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THE DAILY ITEM Sunbury, Thury, July T972 State's in Its 6th Day Without Money Assembly Is Inching Imperceptibly On A Budget Compromise oh A'-r-A i vt r.y.'i tJvttfC'f i i fV) Toward v-1 i A LEGAL RESIDENCE The first of the camper-demonstrators nuke their homes Wednesday night la a Miami Beach park after receiving permission from the City Ceun- cil. They said they were Ylppies waiting for rh start of the Democratic National Convention. (AP) Signs Are Evident At Various Spots State Is Getting Out From Under Flood Debris By The Associated Press Visible signs that Pennsylvania is beginning to get out from under the debris left by flood waters from tropical storm Agnes are evident at various spots around the state. Since the cleanup began about a week ago, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman in Philadelphia, 20 corps employes have gathered a large assortment of flood remains out of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers.

The collection includes a variety of liquids filling 1,800 drum whose constitutions range from "not harmful to po-t entlally dangerous." The drums have an average capacity of 100 gallons, making a total lot of about 180,000 gallons. Also removed have been some 300 tons of debris mostly large chunks of wood torn loose from trees and homes by the flood-swollen rivers. The debris was picked up by large cranes and by men patrolling the rivers in small boats. The spokesman said he thought the two rivers could be cleaned up by the end of the week, depending on the weather. By BOB WARNER Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG, Pa.

(AP) Pennsylvania went into its sixth day without money today as the legislature inched imperceptibly toward adopting a budget for the new fiscal year. The six lawmakers appointed to break the budget impasse finality got around to meeting late Wednesday, four days after their appoinnent. But the four Democrats and two republicans found themselves so far apart on bow to spend Commonwealth revenue in the next 12 months that they adjourned within minutes 'to ponder the budget individually. The House and Senate both convened for the day, went into, recess to wait for the conference committee and ad-j e)d without )a single vote once word emerged of the committee's slow progress. The four Democratic conferees spent the day in consultations with the governor's office, In strategy sessions with each other and in vain attempts to talk a bloc of upstate House Democrats out of their opposition to Gov.

Shapp's general appropriations request. The two Republicans, called to the first committee meeting at 2:30 p.m., waited until 3:10 p.m. for the Democrats to show up. After preliminaries, the Democrats asked the Republicans to leave, while they held talks of their own. The GOP was called back in at about 4:30 p.m.

and told that its drive, to cut $150 million from Shapp's budget was "unacceptable," according to Rep. Jack Seltzer, R-Lebanon, minority appropriations chairman in the House. At about 5:15 p.m., the committee jave up until Thursday. Senate Appropriations chairman Benjamin Donolow, D-Philadelphia, said the conference committee's wprk was "slow." He maintained it had made "some progress," despite "no agreements on anything." Sen. Newell Wood, Tt-Lu-zerne, said the session was "exploratory.

Nobody came up with any ideas that seemed to have the blessings of those assembled." He added there was 'no disagreement but lack of any agreement." Each day without a final budget or temporary, stop-gap appropriations delays relief checks to about 35,000 additional welfare recipients and forces Pennsylvania creditors and state employes to wait another 24 hours for payment. Democrats could pass a budget close to that urged by Gov. Shapp were it not for a group of about 20 dissident House members, led by Rep. Kent D. Shelhamer, D-Colum-bia.

Shelhamer said Wednesday that his upstate group still supported cuts of about $150 million they made two weeks ago with the unanimous backing of Republicans. Nearly half of the cuts came from a $73 million revenue sharing plan originally de-, signed to give $49 million to Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties alone. qualify for regular state unemployment compensation. So far," about 45,000 applications have been filed statewide for unemployment compensation, with 35.000 of them eligible for state unemployment. The federal Highway Administration revised its estimate of road damage to $407.1 million.

More than 3,600 statewide site inspections of highways and bridges have, been undertaken by the federal highway agency and state personnel. The office of Emergency Preparedness said the U.S. Post Office was in the process of distributing five million copies of an OEP brochure listing 42 aid and assistance programs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it had distributed $1.2 million worth of free food stamps to flood victims in the state.

The USDA said the need for the stamps was now diminishing because of an influx of food donated to the Red Cross. "The Smafl Business Admlnis- tration said it has approved 920 home loans totaling $4.5 million, and 41 business loans worth $2.3 million. AMONG THE LEADERS Workmen Wed- other leaders of the Democratic Party. The nesday prepare te hang a picture of former party begins Its national convention In the President John F. Kennedy on the wall of hall on Monday.

Miami Beach convention hall along with (AP) Democrats Tarn To Supreme Court For Ruling On California Delegates The cleanup from the spillage of the Susquehanna River remained a problem in the hard-hit Wyoming Valley area around Luzerne County. The Army Corps of Engineers said it had awarded a total of 140 contracts for cleanup operations. have started night shift debris removal in the Kingston area, on the west bank of the Susquehanna, across from Wilkes-Barre. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard which is supervising the cleanup on the west bank said 800 guardsmen were manning the front end loaders and dump trucks used to haul debris from the streets to five local dumping sites. The Guard also said it had completed the reburial of an estimated 400 coffins exhumed from a Forty Fort cemetery by the flood.

The Corps of Engineers said total personnel working in the Wilkes-Barre area Included TT corps officers, 40 corps civilians, 700 local employes, and military personnel. Meanwhile, the National Guard said It planned to call up new units to replace those on duty since the flooding began June 23. In the western part of the state, cleanup operations were reported nearing completion. Some areas along the Mo-nongahela and Ohio rivers still required that drinking water be boiled, however. The water ban was lifted along the Allegheny River Wednesday.

Unending, paperwork proved a major part of other facets of the recovery from the flood. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said 9,069 applications have been filed for temporary housing. It said 233 families have been housed In mobile homes and vacant FHA and VA houses in the state, with that figure expected to increase rapidly when housing sites and other necessary steps are completed by the v-, Also, some 350 mobile homes have been purchased and were Jeing sent to disaster areas. The U.S.

Department of Labor said some 600 persons have qualified for assistance which is allocated by that department to the state for those who don't IUIIIIIIIIIIIIIMItlllllllllltllllllllllllllllllll 2k n' V1 i i limits to the federal courts. On the other hand, forces loy al to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley argue that the courts should upset the committee once more and restore convention seats to Daley and 58 allies. The Court of Appeals restored to McGovern the full 271-vote California reversing the committee's vote to take more than half the number from him and apportion them to other primary candidates, chiefly Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey. The court suspended the effect of its rulings Jintil 2 p.m. today to give the high court time to act if it wishes. The Supreme Court has held only three special sessions in its history. "We feel this case is as compelling and more compelling" than those which prompted the other sessions," said Democratic National Committee counsel Joseph A.

Califano in Miami Beach. "The courts should not get involved in selecting dele- Almanac Data Friday, July 7, 19JT i Sun rises at 5:48 t.m,, sets at 8:37 p.m. Length of day: 14 hours, 49 minute? Day of year 189 Du F'am NATIONAL HEATHER NOAA. U4- D- Comrc. Ucil Mean Other Nevys Briefs lef Jackie Alone, Photographer Told NEW YORK (AP) Free-lance photographer Ronald Galella has been barred from going near Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

A federal judge ruled that Galella had "relentlessly invaded" her right to privacy U.S. District Court Judge Irving Ben Cooper wrote in his decision-Wednesday that Galella "was like a shadow everywhere she went he followed her and engaged in offensive conduct." Cooper dismissed Galella's suit accusing Mrs, Onassis of interfering with his right to make a living and found him guilty of contempt for defying an earlier order to keep his distance from the family. Galella has made something of a career of photographing the former First Lady and her two children, Caroline and John Kennedy. Chess Match To Begin Sunday tfight REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP)- Bobby Fischer made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers of the world chess championship match said the two would meet for their first game Sunday night. The organizers said it had been agreed in principle to hold the drawing tonight to determine which player would have the white pieces and with them the first move.

Fischer, whose delayed arrival doubled the prize money for both him and Spassky but also started an ava--lanche of confusion, asked the Russian to "accept my sheerest apology." "I simply became carried away by my dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers," he wrote. Terrorist's Trial To Begin Monday TEL AVTV kt) The trial of Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese terrorist accused of helping stage the Tef Aviv airport will begin Monday, the Israeli Military Command said today. WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic party lorces are seeking rape special session of the Supreme Court to determine which presidential candidate gets the California delegates George McGovern thought he bad locked up. The appeals to be filed today would go first to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger who would decide whether to call the justices back from vacation.

The arguments revolve around constitutional guarantees of due process and the ex-, tent to which Jederal courts may inject themselves into par- tisan political processes. Two groups are appealing a U.S. Court of Appeals decision Wednesday which reversed the party's Credentials in the California case, but upheld it in the Illinois case. First is the party hierarchy which defends the committee as the proper body for deciding such matters and wants the high court to declare the selection of convention delegates off- gates." McGovern forces announced Wednesday afternoon that the appeals-court action gave their candidate more than the 1,509 delegate votes needed for The Associated Press delegate count, which does not list officially uncommitted delegates who are leaning toward a candidate, showed McGovern with 1,436.65 votes. But Humphrey was in no mood to concede.

He noted that the Supreme Court had not yet spoken, and argued further that the party itself would be the ultimate judge. Humphrey conceded that it would be "quite a hassle" if the convention ignores the court, but said he felt it has the right to do so. The appeals court based its intervention on the conclusion that the party had ipored its own rules to. the point where constitutional guarantees due process were yiolatedf-Califor-nia law awarded all the delegates to the winner. The decision overturned a U.S.

District Court which ruled Monday that the judiciary has no jurisdiction in partisan processes unless a clear constitutional principle is involved. The lower court found no constitutional question in that' case. In the Illinois case, the appeals court was unanimous in finding that the party could reject. Illinois delegates on grounds the selection did not conform to party rules. McGovern Postpones Welfare Reform Plan "WASHINGTON (AP) -George McGovern's off-again, on-again welfare reform plan is off again.

A spokesman said Wednesday McGovern has decided to wait until after the Democratic National Convention next week to unveil the second version of his plan to rewrite, the nation's welfare laws. By that time, he hopes to be the Democratic nominee for president. This makes at least the third time McGovern has postponed announcement of his revised plan. "We didn't think there, was any sense in further cluttering up the convention," the spokesman said. "There'll be enough going on to distract people as it is." catheiHlnformation Summer ICIeirance SAVE UP TO 50 OnSolocttdlttmi Umlted Quantities KicSaiti tei in shamokw unci imo IIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIimilllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIf IS RUGS Window and Porch Stiadas O) Stair Traads Dlty I to S.30 fTl.l Suf.

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The trial is expected to last less than a week. Jets Pound Enemy Lines AtQuang Tr SAIGON (AP) U.S. Navy fighter-bombers pounded North Vietnamese bunkers south of Quang Tri City today, trying to blast open a path for a task force of South Vietnamese paratroopers advancing on the enemy-held" provincial capital. Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeld reported from the northern front that the carrier planes bombed line of bunkers about 2 miles from the center of Quang Tri City. The bunkers were concealed in a row of homes shaded ly trees and flanking Highway 1.

Two companies of North Vietnamese troops, perhaps 200 or more men, were reported entrenched in the bunkers and firing oh the paratroopers despite the air attacks. AND ROOM SIZE I O) Choose from Pattamt In Snowroom 0) Brand Names I 0) Thousands of Fabrics and Colors Weather Forecast Forecast for Middle Susquehanna Valley: Partly sunny with the chance of a shower today. High in the upper 60s to low 70s. Fair tonight. Low in the mid to upper-50s.

Mostly sunny Friday. High in the low to mid 70s. Precipitation probability 30 "per cent today 20 per cent tonight arid Friday. Winds mostly northerly at 5 to 15 m.p.h. today and variable at 5 to 10 m.p.h.

tonight BINDING AND SERQINQ RUGS 1GEORGE F. MOYER stiiiiitiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiMiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiii 1 NOTICE SHIKELLAMY SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS The following is a CORRECTED LIST of Shikellimy Tax Collectors for 1972 Taxes: Districts No. 38 to 38: District No. 42: Districts No. 48 to 54: NORTHUMBERLAND ROCKEFELER TWP.

SUNBURY CITY 1 Mrs. Dolores M. Snyder Mrs. Doris Beck Lester Fecker 111 Front Street R.D. 3 City Treasurer Northumberland, Pa.

17857 Sunbury, Pa. 17801 223 Market SL Sunbury, Pa. 17801 District No. 39: District No. 45: 7 POINT TOWNSHIP SNYDERTOWN District No.

57i Albert F. Stuck Mrs. Betty Cirdell UPPER AUGUSTA TWP, 1 12 W. Sunbury St 1 Mrs. Eva E.

Putnam Northumberland, Pa. 17857 Swydortowiy Pa. 17177, D. 2 Sunbury, Pa. 17801 "7.

Gov. Wallace Will Fly To Party's Convention SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) George C. Wallace, partially paralyzed but still seeking the presidency, ends a 53-day hospital stay Friday and flies to the Democratic National Convention where he will disclose his plans for the future. Aides say the Alabama governor will make an important political announcement on his arrival in Miami Beach.

Wallace has been fitted with leg braces and a 32-inch-high walking bar so he can swing his legs along without the aid of another person. 1 NEW PREMIER Pierre Messmor, France's new premier, has a reputation as an unswerving Gaullist. His appointment Wednesday by President George Pompidou is seen as an attempt to pull back disaffected party members before the next election. This photo was taken in his office Wednesday night as he prepared to form a new cabinet. Messmer replaces Jacques Chaban Delmas, who was dismissed as premier by Pompidou.

(AP) tm KM (AP Wirephote Map) WEATHER FORECAST Showers are forecast today in parts of the Midwest and along the coast extending from New Mexico through the Gulf states and up to the mid-Atlantic states. Warm weather is expected in the West and cool temperatures are forecast In much of the nation..

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