in the county jail and pay a fine by Judae Parrnt. He entered a guilt plea to breaking and entering during his arraignment and was sentenced to one to five years and to nay a $500 fine. The judge suspended fweution of the sentence. The charge wat in connection wi'i a burglary at Abraxas motorcvele shop, Coonpath Ruad ami U.S.

33 on Mav 26. Entered Pleas Several other people were arraigned and entered innocent plea. to all charges, with Judge Parent presiding Friday. Thev arc J.imes S. Barnes, lttj Vil'ii Lancaster, (TURN T( PAGE 1) -l UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.

(AP) The Security Council today begins hearing a parade of Third World countries calling for condemnation of Israel for its commando rescue of more than 100 hostages from Uganda a week ago. Mauritius, Benin, Guinea and, Guyana were to speak in the council debate in support of Uganda's charges that Israel committed "barbaric, unpro- voked and naked Focus Attention The United States, trying to use the debate to focus atten- tion on the hijacking and ter- rorism that caused the Israeli raid, was consulting with Israel and other allies about a resolu- tion condemning international terrorism ana esiauusmug some sort of mechanism to deal uoc consensus," secretary ot state Henrv A. Kissinger told a news conference in Washington Saturday, He said if agreement was not reached, "we will put forth ourselves." The Americans were reported to have drafted a general con- demnation of international ter- rorism and a suggestion that Israel compensate Uganda tor its losses in the raid. But council sources said the United States could hot get the nine votes necessary for adoption of such a resolution. African and other Third World nations circulated a resolution condemning Israel and demanding compensation for Uganda, the Soviet Union and China were backing it, but the United States was certain to veto it if it came to a vote.

Council sources said they Woman Hurt In Single Car Mishap Sunday An elderly west side woman is in fair condition at the Lancaster-Fairfield County Hospital after being hurt Sunday In a single car accident on Pleasantville Road, Police say a car driven by Bertha M. Funk, 78, of 632 Harrison went out of control and hit a tree in front of 1256 Pleasantville Rd. The accident occurred at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, Police said. Officers had no details of how the mishap took place.

The Funk woman was taken to the hospital by the fire department squad. War's Marks Still Evident In Vietnam A man now serving as principal in a school for the mentally retarded has been named new executive director of the Mental Retardation 169 programs in Fairfield County, according to David Komatz, board president. John T. O'Shea, principal at Weaver School in Summit County, will begin his new duties in Fairfield County Aug, 1. Weaver School is a day school, such as Forest Rose Training Center in county.

A new director for the Mental Health 648 programs should be named ln the very near future. Retirement J. W. Bennett. current executive director of the 109 and 648 boards' programs, has announced his retirement.

During an Interview Sunday! 1G9 Board President Komatz said the two boards have decided to hire separate executive directors. "The programs are large enough to warrant separation. Ohio is one of the last states to have combined directors," he said. O'Shea becomes administer or the county's school for the mentally retarded scnooi, wnicn currently has an enrollment of approximately 150 pupils. Under the Buffalo.

N.Y. native are 25 staff members. 1 Large School The new executive secretary is leaving one of the largest BANGKOK. Thailand (AP) -A Canadian-Amurican couple just back from a motor trip in Vietnam says vast destruction end poverty are still evident in northern Vietnam, while people in the southern cities of Da Nang and Hue still cling to a life style learned from Americans, But Canadian Murray Hiebert and his American wife, Linda, said they saw "a fantastic amount of reconstruction" of, roads, railroads, churches, hospitals and schools as they drove about 500 miles from Hanoi to the central province of Quant Nttai, formerly part of South Vietnam. Gave Aid The Hieberts are' members of the Mennonite Central Committee, an American religious and humanitarian organization that gave aid to both sides in the Indochina waf.

Since the Communist victory in April 1975. the committee has been allowed to work and travel in Vietnam. The tiieberu told ttie Foreign I.