Lancaster Eagle Gazette (Newspaper) - July 11, 1973, Lancaster, Ohio Weather Cleir and cool tonight lows In Cer and low Sunny Thursday in low to mid 80s ESTABLISHED 59 Inside Today Society Vital Statistics Sports TV Logs YOUR NEWSPAPER SINCE 1809 LANCASTER OHIO WEDNESDAY JULY 11 1973 32 PAGES 9 20 21 26 PER COPY Debates Subpoena Of White House Data A v Denies Involvement WASHINGTON AP The Senate Watergate committee was scheduled today to debate whether to subpoena documents from a reluctant White House Former Atty Gen John N chell also faced ing on his denials The panel was set to discuss the subpoena matter behind closed doors before Mitchell re- his televised testimony Many Denials Mitchell denied he approved the Watergate wiretapping de- nied seeing wiretap logs denied sworn accusations he played a vigorous part in the subsequent cover-up and de- nied that he talked more than once about the affair with ident Nixon either before or after he quit as Nixon's manager Mitchell also denied that he lied under oath on two previous occasions Also Tuesday Jeb Stuart Magruder Mitchell's deputy on the Nixon re-election committee told newsmen he stands by his testimony to the Watergate committee that Mitchell proved the break-in at a March 30 1972 meeting in Key cayne Fla On the subpoena matter JOHN MITCHELL former U.S which sanctioned the Attorney General testifying in the name of internal security before the Senate Watergate He also said President Nixon committee yesterday said he was not told anything about the opposed a White House in- coverup by him gathering plan UPI Telephoto r No Survivors In Crash PARIS AP A Brazilian Varig airlines jet carrying 117 persons crashed today near a village south ot Paris the French civil aviation authority reported Airport officials said there were no survivors The Boeing 707 was on a flight from Sao Paulo Brazil o Paris with a stopover in Rio de Janeiro officials reported It was to land at Orly Airport the main Paris air traffic center Medical Costs Up WASHINGTON AP Ad- m i n i s t r a t i on officials are reported concerned because Medicare patients are paying just about as much now as for services as they were Before the program began Rising medical costs were blamed Health Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar W Weinberger said so Tuesday at a seminar for health and medical writers on the Nixon administration's health grams and policies Volunteers Needed WASHINGTON AP Pentagon officials citing poor recruiting results for the Army Navy in June are con- cerned the two services may not be able to attract enough volunteers to maintain their strength now that the draft is dead In the first month of what was called a critical summer recruiting drive the Navy fell more than 40 per cent short of its goal and the Army which has failed consistently to meet its enlistment objectives missed its mark by 9 per cent last month The Air Force and the Marines which have met their quotas in recent months both went over 100 per cent again Harvest More Corn WASHINGTON AP A report Tuesday by the Agriculture Department predicting farmers will harvest more corn and soybeans this year is raising hopes in the Nixon administration that the rise in food prices can be slowed No one says that grocery prices will go down soon but the prospects of larger crops used to out meat milk and poultry could mean a more gradual rise Larger crops also suggest that the United States may be able to let up in a few months oh rationing soybeans and other protein feedstuff to foreign buyers Picasso's Grandson Dies CANNES France AP Pablo Picasso's grandson Pablito died a suicide early today authorities said Hospital authorities said the young man had drunk bleaching fluid on April 12 four days after the famed artist died at his villa on the Riviera He was reported in despair because he his mother and his sister had been refused admittance to the villa after Picasso's death Pablito had been in critical condition ever since at a hospital in Antibes His stomach was eaten away and he was fed intravenously Salt Strikers Quiet CLEVELAND Ohio AP Cleveland's longest strike of the season has also been its quietest an appropriate mood since the strike site a giant salt mine wi Whiskey Island sometimes the city's best kept secret The 225 miners members of Teamsters Local 436 at the International Salt Co mine walked off the job May 1 Since then pickets have been peaceful the rhetoric low-keyed and both sides compliment the other's behavior chief committee counsel uel Dash said late Tuesday that he still differs with the White House President Nixon last week told the committee that it would violate the principle of separation of legislative and ex- powers if he were to give the panel the documents it seeks Dash disagreed There is only one if you are being de- nied papers and that is to ex- subpoena powers if you have such Dash said Seeks Data He said the panel seeks ters notes presidential news summaries records of and re- for news briefings and some documents related to a 1971 White House plan to use illegal burglary wiretapping and interception of mail to gather information about radical groups Dash said the committee also intended to discuss at some er time how it might obtain Nixon's response to the sworn accusations against him Nixon has told the panel he won't pear before it under any rejecting public suggestions from both can and Democratic members that he testify under oath Mitchell testified Tuesday that he had no personal edge to support the tions made by ousted White house Counsel John W Dean III that Nixon knew of and participated in the cover-up plot Mitchell said he went along with efforts to keep the lid on but said he never told the President about them and be- Nixon was ignorant of the matter Mitchell without ever using the word cover-up said he knowingly went along with jured testimony and payments TURN TO PAGE 7 Phase 4 Details Anticipated By End Of Week Will Succeed Freeze WASHINGTON AP De- tails of the administration's Phase 4 program probably will be announced by this weekend an informed Treasury Department source said today The earliest an ment would be made is day the source said Phase 4 will succeed the current price freeze imposed by dent Nixon June 13 Nixon scheduled a Cabinet meeting today and the ic program was certain to be discussed according to one source A surprise call for an end to all wage and price controls this year was made Tuesday by the administration's prestigious Advisory Committee which includes top corporate and union leaders The committee said it was deeply concerned that there are tendencies for wage and price controls to be regarded as the solution to the problem 01 inflation It held that the only way to extricate the country from wage and price controls is firm resolution to phase them out We believe all wage and price controls should be eliminated as soon as possible this year the committee added The statement was said to have received unanimous port of the committee whose members include George Meany president of the Dollar Gaining After Psychological Effort LONDON AP The U S dollar moved upward again day on the world's major ey markets as Washington added its voice to the war of words being waged to bolster confidence in the American currency The dollar opened in Zurich at Swiss francs a strong spurt from the closing 2.8125 Tuesday The dollar has now risen more than 10 per cent this week on the Swiss market Sizeable Gain The opening quotation in Frankfurt was 2.4250 marks a sizable gain on Tuesday's ing 2.39590 The price dropped back to 2.40 within minutes of French Set For Nuclear Test Series PARIS The start of the controversial French ar weapon tests in the South Pacific was considered nent today as a government ban on flights and shipping in the test zone went into effect The first blast expected to be of a weapon could come as soon as Friday There was speculation that there might be as many as six explosions Combining next year's test program with this year's Defying a World Court in- junction widespread foreign protests that fallout from the tests will endanger human life and plans by a New Zealand navy frigate and a group of vate protest yachts to invade the test area the French made clear it would not cancel the tests Necessary It considers them necessary for development of the nuclear strike force that the late dent Charles de Gaulle sored to enhance France's voice in world affairs There may never be an cial announcement that the tests have been held or have finished This was the dure last year when the only official French word was an an- after the last ex- plosion that the area around Mururoa Atoll was no longer Mururoa the center of the test zone is 900 miles southeast of Tahiti The area extends for 60 miles beyond the territorial limit around the atoll An additional danger zone extends as much as 120 miles beyond the The United States the Soviet Union and Britain abandoned nuclear testing in the phere with the 1963 partial test ban treaty and moved their testing programs underground But France and Communist China were determined to join the nuclear club and refused to sign the treaty the opening then to 2.4160 Basically the dollar pears to be much firmer one Frankfurt dealer commented Demand for dollars has been minimal in Europe through most of the current crisis but in Tokyo today it outstripped the supply sending the price up further The Bank of Japan had to supply about million After falling to record lows last week the dollar moved back up again Monday and Tuesday Dealers attributed the rally to the psychological effect of a brief statement Sunday night by Europe's central bankers suggesting that their i ments were contemplating in- in the market to re- verse the dollar's downward trend The U S Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday expanded on Sunday's announcement It said nine major central banks have agreed to add billion to a special swap fund available to the U S ment to support the dollar The swap Fund already ed nearly billion but ing had been said about it pre- because the Nixon Ad- ministration was maintaining a TURN TO PAGE 7 Leonard Woodcock dent of the United Auto James M Roche a tor of General Motors Corp and Walter B Wriston man of First National City Bank of New York Broad Hints Cost of Living Council have hinted final Phase 4 decisions may include carryover of the 5.5 per cent Phase 3 wage increase guidelines price controls in- limitations on the amount of increased costs that businesses can pass on to con- sumers in the form of higher prices for price in- creases to some businesses if they agree to expand their capacity This would apply to industries not ating at ull capacity more elaborate price con- trol exemptions procedure for businesses with special prob Jems Meanwhile the chief lator of the nation's savings and loan associations said in- terest rates on home mortgages will accelerate because the has raised rate ings on savings accounts Thomas R Bomar chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board said the amount of the increases could be cant but declined to predict the extent of the jump Also moderate food price in- creases are expected during the next six months under Phase 4 James McLane deputy director j of the Cost of Living Council told newsmen Sources also revealed a deci- sion is expected within a week on a mandatory allocation gram for gasoline crude oil propane and other petroleum products Push The Button Walk Some people may mil realize there's a button available In push when crossing Main Street at Center Alley A push the traffic light so pedestrians can get across It's newly installed Some people have missed seeing the button but cameraman Duke the solution He cot Lancaster National Bank teller Julie Stratlon to pose with the if she'd been there all the lime no one would have missed the button Sunny In 80s On Thursday will welcome the forecast of clear and cool tonight and sunny skies sday with highs in the low to mid 80s Tuesday's high was 88 and the overnight low dipped to 62 At 7 the reading was 66 and it had climbed to 72 at 10 is 29.98 and rising Only a trace of precipitation was measured A Dirty Bird This magpie pecked a live wire atop a Melbourne Australia power pole causing an un- electrical fire which melted a which ex- and set off an additional fire Knocked to the ground the bird was soon up and around but with a burnt ail and scorched wings UPI Telephoto Blood Quota Topped By First Donors A total of 229 pints of blood was donated at the July i visit of the Red Cross j mobile with 27 first time donors both days Quota with 135 the first day Fewer responded July 10 when 94 pints was collected Two of the volunteers Mrs Gregory Gillmor 1130 Dr and Mrs David Komatz 1329 K Allen St were among the new one gallon club donors George E Clark 992 Clayton Dr is a member of the gallon club Moran Rt Norman R Swartz Longwood and Ellen G Yenrick 1029 Garfield Avc joined the two-gallon club Other new gallon clubbers j Phyllis Brehm Bremen I Larry R Cox 2059 Turner Mrs Raymond J Cunningham j 627 Columbus St and James W Worden W Walnut St The 84 volunteers worked a total of 373 hours and included 14 nurses and six local doctors on call Setup unloading and loading of the Bloodmobile was performed by Fisher Catholic and Lancaster High Key Clubs and students from School for Boys The Bloodmobile returns to the Red Cross chapter house Aug Call now and make a date to give then Charges Filed Ohio Power Forced Strike Says Local 981 rif International B r t h e r h o o I of Electrical Workers has filed unfair labor practice charges against the Ohio Power Co The charges were filed with the National Labor Relations Board Representatives of 981 say their biggest com- plaint is that Ohio Power won't Forced Strike Common feeling Local 981 members is that Ohio Power forced the strike upon union members Representatives of the union attributed this feeling to the fact that company of- took company and company identification cards from members almost 30 hours before the contract was scheduled to run out They terminated our con- tract 30 hours before it was up one of the union members said of the company The contract ended officially June 30 Statins that they did not want to strike several of the union members gave reasons why they felt Ohio Power Co forced them to strike We think the company is using us union members striking a wedge to rates lor the customer one spokesman said Meeting the environmental requirements established by the government was another reason i he members think company wants the strike The company can the that it has internal problems not meet the requirements a Local 981 member said Better Benefits The electric workers are seeking better benefits and an eight wage Assert inp mat the of living has risen 11 percent this year the members a i tight percent isn't asking lor too much The company has to a five and a half percent which Local 981 f not enough j The electrical workers want TURN TO PAGE 1 Nicklaus Bert Yance House Accepts Limit For Farm Subsidies WASHINGTON AP The House has accepted an ment to the massive farm that supporters say will put a tight annual limit of on subsidy payments to farmers growing wheat cotton and feed grain The amendment by Rep Paul Findley won by 246 to 163 Tuesday Findley said the rider would set a reasonable and effective limit on how deep into the U.S Treasury a wealthy farmer can surely is deep enough Findley's amendment plowed under an earlier one by Rep Bob Bergland which the House had approved by 313 to 89 Cut Subsidies Bergland's amendment would have cut off subsidies at per crop instead of the i per crop level recommended by j the House Agriculture Com Current law sets it a pr crop but critics claim this is loaded with holes A version of the farm cut the level to per farmer but under terms that are not as tight as those in the Findley ment Findley's provision would put various payments under the limit including so-called re- source adjustment payments for not growing crops Under the original version of the House and under the payments for resource adjustment would be excluded from the limit Meanwhile as the House worked its way into the first parts of the comprehensive farm it voted 164 to 139 against an amendment by Rep Steven S Symms that would have blocked use of eral funds to finance the sale of wheat or feed grain to the viet Union or mainland China with TURX TO PAGE 7 TROOX Scotland AP Bert and Jack laus hot golf on the j front nine shot three u no or par I today and took the early first-round lead at the 102nd British Open Golf ship Yancey who fired a 28 on the back nine at the Firestone j Country Club at Akron Ohio a few weeks aso toured the first half of the 7.064 layout in under par 30 He the 1st 3rd 4th 6th and 8th holes But Yancey ran into trouble coming home and finished with a par 36 for his 69 after taking a double bogey 7 on the yard hole and then ping another stroke to par Nicklaus went out in 33 after canning an eagle 3 on the yard sixth hole and getting a birdie on No 7 He also played the back nine in even par She's A Winner Kathy Young 11 an Gazette carrier from Pleasantville won the special jet plane contest conducted by the for its carriers Her name was I selected in a drawing all I those who qualified Kathy is I the daughter of Mrs Robert 1 Young
