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flags I'- -r''-A-f i lV i -1 i StateToPush ri-City Link Engineering Telephone 586-2121 VOL 65 NO 175 Richland Washington Wednesday July 23 Vt Vr vicinity of the Yakima River cross the Columbia and go north of Pasco to join Highway 395 east of Pasco The spur to the Tri-Cities was approved because Washington and Oregon agree on a route for Interstate 82 beyond Prosser Washington wants it to come through the Tri-Cities Oregon wants it to cross the Hone Heaven Hills north of the Tri-Cities and cross the Columbia River at Umatilla On the Interstate 82 near Prosser the Highway Commission approved a motion by Baker Ferguson Walla Walla that it should be understood the southern route around Prosser already approved by the federal Bureau of Public Roads not be funded and the com- mission go on record against 'the and unwarranted nature of 1-82 on the certified The Highway Department had asked the north rather than the south route be approved because it would align better with 1-182 and be cheaper It was subject of a hearing in Prosser June 11 at which sentiment was divided The main objection was the north route would have cut Off trade area Mattoon said the 70 mhp speed limit cm Highway 12 between Kennewick and Richland would become effective as soon as his ofifee gets official notice from the state office we can get the signs The commission also eliminated truck speed differentials on 32 sections of highway in Benton Franklin Walla Walla Yakima and Columbia counties Routing of Interstate 182 i spur of Interstate 82 from Prosser to Pasco was approved by the State Highway Commission yesterday Design work will start in 4-6 weeks and be pushing it just as hard as we said (Buzz) Mattoon district highway engineer The commission also backed the northern route for Interstate 82 around Prosser and increased the speed limit from 60 to 10 miles per hour between Kennewick and the Richland Mattoon said design work would start in the Kiona Prosser and Richland-Pasco areas Funds are available for construction in these areas When they were put into the budget the Highway Department was of starting construction before July 1971 but was optimistic and now a question about meeting that Mattoon said First step is for the district office to ask for authorization to go ahead from the headquarters office in Olympia and the Bureau of Public Roads expect to be working in a month to six Mattoon said When construction starts it will be in the Prosser Kiona and Richland-Pasco areas Mattoon said The spur route to be built to full interstate standards including a bridge across the Columbia River at or near Cot umbia Point would leave Interstate 82 east of Prosser bypass Kiona cm the south cut through south Richland in the EDGARTOWN Mass (AP) -Sen Edward Kennedy already charged with leaving the seme of an accident last weekend in which a young secretary was killed had his driver's license suspended today The decision was announced in Boston by Richard McLaughlin state registrar of motor vehicles McLaughlin said the registy a preliminary finding of fault on the part of Sen Kennedy and accordingly his license has been suspended as required (by Massachusetts law)" McLaughlin said the notice of was mailed to Kennedy today He said the suspension would remain in effect until a hearing is held in the case as required by law the hearing results in a finding of no serious fault on Sen part his driver's license will be McLaughlin said if the hearing confirms the preliminary finding of serious McLaughlin added license suspension will be changed to a revocation which by law must remain in effect for at least six McLaughlin's announcement was released as Police Chief Dominic Arena was telling newsmen here that he had no evidence to support any charges against Kennedy other than leaving the scene of an accident is the case and the only case I Arena said at a news conference Steele said Tuesday one of the objects of the investigation to determine if any additional is- $52 Million Hospital Job Started president Richard Lubbcn administrator Dr A Corrado Kadlec Foundation vice-president Dr Herb Cahn member of the medical staff and Ray Powell superintendent of construction for Mountain States Construction Co general contractor Groundbreaking today for the $52-million Kadlec Methodist Hospital kicked off 18-21 months construction for the new Richland hospital From left were Grover Dawson chairman of the community fund drive Howard Werta Kadlec chief engineer A1 Waggoner Kadlec Foundation president Kent llarmon board of Rising Food Prices Boost Living Costs '1 1969 Pasco Kennewick near the aircraft carrier Hornet They needed their historic exploration of the moon early Tuesday by shooting themselves out of lunar orbit and gradually gained speed as they raced deeper into the grip of gravity The TV slmw was Ihc highlight of an otherwise quiet day it started like a comedy show When a picture of the moon flashed on the monitor in mission control the capsule com- municator astronaut diaries Duke commented: see the earth in the center of the screen" After a pause Aldrin corrected him with: that's where we just came from" i is huh? Well I'm really looking at a bad screen Duke said by one Hey you're tater when a picture of the earth was sliown Duke said: refuse to bite on this one You tell As they head for their fiery dash back through the atmosphere the astronauts may see an unusual number of lights along the west coast of the United States missioners without benefit and he wasn't going lo change the dale on his Sarver said however they would have inne to get the counter-proposal before Aug 1 deadline Eleven of the 13 staff-members submitted resignations The commission told Sarver it would have a counterproposal to him by Friday Williams said commissioners had discussed possibility of cutting two peopie out of the budget and allocating their salaries to the rest of the staff or going to a special levy but decided against both The emergency appropriation would be a pledge against next year's income Williams said he also felt the 1969 raises would hare to be tied in some way to the 1370 wage package He said today he thought the commission probably would Neil A Armstrong asked about the weather in the recovery area looks real good out mission control told him forecast is for scattered clouds at 3000 feet and a visibility of 10 Girls Know Of Fatal Accident HI- SKi'W'iv! Earlier story on page 10 charges will be placed against the senator and to determine whether drinking and heavy drinking was Asked today if there arc any other charges pending or under I consideration that might possi-1 bly be brought Steel said: i rule out other 1 charges But we have not a scin- tilla of evidence to point to any other charge We are proceeding only on the charge of Icav- ing the scene" Kennedy received a mild concussion and a neck strain in the accident in which Miss Mary Jo Kopechnc a secretary to his late brother US Sen Robert Kennedy D-NY drowned when Kennedy's car went off a narrow bridge on Chappaquid-dick Island around midnight last Friday The car landed bottom-up in a tidal pond in about eight feet of water It wasn't discovered until about 8 am Saturday when two boys going fishing saw the auto's wheels Kennedy went to the police at about 10 am The police chief said today he had new evidence or leads to any new evidence We are proceeding to prepare our case in the manner which I outlined the other In response to a question Arena said charges could be brought against any of the persons who had been at the cottage where Kennedy attended a party prior to the accident Fri-! day night if they knew of the girl's death and failed to report it The Gazette interviewed one of the girls Miss Esther New-' burg 26 of Washington 13 Indicted In Pension Loan Action WASHINGTON (AP) Thirteen persons some described as 'members of the Mafia have been indicted by a federal gran Jury on charges of conspiracy land racketeering in connection with a loan from a Teamsters Union pension fund At Gou John Mitchell announced today Mitchell said the indict men's were returned Monday hy a federal grand jury New York City culminating a long investigation by federal agents in three states Deputies Tiro Teamtrrs presented 1970 wage pron-al to the com-imsMunors Friday hut neihpr the commission nor Sarver would release its contents The commissioners said it wasn't (heir's to release Sarver said he hadn't been authorised to release it Williams indicated commissioners probably would corfer later this week on the nutter but no date has been set Commissioners said they were told by the assessor revenue from taxes for the county would go up about $21000 next year The raise for the sheriff's staff as proposed would cost about $40m) for the remainder of 1969 and twice that for 1970 not counting any raise for 1970 All of it would have to come from increased tax revenue commissioners said leaving i little room for other increased expenses miles So it looks real good for cise path intended to land them Nixon Leaves For Landing WASHINGTON (AP) The living costs jumped another six-tenths of rnie per cent In June with soaring food prices providing the biggest upward kick the government reported today Housing clothing transportation medical care and recreation costs combined with the big food increases to push the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index to 1276 This means it cost Americans 81276 in June for every (10 worth of goods and services in Inside Today Sections 4 Pages 36 Classified 31-35 Comics 30 Editorial 4 Financial Markets 16-17 Food 19 Mid-Columbia News 6 Obituaries 8 Picture Page 29 Society 7 Sports 11-13 Tv Log 6 Theaters 2 the 1957-59 period on which the index is based Grocery prices leaped 17 per cent in June and food prices so far this year were climbing at a seven per cent annual rate-double last increase The biggest food price increases were on meats poultry and fish up 45 per cent in June This year's living cost increase is the highest in 18 years In today's report the Bureau of Labor Statistics also said that weekly earnings of some 45 million rank and file workers averaged $11506 last month a pin of $158 from May and purchasing power was up 46 cents a week despite the sharp climb in prices Sunny and hot through Thursday Highs 95-105 Lows Li 70s Northeasterly winds 15-25 mph High yesterday 97 low 59 Normal for July 22 high S3 low 62 Details on page 3L recovery Apollo 11 is to land at 9:49 am PDT about 1200 miles southwest of Hawaii The astronauts set their course Tuesday by firing a short engine burst to steer onto a pre The Nixons will fly to different destinations this afiornoon Uie chief executive heading for tlie Apollo 11 splashdown area and the First Lady going to Honolulu Nixon will make a seven-hour flight over 3240 miles of the Pacific to tiny Johnston Island There he will board a jet-powered Marine helicopter to make a 90-minute flight to the USS Ar hngton a communications ship for an overnight stay UiC to the USS Hornet! the recovery aircraft carrier where he will stand on the flag bridge to wit ness the scheduled splashdown of Ihc Apnlta spacecraft Early Thursday Nixon reboards the helicopter and flies crew of three astronauts HALFWAY HOME SPACE CENTER Houston (AP) Rested after a long sleep and yearning for the good earth Apollo moon explorers neared the halfway point of their homeward journey today streaking on a perfect course toward a Thursday landing in the Pacific Mission control leL the spacemen sleep past noon resting for the critical reentry and landing that will climax man's greatest exploration The wakened at 9:3 am PDT with their spaceship racing along at 3663 miles an hour 131268 miles from earth Apollo 11 was on such an accurate course a small engine correction scheduled today was cancelled They were to cross the halfway point 118321 miles from both earth and moon in late afternoon ir i AMrrtoidMt sSSSnte i niSf lf SjZj miles away Tuesday night getting appreciably larger said Michael Collins looking more like a world And looking ahead to splashdown Apollo 11 commander Honduran Planes Bomb Airport SAN SALVADOR (AP) Two Honduran aircraft bombed San Salvador's international airport at 4 am- Wednesday without causing damage military sources said The Honduran planes then strafed a border village Neja-pa without causing casualties the military command reported FOSSUM'S Wonder Worker Latex House Paint! Ponders Wage Proposals For WORCESTER Mass (AP) -None of the five girls who attended the party that preceded Sen Edward Kennedy's auto accident last Friday night on Chappaquiddick Island knew about the accident until Saturday morning the Worcester Gazette said today in a copyrighted story Sic said the girls were advised of the accident by Joseph Gargan as he was driving them to catch a ferry Saturday morning Gargan is first cousin and a close political associate He rented the small cottage on Chappaquiddick where the party was held The paper quoted Miss New-burg as saying she wasn't sure what time Gargan drove them to the ferry Asked whether it could have hern 3 a in or 830 Saturday she said "It could have been I really don't wind up with sort of a tentative agreement for next as well as a 1969 settlement (' munitioners held a half-hour secret session with L'n-dershcriff Dick Boyles just prior to the meeting with the staff and held another with him late in the afternoon Tivy to di-mss the matter of the sheriff's staff among themselves at any time a reporter was present except during the meeting with the sheriffs staff and Sarver They only went into secret session once but told a reporter in the afternoon they wouldn't discuss the matter while he was present Asked when the commission decided to agree an emergency existed Williams chuckled a t-bone at lunch then said he thought the actual decision was made just before adjourning for lunch SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -President Nixon after spending the night in this traditional jumping off city for Pacific travel beads today for a midocean rendezvous with the Apollo 11 crew the first men to walk on the moon The President and Mrs Nixon landed at International Airport in the early morning hours and drove directly to the St Francis Hotel They began their trip which ultimately will take them ar0Und a few houis ear icr 0130 exPectod whcn rain washed out the AI1 star bascba11 which Nixon intcndcd to washing ton Tuesday night Franklin By PAT BUSHEY Herald Staff Writer Franklin County commissioners hope to come up with a 1969 wage proposal this week for the sheriff's staff Spending much of yesterday discussing resignations of most of the sheriff's staff and dodg- ing reporters commissioners told deputies and matrons they had agreed to declare an emergency but the amount of the raise for 1969 would have to be negotiated Bill Sarvcr business agent for the Teamsters who represents the sheriff's staff said today was a tittle disappointed' with the action thought maybe they were considering our proposal as wc gave it to them I really didn't think this was the position they would take wasn't quite ready for it but I don't think they were either otherwise they would have had a MoorGard8 LOW LUSTRE LATEX HOUSE PAINT Easy brushing dries dust and bug-free in minutes Resists blistering fumes and mildew Non-fading colors stay clean and bright Moore paints Sat 9-5 Free Delivery Sarvcr said lie had comment" on whether lie thought the sheriffs deputies would take less than the S337-S592 monthly salary range asked for the remainder of 1969 The salary range now is There were no signs however at the meeting yesterday deputies were in a mood to give much ground When Umiershcriff Dick Boyles noted one of the resignations takes effect tomorrow Commissioner Max Brown said he thought the person who submitted that resignation could readjust the effective date Sgt Robert Gore whose resignation like most of the other lakes effect Aug 1 responded far as I'm concerned mine is still set for the first of Another said the staff-members had been to after meeting'1 with com Open Moik-Fri Fish Count By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The upstream movement of fish at Columbia and Snake Riv-1 cr dams July 22- Chinook SteeL Blue Shad Bonneville 1242 3596 82 805 The Dalles 816 1540 110 1230 John Day 686 625 237 1341! McNary 639 326 419 277 Ice Harbor 160 99 16 8 LMonmntl 292 98 24 Paint Floor Covering 323 ClARK PASCO 547-0789.