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The Press Atlantic City Wednesday December 10 1975 2 ilr Action 2 Doubt Santa Claus Meets THE DUMBEST BROAD I EVERSftW VIRILE SHIRT WHWMXond THURSDA SPECIAL STRETCH NYLON BIKINIS WITH COLORUL APPLIQUES and NEW VIRILE SHIRT featuring extra deep neck BAYLESS 2000 ATLANTIC AVL ree DeBvery 344 1543 Low Three Bloom Poinsettia Plants 41 5 Reg 750 for Local Delivery $100 for Off Shore Open Every Day 8 'til 6 Until Christmas US Oil irm Approaches South Vietnam LOS ANGELES (AP) Charles Waidelich presi dent of Cities Service Co says his firm has held meet ings with the new Commu nist regime in South Viet nam regarding a possible resumption of offshore oil exploration in the country However Waidelich told the Society of inancial An alysts on Thursday that he wanted US government ap proval before resuming oil operations in the waters off Vietnam interrupted when the Communists took power last spring Waidelich said that agree ments held by his firm with the previous Saigon govern ment would have to be rene gotiated with the Commu nists Applkjuei by dimension PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Police questioned the night life people Tues day in an attempt to piece together the personal life of slain millionaire newspaper heir John Knight III Although officials refused to comment it was under stood authorities hoped an insight into Knight's social life would give them clues to the slaying early Sunday of the 30 year old special proj ects editor of the Philadel phia Daily News Joseph Golden chief of detectives would say only that avenues" were open in the investigation The victim a bachelor was stabbed to death in his lav ish 23rd floor quarters in the Dorchester Apartments on fashionable Rittenhouse Square during an apparent robbery by three young men Police distributed com posite drawings of three white men sought in the slaying All were depicted with long hair and one had a mustache It was also reported that about 50 detectives working around the clock had ques tioned more than 60 persons including those in the homosexual community and a number of girls Police believe Knight may have known his assailant's and admitted them to his apartment which was re ported to have a decorated value of $400000 Mrs Rosemary McKin non 27 who was a Knight houseguest along with her husband Dr John McKin non 29 said one of the Superior construction with deep Neck Ideal under open sportshirts Today's fashion look All cotton ML $250 antee of equal protection under the law attorney Thomas Morrissey maintained fl that only a portion of the shore line was reserved for residents The restricted portion he stated fl was created from a bluff and was not part of the 5 original shoreline Judge Lane also ordered the borough to hold a public ts drawing for memberships for next season fl i if in i I 1 1 OT 4 a III! APPLIQUE BIKINIS Contemporary and color ful Rooster Bull Lion Bear Broken Chicken Heart Rhino ine quali ty stretch nylon $350 SENIOR CITIZENS Welcome AARP kni Als Senior Citium 10 DISCOUNT On Health Beauty Aids Jvm A 10 BHcmnH Cart rom JULES ABULOUS COLLECTION UNDERWEAR He said his firm in a joint venture with the Shell Oil Co had drilled four wells and made one discovery be fore the Viet Cong captured power in South Vietnam last April government has not really cleared American companies to deal with them We need a clear cut indication from the State Department to deal with he said But Waidelich did reveal that Cities Service repre sentatives have held meet ings with new rulers Earlier this week the new Saigon regime indicat ed that it was willing to begin discussions with the US oil companies that had been drilling offshore The Problem Sanitalionmen Balk At Overtime Idea NEW YORK (UPI) The union representing city sani tationmen balked Tuesday at a plan to put the city workers on emergency over time to collect garbage ac cumulated because of a nine day old strike by pri vate cartmen DAII A Cimn av 4 CRfATWAYS TO CHARGE HKamERICaku MASTER CHARGE JUIES REVOLVING CHARGE AMERICAN EXPRESS carte blanche diners AtAAlKO "'I 'n4t IV 1 I bhwhn XPRESSW a ENTRANCE EXIT 2104 ATLANTIC AVE A tried vinegar to remove coffee stains from my glass pot and it work Is there anything else that you can recommend? AP Linwood Try a strong solution of water and baking soda Scour the pot and then leave the solution in it overnight If that work buy a new pot! Mr Action 's column appears every day except riday and Saturday If you have a problem you think he can solve write to Mr Action The Press 1900 Atlantic Ave Atlantic City 08404 Be sure to include your name address and telephone number Please do not send original documents you want returned Mr Action reads each letter he receives He prints only those that are the most interesting or helpful He regrets that he cannot respond individually to those letters not used i JPRENDERGAST Press Political Editor TRENTON Two South Jersey legislators from op posite sides of the aisle said Tuesday they doubt if a hike in the state cigarette tax will win legislative approval A three cent increase in the cigarette tax is the latest proposal to raise more state funds to close a budget gap and to restore some transpo ration aid for commuters along with added aid to Medicaid The three penny proposal is expected to be brought before the legislators Mon day but both Democratic Sen Joseph McGahn of At lantic County and Republi can Assemblyman James Hurley of Cape May Cumberland have doubts it will gain enough support think it would nave a difficult job passing in the McGahn said think it is unlikely that the Senate will go for any new tax at this the sena tor commented adding is possible but highly A proposal for a one pen ny increase in the gasoline tax also is pending as a money raising possibility but McGahn said he consider that has much chance for passage either Republican Hurley said he support tax in crease and also noted that the drift I get" the Assembly approve any increase Hurley said that the Re publicans holding to the position that the state now has the money for this particular crisis" The legislative session Monday mav be the last meeting of the term and with a continued stalemate over new taxes the Senate and Assembly could adjourn and let budget cuts stand Then it would be a ques tion of how much added state money could be avail able without a new tax There is a possibility of transferring $17 million'into the budget from the busi ness personal propertv tax fund and there also 'is a possibility of an additional $5 million being available from surplus funds However the aim of some legislative leaders is to come up with a total of $35 million to finance needs But there is indication the available money might be restricted to $22 million from the business tax fund and surplus Sen McGahn said that with $22 million available he would assume that about $13 million would go to aid the Medicaid pro gram and about $6 million would be designated for transportation subsidies The senator said that $6 million for transportation aid would alleviate cutbacks on services but stop fare increases for com muters (Preu AP Photo) Mrs Claus joins Santa to avoid a repetition of the 1974 HEW Christmas ollies mother in Haifa and spent fou hours persuading her to meet the boy Mother and son were reunited briefly at the airport and according to a radio reporter the mother said TIi Lee You look nice How are you?" Lee looking down replied She put on sunglasses to hide the tears The mother refused to identify her self the embassy declined to release any information uncle in England Christopher McArdle telegraphed saying he would be willing to accept the boy and would not put him in an orphanage After spending the night with his mother in a motel Lee Borrett was faced with return to London Wednesday It Was a Great ight The to the death'7 between a 17 foot Great White shark and Australian diver Ben Cropp has been killed by the government oi iji The spectacular planned for a world wide closed circuit television audience and expected to gross up to $50 million had annoyed some humane societies that did not like to see a shark killed simply for entertainment and profit No one spoke up for the other poor dumb creature but no matter No snow The government said the fight would offend many ijians whose tribal totem is the shark Dog Gone? ormer bill collector Bob ranks of Mount Prospect Ill has become a dog sleuth dedicated to reuniting lost dogs with their owners incorporated in August as the Society of St rancis placed ads in newspapers with a dog lost hotline num ber ana so far have returned 84 dogs to their said ranks 41 using my savings which should last about a year to run the operation No donations are solicited but sometimes they are sent in My goal is to establish a national member ship in the Society of St rancis and get it on a break even Mainly he tells people where to look the dog pound the Anti Cruelty Society Animal Welfare and various suburban shelters be surprised how many people the slightest idea of how to go about finding a lost Not really Just Another Statistic The manger in the Dubuque Iowa fire Christmas display is empty this year because someone stole the infant figure the season BRUCE ODESSEY Liberation Santa is roaming the halls of the Department of Health Education and Welfare in Washington instructed by a high level official to controversy at all costs" this year Controversy? Last vear' at a meeting of HUD Ahnill workers several female employes ac cused Santa (an old rCODlC American tradition) of scantily clad women to entice men to (another old Ameri can tradition) donations of money cloth ing and food from employes for the capital poor controversy worth it" said Russell Roberts who for the eighth straight year is taking 2T weeks oft as freedom of information officer spent much of my time justifying mvself and the publicity prob ably made the difference of only $100 or $200" The two voung volunteers with their costumes of short red suits with white trim and matching red leotards are Sone the burning bureaucratesses of le last jolly season have been asked to pitch in but Roberts said have any commitment from And so helping Santa is Mrs Claus wife Lee volunteered I knew Santa had trouble last Mrs Claus said and asked to be addressed as Claus" Modern Technology' The fight against crime and the endless struggle to protect the dignity of man have taken another step backward Jack Bowyer of Jacksonville la told police that thieves broke into his tire company during the weekend and stole the burglar alarm system all they Bowyer said Unwanted Pale brown eyed Lee Borrett 12 years old wandered around Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport until midnight The English boy had been sent by his grandmother from London to Israel he was met by his step father who gave him a one way ticket back don't want this the step father was said to have told El Al Airlines officials not mine and he interest Witnesses said the step father stuffed a few Israeli pounds into the shirt and said "Go buy yourself some ice cream and leave me alone" Stewardess Batya Eichenbaum found the boy and took him to her home does nobody want a newpaper quoted Lee as saying The British consulate got hold of I Eunice Shriver knows at least some of the presidential candidates (her husband Sargent is one of them) but says the man on the street is woefullv unaware of Camapign been talking to cab drivers and they even know running I think all of the candidates have a job ahead of them But very optimistic Muhammad Ali a boxer showed up at Bob Madison Square Garden concert for Rubin Carter looked at the sold out audience of 20000 and said: looks like getting ready to fight somebody hard to believe Bob Dylan is this California Aseemblyman John Miller says he will investigate who owns the sun Miller said: Sunlight must be allocated in a manner that will balance skyscraper construction against indi vidual property rightsApparently one reason xj industry utilized solar energy is because of the issue of owns the The affluent New York suburb of Ridgefield Conn is trying to get resident and comedian Godfrey Cambridge to move back a fence it says is on the right of way Cambridge claims' he is being harassed because black and said angrily: who buys a house in Connecticut ought to blow their brains out unlessg you want to be a cotton A committee protesting New York budget cuts on Monday carried around a 3 by 5'Moot an nouncement Mayor Abraham Beame The pink slip carried a postscript that read: we find you to be ineligible for unemploy budgetKjS1 wefare or stamps due A company representative maintained that there was no guarantee that you must be satisfied with the inflatable woman you ordered However we mentioned to him that the ad stated you would be delighted with the order and you Although the policy is not to make refunds unless the product is defective you have been sent a full refund as a good will gesture Help Needed an old lady and need your help My husband died recently and I've had to worry about eveiything I have to have my outside spigots turned off for me winter and no one wants to come out and do this for me They say too busy or they want $10 for this there anyone left who can do a good deed without charging such high rates? BB Ventnor We stopped by your house and turned off your outside spigots for you While there we gave you the names of several area people who can help you with future home repair type problems at a nominal charge Coffee Pot Stains When you get done reading this letter no doubt feel the same as I do this has to be the worst TV problem in the world it all began eight months ago when we purchased this name brand color TV supposed to be one of the best on the market It has slide controls for the color brightness sound and a few other things The salesman convinced us that this was far superior to the conventional knobs on most sets We bought the set and had it delivered to our house The next day a service man arrived to make some adjustments and set the TV up for proper use Right there he discovered that one control was out of whack He said he would have to replace it but we could use it anyway until he returned He came back two weeks later with the part Whatever he did fouled up the whole set Since then he has been out here six more times to get the set working right We get the colors to stay put and the set has some sort of flashes that occur every few seconds The dealer says we should contact the manufactur er because be able to send a field man out here We wrote a letter two months ago but heard a word from the company This is one heck of a way to treat customers who spend so much money for something Is there anything you can do help us with this situation? about ready to scream HC Margate We contacted the manufacturer and spoke with the national service manager According to him it seems impossible that an authorized repair service couldn't find your problem and fix it once and for all He had a field repairman examine your set and it was fixed a few days later When we spoke with you last week you informed us that the set was working perfectly and you were now happy with it Balcony Woes Please help! We're being flooded out of our bedroom because of this inept carpenter We wanted an ouside balcony added right off our bedroom with sliding glass doors to it After checking with several Sle we decided to hire this one man who was out of and seemed to need our job badly He was so nice that we never imagined get into this trouble He charged us $675 for the job and it took him nearly a week to do it because he worked a few hours at a time When the job was finally done it looked nice but little did we know that when the first rain came have this trouble The rain comes into our bedroom under the doors called the carpenter and he says be out to fix this but he shown Meanwhile called another carpenter who says it will cost us $200 more to correct the leaks We want to have to spend this money if we can get this first man back Isn't he obligated to satisfy us? We paid for a decent job but obviously gotten one Perhaps you can look into this and tell us what vou think greatly appreciate your help WJC Wildwood Your balcony is pitched toward your sliding glass doors instead of away from them We spoke with the carpenter about this and he said he was busy on a job where he steal even a minute away After a few more minutes of conversation he agreed to come to your house Sunday morning ft: After a full day of work he had your balcony repaired so you have any further problems Now you can sit back and relax She's A Dummy! I know what possessed me to do this but I bought an inflatable woman after reading this maga zine ad It sounded like a great idea The dummy was supposed to be just like real You blow it up and make it up any way you want It was guaranteed to look just like a real woman When I got my order I was really upset It looked like a toy only in large size Besides vou had to be a cosmetician to get it to look right I tried but couldn't get it set up right I finally returned it and asked for a refund 1 gotten one pennv back Should I just chalk this up to experience? SN Atlantic City Judge Orders Open Reach REEHOLD (APIA Su perior Court judge upheld a suit by the state Public Advocate aimed at opening the Deal Casino and its beach to the general public The ruling by Judge Mer ritt Lane Jr means the beach house may not ex clude nonresidents from membership Borough offi cials said they would appeal Lane ruled the prohibition against nonresidents of the Monouth County shore com munity was a violation of the 14th Amendment guar Night People Questioned intruders identified himself as to her and said do it I do Mrs McKinnon who was tied up by the intruders after she was awakened by them said was left to guard her with a shotgun knife and speargun when the two other assailants left Some detectives said they believe was first admitted to the apartment by Knight around 4:30 am Sunday and then let the other two intruders inside the residence which had a double lock and a peephole on the door Services for Knight grandson of John Knight 81 founder of the Knight newspaper chain will be held in Columbus Ohio Wednesday Young father John Jr was killed in World War II in action in Belgium in 1945 the year Knight was born His mother Dorothy who never remarried lives in Columbus US Parks Start New Job System BOSTON (AP) All ap plications for seasonal jobs with the National Park Ser vice in the North Atlantic Region must be sent to the regional office in Boston under a new system the service announced The new system is effec tive Jan 1 and applications will be accepted through eb 15 In the past many parks in the area have ac cepted application forms In Knight laying Gigarette i A I Irfll Virr MMn wM i I irtAa Vi I 1 7 8 7 NJ Lj i.