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'He leaped to his feet and charged the bunker, firing as be i Unstoppable GI Recalls Medal of Honor Action He would return to Vietnam if asked to do so. But it appears more likely he'll complete his service in May and then start college work in sociology. He hopes some day to work with the disadvantaged in some urban area. Roberts, who will be 21 June 14, was serving as a rifleman in Company First Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne division on that day in 1969. toon that had started combing the rain-swept terrain in the Hamburger hill area of Vietnam at 8 a.m.

There had been quite a few casualties during the day. At about 5 p.m. the platoon was maneuvering along a ridge to attack the heavily fortified enemy bunker positions which had pinned down an adjoining friendly company. From that point Sgt. Roberts' citation reads: By DOUG WALKER Doily Ntwi Wwhlngton Burton WASHINGTON Sgt.

Gor-don R. Roberts, a soft-spoken native of Lebanon, 0. sat in a room in the posh Madison hotel Monday, sipped beer and talked about his experience on July 11, 1969. received his country's highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, or his activities on that day. President Nixon bestowed the medal on Roberts and five others.

Sgt. Roberts is an unassuming young man who, after winning letters In cross country and track at Lebanon high school, Joined the Army. He wanted to get his military duty behind him before entering college, probably Indiana State. HE HAS few political about the war in which he was a hero. He does not think the in the field are much affected by anti-war activities at home.

4 mm MEDAL OF HONOR Highest Award 7 proached the enemy positions, it was suddenly pinned down by heavy automatic weapons and grenade fire from camou-f 1 a enemy fortifications atop the overlooking hill. "Seeing his platoon immobilized and In danger of failing in its mission, Sgt. Roberts crawled rapidly toward the closest enemy bunker. With complete disregard for his own safety, he leaped to his feet and charged the bunker, firing as he ran. "Despite the intense enemy fire directed at him, Sgt.

Roberts 1 1 the two-man bunker. Without hesitation, Sgt. Roberts continued his one-man assault on a second bunker, "AS HE NEARED the second bunker, a burst of enemy' fire knocked his rifle from his hands. Sgt. Roberts picked up a rifle dropped by a comrade and continued his assault, silencing the bunker.

He continued his charge against the See MEDAL, Page 6. HE WAS with a 30-man pla- "AS THE platoon ap DAYTON DAILY NEW THE WEATHER chance of snow Wednesday; high in 30s. Snow likely tonight; low 29-31. More weather, Page 26. 1 Vol.

94, No. 175 36 Pages Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Million Offered. $500 Jeff erson Wards Off Annexation Attempts Po Finance Crime War lnnm rMii UAr I Nixon Proposes to End U.S. Control of Money VET ARRIVED IN TIME FOR DINNER BEIRUT (UPI) -When a hog ran amok killing six goats in a southern Lebanese village nearNabati-yeh a hurried call went out to the local vet. But' when he got to the area with his gun, he found the villagers had killed the pig and were just sitting down to eat it.

INSIDE: 6 Schools Named For Middlers DAYTON WASHINGTONUP) President Nixon, in the first of six scheduled revenue-sharing messages to Con gress, today proposed giving the states $500 million to combat crime and improve the nation's criminal justice system. "This legislation is directed to matters of primary concern I MADISON LJK-I I JEFMISON TWP. rtwsr Zn kettering jMm (-' 'III 4, I I 'Jlr CEN TERVIUE 1 i hit By DAVID ALLBAUGH Daily News Suburban Editor Jefferson Twp. has launched a counter-attack against would-be annexation moves by Dayton, West Carrollton and Moraine. The counter-attack came in the form of a hastily dispatched "rough draft" of the township 's annual report which was sent last week to members of a 32-member task force combatting annexation.

"We wanted to a panic," explained Avery Watson, head of a citizens group appointed by township trustees. 's a possibility Dayton may annex one parcel of land and the other people in the area (southeast Jefferson Twp.) would feel they had to annex to West Carrollton or Moraine or be left out." MORAINE acknowledges "feelers" to residents in an area of several hundred acres west of a i 1 developing Pinnacle Rd. West Carrollton is interested in a total of 1,800 acres In Jefferson and Miami City Manager Edward Slonaker acknowledges. I Jefferson, this area would extend west to Infirmary Rd. Dayton's immediate target is much smaller.

But, as township officials see it, the Dayton wedge would be much more threatening to the township's future. And harsh words like "blackmail" and i wave tactics" creep into town-ship officials vocabularies when they talk of Dayton. THE WORST forebodings attach to the possibility of a Dayton annexation along Lis-cum just west of the Veterans Administration boundary. The developer and property owner Madden Inc. is in the position of seeing nearly one-half of its 15.1-acre tract rendered unusable.

At least this half, so far 1 a 1 1 for homes, will be unusable if the Rt. 35 expressway follows its currently charted line. WASHINGTON ON JEFFERSON TWP. Blackmail Situation' I 1 I I a SGT. GORDON ROBERTS He Would Return 10 Cents Cambodia Refinery Shelled From Doily Newt Wir.

Sarvlctt PHNOM PENH-Communist troops early today destroyed 80 per cent of Cambodia's only oil refinery at Kampong Sora, then launched a daylight mortar attack that closed the sea port's airport. Newsmen who flew to Konv pong Som 120 miles southwest of Phnom Penh today were told a 15-round mortar bar. rage hit the airport and Communist troops controlled the road from the airport into town. The newsmen were turned back to Phnom Penh by Cambodian officials. The newsmen saw huge clouds of black smoke rising 2,000 to 3,000 feet into the air from fires still raging at the refinery.

THE COMMUNIST mortar barrage just before dawn scored direct hits on four storage tanks at the refinery, and explosions and fires ripped through the rest of the refin-ery compound, sources said. Cambodian military spokesman Lt. Col. Am Rong said the Communist attack began at 4 a.m. today and ended by dawn two hours later.

In Saigon, meanwhile, military sources said that Communist truck traffic along the Ho Chi Minh supply trail in Laos has been cut in half by American bombing. AT THE same time sources in Vientiane, Laos, said Hanoi will succeed in pushing its annual quota of men and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh trail complex into Cambodia and South Vietnam during this dry season despite the current operation. station." In its petition seeking denial of the license, Springfield cites the affiliation case which involved charges of commercial bribery. Two ABC network executives have been fired over the case, and one has been convicted of commercial bribery. Also pending in U.S.

District court is an antitrust suit filed by Springfield against Kitty-hawk. Last month the suit was amended, naming the entire Kittvhawk board of directors as defendants as well as the wife of John A. Kemper who has resigned as board chairman. TASK FORCE designates six schools as recommended sites for Dayton middle school reorganization. Page 17.

STATUS OF WOMEN com- mission to try again for official state voice. Page 21. AUSTIN CARR is more than just a superstar, as his record 47 points and Notre Dame's 83-82 victory over Dayton proved. Hal McCoy, page 8. Amusements 24, 25 Art Buchwald 15 Bridge 16 Business News 12, 13 Classified 27-33 Consumer Alert 20 Crossword Puzzle 35 Daily Magazine 19 20 Dear Abby 22 Deaths, Funerals 26 Editorials 14 Home 21, 22 35 Jean Kappell 21 News Notes 2 Obituary Notices 27 People 35 Si-ings 8 Sports 8-11 Television 36 Vital Statistics 35 j' just keep coming." Madden Inc.

officials have shown "some in annexing to Dayton, according to Earl Sterzer, assistant to the Dayton city manager for development. But Sterzer said he was unclear on details of whether this would mean the whole area owned by Madden on Liscum Dr. STERZER also said that Dayton's hard-pressed financial picture indicated any subsequent purchase of annexed land in the path of R't. 35 could only be with "state help." William Leigh, an official of Madden acknowledged the possibility of annexation in a brief telephone converstaion today. But he broke off the conversation, citing a pressing schedule that included a morning meeting with Dayton in our rational life: T1.J control of crime and the improvement of this nation's system of criminal justice," Mr.

Nixon said. The proposal eliminates practically all federal controls over how the money is spent. The elimination seems sure to receive criticir i from big-city officials who have contended that state planning agencies that now dispense federal crime fighting funds have neg-1 crime-ridden urban areas. UNDER MR. NIXON'S proposal, the money would continue to be disU by the Justice department's Law Enforcement Assistance administration, created by the 1968 Omnibus Crime bill.

The $50 million for the year beginning July 1 would fall into two categories of grants: $425 million for block action grants to pay for projects decided vin by the states a $75 million for projects approved by the LEAA. Mr. Nixon's proposal not affect a special category oft grants for improvement of corrections institutions, to he-come effective in the next fiscal year. THE TOTAL for LEAA, which will have spent $480 million in the year ending June' 30, was $G03 milion in Mr. Nixon's budget.

The President maintained that elirnnang such sf'; as the requirement for matching funds and prior federal approval uild free states to use their imagination in spending the money to prevent and control crime. "This owam," he said, "is based on the assumption that those having responsibility at the state and local level are best qualified to identify their enforcement problems, and to set the priority and develop the means to solve these problems." IN THE PAST, states have had to submit comprehensive plans for improving the law enforcement i the courts and correctional institutions before could 2t be attempted under the jurisdiction of the three universities. Daytime programs would be beamed to local schools. Negotiations to purchase Channel 16 came to light the latest petition to the FCC filed by Spring'ield Television Broadcasting operators of WKEF (Channel 22), in their challenge of Channel 16's broadcasting license. SPRINGFIELD sought a delay in their FCC case because of the negotiations on Channel 16, "particularly if they are successfully concluded so as to provide the Dayton area with its first local noncommercial educational Federal Jury Indicts Mine Workers Chief But if Madden Inc.

moves for annexation, including the 60 condominium housing units projected on the north portion, to Dayton, the right-of-way land would be eligible for city purchase. "It's been kind ol a blackmail situation to induce the Madden Corp. to join the i says Jefferson Twp. trustee Jess Gooding. OTHER township officials have hinted at a "deal" by which the city would buy the property in exchange for a petition to annex by Madden.

Montgomery county commissioners rule on annexation petitions, i Avery Watson, head of a citizens group on annexation appointed by Jefferson trustees, asserted that Dayton uses "the Chinese wave method" of annexation. "They Boyle The -year union president could face up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each of the 11 counts of violating the Corrupt Practices act, if convicted, and five years in prison and $10,000 fine on each of the conspiracy and embezzlement counts. TODAY'S INDICTMENTS are the latest in a series of legal troubles for Boyle. Pending is a Labor department suit to invalidate Boyle's 1969 election over the late Joseph Yablonski. The suit, filed nearly a year ago, was the result of an inquiry touched off by the murders of Yablonski, his wife and daughter in their isolated Pennsylvania home shortly after the election.

miAmi iwr. ANNEXATION EYES 'It's Been Kind of MAILBOX THIEF REPORTS HIS CRIME A polite talkative thief calmly phoned several persons today to tell them that he had stolen their mail from a U.S. mail box at the corner of Lexington Ave. and Broadway. In fact, the thief tore the mailbox from a pole and made off with the box and its contents.

Sondra Johnson, 201 Lexington said the man called her at 5:30 a.m. "He told me that he had my money orders. When I asked him how he got them, he said, 'I stole them." The thief calmly told Mrs. Johnson that he was changing the names on the money orders to his own name to cash them. "I JUST WANT you to contact the authorities as soon as possible so you can stop payment," he advised her.

Mrs. Johnson said she had mailed $200 in money orders and cash. Postal authorites confirmed reports of the stolen mail box and said complaints from patrons have been received. Postal inspectors will investigate. Target date for getting Channel 45 on the air has been late this year or early next year but that date could conceivably be advanced if Channel 16 becomes the noncommercial station here.

PROGRAMMING initially would be beamed from the Ohio network's new operations center in Columbus and would consist of the same NET programs now "carried on other public stations in this area, including Channel 14 at Miami university. When funds became available, local programming would NO PLACE TO GO BUT Guy Pfeiffer, 23, escaped from Luxembourg's central prison over the week end but found himself atop the roof with nowhere to go. Rather than pursuing him, police waited for the cold of night to chase Pfeiffer from his chimney, seat and promptly returned him to his cell. Educational TV May Get Ch. 16 License WASHlNGTON-(UPI)-W.

A. "Tony" Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers of America, was indicted today on charges of conspiracy, em-bazzlement and making illegal political contributions of from union funds. The indictment was returned The indictment was returned by a special federal grand jury in Washington. Named as the major recipient of the alleged contribution was a salute-to-Humphrey dinner i 1 1 said to have received $30,000 in 1968 during the unsuccessful presidential campaip of Hubert H. Humphrey.

THE INDICTMENT also officials John Ownes, secre-named two other high UMW tary-treasurer, and James Kmetz. He was identified as director of Labor's Non-Parti-san league, a political arm of the UMW. Boyle, 66, a protege of the late John L. Lewis, union founder, was charged in one count with embezzing $5,000. Another court alleged conspiracy to embezzle and to make illegal political contributions totaling Eleven other counts accused him of actually making such contributions.

The $5,000 was part of the total sum. By TOM HOPKINS Daily News Television Editor The Ohio Educational Television Network commission is negotiating to purchase WKTR-TV, Channel 16, tor operation as Dayton's first public television station. "It looks pretty favorable," said commission chairman David L. Fornshell today. "We're applying this week to the FCC for transfer of the lisense from commercial to public use.

We should have the property appraised within two weeks." The state commission was approached by attorneys for Kttyhawk Television owners of the Kettering UHF station', who have been trying to sell Channel 16 since losing their ABC network affiliation last year. FORNSHELL expects the cost to be about $500,000. "We have to stay in the area of the allocated funds," he added. The Ohio Board of Regents has authorized $565,000 for a Dayton public channel. That channel, however, was expected to be 45, a new channel set aside for the Dayton market.

But that was before WKTR went on the block. The station ceased broadcasting last week end after the latest court action by creditors, a petition for involuntary bank-' ruptcy filed by United Artists television, Universal Television Systems and MCA Inc. PROGRAMMING "on the new station, whether it be Channel 16 or 45, will be in charge of a new consortium of Wright State university, Miami university and Central State university. William Lehman, televison coordinator at Wright State, today lauded the plan to pur: chase Channel 18 for the public broadcasting..