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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1971 THE DAILY COURIER, CONNELLSVILIE, PA. PAGE TWENTY-ONE Throughout Summer War Impasse Blocks Draft Law Extension Solution By DANIEL RAPOPORT WASHINGTON (UPI)--President Nixon will continue to be without draft authority until the middle of the month--and probably longer--because of the continuing Congressional deadlock over ending the Vietnam war. The draft la wexpired July i and House and Senate negotiators trying to agree on Personal Mention MOUNT Pittsburgh PLEASANT In on Monday were Mrs. Robert H. Shaeffer and daughter, Mrs.

Paul Simmers, sand her daughter, Sandra, all wf Mount Pleasant, R. D. 2, 'and Mrs. Bessie McConnell, 201 'Fourth Scottdale. They were house guests of Mrs.

son-in-law a "daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kalp, and their daughter. Two Pinkerton Guards Murdered In NX. School WILMINGTON, N.C.

(UPI)-Detectives said they were unable Wednesday to find anyone, in door-to-door -questioning, who heard the shots that killed two white Pikerton guards at a racially-troubled school in a black neighborhood. D. L. The bodies Flowers, 29, of and James Irving legislation that would extend it for two years appeared to be no closer to a solution than they were last month. One House source predicted the impasse could lead to a long, hot summer so far as the draft law goes.

Both the House and Senate have passed legislation to extend the draft and provide military pay boosts; but the Senate version contained an amendment declaring it the national policy to pull all U.S. forces out of Indochina nine months after the becomes law-. The Nixon administration opposes the deadline, as do negotiators from the House who met with their Senate counterparts Wednesday to work out a compromise. Thev broke up the meeting with the issue still unresolved but decided to try again next Monday. Congress is due to begin a month-long summer recess Aug.

6 but both Rep. F. Edward Hebert, and Sen. John C. Stennis, D- scoffed at any notion the draft would not be restored by then Hebert, heading the House negotiators, said he had been told it would be a couple of months before the Pentagon woul'd feel the pinch.

Both he and Stennis claimed progress was being made toward a compromise. Some of those participating in the negotiations, speaking off the record, said the a i dispute seemed to stem from the belief of Senate negotiators that the Senate would not accept any withdrawal amendment that does not have a Graphic Art Course to Be Offered in Region College Mount Pleasant Pair to Leave On India Trip MOUNT PLEASANT This borough's two world travelers are soon off for their third annual overseas jaunt. Sam Freed, 310 a i College will introduce Washington and Donald E. ew graphic arts technology Bittner, 938 West Washington program in September. leave Friday.

Two years Preparations are presently ago they toured Russia and last underway at the college for the program. Dr. S. Hartley Johnston, president, said the Westmoreland MOUNT PLEASANT The I Westmoreland County Commu- it was a safari to Africa. This summer their destination India.

associate degree program is one Joining them to turn the duo I of the few of its kind in the first time Eastern United States. It is of'designed to prepare graduates SETH SHAFER MICHAEL DUNAWAY KRAIG PRITTS Nine Years Combined Service Padrick, 68, were found inside Williston Junior High School Wednesday morning. Flowers had been shot in the mouth at close range and Padrick in the hack. Police chief H.E. Williamson discounted robbery as a motive.

Mowers and Padrick, both unarmed, were found with their wallets in their pockets and there was nothing missing or disturbed in the school. Flowers and Padrick were two of several guards hired last May after fire destroyed the I specific trine element in it. The 'House negotiators, on the other hand, seem to be holding out against any fixed deadline. Mission Couple Believed Slain By Terrorists These three local boys have a combined service of 9 years with the Fayette Singing Boys. Seth Shaffer has been a member four years, Michael Dunaway for one year and Kraig Pritts, four years.

Seth, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Shaffer of Pine Slopes, Melcroft, is 12 years old, and will be a seventh grader at Connellsville Junior High School.

While attending grade school in Saltlick Township, he played clarinet witfa the elementary band. Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dunaway of Bryson Hill, Dunbar, will enter the eighth grade this fall at Connellsville Area Junior High West. He is a member of the Junior High School Band.

Kraig, 13, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Pritts of NormalviEe and will be a ninth grader at Junior High School East. He plays saxophone with the Junior High East Symphonic Band and its Top Twenty Stage Band.

Group Advances In Scotfdale Swimming Class SCOTTDALE A headquarters of Hanover county the New board of education. The guards were assigned to schools subject to repeated vandalism. Flowers and Padrick worked a 9 m. to a shift. When Padrick failed to return home Wednesday morning his wife called Pinkerton headquarters here.

Pinkerton Sgt. Edward Miedzienewski went to the school about 8 a.m. and found Flowers lying in a pool of blood in the cafeteria. Medical reports said powder burns were on his gunshot wound in the mouth, showing he had been shot at close range. Padrick's body was found in a hallway about 45 feet away with a single gunshot wound in the back.

i Youngest Design Hats at Playground SCOTTDALE Hats were fashioned of all types of unusual items for tine contest at the Kendi Park Playground. There were 15 boys and girls participating in the contest. It was in charge of Miss Kathleen Wazybok, supervisor. First and second place awards were made in each of four categories. Miss Wazybok a SANTO (UPD-- Police said an American Baptist missionary couple found beaten and slashed to death in their home Wednesday may have been the victims of anti- American terrorists.

National police said Paul Potter, 39, and his wife, Nancy, 36, of Marshfield, were found by their son, David, 10, in their home in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic's second largest city. Police said neighbors and police ran to the house after hearing screams of the boy and his sister, Susan, 12. The boy fainted. The couple operated a Baptist school in Santiago, 110 miles north of Santo Domingo and had established four churches in the island republic. The fimfly had returned to the Dominican i eight weeks ago after spending a year in the United States.

They group of persons has advanced ewimming skills in the program at the YMCA. The latest advancees consist of 29 Minnows, one Fish and two Flying Fish. These 29 bring to 106 the number passed to date this year. Harold W. Pears, YMCA general secretary, identified the advancements as: Flying Fish Neil Yoder and Marsha Mehalick Fish Gregory Mehallick.

Minnows Joseph Fruin Kevin Ferguson, Christophe: Crawford, Janine Walter Herczyk, Mark Gorinski George Date, Frank Antonishen David Kovalik, Hugh Hawkins LaDonna HrovasM, Mar Sobinsky, Beth Magie, Joy Firestone, Denis Bar i Jerome Kubasky, a Niezgoda, John Dzuban, Karen Philhpp, Susan Bijold. Bobbi Ridenour, Rose (Ann) Tokarcik Lori Kaper, Cheryl i Edward Yoder, Evelyn Gillott Gerrv Leeder, Angie Dusenberry and Marie Forejt Perry Lots To Be Used For Parking i i Wednesday agreed to prepare two borough-owned lots for parking for patients of a doctor and a dentist. The borough lots are behind the offices of Dr. William Schmitt and Dr. James Brooks.

The lots, when ready, will provide off-street parking. In other action, County Revises Public Housing Income Limits Fayette County i Authority has revised its income eligibility limits to qualify foi i i occupancy, according to Joseph P. Caputo, executive director. Of the 11 public housing pro jects under control of th nto a trio for the will be Edward Lewis Jeannetle. He and Freed are! fellow teachers at the Mount Pleasant Area Senior High School.

The three men will leave Mount Pleasant for Pittsburgh on Friday. They will fly to London. England, from New York City. A day in London will be followed by three or four days in Teheran, Iran India is next on the itinerary. The traveling three will leave there for a stop at Nepal in the Himalaya Mountains, the highest mountains in the world Then it will be back to India which will be left again for an inspection of the island of Coroner's Office Investigates 53 Deaths for a in printing, publishing, product packaging and allied industries.

The program will also serve as a medium for the upgrading of skills of those already employed in the printing and related industries. John Begovich heads the program and will serve as its primary instructor. He is a Carnegie-Mellon graduate in printing management with more" than 15 years graphic arts industry experience in production, research and new product development. Begovich's special- jties include the production dt i a wide variety of packaging i products, acquired while a technical service supervisor with the Continental Can Corp. A high school diploma or its County Coroner Dr.

equivalent is the primary aT- appointed Municipal Paul Black to A i Fayette County i Authority, only one Gibson in Connellsville. the A had been previously. here four years these prize winners: ettiest--Brenda Killi any, first, and Kristin Stohl, second. Most i first, and Jennifer Vies, second. Most a a i Wazvbok, first, and Karen Bowman, second Funniest--Stanley Lewandow- sM, first, and Heidi Lewan- dowsM, second.

Police said they suspected the killers might be pait of a terrorist group. The Potters' station wagon was smeared with antUAmerican slogans, they said. Centre County Man Dies in Collision STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (UPI) James S. Reish, 23, Springs Mills, Center County, was killed Wednesday night when his car collided with a truck on U.

S. Route 322 about seven miles east of here. The track driver, Donald Ruby of Lancaster, was admitted to a Bellefonte Hospital in good condition. Reish was pronounced dead at the scene by Centre County Coroner. Picnic Saturday MOUNT PLEASANT The annual family picnic for Modulus Corp.

employes wil be held at Idlewild. Park Ligonier, on Saturday. Lunch will be served at Pavillion No. 3 at 1 On the menu will be hot dogs kolbassi and sauerkraut, fresh corn on the cob, baked beans, sauer kraut salad, watermelon ice cream and soft drinks Coffee will be served all day starting at 11 a.m. Day-long activities have been arranged by the acitivites committee.

Included are an all-star Softball game, a horsehoe contest and golf matches. A highlight of the day will be the drawing for a strawberry roan pony There will be drawings also for two hand- crocheted ponchos Many door prizes wil be awarded during the day Planned also are a talent show and table games. Baker to Speak Eugene Baker, son of Mrs. Eugene Zorn of Dawson. D.

1, will speak at morning worship services at Laurel Hill Presbyterian Churches, Sunday, He is a senior at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pirate scout, Jesse Smith, was given permission to use the ballfield for a tryout camp from 10 am. to p.m. Wednesday. The camp isj for boys from 16 to 22 years of age. Four Persons Killed In Under the revised schedul the maximum income for qualification has been set a the following: For one person, fo two, three, four Started by Arsonist WORCESTER, Mass.

(UPI) --Four persons were kffled early today in an apartment fere that was "definitely incendiary," officials said. Several persons also were injured in the fire that destroyed the four-story apartment house, including two policemen hurt in an automobile accident. Fire Chief Edward Hackett said, "it was definitely incendiary," when asked if he believed the fire was set. five, six, $5,550 seven, eight. nine $6,300 and ten, $6,500.

continued occu a ncy tenants may occur some in creased income starting a $5.000 for one and running through the same scale as above: $5600; $6500; $6700; $7,600 and $8,100. Priority in selection ot tenants is given first to displaced persons or families residing within the municipality where the project is located. Next to residents of niunicipailities in which the project is located with elderly persons, first, disabled veterans -f TTrt 1 I 1 or servicemen's am i 1 i second; veterans or servicemen's families, third and others last. After i a i priority is given persons or families living within the same district where the project is i located and then other parts Past Noble Grands Of Westmoreland Will Meet July 29 MOUNT PLEASANT Westmoreland County Past Noble Jrands will meet in Mount Pleasant at noon Thursday, July 29 in the National Hotel. Details were completed at the meeting in Jeannette.

Luncheon was in the Bel Dare Restaurant jrior to the business period in he home of Mrs. Walter Kuntz. Wirs. Robert H. Sheaffer of VTount Pleasant, president, directed the meeting Devotions were conducted by Mrs.

Bessie of the county and lastly those from outside the county, all in the same order--elderly, disabled veterans, veterans or veterans families before others. Prospective applicants for such housing may inquire with the individual managers of each project either for information or to file an application McConnell chaplain. of The a "pig" a to Mrs. Thomas Mock Jeannette. A social hour was leld.

Games were played and irizes awarded to the winners. Oldest World Site Jericho is believed to be perhaps the oldest inhabited site in the world. Mesolithic flints associated with fortifications are traceable to the ninth millennium B.C. Two Men, Woman Killed in Plane Crash at Hershey HERSHEY, Pa. (UPI)-Three persons were Idled and a.

boy was injured seriously Wednesday night when a ranted, single- engine plane crashed minutes Ceylon After more visitation in India the men will return to London, fly back to New York City, thence to Pittsburgh and back home on Aug. 6 While overseas Freed, Bittne and Lewis expect to be reunite' with various friends. They pla to meet Capt. Thomas Coleman of the U.S. Air Force in London Hopes are also to see the for mer Marjorie Freed, no rela tion to the local man, in Ter ban.

Both these overseas residents Pleasant natives temporary are Mouri Directory of Area Hospitals Connellsville Admitted to Connellsville State General Hospital were Mrs. Margaret Shirey of 1203 i South Connellsville, Joseph Ritohey of 1302 South Pittsburg Mrs. Mary Snyder of Star Junction, Mrs. Cora Cooper of 14 Pottstown St, Dunbar, Mrs. Dolores Winslow of rear 9 Jacobs Uniontown, Mrs.

Marie Forejt of Ruffsdale, R. D. 2, Mrs. Margaret Cooper of 239 South Prospect SI, Marsha Shipley of 1636 Pittsburg South Connellsville, and Michael Merandi- no of 319 North Cottage Ave. BIRTH A daughter was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Wettgen of 705 McCormick Ave. at a.m. Wednesday at Connellsville State General Hospital. Mount Pleasant A A Admitted to Frick Community Hospital were Mary Sharp of Greensburg, Mrs.

i Houseman of Belle Vernon, R. D. 2, Mrs. i a be Montgomery of 141 Quarry Ellen French of 54 Gibson Terrace, ConnelsviUe, Robert Aaron of West Newton, R. D.

1, George Watson of 208 Robinson Connellsville, David Christ of 20 Fifth Scottdale, Mrs. a a a Chernitsky of 402 Main Mrs. Marlene Pritts of Jacobs Creek, Wade Hough of 767 Smithfield Barbara a a of Mammoth, Mrs. Esther Hamill of Smithton, RD. 1, and Mrs.

Grace Vitza of Banning. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stout of Scottdale Discharged were Mrs.

Joann at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday. Blair and son of HVz Frick! Mrs. Dannie Frezzell ofj Monessen, Lawrence Stevens of, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Eicher of 813 West Smithfield Richard Forsythe of 504 Parker Scottdale, Mrs.

Martha Palariko of 6SO Park May Adamson of Manor, Mrs. Emma Cbearney of White, Star Route, James Rdtch of 1414 Maple el I i Darlene Hauser of Pleasant, R. D. 3, Edna Keefer of Scottdale, R. ,1., and John Minnick of Jacobs Creek Tow Births babies were born at Uniontown Among those admitted to Uniontown Hospital Marilyn R.

Lowry, of Dunbar, Helen Shaffer of McCleDand- town, Hugh G. Rosenberger of after takeoff on a pleasure flight. Authorities tentatively identified the victims as Edward Fabian, 56, of Hersshey, the pilot: Joseph Gxaibowski, about 55, of Mecbaniesburg; and Mrs. Ruth Hamilton, about 55, of New Port Richey, Fla. Mrs Hamilton's son, James, 10, was in serious condition after surgery at the Hershey Medical Center.

George Pothering of Minersville, aviation investigator for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, said an investigation was underway today into the cause of the crash. Pothering said the plane, a Cherokee 140, crash landed on its back in a corn field 2 2 miles northeast of the Hershey Airport at 8 p.m. The boy was thrown dear of the wreckage, and the other three were trapped inside. The plane was rented from Williams Aviation, mamag 'Stubborn 7 Boy 5, Lost Four Bays In Wilderness MERCED, Calif. (UPI)-Mike Mack, 5, survived foui days and four nights lost in wilderness, his mother says because he is "a vay stubborn boy." Mike, who weights only 4( pounds, was resting in hospital bed today recovering from his ordeal.

His firs request was for ice cream. Clad only in a bathing suit Mike spent four days withTM Eood after wandering away from a campground during weekend outing at George Hatfiield State Park. He drank well water in the area and a farm worker found him Tuesday night, lying exhausted near an irrigation pump. "He's a very stubborn boy and I think that's why he stayed alive," said his mother Mrs. Gene Mack of San Francisco.

Deputies searched for the boy and divers scoured the Merce River, fearing he had drowned Thick undengrofwlih in the area prevented Mike from finding Ms way out or rescuers from finding him, authorities said. He suffered scratches, goi sunburned, and lost aa estimated eight pounds before he was ound, but otherwise is in gooc condition. Nebraska Declared Disaster Area in Wake of Storms SAN OLEMENTE, Calif. UPI) President Nixon de- Blared Nebraska a major disaster area Wednesday, clearing the way for federal relief funds to counties struck by severe thenderstcxims and tornadoes last month. Preliminary estimates by the office of emergency preparedness indicated that more than $700,000 would be allocated in federal money for debris clearance and repairs of public facilities.

Hand Made Soil Farm plots on the rocky Aran Islands off the Irish coast are made of soil the islanders painstakingly have created over the centuries by mixing seaweed and sand with clay scraped from rock crevices. W. Ralston McGee's office investigated 53 deaths during June Eight persons died in auto accidents, one by suicide. Two men died in a plane crash, one died from smoke and fire inhalation and two died in falls down stairs. Twenty-three of the deaths iwere from natural causes, died as results of myocardial infarctions, two in missions requirement for those wishing to attain an associate degree in graphic a technology at C.

Persons interested in taking only specialized courses and not the complete degree program are not required to have the diploma lor admission More information about the program may be obtained from either Begovich or the W. C. C. admissions department, 59 cerebral vascular accidents a i i i a a there were two premature Jeannette. Pa.

15644. births. Transportation To Be Offered To Old Persons GREENSBURG Elderly- will get free transportation to and from medical-related agencies and offices under a three-year in his car, werej ex er menta i pro 1 amfoi whicll a Commissioners will pay half the Three-Car Crash On Route 51 A three-car accident on Route 51 near Spillway a Wednesday afternoon sent two persons to Umontown Hospital. Kenneth D. Malone of Pittsburgh, a driver, and Rose i of Dormont, M.

Rizzo passenger admitted. Police identified the other two drivers as Robert Prigg of Uniontown and Mary C. Munoz of Pittsburgh Total damage was estimated at $3,600 Report Winners Of Playground Model Auto Show SCOTTDALE A model car show was presented at the Central Grade a under direction of Miss Mary Connors, supervisor Winners were Mark Hall, first, and Vaughn Bentz, second. Each received a cash prize. Judging the entries were David Zimmerman, Richard Koza and Joseph Connors.

Class Meeting MOUNT PLEASANT Truth Seekers Bible Class of Mount Joy Churcib of the Brethren will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday. cost The state win pay the other naif of the $33,000 cost of the first year's operation. This figure covers purchase of two passenger vans and the hiring of two drivers and an administrator-dispatcher The county Office of the Aging is sponsoring the program. A recent survey of elderly people in the county showed that 2,500 persons of the 8,200 interviewed needed a means to visit medical-related specialists The vans will be operated eight hours a day.

five days a week. Rally Scheduled A religious rally featuring Willie Murphy and A Howard will be held at 7 30 Saturday in the United Baptist Church, N. First St The rally is sponsored by the Amalgam Chorus and is free the public. HOLDS HIGH OFFICE--Sister Thaddea Kelly, shown at Presentation High School in San Francisco, has been appointed to the second highest post ever held, by a woman in the Vatican. She has been named a department head in the Sacred Congregation for Religious Orders, a Vatican "ministry" dealing with nuns, friars and monks.

She entered Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in 1937. of Ruffsdaie, Mrs. Thelma Frick Community i a Forsythe of Rufifsdale, Mrs. Helen Bales of 14 Collins Scottdale, Terry MoBeth of 123 First Mrs. Mary Shannon They are: Son to Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Olegg of Smithton, R. D. 1, at 2:32 a.m. Wednesday.

Smithfield, William E. Hixonj of the aimort, Pothering said. of McCtollandtawn, Charles M.j Knight of Smithfield, Michael Smargie Jr. of MClellandtown, Sophia V. Yakimack of Connellsville, John Lilley of Smithfield, Dianne L.

Rossini of Masontown, Larry E. Lake of Smock, Martha M. Whipkey of Connellsville, Jesse McElroy Jr. of Lemont Furnace, Gladys Hugland of Grindstone, Shirley Lee Sroka of Kenneth F. I Fail-chance.

Smithfield Whoolery and of On Dean's List MOUNT PLEASANT David Guzy of Mount Pleasant has been named bo the dean's list at Pennsylvania State University for the spring term. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Guzy, 230 Quarry he is a senior in the college of business a i i a i majoring in accounting.

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Reg. 115.00 NOW 59.00 Silk Mohair Suits Reg. $85.00 Now 45.00 Sharkskin Suits Reg. 80.00 Now 52.00 Dacron Wool Worsted Suits Reg. 80.00 Now 49.00 Cashmere Sport Jackets Reg.

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40 East $159 Suits 99 3-Piece Knit Suits Also on display Beaded Suits, Sweaters Gloves Showings 10 ajn. to 10 p.m..

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