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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE i TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1972 -11. 1 (if M' 1 s. Jilt wT A :) Lid Flood Aid Costs Mount WASHINGTON (AP) The American Red Cross estimated yesterday it will cost more than $15 million In Red Cross funds to provide assistance to more than 50,000 families hit by floods in the Middle Atlantic states. The new assessment was made by George M. Elsey, Red Cross president.

He said 91 emergency shelters still are operating in Pennsylvania and New York for families whose homes are gone. "Some of these shelters will have to be maintained for a long time," he said. "We are trying to help families find new or temporary quarters until their homes or aprtmcnts are livable again, but relocating the thousands of victims will not be an easy task." The flooding was caused by heavy rain from tropical storm Agnes which moved northward from the Carolinas to New York the weekend of June 23-25. Kilometer vs Mile A kilometer is 3,280.8 feet, or about 62 per cent of the distance of the mile, which is 5,280 feet. Retirement Pressure Hit WASHINGTON (AP)-A report published by the Senate Special Committee on Aging urges steps to prevent middle-aged federal employe from being pressured to take early retirement.

The report, entitled "Can- celled Careers," prepared for the committee by Eliza- beth M. Heidbreder, econo- mist and research Hssociate with the Institute of Industrial Gerontology, National Council on the Aging. It said that "early retire- ment and layoff of middle- aged federal employes ar i being caused by management directives to cut jobs nd5 grades, and by management emphasis in some agencies or. preserving the jobs of youngi1. employes." Sen.

Frank Church, D-Idah, chairman of the Senate corr mittee, and two subcommittet chairmen, Sens. Randolph, W. and WalM F. Mondale, ex- pressed concern in a preface -to the report. First 44 Are Free A tourist-class passenger In trans-Atlantic flight may carry 44 pounds of luggage without extra charge.

Help! Sandy Taylor, 5, found discarded washing machine on the Press Wlreoholo this year in Seattle holding up an antiwar poster. The 24-year-old University of Washington graduate cut a finger to write the words "blood debt" in blood. He was described as a quiet person whose antiwar vehemence surprised those who knew him. Hijack Victim Nguyen Thai Binn, killed Sunday during the attempted hijacking of a 747 jetliner at Ton Sen Nhut Airport in Vietnam, is shown earlier VA lo Try A-Powcrcd Pacemakers WASHINGTON (AP) The government announced yesterday issuance of a license to the Veterans Administration Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y., for America's first implantation of nuclear powered cardiac pacemakers in humans. It's expected up to 10 such devices will be implanted in cardiac patients within the next six months, the Atomic Energy Commission said in making the announcement.

SUCH DEVICES, successfully implanted in about 20 patients in Europe since April, have an expected useful lifetime of 10 years. This compares with only one and one-half to two years for conventional, non-nuclear pacemakers, used by tens nl thousands of Americans, including Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas. Present users of conventional pacemakers must undergo a relatively minor operation periodically for the replacement of the batteries for their pacemaker. In theory at least, they could get along for at least ten years with a nuclear-powered device without replacement.

Cardiac pacemakers are electronic devices designed to maintain normal electrical rhythm of the heart In patients whose natural pacemaker is affected by disease. "Implant of the pacemaker will be accomplished on an informed consent basis," the AEC said, "and will include provision for recovery of the pacemaker should death occur. Each patient will be examined and tested periodically on a regular schedule." THE PROJECTED first human tests in the United Spates follow several years of successful testing of atomic-powered pacemakers in dogs. The AEC said the American pacemaker assemblies are manufactured by Medtronic, Inc. of Minneapolis, and are designed "to withstand stresses associated with impact, crush and fire which may result from accidents." sidewalk near her Shelton, home and jot curious, se sht crawled in.

The trick was to jet out, however. Neighbors who heard Sandy cry had to rip off machine's front to free ner. -Asjoelgtrt Prwi Wlreohoto Fischer said. The two players also are to receive 30 per cent each of the income from tele-vision and photographic rights. $100 Bill Now Large Denomination Issue The $100 bill is the largest denomination of U.S.

currency now being issued because of the sharp decline In use of currency In denominations of $500, $1,000. $5,000 and $10,000. If the private lives of public officials interest you, see NEWSMAKERS today in the morning Post-Gazette. lions tutaiiy i aqre believes na, 3 essentials-1 if save for you Chessmaster Reported On Way lo Play REYKJAVIK. Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer was reported ready last night to meet Soviet titleholdcr Boris Spas-sky for the world chess championship and a prize pot sweetened by $130,000 from a London banker.

Paul Marshall, a lawyer in New York for Fischer, said the 29-year-old American challenger had accepted banker James D. Slater's offer of the extra prize money and would be in Reykjavik by today's noon deadline. Earlier yesterday, the sponsors of the championship match turned down Fischer's bid for a cut of the gate receipts in addition to the prize money previously agreed on. Marshall quoted Fischer as saying of Slater's proposal: "I gotta accept it. It's a stupendous offer." He said Fischer considered the gesture "incredible and generous and brave." Slater said in London he received confirmation of Fischer's acceptance by telephone.

Fischer must arrive in Reykjavik by noon today 8 a. m. EDT or forfeit his chance at Spassky and the title. The first game is to -begin at 5 p. m.

today 1 p. m. EDT postponed from the same time Sunday at Fischer's request. The Russians, from Spassky here in Iceland to the Soviet Chess Federation in Moscow, protested the fact that the World Chess Federation FTDE granted a postponement of Fischer's appearance. When Slater offered to put up his own money as an extra inducement to the American grandmaster, he stated: "Fischer has said that is the problem.

Here it is. What I am saying to Fischer now is 'come out and Marshall claimed that the issue with Fischer never had been money. "It was the principle," Mar-shall said. "He felt Iceland wasn't treating this match or his countrymen with the dignity that it and they deserved. And he was furious about the press censorship.

He was flying around the room." A spokesman for Fischer said hz chess giant thought the Britons offer "stupendous" and elected to take an option which would split 1 a 's money by the same percentage as the original purse. 'liiis would give the winner $156,000 instead of $78,125, and the loser $104,000 instead of $46,875, the spokesman for 2 Sentenced In Drug Case NEW YORK (AP) A Bronx man has been sentenced to 10 year in prison and his Canadian associate to six years for smuggling $2.5 million worth of heroin from Montreal to New York in a spare tire. Royal Canadian Mounted Police cooperated with U.S. officials in the case, in which sentences were imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Morris Lasker in Manhattan federal court.

Paul Oddo, 52, a Bronx bartender was sentenced to 10 vears improsonment. Lucien 'Madere, 61, of 8371 De Gaspe, Montreal, got six years. They were found guilty last May 18 of conspiracy and possession of heroin. Federal agents said 22 pounds of the drug were found in the spare tire of Madere 's car when the pair was arrested last March. in mi Beach Rule Enforced MIAMI, Fla.

District Court Judge C. Clyde Atkins temporarily enjoined the City of Miami Beach from enforcing a parade control law attacked in court by leaders of groups planning demonstrations during this summer's political conventions. In a ruling after a four-hour hearing yesterday, the judge gave the city 10 days (o file a memorandum before he issues a ruling on whether the newly passed ordinance is Itl TtoOl I IT mn I ve88c ML "i- iV'-A in sorti sV I ft vfeLiis 1 1 MW 227 A Y-JL BRIDGEVILLE NORTH HILLS MONRpEVlLU McKEESPORT 1C1 OPEN MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10 19 10 pro jCTlJ mmmm. i 1 i a 11 1 iii 1 1 it.