Magic City Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1970, Moberly, Missouri ic City Free Press Moberly Missouri Tues Dec 8 Pages U.S POSTAGE PAID Postal Patron POW Release Leaders Favor Pullout Plan for U.S Troops Queen Candidates Candidates for the title of Winter Sports Queen are front row from left freshmen Cindy Caldarello Jo Ellen Mitchell Rhoda Damgaard Mindy Holman second row sophomores Janet Johnson Penny Thompson Kristie Kraber Kristy Hulen third row Juniors Skinner Valerie man Smith Debbie Jones and fourth row seniors Vallandingham Toni Scott Phyllis Pegues Brenda Brown The queen will be crowned at ceremonies at Moberly High School tonight at Photo by Rob Vance Poland Has New Leadership WASHINGTON AP ers of the drive to free can POWs in North Vietnam are beginning to favor the far opposed by the offering a troop timetable in return for the prisoners release The idea also appears to have support in the Senate where early in the next session it could provide the basis for another stiff battle over administration war policies If we're getting out of nam anyway why not get thing for said Charles vens former member of the Pentagon's Prisoner of War Committee and now counsel for the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia The development signals something of a drift from the heretofore close ment with the Nixon tration which still rejects a fixed timetable for withdrawing American troops Mrs Bobby G Vinson al coordinator of the league says she thinks the POW bargain should be tried and that other relatives of cap- tured and missing men probably feel the same way Communist negotiators at the Paris peace talks have offered to take up the prisoner problem immediately if the United States will set a date for getting its troops out of South Vietnam In- they demanded a June 30 1971 deadline but last day asked the United States to anv reasonable date U.S diplomats have rejected the idea so far President Nixon has said setting a timetable would remove any incentive for the Communists to bargain in Paris Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield in a floor speech called on the tion to accept a swap The Montana Democrat said the scope of U.S involvement has not decreased in the past year and peace no er Mansfield's speech may or may not be significant in view of indications Senate doves may try again in the next session of Congress to legislate a deadline for U.S troop withdrawal Both Havens and Mrs Vinson said they would support such a mer said In an interview the United States should accept the offer by North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front Sources in McGovern's office indicated a new measure would be offered early in the next sion embodying a withdrawal deadline but containing a sion that if repatriation of were not progressing the deadline would be extended Taking the Communists up on their offer Mrs Vinson said would at least let the world see if they mean what they say Krushchev Motivated By Thirst for Power WARSAW AP Poland's lew Communist leadership it will revise the economic plans that spawned last week's rioting and will maintain total allegiance to Moscow Otherwise its future course is unclear Western observers con- sider the new party First tary Edward Gierek a dedicated Communist identified with ther the liberal nor the istic factions Radio Warsaw reported day that Gierek the party's top economist and party secretary of Silesia had replaced law Gomulka who resigned along with President Marian and three other members of the Politburo Premier Jozef kiewicz was not affected Gierek's success in keeping his home province quiet was seen as a kev to his promotion University of Missouri Has Some Top Jobs Open COLUMBIA Mo AP in top administrative posts are becoming a problem at the University of Missouri John C Weaver resigned as president Oct 26 to become pre- sident of the University of consin On Saturday John W da chancellor of the Columbia campus announced he had appointment as president of Arizona State University at Tempe effective July 1 Schwada asked to be relieved immediately as chancellor and to be assigned other duties until he leaves Columbia A third major administrative post in the university system has Deen vacant since last spring when Earl English re- tired as dean of the school of journalism The selection of a chancellor for the Columbia campus will not be made until a new president has been named to head the complex university system which includes es at St Louis Kansas City and Rolls A screening committee only recently began the task of ing for candidates to mend for the office of president The final selection will be made by the Board of Curators which is expected to undergo several changes within the next few weeks Area News Briefs for United Fund The Randolph County United Fund has collected lo date which is short of the goal Anyone interested in contributing may contact Mrs Judy Warson Fund secretary phone or send a check to P 0 Box Moberly Dance for Yule Toys A dance donations to which will go for toys for children selected by Randolph County Welfare office will be held al 9 p.m Tuesday at the Way Side fnn Highway 24 Jim Dent manager has announced The Johnny Howard furnish the music As bloody riots shook Gdansk Gdynia Sopot Szczecin and seaport and industrial centers in the remained quiet in Industrial Silesia where lence was widespread during the bread riots that brought mulka to power in 1956 Last week's disturbances be- gan after the Gomulka regime raised prices 17 to 20 per cent on food clothing and other in a prelude to a new five-year plan that was to begin next month In a television address after his elevation Gierek We will have to reconsider carefully the problem of the economic Crime on Increase In Nation WASHINGTON AP in the United States increased 10 per cent during the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in the FBI said today Robbery increased 15 per cent murder 9 per cent assault 7 per cent and for- cible rape 2 per cent the FBI said Armed robbery which counts for two-thirds of all bery offenses increased IB per cent during the od the FBI said and ed assaults with firearms in- creased 10 per cent Among property crimes ceny of or more rose 14 per cent burglary 9 per cent and auto theft G per cent the report said Suburban areas recorded the largest crime per cent the report said while crimes rose 9 per cent in areas nnd 6 per cent in cities of more population plan for next year and for the whole five-year period The riots he said resulted from inconsiderate concepts in economic policy We will remove these He said his ad- ministration will consult with the working class and gentsia He said hostile forces cannot lead us astray or return us from the road of Socialism We are going together with the whole great Socialist ty and chiefly with our tested friend and ally the Soviet Un- ion Radio Warsaw said the ty's Central Committee ed the new regime to consider possibilities for improving the material situation of low-wage families with many children who as a result of the change in prices have suffered most vere losses in their budgets Observers anticipated bonuses or wage raises will be given to compensate for the increased living costs A mining engineer whose first job was in a French coal mine at the age of 13 Gierek is now 57 He developed an efficient party machinery in Silesia and earned a reputation as a top notch administrator He had been mentioned for some tune as Gomulka's successor Sunday's events returned to prominence Mieczyslaw zar 56 the hard-line former head of the secret police who lost a power struggle to ka in 1968 He is one of the five new members of the Politburo named to replace those purged Moczar was interior minister and leader of the Partisans a veterans organization that pushed a purge of Jews in the aftermath of the Middle East war in 1967 and student riots sarly in 19G8 There WHS no announcement that had resigned the presidency or that a new president had been named Reduction Of Troops In Okinawa TOKYO AP officials in Japan and Okinawa an- today that American forces will be reduced by men in the next six months The Joint Security Consultative Committee an- that about troops and a like number of Japanese employes would be affected in Japan The U.S High Commissioner in Okinawa Lt Gen James P Lampert said about U.S servicemen and Okinawan employes would be affected on the island which is due to be re- turned to Japan in 1972 The announcement follows by 24 hours the worst can rioting on Okinawa since the United States assumed con- trol of the former Japanese pre- fecture 25 years ago Weather MISSOURI ings northeast today tent freezing rain northeast Light rain elsewhere today High from low to mid 30s east to near 50 in Considerable cloudiness tonight with light rain extreme east Low tonight in 20s and 30s ly cloudy tomorrow High in the 40s Local Weather today 29 today 30 today 31 Minimum Sunday night 28 Precipitation Trace For 24-hour period ending at 6 Sunday Minimum 16 Maximum 31 6 Sunday night 29 By RYAN AP Special Correspondent The Khrushchev memoirs il- the complex character of Nikita S Khrushchev and provide clues to what made him one of the world's most ular political figures in his time What was there about this roly poly with the amiable grin which permitted him to rise from the mines where he and his father had selves with toil to become one of the most men on In the memoirs published day in book form the former premier and Communist party chief of the Soviet Union shows Two Hurt In Traffic Accidents Law enforcement officials report minor injuries in two area traffic accidents over the weekend William Johnson Marshall suffered minor injuries to his left leg in a accident at 6 Saturday on Route 129 eight miles south of Salisbury He did not seek immediate medical attention The Johnson vehicle ran off the road on the west side hit a reflector board at a culvert skidded 200 feet and overturned the highway patrol said The car was demolished Johnson was charged with careless and imprudent driving John Thomas Mason Macon suffered lacerations to his forehead in a accident at Saturday at the tion of Routes C and T at the north edge of College Mound He was not treated at the time The Mason car on Route T skidded through the junction of Route C crossed a grader ditch and struck a motor grader which was parked on the east side of Route C the highway patrol snid There was extensive damage to the car but no visible damage to the grader himself as a man who always was enormously ambitious and who in his younger days a mighty thirst for power Another side to his ty as illustrated by his words shows him as a man with a wide streak of honest peasant In him He seems to have had a large capacity for indignation though often this even by his own accounts was misdirected Khrushchev could be when the occasion de- manded but his reminiscences make it appear that he rather regretted the means he had to use to climb to political He probably did what he was told to do because it would lead him where he wanted to go the top 28 Persons Die In Tucson Fire TUCSON Ariz AP Police detectives said today they were investigating possible criminal involvement in a hotel fire which left 28 dead and 27 In- jured Several survivors of the flames which raced through the upper half of the neer International Hotel early Sunday said they had smelled a volatile substance in the dors I hadn't heard of was the only comment by Police Capt Francis Kessler heading the investigation The fire in the building broke out on the sixth floor and flared through ways and staircases penning about 80 persons in their rooms with no way out except through the windows One woman plunged to her death from the seventh floor Among the dead were 13 prominent northern Mexico zens including two dren of former Sonera Gov Ig- nacio Soto the wife and five children of Francisco Luken Sonora police chief and Dr lose Jesus Antillon of one of his country's top Harold 82 builder of he hotel and owner of a nent store died with his wife Peggy in their penthouse nent Council Meeting Tonight City Council will meet in regular session nt 7 o'clock tonight at the Municipal Presented will be n request from the Planning nnd Zoning Commission concerning Hie revision of the comprehensive Hie council also will open bids on the automobiles find trucks for he various city Break-In at Stoutsville In mostly In n weekend lie Grocery Store in to Monroe County Demi to he building WHS untried by throwing n rock threw Ilic window pane In Ihc front door The wot discovered 7 lodny by Little Reindeer Needs a Santa Clans By Slttler Japanese reindeer lire not native to the State but the species has run afoul of the Wildlife Code of Missouri this moment Ills life hoovers In n twilight zone His Is no part of Ills own doing nnd no human fluency or person desires his demise but ono Innocent little animal suddenly finds he cannot DC mud sold or Not if you go by buok And win Missouri go Conservation Frank Moberly owner of eight Ace stores in Missouri turned to the Commission for n solution Ion problem by n promotion Ulen colliding with wildlife rules nnd it would bo im excellent idea and one to gladden tlic hearts of children to n live reindeer nt his stores In Mexico Fulton imd Jefferson City All Interested In ii would then bo to register to obtain Otto Hahn is n Wildlife Breeder of Japanese reindeer nt His permit says he mny propagate buy and sell wildlife direct lo the consumer or another wildlife breeder Not too long ngo he sold 10 animals direct go in California Nothing in the rule book prevented that bought Twinkle from nnd set currying promotion Twinkle on excellent choice mi Ideal pet im Unit to in seven of Ills right stores And someone in the conservation department questioned the legality of having or using a reindeer asked for nj ruling through n letter written by the of one of his stores nl Columbia lo the Missouri Department of nt Jefferson City Hotel Disaster A Turmn I lumen on the floor Ihr it HolH While a hold miliT four flow Is In room Many IN In thr which out rutty
