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Good Evening Sign on an antique shop: "Come in and buy what your grandmother threw away." THE PROGRESS Weather TURNING COLD (See Forecast Page 3) Vol.69--No. 9 Our 62nd Year Clearfield, Curwensville. Philipsburg, Moshannon Valley. Saturday, January 11, 1975 16,563 Copies Daily Copy 15 Cents 30 PAGES TODAY News Highlights In Orbit By The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) Two Soviet cosmonauts reported today "everything is going well" as their Soyuz 17 spacecraft went into earth orbit headed for possible docking with a space lab launched 16 days ago. The Soyuz rocket carrying the two rookie cosmonauts blasted off from Baikonur space center in central Asia shortly after midnight Moscow time, the Soviet news agency Tass reported.

Tass said all systems were operating normally. The flight by Lt. Col. Alexei Gubarev and Flight Engineer Georgy Grechko, both 43, was seen over Russian television. The TV camera showed Gubarev saying: "Everything is going well on board.

See you, friends. We have gone to work." Shapp Bets on Steelers HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania Gov. Milton J. Shapp, who won a bushel of grapefruit in the Cotton Bowl, has bet Minnesota Gov.

Kendell R. Anderson a bushel of mushrooms on the outcome of the Super Bowl game. Anderson put up 10 pounds of Minnesota beet sugar, and Shapp wired him on Friday: "Happy to wager bushel famous Pennsylvania mushrooms that Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Minnesota Vikings Superbowl, New Orleans, Jan. 12." Shapp won the grapefruit from Texas Gov. Dolphe Briscoe when Penn State defeated Baylor.

U.S. Coal Production Off CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)--Total coal production in the United States last year is estimated to have been 590 million tons, a decrease of nearly two million tons from 1973's production. The 1974 production had been running ahead of the previous year until the contract strike late last year, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Mines of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The agency said the total for the last week of 1974 was 8.88 million tons, a 14.6 decrease from the previous week. That total compared to 8.23 million tons for the corresponding week of 1973. Hoffa Cannot Run DETROIT (AP) James R. Hoffa, the former Teamsters president who hoped to begin las bid to regain union power this winter, has pulled out of a local union election because of legal restrictions. Hoffa, 60, said Friday that his attorneys warned him that his candidacy for the presidency of Teamsters Local 299 would violate terms of his 1971 prison sentence commutation.

Hoffa was jailed in the 1960s for jury tampering. He had indicated he would use the election to kick off his attempt to challenge international Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsimmons, his handpicked successor but now an antagonist. Viet Air Raids Continue SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) South Vietnamese bombers continued heavy attacks today on North Vietnamese and Viet Cong positions in Phuoc Long province along the Cambodian border, the Saigon command reported. It was the fifth straight day of raids northwest of the provincial capital of Phuoc Binh City, 75 miles north of Saigon, which was taken by the Communists on Tuesday.

The command claimed 217 cease-fire violations by the Communist side in the 24 hours ending at dawn today, the highest number recorded in almost a month. But the command said 150 of the attacks were indirect, meaning by rocket and mortar. Dairy Farmers To Be Heard WASHINGTON (AP) Dairy farmers who were cut out of an immediate increase in government milk price supports a week ago will have a chance to state their case soon at an Agriculture Department hearing announced Friday. The hearing, set for Jan. 20, had been sought by the National Milk Producers Federation and involves the group's proposal for an immediate increase in federal minimum prices guaranteed producers of Class I milk in federal marketing order areas.

In its announcement, USD A said it would only "deal with the limited question" of raising minimum prices for Class I milk. That is the kind sold for fluid uses, mainly milk sold at retail counters for drinking. U.S. Won't Intervene BOSTON (AP) A federal attorney says the Justice Department will not intervene in legal proceedings involving Boston's school desegregation busing dispute. Deputy Atty.

Gen. Laurance H. Silberman said Friday the government would not step "because we believe that the parties to the litigation have fully and adequately presented the issues to the district court and will do so before the Supreme Court if review is granted." Public schools in Boston have been hit by sporadic outbreaks of violence since the fall term began. A partial desegregation order requires the busing of about 18,000 of the system's 87,000 pupils. More Auto Cutbacks DETROIT (AP) Ford Motor Co.

has moved to suspend operations at more than half its assembly plants for the next week in production cutbacks forced by the prolonged downward auto sales slide. Several months' worth of unsold new cars are forcing widespread production cutbacks as the nation's four major car manufacturers find themselves unable to sell what they have already made. Chrysler and General Motors also have huge layoffs set next week, but 13,000 American Motor workers return after one-week layoffs. The Big Three layoffs are a signal that auto executives anticipate no quick turnaround in a 30 per cent sales dive since 1975 models debuted in September. U.N.

Staff Study NEW YORK (AP) Morale and competence at the United Nations are on the decline because of growing political pressure by member governments in hiring staff, says a study by a former U.S. delegate to the world organization. The study, made by the Ralph Bunche Institute of the City University of New York, also claimed that various foreign ministers or delegates to the United Nations frequently press for the hiring of relatives or friends who want to live in New York. Population 132 Population 18,309 Population 19,179 Curwensville BIGLER Houtzdale Glen Hope City Boroughs Townships Population 15,999 New Washington Keith Acquitted By Reason Of Insanity 12 Miles Clearfield County's four realigned magisterial districts are outlined above. Districts Reduced By Two Magisterial District Realignment OK'd The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has given approval to the proposed realignment and reduction of Clearfield County's magisterial districts, which went into effect five years ago.

Judge John K. Reilly Jr. has been notified the proposal he made has been approved by the state court. It will become effective Jan. 5,1976 and will mean that the magistrates, all of whom are up for reelection this year, will be chosen from the new districts.

The plan reduces the number of districts from six to four and more evenly divides the population as weU as the area covered in each district. Judge Reilly said he proposed the realignment in order to operate the magisterial offices more efficiently and to locate them in areas that would be more convenient to the people they serve. The magistrates will also be paid more equally under the new plan. They each receive a base salary of $6,000 plus 40 cents per capita. Tornadoes Kill 11 in Four States 3 Verify Numbers Three of the four winners in The Progress' Social Security contest verified their numbers this morning, but the top'prize winner had not.

i Fifty dollars awaits the holder of Social Security number 195-40-5965. The person must call Clearfield 765-5051 by 5 p.m. next Thursday to claim the prize. The other winners in this week's contest are: Lenora Mae Heise, Mineral Springs, second prize of $25; Beatrice Picard of Frenchville, third prize of $15; and Ellsworth Reed of Box 145, Smithmffl, fourth prize of $10. 'Thank You For the Want Ad' That's what this pleased advertiser told us when she called to cancel the following ad.

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Why don't you put a couple of dollars to work for you and sell your idle items fast and easy with a low cost Progress Want Ad? Place one soon. Progress offices located in: Clearfield, Curwensville, Coalport, Philipsburg and Houtzdale. Exciting MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) A series of deadly tornadoes that swooped down out of a fastmoving storm in Dixie have left at least 11 persons known dead, some 200 injured and patches of destruction in four states. A 12th person was reported missing, and officials estimated damage in the millions.

The wonder of it was that more were not killed by the swirling winds which struck Friday. For instance, a twister smashed into an elementary school here while 300 pupils crouched in the hallways, but the most serious injury was a broken leg. Another tornado ripped the roof from a school gym in Opelousas, while 600 youngsters cowered on the floor. The only injuries were a few bruises. "We may have seen a miracle that more people weren't killed," said Mississippi Gov.

Bill Waller as he inspected damage here and moved to have McComb declared a disaster area. McComb, a southwest Mississippi city of 39,900, was hardest hit of a dozen towns that suffered tornado damage. It had four dead and 115 injured. Mayor John Thompson said 300 homes were ruined, leaving 750 in emergency shelter. Three more were killed in the nearby town of Ruth, and two died on U.S.

90 near Pascagoula when a tractor- trailer was whipped sideways and two cars smashed into it. At Lake Charles, 20-year- old Ronnie Benoit of Jennings died in a hospital early today of injuries received when a twister hit Mermentau. A crewman was missing and presumed drowned when a tugboat capsized on Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. At Ragland, a man died when a twister ripped up a service station shortly after another tornado had smashed some 100 houses, 75 mobile homes and 25 stores in nearby Pell City. Alabama Civil Defense Director C.J.

Sullivan estimated that 50 persons were injured at Pell City and 12 at Ragland. He also said a twister was reported at Pelham south of Birmingham. High winds were reported at Lanett. Near Fort Walton Beach, about 20 mobile homes were heavily damaged by another tornado, but no serious injuries were reported. National Guardsmen patroled in McComb and Pell City today to prevent looting.

The tornadoes were spawned by a squall line which developed near the Louisiana-Texas border Friday morning and then moved rapidly eastward over Please Turn to Page 3, Col. 6 Inside The Progress readers Pull out the center section. A New You 14 Abby 2 Area News 3 Classified Ads 10,11 Comics 13 Deaths 3 Editorial, Columns 4 Hints From Heloise 13 Horoscope ti Hospital News 2,14 Sports 6,9,12 State News 14 Television 5 Today in History 13 By DON ZIMMERMAN Progress Staff Writer BELLEFONTE The murder trial of George Allen Keith, accused slayer of 12- year-old Tracy Stetler of Cold Stream, Philipsburg, ended yesterday with his acquittal. A three-judge panel in Centre County Criminal Court ruled that Keith, 28, of Morrisdale R.D., was not guilty of the crime on the grounds of insanity. The ruling does not mean, however, that Keith will go free.

The panel further found Keith to be a threat to society and ordered him held in jaU until he can be committed to a mental institution. Commitment proceedings were scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 20, at 1:30 p.m. The verdict brought an end Quick Tax Cut Action Promised By FRANK CORMIER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -President Ford has won a pledge from the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to act quickly on a recession- fighting tax cut of about $15 billion. Rep.

Al Ullman, who is expected to become chairman in the new Congress of the committee that initiates all tax legislation, told newsmen after a Friday night conference with Ford: "I think we have the ingredients for fast action to get relief to the American people." Ford outlined his tax cut plan to Ullman and called Republican congressional leaders Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Rep. John J. Rhodes of Arizona to the White House today for a similar preview of legislation he will propose next week in his State of the Union address. While predicting the Ways and Means Committee will make changes in the economic blueprint, Ullman said Ford's plan "encompasses much of what I support." The Oregonian, acting chairman of the committee since Rep.

Wilbur D. Mills, D- was hospitalized last month, would not disclose the President's proposals. But Ullman said they were "in some ways wider in scope than I had anticipated." Ullman indicated he and Ford were not in agreement on implementation of a tax cut but were close to an accord "on net impact" the total dollar amount involved. Administration sources Please Turn to Page 3, Col. 4 New Photo Series to Start Monday Some of the most memorable and exciting photographs ever taken anywhere will be featured in a new series starting Monday in The Progress.

From the files of The Associated Press, history comes alive in "The Instant It Happened." Many of the photographs were taken by staff photographers of The Associated Press, of which this newspaper is a member. Many were shot by men and women working for newspapers here and abroad; and many others were taken by amateurs who just happened on the scene. But all reach back into man's memory and bring back more than their own substance. "The Instant It Happened" starts with Civil War chronicler Mathew Brady and his dramatic view of the dead lying sprawled along the banks of the Antietam. Then the camera lens travels through time to record the first flight of the Wright brothers; the execution of Ruth Snyder; the retirement of Lou Gehrig; a place called Dunkirk; Iwo Jima; Marilyn Monroe; and many, many other memories of different places, different times.

That's what "The Instant It Happened" is all about. Watch for it in The Progress starting Monday. CLEARFIELD FANS roar their approval for Vern Rowles' takedown, signaled by Referee Tom Ott, as the Bison 132-pounder catches Philipsburg-Osceola's Phil Irvin on his back. Rowles added a near fall a five-point move and went on to win 9-6 to help the Bisons triumph 27-15 in the Central Conference Meet of the Week, which attracted more than 1,200 fans to the P-O gym. For more pictures and story, turn to Page 6.

to one of the most bizarre and intriguing murder cases in the history of Centre or Clearfield counties. Miss Stetler, a junior high student at Philipsburg, disappeared on the evening of March 11, 1974, while returning to her home from the Moshannon Valley YMCA. An all-night search failed to find the missing girl, but two nigh school students discovered her body in the yard of a vacant home in Philipsburg's Edgehill section early on March 12. She had been stabbed in the throat. State police from the Hollidaysburg barracks set up a mobile investigation center in Philipsburg to study the case.

Acting on a tip from the Clearfield borough police department, authorities investigated Keith. They found that he had a history of assaults of women using a knife, that he owned a knife similar to the one found at the murder scene, and that he had been at the Pioneer Tap Room in Philipsburg on the evening of March 11. A nationwide search for Keith was initiated. He was arrested by Mexican authorities in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, and deported to El Paso, where FBI agents arrested him on April 1. Keith was returned to Centre County and lodged in the County Prison at Bellefonte.

After several delays in his trial, Keith's attorney, Centre County Public Defender Robert L. Martin, entered a not guilty plea on the grounds of insanity and requested a non- jury trial. Centre County Judge R. Paul Campbell granted the request and received permission from the State Supreme Court to have a special three-judge panel hear the case on Dec. 10 and 11.

Judges Morris M. Terrizzi of Huntingdon County and R. Lee Zeigler of Mifflin County joined Judge Campbell on the bench Dec. 10 and 11 to hear the case. In the meantime, Keith was among eight Centre County Prison inmates to escape on Dec.

1. He turned himself in the following evening at a farm house at Runville near Wingate. District Attorney Charles C. Brown Jr. presented a convincing, although circumstantial, case indicating that Keith had indeed killed Miss Stetler.

Major Commonwealth testimony included three Please Turn to'Page 3, Col. 3 Leonard Grade Song Makes It On TV Show Clearfield television fans will want to turn on their sets early Monday morning to catch a Pittsburgh Steelers fight song written by a sixth grade teacher and recorded by the Leonard Grade Glee Club. The recording made by the school children will be part of "A.M. Pittsburgh" seen over WTAE-Channel 4, at 8 a. m.

Mary Kay Stoltz, the teacher who wrote the song, had the recording made and mailed to the television station Thursday night after she learned the station was preparing to send the Steelers a box containing good luck charms and other items to wish the football team luck on the eve of the Super Bowl. She was notified by the television station Friday morning that the recording arrived too late to be included in the box. However, the station would use it on the M. Pittsburgh" show Monday morning. Miss Stoltz, an ardent football fan, was thrilled over the news, but admits she's going to spend the weekend worrying.

Her first worry is over the outcome of the Super Bowl. After that she'll worry over whether the members of the glee club or their parents read the newspaper in time to learn their recording will be on the Pittsburgh show. 1EWSP4PERS HE.