The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 14

Cuff Stuff The high cost of living is threatening to wipe out a service once taken for granted my motorists. A service station at a nearby lake charged a Salina couple for air. Mrs. Harriet Kliem, of St. John's military school, said she and her husband pulled into the station to refill their camper's pressure tank with air so the water faucets would function.

They got 20 pounds of air and were charged 25 cente, she said. Mrs. Kliem added she and her husband had often purchases at the station when going to the lake. "Needless to say, we will never ever trade again," she promised. 'said the attendant claimed the fee was charged because it took time for the station's compression tank to refill.

Police found a shotgun and. knapsack Wednesday in an al-! ley in the 1100 block of West Ash. Polke were told that someon had tossed the items from car and that the person locket Ownership of the items hat not been determined Thursday The Sallna Cultural Arts com mission has accepted an offer office space in Memorial hall. Rev. Robert Rymph chairman, eaid the office wouk be occupied soon after the Jul 21 commission meeting.

The office space is behind th east ticket booth in the hall lob by. City officials suggested the un used space. Michael Stoskopf, 17, Rolling Hills, grandson of Mrs C. K. Griffis, 243 N.

llth, wi5 spend next year with a family in Fakse, Denmark, under the American Field Sendee Scholar ship for the School program. His Danish "father" is a vet erinarian. Mike hopes to be veterinarian, too. Young Stoskopf is an honor student in high school. He is active in Scouting, the YMCA, and in swimming competition.

His parents are Mr. and Mrs Cleve Stoskopf, Rolling Hills, His mother is the former Doris Griffis, a 1946 Salina high school graduate. City officials this week. declared the war of weeds. Commissioner G.

N. Waddell brought up the subject, but he was ahead of Mayor Carl Rundquist only by moments. The wet weather has brought tall weeds which block drivers' vision at intersections, and create a health problem and public nuisance; they said. Commissioners urged that city employes get busy mowing the weeds and putting the cost on property owners' tax rolls. Off to Africa Mahoney family poses in front of farm home before departing for Washington.

Left to right are Tom, with his horse, Monty; Kenneth and his dog, Skippy; Lucinda, Annette (standing), Mrs. Mahoney, Rosemary arid Tony, with his horse, Mike, (Journal Photo) Charged After Racial Brawl SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --A white man has been arrested on assault and baUery charges following a weekend tavern brawl involving 15 Peace Corps language instructors from Ethiopia and an estimated 50 white Salt Lake tavern patrons. Dr. Oakley J. Gordon.

University of Utah Peace Corps project director, said he was told the instructors were "called niggers" by a white man angered by two Ethiopians dancing with white women. Gordon said the women were Americans and wives of the instructors. Gordon said five Ethiopians were injured in ths fight, "one seriously enough to require stitches." Bruce Barton Dies at 80 NEW YORK (AP) Bruce Barton, a pioneer in modern advertising and a Republican congressman who bitterly opposed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, died Wednesday at age 80. Barton was (he last surviving founder of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, one of the best known names on Madison Ave- ue.

Do you need another em- ploye? Hundreds of readers ere looking through the classi- ads every day. Phone TA S-6363 and an ad-taker will help you with your ad. The Seven Mahoneys to be "Ambassadors" By TIM FIELDS DORRANCE Kenneth honey, a Dorrance and expert in animal husbandry, arrived in Washington Wednesday with his family to begin a three- year stint in Africa with the Peace Corps. In Washington, Mahoney, his wife and five children, Lucinda, 17; Rosemary, 15; Tom, 11; Tony, and Annette, will attend a 6-week orientation program before reporting to Sierre Leone Aug. 17.

Mahoney, his wife and two oldest daughters will study the African language and attend meetings for Peace Corps staff and volunteers. During their stay in Washington the family will make several visits to the Virgin Islands as part of its training. When the family arrives in Sierre Leone it will begin an in- country training program with the two other staff members and 125 Peace Corps volunteers. And why would a family of seven leave a lovely brick farm home, 1200 acres of i productive farm land and close friends and relatives? "This Is probably the most common question we are asked," Mahoney said. "Bnt the answer is easy." "Our reasons for going to Africa with the Peace Corps are numerous.

We have a desire to help others, a desire to travel and a desire to learn. Our family can gain so much from it and we all made the decision to will be living in ambassador-style housing, we will enjoy a good salary and high staff position and we will meet many people. "I also believe the Peace Corps has the least amount of bureacracy and I think I can accomplish something. "So it's not really a sacrifice, it's just too attractive to turn down." Mahoney knows how difficult it is to be selected for a staff position. "It took a year, several trips, numerous phone calls and letters ac4 nine inter- before he said.

TOPEKA (AP) Gov. Robert Docking said today Kan: Livestock Association has recommended three Republicans or appointment as state brand commissioner. He said he expected to hear ater from the association's executive board meeting today in Topefca to consider the governor's request for three recommendations for state livestock sanitary commissioner. The livestock association executive group has recommended only the name of A. G.

Pickett, present livestock commis. ioner. Under state Jaw, the livestock association is required to submit three nominations for the irand post. But there is no similar provi- ion for livestock sanitary commissioner. The law provides only or the governor to appoint a commissioner bearing the recommendation of the livestock association.

Docking said action of the ivestock association in recommending only one name has the I was select- "The fact we had five children narrowed our chances of being selected, but the need for a person with an agricultural background was great. Mahoney, has been farming 1200 acres four miles west of Dorrance since he was graduated from Kansas Sate university in 1947. He spent eight years as a dairy farmer and ran a milk processing plant in Russell. In 1954 Mahoney moved to the farm and built a two-story brick home for his family. He also has taught school in Dorrance and Wilson and has helped K-State basketball coach Tex Winter run a boys' camp for six summers in Colorado.

"The Peace Corps drastically needs farm reared boss for their programs in Africa and other countries," Mahoney said. "But the majority of young people who volunteer for the Peace Corps have no connection with farming." Mahoney will live in Frefe- town, the capital, and will spend most of his time traveling to ,70 chiefdoms or sections. "The Peace Corps goes only to places that have 'invited us," Mahoney explained. "A Peace Corps volunteer be assigned'to live in one of the chiefdoms and it will be my job to visit them and watch their progress. "I will go from pits of iniquity to the floor of palaces and I will be representing the United States every place I go.

"In a country where polygamy is common and some of the chiers have 50 wives, my Christian background will make it harder for me. "Rice is the principal crop; disease makes cattle raising unfeasible and 150 inches of rain a year makes most machinery useless. "So we have to help them develop what they have and avoid breaking hundreds of years of tradition. "Since wives in the Africa bush country are thought of as eccnonic factors, who work or produce children who can work, instead of wife will be encouraged to accompany me on brokings to the villages. "It they see ier by my ride maybe we can improve the status ot the female natives." Mahoney will try to develop i breed of rabbits which he thinks could help solve the shortage of meat on the vast continent.

"Rabbits could be raised In covered hutches, to protect them from the rain and could be screened in to protect them from the deadly Teatsie flies which make cattle raising next to impossible." After the Mahoneys serve their three years they, are already looking forward to a possible reassignment. "But it is too early to tell," he said, "and besides if you don't do your job the Peace Corps will fire But the Mahoneys are jus leasing out their farmland am can always return to the farm after their adventure. Armageddon Near, Witnesses Told They don't set any dates, but he Jehovah's Witnesses believe Baltics For Tax Boost Thursday, July 6-SACRAMENTO, Calif. CAP) sys- hall are open to the the end of the "present of things" is near. This lends increasing urgency their message of God's Kingdom which they believe is to be established.

Eugene R. Brandt, district supervisor, Thursday told the open- ng session of the Witnesses at he 4-day district assembly here hat God soon will rise to defeat His enemies in this world. Armageddon This would be the battle Armageddon, which the Jehovah's Witnesses believe is fore- old by the Bible. Brandt's closing address Sunday mil emphasize "Rescuing a great crowd cf mankind out if Armageddon." Ordy those dedicated to God's will can sur- rive the struggle, witnesses be- ieve. All assembly sessions at Agri- ulture ublic.

"We don't feel that Armaged- on in any sense will mean the innihilation of the human race," Brandt told The Salina Journal. "We feel that it is a necessary calamity i must occur to make the earth a fit place (o live. "This isn't a time to cause a outlook, but a time of ejoicing if one appreciates what immediately ahead in God's Cingdom." Jehovah's Witnesses aren't redicting what will happen, he nsisted, but are only calling ttention to "what the Bible learly He said the religious organiza- has done this for 35 years Before World War I broke out to fulfill" biblical prophecy of eneral distress from which the never will recover. "The Bible indicates that the generation which saw this start will live lo see the conclusion (Armageddon)," said Brandt. "There isn't any escaping the act that we live in an age of ncreasing violence and uphea- al." But the attention of the 2000 articipanls in the district as- sembly won't be directed just to "the last Most of the time will be spent teaching the practicality of the Bible as a guide for the solution of present problems in the lives of individuals, as well as the affairs of nations.

"A good deal of attention will be directed to the youth, to their problems and practical solutions," said Brandt. Salina area ministers arc on the convention program Thursday and Friday. James H. Pells, a special minister from Concordja, will speak during the 6:30 pm evening ses- sjon Thursday on "Training to be a qualified minister." Friday's program will begin at 8:45 am with a Bible lecture and a lecture on baptism of disciples, followed by a ceremony John S. Davis presiding minister of the Norton congregation, will conclude the afternoon session.

He will speak at 3:35 pm on "Let down your nets for a Send your news tip to the Salina Journal. $10 in prizes every week. Gov. Ronald Reagan called on the power of his office and his popularity with the California voters today for help in a fiscal wa against Democrats. A tax increase needed to finance his bui'gei is being delayed in the Legislature.

The freshman Republican governor concedes majority Democrats i the Legislature may be preparing a political trap-- a bare-bones tax bill that would force him to ask for another increase during 1968, an election year. While he steadfastly denies he is a candidate, a growing number of conservative -Republicans hope Reagan will be running for president next year, instead of being bogged down at home with another fiscal fight. In a news conference covered by television stations throughout the siate Wednesday, Reagan accused Senate Democrats of breaking a "promise" to give him a tax increase within 24 hours after passing his record budget. Pain-Killer Ads Pain the FTC WASHINGTON (AP)-The Federal Trade Commission says advertising about the benefits of various headache remedies must be halted unless the advertiser can prove a significant difference exists in its individual brand. Control yourself, the commission in effect told manufacturers of pain relievers Wednesday in proposing a new rule aimed at what is called "unfair and deceptive advertising a c- tices" the FTC said are used to push sales on non prescription painkillers.

The commission inferred the public is likly to swallow claims that one type of pain reliever works faster or is stron- eer Pvpn thmiali torn it appears the various brands are equally effective. Indicating it may have reached the end of its rope in accepting such advertising, the commission set Sept. 15 as the deadline for filing or written comments on its proposed rule. The FTC announcement of the proposed new rule specified no products, companies or advertisements. The commission estimated there are about 40 producers and 100 distributors of analgesic drugs.

The FTC said advertisers should make claims of faster, stronger or longer-lasting gesics a thing of the past unless they can prove a significant difference does exist in the individ- 1 i i Agricultural Agencies Getting A New Building ABILENE Construction is underway on a new building to house two agricultural agencies. New offices will be for the Agriculture Stabilization a Conservation service (ASCS) and the Soil Conservation service (SCSh Presently, both agencies are ment. in the courthouse base- Classified ads get results. Rosie and Crip Are Expecting SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) Now both Rosie the whooping crane and -her mate Crip, are model expeitant parents and zoo officials hope the marriage will yield two infant birds of a rare species.

Fred Stark, director of the San Antonio zoo, said Wednesday Rosie's two eggs may hatch this weekend. There were 45 cranes left i in the wild, Stark said, when officials counted them last spring. He said there captivity. are 12 more in Livestock Group, Docking I Continue Their Squabble effect of taking away a gover-1 nor's appointive powers. Docking, a Democrat, said he would not necessarily reject the brand commissioner list because it is all Republican.

He said he will reject it, however, if it is not a bona fide list. He defined a bona fide list as one in which each of the men named would accept appointment. "If only one of the three recommended would actually accept appointment, then it isn't a bona fide list and I would reject it," Docking said. "But I probably will go ahead and make an appointment from this list." Docking said he thinks it would have been reasonable for the livestock association executive board to have nominated at least one Democrat for the post. The governor identifisd himself as a member of the Kansas Livestock Association for more than 10 years.

Demos Interested "We were aware of two Democratic livestock men i qualified, who were Interested in this position," the governor said. Hade present was one Gupton, Greensburg, brand commissioner, of three men recommended by the livestock associ. ation for the $6,500 a year job he now holds. The appointment would be for two years. Also recommended by the livestock association for brand commissioner are Francis H.

Arnold, Ashland; and Wayne Rogler, Matfield Green. Docking said Rogler is Chase County Republican chairman and formerly served as a Republican state legislator. He said Arnold is identified as a strong Republican and a close friend of Pickett's. Gupton also was by Docking as a Republican. Docking also is asking livestock association to submit three names for each of four positions up for appointment on the state livestock sanitary commission.

The association has recommended only one man for each of the four positions. CORE Moves To Exclude White Members (C New York Times OAKLAND, Congress of Racial Equality took a major step Wednesday toward becoming an Negroes It organization for had already severed most of its ties with the civil rights movement. In an action that provoked little dispute, delegates to CORE's national convention agreed to strike the word "multi-racial" from the section of the organization's constitution that describes its membership. Floyd B. McKisskk, national director of the group, said the resolution "didn't exclude any white people ifrom CORE." Bnt other said the action had beea designed to "let the world know the direction that CORE is going." During the 5-day convention, it became apparent the direction was toward a grassroots movement embracing the many groups in the Negro community.

As the convention adjourned, McKissick said he considered CORE "an effective revolutionary movement" and "the common front for all black people to unite in." He repeated an earlier statement that the civil rights movement was "dead" and a "black resolution" had emerged. He said the effect ve role for white people was stand the racism to "under- that exists, and understand how it affects black people in their thinking towards white people." Few of Our Debtors Are Paying WASHINGTON (AP) Other nations now owe tha United States more than $41 billion-about half in principal and in- from World Wa I debt. Officials estimated today that foreign governments and organ- zations owe Uncle Sam about $20.8 billion as of last March 31 exclusive of interest and World War I debt. Principal and interest from World War I added another $21 billion to the bill. If past experience is any guide, the figures will go even higher.

Saventeen nations still owe money from World War I. At last listing 96 nations and 5 international organizations owed the other debt. More than 99 per cent of the World War II and post-war debt is being repaid on time but the story is much different for World War I. Only Finland makes timely payments and is the only country not in arrears. Holiday Traffic Toll Hits 732 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Late reports Wednesday of Independence Day weekend fatalities boosted the holiday traffic toll to 732, within range of the rational Safety Council's estimats of 700 to BOO.

The statistics broke a record no one wanted to break. The previous high mark for a Fourth of July weekend was 576 during last year's three-day holiday. Pope May Try To Mediate in Mideast VATICAN CFTY (AP) Pope 5 aul VI conferred with King Hussein of Jordan today amid reports that the pontiff was planning a personal diplomatic ampaign to mediate between Arab nations and Israel on the status of Jerusalem. A Vatican communique issued after the meeting said the Pope and the king discussed problems" and especially the plight of Palestine refugees. But Vatican sources said most of the talk was'devoted to Jerusalem and the holy places in the Old City taken from Jordan by Israel in last month's war.

The sources said the Pope appeared convinced that the United Nations was unable to dsal effectively with the city and that he was determined to play a mediating role aimed at some feind of international status for Jerusalem. Israel has declared it is willing to accept some form of in- control of the holy places but not of the city iiself. Fought to Clean Up the Rivers LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Hudson R. Biery, who fought for decades to clean up the Ohio iliver and its tributaries, died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital in Louisville.

He was 78. Biery's efforts led in 1348 to tha brmation of the eight-state Ohio Siver Valley Water Sanitation Commission to combat pollution. The Liberty Refused to Identify Herself, Says a Jewish Attacker EDITOR'S NOTE: On the morning of June 8--the fourth day of the Arab-Israeli war--the U.S. Navy communications ship Liberty wa lying off ths Egyptian coast when it was attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats. Thirty-four U.S.

seamen were killed about 75 in- iured. An Israeli naval reservist, Micha Limor, was aboard one of the torpedo boats that attacked the liberty. He tells the graphic details in this story written especially for The Associated Press. By MICITA LIMOR Written for The Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) The torpe- doss were ready for firing when our three Israeli torpedo boats zeroed in on the gray ship moving slowly on a southeasterly course off El Arish. At that tense moment, not one of us on those torpedo boats could have suspected that this was the beginning of an incident which was to cause a long drawn-out international wrangle.

On June 3, the sun was already ligh in the sky when we received notification of an unidcn- ificd sailing vessel some 12 miles off the El Arish coast, suspected of being an enemy craft. We spotted the objective once on the radar screen. She was moving on a steady course, southeast at about 10 knots. We sailed toward the objsclive at an increased speed, looking at her through binoculars in an effort to identify the vessel. Two of our planes flew over our heads a few minutes afterward, we saw them circle the ship several times, and then dive into the attach.

They spat two rockets into the gray ship, and plumes of smoke rose from her. Then the two jets headed away toward the coast. Strange Spectacle Abcut 2,000 yards from the ship, a strange spectacle met our eyes. The high masts and the many weird antenna showed that this was a warship. The side of the vessel was blotted out by smoke, and apart from three numbers along her side, which meant nothing to us, we could not discern a thing.

We could sec no flag on the mast, nor was anyone to be seen en the decks and bridge. For seamen, this can mean only two things: it was either a ghost ship or an enemy ship. To us who do not believe in ghosts it was clear that this was the enemy. No Answer We spent several trying to contact the minutes ship and demanding identification. We tried by radio and by heliograph, in accordance with internationally accepted methods.

But she gave no answer. It also seemed that she had managed to control the fires and continued on a stable course. It was decided to pass by her in battle formation and demand identification by firing across her bow. So we moved past at a tremendous speed, firing across the empty bridge and the bow. Suddenly a sailor appeared in view and started firing at us with a heavy machine gun from the bridge.

We took the challenge and directed cannon against him. A moment later he fell, together with the machine gun. Thus there was no doubt that we were faced by the enemy. The prolonged refusal to identify herself, the absence of any flag, the shooting at us, and above all the weird contraptions on the ship left us dcubt. Little Damage We wanted to make the ship surrender without sinking her.

Once again we circled the vessel in battle formation, firing again and again. This had no effect. No one appeared. No one reacted. The shells caused little damage to the hull and the ship proceeded on its way.

The order was given lo prepare for a torpedo attack. We drew up along the left side cf the boat and advanced at full battle speed. One of the torpedoes hit the boat amidships. There followed an enormous explosion and a huge water spout. And then fires broke out -the boat leaned sideways as if about to sink.

We waited fo survivors as is custcmary for seamen whether friend or enemy. But no one appeared on deck. Suddenly something fell into the sea. One of our formation approached and picking it up from the waters found it to be a rubber lifeboat with the lettering "U.S. Navy." That was the very first sign of identification.

A moment later there arrived without on the scene the helicopter that was to have picked up prisoners. He hovered over the boat and then signaled us: "They are raising the American flag." It was crystal clear we had hit friends. Dozens of shells, rockets and torpedoes were needed to drag a sign of identity from them, said one of my seamen who, like the rest cf his mates, was bitterly upset at this surprising turn of events. At the same lime, it turned out later shore emplacements also learned that the attacked vessel was the American intelligence boat Liberty. We received orders directly from the officer commanding the navy to give all necessary help.

So we approached the Liberty and offered help, shouting through a loudspeaker. "Go to Hell!" Then an officer appeared for the first time on the bridge and screamed "Go to hell!" It seems they didn't want strangers aboaid. Learning they did not need aid, we left. And the Liberty returned to its regular operation. It seemed any other ship would have sunk..