Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - April 8, 1970, Portsmouth, Ohio Showery Ohio Cloudy with ol showers tonight and Thursday Low tonight in 40s or low High Thursday Official temperature Today 11 03 today's minimum 31 yesterday's maximum 62 Year Maximum 75 mini- mum 40 Home Covering Southern Ohio And Northern Kentucky For 118 Years A Dependable Portsmouth Institution VOLUME 119 OHIO WEDNESDAY APRIL 8 C aise By LAWRENCE L KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP A 6 per cent general pay raise for postal workers and nearly all other federal employes has teen cleared for final Senate action but Democrats say they'll fight any subsequent move to finance it through er postal rates The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee tacked the measure to a minor passed postal Tuesday But the panel made it clear a second 8 per cent pay hike for postal workers will be considered Government and union tiators worked out the two-stage boosts He has tied the 8 per cent raise for postal workers to his proposal for a postal ration Addressing itself to the cent stamp proposal the pay plan to settle a simmering unanimously approved a postal pay dispute which resolution saying there should be no increase until such time mailers using other than the nation's first mail ed in strike The President has asked for an increase in the first-class postage stamp from 6 to 10 cents to help pay the estimated billion costs of the wage as first-class privileges pay their fair share of postal costs Sen Gordon Allott chairman of the Republican icy Committee told newsmen if the 6 per cent boost had not gone through committee day the nation would be faced with another postal strike He said the next task is to work out a postal reorganization plan adding Frankly if it is j not worked out the system will fall flat on its face In the House meantime it Nixon will get a hearing on his proposal for a speedup in collection of estate taxes to help finance the pay increases The speedup is another part of the administration's package to pay for the increases But Wilbur D Mills chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said his panel can't possibly get to the proposal until late summer Mills also said the pay age offered by the tion torpedoes any hopes for a The speedup is designed to pick up 51.5 billion in the year beginning July 1 WASHINGTON AP The ong Senate fight over Judge G Supreme Court nomination drew to its ense ending today with the out- come in serious doubt a virtual replay of President Nixon's first attempt to fill the high court cancy Although both sides predicted victory some senators said be- fore the crucial roll call the up was so evenly balanced a vote by Vice Presi- dent Spiro T Agnew the ate's presiding officer was a distinct possibility Nixon nominated the old Tallahassee Fla appeals judge Jan 19 following the Senate's rejection last November of his first choice for the seat Judge Clement F Haynsworth As in the Haynsworth tion a handful of uncommitted senators held the key to mation and the result was a large question mark before the sides nigh SOME Randy Hamilton 1247 St and a relative Russell Hamilton prepare to hoist a king-size purple martin birdhouse to its resting place atop a pole at the hamilton home The birdhouse contains 58 compartments each inches for the martins which will begin nesting soon The purple martin makes its home in the area from early spring to gust or vote opened Maneuvering by both continued through the D Tuesday and into today's early hours Sen Charles H Percy released a statement shortly before 2 taking his name off the uncommitted list and placing it in line against the nomination Carswell meets none of the By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Top of the Teamsters Union scheduled a meeting day in Washington to discuss spreading strikes by truck ers dissatisfied with terms of a tentative national contract Frank E Fitzsimmons acting president of the union the leaders one week earlier than a planned general executive board meeting The walkouts gained tum in the Midwest Tuesday u._...w..v.- LUIll 111 Hit W Col standards necessary for the spreading into the lion's highest tribunal reports Of said in becoming the ninth against some Midwestern publican senator to announce truckers who stayed on the job against the selection I agonist j OSAKA Japan API before the j truckers who stayed on the job ijes Oj gas explosions the area Trucking industry leaders subway I ducked and became almost a suway cons uce an An Associated Press said they are prepared Expo 70 city from the said made prior to the vole and to retaliate against al persons and Jun Ji Matsushita 34 COMET VISIBLE Jeff Gerard 5620 Auburn Ave captured on his camera a newly discovered comet which is the early morning Portsmouth skies Jeff shot the rare comet about 4 Sunday and used an exposure of about four minutes with film at a setting of The comet which will be visible in the northeast night skies until about April 15 was discovered last December by a South can astronomer It may not be visible again and if it does re- turn it will be several hundred year astronomers By MIKE DRAKE Times Staff Writer New Boston City Council gave final approval to the Garden Plaza Urban Renewal project Tuesday night Council voted its approval by passing five pieces of tion pertaining to the project after a public hearing ed by about 15 people The ordinances set the boun and ready for construction of 18 housing units Zunich said these 18 units will be built and some of the ple in the project area moved into them before the rest of the area will be cleared Harold Dicks urban renewal PHOENIX Ariz AP Svetlana daughter of Josef Stalin an ar- she had met only 20 days I before The simple Quaker ceremony was performed Tuesday in the living room of Taliesin West an architectural school of the Frank Lloyd Wright tion the Arizona Republic said in a copyright story The groom is William Wesley ters 57 vice president of the foundation and chief architect of Taliesin Associated Architects I Svetlana 44 who fled the Union in 1967 met Peters when she accepted an invitation from Mrs Frank Lloyd Wright widow of the famous architect to visit Taliesin three weeks ago Peters the son-in-law of the Wrights was formerly married to another Lloyd Wright who died in an disregarding the four expected absentees showed 44 for mation 41 against and 11 un- Sens Karl E and Clinton Anderson were ill and their aides said Tuesday night neither would be on hand for the vote Away attending a meeting in Southeast Asia were Sens Clai- borne Pell and Wallace F Bennett Nixon who pledged in his election campaign to place strict constitutional on the Supreme Court affirmed Ws total support of Carswell last week as continued swirling around the racial views and judicial record Two days ago in a first test ol Senate strength a motion to re- i strikes there with a general 211 police said lockout of all drivers in thei disaster occurred Then columns of fire shooting in a about 10 meters 33 feet into area business district 10 miles from i the air from below the ground i i Jb i The striking truckers outside lhc fair and did Chicago are dissatisfied with the exposition tentative wage The disaster occurred in a crease agreed upon at national talks in Washington last week In the Chicago area where the Teamsters and the pendent Chicago Truck Drivers Union negotiate separately from the national unions talks have been deadlocked for more than a week The two unions have business district of Kita Ward southwest of the Expo grounds in j Many of the injured were serious conditions The explosions touched off fives in an area a mile square Three explosions in quick succession occurred about been conducting strikes against si offices nad firms selected firms Wildcat walkouts reached the East Tuesday when some 70 Teamsters struck a Carlstadt firm In West Virginia drivers walked off their jobs in ton and Clarksburg There were p.m closed for the day and most sub- way trains were jammed with commuters on the way home Police said many of the victims were commuters leveled several a inuuuii ui turn the nomination to the reports of strikers throwing ciary Committee was defeated 52 to 44 That initial Carswell victory was not regarded as conclusive by either side Although GOP senators stood behind nomination more than they worth's when 17 Republicans deserted Nixon there was other last-minute GOP slippage be- sides Percy Oregon's Mark Hatfield an- not unexpectedly day he would vote no He pre- had urged Nixon to the nomination rocks at trucks crossing their picket lines in Charleston In the Midwest at least Minneapolis drivers joined a strike og Teamsters in St Paul Another strike began in homa City The walkouts started in Los Angeles Milwaukee St Louis Akron Ohio and other cities over the weekend Teamsters in the San Turn to Page 16 Column By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP oday for re- tests of two 13 astronauts who could out in German measles at any hour forcing s ment of scheduled launch to the moon i Blood samples taken Tuesday from Thomas K Ma hy II and Fred W Haise Jr were flown to the Manned Spacecraft in Houston for analysis Doctors hoped the results would show the astro- immune but it could show i them coming down with the dis- lease Based on earlier tests doctors WASHINGTON AP ate and House members saw declared James obstacle today for quick sage of President Nixon's posal to avert a nationwide rail strike Senate Democratic A Jr immune All three crewmen were ex- posed to German measles j through contact backup Leader Charles Duke who lowed eve ea several senate P and the fires that Mike Mansfield noting the came down with measles destroyed about ate Labor approved director said local urban re- automobile accident in 1946 and Kiwanis tives will meet with Federal Housing Authority and National daries for the project approved Homes Inc officials April 22 relocation guidelines authorized in Columbus The group will dis- fnr the city to deed land in the project to the New Boston Ki- wanis Housing Development Corp and called for a speedy acquisition of remaining erty in the area Michael Zunich tive of Preston Associates of Columbus consulting engineers outlined the project during the public hearing The project is bordered by Gallia St and Rhodes Ave on the north and south and West and Ohio Aves on the west and east Zunich said difficulty in re- location of people in the project area has forced the adoption of a phased development plan The first phase in the northwest section of the block is cleared cuss tentative dates for starting construction of the first 18 units National Homes will build the units Dicks said construction could Turn to PROJECT Page 16 Clean Up Nevada Seal Students Urge Governor RENO Nev AP A high school group has asked Gov It was Miss third marriage She was married at 18 to a Gregory Morosov Her second husband was Yuri Zhdanov a ist She defected to the United States via India where she had gone in Decomber to re- turn the ashes of Brajesh Singh a man Soviet officials would not permit her to marry Expansion Holiday Inn The Holiday Inn at is to be expanded bv 32 rooms houses police said the Investigators attributed the explosions to leakage in the gas system The disaster occurred about 33 feet underground in an area where workers were ing a new subway line Police ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause of the explosions which came over a One witness said he spotted flames licking at pipes in the work area sec By studying a series of blood said if appeared pass samples taken at intervals after an individual is exposed unanimously Monday with little Rep O- Staggers D- chairman of the House Commerce Committee which the measure Tuesday said he hoped the House also could clear it this tors can determine if are building up in tc combat the disease Saturday's planned blastoff time is p.m EST While waiting results of the blood tests the astronauts By GENE HANDSAKER Press Writer Goldie the blonde gig of Laugh OOD AP was chosen best supporting i this fall 01 Plans for announced today oh spring Rugged John he sent She were favorite 40 H ir friend by Sam S ner to marry t f i The Soviet Union revoked her dent of citizenship last January for acts defaming a citizen She said she would remain at Taliesin located in the desert northeast of the suburb of Scottsdale to continue writing group nas Paul Laxalt tq order House Leaders Accept i C K r il Inside The Times Around Portsmouth Comics Death Notices Editorial Page Horoscope Markets Sports Television and Radio Women's News Page 4 29 23 6 10 23 tion measures for Nevada's state seal The Nevada seal among er representations also contains a smokestack emitting black said a letter received from Students to Oppose tion at Earl W o o s t e r High School The students suggested the smoke be removed from future copies of the seal The seal depicts sun shining over mountains onto a scene Senate's Voting Vietnam have received Medals of Honor awarded posthumously at a White House ceremony President Nixon handed out the medals Tuesday to the JS One of the medals was for Cpl Thomas W Bennett a conscientious objector serving as a medic It Inc owner of the motel chise son Gary was in Portsmouth today to make the announcement for his father The two-story structure will be built on the north side oJ the motel Each room will have two double beds and will be dually heated and cooled Schahet said Preliminary a nave been drawn and con h start as soon as years of movie heroics by ning a best actor Oscar for ing the fat one-eyed marshal of Flower Gig Young bounded onstage There are minor differences between the two versions But sponsors said these undoubtedly would be ironed out in time to get the to Nixon for signing before the Saturday strike line I That's when the j against a strike voted by Congress runs out The legislation would impose on the rail lines and the four unions involved in the settlement which their worked out in December It was ratified by members of three machinists electrical workers and boiler makers But the members of sheet metal rejected it and mediators have been unable to work out an climbed aboard spacecraft to rehearse lunar orbit and lunar surface activities Medics are especially con- Turn to TESTS Page 16 Mt Everest all Kills Sherpas liR Young bounded onstage since that time ing the tai oa if on springs to accept the The December settlement True a spoof of his supporting actor award for pay increases of 68 cents usual westerns performance as the breezy nour and Motion picture Academy of ceremonies at a dance ers awarded best picture honors I marathon in They Shoot I inn i I nPV lies UVCl that includes a factory and the second Medal of Honor 22 railroad locomotive both award to a conscientious ing smoke i a w cu lu in the nation's history Tuesday night to a ed seamy tale of friendship be- tween a sick Manhattan bum and a Texas male prostitute Midnight Cowboy Horses Don't It was also a night for Elizabeth Taylor in a blue gown and wearing bus possible Each room will include vinyl wall coverings and be with a color television set The motel was ed in 1964 It contains a large conference room a restaurant smaller meeting rooms cocktail bar A swimming pool also is built on the complex Parking will be expanded to accommodate the added traffic 1 Schahet said BSK re for the em- ployes involved in the dispute Release Of Silver Bridge Report Delayed HUNTINGTON W Va AP federal official says un- expected delays have forced and Liza Minelli was named best actress She played die Vi r of Miss Jean whirling as as in his I salvo of applause and a standing ovation for Gary Grant voted a KATMANDU Nepal CAP Six Nepalese Sherpas have been killed by a huge block of ice that fell on them while a Japanese expedition up Mt erest according to a message reaching here today It was the worst disaster ever reported on the world's highest mountain The message said the dent occurred last Sunday and that two other Sherpas were rescued The ice block roared down the slopes of the mountain as the Sherpas were at an altitude of feet below the summit carrying to the first main camp site Scores of stars dazzling in Oscar by the academy's their finery turned out for the ceremonies at the Los Angeles Music Center The show tele- vised internationally by lite ran nearly half an hour over its scheduled two hours governors for many memorable performances telling the I'm John Wayne I work with Turn to Page 16 Column 1 lease of the final report on the cause of the collapse the Silver Bridge The Ohio River bridge col- lapsed Dec 15 1967 taking 46 lives A report was expected in early February but Adm L M Thayer of the National Sa fety Transportation Board said delays in completion of tory work had put the entire investigation behind schedule It took a Japanese rescue par- ty until Monday to recover the bodies from a crevice into which they plunged The message did not mention injuries to any of the Japanese in the expedition which is led by Yuichi Miura 36 Nor was there any word whether the deaths would halt the Japanese plans to ski down Everest's slopes later this month
