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THE DERRICK. Oil City, Pa. tic Newsstand Telephone MS-1221 MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2J, 1871 Nixon To Enter LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP)Flowers, telegrams and get well cards began arriving Sunday at the hospital where former President Richard M. Nixon is scheduled to become a patient for treatment of his phlebitis.

Nixon was to enter Memorial Hospital Medical Center on Monday for at least three days of care, after weeks ol speculation on the stale of his health. Varying reports have circulated about Nixon's physical and mental condition since he resigned the presidency Aug. 9. His former While House physician once told an interviewer that Nixon refused to heed a recommendation several weeks earlier to be hospitalized because he feared "If I go into the hospital, I will never come oul alive." That reported statement was weekend, later explained by Nixon Nixon's care will include anli- spokesmen as meaning Nixon coagulant treatments for his thought it necessary to his good phlebitis, a disease in which health not to be confined to a Hood clots cause swelling of the hospital. Spokesmen, asked veins.

Doctors say two blood aboul Uie length of his hospi- clots have formeU above talizalion, say only that it will Nixon's kfl knee and either be at least three days. could be fatal if it broke loose Grace Hollenbeck, nursing and lodged in his heart or lungs, manager on the sixth floor of Medication in such treat- the hospital where Nixon's tnenls must first be given in- room is prepared said bou- (ravenously and later can be quets of fall flowers featuring taken orally. The treatment brighl yellow chrysanthemums also includes elevation of what had arrived for the former chief doctors say is his painfully exeeulive, but she did not know swollen leg. who the well-wishers were. It was not known what time Hospital spokeswoman Karen the former chief executive Krantz said a few get well cards planned lo enler the Hospital, and telegrams had begun located about miles north of dribbling in, and callers wilh the San Clemente eslate where messages for Nixon had been he has remained most of the lighting up the switchboard all lime since leaving the White House.

He spent lime Ihere in 1968 undergoing a physical examination. Nixon's longtime physician, Dr. JohnC. Lungren, will make an announcement afler his arrival, a hospital spokesman said. Lungren is a former chief of staff at the 820-bed facilily the largest privately run nonprofit hospilal on the Wesl Coast.

Nixon until now has reportedly resisted his doctors' ef- forls lo hospitalize him. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Tkach, Ihe former While House physician who earlier quoted Nixon as fearing for his life, said last week that Ihe phlebitis condition had worsened and lhal Nixon also was suffering from "severe physical strain and physical fatigue." Ford's Amnesty Plan Red Tape Plagues Returning Deserters CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (AP) Deserters who want (o participate in President Ford's conditional clemency program will find themselves back under the military red tape Ihey fled.

Al Camp Atterbury, Ihe cen- tal processing point for those who choose lo seek clemency, Ihey will be hustled constantly from one station lo another in an around-the-clock operation lhat will provide few idle hours. President To Get New Pool WASHINGTON (AP) Construction of a new White House swimming pool is scheduled to start about Oct. 1 so it can be completed for President Ford lo use by the end of the year. Presidential counsel William E. Casselman, who is helping with Ihe project, said Ihe pool will cost an estimated (300,000, which will be paid for by a public fund-raising drive.

But instead of wailing until the money is raised, Ihe project will be started with money from a commercial loan or some other temporary financial arrangement. A public fund-raising drive then provided the money for a pool for Roosevelt, who had been stricken wilh polio and required the pool for therapeutic and exercise purposes. Casselman said it is expected the amount of money any individual or group could donate would be limited so there will not be a chance of anyone saying Ihey built the pool for the White House. The fund-raising will be done through Ihe private, non-profit National Park Foundalion lhal was organized years ago to accept and administer gifls of any nature for Ihe benefit of the National Park Service. Casselman said any excess money raised after the project is completed will be donated lo aid U.S.

Olympic teams. "We're going lo run this like a mill," says Col. Leonard Reed, Ihe public affairs officer for the program. "II will be efficienl and effective processing." The facilily is prepared lo handle 150 men for processing each day, beginning Monday. Officials say Camp Atterbury has space for 5,000 men.

The first 27 to lurn themselves in were processed at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. But officials say the operation was shifted lo this post because of projections that many more will arrive in the next few weeks. A Ft. Harrison spokesman said a group of 75 Army deserters would arrive at Indianapolis on Monday and would be brought here by bus. The spokesman said he did nol know where the men would come from or how Ihey were assembled.

The processing is expected lo lake aboul four days for each man. There will be no incarceration. Men will be free to come and go as their schedules permit. As soon as participants report, their records will be checked to guarantee they are eligibile for the program. They will then receive physical examinations and legal counseling.

Financial records will be checked to determine if deserters are due back pay from Ihe point they entered service until the time of desertion. Before leaving here, participants must sign loyally oaths and will then be issued undesirable discharges. At the completion of two years of alternate service, the discharges may be changed lo clemency discharges. Sen. Kennedy May Discuss 76 Bid BOSTON (AP) Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, will hold a news conference Monday lo announce his fulure polilical plans, his office said Sunday. A spokesman said it is presumed he will be talking about whether he will run for president in 1976. A Kennedy spokesman said the senator will hold Ihe conference at 10:30 a.m. EOT to discuss his future polilical plans.

Asked if the announcement concerned a possible campaign for the presidency in 1976, Ihespokesmansaid, "You can presume thai is what he'll be talking about." Kennedy had said during a trip to California last weekend lhat he would announce before the end of the year whether he will seek the office held by his brother, John F. Kennedy, and sought by his brother, Robert F. Kennedy of New York. Both brothers were assassinated and Kennedy associates have said that Edward Kennedy has refrained from seeking the presidency because of concerns that he, too, might be gunned down. Kennedy is considered by most observers as an odds-on favorite to win the Democralic nomination for president if he should seek it in 1976.

His major handicap is considered to be the 1969 accident in which Mary Jo Kopechne was killed when a car driven by Kennedy went oft a bridge al Chappaqiriddick on Cape Cod. Miss Kopechne, a former secretary in Robert Kennedy's office, was a passenger in the car. Kennedy said last week that if he decides to run for president he will reveal the details of Chappaquiddick. Mariner Probes Mercury PASADENA, Calif. (AP) The Mariner 10 space explorer raced away Sunday after a second look al Mercury and beamed back final pictures of Ihe lifeless, sun-scorched planel.

The repeal visit showed nothing astronomers immediately branded new, but one prominent researcher said, "I saw things that don't look exactly like whal we saw- before." Saturday's pictures of the ancient and rugged surface were being studied by scientists to see how Mercury and other planets -including Earth may have been born. The 130 pictures beamed 105 million miles lo Earth were being enhanced by computers al the Jet Propulsion laboratory lo flush oul added details. Until the processing is complete, explained Dr. Bruce Murray, head of Ihe scientific television experiment, it will be impossible lo determine if the pictures show much different features from those in pholos taken during the firsl encounter last March 29 After completing its rapid- fire, four-hour piclure-laking spree, Mariner sped off to orbit Ihe sun again, and barring further mechanical problems which have plagued the pound space explorer head for another rendezvous with Mercury, possibly next March. As before, the probe's twin television cameras found a moon-like surface of colorless craters, basins and lava- smodhed plains.

Thev also picked oul a number of winding, cliff-ridges called scarps of greal inlerest lo scientists I because they were nol found on Ihe Moon or on Mars. Geologists said the photos indicated lhal Mercury's surface has probably changed little since the planet was formed out of cosmic debris more than 4 billion years ago. Unlike Earth, where atmospheric weathering or in- Icrnal upheavals have destroyed the ancient record, Uic evolutionary story of airless Mercury may be preserved in ils cratered crust. AID FOR HONDURAS Workers load a van with food, clothing, medical equipment and other supplies for shipment to storm damaged Honduras. The aid shipment effort is sponsored by a Spanish-speaking radio station in Miami.

Storm Relief Slowed SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) A shortage of aircraft and fuel slowed down relief efforts Sunday along the flooded northern coast of Honduras, where Hurricane Fifi left thousands dead and where many survivors still clung to trees and rooftops. Dazed Hondurans wandered along washed-out roads or dug through piles of debris searching for friends and relatives who disappeared during the storm. Fifi swept through the region four days earlier with sustained winds of 110 miles an hour and gusts up to 130 rn.p.h. Government officials said they have confirmed finding at least 5,000 bodies. They estimated the death loll may double lhal before rescue operations are completed.

U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Phillip V. Sanchez reported there are no Americans believed missing. He said he knew nothing about reports Uial some 70 Peace Corps volunteers had been in the area where (he storm hit, Fifi, downgraded to a tropical storm, continued to blow itself out against the mountains of Chiapas in southern Mexico, spreading heavy rains through the area. Eleven Mexicans were reported dead.

The storm and flooding washed out whole villages along the Honduran coast. Lt. Col. Muaro Flores Perifin of the Honduran National Emergency Committee said Sunday that at least 600,000 persons were left homeless. An international relief effort was under way, and food and medical supplies were being collected in many countries.

Laird Suspected Of Backing Move To Restrict Kissinger WASHINGTON (AP) Rightly or wrongly, Melvin R. Ijird is being mentioned most often as the likely proponent of a rejechjd "transilion recommendation" that the powers of Henry A. Kissinger be cul back. An aide said President Ford himself suspects Ihe former defense secretary was behind published reports last week thai the secretary of slate surrender his dual assignment as White House assistant and staff director of the National Securily Council. Al the State Department, however, some sources speculated Ihe aborted move lo strip Kissinger of one of his hats was pushed by Rep.

Albert H. Quie, R-Minn. The Associated Press reported the recommendation last Tuesday but received none of ils informalion from Laird or Quie, close friends of Ihe President. laird's office reported he was oul of the city. Quie did not return a reporter's telephone call.

As secretary of defense during Richard Nixon's lirst term as President, Laird sometimes differed with Kissinger on Vietnam policy, was more sensitive than Kissinger to the polilical consequences of widespread public opposition to Ihe war. Officials said Ihey knew of no attempt by any responsible person to drive Kissinger out of government. In any event, Ford gave public assurances Wednesday- thai he values Kissinger both as secretary of state and as staff chief of the NSC. Actor Walter Brennan Dies Of Lung Disease OXNAHD, Calif. (AP) Three-lime Academy Award winner Walter Brennan, the prototype for grizzled sidekicks in oldtime westerns and wisecracking grandfathers on contemporary television shows, is dead at the age of 80.

The white-haired Brennan, who appeared in hundreds of films dating back to 1923 and starred in four television series, died of emphysema Saturday al St. John's Hospital. He had been under Ireatmenl since July 25 for respiratory problems. In semi-retiremenl for (he last few years, Brennan lived on his 11-acre grapefruit ranch in nearby Moorpark, 35 miles north olios Angeles. His wife of S4 years, Ruth, and three children were wilh him when he died.

The tall, lanky aclor was Ihe firsl performer to win three Oscars garnering the best supporting aclor award in 1936 for "Come and Get II," in 1938 for "Kentucky," and in 1940 for "Westerner." He was nominated for a fourth Oscar, in 1941 for "Sergeant York." Bui it was as Ihe squinl-eyed, stubborn Grandpa Amos McCoy on the long-running TV series "The Real McCoys" thai Brennan achieved his most fame. His six-year portrayal of Ihe crusty-but-lovable family elder is still a standard among im- I Continued on Page 12) WALTER BRENNAN Dies At 80 Natural Gas Shortage Predicted In State The new open meeting law- seems lo have taken hold throughout Ihe state, although officials differ over ils effects 2 That menu you sec In a reslaurant may" tell only part of whal goes on in the kitchen page 3 Seniority isn't a problem in the stale legislalure H's a lack of eiperltnce page 13 The Pittsburgh Steelers manage a lie with Denver, but the Pirates are blanked by Ihe Mcls page 17 Weather Variable cloudiness and cool loday with a chance of showers. High in Ihe low to mid 50's. Clear and cold tonight with the low in the upper 20's lo low 30's. Sunny tomorrow with Ihe in Ihe mid 50's lo low fifl's.

Death By The Assocliled Press Energy experts across the slate are predicting a shortage of natural gas this winter a shortage whose existence has already been brought home (o 23 industries in western Pennsylvania. "There are going (o be cutbacks," Public Utilities Commission Chairman George I. Bloom says Wunlly. "There's not as much gas as last year." The first of those cutbacks goes into effect Monday. Last Wednesday, Equitable Gas Co.

of Pittsburgh notified 23 customers, including U.S. Steel and Jones i Laughlin, that it was curtailing deliveries by 25 per cent through the end of the year, A day earlier, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, notified 92 industrial customers across (he state that it planned lo reduce deliveries 10 per cenl from November through March. Then came the word from Harrisburg lhat William Wil- rox, Ihe state's fuel allocation officer, was notifying 800 natu- ral gas customers with inter- ruptable service thai they should be prepared to face sub- slanlial curtailments in deliveries. "I am concerned that, in addition to a large number of industries, some inslitulions, including hospitals and public housing projects hsve inter- ruplible natural gas contracts," Wilcox said. He advised those gas users to contact the 1 federal Energy Administration for a fuel oil allotment.

Inlerruptable service means the customer can switch from gas to a liquid fuel, explained to a spokesman for the Philadelphia Gas Works, who said a number of that firm's industrial customers have been pul on four-week notice. Philadelphia Electric which supplies gas in the suburbs, said it has also pul its in- tenuptable customers on notice, although People's Natural Gas Co. in Pittsburgh says it anticipates no reductions unless the weather turns extremely cold. Almost all parties trace Ihe shortage back lo Ihe wellhead. "The country's natural gas supplies have nol increased fast enough to meel growing demand," said Jf, Steel President Thomas C.

Graham when notified that his company's allocation was being reduced. "The artificially regulated price of natural gas has not provided adequate profils for the natural gas companies to expand their development efforts." PUC Chairman Bloom also called for more exploration and added a gloomy prediction: "If we don't find more gas and supplement what is produced in this country, there will be no production in this country afler eight years. "The prospects for the next Iwo or three years get worse. It all depends on exploration. The companies need money to explore and get additional gas." Equitable pointed to a more immediate problem, saying slorm damage to Gulf Coast production facilities from Hurricane Carmen had cost an estimated loss of one billion cubic feel of natural gas.

Bloom says the shortage could lead lo production cutbacks by some industries and some unemployment, but il will nol leave people shivering in their homes. "Obviously, there will nol be a cutback or curtailment to residential customers," says the Philadelphia Electric spokesman. "We will make sure they gel service." 8 John Hughes, Franklin Mrs. Kmma Kcllelt, Clarion Mrs. Rita Newman, Clarion Mrs.

Peggy Ann Raup, 121 Plummcr Mrs. Sarah Rice. Cambridge Springs, formerly of Franklin Mrs. Joan Stahlman, Clarinn Mrs. Rebecca Thompson.

PatasVala. Ohio, formerly of Franklin Wcnncr, Van (Drains on pape IZl.