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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1965. THE DAILY COURIER, CONNELLSVILLE, PA. PAGE FIFTEEN. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Donald Fielding, daugh ter of Mrs.

Sally Wilson of 51 Race has returned to he home in Wakefield, afte being called here by the deati of her grandmother, Mrs. Ann Potter. Mrs. Fielding is the for mer Sally Potter. Bake sale, Saturday, Jan, 23 9:30 a.m., Quality Departmen Store, by Catholic Daughters Advertisement 21 jan-2t Joseph Stine of Augusta, formerly of Dunbar, is reportec seriously ill in University Hospital, Augusta.

He underwent surgery last week, and is in room B-105. J. R. Dunston, Mrs. Carol Potter and daughter, Mrs.

Blanche Clark and son, Mrs. Patricia Albright, Thomas Heffner, Eli Ellenberger, John Hone, Robert Madison, Mrs. Mary Mathis and Mrs. Jean Cornell have been discharged from Connellsville State General Hospital. Urges GOP Meet Varied Problems, Seek Party Unity CHICAGO (UPI) Pennsylvania Republican State Chairman Craig Truax called Thursday night for a merger of leadership in the Republican party and a "national Republican clearing house" to improve local and state government.

a asked for "new courses of action that will meet head-on the social, economic and political problems which AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILLEN I'm curious to know what become-o' all the old-fashioned workmen that done a fine job, at a fair price, because they was proud o' their skill and speed. 1964 Citizen Unionlown Selects Everharl Albert J. Everhart basketball, cross-country and a coach at Uniontown Joint High School, was named "citizen of the year" by the Greater Uniontown Junior Chamber of Commerce, at a dinner at Bratton's Restaurant, Hopwood. He was cited for "his outstanding coaching ability; the related fame gained for the Uniontown area in the athletic prowess of the school's basket- sail teams; for his extraordinarily high principals of sportsmanship and conduct of his players on and off the floor; for com- the contribution of helping de- abound in this country and in this world." In a speech at the University Club here, Truax said the Republican party consists of "autonomous state-by-state parties to such a degree that we can now only meet in national disunity." He said the Republican National Committee, the senatorial campaign committee and the New Tiros Weather Satellite in Orbit By AL ROSSITER JR. Uriiftd press International CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)The United States today rocketed a glittering new Tiros weather high over south Florida and Cuba into a polar orbit that will give its rolling eyes full view of earth's clouds.

It was the first time a north- south orbit was reached from the East Coast. Missilemen shunned such shots in the past )ecause of the slight chance hat rocket failure could drop lebris on populated areas. Although today's launch was marred by the "too hot" per- the rocket's second stage that shoved the pay- oad into an egg-shaped rather han circular orbit, scientists aid Tiros' mission would be met. It was whirling around earth every 118 minutes on a iath that ranged from 500 to ,842 miles high. With the polar orbit and a unique cartwheel arrangeroen or its two television cameras iros-9 will be able to keep a 'eather watch over the entir 'orld--four times the coveragi each of its predecessors.

The shot, toughest yet for the reciskm maneuvering to take booster around most oi lorida's southern bulge but Over Malaysia Indonesia Threatened By Soviets THE GRIM REAPER mittee should be merged and a "national Republican clearing house" created for improvement of local and state governments. Republicans have cried out against federal programs but "idly stood by while voters lost confidence that their home government could or would act," he said. Truax, here for the meetings of the Republican National i said he was alarmed at statistics that show "only one-fourth of our citizens identify themselves as Republicans." "I do not choose to argue with the statistic, but rather to change it by getting more people into the Republican party," the Pennsylvania state chairman said. Court Clerk's Staff Denied Pay Boost By Salary Board UNIONTOWN The Fayette County Salary Board denied a request for 5 to 10 per cent pay raises for employes in the office of County Clerk of Courts Harry T. Matthews.

Matthews' request for appointment of a solicitor for his office was approved, with Atty. Russell I. Jenkins renamed to the post at the same salary as in 1964. Revision in salaries of coun- tv employes approved earlier in the week was effective as of Jan. 16.

velop highly touted athletes who have been under his tutelage and have gone on to prove themselves in institutions of higher learning; and above all for being a gentleman at all times, thereby gaining the respect of students, faculty members and athletes--both a members and opponents." A graduate of i High School with the Class of 1931, Everhart taught and coached at Dunbar Township High School after being graduated from Waynesburg College in 1939. He taught for eight years in ladiz, Scio and Dennison, Ohio, before going to Ben Franklin Junior High School and Lafayette Junior High -School, He became head basket- )afl coach at Uniontown i School in 1947. Council to Study Federal Program For Youth Work UNIONTOWN Uniontown's participation in the a government's Economic Opportunity program for young people who are out of school and unemployed will be discussed at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at city hall.

Mayor J. Watson Sembower and City Council members will meet with Earl C. Lloyd, a i representatii'e of the Neighborhood Youth Corps. Hospital President. Carl A.

Breuer of Belle Vernon has been named president by the directorate of Charleroi- Monessen Hospital with J. H. Renstrom of Fayette City second vice president. Ira M. South 81, of Bentleyville, was renamed to his 33rd consecutive year as a member of the board.

Tittle Retires. NEW YORK (UPI) Y.A. Tittle, one of the National Football League's greatest quarterbacks for 17 years, today announced his retirement as an active player but said he will be retained by the New York Giants for public relations work and other assignments. Trafifc Death. BELLEFONTE, Pa.

(UPD- Clarcnce Hawkenberry, 22, of Howard R.D. 2, Centre County, was killed today when his automobile crashed through a guard rail at a curve on Route 53 north of here and fell down an Four Cadets Resign In Cheating Probe At Air Force School AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (UPI)--Silence was conspicuous on the sloping grounds of the Air Force Academy today in the wake of the resignations of four cadets following an investigation into cheating. The resigned voluntarily from the United States' newest military school were not identified. Officials indicated more students might be involved.

The investigation which began Monday is the first such probe in the relatively calm 10- year history of the school which lies in the shadow of Pikes Peak, eight miles north of Colorado Springs. Officials at the academy consistently have refused to comment on the investigation until it is completed. The announcement that four cadets had resigned was made Thursday by the Pentagon. till keep it oh its difficult Ninety seconds after its 2:52 a.m. EST blastoff, the sleek three-stage rocket began a gentle turn that carried i back toward Florida's famed Gold Coast.

It streaked over Palm Beach and flew more than 60 miles above Miami Beach 190 seconds after launch. The rocket, still gathering speed, then sped more than 100 miles above Cuba and headed southwestward over the Caribbean and Panama. Fiv minutes after launch, a space agency spokesman said all land masses were out of danger. Officials reported later that the rocket's spent first stage crashed into the Caribbean north of Panama as planned. Scientists said at 4:30 a.m.

it would be several hours before the 305-pound satellite's exact orbit could be determined. Charge Two Fires In High School Started by Teener Former Officer Held in Murder Of Truck Driver LEVrrrOWN, Pa. (UPI) -A towing service operator was shot to death on a busy highway Thursday night by the driver of an automobile which forced the victim's truck off the road. Raymond Kovitch, 28, of Bristol, died of a .38 caliber bullet wound in abdomen, A former Philadelphia policeman, James A. Hamzik, of Feasterville, was arrested on a homicide charge when his automobile was stopped in a road block about miles away.

Police Chief Howard Shook said Hamzik told the arresting policemen "I'm the one you are looking for." The policemen said they found a snub-nose revolver believed to be the murder weapon under a newspaper on the front seat of Hamzik's automobile. By K. C. THALER United Pres International LONDON (UPI)-The Soviet Union has warned Indonesia against forcing the West into an armed conflict over Malaysia, i diplomatic sources said today. The Soviets, who have been supplying the bulk of Indones- a's arms, have strongly urged 'resident Sukarno to treac more carefully to avoid war, he sources said.

Behind the Kremlin move lies the fear of possible direct or. indirect Soviet involvement in any such conflict. But above all there is growing uneasiness in Moscow a Communist China's mounting influence in Southeast Asia, diplomats said. Worried Over pact The Soviet Union's call for moderation by Indonesia is not motivated by any "sympathy" for the West or, more especially for Britain, the sources emphasized. They hinted that the Kremlin may have been particularly worried by reports of a possible military pact between Jakarta and Peking.

Russian displeasure with Su- karno's brinkmanship was spotlighted by open Soviet criticism of Indonesia's decision to quit the United Nations. While Peking was praising decision as "wise and resolute," Moscow openly rebuked Sukarno by telling Mm this was not the way to behave. Dependent On Arm Since then, the Soviets were reported to have told the Indonesians that they are largely dependent on Russian arms and therefore should not minimize the Moscow warning, the sources indicated. The Soviets have supplied vast amounts of arms to Indonesia, including weapons, tanks, planes, ships and submarines. Estimates place the total of Russian assistance to ndonesia so far at $1 billion.

The Communist Chinese also iave supplied some arms to ndonesia and recently they of- ered Sukarno's government $50 million in economic assistance. MRS. NELLIE LOWRY Mrs. Nellie Myrtle Lowry, 82 of Hubbard, Ohio, formerly Lemont Furnace, died Thurs day evening in a Youngstown Ohio, hospital. She was born Sept.

13, 1882 in Fayette County, a daughter of the late Samuel and a Ann Zebley'. Surviving are five sons, Jesse of Arizona, Clyde of-Somerset, larry of Uniontown, Robert of Hubbard and Harold of Cleveand, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Schnatterly of Carnegie, Miss Nellie of Hubbard and Mrs. Mabel Richardson of Middle Grove, N. a sister, Miss Nora Zebley of Somerset; three brothers, John of North Carolina and Harry and Clark of Uniontown; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-greal-grandchild.

The body will be at the Burhans funeral home at Dunbar after 7:30 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 3 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. John Duval officiating.

Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. MRS. GEORGE UNICE Mrs. Helen Gabriel Unice, 69, of Uniontown, died at 5:45 a.m. Thursday.

She was a member of St. George Maronite R. C. Church. Surviving are her husband, George; sons, George Joseph and Thomas of Un- five daughters, Mrs.

Rose i Mrs. William (Agnes) Mauser, Mrs. Mary Rozgonyi, Mrs. Jay (Ann) Burnworth and Mrs. a (Catherine) i of Union- awn; 29 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a sis- A prayer service will be at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday at the laky funeral home, Uniontown, 'ollowed by requiem high mass Church. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. Airliner Crashes At Lancaster Port; Three Hurt LANCASTER, Pa. (UPI) Two passengers and a stewardess were injured Thursday night when an Allegheny Airlines plane ran off a runway while a returning to Lancaster Mumcip- Vell A. Hyskell, at home.

1 i-ivin MRS. FLOYD STILTENPOLE MOUNT PLEASANT Mrs Elizabeth Anne Weitzel Stilten pole, 34, of Ruffsdale, died a p.m. Thursday in Frick Com munity Hospital. She was a member of Zion lUtheran Church of Ruffsdale and was employed as a secre ary by U. S.

Steel' Research aboratory at Monroeville. Surviving are her husband loyd; a son, Floyd Bennett and a daughter, Linda, at home and a brother, Harry Weitzel rwin. The body will be at the Grimm funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m.

Sunday, with the Rev. Charles R. Clapie officiating. Burial will be in Mount Lebanon Cemetery at Tarr. FULLEM FUNERAL The funeral service for Mrs.

Mary Fullom, 88, of Mill Run, who died Wednesday evening in her home, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head. The Rev. John Basinger will officiate. In- will be in Normalville Cemetery.

She was born July 7, 1876, in rayette County, a daughter of he late John W. and Nancy Shaffer Thompson, and had ived at Mill Run for 68 years. reviously she lived in the 3road Ford area. Surviving are four sons, Charles E. and Smith of Mill Run, John H.

of Connellsville and Earl of Fredericktown; two daughters, Mrs. Albert (Isabelle) Williams of Willoughby, Ohio, and Mrs. John (Edna) Williams of Mill Run; 32 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. Her husband, John died in 1933, and a- daughter, Mrs. Pearl Watson, died in 1939.

H. H. DAVIS Harry' H. Davis, 78, of Connellsville, R. D.

2, East Connellsville, died unexpectedly at p.m. Thursday in his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1886, in Saltlick Township, a son of the ate James G. and Delilah Miler Davis, and had'lived in this icinity all of his life.

He was former employe i of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Highways. Surviving are three brothers, Irvin B. of Bairdsford, Isaac L. of Iron Bridge and Jacob of East Connellsville; a i Mrs.

George (Delilah) Keefer of Cumberland, and a number of nieces and nephews. The body will be at the Brooks funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev.

R. A. Nelson officiating. Interment will be in Mount Olive Cemetery. Mob of 7.000 In Saigon SLAYING ARRESTS--Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey (left) and his deputy, Cecil Price, are shown in Meridian, after their arrest with 16 others in the slaying of three civil rights workers last summer.

Shook said Hamzik admitted the slaying and said it climaxed an argument over a $300 loan which Hamzik had co-signed for Kovitch and Kovitch's failure to a payment on it. The police chief said Hamzik, an auto mechanic at a Trenton, NT.J., tire store, went to Kovitch's home last Tuesday and told him he was being bothered by constables about the loan. When he asked Kovitch to make payments, Hamzik said Kovitch threatened him with an iron pipe. Hamzik said he took the him with it. The blow fractured Kovitch's arm.

Kovitch went to Justice of the Peace Dominick Spadaccino and swore out a warrant charging Hamzik with aggravated assault and battery. Hamzik was ar- HARRISBUR (UPI) A rested Wednesday night but was preliminary hearing will be held Feb. 3 for a teen-age youth accused of setting two fires at the John Harris High School here Thursday. The state police fire marshal's office identifiH the suspect as Larry C. Blair, 18, of Harrisburs, a former student at the school.

The fires broke out in the auditorium and boys' gymnasium causing minor, damage. Weather Outlook. By United Press International Five day forecast for Western Pennsylvania Temperatures will average 5 to 6 degrees above normal during the period Saturday through Wednesday night. Normal high now is 35 to 37 and the normal low is 22. Seasonal temperatures over the week end.

warmer early next week then returning to near normal again about mid week. Precipitation will average three fourths to 1 inches as rain over the weekend and again about Wednesday. released in $2,000 bail for a further hearing. Shook said that Kovitch was riding in his tow truck on Route 1 Thursday night with a mechanic, William J. Rickard, 48.

of Middletown Twp. at the wheel when Hamzik's 1959 model auto forced the truck to the side of the highway. Hamzik got out of the car with the revolver, Shook said, and walked up to the driver's side of the truck. Kovitch leaped out the other door and started to run off, hampered by his broken arm. Shook said Hamzik ran around the truck and fired a single bullet which felled Kovitch.

As the victim fell to the ground, Shook said, Kovitch fired two more shots. He then got back into his automobile and drove off. Twin Sons Born. Twin sons were born at 9:11 and, 9:19 a.m. Tuesday in Uniontown Hospital to Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Bittner Jr. of Uniontown. ELDA ARMSTRONG SCOTTDALE Miss a May Armstrong, 83, of Hunker, R. D.

1, Ruffsdale, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in Frick Community Hospital, Mount Pleasant. She was a daughter of the late John and Rebecca Armstrong, and was a member of the United Church of Christ at Ruffsdale, where she had been a Sunday school teacher for many years. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. al Airport after one of its two engines failed on takeoff.

Walter Hagerty, Springfield, N.J., was aomitted to St. Joseph's Hospital with a compound fracture of the left leg. Clyde Sabold of New Shrewsbury, N.J., was discharged after treatment for chest injuries. Twenty other passengers board the plane were not hurt. The plane's stewardess, Judy G.

Marsh, 26, of Trenton, N.J., was admitted to the hospital for a fracture and other injuries. The 23 passengers aboard the plane had praise for the conduct of the crew members in the emergency. The plane was piloted by William H. Norris, about 40, and the co-pilot was Robert Soltis, 35, both of Somerville, N.J.- State police said the plane, enroute from Pittsburgh to Reading, and Newark, N. was taking off when its right engine failed.

The pilot circled back to the airport and touched down near the end of the runway. The plane veered 75 yards into the field where a landing gear collapsed, smash- ins both winds. Fire companies from Lititz, Nessville and Lancaster sped to. the airport but the plane did not catch fire. The body is at the Barr funeral home where the funeral service will be held at 2:30 P.m.

Sunday. Her pastor, the Rev. Daniel J. Yolton, will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Tarr.

TAMERA LEIGHTY Tamera Jo Leighty, three- week-old daughter of 1 i and Marlene Brown Leighty of Normalville, R. D. died at 8:10 a.m. Thursday in Connellsville State General Hospital. Surviving in addition to her parents are a brother, Douglas; the maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Gilbert Brown of White, the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Leighty of Normalville, R.

D. 1, and great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Brown of Ruffsdale, John H. Layman of Normalville and William Leighty of White.

Graveside services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. today at the Normalville Cemetery, with the Rev. Walter Harvey officiating. MRS. A.

J. MENART Mrs. Anna J. Puskar Menart 50, of Rankin, died Thursday in Braddock General Hospital. She was the widow of Rudolph Puskar, who died in 1950.

She was born at Elm Grove, a Township. Surviving ar a daughter, Joann, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Bowlibon of Elm Grove and Mrs. Mary B. Bezak of Swissville and two brothers John Puskar of Swissville anc Peter Puskar of East McKeesport.

The body is at the Vlasik funeral home in Rankin where a prayer service will be held at 8 a.m. Monday, followed by requiem high mass at 9 a.m. in Visitation of the B. V. M.

R. church in Rankin. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Brookvale. MRS.

NELLIE DUNCAN MOUNT PLEASANT Mrs. Nellie Duncan, 76, of 926 West Washington St. died at 4:25 p.m. Thursday in Frick Community Hospital. Firemen Answer Wreck, Fire Colls Dunbar Vol.

Fire Dept. was called at 507 p.m. Sunday to the Curtis Morrison home at Dunbar, where a rug was on 'ire. T'iree trucks and 12 men answered the call. At 5 p.m.

Wednesday, firemen were called to the scene of an automobile accident on the Mount Braddock Road, to remove an unidentified man trap- sed in a- car. Two trucks and 15 men were sent. Speech Therapist. SOMFP SET--Somerset County School Board has elected Miss Patricia Scango of Uniontown, located in Hillsborough County, as a speech therapist in Somerset County. Surviving are a daughter, VIrs.

Helen Dolan of Pleasant; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Webb of Warren, Ohio; four grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The body will be at the Galone funeral home after 11 a.m. Saturday. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m.

Monday, with the Rev. Clark S. Derby officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. MRS.

NICK ZIVKO Mrs. Agnes i 75, of Hibbs, died Thursday in Uniontown Hospital. Surviving are her husband, a daughter, a son and five grandchildren. A prayer service will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the Flack-Marucci funeral home, Republic, followed by requiem high mass at St.

Mary's R. C. Church of Cardale. Interment MRS. MAMIE HALL Mrs.

Mamie V. Hall of Uniontown died Tuesday evening in Uniontown Hospital. She was a member of Mount Olivet Baptist Church, the Missionary Society, Settles i Class and the Golden Age Chorus. Surviving are seven children ncluding Mrs. Ruth Watkins of Uledi and Mrs.

Myrtle Robinson, Mrs. Evelyn Freeman and Miss Frances Hall of 15 grandchildren, i great-grandchildren and a broth- r. The funeral service will be leld at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Olivet Baptist vith the Rev. E.

E. Calloway officiating. Interment will be in llearview Cemetery. The body is at the Lantz funeral home, Uniontown. MRS.

ELIZA LEONARD Mrs. Eliza Bell Leonard, 76, if Dunbar, R.D. 2, died at 9:05 p.m. Thursday at Connellsville Itate General Hospital. She was born Feb.

11, 1888, Stewart Township, a daugh- er of the late Mr. and Mrs. ohn W. Little. Surviving are two sons, Wilam J.

and Jesse of Dunbar; dree daughters, Mrs. a Isabelle) Clements and Mrs. Roebuck of Dunbar and ATS. Lula Turner of Chalk Hill; 1 grandchildren and 13 great- Her a Yank, died in 1963. The body is at the Burhans funeral home at the funeral service will be held at 1 p.m.

Sunday, with the Rev. John Basinger Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Fayette Squires To Elect Staff On Monday Night Fayette County Squires and Constables Assn.

will elect officers at 8 P-m. Monday at the Uniontown Shopping Center. District Attorney John R. Hoye will speak to minor judiciary members on the proper use of search warrants and law changes which became effective Jan. 1.

granges will visit the Ohiopyle Lunch will be served after the meeting, according to President Samuel Glassburn. Wharton and Markleysburg granges wil 1 visit Ohiopyle Grange No. 1933 at 8 Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Ohiopyle Fire Hall. Wharton Grange will present the program.

The home economics committee will serve refreshments. Edward Jackson is host master. Calvary Assembly Education Unit Nears Completion The construction of the educational department of Calvary Assembly of God, 1316 South Pittsburg is near completion. The new addition is a two floor plant measuring 38 by 44 feet. It will house Sunday school department, classrooms, church office, prayer chapel and two powder rooms.

The 46 by 90 church proper was constructed 10 years ago. Renovation of the chancel and of the sanctuary is being planned, with dedication scheduled for Easter Sunday. Files Civil Suit For Auto Damages UNIONTOWN V. V. Rossi of Connellsville i suit against Victor E.

Vesely of Vanderbilt, R. for $676 damage to his car. Rossi contends his car was damaged when it struck a cow owned by Vesley on Route 711 north of Vanderbilt in October 1963. Accidents Injure Pair in Region William H. Watkins, 21, of Elco, was treated at Charleroi- Monessen Hospital for bruises suffered in a traffic accident on Route 88 at Stockdale.

Percy T. Henson, 62, of Belle Vernon, was treated there after an accident on Route 201 near Sween- will be in Stamford, Conn. ey's Restaurant. Tree Seedlings For Area Fa Now Available. 1 District Forester a Merrpth of Ligonier said tree seedlings for reforestatation are available from the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waers nurseries.

Pines, Spruce and Larch are he most recommended species. Landowners are asked to im)rove their property by using his low cost stock to reforest seedlings at a rale of 700 jer acre or a tree spacing of eight feet. Planting may be con- racted for larger areas and re- mbursement is available under some conditions. Cost is $6 for a minimum order of 1,000 seed- ings. Orders for less than 1,000 are not acceptable.

From now until the end of 'ebruary, orders for planting stock will be accepted. Information and assistance will be supplied upon request by the district forester at Ligonier. Actress Receives "Sweet Apple" Award From Ohio HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Singer Doris Day has a "Sweet Apple Award" today from her native Cincinnati, Ohio, to counteract the "Sour Apple Award" she got recently from the Hollywood Women's Press Club. Cincinnati Mayor Walton Bachrach Thursday presented the Sweet Apple plaque to Miss Day on the set of "Do Not Disturb" at 20th Century-Fox studios. The Sour Apple was given by the press women, who named Miss Day the most uncooperative actress of 1964.

By ARTHUR J. DOMMEN United Press International 1 SAIGON (UPI)-Police and Vietnamese parat crushed Buddhist-led a i- American rioting here today with tear gas, truncheons and shots fired into the air. More than 1,000 demonstrators raced through the streets, smashing windows in the U.S. library. Scores of Buddhist monks and teen-age demonstrators were arrested during the clashes outside the U.S.

Embassy building and the U.S. Information Service library. Another band of students was driven from a high school with tear gas. The rioting was touched off after more than 200 yellow- robed monks gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy with banners demanding that the United States withdraw its support from the government of Premier Tran Van Huong.

The crowd swelled as teenagers seeking excitement and other curious spectators rallied around the monks. The mob broke through barbed wire barricades blocking the street in front of the embassy. But they were driven back by police hurling tear gas grenades and failing truncheons. Throw Rocks The crowd fled three blocks to the American library and teen-agers hurled rocks at the windows. No injuries to American personnel were reported.

Marine M.Sgt. William A. Duam, of Rochester, N.Y., who witnessed the attack on the library, said "there were about 40 to 50 people in the group, led by a Buddhist in yellow robes." Another American who witnessed the attack said, "these Buddhist monks are doing more in a single day to hand the whole country over to the Communists on a silver platter than the Viet Cong are able to do in a month." The demonstrators left the street in front of the embassy littered with banners reading: "Americans should not support a government which is reactionary, anti revolutionary and against the Vietnamese people." U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor arrived at the embassy during the demonstration.

He stepped from his car and walked directly into the embassy. He came out on to a balcony briefly, then went inside to attend a regularly scheduled conference before the shots and tear gas were fired. Tearful monks streaming through the area attracted supporters. Some of the monks carried as if unconscious. Vietnamese army helicopters lovered overhead.

Troops in front of the building carried rifles with fixed bayonets and submachineguns. The demonstration broke out as several hundred policemen and troops stood guard at the National Buddhist Center where five monks were in the tftird day of a hunger strike aimed at forcing the overthrow of the government of Premier Tran Van Huong. In a military development, at least six U.S. Army helicopter crewmen were wounded in two separate clashes with Communist guerrillas Thursday. There was an unconfirmed report of a seventh casualty, according to a U.S.

military spokesman. Divorce Libels Filed in Court UNIONTOWN i i i a Dean Smith.of Brownsville filed a divorce suit against Lankfell Smith of Omaha, iharging indignities. They were married in April 1957. Indignities also were charged sy Clark Herman Bryant Jr. of Unionlown in a suit against April Bryant of Uniontown.

They were married in September 1963. Sheetz to Speak On Education Of Handicapped Alvin Sheetz, supervisor of special education for Fayette County, will discuss education of the handicapped at a meeting of the Parent Council, Fayette County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, at 7:45 P.m. Monday in the treatment center at Uniontown. There will be a question-and- answer period. Mrs.

Betty McCann, program consultant for the Pennsylvania Society for Crippled Children, will answer question on a i elsewhere in the state. President Albert Lowther will preside. Hostesses will be Donna Rose, Shirley Davis and Mrs. Schemer. Four Babies Born At City Hospital Four babies--two boys and, two girls--were born at Connellsville State General Hospital.

They are: Son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grabosky, 108 West Georgia 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Son to Mr.

and Mrs. Arlyn Corvin, Dunbar, R. D. 2, 3:45 p.m. Thursday.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Burnsworth, Mill Run, R. D. 1, 11:59 p.m.

Thursday. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herman 6-C Greenwood Heights, 2:14 a.m. today..

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