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2 WEDNESDAY, JULY 1972 TWO-A SUN-DEMOCRAT. PADUCAH, KY. Hanrahan Trial Scheduled Today CHICAGO Atty. Edward V. Hanrahan is scheduled to begin trial Wednesday on charges that he and others tried to block the prosecution of policemen conducted a raid on a Black Panther apartment.

Hanrahan, Richard Jalovec, an assistant state's attorney, and 12 policemen are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. The charges stem from a Dec. 4, 1969 raid conducted by policemen assigned to Hanrahan's office. Two Black Pan- One Hurt In Mishap On Beltline One person was treated and released at Western Baptist Hospital Monday following a two-car accident on South Beltline Highway at 10:45 p.m. Suzan D.

Clark, 21, of the 3200 block of Jefferson was treated and released, according to hospital authorities. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Donnie Lee Ramage, 23, Old Benton Road. Police reported the Ramage car was heading north on S. Beltline Highway when it collided with a car heading south driven by Hugh Wayne Kirkwood, 37, Tyree Road, after rounding a curve near Sambo's Resturant. Kirkwood told police he did not see the brake lights on the car in front of him but tried to stop his car when he saw the driver make a left turn signal with his hand.

Kirkwood said his car went into a slide and he let off the brakes and passed the car ahead on its left side. He could not get back into his lane in time to avoid the Ramage car, Kirkwood told police. South, North (Continued From Page One) activities would allow both governments to devote more monley to civilian needs. It also would lessen the burden of the big powers supporting the principals in the conflict: the United States behind the South, and China and the Soviet Union backing the North. The United States still maintains 43,000 troops in South Korea.

"The U.S. imperialists must no longer meddle in the domestic affairs of our country. They must withdraw at once," North Korean Deputy Premier Park Sung-chul told a Pyongyang news conference. "The Japanese militarists had better not creep into South Korea in an attempt to keep our country divided for good," he added. Mrs.

Merritt, 81, Dies; Rites Set MOUNDS, July 4 Mrs. Fannie Merritt, 81, of Mounds died at 11:50 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs.

Mamie Siadek of McHenry, Miss Ruth Merritt of Elgin, Mrs. Marie Orselski and Mrs. Shirley Fitzgerald, both of Mounds; two sons, David Merritt of Bensonville and Arthur Merritt of Hanover Park; a half-brother, Tom Jones of Cairo; seven grandchildren and five great Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at JohnsonLambert Funeral Home here with the Rev. Bob Troutt officiating.

Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Villa Ridge. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Fitzgerald Of Paducah Dies Mrs.

Edith Fitzgerald, 52, 2623 Goodman died at 7:45 p.m. Monday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born in Amsterdam, N.Y., and came here seven years ago from Stratford, Conn. She was a member of the Broadway United Methodist Church and a former member of the Paducah Woman's Club.

Survivors include her husband, John Fitzgerald; one son, Kenneth Fitzgerald of Norfolk, one daughter, Miss Louise Fitzgerald of Sarasota, a brother in California, and three Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Roth Funeral Chapel the Rev. Frank McRae -officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning Wednesday morning. thers leaders, Mark Clark, 21, Peoria, and Fred Hampton, Chicago, were killed.

Hanrahan and the 13 co-dedendants were indicted in June 1971 by a special grand jury. The indictment was not made public until Aug. 24, 1971. Hanrahan asked the Illinois Supreme Court to invalidate the indictment because of alleged undue influence on the grand jurors by the special prosecutor, Barnabas F. Sears.

The Supreme Court ruled five times on the case but refused to throw out the indictments. The U. S. Supreme Court also refused 1 to hear Hanrahan's contentions that the indictments were invalid. A coroner's jury, a regular Cook County grand jury and a federal grand jury previously investigated the incident but no indictments were returned.

The defendants contend the conspiracy to obstruct justice charge is invalid because none of the policemen involved in the raid has been charged with a criminal offense. Hanrahan, 51, was nominated in the March 21 primary to another four-year term as state's attorney. He won the primary after he was rejected by the regular Democratic organization because of the Panther case. Judge Phillip J. Romiti of Circuit Court is hearing the trial.

Russian (Continued From Page One) created the impression that he was acting on Moscow's orders. A dispatch by Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said Spassky had demanded that the International Chess Fader-known as FIDE-take some punishing measures against Fischer on the grounds that he had violated the rules for the match. It did not specify what sort of measures should be taken. During the days of dispute and bad temper which preceded Fischer's arrival, Spassky had been the picture of courtesy and understanding. When approached by newsmen he had no bad words for Fischer, a man he respects as a chess player.

All he would! say was that "I came to play." Asked what Fischer's opinion of the new dispute was Euwe told newsmen, "Mr. Fischer is asleep and is not aware of this." He was in a new two-story villa on the edge of town sound asleep in the back bedroom. Fred Cramer, a U.S. Chess Federation official, said, "I didn't want to upset Bobby's metabolism by waking him up." In New York, meanwhile, Col. E.B.

Edmondson, director of the U.S. Chess Federation, said if Fischer or Spassky fails to show up for Thursday's match the title should go to the other by default. He said that if neither showed up, "the title should be declared vacant and they should start all over." He said he. was expressing his opinion as a member of the five-man advisory board of FIDE. "This has gone far enough," Edmondson said.

"You cannot go on with this kind of charade." Miss McCuiston Dies In Murray MURRAY, July 4 Miss Rosie McCuiston, 82, of Murray Rt. 2 died at 5:20 p.m. Monday at Westview Nursing Home here. She was a member of Lone Oak Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs.

Vera Arnett, Murray Mrs. Margaret Rose of Detroit, and Mrs. Betty Haley of Mayfield; one brother, Robert McCuiston of Murray Rt. 5, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at the Blalock-Coleman Funeral Chapel here with Elder Arlie Larimer and the Rev. John Jones officiating. Burial will be in Old Salem Cemetery in Calloway County. Friends may call at the funeral home. Motorcyclist Is Hit By Plane DENTON, Tex.

(AP) James Judd, 28, was puttering along on his motorcycle when he was struck on the head and knocked to the ground. Judd learned that he had been struck by the tire of an airplane which was making an emergency landing on Texas 121. Judd was treated for a knot on his head at a nearby hospital. -(AP Wirephoto) twine horns, and look sheepish about WOOLGATHERING Two Barnaby sheep gether, the Louisville Zoo put their heads to- being hung up on each other. at -(AP Wirephoto) covering from an operation to correct an aneurysm in his abdominal aorta.

The governor says he will be attending the Democratic National Convention next week. Nixon Invites World To 200th Birthday Of The United States By GAYLORD SHAW Associated Press Writer SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) President Nixon invited the world in a holiday broadcast Tuesday to come to America during its bicentenial era and "share our dreams of a brighter future." In the nationwide radio address from the Western White House, Nixon spoke of plans for the nation's 200th birthday celebration in 1976 and said Americans should use the occasion to "prove once again that the spirit of '76 is a spirit of ness, of brotherhood and of peace." President specifically suggested that business and in- GOVERNOR ON MEND Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford, left, goes over get well cards with his nurse, Mrs. Thelma Ward, at Methodist Hospital at Houston where he is re- dustry attempt to cut the of travel, lodging and meals, and that air carriers and shipping lines explore ways of offering inexpensive portation.

"'Let us be known throughout the world as the 'Land of the Open the chief executive said. He voiced hopes that "millions upon millions of visitors" from around the world would respond to his invitation to come to the United States during the bicentennial era. Nixon said one "compelling reason for this invitation to the world relates to our hopes genuine and lasting peace among nations." We are aware that a real Connally Celebrates The 4th In New Delhi NEW DELHI, India (AP) to President Nixon's special envoy Connally John B. Connally celebrated the cans at Fourth of July with the Ameri- on the can community in New Delhi. The "We must rededicate our tary said forts to make our land a better prone to land and to make our contribu-ellation" UDA Deals (Continued From Page One) on hand.

To many Catholics, this is almost more shocking than the actual killings. IRA trials over the past two years have run into scores. Punishment for minor offenses is tarring and feathering, a humiliation which for a while was handed out to girls found guilty of fraternizing with British soldiers in Belfast. The IRA now seems to have dropped this punishment as bad propaganda. More serious breaches of the guerrilla code bring a shot through the leg, aimed to shatter a man's knee cap.

Death is the only penalty for those found guilty of informing or spying. Four Tennessee Prisoners Get Extra Sentences NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Four inmates of the Tennessee State Prison for Women were sentenced to seven additional years in prison Monday after they pleaded guilty to federal kidnaping and car charges. The four were accused of overpowering a guard, 0. J.

Orange, and a matron, Mrs. Bessie Suratt, during a 1971 prison riot and holding them hostage while they escaped to Kentucky. Orange was forced to accompany the four to Bowling Green where Kentucky state police captured them. Henry Schnuck Is Dead At 69 Henry H. Schnuck, 1909 Guthrie died Monday at 6:50 p.m.

at his home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Schnuck, a 69-year-old Paducah native, was self-employed as a contractor. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Schnuck; a son, Donald Schnuck of Paducah; a brother, William Schnuck of Paducah; two sisters, Mrs.

Henrietta Derrington of port, and Mrs. Mable Rodocker of Paducah; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Lindsey Funeral Home, where friends may call. France, West Germany Call For Common Market Summit By ANTHONY. COLLINGS Associated Press Writer BONN, Germany (AP) The top leaders of France and West Germany reaffirmed Tuesday their desire for a Common Market summit and steps leading to European monetary unity.

But they apparently failed to overcome some basic differences and left in doubt the timing of both moves. President Georges Pompidou of France and Chancellor Willy Brandt ended two days of talks but announced no specific ways of settling current monetary uncertainty other than reaffirming support of existing foreign exchange rates against the dollar set last year. Their spokesmen the Paris summit scheduled for October may have to be postponed in order for it to reach decisions on monetary policy. Pompidou also indicated that Britain must stop floating the pound and return to a fixed exchange rate before the Common Market can move ahead toward monetary union. Since a decision on steps toward monetary union is to be a main topic of the summit, his statement raised the possibility that the timing of the meeting may hinge on London's next move.

Engineers (Continued From Page One) was greater than any known to have occurred in the Tennessee Valley. He added that "an Agnestype storm could do a great deal of damage and probably cause considerable loss of life in mountain communities such as Gatlinburg," a resort city in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is more likely, he said, that any flood in Gatlinburg would "be more comparable to the flood which devastated Rapid City, the Black Hills of South Dakota. The floodwaters could concentrate quickly in the narrow mountain valleys and rise to dangerous proportions in a matter of literally a few minutes." Eliott noted that TVA has a flood control system consisting of 10 major flood detention reservoirs on upper tributaries in East Tennessee, western North Carolina and north Georgia, with lesser capacity in nine mainstream reservoirs. This system "provides a high degree of flood relief at Chattanooga and throughout the Valley," but leaves many areas and communities unprotected "and it is important that vulnerable communities are unaware of this situation." Chattanooga lies at Moccas in Bend, where the Tennessee River turns sharply from a southward-flowing to a westernflowing stream before beginning its northward journey back toward the Ohio River through West Tennessee.

Mrs. Ruth Rice, Of Cairo, Dies CAIRO, July 4 Mrs. Ruth Marie Rice, 78, of Cairo, died at 11:25 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Hospital here.

A Gold Star mother, she was a member of the First Christian Church. Mrs: Rice was a native Bloomfield, and had lived of in Cairo since 1924. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Rita Kealay, Harrisburg, one son, James P. Rice Jr.

of Cairo; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson-Lambert Funeral Home here with the Rev. Bascom E. 'Hopkins officiating.

Burial will be in the Bloomfield City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Britain, one of the four future members of the Common Market, has said it wants to return the pound to a fixed exchange as soon as possible, but rate has not indicated when this might be. There were signs the summit also could be delayed by contin- uin disagreement over France's wish to have a Common Market more independent of the United States. A Pompidou spokesman said "nothing new" came out of the talks concerning "known differences" between Bonn and Paris over the future U.S.

role in Europe. structure of peace cannot be built on good will alone," he said. "Its foundation must be the resolution of those basic national differences which can lead to war." "The United States is doing everything in its power to lay down that kind of foundation for peace." Nixon said, citing his trips to Peking and Moscow and his quest for nuclear arms limits. One of the best ways to reduce the danger of war and enhance the quality of peace is through people-to-people contacts, Nixon said, adding: Nations, like individuals, stand a better chance of working constructively together if people on both sides can learn to respect one another as fellow human beings. Our invitation to the world can contribute significantly to that crucial process." A small group of newsmen invited into the President's office after the address found him wearing a reddish sports coat, a white shirt and a blue tie-a color combination "appropriate for the 4th of July," Nixon said.

The President, relaxed and tanned, said he had been swimming every day since he arrived at his Spanish-style, ocean-front home on Saturday for a two-week stay. "Go out on the beach just get in the ter," he advised the newsmen. Carriers Re-Elect Mayfieldian LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The three top officers of the Kentucky Rural Letter Carriers Association were re-elected here Tuesday at the 'association's 66th annual convention. Virgil Gilliam of Mayfield was re-elected president.

Walter Wagoner Jr. of Alvaton was renamed vice president and Jean H. Blain of Dry Ridge was elected to another term as secretary-treasurer. Smith Tucker of Greensburg was elected to a three-year term on the executive committee. Governor In On Arrest Of Speeder MCMINNVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) State Safety Commissioner Claude Armour ordered all of his men onto the highways for the July Fourth holiday weekend but it's doubtful that he intended for his boss the governor to join in, too. But Gov. Winfield Dunn, with an assist from his state trooper driver-bodyguard, made an arrest near McMinnville Monday afternoon. The governor, with the trooper driving, was riding in his state car on Tenn. 56 when his auto was passed by another car traveling at what highway patrol officials said was excessive speed.

The second car reportedly almost struck the governor's car. Dunn ordered his driver in pursuit and after a short chase, the teen-aged driver was pulled over to the side of the road. The youth was placed under arrest and transferred to car for the ride to McMinnville where Trooper Mason Black met the party at the town square after being summoned on the governor's radio. Black formally cited the youth to -Juvenile Court on a charge of reckless driving. North America's highest mountain is Alaska's McKinley, towering 20,320 feet, compared with Mt.

Everest's 29,028 feet. Jazz Festival Rides The Hudson By MARY CAMPBELL AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) The Newport Jazz Festival in New York, in the fourth of its nine days, spent a beautiful July 4 taking rides on the Hudson River and listening to music which invoked the memory of Louis Armstrong. Armstrong would have been 72 Tuesday, but he died last year two days after his birthday. The Jazz Festival booked a Staten Island Ferry for the day, for three two-hour boat rides up the Hudson River as far as the George Washington Bridge, then back past the tip of Manhattan to go by the Statue of Liberty and then dock. All the time, New Orleans jazz was playing.

When we boarded, the Papa Bue Viking Jazz Band from Copenhagen was playing, young men and Danish, but they sounded like New Orleans and one of them, singing "Bill Bailey," sounded just like Louis. After that, came sets by the Kid Thomas Preservation Hall Band and Papa Frech and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Credentials (Continued From Page One) casting Co. network. The funds will be used to pay off the party's debt, and anything beyond that will go toward building a war chest for this year's campaign. Stewart C.

Mott, a General Motors heir and big McGovern contributor, had contended that the money should be used for this year's campaign first. In Washington, the appeals court was asked to overturn the refusal of U.S. District Court Judge George L. Hart to step into the Credentials Committee's California and Illinois decisions. In the California case, the committee voted 72 to 66 to vide the 271 California delegates proportionately, thus taking as many as 153 votes away from McGovern who won the June 6 primary conducted under the state's "winner-takeall" law.

Leonard Overby, Graves County Farmer, Dies MAYFIELD, Ky. July 4 Leonard Overby, 82, Mayfield Rt. 6, died at 10:30 a.m. today. at the Westview Nursing Home, Murray.

He was a retired farmer. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Harold Jones, Mayfield Rt. 6, Mrs. Robert Davis, Mayfield Rt.

a brother, Lawrence Overby, Graves County: four sisters, Mrs. Leona Hamilton, Graves County, Miss Neva Overby, Winter Haven, Mrs. Viera Bennett, Mayfield, Miss Clara Overby, Mayfield; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bethel Church of Christ with Harvey Lynn Elder and Bobby Haley officiating.

Burila will be in the Bethel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harold Turner, Tom Travis, Pete Bennett, Billy and Charles Overby, and Bobby Bennett. Friends may call at the Roblerts Funeral Home. both made up of elderly black musicians from New Orleans. Nearly everybody played "Basin Street Blues." The Preservation Hall band played the marches to and from the graveyard, "Just a closer Walk with Thee" and "Didn't He Ramble." Pianist Emma Kempe and singer-trumpeter Al Corbette sat in with the Tuxedo band at the last for a tribute to Armstrong, "Mack the Knife," and followed it, as the boat docked, with "The Saints." On that boat, with wind, sun and jazz all around, the smiles were as broad as they used to be on the face of the great and much-loved Louis Armstrong.

it better contributions," told about 500 Amerithe annual celebration U.S. Embassy grounds. former treasury secresome Americans "are indulge in self-flagabout the United States. But, he added, "we can today take some pride, that with all our shortcomings and weaknesses, there are many achievements," including "the greatest freedom for the individual." "We want to be a force for good in the world, and to contribute to tranquility and peace," he said. As he walked to his limousine with Ambassador Kenneth B.

Keating, several Americans came forward to introduce themselves as fellow Texans. Connally said that when he landed earlier in the day in New Delhi and saw the gusts of dust whirling around the airport, "I thought for a moment that was back in west Texas." "But then I noticed the rains, and knew I was in a foreign land," he added. Connally will fly to the Himalayan resort town of Simla Thursday to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He then will return to New Delhi and fly to Pakistan, the next stop on his world tour. Albert Pruett Rites Thursday ELIZABETHTOWN, July 4-Funeral services for Albert Pruett, 82, of Elizabethtown, will be held at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. William Wodicker officiating. He died at 8:15 p.m. Monday at the Massac Memorial Hospital, Metropolis. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Elizabeth Pruett; and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Gibson, Golconda. Burial will be in the 100F Cemetery here. Friends may call at the Hosick Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Judgement Is Hard To Swallow DETROIT (AP) Gloria Judge, 24, may have lost her appetite for legal measures. Mrs. Judge said when she told her husband she had obtained a court peace bond to prevent him from beating her, he forced her to eat the inch parchment document, then beat her again. Clifton Judge, 34, was fined $100 after pleading guilty to an assault and battery charge. Meat Prices (Continued From Page One) only item to remain the same at 85 cents a pound.

In Columbus, Ohio, sirloin steak went from $1.59 to $1.69 a pound at one supermarket and from $1.57 to $1.69 at another. The picture isn't one of total gloom. Prices of some items stayed the same and a few even went down in some places. And the government continued to search for a solution. President Nixon took several steps in recent weeks, including lifting the import quota on beef and extending price controls on some items, in an effort to limit inflation in food prices.

None of the steps, however, is expected to cause an immediate drop in grocery bills. Cabinet officials are meeting with executives of major food chains Wednesday and with farm officials Thursday in connection with the preparation of a food price report that Nixon has requested by July 10. Among the cities where shoppers fared well was Atlanta. The only two increases among items checked at one market were a boost in the cost of a pound of hamburger-from 69 to 77 cents-and in the price of cantaloupe-from 29 to 49 cents. The price of rib steak went down at two Miami storesfrom $1.59 'to $1.49 at one market and from $1.59 to $1.29 at another.

The decrease apparently wasn't noticed by the shoppers, however. Among the comments from people in the stores was: "If prices keep rising, we'li just have to stop eating." Calvin Layce Dies At Clinton; Rites Thursday CLINTON, July 4-Calvin Layce, Clinton, died at 5 a.m. today at Clinton-Hickman County Hospital. He a leaves his wife, Mrs. Zettie Layce; three daughters, Naomi Russell, Columbus, Mrs.

Katherine Tack, Chicago, and Mrs. Doris Bostick, Clinton; three sisters, Mrs. G. Strode, Belleville, Mrs. Sadie Strode, Caseyville, Ill.

and Mrs. Hallie Solman, Houston; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be Luke. ducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hopkins and Brown Funeral Home here by the Rev.

William Whitlow, with burial to follow in Jon Cemetery, near ColumI bus..

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