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NEW CASTLE NEWS, FRIDAY JULY 11, 1972 Did he hit it or not? '-i unity Marines surrounded SAlllON ilJl'h U.S. 1352 bombers dumped 600 Ions of explosives on Communist positions ia QaangTriCiiy during Hie night but tlOO government marines hjlikI by 'North Vietnamese troops and cut off from aid on the northern edge of town. A Saigon command said today South Vietnamese soldiers killed 7D Communists around the embattled city Thursday and knocked out five Nuitll Vietnamese tanks. Government losses were five killed and 211 wounded. Military sources said 26 hit targets in an arc three to miles southwest, west and northwest of the city in support nf hundreds of government paratroopers who pushed buck into the southern part of town Thursday.

New job ICnntlnucd Iroin page 1 Kennedy sentence He said the convention had met "Ihe test of greatness" by nominallng Mc-Govern MeGoverns own reccplion was enthusiastic but less electric He returned to the theme-uncompromising opposition to America's participation in Vietnam's war-that had led to his dismissal as an "one issue candidate" when he announced his for the presidency 13 months ago. He also eluded the administration's refusal to propose tax reform -an issue championed by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace and promised to propose a las system which treats wages on the same fooling as income earned from investments Dut on perhaps the most sensitive dnmeslii issue-corn-pulsory busing to achieve integration McGovern was silent. He was the only candidate for the nomination to favor busing as a necessary tool toward a desirable end and his platform lakes that tack, loo.

Meson has proposed a moratorium on compulsory busing In perhaps one hopeful omen for the McGovern Kagluton ticket, Wallace leaves Miami Heath satisfied that he at least HAIlRISBURfi (UPI Harrison Hartung may be $50,000 richer. Then again, he might be liable tor a fine and prison (crm for defrauding Use Penn-" sylvania lottery. llartung. a flood victim from Ihe city's -'Shipoke section, walked into the Olmsted Plaia slate liquor store in Mid-dlc-lown Thursday clutching ticket number It wa Ihe $50,000 winner in the weekly drawing. He told the store employes about how the rising waler breed him to abandon his second door apartment.

He filled cut the proper forms and left. The store manager called the Bureau of Ihe Lotteries and reported that a needy flood victim had won $50,000. Rul when he inspected the ticket mure carefully, he decided there was something suspicious annul it lie sent it over lo the bureau for a closer inspection. "We could tell right away the ticket had never been printed! by the computer," a bureau spokesman said "The numbers were jnuch darker. II looked like an electric typewriter had been used But nobody will say the ticket is bogus.

First, it will he sent through a scries uf valida- lion tests to make sure il wasn't jusl a "freak" printing which came out looking different. "There is one very, very long chance so long it's alruosl SAN CI.KMKNTE. Calif. HJPIi 1'rosidenl Nixon prepared tn welcome his favorite Democrat, John II. Connally, home bom a round-the-world mission today and give him a "very important" new government job.

Thc- Presirlenl disclosed in his last news conference two weeks 1C. all0her job in mind foi (lie lormer Treasury secretaty and Texas governor, who relumed uesday from a 35-day tour lhal took him to 15 nations tur conferences Willi foreign leaders. The President did nol immediately disclose details ol the new assignment, but it probably will be a job that will keep Connally in Ihe public eye. KKCUNt) I.10 DIMS Frasier, the world-famous, sensuuus linn at California's Country Safari, recelscs medication imruicnuusls in liie hard fought but unsuccessful balllc to his life. Administcrine.

the incdicatiun is veterinarian l)r, William Y. Iliggins fright ami yonlngicnl director Pa The death of the Lion, which was somewhere between 1 years ol age Hie equivalent of HS-IIIO in humans atlribnled trt old age and a kidney inalfunclinn. Agnew starts Frasier is dead MAMCHLSTFH. N.II. diPJ, Vice President Spiro T.

Agnew opened his campaign against the Democrats by asking lucid media to offset a liberal bias ol Washington reporters and commentators. Agnew told I. Trill Republicans at a SM-a-lieket dinner Thursday night, this was "the opening session ot the real stnp-McCjOvcru movement." But Agnew only mentioned lite Democratic presidential nominee. Sen. Ccorge S.

Mcdovern an aside. After the nomination. Agnew said. McGovern was at the swimming pool practicing his new stroke the Hanoi i The Lion sleeps for a change I. At; UN A Jill.I.S.

Calif. lllE'fi As it says in an old couplings in an afternoon bv the decrepit old lion. Astonished veterinarians fed him a special diet and gave him five vitamin shots a day to help maintain his pace. The animal park's rangers will serve as pallbearers, received a respeclful hearing (or Ins views. "They didn't vole for our platform, but they were courteous." lie told newsmen, promising not to mount a third party campaign ia Uic fall.

Or perhaps not. Ho kept up an arduous lose live unii! his final week, and never complained. Ill death as in life. Frasier inspired unusual tributes A learn nl mojc than a dozen doctors planned to conduct an Calley death lion." to be dedicated lo (lie support of animal welfare organizations. To start it off he conlributed SI, OUT and 10 per cent ol the profits from the lucrative line ol I'rasier mercli andise records.

T-shirts, watches, sweat shirLs. buttons, aprons. "Krasier for President" bumper slickers and other memorabilia. ridiculous lhal he might have African folk snag, inspired by bought Ihe ticket, maiked down his regal jungle The the numbers Ihen lost it and Linn sleeps tonight filled this one in." (lie spokes- l''nr a change, man said. Frasier The Lion, who rose "Hp might have had tickets Horatio Algcr-like from a thai were blank either fmni deprived life as a Mexican Hie printers in Philadelphia or circus roustabout lo a position the ones whit supposedly wwc international fame in his interring Frasier in a wooden autopsy inuay in an urtempi io enskel beneath a monument determine the source of the described as "a mast" alnp the astonishing virility given his knoll advanced years and debilitated At his summer home in San Clemente, where he kept an eye on the convention, Nixon instructed Henry A.

Kissinger his national security adviser destroyed by the flood. Ull dd- He estimate corporate Frasier's worth a asset, but noted tl increased 20 pe it attendance and Central Intelligence Agencv cent after Director Richard Helms lo kecp physical state that made I'rasier famous. The team was headed by a lirnlogieal specialisl. Dr. Aulho ny W.

Orlandella. We hope The Scottish clan h'rasier. which had given Ihe lion honorary membership, said it would provide bagpiers to wail the old cat to his final resting Frasier won renown, and lhal as bonus pay for an lhal nn findings will benefit place wilh the traditional clan average lion and he gave us McGovern informed on foreign policy and defense affairs throughout the campaign a courtesy usually extended by the incumbent to his opponent. medical and I I a funeral dirge. cubs.

According to Ihe records, the Old Stone Inn, Middlelown. sold the winning ticket. The blank lickels lost in Ihe flood weie being stored in Middlelown. lung validated bis licket in Mid-I dlelDWji. Three face gambling charges Held, admiral ion irnm II is contemporaries and respect from Ins large and loving family, is deaii A funeral suitable to lus posit ion -complete with bagpipers, monument, a foundation in his name anil massed mourners has been planned.

The venerable lion, who became a poji hero and geiialric sex symbol in his dotage, died Thursday, surrounded by the best medical attention a valuable show business celebrity could claim. The siniha Valentino passed away Willi "a look of contentment on his face." said one of The park's switchboard was Animals roam uncaged at jammed with "say il isn't so" Lion Country Safari, and calls from throughout the visitors must stay inside their GAINFSVILLSC. Fla. (UPI) William L. Calley, the father of Lt.

William Calley died Thursday nlghl just boors afte; his son was granted special permission tu visit him LI. Calley. who is serving a 20-year sentence for massacres at My Lai in South Vietnam, spent about a hall-hour Willi his father Thursday morning. Calley returned In his detention quarters at Ft. Benning, Ga." the same afternoon A Veterans Hnspital spokesman said the elder Calley died from complications of a long bout wilh diabetes anil a respiratory ailment.

He was 57. Flaherty opposed PITTSHHKGH ILIPH The black community of Pitlsbuigb will unite at the polls next year to defeat Mayor Peter Flaherty if he continues "racist, irresponsible' behavior, a spokesman for 20 black organiyalinns warned Thursday. The warning, issued by Luther Sewell of the United Ulack Front, followed the mayor's recent decisions to demote a black official of the Urban Redevelopment Authority and to refuse commitment on pleas lor assistance in obtaining federal funds for black housing. Sewell. publishei of a black monthly magazine, said blacks would 'no longer tolerate lies, excuses, or ultimatums'' from Flaherty.

nation "and even I-spokesman said. M-i Radical youths were here, but they bothered the convention far less than had been reared. They lell town loo. vowing to retuin by the "lens of thousands" in late August, when Ihe GOP will gather to nominate Nixon for a second term. science." Ihe urologist said.

Krasier will be laid to rest Saturday morning on grassy knoll overlooking the sunny glade at Lion Country Safari where his reproducible prowess drew visitors by Ihe thousands. There in life he reigned over a harem of II constantly pregnant young lionesses, although at roughly 21) years old he was lite equivalent in age of a human main of more than H5. He had sired 35 cubs in Hi months, and more are still due. A reporter once counted 215 cars in Ihe annual zone. Spcclators at the funeral will be restricted lo a special area, the park said, (o prevent any mourners rum being eaten by Frasier's family and friends.

"We don't want the funeral lo be a carnival." a spokesman said. "We would like to say goodbye lo the old boy wilh some dignity." Slate police and other agencies them were weeping." he said. Florid tributes began arriving wilhin hours. In nearby San Diego, news of the death interrupted a session of the City Council, which observed moment of silence. The head of ihe park.

Harry Sinister, announced 'establishment of "The 'raster Foumln- arrested three men yesterday on lie attendants. lie apparently died ol old age and a kidney ailment, perhaps aggravated by the sexual inlenijierance lhal made him a star. About people State meat inspectors lose battle Second game forfeited Fischer fails to show up Hy L'niicd Press Inlcrnatitinal I. OS ANGELES (UPI)-Ra-(juel Welch has had her tonsils and adenoids removed. MGM studio's said Thursday lhal Ihe bnsoniy actress would have lo change the schedule ol a promotional tour for her latest movie.

"Kansas City Hon i her." in order to recuperate Irom Wednesday's surgery. be REYKJAVIK. Iceland HII'Ii Financially sound HAItKISHUftG (I 'PI i The House Education Committee repented Thursday the Armstrong School District, embroiled in a bitlcr contrail dispute, is in sound financial condition. The committee had investigated the district on a request from Hep. C.

Doyle Steele. Armstrong, who wanted lo clear up confusion as to the amount ol state aid and the total assets available for the district. Rep A. Gallagher, committee chairman, said the dislrii had a surplus and a sya.flOtl cash reserve al Ihe end of the 1H7U-7I fiscal year. He said il was clear contract difficulties which had closed tin dislrict three tunes in the past two years were not due to a of funds.

charges of pool-selling and book making. James Pngley, 55, 821 ll Mercer SI who works as a bartender at the Diamond Cafe. 14 K. Washington was picked up there and FJias Moses. 51.

of 23 W. Long Ave. was picked up at hisliome Making the arrests were troopers. County Selective Michael Fnzzone and city pnlicc. The two men were arraigned before District Justice of Ihe Peace Merle II Hildelnand and freed on nominal bond to awc.il a later hearing.

"i Louis Bobhiuo. 5fi. of 70ii Firsl lllwcind who he North Sale News liCfl North Lllwc.cd was arrested by Iraopcis. Detective Fa7J.one and borough poltcc on charges of pool-sell irg and hook making as well as sell.ng obscene literature lie was arraigned, also belore Magistrate llihiehrand and freed on a 5 LOCO property bond. The hearing will lie set by Dislrict Justice of Ihe I 'race eiHiiniillee would reverse the ruliig.

The big ipicslion leni.iiued one Ilia! has haunted the most Iroin ciiainpi nip IIAlililSBUHCr iUHi The stale has lost il- balllc to retain control of inspecting meat processing a il packaging plants in The final blow came Thursday when a federal judge refused to slop the ledcial can eminent from atorng in and taking over Ihe program. The decision lis Dixon Herman meant lb.it as of next Monday. state meal inspectors will be of their jobs and meat ls will tic re- Spiissky. who needs 12 points- a win counts one poinl. a draw one-hall point-to retain lus title.

Time for the second game came and went Thursday anil I'Tscher did not arrive Aides said he staved in bed to protest the television cameras Andrew Davis, one nl Fis flier's lawyers in New York, put through a cat! at fviHl p.m. -when there was still minutes till Fischer deadline In Richard C. Slein lawyer lor Ihe owner of the TV anil film rrghls and asked Stein lo remove all cameras for Thursdays game and give Hobby Fischer slaved in bed, so once again the world chess championship was in doubt. The 2:1 year American ilia I longer failed lo show lor his vind g.uiic against tillcholdcr ileris Spassky ol Russia to protest television lanterns in the hall where Ihoy are playing Itelcrcc l.olhar Sch.nii:! awarded Ihe game lo Spassky. pulling Russian abed two gaiv.es lo cro.

challenged Srhmid's ruling and the matter went to a loiinr.illce made up ol Sclrtiiil. Ins retae.scnla beg-ining Would Fhchei walk 1 1. 1 Icelandic grandmaster Frid-rik (lldsson. an old friend of F'isi her managed to gel into the suite ol rooms where the challenger i.s staying in a downtown hotel "He talked lo nie about nnyllv.ry else hut the match." Olafssun said He lost interest it si months ago Fischer dropped the first of the possible 21 eames In WASHINGTON lUPD -Dr. lienjamin Spock.

the prcsiden- jiji lial ciindidale nl the People's ji Parly, believes Sen George 3 MKiovein will win in Movern- hei but may disappoint his liberal followers because of his "cautious" stands on manjua- na, iilxirtion, health care, if welfare and tax reform A Spnek said Thursday Ihe fact lhal Mclinvern won the Demo- cralic nomination "despite Ihe Anderson's support MIAMI IIKA( II (HI'H Ray Anderson, president of an R. (Hid-member United Sleclworkcrs local, supported (ieoige Mi Govern when other labor leaders thought it was a joke His boss. I W. Abel, still refused to back the Democratic presidential nominee. think he's a Anderson said of Abel, the stringent li der.il siacsl.inls Fid Weintraub allorney for Ihe state in the ca-e.

argued tiies that the federal hikover would nl result in "irreparable iiijiuv" two players and Davis tunc to lis to Iceland discuss the rnatlcr in detail Shaffer. Wiijne crcanirrrs Thnc n( prepnndrr.T'i ol old hacks aril lo (be slates onsurtiet: chaos'' in the meal nil! I'SW inlcrnatii sident. Re hnudiuituig on the wall. He 1 limid tiihlnts in his parly's stniclure is an indication of the iiiiuintiug indignation of the American people against con- tinning war. poverty, inflation, ji iinemployment and all Ihe oilier utterly unneeessary injustices Capitol Opinion Sfafe Demos split on everything i Vpo it was name calling threats and lisMbimiping Harvey Thiemann, Gov Milton .1.

Shapp's hand-picked slate paily chairman was responsible for (he first I mil I a 1 A He was he the lll'piisril hisenntr. 1 1 negotiations. lie doe.so I have enough confidence in those political amateurs who became pros during the McGovern campaign Buses delayed DF.THOIT i "I'D The latest court action in Hie Dctrnil school desegregation case preulnls the Detroit Roaul Fdm ilion from ordering any hnses fen use in a cross district racial busing prngiam until at least Mom las The fith Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Ohio. Thursday issued a temporary stay of an order by U.S.

District 'uuil Judge Stephen Knth that buses he pmoliasrd this week for use in September. The bihes would be Used in an integration program involving Dcliml's largely black schools with those of 52 ncarls all white suburban school diMrirls. Estate occupied RFI.FAST I PI i Hundreds of British troops tndav occupied a humor Protestant housing eslate which they seized from the Irish Republican Army in their (irs't concc rleil drive against an IRA stronghold The battle for the area climaxed a 26-hnur period ending early today in which fise soldiers and three civilians died one of the worst surges of killings in Northern Iieland since Ihe IRA ended its two-week tease- Hnrif Ihirniaun lo lfs astro nail I Charles Duke has been awarded Ibe Distinguished Service Medal and senior pilot astronaut wings for his record days of exploration sin Ihe moon. Air Force Secretarj Hnberl SeamiTis presented the blue and white medal to Duke and Gen John 1). Ryan Air Force Chief of Staff, pinned Ihe silier wings on Duke for becoming Pic American to pilot a craft in powered High I more than ff) miles above Ibr earth's surface LAS YKGAS.

Ncv UiPL-Hepnrls Hial Howard Hughes would return to this gambling capital next week were denied Thursday by a lop Hughes aid. The Las Vegas Sun bad reported Hughes would appear July IS lo file a deposition in a lawsuit filed by the newspaper's publisher Dick Hani, a chief spokesman for Hughes, said simply. "No," Hughes would not appear Us SAIIA FRITZ MIAMI UK AH I HJITi -Pennsylvania is not ready for George McGnicrn. The olrllime politicians say he will i osl them control of the slate legislature The labor bosses say he will turn his bark on Ibern. And some of the other people have their doubts.

Iiitl George McGovern is only an excuse. There is no presidential tan-didale who could solve Ibc problems of the Democratic parly in Pennsylvania. If stale Democrats lose control in November, il will be I heir own fault. The Florida sun casl a lot of light on the political scheme back home. The state delegation ignored most o( Hit lug issues facing Ihe Democratic Na-; lional Convention.

Inslcad, they spent the week arguing among themselves. There was little honest debate I in the slate caucuses. Mosl ol As Abel put il "We are sick and tired id being called rai isIs and reactionaries. We are ick and lired ol people who talk alioul Ihe labor bosses on Monday and come hack wilh their hands outstretched on Tuesday." There is a message in this for the McGoverniles. They will need tn sofl-piilal their approach lo Ihe oldtimer.s who have agreed to siipjiort the nominee lint (bey do not seem to hear the messige.

Asked about their strategy wilh the orgaiiid.il ion. coordinator Gerald Kaul-man remarked. The organm tion doesn't mean Ibid much in a general election Before the convention ended, there was a lot of talk about unity. Rut il was wasted on Pennsylvania. The state parly is not ready-In unite behind Mi-Govmi or anything else This is a serious blow lo Hie state parly.

Ahel means votes, particularly in southwestern Pennsylvania. Il is hard to imagine a Democratic e.im paign wilhoiit Ihe USW's well-run machine. There is a good chance most of Ihe other labor leaders will come around lo McGovern Hut it is less likely they will accept the McGovernitcs as their colleagues. There, is a lot of bilterncss in Pennsylvania between the McGovern people and Ihe old tini CIS. The old time-is are proud and Ihe McGoverniles tend to he self-rightous.

"They're going lo try In take over the organ i ion." John Torqualo. Johnstown's political boss, predicted "They'll tty lo kick us out. 'You jusl watch lliem. They won't be able to handle it." The old Timers object to Ihe style of the McGovern people. temporary trader ol the delegation Rul Thiemann svas loo weak It took Ihe delegation two full days of bickering to settle its first ilcru of business sclciTion ol a permanent chairman The pvrnianeiil chairman, for mer Gov George Leader, was ekslcd just one lunir before the convention started The dele gates never had time to talk about platform or rules The next problem was more serious.

Hiihc-it Humphrey and Kdmund Muskie, who controlled the majority of Ihe stale dele-gales, dropped out ol 1be presidential running The labor leaders and parly regulars refused lo lace the inevitable nomination of MrGov- cm. They mounted a useless drive for Henry Jackson lack son never had a chance. Rul the Pennsylvania delegation waslcd fiij'i votes on him. Rut Ihe nnli-MrGoveTU movement went even deeper. The labor leaders were nol ready to support McGovern even idler he won the nomination, tine la-lwr man tagged him as a "rigbt-to-work of a I W.

Ahel. president ol the United Sleclworkcrs union, re fused In give in lie said (here were absolutely "no reasons" why lie should ever support McGovem. lire Siiind.is The anus, revising earlier figures, said the deaths bronchi the fatality toll in almost three years of violence Ireland to 431. including 1U! soldiers, civilians and policemen..

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