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Wednesday, July 30, 1975 Vol. 89 No. 222 Court and Journal Hamilton, Ohio 36 Pcges Price 15' Ford, Brezhnev meet Nuclear arms pact sought HELSINKI, Finland A President Ford and Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev held a 2 1-4-hour mini- summit meeting today and both men declared progress had been made on strategic arms talks and the Middle East. The two leaders joined in an impromptu news conference outside the American ambassador's residence following the session. Brezhnev told Ford: "1 am very pleased" as the two men shook hands.

Ford then told newsmen the meeting, which ran 15 minutes overtime, "was very constructive, very friendly and very businesslike." Presidential Press Secretary Hon Nessen said the session covered the strategic arms limitation talks, the Middle East and bilateral matters. Ford said progress had been made and, he added: "I am sure when we meet again Saturday there will be further progress." The Middle East was not scheduled as part of today's discussions, but officials said the talks went so well that the Arab- Israeli conflict was raised. However, a more detailed exploration of (he Middle East will be held Saturday, U.S. officials said. Both men were asked if the European Security Conference they are a i would add significantly to world peace.

The Soviet leader answered that "I want peace and tranquility to reign in Europe. I want all nations to live in peace and not interfere in each others affairs." When asked again if the agreement to be signed Friday would accomplish a goal, Brezhnev answered: "I think yes." School bill back in committee COLUMBUS, Ohio CAP)--The equal-yield school bill was due to be dumped back into committee today after the Senate refused to agree to the House version of the long- delayed plan. A joint conference committee was appointed Tuesday to try to work out another compromise on the bill. Majority Leader Oliver Ocasek. D-27 Akron, and Assistant Majority Leader M.

Morris Jackson, D-21 Cleveland, prevailed during a two- hour caucus despite sentiment among some Democrats to send the' bill on to Gov. James A. Rhodes. The 17-14 vote against concurrence was seen as a victory for Ocasek, who objected to lowering the requirement that a district pay 22 mills of local taxes to qualify for state aid. The bill would have required only 20 mills.

The Akron University professor, an advocate of the equal yield concept, favors the higher qualifier to aid districts that make a greater local tax effort. Ocasek appointed Jackson and Sens. Donald J. Pease, D-13 Oberlin, Divorced men playboy image false COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Pity the divorced man says an Ohio Stale University professor He's stcrotyped as a playboy who is finally'free. While much of the stigma of divorce has been overcome for women, it hasn't for men, says Dr.

Bernard S. Weiss, who teaches divorce counselors. "Divorced men are looked at as all those guys who want to play and not pay," said Bernard S. Weiss. The associate professor of social work at OSU said that in reality the divorced father faces as many problems wondering how he can maintain contact with his children as does the mother who wonders how she can raise them alone.

The playboy image, he said, arises partly because nearly 90 per cent of divorced men default on their support payments. "This happens because support payments are set to keep the family off welfare, not because that's what the man can afford," he said. Since the underlying problem of many divorces is too little money, eiss says it is inevitable that a man who can'tsupporl one family is not going to be able to support two. "He (the divorced man) is not supposed to be depressed or upset," Weiss added. "He's supposed to take a mistress or break up somebody else's marriage." In many cases, a divorce settlement leads to endless court battles because the attorney who helped draw it up was not sensitive to the politics of the relationship, Weiss believes.

He said judges waste up to 75 per cent of their time rehashing settlments that were unworkable originally. and Oakley Collins, R-17 Ironton, to the conference committee. They will line up against Rep. Myrl H. Shoemaker, D-88 Bourneville, chairman of the House Finance Committee, and Reps Robert W.

Jaskulski, D-ll Cleveland and Ben Rose, R-64 Lima. Shoemaker and Rose are ready to oppose the 22-mill requirement. Support for the bill from two powerful lobbies, the Ohio Realtors Association and the Ohio Farm Bureau, hinges on the lower millage. Jackson is expected to push for more money for Cleveland, which lost funds in the House redrafting of the bill. "We're not going to be pressured to move too fast," the Cleveland lawmaker said.

A clerical error caused confusion over the 17-14 Senate vote. Sen. William F. Bowen, D-9 Cincinnati, voted "no," but was incorrectly recorded as voting for concurrence. The roll could not be changed after it was announced.

Two other Democrats, Sen. Robert T. Secrest, D-20 Cambridge, and GeneSlagle, D-26 Galion, voted with Republicans in favor of the House changes. Rep. Theodore Gray, R-3 Columbus, the lone Republican voting for a conference committee said he acted out legislative courtesy for the prime sponsor, Jackson.

See related local story on page Don blink your eyes you aren't seeing a double anagc. What you do see is Kevin and Kelvin Koch who otten accompany their grandmother, Mrs. Elmer Dittman (left); mother, Mrs. Carl Koch (right); and older sister, Karla to market. Journal-News photo by Jim Uenney.

Seeing double? Strolling down market on a Tuesday or Thursday in front of the Butler County Court House one might be surprised to see some unusual produce in the truck of Mrs. Elmer Dittman, 1451 Ross-Milville Road. Mrs. Dittman sells various kinds of vegetables and other produce but this particular kind is not for sale. The unusual produce often seen in Mrs.

Dittman's truck are 7-month- old twins Kevin and Kelvin Koch, the sons of Mrs. Carl Koch, 7190 Linn Road. Mrs. Koch is often on market with her two twins and 2 daughter Karla to help her mother Mrs. Dittman.

Coincidently, the twins Kevin and Kelvin were born on Nov. 20, their grandfather's and their mother's birthday. On Nov. 20, 1974, Mrs. Dittman planned to have a dinner party for her husband and her daughter but things didn't quite work out that way.

The party turned into a mad rush to the. hospital arid Kevin and Kelvin were born at 6 p.m., exactly when the family should have been sitting down to their meal. The twins, looking like a couple of ripe tomatoes, may be seen on market if they are lucky enough to be included in the trip. Inside Journal Youth dies in car, train collision 36 c1oise 2S lrlhs I jg 36 ,7 CounlyNcws ,3 Opinions 31-35 Oxford News. berwhcil Kood.

36 WonlEn i 3 Wonderword No change expected After one clear day upon one clear day. wlial's left for the poor weatherman to say. All Ihe time-worn cliches have been used up and a the weather and writing it can get a little boring. Our forecast today shows no change clear skies and warm temperatures. While we may see a few clouds Thursday, the chance of rain is only 20 per cent.

Lows tonight will be in the low 70s to upper 60s, while the high reading Thursday should near 90. According to the Journal- News official weather George Johnson, the low this morning dipped to 63 degrees. The high temperature Tuesday reached 92. Senate okays gov't pay hikes WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has voted to give members of Congress and other top federal officials what an opponent calls a "guaranteed annual increase in salary." Supporters, defended the pay raise, sent to the House on Tuesday on a 58 to 29 vole, as an act of simple justice for members of Congress. They stressed that members of Con-, gross have not had a raise in their $42,500 annual salaries since March 1969, while the cost of living has increased 47.5 per cent.

"The Senate is not a rich man's club" but continued denial of higher pay "will make it so," said Sen. Hiram L. Fong, R-Hawaii, in support of the pay raise proposal. He contended that only rich people would be able to serve unless salaries are increased. Sen.

James B. Allen, opposed the bill because it would guarantee annual pay increases. He termed this a "backdoor" approach. He said (hat if members of Congress want to raise their pay they should vote for it directly each time. Besides members of Congress, the cqst-of-living raise would apply to Vice President Nelson A.

Rockefeller, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and House Speaker Carl Albert, all of whom now receive $62,500. The annual increase also would go to Supreme Court associate justices and Cabinet members, who now earn $60,000 a year, as well as to about federal employes whose salaries have been frozen since 1969 at a $36,000 ceiling. The amount of the cost-of-living increase would be determined annually by the president unless disapproved by Congress either in whole or in part. President Ford has indicated he will recommend a 5 per cent cost-of- living raise this year, although the inflation rate has been about 8.6 per cent during (he past year.

A 5 per cent raise would increase Ihose in the $62,500 bracket to $65,625 and Ihe pay of members of Congress to $44,625. The pay raise was passed as an amendment to.an unrelated bill on safety standards for postal workers. ByJOECELLA Journal-News Writer A 20-year-old Butler County youth was killed about 8:20 a.m. today when his car was struck by a freight- train two miles north of Seven Mile at the Penn Central crossing on U. S.

Rte. 127. Dead is Alvin B. Bobbin 5301 Hamilton-Eaton Road. Dr.

Garret J. Boone, Butler County coroner, said the victim died of multiple injuries. The 1971 convertible which Bobbitt was driving was demolished by the 48-car northbound freight. The impactknocked the car about 50 feet on the other side of the crossing. Deputies from the Butler County sheriff's office and members of the family said the 1973 Talawanda High School graduate was on his way to work at Southern Ohio Truck Lines at New Miami at the lime of the accident.

Sgt. James Powell and Patrolman James Patrick indicated the victim could have been blinded by the sun as he was southbound on Rte. 127 towards Seven Mile and New Miami. The railroad flashing lights were reported to have been working at the single track Penn Central crossing, according to officers at the scene. The freight train, enroute to Logansport, from Cincinnati, had stopped in Seven Mile to-pick up a railroad car.

The stop, according to train conductor W. E. Murphy of Richmond, was abouta mile south of the crossing. The conductor said the train picked up speed to about 20 miles per hour when it reached the crossing. Bobbitt is a son of Mr.

and Mrs A1 vin obbi It same address. The residence is about onequarter of a mile north of Collinsville. The father said their son was working at the truck lines during the day and attending an electronics engineering school in Dayton at night. He was to have graduated in October, the family said. The vehicle was struck on the passenger side and knocked over the crossing, just missing the flashing light standard.

The body was taken to Mercy Hospital morgue. New Miami Police Chief Ben Kidd also assisted at the scene. The traffic fatality is the 28th this year compared to 25 at this time last year. The victim is the fifth person killed in a train-car accident this year, according to Hamilton Safety Council statistics. Examining wreckage in which a Collinsville area youth dted early today are Dr.

Garret J. Boone, county coroner, and Patrolman James Patrick of Ihe Butler County sheriff's office. Train-car accident occured north of Seven Mile at Penn-Central crossing. Journal-News Photo by Jim Dcnncy. What in the world! 1 A 11h Washington stands out as one of the most revered leaders in our history, his views on the fair sex make him an unlikely presidential candidate in 1976." to the new nonfiction book, "Weathering the Storm: Women of the American Revolution," General Washington had as much trouble with women as he did with (he British.

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