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wish Final Fireside Edition Spokane Daily 84TH YEAR. NO. 4. 36 PAGES 2 SECTIONS SPOKANE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1969.

PRICE 10 CENTS PHONE MADISON 4-1121 Newest Freeway Section Opens tor: Carl Carbon, paving contractor; Walter R. Horning, district highway engineer; State Rep. Edward F. Harris, R-7th; Miss Miner, State Sen. Robert W.

Twigg, R-7th; George Zahn, state highway chairman, and Mayor David H. Rodgers. Nixon Calls for Enemies to Keep Mid- Peace WASHINGTON (AP) dent Nixon said today real peace in the Middle East will require that both sides have a vested interest in maintaining it. How to accomplish this peace is the question, he said in formal ceremonies welcoming Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir to the White House for two days of official talks. Nixon commented that problems of the Middle East are "terribly complex and not susceptible to solution in one meet- Officials Attend Dedication Miss Spokane (Vicki this morning when she ribbons to mark the lion new freeway section the left are George H.

Shot Youth's Vow to Slay Father Told PAOLI, Pa. (AP) "If he killed them all, I'll kill him," a 17-year-old youth gasped before collapsing into the arms of a neighbor after a father ran amok in his Philadelphia Main Line home, killing his wife and three children and critically wounding two others. The father then took his own life. Richard Manger, 17, choked out the words to a teen-age neighbor even as blood flowed down his face from a head wound. Slayings Recounted Moments earlier, said, Manger's father, 48, Police, had crept methodically from room to room in their split level home in nearby Malvern and emptied a pistol into the heads of his family as they slept.

Capt. Robert Redzig, chief of police in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, said the shootings "appeared to be a spur of the moment thing as we it Killed in the blaze of gunfire that erupted about 5:30 a.m. were Manger, his wife, Anne, 43, their daughter, Diane, 12, and twins Keith and Andrew, both 8. The other children, Gail, 13, and Richard, 17, were in critical at hospitals. conditions, bespectacled Manger was employed as a staff supervisor by the American Telephone Telegraph Co.

and was a Republican committeeman in the town. Holdup Is Tried at Bank Police today were seeking a suspect described as a young white man with dark hair about 5-feet 9-inches tall who allegedly threatened employes of the Washington Trust Bank, E3510 Sprague, with sack he said contained dynamite in an attempted Bank holdup Manager at 1:25 Frank p.m. "Ward declined comment on whether money was obtained. any, suspect was thought to be driving a light blue late model car, possibly with California license plates and was said to have fled south from the scene. Traffic Det.

Gary R. Johnson described the incident this way: The man drove up to the drive-in window and handed a note to the teller. Nola Bergman, E1112 Springfield. The note read "I want your money; I have a sack of dynamite in this bag." The teller replied "You're kidding." to which the robber said "My brother is in another car watching you; if you don't cooperate he'll get you." teller then gave the note back to the man and he sped offjohnson said apparently no money was taken. Battle Deaths Off for Week SAIGON (AP) American and South Vietnamese battlefield deaths dropped last week to their lowest levels in the past six weeks, allied headquarters announced today, while enemy casualties increased more than 200 compared with week bethen fore.

The U.S. Command said 135 Americans were killed action, the lowest toll since week of then Aug. 3-9 when 96 Americans died. South Vietnamese battlefield deaths last week dropped to 297, compared to more than 500 during each of the previous two weeks. It was the lowest government toll since Aug.

3-9, when 225 government soldiers were reported killed. Allied forces reported killing 2,627 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers last week, compared to 2,361 reported last Thursday and a revised total of 2,403 reported today. "The activity continued to decrease last week, especially at week's end," the Saigon government said. "Compared to that of the previous week, it has come down by 29 per cent." A spokesman for the U.S. Command said he attached no particular significance to the drop in American battlefield deaths.

He pointed out that the had "fluctuated only a very few" during the past three weeks: 137 three weeks ago, 143 weeks ago and 135 last week. The spokesman said the level of enemy activity also has been about the same for the past three weeks, with an average of 20 rocket and mortar attacks every 24 hours. Meanwhile, U.S. fighterbombers swooped down on North Vietnamese munitions de. pot in the jungle 47 miles northwest of Saigon Wednesday, killed 22 soldiers guarding it and blew up a large store of rockets and mortar shells.

gets plenty of help red, white and blue of Spokane's $15 milMaple to Pine. From state highway direc- two meetings or three meetings." Mrs. Meir, wearing a simple beige suit, was given a 19-gun salute and full military honors upon her arrival on the south lawn of the White House. Responding to the President's welcome, Mrs. Meir expressed confidence that peace will come to the Middle East.

Hope Expressed "I look forward to the day when a prime minister of Israel will come here to herald a new Police Joining in Fight Against False Alarms Noting that Spokane had 14 false alarms during the past two days, Fire Chief W. A. Dunham said efforts would be increased to locate the guilty parties. "The police department has been cooperating with us in trying to find the persons involved, and we also ask the help of citizens in reporting any pertinent information," Dunham said. One false alarm was phoned in; all others were turned in through alarm boxes, the chief said.

Nine alarms, mostly on the north side, were turned in Tuesday night, another four were recorded last night and one was turned in early this morning, the second set mostly from Jobs Said in Danger 4-Day Week Campaign Plugged ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The steelworkers' union ident, I.W. Abel, today urged all-out labor campaign four-day week, declaring automation will soon the jobs of millions of cans. Industry already has the how to replace assembly line workers with computers and the next economic downturn could permanently wipe out jobs on a massive scale, Abel said. "I would suggest that we strive for a work week of four days with work-free weekends of three days," Abel told a convention of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Department, He said that if the labor movement gives it top priority, it can win the shorter work week in four years with no cut in pay by bargaining with industry and lobbying in "Spurred by tax concessions, industry throughout has been modernizing the means of production at a fantas- Chronicle Bus Patronage Study Begins Next Monday A two-week survey of transit service patronage in Spokane will begin Monday, Kenneth M.

Bankston, director of an overall study of bus operations here, said today. Bankston said 10 persons, some part-time employes and others on loan from other City Hall departments, will ride the buses in two shifts, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., on alter.

nate days to ask passengers to fill out a short questionnaire. a "The people handling the survey will have name badges identifying them," Bankston said. "We ask the cooperation of passengers so that we might better be able to plan future bus service in the city. Routes Disclosed said the survey inBankston, would begin on the North A and North PerryHollywood routes Monday. "Because we are working in two shifts, we will be asking the people who ride to and from work on the bus to fill out two survey forms," Bankston said.

The questionnaire being used has nine questions related to the trip the passenger is making, he said. "This is not an opinion survey, merely a factual form which will only take a minute or two to complete," Bankston said. Bankston, who represents Alan M. Voorhees Associates, Inc, of San Diego, the firm in charge of the transit study, said results of the questionnaires would be processed by computer in McClean, after coding is done at City Hall and key punching is done either at City Hall or by a local firm. "The final report will be presented to the Transit Commission in May, but we hope to have some preliminary results shortly after the first of the year," Bankston said.

Bankston said one of the changes likely is a system of marking the bus routes, a policy restricted mainly to downtown streets currently. IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS! NEW YORK (UPI) The U.S. Weather Bureau's New York area Teletype wire dispatched the following report after the New York Mets clinched, the eastern division the National League last night beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0: "Weather bureau radar lo. cated showers of champagne over Shea Stadium in New York.

They decreased very rapidly." Black job dispute idles big Sea-Tac airport said. in the area. project. Page 2. Commander Gets a Hand A Chicago policeman helps Cmdr.

James Riordan, wrestled to the ground by a demonstrator, during a clash yesterday outside the Federal Building where eight persons are on trial for conspiring to promote riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (AP wirephoto.) (See story, page 7.) epoch of peace and regional cooperation." she said. She declared that the history of reborn Israel over the past two decades cannot be told "without reference to the unwavering support of America's governments and its She made clear that she expected no less from her present visit. Meeting privately with Nixon for nearly an hour, Mrs. Meir argued for continuing military aid for Israel including ship.

ment of additional fighter aircraft once currently scheduled deliveries of Phantom jets are completed next year. Nixon said he would consider the request but Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler told newsmen "there is no need at this time for an immediate Ziegler said that the achievement of a Middle East peace was the prime subject in the meeting. He said the two leaders talked about developing "diplomatic alternatives" to the current military confrontation The Variable morrow. Expected row, 65: high night low, 1:30 p.m.

at the Weather cloudiness with showers through low tonight, 45; high tomoryesterday, 63 at 3:45 p.m.: overat 1 a.m.: 60 at 10:30 a.m.: 66 at Airport Weather Station. equipment at the same time, he said. But, he added. "the next downturn in our economy will have a far greater impact on those we represent than ever before in history." "This is because we will experience, during the next reces-1 sion, the influence of a new force capable of overturning almost every aspect our modern way of life. Tam referring to automation," Abel said.

Abel said a four-day week would create more jobs by spreading the work, help reduce health and fatigue problems in industry and make workers more productive. On another subject, Abel joined AFL CIO President George Meany in icizing the Nixon administration for delaying school desegregation in the South. Meany, said Wednesday the Nixon administration was dragging its feet on school desegregation while at the same time trying to force AFL-CIO building trades unions to set up raI cial membership quotas. South Side alarm boxes, Dunham said. "We are checking on a few possible leads, but we certainly would appreciate any information people might have," he Unit Dedicated Today landscaping is still to be said.

Both Highway Director George H. Andrews and Highway Commission Chairman George D. Zahn pledged at dedication ceremonies that beautification development of the area under the 6.600-foot span will get underway soon, In cooperation with the city, the State Highway Department plans extensive landscape treatment, recreational and parking facilities beneath the wide viaduct. "We are committed to making this one of the most beautiful spans in any city," Zahn told about 300 persons who gathered this morning for the dedication on the freeway surface near the Monroe-Madison on-ramp. More than $15 million was expended on the newest portion of the east west freeway that skirts the central business district to the south, and its completion represents almost 15 years of planning, negotiations and construction.

Developed under seven different major contracts, the 1.3-mile elevated freeway will carry eight lanes of traffic for most completed, highway officials The newest portion of Spokane's elevated freeway, from Maple to Pine, was opened to traffic today but faciliites," he said, "and we were that way all over the Andrews, recently appointed state highway director, said the $15 million project that opened officially today will be a tremendous asset to Spokane by getting traffic off city streets, particularly Second and Third. department is predicting that more than 90,000 cars per day will be using this elevated portion of the freeway and that figure may be reached sooner than we anticipated," Andrews said. He said contracts will be let next year for the final section of freeway from Idaho to Seattle, the 30 miles from Ritzville to the Adams-Grant County line. expected to be finished in late 1972. He added that a portion of Interstate 90 near the Idaho line will be brought to interstate standards within two years.

Before the red. white and blue ribbons were cut by Vicki Miner (Miss Spokane) to open the freeway section to traffic, Mayor David H. Rodgers expressed the appreciation of Spokane citizens to highway department employes. contractors and the officials who shared in state development. He said the freeway will improve the city's "livability." Among others sharing the spotlight at the ceremony were Walter R.

Horning, district highway department engineer here. and George Hayes, construction engineer, and members of their staffs: Baker Ferguson, highway commissioner: city and county commissioners. several contractors and State Sen. Robert W. Twigg and State Rep.

Edward F. Harris. 7th District Republican legislators. The Lewis and Clark High School band, accompanied by the Ti-Girls, provided musical entertainment preceding the brief speaking program. Miner) clipped opening from Andrews, George D.

Zahn of that distance. William E. Burch, Chamber of Commerce president and dedication master of ceremonies, said today's ribbon cutting ceremony marked the opening of one of the most important highway projects in Spokane's history. Unit Opened Earlier The new viaduct ties in on the west with the section of Interstate 90 from Maple to Four Lakes, which was opened in 1965. Still under construction is the freeway section from Pine to Helena that will complete freeway work through the city.

The latter project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 1971. Commissioner Zahn praised local public officials, and Spokane citizens for the cooperation given the highway department in developing the freeway. "You appreciate good transportation Israeli Jets Repeat Raids TEL AVIV (AP) Israeli warplanes pounded Egyptian military targets today in another of their almost-daily raids across the Gulf of Suez The military command said the planes were called in following continued Egyptian violations of the cease-fire." All the planes returned safely. a spokesman said. They made "several" sorties between 3 and 4 added.

Israeli jets have been hitting Egypt's side of the Gulf almost daily, in an apparent attempt to prevent the Egyptians moving military materiel into the desert region. The spokesman did not pinpoint the areas attacked. Social Security Increase Asked WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon, formally proposing to Congress a 10 per cent increase in Social Security benefits effective next April, recommended today that the higher pay-out be financed by levying Social Security taxes against a higher salary base starting in 1972. In a special message, Nixon said the benefit boost should be applied across the board, effective with checks mailed in April 1970. Whereas Social Security taxes to finance the Retirement and Survivors Benefit program now are levied against a maximum earnings base of $7,800.

Nixon proposed that the first $9,000 of annual income be taxed starting in 1972. Pretty Girl Proves Flop at Stickup An attractive girl about 18 years old bit off more than she could chew when she tried to hold up Mrs. Rosalie M. Aspray, S1305 McClellan, at 11:15 today, police officer Steven T. Christian said.

Mrs. Aspray told Christian her door bell rang and she answered it to find the girl who said her car had broken down and asked to use the telephone. Mrs. Aspray said the girl started to dial the phone, then turned around, showed a small black gun, and said: "This is a stickup." Christian said Mrs. Aspray reported she grabbed at the girl's hair and they started struggling.

In the ensuing struggle, the girl hit Mrs. Aspray on the head, causing a cut on the left temple. Mrs. Aspray said the girl said, "If you'll let go my hair leave." The woman let go and she said the girl fled out the open front door, heading west on Thirteenth on foot. Police scoured the area, but could find no trace of the young woman, The robber was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and 115 pounds, with long black hair.

She wore a beige jacket and slacks. (AP) tic rate," Abel said. pres- The impact on jobs has not been great SO far because an strong economic demands for for a goods has caused industry to that keep operating less efficient Lens Used The monocle was designed in the early 1800s for use by individuals who needed vision correction in one eye only, but the style caught on, and the wearing of a monocle soon became a fad with European nobility. Long ago Want Ads caught on, too, and for generations the Classified columns have been a popular source of information for people looking for a good buy. Turn to the Want Ads regularly and take advantage of tempting offers like those shown here: STOVE and refrigerator, excellent shape, $50 or trade.

WA 4-7245. Mrs. Thomas 0. Arnold, E10503 14th, says: "I sold the appliances quickly with a Chronicie Classified ad." Inside U.S. ambassador calls on Hanoi to stop belittling American withdrawals from Vietnam troop, start reciprocating.

Page 20. The barricades are up again in troubled Londonderry. Page 20. Packages mailed from overseas are being opened at major U.S. post offices as part of the government's crackdown on the smuggling of drugs and marijuana.

Page 36. Also in today's Chronicle: Business 29, 30 Radio 7 Comics 35 Records Comment 4 Society 14, 019 Drama 23 Sports 25, 26, 27 Editorial 4 Television 7 Markets 29. 30 Tilakums 35 Mines 29, Weather on Northwest 6 Women's 16, 17 Outdoors 28 I.