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VOL. 70, NO. 267 NEOSHO, MISSOURI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, Phone 451-1520 Price Ton Cents PEKING (AP) President Ford met today with Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung for one hour and 50 minutes for what were officially described as "earnest and significant discussions on wide-ranging issues in a friendly atmosphere." The meeting with the 81-year- old founder of the People's Republic of China took place in his official residence in Chung- nanhai Park, close to the Forbidden City. It was nearly twice as long as the one he held with President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and one of the longest Mao has held with a foreign chief of state.

The chairman also met Betty Ford, her 18-year-old daughter Susan, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, George Bush, chief of the U.S. liaison office in Peking; Brent Scowcroft, the President's national security adviser; Joseph J. Sisco, under- scretary of state; Philip Habib, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Winston Lord, director of the State Department policy staff; and Richard Solomon, senior staff member of the National Security Council. The talk was held in the presence of Ford, Kissinger, Bush, Scowcroft and Lord.

Mrs. Ford and the others shook hands with Mao and posed for a photograph, then left. The phraseology of the com- munique issued by the Chinese government suggested that the discussions were more than usually cordial. No details were given either by the White House or by the Chinese. First Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, Vice premier Li Hsien-nien, Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua, Huang Chen, chief of the Chinese liaison office in Washington, Wang Haijung, vice foreign minister, and two deputy department directors, Tang Wen-sheng and Chang Han- Four children die in fire near Buffalo BUFFALO, Mo.

(AP) Four children died in a fire that swept the family's two-story frame home Monday night about 4V 2 miles southeast of Buffalo in southwestern Missouri. Dallas County Sheriff Jerry Cox said the victims were Bernice Pulis, 16, Richard Pulis, 13, Lee Pulis, 9, and Penny Pulis, 7. He said three of the children were in upstairs bedrooms and the fourth was downstairs. The childrens father, Claude Pulis, was hospitalized in Springfield for treatment of multiple burns. He told Cox that he retired at 11 o'clock and awakened to discover his bedroom in flames.

He broke out a window and escaped but was unable to re-enter the burning farm home. Mrs. Pulis, who works at a nursing home in Buffalo, got off work at 11 o'clock, Cox said, but her car ran out of gas about a mile out of town and she had to walk back to town. She learned of the tragedy from police. Neighbors told Buffalo Fire Chief Noel Shull they saw the fire shortly midnight.

When they tried to call for help they said the telephone lines were dead. Shull said the lines had been severed by the fire. The neighbors drove into Buffalo for help. Fi re est roys rural home The rural home of Alvin Green, six miles southwest of Neosho, was destroyed by an early morning fire, according to the Newton County Fire Department. The rural fire department received a call to the fire at 2:30 a.m.

today, and firemen reported that the house was completely filled with flames when they arrived. weather Clear to partly cloudy tonight, lows in mid to upper 30s. Wednesday partly sunny, highs from mid to upper 50s. Extended Outlook Thursday through Saturday Partly cloudy through period with a chance of rain Thursday. Highs in mid 40s to mid 50s and lows in 30s and low 40s.

High Yesterday 48 Low Yesterday 35 8 a.m. Today 37 Noon Today 60 High Year Ago Today 36 Low Year Ago Today 12 chih, represented the Chinese side. The audience was the highlight of the first two days of the President's five-day visit to China. The Chinese took the unusual step of permitting the White House to announce that the meeting was taking place. Then, in two separate announcements, they permitted disclosure of its length and, following the President's attendance at a ballet performance, issued the full communique.

As is customary, only the written communique wps issued and the White House refused to answer questions on it. The 96-member American news corps accompanying Ford got wind of the meeting when Susan Ford was suddenly called back to Peking in the afternoon from a visit to the Ming Tombs outside the capital. She had already visited the Great Wall and apparently was summoned to prepare for the audience. Mao, the leader of the Chinese revolution, will be 82 on Dec. 26.

Despite his age and reports that he is showing it, he has seen a succession of state visitors in recent months. He is said to have difficulty in being understood, but Kissinger, who also had a long interview with him in October, said his mind was clear and his grasp of foreign affairs on ROME (AP) Western European leaders agreed today on a Common Market passport and direct elections to a European parliament in spring 1978. The agreement would give Britain and Denmark the option to continue appointing their parliamentary representatives. Representatives of both nations had expressed doubt they could be ready for a direct vote by that time. The rest of the parliament would be elected on the proportional representation system.

The new European Economic colored Bordeaux red, is to be issued by each of the nine member government to the community's 250 million inhabitants in 1978. The passports would eventually replace national passports, but specifics of the agreement were not immediately available. The nine Common Market nations were also trying, on the last day of their summit meeting, to bridge the gap between Britain and its partners on representation at the Paris conference on energy and raw materials scheduled to open Dec. 16. Prime Minister Harold Wilson was insisting on a separate seat for Britain.

The other EEC West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland and a single delegation to represent the entire group. Officials in Washington said the British demand could upset Last stage leaf pickup set The city of Neosho will begin its last coverage of the city on its leaf pickup program Wednesday, City Manager LeRoy Schantz said today. Schantz said the final pickup will begin in the north part of town and work south. It is anticipated that the program will be completed by Friday, Dec. 12, he said.

plans for the conference, which will launch lengthy negotiations to work out new international trade arrangements, and delay it until January or February, at the earliest. Britain, although now a petroleum importer like the other Common Market members, hopes to become an exporter of North Sea oil in the 1980s and does not want to be bound by a policy formulated by importers. One suggested compromise was for the British to lead the Common Market delegation on the oil and energy commission that the Paris conference is to set up. The government chiefs agreed Monday night on the principle of direct elections for a European parliament. But Wilson questioned whether Britain could alter its electoral system to provide for proportional representation by 1978, the present target date.

The other- governments also expressed anxiety oyer the British government's plans to restrict import of textiles, shoes and automobiles. They consider these a blow to the free-trade provisions of the 18-year-old Treaty of Rome, which created Theme chosen for Seneca's Christmas parade SENECA "Christmas in Song" has been chosen as the theme for the annual Seneca Christmas Parade, scheduled for 10 a.m: Dec. 20. Johnny Fritchey has been chosen as chairman for the event sponsored by the Seneca Chamber of Commerce. Fritchey said that any band, church or organization, desiring to participate in the parade should contact him.

Prizes of $25, $15 and $10 will be awarded to the top three floats in the Santa Glaus will also visit Seneca on that date and will be stationed at city hall following the parade where he will distribute free candy and talk to children. State Sen. William J. Cason, president pro tern of the Missouri Senate and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, will visit Neosho Wednesday. Cason will appear at a reception sponsored by the Sen, William Cason Newton County Women's Democratic Club at 11 a.m.

at the Colonial Room of the First National Bank and then will make an address before the Neosho Rotary Club. Cason, senator from Missouri's 31st District, is a native of Higginsville. He attended the University of Missouri at Columbia where he received a BS degree in business administration and a degree in law as well. Cason served three years as a bomber pilot in the United States Air Force during World War II and served six years as prosecuting attorney of Henry County. He was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 1960 and reelected in 1964, 1968 and again in 1972.

He was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Missouri Academy of General Practice for making the greatest contribution to the public health and welfare of the state of Missouri and received a citation of merit by the Missouri Hospital Association for his work in medical care. He has also twice received the St. Louis Globe-Democrat award for meritorious public service and Senate member most effective in debate. In 1972 he received the Harry S. Truman award for "displaying the most outstanding leadership and public service." He was elected Majority Floor Leadei- in 1971 and 1972.

He was elected unanimously by his fellow senators as the chief Senate officer, President Pro Tern. He is married and he and his wife have four children, Brian, 21; William, 18; Patrick, 15 and Candiss Anne, 15. The family resides in Clinton. the European Community. There seemed no opposition to the issuance of European Community passports, colored- Bordeaux red, by 1978 as a syfnbol of unity.

But-it has not been decided whether the indi- i vidual governments or the EEC would issue the passports to the community's 250 million people. The meeting approved a British proposal for a meeting of interior ministers to plan a coordinated fight against crime and terrorism. Speakers named for Speakers for the 29th annual Neosho Pre Christmas Services for Men have been announced by Don Lahman, vice president and prograip for the Neosho Laymen's League. This year's services will be held Dec. 15-19 at the First Baptist Church.

Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ralph Scott, Monett superintendent of schools, who will speak on Monday, Dec. 15. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the speaker will be Orville (Buddy) Gibson, Mount.

Vernon manufacturing official. Don Gross, local television and radio sportscaster, will be the speaker on Dec. 17, which has also been designation as Youth Day. Dick Hunt, Seneca banker, will be the speaker on Thursday, Dec. 18 and the final speaker will be Rep.

John Russell, Lebanon businessman. The services are conducted entirely by laymen and get under way at 6:30 a.m. each day, preceded by a coffee-fellowship period in the church basement Beginning at 6 a.m. Services will end not later than 7 a.m. daily, allowing time for workmen to get to their jobs.

Ed Altizer will serve as song leader; Ralph Walling will be' organist and Ray England will be painist. This will mark the 29th year of the interdemoninational services, Lahman said. The services are an outgrowth of a visit to Neosho by the late Peter Marshall, famed minister and chaplain to the United States Senate. Ed Miller, league president, has issued a call for churches desiring to support the ministry to send their contribution to George Henry, league treasurer, Goodman to have Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 20 GOODMAN The second annual Goodman Christmas parade will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20. The parade will start at the Goodman School and proceed down the Main Street. The Goodman Lions Club is sponsoring the parade and will award trophies in several parade categories. All area bands and other marching units are invited to enter the parade.

Lions Club members and members of the Goodman Volunteer Fire Dept. began installing Christmas decorations in the downtown area over the weekend. Probe break-in Fairview garage The Newton County Sheriff's Dept. is investigating a break-in at Bruner's Service Station and Garage, Fairview, sometime Monday night. Officers said several cartons of cigarettes and other items were taken.

remarkable. A participant in the meeting said Mao escorted the Ford party to the door. The five million people of Peking were generally unaware until this afternoon of Ford's presence here, except for a brief announcement published some days ago saying he was coming. The official Peking People's Daily devoted three-quarters of its first page this afternoon to the arrival Monday and the state banquet which followed and the events were also shown on national television. The President met for two hours during the morning with Teng Hsiao-ping, and the White House reported "a constructive exchange of views on a wide range of international issues." Two reported killed as train hijacked i BEILEN, The Netherlands (AP) Five hijackers today seized a local train with about 50 persons aboard, attached dynamite to the outside and demanded that they be flown to an unknown destination, police said.

Two persons were reported killed. Police said the bodies of the engineer and an unidentified victim had been removed from the train. The entire area around the train was sealed off and a detachment of commandos flown in by navy helicopters. A Justice Ministry official said the gunmen were "shooting at anything that moves." The hijackers were thought to be South Moluccan extremists, who are demanding independence from Indonesia for the Molucca Islands in Southeast Asia, police said. A police spokesman- Said they had made several demands, including a flight out, and had set an ultimatum, but he declined to give details.

The demands, written in Dutch, were brought out by one of two women released with a child shortly after the gunmen took control of the 'train. least 75 die in attack Israeli jets BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Israeli jets attacked Palestinian refugee camps in northern and southern Lebanon with bombs and rockets today, killing at least 75 persons and wounding 120, Lebanese police officials reported. The Palestinian Command said nearly half the victims were women and children. In a separate casualty count that they called incomplete, the Palestinians reported 57 dead and 110 wounded. Israel said the raids were against "terrorist bases." The attack was the biggest of the year against Lebanon and reached farther north than any Israeli raid since February 1973.

Among buildings that witnesses reported destroyed were a camp schoolhouse, headquarters of guerrilla organizations, a guerrilla missile armory and a residential neighborhood. 27 marriage licenses issued during November The Newton County recorder's office issued 27 marriage licenses during November, according to records in that office. This is seven more than the 20 licenses issued in November of 1974. News Missouri ction of "Life, Page Southern A TASTE OF HONEY MSSC student Mrs. Phyllis Blankenship offers a taste of honey from a honeycomb to students at South Elementary School.

Students from Mrs. Sue Chirby's class for the hearing-impaired and Mrs. Elizabeth Self's special education class gathered Monday to learn about bees and beekeeping. (Daily News photo) WASHINGTON AH former FBI informant testified today the agency instructed him to sleep with wives of Ku Klux Klansmen, allowed him to participate in Klan attacks against blacks and civil rights workers and nothing about the attacks despite his advance warnings. An FBI official denied all three accusations The former informant, Gary Thomas Rowe wearing a white hood to protect a new identity he has adopted, told the Senate intelligence committee he was instructed to.

sleep with as many wives of Klansmen as possible because "that's the best way to gain information." Rowe, who now lives in California, said he was allowed to participate in Klan attacks in order to gain access to the Klan's inner circles. He said he often warned the FBI in advance about the attacks, but that they took no action. James B. Adams, associate deputy director of the FBI, flatly denied under oath that FBI agents had authorized Rowe to participate in violence or "t6 get involved in sexual activities." As for Rowe's advance warning about the attacks, Adams told the committee that "our Comparatively warm weather is forecast Admitted to hospital after 2-car accident A Joplin woman was admitted to Sale Memorial Hospital for observation this morning following a two-car accident at the intersection of Newton County Routes and NN Near Spurgeon. Attendants at Sale Memorial Hospital identified the woman as Mary Sue Wilks.

Attendant Pat Stewart of the Newton County Ambulance Service in Seneca said that the woman may have suffered a mild heart attack, but did not know the extent of her injuries, if any. Details concerning the accident were not available from the Missouri Highway Patrol. For Ambulance service in Neosho and surrounding area Dial 451-3131 Herb Long Ins. Ph. 451-3179 KANSAS CITY (AP) Mostly sunny skies over nearly all of Missouri paved the way for several more days of comparatively warm weather.

The extended outlook from the National Weather Service indicated a chance of rain on Thursday, but after tonight and through Saturday temperatures seem likely to stay above freezing in all of the state except the northern edge. A weak cold front sagged across the northern border today but was to move back to the north on Wednesday after dipping as far south as central Missouri. It triggered a few showers in northeast Missouri early today. By mid-morning, all the hourly reporting weather stations had sunny skies except Jefferson City, where it was partly cloudy, and St. Louis, where it was cloudy.

Forecast highs for the day were from the upper 40s in the northeast to near 60 in western Missouri, and on Wednesday the mercury is expected to rise from the upper 40s in the northeast to the middle 50s to middle 60s in the west. Tuesday's range was from 35 at Cape Girardeau to 49 at Monett. Skies are expected to be partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with lows tonight from the upper 20s in the northeast to to the middle 30s and middle 40s in the west. Lows early this morning were from 13 at Kirksville to 38 at Joplin. Partly cloudy skies are likely to continue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with daytime highs in the middle 40s to middle 50s and overnight lows in the 30s and low 40s.

files show this information was reported to the police departments in every instance." Adams said intelligence on planned violence also was passed along to the Justice Department. But Adams said: "We had no authority in the absence of authority from the Department of Justice to make an arrest." Ultimately, the department called in federal marshals to make arrests aimed at preventing Klan attacks, Adams added. At the same time, Senate Democratic Whip Robert C. Byrd called on the committee to review the FBI's investigtion of the 1968 slaying of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Byrd said in a Senate speech that the FBI's recently disclosed hostility to King might have affected its probe of the assassination.

The senator referred to disclosures that the FBI conducted a campaign of harrassment aganst King and once sent him a letter that was interpreted as a suggestion he commit suicide. i The ex-informant testified one day after telling a reporter that during one Klan attack on a group of blacks and civil rights workers the FBI simply stood by taking pictures. Law meeting tonight Newton County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Lampo and Sheriff Joe Abramovitz will hold a meeting with Neosho businessmen and other interested persons at 8 p.m. today in the municipal auditorium to discuss law enforcement. The meeting is the last scheduled in a series of similar meetings at various locations over the county to discuss law enforcement, and particularly the Missouri back check law.

public service corner A meeting of the Northside CDA Advisory Committee scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at city hall has been postponed, according to Loyal Larson, chairman..