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Temperatures Weather Overnight low 42 Fair and mild tonight. Mostly THE KANE REPUBLICAN sunny and warmer Tuesday; recording highs mostly in Noon 54 70s. VOL. LXXV, NO. 221 DIAL 837-6000 or 837-6001 Kane and Mt.

Jewett, Monday, June 3, 1968 TEN CENTS A COPY Blast Killed Volunteer Firemen Near Lewistown LEWISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -The State Fire Marshall's Office reported Sunday that water poured into a hay silo by firemen apparently choked off natural gases and caused the explosion that killed three volunteer fire fighters Saturday. Cpl. Kenneth Thompson, of the Hollidaysburg State Police, said the victims had just climbed to the roof of the silo and were beginning to douse the hay and corn fodder stored there with foam when the explosion occurred. Thompson said that what fire authorities believed was a smoldering fire apparently was escaping gas caused by natural fermentation.

gases in the silo were cut off 1 by the water and couldn't Thompson said. "This apparently built up pressure and caused the explosion." Killed in the blast at nearby Brown Township were John Wilson, 17, Jack Hopple, 19 and Richard White, 18, all of Lewistown. Fire Chief Larry Yohn, 30, of the Reedsville Fire was blown off the roof along with the victims- was in serious condition at Lewistown Hospital. At least 12 other firemen in the vicinity of the blast were treated at the hospital for shock and burns. Roof Blown Off The explosion blew the roof off the silo, which was 60 fect high and 20 feet in circumference Thompson said.

The blast also destroyed the roof of an adjoining silo, but the metal walls of both structures remained intact, he said. Joe Rupe, a newsman for WMRF radio here, who witnessed the blast, said "There was a muffled explosion. There was metal flying and I saw the firemen hurtling through the air. I came across two of the bodies as I was running from the flying metal." The silos are at the rear of a dairy store called Dairyland. They are owned by C.

C. Zook of Bellsville and A. Reed Hayes of Reedsville. A damage estimate was not available. SEVENTEEN GRADUATE FROM ST.

CALLISTUS SCHOOL LAST NIGHT The Rev. John Fisher of Johnsonburg delivered the commencement address to the 17 graduates of the eighth grade at St. Callistus School here Sunday evening. Father Fisher replaced Father Karg of St. Marys, who was unable to be here due to the death of his father which occurred Saturday.

The graduation program was held at St. Callistus Church. Father Fisher used as his topic, "Wisdom," urging the students to acquire wisdom and, with it, understanding. He stated that in the past eight years of schooling some wisdom had been gained by the graduates, "but much remains to be learned." He advised the students to look beyond themselves, learn kindness, be faithful, respect authority, and live their life in a Christ-like image. He reminded the graduates to express thanks to the many who had aided them.

so far in life, especially their parents and members of the religious orders, including the parish priests and sisters, and all others. Father Carl L. Lippert, pastor, and Father Bernard Webber, assistant pastor, also took part in the graduation program. Graduates included William Bly, John Carley, Thomas Castano, Mark Coudriet, James Durst, Christine Hoffman, Philip Jacobus John Maljovec, Sharlene Marconi, Catherine McClelland, Colleen O'Hara, Steven Rich, Margaret Risinger, James Sirianni, Maria Sirianni, Marilyn Udovich and Robert Wolfe. Special awards included $50 to William Bly from Novosel Lumber Co.

for general excellence; $10 from Catholic Daughters of America to Sharlene Marconi for religion; $5 from Father Lippert to James Durst for religion; $25 from Stackpole Car(Continued on page 8) (BULLETIN) RETURN TRUE BILL IN DOUBLE FATALITY SMETHPORT The June Me- Kean County Grand jury today returned a true bill on an indictment charging Samuel Clair MeKinney, 19, of Kane, with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a double motor fatality on March 22. McKinney was operator of car which crashed off Route 219 fatally injuring two teen-aged girls, Nancy Boedecker, 15 and Debra Kay Smouse, also 15. Education-Community Leader Paul Mowery Succumbs To Extended Illness today mourns the passing of a popular eda leader in many areas of community life, Mowery, 59, who succumbed at Kane ComHospital at 7:45 a.m. Sunday following an illfour months. Mr.

Mowery was active in his an instructor in the Commercial DepartKane Area Senior High School until midwhen his illness developed seriously. His career in the education field here covered a span of 30 years. During this time he was a leader in many areas of community life and in the Masonic orders. Mr. Mowery was slated to receive the 33rd degree of the Masonic order in September of this year.

Also, he had been named recently to serve on the McKean County Selective Service (Draft) Board. Mr. Mowery was born at Tharptown, son of the late Michael and Rose Furman Mowery. He received his early education in that area and attended Indiana State University of Pennsylvania where he received his Bachelor in Education Degree. He received his Master of Science in Education Degree from the University of Southern California.

During his residence in Kare he was active in the First Methodist Church, now the United Methodist Church. He was A Sunday School teacher, a member of the Official Board of the church and served in various lay activities including the Methodist Men of the church here. He was a veteran of World War II, later serving as commander of the Lt. Raymond A. Nicolas Post of American Legion.

Also, he was educational officer of the 23rd District of American Legion. Mr. Mowery was one of the organizers and developers of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Kane, was a past president of the Kane Area United Fund and a vice president of Kane Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the Pi Omega Pi, national honorary fraternity in business and education. In his career in the education field, he served in other leadership capacities in local, state' and national education associations.

Mr. Mowery had been keenly interested in the Blood Service Program of the American Red Cross and was honored for his long-time service with public recognition several months ago. In his service in the Masonic fraternity, he was a member and Past Master of Kane Lodge, No. 566 and served as treasurer up to the time of his last illness. He was a member and High Priest, Kane Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; member of Knapp Commandry, No.

40 and Orient Council No. 40 of Ridgway; Past Wise Master of Chapter of Rose Croix, Coudersport and a member of Coudersport Consistory. Mr. Mowery served as chairman of the advisory council of the Kane Chapter, Order of DeMolay. Also, he had served as treasurer of the building committee during and since construction of the new Masonic Home on South Fraley Street.

Last October Mr. Mowery was named as one of four northwestern Pennsylvania men to receive the high honor of the 33rd Degree of the Masonic Order. He was scheduled to receive that degree in September of this year along with Governor Raymond P. Shafer of Meadville, McDonald S. Reed of Erie, Lloyd H.

Fox of Oil City and Lowell S. Carpenter of Ulysses. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. A.

(Ruth) Swank of Northumberland and Mrs. William (Naomi) Shuey of Tharp- Mr. Mowery town. Friends will be received at the Hill-Kelly Funeral Home at usual visiting hours starting at 7 p.m. tonight and 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. At 10 a.m. Wednesday, removal will be made to United Methodist Church here where the body will lie in state until 11 a.m. At that time, final rites will be conducted by the Rev.

Howard Patterson, pastor of the church. Burial will take place in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The Masonic service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hill-Kelly Funeral Home. BROWN BOOT SHOPS FOUNDER, 82, DIES DUBOIS, Pa.

(AP) Fred J. Brown, who worked his way up from a shoe store clerk to a chain store executive and banker, is dead at the age of 82. Requiem Mass will be celebrated Tuesday in St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church, DuBois. He died Saturday.

He founded Brown Boot Shops, which has outlets in 22 western and central Pennsylvania communities and two in New York state. Brown served as president of Union Banking and Trust Co. for 25 years and was president of Vulcan Soot Blower now a division of Copes-Vulcan Corp. He also raised Hereford cattle on a farm near Clearfield. HELEN KELLER DIES EASTON, Conn.

(AP) -Helen Keller, 87, who overcame blindness and deafness to devote her life to others, died Saturday at her home of natural causes after a prolonged illness. A serious infirmity left her blind and deaf at 19 months, but with the aid of her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, she grew to become a renowned author and a benefactor to the handicapped of the world. TRAFFIC BANNED ON ROUTE 321 PROJECT Sgt. John Dussia at Kane substation of State Police said at noon today "There will be absolutely no traffic on Route 321 north of Red Bridge to the Marshburg intersection on Route 59 effective Wednesday." The Oblock project is being readied for paving. 8-Counties Ambulance Service Has a Birthday Easton Express EASTON, Pa.

(AP) -Pennsylvania's only regional volunteer ambulance association celebrates its third anniversary today. The Northeast Pennsylvania Volunteer Ambulance Association was formed June 3, 1965, among units in the Scranton area. The association now has member units in eight counties -Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Wayne, Pike, Wyoming, Susquehanna and Lehigh. "We organized to ensure mutual said Paul McIntyre of Duryea, immediate past president. "'If we have an ambulance breakdown outside our service area, we want to be sure there will be no hesitation in getting aid in that community." McIntyre said the association also functions as a pressure group when necessary.

are recommending elimination of turnpike tolls for ambulances on emergency calls," he said. "So far, we have never had to lobby actively in good cooperation from area legislators." McIntyre believes economic benefits are realized when there is a powerful organization. "Prices ambulances) now are he said. "'We'll be able to command a better price as a healthy organization." The association is financed by a $5 per member annual fee and by fund-raising projects at monthly meetings. "One of the most important by products of our association has been the sharing of equipment," McIntyre said.

"'It's expensive for every unit to purchase every type of specialized equipment. All equipment will be listed on rosters so each unit will know what equipment is available and where to get it." McIntyre sees a bright future for the organization. "These volunteers are a special breed," he said. "They would give you the shirt off their back. They give freely of their time and expect nothing in return." By BRUCE P.

FRASSINELLI burg, because we have had very GRADUATING CLASS IS TOLD TO KEEP BUSY, NOT LOSE ALIVENESS An audience, and particularly a graduating class, saddened by the death of teacher and friend Paul Mowery here last night heard a vespers program speaker urge the graduates to "be thrilled with the wonder of God's The Rev. Howard Patterson of local First United Methodist Church was the guest speaker for the annual vespers service: honoring the Kane Area Senior High School graduating class. A capacity audience attended the service in the school auditorium. The speaker urged the graduates to appreciate being alive, "No phase of life is so exciting as the phase you are now going through," he told the some 150 graduates. Then he asked how they would find excitement, from a bottle or a speeding car "or by keeping the future as God has planned it for your life?" "How wonderful God's World is!" the speaker said.

God wants you to live, to be excited, to be thrilled with all of life. You must not lose this aliveness. Keep learning and discovering the world for yourself." The minister noted the great uncertainty of our times, citing racial disturbances, then added: "God has given you the equipment to cope with all of this. Do something about it. Keep busy.

Engage in this world Don't sink into the boredom and nothingness of life." The traditional service began with three organ prelude selections played by Miss Carolyn Ludwig, a member of the Kane High Junior Class, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and "Consolation," followed by the processional of the graduating class into the auditorium. The school's popular vocal chorus, "'The Choraliers," then sang "'The Last Words of David." Rev. Patterson spoke of how Paul Mowery was such a good friend to many in the audience. Then Rev. Patterson read a scripture selection (Romans The Choraliers then sang "We Praise Thee, God." Following the vespers sermon, the audience joined in singing the hymn Worship the King," followed by the recessional.

The graduating class, numbering 154 students, will file into the school gymnasium at 8 tonight for the annual Kane Senior High commencement program. Dr. Fred W. Hunt of Kane, district superintendent of the United Methodist Church, will be the guest speaker. Await Word on Fraley St.

Project The Interstate Amesite Company of Concordville, which is to receive the contract for the Fraley Street-Route 6 project in Kane, today is awaiting word from the Highways Department to set a meeting for signing of the contract. The firm has not yet received its official word on the contract which was reported to this office from Harrisburg last week. Merrill Myers, of Interstate Amesite at Tyrone, said today the bid was for $268,000 plus with a 100-day working clause. The company also has the borough contract for the Pennsylvania Avenue job and will do the jobs here simultaneously. The company has indicated it will "move in" within ten days after receiving the contract.

On the basis of reports today, the start of construction may not take place until late this month. HURRICANE HEADED FOR FLORIDA COAST MIAMI, Fla. (P)- Tropical storm Abby developed into a hurricane shortly before noon today and aimed her torrential rains and screaming winds at west Florida's heavily populated Tampa Bay area. "We are now calling the storm a hurricane," said forecaster Neil Frank at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "Her top winds are reaching 75 miles per hour in gusts and the storm should reach the Tampa Bay area by late afternoon." DO First United Methodist Church THURSDAY, JUNE 6 6 Hours Only, 12-6 P.M.

COMIN Teacher Salary, Nonpublic School Aid Bills Likely to Clear Senate Kane ucator, Paul F. munity ness of profession, ment of February Two Bills Have OK of State House THOUSANDS ON THE the French nation in Paris. The view Parliament and MARCH IN PARIS-While he would not resign, thousands is from the top of the Arc called for new elections. President Charles de Gaulle defiantly told of marchers filled the Champs Elysees de Triomphe. De Gaulle also dissolved (Cablephoto) VICTIMS OF SAIGON Believe U.S.

Rocket Killed Six High-ranking Civilians Associated SAIGON (P)- The U.S. copter aiming at enemy gunners et that killed six high-ranking command post Sunday. As the latest wave of fighting in the capital area went into its 10th day, South Vietnamese military headquarters reported that 600 to 800 fresh Viet Cong troops had slipped into the northern suburb of Gia Dinh, miles from the center of Saigon. Four officials also were wounded in the rocket explosion at a temporary command post where the group was observing operations against Viet Cong soldiers holding in buildings in Cholon, the Chinese district in southwestern Saigon. The rocket decimated the top echelon of the Saigon city administration.

Those killed were Col. Pho Quoc Chu, the director of the port of Saigon and Vice President Nguyen Ky's brotherin-law; Col. Nguyen Van Luan, the Saigon police chief; Col. Le Ngoc Tru, commander of Saigon's 5th Precinct; Maj. Nguyen Ngoc Xinh, chief of staff of operations for the national police; Maj.

Nguyen Bao Thuy, chief of the Saigon mayor's cabinet and brother of the former minister of revolutionary development, and Lt. Col. Dao Ba Phuoc, commander of the 5th Ranger Group. The wounded were Saigon's mayor, Col. Van Van Cua; Col.

Tran Van Phan, chief of staff of the national police director; Col. Nguyen Van Giam, deputy chief of the capital military district, and Maj. Le Ngoc To, commander of the 5th Combat Po- lice Battalion. 'Deepest Regrets' U.S. Ambassador Samuel D.

By GEORGE ESPER Press Writer Mission said today an American heliin Saigon probably fired the rockSouth Vietnamese officials at a mand post, from the bombing and rocketing which have leveled several buildings and damaged a score more. The late President Ngo Dinh Diem took refuge in the same church in 1963 after his government was overthrown. South Vietnamese troops dragged him from the church and assassinated him inside an armored personnel carrier nearby. Fighting in the area about three miles west of the presidential palace has been going on since Friday. South Vietnamese rangers and tanks blasted the concrete hiding places of Viet Cong snipers with their 90mm cannon, and squeezed about 30 guerrillas into a four-block area.

Little firing by the guerrillas was reported this morning. A U.S. adviser to the government troops said the Viet Cong apparently were saving ammunition for a final fight. To meet the new threat in Gia Dinh, South Vietnamese bombers attacked enemy positions (Continued on page 8) BIG FRENCH STRIKE REMAINS UNSOLVED PARIS (AP) Premier Georges Pompidou declared today "it is a national duty' of French strikers to return to their jobs. He added that a back-to-work tendency is being noted almost everywhere in the nation.

Pompidou, meeting newsmen at his Matignon residence, gave no figures on the returning groups, so far largely limited to smaller businesses and administration agencies. The mass of the 10 million strikers showed no signs of budging. DEATH IN MEADVILLE AREA COULD BE A 'GANGLAND MURDER' MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) Police said the shooting of a man found with his hands bound behind his back "has all the appearances of a gangland murder." The body of Philip Earle Cownden, 31, of Youngstown, Ohio, was discovered by two young canoeists in French Creek Saturday afternoon. The victim's wife identified him Sunday.

She said her husband left home with a man who picked him up in a car May 91 after he received a phone call. She didn't see him again and reported him missing May 13. She said he bought a farm recently near Knox, Pa. and had been working on it. He was planning to raise horses there and expected to move to the farm this summer.

About two years ago he and two other Youngstown, Ohio men were convicted in a forged check operation in Akron and he served a year's time and then was' paroled. In April he was picked up in Boardman Township near Youngstown on a charge of operating a stolen motor vehicle. He was out on bond on that charge. Cownden was a self-employed carpenter. He and his wife have two children.

Police said he apparently had been killed about a month ago. CAR IS STOLEN HERE A 1965 model Oldsmobile stolen from the Junior High parking lot here Saturday evening, was recovered on Greeves Street where it had been parked at 11 p.m. Borough police said the car, owned by Joseph Remick of Tionesta Avenue, was not damaged. Taken from the car were a case containing registration cards, a flashlight and a Boy Scout-type knife. Poor People's Campaign Faced with Problems By JACK MILLER "I don't know where the mon- Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Poor People's Campaign, run by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has received its strongest backing from the nation's churches- -white and Negro.

The churches have donated large amounts of money. And many in the Washington area have offered their buildings to sheler the overflow of people from Resurrection City, the encampment of the demonstrators. Leaders of the campaign give little information on finances. The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, SCLC president and leader of the demonstration, said total contributions "have probably gone over the $100,000 mark." He gave no figures on expenses, and officials who control the finances at SCLC headquarters in Atlanta have made no response to repeated inquiries.

But those working in the Washington financial office said contributions aren't keeping up with expenses. One official said ey's going to come from." A top aide to Abernathy, the Rev. Andrew Young, said he couldn't give a precise picture but added that the SCLC was tapping all its sources of support. The last estimate on the cost of the still unfinished campaigners' shantytown was $84,000. The encampment of huts near the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has expanded little since heavy rains made it a muddy mess in its recently completed third week.

Campaign officials said in recent days the camp was about three-fourths completed and had about 2,200 people on the grounds. Another 2,000 had been evacuated temporarily to area churches because of the mud, the rain and the cold, joining about 1,000 others who hadn't been able to move in for lack of space. About 90 per cent or more of those at the camp appear to be Negroes, a large percentage of them apparently poor. The racial breakdown would become (Continued on page 8) HARRISBURG (AP) The teacher salary bill, battered about in the stormy sea of debate for two months, is expected to clear the Senate this week, just as the emotional nonpublic school issue sails into view. The $44.7 million salary bill, that would increase teacher pay minimums to $5,400, cleared the House last Tuesday.

It was expected to come before the Senate today. Sen. Stanley G. Stroup, Bedford, majority leader, predicted the bill would pass. The legislation to aid nonpublic schools also has passed the House, but Gov.

Shafer has labeled that $27 million bill unacceptable. Instead, the governor last. Tuesday proposed amendments to the House measure. His program would use harness racing funds to finance the nonpublic school aid until the newly legalized sport of horse racing could carry the cost. Shafer said that, as tax receipts from flat racing approached $10 million, harness funds would be decreased proportionately.

Once they reached $10 million, nonpublic schools would get that money, plus 50 per cent of any excess. "I'd say the governor's amendments improved the bill," said Sen. George N. Wade, R- Cumberland. Wade is chairman of the Appropriations Committee which takes up the legislation at a meeting Tuesday.

Informed legislators said proponents of the bill accepted the Shafer package, believing it was the most they could expect this year. Ranking legislators in botn chambers said they expected it to pass. The House and Senate both convene Monday for a three-day work week. Absentee Voting Republican leaders in the House, meanwhile, said they expected action on a bill proposing wholesale changes in the state's absentee voting law, a disputed measure on milk control and an amended version of the Susquehanna River Compact. Among other things, the absentee voting bill would require all ballots be in the hands of the county elections board by Friday before the election.

The ballots would be counted election night with regular poll returns. Opponents of the farmerbacked milk control 1 bill on the House floor were expected to attempt to abolish all pr authority on a consumer level. Failing in this, they reportedly are contemplating amendments to abolish the three-member Milk Control Commission, place price-fixing powers in the hands of the agriculture secretary and create a nine-member Milk Advisory Board in the Agriculture Department to assist him. This would be in line with a Shafer administration bill which the House Agriculture Committee rejected. GARLAND MAN, 31, FATALLY INJURED Berger sent his "deepest regrets and to the South Vietnamese government and to the families of the officials.

One officer said Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, ordered that no further American air strikes may be called in Saigon or its without his approval, U.S. military suburbs, spokesman declined to comment.

on this. The U.S. Mission said one rocket from an American helicopter. malfunctioned and "there is a strong probability that the rocket which fell short of its target landed in the vicinity of the officials." "Since there firefighting involving enemy rockets in the general area of the explosion," the statement added, "it cannot absolutely be determined what happened." Newsmen visiting the scene inspected fragments of a rocket which officers identified as the type used by American helicopters. U.S.

air strikes normally are called in by local Vietnamese commanders who certify the target area is under enemy control. American helicopters were back in Cholon today, fighting with tear gas rather than rockets. One reason for the tear gas was to spare a Roman Catholic church in the area, apparently used by the Viet Cong as a com- YOUNGSVILLE Glenn E. Stover, 31, of Garland, a native of Forest County, was fatally injured in a one-car accident near Pittsfield early Sunday morning. Friends will be received at the McKinney Funeral Home at usual al visiting hours beginning this evening at 7 o'clock.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Donald Strand, American Sunday School Union missionary, of Kane, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Stover leaves his wife and four children.

He was head sawyer at the Stec Saw Mill at Garland. HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL: By The Associated Press The Memorial Day weekend traffic death toll fell short of early estimates made by the National Safety Council, but the loss of life was high. The toll as the four-day weekend ended was 602. A total of 488 traffic fatalities were counted during a recent nonholiday weekend of the same length. TRANSPLANT PATIENTS DIE By Associated Press Three heart transplant patients died Saturday, Joseph Klett, 54, at Richmond, Albert Murphy, 59, at Montreal and Ronald Smith, 39, who died Saturday at New York during a transplant surgery..