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BY LOUIS HELDMAN Fraa Press Staff Wrltar Van Patrick, the honey-toned "Ole Announcer" whose low, rolling voice and dramatic delivery brought sports to millions of Americans, died Sunday in South Bend, of complications from cancer surgery this spring. He was 58. Patrick was stricken Friday night in South Bend, where he had gone to broadcast Satur-day's Notre Dame-Purdue game over the nationwide Notre Dame network. Then he was due in Milwau- descriptions were sometimes predictable. They would have been unhappy if a game passed when he i 't describe the point after touchdown and extra points: "It's spotted, it's booted, it's up and IT'S GOOD!" He was credited or accepted credit for spawning sports phrases like "cliffhanger," "fearsome foursome" and "home run ball." And his pronuciation of Philadelphia as "FEEL-a-delllll-phi-ah" was unique in broadcasting.

PATRICK WAS a legend in Michigan sports broadcasting, Please turn to Page 10A, Col. 5 Patrick broadcast Detroit Tiger baseball games regularly from 1952 to 1959, and in 1949 was on the first World Series telecast. For years he broadcast the Detroit Lions on local television, but, to the great displeasure of many Lion fans, he was forced to leave the Lion television broadcast when the CBS television network went to its own announcers. Patrick was offered a spot as a CBS announcer, but would not have been assured Lion games, and could not have continued broadcasting Notre Dame football games. He refused the job.

He continued to broadcast Lions games on radio, how-ever, and many Detroiters began placing radios near their television sets, turning off the CBS announcer and listening to Patrick broadcast the games on WJR radio with his partner, Bob Reynolds. He described thousands of football plays and it never bothered his listeners that his kee Sunday to broadcast the Lions-Green Bay game on WWJ radio and in Washington Monday to handle the Redskins-Denver Broncos gariie, to be carried nationwide on the 380-station Mutual network and worldwide on the Armed Forces radio network. FOR MORE THAN 30 years, Patrick broadcast everything from rodeos to the World Series. But he was best known for his highly charged play-by-play accounts of football games. 1 Joe Falls writes about Van and his career.

Page ID. Van Patrick I've heard about senior citizen communities that take care of elderly people who find it difficult to survive on their own. Where can I find out a little more about places like this in the Detroit area? J.S., Royal Oak. Write Mayor's Senior Citizen Commission, 735 Randolph, Room 1006, Detroit 48226. Many communities have apartments available that will meet almost every senior citizen income level.

These range from inexpensive federally-subsidized apartments to package deals offering things like chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce for shopping trips. Good example of senior citizen living complex is Inter-City Christian Manor in Allen Park. Tenants must be at least 62 years old, pay endowments ranging from $12,000 to $30,000 for apartment and care for rest of their lives. Resident also pays monthly service charge of about $200 plus $90 a month for three meals a day. Tenants get maid service and emergency medical care.

Complex also has library, game room, beauty salon and supplies free transportation for trips to bank, supermarket, doctor and church. Hangs Self usan ayer After Confessin 4 Killings All people talk about nowadays is losing weight. What about us skinny guys that can't put on an ounce if we try? G.M., Detroit. Detroit Health Department nutrition expert Karen Perri says there are ways to put some meat on that bony body of yours. First thing to do is visit doctor to make sure there's not physical problem stopping weight gain.

Once that's determined, start increasing energy content of your diet by stuffing yourself with more carbohydrates and fatty foods like butter, milk, bread and cereal. Eat liberal helpings of high quality protein found in meat and dairy products. Necessary vitamins and minerals that'll help digest fats and carbohydrates Murders Of 2 Boys Admitted you're tossing down can be found in fruits, vegetables and whole grain cereals. Don't let lack of appetite get in the way of eating. Try to eat five to seven times a day by the clock, not hunger.

Get plenty of rest since you burn less calories while sleepine. Exercise is important. Weightlifting will build mus- Special to tht Fraa Pratt BOZEMAN, Mont. -David Meirhofer hanged himself in his jail cell here Sunday a few hours after confessing to the murders of Susan Jaeger of Farmington Hills, and three other persons, police said. The former Marine Vietnam veteran was scheduled to plead guilty in District Court on Monday to all four killings, authorities said.

ARRESTED LAST Friday, Meirhofer reportedly made the confessions early Sunday to FBI agent Byron H. Dubar which are actually heavier than fat. Good book to pick up is Nutrition and Physical Htness by Bogert, unggs ana umo-wav. It's available at most libraries. Action Line I'm the director of Common Ground, a teen crisis and counseling center in Birmingham.

Since we're a non-profit organization depending mainly upon donations, funds to repair our building are hard to come by. Right now, for example, the back door is about ready to fall off and we can't afford to fix it. Will you help us? L.S.. Birmingham. New door is doing job old one was supposed to.

Action Line took problem to Carpenter's District Council secretary-treasurer Robert Lowes, who arranged for carpenter from Maurice Rogers Co. of Detroit to stop by center. Carpenter repaired frame and replaced door. Common Ground offers counseling as well as free medical clinic and legal aid. Center's located at 1090 S.

Adams. I iffli-irtntr--! i.i ur tssmmm Tf rift niti Action Line UPI Photo of a police barricade, an empty milk crate, two seats from a junked auto and presto! A tram-' poline! And for one afternoon, they all forgot the dirty streets and dingy fire escapes and lined up to take their turn at a bouncing, bouncing, soaring, somersaulting, topsy-turvy, happy world. Some kids have playthings and some kids have playgrounds but slum kids have only the street and what they can make of it. Yet sometimes, with a little imagination, that's more than enough. These youngsters on the lower east side of New York put together two discarded mattresses, part Topsy-Turvy Happiness in the presence of his own lawyer, Douglas Dasinger, and Gallatin County Attorney Tom Olson.

In addition to seven-year-old Susan Jaeger, Meirhofer confessed to killing Sandra Smal-legan, 19, Michael Raney, 12, and Bernard Poelman, 13, officers said. After making the confessions, Meirhofer was in his cell alone and was served breakfast there. A short time later he was found hanging "from a piece of cloth," authorities said. Officials declined to give full details. A deputy sheriff said that jailers had been watching 25-year-old construction contractor for a possible suicide attempt.

The deputy could not explain how the suicide occurred, if Meirhofer was being watched. District Judge W. W. Les-sley, who had been handling the murder cases, had placed a gag rule on all officials involved. Before he made the confession, Meirhofer was scheduled to appear in court on murder charges in two of the deaths, those of Susan and of Mrs.

Smallegan. He would have faced a possible death sentence if convicted of any of the murders. SUSAN WAS abducted at night from a tent in which her family was camping in Headwaters State Park on June 25, 1973. What were believed to be her remains were found two Please turn to Page 2A, Col. 1 I don't like the way I was treated by Ingrid's Bridal Salon in Berkley.

The dresses I ordered for my wedding didn't arrive in time so the store substituted three dresses for my ceremony that were the same style but all different colors. Two of the dresses were just samples but we had to pay the full price for them. To top everything off, one of my bridesmnids paid $20 for alterations that were supposed to be free. Can you help get some of our money back? L.F., Oak Park. Ingrid's returned half money you paid for sample dresses, also gave back alteration fee.

Store refunded $20 bridesmaid paid to make substitute dress fit because if original order had arrived, dress wouldn't have needed alterations. Bridal shop rep said dress delay wasn't store's fault nor was it fault of manufacturer in New York. Rep claims package was postmarked well in advance of wedding date but somehow took 17 days to arrive in Berkley. BLAST AT U.S. DISCOUNTED Mrs.

Ford Resting, Doina Well 2 Senators Meet with Castro counted the words Sunday morning as Castro's usual anti-American speech but said it would not deflect their purpose in coming here to study whether relations between the two countries, broken since 1961, can begin to be improved. Aides said the Cuban leader had invited them to dinner and Claiborne Pell, watched on television Saturday night as Castro lambasted President Ford for his defense of American intervention in Latin America. As Castro spoke, thousands of Cubans in the vast square below him shouted "Give it to them, Fidel! Give it to them!" BOTH JAVITS and Pell dis HAVANA (UPI) Two leading American senators dined Sunday night in Havana with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to discuss whether Cuban-American relations can be improved 24 hours after Castro made his most blistering attack in months against the United States. Sens. Jacob Javits, THE QUESTION The Army is appealing the release of former Lt.

William Calley from his conviction for murder in the My Lai massacre. Should Calley be freed? Oil-Buying Nations Unite To Cut Reliance on Arabs Sunday night on the last day of their three-day visit here before they leave for home Monday morning. Javits said Castro's speech did not surprise him, adding: "It was a traditional anti-American speech he makes on every important occasion. "I am entirely in disagreement with him. We could argue for hours but that would get us no place.

The fact is that he feels that way. "I am here to see if something can be done to improve relations, and I stress the word 'if." Pell's comment was similar. "He said that last year and the year before and may say it next year again," Pell said. "I don't see any significance that he made the same speech when we were here. We came to see what would be done and will caVry out our intentions." THE TWO senators spent the morning being shown around Havana fishing port and then were driven 25 miles into the country to lunch with a 's older brother, Ramon, who dresses in the same green guerilla fatigues and cap and bears a striking resemblance to the Cuban leader except for the white be-ginning to creep into his beard.

Ramon directs a cattle breed- YES, 67.5 percent. COMMENTS: "Of course he should be freed. Capt. Medina is free and so are Nixon and his bunch" "Nixon should have stood trial for those murders, not Calley" "Calley did what he did in a state of war; he shouldn't be punished for doing his duty, especially if that Medina fellow never was jailed" "He acted on orders of his superiors and one of his superiors was Nixon. Jail him." NO, 32.5 percent.

COMMENTS: "He murdered innocent civilians, women and children; he should not be released" "They want to release him because Nixon got a pardon but they forget that Nixon didn't kill anyone in cold blood" "Calley should be put away forever along with Medina and anyone who had anything to do with the Vietnam war, like Nixon, Kennedy and Johnson" "Calley has it good just being alive today; his victims aren't" To me, Calley is as vicious as any gangster of the '20s or "30s." BETHESDA, Ford was reported rested and more comfortable Sunday, a day after removal of her cancerous right breast. Her condition "continues and her progress from the operation is satisfactory," said White House spokesman Bill Roberts, relaying word from her doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital late Sunday afternoon. "Mrs. Ford had a quiet day," Roberts said. "The doctors say she's had more rest and experienced less discomfort than yesterday.

She sat up for 10 minutes during the day." DURING AN evening visit to the hospital, President Ford was asked whether her illness might affect his plans to run for a full term in 1976. He said, "We haven't thought beyond next week." He also visited his wife in the afternoon and reported that the "prognosis is very favorable" for her recovery. Newsweek magazine, quoting White House officials, said Sunday that Ford would not run for a full term in the presidency "i Betty didn't want him to." Doctors have been cautioning that no long-term prognosis can be made until tests Amusements 4-5B Ann Landers 2C Billy Graham 12D Bridge 9D Business News 10-11B Classified 4-I2C Comics 9-1 ID Crossword Puzzle 9D Death Notices 4C Earl Wilson 13A Editorials 8A Feature Page I3A Horoscope 9D Movie Guide 10-1 ID Names and Faces 12D Obituaries 9B Opinion 9A Sports 1-8D Television 13C Women's Pages 1-3C HAVE THE FREE PRESS DELIVERED AT HOME PHONE 222-6500 Or Your Local Free Press Number Nw VorK Timoj sarvlct NEW YORK An extraordinarily detailed draft agreement uniting the major oil importing nations for joint action on energy commits them to a long-term pooling of sovereignty that may prove more important than their commitment to pool oil in the event of another Arab embargo or other emergency. The draft, concluded in Brussels Sept. 20, commits the United States, Canada, Japan, possibly Norway, and all the Common Market countries except France nations that consume four-fifths of the world's petroleum to create a new international energy agency by November.

A CABINET-LEVEL governing board will be empowered "to make decisions that shall be binding upon participating countries" by weighted majority vote. Binding majority decisions can also be made by theigency's sub-cabinet-level man agement committee and four 12-nation standing groups that are to be served by an integrated international secretariat, headed by an executive director. The standing groups will be responsible for emergency measures, long-term co-operation relations with the international oil companies and relations with producer and other consumer countries. The new agency reportedly is seen by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger as the institutional framework for a long-term power struggle or a long term co-operative effort with the oil-producing countries.

A preliminary text of the agreement, the outcome of seven months of negotiation following last February's Washingtpn energy conference, has been made available to the New York Times. Oil-sharing in the event of a new Arab em-Please turn to Page 12A, Col. 1 TOMORROW'S QUESTION A nationwide survey of voters showed that President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon has hurt Ford's chances of winning an easy re-election in 1976. Do you think the pardon lessens his chances? To vote YES Call 961-3211 To vote NO Call 961-4422 Please turn to Page 12A, Col. 4 i Please turn to Pag 10A, Coi..