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Serle. 1972-No. 160 THE TROY RECORD PuwirtH fxtft MriU; Wettther cLotur IOJMT, nc i.v If. CJ.DUDT 10MGHI DAV I I (HAMF. Of HKHIEU.

HIGH TXfaSDAf IS' MID tuuti Pott (xnH Ttw. K.V, UXH Utt Mutt J. TROY, N.Y., 12181, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1972 48 PAGES PRICE 15 CENTS Three Killed In Area Accidents BRUCE SCRUTON Three people were killed and 11 people were injured in two separate head-on auto crashes fn the Troy Area Tuesday, bringing to eight the number killed in the area over the long Fourth of July weekend. A Troy youth and i Stephen town man died in a grinding head-on crash in Poestenkill that left nine persons injured, seven ol them reportedly in critical condition. In Argyle, a Greenwich man was killed and his wife and four members of a Poeslenkill family were sent to the hospital following a head-on crash in Route 40.

Listed as dead are: Frederick no age given, of 20 Firelown West Stephenlown. Troy HutU, 14, of 16 lllh Troy; Hugh Kyan, 30, of RD 1, Greenwich. Hulto and Julian were passengers in the same car, reportedly driven by Julian. Also passengers in that ear on the injured list are Edna Julian, 47; Frederick Julian 28, and Edward Julian, 3, all ot West Stephentown, and Debra Hulto, 11, of the Troy address. All were conveyed to Albany Medical Center Hospital.

In the other car were Linda Gleason, 20, Curtis Jones, no age given, both of RD 2, Averill Park, and Scott Berner, no age or address given. They were also being treated at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Two other passengers in that car, Tara Jones, 16, of HD 2. Averill Park, and Victoria Mayo, 18, of KD 2, Averill Park, were taken to Samaritan Hospital. The Mayo girl is reported in lair condition anil Miss Jones was treated and released.

Or.c report said that all those conveyed to the Albany facility were being placed in the critical list, but a hospital spokesman told The Record Newspapers that condition reports on the pa(Continued on Page THREE North, South Korea Hot Line Is Opened SEOUL (AP) South a North Korea opened a hot line between their capitals Tuesday in a move for reconciliation between two governments that have been sworn enemies for the past quarter-century. North Korea called for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the South. The direct phone link between Seoul, South Korea's capital, and Pyongyang, the capi- tal of come cret hig Simul in both provides tal of North Korea, was the out- a recent round of se- i-lei'el negotiations, aneous announcements cities said the accord for a joint political committee to open exchanges in many fields and to promote unification of North and South through peaceful means without outside interference. The two governments also agreed to re- Allies Penetrate City Limits Of Quang Tri SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese paratroopers penetrated the southeastern city limits of Quang Tri on Tuesday, North Vie't- and recap- lured dozen artillery pieces lost when the country's northernmost province fell to the enemy more than two months killed at least 20 namese defenders Allied sources said several hundred airborne troops staged a lightning assault against enemy defensive stronholds and set up thier own defensive dispositions at nightfall, a half mile from the city center.

The government announced two towns in the area were reoccupied. The government flag was raised during the afternoon at Mai Linh a district 1 headquarters 1.2 miles southeast of Quang Tri, but considered within the city limits. Mai Linh and Hai Lang, six miles southeast of Quang Tri, were the first of 14 towns that fell during the three-month-old enemy offensive to be recaptured by government forces. Associated Press correspond- ent Dennis Neeld reported thai South Vietnamese marines on the eastern flank of the man government drive were wit bin four milse of the Their officers predicted Nixon Invites World To Visit America For Bicentennial SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)--President Nbooa invited the world in a.

holiday broadcast Tuesday to come to America during its bicentenial era "share our dreams, a brighter future." In the nationwide radio address from the Western White House, NUon (poke of plans for tie cation's 200th birthday celebration in 197S and said Ameri cans should use the occassion to "prove once again that the ipirit of '76 is a spirit of openness, of brotherhood and of peace." The President specifically nuggetted that business and industry attempt to cut the costs of travel, lodging and meals that air carriers and ship- ping lines explore ways of of-! i inexpensive transportation. "Let us be known throughout the world as the 'Land of the Open the chief execu-. live said. He voiced hopes that "millions upon millions ot vifi- iiors" from around the world would respond to his invitation to come to the United States during the bicentennial era. Nixon said one "compelling reason for this invitation to the world relates to our hopes for genuine and lasting peace among nations." are aware that a real structure of peace cannot be buiit on good alone," he "Its foundation must be the resolution of those basic na- city they tional differences which can to war." "The United States is doing everything in its power to lay down that kind of foundation for peace." Nixon said, citing his trips to Peking and Moscow and his quest for nuclear arms limits.

One of best ways to reduce the danger of war and enhance the quality of peace is through people-to-people contacts, Nixon said, adding: like individuals, stand a better chance of working constructively together people on both sides can learn to respect one another as fellow human beings. Our invitation to the world can contribute sig- nilicsiiiiy to that crucial proc- could be in Quang Tri in a day if ordered. Elements of the airborne troops moving up Highway 1 to ward Quang Tri encounterei the first bunkers in a wa: believed to be a heavy line fortifications around the city. One U.S. airborne adviser Capt.

Gail Furrow, 32, of Ur bana, Ohio, said: "The enem appears to be pulling back, bu we're encountering resistanc from nearly every treeline, ery village "If they decide to put their people in Quang Tri an stand and fight, it's going to be Convention Site Rite Conducted For Hijacker MIAMI BEACH, Fia. (AP) -I Youthful protesters conducted a mock funeral for a slain Vietnamese hijacker outside' the site of next week's Democratic Convention here Tuesday while the court battle over the bitter California and Illinois credentials cases moved to the U.S. Appeals Court in Washington. About 40 demonstrators, rcp resenting several protest groups, left quietly police refused to let them place a 3-by-5-foot piece of plywood strewn with hibiscus flowers in a canal as part of the funeral for Nguyen Thai Binh. He was slain in Saigon Sunday while trying to hijack an American jetliner.

Meanwhile, Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota, who has forged to the front of the Democratic presidential race little help from the norm influential leaders of or ganized labor, picked up the of a union official who formerly backed Sen. Edmunr 1 S. Muskie. Jerry Wurf, president of th American Federation of Stale County and Municipal Employ es, said in Washington he would rge delegates, Including 25 are members of his union, i back McGovcrn.

A second union leader. United Workers President Leonrd Woodcock, said in Detroit Tuesday he could "gladly en- orse" either McGovern or Sen. lubert H. Humphrey if nomi- laled, but he said this did not mount to a formal endorsement. McGovern spent the Inde- lendence Day holiday at his arm on Maryland's Eastern hore.

Humphrey, one of his chief rivals for the nomination, vas al his lakeside home in Waverly, Minn. The candidates and most of of Miami Beach 17 per cent the revenues from food sates They said prices would be raisei to cover the 17 per cent payment As a result, telephone worker will be able to go back to wor CONVENTION (Continued on Page t) Accidental Boinbin SAIGON AP) U.S. air craft accidentally bombed South Vietnamese marines the northern front rmoter offensive Tuesday and first reports said 11 marines were killed aid 25 were wounded. The mistaken bombing was disclosed today by the U.S. Command, which had scant details.

The command said several marines were killed and several were wounded. am from armed provocations peeled military incidents and a at meeting in Mav nd from slandering or defam- deal directly, promptly and ac- 2-5 and Seoul May 29-Jimc 1 each other. curately with problems" aris- The governments' top lead- The two sides agreed to Snail the hot line "in order to revent the outbreak of une'x- ing between them, the nouncemcnt said. The agreements were reached governments' top lead an-jcrs, President Chung Hce Park of South Korea and North Korean premier and Communist ATTEMPT TO UNIFY KOREA-North and South Korei have agreed in secret meetings to work for the unification of the long-divided peninsula. At the South Korean presidential palace in-Seoul, South Korean President Chung Hee Park, right," shakes hands with North Korean Second Vice Premier Park Sun-Chul, who was making-a courtesy call.

(AP Wirephoto) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSiofficials to the Fourth of July America wished itself a hap-l ough," he fold Associated 'ress correspondent Holger Jensen. North Vietnamese troops to he rear of the advancing kept up pressure on the western defenses of Hue, 30 miles southeast, and shelled the ormer imperial capital for the third day in a row. Four 122mm artillery rounds crashed into the city and military spokesmen in Saigon saic three civilians were killed anc seven wounded. About 1,000 more shells blasted government positions on Hue's western front and two outposts were reported at tacked by Mirth Vietnamese troops. America Wishes Itself Happy 196th Birthday py 196th birthday on Tuesday vith celebrations rooted in the raditions of the past.

President Nixon looked ahead bit--four years to 1976 and the nation's bicentennial. He invited the world to "come and share our dreams of a brighter future." In a nationally broadcast live radio address from the Western White House at San Ctemente, Nixon said Americans should use the occasion ol the -bicentennial to 'prove once again that the spirit of '76 is a spirit of openness, of brotherhood and of peace." The Soviet government, ap parently reflecting improved relations after Nixon's visit sent more and higher-rankin. eception at the U.S. Embassy Moscow. The highest ranking guest at Ambassador Soviet Jacob Beam's garden parly was De uty Premier Vladimir A.

Kir (Continued on Page 6) AMERICA rly chief Kim 11-sung, took rt. U.N. Secretary.General Kurt aldhcini announced in Geneva at he acted as a go-between, aldhcim said he made contact North Korean rcpresenta- during a visit la Vienna st March. They informed me of their sition and mentioned a num- of suggestions," he said. "I Formed the South Korean gov- nment." The top-rung negotiations ere the first such contact re- orted between the two govern- cnts since the 1950-53 Korean ar that took two million lives, eluding 33,629 Americans Hed in action and 20,617 mcricans who died of other auses.

The conflict ended in armistice July 28, 1953, and )e two Koreas still are official- at war, with even mail ex- hange severed. A Japanese colony from 1910 hrough World War Korea divided into U.S. and So- iet occupation zones after the efeat of Japan. The zones be- ame separate republic! in 948. The first friendly contact be- ween the nations began last eptembcT when Red Cross of- icials of North and South Corea opsncd talks to arrange communications between divided families, involving an estimated 10 million persons.

The agreed to cooper, ate in bringing the talks to sue- cessful conclusion. In reaching the accord, the Koreas may have decided to back away from military confrontation for military reasons or to join the movement toward East-West detente that followed President Nixon's visits to Peking and -Moscow. From an economic point of view, both Seoul and Pyongyang have been maintaining large armies for two expensive decades and an casing of military activities would allow both governments to devote more money to civilian needs. It also would lessen the bar(Continued on Page TWO KOREAS Russian Balks, Chess Match Is Off Again REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP)-Now it's Boris Spassky's to say no--and the world chess championship is oft again. Tile i a titleholdcr launched i counterattack Tuesday with a stern protest, some sharp criticism, a walkout and a demand for a two- Belfast Families Forced To Flee Homes a postponement of the start the match with American Bobby Fischer.

Fischer slept through it all. He had arrived in the morning from New York and went straight to bed to rest up for the first game, set for 5 p.m. When Fischer woke up he found that the title series was put off until Thursday at the earliest. It was to have begun the delegates to next week's convention sweltering won't beach reach resort this until later this week, but Democratic party officials are already on hand working oul logistical tangles. Dispute Settled One dispute was settled when party leaders yielded in the face of a threatened cutoff of air- conditioning in the convention hall, and agreed to give the city BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Fears of new outbursts of sectarian rioting are forcing scores of Belfast families to flee their homes, housing officials reported Tuesday.

Many have been told they must get out by Saturday or be burned out, officials said. This war of rerves is hitting he British government last year. -Most of the intimidation is centered on mixed Catholic and Protestant streets in Oik Park and Crumlin districts of northwest Belfast. But Mrs. Murphy both Protestant and and Roman comes Lutherans Approve New Operational JMachinery Catholic families from both fiides.

Jane Murphy, chairman of the city's Housing Aid Society, said more than 130 families have been told to get out. Her organization gives outright grants of $390 plus interest-free loans to people obligee to change districts. The money comes from a fund set up by DALLAS (API-Following In Ihe footsteps of numerous other denominations, the Lutheran Church in America approved on Tuesday a major overhaul in 1U operational machinery. Delegates to the biennial governing convention of the 3.2- million-member denomination wound up action on a mass ol constitutional and by-law changes to recast the church's functional framework into lharply differing pattern. Restructuring is something a vogue among churches.

Prot estant, Roman Catholic an Eastern Orthodox churches ready have scuttled the old ta bles of organization and set new More Than 670 Die On Holiday Weekend said the wave of threats Is spreading to some middle-class districts which previously were free of trouble. "It looks as if we are heading for complete polarization," she said. Political Maverick President Of Japan (Early Story Page 2S) TOKYO (AP) The ruling Liberal-Democratic party elected Kakuei Tanaka, 54, its president and new prime minister of Japan in a break with policies of dependence on the United States and aloofness to China. The, churches say the change essential for getting along in iese swift-changing times. To fail to adjust old forms to ope with new conditions is "to isle institutional apathy and de- 'ay," said a restructure commission of the Lutheran Chuch America.

The crux of the Lutheran change, said the church's president, the Hev. Dr. Robert J. Marshall, is "cooperative planning" from top to bottom. It slims down and tightens up the national church agencies, combining 15 ot them inlo four divisions to make for more centralized coordination al the top, but it also provides for more voice al local levels in shaping genera programs.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS cars collided in a heavy rain near Abilene, Tuesday, lulling eight persons and critically inuring two others as Independence Day holiday travelers retaining home. The nationwide toll passed All vktims the Abilene crash were residents that ctty. Three of the victims were members of the name family and were identified as Tere- clna C. Sherman, her daughter, Linda, 18, and her son Jeffrey, 13. The ether victims ol the crash were Mentifkd by ttate police at Herman Suiters, 1C; Brenda Joy Walker, 15; Debra Bell, 14, aid Kathy Livingston, 14, last Sunday.

Summing up the day, Max Tanka's victory in the runoff al) but certain since Miki nd Ohira had promised to nrow their votes to him on the econd ballot. The winner will ucceed outgoing Prime Minis cr Eisaku Sato. Two of the 478 conservative members of parliament and 47 prcfectural delegates eligible to vote failed to appear. Fukuda Is Sato's man and is considered most likely to continue Sato' cautious policies. Fukuda started off strong after the prime minister announced on June 17 he was stepping down, but since then Tanaka sudden-death ballot, to the on has gained ground them i the most voles ly and is regarded as the favor-jlne first time around.

This, plus He. llfce announced allegiance of Both Miki and Ohira of the smaller middle- agreed with Tanaka that factions appears to assure votes will go on the Tanaka of victory. One case she cited was of a 71-year-old a with an invalid son, the only Catholic on an otherwise Protestant street. "She has been told she must get out by Saturday and her neighbors, wno she said have always been good friends, are strongly advising her to do so," Mrs. Murphy said.

In West Belfast's district, where thousands niformed Protestants came lose to clashing with the Brit sh army Monday night, armored cars guarded mixed trcels which the rotes la nt- ascd Ulster Defense Ajsoci- tion-- UDA-- tried to bring into barricaded "no-go" area. About 50 Catholic families in these streets, according the army. About 30 Protes- ant families live in a mainly Catholic area on the other side if the nearby Springfield Road. Some were negotiating to swap homes. Nearer the city center, UDA Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said: "When Spassky is here Fischer doesn't Fischer come, comes, As soon as Spassky runs The Russians turned up force at noon for what was to be a drawing of lots to decide who would play whito, and have the first move, in the opener They refused to draw with Fisher's second, a Roman Calholic priest, the Rev.

Wil liam Lombardy, and read a iatement calling FIsher'i de- aying holdout intolerable. They protested Euwe's decision to derate it. When Fisher failed to appear Sunday as he should have, Suwe allowed him until nooa Tuesday to show in Reykja- forfeit his shot at Spassky. Fischer's refusal to comt by Sunday was based on a dispute with the organizers over mon- The argument was settled Monday when British financier James Slater offered to sweeten an already record pot with a donation of 50,000 i i pounds--about 5130,000. Fischer said he would play.

The Russians said Tuesday that Fischer had violated tha rules of the match. They wanted an apology. Euwe reported they had some harsh words for him as well. "I'm a bad boy," the 71-year- old Dutchman smile. said with a Meat Prices High Now- And Are Going Higher By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer A butcher in Portland.

Ore. (Continued on Page G) BELFAST CALL THE RECORD i a i Department PHOM: The Associated Press priced (Continued on Page 6) MEAT PRICES OH Inside Page! pure luck if they don't go up," said Timothy D. McEnroe, a spokesman for the National As says the price of beet is ocj. a iic.n of Food Chains, highest he's ever seen it. "And! 've been behind a meat count- for -14 years." A housewife in Little Rock.

says the only meals she mys are chicken and ham- mrgcr. She avoids big name rands when choosing canned No matter a the location, the story's the same: the price of meat--already a hefty chunk Bridge Lesson of the food budget--is going up. classified On June 16. representatives Comics of the nation's food chains Crossword warned consumer groups to ex- Death Notices pect another hig rise in prices. F.ditorials particularly of meats, in the obituary upcoming weeks.

The store Social owners said they no longer Sports could absorb increases in Television wholesale coils. i Theaters I will be matter of aimostl Woman's Pajc Page 41 45, 46, 47 41 35 23 22 44 31 37, 38, 33, 40 32 35.

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