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Dail VOL. NO. 44 41 Viet Cong Violations In Short Allied Cease-Fire CONNELLSVILLE, SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE, SCOTTDALE, ML PLEASANT, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1972 TEN CENTS By BERT W. OKULEY filled and 49 wounded.

SAIGON (UPI) American Communist truce ends and South Vietnamese com- niands today reported 41 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese violations of the Allied New Year's cease-fire which ended Friday night. tonight. Five Americans were killed in a pre-truce clash Thursday in a canal in the Mekong- Delta when their boat was ambushed by the Viet Cong and 16 others AlthougTthe number of whati wounded In a battle the Allied spokesmen called i es northwest of Saigon. 50 port of Kompong Som. Lt.

Col. Am Rong, the official Cambodian military spokesman, said Chinese-made were captured after the raids that lled 31 Viet Cong at Prek Takhlanh, five miles south of I the town of Saang. Am Rong said Cambodian 30 Communist machine guns "enemy-initiated" were about half violations over the Christmas truce, the number of Americans killed and wounded this incidents! Communiques from Phnom i troops pushing from the north the 8li penn sa 'id 31 i Cong 'were and south in an attempt to "ng reopen Highway 4 has not yet in attacked the main Communist i killed and five others, a colonel were wounded bombing and artillery strikes 25 stronghold of Pich Nil, 60 miles time was higher miles southeast of Phnom Penh southwest of Phnom Penn, One American was killed andi Fl da y-, tu where two battalions of Cambo- 12 wounded during the truce, L. TO. the southwest, heavy d'an troops were overrun Nov.

The South Vietnamese lost ninei dian and American-trained the Communists since then, in an Allied attempt to creating a gasoline shortage in TT! 4, Phnom Phncm Penh and aggravating Minor Accident Cases Treated Over Holiday i reopen 'Penh's Highway only land link to the' inflation in the capital. Weekends Only minor accident cases were treated in Conncllsville State General i a WASHINGTON '(UPI)--This operated and controlled institu- emergency room during the I is the year Americans willjtions. most of the U.S. New Year holiday period. begin enjoying those long, businesses were expected to go Frank Merendino 10, of three-day weekends provided by alcng with the plan.

At least 45 51.1 South Arch cut his left Congress more than two years)state legislatures have while sled-riding a with a liberal juggling of state holidays on one or more Newmyer Hill. He was treated! federal holidays. the federal dates. at 5:15 p.m. Friday.

I And 1971, the year the! "I would estimate that more 1 Cuts Thumb iholiday-jugglin? law takes a 90 per cent of American Connellsviile Man Drowns While Taking New Year's Day Swim Theodore Turney of 415V-; Vine South Connellsviile, who cut his left thumb on a saw at home, was treated at 9 p.m. Thursday. Susan Girl Injured a i daughter of Stanley McLaughlin of 1229 Sycamore was treated at 7:10 p.m. Thursday for a laceration above her left eye. Hurt at Work Mrs.

Rachel Matthews of 15-D North Manor, who cut her right thumb on a carton opener at Martucci's Market, was treated at 6:50 p.m. Thursday. feet, is a bonus year Four holidays Congress didn't tamper with already fall on or adjacent to weekends, giving Americans eight long weekends. From now on, 'George Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day. Columbus Day--a new employes will get the new Mondays off," said John Lindeman, information director for Discover America Travel Organizations and a leader in the effort for long holiday weekends.

The only holiday not provid- A 22-year-old Connellsviile man drowned while taking his annual New Year's Day swim in the Youghiogheny River, near the Memorial Bridge. James Lynn (wearing white hat), South Connellsviile fire chief, receives help from other South Connellsviile and Con- nellsviile firemen as they remove the body of David Fabian, 22, of 305 North Pittsburg Connellsviile. This photo was taken at 5:10 p.m. Friday, on the west bank of the Youghio- gheny River. (Courier Photo) New Budget President Starts Work i On Address i CAMP DAVID.

Md. (UPI)-- Xixon. a relaxing Currier and Ivcs view outside A Lodge, turned to a i friends, football, budget aiid cf fie Union address as i the new year began I The Xixon family lieu by helicopter to Camp David high in a Ci-todm Xow "Year's i''ortly a a snowfall of up fo 15 inches had ended. xcn had plumed to spend Ncu Year's ni the retreat, but he hcau- a made the trip too hazardous. P'-osident and Mrs Xixon, daughter.

Tncia. and her beau, Edward F. Cox. In-'ed at the retreat iust as the weather cleared to reveal the deen sncw driven into mounds among the trees on the mcu'itanucp. Ending HJfiO feverish bill- 51 ng session--63 in one day.

1 a record for his administration i watched with Mrs. Xixon as orchestra loader Guy I Lombardo performed on televi- I sion. ushering in the new year. Nixcn telephoned Lcmbardo after the show to wish him happy New Year. After arising early Friday, xcn telephoned other prom- Heavy Traffic federal holiday-and Veterans ni a Io weekend is Day will be celebrated Thanksgiving left untouched as Mondays, regardless of 16 fcurtn Thursday in Novem- date.

The weekends this ber. other four holiday year are for Christmas, New Year's, July 4 and Labor Day. Although the law only affects federal employes and federally By United Press International A rash of multiple-death traffic accidents pushed the New Year's holiday weekend death toll today ahead of Here's the holidav weekend I estimates of dead and County Will Collect Own Taxes in City Uniontown By ROBERT E. LIND Courier Managing Editor The collection of Fayette County taxes has been taken away from city treasurers of Connellsviile and Uniontown. As one of their last otiicia' acts of 1970, the county commissioners removed the right to collect county real estate taxes in the two cities from the treasurers of those cities and gave the duty to county treasurer Nicholas Kornick.

Commisioner Fred L. Lebder said he hoped the move would save the county about $14,000 in salaries the county pays as its share for salaries in the too city offices. The commissioners made the move only after assurance that the county office could do the work without adding additional help. They agreed to give the county treasurer an extra girl for up to two months during the discount is all. period but that The first action toward this move was taken almost two years ago by the commissioners who have not been satisfied with the rate of collection of taxes in the city of Connellsville.

On two previous occasions the move was killed at the last moment. However, in their last meeting of 1970, the vote was unanimous. i i Frank L. Malinzak made the motion. It was seconded by Edward L.

Sittler Jr. In seconding the Sittler said he was doing so only with the understanding that no extra employes, except a part-time girl for two months, would be added to the county office. He said he felt the move from the city offices to the county office would ''result in I much better collection of county' taxes in the city of Connells-j ville." The county, city and school district share in paying the clerks in the two city tax offices where taxes for all three groups lineup for 1971: --Washington's Birthday, (ac tually Feb. 22) third Monday in February on Feb. 15.

--Memorial Day, last Mondaj in May but formerly May 30, on May 31, 1971. Independence Day, left untouched on July 4, a Sunday this year. --Labor Day, always the first Monday in September. Sept. this year.

--Columbus Day, second Monday in October, Oct. 11 this year. --Veterans Day, fourth Monday in 03tober, Oct. 25 this year. --Christmas, Dec.

25 on a Saturday this year. --New Year's Day, of course, was on a Friday this year and the first day of 1972 was on a Saturday. Soviets to Try Jewish Veteran In Hijack Plot By DAVID NAGY MOSCOW (UPI) A Sovie military court will try a Jewish serviceman Jan. 5 as the alleged "12th man" in the Leningrad hijacking plot, Lenin grad sources said. had been collected in the past.

The identified him as Wol With the county withdrawing Zalmonson, 31. rank unknown 'rom the city operations, each city and school district will have go it alone. was running ahead of estimated casualty count 19.000 to 23.000 injured. The National Safety Council said late Friday that the toll its for the 78-hour weekend. The holiday period began at 6 p.m.

local time Friday and ends at midnisht Sunday. A United Press International count at 3 a.m. EST showed 193 persons killed in traffic since the holiday began. condition. The family's rural home near Ionia, had burned only a week ago.

Three sisters, 17 to 22 years old. and a teen-age companion were killed in Corpus Christi, when their car was struck from behind and knocked into a 10-foot-deep ditch. Jo M. Miller, 22, of Fairchance, collided at 2:15 p.m. Thursday in Uniontown.

The Miller car received an estimated damage. Damage was estimated at $450 in collision of cars driven by Jacqulyn Shipley, 39, and As friends, newsmen a Americans to issue New a i a a 5 Swings They included afternoon a three-year New etangebst Billy Graham, come- Year's ritual swim of the I at ackie Youghiogheny River Gleason and actor John Wayne, fraglcany'for 22! a White House spokesman said. of Uie State Hotel, 305 North! The spokesman said Nixon's Pittsburg St. plans were to work on Fabian, who swam tne new budget, his biennial the swift, cold river on Jan. i state of the Union address "and ,1.

1969 and again Jan. 1, confident he'll take in a i was making his third such swim i ball game. 1 one or all of the Friday and was within a few i several football bowl games last strokes of his return! televised Friday. journey when swift under, Frances B. Shaffer, 37, both j'currents pulled him under.

Cars driven by i i a Uniontown, at a.m.! Rhodes, 19, of Mount Pleasant, R. D. 2, and Charles Long, 27, of Connellsville, R. D. 1, Thursday in Uniontown.

Collision of cars driven Witnesses at the i estimated Fabian was within by I Io uncter the west shore where the he was pulled collided at 4 p.m. Thursday at John E. Bosley, 32, of Union-1 had started out from the rear of Ames Department, town. R. D.

4, and Michael; nipr whp hp WI Store in Bullskin Township, with' Jyachosky, 19. of Uniontown, demage estimated at $1,300. i 2 on Routc 51 one-half i Several friends tried to reach Cars a A United Press International! 68 Bruceton Mills, R. count at 8 a.m. EST showed 214 2 Va and Hubert H.

Hillj persons killed in traffic accidents since the holiday began A breakdown of accidental deaths: bv Wright mile north of Uniontown at 5:30 Thu caused an him with branches, but he was pulled under by the current at a 2 15 pjn Traffic Fires Planes Other Total 214 18 241 California recorded 21 traffic fatalities, the highest in the nation. Texas had 19, New York 15, Michigan 14, Illinois 3, Massachusetts 12 and Ohic 11. II. 26, of 913 Jefferson were! A snowp i ow struck a parked Bystanders summoned involved in a minor nmn tTM TP ciTMTM and South ConnellsvJle firei-ien on Route Connellsviile. involved in a minor skidding, car owned by Mark E.

Skoric, accident at 4:10 p.m. Thursday! 17, of Uniontown, R. D. 1, on 119 south 40 a mile east of Hopvvood I at 10:30 p.m. Thursday Damage i was estimated at $200 Damage was estimated at $400 in collision of ears driven' Cars driven by a a by Peggy L.

Digga, 43, of i Murray. 29, of Jefferson, R. Uniontown, and Larry 1, and Geoffrey Palmer, 25, along with scuba divrrs, the divers finally locating tho tody wedged between rocks on the river where sight. bottom not for from he disappeared "rom Because Fahian was clad only in dungaree shorts, it was next Mitchell, 22, of Confluence, at of Carmichaels, R. D.

collided' to impossible for grapplers to 3 Thursday on Rouce 119, at a Jefferson intersection a i hock onto him 6 swift river's near the stockyards in Evans i 1:10 p.m. Wednesday. Damage i rcck bottom resulted in Manor. i was estimated at S200. 1 breaking of several grappling i hcoks and Morrell firemen were An unidentified i 1 Ronald Pennington, 23, of, called after the eighth hook was struck a parked car owned byl lu 'ner, and Charles Wallace, broken.

There were numerous traffic James Hall, 32, of Lancaster, ccidents that claimed several Ohio, in ives. Alretta's the parking lot a a Charles W. Baer Made Head Of Falcons Band Boosters Charles W. Baer of 718 South, drive the band to Arch Fayette County Jury Harrisburg to participate in the commissioner, has been elected! parade after the inauguration president of the Connellsville I of Milton J. Shapp as governor Falcons Band Boosters Associa-1 of Pennsylvania.

It was tion. i declared that the sum is far Louis C. Hixenbaugh of 506! in excess of what the committee cy that might arise on the, believes will be needed but it Savings and Loan was felt that there will be funds was named treasurer and Mrs. i available to meet any emergen- Joseph Bodis of J07 Cherry Lane that might arise on the Harrisburg trip. The remaining the funds will be placed in the band boosters group was taken treasury to help pay for the at a meeting in the area high sweaters and letters.

was chosen secretary. Decision to reorganize He is the brother of Israel anc Silva Zalmonson. sentenced to prison terms in the original Leningrad case, and the broth er-in-law of convicted ringlead er Eduard Kuznetsov. This would put two new trials of Soviet Jews charged with Zionist treason on the Soviet dockets for the coming week alone. The sources have said that nine Leningrad residents, most or all of them Jews, would stand trial Jan.

6. At least two death their high school recently. Earl McNair, who served chairman said the parents and President Baer announced that during the month a membership campaign will be a other boosters of the band launched to provide additional believe that those taking part I funds for expenses that may an the bands should receive; be incurred in some recognition such a promotions. other band athletic clubs. It was decided to provide sweaters and letters to the musicians.

i sweaters will be a a seniors, letters will be presented to underclassmen. Announcement was made by It was pointed on ha the Grcensburg-Salem and Hempfield school bands-have been ablt to participate in parades in the south because the musicians had realized cash balances in excess of $40,000 raised during the recent fund Hixenbaugh that $2,700 was through various promotions and activities. of them could face DPnalties on charges Zionism amounted to treason. In addition, information received both from abroad and from Soviet source's says there are at least 10 other persons detained and presumably await- ng trial for Zionist provocations in Odessa, Kishiniev and Riea, Latvia. Eleven Leningrad residents were convicted recently of attempting to hijack a small Soviet commercial plane at Leningrad Airport June 15 and u--c it to flee abroad, most of them to Israel.

Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits were condemned to death, but an appeals court commuted their sentences to 15 years in prison Thursday. Accordng to sources in Leningrad and Moscow, police arrested all these people the day of the hijack attempt in raids aimed at smashing Zionist underground groups. 25, of Los Angeles, were treated at Uniontown Hospital 4:15 a.m. Thursday for Five on the New Connellsville Township at 1:30 injuries suffered in a car-truck- was'accident on McClellandtown I Road near Uniontown. i There was minor damage in Cars driven by Walter F.

collision of cars driven byi py. 45, of Brownsville and York State Thruway east of a.m. Friday. Damage Buffalo when one car crossed estimated at $50. the median line, collided with another car and a third plowed into the wreckage.

Four teenagers were killed and one Calvin K. when a Uniontown, Bryant, 17, of' 'a M. McCann, 42, of and Arthur Uniontown, collided at 3:15 mi i speeding auto" slammed into Grimes, 29, of Smithfield, Thursday at a i 16 At about 5:10 p.m, scuba divers Gary Stout and Michael Freed located Fabian's body amcng the rocks close to the point where he was pulled beneath the cold waters of the river. They were assisted by two other divers, William Quinn and Joseph O'Donovan. Identitv of Fabian a established by Assistant Chief freight train near Rock Falls.

I 3, near the Pclicc i a stasia Ill Shopping Center at 12:45 a.m. I Another car-train crash near, Thursday. Lake Odessa. killed four! members of a family and left Oars driven by Ora Uniontown intersection. recovered the young man's A car struck a building at! i nesr the treatment the intersection of Arch andlp' 011 close to Memorial Bridge I Sts.

at 6 p.m. Thursday. llcrc hc hac! Ul a IdiUllV allu IclL vmo I the 15-year-old son in critical Lampley, 49, of Uniontown, and damaging the doorway and cracking a seven-by-seven foot window. The car was stopped and unattended at the curb when it apparently went into reverse gear and struck the; building. The operator drove the i car away.

Treated at Uniontown Hospi-i I tal at 12:50 a.m. Thursday! following a collision at them be- '0 Qlmtrar Continued on Page 11 Good evening. "I don't really want a lot of money." said the weary husband. "I just wish we could afford to live the way we're living now." Among Nixon's official actions Friday was the signing of a concurring resolution, fixing Jan. 21 as the start-up date of the 92nd Congress.

His last official acts of 17Q put his signature on the clean air bill, the One-Bank Holding Company Act, the disaster relief bill and the International Financial Institutions Act. The Xixons planned to return to the capital Sunday. He told a small group of reporters he invited into his executive offices building suite for a chat and drink New Year's Eve that he planned to travel to his vacation home at Key Biscayne, next week to iron out his State of the Union address. Monday night, Nixon has scheduled another television talk with commentators, at 9 EST. Report 20 Deaths In Philippines On New Year's Eve MANILA (UPI police Saturday attributed 20 deaths due to New Year's Eve merrymaking and violence including the murder of a teenage boy who refused the invitation of his killer to have one last drink for the road.

The fatalities, most 'of whom were reported from the provinces, were caused by shootings, itabbings and road accidents. Meet to End Index a i WASHINGTON' (UPD -The date 92nd Congress, Ljniontown House and Senate meet today, an aide made it clear re dnvcrs to ut a end to the Dis't still could call a special session. tl 9 of i Congress, the longest since the To get around the Churches 2, 3 Classified 10 Comics 9 Crossword 12 Dear Abby 5 Deaths 11 Editorial 8 Hobby 4 Hospital 11 Society 5 Sports 6, 7 Worry Clinic 12 Weather Variable cloudiness and cold with chance of a few snow flurries in north. High upper 20s to mid 30s. Partly cloudy and cold tonight.

Low in 20s. Sunday increasing cloudiness and a little warmer with chance of rain developing in south by afternoon. High mid 30s to low 40s. Deaths Clyde W. Berg, Hihbs.

Harold Ghost, Connellsville, R. D. 1. David Fabian, 305 North Pittsburg St. Angelo Alisantrino, 511 Highland Avc.

James R. Slimmel, Scottdale. Mrs. Edward Holland, Uniontown. was sot a i nnn was set at 81,800.

Injured in an accident at 3-301 A day later and impasse and the Transportation Constitution would a funding, the scmte it agreed to a continuing resolu- transport ticn allowing the department to plane (SST issue, which has spend at the 1970 spending rate kept Congress in session billion for the year n.m. Sunday were an Indiana lon S- held the kc to March 31. This would couple. Mrs. f-djcurnment before its the annual spending 59.

was admitted to Uniontown Hospital with a leg injury Her husband. 60, was treated. 3CCn made witn Sen death at noon on Sunday. i rate of $210 million for the SST. An informal arrangement has Cars driven by i 'Prcxmire, arch foe of a the SST.

Proxmire will drop 50, ot Md and Richard Barchcsi. 19, of Waync.sburg, R.D., collided at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Morgan Township two miles west of Jefferson. An unattended car owned by In exchange for the continuing resolution, Proxmire was assured the Senate would allow (he SST issue to come to a head filibuster plans anc! let the in a showdown vote in the new Senate adjourn today and the Congress, leadership will allow showdown The House already has vole on the SST early in the, passed the continuing resolution next session. the Transportation Depart- Proxmire was expected and has approved a speak on the SST issue when I resolution calling for adjourn- the Senate opens at 11 a.m.

Richard Keller of WaynojburglEST today. The House meets at slid down a snow-covered grade noon. just north of Waynesbiirg and President Nixon signed a concurring resolution Friday Continued on Page 11 I fixing Jan-. 21 as the starling ment today. Not since the height of the Korean War has Ccimress dragged on until Jan.

2." The last Congress that ended constitutionally met in 1941,.