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COOL Variable clcudi through Saturday will! lam uf sho ITS lain today. Low tonight around 00. Cooler Saturday. More Weather jj ala 2 -A THE GASTONIA GAZETTE "THE PIEDMONT'S GROWING NEWSPAPER" FOCUS Concerned about the way tome of your tax money is being spent? Want to know why It Is being spent that way? Or whether it has be spent that way? Find Us-Call FOCUS for the answer. PUBLISHED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK GASTONIA, N.C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27, 1967 PRICE: Newsstand Single Copy 10e Daily, ISc Sunday 2 PAGES JOHNNY UNITAS FIND US Puzzled? Furious? Curious? Let FOCUS know.

Call FOCUS at 864-9909 or 864-9900 or write FOCUS, The Gastonia Gazette. If your question has reader interest and can be answered, we'll answer it. I would like to know, please, what is done with the profit from the hospital? E.B. A. According to the Caston Memorial Hospital audit of the 1965-66 fiscal year, the hospital operated at a $4,627 loss.

An audit of the hospital for the 1966-67 fiscal year is currently underway. In the event income of the hospital exceeds operating costs and necessary contingency funds, the money thus gained is poured back into the hospital for improved equipment and other facilities, hospital authorities note. How many touchdown passes has Johnny Unitas thrown in all of his football career? H.G. A. Through the game of Oct.

22, Unitas has thrown 242 touchdown passes in his 12-year career with the Colts. Q. The other day I read that the new Rural Police chief wanted to increase the size of the Rural Police force. Can he arbitrarily do this or does he need the approval of the county commissioners? A.H. A.

The size of the Rural Police Department as well as other county departments is controlled by the Gaston County Board of Commissioners. The personnel committee, consisting of three commissioners, handle personnel matters. The size of the Rural Police is scheduled to be increased eventually to 58 men. This was decided after an official of the Institute of Government made a complete study of the department and reported to the commissioners. They accepted his recommendations, and have made appropriations this year to begin a partial increase of the.

force. Q. If I live between the city and county, can I go'to either a city school or county school? L.H. P.B. A.

Bill Brown, superintendent of City Schools, informed us that whether or not you live in the one-mile perimeter has no direct bearing on which school system you are in. The school district lines are not coterminous with those of the city limits. Therefore, the school system in which you will be attending classes is determined by where the.school district lines arc. in relation to your residence. Q.

Are any clubs collecting old eyeglasses? If so, who are they? M.A. A. Yes. The Gastonia Evening Lions Club is collecting them. According to E.

C. Carson, immediate past president of the club, they sent 400 pairs to the Philippines last year. The glasses are catalogued as to prescription and are given to the persons to whose condition they are suited. Persons wishing to donate used eyeglasses may call Carson at Carson's Laundry and Dry Cleaners on Franklin Ave. or Roy Craft at Smith's Drugs.

Q. What are they building on the corner of Franklin and Broad Streets? I.M. A. The new building will house Robee's Roast Beef Sandwich Shop and will be open for business on Nov. 15.

The franchise for the shop is owned by Shoncy's and the shop will be operated by their personnel. Q. What days do you have the column "What's In Your Name?" run? I.M. A. The "What's In Your Name?" column is scheduled to be run three times a week.

While It does not appear on any particular day, it is more likely to he found in the middle of the week. was the cost of admission to the movies at. Myrtle School about 14 years ago? C.R. A. According to-a spokesman for the school, an admission price of 10 cents was charged to defray the cost of renting the film.

Q. How many races has Richard Petty won at the Charlotte speedway? Has he won more mere than his dad? A.N.W. A. Neither Richard Petty, nor his father Lee, has won a race at Charlotte. We arc told it is the only super speedway that Richard has not won on.

Q. What is the world's record for someone going without sleep? G.L. A. According to the information at hand, the longest recorded period for which has voluntarily gone without sleep was 276 hours. Toini Soini, age 51, of Hamina, Finland, stayed awake from Feb.

5 to 15, 1964. Q. How old is the Governor's Palace or Mansion in Raleigh? M.H.W. A. The present Governor's Mansion, which is the fourth official residence of North Carolina's governors, WES begun in 1883.

Q. If you have a parly line, how do you call others on the same line? S.M. A. Southern Hell Telephone Co, lias a system which may be used by people on party lines to call other persons on (he same lino. However, in order to avoid abuse of this system, Interested persons must call the local telephone repair service office for this information.

Q. Can a child of six fly free to Akron, Ohio? E.S. A. According to representatives of the commercial airlines, fare must be paid for children over two years of ngc. There arc reduced rates which might apply, depending upon how many In the family will be flying with him and when they will he leaving.

We were also Informed Hint children under five may not travel alone, and children between the ages of five and eight may not take flights Involving changing planes from one airline to another, (They may change planes for a connecting flight on the same airline.) The airlines which service Douglas Municipal Airport have cither direct or connecting fllghlv lo Akron. You mny find nut the price of the faro by calling any of Ihclr ticket agents la Charlotte. I South Vietnamese Three Suicidal Charges 'Gel Out Or I'll Shoot' PITTSBURGH (AP) better get out or I'll shoot," Mrs. Frances Albrecht shouted at two young bandits holding a gun over her son. One of the men fired and she returned the fire, killing one youth and sending the other running, police said.

Mrs. Albrecht, 47, was grinding meat in the rear of her grocery store in the city's Garfield section Thursday when two young men entered and demanded money from her son minding the front counter, she told police. One pulled a gun, she said. Mrs. Albrecht looked up, edged over to a cigar box where a gun had been hidden for 23 years and never used.

"You better get out or I'll shoot," police quoted her as saying. Her demand was answered by a shot from one of the bandit's pistol. She fired, sending the gunman crashing to the floor with $40 from the cash register clutched in one hand and the pistol in another, officers said. Killed by a single bullet in the head was' Edward Miles, 18. Mrs.

Albrecht's son, Michael, 16, who suffered a powder burn on the left wrist, called police and said, "My mother just shot a man. He tried to hold her dp." Patrolman Francis Murphy said, "She was standing there holding the gun. She gave it to me and sat down." What Mrs. Albrecht didn't know was that the robber's gun was a starter pistol holding blanks. No charges were filed against her.

Jets Are Down, Pilots Missing Ky ROBERT TUCKMAX Associated Press Writer SAIGON A South Vietnamese infantry battalion hurled back three suicidal charges by a North Vietnamese regiment today and reported 134 of the enemy killed in a jungle clearing 70 miles north of Saigon. to 24 Communist jets reported SHE KILLED BANDIT Frances Albrecht, 47, of Pittsburgh is led from her family's grocery store where she shot to death owe of two would-be holdup men with a pistol that had Iain unused behind some brooms for 23 years. With Mrs. Albrecht, who shot the unidentified bandit after he fired a shot from a starter pistol at her son, Michael, 16, is detective Donald Freeman. (AP.) Clock-Changing Brings Out Annual War Cries By F.

RICHARD CICCONE Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) Most of the states are keeping in time with each other this year, but some are threatening to change step as soon as possible and Kentucky keeps doing what comes naturally. Sunday at 2 a.m. marks another semiannual session of the great American midcentury game: changing the clock. The latest the clock back one hour the first mandatory time switch under the Uniform Time Act passed in 1966 by Congress. No one complains about changing back to standard time.

It's that 60 minutes of extra morning darkness and evening light called Daylight Saving Time that prompts ire. The time act provided that all clocks in any one state must always have the same time and, from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, that time would be Daylight Saving. The new law tossed'into one crucible all controversial arguments that DST had caused since its inauguration in 1918. The federal law said that state legislatures could apply for exemption. Alaska and Hawaii were exempted.

Ohio and Virginia partially observed the new law and 46 states complied in fact if not in spirit. For millions of persons, changing the clock implies one hour less sleep in the spring and one hour more this Sunday. Millions of others, however, regard clock changing as the war cry to rally legislators and lobbyists against DST. The latter group consists of farmers with their argument that "chickens don't read clocks," outdoor theater- owners who condemn the late sunsets of DST as a blight on their livelihood and anxious mothers who must send their children to school during October's dark mornings. Passage of the law was applauded by television networks concerned with keeping everyone in time with New York and Los Angeles, originating points of prime-time TV shows.

It was warmly welcomed by traveling salesmen who were often forced to eat three lunches in Ohio and Virginia where local-option rules caused a crazyquilt of time zones which changed at each cross roads. A bill was introduced in the Ohio legislature to place the Is Requesting 1000 More Patrolmen RALEIGH Carolina Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ralph Howland says 1,000 more state highway patrolmen are needed to cope with increasing law enforcement pioblcms and to help traffic deaths. The patrol now has about 800 members. Howlaml also said Thursday, in 'an interview, that he would like lo sec tires and exhaust systems included in the stale's compulsory motor vehicle inspection program. "A faulty exhaust system is dangerous, especially in the winter when windows are up," ho said.

"And tires should have sufficient trend for safely purposes." At present, six safety features arc checked in the mechanical inspection program brakes, lights, horn, directional signals, steering mechanism and windshield wipers. Howhmd s.aid the General Assembly "has been very alert to the needs of highway safety within funds available, but more must be done in the campaign to save lives." He also proposed: Auto license tag fees be based on the horsepower of (he vehicle; (21 Thai the car be confiscated when a person is convicted of drunken driving; (S) An accelerated highway engineering program lo correct road hazards; and (4) Improved driver education in the public schools. Howland, former newspaperman, was sworn in lasl week lo succeed A. Pilslon Godwin, who was appointed a special Superior Court judge, "Ninety per cent of our driv- ers are law abiding citizens." Howland said. "It's (he other 10 per cent we have to worry about.

We're going to do everything we.can to rid the highways of speeders and drunk drivers. The people are behind us. This has been shown in letters to the Motor Vehicles Department." He added, "When a driver is going 90 miles an hour, it's like he's driving with a gun in his hand. It's liable to go off any moment. And every drunk driver is a potential killer." i Howland, a former member of lire State Highway Commission, said, "enforcement is not the total answer in the campaign to save lives.

An aroused public is needed, as well us cooperation from (he courts. Our campaign boils down to one save lives." state on Standard Time permanently, but the newly apportioned legislature defeated it despite cries of protests from rural representatives. Virginia made a stab at creating some sort of conformity in 1964 by nutting the state on DST from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The law didn't apply to Alexandria or other suburbs of Washington, which kent time by the White House clock. The states having bonafidc complaints against the law were those divided by two time zones.

It was common practice in such states to let the eastern part remain on Standard Time all year and allow the western section to adopt DST to give the state a uniform summer time. States in this category were Indiana. Idaho. Nevada. Nebraska, Florida.

Michigan. Kentucky. North and South Dakota and Tennessee. Michigan, burdened by its westward-reaching Upper Peninsula, has a particular problem. Uppe: Michigan will be turning its clocks back to Central Standard Time and the 'ow- cr section of the state to Eastern Standard.

The Michigan legislature exempted the state from the federal law. But the state's residents gathered enough petitions to force referendum on the issue, thereby nullifying the legislature's act. Voters will have their final say when the conflict is placed on the November 11168 ballot. Tennessee went along with DST this year and is happily changing the clock to Standard Time Sunday. Arkansas complied with the time act and went on i3ST for the first time.

Some people didn't like il and the issue is expected to be debated at the legislature's special session in February. The action near Phuoc Binh, capital of Phuoc Long Province, was the biggest ground battle in a week dominated by intense U.S. air raids on North Vietnam. The U.S. Command announced that three U.S.

Navy jets were shot down in Thursday's raids and all three pilots were missing. This brought U.S. losses in the past three days to 10 planes and raised to 717 the total of U.S. combat planes officially reported lost over North Vietnam. American pilots reported shooting down two more enemy MIGs during raids on Hanoi Thursday, bringing their score Council Drafting Agreement By TOM HOGE Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS.

N.Y. A drafting team of the U.N. Security Council tt'as reported near agreement today on a plan aimed at opening the way to a permanent settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The 10 nonpermanent members of the 15-nation council were to put the final touches to a proposal to send a special U.N. representative to the Middle East.

The drafting team consists of six of the 10 elected council Argentina. Brazil, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Mali. Delegates predicted that the full 10-member group would firm up a resolution in time for the council to act on it next week. The drafting committee has been going over rival plans submitted by India, Denmark and Latin America. The Indian plan, favored by the Soviet bloc and the Arabs, would give the U.N.

representative specific instructions to call for withdrawal of Israeli troops from land they seized from Egypt. Jordan and Syria in the June war. The Danish draft, supported by the United States and Israel, would merely give general instructions to the representative. The Latin American proposal resembles that of India, calling for Israeli withdrawal from "positions occupied by it as a result" of the war. The Indian draft reportedly calls for peace on the basis of respect for the rights of ail states to security and independence and on end to the Arab state of belligerency toward Israel.

It would also specify the need for free navigation through international waterways and settlement of refugee problems. U.S. Ambassador Arthur ,1. Goldberg canceled an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Vietnam scheduled for Thursday when he learned that the drafters on the brink of agreement. U.N.

Secretary-G a 1 Thant meanwhile sought support for his plan to increase ttie number of observers from 43 to 90 along the 107-mile Suez Crnal and equip them with boats and helicopters. One Israeli source at the United Nations said Thant's plan would make no difference causc "it all depends on the will toward peace on the part of the parties concerned." But an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman in Tel Aviv said he saw no difficulty in increasing the U.N. observer force if the Egyptian government also agrees. Although Tuesday's artillery duel across the southern end of the canal wrecked two refineries in Suez which produce about three-fourths of Egypt's petroleum products, an Egyptian government spokesman said no retaliation is planned against Israel. "We have faith in world public opinion and the United Nations charter and we do not believe in revenge," he said in a statement.

"We would resort to violence only as a last measure." destroyed or damaged in the air and on the ground this week. The U.S. Command made no report on raids today, but Tass, the Soviet, news agency, indicated that Hanoi was hit again. A Tass dispatch from the North Vietnamese capital said that "according to preliminary data." antiaircraft units shot down six U.S. planes today "over Ha.ioi and its environs." Hanoi's official Vietnam News Agency said one of "the many U.S.

pilots captured" in Hanoi Thursday was Lt. Cmdr. John Sydney McCain, apparently the son of Vice Adm. John S. McCain the U.S.

Navy commander in chief in Europe, and the grandson of one of the Navy's greatest carrier task force commanders in World War II. Adm. McCain said at his headquarters in London he had been notified his son was missing over North Vietnam. Hanoi said McCain was hit in the leg when his Phantom jet was "blasted down by a ground-to-air missile before it could In the ground action north of Saigon, troops of the 88th North Vietnamese regiment attacked across minefields after midnight after laying down heavy mortar barrages on the South Vietnamese positions and a nearby refugee hamlet. They were thrown back three times in five hours from the barbed wire perimeter around a battalion of South Vietnam's 5th Infantry Division.

The government troops captured 73 weapons, including 17 machine guns and rocket launchers and three rarely seen enemy flamethrowers. South Vietnamese casualties officially were termed light, and unofficial reports from the battle area said 12 government soldiers were killed and 24 wounded. The fighting broke off just before daybreak. Fast-firing U.S. gunship helicopters, American and Vietnamese tactical bombers and Vietnamese artillery supported the infantrymen.

A spokesman said Vietnamese artillery batteries fired 2,000 rounds. The 88th North Vietnamese Regiment infiltrated into South Vietnam from Cambodia last June and until recently was deployed west of Pleiku in the central highlands. Other ground action was reported light and scattered. Nine U.S. soldiers were wounded by enemy rocket fire during the night against American camps just outside Pleiku city.

And between Pleiku and Phan Rang, on the coast, a twin-engine C47 chartered by China Air Lines to the Air America line was missing with a crew of three and MRS. FRANCIS Hofia Witness Wounded CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. 'AP) A key in the James R. Hoffa probe here told police she was wounded by a gunshot Thursday night and police arrested a man a short time later.

Mary Ann Gordon Francis, 27, said after she was shot that she "couldn't fight all the money being poured into here to keep me from testifying." Mrs. Francis, secretary oC a Teamster Union local here, was wounded in the shoulder and reported in fair condition at a hqs- pital. Less than three hours later city police arrested Edwin H. Pullom, 38. and charged him with felonious, assault.

Officers said Mrs. Francis identified Puilom as her assailant. "They're trying to kill me," officers quoted Mrs. Francis as saying after she approached them on a city street and told them she was shot. Francis was a government witness in the recent obstruction of justice trial a prostitute charged with giving false information in an affidavit filed with Hoffa's third new trial motion.

In the trial of Patricia Ann Essex, who had alleged she had sexual relations with jurors during Hoffa's 1954 jury tampering trial, Mrs. Francis said she had seen Mrs. Essex sitting in an office holding more than $1,000 in S20 bills when she went in to notarize the affidavit. Mrs. Francis said she was shot while in a car and walked to a point where she found officers directing traffic.

Police said she did not elaborate on how she managed to elude her assailant. Mrs. Francis was convicted Tuesday in another case of trying to kill her former husband. She was sentenced to 3-10 years in prison and was free on bond pending disposition of a new trial motion. eight Vietnamese tribesmen aboard.

Hoffa. president of the Teamsters, was convicted here in W64 of jury tampering and is cur- mountain rently serving an eight-year prison term. Don't Miss Stephen Barber, British news correspondent, took a few humorous jabs at Americans Thursday. A report on his talk at Gaston College is on Page IB. At the Bessemer City Lithium Plant, a strike is continuing.

Details on Page IB. Charges on top of charges are piling up for a young Gastonian who is accused of having a running gun fight with police officers. Turn to Page IB for the story. Also on Page IB, read about a proposed meeting of the three school boards in the county. They will talk about consolidation.

And in Clover, relatives learn that a soldier has been killed in Vietnam. Page IB. Regular features can be found on these pages: Ask Andy SB Deaths 2A Astro Guide 6A Editorials 4A Bridge 7B Movies 2B Classified 9-11B Sports 4-5B Comics SB TV 2B Crossword b'A Woman's News 7-9A Activities In Our Area FRIDAY 5-30 p.m.—Fall Festival sponsored by the PTA, Uubinson School. SATURDAY 11 a.m.—Beef hash dinner, Oakdale Presbyterian Church. 2:30 p.m.—Visitation at Schiele Museum, planetarium programs 3 and 4 p.m..