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Des Moines Registerpgng July 8, 1972 ROAD CARNAGE IN IOWA 1 5 DEE Si 1 Fischer Backer Got ealth With Chessman's Skills LONDON, ENGLAND (AP) Jim Slater, the British financier who helped bankroll the Fischer-Spassky chess championship duel, built up a worldwide business empire with the skill of a chess master whittling away an opponent's defenses. "Chess and investment both I require the same mixture of heard at once by a musician." science and art, intuition and Own Shares analysis." he once said. Everyone from directors to doormen owns shares in his Chess Fanatic empire He explains. makes Slater should know he's a tnem care more. it makes chess fanatic who once was i them dare more They soon re-seen as a schoolboy champion.

jaize tnat calculated risk-taking 2 I 2', i Am vnfa He still plays on a cnessooaro is wnat business is all about." in his office usually against Like the chess masters he is himself and subsidizes tour- bankrolling, Slater doesn't leave naments in Britain. 'himself exposed if he can help Slater, 43, put up $130,000 He has insured- his life for lure Bobby Fischer, the tem-about $25 million, and his five if each or 0ne-tenth as FLOOD VICTIMS NEED HOUSING WILKES-BARRE, PA. (AP) Thousands are still homeless two weeks after the worst flood in Pennsylvania's history. And thousands of others are living under makeshift conditions in damaged dwellings while they clean up the mess and destruction which Gov. Milton J.

Shapp now estimates at $2 billion. e-quarters of this house is garbage, baby," said Carole Surface as she helped her husband George cart out spoiled, water-logged junk in Bridgeport, which lies along the now-quiet Schuylkill River. In many areas electricity and telephones are still out, and stores are shut. Workers, bulldozing away the mangled debris or hacking at it with shovels, find more victims of tropical storm Agnes. At least 59 are known dead in Pennsylvania.

The death toll in the eastern states' flood area exceeded 100. Local, state and federal officials, marshaling hundreds of volunteers, and 5,400 National Guardsmen, are struggling to utilize all available resources to aid stricken communities and citizens across the state. The legislature early Friday voted $150 million for flood aid. Congress earlier authorized $200 million, most of which is expected to wind up in Pennsylvania. Colorado Woman Dies of Injuries GRINNELL, IA.

(AP) -Gisela Vroom, 35, Arvada, Colo, died at a hospital here Friday of injuries suffered when her car and a truck collided on Iowa Highway 146 near Grinnell Wednesday. Four other members of her family were injured in the accident. The truck driver was not hurt. Welcome Diplomats to D.M. peramental American cness king, to Reykjavik, Iceland, to play world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union after Fischer complained the stakes weren't high enough.

The multimillionaire said he just wanted to see the controversial game of the century take place. That $130,000 was the same amount of money Slater had when he quit his job as an auto corporation executive eight years ago. Within a year. Slater had wheeled and dealed that stake equal to about 50,000 pounds into a half million pounds. Today, he masterminds an investment empire worth more than $500 million on the stock exchange.

He has a knack for spotting badly run companies with big potential, piling up strategic share holdings, taking them over and transforming them into profit-making concerns. Slater is able to pile up prof- (tinrt vr i infill mi Joseph Chaikin Other Zones music can. But much passes between people in the theater which is intuitive and not at all concrete, having nothing to do with data "I think that each step of acting requires an actor to return to a conscious awareness of what he is doing. Most of his creative work is done in that dream life "There are zones in us which know more than we think they do. The secret is in knowing how to listen to them." Cancel Licenses For 9 Vaccines WASHINGTON.

D.C. (AP) -The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it has canceled the production licenses on nine products of two firms accused by congressional investigators of marketing ineffective vaccines. The FDA said it took the action after Merck Sharp Dohme, a division of Merck Co. and Merrell-Natfbnal Laboratories, a division of Richard-son-Merrell disclosed they will cease manufacture of bacterial vaccine rather than meet proposed effectiveness regulations. Among 32 vaccines labeled subpotent by the General Ac counting Office earlier this Des Moines Mayor Richard Olson greets Mrs.

Andre Taymans and her 6-month-old child from Belgium during a reception for about 100 foreign diplomats and their famlies at the Des Moines Municipal Airport Friday afternoon. The visitors later left for Forest City, where Winnebago Industries is providing them with 25 mobile homes in which they will tour the western United States. The visiting diplomats will be the guests of northern Iowa families this weekend. His Theater A Protest Of Theater By Nick Baldwin A GRADUATE of "North High School in Des Moines, who then spent three years at Drake University and went on to New York to head the Open Theater, now comments on his theatrical experiences and presents his views in a slender volume titled "The Presence of the Actor." (Atheneum, $6.95) When Joseph Chaikin arrived in New York in 1957 he studied with a number of teachers, absorbing what he considered valuable and then moving on. He built a reputation for himself in Off-Broadway theater, won two "Obie" awards and slowly experienced a personal transformation.

He decided that a fancy career as an actor is not what he wanted and that he didn't need an agent and a personal manager. Out of this transformation the Open Theater was born, a workshop where playwrights, actors, designers and musicians can explore and improvise together. "My intention is to make images into theater events, beginning simply with those which have meaning for myself and my collaborators," Chaikin writes. "And at the same time renouncing the theater of critics, box office, real estate, and the conditioned public," he adds. BASICALLY, Chaikin and the Open Theater stand for dissatisfaction with the rigid stereotyping of conventional theater and this is the way he explains it: "My early training with the theater taught me to represent other people by their stereotype taught me, in fact, to become a stereotype.

The actor's study begins with himself. "In trade papers there are calls for ingenue, leading lady, character actress, male junve-nile character, etc. The actor attunes himself to fit the type for which he may be cast. "He eventually comes to see people outside the theater as types, just as he does for actors within the theater. Finally, a set of stereotypes is represented to the audience.

"This in turn is a recommendation to the types within the audience as to how they too should classify themselves." Chaikin believes this is a narrow, superficial approach and that as a result, "there are zones of ourselves which have never lived yet." "Though our work at the Open Theater has been to reject these fixed ways of telling one person from another, we have found no system to replace it," he writes. He adds that "therefore, our work with character remains a study of open questions." Democrat Bugging Suspect Agrees to Talk to Officials REGISTER PHOTO BY DAVID FINCH his client is in the United States. Hunt, who retired in 1970 from the Central Intelligence a rewas hired as a white House consultant on the us oi more uum hj mu.iun ijport bv Foreign Secretary Mir-year through his ability to scan; ko Tcpavac. Thc two govern. pages ot complex tigures anaimcnt officials were scheduled By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward it, 1972 Washington Post WASHINGTON, D.C.

E. Howard Hunt, the former White House consultant sought for questioning about the alleged attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters, has agreed to meet with federal authorities investigating the case, government sources said Friday. IZXr PrFfrlere vc I Pacific carly en route I u.i"it0 a mission owr Vietnam, the, Defend Soft Contact Lens Ac i rrr bafe and LftecttVe grasp crucial points in a matter of minutes. "Looking at a page of figures is to me what listening to a concerto is to a musical person," the soft-spoken Slater says. "A mistake, or an opportunity, or an exciting situation jumps right out and hits me in the eye, just as a wrong note or a well-played passage can be Men close to the development companies defended their prod before a Senate subcommittee.

dent, testified slock of no value at the time was given to two doctors evaluating nis company's lens because Griffon could spare no money to finance the work. Griffen's lens is intended for medical treatment, but has yet to get approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The lens is the only one with FDA approval. 3 DAYS Line IMdlluldLlulfls nave ot-cu given six months to produce effectiveness data. They are Hollister, Stier Laboratories Eli Lilly Delmont Labora tories, Hoffman Laboratories and Parke Davis Co.

Set July Hearings On Tax Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -The Senate-House Economic Committee will hold hearings July 19. 20 and 21 on tax reform. Chairman William Prox-mire Wis.) said Friday. The joint economic committee, unlike the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, has no authority to initiate tax By Jack llovelson (Register Staff Writer) APLINGTON, IA.

The state's traffic death toll for the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m Friday reached a staggering count of 15, with the deaths of! three persons in a crindinc car- train rrash hm-p a i 1 e-fatalitv accident near' Newton. The one-day toll ranks as one of the worst ever recorded in Iowa. Victims of the Aplington accident were identified as Mrs. Walter Sessler, 44, and her daughter Linda. 14.

(if rural' Aplington: and Terri Duffield, 11, of Greene, a niece of Mrs. Sessler. A patient at the Jasper County Home was struck and killed on Interstate 80 east of Newton Friday afternoon. Highway Patrol troopers said Betty Lou Kendall, 26, daughter of Mrs. Florence Kendall of Colfax, apparently was running away from the home, which is located just southeast of I-l and ran onto the Interstate where she was struck.

The driver of the car was Thomas C. Olson, 28, of Ce-lina, Ohio. No charges were filed. In the Aplington accident, authorities said the three occupants of the car driven by Mrs. Sessler were killed outright when the auto was hit broadside by an Illinois Central freight train that was travelling about 50 miles an hour.

The crash occurred at a gravel-road crossing two miles west of Aplington and a half-mile north of U.S. Highway 20. Lee Meyer, a member of the Aplington Rescue Squad, said the crossing has no flashing warning signals, but it is marked with black and white crossbucks. 8th Nonhostile Loss of a B52 ANA, GUAM fAP) A U.S. Air Force B52 bomber with a prpw nt siy rrasnpn nrn tip Pnroa annrawuH if yv- me eigntn loss 10 nonnosinei causes of America's biggest bomber operating in the In- dochina war.

The crew ejected from the aircraft before it went down 300 miles west of Guam, but it was not known if its members were safe, the Air Force said. Few details on the crash were available. Thc location given was the same area where a tropical storm was re-! ported building up. i Tennessee Man Arrested Here A man wanted in Jackson, Charles William Brooks, 32, was arrested here Friday by the FBI on charges of Meliton of Chalcetlon President of Synod to attend the burial ceremony. Metropolitan Meliton uf Chalcedon, who presided at the synod meeting, is a pos-s i 1 successor to Athenagoras.

Meliton was named vicar-general this week when the patriarch was taken ill but on the death of Athenagoras this post ceased to exist and the Orthodox Church is now run directly by the synod until a new patriarch is elected. Thp f-Wtifin hv thp svnoH 1 ine pci. on win ne tirsr since 194G when Benjamin, Athenagoras' predecessor, died. Meliton is a staunch supporter of church reunion and the revivification of Orthodoxy 80.: I I i Continued By POPULAR DEMAND much, to give his empire a cash boost if he and his lieutenants die. Slater lives in a modest mansion he built in his bachelor days.

He's married now and has two sons and two daughters. He usually spends only three days a week in his office. The tycoon spends Fridays working at home just so he can be with his family. Weekends he plays golf, swims in the pool at his home or plays chess. Rogers Arrives In Yugoslavia BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA (AP) Secretary of State William P.

Rogers arrived in Yugoslavia Friday on the last stop of his eight-nation tour to brief foreign leaders on President Nixon's trips to Moscow, Russia, and Peking, China. Rogers was met at the air- to meet today before Rogers leaves for the Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik. Rogers flew into Belgrade from Budapest, Hungary, where he said his visit to the Communist-ruled nation represented a U.S. desire "for a broader relationship with a country and a people with i whom we share many ties." Improved Flu Vaccine Told Atlanta, ga ad a new influenza vaccine which is more powerful and produces fewer side effects is now available, the National Center for Disease Control (CDC) says. The CDC said the new vaccine is 75 per cent more potent) against Hong Kong flu, but that the potency for another variety, "type hasn't been increased.

The center said it still isn't "pushing" the vaccine for the general public. A few weeks ago it recommended the flu vaccine for "use among the elderly and chronically ill." ONLY1 ONLY REAGAN IN PARIS i unlawful flight to avoid prose-PARIS, FRANCE (AP) cution. Gov. Ronald Reagan of Califor- i The FBT said Brooks was Rrncepia wanted iii Jackson for obtaining Belgium, Friday with his plans money under false pretenses for meeting senior French offhand for issuing bad checks. Accordingly, the sources re ported, the FBI has called off a nationwide search for Hunt.

He disappeared from public sight shortly after his name was mtoH tn ho cucnpr-ts nrrpsrpn ide the Watergate offices of the Democratic Committee in 1 17 wdsiinigiun, jum; 11. 1 Search Ended The FBI's search ended when federal authorities received assurances from a Washington lawyer, William 0. Bittman, that Hunt would meet with them, sources said. "If the government wants him. to appear, then he will," Bittman said Friday night.

"They have not indicated to me that they want him." Riltman a mpmhpr lit InP prestigious law firm of Hogan and Hartson, declined to comment on how he had been retained by Hunt. The attorney is a former federal prosecutor who successfully argued the government's cases against former Teamster President James II. Hoffa and Senate aide Robert G. (Bobby) Baker. Contrary to published reports Ilhat Hunt had fled the country, from within, and can be classed as a progressive.

Aged 59, lie was born in Istanbul and educated at Hal-ki Seminary here. In 1950 Athenagoras made him archbishop of Imroz, a Turkish- held but Greek-populated is-j land in the Aegean. In 1967 he was given the key diocese of Chalcedon. which carries with it the presidency of the synod, However, some observers say ithe Turkish government does not view his candidacy kindly. He is too active a leader and too well-known abroad for the liking of the Turkish govern-ment.

they say. Turkey is 99 per cent Moslem, and Turks are traditionally suspicious of the patriarchate's prestige and independence. ADVERTISEMENT cials upset bv this week's Brooks was arrested at his sources said tuttman naa m-change of government. place of employment. cheated to federal officials that 'Man of Love' Is Mourned; See Meliton as Successor recommenoation ot president Nixon's special counsel, Charles W.

Colson. Name Found Hunt first was linked to the alleged plot to bug Democratic headquarters when his name beside the notations and House" was found in the address books of two of the five suspects arrested inside the party's offices. In addition, an uncanceled check from Hunt to a country club was found among the suspects' belongings. Sources close to the federal investigation of the alleged bugging attempt denied a published report that the break-in had been traced by authorities to a right-wing group of anti-Castro Cubans. According to one person familiar with the case, investigators "haven't come up with any rational explanation of this thing yet." Of the five suspects arrested in the case, three are Cuban exiles who live in Miami, Fla one is an American soldier of fortune who fought with Castro and later fled Cuba; and the fifth is a former CIA official who was employed as the secu rity co-ordinator for the Com mittee for the Re-Election of the President.

Heads Chemical Review Board New Hampton farmer Gordon Mau was elected Friday to head the Iowa Chemical Technology Review Board, succeeding farmer Fred Cherry of Rowley, who is a candidate for the State Senate. O. R. McMurry, director of the Iowa Natural Resources Council, was re-elected vice-chairman. The board, which oversees sale and use of potentially harmful agricultural and consumer chemicals, will become part of the new State Department of Environmental Quality Jan.

1. pony rides in the corral just north of the Visitor's Center. With the water temperature warmer than the outside air, water skiers were in evidence everywhere, and the fishermen were pleased with the continuing large catches of bass. Late in, the afternoon the modern sounds of the a rock band from Des Moines, entertained all who were in hearing distance. From a boat on the lake, the sounds were magnificent.

The band played at the recently installed patio at the Visitor's Center. WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) of soft eye contact lenses by two ucts as safe and effective Friday Executives of Bausch Lomb Jind Griffen Laboratories and eye doctors who have worked with the lenses were before a small business subcommittee on government regulation. None said the lens was a panacea. They added that the soft lens is not suited to all who have sight problems or who may want to use them.

James P. Dodd, president of the Softlens division, said, "I was struck that the average citizen may have been misled," by the critical testimony. Over-all, he said, statistics to the effect that up to one-third of soft lens users give them up on grounds that their vision was not improved are not comprehensive. Information that the lenses in some cases caused adverse reactions in the eye were misleading, Dodd said, because in no case were the reactions permanent or irreversible. Subcommittee chairman Senator Thomas Mclntyre N.H.), referring to the suggested precautions for soft lens wearers, said, "It sounds to me like you're getting ready for surgery." To this, Dr.

Chester Black, a former president of a professional contact lens trade group and a practicing opthalomogist, replied he didn't believe more care was needed for soft lenses than the more common hard lenses. Black, who said he made about $11,000 profit on stock, said taking money, grants or other assistance from a company was "not really important." Apparent conflict of interest in the testing and marketing of the products has been alleged by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, an associate of Ralph Nader. Allan A. Isen, Griffen presi- ADVERTISEMENT Highlight of the day was the fireworks display launched from the breakwater over the main basin.

What a setting! Hundreds of lighted boats on the dark waters backed up by an equal number of head and tail lights on Christmas Tree Point which was an excellent place to view the display. In addition. Highway 4 was jammed with carloads of people taking advantage of the beautiful setting. The fireworks climaxed a fun-filled Fourth. It 's a Great Life.

Come Visit Us ISTANBUL, TURKEY (AP) The body of Athenagoras I lay in a simple black wooden I casket Friday in the nave of his partriarchal church here. Priests read bible passages in undertones and his elderly sis ter wept in a near-empty cathe idral. Athenagoras, the 2G8th successor to St. Andrew and leader of the world's 250 million Ortho-idox Christians, died carly Fri-' day of a kidney failure. He was I8G.

Athenagoras had been in a hospital here for the past week with a fractured hip. His body i was taken to his patriarchal cnurcn tor a unet ceremony. The hierarchy then assembled in the patriarchal offices near-' LAST November the Open Theater appeared at Drake University in a performance of its prize-winning production, "Terminal," a powerful collaborative product based on the group's thoughts on death and individual reponses to death. Here, in part, is how the Open Theater prepared for it as Chaikin recalls it: "We began with an idea of trying to confront the dread of dying. As we started going into our own fantasy and imagining our own impermanence, we began to think that there was a conspiracy to keep us from being aware that we were, in fact, part of nature: that we are alive now, and one day we will not be "We invited an embalmer to talk to us about the process of embalming the body This visit helped to confirm the idea of disguising death and the process of dying so as to keep us still further from our own nature.

"As soon as we started work on we began moving into our private responses to dying. We were telling each other stories. "Tina Shephard was telling about her mother, who had cancer, and she talked about her experience of seeing her mother deteriorate and about the performance she felt herself giving as the daughter rpHROUGHOUT, Chaikin's al-1 most mystical belief in a truth which is intuitive and which transcends the concrete is paramount and the Open Theater represents a collaborative effort to search out and express this other realm. He explains it as follows: "The theater, insofar as people are serious in it, seems to be looking for a place where it is not a duplication of life. It cxistg not just to make a mirror of life, but to represent a kind of realm just as xertainly as music is a realm.

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In spite of record-breaking cool temperatures, the Fourth of July was celebrated with rrrach enthusiasm at Lake Panorama. Many members took advantage of the respite from the heat by playing tennis at the West Lodge, while others attacked the Par-Three Golf Course. At the main beach on the east side of the lake, the younger set enjoyed a rigorous workout with, frisbees. The very young were kept happy with "Many called him a man love," the archbishop told a take place in the next days. group of bishops and a holy synod has mem- newsmen in his Houston, bers.

all metropolitan arch-! hotel suite. "Others, using more bishops living in Turkey. a prophet of reconciliation "More simply, to me, he was a man come from God." The Soviet news agency Tass said a delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church, led by 3 DAYS.

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