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PAGE 4-UNIONTOWN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 172 SPEAKING OF-RIDING COATTAILS The Morning Hekald Fayette County's Only Morning Newspaper Founded January 8, 1907 Published by Uniontown Newspapers, Inc. 3-10 Church Unlnntown, Pa. 15401 P.O. Boi 841 TELEPHONES-Uniontown, 438-2501 Brownsville, Pa. 785-02 ConnellsvlUe, P.

82M0 Kil Til 1 M'tT 1 1 he Unloved i-ari wiison-United Nations On The The United Nations consists of 132 member ''f 1 countries, and it is impossible lo please all of OTofl' them all of Hie time. These days, it is S. W. C4lkfji Allen C. Saw fan Arnold GoWDtrf John S.

ydmo MEMBERSHIP Amerlcai Newstuptr Put)Uhm' Amiv Bernury iiui Tnuunt EdJiar AHieliJit Editor ASSOCIATWH Mid BnloBtown, wry moinlBf nt Sunday Dr. Lester L. Coleman Your Health Victor Reisel Reveals especially difficult to please the United States. To underscore its disapproval of recent U.N. actions, this country has proposed to reduce its share of the organization's budget from 31.5 to 35 per cent.

It is customary for American Presidents to pay tribute to the United Nations at least once a year. President Nixon did so but somewhat backhandedly in his Feb. 9, 1972, foreign policy message tn Congress. "We need to deal realistically with the fact that the United Nations is faring what I ran only call a crisis of confidence," Nixon said. "Whatever its current weaknesses, the U.N.

makes essential contribution to the structure of world peace and thus tn mankind's future." The "crisis of confidence" stemmed in part from last October's General Assembly vote to seat Mainland China and to deny representation to the Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai-shek. More recent U.N. actions also have irritated the Nixon administration. On Aug. 28, for example, the U.N.

Special Committee on Colonialism voted to put Puerto Rico under study as a colonial territory of the United States entitled to independence. And on Sept. 10, U.S. Ambassador George Bush vetoed a Security Council resolution that called for cessation of "all military operations" in the Middle East but made no mention of the Olympic Games tragedy. Inevitably, then, the current U.S.

effort to reduce its financial support of the world organization will he viewed as an act ol retaliation. Both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 1373 Sen ate-Justice-Commerce appropriations bill placed a 25 per cent ceiling on annual U.S. contributions to the U.N. budget. The House-approved ceiling would take effect Jan.

1, 1973, the Senate's un Dec. 31, 1973. The bill is still awaiting conference action. A memorandum distributed to all U.N. members on Aug.

28 staled the Nixon administration's case for lower U.S. financial contributions: "The view is widely held in the United Stales that in a virtually universal organization of sovereign, erjual slates, the total membership must share its financial responsibilities more Richard L. Tobin, writing in Saturday Review, saw things differently: "The 25 per cent figure represents, in the view of both the State Department and Congress, a rate more in balance between actual capacity to pay and the influence the U.S. is now able to exercise in the organization." The current debate on UN. financing brings to mind a similar conlroversy that erupted more than a decade ago.

On Jan. 30, 19(12, President Kennedy proposed that the United States subscribe to one-half of a $200 million bond issue to he floated by the N. for support of peacekeeping operations. Congress refused to purchase any bonds, but it did authorize appropriations of up to $100 million as a load to the world organization. No such reprieve for the U.N.

is in Ilia offing this time. Congress and the While House seem determined to cut back the U.S. contribution despite the likelihood that U.S. influence in the United Nations will decline also. The graceful dragonships manned by Viking raiders 1,000 years ago were perilous horrors on the high seas, where storms were all but certain to swamp them or even break their haeks.

For ocean travel, the Vikings sailed a double-ended ship with handsome lines, but of greater displacement and with a high freeboard and wide beam amidships. New York wanted an adventurous night in mad New York City. A black limousine picked me up. I squeezed in beside Retired Detective Eddie Kgan, three other detectives, a girl with one of them, and Hollywood producer Howard Koch. They were all big, and some had guns, and we looked like we were nut for cither a heist or a hit.

"We're looking far a Spanish riancr. hall for a man to fall off the roof and get accidentally killed," Howard Koch said. It was for the next Eddie Egan-inspired movie, "Badge or "Outside the Law," following the success of "The French Connection." The conversation was fascinating. Eddie Egan sat in front, tho sections. "You got more junk in this block than anywhere in town," he said "I wish 1 had a dime for every arresl I made on this corner look! This is rollinfi' his own!" The driver of a passing car was rolling a marijuana cigarel.

"And now his girl is smoking the joint!" II was all marvelous to me. "That restaurant is where the Mayor eats," one detective said. "Over there they sell junk. Hey, Eddie, didn't you raid this place once?" "Yeah, 20 kilos." We were in the Spanish market. "This is a good spot to kill the woman," Howard Koch suggested.

They call it "looking for locations." We went to dance halls, "tiger joints." and Eddie, who said, "I got cop written all over me," explained his disguises Santa CIhus, priests, preachers, sail.rs, getting Iho evdenee of drug sales or possession. They spoke of the time that Eddie hung around a Broadway (lance hall for weeks getting evidence an drug traffic. "I was dancin' every night, I was doin' the twist while everybody else was dancin' the meringue or something Spanish. They never suspected me. We closed the joint.

"Say, Howard, you know a guy we should use? A bald guy that wore a wig. I got suspicious and ripped his wig off. He had a deck of heroin glued onto his head." By the time you read this Bridie will have his gun back but that night he was without it, not having had time (o pick it up following his victory over his suspension. But he swaggered into each place, shoulders hack, hands in his pockets defiantly. Howard Koch said, 1 1 wouldn't feel loo safe being him, without a gun.

All Ihe guys he's put away." Eddie, hrusheri hat off. "They Lnow I'm getting it back and they assume I've got it bac'- We drove to the water's edge once just to look at the waterfront and we all got out of Ihe car immediately and walked to (lie waler A fellow parked in a car nearby became obviously nervous. "He thought it was a hit," one of the moonlighters laughed, "or thai we were gonna dump a body in." Eddie said cops have a heart. There was once a blind beggar (lie cops knew was hustling dope but some cops shrank from hr-inging him in out of sympathy for his being blind. Eddie brought him in.

"I watcher! him and his The blind man took the money from the people passing hy. His partner, a few feet away, gave them the stuff. "One night," Eddie said, "I decided the guy wasn't blind. I Followed him and his partner when they took a break. They went to see a movie." TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: Jackie Mason notes that the value of the dollar is decreasing, while the price of bread is going up: "Tho moral is, save bread." id said that: Avram Grobarri mentioned a politician who's so tourj and windy that ''he could give moulh-to mouth resuscitation by telephone REMEMBERED QUOTE: Sophia Loren said it: "Sex appeal is 51) per cent what you've got and 60 per cent what people think you've got." EARL'S PEARLS: Hans Con-ried once hosted a TV show abojt old movies, and announced: "This film has come to you from the.

city where all is make-believe and sham, where 'nothl. is as it seems Washington, D.C The Labor deliberate binding down of the war," and how the government wanted to get out of collective bargaining as swiftly as possible hy ending controls. President Nixon thereby had tested political waters and they were calm. Mr. Agnew was well received.

He was an his way not only to "fund raisers" but to oilier unions, ethnic groups, a vast field of blue-collar workers. The next day, Sept. 12, President Nixon told party leaders in the White House East Room that the Vice President could handle "both of those fellows" in the ring at the same time, The reference obviously was to the Democratic national candidates. Agnew was taking the traditional role d( Vice Presidents and Vice Presidential candidates of both parties. Sargent Shriver, loo, had hit the labor trail, talking to local groups, whipping up conventions, and bouncing off with vital endorsements for his principal, George McGovern.

Hut for Shriver, this was doing whalcanies naturally in the. Democratic, party. Every place he stopped it was Kennedy Day. But for Ted Agnew it isn't as simple. For four years now it has been President Nixon who has.

been the Administration's liaison with labor's top and second-echelon leaders. Mr. Nixon has done far more than drink beer with George Meany. Die President has been on the phone with union chiefs increasing his tempo these pait weeks. And he has seen many more than has been reported aud an array far distant from the Teamsters of Frank Fitzsimmons with whom Mr.

Nixon conferred privately during the Republican national convention in Miami last August. Into the Oval Room have come as diverse a group of labor men as the former president of the New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Ed Kiernan (now head of the International Conference of Police Associations), and a California Retail Clerks official. Just Ihe other day Mr. Nisan telephoned the head of the Utility Workers, and old CIO union which endorsed him. Soon there will be a series Inside WASHINGTON Just about four years ago, a former labor lawyer I know, by name of Spiro "Ted" Agnew, was in a Boston hotel when 1 caught up with him.

Hurriedly he was getting into a formal dinner jacket for a political banquet speech and we decided to talk later, But as he broke away he said ironically, guess I'd save time II I dressed in the image some of your colleagues have been painting me in loin cloth and stone axe." Four years and several score tough stances later Vice President Agnew virtually re-imaged. It began, in effect, over the July 7 week-end. A few days earlier, on June 30, President Nixon had telephoned Clark MacGrcgor and asked him to come to the Oval Room. They talked. And almost im-mediatclya terwards MacGrcgor, campaign manager, called Spiro Agnew.

He didn't get him immediately. But the Vice President returned the catt (he afternoon of July 1 and they arranged to meet over the July 7 weekend right after MacGregnr returned from San Clemente where he had discussed with Mr. Nixon the campaign pattern and strategy. When Agnew and MacGrcgor met that weekend in the Vice President's Executive Office Building headquarters, Mr. Agnew said he wanted In campaign hard on the positive side, on the issues, on programs but not on personalities as he has.

It was agreed. Not too much later the President was invited by the Bricklayers president Tom Murphy to speak at their Las Vegas convention on Sept. 11 or any convenient date that week. Mr. Nixon considered flying out but then asked Murphy If he'd mind if Vice President" Agnew were surrogated for him.

The Bricklayers were "delighted," though Secretary of Labor Hodgson was scheduled to speak ihe next day. Anri Ted Agnew, whilom Maryland lawyer for the Meat-cutters, the Teamsters and the maritime unions, et was hack in an old milieu speaking of real weekly earnings, employment statistics, and the increase in jobs "despite the Other Artai ii.w 07.00 rimnijlval uil heiidiy Greek mental institutions has averaged 4.9 per cent as against 15 per cent for the general population. These statistics were sul-ficiently intriguing to researchers in the Soviet Union and Great Britain to induce them to review their own records. seems that they are am-firming the original statistics. All the researchers admit that Ihe data are not entirely conclusive but that certainly this interesting observation deserves further-study, Electrosleep has captured the imagination of great physicians for the control of severe insomnia.

Some cases of severe awdety, and even depression, have been alleviated by the use of an instrument known as Ihe "elecr trosono." This transistorised machine is attached to parts of the skull. Weak, painless electrical stimuli are passed through electrodes and, in a very short time, induce sleep or tranquillity. Dr. John P. Feighr.er -and his associates at San Diego's Mercy Hospital are- embarking on a vast study on the safety value of electrosleep.

Their preliminary results are fascinating. DR. LESTER COLEMAN has prepared a special booklet entitled, "Pay Attention to Your Heart." For your copy, send 25 cents in coin and a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Lester L. Coleman, M.D., (Heart booklet) in care of King Features Syndicate, 235 East '45th York, N.Y. 111017, Please mention the booklet by title.

By ROBERT SYLVESTER baseball fan saw that Alkaline Fnargizer TV commercial. "I didn't know AI Kaline made batteries," he said. And another teenage has stopped playing his stereo at full strength because he wants to aid the campaign against noise pollution. Now, when he needs support, he just goes out and races his motorcycle. A friend just received an application lo join a new discotheque, hut has decided against it.

It seems he must furnish -his name in full; sex; whether single, widowed, or divorced-his residence address; his business address; business phone; home phone; position in firm; name of firm; number of years same; arid suitable references. "If I could meet all those-re-quiremenls," 'be decided, 'Td join the FBI Instead." Book review: Eric Ambler's "Hie Levanter" comes so chillingly close to being a parallel to the Olympics tragedy which saw Arab terrorists murder Jewish hostages that it might also be a prediction, since it has been but for several weeks. As usual, Ambler is the best of the Middle Eajt spy storytellers. The Added Unes: Another tjok is "Key to Gracious Living," by Peter J. and Frances D.

Robotti, who operate the classy restaurant, Le Richelieu. It is a good guide to wines and spirits. Mrs. Robotti is also the author of two other books on New England whaling days, no less. Charlie Bates of Barney Google's was talking to an agent iDr a rock group which sounded pretty good "They have two chances here," Charlie said.

"Slim and Hugh O'Lunncy's East had a film critic in (he other night who described a current producer: "He's got an explosive personality. Everything he films is a bomb." The altitude of Atlanta, ti 1,050 feet. For hundreds of years, special material has been sought to make the idea! surgical stitch, or suture. In aboriginal tribes the pincers of an insect were used to close a wound. Later, tiny metal clips served the same function.

Today silk, nylon, plastic fibers, catRnt, and fine metal strands are used to accomplish the same purpose. The ideal suture, or stitch, has not been devised. The ideal suture is one that is long-iastirg, does not irritate tissue, is readily absorbed when its purpose has been served, and can be tied easily into a secure knot. The ultimate in sophisticated sutures is one that Is now being used experimentally. A tbiy plastic thread is bomharded.

with ultrasonic waves that weld the knot in. place. A special ultrasonic gun has been created to make this possible. If the trial studies prove successful, surgeons may be spared endless hours tying knots during lout. operations.

Statisticians often come up with unexpected, interesting, and often baffling stallstics. A recent report struck my fancy and I pass it on as an indication of how intensively research workers carry on their projects. Dr. M. Kelepouris and his coworkers at the University of Athens in Greence have been analyzing the records of thousand of mental patients, going back as far as 20 years.

They arrived at the unusual conclusion that psychiatric patients have a lower frequency nf cancer than does the general population. The malignancy death rale in Dream Street Our recent piece about a complicated maach worked on a local businessman brings news of yet another worked on another local, who wishes to remain anonymous, possibly because be doesn't want to get known as a good target. 11 seems that he was silting in his office, and his secretary announced a very old lady who was the sister of his best friend. Out of curiosity, he had her In. The Did gal went into a long act about how she had her in.

The old gal went into a long act about how she had come to New York from Baltin- re to sea a lawyer ahout her brother's estate, the lawyer was in Washington, and she was stranded without funds. Why had she called on our victim? Well, her brother was always talking about his best friend in the Navy, and since our boy l.nd the same name, the old gal figured he must be her late brother's old buddy. Wis fie? No, of course not, but No, of course not, but cur boy was wilting to part with a ten-dollar bill. "These day 5," he asks, "where can you gel a live performance like that for ten bucks?" Hoagy Carmiehael was in the lounge of Joe's Pier 52 the other night, and Buddy Hawkins greeted him with some of his trio music. Did he play "Stardust?" No, indeed.

He played a song entitled, "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in My Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama Doing Those Beat-O, Beat-O, Flat on My Feet-I, Hirohito Blues." And who wrote this epic? A chap named Hoagy Carmiehael wrote it. The Younger Set: Chuch Barnctt got oh a suhw- car with a neighbor's teenager, who was loaded down with a pretty hig package. Chuck asked if the bag held school supplies. "You could say that," admitted the student. "It's some new rock 'n' roll tapes for me to play white I do my And a 14-year-otd we know who Is a big Front of such outright endorsements to counter tho swing to Sen.

McGovern. Ted Agnew lias not wanted to crisscross this Presidential "jurisdiction." But now the President has given the signal by passing on the Bricklayers' invitation. And, thus, the Vice President is moving Into the field old familiar places full of familiar faces. It's generally forgotten that Ted Agnew was Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's advance man in '67.

And that Agnew had slipped quietly into the AFLCIO Bal Harbour convention hotel to gear up labor support In December of that year especially that of the influential Seafarers' chief Paul Hall for the New York Of course there's more riding here than the 1972 election. Ted Agnew wants passionately to win and then roll on to 197K. His staff people don't shy from discussing, this with their intimates. They are. putting together "the lists" which are She essential forerunners of primary campaigns and drives for funds.

They're ready for Nov. 8 and what they believe is as certain as- sunrise. Then they'll analyze the new image. Did it riimake Agiiew? Or did it lose him his constituency? Or can he. keep the best of two political milieus? (All Righls Reserved) Little Old Neiv York By ED SULLIVAN Comedian Pat Henry and his pals won a bundle when horse named after him won Atlantic City's eighth race and paid Astronaut Alan Sliepard, who hit a golf ball off the moon, and Frank Sinatra at Jilly's, Nixon so big a favorite that bookmakers are taking pets only on how many voles he'll win by.

Waldorf star Joey Heatherton dating hockey star Derek Sanderson. Hockey Bob Ussery licked his weight problem and resumes riding at Belmont. Dean Martin denies he'll play Vegas' Caesars Palance because he. has TV and flicker commitments for 16 months. Then he'll wed and retire.

Colorfully garbed Argentine sailors decorating B'way Piano whii Eddy I ley wood jamming Cookery, Nick Manero's 28th ann'y; Pen and Pencil's 35fh. Orson Welles great in Cinerama's thriller, "Necromancy," The Upper Room Always give thanks for everything to God the Father, in the of our Lord Jesus Christ. PRAYER: Father, may we have such firm confidence in Thee that we may give thanks in everything, remembering Thy dear Son, who, on the very night of His- bitter' betrayal, gave thanks. By His grace, keep us faithful and thankful. Amen.

I The Neighbors By Cmmw! Short Comment Across The Desk By JIM YADAMEC The phones started to ring shortly after 11 last Sunday night. The callers wanted to know if all Fayette County schools were closed. After a while, the reporters found out that a Pittsburgh TV station had reported that all county schools would be closed because of a water shortage. It was an error, of course. What the announcement should have said was that the Frazier District was closed because of the water shortage.

But the mistake kept the phones ringing. Calls were received until after midnight on the TV slip. Pennsylvania Council of Republic Women will hold its 10th annual convention at the Lancaster Host Farm Resort. Scheduled speakers include, Virginia Knauer, Helen Honlley and Barbara Franklin, women in top-level Federal Government posts. There seems to be a lot of speeding going on in some of our communities.

Several councils have announced a crackdown on the speeders, the latest being CAll Rights Reserved).