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President goes to governors MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Plunging ahead with lus Watergate counter offen- ilve, President Nixon today carried his campaign into this Southern city, where Republican governors were urging him to clear up the scandal. Following up on weekend appearances in Florida and Georgia, Nixon flew here from his Key Biscayne home for a private meeting with GOP governors, who in a convention resolution also praised the determination to make a full disclosure on Watergate. Earlier, Republican party chairman George Bush told governors that Nixon has turned the Watergate tide and the scandal won't hurt them in next elections. "These been easy Bush said at the Republican Governors Conference.

"But the thing that is so greatly encouraging is seeing the Watergate matter having turned aound rather dramatically as a result of the actions in the last few Bush told the governors, who were to meet personally with Nixon later, that constituent mail to Capitol Hill has become more to the since his recent public appearances and meetings with Republican officeholders and party officials. Bush also told the governors that the party machinery was running smoothly toward the 1974 elections, in which 12 of 18 Republican governorships will be up for election. "Anybody who takes any look at history is going to discover that scandal does not harm Bush said. The governors are urging Nixon to clear up the lingering Watergate problem by praising what they called his determination to make a full disclosure. The governors, debating the impact of Watergate on their own fortunes, approved a carefully worded message to Nixon in anticipation of his scheduled visit today.

The resolution, billed as a strong endorsement of the President, was adopted Monday by the Republican Governors Association. It praised Nixon's accomplishments, listing among them his handling of a range of problems from the Middle to the energy crisis. But sources who attended the closed meeting said the last paragraph was strengthened to let Nixon know as politely as possible that the governors hope the President will continue his new tack of disclosure until Watergate is resolved. It said: "We applaud the determination of the President to make full disclosure to the public concerning Watergate, and we look forward to his visit to this conference as a part of that Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton, association chairman, said the reference to "determination to make full was added at the insistence of Govs.

Daniel J. Evans of Washington and Tom McCall of Oregon. Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford told the governors in a dinner speech Monday night he had read the resolution "with great and felt it would cheer the President. Sources who attended closed session at which the resolution praising Nixon was adopted said it was drafted after considerable debate.

According to the sources. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York asked for a statement of praise for Nixon's handling of foreign affairs. Gov.

Robert D. Ray of Iowa opposed the resolution, but said if one were adopted it could not ignore Watergate. "Watergate overshadows everything Ray said. Ronald Reagan asked that it be left open until after today's meeting with Nixon, and West Virginia Gov. Arch A.

Moore Jr. suggested a statement be drafted for approval after the meeting. "To rubber stamp what Nixon says after he says it just make any sense to Holton was quoted as saying. we do ought to be done Gov. William G.

Milliken of Michigan said. weather Occasional showers or thundershowers today and tonight; lows tonight in 40s; winds becoming northerly 10 to 18; Wednesday rain ending and colder with temperature in 40s; probabilities of rain tonight 00 per cent, Wednesday SO per cent. The temperature Tuesday was 62 at 7 a.m. and 58 at Noon. Low Monday night was 39.

Lake of the Ozarks stage: 55.8; 4Jt feet below full reservoir. Sunset today will be at 4:57 Sunrise Wednesday at 7:01 a.m. inside "Year of Europe" wlli apparently end with a Western European declaration made without his help. Page 2. drug problem in the news.

Editorial, Page 6. Robert Morris College of Carthage, visits State Fair Community College in JuCo cage action tonight. Paget. THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT Vol. 105, No.

231 Sedolio, Tuesday, Nov, 20 1973 34 r. Committee agrees to Ford nomination Twister victim An unidentified Oklahoma highway patrolman carries the body of four-month-old Robbie Maynard found Monday night lying in a mud puddle beside a street in a Moore, trailer park after a tornado demolished dozens of mobile homes. (UPl) Tornadoes blast Oklahoma towns By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tornadoes slashed through nine Oklahoma towns Monday night, killing five three more than 60 others and causing millions of dollars in property damage. Two four-month-old girls, Robbie Maynard and Jennifer Moore, died when a twister slammed into a mobile home park in Moore, about 15 miles south of Oklahoma City. Twenty-seven mobile homes were destroyed in Moore and another 10 were heavily damaged, authorities said.

At Blanchard, Mrs. Linda Hill. 20, and her three-month-old son, Neal, died when a tornado blasted through that town, demolishing or damaging an estimated 50 per cent of its homes and businesses. Ray Saunders, a 77-year-old security guard, died when a tornado caved in a warehouse in Oklahoma City. Authorities listed 28 injured in Moore, 19 at Blanchard and 11 at Collinsville, where a tonrado hit another mobile home park of more than 100 trailers.

In Moore, the Maynard infant was found lying in a mud puddle at the mobile home park. She failed to respond to resucitation efforts and was pronounced dead at the scene. The tornadoes first hit Moore. Blanchard, Hennessey and part of Oklahoma City in central Oklahoma, then the violent storm system spawned destructive twisters at Collinsville. Tonka wa.

Blackwell. Copan and Arnett in northern Oklahoma. Blanchard Police Chief Jim Carpenter said the damage there was twice as bad in the daylight as we thought it was last "It came Out of the southwest and cut a path about three blocks wide and two miles long as it moved to the said Blanchard police dispatcher Tommy Coggins of the twister. "It looked like at least half the homes and some businesses, churches and other buildings are destroyed or heavily he said. A Hennessey couple was admitted to Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid after they were injured when their mobile home was destroyed about 7:30 p.m.

by high winds in Kingfisher County North central Oklahoma, still reeling from savage flooding last month, saw funnels hit Blackwell and Tonka wa in Kay County. Both cities reported power outages, uprooted trees, roof damage and numerous broken windows. Tonkawa officials said two municipal warehouses were damaged extensively and Northern Oklahoma College reported minor wind damage. WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Rules committee today voted unanimously to approve the nomination of House Republican Leader Gerald Ford as vice president. The vote sends nomination to the Senate floor, where a vote is expected next week.

House leaders plan a final vote in that body the week after the full Senate action. Senate Rules Committee Chairman Howard W. Cannon, said the nomination will be reported to the Senate Monday with a roll call vote the next day. The rules committee action hearings into fitness to serve as vice president. Cannon said that before the committee roll call was taken, members took into consideration investigations into reports of campaign contributions and irregularities, considered by the FBI to be negligible.

Sen Robert Byrd, made the motion to report nomination to the Senate floor and Marlow Cook, seconded it. Cannon announced the committee has determined that net worth is $256,378. He said financial statement will be made public. Assistant Minority Leader Robert Griffin of Michigan said the unanimous action in reporting the Ford nomination to the Senate floor is a step toward unifying the country. were times, I admit, in which 1 wanted action on this nomination taken more he said.

"But we have taken adequate time to niake the most complete, adequate and thorough investigation in the Griffin said. in taking our time we were able to reach a unanimous Cannon said he expects the Senate vote on Ford will be unanimous. Although no hitch has risen to confirmation by either the House or Senate, Ford civil rights voting record and leadership capacity were challenged Monday at House hearings. Clarence Mitchell W'ashington director of the National Association for the Colored People, said three of votes "show that he has a restricted approach to civil Taking a position for or against Ford was against NAACP policy. Mitchell told the House Judiciary Committee.

But he said he hoped congressmen, before confirming Ford, would satisfy themselves his posture as vice president would not be the same as it was as Mitchell said he was confident, that Ford would step in to prevent a black person Interviewing approved for economic director By JOE KELL Democrat-Capital Staff Writer In an informal straw vote taken during the pre-council session Monday night, the City Council voted 6-1 to authorize the Economic Development Board to begin screening and interviewing applicants for the unfilled position of economic development director. Third Ward Democrat Carl Franklin was the only council member to vote against searching for a replacement for former economic development director Bill Hall, who resigned Aug. 31. Franklin said he was opposed to hiring a Council questioned on full-time mayor Members of the Sedalia Jaycees appeared at the Monday night City Council meeting to ask the council what, if any, action it is planning on the question of a full-time mayor. The Jaycees presented an open letter to the council asking it to outline its intent in the matter.

George Dugan Fourth Ward Republican, said, "I think the council should have a binding vote of the people on whether we should have a full-time Bob Fritz, city attorney, said there is no way for Sedalia, as a third class city, to have vote of the people that would be binding. When questioned about the purpose of the April 1 advisory election where a simple majority voted in favor of having a full-time mayor, Carl Franklin, Third Ward Democrat, said. "There is no question in my mind that there was confusion in the last He said that the people also said in that election that they were against increasing the salary when they voted against raising the elected salaries. Bob Wells, Third Ward Democrat, said he felt the job of mayor was primarily an honor, and that he want to see the post become a professional job. Mayor Jones responded by saying, "Sedalia is the last community in the state of Missouri of its size that continues to have a part-time mayor It is an honor, but I believe people elected me merely because they wanted to honor me.

They elected us to do a job. Let us not lose sight of the fact that 62 per cent saw the need for a full-time effort. Thirty-eight per cent said, We like it the way it Wells said the council never gave its word before the election in April to go along with the opinion ballot "Only 52 per cent voted for the mayor, and that is not a binding amount In the April election. 52 per cent of the votes were cast for the full-time mayor; 10 per cent favored a full-time administrator, and 38 per cent favored no change. Robert Eidson, who has appeared 0 the council twice before to iii tavor (Please see 4) director at this time because of the energy crisis.

He said, "Why bring other industries in when we produce the energy to operate The council authorized searching for a new director after members of the Economic Development Board appeared before the council to solicit a promise that the city will hire a full-time economic director. So many people appeared at the council meeting, in fact, that it was held in the downstairs council chambers instead of the second-floor conference room adjacent to the office. Mayor Jones said this was the first time the council session had to be moved from the small conference room. Attorney Adam Fischer, one member of the Economic Development Board, told the council that a town the size of Sedalia must "make a special effort to keep their young people He said that out of his 1960 graduating class of 32 people at Sacred Heart High School, only five are still living in Sedalia today. At that time, there was very little this community had to Fischer said.

"It is a fact that we have had a fantastic growth period while we had this individual (the economic development Fischer said. Ira Knox. Second Ward Democrat, emphasized that the action the council took did not authorize the Economic Development Board to hire a new director, but merely to screen applicants for the position The council will have the final decisior hiring a person for the position. 1 ntz, city counselor, presented an amende nt to the new vending see DIRECTOR. Page 4) from being refused entry, for example to a restaurant but said Ford has fallen short on his civil rights voting record Mitchell turned over to the committee an analysis of 54 civil rights votes by Ford.

28 of which the NAACP considered in favor of civil rights and 26 of which it considered against. He said the three votes showing "restrictive approach were on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and an amendment involving the constitutionality of a House antibusing bill Although final votes were for both the voting rights and fair housing laws now on the books, his initial votes were for Nixon administration substitutes that Mitchell contended would make tw laws "largely ineffective at fhi time Mitchell viid Rep Michael Masaid reject nomination because lack of a i for leadership Acting as a stand-in fur electorate. Congres- examine all the tiilent presently available and inruJ that President Nixon nominate with proven abilitv. Harrington said He suggested New York iJov Rwkefeller and presidential advi.er Melvin Laird as possibilities Officials considering Sunday driving ban WASHINGTON Nixon administration officials say a curtailment of Sunday driving is being considered as one way to conserve fuel.

White House energy adviser John A Love said Monday the administration may soon require the closing of gasoline stations on Sundays. His deputy, Charles DiBona. told a congressional joint economic committee that a ban on Sunday driving and closing of public parks to automobiles are steps under consideration. Knocking out Sunday driving is a real said DiBona. the President special assistant for fuel matters.

Asked about a ban on nonessential Sunday driving. Love said. I think it is to be couched in terms of a ban and then added that there may be an announcement on "the closing of filling stations on Sunday across the DiBona said a Sunday driving ban would save barrels of gasoline a day Some consideration is being given to making the ban partial so people could go to church, he said. The administration is also considering instituting Sunday blue laws to dose commercial stores and shortening dore hours during the week, he said Meanwhile, the Senate passed and sent to the House emergency energy legislation that would give President Nixon the power to order gasoline rationing And the House Democratic leadership responded to critici.sm of performance in the energy crisis the President of unwillingnesh to acknowledge the magnitude of the and lack of any direction in dealing with Elsewhere on Capitol Hill Tn.isurv Secretary George Shultz told the Foreign Relations Committee the nation woul(i have to be "sharp and relentless in limiting consumer use of energv Saxbe barrier bill goes to full Senate WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee decided today to let the full Senate decide whether an administration bill would lift a constitutional barrier to Sen. William Saxbe, R-Ohio, becoming attorney general.

The committee voted unanimously to report the legislation to the Senate without recommendation. Saxbe at present is disqualified because of a constitutional prohibition against appointing a member of Congress during his elected term to an office for which the salary has been increased during that term. The salary of the attorney general and other Cabinet members was increased from to $60,000 in 1969, with Saxbe as a member of the Senate. In an effort to overcome this, the administration has submitted legislation to roll back the attorney salary to $35,000. After the closed meeting, members said there were differences of opinion over whether such legislation would make Saxbe eligible for appointment.

They said it was felt this is a question the Senate itself would have to decide anyhow The committee deferred until another meeting set for Wednesday a vote on legislation to provide for a court-appointed special Watergate prosecutor Before Wednesday vote on the legislation, the committee decided to have a heanng in which it will take testimony from Leon Jaworski, who was appointed special prosecutor after Archibald Cox was fired. The committee had held hearings on the question of how to deal with the constitutional question involving Saxbe. Asst Atty. Gen. Robert Di.xon.

Jr told the Judiciary Committee Monday that passage of the bill would satisfy the intent of the ineligibility provision because Saxbe would not benefit from the 1969 siilary increase. This position was supported by a Duke University law professor. William Van but three other law hool professors testified that legislation could not overcome the Constitutional prohibition. Stock market takes more heavy losses NEW YORK (AP) The stock market continued to take heavy losses t(xlay in the midst of what analysts called an The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which plunged 28.67 points Monday for its worst single-day loss in 11 years, tumbled another 9.48 points to 853.18 in the first hour of trading. Analysts said the persistent selling was prompted by rising investor concern that an energy crisis might lead to a major recession next year.

The drop on Monday was its fifth largest in history. It was the blue chip biggest single-day loss since May 1962, during a confrontation between the major steel companies and President John F. Kennedy. It dropped 34.94 points on that occasion. The broader based New York Stock Exchange index of 1,500 common stocks fell 1.72 to 53.76, its steepest single-day decline since its inception in July 1966 Analysts said a further indicator of the I broadness of the decline was that an extraordinary amount of Neu York St- ck Exchange issues 1.404 lost gniunil, compared to only 198 making advances during the trading session "This energy crisis is very hard to quantify and investors are uncertain about it," siiiii Shaw of Harris.

Upham Ov "No one knows whether it means an all-out recession or worse Analysts another factor in the major decline in the market was that the institutions banks, insurance companies and mutual funds which dominate it generally stood aside during the energv crisis uncertainties and did not trade "The institutions normal reaction to this kind of market is to back off," said Monte Gordon of Dreyfus Uorp "That leaves only the selling pressure from individuals to drive the market down said that helping the decline Monday were indications from the countries that their oil boycott to the United States may not end soon, and reports from Washington on proposids to ban Sunday sales of gasoline and limit the use of heating oil.