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18201 WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1970 24 Pages 10c Copy ard Speaker 2 Viii Vitrei; tl CD Senate a Public Employe Bargaining Bill Gets Senate OK $4 Million 12-32 Vote Kills Plan To Increase Salaries Of Top State Officials VtJl 'rl 'TIMELY' IDEA Dr. Hale Dougherty of Anaheim, is credited with orginating the Spiro Agnew wristwatch, a takeoff on the Mickey Mouse wristwatch. He, his wife and 10 children are work-, ing around the clock to fill orders. The latest customers include Pierre Salinger, Ethel Kennedy and President Nixon's niece. The watches are made by a Swiss watchmaker and distributed by Dougherty, (AP) Probe Shows My Lai Incident Covered Up At Division Level HARRISBURG (AP) The General Assembly appeared Tuesday headed for final action on a bill to give teachers, hospital workers and other public employes a limited right to strike.

If approved Pennsylvania would be the second state in the nation along with Hawaii to leg alize public employe strikes. The Senate passed the bill 32 13 and sent the measure to the House which has already passed an even more liberally labor-oriented measure. House Majority Leader K. Le- roy Irvis, D-Pittsburgh, said the bill would receive final approval Monday. irvis admitted the measure may eventually increase hospital and college costs by giving workers bargaining rights, "but you can't hold down costs at the expense of human rights." "Slavery was a cheap institU' tion, you recall, and I would not look too favorably on that," said Irvis, a Negro.

"Some hospital workers have lived like economic slaves. "They work for wages that are a disgrace. This bill will give them the right to do what all men should do to stand up and bargain f6r their wages and conditions of work." The legislation was written by Sen. Richard C. Frame, R-Ven-ango, who led the fight for such employe bargaining rights over the past three years.

In a brief floor debate on the bill, Frame said, "The facts of life are that employers do bar gain, many do strike even in Penn sylvania even though it is illegal." A 1947 law outlaws joining unions, bargaining or withdraw al of services by public workers, with a penalty of mandatory loss of jobs of striking em ployes. Leading the opposition to the measure was Sen. Wilmot Fleming, R-Montgomery, who called for a "blanket prohibition on strikes. Fleming said public employe strikes would "upset a lot of private citizens who will not stand for any interruption of services by school teachers or other pub lic workers" "The chickens are one day going to come home to roost if this bill passes," Fleming said. Mike Johnson, vice president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, called the legislation "a strike prevention measure." "The 1947 law is repressive, and it hasn't prevented strikes anyway," Johnson said.

"This bill will do the job by guaranteeing ways to settle labor disputes." tacks at Kiri Rom and Srak Neak may be to threaten Highway 4, the main highway for the Cambodian capital to Kompong Som, the nation's only deep water port. lirii dn lteRwWMiaMWWLtM LETTING FLY President Nixon winds up as a woman ducks before throwing a ball to fans in the stands at Cincinnati's new Riverfront Stadium before the start of Tuesday night's All-Star game. Julie Eisenhower is second from right. Next to her is her husband, David. Republican Senatorial candidate from Ohio, Robert Taft is between the President and David.

National League won 5-4 in 12 innings. (AP) Need State Government Reform, Gov. Shafer Tells Pa. Legislators It says the only written report a five-page report by Col. Oran K.

Henderson, then 11th Brigade commander was found hidden in an intelligence sergeant's desk drawer, and no trace was found of four other al leged written documents on My Lai-Henderson's report, ordered by the Americal Division commander, Maj. Samuel W. Kos-ter, the subcommittee says, was that only 20 civilians had been killed by artillery and helicopter assault preparatory to the ground assault; allegations of wild and indiscriminate firing by ground troops were not substantiated; and that Capt. Ernest L. Medina had shot a woman under combat circumstances that required no further action.

fer said. "I recommend the formation of legislative-executive task forces to work out the differences we have over the three most controversial new departments Corrections, Environmental Resources, and Human Services." Shafer said the preparatory groups would be headed by Judge Roy Wilkinson of Belle-fonte ifor corrections; Frank Masland Jr. of Carlisle, for conservation, and Max Rosenn of Wilkes-iBarre for human services. iReaction to the governor's special message was mixed on both sides of the political aisle. House Majority Leader K.

run the bill," Fleming said. Under usual procedures, a bill lacking a 26-vote constitutional majority would go back to com mittee. The salary bill was in place for a vote Monday, but Senate leaders said heavy public opposition was responsible for preventing action on the measure. Republican and Democratic leaders agreed the pay raises for legislators and other officials were justified, but they conceded fear of hostile reactions from constituents in an election year blocked passage of the bill. The clerk of the Senate offi cially recorded the vote at 13-31 with Sen.

Louis G. Hill, Philadelphia, voting for the measure. Later, Hill claimed he had voted "no" the only member of the Philadelphia caucus to op pose the bill and the clerk changed the official tally. Hill said he favors the higher salaries, but he felt the bill "should not be rushed througk at the tailend of the year." The bill would have boosted the governor's pay, effective Jan. 1, from $45,000 to $55,000 a year.

Three members of the cabinet would have received pay hikes from $25,000 to $45,000. A move to preserve one part of the bill establishing a commission to recommend salary hikes every-two -years, was defeated In the party caucuses without official votes. The Senate approved bills that would cut the size of the General Assembly by one third and limit tthe annual legislative session to six months ending July 15. The legislative reforms go to the House. If they are approved this year, they must be passed again in 1971 and would then go on a statewide ballot.

Shafer had pledged to veto the salary bills without approval oi the constitutional amendments. Legislative sources said Senate approval of the reform bills indicates leaders may still move to salvage the salary commission idea and move it to Shafer's desk before the current round of legislative sessions ends. Auto Workers, GM Open New Contract Talks DETROIT (AP) With sources on both sides of the bargaining table seeing a strike as likely, new contract negotiations open Wednesday between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers. The UAW will begin bargaining with the other Big Three members Ford and Chrysler on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

Current contracts covering about 730,000 workers at all three companies expire at midnight Sept. 14. Contracts have been for three years since 1955. In the past, tough-knuckled, around-the-clock bargaining usually was not begun until a couple of weeks before contract expiration. The early weeks were spent with both sides presenting position papers and taking verbal jabs at each other at news conferences.

But this year General Motors challenged the union to "begin serious bargaining immediately, not Sept. 1." The union, which has 394,000 members in GM plants across the country, accepted, calling on the company to make a serious offer in early sessions. The companies and the union have said they don't want a strike, but sources in both camps claim that are ample signs a strike is likely. They point especially to the prebar-gaining stands of industry and the union. Sales and profits of the automakers are down and layoffs widespread, but the UAW insists it will "not be intimidated" by the current state of the economy that it is "bargaining about the future." HARRISBURG (AP) The Senate voted down Tuesday a $4 million package of salary increases for legislators and other top state officials, including a boost from $7,200 to $15,000 a year for members of the General Assembly.

By a 12-32 vote, the salary increases proposed by Gov. Shafer and endorsed by most legislative leaders were apparently killed for the present. The measure could be revised for another vote within five legislative days under Senate rules. The lone Republican recorded in favor of the measure, Sen. Richard A.

Tilghman, Montgomery, said after the roll call, "I think I'm worth at least a year to my constituents and I voted on that basis." Senate President Pro Tempore Robert D. Fleming, R-Allegheny, said the bill is "dead for this year." Normally, the Senate leaders do not bring up a bill for a vote unless the votes to pass it have been lined up in advance. "I don't know why the Democrats wanted to bring it up for a vote but they insisted that we Speaking of his proposals, he went on: "As you can see, they are not for the benefit of the Shafer administration; they are for the benefit of Pennsylvanians yet to come, who may, or may not, live under a government with the consent of the governed one that is preserved by a strong federal system." The legislature for much of this year has been wrestling indecisively with proposals to raise salaries in all three branches of government legislative, executive and judicial at a time when the economy is in the throes of a downtrend. Preston Foster Preston Foster, Film, TV Star, Is Dead at 69 LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) Preston Foster, who played both heroes and heavies over more than two decades in movies then became a star of television, died Tuesday.

He was 69. He succumbed at Scripps Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Foster, born in Ocean City, N.J., started his career as an opera singer but quickly switched to the stage. He appeared in numerous Broadway dramas before coming to Hollywood. A good looking 6 foot 2, 200 pounder be played leading men in the 1930s and in later years sometimes took roles aa a heavy.

WMmm U.S.-Trained Mercenaries Start 'Outflanking Move in Cambodia WASHINGTON (AP) The alleged massacre of South Viet namese civilians at My Lai was covered up at the Army division level, a special House Investigating group reported Tuesday. It says there was "a concerted action among military and State Department officers to suppress all evidence of the allegation and its investigation." But it says investigators were unable to determine when, where and by whom the basic decision was made. The report prepared by a special subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee gays the actions of some soldiers of the Americal Division at My Lai March 16, were so wrong and uncharacteristic as "to Immediately raise a question as to the legal sanity at the time those men were involved." It recommends revision of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit court-martial of men for actions taken in combat until a competent authority has determined the mental responsibility of the man at the time of the alleged crime. The investigating subcommittee's findings and recommendations are in a 53-page report released Tuesday. They are based on testimony from 152 witnesses covering 1,812 pages which was not released.

The subcommittee draws no conclusions on what actually happened at My Lai except to say it was "a tragedy of major proportions involving unarmed Vietnamese, not in uniform." It makes no reference to criminal charges against specific officers and men of murder, rape, maiming and officer responsibility for the deaths of at least 102 Vietnamese civilians. The subcommittee accuses ranking Americal Division and State Department officers in the My Lai area of suppressing the alleged massacre under a "blanket of silence" by making no report to headquarters in Siagon in violation of standing regulations; leaving almost no written record of a field investigation; and warning officers and enlisted men involved not to discuss the incident. Where To Find It Page Dear Abby 15 Births 24 Hal Boyle 1 John Chamberlain 10 Classified 22-23 Comics, Crossword 16 Deaths 24 Mason Denison 10 Jeane Dixon 17 Editorial Page 10 Freeland 20 Funerals 24 Crier City Hospital Reports 24 McAdoo Race Results 19 Ringtown Ray Saul 18 Sports lg-19 Stocks, Markets 21 Theatres 17 Women's Pages Headed A-Bomb Development Heart Attack Claims Life Of Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves called the last special message of his four-year term.

He still will, appear for the usual "State of the State" address at the end of his tenure in January. In his 20-minute address, Sha fer dwelled on the need for restructuring government from the township to the legislature itself to eliminate overlapping and fragmentation of services. He proposed as immediate steps the implementation of task forces to recommend legislation and have it ready for the law makers when they return from a summer vacation in September. "Here is my proposal," Sha- Black Panther Trial Begins In New Haven NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of one of eight Black Panthers charged in the slaying of another party member as a crowd of sympathizers demonstrated outside the courthouse.

The defendant, 24-year-old Lonnie McLucas of New Haven, listened without visible reaction as policemen and firemen testified about the discovery of the victim's body. McLucas is charged with kidnaping resulting in death in the slaying of Alex Rackley of New York City, who police claim was suspected of being an informer by party members. Others scheduled to stand trial later include Bobby G. Seale, a co-founder and national chairman of the party. The demonstrators mostly white gathered peacefully on the New Haven Green across the street from the courthouse, and chanted "free the Panthers" and "power to the people." The demonstration was not audible in the courtroom.

Among those who testified was State Policeman George J. Heg. He told the jury of 12 nine whites and three blacks that among the articles authorities turned over to the FBI after Rackley's body was found were "wire that was found around the victim's neck," adhesive tape from both wrists, material from HARRISBURG (AP) Gov. Shafer issued a solemn warn ing to Pennsylvania legislators Tuesday that time is running out for reform of state government at all levels if the people's confidence is to be preserved. With just a half-year left of his own term, Shafer went before a joint session of House and Senate to deliver what he The intensity of the fighting in Cambodia contrasted with the situation in South Vietnam, where only small skirmishes were reported throughout the country.

Leslie Groves der of Japan and the end of the war. But Groves, who played such a key role in producing what was then the most devastating weapon in history, lived to see something that he was one of the first to envision the wide spread use of atomic energy to benefit man in such pursuits as medicine and agriculture, and power production. MM Lt. Leroy Irvis summed up the Democratic point of view: "There is merit in what he says, but it is too late in the session to be making such proposals." Lt. Gov.

Raymond J. Brode-rick, the Republican nominee to succeed Shafer, endorsed proposals for consolidating and streamlining government but questioned a recommendation that patronage jobs be cut back. Shafer noted the "lateness of the hour" but expressed hope the lawmakers would not let that deter them from the urgency of the situation he perceived. Israeli Planes Defy Missiles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli warplanes struck across the Suez Canal in day and night raids Tuesday, defying the buildup of Soviet surface-to-air missiles to hammer Egyptian military positions. All planes returned safely from the raids concentrated along the northern and central sectors, a spokesman in Tel Aviv said.

Egyptian commandos thrust across the waterway Monday night and attacked Israeli positions in Sinai, Cairo said, losing one man in a clash with an Israeli patrol. It was the second raid reported by the Sinai commando or ganization in four days. It claimed to have killed or wounded 50 Israelis in an attack last Saturday The military command in Tel Aviv confirmed the strike. It SAIGON (AP) U.S.-trained mercenaries began an outflanking movement Tuesday at Kiri Rom while other Cambodian troops fought to maintain a toehold in that mountain resort 50 miles west of Phnon. Penh.

A dispatch from the Cambodian capital said three battalions of the Cambodians from South Vietnam, who learned to fight under Green Beret tutelage, had struck out through the jungles in an attempt to outflank the 1,000 enemy troops who seized Kiri Rom on Saturday. A military spokesman in Phnom Penh said other mercenaries had taken the main hotel and other positions in Kiri Rom but fierce fighting continued. No casualty figures were given. MWs latter force has been under heavy pressure since it shot its way Monday to the crest of Kiri Rom, which means Healthy Air Mountain. While the fighting raged in and around Kiri Rom, a large North Vietnamese force some estimates said 1,000 men attacked a government battalion based a Srak Neak, 25 miles to the south.

Fragmentary government reports from the remote site indicated the defending Cambodians were hard hit. A Cambodian military spokesman described government casualties as "fairly heavy," a term he never used before. The North Vietnamese were believed to have withdrawn later although reports from the area were incomplete and left the situation confused. Military sources in Phnom Penh said the enemy objective now appears to be to inflict heavy casualties on Cambodian units to damage morale. They considered most earlier fighting in Cambodia as merely skirmishes.

Another objective in the at WASHINGTON (AP) Retired Lt. Gen- Leslie Groves, 73, a second-string football player at West Point who later quarter-backed the secret development of the atomic bomb in World War II, died Monday night of a heart attack. The chunky, often outwardly gruff general, who successfully sparked the efforts of some 600,000 scientists and other personnel in a race against time with Nazi Germany, was stricken at home and taken to the Army's Walter Reed Hospital where he died 2V2 hours later. Groves once referred to the super-hush-hush A-bomb effort as a "$2 billion calculated risk that paid off." Ironically, his death came almost on the 25th anniversary, July 16, of the testing of the world's first atomic explosive in the pre-dawn desert darkness near Alamogordo, N.M. a test that ushered in the atomic age.

And death came within a month of the 25th anniversary of the first military use of the awesome nsw weapon the dropping of the first A-bomb on Hiroshima. That event, followed by the dropping of the second bomb on Nagasaki a few days later, speedily brought on the surren- two bullet wounds and fibers re-, was the first cross-canal raid sembling clothesline from the admitted by the Israelis since victim's neck. The body was May 30, when 13 Israelis were pulled from a river in rural! killed in an Egyptian ambush in Middlefield on May 21, 1969. 'the northern part of the zone..