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Threat of Tax Increase 15' Expect State to Reverse Self on Nonpublic Aid The Kane Rpubl an McKean County 13, 1975 Only Afternoon Daily Newspaper Published In Kane and Mt. Jewett, Friday, June Overnight low 50. Noon reading 69 VOL. NO. LXXXII, No.

Accepts Two Resignations School Board Gives Informal Approval to Teacher Contract Flag Day Parade Will Move at 1 1 A.M. Saturday Kane today is preparing for its biggest Flag Day parade in many years moving at 11 ajn. tomorrow through the Kane business section on Fraley Street featuring approximately 100 members of the 10th Special Forces Group of the U.S. Army and their colorful state flag displays along with the U.S. colors.

Initial reports mentioned more than 1,000 of the 10th and 11th U.S. Army units participating but it was reported that men of the units are scattered through the forest areas from Wellsboro to Tionesta on maneuvers and the 100 man representation of the 10th will parade, give a repelling demonstration following the parade at the Bentz Building and "free fall" and parachute drops at the Kane Area Senior High School athletic field at 2 p.m.. WO Donald Keneske, commanding officer of Kane's Pennsylvania National Guard unit, which is hosting the event, said numerous parade units will participate with marching music by the Kane High Marching Band and the local Elementary Schools Band. Okay Vaughn, veteran of World War I and one of the oldest veterans here, will be parade marshall. The 10th Special Forces "Green Berets" have selected Staff Sergeant Mark T.

Osborne, of Philadelphia, to carry the Pennsylvania flag in the procession. He is a nephew of Homer Gilfert of Ludlow. Numerous organizations and businesses have arranged for floats and participation in the parade and there will be representation of officials from numerous communities through the area. The possibility of some drum corps participating also has been reported. McKean County Fair Queen contestants and Miss Kathy James, McKean County Fair queen, of Kane, will be in the procession.

Also among dignitaries will be Commonwealth Judge Glenn Mencer, of Smethport; State Senator Richard Frame and Representative in State Assembly Victor Westerberg, of Kane. The Detachment Bn. of Pennsylvania National Guard will be in the parade along with floats by Kiwanis Club, Business and Professional Women and Kane Council of Republican Women. Also to participate will be antique cars the Bradford Shrine small car, unit, the 40 et 8 and the Kane Fire Department. Still others have reported efforts to participate.

There will be no parking permitted on Fraley Street from Haines to the Perm Central crossing from 10 ajn. until the demonstration is completed at the Bentz building. Kane Area School Board, meeting in the junior high school library, last night accepted two resignations, hired a senior high school instructor and gave informal approval to a master teachers' contract for the next school year. Joseph Kocjancic, president, conducted the meeting with seven of the nine directors, all but John Paup and William Rietter, attending. Mark Bier bower of Uniontown, a Perm State University graduate, was hired, at the starting salary, as a vocational agriculture department instructor at the senior high school.

Resignations were accepted, with regret, from Mrs. Mary Shaw, kindergarten instructor at Clay Street School, and Mrs. Leone McKechney, million. House Appropriations Chairman Stephen Wojdak, Philadelphia, said he sees no way to cut $120 million from other programs and would have to seek higher taxes immediately if Mullen has his way. Rank and file lawmakers always are skittish about raising taxes.

Reduced spending would be more likely outcome if the $120 million remains outside the budget proposal. But reduction in spending also are politically difficult, 'the House demonstrated Thursday. The lawmakers voted for cuts of $243,000 from the education department and $302,000 from the Governor's Council on the Arts. But more radical surgery was rejected. Rep.

Bill Shane, Indiana, tried to cut $20 million from funds for state mental institutions. "The institutions are being kept open to accomodate the union muscle of AFSCME (the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes, which represents hospital employes) and the pork barrel attitudes of legislators," Shane claimed. Other lawmakers denied the allegation, saying the mental institutions needed more money, not less. The amendment went down by a 165 16 vote. Shane succeeded with other amendments to force the education and welfare departments to notify the House and Senate of any hew employes to be paid $14,000 a year or more.

Rep. Vern Pyles, Montgomery, tried to force the state to abolish about 7,800 jobs by next spring. "We've got to reduce this galloping cost of government," he said. Majority Whip James Manderino, Westmoreland, criticized Pyles for "a meat axe approach" to budget cutting and the proposal was defeated 129 52. Rep.

Patrick Gleason, Cambria, sought a $324,000 increase for the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, to pay for a commission probe into alleged kickbacks on state contracts and purchases. The amendment failed 155 66, getting only two votes from Democrats. Gleason chaired a legislative committee that looked into state contracts last year. The committee's material was turned over this year to Atty. Gen.

Robert P. Kane, who then gave the job to the Crime Commission. But Gleason said he fears that the commission won't be able to do the investigation without substantially more money. HARRISBURG (AP) The issue of aid to nonpublic schools has blown a $120 million hole in House Democratic budget plans, but leaders say they'll repair the damage next week. The House voted 97 82 Thursday to reserve $120 million in state cigarette taxes for potential aid to nonpublic school parents.

It was the first major budget setback for the Democratic leaders, who need the $120 million for other programs if they are to balance their $4.5 billion spending plan. The leaders claimed that the House action could lead to a tax increase. But they said they will ask next week for another vote on the issue and they expect rank and file lawmakers to change their stand. "Once they're given a little time over the weekend to think about what they've done, they'll change their minds, because they don't want to vote for a tax increase," said House Majority Leader K. Leroy Irvis, Allegheny.

"They felt this was a way of really looking good to Roman Catholic families." The House adjourned for the week after voting on the $120 million and 17 other proposals to add, substract or redistribute budget money. Another 35 amendments and a final budget vote will face lawmakers when they return on Monday. The $120 million would be distributed to the parents of parochial and private school children only if they win a suit in the federal courts. The money now is lying idle in a special fund, established in 1971 to pay grants of up to $150 to parents for each child in a nonpublic school. The program was ruled unconstitutional in 1973 by the U.S.

Supreme Court. But parents who qualified for aid before the ruling are trying to get the money they would have received. The case now is before the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Rep.

Martin P. Mullen, Philadelphia, a persistent nonpublic school advocate who has been feuding with Democratic leaders, led the fight to reserve the $120 million. Mullen said that if the money is set aside now, the legislature can cut other programs," avoid a tax increase and have funds available if the federal courts authorize the parental payments. If the money is spent for something else and the courts rule in favor of the parents, Mullen argued, it would take a tax increase to raise the necessary $120 In Gulf of Thailand Confusion at Washington Trujillo Killing Can be Traced to CIA Actions' 229 teacher principal at Mt. Jewett School.

The board gave its informal approval to the essence of an agreement with members of the Kane Area Teachers Association on a one year contract (Members of the teachers' association had given their informal approval to the agreement earlier this month), since precise language of the agreement has not been drawn up. School board approval was on a 5 2 vote. Highlights of the agreement, according to Ralph DeCamp, solicitor for the school board, are: A $950 salary increase for each teacher on the staff, full Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance coverage provided by the board (but not dental insurance). An increase in the board's reimbursement committee was so sketchy that "no conclusions could be drawn from any of it." One member said the briefing lasted about three minutes and was given by a committee attorney on the basis of information he had seen at CIA headquarters. He said it was not a prepared briefing but was given during a heated session in response to a question of what Chairman Lucien N.

Nedzi, had been told a year before and had not passed on to other congressmen. Nedzi has confirmed that he and chairmen of other committees were briefed on misdeeds uncovered by the CIA in 1973 and has tacitly confirmed they included unspecified involvement in assassination plots. The week long dispute over Nedzi's knowledge of CIA misdeeds and his failure to act on them came to a head Thursday when he resigned. Nedzi contended the misdeeds "were history" when he learned of them and he did not act on them because he was concerned at the time with current allegations of CIA involvement in Watergate. Nedzi said he resigned because five committee Democratic opponents had imposed their control over his actions as chairman and it was clear his remaining as chairman would mean constant conflict.

Speaker Carl Albert put House action on Nedzi's resignation off until Monday and said he will make no quick decision on whether to appoint Stanton chairman. Meanwhile, there were these developments: American industrialist Edward Lamb said he witnessed an assassination attempt on Fidel Castro in 1969 during a trip to Cuba and that Castro's personal physician later said the would be assassin had admitted he was working for the CIA. Lamb said he and Castro were riding at the head of a jeep convoy when they came within 30 feet of two Cuban soldiers at a parked jeep. Lamb said one of the soldiers fired a machine gun at Castro's jeep but missed when the second soldier "smothered" him to the ground. Lamb, 74, of Toledo, Ohio, said he was visiting Cuba at the time to give advice on how to manage agricultural projects.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that President Ford, at a White House luncheon with Times editors and executives in January, used the word "assassinations" in discussing CIA activities. The New York Daily News said Thursday in a copyright story that it had established through former city detectives "a clear link between the Central Intelligence Agency and the New York Police Department." It quoted sources as saying that an elite crew of city detectives was assigned to a five day seminar at the CIA's Virginia spy school in 1972. Thai, Viet and Cambodia for college credits earned and an increase in sick leave benefits upon retirement. Also, a $150 bonus to teachers who announce retirement plans before Feb. 1st will be dropped by the board.

Instead, each teacher will accumulate $10 per year, up to a maximum of $200, to be paid by the board upon retirement. The board, by a 6 1 vote, voted to finance a limited driver education program for adults this summer. No federal or state reimbursement is available for such a program. Bills paid included $840 to the Bruce Merrilees Company of New Castle for installation of the flashing school safety lights on Biddle Street, to protect students crossing that street. Per capita tax exoneration lists were approved, after deletion of one name on the Wetmore Twp.

list, and the board voted to advertise for bids to point up brick work at Mt. Jewett School and Chestnut Street School. Also, the board voted to advertise for bids to supply some 300,000 units of milk to the school district in the next school year. A list of supplemental contracts (such as yearbook advisor, coaches, principals, band instructor, etc.) was approved for the next school year on the recommendation of Supt. of Schools Laverne Johnson.

At Mr. Johnson's recommendation, the board voted to use the same companies for voluntary student health insurance coverage and dental insurance coverage next school year. At the recommendation of the board's busing committee, a 25 percent in crease in pay for school bus contractors was approved. Amotion was approved, too, to pay busing contractors for hauling students an extra day, June 6, the day students returned to receive their report cards. The board voted to make the Warren National Bank its depository for funds in the next school year, voted to require owners of major bus contracts to carry $1,000,000 in liability insurance, voted to provide a $10,000 bond for assistant board secretary Mrs.

Helen Stark and voted to keep the same cafeteria prices next school year (35 cents in elementary schools, 40 cents for high school students and 50 cents for adults). A negotiated settlement between the board, the Manno firm of Ridgway and the insurance company was approved by the board for replacement of the roof on the vo ag building at the senior high school. The roof was blown off by recent high winds. A different company, Associated Life Underwriters, of Meadville, was selected by the board to provide life insurance coverage for district employes at board expense, at a saving to the board of some $800 in one year. A one year contract was agreed on with the Meadville firm.

The board went on record as stating Supt. of Schools Johnson "has done a good job in his first year as superintendent" and joined in applauding him. A proposal by acting senior high school Principal Jack Hedlund that the senior high school join in a "poetry in school service" in the next school year was approved, at a cost of about $150. Four one day workshops for both poetry and creative writing will be held (The board noted that two Kane High students have won $1,000 scholarship grants to the governor's school for the' arts at Bucknell University in the last three years, Tina Vanerstrom in drama and, this year, Robin Hollingshead in creative writing). The board expressed its appreciation for the Senior Class gift of over $2,000 announced during the June 2 senior high school commencement program, to be used for school projects.

A suggestion by Mr. Kocjancic that he and two other members of the board, Robert Magnuson and Fred Zampogna, sit in on teacher hiring sessions, with Mr. Johnson and the principals, was approved. Dale Fogel, elementary schools principal, noted that five maple trees are dying on the Chestnut Street School lawn. Mr.

Fogel and Mr. Johnson were authorized to seek professional help in trying to save the trees. Beaches closed Kiasutha and Kinzua beaches will remain closed this weekend due to the high water levels and contamination in the Allegheny Reservoir, according to Don Burge, Bradford district ranger at Klondike. The water level fell from a high of 1,339 feet to 1,337 feet by Thursday and was expected to fall two more feet by Saturday. The levels are still too high to resume normal activities.

Ranger Burge noted, however, that all camp grounds are presently open and an attempt will be made to open all the boat launches by the weekend. June 21 is the target date for re opening the beach areas, when contamination is minimal and pool levels more normal. MISTRIAL IS DECLARED JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday afternoon in the trial of civil rights leader Charles Evers, who was charged with evading more than $52,000 in federal income taxes in 1968 70. WASHINGTON (AP) Members of the House intelligence committee say they were told sketchy details of CIA involvement in an assassination plot against the.

late Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo, but some members were uncertain whether that was the plot that ultimately led to the dictator's murder. Only one of five members interviewed said Thursday that a very brief report to the panel last week would support a statement by Rep. James V. Stanton, Ohio, that the CIA was involved in the successful assassination of a foreign leader. Rep.

Ronald V. Dellums, contending that what the panel was told about the 1961 Trujillo assassination would support Stanton's statement, said Trujillo's killing "could be traced to actions that were taken by the CIA." He declined to give details, and Stanton refused to say whether he knows more than the committee was told in a secret session last week or whether he in fact is referring to the Trujillo assassination. Trujillo, a long time dictator of the Dominican Republic, was shot down by assassins as he drove outside Santo Domingo. Former CIA agent Philip B. Agee, in his book "Inside the Company," quotes a former CIA official as saying the agency was "deeply involved in planning the assassination, which was done by Cuban exiles from Miami using weapons we sent through a diplomatic pouch." But another member of the House panel, Rep.

Michael Harrington, said that if Stanton's statement is based on what the committee was told last week "it cannot be supported." Without giving details, Harrington said the committee was told of a litany of past misdeeds uncovered by the CIA itself in a housecleaning investigation in 1973. Harrington said the account to the June 23. Also planning to attend the event will be numerous representatives from Elk County headed by Representative in Assembly William Renwick and Commissioner Francis Kuntz. Congressman Albert Johnson has been unable to confirm definite plans to attend but State Sen. Richard Frame, State Rep.

Victor Westerberg, McKean County commissioners and other PennDOT representatives plan to attend. Included will be Bruce E. Speegle, Clearfield District PennDOT engineer. In the first report of plans today it was indicated that other officials may confirm plans to attend the event. Also, it was stressed, a check or money for the luncheon must accompany reservations to be made at the C.

of C. offices on Greeves Street by June 23. Troops Clash BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) The Thai government ordered naval and marine reinforcements into disputed waters of the Gulf of Thailand today after a sea battle with Cambodian naval forcess in which one Cambodian boat was reported sunk and six Thai marines were reported wounded. A clash in the gulf also was reported between Cambodia and South Vietnam. U.S.

intelligence sources said South Vietnamese troops occupied Poulo Wai, a tiny island 60 miles from both the South Vietnamese and Cambodian coasts, after a battle Tuesday night. It was near Poulo Wai that Cambodian gunboats intercepted the American freighter Mayaguez. Police sources in Bangkok' reported an hour long duel Thursday between Thai and Cambodian gunboats after a Cambodian gunship captured a Thai fishing vessel. The sources said another Thai fishing boat escaped under fire from the Cambodians. It could not be learned whether the fishing boat was recaptured.

The battle occurred about 200 miles southeast of Bangkok in waters claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia. Cambodian boats have captured several Thai fishing boats in the area since the Communists took over the Cambodian government. They claim that ihe Thai fishermen are spying for the United States. An unconfirmed account in a Bangkok newspaper said a Thai border policeman was shot and wounded in a 15 minute battle between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on the border near Weather Forecast Mostly clear tonight; lows upper 40s to mid 50s. Partly sunny Saturday; highs mid to upper 70s.

Chance of rain is 20 per cent tonight and Saturday. Winds west to southwest 5 to 15 mph tonight. in Gulf Aranyaprathet, 200 miles east of Bangkok. It said Thai reinforcements were sent to the area. Radio Phnom Penh, the only regular source of information from Cambodia, was silent without explanation this morning.

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia: A Laotian government broadcast charged that an American woman held in a Vientiane jail for 10 days was "a CIA spy" who paid Laotian air force pilots to, fly their T28 fighter bombers to Thailand as the Communist Pathet Lao was taking control of the government and the armed forces last month. The broadcast said this "shows that the Americans still continue to aggress and interfere in, Laos." The woman is Rosemary Conway, 26, of Chicago and Las Vegas, a former teacher of English at the international school in Vientiane. The broadcast said she was still "under investigation" but claimed she had been spying in Laos since 1974. She was arrested in a Vientiane hotel with a second lieutenant in the Laotian air force. A Saigon broadcast said banks in the South Vietnamese capital have reopened and were issuing funds for the purchase of agricultural products.

WALKOUT IS STAGED DURING SHAPP SPEECH PHILADELPHIA (AP) About a quarter of the audience walked out on Gov. Milton Shapp during his address to the state AFL CIO convention Thursday. But the delegates who stayed applauded the governor. Shapp was discussing his controversial proposal to phase out state mental health institutions and put patients in smaller, community based facilities when about 300 delegates walked out of the room in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. A number of those who left said they were members of the state employes' union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes AFSCME.

Many Officials to Attend as sab to Cut Ribbon On Kane Wilcox Road Jacob Kassab, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), will cut a ribbon formally opening new Route 321 from Kane to Wilcox at a ceremony here July 2 it was confirmed at a meeting of the executive board of the Kane Chamber of Commerce last evening. Ted Haberberger, president of the C. of presided in the special session in which plans for the formal opening of the new highway were set. The ceremony will take place adjacent the entrance to Kane Area SenLr High School at 11:30 ajri. and will be followed by a luncheon at the Flaming Sword Restaurant.

All interested persons are invited to the luncheon but reservations at $3.50 a person must be made with the C. of C. office here by.