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WEATHER WARM TODAY FHE DANVILLE REGISTER HOME DELIVERY Doily Sunday SOcWEEK THIS 20 -ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE- FOUNDED FEBRUARY 1847. NO. 30,149 (AP LEASED WIRES) DANVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1973 (AP NEWSFEATURES) PRICE: TWENTY CENTS 5.6 Per Cent Increase Effective Year From Now Congress Approves Hike In Social Security Pay LINE FISHIN'--These youngsters find a rather comfortable way to do some hand fishing at Loose Park lake just south of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. They're catching tiny perch--about two inches long--and they're having fun. (AP Wirephoto) Vermont Suffers One Of Worst Disasters Six Dead, Damage Mounts As Floods Hit Northeast By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Six persons were known dead and damage was mounting Sat- urday as heavy weekend rains which belted the Northeast sent creeks and rivers cascading through communities in Ver- mont and southeastern Pennsyl- vania.

Vermont appeared the hard- est hit with its governor calling it one of the greatest disasters in the state's history. Some minor flooding, or the danger of it, also was reported in New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut Maine. Twenty-four hours of heavy rain on Vermont's Green Moun- tains washed into the state's myriad of river's and streams Saturday. Three persons were dead because of the floods and the damage was said by Gov. Thomas P.

Salmon to be "in the millions." "It is obviously a profound disaster," Salmon said after a helicopter tour of the state. "A large portion of Vermont will have to be rebuilt after this The National Weather Serv- ice's River Forecast Center at Hartford, issued a flood warning for communities along the Connecticut River in Ver- mont, New Hampshire, Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut. It said flooding would continue for the next several days. The riv- er is the largest in the New England region. Civil defense officials said the Hartford, Vt, and Lebanon, N.H.

areas might be in the the worst flooding since 1927. In southeastern Pennsylva- nia, three children were killed and one youth was in critical condition in the wake of spotty flooding. The Greater Philadelphia area, which had a record rain- fall Friday, was hardest hit, but some areas which had borne the brunt of tropical storm Agnes last June received some minor flooding. In Ludlow, a village of 2.500 in the central part of the state, town manager 'Dean Brown said "everything seemed to be washing down" the Black River. The rear end of a General Electric plant col- lapsed into the river, officials said.

The plant is the largest employer in the area. "Nobody can go and come into the village," Brown said. "Streets and bridges are washed out and water mains are broken. Many people have been evacuated by boat." Gov. Thomas P.

Salmon or- dered the state's National Guard into duty. He said one of the main concerns of rescue Soviet Craft Slams Into House Eight Persons Killed In Crash Of Airliner AMMAN, Jordan (AP) A twin-jet Soviet airliner with 84 persons aboard, including a member of the royal family and a former wife of King Hus- sein, crashed on takeoff from Amman Saturday and slammed into a house a the end of the runway. Jordanian Interior Minsiter Abkel Karim Tarauneh reported that eight persons were killed, including three children playing in the house when it was wrecked and set afire by the crashing jet. The other five victims were among the plane's passengers and he said. Rescue squads took 79 per- sons to Amman hospitals, the minister announced, and 20 were admitted for treatment.

The other 59 were treated for minor injuries and released. Most of the passengers were reported to be Arabs. They in- cluded Princess Dina, the di- vorced, former wife of King Hussein, and Sherif Ahmed al Hayrnak, a member of sein's royal family. Both were reported to have escaped the crash without in- jury. The Aeroflot TU134 carried 77 passengers and seven crew members, the airport officials reported.

It was taking off on the way to a Beirut stopover on flight SU512 heading for Yere- van in Soviet Armenia and- Moscow. The Jordanian Transport Ministry said the medium- range jet was broken into three parts and wreckage was scat- tered around the crash site. So- viet authorities put the aircraft into service in 1967. It can car- ry up to 80 passengers. There was no immediate offi- cial explanation of the crash but the Transport Ministry said Jordanian and Soviet author- ities began an investigation.

workers sent into hard-hit areas during the afternoon was the fate of 11 campers near Plymouth, upstream on the Black River from Ludlow. Salmon said he 11 persons had been camping. He said at- tempts to check on their safety were being made by helicopter. Earlier, police and civil de- fense officials received reports of camping trailers floating on the Black River, and other small communities reported minor flooding problems. At least two 60-foot railroad bridges along the right-of-way of the Rutland Railroad were washed out near Wallingford, along Otter Creek.

The Central Vermont Railway, which owns the tracks used by Amtrak's Washington to Montreal serv- ice, reported several washouts. Police in the southern Ver- mont town of Bennington said Kevin Green. 7, apparently fell from a bridge into the swollen Branch River. National Guards- men and firemen were search- ing for his body. In Pennsylvania, officials said 5-year-old Wanda Jean Mest and her brother Brian, 1, i'ell from their mother's arms into the waters of Ironside Creek as Mrs.

Mest attempted to flee her Boyerstown home. Upstate, at Macungie in Le- high County, Jay Gehmna, 8, drowned Friday after falling overboard while riding a raft down a flood-swollen stream. His body was recovered from the creek Saturday morning. Some 4,000 persons were forced spend the night Fri- day at Philadelphia's Inter- national Airport as water cov- ered access roads. Some tried to make the trek away from the airport, but many cars stalled, further clog- WASHINGTON (AP) Con- commodities in the event of gress swiftly approved legisla- shortages.

tion Saturday to increase bene- --The Senate approved a fits for 30 million Social Secur- appropriations bill ity recipients by 5.6 per cent -for various agencies which is beginning a year from now. $500 million more than Presi- A payroll tax increase for dent Nixon requested. It con- persons earning more than 000 accompanies the benefit raise. The maximum additional sum any employe would pay next year is $35.10. The provisions were grouped with a number of others in two composite bills, which also ex- tended the national debt ceiling beyond Saturday midnight.

By late afternoon the bills were passed by both chambers and sent to the White House. A series of compromises averted the threat that Presi- dent Nixon would veto the bill containing the Social Security changes. Melvin R. Laird, Nixon's do- mestic affairs chief, said at the California White House that he President would sign the'modi- fied bills. A veto threat was a major factor in the House's refusal Friday to pass legislation which was similar but contained an earlier Social Security increase.

House and Senate conferees worked through most of Satur- day on modifications. The ma- jor change was to postpone the Social Security benefit increase and related raises in 1 other so- cial programs so that the first larger payment would not be made until July, 1974, rather than May. Thus, the effect on the budget for the 1974 fiscal year, ending June 30, 1974, was minimized. In addition to the Social Se- curity general increase, the leg- islation would raise guaranteed federal minimums under spe- cial programs for the aged, blind and disabled to $140 a month for an individual, $210 for a couple, up from the present $130 and $195 respec- tively. The change would be ef- fective July 1, 1974.

Effective Jan. l. the amount a Social Security pensioner Action on the Social Security bill was tied to bills which would extend the limit on the national debt. Without congressional action, the statutory ceiling on the pub- lic debt, now $465 billion, would tains provisions to prohibit inn- drop at Saturday midnight to poundments. S400 billion.

The actual debt is nearing $460 billion. Without Other provisions of the twin borrowing power, the govern- bills ranged over a variety of ment would run out of funds to subjects. Requirements are eased for states to be eligible for special pay its bills in a little over a week. The legislation continues the ceiling until Nov. 30, by which time Congress would re-exam- ine the borrowing needs.

federal benefits for the long- time unemployed. Basic eligi- Sce BENEFITS, Page 2-A MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN SPACE--Skylab Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad dangles upside down in straps as Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin examines his throat during the 28-day mission' of the Skylab crew. (AP Wirephoto from NASA) Sends Compromise Legislation To Nixon See FLOODS, Page 2-A For First Time In 25 Years could earn without having his benefits reduced would be in- creased from $2,100 to $2,400.

Also on Jan. 1, the maximum wage base on which the 5.85 per cent Social Security payroll tax applies would go up to $12,600. It is $10,800 this year and, under previous law, would have gone up to $12,000 in 1974. In other major congressional action Saturday: --Congress cleared a historic compromise with President Nixon to. cut off all money for U.S.

combat in IrJuchina by Aug. 15. The provision, aimed at the bombing of Cambodia, was attached to money bills re- quired to keep the government operating. --The Senate voted to let the Nixon administration lift the. once freeze on agricultural Congress Approves Measure Cutting Off All War Funds As Of August 15 WASHINGTON (AP) Con- gress finished and sent to Pres- ident Nixon Saturday historic legislation cutting off all funds for the eight-year-old U.S.

com- bat involvement in Indochina as of Aug. 15. The House and then the Sen- ale voted the Cutoff into a measure authorizing stop-gap federal spending authority past the end of the fiscal year at midnight Saturday. The compromise was sent to Nixon, who has indicated he will sign it. It prohibits any spending after Aug.

15 to support President Has No Authority To Draft Men Into Service See CRASH, Page 2-A WASHINGTON (AP) On this Sunday, for the first time in 25 years, there is no author- ity for the President to draft men into the military. A single sentence in the draft law au- thorizing conscription was allowed to expire, with no ef- fort made to keep it alive. So now the armed forces test an unprecedented effort to maintain a large volunteers- Watergate Committee On Holiday But Staff Preparing For Mitchell WASHINGTON (API The Senate Watergate committee is on a 10-day July Fourth holi- day, but some members of the panel's staff are staying behind to prepare for the interrogation of former Atty. Gen. John N.

Mitchell, whom one investiga- tor calls '-a mystery witness." In public statements, Mitchell has denied involvement in the Good Morning Watergate affair. But he reportedly told Senate investigators at a closed-door meeting May 10 that he went along with paying hush-money to the defendants in the Water- gate break-in case to prevent days last week, repeatedly swore President Nixon knew of the Watergate cover-up. One of Mitchell's lawyers has said the former attorney general will not corroborate that. But one Senate investigator See WATERGATE. Page 2-A Amusements Classified Ads Crossword Puzzle Editorials Local News Sports Television Women's News Section tic A Page 10-11 8-9 6 4 1-5 1-5 11 Ml further embarrassment to the- said Mitchell's appearance be- Nixon re-election campaign, fore the Watergate panel may Mitchell headed that campaign until two weeks after the June 17, 1972, bbreak-in and contin- ued to advise President Nixon after leaving the directorship.

Mitchell however, that he rejected G. Gordon Lid- dy's plan to bug Democratic National Committee headquar- ters in the Watergate. His dep- uty, Jeb Stuart Magruder, has only million men and women. Many in the military and in Congress express doubts that it will work, although no- body has bee drafted since last December as the Vietnam-era forces were reduced. Draft Director Byron V.

Pepi- tone told a reporter the volun- teer effort has been "com- mendable" so far and it can be effective if all in the adminis- tration try to attain the goal. 1 The first big test is occurring this summer with new crop of job-hunting high school gradu- ates. Meanwhile, the Pentagon no- tified the Justice Department that it no longer will allow men under indictment for draft eva- sion to enlist in the armed forces and thereby escape pros- ecution. Many who volunteered to en- list under the old policy flunked out in the induction process- some deliberately--and escaped both prosecution and military service. Frank A.

Bartimo, assistant general counsel of the Defense Department, told a reporter "the services feel very strongly that they don'i want people un- der indictment or with felonies They don't want to have the service considered an al- ternative way to fulfill a crimi- nal sentence. "They want guys that are so- called whole men, that are morally, physically fit and so on." U.S. Atty. James 0. Brown- ing Jr.

in San Francisco said obviously this means there will be fewer dismissals of charges, "more of them will have to go on trial." This, He said, would have a "snowball effect" in clogging up courts in his dis- trict, where draft cases still make up about 30 per cent of the docket. Selective Service files show that on May there were 5.597 draft cases pending under in- See DRAFT, Page 2-A "directly or indirectly combat activities by U.S. military forces in or over or from off the shores od North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos or Cam- bodia." The House approved the measure 266 to 75. The Senate gave it Congress' final approval with a voice vote. By writing the same fund cut- off in another bill Friday night, Congress had already accepted the compromise with ssident Nixon halt the direct U.S.

combat role Aug. 15. The compromise avoided a constitutional crisis that threat- ened to cut off legal spending for the federal government at Saturday midnight in a standoff between the President and Con- gress over the war. It also appeared to end a four-year struggle between the President and Congress on halt- ing the war, with both camps saying there are no clear win- ners. President Nixon'-s com- promise pledge, as relayed by House Republican Leader Ger- ald R.

Ford Friday, is that he will not continue U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia past Aug. 15 unless Congress specif- ically approves it. The President also promised to sign legislation cutting off war funds then, Ford said, but would veto any earlier cutoff. The restrictions, however, do not'prohibit financial support of the South Vietnamese and other allies fighting in Indochina.

At the California White House, presidential assistant After Five Davs Melvin R. Laird said Nixon would sign all the bills being rushed through prior to the holiday recess but not neces- See CONGRESS, Page 2-A Kidnaped Baby Found; Condition Is LONDON (AP) A seven- week-old infant kidnaped from her baby carriage five days ago was found by police Satur- day night in a wooded area, Scotland Yard said. The infant was in poor condition, author- ities said. Scotland Yard said the baby, Kristen Bullen, was found in a heavily wooded area of Keston, southeast of London. Police had conducted a nationwide search for the child.

A doctor revealed after the infant disappeared that the child needed regular drug treatment for a nervous condi- tion and could have suffered brain damage and convulsions unless she was found quickly. It was not immediately known if the infant's poor con- dition was due to the lack of drug treatment since she dis- appeared. Kristen, stolen from her baby carriage outside a public toilet in suburban Bromley last Mon- day, apparently had been left in the woods for up to 36 hours, authorities said. No arrests were announced in the kidnap drama that has dominated the front pages of British newspapers for a week. Kristen was rushed to Lewi- sham Hospital where a spokes- man said: "The baby be in poor condition." "Kristen's condition is caus- ing anxiety," said Detective Chief Superintendent Alan Jones, leader of the search.

The prematurely-born child needs three daily doses of phenobarbitone to prevent con- vulsions. Jones said his main task now was to contact Kristen's par- ents Raymond, 29, and Shir- ley, 27 who had left town "to get away from it all." GIs Again Slogging Through Vietnam Rice Paddies--Looking For Bodies Contaminated Water Aboard Ship Blamed For Outbreak Of Illness testified that Mitchell approved the plan. Former White House counsel John W. Dean HI, grilled by the Senate committee for five MIAMI (AP) was a seven-day nightmare," Nancy Glasscock said upon arrival Saturday in Miami. She was a passenger aboard a luxury liner which cut short a Carib- bean cruise when nearly all its 1,000 passengers and crew were I stricken with dysentery.

Health officials Saturday blamed contaminated water aboard the Norwegian Carib- bean Lines ship Skyward for the outbreak of shigellosis, a form of dysentery which also causes fever, stomach cramps and dizziness. They also warn- ed some of the people might still be carrying the disease, but there was little chance it could be transmitted to their families. See SHIP, Page 2-A DA NANG, VIETNAM (AP) American GIs are once again climbing the hills and slogging through the rice pad- dies of South Vietnam. They used to come to kill. Now they're returning to claim their own dead.

Teams of Army and Air Force specialists assigned to the Joint Casualty Resolution Center in Thailand have been flying in and out of South Viet- nam in recent months search- ing for the remains of Ameri- can servicemen. Operating from Nakhon Pha- nom Air Force Base, Thailand, the 175 men who make up the center are under the command of Army Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kingston.

Their mission is to close the books on the in- complete files of 2,400 Ameri- can servicemen classified as missing in action or officially declared dead whose bodies have not been recovered in Laos, Cambodia, North and South Vietnam. There are 1,300 MIAs and 100 dead whose bodies have not been recovered. Of the dead, See VIETNAM, Page 2-A The Weather Readings From Atop Register Building I I I A Chance of thunderstorms over southwest portion Sunday and Sunday night, spreading over most of state Monday. Outside of thunderstorm area, partly cloudy weather should prevail. Low Sunday night mostly in 60s.

High Sunday and Monday mostly in 80s. NORTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy through Monday with chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms in mountains Sunday and Monday. Highs in 80s. Lows in DOWNTOWN WEATHER LOG Saturday Temp. Bar.

84 30.00 80 30.01 74. 30.02 Sunday 70 30.02 Hour 7 p.m. ft p.m. 11 p.m. Wind Calm Calm Calm 1 a.m.

24-hour Calm high (to 1 a.m.) 86; low 63 precipitation, none.