Simpson's Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania • Page 1

PPG, Union Signing New Work Accord FORD CITY Workers in this town that glass built awaited word today of what gains had been obtained for them in a new wage-and-hour contract scheduled for signing today in Florida. The 'office of the United Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of North America was notified that the signing would lake place at 1 p.m. at Jacksonville. Lawrence Dietz, acting president of the Ford City local, said no word was sent back on de- lails of the new contract. By agreement and tradition, union representatives and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

refused a comment on negotiations while they were in progress. It was understood that agreement, covering employes of PPG at plants in several states, is for a three-year duration. Company and union representatives have been negotiating on the new contract since February 7. When the Feb. 16 expiration date passed with no new agreement arrived at, the negotiators by consent stopped the clock.

The device enabled the plants to remain in operation under the expiring contract, with the understanding that any benefits agreed upon later would be retroactive to the dale oC the expiration. The union bargaining team from Ford City was headed by Stanley Czekanski, president of the local. The Ford City men were quartered at George Washington Hotel, Jacksonville. Marring Meeting in Anti war Demonstrators Boo Hubert In Australia CANBERRA, Australia (UPI) --Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey faced cries of "war monger" and other anti-Viet Nam war slogans today as he talked with top Australian leaders.

He dismissed the incidents later saying the hecklers made him "feel at home." The vice president made the comment at a joint news conference with new Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, where they urged free nations to increase military and economic commitments to fight Communism in Viet Nam. Humphrey was picketed by about 150 demonstrators this morning while he talked with Holt at the Parliament House. When the two men left for lunch, the demonslrators booed and waved signs, some with nazi emblems, at Humphrey. Apparently unconcerned by the protests, Humphrey grinned at (he crowds and drove i with Australian officials. The demonstrators, members of the boilermakers, sheetmetal workers a i i unions, carried signs calling for "Peace For Viet Nam." "We Oppose Yank and Aussie Support For South Viet Nam Diclalor Regime," said another.

During his whirlwind lour through Southeast Asia, Humphrey encountered a small anti- Viet Nam demonstration In Pakistan. Also, in an advertisement in a morning newspaper here today a group of professors a called for the United States to stop bombing raids on North Viet Nam. Observers said feelings about Viet Nam have been heightened here by the prospect that in a few months the Australian 5th Battalion will go to Viet Nam to replace the 1,200 Australian soldiers already fighting there. L-T Circulation Hits Peak Again Leader i circulation reached another all-time high monthly average in January, publishers announced today. With a paid circulation averaging 12,151 daily, January marked the fourth month in a row to reach an all-time record as compared to all other months of every year.

The January figure represented 20 consecutive months of individual records, when compar- years. Leader- Times Vol. 78, No. 42 7 cents Saturday, February 19, 1966 i a i City--New Bethlehem Weather forecast Cloudy, much colder. Johnson Expects Test Result To Be Mandate SECRETARY (UPI Telephoto) of State Dean Rusk, who had his jovial moments also, had this serious ona as he faced a barrage of questions yesterday from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the.same month in prior defense of U.S.

policy in Viet Nam. WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Johnson administration, refusing to place limits on U.S. involvement in Viet Nam, feels a new formal lest of congress- sional support will bring it an overwhelming mandate. Secretary of State Dean Rusk Friday challenged senate critics of President Johnson's Viet Nam policy to a new vote on the 1964 resolution under which the Chief Executive has been pursuing the war. Rusk said he had no doubt of the outcome of such a vote.

The secretary appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearings into the U.S. role in the war. He With Dairy Cooperatives Farmers Carry On Anti-trust Battle Ernest V. Hayes, president ol enter such action with the UDF was Paul Susko, Stale House told the senators "there are moments when toughness is absolulely essenlial for peace." Rusk's i a marked by a clash with the panel's chairman, Sen. J.

William Fulbright, who sessions to a. a long speech the United Dairy Farmers (UDF) organization of Pennsylvania, last night told represenla- tives of the Armstrong County UDF chapter that the UDF's anti-trust suit against dairy operative has not been turned down by the Justice Dept. in Washington. Speaking before more than 150 county UDF members at the courthouse here, Hayes said contrary to some reports the antitrust action is slill very much alive. He lenned earlier reports that the Justice Dept.

had refused to Legion Asks Morse Talk 'COtt said Hayes, "the land County, who spoke on Gov. Justice Dept. has asked the veto of legis- UDF to gather and prepare ad- lation to establish interstate as "not totally correct." representative from Weslmore- dilional information for its consideration. However, there is noj substance to the rumor that the suit has been dropped." Since early last year the dairy fanners have been embroiled in a heated batlle with leading dairy concerns in the state, seeking lo raise the price level for Iheir raw milk products from 8 to 13 cents per quart. UDF officials contend Ihati despite milk price increases lo VIce residen Ihe consumer, the dairy farmer has not had a substantial rate hike since the mid-1940s.

Their slated aim refers to a "fair price for our product." milk regulations. According to Susko, a plan almost identical to that proposed for Pennsylvania was signed into law this week in the state 1 of Maine. Although untried in; the courts, said Susko, the fact remains Ihis legislation will set' a form of guidelines. The county UDF chapter is headed by Donald II. Hogg ofj Worthinglon.

Jerry Bowser of Army Nurse Loses Life Helping GIs DUNMORE, (UPI)--Carol Ann Drazba, 22, one of two Army nurses killed in the crash of a helicopter near Saigon, died "doing what she always wanted to do, helping somebody," her brother said today. "She was always carefree and full of life," Joseph Drazba 25, said. "She joined the Army nurse corps in January of 1955 because she felt it would be helping our fighting men. She was that way," Drazba said Carol Ann joined the service upon graduation from (he Scranton State Hospital and was sent to Viet Nam last October." She is survived, in addition to her brother, by her mother, Mrs. Marcella Drazba, and a sister, Joanne, 24.

brought the climax with summing up all the doubts that have been expressed by con! gressional critics. Fulbright indicated the hearings, which have been broadcast into millions of American homes by radio and television, might continue in closed sessions. He said he "personally" saw no need for further public sessions. Rusk, in throwing down the gauntlet for a new vote it he' lawmakers doubted congress was still prepared to back the President, told the senators: "Before the vote is taken, I hope Congress and the Senate will go into a quiet corner and quietly and deeply think we have been through and then decide which vote i a vote for war and which is a vote for peace." ANTI-WAR PICKETS display signs outside Parliament House at Canberra, Australia today during meeting between visiting (TTPI Cablephoto) Vice President Hubert Humphrey and tralian Prime Minister Harold Holt. police escort guarded American visitor.

Raising Enemy Kill Total Over 1,000.. Post Offices Closed Tuesday Armstrong County post offices will be closed Tuesday in observance of Washington's birthday, a spokesman for postmasters has announced. There will be no window or delivery service, it was reported. Air Cavalrymen Rip Retreating Guerillas SAIGON (UPI) ail- cavalrymen engaged hard-core guerrillas making a fighting withdrawal from a hilly jungle area near Bong Son for the third consecutive day today and killed 51 of them. To (he south, U.S.

Marines swooped down in Sea Unions Ask Boycott Of North Viet Traders Regarding future plans for the UDF movement, Hayes said Boy HARRISBURG (UPI)-Penn- hc was not al Marly to discuss sylvanians have been urged tojwhatevcr action may be forth- boycott a speech here Sunday coming. He did, however, as- by U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse, HU1 the group that noted pro- opponent of American I rcss has been made to date, policy in Viet Nam.

1n1 1 1J The appeal was voiced Friday by Marry V. Klein Sunbury, stale commander of the American Legion, who charged Morse's statements net" and future efforts should have even greater effect. Also present for the meeting Franklin Twp. serves as TVTTAIUT A mm 1 i 1 ooWonf I A UAMl BLAUI (UPI) --The a to the President advising him of the resolution. Hall said the boycott was delayed to allow Johnson "lo accomplish what we want Today's Chuckle "an insult" lo American fighting men in the Asiatic nation.

Klein, citing Morse's statements at Senate Foreign Rcla- tiona Committee hearings on Ihe war, said Ihc senalor has encouraged North Viet Nam not to negotiale. "Hc (Morse) alone must bear some of the responsibility for the lives of American servicemen lhal will be lost in Ihc future in Viet Nam," Klein said. the elevator. (T-M, WRR Gen. Fea.

Corp.) Deaths of the Day (Details on Page II) Mrs. Laura May McKinley, 84 of 909 Johnston Kittanning. Robert Bragg Axton, 55 of 1308 4th Ford City. Frank William Gorman, 66 ol Serainole. McKeesport Banks Fighting Mellon PITTSBURGH (UPI)--A federal court hearing has been scheduled next month on a request by two McKeesport banks for a restraining order preventing Mellon National Bank Trust from opening an office in McKeesport.

Officials of the National Bank of McKeesport and the Peoples Union Bank Trust made request Friday Judge Gerald Weber. He scheduled a hearing March 4. The two banks claimed granting Mellon a license would "foster and abet growth of monopoly" in the area. He Can't Resist Stealing. Ronald Just Like Putty In Hands of Big Buses NEW YORK (UPI) Buses arc a big thing in the life of 19- year-old Ronald Archer.

The bigger the bus, the better. So overpowering Is Ihifi passion, young Archer admitted in court Friday, that he has stolen eight buses during the past three years for joy rides around town. Police Archer was overcome Thursday night when he sighted a $55,000 Greyhound scenic cruiser in the bus company yard at Long Island City. Wearing a blue-grey uniform of a company driver, he look the big bus out on a spin around Manhattan and Queens. He got caught on his return to the yard.

"I've always wanted to be a Greyhound bus driver," Archer told the court. He was held in $5,000 bail for a hearing March Maritime branch of the AFL- CIO served notice on President Johnson Friday lo persuade allied nations to stop trading with North Viet Nam or have their ships boycotted in American ports. The ultimatum came in a resolution by the 33-man executive board of the AFL- CIO's Marilime Trades Department at the end of ils two-day meeting. resolution originally called for an immediate boycott of all ships of nations trading with North Viet Nam, but it was amended at the last minute lo give Johnson "a period of time" for possible new consultations with allied nations. Paul Hall, President of the Maritime Trades Department, said "all interested unions" will convene in Washington within four to six weeks.

If "no effeclive action" to slop allied trade with North Viet Nam has been taken, Hall said, Ihe boycott will be put into effect without further delay. Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark were among the countries specifically out in the resolution for criticism for trading with North Viet Nam. Hall, along with Thomas Glcason, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, and Joseph Curran, head of the National a i i a JJnion, signed a without a boycott if possible." He said he was aware of the President's problems on Viet Nam, "including some of the most irresponsible action that Nang Cong helicopters near Da looking for a Viet regiment reported operating in the area. The guerrillas fought back against the 1st Cavalry troops with hand-carried 40 mm rocket launchers and machine- guns in a desperate effort to escape the American's sweep through Iheir former jungle sanctuary along the South China Sea. U.S.

officials said the toll today boosted to 1,001 the number of enemy soldiers 'killed since the "Flying Horsemen" began their advance Jan. 25. The Marines swung into resistance during the early phases of the operation today as they moved quickly from landing areas through rice fields and heavily wooded valleys. Elsewhere in Viet Nam: --A twinjet U.S. Navy A(5 fighter bomber was lost over North Viet Nam Friday.

--B52 strategic bombers from Guam hit a Communist command and communications center 75 miles northwest of Saigon for the third time this week. --In suburban Saigon Friday night, guerrillas battled a 30- man militia patrol for 3 1-2 hours before fading away through cemeteries fringing the --o I ic: 11 mgiug uic i ever seen on the floor of action when intelligence reports! city. Police said three militia- inn I'M i rl rti -i i i i I the United States Senate." Honor Code Air Force Academy Dismissals Bared indicated an old adversary--the elusive 1st Viet Cong Regiment had moved into the valleys and rice paddies about 35 miles south of their base at Da Nang. They met only light sniper WASHINGTON (UPI) Byron G. Rogers, disclosed Friday that several cadets have been dismissed recently from the Air Force Academy for Honor Code violations.

He said an investigation will be made to see if there was an recurrence of last year's cheating scandal, the largest in U.S. service academy history. Rogers is chairman of the academy's Board of Visitors, which makes an annual assessment the operations of the military academy in Colorado Springs. "We understand a few cadets have been let out this year on Honor Code violations," Rogers said. "We will be looking into this with a great deal of interest." The academic cribbing scandal in January 19G4 resulted in the resignations of 109 cadets, including 29 football players.

An investigation by committee headed by the lale Gen. Thomas D. group of examinations and sold them to other cadets. White revealed a 10 cadets stole On Inside Pages Amusement 12 Classified Ads 10-11 Comics Deaths i Editorial Ford City Religious News 5 Sports Women's Pages 7-9 3 State Democratic Group To Fill Ticket Vacancy HARRISBURG (UPI) The 110-member Democratic state policy committee will pick a candidate for lieutenant governor here Monday to fill the one vacancy on the organization slate for the May 17 primary. The definite scheduling of the session was announced Friday by slate headquarters which said the session will precede a $50-a-plate fund raising affair.

Four other candidates were tapped last Monday but selec- tion of a second spot hopeful was delayed at the request of state Sen. Robert P. Casey, Scranton, who was endorsed for governor. Among the prospects for lieutenant governor are stale senators Leonard P. Staisey, Duquesne, and Donald 0.

Oesterling, Buller; stale Rep. J. Dean Polen, A 11 Washington County; state Treasurer Thomas Z. Minehart, Fort Washington, and Dean R. Fisher, Williamsport, a member of the state- Liquor Control Board.

men and three civilians were wounded. There was no report of guerrilla casualties. A spokesman said the guerrillas opened fire on the patrol as it passed a small police post in the suburb where a large American storage area and the city racetrack are located. The area is so close to the capital thai it falls within city police jurisdiction. The Communists infiltrated it through Ihe cemeteries lining the outer edge.

--Capt. Bert Smith, son of UPI White House correspondent Merriman Smith, and six other Americans, including two Army nurses, were killed Friday when a helicopter crashed 30 miles northeast of Saigon. The nurses were the first U.S. servicewomen killed in the Viet Nam war. RFE AWARDS NEW YORK (UPI) -Radio Free Europe announced Friday it is offering $500 prizes in three categories for reporting on Eastern Europe during the present year.

The prizes for outstanding reporting on Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Bulgaria will be offered to newspapers and wire services; radio and television, and magazines..