The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 2

Wi Monday July 3 1972 2 THE KANSAS CITY STAR Mormon President Dies Highlights Sidelights Reagan Seeks Understanding HAROLD LEE Los Angeles Gov Ronald Reagan says he hopes his 7-nation European trip at President request will produce better understanding in Europe of US policy The Republican governor left yesterday with his wife Nancy and 14-year-old son Skipper in a presidential jet on his second such journey on behalf Before taking off he said he hoped his discussions with foreign leaders in Copenhagen Brussels Paris Madrid Rome London and Dublin would be substantive He refused to discuss with newsmen his briefing the previous day with Henry A Kissinger national security affairs adviser at the Western White House where Nixon is vacationing Reagan who made a diplomatic trip to Asia for the President last October will return July 21 REAGAN Continued From Page 1 cid it I did not decide it God decided A congregation of Mormon blacks has been organized in Salt Lake City with sbout 40 members Smith was considered the leading historian theologian and expert on the scriptures which Include both the Bible and the Book of Mormon But he also was a man of the soil a sports enthusiast and a promoter of the Boy Scouts of America Nearly every Mormon ward unit sponsors a scout troop He and his third wife Jessie Evans Smith often sang duets at church meetings when he was in his 80s Mrs Smith who recorded several albums of religious songs and sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir died last August at the age of 69 first two wives died The Mormon church was still practicing polygamy when Smith was born here in 1876 but the practice was banned before the turn of the century Smith herded cattle and did other chores on a farm as a boy but devoted nearly all of his life to the church His brothers said that at the age of 10 Smith would often wander off from a ball game to read the Book of Mormon or the Bible Survivors In addition to Mrs McConkie include five other daughters four sons and 160 grandchildren and RLDS Silent Joseph Fielding Smith Jr was a cousin or Wallace Smith president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saint who have their world headquarters in Independence Their grandfather Joseph 8mith Jr is recognized a a the founder of both the Mormon and RLDS faiths Wallace Smith was on the way from Omaha to Independence today and RLDS officials had no comment on the Mormon death pending Wallace arrival The two churches share many doctrines but differ over personal discipline and leadership authority Early Latter Day Saints were expelled from Jackson County in 1833 due to political differences and misunderstandings with their neighbors In 1844 Joseph Smith Jr was killed by a mob while being held in a Carthage 111 jail The split developed when Brigham Young claimed the Mormon presidency Young led his followers west where they established Salt Lake City Others rallied behind Joseph Smith III and remained in the Midwest They completed a reorganization in 1852 in Beloit Wis and in the 1870s began a gradual return to Independence Today the two churches while agreeing on some tenets are separated by wide doctrinal differences and consider themselves as far apart as Roman Catholics and Protestants Sir Francis Has Checkup After Giving Up Race London (AP) Sir Francis Chichester grand old man of the sea went into the hospital for a checkup today after illness and mishaps ended his chances in the solo trans-Atlantic yacht race The 70-year-old mariner and his son Giles who went to rescue last week aboard a Royal Navy frigate slipped into Plymouth Harbor unnoticed last night Giles Chichester later told reporters: father took a battering in rough weather in the first two or three daysof the race Then he took a pain-killing injection which had some interesting side Sir Francis is known to be suffering from a blood disease and his doctors had advised him against taking part in the race from Plymouth to Newport RI Life's Like That Chess Championship Still in Jeopardy Retired Gen William Westmoreland sits in silence during ceremonies marking his retirement from he US Army at Ft Myer Va where he completed 36 years of service General Westmoreland will be replaced as Army Chief of Staff by Gen Creighton Abrams (Wirephoto) Reunion Across the World Vancouver BC A 44-year separation has ended for two sistes and relatives think Premier Alexei Kosygin of the Soviet Union may have had a hand in the reunion Lea Witzke 57 arrived here yesterday after flying from Pat-zik in southern Russia to visit her sister Alicia The effort to unite sisters began in 1955 when Alicia received a letter from her sister whom she believed was dead An appeal for aid was given to an assistant to Kosygin by the Vanouver Mayor Tom Campbell when the Russian leader visited the city last year suddenly eased up after said Nares-sa Laing a niece of Lea always imagined be given at least three months warning Instead we were only told last Diplomat Defends John Lennon London Lord Harlech former British ambassador in Washington has come to the assistance of John Lennon in his legal wrangle with the US Immigration Service for permission to live in America Harlech said recently that he has written to US authorities defending Lennon the former Beatle The immigration service has opposed application for permanent residence LORD in the US on the grounds of a drug conviction HARLECH in London in 1968 Street Gambling Risky Pittsburgh Magistrate John Chapas fined three men for gambling in the streets then offered them a tip: time use an alley Find a place where you have 90 directions to Police told Chapas they spotted about 15 men in a dice game on a main street of the South Side but the game broke up quickly when they arrived The three arrested were fined $10 plus $11 court costs each Science Treaty Takes Effect Moscow Top American and Soviet science officials met today to put effect the treaty for co-operation in science and technology signed during President visit to Moscow science adviser Dr Edward David Jr led the American side Head chief negotiator on the Soviet side was Deputy Premier Vladimir A Kirillin chairman of the Soviet State Committee for Science and Technology Deputies of the joint commission are to deter-DAVID mine areas of co-operation and designate the appropriate agencies to carry it out New Life For ACTION sick and tired of planning meals Bump the shelf and take whatever falls Nader Project Sydney Australia (AP) Ralph Nader US consumer advocate arrived here today to study some species of kangaroos he believes in danger of extinction Nader told reporters the US Interior Department wants some kangaroo species put on the endangered list to restrict the import of kangaroo offer was made through Dr Max Euwe president of the International Chess Federation and was immediately relayed to Fischer in New York a spokesman for Slater said Slater chairman of Slater Walker Securities which has world wide business affairs has proposed a package containing several alternative offers One is to double the prize money which is now $125000 The winner would get $78125 under present terms An increased prize would mean that the winner gets and the loser $104000 money is Slater said hope the offer is being considered this afternoon I like chess and have played it for years Many want to see this match and everything has been arranged If Fischer does not go to Iceland many will be Reykjavik Iceland The world chess championship match was threatened with collapse today 24 hours before Bobby deadline to show up or forfeit his match with Boris Spassky of Russia Fischer the American chess champion was reported sticking to his demand for more money He told the New York Daily News he yield The 6-man board of the spon-oring Icelandic Chess Federation met today and decided not to concede to demands In London a banker today offered Fischer a deal worth 50-000 $130000 at official parity to entice him to play James Slater an investment banker said in making the offer has said that money is the problem Well here it is What I am saying to Fischer now is out and CORRECTION Our ad in Mon Times July 3rd should have read: 20-Piece No-Break Picnic Set 59 Western Auto Washington (AP) ACTION the federal volunteer service superagency which was on the ropes only a few months ago has bounced back and according to its director will be even stronger for overcoming the financial crisis Joseph Blatchford head of ACTION says the agency will start several domestic programs and expand its international operation this month The Peace Corps suffered last winter when Congress cut its budget at the last minute Blatchford ordered a halt in signing volunteers and worried aout getting some of them back from their overseas posts Now he says the Peace Corps will expand into five new areas the South Pacific Commission Central African Republic Oman Bahrain and to bring the total to 62 On the domestic side Blatchford says ACTION plans several programs through the University Year the Nixon answer to Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) These programs will be carried out under contracts between ACTION and other government agencies One of those programs Blatchford said will have older Americans working at 10 still-unnamed sites for the Social Security Administration to answer queries sent in by older Volunteers also will be working for the Office of Education to help teach the handicapped and the blind for the Department of Health Education and Welfare on a lead-based-paint program and for the Environmental Protection Agency picking up trash in New York City are 40 million Americans that are potential volurv Blatchford told a newsman job is to come up with a program in which they will ACTION was created a year ago when President Nixon signed an executive order bringing together the Peace Corps VISTA and six other federal agencies Critics said the action was taken to bury VISTA and its militant volunteers but Blatchford denied this He said the University Year a VISTA-related program enabled 1000 students at 26 college and university campuses to work full-time off campus on community poverty projects while earning academic credit for their work has been the most difficult and trying year but it has proven the wisdom of the decision to bring together the volunteer service said Blatchford are serving the needs of more Americans and citizens of developing nations than ever be fore and we are doing a more effective Famed Sculptor's Tomb Found Florence Italy The tomb of Filippo Brunelleschi Italian Renaissance architect and sculptor was reported found today under the Florence Cathedral whose dome he designed Brunelleschi was credited with starting Italian Renaissance architecture He was born in Florence in 1377 and died here in 1446 The tomb was found under the right aisle of the cathedral which is being excavated in the search of the ancient basilica of St Reparata over which the modern Duomo was built An inscription on the tomb said in Latin: of the man of great genius Filippo Brunelleschi The tomb was found by Guido Morozzi architect and head of the Florentine Monuments Office For years he has been directing the digging in search for the basilica erected in honor of St Reparata a Palestinian Christian martyr of the second century Pope Congratulates Cardinal Cody Vatican City Pope Paul VI has sent a letter of congratulation to John Patrick Cardinal Cody archibishop of Chicago on the 25th anniversary of his consecration as bishop the Vatican announced today In his letter in Latin the Pope expressed his and paternal for Cardinal Cody and praised his diligence for the affirmation of dignity and justice among all This and other merits the Pope added made you worthy of your elevation to the sacred purple of a Sudan-US Ties May Be Resumed Cairo Sudan may resume diplomatic relations with the US the semiofficial newspaper A1 Ahram said today A1 Ahram said Sudan and Yemen have the Arab cause in return for several million American It called on the Arab League to intervene to member states from unilateral moves which could lead to serving American-Israeli objectives in the Middle Yemen and Sudan along with Egypt Syria Iraq and Algeria broke relations with the United States in 1967 and accused Washington of aiding Israel in the 6-day war resumption of relations yesterday was announced in a broadcast from the Yemeni capital of shortly before Secretary William Rogers of the State Department ended a brief visit Another Cairo daily A1 Gom-houria said President Gaafar Numairi of Sudan justified his stand by citing $18 million in US aid contributed for the rehabilitation of southern Sudan Rogers visited Bahrain last night and went on to Kuwait today He is on his way home from the meeting in Australia of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Candidate to Talk On Health Care Dr Harry Jonas physician and at-large candidate for the Democratic nomination for the county legislature will discuss his plan for a comprehensive program of health care for Jackson County at a meeting of the Golden Age Club at 1:30 Thursday at the First Christian Church 125 Pleas ant Street Independence Kansas Gives Grants To 1007 Students AAONTCOWER filPlislPMP pipiip rrtTiii i IAn li I 'i roKJTS'iJ OUR lOOTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR WARDS CLOSED JULY 4th WEDNESDAY ISBm n-usrtJ5tKi isBisisa'ur CODY Cardinal Cody served from 1956 to 1961 as bishop of the Kansas City-St Joseph Diocese The largest number of students indicated a preference for Marymount College ait Salina with 102 awards for that institution Sacred Heart College at Atchison had 90 Bethany College 86 Friends University Wichita 84 and Kansas Wesleyan University 71 Chinese Ambassador Arrives in Britain London (AP) first ambassador to Britain since the Communists took over the mainland 23 years ago today flew into London from Peking Sung Chih-kuang former charge d'affaires in Paris and ambassador to East Germany was met at Heathrow Airport by executives of the British Foreign Office and members of the Chinese legation in London The 56-year-old ambassador will present his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II next week Triple Wedding Vows Melrose Mass Gino Sasso gave afcay his three daughters in a 6-ring wedding ceremony yesterday At one point the pastor of Incarnation Church the Rev Paul Clougherty said place the ring on Kathleen finger Now Mary place the ring on finger When it was over he added with relief think at this point married the rigtft bride to the right Kathleen married John Calhoun of Waltham Mary married Warren Talbot of Medford and Jeanne married John Beck of Cambridge Roiling in Barrels Since Burning Ban From The Star's Topeka Bureau Topeka A total of 1007 students have qualified for the new Kansas tuition grant program for aid in attending 19 independent colleges in Kansas Gov Robert Docking was advised today The selections were announced by Marlin Schrader administrative officer of the State Education Commission Schrader said the awards obligate the $1 million authorized by the act passed by the last Legislature It provides that the student provide $450 and his parents whatever aid is possible with the state meeting the remainder of the cost for one fees tuition books and other basic expenses There were 3198 applicants An independent survey organization matched the ability of the parents to pay additional costs with the applications The grants went to students whose parents could contribute from zero to $50 a year toward college expenses An additional 176 students were chosen as alternates in the bracket of parental aid be-twej $50 and $150 a year Schrader said JULY SALE Reg $3495 SAVE $7 LADIES LINDE BIRTHSTAR 2795 used to sell as many as 50 in a week but that was before the EPA outlawed most outdoor rubbish he said Now he added lucky to sell three barrels a week suppose better this Guler says is a problem that must be Belvidere 111 (AP)-The Illinois Environmenal Protection Agency has John Guler 24 over barrel A lot of them might say that the bottom has dropped out of the burning barrel business since the EPA got into the says Guler who operates a service station here The barrels are 55- gallon steel drums once used Cr oil chemicals and othei liquid products They cost $250 Star Want Ads produce maximum results at mtftjmum cost Diet 221-5503 mn rA'Vhone Sunday Want Ada In be-)' ore 11 a Sat 221-5500 Adv Adv.