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1 Temperature Record Noon yesterday 72 Noon today 74 High last 24 hours 78 Low last 24 hours 55 FH rnE EYENING 1MES The Weather Mostly fair tonight, low iri th 60s. Fair and warm Friday, high in the 80s. Vol. LXXIX, No. 93 SAYRE ATHENS, WAVERLY, N.

THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969 PRICE TEN CENTS fcmded ion illei Three Fidbright Nominees Bucks Nixon Supporting ABM Nationalist Chinese Sink Red Supply Boats TAIPEI (AP) Nationalist Chinese commandos sank two Red Chinese supply boats and one gunboat Snout Pomingo gd imm mil I to oppose the Kenny nomination. He temporarily withheld judgment on missiles as "part of a first strike counterforce capability." Fulbright announced he was going ler prepared to meet with Dominican leaders for a look at conditions in this often-troubled country. The dead man was identified as an air force corporal. Two armed SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) A man was killed and three were wounded today in a shooting fray in downtown Santo Domingo as Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefel it. Striking l-R Local Tightens Picket Lines At Plant Entrances jit rrv -t Nil "ff vii Local 1064, International Association of Machinists and AeroSpace Workers of the Athens plant of the Ingersoll-Rand Co. tightened up their picket lines in front of the plant this morning, resulting in some con fusion when the office force reported for work. The pickets were ordered by their captain, Glenn Fraley, to observe the rules of the recent injunction that is, to march on duty five feet apart, walking Tfus the pickets did, and when the office force arrived for work many found it hard entering the plant parking areas. It was difficult for them to get their automobiles between the pickets in many instances, although the pickets were also informed not to attempt to keep anyone out who wanted to enter the plant.

Many of the office workers, as a result, parked their cars in other areas and then walked to the parking lot on Willow where they gathered in numbers awaiting someone to lead the way into the plant. IRS to Check Doctors Paid Under Medicaid WASHINGTON (AP) The In-ternal Revenue Service will check the income tax returns of some doctors paid under medicare and medicaid as Congress probes cost overruns in the medical help programs. In rebuttal today, the president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur said, "very few M.D.'s participating in medicaid are guilty of overcharging and otherwise exploiting the program." WASHINGTON (AP) Sen.

J. W. Fulbright is trying to turn the tables on President Nixon by bucking administration nominees who support deployment of Safeguard antiballis-tic missiles ABMs At Fulbright's direction the Senate Foreign Relations Coramitte he heads has passed over Nixon's nomination of William J. Casey as a member of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Casey, chairman of the Citizens Committee for Peace with Security, is leading a publicity campaign for the administration ABM program which Ful-, bright strongly opposes.

All 15 appointees to the agency got caught in the same hold order. In addition, Fulbright said he expects to recall Spurgeon M. Keeny chosen for assistant director of the disarmament agency. President Nixon told an April news conference he had decided not to appoint Dr. Franklin Long of Cornell University as head of the National Science Foundation because of the latter's opposition to ABM.

While Fulbright didn't say so, it seemed obvious to his colleagues the Arkansas Democrat is of a mind to make the road difficult for appointees who get out in front in support of ABM, an issue that will come before the Senate after the July 4 recess. Fulbright said he wants to explore "the published views" of Casey. The chairman made it clear he was concerned about a newspaper advertise ment in which Casey's committee said a public opinion poll showed 84 per cent of Americans support ABM. Fulbright questions that assessment. Casey, in putting out an appeal Wednesday for citizens to write their senators and congressmen, said a 10 per cent minority was stimulating mail against ABM.

Fulbright's quarrel with Keeny is over the latter's testimony at a committee hearing that he favors continuation of work on both offensive and defensive weapons. The Committee chairman said it was "pitiful. that Keeny should testify that the Soviet Union might regard U. S. intercontinental Holdup Victim Coming, Going CHICAGO (AP) Eugene Noel, a Chicago bus driver fell victim to a hold-up man both coming and going on his southside route Wednesday.

The robber first took $32.81 from Noel after boarding his eastbound bus. Noel continued to the end of the line, turned his bus around and start- ed his westbound trip. Fourteen blocks west of the first hold-up site, the same bandit boarded the bus again, taking $7.70. This was too much for Noel who headed straight for the bus barn, where he told his boss he was through for the day. in a raid Wednesday night at a Communist naval base on the Min River in Fukien Province, intelligence sources said today.

The sources said all the raiders returned to their base safely. They wore only identified as members of the Sea Guerrilla Force of the Anti-Communist National Salvation Corps. The reports were distributed by the official Central News Agency. They did not disclose the number of guerrillas nor their vessels. The sources did not say how far thv.

guerrillas penetrated up the Min Riv which runs into the Formesa Strait about 125 miles from the Nationalist Chinese island. It was the first sea battle reported between Nationalist and Red Chi nese forces in 3 1-2 years, although a Defense Ministry spokesman called it "guerrilla affairs, not a regular sea battle. Russians Plan Unmanned Moon Probe July 10 MOSCOW (AP) Communist sources said Wednesday the Soviet Union plans to launch an unmanned moon probe July 10 that will attempt to scoop up a sample of lunar soil and return it to earth. The experiment, if successful, would precede the American attempt to land two men on the moon by just six days. The sources, who have contacts in side the Soviet space program, add ed that the July 10 launch would be the third attempt to carry out the complex shot.

Neither of the two earlier attempts, both of which were said to have blown up before leaving the atmosphere, was announced by Soviet authorities. The reports of the third attempt were unofficial and confirmation could not be obtained. The sources had few details on the mechanics of the moon shot, but they said a detachable lunar module would make the descent to the lunar surface, scoop up the soil, then blast off and link up with the main craft for the return trip. Claim Man Set Firs to House With Family Inside CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) Police have arrested a 31-year-old man on charges of setting fire to his $30,000 home in this Finger Lakes city while his wife and two young sons were inside.

Howard Cooper was charged Wednesday with first-degree arson. Police said Cooper's wife and children escaped, uninjured, but Cooper suffered burns while lighting four fires in- the house late Tuesday. They said he and his wife had argued earlier. No Times Tomorrow No edition of The Evening Times will be published tomorrow, Independence Day. Publication will be resumed Saturday, July 5.

Wash Day in Vietnam A South Vietnamese youngster hangs his wash on barbed wire at the U.S. Special Forces base at Ben Het, where a long seige was broken by a South Vietnamese relief force supported by heavy air fire. N. Viets to Release Three POWs In Observance of Independence Day forces members and a civilian were anion'? the wounded. A military spokesman said an accidental burst of automatic weapons fire by an officer touched off a pro- This appeared to conflict with a statement in Washington by Secre- tary of State William P.

Rogers, I who said "we know pretty con- dusively" that the infiltration of North Vietnamese troops into South Vietnam has declined. "I'm not disagreeing with anything Rogers said," said one U.S. source. "Washington is talking about the number of enemy troops being put into the pipeline, wherever the hell that starts. We are talking about what is actually coming into the country.

This is possibly the difference in what Rogers is talking about." Sources pointed out it takes North Vietnamese infiltrators three to four months to reach the 3rd Military Corps of South Vietnam thus a decline might not be reflected until the end of July or August. One source said: "I don't know what they're really talking about in Washington." Another U.S. source said the 3rd Corps is still getting the highest level of infiltration. "Current reports indicate they're still coming in," he said. "Units that have suffered large numbers of casualties are currently filled up.

This (Continued on Page 14, Column 5) At the United Nations, the Security Council scheduled another meeting this afternoon to consider a resolution calling for an arms embargo against Israel to force it to call off annexation of the Arab sector of Jerusalem. Four enemy regiments also havcthe trail since the first of the year I Casey until the latter testifies. The pickets advised the office workers that they could enter the plant if they wanted to, but added that they hoped that they (the workers) would honor the picket line. Most of the workers then went across the street to the parking area to wait and see what was going to happen. At one time there were about 150 or 200 employes massed in the Willow St.

parking area. A company attorney, Angus McDonald, finally came out to the lot and spoke with Mr. Fraley for a short while. Mr. Fraley said that he told the company attorney that they (the pickets) had advised the workers that they could enter the plant if they so desired.

It was also noted that, for the most part, the picket lines opened up for automobiles to enter the parking tots. But it was still difficult for a motorist to enter the areas because of the closeness of the pickets. Mr. Fraley said later that he asked Mr. McDonald if any of the work ers would be "jeopardized" if they did not get to work on time because of the incident, and reported that the company attorney assured him that they would not." There would be no reprisal," the official said.

Finally, the workers started to enter the plant through the picket lines in groups. But it was about 8:30 before some of them finally got to work. Up to today, for the most part, the pickets had been standing or lounging at the entrances, making hardly any effort to march in a line. Meanwhile, many of the union employes were getting ready to go to Towanda this morning where a hearing was to be held on the recent move by the company on a writ of attachment charge against the union. It was thought at first that this would be a meeting closed to the public, but Attorney L.

Reece Trimmer informed the union members that it was to be an open meeting. State William P. Rogers said in Washington he was told by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird: "Last week we had the lowest level in combat activity in Vietnam in a long time- possibly during the whole war." The 241 toll was six fewer than the preceding week. The wounded to tal was 1,674, compared to 1,686 Americans wounded in the week before. South Vietnamese headquarters reported government losses last week were 446 men killed and 804 wounded, as compared with 474 killed and 1,496 wounded in the previous week.

The two commands said 3,333 enemy were reported killed last week, a marked drop from 3,988 slaim in the previous seven-day reporting period. The latest casualty counts raised to 36,866 the number of Americans killed in action in Vietnam since Jan. 1, 1961. Another 236,563 Americans have been wounded in that period, headquarters said, and 1,331 are list-ted as missing, captured or interned. The U.

S. Command said 523,552 enemy have been reported killed by allied forces since Jan. 1, 1961. By unofficial count, 13,015 Americans have been killed in action since preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris May 13, 1968. Of that total, 6,809 died in the period since South Vietnam agreed to join the talks last Dec.

7. South Vietnamese casualties during those periods are running ahead of American losses 16,958 government troops killed in action since May 13, 1968, with 8,759 of those deaths occurred since Dec. 7. A Vietnamese government communique issued with' its weekly casualty summary said enemy activity last week decreased 41 per cent from the previous week, with 224 actions reported. Most of these were shell-ings, it said.

The communique said action was now at a "normal level," while U.S. spokesmen are calling it a "lull." The number of American dead last week was the lowest since the longed shooting exchange among armed patrols guarding the city. Another version id unknown individuals fired on the patrois, touching off the shooting. Scattered gunfire and smail bomb explosions could be hear I during most of the night and predawn hours in this part of town. An impression among neutral observes was that most of the incidents reflected opposition to the government ralher than to Rockefeller's v.s-it.

After meeting with Dominican leaders today, the New York governor leaves for Kingston, Jamaica, the next stop on his Latin American fact-finding tour for President Nixon. Despite the most extensive security measures since the 1965 Dominican civil war, occasional shots could be heard in various parts of the capital, but no casualties or damage were reported. Streets in the downtown area, stronghold of the constitutional rebel forces during the 1965 revolt, were empty Wednesday night. Coffee shops, restaurants and stores usually open at night-were shuttered. Some of the few Dominicans in the street said the shutdown was in "repudiation" of Rockefeller's visit, but signs of trouble and armed patrols often have emptied the city's streets in politically tense moments.

There were persistent reports during the past week of anu'-Roekefcllcr demonstrations, but the only public opposition was expressed by Santiago taxi drivers, who went on strike to protest the visit. Upon his arrival from Haiti, the neighboring countiy on the island of Hispaniola, Rockefeller told a crowd at the airport: "As governor of the state of New York, I feel a special kinship to the Dominican people. In fact, there are more Dominicans in the city of New York than in any city in the world with the exception of Santo Domingo." He was interrupted by applause when he added: "I just wish more of those fantastic Dominican baseball stars who'come to the United States, like Juan Marichal and the Rojas Alou brothers, had come to our New York teams. We need them." Spectators lined the route into the city, but the governor got no applause or cheers on the way. "Death to Rockefeller" and "Out Rockefeller" signs were painted on some walls.

There were a few welcome signs. After Jamaica, Rockefeller will take his mission to Guyana, where police broke up a "Rocky go home" demonstration at the U.S. Embassy Wednesday and arrested nine members of the leftist Progressive Youth Organization. Three Pa. GIs Pie in Vietnam WASHINGTON (AP) Three more rennsvivania servicemen died in the Vietnam War were identi fied Wednesday by the Defense De partment.

Killed in action were Army Snnc. 5. Barry I. Rabinovitz, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Howard I. Hirsch nf Pittsburgh, and Marine S. Sgt. William C. Hackett.

husband of Judith A. Hackett of McVeytown. Army Pfc. Richard D. Roberts, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Daniel C. Roberts of Pottsville died net as a result of hostile action. Held on Charqe He Murdered Wife BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Johnny Bryant is being held withrut bail after his arraignment on a charge of murdering his 23-ycar-oLl wife, Annie.

Lt. Leo Donovan, homicide bureau commander, said it appeared Mrs. Bryant was strangled during an argument at her home last Friday night. Her body was found Saturday behind a shed in a playground. A preliminary hearing has been set for July 9.

Bryant surrendered at police headquarters Wednesday. (the launch pad five miles away. Following a launch day timetable, the three rode a high speed elevator to the spacecraft and climbed into the cabin between 6:50 and 7:03 a.m. The cabin was scaled and pressurized with a mixture of 60 per cent oxygen and 40 per cent nitrogen. The astronauts ran through the launch day checklist as the countdown ticketed flawlessly to a mock blastoff at 9:32 a.m.

the exact time they are to start for the moon 13 days from now. Then the astronauts practiced some in-flight procedures. U.S. Has Lowest Viet Toll in Seven Weeks pulled, back from the Central High- lands around Ben Hit, perhaps to get replacements after the recent battle there the officers said. Along the southern half of the Cam- bodian border, northwest of Saigon, a regiment of the North Vietnamese 7th Division reportedly has pulled back west of Loc Ninh.

But spokesmen noted units of the 7th, 1st and 9th North Vietnamese divisions have been continually maneuvering in the critical 3rd Corps area. In one 10-day period, said the spokesmen, that same enemy regiment operating west of Loc Ninh went back and forth across the border three times. Some said it appeared to be feeling for a soft spot in allied positions. A similar situation was reported west of Tay Ninh City, where the enemy's 9th Division has been crossing and recrossing the border for several months. In the Mekong Delta far to the south, U.S.

intelligence indicated North Vietnam's old 273rd Regiment has just returned to what is known as the Seven Mountain area after months of absence. I The latest military intelligence indicates 10,000 North Vietnamese troops infiltrated down the Ho Chi Minn Trail through Laos and Cambodia last month. Spokesmen said about 63,000 enemy have come down Administration Looks for Sign That Hanoi Slowing Down War SAIGON (AP) North Vietnam announced today it will release three American prisoners of war and allow other American POWs to receive gifts from their families in observance of Independence Day. Brief broadcasts by Radio Hanoi monitored in Tokyo and Hong Kong did not specifically say the prisoners would be released July 4. They also not say where the men would be freed, nor were they identified.

Bu Tokyo monitors said Radio Hanoi spoke of "Americans captured in North Vietnam," indicating they were U.S. pilots who had been shot down. North Vietnam last freed three U.S. pilots Aug. 2 in Vientiane, Laos.

In the past North Vietnam has allowed American POWs to receive gifts on special holidays like Christmas. The announcement car as U.S. military men were puzzling over one of th? lowest levels of fighting in the war and trying to determine just how many North Vietnamese had in filtrated into South Vietnam or with drawn. American officers said three North Vietnamese regiments, the 36th, 138th and 27th, have pulled back across the 17th Parallel demilitarized zone into North Vietnam. But they said the Communist Command still has three regiments in the northern portion of South Vietnam, and speculated the pullback may simply mean new re giments will replay them.

week's stay in Britain. Tricia said it would make "life simpler" if newsmen didn't link her name romantically wih various suitors. "I really have a lot of friends," she commented. "But I don't have one particular friend." Tricia said she did not plan to take a permanent job during her father's White House years and planned to continue doing volunteer work and traveling. "It's very hard to hold a steady job," she added.

"And besides it's only four or eight years and you ought to make the most of it. "I do love to travel. That is one of the good things about being the daughter of a president." "And the bad things?" she was asked. "Being a president's daughter is just like life," she replied. "It has advantages and disadvantacrs.

You reall don't have a life of vour own 1 but it's small compared to the posi- tive aspects Tricia said she had no political ambitions of her own. "It will probably seem trite, but I think my ambition in life is a very general one to make the world a little Tricia Wants to Invite Charles And Anne for White House Visit Egypt and Israel Trade Small Arms Fire at Canal WASHINGTON (AP) The Nixon administration is looking for some sign that the recent sharp drop in combat and the reported cutback in North Vietnamese infiltration into the South mean Hanoi is deliberately slowing down the war. Bu. officials are not sure they will get such an indication. Secretary of State William P.

Roger suggests these developments may be due to some "change of plans" by the enemy command. And he has held open the possibility they could lead to increased U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam when President Nixon reviews his plans next month. But Rogers also told a news conference Wednesday the decline in enemy activities could be due to manpower supply problems or to a 4 regrouping of forces for new attacks. Other officials say privately a new SAIGON (AP) U.

S. headquar ters reported the lowest American death toll in seven weeks today 241 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week ending at midnight Saturday. A few hours before the casually report was issued U. S. Secretary of quite sure what it means except that we know pretty conslusively that there has been a reduction in the infiltration in the last two months." At the Defense Department, how ever, military authorities tended to discount the significance of the reported drop.

They said the total of North Vietnamese forces moving through the jungle trails normally varies from month to month. Noting that figures of the enemy troop flow are gathered slowly from various sources, including prisoners, one officer commented that when more complete information on infiltration is available 'we are not sure that it will drop off." The military informants said they estimated movement of enemy troops into South Vietnam during the first half of the year averaged 8,000 to 10,000 men a month. They said North Vietnam's aim apparently has been to maintain about 100,000 fighting men in the South by constantly replacing casualties. Rogers expressed hope this constituted a deliberate response by North Vietnam to President Nixon's June 8 announcement of the withdrawal of 25,000 American troops by the end of August. Nixon intends to make a new decision during August on whether he can further reduce U.

S. forces. He has said his decision, like the one in June, will be based on South Vietnam's ability to replace American soldiers on developments in the Paris peace talks 'and on the level of enemy activity in the field. i Astronauts Take Part in Practice Launching for Moon Landing Trip enemy offensive is a definite possibility based on the present, admit-tedlj inadequate information. Some authorities believe if the de LONDON (AP) Tricia Nixon said today she would like to invite Prince Charles and Princess Anne to visit the White House and make a goodwill tour of America.

"I think the subject will come up," Tricia said at the first news conference she has held since her father was elected president last November. She did not say specifically when she would invite Prince Charles and Princess Anne. At the 15-minute news conference, Tricia fielded questions with ease, smiling brightly and even evoking laughter from the newsmen who wanted to know about her political ambitions, her life in the White House, and her romantic interest in 20-year-old Prince Charles. "Let me just say," Tricia said diplomatically. "Prince Charles is my sister's age." Tricia is 23.

Her sister Julie, who is married to David Eisenhower, will be 21 Saturday. Tricia said she had never met Prince Charles or his sister, Princess Anne. Princess Anne will attend a dinner dance in Tricia's honor tonight given by U. S. Ambassador and Mrs.

Walter Annenberg, her hosts for her By The Associated Press Egypt and Israel traded artillery and small arms fire for 12 hours Wednesday at several places along the Suez Canal, spokesmen for their armies said. The Israeli communique said two of its soldiers were wounded. The Egyptian communique did not mention casualties. Amid the intensified military activity, the two countries continued to exchange brickbats over the recent shakeup in the top command of the Egyptian air force. Israeli military sources claimed Wednesday that Israeli jets flew over Cairo, possibly passing over President Gamal Abdel Nassar's home, June 17.

They said this led to the firing June 23 of Gen. Mustapha el "ennaw, air mrce cmet ana assa" Kamcl, air defense coin- niandcr. The semiofficial newspaper Al Ah- ram scorned the claim today, saying it was. part of an attempt by Israeli leaders to regain prestige lost by mounting casualties in the Suez Canal area and Palestinian guerrilla attacks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. CAPE KENNEDY, Fla.

(AP) Sealed in their spaceship atop a towering Saturn 5 rocket, the Apollo 11 astronauts today participated in a practice launching for their moon landing journey. The last major test before the July 16 liftoff was completed without a hitch as the spacemen took part in the final hours of a simulated countdown. Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Al-drin Jr.

and Michael Collins were awakened at 4:45 a.m. EDT in their crew quarters, donned their bulky space suits and were transported to velopments have political significance they would eventually get some signals to that effect, perhaps through Soviet or other diplomatic channels, from Hanoi. One way for the United States to probe what is happening apart from watching developments, is to ask North Vietnamese peace negotiators in Paris. Rogers said this would be done "when the right time comes we do not attach too much significance to it at this time." On the North Vietnamese infiltration level, Rogers said "We are not (Continued on Page Column 5) 1 ky i-flf2 'fttr Mil.