Daily Gazette (Newspaper) - June 9, 1969, Xenia, Ohio THE XENIA DAILY GAZETTE Year No 171 Xenia Ohio Monday June 18 Cents Jke Weather Picnic Weather Several good days for picnics travel and hanging up laundry start today with mostly fair weather forecast for the next five days with little chance of showers Today's high on a mostly sunny cool day was to be near 70 to the per A 10 per cent chance of precipitation today and tonight goes to zero Tuesday Tomorrow is to be sunny and not quite so cool with the mercury reaching the Daytime highs Saturday are to be in the with going to the at night Not much change is expected from day to day but temperatures will continue below normal for this of year A quarter to inch of rain may come Thursday or Friday Sunday's extremes were 80 and 55 with an overnight low of 50 at 7 this morning Atlanta 92 69 Miami 80 73 Boston 80 59 N Orleans 91 73 Buffalo 67 44 New York 82 56 Chicago 59 43 Phoenix 100 69 64 Washington 91 65 Los Angeles 72 61 Xenia 80 50 GRADUATIONS held Sunday at tral State and Wright State Universities 18 MORE THAN 300 youngsters in track meet in Beavercreek Page fi FIRE DAMAGES Beavercreek rant Page 11 Amusements 16 Classifieds Comics 16 17 Crossword 15 Editorial Page 4 Helen Bottel 3 Markets 13 Obituaries 5 Roberta Roesch 16 Sports 6 7 8 Sylvia Porter 17 Television 17 Hospital News 3 Women's News 2 3 We're told our working people made our country what it is today Should such a startling fact he viewed with admiration or Robert Taylor Is Dead At 57 HOLLYWOOD AP Robert Taylor man to many of the most glamorous stars in films a career which spanned 35 years is dead of cancer at 57 The Nebraskan's dark pood looks projected him to the top in 1935 opposite Irene Dunne in Obsession and Greta Garbo in Camille his career he was also billed with such names as Jean Harlow Ava Gardner Elizabeth Taylor Myrna Loy Joan Crawford Hotly Lamarr Luna Turner Katharine burn and Greet in sentimental films designed to appeal to women He was married to another star Barbara Stanwyck for 31 years In his biggest years around 1940 to 1950 Taylor was one of the paid actors DEFROCKED Rev Patrick McCarthy assistant pastor of St Mary Catholic Church Portsmouth since 1967 has been defrocked because he married the Diocesan Chancery office con- firmed He married the former Susan Carol Frie a nun who taught at the St Mary mentary School in Greenup Ky last May 24 Prime Interest Rate Is Increased NEW YORK UP Major banks today raised the prime interest charged their biggest best customers for a historic high of per cent from per cent immediately An increase had been ed for some time But the amount of the full 1 par surprising The first bank to increase the rate was Bankers Trust Co of New York and it lid so without making any comment on its sons Other New York banks and then Chicago Philadelphia and Boston banks quickly made the same move Among the banks was Chase Manhattan and First National City of New York Reacting to the move tire Dow Jones industrial average dropped 7 points shortly after the New York Slock Ex- opened When one bank increases Ihc prime rate others usually The prime rate is used in de- termining the interest rate charged most large tions Oilier rates such as inter- est rates to consumers are scaled upward from the prime rate The old rate of 7 per cem was a record high when it was set on March 17 As recently as Dec il ilie rale was A series of rale increases or of a per at a lime had he December and March The Federal Reserve Board has taken a number of steps to make it more expensive and more for hanks to But the demand on lor money lo borrow has continued strong By raising the prime rale banks can afford to pay more for he money borrow One banker said privately that It's safe to say all of the big banks will sit down today and take a look at things ers Trust's Troop Pullout Welcomed To Withdraw MIDWAY ISLAND API President Nixon's first move to pare down the U.S troop com- in Vietnam by men as a was followed Sunday night by a strong mation of The harmony declaration came from President Nguyen Van Thieu in off-the-cuff re- marks to newsmen following his summit meeting with Nixon on tiny mid-Pacific Midway land Referring to advance tion that there might be serious differences the United States and the Saigon ment over ways and means to promote the search for peace Thieu said with This is not rue W e have very close understanding on that Following five hours of talks uost of them with only one key adviser sitting beside each chief executive Nixon returned to Honolulu for an overnight stay Thieu expressed satisfaction will Nixon's decision lo draw American troops from his country with all cations pointing to further He called it good news for American people and de- We will do our best from now on lo alleviate the burden of tlie American people It seemed evident the can delegation at Midway hoped the move would help defuse criticism of Nixon's Vietnam policy But Sen Eugene McCarthy said he see that is any significant cation of any program to try and resolve or end the war And Sen George S McGovern I can't see where this represents any shift of American policy I think we ought to begin taking them all out and the faster the better as far as I am concerned U.S Is Closer To Laird Says WASHINGTON AP tary Defense Melvin R Laird declared today President Nixon's decision to pull troops out of Vietnam moves Hie United States closer to peace Arriving from the joint Vietnamese meeting at Midway Laird I believe we return closer to peace and we now have a program moving for- ward to change the role of ed Stales forces in Vietnam in Southeast Asia The defense chief said he be- the U.S effort lo give South Vietnam a bigger role in the war will bear fruit in the coming days Laird did not identify which units will be the first to leave the war zone He said that will be decided Thursday by a joint service task force which is being assigned to prepare for the movement of withdrawing units in early July Oilier sources indicated the withdrawn troops would not re- turn to this country but would be held in reserve in such areas as Okinawa and Hawaii from which they could be rushed back to Vietnam in case they should be needed The pullout is expected to start with the withdrawal several combat battalions or support type forces The task force to convene at Pacific command in Hawaii will include representatives of Laird's office and of each of the military services and air and sea transport specialists THOSE ARE not mushrooms in this yard in the Sugarcreek Twp area Some Damage ing the hail storm that hit Sunday by Lila M Hail Stones Rajp Parts Of County Heavy Fighting Drops Off In Enemy Attacks SAIGON AP After three days of heavy fighting across South Vietnam enemy attacks dropped off sharply Sunday night U.S spokesmen could offer no firm explanation for the sudden drop in Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks except bly the heavy losses the enemy had suffered Military sources estimated about North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops have been killed by allied forces since the sudden upsurge in enemy began last Thursday night The U.S Command has made no announcement of total U.S casualties during this period but informed sources estimate thai more than 150 Americans have been killed Military analysis considered the step-up in enemy attacks an to influence the Midway meeting between Presidents Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu With he meeting over it that the Viet Cong might be returning to business as usual The U.S Command reported more than 20 rocket and attacks Sunday night and early today less than half 59 at- tacks the night before There were 63 on Friday night and more than 100 Thursday U.S headquarters said over- Senate Vote Expected On New Chief Justice WASHINGTON AP The Senate may usher in a new cial era with confirmation today of Warren B Burger as chief justice of the United States Senate leaders seeking lo wrap up work on the tion after a false start last week harf all the technicalities taken care of for a planned vote this afternoon on the first change in high court possibly its judicial 16 years Sen Edward M Kennedy acting Democratic leader asked for a roll call vote though he said he has heard of no opposition No one in the Senate had ex- pressed sny criticism of Burger who was promoted from the District of Columbia appeals court to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren President Nixon announced the selection 19 days ago Senate Republican erett M Dirksen attempted to speed the confirmation last Thursday but this was called off because printed copies of Burger's testimony before the Judiciary Committee were not ready The reports were able today Although his appointment was cheered loudly by conservative Republicans and Democrats as portending a new trend on the high court Burger has said ho will not be a captive of either conservatives or liberals His credo as he puls it is that every case has to stand on individual merits He says he regards his opinions during the 13 years on the circuit court as far more liberal than the con- like to think they arc On the other hand Burger has asserted his dedication to a much stricter interpretation of the Constitution than the ren Court followed In some cases all casualties and damage were light Sunday night U.S officers including Gen Creighton W Abrams see the enemy not as a general summer offensive but rather as a continuing campaign to ass allied forces and inflict heavy casualties Enemy forces launch a series of heavy attacks tor two or three days then pull back regroup and hit again er The U.S Command an- that Operation Apache Snow the big sweep through the A Valley 32 miles west oE Hue was terminated June 7 after nearly a month Child Killed Ohio AP Linda Shiever 10 of suburban Moreland Hills was killed this morning in front of her home when she ran across Uie street and into the side of an auto driver was not held Southern part of Greene County particularly in the Twp area was lift by a hail and wind storm Sunday afternoon that caused some damage and brought cool weather to the area An reported day however no flurry of age calls and the utility com- panies had no big increase in Family Of 12 Perish In Fire PARKERSBURG W Va AP A teen-age boy and girl watched horrified and helpless as their parents and 10 brothers and sisters perished in a f i r e which engulfed their month home Their grandfather who leaped through a bathroom window was the only one in the house to escape blaze The frame dence was leveled in 45 utes Roger Bailey 13 and his sister Susan 35 whose father Charles was a county nance worker were slaying in a smaller structure behind the house when the fire about am Sunday on a porch banister of an un- cle's home later the dazed boy could manage only a yes or no when asked about the fire calls as a result of the storm In fact automobiles striking poles of Ohio Bell Co caused more damage to phone lines over the weekend than the storm Howard B Johnston commercial manager for the Xenia area of Ohio Bell reported at first Later this morning the trouble calls began pouring in to the telephone company from the hait damage in the Spring ley and areas Johnston said Robert Tail Sees Progress WASHINGTON AP U.S Rep Robert Taft Jr says lhat he sees evidence of progress toward bringing about a halt in hostilities in Vietnam The Republican also said in his June Newsletter lo Ohio's First Congressional District lhat there are also signs of sive transfer of military io the South Vietnamese Hold Hijackers CINCINNATI AP Five men including two awaiting sentencing in a gin heft were arrested Sunday after police thwarted the attempted hijack of a truck containing worth of meat Daylon Power Light Co called out two crews and said scattered trouble calls were re- in the Bellbrook area and Xenia with some damage from lightning In Xenia the underpass on S Detroit St was closed for about 10 minutes by high water and three traffic lights were knocked out in Xenia IN THE Bellbrook See STORM Page 9 U.S Unsure Of Soviets Might WASHINGTON AP Ob- servation of a series of Soviet missile tests in the Pacific has left Pentagon experts uncertain whether the Russians now have multiple warheads which can be steered to separate targets American ships stationed in Russia's Pacific testing area have watched three or four ex- tended range test shots of the giant intercontinental tic missile since April A study of telemetry and er data gathered by the ing U.S vessels has been as lo whether the viets have multiple warheads which they fire in clusters or whether they have mastered the technology of separately ing each of the warheads sources say Canceled Shows Nab TV Emmys HOLLYWOOD AP al shows canceled by their works won Emmys at the 21st Television Academy awards in- Get The Ghost and Mrs Judd for the Defense and the Brothers Comedy Hour And Barbara Bain who has announced she is quitting claimed her third Emmy with one of the frankest acceptance speeches on record These were the highlights Sunday night of the annual by the National emy of Television Arts and ences televised by CBS winners included one from Lord Snowden to the Apollo astronauts Get canceled by NBC won ils second straight award as best comedy and Don Adams his third in a row as best comedy series tor The spy spoof was picked up by CBS for next season Hope Lange was a surprise victor as comedy series star for The Ghost and Mrs also dropped by NBC The ries won a reprieve when it was bought by ABC Carl Betz long he patient husband on The Donna Reed was named best matic series star for Judd for the which has been drooped srom the ABC schedule the shotgun style show of blackout gags was best series for the second year in a row Best single dramatic ance awards went to Paul field for Male of he Species and Geraldine Page for The Thanksgiving Visitor The Education Tele- vision Playhouse won over five commercial network ment shows as outstanding matic series Other awards Outstanding The Cosby cial performance by porting Anna Marshall Male of the tics Series supporting Wer- ner Klemperer Hogan's Heroes Series supporting san Saint James The Name of the Game Drama J P Miller The People Next Door Drama David Greene The People Next Door Sports Summer Olympic Games ABC Program Fir ing Line with William P ley and Wild Kingdom Arto Harvey The Carol
