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nan TV regains 'ABC rights i'- rf' rr rr 4 of situation to the "status quo" last December. DIAL 222 2866 Ylley News Pase 31 Saturday, May 2, 1970 charges were aired, ABC notified Channel 16 of its intent to cancel its contract with the station Aug. 31. ABC invited Channels 16, 22 and 26 (WSWO in Springfield) to compete for the primary affiliation contract but later withdrew its invitation to Channel 16. GEORGE MITCHELL, vice president and general manager of Springfield Broadcasting Co.

which operates Channel 22, said yesterday it will take about a week for the station to convert back to ABC. The judge's ruling takes effect in 10 days unless Channel 16 appeals it. In that case, another 10 By Denise Goodman Journal HeraM Stoff Writer WKEF-TV (Channel will regain at least 70 percent of ABC programming from WKTR-TV (Channel 16) as a result of a preliminary injunction handed down yesterday by a federal judge in Cincinnati. But it appears Channel 16 will retain 20 hours of American Broadcasting Co. including eight hours of prime time shows.

The transfer to Channel 22 could take as long as a depending on whether Channel 16 appeals the ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy S. The judge granted the injunction, requested by the Springfield Broadcasting which owns Channel 22, returning the of $50,000 by John A. Kemper, former Kittyhawk board chairman, to Thomas G. Sullivan; ABC Midwest regional manger, during Channel 16's negotiations with ABC for the primary affiliation, Hogan said in his ruling: "There is no question that before the award of the affiliation was announced, the president of Kittyhawk knew that he was in a commercial bribery situation and McMahon (Joseph McMahon, retained by Kemper as the station's New York representative to help win the affiliation) did also." Kemper and McMahon subse-q 1 1 resigned from Kittyhawk and Sullivan was dismissed from his ABC post.

Sullivan faces bribery charges in New York, and when those rfion Lin solves problem, gets answers, cuts red tape, rights wrongs. DUd 222-2866 between 4 and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Or write Action Line, The Journal Herald, 37 S. Ludlow Dayton 45401.

Answers will be given only in this column. AT THAT time, Channel 22 had secondary affiliation rights for 70 percent of ABC ming and WLW-D (Channel 2) had the primary affiliation contract and was carrying the remaining 30 percent, or 20 hours. Since then, ABC has awarded its primary affiliation contract to Channel 16, owned by the Kittyhawk Broadcasting and Channel 2 has become an affiliate of the National Broadcasting Co. Returning to the situation of last December, Hogan said in his ruling, "simply places ABC in the position in which it was in December, 1969, and. for years previous, with Kittyhawk substituting temporarily for WLW-D." 1 I Hogan declined to expand on that statement.

And aide said his ruling covered only the 70 percent of ABC programming awarded Channel 22 and not the remaining 30 percent. BUT ASHER Bogin, attorney for Channel 16, said he interprets the ruling to mean Channel 16 may retain that 30 percent, including the eight prime time hours. Roger J. Makley, attorney for Channel 22, declined to comment on Hogan's ruling or Bogin's interpretation. Hogan ruled that the property rights of Springfield Broadcasting Co.

were violated by "commercial bribery" in granting Die injunction. Those rights included 70 percent of the ABC programming he said. REFERRING to the payment While serving in the Army in 1933, 1 was transferred from Japan to Korea. The orderly room of my outfit in Japan kept my Soldiers Deposit book for me. When I left the service in May, 1934, 1 was told the book had been lost.

Can you help me find my money? M.R.S., Troy Find, your money? The way Soldiers Deposits were handled back then, we'll be lucky to find your name on a scrap of paper. Seems most of the records were destroyed in July, 1954," just months after you were discharged. Anyway, Lt. Col. William J.

Cochran will try. He's chief of the claims division at the Army Finance Center in Indianapolis. In fact, he's already contacted you at our request. Good luck! Why is a police patrol wagon sometimes called a Black Maria? A.J.S. British claim the term comes from the black wagons their police used in the 1840s.

On the side of the wagons were "V.R." for Victoria Regina, or Queen Victoria who ruled from 1837 to 1901. A cockney shortening of Victoria is Ria. It was" a small step from that to V-ria and then to Maria. Some Americans, however, trace the term to a black woman named Maria who at one time ran a sailors' boardinghouse in Boston. She was a terror to her boarders because of her size, temper.

Story is that whenever sailors rioted on the docks, police put in a call for' help to "Black Maria." 'CA vga flg Sewage waste has been backing up in homes around here. Our sewer department says what we need Is a "back pressure valve." Plumbers, however, tell us Jhese are Illegal and have been banned for; several years. Who is right? MRS. J. J.

UNION Are' you sure you haven't been asking plumbers to install a "back water trap?" These devices have been banned by the state's plumbing board. Seems they were installed under basement floors and when they malfunctioned well, try to imag i Jv VA days would be allowed for presentation of motions. Bogin said Kittyhawk probably will appeal. Drivers call off wildcat By William Flanagan Journal Herald Staff Writer M1DDLETOWN The president of the local Teamsters union announced last night an end to striking in this city until a national contract vote is completed sometime next week. Edwin Elkin, president of Teamsters Local 836, said after a membership meeting: "Our drivers will discontinue any protest at this time.

It is contingent on the outcome of the vote." THE LOCAL'S estimated 400 drivers, many of them members of a Teamsters' splinter group known as the Fraternal Assn. of Steel Haulers (FASH), have been on strike against local haulers since April 8 when the haulers halted operations because of reported violence by striking FASH members in northern Ohio. Elkins would not elaborate on his statement. However, spokesmen for Armco Steel Corp. and the Ohio National Guard said the union action may mean an end to the strike, but it is not known how many rank and file members will heed the union's advice.

Union members, most of them FASH supporters, have been protesting at Armco gates since the wildcat strikes began. Union leaders failed in previous attempts to halt the picketing. Elkins and a FASH representative returned yesterday from a meeting of national officers in Washington. D.C. and reported the FASH demand for separate treatment was accepted.

An Armco spokesman said this may temper the protests. AT THE HEIGHT of the walkout, Armco shipments were cut by two-thirds. All members of the Teamsters union ill be voting over the weekend on a three-year, nationwide pact which i 1 a raise. A reported 650 guardsmen were called into the MiddTetown area Wednesday night aper scattered incidents of violence and harassment were reported against steel haulers still operating. Col.

Charles H. Jones, commander of the 216th Engineers Group, said last night the troops have been patroling 1-75 between Dayton and Cincinnati and 1-71 between Washington C.H. and Cincinnati. Staff Photo by Bob Doty Taps: It's not after the battle, though just National Guardsmen resting near Franklin after night patrol on 1-75 Guards watch trucks, skies sun and they sat there around the M-60. THE TRUCK strike that brought them here these 30 or so men of a Cincinnati-based Army National Guard battalion' was not mentioned.

A sergeant explained there are no Teamsters in the platoon and, anyway, they had their orders not to talk about anything "strategic" to newsmen. He said he shouldn't be saying this orders from the lieuten- By Michael Seiler Journal Htraltf Stall Writer They were hoping for the clouds to break last night the men of the Ohio National Guard with only ponchos and bedrolls to keep them dry at the end of their second day on patrol along 1-75. They said they would keep their M-ls out of the rain and one private already had thrown his poncho over the jeep-mounted M-60 machinegun mean looking weapon, ain't he asked. They sat at he edge of the truck stop off Ohio 123, several men together fh a jeep under a shrounded machinegun. A patrol just reporting in to the platoon's bivouac had brought a copy of November's Playboy.

They admired the color-spread on a Carribbean Cruise complete with the usual girls sans bathing suits soaking in the parking lot, a bullet hole in the side of his trailer and a scared look on his face. The driver said he had been heading south from Dayton, deadheading it back home to North Carolina, passing under the Pennyroyal Road, underpass when somebody in a black car above took two shots at his riS- "I'M QUITTING if I have to," the driver said. "They'll never send me back here no more. At least in Vietnam I knew who was shooting at me." The lieutenant ordered two jeep patrols out to the overpass. The trucker said he would be taking a quick shower at the truck stop and heading South.

The rest of the guardsmen went back to their bedrools and the November Playboy. In a few hours they would be back on the road for the rest of the night. The clouds were still there. ant who got his orders from the colonel in Cincinnati who got his orders from somebody in Columbus but the battalion had 500 men spread over a 50-mile length of 1-73. When the sergeant walked away, a priv; explained, "The big problem is with the radios.

They're FM units and we've got a range of maybe 8 or 10 miles and its tough coordinating patrols." ANOTHER PRIVATE looked up at early-evening clouds and said the tents had been left back at the armory in Cincinnati. "We've got orders to be able to move out in 15 minutes if there's trouble." The jeep patrols moved in and out of the truck-stop parking area, three and four men to a patrol, armed with loaded M-ls and .45 automatics. The only action of the day came when a North Carolina truck driver rolled into the Council blasted conspiracy by Lucas ine what it would be like to have a privy located under your house. Next time, ask, the plumber for a "back water valve." These are installed in more accessible locations and aren't as inclined to malfunction. Our church is having a mother-daughter get-together on May 18.

My contribution to the after-dinner program is to be a poem about Hawaii. To date, I've been unable to find a poem and would appreciate your help. S.W., Bradford. We relayed your plea to U.S. Sen.

Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii. He came through with eight poems, plus the music and words (in both Hawaiian and English) for the state song "Hawaii Ponoi." Six of the poems are translations of authentic Hawaiian verse, with the standout being "The Kumulipo" a primitive sacred chant tracing the history of a Hawaiian family from the beginning of the world. It reads, in part: "The slime, this was the source of the Earth The source of the night that made night The night gave birth." .1, the Indianapolis 500 race be shown on closed circuit television in theaters this year? P.H., Houston. prior to making the mot- that ion." Weissinger named Dayton fire chief By Ronald Goldwyn Journal HOrflld Stall Writer The vacancy turmoil on the Dayton city commission boiled over on two fronts yesterday.

Leo A. Lucas, a Negro member of the Dayton School Board, charged there may be a conspiracy to keep Commissioner James H. McGee from being chosen mayor. And Mary M. Morgan declared herself a candidate for appointment to the commission, urging her backers to "make that support visible" at the commission meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

The usually placid pace of nonpartisan city government has been agitating for two weeks with the announced resignations of Mayor Dave Hall and Commissioner Roy R. Paulson, the commission's agreement to name George E. Walter to Paulson's seat, and charges of politic i and partisanship surrounding both vacancies. PAULSON, in his next-to-last meeting as a commissioner, attempted on Wednesday to have the mayor's Job filled by a popular vote that would follow a special election on a charier change. His motion died on a 2-2 vote, with McGce and Mike M.

Llskany opposing it. Lucas, In a letter to The Journal Herald yesterday, said, "A large segment of the citizens view the proposal as a built-in institutional obstruction directed at and designed to eliminate one obvious member of the Later he explained that many feel McGee.the only Negro commissioner, would have no chance of winning a popular vote for mayor "in the climate that exists in the community right now." HOWEVER, McGee would stand a good chance at the mayor's job, Lucas feels, under the charter provision that the four commissioners fill the vacancy "from their own 'I believe Paulson was used without his really understanding what was going on," Lucas said. "As I see it, it was a conspiracy to exclude McGee, not for but for black folks." Lucas said Republican Party members, particularly county GOP Chairman Charles D. Ross are behind an effort to keep the muyor's job from McGee, a Democrat. "I HOPE that I am wrong.

1 hope that nothing like this was really intended," Lucas said. "But I've been working with white folks a Ions time and I've been a victim of this. I'ebecn naive enough fo believe that people are I in good faith." Asked if lie has proof of his charges, Lucys replied, "Racism Is not structured in a way so there is proof. You only see the fruits." Paulson's respoibe was, "1 don't know what to say. He said he could understand now why Lucas might be suspicious, but added, "I obviously did not see PAULSON said he put forward the popular election idea because "the most important office in the city should be filled by the choice of the people." In the other development, Mrs.

Morgan launched her almost unprecedented campaign for a commission appointment with a press conference on the steps of city hull. Commission sources have virtually ruled out her chances of appointment. Commission vacancies are usually filled at closed door commission meetings held to consider undeclared candidates who have been sounded out in private. It is unusual for someone to announce publicly his interest in the seat, it was pointed out. Mrs.

Morgan said, "Citizens who arc disturbed by the manner in which vacancies are filled and (those who) support my appointment" should appeal to the commission in person. The commission has informally selected Walter for Paulson's seat, but must later choose a replacement for Hall. MRS. MORGAN, who polled 16,719 votes in her losing bid for the commission last year, said she has endorsements from five civic organizations In the Dayton View-Riverdale area and expects to get city-wide backing. Mrs.

Morgan, a Dayton View housewife and civic activist, said she feels a strong show of support on her behalf may cause commissioners to have a change of heart. "Most fires are people-caused, something our public education program could hope to prevent," he said. Weissinger said he wants fire stations to become institutions in the neighborhoods they serve. "At this time the fire department does have a good image with the public. This should be expanded as much as we can," he said.

WEISSINGER, although born in Dayton, grew up in Cincinnati where he graduated from Norwood High School in 1944. After four years as an Army Infantryman, he joined the Dayton force as a firefighter for Truck Company 13. He was promoted through the ranks to become assistant chief for operations in April, IOCS. An avid bicycle rider, Weissinger said he pedaled from Cincinnati to Milwaukee when he was 15. He alno enjoys hiking and playing the clarinet.

Weissinger and his ife Thedu live at 341 W. Nottingham Road, Harrison Township. Kunde said the new chief has agreed to move into the city "within i reasonable length of time." By Ronald Goldwyn Journal HeroM Stall Writer Assistant Fire Chief Jerry L. Weissinger, a Dayton fireman for 22 years, yesterday was named fire chief to succeed retiring Chief Louis F. Rozsa.

Weissinger, 43. was chosen over four other department administrators by City Manager James E. Kunde. The appoint-' ment was announced eight hours before Rozsa's retirement became effective at midnight and during a final retirement party for Rozsa at fire headquarters. The new chief, a stocky, graying Dayton native, was described by Kunde as "flexible and imaginative." "Jerry Weissinger represents the strong image of a fire chief, but maintains a cool and commanding air." Kunde said.

"I was also inclined to go in the direction of a younger person." ROZSA, 55, plans to go into private business. He worked for the department exactly 30 years. Weissinger, who will earn $18,491 a year, said he plans no quick changes in the department, but added: v. Yvitffx ky but Dayton area residents will have to drive to one of the following locations to see it: Civic Theater, 183 S. Main Akron; Cleveland Arena, 3700 Euclid Cleveland; Sports Arena, 1 Main Toledo; Memorial Auditorium, Fourth and Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Ky.

I am interested in writing poetry. Where could I send my poems to see if I have any talent worth developing? K.L., Vandalia. Send, your poems to: Miss Barbata Benham, Living Arts Center, 612 Linden Avenue, Dayton. She's a creative writing teacher, has offered to look at your work, give you advice. If you've got talent, the chance to develop it still further could come in the fall, providing the Living Arts Center is still around then.

Word we get is that there are plans "in the talking stage" to open the center to students outside the Dayton school system on a tuition basis. Jerry Weissinger "I think the fire department is headed for changes from our traditional role." A greater emphasis on fire prevention Is planned, both in becfed-up inspection under the fire code and In public education, which Wcissinijcr called "an almost untapped field." i.