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TUB GETTYSBURG TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1968 Threats To Demonstrate At Democratic Convention Lessened By Withdrawal Of LBJ; Protest Movement In Disarray PAGE FTVB STUART J. PAHN Atioeiifcd Pr.ii Writer CHICAGO (AP) Presiden Johnson's decision to withdraw from the political scene appears to have lessened-- if not elimi nated-threats of demonstra uons the Democratic Nation al Convention next month. Shortly after Chicago had been named site of the Demo cratic conclave, antiwar, civi rights and hippie leaders chorused that if opposition to the President's policies were to be meaningful, it would have to in volve the convention at the sprawling International Amphitheatre. But now the protest move ment is in disarray. The National Mobilization Committee, organizer of the march on the Pentagon last Oct 21 and the largest vehicle for war protest, has canceled a program formed specifically for the convention, a program touted as "the largest in American history." PLANS CANCELED "But we no longer have those plans," said Rennie Davis of the NMC's Chicago office.

"Those plans were shaped largely around the assumption that Johnson would be running" Davis added In an interview. The NMC still contemplates what is obscurely termed a "presence" during the convention, but Davis did not elaborate. Lowell Rheinheimer, 20, reflects the growing uncertainty when he discusses the Chicago Area Draft Resistors, CADRE, a chapter of a national resistance organization which had plans for demonstrating the week of Aug. 25. "After Johnson's announcement," he said, "the youths in CADRE had a tendency to relax, to breathe a sigh of relief.

And they felt they could withdraw themselves from the movement." CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT If the peace movement plans appear loose and tentative, those of the civil rights movement are even less structured. James Farmer, former director of the Congress of Racial Equality, said CORE will not demonstrate at the convention and added: "I hope the convention comes off, and I plan to attend." The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has never officially adopted the promise, of Ms predece sor, the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King to demonstrate at the convention, although he, too, has mentioned the possibility of a "presence" there.

When eyes first focused on the convention site in early January, Negro comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory angrily denounced the Democrats' choice of Chicago, proclaiming the convention would be held only "over my dead body" and that he would spearhead a demonstration of 5,000 persons. PEAKED VIOLENCE Three months later Gregory called everything off. He said he feared the planned marches would erupt into violence. As the civil rights and antiwar threats have softened, so have those of the flower people. The Youth International Part) --or Yippies--has re-evaluatec its plans to stage a festival joy in Chicago during the con vention of 50,000 to 500.00C bead-spangled youths.

"Yes, we had a program come to Chicago," said Jerry Reuben of New York, a leade of the Yippies. "And official! it's still on. But the question what to do is all up in the air." DRAMA REMOVED It is so up in the air tha many Yippie leaders are open! discouraging the Chicago inva sion. "The drama was taken ou of the situation by Johnson's de cision," Reuben said. The Yippies contend they ar regularly abused by police daily situations, and were espe cially forcefully dispersed dur ing an antiwar march in April.

But city officials deny sue! allegations, as do officials of th Democratic party. Mayor (Richard Dalej has frequently stated that any one who wants to can come to Chicago to carry out his right a an American, to petition, am demonstrate as long as doesn't violate any laws," on city official said. MARCHES DESTRICTED Demonstrations are highly re stricted in Chicago. A city ordi nance allows only one march a day, limits the size of the marcl to the discretion of the police su perintendent. It requires tha police be notified at least 2 hours in advance of the route its points of inception and termi nation, and the names of th leaders.

The i a restricts marching to daylight hours, bu prohibits marches during th peak traffic hours of 7:30 a.m to 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m With the threats of demon strations fading, another possi ble obstacle has been thrown up --the statewide strike by a tele Aone union. Officials of the Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers contend that a continuance of the strike could mean dela; of installation of the comple communications network re quired for the convention. WAGE DISPUTE Linemen, installers and re pairmen have been on strike since May 8 in a dispute over wages.

Negotiations have been jroken off. But Illinois Bell Telephone Co officials insist that adequate manpower and technology available for installation of the Long Pontoon Span Calif. Replaced LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -The 135-foot pontoon bridge to Terminal Island, built by the tfavy as a temporary structure 1944, was closed this week and replaced by a new $20-mil ion bridge 200 feet high. The old span, which rose and ell as much as 25 feet with the ide, carried hundreds of people a day and caused huge traffic ams while traffic was stoppet allow ships to pass.

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Pa. sophisticated equipment. Convention coordinator John M. Meek seems unconcerned about the strike and says mere ly, "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." RUMORS SCORE And in the backdrop of al this, Democratic party and Chi cago city officials continue to rebuff rumors that the conven tion will be moved to another city--possibly Miami Beach where the Republicans wil meet earlier in August. Meek has assured the news media almost weekly: "We nev er ever discussed moving the convention, or talked about it or thought about it.

We came out here to have the convention We knew there would be demonstrations. There were demonstrations at the 1964 con vention. Npbody was any the worse for it." MAXWELL GETS PROMISE FROM INSURANCEMEN By VINCENT P. CAROCCI HARRISBURG (AP)--Armed with data indicating a severe tightening of the market, Insur ance Commissioner David 0 Maxwell won a promise from the fire insurance industry that they would not capriciously abandon the ghetto areas of urban Pennsylvania. Reporting on a 2Yz hour meet ing Tuesday with representa tives of 56 larger companies doing business in the state, Maxwell said: They told me they would The legislation Harrisburg and nake a good faith effort to keep writing business in the cities pending a decision on legislation before the General Assembly anc Congress.

"UNEVEN PROBLEM" "The problem is an uneven one in that some companies are writing the business while other are falling down. All companies agreed to maintain the market. But they pointed out they can't continue to write these areas and run the risk thai catastrophic losses due to riots could wipe many of the smaller companies out." pending in Washington would create mandatory pools which would guarantee insurance companies state and federal as sistance in shouldering the bur den of losses becaue" of civi disorders. Maxwell said the agents aj, eed to "work vigorously" for passage of the Shafer adminis tration bill now on the House floor. ESTABLISH POOL It would establish a pool for companies to share the high risk coverage according to the percentage of the business they write in the state.

Maxwell called the specia meeting after the department Over $100 million in property insurance was either re iected or failed to be renewed Philadelphia and Pittsburgh during a three-month period last year following a summer of na- ional civil unrest. Insurance agents were be- ng told by the companies the amount of protection they could place was sharply curtailed. One agent alone complained to the department that he had 3C1 home owner policies worth $4.5 million to $5 million that he was unable insure. Companies were not taking advantage of a state plan which permitted them to levy a surcharge for each fire hazard associated with a given property. Maxwell said he hoped the pool legislation would be approved in the General Assembly next week.

TWO ALTERNATIVES If the General Assembly doesn't pass a bill before it ad- ourns for the summer, I'll call he industry representatives back the next day to see what we can do." In the event the legislature 'ailed to pass the bill, Maxwell said he could see only two alternatives to insure the availability of coverage in urban areas. "Either the companies agree voluntarily to a pool arrangement or somebody else, meaning government, will have to write the insurance like the state loes with its workmen's com pensation program," the com nissioner commented. Maxwell approved a $5 minion increase in property insurance rates last May 15 to specifically cushion against potential losses lue to riots. The average U.S. store clerk earns $57.56 a week.

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Presidents did not attend "SPECIALTIES OF THE HOUSE" ARE IMPORTED By JOHN CUNNIFP AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) They might deny it, but It's a fact that some of your favorite restaurants are serving specialties of the house that were prepared and frozen in factories hundreds of miles away. An industry representative claims that in one well known Eastern chain about 70 per cent of the meals are so prepared. Even gourmet meals of veal cordon bleu or filets de sole bonne femme are offered this way. In some restaurants a frozen entre that cost 75 cents wholesale is simply popped into the oven for a prescribed time. The vegetables, also frozen, and the bread are added, along with any inique touch the restaurant might devise.

Served in fine surroundings, the meal might cost S6. TREND DROPPING "I don't think you or anybody else would know who made it." says Gerry Thomas, a former Nebraska farmboy and now frequently the man behind that semi anonymous tag, "industry spokesman." In a restaurant, he agreed, you would have an opinion of whether it was good or bad." But. he added, "since you wouldn't be thinking along certain lines you wouldn't detect the difference" The trend to restaurant use of precooked dinners has been developing for several years, partly for convenience, partly because of a shortage of chefs and the rising cost of employing one: as much as $25,000 for a quality man. Regardless of price, however, there aren't nearly enough chefs With obvious disdain Sor their lack of foresight. Sam Martin, editor of an industry publication, remarked that "The kids today are taking up physics.

They don't want to be cooks. It isn't glamorous." WAGE HIKE HELPED Some claim also that precooked meals found increasing favor with restaurants when the minimum wage rose to $1.60 an hour in February. One frozen food executive claimed a growing trend "rapidly accelerated" about that as AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY AL Reduced 20 to 'DRESSES SKIRTS SUITS SLACKS MODERN Miss SHOP restaurants turned to more automation. The mass producer of frozen meals can buy in volume and can afford the most expensive chef to formulate receipes, la- batory technicians to "fabricate" them, and a stable labor force to run them down the assembly line. The restaurant that uses the meals then can regulate its storage, cut waste, and employ relatively low-pay personnel to heat the meals.

It also isn't restricted to serve only when a chef is on duty. Present offerings include almost everything from hors d'oeuvres to soup to entre, sauces, desserts. Some of the best hotels no longer employ sauciers but instead melt frozen newburg or mushrooms blends to spread on their best dishes. IN HOSPITALS TOO Some companies in the frozen food business concentrate only on dishes that involve considerable preparation time, great complexity and high labor costs--on Stroganoff and lasagna, for example-- ignoring the steaks and chops and other readily prepared dishes. More precooked dinners also are being served in hospitals, nursing homes, schools and industrial cafeterias.

iversity students reportedly are going big for precooked omelets, the airlines are considering offering them also. The entire business--home and away from home--is now a $7- billion-a-year enterprise that is expected to double in size within the next 10 years. Thomas claims Americans average 65 pounds of frozen foods a year and will be eating 129 pounds by 1976. And sometime within the next 10 years, says Martin, about 25 per cent of all mass feeding will be through use of meals prepared and frozen at a factory and merely heated at the point of consumption. Schiphol Airport in Holland is the only airport on which there was once fought a naval battle.

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