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NJ. lottery number 567007 Vol. 79--No. 81 The Stroudsburgs, Pa. Friday morning, July 7, 1972 15 Cents House passes budget in compromise move Most happy fella! Alabama- Gov.

George attends going-away dinner with wife Cornelia, left, daughter Peggy Sue, center, and Sister Helen Marie, administrator of Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, on eve of his departure for Miami via Montgomery, Ala. Story, page 2. (UPI Telephoto) HARRISBURG (UPI) The House passed a compromise version of the state budget Thursday night by a 108-83 vote. The Senate was expected to do the same. The agreement ended a six- day stalemate over Gov.

Milton J. Shapp's proposed 1972-73 budget. Leaders of the two Democratic factions said they were satisfied but it was uncertain whether the plan could be sold to the rank-and file members. The Republicans immediately blasted the proposal as "phony" and said they were united against it. The two GOP members of the conference committee said they would not sign the report.

The general appropriations bill proposed by Shapp totaled $3.29 billion. The compromise version cut $116 million from that and did not include money for flood relief. Flood victims would be paid $150 million through a separate bill. Senate Democrats said as soon as the house agrees lo the final budget proposal, they will pass the flood relief bill. The major cuts from the governor's spending plan came in welfare and education.

About $52 million was taken from public assistance funds and $12 million from mental health and mental retardation. In education, the teachers' retirement fund was reduced by $14 million, basic school subsidies were cut by $5 million, and million was taken from the state colleges and universities. The most controversial program in the budget, stale reimbursement to counties for court costs, was cut by $30 million. Shapp had asked for $47 million but the rural Democrats and Republicans in the House reduced it to $8 million. The compromise version gives Iho county courts $17 million.

Another $300,000 was added to the Human Relations Commis- What's news Burger delays rule fDflW on delegates battle (Dow Jones-Ortaway News Service) Laird blasts McGovern budget WASHINGTON McGovern's proposed Pentagon budget was assailed by Defense Secretary Laird as a scheme to erode American security and to sell out U.S. allies. He insisted he didn't have any political motives in attacking McGovern's proposal, and expressed "regret" the Democrats didn't invite him to their platform hearings so he could attack it there as well. S. Viets occupy Quang Tri SAIGON Saigon paratroopers occupied Quang Tri City's power plant and airport.

The paratroopers were taking fire from hunkers hidden among the houses of the city. Enemy forces in the bunkers were estimated at two companies, possibly 200 men. One prisoner said they had called for reinforcements. But U.S. advisers to the South Vietnamese expressed doubt the relief forces would arrive because of U.S.

air and artillery blows. Power satellites planned WASHINGTON The use of satellites to generate electrical power will be studied by NASA. The space agency awarded a $197,400 six-month contract to A.D. Little Inc. to explore the technical problems of a satellite power station.

Ford sued for pollution DETROIT A pollution suit against Ford Motor Co. was filed by the Wayne County (Mich.) Department of Health. Officials of the agency say Ford's River Rouge auto plant puts out "obnoxious, offensive, damaging and harmful" emissions. Ford was "surprised and shocked" by the charges, a spokesman said. Lower meat prices hopeful WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary George P.

Shultz held out hope Thursday that shoppers could look for lower meat prices by late summer. Shultz also said he and other members of the administration's economic high command would fly to the California Wlu'ie House Thursday night to report to President Nixon on (lie results of two days of talks with food industry representatives. Bunnies hop for Henry BALTIMORE Forty-eight Playboy bunnies have chosen Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger as "the man I'd most like lo go out on a date with." Kissinger, whose White House assignments have fed at least one belly dancer to flop into his lap, will not be on hand Friday for the formal award. A 15-foot- high poster will be his stand-in.

Information please WASHINGTON lUPl)-Chief Justice Warren. E. Burger temporarily delayed execution Thursday of lower court decisions which awarded Sen. George S. McGovern 194 disputed Democraticconvcntion delegates.

But he announced no decision on whether to summon the vacationing Supreme Court back lo consider appeals by the losers in those decisions. Banning F. Whittinglon, the court's press officer, said before the court offices closed for the night that some action was expected this morning. Burger's order delayed implementation of the appellate court's rulings to award 153 California delegates to McGovern and to uphold the Democratic Credential Committee's ruling which ousted Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's 59-member delegation.

The delay gave Burger time to consider an urgent appeal from thu Democratic National Committee that he reassemble the Supreme Court from its summer recess to consider overturning the California decision. Daley's group asked, too, that the Chicago decision be reversed. McGovern stood to gain 41 delegates from the Chicago area if Daley's bid fails. Those delegates, along with tlie 153 from California, would assure him a first-ballot presidential nomination when the roll is called in Miami Beach Wednesday night, McGovern's aides said. It was presumed here -although no announcement was made -that Burger was in contact with his colleagues on the Supreme Court in pondering the requests for an extraordinary session.

Thousands already in area for Concert 70 rock festival By BERT WALTER Record News Editor i a camped outside Pocuno International a a a i waiting for 7 a.m., when the gales would open to let them into the infield before the scheduled i i of the Concert 10 rock festival at noon Saturday. a i i huge raceway as small groups around (he roaring fires, the a i a i through low lying clouds of i began i around the raceway at 10:30 p.m. Small groups of rock music fans walked along Long Pond a a a on i backs and flashlights in hand, looking for a small clearing in the woods in which they could a i a night. The young people began streaming into the raceway parly Thursday with the brunt of the large crowd expected today. i i polite," said Edgar Haas, a security guard.

"They're out to have a good time. We don't anticipate trouble," he said as an afterthought. The strumming of a guitar and a few who sang along could be heard in the distance. Many of the 5,000 persons came some 30 states. One young man hitchhiked from Danbury, Conn, in five hours.

Although tired, he smile a i a Another came from Buffalo, N.Y. and yet another from Boulder, Colo. Index Ann Landers Bridge 10 Classified Ads 20-23 Comics 10 Crossword Puzzle 10 Deaths 12 Editorial Page Erma Bombeck 11 Family Fare 8 Horoscope 12 O'Brian's Broadway 6 Sports Pages 14-15 Stocks 16 Teen Forum 11 Television 10 Weather Pattern 12 Weather Local a Mostly sunny and pleasant. Highs in the lew to mid 70s. Probability of precipitation is 10 per cent.

Sun rises at 5:34 a.m.; sets at 8:31 p.m. Fire I Moderate. Record Weather Pattern on Page 12. Miss Tall Universe contest a A i Lodge. Page3.

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Page 13. a a i of Kingston "unbelievable" to witness Page 13. Good The cost of living has risen a i merchants are moving their bargain basements up to the third floor. Sfocfc sfory Open: 333.47 Close: JM2.1.1 Changed: Up 8.C6 Thursday's volume: 1B.52 million Congress cited for election-year tactics A CLEMENTE, a i (UPI)--President Nixon's chief congressional lobbyist Thursday accused the Democratic-controlled Congress of engaging in a cynical election-year strategy by passing popular but inflation-feeding legislation. He said Congress already had exceeded Nixon's full-employment budget by more (nan $6 billion and promised the President would veto all future measures if they substantially exceed his budget requests.

William Timmons, who took over as head of the White House congressional liason office when Clark MncGrcgor movcci over to head the President's campaign committee, made the remarks after he, MacGregor and John Ehrlichmnn, the chief white house domestic adviser, met with Nixon for more llian an hour to assess the record of Congress so far. "Unfortunately, we must confess it is miserable," he said. He said the President felt that when Congress comes back into session after the Democratic Convention there will be a tendency for it lo "continue to act irresponsibly." He said Nixon particularly wanted action on his proposals for a moratorium on school busing, welfare reform, sharing federal revenues with state and local governments, and the strategic arms limitation. "There seems lo be a cynical strategy on the parl of some Democratic leaders to deliberately send to the President proposals with good objectives but proposals thai substantially exceed his budget requests," Timmons said. The 5,000 came walking with a a on i backs, riding motorcycles, old cars, new cars, Thunderbirds and even a rented Continental, All a i grassy i small roads leading into the woods and even in mud.

The reasons for these young people attending the concert vary as much as the people themselves. One college stud i leave Panama after the concert, a a said. a i local law officials, short-handed because of the recent flooding, have a i i a a Counties to assist in traffic and safety control at the concert. The event is expected to draw an estimated crowd of 80 to 100,000 people. A a i Monroe County District Attorney James F.

Marsh, State Police Captain John Kistler, of Troop in Hazleton, and Monroe County Sheriff Forrest Sebring, it was revealed that Troop will be the only slate police unit available for duty at the concert. State police offered (he suggestion of obtaining a courl injunction to prevent the concert from going on as scheduled, but Marsh said it was "dubious" whether one could be obtained at this late date. Marsh mentioned the need to "have specific grounds" in order to get the courl order, and added, "it would be a bigger problem getting an enjoinment than to permit the concert to go on. "Many people are already in the area for Ihc concerl," be added. Raceway officials have expressed confidence lhat the volume of people and sanitation problems can be handled, Marsh said.

sion to appease black lawmakers who said the money was needed to fight racial discrimination. Rep. H. Jack Seltzer, R-Lcb- anon, the lone House Republican on Ihe six-member committee, said at least $80 million of the cuts were fake. He said most of the education and all of the welfare money would have lo be inserted back into the budget before the end of the fiscal year through so-called "deficiency" appropriations.

"All that money will have lo be put in," he said, "and in addition, they seem to be forgetting the effects of the flood. "The corporate net income tax will be down because businesses affected by the flood won't be making the same kind of profits. Flood victims won't be contributing as much personal income tax because many of them lost their jobs. "The lottery is shut down for four weeks. They all seem 'Hot Line' for tuition installed PHILADELPHIA (UPI)-The Pennsylvania Parent Ass is lance Authority (PPM) has set up a telephone "hot line" lo help families with children in nonpublic schools file for tuition payments from the state.

PPA Chairman James L. J. Pie said the hot line was set up because an estimated 150,000 eligible families have not yet filed applications for tuition payments. The deadline for applications is Monday, July 17. Under Ihe new arrangement, parents can obtain application forms by calling free of charge from any where in Pennsylvania 1-800-462-4MO.

The lines will bo open 24 hours a day. "One of the reasons we believe that many parents have not yet applied," Pie said, "is that the tragic consequences of Hurricane Agnes have impeded communications and mail delivery in many parts of the state." The Pennsylvania Parent Reimbursement Act for nonpublic education provides tuition payments of up to $75 for each child in a nonpublic elemenlary school, and up to for each child in a nonpublic secondary school. small, but when you start adding up all those litlle things, we have built up $200 million short of revenue. "We're talking aboul being one-quarter of a billion short next year." Slate employes continued to work without pay. The American Federation of State County and Municipal I A I (AFSCME), bargaining agent for 63,000 state workers, responded that its members are "fed up." Fineman urges income fax ploy HARRISBUHG (UPI )-l louse Speaker Herbert Fineman Thursday night proposed to ait conslilutioiial corners to allow a graduated income tax before the end of the year.

Fineman, said his strategy would allow the slate to provide "direct aid" for fiood victims. The proposal took-the punch out of a Republican campaign for a cut in the current 2.3 per cent personal income tax. Fineman indicated Iris proposal was aimed primarily at helping flood victims. But it would also opeti the way for the graduated income' tax sought by Gov. Milton J.

Shapp. The proposal would change the state constitution, eliminating a clause which says that all taxes must be uniform. A 3.5 per cent graduated income tax was outlawed by the state Supreme Court on the basis of this clause. Fineman noted the "uniformity" clause also prohibits the state from giving any direct tax relief to flood victims. "Thus," he said, "the legislature has been placed in a constitutional strait-jacket so far as giving appropriate financial relief to flood victims." Under normal circumstances, the uniformity clause could not be changed unless approved in two separate sessions of the General Assembly and a voter referendum.

But Fineman noted there is a little-known shortcut provided in the constitution. In cases of "major emergency," it would allow a constitutional change on approval of only one legislative session and a voter referendum. If Fineman's plan works, the tax uniformity clause could be removed from the constitution by November. Fineman said he would introduce his constitutional amendment soon "so that the General Assembly can begin immediately granting emergency tax relief to disaster'vic- tims---whether they be individuals or businesses." Johnstown gives food to victims WII.KES-BARRE, Pa. I --More than 85-tons of food, supplies and medicines arrived here Thursday in National Guard trucks for distribution to flood-stricken residents of the Wyoming Valley.

The supplies were a gift from the people of Johnstown, a city that was devastated in 1889 when a dam broke and took the lives of 2,200 persons. The half-mile long truck convoy that brought the supplies here was an outpouring of sympathy by Johnstown residents, many of whom lost relatives in the 1889 flood. The gift of supplies from Johnstown was only one of the many outpourings of food and N. Viets 'told' to bargain now LONDON '(UPU-Russia and China have separately counseled Hanoi to negotiate a settlement of the Vietnam War with the United States without much further delay a high Communist diplomatic source based in London said Thursday. a i a i representation in Hanoi--said these moves have been made independently by Russia and China, without apparent coordination.

Western diplomats here had no information about the moves. They either have no direct link with Hanoi or very limited aecess to Norlh Vietnamese officials there. Neither Russia nor China is applying pressure to Norlh Vietnam, because neither can afford to politically, the source said. On the contrary, both countries have confirmed that they support North Vietnam politically morally and militarily. Both support Hanoi's terms for a Vietnam peace and neither has suggested any specific concessions to the United States, the source said.

What both have done the source said, was to imply the need for greater flexibility on the part of Hanoi. They have also let it be known that Ihey cannot risk confrontation with the United Stales, the source a i A a a a i i i i a Soviet a a been a i a A i a a Vietnamese ports, The source stressed thai there was no suggestion of concerted Sino-Soviet pressure on Hanoi. Nor was there any indication whether Hanoi would heed the counsel from its two main allies, which it has ignored in the past even when taking their economic and military aid. China's and Russia's attitude toward a negotiated Vietnam settlement has nevertheless caused considerable depression in Hanoi, the source said. For some time Hanoi was said to have shown growing disappointment with its key allies.

This has now given way to outright suspicion, which was deepened when neither Peking nor Moscow took action against the American blockade of North Vietnamese porls, the source said. other supplies that have been shipped have where rain from tropical storm Agnes triggered the most damaging floods in the history of the Wyoming Valley. Many of the country's largest food manufacturers' firms like Heinz, Oscar Meyer and General Foods, have sent in truck loads of supplies. Companies like Johnson-Johnson, Scott Paper, Continental Can, Avon, and many others, have donated tons of first aid supplies, medicines, mops, brooms, soap and toothbrushes, items that are taken for granted until tragedy strikes. Rheingold and Anheuscr Busch Breweries each donated 200,000 cans of fresh drinking water to the flood victims.

Supermarket chains, like Pathmark, Purity, Acme, AP, Food Fair and Perm Fruit, all have shipped produce, food and other supplies into the area. Many chains stores have donated their trucks and other equipment. Sperry and Hutchinson which supplied green stamps to merchants, donated $5,000 to the newly-formed Pennsylvania Emergency Relief Fund. Fischer apologizes, loses draw REYKJAVIK, Iceland I --After more than a week of psychological warfare, chess geniuses Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky met face to face Thursday night with the Soviet champion drawing the while pieces which will give him the first move in their world championship showdown. Spassky, 35, the Soviet titleholdcr, and Fischer, the temperamental 29 a old American challenger, play the first game in the $250,000 contest Tuesday.

Fischer earlier sent Spassky a "Dear Boris" letter apologizing for rny "petty dispute over money" which had delayed and threatened lo cancel the 24- matchchiimpionships. A few hours later Spassky sent word that lie was satisfied with the apology, and the Iwo mcl for the drawing and to inspect the hall and playing facilities..