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i .1 i CATV Contract Upheld-Page 3 ft ilWil -Anniversary THE WEATHER Sunny, lfir today, Increai ir( cloudlntit, mild Thurday, NEWSSTAND 15 CENTS 1- I Mtilutinni "uv" 0 (INTINNIAL TUI -NO WEJL Rodio AM 630 kc. rM 107.1 mc. SCIf ANION, WEDNESDAY Af UIUNOON, APRIL 15, 1970. CAHMIIU DKLIVI I (58 PAGES (fib Astros KJearao yppyo No JVIbtciih for Error 8uefn space. The spacecraft wjia' ii ni KST Friday, some Dar ami service modules, holfi otitis milts an hour.

nitixiNs later than earlier of which will burn uj in the al Tin- and by Hie space agency. m-ipiwrc. aotivitv at tVv cofiset ved Hecau.se of th' (Hiiibllity that One part of tlir lunar vehicle iri i ropic.il Mkitii Hi-irn, iiov ivn exieri(M lo Durn up. 14 SPACE CENTER, Houtton Mission Control re- a(MHtt nulf jwjv, imht J. iml .1 -r tho li'if-c 1 ti of ami '1'ucjijy.

(ik'" .11 13 snaceihiD wai off courie in rii'mcry arcj, Mmi Ifu- 1 liii.h! del. i filial rutil tm'ii i ljv af'cr and mutt make a midcourja ni WW "7 1 li in. ngina correction tonight or i ml 1 1 llioni nt' to m.i ic best ism inurday if it it to return a cains'er -arrini; a small amount of radioactive phi to-mum winch winild have Ijeen to jiower a ieiic s'atioii Co. rid II. use had I'IjihksI to leave on Iho mixui lo previM.l esca)e the radioactive m.iten.il 'lie cinister was designed to a hlaz-m dive th- It is expected to (ink in the Pacific.

Even if pluUnuum should he oxp.sed, the (ie i.s so MTial! it would not harm life, officials rt'iiorted. As Apollo 13 streaked der to earth, Mi.vsion Control spfiil ihrv wiillil 1 ii' to earth. If the firing it not tpaceihip -ffly in cw I'scifu-, (iLf4cidi tuccettful, the would mii the earlh by 104 t.lHllll mile and probably would w-rtmj; in tin' rcnumin Th 12:10 p.m. Mi Thurt-dy tt St. Pcter'i Cthdrtl will be for the af rtturn of th Apollo 13 crew.

Mgr. Mlchal Ktnndy, pttor, Kid that th, public ll invittd to itttnd thf M. have no way to get home. 'I In- a.sliiiiKiuis have iH'em rtilix't'd to tU-ixTkli'iu'o on lh'' nMcr am! o'iicr resources SI'AC'K CKNTEH, HHiston lun.ir thnn an hour today ra- ann and.diinfJ up iastnictions for settiiig conserve himdwl.s of switches in the (AIM Apull'j lli's craft. nursed their disabled ,.11 I'1'' ailjiistniciil hack toward earth today a.s r.

lnnanre trf tlM- u- (llv )(Kf idenco Unit among M- nar command placing them in the proer order fi- reentry Is that they would make it. r. 1 1 lie corruiiiuki ves.se Hut the dangers 1 VV.u- ly relies on p.wer ami oxygen iM lamlinK from the attache service mod-! If ttvp- storm dictates a iduit of Thf men hjtd ni Tiiarfin. 1 able of getting the crew hack. I ule.

Hut these were made u.se-;1he larKlinK site, this nupht adI fe'l we are much hetter off than for error or further malfunctions. They are hvuig ami flying less the accident. Fur re-en- a few minutes to the flight. AP WjrifplSO0 Sixten-y ar-old Barbara Lovall, whon Dad, Apollo 13 5pact Commandar Jim Lovell, is working hard to drive homa tha diwbled spact craft from its lunar trip, prepartj to Itavt hr home nar the Space Center at Houston, for school. on emergency supplies.

the astronauts will switch I can Ret on mat aircrati James A. fvell Jr Fred consxtrnMcs Bi everything is ()J batu, am, auxihary I don't care how long it liaise Jr. and John L. Sw.Rert ha we Astern, the standard prxxe-jtakes," Haisc radioed. Jr.

were hoarding their flt'ibiliCv' dure on all Apollo missions. Of the three, mission com-oxygen, water and iKwer sup 1 more 1 jjut )ns ()me inhere will be no mander Lovell was the only one plies effectively as Apollo 13 es-i The astronauts will ride the chance to recharge the batteriest 'having trouble sleeping. He said caped from lunar gravity and command ship through the at- from the service module's syshe got only three hours early to-sped into the earth's sphere of.niosphere to a planned splash- terns since they are dead. jday while Swigert sle)t eight influence at a point 219,000 miles down near Samoa in the Pacific First, they will jettison the hi- and Haise six. President Delays Report to Nation Family Life Near Normal Again for Wives AP Woephoto 1 thrceiof her children.

Jeffrey, 4, to had been indications (AP) Family life approachrd'Pacific Ocean splashdown! Mrs. liaise kept her WASHINGTON" (AIM Presi-' There nursery school but the other three remained at her side. In Denver, Swigert's dent Nixon put off today until Nixon might disclose plans for for Apollo 13 wives to-scheduled for Friday. children home from school the first of the week because of pulling another 50,000 A men- day as tensions eased in the! Mrs. Haise and Mrs.

LovelliTuesday and, like Mrs. Lovell, the poIlo 13 flight difficulties cans Jut of the war. 'spacecraft. Isturk close to home, watching was visited by a large number the report to the nation he had: The present announced ceiling; Wearing a pert black and television newscasts and listen-; of friends and astronauts' father .1 I-eonnrd Swipprt tnlH newsmen he was confident Apollo 13 procedures depicted. Storm Poses Threat To Splashdown Site ABOARD USS 1WO JIMAlneuver their craft to land 200 scheduled for Thursday night on'level for troops is 434.000, white checked dress, io communications oeiween, wives.

Mrs. Lovell sent the youngest NASA "won't leave any stone Vietnam and U.S. troop levels Ziegler -aid. hut because of cer-, Lovell, accompanied by daugh-jthe crew and flight controllers U.S. Embassy Stormed unturned to bring them back." He said his wife perhaps was "more emotional" than he and had a tendency for "continual worry" about her bachelor son.

there. tain fluctuations there now are-ier susan, urove in tne tanu- Presidential press secretary American servicemen on ly car to visit the astronaut's Ronald L. Ziegler said the Pies" dulv. imother, Blanche Lovell, at a ident did not want to preempt! The President's decision to nursing home at nearby Friendswood. API A tmnic.nl slorm t.hat!mil! Kevnnrl nr ilmH nf thr.

nine Oil lituiunai iieLwuifta wijih mil mi v.i i As Arabs Vent Wrath there is a concentration on tne pie on Vietnam came on a uav liaise accepted a luncn As for himself, the elder Swig-C0ll(1 ive birlh (0 a hurricanespIashdown' target', about 600 crt said, In just praying that i.lml,.pj the Aoollo 13 miles smith nf return of the Apollo 13 mission, when he was being kept in close eon invitation from Sue Bean, A definite time has not been touch with the return of Apollo wife of the Apollo astronaut By The Associated Press roamed Amman's streets try ing Arab demonstrators stormed tn rtinrt, nrrier" set for rescheduling the Viet- ancj the problems involved, Alan L- rsean. TTnfil he's doing everything that should be done, and that the Lord will help him out in some way." niiThtV ilia It PiyiKqcci. In tUn onitJi splashdown site today hut recovery ship officials said they expected no weather they could not cope with. nam report, which Ziegler had astronaut1 4 vr.vU. ine u.s.

envoy, Josepn Sisco bv Michael Collins, said previously would produce inai sent Apouo uoi juraan louay, men uoiiu-u assistant secretary of state for an announcement on the iiuincnaiu, uui wivesjaim ecu we io uie nmn nan cui- Mjddle Eastern affairs du in leiiiauicu insiue meir nomcs turai center mere. Jnrd.nn nn Friday afW a vislf tA state for public affairs. of troop withdrawals. m. iiitu 4 I l(Jb The mob protesting the im-j Israel, pending visit of a U.S.

envoy to- The aUacks foUowC(1 a cai by Amman, the capital, Fatah to "counter th Si close to communications monitors and television. Both were still talking today about a surprise telephone call ixon Would Outlaw Boy Sfarfs Fire, Two Sisters Die Capt. Leland F. Kirkenio. commander of the recovery ship, said he anticipated no problems even if the splashdown occurred in winds of around 45 m.p.h.

He said several practice exercises already had been conducted in winds of that velocity off Hawaii. Space agency officials on board expressed confidence that if the astronauts enter the earth's atmosphere, the landing will go normally. "It looks good," said Rip Kir-by, assistant space agency recovery team leader. windows in in-e wnnassy anaimksinn hv rovrsL.tinnr. late Tuesday night when Presi- ransacked its offices.

Three em lence." This comment was Great Lakes Dumping Observers aboard the Iwo Jima kept a close watch on Tropical Storm Helen as it moved across the Pacific at less than six miles per hour. If it keeps up its present course and speed forecasters said the storm's fringe could be as near as 230 miles to the target point when Apollo 13 returns to earth Friday. Winds near the center of the storm were clocked at nearly 50 miles ner hour and gusts ur to broadcast by Al Fatah's radio from Cairo. dent Nixon called to express his concern. TVs si ftivnn1 Antnnnnfia flnr? CHESTER, Pa.

(AP) A boy bunting a toy with a lighted can bassy vehicles were wrecked. The demonstrators hauled down the U.S. flag on the embassy roof and replaced it with the The Unified Guerrilla Com WASHINGTON (AP) dle Tuesday night accidentally Presi-ione year if the secretary of the Administration said the 4rt Atmo AiinH ihnf IniQ into roct 1 to dent Nixon aske-d Congress started a fire that killed his two mand, which groups all the main Am a nrlv nranniyni i fr Palestinian colors. sisters, police said. u.i President assured the wives were not making reasonable.

he and the entjre nation progress attaining -oncern th day to outlaw dumping of polluted dredgings into the Great Burned to death in their Ches At the cultural center a for two.hour generai was thrown fu-st and then somestrikc on Friday to protcst sis. in the crowd set the building on vi it sites. Lakes, starting with the 35 most! progress of the disabled craft, The Iwo Jima was expected to ter apartment were Letha Boy-land, 8, and her sister, Valerie, polluted harbors. The White House said con-Lnjcn swung around the moon In a special message, of facilities in the 35-ixUS(iay njgjt and began the f'r' The strike should halt all in- Xiiiec uoe Hternational air and Jand traffic about 35 m.p.h. licked out witbin 100 miles of Sa-the center for 150 miles.

moa 'ate today when Rear The ship's meteorologist, Lt.Adm' c- Davis. com- 6, two of the five children of Juanita Eoyland. Police said the girls' brother, Reginald. accidcnta IT set mexi, anouiciai ui u.u i rau. tQ Jord Arah ciiprrilla organization 0 also ordered a suiciy, io most polluted harbors would 1250 000-mile trip homeward Snmnrodredr-itf sLSf'f 'u NASA Administrator Thomas dumping of dredgings, sludge federal government would payL Do, 0,0 and other materials into theihalf.

The cost of operating and 0' le R. B. Otis, said the storm prob-l'l "wc-es in veer, ininred hv snlinters from A statement by the command we 1 dime, was scneuuien 10 the bombing and by the United States of bedclothing afire ably will intensify. "It could Another brother, Nathaniel, weU become a hurricane" beat at the flames with his ne said' He add' thnt IIelcn. land Fred W.

Haise Jr. and, in shooting. seeking to dictate a political Tiwi At mnn iva a settlement to the Arabs that arnve aboard ship by helicopter. The ship will head for the splashdown area late today or early Thursday. would be tantamount to surren- hands, police said, and the two wounded while attempting to "In the New York area be increased $5 million a year alone," he said, "these to the added handling cost of annual dumping would cover' of the dredged spoil." all of Manhattan Island to a' tonlli Af am (nnl in lii.n "U.S.

I AoU rUK I response to a question about the problems, said, "Things could be worse." Lovell, liaise and John oer. thought they had put the fire traveling southeastward, could take a more southerly course and speed up. Officials noted that if the calm the crowd. The cultural center was badly damaged by the fire. Friday is the Moslem u.piuv.

roAcinvcTAvr rv f.A 4U when government and business When it flared anew the two Joint patrols of Arab guerril weather creates critical prob Initial emphasis however is nrj uuji6uuutouicuhii tUSun on the Great I ake's with Nixon Posit'on tne Treasury April 10: lof the lunar lander Tuesday his nrJr.r 'mro-lr! Balance, $4,480,825,125.45. 'night to kick Apollo 13 toward a Today's Chuckle There was a time when eol- offices and shops are closed boys and a third brother, Wil anyway. lliam, 31, fled, police said. lems the astronauts could ma- las and Jordanian police lege kids thought they were living dangerously when they cut classes. Throng Tells Those Who'll Listen: End th War End It Now! a major step toward abating pollution there by "by-products of modern technology and large population increases." Principal legislative requests submitted by the President By GAR KEARNEY were: I i rfi Tr Mft www and ROBERT BURKE Times Staff Writers A throng of Vietnam War pro A halt to disposal of polluted testers, chanting "-Peace Now," staged an orderly noontime pro cession from the University of Scranton campus to Lackawanna County Courthouse Square to dredge materials into the lakes by private interests and the Army Corps of Engineers "as soon as land disposal sites are available." Establishment by the corps of containment areas to hold the materials that otherwise might go into the lakes.

A requirement that the states and other non-federal interests pay half the cost of cession were two of philosophy professors, the Rev. Bernard A. Suppe, S.J., and the Rev. Edward Jarvis, S.J. Once the paraders reached Courthouse Square they heard antiwar addresses by clergy-! men, college faculty members1 and student activists.

The Moratorium committee earlier billed the gathering as one of the largest antiwar demonstrations ever held inj Pennsylvania. Its purpose, they said, ws 1 to voice "dissatisfaction with the government's spending of hard earned tax dollars for the i war in Vietnam, Laos and 1 Cambodia." 1 demonstrate their opposition to the war. Crowd figure estimates ranged upwards to 1,000. The Scranlon-Wilkes-Barre Vietnam Moratorium Committee predicted that the demonstration would attract between 3,000 end 5,000. Marching two abreast, the activists moved out from a field building the containment areas and also provide needed lands and other rights.

Suspending dredging after 'It is felt that this money. On Today's Editorial Page Real Trouble For Apollo 13 what had started out as seemingly another flawless trip to the moon has become a fearsome race back to earth, so suspenseful it is almost beyond bearing" Would Multiply Bureaus in State where before there was one agency directing the 'Crusade Against now we have two in a move by state bureaucrats dictated by another group of bureaucrats in Washington" Tnm lo Page 6 INDEX along Quincy adjoining should be spent on decent hous-l the of dormitory quadrangle jobs for all, better educa-i about 12:35 p.m., and arrived at yon and rebuilding our the Adams Ave. side of Court-COmmittee officials declared in' Amusements 53 Hollywood 41 Astrodata 32 Investor nouse oquare several minuiesi. nrenared Dress release. Births later, The procession, which at its 33 Landers 17 30 'Mail Bag 6 40 'Movie Time 53 45 Parting Shots 2 Puzzles 52 Bishop Boobvilie Boyle Bridge There were no reported Incidents to mar the protest, at 1 p.m.

today. However, as the procession moved along Linden a stu longest point stretched little more than three blocks, attracted clergymen, teachers) and students, mosfly of college age, but with a large representation from area high schools. Burroughs Classified 53 55 Radio 47 Comics 52'Reston 6 dent marshal, assigned to help with crowd control, approached 2 TV iSalute 13! Apparently the vast majority a motorcycle patrolman and in-of participating students "cut Coosidine Doctor's Mailbag Editorial Financial Food Features IQjSocial 19, 21, 22 6 Sports 51 48, 43, 50, 56 29; Problems 47 1 jif 1 1 formed the officer that a band 'classes" to join the of anti-Moratorium individuals the university and the lurked nearby to hurl debris at irity 's three high schools, Scran-i the marchers. The reported Incl-jton Central, vScranton Technical dent failed to materialize how-1 and West Scranton, announced, "vfr. intentions to conduct a normal In the vanguard of the pro- Continued Page 27, Column 2 Funrals 4, 5, 27 Teen Forum 22 Heloise 21 Why Grow I Old? 21 Protesters talk things over at of campus..

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