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"You were born to stand on your own two lad, not Boardman, Ph.D. 'The Gaitonid Gazette, 1969 THE GASTONIA GAZETTE "THE PIEDMONT'S GROWING NEWSPAPER" Cloudy cloudiness and lilllc change in temperatures tonight with occasional showers or Ihundcrshowers, Low 67-71, Somewhat warmer Friday. Weather dala on GASTONIA, N.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1969 Single Copy lOc Doily, 20e Sunday 3 PAGES ARRESTED OUTSIDE ilircc men VearinB Nazi ami hamls arc slmun being (aki i Inln police, custody milsldc (lie Century PJiun Hotel in Los Angeles lasl nighl ns glittering Rtate dinner honoring llic Hslvonauts got underway. (AP House Left Some Big Loopholes WASHINGTON (AP) The House leR some crucial hnles in its provisions lo plug lax looptiules for the vcvy rich, according In a Treasury expert. The trouble is in a section of Ihe (ax reform bill aimed at insuring (hat no M'calthy taxpayer may completely escape federal income (axes.

The bill as drawn by (lie Wnys and Means CnmmEUcc sr.d passed hy Ihe House labl week plugsctl tnqst of the escape hatches 1ml ictl.opon'fl coupie through which many of (lie wealthy could scurry, the Treasury expert said. For years, Congress lias granted ecvtnin tax cxempUons in one area or as mineral depletion allowances, charitable contributions, farm losses, interest from municipal and slate bonds. Most of these deductions hava limitations, but wealthy individuals have been able to make investments in such a way as lo bunch all those preferences and deductions to the point, here they equalled their thus pay no taxes. So, the committee wrote into the bitl a proviso to limit them preferences so that a taxpayer could noi deduct more lhan half of his taxes on (ho icnrdimng half. However, (lie committee excluded two important.

lax preferences for the oil industry depletion allowance antl certain excessive inlaiujibje drilling costs. Those still may lie deducted even though they may take a taxpayer below the 50 per cent limit. This is almost certain, the c.x[ieil said. In mean Uiat wealthy taxpayers will use, Ihc nther preferences lo wjjie out. hall his taxable income and then npply Ihe depletion allowance and drilling cost preferences to cancel out -the other half.

Oii interests are silling pretty, tic said. Others most likely will try to get in nn the act. Chairman WHIiur Mills, said Ihe exclusion came about through EI misunderstanding in Ways and Means. He said he will try to remove it if Ihc hill goes lo conference committee after Senate action. However, Ihe bill is now in Hie hands of the Senate Finance Committee, which includes mimhor of senators friendly to nil.

If the ilem is not altered in commillee or on the Senate floor, -Mills would not get another crack al it. Bankers Could Aid Students WASHINGTON (AP) The administration is expccled lo ask bankers lo conlinne making loans to college students despite (he failure of Congress to revive a government-backed program before starling a three-week vacation. President Nixon or Robert H. Pinch, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, will make the pica publicly, according to govcnment sources. The statement now being prepared, the sources said, will assure lending Attorney Meets With Beret General SAIGON (API The general who ordered Ihe arrest of eisbl (Jrecn Beret soldiers on a murder charge met today with the.

civilian lawyer for one of them hut did not rule on the lawyer's petition his client's release. An Army spokesman said Maj. Gen. G. L.

Mabry, commander of support troops in Vietnam, told attorney George J. Gregory of Cheraw, S. that his request for the release of Mai. Thomas C. Middlelon Jr.

of Jctferson, S. was being "taken tinder advisement." Mahry said he would let Gregory know when a decision is made. Asked when Mabry might act on' the petition, a spokesman said he didn't know, but "I wouldn't think he'd take any undue amount of time." Gregory's petition charged that Long Binh Army adc cell in which Middlcton has been held for nearly a month is substandard and Inhu- 1 hulitulions that the administration will push for speedy action on loan legislailnn when Congress goes back to work Sept. 3. The Senate already has passed ar.d a House commillce has approved legislation raising the interest rate ceiling on government-guaranteed student loans to 10 per cent.

J-'ach bill specifies Ihe new ceiling would be retroactive to all loans made aflcr Aug. 15. Officials in Ihe Office of Education's insured loan division have estimated that upwards of 220,000 students may be denied loans this year if Ihc ceiling isn't raised from the current 7 po' cent. The interest rale for prime borrowers is a record 8Vz per cent. 'The upshot is that thousands of kids may not he able lo go to college this fall because llicy can't get loans," one federal loan officials said.

"These kids can't be put in (he deep 1 freeze like older government projects," he added. "We're gelling thousands of Idlers from sludcrits who cari't get loans." Piedmont Ruling Set For Today (AP) A federal judge says he will rule late today on a request (or an injunction by Piedmont Airlines to force striking pilots lo Ily propeller driven aircraft. Piedmont, a regional carrier serving 10 Southeastern stales, has been grounded since the pilots struck July 21 in an effort to continue a crew of three on Hoeing 737 jets. "Three Very Brave Men" Given Presidential Toast And Medals Freedom Medals Given Astronauts LOS ANGELES (AP) President Nixon has toasted the Apollo 11 lunar explorers as "three very brave men" who penetrated the shadows of space and carried humanity to new heights of imagination. Holding aloft a glass of champagne at an extraordinary state dinner Wednesday night, he told Neil A.

Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin jr. and Michael Collins "We thank you for your courage. We thank you for raising our sights The sky is no longer the limit." 'flic boyish-looking Armstrong commander first man on Hie in a sometimes quavering voice before 1,440 of the nation's elite: "We were very privileged to leave on (lie inuou a plaque endorsed by you Mr. President, saying it was all for mankind." The glittering banquet was capped by prescntalion of special medals to the pioneering trio and, to three astronauls fatally burned in a spacecraft fire in 19B7.

Tlie affair climaxed a liium- phant day of lours through New York and Chicago, a day devoted lo an outpouring of American appreciation for the feat. Armstrong noted dial during (he New York ticker-tape trib- tile he saw a sign (elling ihe as- Ironauls, "Through you we touched Ihe moon." Then he -said: "11 was our privilege today to cross country to touch America." Guests at Hie elaborate state dinner, the first ever held outside Washington, included members of the Cabinet ami the Supreme Court, 44 of SO governors, representatives of the diplomal- ic corps and the aerospace business, aviation heroes, military leaders and friends and relatives of the astronauts. The seven-course feast in a lavishly decorated ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel broke up after a great rbar of cheers and claps (lie astronauts who spoke modestly of their accomplishments. Karlier, they were cheered by an cslimatcd 4 million in New York City and 2 million in Chicago. -N'ixoti hinted (tiat (he astronauts may (ravel overseas after their return today lo Houston.

"When they go abroad they will also get a welcome," President Outside, several demonstrated thousand peacefully Columbia. "When Neil and 1 saluted Ihe Hag, all Americans, I think, saluted it with us." Collins lose and turned to Nixon, saying, "Mr. President, here stands one proud American." The (rio appeared chipper despite Ihe grueling day which be- Kan witli a in (he presidential jet to New York Citv and a mammoth welcome "alone Broadway, traditional canyon uf heroes. After a visit to Ihe United Nations, the astronauts and their families flew lo Ctiicago. They rode down Michigan Avenue and (luoush The Loop lo the Civic Center where they received medals Aiavo'r Richard J.

Daley and an expression of gratitude from the people of Illinois from (heir governor. Itichard D. Ogilvie. Then it was on lo An- gclcs, to complete touching the nation's three largest cities At the Mel, as the band broke into "Hail to Ibc Chief," Iraditional presidential entrance march, Nixon strode briskly into the rust-color ballroom followed by his wife Agueu- and Ihe astronauts ami (heir wives. The celebrities in their own right- rose in applause.

After finishing the (ilet of beef entree, and before a dessert called Clair tie I.une (moonlight), Nixon and Agnew escorted Armstrong, 39, Aldrin, 39, and Collins, SB, on a round of guest tables, shaking hands and The evening reached an emotional peak when Nixon honored astronauts Virgil I. Grissnm, Kdward While and Roger a. Chaffee who died during Apollo mission training al Cape Kennedy 27, Nixon called "a day of sadness and a day of shock." Widows Pat White and liclly Grissom received their husbands' decorations. Chaffcc's ASTRONAUTS MliDAI .8 President Nlxrm leads tlic anl'lansc alter nnai-iling liic three. Apnlln 11 nslro.

nauls flit, ii.illim's bi civilian Ihe. nt Freedom. Tlio scntallnns i-atiir nt stnto ilhmr.r In Ijts AuGclcs last nlghl. Left lo rlRlit arc llin 1'resiJcnf, Mike Collins, Kdwiu Aliliin and Armstrong. (AP lilinln) $100 Million Drug Pie Being Cut against the war in Vietnam.

widow, now Mrs. William' Can- Marching along (ho Avenue of IMC Stars in front of the half- moon shaped, J6-story, million hotel they waved signs anil chanted, "Slop the war" and, "Power to the people." Nixon said toasting Ihe rin-clact astronaUs was "Ihc highest privilege could have Lei's raise our fil.isscs to America's astronaut." As Vice President Sjiiro Agnew read cilations. Nixon presented the trio with the Medal of Freedom, (he nation's highest civilian honor. Said Armstrong: suspect that perhaps the most warm genuine feeling that all of us could receive came Ihi-ongli the cheers and shouts, and mosl of all, the smiles of our fellow Americans." Aldrin (ook note of the faith he Americans put in the Apollo HighC and its meaning for (he future. "We fleiv Kagle and Columbia with your hands helping us on Ihc controls and your spirit behind us," he told the guests and a national television audience, referring lo (he moon-lander Kagle anrl Ihe main spacecraft field of Houston, did not attend.

No reason was given. "We hare Hie privilege times of standing on the shoulders of the who have goiie hcforc us," the President said before presenting the posthumous medals. Also honored was Sieve Bales, a flight conlrol uffirer who flnshcd a go-ahead signal lo Eagle in tlie face of computer warnings that might have forced them lo abort Ihe landing and return to moon orhil. Many in (he audience were aviation pioneers who forged Ihc way lo the threshold of space. They included Maj.

Alexander P. do Sevprcsky, aviation designer: rocket expert Wcrnher Von Braun; and German airplane designer Willy Mcsscr- schmill. Hollywood stars included Hob Hope, Red Skcllon, James Slewart and Dan and Dick Marlin. There ivcre diplomats from 03 grcalesl representation al a slate dinner ever held in Ihe United Stales ot America," the President said. NKW YOJiK (A! 1 fmislim- crs across Iliv country 'arc trying lo get pail nf a 5100 million fund up by five, drug 'firms for users of certain wonder dings between J234 and 1W6.

The lefinid program is an out- groulh of a price-i igging case, pressed by the federal government involving five leading piiarmncculieal companies. The mailing deadline for claims is Aug. in. Several llinusjind claims have been picked up daily al a Hronx post office hy linn nf nickstcin, Shapiro, Dennis-and since July 1, when the drug companies' iukerlisemenl publicizing (he refund program appeared in ahuul 1,500 newspapers. Along Icgiliniiitc claims, the mail also has included claims accompanied by old death certificates anrl fnlsn teeth, and claims whose conditions make them obviously ineligible.

"One man is seeking a refund on a certain drug lie purchased in commented Arthur parlnor in (be firm. "Not only is lie nol within Ihc specifcd liime period, but that particular drug was not produced until Other persons are listing drugs liouclit after IQGfi, which makes (hem ineligible. The $100 million fund is being provided by Hie drug firms of Chasm Pfizer American and Ilpjolm Co. American Cynamid, rjii.stnl Myers and Pfizcr were convicted nf (he charge Dec. 20, Upjohn and Squibb were not defendants, but naoicrf as co-consjiira- Ini's in the Department suit.

Almul rtiujf pmduds mar- kolcd under niffc-rcnl names, all containing Ectracytline, were involved in the refund program, according to Galligan's office. The federal government had charged thai tclracyclino, regarded as one of mosl cFfeclivp was produced for as l.fi cents a capsule but retailed for 51 cents each. say they spent an average of 50 cents to 85 cents per capsule, with some paying as high as a SI. The government suil said Ihat SI.7 billion nf Ihe drugs were Hold over tlie lil.ycar period. Tile conviclinns, now under appeal, Ihe to a number civil law suits, all for triple damages.

The five drug firms ponied 5100 million fci scfllc claims by slates, connlics, Hlies. wholesalers, and ijidiviciiwl consumers. An adrletl sal million was offered for claims by private hospitals, and claimants such as liospilal plans, Ihe companies said Kcb. 0. All mailed claims are being handled, under authorizalion nf (lie fcdeal comt.

by Hie Dickstein firm, which is representing 20 stales two cities, in- eluding N'ew York, in the drug refund case. The attorneys general in each slate, as well as consumer pro- k't-jiun agencies in some large municipalities such as New Yovk are serving as coordinators i)f the nationwide refund program. The firms' inuUhniE- lion-doSlar offer is one of the (aiiiesl in anlitmsl history. The claims must bo screened by (lie federal court and individual attorneys general, and eligible eaimanls cannot expect payment for another six lo eight months, fialligan said. Poisons making claims, said (lalligan must name the purilia.scd, when and where Ihe purchases ucre made ar.d whether any reimbursement was made by an insurance company under a health plun.

Tile inlnrmadoji can lie mailed (n Ctcrk of (he Court. P.O. Hnx 7J2, firoux, M.V.. The itriccs thai individuals claim Ibcy bavo spenl 0:1 the Innn r.7 cenls for one consumer lo 515,000 for another. I'or I In; junenls of a using anlibiol- ics daily, Ihc windfall in refunds ccnild he substantial, said Galti- gan.

Imports Could Hurt Textile Future Senator Kennedy Says He Is At Peace With Himself State Tax Sharing Will Face Strong Obstacles WASHINGTON (AD President Nixon's proposal for the federal government to share some income tax revenues with the state faces formidable obstacles in Congress. But the President will have more lhan a year lo campaign for Ihc proposal which he wants lo become effective in 1971. He will have the aid of some congressmen and the enthusiastic backing by a number of state and local officials. The obstacles they face include: opposition by two key House Chairmen, Wilbur D. Mills, ot the Ways and Means Committee lo.which the proposal was referred, anil 'George H.

Mah'on, of the Appropriations Commillce. prospect that the lax reform hill, if ullimalely passed in Ihc form approved by Ihe House, will siphon off some federal revenues that otherwise would be available or sharing. crowded schedule lor the Ways and Means Committee, which expects to be kept busy well into 1970 with remaining work on lax reform, consideration of Social Security increases and Nixon's welfare proposals. Republican tag on tha proposal, underlined in Nixon's message by a slrass on Ihe longtime party Ihcmc that the federal government has grown too big, powerful and inefficient. Mills was on record against the proposal even before it was announced officially.

He told newsmen he would be unalterably opposed to the disbursing ot federal funds to slates without any restrictions. Malion said "our whole system could unhorsed by a massive, blanket system of revcjiKC sliarin" don't believe Congress will embark wil- ly-nilly upon any massive plan or revenue sharing." Both arc concerned with malehing federal income wilh it is bad policy (o allow one authority to disburse money it does not have Ihe responsibility of raising. In contrast. Ilcp, Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, Ihe House Republican leader, spoke of revenue sharing as part of Ihe "New 1'cderalism" that "will return government to the pie." pco- riOSTOM Sen.

Kd- ward M. Kennedy says lie is pri- valcly at peace wifh himself about the automobile accident, in which Mary Kopcchnc. 23, a secretary lo liis Inle brother Robert, was killed. "I can livfi with myself," (be Massachusetts Democrat said in an interview with Matthew V. of the Boston Globe's WiLihington staff.

"I feel the tragedy of the girl's death. That's on my mind. Thats what I will always have In lii'e wilh," Kennedy said, "fiul what I tlon't have (o live with are tne whispers and innuendoes and falsehoods, because Ihr-se h.ive no basis in fact." In other developments involving Hie July T8 accident on the Chappaquiddick Island section of Manila's Vineyard: Manchester dV.H.J ion Leader said that in the hours immediately after Ihe accident, when Kennedy said he was in shock, 17 telephone calls were charged lo his credit card. In Roslon, a spokesman lor New England Telephone Co. said legal rcslriclinrus prevented him from confirming or denying the report, but he said the use of the card did r.ot necessarily mean that the senator made the calls.

Washington, Kennedy denied as "categorically nnlrue" a statement by columnist Anderson that after the accident Kennedy ilid not swim the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Kdgarlown, as Ihe senator said he did. Anderson said Kennedy intimates him that Kennedy was taken across in a boal by two associates. The Boston Globe story published today said Kennedy "particularly resents charges that he may have thoueht of his political future siul left the of Hie. accident while there was pill! a He said Kennedy "admits in conversation that he may have made a mislakc in nol going beyond the televised bul said the senator cited "legal restraints and the currcnl rumor-filled almosphere" as reasons for declining to say mure about the accident than he did in liis July 25 lelcvision appear- ar.ce. In ils from Kdgarlown, the Union Leader saitl five calls charged lo Kennedy's credit card were made before midnight July la from a telephone on Chappariuidiltck listed lo Sid- ney Lawrence, owner of collage rented lo Kenr.edy associates ihe time.

saiil nib- en were made after midnight, all from a pay telephone the Shireloun Inn iu Edgartown, where Kennedy had rooms while attending (lie Kdgarlown Yacht Club rcsalla. In Boston, sources familiar wilh credil card said thnl when a call is made with a card the operator (lues nol ask (he numljcr of the lele- pilone from which the parly is calling. Ami when such calls are. billed In ihe card holder, the accounting ihons only Ihc number th.it was called. Cities Announce Plans For Billion Dollar Power Plant n.ALKIGIf fAP) Plans for Norih Carolina cities which op- erale their nwn electric power systems lo join with rural electric co-ops to build Iheir own power generating system al a cost of SI billion were announced Wednesday.

The North Carolina Electric. Membership Corp. and Ihc North Carolina Kleclricilie.s group said they expect the. generating system to be built by 197S. They added (hat they expect it to save customers belwccn $'250 million and 5300 million in Ihc next 15 years.

The 70 cilies with municipal power systems and 36 Rural Kleclrificalion Administralion 'RUfU co-ops now serve about two million of the slate's live million people. The clcctricily is bought moslly now from private power companies. The announcement a de- cision fii go ahead "itli the project came after representatives of the approved. It got the approval of the Electri- cities last sveek. It slill must be submitted to governing boards of Ihc member cities.

The announcement said posver generating and transmission be financed through the federal Rural Electrification Authority and Ihe sale of bonds. The system would be made up of three nuclear and conventional generating to be located in the cast, west and central portions of the slate, and a hydroelectric plant lo be located in the west. Exact sites were not listed. The. plans still must have the approval of the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Construe- lion i.s especlcd to begin in 1972 if (lie project is approved. 'API A secret economic study foi'ccasls a bleak- and for the U. S. IcMile in- misln if imjnnls arc nol curbrd, it uas reported today. The rcpwl has nol been released because industry leaders disclosure would depress the slocks nf publicly owned Ic.vlile cm notations.

The dispatch said: Tile rcpml said that if im- pnrls continue lo climb at their present rales, foreign manufacturers would control lo 30 per cent of Hie U. S. market: by the niid-iOTos as compared with less lhan in per cent now. Tlic study was conducted by Arthur Andersen and Co. of Acw York aflcr being commis- simted last year by the American Textile Manufacturers In- it projected a 25 per cent loss of new jobs, about EOO.OOO jobs, by mid-1975 if present policies continue.

Industry sources said that (he C'XXOOO jgbs arc positions that would be created within the domestic textile industry if United States producers were. free lo ry.cct Ihe growing market for le.xliie goods themselves without sharing that growth wilh foreign manufacturers. In other words, these sources said. Ihe 1500,000 jobs would be created ir umber growth in textile imports was shut off, and foreign producers were limited In Ihcir current volume ajid shipments In Ihe United Slates. Index Ask Ar.riy Bridge Comics Crossword Deaths Editorials Focus HoroscoiKi Movies Sports TV RB 9A 10-13B 8B 5A 2A 4A 2A 5A OB 4-6B 9B Woman's 2-3B.