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Waldie. and Donald roll call on that procedural issue but lost. '( rf Vj M. Fraser. told the House of calls from the Depart ment of Housing linking inquiries about local projects to votes on Cooper-Church.

"I interpreted that as a veiled. though thinly veiled, threat," said Waldie. Fraser said he had been told about other similar calls, adding: "There isn't any question that the President is doing every thing he can to vindicate the disastrous showing in the other body (Senate)." But House GOP Whip Leslie C. Arends of Illinois popped up and said: "So what's new now? We've been through the same ex perience before whichever party is in power." Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler told newsmen there was no effort on the part of the White House to exert pressure on mem bers of the House.

Robert H. Finch, counselor to the President, was in the Chief Executive office when the vote was reported and told newsmen Nixon was "elated he was delighted." There was a period of confu sion in the House over debate, which took the Senate about seven weeks before it passed the much-modified bill on June 30. Morgan moved to send the bill to conference, a point which could be debated for one hour. Morgan said he had no requests for time to talk and moved to 1 a. 1.

1 snui on aepaie. rraser rorcea a Major General George W. Casey, commander of the First Air Cavalry Division is missing and presumed dead in Vietnam; after a helicopter crash Tuesday. He is shown in his command Huey at the controls. (AP Wirephoto) 1st Cavalry Division Head Presumed Dead Saicon Wt Aerial searchers day of a missing helicopter piloted by an American general and Of Perjury McCormack's Aide Faces 5-year Term New York UP) House Speaker John McCormack's suspended chief aide, Martin Sweig, was found guilty Thursday night of one count of perjury and acquitted of five other perjury counts and one conspiracy count in his influence-peddling trial.

Sweig, 48. faces a maximum five-year prison sentence and a $2,000 fine. The eight men and four women deliberated nearly 17 hours before announcing their final verdict to Judge Marvin E. Fran-kel. "Thank God, it's over," raid Sweig after jurors had left the room.

His lawyer. Paul T. Smith, said he would appeal the verdict. For Sweig. protege of the 78- year-old speaker and who rose to be his chief aide in a 24-year career, it was the end of a long ordeal that began when he was charged with conspiring, with lobbyist Nathan Voloshen.

70, to defraud the government through influence -peddling schemes. Both men were also charged with trying to cover up their activities by lying to a grand jury. Judge Frankel scheduled August 31 as the sentencing date and continued Sweig tree in a $50,000 personal recognizance bond. Shortly before 10 p. Fran kel received a note from the jurors indicated that a verdict had been reached.

When they filed into the courtroom, fore man Jacob J. Easley announced that the Jury bad acquitted sweig of the conspiracy count and one of the perjury counts. One of the Jurors, Mrs. Anne D. Wilson, of Tarrytown, N.

rose and told the judge there was a misunderstanding and that the jury had reached decisions on all but one perjury count. The judge directed the panel to return to their deliberations. The panel returned 15 minutes later to dispose of all the counts. During the course of the trial, thhe government brought in 47 witnesses and the defense, seven. By far the most celebrated of the witnesses was the sging Speaker McCormack.

Pale and gaunt, the Boston congressman praised Sweig as a devoted and hard-working employe. He said he was unaware that his office had been used for influence ped dling. In a full day of testimony, the Speaker described the duties of his office and employes, often digressing in his remarks to touch on those causes that he battled for in behalf of his con stituents during his long career. The perjury count of which Sweig had been found guilty con cerned his efforts to intercede in behalf of Gary Roth, a Lawrence, N. youth who was in the Army.

Roth subsequently received a hardship discharge. A juror who declined to be identified told newsmen that the panel felt the matter concerning Roth should not have been forgotten by Sweig in the grand jury investigation because or memoranda bearing Sweig initials which were introduced at the trial. Pre-audit Legislation Is Vetoed by Shafer But when the smoke cleared I the House doves had reached their high water mark of 153 votes on a Southeast Asia war issue. The House action sent the foreign military sales bill vehicle for the amendment which limits presidential action in Cambodia to a conference with the Senate. "I think it will be a long conference," said Chairman Thomas E.

Morgan, of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who will head the five-man House team. "I would say 30 days ought to do it." Morgan held out the prospect of some sort of modification of Cooper-Church which would give the President flexibility. But at this point the Senate conferees, headed by Chairman J. W. Ful-bright, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, appear unyielding.

The closed sessions to hammer out differences in the bills could begin next week, Morgan told reporters. Thursday's House action developed after Morgan moved to 6end the bill to conference and Rep. Donald W. Riegle offered a motion to instruct the House conferees in advance to accept Cooper-Church. That move was tabled or killed on a 237-153 vote.

On this test vote, 99 Democrats and 138 Republicans joined to kill Riegle's motion while 120 Democrats and 33 Republicans supported it. Cahill Seeking Federal Funds For Asbury Park Asbury Park, N. J. UP) Gov. William T.

Cahill said Thursday the riot-torn West Side neighborhood of Asbury Park is a disaster area and stated that he would ask President Nixon for emergency aid to repair the predominantly black section. Cahill, after an automobile tour of the neighborhood, said: "It's perfectly obvious the area has been devastated." He described the looting and burning of businesses and homes as ''indiscriminate," affecting both whites and blacks in the area. City officials estimated that the damage will amount to more than $4,000,000, including 000 in property damage and an other $2,000,000 in personal be longings. The disorders began Sunday and subsided Wednesday. They reached a peak Tuesday when 6tate police fired shotgun pellets over the heads of a rock-and fire bomb-throwing crowd of young blacks.

At least 165 persons were in jured during the trouble, includ ing 92 with shotgun pellet wounds. At least 130 persons were arrested. Cahill appealed to black resi dents to remain calm to permit the Federal Government to clear debris, provide housing and un employment relief if CahiU's re quest for aid is granted. The governor said there were no immediate plans to withdraw state police from Asbury Park. Feature Index I carrying six other Americans.

All Military sources said searchers reported seeing no sign of life in the wreckage of UieHuey hell- copter flown by Maj. Gen. George W. Casey. 48.

of North Scltuate, commander of the U. S. 1st Air cavalry Di vision serving a second tour of duty in Vietnam. If confirmed it would bring to seven the number of American generals killed in action in the Vietnam conflict. This would be the second high est toll of generals in any war in American history.

During World War 2, 28 American generals and three admirals lost their lives. Casey's helicopter, missing since Tuesday, crashed into a mountain. There was no indica tion whether enemy action was involved, sources said. Allies Pledge mi Wounded During Week Figures Reflect Bigger Saigon Role Saigon (JP) Combat deaths of South Vietnamese topped American losses last week for the 60th straight week, indicating that Saigon is assuming a bigger share of the fighting, the main aim of Vietnamization. The U.

S. Command's weekly casualty summary reported 61 Americans killed and 463 wound ed last week, as compared to 371 killed and 1,027 wounded for South Vietnam. It marked the lowest American death toll since the week ending December 3, 1966, when 44 U. S. deaths in action were reported.

U. S. casualties have declined steadily in the last six months and were lower than in any six-month period since the last half of 1966 when the American buildup was in full swing. Unofficial figures showed that 2.875 Americans were killed in the first six months of 1970 or about 45 per cent of the 6,340 combat deaths in the first half of last year. Available figures showed that 11,709 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the first half of 1970 as compared to 8,088 in the first half of 1969.

The Vietnamese losses surpassed their previous record of 10.174 killed in the first half of 1968. when the enemy launched lis Tet Offensive. American deaths totaled 9.557. during the Tet offensive, a peri od tnai saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war. U.

S. Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor said during bit recent visn uaigon mat government forces are now responsible for several tactical areas in which U. S. units previously operated, including "substantially all of the Mekong Delta, the capital military district, most of the central highlands, most of Binh Duong Province and most of the area bordering the demilitarized zone." The unprecedented government losses of the past six montha occurred during a period of rela tively light battlefield action.

North Vietnamese and Viet Conff drives have been brlof over the period. There have been few big allied operations compared to those of earlier years. Laird Pledges Withdrawals to Be Speeded Up Washington un Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird pledged Thursday the withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam in the next three months would surpass the rste of 50,000 set by President Nixon. In announcing a speed-up In withdrawals.

Lalrd said that by Oct. 15 the level of U. S. troops in the war zone will have reach ed the lowest point since February 1967. Nixon has projected a trooa ceiling of 3R4.000 by mid-October.

down from a peak of 543,000 when he took office In January uwn. not only meet It, we will beat it," the secretary told the news conference In referring to the President's schedule. Asked whether the speed-up means more than 150,000 troops win he pulled out by spring as promised by Nixon, Lalrd answered: "We will meet or beat that, too." The present level Is 410.000. Laird set no figure on how many troops would come out by October 15 and gave no reason for the accelerated schedule. However, In the past he has said success of the attacks by U.

S. an( South Vietnamese forces on the enemy's Cambodian sanctuaries the progress of the Vietnamization program by which the U. S. turns more of the fighting over to the South Vietnamese would permit a higher rate of troop withdrawals. Storm Clown Roads Gettysburg IM Gusts of wind up to 70 miles an hour whipped the Gettysburg area during' a storm Thursday night.

Power lines were downed and local flooding was Two major highways war closed: U. S. 30 and U. S. 116, the main road to Hagerstown, Md.

Treasury Position Washington (A The cash posi. tion of the Treasury, July 8: Bal-ancce $6,961,911,491.79. Washington UP) The Government Thursday slapped Mississippi with a statewide school desegregation suit and filed multi-district suits to force desegregation of 27 school systems in Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina. The massive filing is the first of an anticipated summer push by the Justice Department to ful fill the Nixon Administration's stated goal of near-total school desegregation in the South by this fall. Altogther, the suits are aimed at desegregating, a total of 46 school districts: 19 in Mississippi eight in Florida, nine in Arkan sas and 10 in South Carolina The Justice Department has said more than 100 segregated school districts remamed in the South less than two months be fore schools open in -September.

The multi-district suits filed in Florida, Arkansas and South Car olina name the individual districts as defendants but hold state education officials at least partially responsible for the dis tricts' failure to dismantle dual school systems for blacks and whites. The Mississippi suit names as defendants the state of Missis sippi, the Mississippi Board of Education, the state superintend ent of education and the state educational finance commission, It seeks court orders requir ing the education officials to take immediate affirmative ac tion to disestablish the dual system of schools based upon race and to correct the effects of past discrimination based on race." A similar suit, filed against state education officials in Georgia more than a year ago, resulted in desegregation of dis tricts in that state. The suits were filed in U. S. District Courts in Jackson and Greenville, Eldorado and Little Rock, Miami ana Pensacola, Florida and Columbia, S.

C. Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell, who announced the suits in Washington, said all 46 school districts had been notified they were not in compliance with Federal desegregation guidelines and had rejected government efforts to negotiate voluntary plans.

Justice Department officials said after the suits were filed, some 76 southern school districts still remain to be acted against. The bulk of those districts is in Texas, where 48 districts still maintain dual school systems. The suits ask that the districts report to the court by Friday, July 17, on results of attempts to reach agreement on desegre gation plans. Justice officials said if the districts do not submit plans then, the department of Health, Education and weiiare will submit plans to the court for the districts. Court hearings on the plans are expected to begin during the first week of August.

In the multi-district suits, with each suit encompassing all of the segregated districts within the jurisdiction of a u. district court the Justice Department maintains that student assign ment policies have discriminated against black students. Mitchell said the filing of the suits was designed "to clean up the remnants those few dis tricts which could not or would not come into compliance." Court Rules Againnt Philadelphia's 10 Levy on liar Sales Phlladeliphia Common Pleas Court Judge ruled Thursday tne city's 19 per cent tax oa bar sales designed to raise $14,800,000 for the faardpressed public school system I unconstitutional. Judge Ned L. Hlrsh In his decision cited a state law which prohibit municipalities from taxing subjects already taxed by the Commonwealth.

"There Is no doubt In my mind," Hlrsh said in a 23-page opinion, "that the Commonwealth has preempted this entire area liquor Including the field of revenue taxation." The decision must be affirmed by a three-judge Common Pleas panel. It may then be appealed to the State Supreme Court. Until the three Judge panel rules, the city caa continue to collect the tax pot Into effect Wednesday. Then Morgan, notwithstanding the closure action, sought per mission lor one hour of debate. Objections prevented it.

Riegle's motion to instruct conferees was offered and defeated. "It was a typical ramrod oper ation of the House," said Fraser afterward. "Now the President will proclaim it as a great vic tory." Asked about the situation after ward Morgan said: "Nobody asked me for even one second of debate. I had no objection to let- mg anyone talk. Fraser pointed to the 153 votes as the dove's high water mark.

The previous was 146 on a procedural vote during House consideration of the military procur- ment bill. The only brief debate came after Riegle argued that Cooper-Church didn't really tie the President's hands. "Let's not deceive ourselves," replied Rep. Jim Wright, D-Tex. It is clearly tiemg the Presi dent's House GOP leader Gerald R.

Ford of Michigan agreed, say ing in effect it would "hamstring and tie the hands" of whomever was President. Ford said Nixon agreed with the move to table the motion to bind conferences. Said Ford; "The Cooper- Church language would interfere with the power of the President to protect the lives of Ameri can troops. Such interference is short-sighted and unwise. vetoed legislation Thursday that warrants for spending Common- treasurer.

vealed in an interview with the Associated Press last week in which he said Shafer was "certainly following my wishes." In one of his last pre-audits, Auditor Gen. Robert P. Casey disapproved last week requests for warrants worth $480 in con ference registration fees for six State officials planning an offi cial trip to Honolulu. Shafer said his veto of the treasury pre-audits bill was intended to save the State $800,000 salaries for employes who he said were duplicating work. The employes were in the Bureau of Disbursements under the auditor general The treas ury pre-audits bill would have transfered the workers to the treasurer's department.

The constitutional change made no reference to where the pre-audit task should be located. simply ruled out pre-audits and past-audits by one official. Treasurer Grace M. Sloan, a Democrat, endorsed the bill to bring the pre-audit task into her department. 1 per cent tare increase, lic notice and hearing and re manded the case to the CAB for further proceedings.

The court order set to be effective after 21 days, allowed 14 days for a request for rehear ing. A CAB spokesman said the Board had up to 90 days in which to take other appeal measures. The spokesman said the' Board was studying the opinion and would have no comment on it immediately. Perm Central Saunders, ousted board chairman an annual pension of $114,000, Penn Central railroad, the na twos largest rail system, is in reorganization under a Federal bankruptcy law, Penn Central spokesmen said the pension plan is applied to officers and employes alike. "Early retirement has been granted in more than 1,000 in stances under the plan," of ficials said, Harrisburg Gov.

Shafer would assign the task of issuing weaitn tunas to the elected state The veto follows the Gov ernor's executive order last week specifying that officials within his own Administration should assume the job of pre-audits and issuing spending warrants. However, legislators were planning a drive to overturn Shafer 's veto. An aide to House Speaker Herbert Fineman said the move would be discussed Monday when the legislature returns. Overriding a veto requires a two-thirds vote in each chamber of the General Assembly. The pre-audit legislation passed by an overwhelming vote in both the House and the The question of who should make pre-audits and issue war rants was raised by a constitu tional change ending pre-audits by the elected auditor general on June 30.

At a press conference on the veto, Shafer cited support for his move from author James A. Michener, a Democrat, who was secretary of the constitutional convention in 1968. Michener's views were re in It Cambodia, South Vietnam Tokvo Ut Secretary of State William P. Rogers, heartened that other allied nations have pledged assistance to Cambodia and South Vietnam to bring stability to Southeast Asia, left Friday spotted the wreckage late Thurs were leared dead. Location of the crash site was withheld because ground troops were scheduled to go to the scene at daybreak Friday, The search and rescue operation was suspended late Thursday because of darkness.

Casey had been flying to a hospital in South Vietnam to visit wounded members of his division, headquartered at Phuc Vinh 35 miles north of Saigon. With him aboard the helicopter were his aide, Cant. John A. Hot- tell III of Saint Bethhlchcm, 1st Lt. William F.

Michael of Monroe, Wash. Sgt. Maj. Ken neth W. Cooper, Colorado Springs, Spec.

4 William L. Chrlsticnson, SL Paul, Spec. 4 Ronald F. Fuller, Providence, R. and Spec.

4 Vernon K. Smolik, Garfield Heights, Ohio. Assistance to Prime Minister Edward neatn. the United Slates bad been eased by Rogers' visit. The secretary of state, who held talks in Manila and Saigon before the Tokyo meetings, will return to Washington from London.

Rogers was given assurances that South Korea will send more assistance, including medicines. to help the government of Cam bodia. Thailand also assured the Am erican secretary of gtate that it will aid Cambodia. While the Vice President was speaking at the Brown Palace Hotel, a bank of colored stage lights above and behind him broke loose from the ceiling with a sharp cracking noise and dronped downward about two feet. It did not fall to the floor.

Agnew looked around when he heard the several hundred per sons in the audience gasp. Sev eral governors, who were flank ing him on the platform, hastily moved tables forward and pushed the podium to the side. The governors were Tom Mc-Call of Oregon, the commission chairman: John A. Iove of Colo: rado, chairman of the National Governors' Conference; William Milliken of Michigan, the next sneaker: Russell Peterson of Del aware; Harold LeVandcr of Minnesota; Stanley Hathaway of Wyoming, and Robert McNalr of South Carolina. None of the officials left the platform and a moment later Agnew resumed his speech, quipping.

"I'll let' somebody catch this apparently the lights) in case It falls." He returned to Washington after the speech. 6 Increase in Air Fares Is Invalidated by Court Agnew Says Claims U.S. Heading For Disaster Heard Often Before Washington Ml The U. S. Court of Appeals Thursday invalidated0 a Civil Aeronautics Board order of last Sentember for London and consultation with Before embarking on the 16-hour flight over the North Pole to Britain, Rogers said his talks in Tokyo with Prime Minister Eisako Sato and his top aids had been "very successful and very useful." "We had the problems of tex tiles," he said, "and I believe we could put it in a proper context with over all U.

S. -Japan relations." Japanese officials agreed that tensions arising from the break down of negotiations concerning import of Japanese textiles Into dissent, and raising the income! and educational levels of Negroes, Agnew's suggestion that edu cators maintain a "proper perspective" toward social problems drew mixed comments among educators. Dr. Kenneth Roose, vice presi dent of the American Council on Education, said he would have liked the talk to go beyond recognition of our accomplishments. He said such remarks are "too self-justifying," and that too much emphasis on accomplishments damages credibility with those seeking change.

Dr. James E. Allen, recently fired as U. S. education commissioner, said talk of accomplishments docs little for those who arcn sharing in them.

The associate executive secre tary of the American Association of. School Administrators, Dr. John W. Stuart, said Agnew's message needs "constant repeating." Wendell Pierce, executive director of the Education Commission of the States, said many educators have overreacted to student unrest by giving in to demands too quickly. granting aomesuc airlines a The action was taken in ani appeal field by Rep.

John E. Moss, and 31 other House members. Moss, a member of the House Commerce Committee, had protested that the board granted the fare increase after a series of closed meetings with airline representatives and without public hearings. Moss said the court upheld the congressmen's position that, the board acted illegally in allowing the fare increase without pub Saunders tq Get $114,000 rtinvor (A Claims that the United States was headed for disaster have been heard throughout the nation's history, Vr President Soiro T. Aencw said Thursday In urging educa tors to place the nation's liamii-tics "in proper perspective along with our assets." Aenew said, in a speech to the Education Commission of the States, that there is "a tendency abroad in the land to cry doom." He added that this emerges at time "with the same rasping effect as the 17-year, locust." ruin instances as Ion 2 a 20 as the administration of Presi dent James Madison, Agnew said: "Today's outcry from the negativlsts should be heard in the perspective or history.

i "Thev've said it before, and they will say it again." be con tinued. "And as in tne pasture vast majority of Americans want to see their country advance will continue their positive and constructive woras ana deeds, and help the United States to go on to new great ness." In his talk the Vice President said the nation has accomplished miu-h in manv areas, including IcombatUng poverty, protecting Dear Abby 7 Alice Brooks 8 Amusements 14 Bennett Cerf 12 Broadway 14 Comic Page 4 Bridge 4 Crossword 7 Dr. Lester L. Coleman 7 Mason Denlson 12 Editorials 12 Elizabeth Post 8 Financial Flora Lewis 12 Garden-Graph 4 Horoscope 7 Jack Andersoi 12 Joan O'SuIlivan 7 Looking Back- 12 Marlai Martin 7 Obituaries 116 Radio and Television 8 Social 1-7 Sporta 14 IS Suburban 13 Voice of the People 12 Want Ada M-IMS-It Wife Preservers Women's 7-8 Pension From Philadelphia UPl Stuart T. of Penn Central railroad, will the railroad said mursday.

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