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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1964. THE DAILY COURIER, CONNELLSVIILE, PA. PAGE THIRTEEN. PERSONAL MENTION Russell W. Hixson of Scottdale has been discharged from Westmoreland i a in Greensburg.

Soup Sale--Thursday, Feb. 13, 12:00 noon, Church of the Brethren, by Gleaners Class, dial Feb. 10. Mrs, Margaret Davis, Mrs. Sara Fisher, Mrs.

Mary Burns, Hildridge Mrs. Frances Richter, William Hixson, Mrs. Dicie Wingrove, Harry Fletcher, John Slincak, John Welling, Mrs. Helen Trapaso and daughter, Mrs. Wilma Bowers, Margaret Krizner, Mrs.

June Sherwood, Mrs. Edna Shank, Mrs. Mary Rathburn, Mrs. Sophia Staun, Mrs." Dorothy Leighliter and daughter, Mrs. Gladys Lutton, Mrs.

Jane Fleming, Mrs. Lois Campbell, Mrs. Marjorie Shaffer, Donald Wettgen, B. Frank Keffer, Mrs. Jean Mosser, Vincent Mascia, Mrs.

Philomena Piasecki, the Rev. R. A. Nelson, Thomas Mullaney, and John Luckey have been discharged from Connellsville State General Hospital. Clarence Vanorsdale of 207 North Cottage Ave.

has been admitted to Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, for observation and treatment. He is an employe of Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. He is in room 840. AUNT HEX ROBERT QUILLEN Cousin Tom must be a philosopher. He's a calm, steadfast man that thinks troubles ain't important, since he has none at the present time.

Attorneys Clash At Venue Change Hearing for Ruby By PRESTON MCGRAW United International DALLAS (UPI) --The chief defense and prosecuting attor neys clashed repeatedly today at the start of a hearing to de 1 termine whether jittery Jack Ruby's murder trial should be transferred to another Texas city. Chief defense lawyer Melvin Belli lost a tactical maneuver as the slayer of accused oresi-, dential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald sat staring in the heavily- guarded courtroom. Belli asked Judge Joe B. Brown to order a change of venue on his own authority, rather than on the request of the defense. Brown summarily refused.

When the flamboyant Belli tried to read lengthy news clippings into the record as part of his campaign to prove Dallas could not give Ruby a fair trial Affv Wade objected, and asked that they simply be inserted in the court record. "If we have to listen to you read all the articles that have appeared in the press about this case, we'll be here 25 years," the judge said in upholding Wade. Belli -apologized for remarks he made in New York about Dallas--and not Ruby being on trial. "Dallas is a great American city and entitled to hold its head high," he said. "I hope I may be a little taller when I leave Texas," he said, "and I hope what I leave behind me will make Texas a little broader." Wade leaped to his feet and Objected.

Brown upheld him. It was the first direct clash between the two chief legal opponents. At the bail bond hearings, Wade and Belli let their assistants hold the floor. Ruby's lip quivered and he was obviously nervous as he entered the criminal district courtroom. But he chatted amiably with newsmen.

He was slipped into the court from his maximum security cell in the county courthouse well before the hearing began. Brown has scheduled Rubv's trial to begin Feb. 17 in Dallas if the change of venue is denied. Destroyer Sinks After Colliding With Air Carrier CANBERRA, Australia (UPI) --The Royal Australian Navy destroyer Voyager collided with the aircraft carrier Melbourne and sank 19 miles southeast of Jervis Bay off the coast of New South Wales today. A naval -spokesman said there were "some casualties," but their extent still was not determined.

The spokesman said the collision occurred in calm weather at 6 a.m. EST and the Voyager sank four hours later. As soon as the Melbourne flashed a radio report of the collision, naval vessels a helicopters rushed to the scene from the Jervis naval base. Two mine sweepers and a fri- ordered out is the flagship "of the Australian fleet. It is a light carrier of 20,000 tons and a crew of 1,000 men.

The Voyager was 3,500 tons And had a normal complement men. gate also were from Sydney. The Melbourne Scronton's Plan Runs Into Trouble Continued from Page One up hearings on Scranton's proposed $1.168 billion General Fund budget for fiscal 1964-65. The Public Instruction Department is to go before the legislators Tuesday to wind up testimony it failed to complete during an earlier appearance last week. The budget will be released for floor action by the General Assembly after the House and Senate committees make a study of the testimony received at the hearings and insert amendments they decide are necessary.

The Senate returns at 3:30 p.m. today and the House one hour later. Scranton, in a luncheon speech before the Economic Club of Detroit, said the current trend in government in the United States could hamper the free enterprise system. He told the cream of Detroit's industrial community that three principles concerning the role of government in the future of the free enterprise system" should be considered. They were: control of business by government is bad for the free enterprise system." of government --that is, the concentration of two much power in Washington--is bad for the free enterprise system." Scranton specified that some wirol cf the 0 system by government was necessary and cautioned that the word "over" must not be dropped.

"Most of us realize that' 20th century American should not be run literally on Adam Smith's Liassez-Faire theory," he said. "We know that a certain amount of regulation of business by government is tolerable and necessary." The American public, he said, is "reasonable and intelligent." The people "will support efforts to avoid over-regulation of business; they will laugh at efforts to avoid all regulation of business." To avoid government over- control, he said, business should "see to its own, house." Scranton said the federal government is too big "when it's bigger than the nation needs. We must constantly re-examine the federal establishment to gauge in what areas it's getting out of hand. 'It is a paradox that the United States," he added, "which gave the world the finest system of government ever devised by man, has recently been falling behind some other nations in the development of the art of government." Scranton also called for a resurgence of state and local government. "Many governmental functions can be performed better and more economically on the state level, but to pay for those functions the states must collect a bigger share of the total tax dollar than is now the case." He said states currently collect less than 17 cents of every tax dollar paid in the United States while the federal government collects nearly 70 cents.

"The states, of course, cannot afford to wait for a complete redistribution of tax revenues. Instead, they must do the very best they can with what they now have, and they must work to increase the rate of economic growth," he said. Scranton described the course the state of Pennsylvania took in implementing his principles. HARRISBURG (UPI) A seven-man commission to recommend revisions of Pennsylvania's banking codes and submit them to the 1965 legislature has been established by Gov. William W.

Scranton. Named by Scranton to the commission on the recommendation of state Banking Secretary Allen Patterson and the Pennsylvania Bankers Association were: Geoffrey S. Smith, chairman, Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank, Philadelphia, to be chairman of the commission; Russell J. Hopkins, chairman of Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Scott Will Seek Second Term in U.S. Senate PHILADELPHIA (UPI) U.

S. Sen. Hugh Scott, today formally announced he would seek re-election to his second term. Scott, a Republican member of Congress for 22 years, told a news conference that "I am proud of some of the things I have been able to accomplish and aware that much still remains to be done." Scott said his campaign "will be conducted as an exponent of party principles in which I believe, but without the bitterness of unreasonable partisanship." "I believe it 'is possible to disagree without being disagreeable and to be spirited without being spiteful," hesaid. Scott, who served in the House before being elected to Senate, said he could be called a "moderate, because that term describes a philosophy, not a faction." "I pursue a moderate course vigorously," he said, "and in the process I often have to fight against those on the fringes of political sanity who would pull JUT nation off to the extremes of right or left." Scott's statement reviewed his last six years in office.

He added: 'I have been the author or co-author of 10 major pieces of legislation which are now law." He added that "I expect some bills which I have sponsored or cosponsored to be enacted into law before the end of the present congressional session." He said these bills "include civil rights measures now jeing considered by Congress." Scott added that he would continue to work for "some of my proposals, such as improvements to the area redevelopment act, changes in the Buy American act, tax relief for )arents sending their children college and others" that have not been enacted. Cloudy Skies Will Remain Over State By United Press International Mostly cloudy skies will remain over Pennsylvania tonight and Tuesday with occasional ight snow over the higher terrain and a few periods of light snow elsewhere late tonight and early Tuesday. Low temepartures tonight will be mostly in the 20's except in he teen in the extreme north wrtion. Highs Tuesday will be in the Yanderbiit Legion Will Meet Tuesday Emery Lewis Pratt Post No. 586, of the American Legion at Vanderbilt will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday. 15 Cars Derail At Hershey; Four Carried Molasses HERSHEY, Pa. (UPI)-Workmen today resumed clearing the wreckage resulting from a derailment of 15 cars of a 25- train at Swatara Station one mile west of Hershey. The wreck of the Philadelphia- to-Harrisburg train blocked two main freight tracks, but traffic was kept moving around the scene on a "storage" rail. One of the blocked tracks was cleared by 1 a.m.

today. A railroad spokesman said four of the derailed cars carried molasses, while the other 11 were empty. The spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicated the wreck was caused by a "failure" in the assembly area of one of the loaded cars. Titusville; Sidney D. Kline, chairman of Berks County Trust Reading; John A.

Mayer, president of Mellon National Bank and Trust Pittsburgh; George R. Bailey, president of Harrisburg National Bank and Trust Carl W. Funk, Philadelphia, and Dale Furst, Williamsport. Ex-officio members of the commission include Patterson and state Atty. Gen.

Walter E. Alessandroni. HARRISBURG (UPI) Gov. William W. Scranton has been asked to boost the administration's budget for mental health programs for the next fiscal year by $4 million.

Frederic D. Justin, president of Pennsylvania Mental Health, said that if the budget is not increased from $116 million tc $120 million, the state's mental hospitals will suffer and "will not be able to maintain their present standard of service." Justic said that although the $116 million allocated for the next year is about 5 per cent higher than the current year's expenditures, the average annual increase over the past 10 years has been around 10 per cent. He described the $1.5 million allocated for state aid to community health services as "shortsighted." THE GRIM REAPER W. D. HIXON William D.

Hixon, 89, of Dawson, died Sunday morning in the Waddington Nursing Home at Fayette City. He was born Nov. 28, 1874. a son of the late Amos and Elizabeth Freed Hixon, and had been a lifelong resident of the Dawson area. He was a member of Bryan Methodist Church for 69 years, Dawson Grange, James Cochran Lodge No.

614, F. A.M., and Uniontown Lodge of Perfection. He had been a director of the Southwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Co. for many years, and had been an organizer of the Farmers' Dairy. He operated a store in Lower Tyrone Township for 13 years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. William D. (Cora) Dull of Vanderbilt and Mrs. Lawrence (Clara) Randolph of i town; two sons, Harry of Dearborn, and George of Dawson, R. 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs.

Elizabeth Nicolay of Uniontown. The body is at the Galley funeral home at Dawson, where the funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Kent Lighthall officiating, assisted by the Rev. Harlan Eck.

Interment will be in Cochran Cemetery. James Cochran Lodge will conduct services at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Dawson Grange will conduct graveside services. GEORGE LEVOY SCOTTDALE George Levoy (Levay), 81, of Painter Street Everson, died Saturday morning in-his home after a long illness.

He was born in Hungary, April 5, 1883, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Levoy. He was a member of the St. John the Baptist R.

C. Church of Scottdale and until his retirement was an employe of the Clairton Steel mill. Surviving are his widow, Emerine; nine children, Joseph and Mrs. Stanley (Rose) Gush of Allen Park, Frank, Mrs. Steve (Betty) Bollo, Mrs.

Walter (Ethel) Tarsavage and Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Frey of Lincoln Park, William of Dearborn Heights. Mrs. Robert (Lorraine) Myal of Taylor, and Mrs. Peter (Vicki) Damico of Everson; 24 grandchildren and 13 great- grandchildren.

A daughter, Mrs. William (Julia) Bennion, died in 1955. The body is at the Kapr funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, followed by requiem A. T.

TAPPER A. T. Tapper. 56. of i Landing, died at 1 p.m.

Saturday in the WaddingUm Convalescent Home, Fayette City. A former resident of Wick Haven, he was a former real estate and insurance broker in Rices Landing and a former director of the Rices Landing Bank. He was the owner of the Lewellan Hotel. Harlan. and the Appalachia Hotel, Appalachia.

Va. He was a member of the Fairmont. W. Moose Lodge, and St. John's, R.

C. Church of Crucible. Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Marie Torkish three brothers.

Ralph of West Newton, Louis of Belle Vernon and Joseph of Wick Haven; a sister, Mrs. Anna Lager of Pittsburgh, and a nephew. Richard Novak, who had resided with him for 18 years. The body is at the Blair funeral home at Perryopolis. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m.

Tuesday in St. John's R. C. Church, Perryppo- lis. with the Rev.

James Miller officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery. Perryopolis. Baptist Church, in charge of Msgr.

Gerald A. Schroth. Burial will be in the church cemetery. CDA Court No. 314 will recite the rosary at 7 o'clock tonight in the funeral home.

J. E. MILLER John E. (Ted) Miller. 60, of 212 North Prospect died at 5:45 a.m.

Sunday in Connellsville State General Hospital. He was born May 4, 1903, in Scottdale, a son of the late John H. and Mary Jane McGraw Miller. He was employed as a mold-maker by Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. He was a member of Immaculate Conception R.

C. Church, the Holy Name Society, Father Lambing Council No. 1127, Knights of Columbus, of Scottdale, and American Flint Glass Workers Union No. 117. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.

Louise Balsley Miller; a daughter, Mrs. John (Emily) Bellus of Connellsville; two grandchildren; four brothers, Robert J. and Charles A. (Wish) of Scottdale, Paul P. of Warren, Ohio, and William T.

of East Me- Keesport; and three sisters, Miss Rose Ann of Scottdale, Mrs. Agnes SchiMkamp of Turtle Creek and Mrs. Glenn (Mary) Bair of Ormond Beach, Fla. The body will be at the Munk funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

A prayer service will be aeld there at 9 a.m. Thursday, followed by requiem high mass at 9:30 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

EDWARD MULLEN MOUNT PLEASANT Edward Mullen, 73, of 235 East Main died Sunday afternoon in Westmoreland Hospital in reensburg. Surviving are a son, James of Holyoke, two daugh- Mrs. Edwina Ropposch of Port Huron, and Mrs. Margaret Elko at home; II grandchildren; four brothers, William, Thomas and Charles of Mount Pleasant and Stephen of Latrobe, and four sisters, Sister Mary Eustace of Seton Miss Margaret Mullen and Mrs. Ellen MaUorie of Pleasant and Mrs.

Jane Houck of Youngwood. The body will be in the Meagher funeral home after 7 p.m. today where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, followed by requiem high mass at 10 a.m. in St.

Joseph's Church. Burial will in the church cemetery. ROBERT CURTiS SCOTTDALE Robert Curtis, 46. of 609 Mulberry died Sunday evening in his home. The body was taken to the Kapr funeral home.

J. B. RUGG Joseph B. Rugg, 86, of Confluence, R. D.

1. died Sunday in Uniontown Hospital He was born Aug. 18, 1877, in Westmoreland County, a son of the late Aaron and Caroline Linderman Rugg. Surviving are 11 children, Harvey, Nelson, Eli, Edward, Marshall, Mrs. Goldie Basinger and Mrs.

Mae Collins, all of Confluence. R. Mrs. Sylvia Ohler of Mill Run, Mrs. Hazel Close of South Bend.

Mrs. Flossie Harrison of Detroit, and Mrs. Iva Alesantrino of Connellsville, and two brothers. Thornton of Ursina and Wesley of Confluence, R. D.

His wife, Mrs. Katherine Ohler Rugg, preceded him in death. The body will be at the Humbert funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the People's United Church, with the Rev. Harold Eck officiating. Interment will be in Maple Summit Cemetery. HAROLD W. BERG Harold W.

Berg, 65, of Mount Pleasant, R. D. 1, died Sunday afternoon. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant Church of God, and had worked for the Wai' worth Co. in South Greensburg 35 years.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Marie Muhlenberg Berg; two sons, Merle Berg of Mogodore, Ohio, and David Cramer of Findlay, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. risil ont-w nf Snrinr Tj3JTfi. N. five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs.

Clyde Johnson of Tarr and Mrs. Bernice Gindlesberger of Avella, R. D. 1. The body will be in the Grimm funeral home after 7 p.m.

today where the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Bell. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. CHARLES SMUTAK Charles Smutak, 81, of Jacobs Creek, died Saturday night in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Cort Specnt.

He- was a retired coal miner. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Michael (Anna) Oravecz of Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Olan (Mary) Newman of Redondo Beach.

and Mrs. (Madeline) Specht of a Creek; a son, Charles, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at the Barthels funeral home at Smithton. There will be a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, followed by requiem high mass at 10 a.m.

in St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Jacobs Creek. The Rev. Ivan Domic will officiate. Burial will be in the Eastern Cemetery.

California, Pa. GEORGE LEWIS George'Lewis. 75, of i n- town, died Sunday morning in Uniontown Hospital. He was born Nov. 28, 1888, in Vanderbilt.

a son of the late James and Sarah Ruff Lewis. He was a member of the Sunbury Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Dorothy a Lewis; a daughter.

Mrs. William (Catherine) Moffatt of Sunbury; a sister. Mrs. Harry (Delia) Kooser of Connellsville, and two grandchildren. The body will be at the Galley funeral home at Dawson after 7 p.m.

today. The funeral service will be held there at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Larry Jewell officiating. Interment will be in Dickerson Run Cemetery.

PIRL FUNERAL The funeral service For Miss Ruth A. Pirl of 314 Jefferson who died at 5 a.m. Saturday in Sbadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Brooks funeral home, the Rev. Orville Mellquist will officiate.

Interment will be in Green Ridge Memorial Park. IDA FARRAH Miss Ida Farrah, 49, of Perryopolis, died at 2 a.m. today in Uniontown Hospital. Surviving are a sister, Miss Ghana Labels Negro Diplomat "Judas" Over Flag Raising ACCRA. Ghana (UPI) -A Ghana government newspaper charged today that the American Negro diplomat who raised the U.S.

flag after Accra demonstrators hauled it down was a "Judas" who performed a "disgraceful, shameful act." But President Johnson sent a personal message to the diplomat. Emerson Player, of Denver, commending him for "your bravery in protecting the American flag." When a mob of government- incited Ghanaians demonstrated outside the embassy last week and pulled down the flag, Player rushed out. seized the flag and ran it back up the staff. When he received Johnson's message today, the Negro embassy attache said only: "I am proud to be an American." But the Ghanaian Times, organ of President Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP). attacked all American Negro i a as "skunks and Judases" and said "we in Africa are prepared to fix them proper (sic)." IF a separate editorial commenting on the expulsion of four American and two other university teacbers from Ghana over the weekend, the Ghanaian Times warned that other Americans here must get oul--a warning which could foreshadow new expulsions.

Irene's In-laws Slated to Arrive In Hague for Visit THE HAGUE, Netherlands (UPI)--The prospective in-laws of Princess Irene were due here today for their first official visit since announcement of the engagement that rocked the nation. Prince Xavier de Bourbon- Parma and Princess Madelein, parents of Prince Hugo Carlos de Bourbon-Parma, scheduled to arrive from Paris this afternoon. Irene arranged a sight-seeing tour for them. The visit of the in-laws was clouded by lingering aftereffects of the constitutional crisis caused by Irene's decision to renounce her rights to the Dutch throne and marry Carlos, a Roman Catholic Spanish nobleman. A spokesman for the opposition Labor party said his party would call the government to task in Parliament for the secrecy and confusion surrounding the love affair.

Parliament ii whether to debate the governmental crisis set off by the enagement. Kennedy, Hoover Conditional May Be Heard In Hoffa Trial A A A (UPI) Federal Judge Frank Wilson hears arguments today on whether Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover should be asked to testify at the jury tampering trial of Teamsters President James R.

Hoffa tod five others. Defense lawyers interrupted their cross-examination of a key government witness to subpoena the two Friday, but Wilson said neither Kennedy nor Hoover would have to respond unless he finds they can contribute relevant testimony. The seven-man defense team, which has repeatedly accused the government of spying in the three-week-old trial here, argued that Kennedy and Hoover were at the source of the alleged surveillance. The charges reached one peak here Friday when Hoffa and his associates confronted a U.S. marshal on the floor of the downtown hotel where they make their headquarters, accused him of spying and pulling a gun on the stocky Teamsters leader.

The marshal, Elmer Disspayne, said he was there only to serve a subpoena and denied the charges. Wilson asked government attorney to file a written report on the alleged incident. Hoffa and the five others are on trial charged with attempting to bribe the jury in the Teamsters president's 1962 trial at Nashville stemming from alleged trucking company kickbacks. The case was declared a mistrial with a deadlocked jury. A subsequent federal grand jury investigation led to the current indictments.

Youth, 15, Dies As Fire Sweeps Pittsburgh Home PITTSBURGH (UPI)--Funeral services were scheduled today for Richard Weinstein, 15, who perished in a weekend fire in the city's Squirrel Hill section. Richard died of smoke inhalation early Sunday trapped in a third floor bedroom at his home. Firemen rescued his mother, Mrs. Iva Jane Weinstein, and two other children. His father, Irvin Weinstein, operator of a restaurant, was at work when the fire broke out.

Open Bids Feb. 27. General State Authority will open bids on construction work at Laurel Hill State Park. Somerset County, Feb. 27.

Elizabeth, and two brothers, George and Ernest, all at home. She and her sister were proprietors of the Family Store, Perryopolis. The body will be at the Blair funeral home at Perryopolis after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, with the Rev. V. K. Vose officiating. Interment will be in Mount Washington Cemeterv.

MRS. PEARL CLARK Mrs. Pearl Nixon Clark of Arlington, formerly of Uniontown, died Saturday in her home. Surviving are three daughters; four sisters, Mrs. Elton Campbell.

Mrs. G. Fred Strawn, Mrs. Blaine Tompkins and Martha Jane Nixon of Uniontown, and a brother, Paul B. Nixon of Uniontown.

She was the widow of Atty. Charles D. Clark. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m, Thursday in the Arlington funeral home, Arlington. Burial will be in an Arlington Cemetery.

MRS. ANNA ANDERSON Mrs. Anna Anderson, 66, of Star Junction, died at 12:15 a.m. today at Connellsville State General Hospital. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.

Elizabeth BIystone of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Hulda Ingram of Star Junction, Mrs. Hilda Weaver of Elizabeth and Mrs. Margaret Hamilton of Star- Junction, and three brothers, George Kash, John and Charles of Star Junction. The body was taken to the Blair funeral home at Perryopolis.

Macmillan Will Quit Politics After 40 Years LONDON (UPI) Former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan today announced the end cf a parliamentary career of nearly 40 years. He said he will not run for a House of Commons seat in the coming general elections. Macmillan's announcement, made on his 70th birthday, came four months after his retirement as prime minister. A prostate gland operation caused him to give up the office after vesrs. and in his letter announcing he is quitting Parliament he said he can no longer carry out the full duties "of a conscientous member." Macmillan first won election to Commons in 1924 and represented the Conservatives in the house from that time on, except for brief periods.

His present constituency is the London suburb of Bromley, which he has represented since 1945 without a break. Prune Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the fellow Scot who succeeded Macmillan last fall, expressed his "deep regret' over the end of Macmillan's political career. Strikers to Vote On New Contract At Nuclear Plant APOLLO, Pa. (UPI) -Striking maintenance and production workers at Nuclear Matherials and Equipment Corp. plant to vote Tuesday on a new contract offer.

i Twice the workers, members of Local 6452 of the United Steelworkers union, rejected the offer although it was endorsed by the international office of the USW. Rank-and-file members of the union, who have been on strike since New Year's Eve, met Sunday and agreed to hold a third vote Tuesday. The offer calls for a 25 cent an hour pay increase over a three-year period. Borough Lions Meet Tomorrow South Connellsville Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Albright EUB Church.

William Coleman will give a demonstration on sight conservation, according to Program Chairman Kenneth Goodwin. Plans are nearing completion for the banquet on Feb. 25 when the South Connellsville Development Council will honor the "citizen of the year." McGinnis Resigns Democratic Post PITTSBURGH (UPI) Bernard B. McGinnis, 85, Allegheny County a i chairman for the past 23 years, resigned Friday. Party leaders immediately named Allegheny County Controller James W.

Knox to succeed McGinnis. Knox will run for a two-year term in the April 28 primary. Rail Merger Approved By Scranlon HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPD- The administration of Gov. William W.

Scraton has announced conditional approval of the proposed $5 billion merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads after a yearlong study. Pennsylvania's position, outlined in a 15-page brief released by state Atty. Gen. Walter E. Alessandroni.

noted that the largest corporate merger in the history of American business, would "inevitably bring in its wake sweeping economic changes and reorganization of patterns of industrial activity in the eastern section of the nation." The brief will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, which is studying the bid of the two giant railroads to combine. Has "Protective" Clauses The endorsement, although it carried eight "protective" conditions, was a switch in official positions for Pennsylvania. The state first went on record in outright opposition to the merger in 1962 under the administration of former Democratic Gov. David L. Lawrence.

Republican Gov. Scranton has been reviewing this stand since he took over just a year ago. Alessandroni said the proposed merger would "brighten the financial outlook" and generally improve service of the two giant rail carriers. However, he added that there also would be some adverse effects, including increasing unemployment, service cutbacks in many areas of Pennsylvania, hardships to smaller railroads and secondary industries, and impairing the state's drive for new industries. "Insinsts" en Conditions The attorney general said that "because of these specific, harmful consequences which the Commonwealth must guard against, it must insist upon the imposition of several He listed them as: --A job retraining program for all railroad workers displaced by the merger plus an "employment exchange" for personnel "whose tenure is affected by the merger." --Retention of corporate headquarters in Philadelphia where the PRR's home office is now located and where about 3,000 persons are employed.

--Notification to affected com- jnumues one year in duvaun; of plans to abandon or cut back any major facilities to ease the impact. This is reported to be a special problem in Erie and Williamsport, Pa. --Requiring the Pennsylvania to continue its two routes from Erie--one passing through Girard, Sharon and New Castle, the other running through Coiry to Kiski Junction in the Pittsburgh area. A change could be made only specifically unduly prejudice" Erie. Seeks Waiting Period --Requiring for an eight-year period that there be no reduction or modification in service of freight trains between Philadelphia and western terminals unless the commission finds the change will "not unduly prejudice" the big port.

--B a i elimination of freight runs in Pennsylvania without a specific request of the ICC and notice to the Commonwealth. --Requiring that for an eight- year period the present system of interchange traffic with small railroads be continued unless the commission finds changes will ''not impose undue financial hardship." --Approval of a proposed merger of the Norfolk and Western, Nickel Plate. Erie-Lackawanna and Delaware and Hudson railroads. if the commission finds it will "not Four Boys, Girl in Local Hospital Five babies--four boys and a girl--were born at Connellsville State General Hospital. are: Son to Mr.

and Mrs. Varriano, 423 Johnson 11:20 p.m. Saturday. Son to Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence DeBerry, Mount Braddork, 6 a.m. Sunday. Son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster, 85 Gibson Terrace, 12:10 p.m.

Sunday. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mowry, White, 3:10 p.m. Sunday.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseoh Shenal, Grindstone, 1:15 a.m. today. Drum Corps Will Rehearse Tonight Walter E.

Brown Post No. 21 Veterans of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps will rehearse at 8 p.m. today in the post home. Boys planning to join may attend as the corps still has vacancies, post officers said..