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WEATHER forecast Partly Cloudy Cold Tonight and Tuesday YORK HEWS TODAY Home Edition Circulation Books Always Open VOL 193 NO 54 YORK PA MONDAY EVENING JANUARY 31 1972 COPY 13 CENTS PER WEEK 50 CENTS PAY NO MORE Rehearsed Speech TROOP LEVEL Great Decisions Series Again Appearing In Dispatch NO DRAFT CALLS THE Laird Reveals Longest Break in Conscription Since Korean War WASHINGTON (UPI)l Secretary Melvin i Laird says there will be no draft calls through March marking the longest planned break in' conscription since the end of the Korean War moving in the direction of an all-volunteer force worldwide during this first USl 11 eSS Does quarter of the Laird said when he revealed that there would be no draft calls in either February or March No men were drafted in January Laird cited three reasons for the decision to suspend the draft this quarter: Substantial pay increases effective Jan 1 the A nationwide sponsored by the federal jan1 ue i their people and their during the ear The first of the series appears in this paper todav on Page 20 No Better Schoolteacher News Serv estinghouse May Discontinue Some Appliance Lines PITTSBURGH (AP)-Her-bert Smith executive vice president of Westing-house Electric home equipment divisions says the company may quit producing portable housewares and home entertainment products because they been profitable Smith says the home equipment division employes have been told the company has not achieved the volume of sales necessary to compete in the business of he said taking a hard look at the business must decide if wise to continue in the business as we have been and push for more volume and cost reduction or drop out alltogether or drop some lines and concentrate on the ones that offer the best chance for doing The products 'involved include toasters irons coffee-makers can openers mixers hair dryers portable radios and compact stereo equipment The products are produced at plants in Edison NJ: Byesville Norwalk and Shelby Ohio and Cieba Puerto Rico Pa State Lottery To Pay More Than Neiv York Jersey PHILADELPHIA (AP) -In an effort to meet the competition from New Jer sey and New York Pen nsylvania soon-to-be state Sympathizers Moving to Attack will pay out more prizes than the oher states Points Govt Will Press Pennsylvania lottery will pay out in prizes 45 cents of every dollar said the state lottery director Henry Kaplan state will get 40 cents per dollar for support the program of local property tax relief for the elderly The remaining 15 cents will go for commissions to ticket sellers and administrative costs The excess will go back into the payout Kaplan said Kaplan would not prizes beyond the $50000 first prize for each million ticket? sold But lottery commission sources said Pennsylvania plans to pay more than New lottery according to the Philadelphia Bulletin The state plans to pay out $9000 to persons holding tickets with the correct last five digets and $4000 to persons holding tckets with the correct last four digets the sources said The New Jersey payout is $4000 and $400 respectively in Court HARRISBURG Pa (UPI) -The problem of selecting a jury for the trial of the Harrisburg Seven went into its second week today with sympathizers of the defendants staging what they called a each evening to rebut whatever points they presumed the government might make in court Their program is ambitious The thesis is that real criminals are not antiwar dissidents but those Americans who cause the Indochina War and those who by silence and inaction have permitted it to go In court the government and defense pressed to get a jury of 12 and six alternates to try the Rev Philip Berrigan and six other antiwar accused of plotting to kidnap Henry A Kissmgn blow up the Washington federal building heating system and vandalize draft boards in nine states The full jury was not expected I to be selected until late this iweek or sometime next week the Harrisburg De- Withdrawal 4 Ahead of Schedule 11th Phase Begins Days' SAIGON (UPI) President order to get the number of American soldiers in Vietnam to below 139000 by midnight tonight was easily beaten four days rhead of time the US Command reported today The command said that 136500 GIs were in the war zone as of last Thursday exceeding the goal by 2500 men as was achieved in the previous nine phases of the withdrawal program 7200 Leave in Week Command figures showed that 7200 servicemen went home last week the biggesi batch to leave Vietnam since the week ended last Dec 15 At midnight tonight the 11th stage of withdrawals begins It will cut the force by 70000 troops -to no more than 69000 men by May 1 The cutback in US military strength began in April 1969 after the American force peaked at 534400 servicemen As of last Thursday 406900 soldiers had gone home Nowhere to Hide experiment go f--cuccuvc eminent has shown that private slowing of the Vietnam War and entftrnrisp rin- nn hJLP i enterprise does no better ia Georgia Police Search For Killer of 9-Year-Old MARIETTA Ga (UPI)-Authorities say there is nowhere the kidnap-killer of little Deborah Lynn Randall can hide that eventually find They said they have some clues better not go to sleep because we may be knocking on his door Police Capt CW Elliott said Sunday Elliott said several clues it were discovered in a wooded 0 11 fc esday area where the bodv of dfa news conference that ecumenical worship sfervice vear-old Debbie waSy found byl'voudbe inappropriate to Thursday news conference searchers late Saturday He 3 extend amnesty when we still followed by a fast and vigil re ave in combat in people that went to Canada or Sweden knew what they were he added knew the full consequences of their fused to discuss the clues A reward of nearly $10000 has been posted for the killer who apparently kidnaped the girl Jan 13 as she left -a laundromat Amnesty For US Deserters swing including participation by Dr Cynthia Wede president of the National Council of Chur- The nightly offering included professors priests pastors chaplaLs presidents of various societies poets and singers The program was titled and Conscience versus the aniTon a daily basis it went like thisy' Monday panel discussions: Tuesday poetry reading and followed by a fast and Sunday the defendants to speak from the pulpits of various Harrisburg churches Indochina Summary fense Committee a national organization with headquarters here had a program in full American Bombers Blast Enemy Positions K- SAIGON (UPI) American B52 bombers carried out their heaviest' raids inside South Vietnam in four months today The South Vietnamese command reported its aircraft destroyed three North Vietnamese tanks the pace of the war increased from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to the Mekong Delta Six waves of the Thailand based B52s hammered suspected North Vietnamese positions and dropped at least 540 tons of bombs in the attacks Waves of B52s hit infiltration routes near the former U' Marine base at Khe Sanh and in the A Shau Valley a guerrilla stronghold for 20 years SAIGON (UPI) warplanes flew a record number of strikes against North Vietnam in January for the second month in a nr US command records showed today Frlitnrinl Prnrl tul 1 1 UU china Raps Russias support of Indian Occupation (AP) Communist China today compared the pre- 'Saigon Can Handle Any Enemy Threat' Westmoreland Says Is Preparing For Major Offensive SAIGON (AP) Gen William Westmoreland said today that North Vietnam is preparing for a major offensive next month just below the demilitarized zone and in South central highlands He said that! after a visit to the war zone he is confident the South Vietnamese can handle any enemy threat The US Army chief of staff told a news conference the Norih Vietnamese could conceivably some temporary success but I think it would be quite think the (South) Vietnamese are in a posture' that they react So ttttay sue- cesses would Westmoreland 'Continued feeling is that the plans of the (South) Vietnamese and their military strength are of such magnitude that the enemy would suffer very heavy Westmoreland commander of US forces in Vietnam from 1965 through early 1968 said the senior South Vietnamese offi- cials with whom he met a great deal of confidence that they can handle any forthcoming enemy He said he and the senior US officers in ietnam share this confidence Westmoreland said it would be difficult to judge how long any offensive 'might last but judgment would be that this of-Americfe(Contmued on Page 12) 4 25 steps from her home An autopsy showed the third grader had been sexually assaulted and strangled Elliott said the girl apparently was killed within four hours after she was abducted About 1500 persons had searched through rain and chilly weather all Saturday when two Southern Tech students found the body just before dusk Debbie was face down in a small clearing in pine woods outside Marietta Canadian Who Lectured Nixon Came Prepared VAN NUYS Calif (UPI)-The Canadian singer who lectured President Nixon on his Vietnam policy at a formal din-! Jesus Christ was in this room tonight you would not dare to drop another the White House invitation for that purpose and rehearsed her speech Carol Feraci 30 expects the furor over her actions may hurt her career But she thinks she encouraged other people to speak out she said US Resident Miss Feraci a 10-year US resident originally from Toronto was among the Ray Conniff Singers entertaining the President and 165 guests at a white tie dinner in the White House Friday night Suddenly she tin- (Continued on Page 12) 'Panthers' to Work Within US System Newton Says His Organization Will Push For Social Gains For Blacks OAKLAND Calif (UPI)-Huey Newton says the Black Panthers are going to work within tne system for social and economic advances for blacks and he blames fugitive Eldridge Cleaver for losing community support with a philosophy In ills first interview since charges in the 1967 slaying of a policeman were dropped Newton said Sunday that his future efforts would be geared toward the Newton 29 lashed out at Cleaver the expelled Panther minister of defense during a two-hour interview in his $650-a-month apartment overlooking scenic Lake Merritt Cleavei fled the country in 1968 three days before he was ordered to surrender authorities in Oakland as a parole violator He was last reported in Algiers where he resigned his post with the Panthers Newton was freed in December when the district office decided a fourth trial in the slaying of officer John Frey would be fruitless The decision came four days after a jury deadlocked 6-6 in third trial on voluntary manslaughter charges An earLer trial last year also (Continued on Page 12) Rustin Arrested Civil Rights Leader Charged With Possession of Weapon NEW YORK (AP) Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon Sunday night after he was picked up near Times Square while allegedly walking with a sword cane The 61-year-old executive director of the A Philip Randolph Institute of New York was freed in his own recognizance for a hearing later today Police said the weapon was a straight wooden cane concealing a 16-inch blade Rustin was a leader in the infant civil rights movement of the 1940s and assisted the late Rev Martin Luther King for many years A conscientious objector during World War II Rustin organized the New York school boycott in 1964 the largest civil rights demonstration up to that time Police said they were unaware of Rustin identity until he was brought to the stationhouse The A Philip Randolph Institute is a New York organization which sponsors programs to enhance the political power of the poor Catholic Problems Pope Worried Over Disunity Among Members VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul VI says that among the many problems the Roman Catholic Church faces is a particularly grave one among its Speaking to a crowd in St Square Sunday the pontiff said notice distin-tegrating phenomena in the ecclesiastical field due to small but audacious and strongly disruptive minorities it is in vain to hope that the separated brethren might rejoin us if we are in and we have no esteem and fidelity to the unity which we have the fortune to possess and the duty of living HEAVEN OR HELL French scientist Blaise Pascal said us and hell or heav en there is nothing but life which of all things is the The Dispatch this year wil carry a series of eight articles dealing with Great Dc cisions 1972 United Press International reporters spe-jciatists in their fields will 'report on and access great decisions that face nations leaders eight-part news-' 1 Than 1 i ice teaching children than the traditional teacher does a Hammond educator has disclosed Dr Edward Ignas of federal projects for the Hammond school system said Lhe US 'Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) revealed that conclusion to educators at a recent conference in Washington He said OEO planned to make its finding public and in detail in the near future The nationwide experiment (Continued on Page 2) Arms For Cuba Soviets Sending Firing Patrol Missi'e-Boats WASHINGTON (AP) The Soviets have started sending Cuba bigger more heavily armed missile-firing patrol boats Pentagon sources report The first two OSA-class boats reached Havana in mid-January -after towed across th2 Atlantic by a pair of Soviet tugs They arrived nearly a month after Cuban gunboat attacks on two unarmed freighters in the Caribbean brought US warnings of possible air and naval counteraction The 35-knot OS As moont four Styx missiles with highVjsc: sive warheads and ra range aboik 15 miles The a US Navy has been concerned about the Styx since the Egyptians sank an Israel? destroyer with one of them in 1967 More recently the India i navy reportedly sank a Pakistani destroyer with a So viet-supplied Styx The new 200-ton OS A cm I' have a greater operating rang' and carry twice as man missiles launchers as the 18 ci der Komar-class patrol bo) furnished to Cuba by the Russians in the I Last October Russia made deliveries of MIG21 jet Cuba for the first time ui more than four years The -vision of newer and i mere-powerful missile boats is vieut by some Pentagon officials a another indication that the Se viet Union is embarked on a program of strengthen re armed forces I Hijacker Charged 1 1 1 i Wounded Man Faces Minimum of 20 Years in Prison NEW YORK (AP) Carrel' Brock Trapnell shot and cap tured at Kennedy after hijacking a transcontinental jet faces arraignment today on a charge of air piracy I Trapnell who is recovering from gunshot wounds of the hand and' upper arm could receive the death penalty or minimum of 20 years in prison if convicted The 33-year -old former mental patient took control of a Trans World Airlines jet with 101 persons aboard early Saturday air proceeded to issue an array demands including $306800 ransom and a conversation with President Nixon history is said to include psychiatric treatment 'm nine hospitals three escapes piloting a stolen plane fr rri California to the Bahamas and six bank robberies in Canada Inside Reading Ann Landers Letters 27 World 30 By the Way 11 City Obituaries iV 38 Comics and Puzzles 32 County Obituaries 33 Crossword Puzzle 6 Do-ItYour elf 13 Editorials Columnists 4 Financial 26! Great Decisions 20 Inside Report 3 Top 20 8- Riesel V-- 1 Security for You Social i Sports 2tC TV Schedule 2T Almanac 20 Win at Bridge 10 Women's Page 23-29 WoVd-a-Day Si Catholics IRA Protesting AUeged Killing of 12 bBritish LONDONDERRY North-era Ireland (UPI) Rockthrowing mobs backed by gunmen rioted throughout Roman Catholic areas today throwing up street barricades and burning vehicles the army said A general strike protesting the Sunday slaying of 13 civilians in a Londonderry gun battle with paratroops spread to most of Northern Ireland and bomb blasts rocked the capital city of Belfast A wave of anger over the Londonderry killings swept the Republic of Ireland and Premier Jack Lynch recalled the Irish ambassador to London for urgent consultations Lynch said the situation was critical but he said he was not breaking diplomatic' relations with Britain Bulletin LONDON Ber- nadette Devlin Northern Ireland member of the British Parliament tore across the House of Com- mons today and hit and scratched Home Secretary Reginald Maudling Maudling told the House that British troops fired only after they were fired on Miss Devlin rushed across the chamber and started hitting Maudling He tried to defend himself as she scratched him and pulled bis hair Struggling violently she va held by chief government whip Francis Pym and opposition whip ert Mellish Then she was half dragged kicking from the chamber Chicago Daily News and Sun-Times Service LONDON The British government and army faced a storm of shock and protest today over the killing of 13 Irishmen and wounding of 17 others in the worst bloodbath yet-in Northern continuing terror The slaughter occurred Sunday in the heavily Roman Catholic city of Londonderry when British paratroopers broke up a demonstration by about 10000 Catholic civil rights marchers Both William Cardinal Conway the Catholic primate of all Ireland and the Bishop of Londonderry fired off telegrams to British Prime Minister Edward Heath demanding an independent investigation of the killings Prime Minister Jack Lynch of the Irish Republic said in Dublin he was and stunned that British troops should shoot indiscriminately into a crowd of civilians who were peacefully demonstrating" Heath Phoned He immediately phoned Heath at country house to discuss the shootings Bernadette Devlin the fiery young Catholic member of Parliament from Northern Ireland who was taking part in the march described the incident as murder by the the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) promised that this would not be the end of the bloodshed A senior IRA offieer said all members of the x-guerplla organization had now been ordered to as many British soldiers as they in revenge for the slaughter As always in Northern Ireland there was total contradiction in the accounts of what happened between the army version and the Irish version The army contended tat its paratroopers had fired only after IRA snipers had fired on soldiers as they tried to break up the illegal march The army also contended that troops had fired only single aimed shots at that its men with guns or nail bombs: TUn Spots But there appeared to be some pretty thin spots in the army story At one point the general In (Continued on Page -12) NOBEL PRIZE BONN Germany (AP) Dom Helder Camara the controversial Roman Catholic of Recife in northeastern Brazil has been nominated candidate' for the 1972 Nobel Peace Prize by 11 members erf the West German parliament from the Christian Democratic party Debbie will be buriedjNY who wrote the Tuesday More than 400 persons! sajing there should be visited the funeral home at limitations on pay hikes for Smyrna where the body people with substandard earn-lay Sunday 1971 law no mgs called the council ruling congressional requirements to trim the Army by 70000 men Watching Enlistments Since the Korean War ended there never has been a no-draft quarter except for last summer when Selective Service expired before Congress completed action on the bill to extend it Army personnel planners were expected to watch enlistment statistics for June July and August very closely since the all-volunteer Army focuses on recruiting high school graduates If enlistments are high this summer draft calls are likely to be low for the remainder of the year the Pentagon said recently There were 94000 drafts last year Lindsay Wins Strong Backing From Youthful Voters in Ariz Bv The Associated Press Mayor John Lindsay of New York won strong support from rewly enfranchised youthful voters 'to surprise analysts and capture the runner-up position in state delegate election the first ballot-box test of contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination jpindsaw- econd' to- acknowledged front-ruiiner Edmund Muskie Maune in the election of 500 delegates to the Arizona Democratic convention next month The 500 will choose 25 delegates Ari zona at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach next July The 86000 voting Democrats gave the Maine senator 38 per cent of the delegates Lindsay 24 per cent and Sen George (Continued on Page 12) March 10-12 Opposes The Working Poor Lawmaker Vows io $190 Wage Cut-Off WASHINGTON (AP) The sponsor of a law exempting the working poor from government wage guidelines says hewi'l go to court if necessary to fight1 a Cost of Living Council ruling that set the cut-off wage at $190 an hour Rep William Ryan D- Fight" Saturday inadequate and a flagrant violation of congressional intent and In its ruling the council said workers who earn less than $190 an about 15 per cent of the work and are no longer subject to the Pay 55-per cent limit pay increases onj The council said its action was in accordance with the 1971 Economic Stabilization Act but Ryan said intent had been to exempt all workers with annual incomes of less than $6960 The council decision be said would millions of working Americans into near- poverty A worker making $190 an hour would earn less than $4000 if he worked a 40-hour week every week of the year The Pay Board itself had said the $190 figure would be consistent with the of the law but its own recommendation to the Cost of Living Council was not made fubic-0n Jan j( unled down separate motions to set the exemption at the hourly wages of $220 and $190 Auto Excise Refund Says $557 Million Given to Manufacturers WASHINGTON (AP) The Internal Revenue Service says million have been turned to auto manufacturers for distribution to car buyers and dealers who paid auto excise last fall The refunds represent nearly Consumers who bought cps between Aug 16 and Dec 10 last year or light trucks and buss between Sept 23 and Dec 10 will get $11 billion of the tot-The remainder will go to deale as repayment for excise taxtf on floor stock The law repealing the autf excise tax on various vehicles was enacted Dec 10 'Heart-of-the-Year' Singer Pearl Bailey Receives Award NEW YORK Singer Pearl Bailey has been chosen the recipient of the American Heart 1972 Heart-of-the-Year award Ross Reid chairman of the association announced the award and explained that Miss Bailey was chosen because she has had a productive career despite a history of heart disease Miss Bailey won a Tony Award for her starring role in the Broadway play She made her Broadway debut in 1946 in Louis Previous recipients of the annual award include former President Johnson the late President Eisenhower Mrs Mamie Eisenhower Arthur of the New York Tunes and House Speaker Carl Albert Unusual Fatality sence of India in Bangladesh with Israeli occupation of Arab'Soviet Union champion Black Leaders Plan Political Vote Confab 'SH1NGTON (UPI) Some 75 black leaders have announced plans fer a national black political convention in March to marshal Negro voting power in local state and national elec tions this year A spokesman said some 4000 delegates from throughout the nation were expected to attend the convention in Gary Ind March 10-12 Rep Charles Diggs D-Mich chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary and Imamu Baraka of Newark NJ were elected temporary cocha'rmen of the caucus described as the first of its kind ever held historic occasion mil seek not only to identify ot ratify a national black political agenda for 1972 and beyond but will also seek to crystalize strategics for maximum practical unity in the national participation of blacks in the Democratic and Republican conventions and in local state and national elections this U-e cochairmen said in a statement Pakistan Decides to Leave British Commonwealth VlQhQNQ: VlllllOn RAWALPINDI Pakistan APli0neTimc Wei Huge Estate CHICAGO (AP) The estate of gospel singer Mahalia Jack-son who once made a living been Fischer-Chess US Champion in Amsterdam to Discuss Title Match AMSTERDAM (UPI) American chess champion Bobby Fischer arrived in Amsterdam for talks concerning the date and site of the world chess title match he will play later this' year with the reigning world Boris Spassky of' the Fischer was welcomed at Amsterdam Airport by Max Euwe president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and world champion from 1935 to 1537 Fischer accompanied by his manager Ed Edmundson said he was tired and went straight to bed Fuwe later said Spassky had submitted a list of four cities where he wanted to play Fischer had listed only two possible sites and neither of these wpre on Fst he said Bangladesh Support Diplomats in Rawalpindi believe an avalanche of nations will now recognize Bangladesh in the wake of quit- ting lhe British Commonwealth Australia and New Zealand led scrubbing floors has Injured Woman on Road Killed by Second Car" STEUBENVILLE Ohio (AP)IRS Steubenville area woman! lay injured for nearly three' hours on US 22 east pf here before she was struck and killed by a car according to police Shannon Hafer 23 erf Win-tersville was a passenger in a car that went out of control and overturned on the medial strip throwing her into the traffic lane car was pinned inside half The driver of the ed inside level $350 $557 over taxes territories and suggested the Soviet Union could not logically support the former and condemn the latter An editorial in the Peking People's Daly the Chinese Communist party newspaper said if the Soviet and Indian arguments in justification of Indian intervention in what was formerlv East Pakistan are accepted does it not mean that occupation of large tracts of Arab territories and the occupation of the territories of many countries in the world by US imperialism could also be called Yale Tavern Jarred License Revoked For Men-Only Haunt of Students HARTFORD Conn The liquor license of the storied men-only haunt for generations of Yale students was revoked today for discri-' minating against women The tavern popularized by the! Yale Glee Club in the poof of 1909 lost its right! to sell liquor in a 2 to 1 decision I handed down by the Connecticut1 Liquor Control Commission I It is expected however that the Whiffenpoofs will stiff assemble with their glasses raised on high and not be from here to eternity" lhe case is expected to run its appellate course beginning in the Court of Common Pleas the estimated $12 expected to betiid to auto jmanufacJdjxers wh'cii should Police said passing motorists to deaKTS and apparently did not see Miss'-onsurrers the IRS said Hafer or the overturned car inday billion the ay today estimated at $1 million- President Zulfikar All Attorney Chauncey Eskridge! decision Sunday to take said Sunday that Miss Jackson Pakistan out of the Common- owned real estate and assets wealth was interpreted as $500000 and had another face-saving measure to express $5orooo cash bank deposits displeasure with nations that recognize Bangladesh without actually severing diplomatic relations with them rOAM RUBBER Cut any ate hap or thickness- Sofa and chair cushions refilled to 5 daily YORK BEDDING 3 SO Queen 854-5351 Adv -j B4-U IT COMES NATURALLY Politicians do more funny things naturally than I can think of doing purposefully- Will Rogers UEPPO RUO CLEANERS I The New Steam Process I Is Better Tor Onentai Russ Adv the early morning darkness uj6-til she was run over ''apparently was alive until she was hit authorities sai'J Call Nary' Claanlns Aarvic Professional Carpet 'furniture cleaning floor waxing 225 ADAMS M3-13S2 Adv jal-mwtA-tf i MONEY SAVING AUTO LOANS EAST PROSPECT STATE BANK Phone Ken Nlckol at 232-2511 Adv 13-mtf I.

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