Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - August 21, 1970, Portsmouth, Ohio t By WILLIAM L RYAN AP Special Correspondent What's the Kremlin mood these Is peace about to break The Russians show an interest in easing the danger in the Mid- dle East Moscow has signed a treaty with West Germany re- nouncing use of force There are hints that Moscow is listening to American proposals at the arms talks In Europe the Kremlin plumps for relaxation All this might suggest 01 J Ohio Valley Partly cloudy coder low n 50s or lower GOs cloudy with chance of showers high in 80s Official temperature Today 11 75 today's minimum yesterday's maximum 87 Year Maximum 81 mini- mum 53 tions toward peaceableness Yet there is something about attitude which calls to mind the old Russian adage Associated Press News Analysis about approaching a friendly bear with extreme caution Temporarily at least Soviet leaders seem to want to turn their attention away from Eu- rope to mark time there They are concerned about Red China and Asia but China may be more an irritation than a real worry Historically Moscow has liked to take care of one big project at a time having a dis- taste for chewing too many large bites simultaneously It would seem that for some long time to come the center of viet attention will be the Middle Esst That should make the Mid- dle East the No 1 problem of the United States Vietnam withstanding Soviet leaders have just briefed the top of their Warsaw Pact clients on the wherefores of the agreement with West Germany whose clauses on mutual guarantees of frontiers and renunciation of force mean little The idea of West Germany alone ing Moscow is ridiculous no matter how scary Soviet ganda can on that subject There are other aims One is the need of the sians for West German how and goods Another may stem from an anxiety for ity on the immediate western borders because of Moscow's in- ternal economic and political problems The Russians have a 24th Community Party Congress coming up next year could bring clashes on both economic and political fronts between entrenched parly bureaucrats and the minded element some of the latter even seeking a bit of de- But internal strains are ing new to Soviet leaders and have not seemed much of a de- terrent to pursuit of foreign cy goals One of these goals can be to nail down the status quo in Europe In Eastern Europe the Brezhnev doctrine asserting the right to interfere in any Com- munist-ruled country secures the European buffer zone At the same time the treaty with West Germany points in the di- rection of eliminating potential troubles on the Soviet Bloc's western flank while Moscow pursues imperialist aims in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas The Russians are not ing Egypt in an expensive way against Israel because they love the color of Gamal Abdel mustache Russian czars and commissars have always Turn o SOVIET Page 12 For 118 Years A Dependable Portsmouth Institution Covering Southern Ohio And Northern Kentucky VOLUME 118 No 131 PORTSMOUTH OHIO FRIDAY AUGUST 21 1070 Section 1 22 PAGES section Single 1 Weekly by Carrier KENT Ohio AP A staff member of the President's Com- mission on Campus Unrest said today 29 Ohio National men fired a minimum of shots in 11 seconds when four students were here May 4 The commission concluding a hearing on the Kenl State University campus also was FBI no evidence of a sniper on the campus al that lime involved in the shooting incident appeared ribly scared they fel they were to be he day before shoot ing guardsmen had shown some students how guns were loaded Atty George Warren of ing a commission fer reported no evidence of a sniper He also said the FBI established that 45 guardsmen did not fire their weapons 47 claimed they didn't and 29 did fire Dennis Durand a Marine Corps veteran and a Kenl State student said he acted as a lice informer on student before and during the incident Durand 30 said there to be six or eight ring leaders and on two days they talked of attacking an Air Force ROTC building ing an ROTC supply depot and burning Kent State dent's house preferably with him in it Durand head of a Kent State veterans association said he was in a campus crowd the day of the shooting I saw streams of people rur at the Durrand said I heard the firing I would gest the guard was terribly scared by their actions and they felt they were going to be over- run Durand also criticized ations of the guard before the shooting saying it was proaching the ludicrous He said guardsmen used tactics de- signed to clear demonstrators from city streets Such tactics should not have been used in an open area Durand said It ended up with the guard forcing themselves to be he said Durand said that on the day before the shooting some tional Guardsmen were seen showing coeds how lo load rifles Midway Popular Spot At Scioto County Fair s Finn By JACK HALL Times Staff Writer Our two children had been lo the Scioto County Fair early In the week This time our journey fo was to be long enough to pick up a few lor a story and obtain the results of judging done irg the day Well our few minutes turned into a three-hour sprint rides fo concession stands to restrooms to exhibition ings to rides to restrooms It all began innocently enough parking spaces in the press area were filled and I had to back out of the area through a mob of humanity which was convinced I was ing wrong way The children thought I was leaving without giving them a chance to get out of the car and my wife I was ins to nin someone Once inside the Rate the fun really started My darted off inlo the crowd the place and By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Egypt today rejected can surveillance of the Middle East cease-fire by satellite and U2 spy plane calling the plan a pretext for espionage cal circles in Israel said this showed Cairo had something to hide Such reconnaissance even if undertaken over territories could provide Israel with additional advantages in the present delicate circum- said Cairo's cial newspaper Al The Egyptian statement came as a surprise When the United States announced earlier in the week that it was undertaking re- connaissance and had informed Egypt it was generally under- stood that it was being done with Cairo's consent Al said Egypt's stand had been known all along It added that the United States must adopt a neutral stand re- sardine this issue if it is the The fair closes at mk more water from the upper Col was a owned by Lewis 3 a tragedy latched c think it i you go from Cl tear gas to Ml he concluded onto my neck for a free r that lasted most of the three Warren was excused from the j hours stand by Commission Chairman i Big-hearted dad promised rides and a tour of the midway before calling it a night Afier the four rides it was time for refreshments Before Tames Ahern New Haven the refreshments were gone it lice chief called Warren's re- was time for the restroom Turn lo Page 12 Column Turn to Page 12 Column 1 William Scranton before ing lo questions about the ber of stones and sticks the FBI recovered from the stration area Hep Robert Taft expects publicans to win tho November election in Ohio in spite of the recent loan scandal involving some of the stale candidates Taft said in interview Thursday he believes the party will show a united front in time for the elections ann that Gov James A Rhodes actively support the ticket The Cincinnati congressman much of plan He views baum as a and says Nixon's successful plan has dulled his opponent's slogan Taft expects the Democrats lo hit the economy as the jor election issue He said such an issue could not really be raised because the controlled Congress has saddled is running agains Democrat Howard for the U.S Senate The scandal probably won't have any effect on whether ple vote for me or Metzenbaum I til 11 till I Cleveland the President with an ary budget and har refused to act on some of his in seeing peace in Middle East Al said Egypt also had turned down an American suggestion for Soviet reconnaissance But both the U.S suggestion and the tian rejection were formalities because the Soviet Union al ready has large numbers of personnel on duly with Egypt's air and missile forces and needs no planes or spaceships to keep it abreast of developments In Israel opposition parties demanded that the be recalled from its summer vacation for an urgent debate on re- lations and the state radio said the lawmakers probably would return to Jerusalem on Monday The opposition was expected to try So exploit the rift between the U.S and Israeli ments over Washington's al to give full backing to the charges that Egypt has the cease-fire by moving SAM missiles closer to the Suez Canal truce line The Arab to the cease-fire Jordan's King sein and Egypt's President mal Abdel Nasser were ing in Cairo to discuss strategy at the coming indirect peace talks which envoy Gunnar Jarring will hold The weatherman finally gave the Sciolo County Fair a break night and thousands of In the 4-H dairy judging he irea residents took advantage of female of all breeds T A total of attended the air Thursday night nn increase of 102 over a year ago The al is still lagging behind ast year's total and must to equal the ISO mark We have not had weather like his for many L W fair secretary said oc he rain which held down the crowd the first three days We usually get one or two days of rain but this year has unusual because of the storm warnings we had for two he said You can't people for staying home during a threat of bad ther But it looks like the bad ther is over and people can en- joy the fair in comfort Showers are predicted for Saturday but fair officials hope they will serve cool the temperatures The circus was the most lar event at the fair Thursday The grandstand was packed for the i p.m performance and many people left without getting a seat circus is to perform again at 8 tonight The popular 4-H livestock sale begins at Plans are continuing for two horse shows Saturday in spite of an Illness which has struck some of the horses in one of the barns Several horses were treated by after they ed of colds Fair officials are keeping a close check on the situation and are in constant contact with the veterinarians By FRANCES Associated Press Writer PUERTO VALLARTA o AP Meeting in an phere of fiesta President Nixon md President Gustavo Diaz laz agreed Thursday night to end 122 years of border disputes the two leaders from the shifting Rio said he touched by the welcome The two chief executives The two presidents who met hoped to end territorial forever between their two b nations by setting boundary between Texas and Mexico in the center of the Rio Grande Since the end of the Mexican War in constant ing of the Rio Grande has crated endless squabbling by Ralph Bu relief t had the pion Ayrshire Randy II o f f e owned the champion Brown Swiss and Chris Miller owned the champion Gurnsey Mike Roffe won junior dairy showmanship crown and Sue McLaughlin won the senior dairy showmanship title Bennett won the j contest j The steer with the fastest of belongs to Joe Ruggles His steer gained an average ol 2.4111 pounds a day Carol Flanagan of the nicks had champion doe and litter in the rabbit competition Alice of Furs and Fancies the reserve pion doe and litter The grand champion was ed by Roger Knauff of Scioto County Rabbit Raisers while the reserve champion was by Pam of The Spoons Valley Adventurers had the best float in the 4-H parade Mr and Mrs Jim Adkins are ad- visers of the club Sunshine under Turn to FAIR Page 12 putting small parcels of lane first in one country and then ir the other After the presidential announcement White House Press Secretary Ronald L gler told newsmen the two had worked out a tem of compensating factors which would come play whenever the river bed shifts Details of the agreement were fc be disclosed in a communique later today major tract of about 2.000 acres near Presidio Tex Nixon expressed confidence I hat the ji j Mexican Congress me we can a vote on this treaty President WASHINGTON AP The lo reduce the salt content Senate has voted on the eve The visit by the Vice President Spiro T Agnew's dent and Mrs Nixon to the west Asian tour to cut supplemental coast resort was marked by allowances for South Korean usual warmth and and Thailand troops fighting in expressions of friendship aders Nixon j The action which could be was particularly overturned in a conference came Thursday de- spile a warning by Sen Strom Thurmond hat it could prompt the two to quit the war and slow U.S from Vietnam It could stir a strong reaction in South Korea and Thailand whose leaders frequently have expressed concern about ments and actions of antiwar senators Agnew leaves from California Saturday for the Asian visit He will meet with leaders in South Korea Thailand South Vietnam and Taiwan Sen W Fulbright chairman of the Foreign tions Committee sponsored the amendment which passed by voice vote after an endorsement from Sen John Stennis D- Miss chairman of the Armed Services Committee It is aimed at a practice lighted in recent Senate ings of giving allied troops larger supplemental allowances than American forces receive for combat Theri pay however remains far below the S level Fulbright said the highest ial combat allowance for merican forces in Vietnam is 65 per month while a Thai cnant gets from the United tales The payments from under which the sian nations send troops to By MIKE DRAKE Times Staff Writer Christmas shoppers may have new places to park in downtown Portsmouth this year Portsmouth City ironsider a proposal would said at pic en one he issuance of is still in dispute a conduction s near s to he co i on of two new city parking bis next week's regular a conference meeting d h Thursday night Council agreed hn r S So te as n consider the measure to we some vide the final funds for fhe two tip Twill votes in the proposed lois on ties OUR v southwest corners of ate the secretary of state as and City Manager Huxley Council cost of lots will he The horse shows are for 7 p.m Two horse shows at 1 and 7 p.m highlight Saturday's measures Taft believes his experience and voting record offer voters pie vote iui int ui but it may keep some of better choice than Republicans away from the baum who scored an upset polis he said over former astronaut John Taft says if stay away i Glenn in the primary election from the polls he will he Taft defeated Gov Rhodes in Tart believes tho success bitter fight that many be- President Richard Nixon's for- would the eign policy has taken awayllican party Inside The Page Around Portsmouth 4 Comics 21 Death Notices 9 Editorial Page S Horoscope 10 Markets 9 Sports Television and Radio 10 Women's News 8 Schedule Of Scioto Fair Highlights TODAY f swine judging 1 swine ing 1 citizens 1 pull p.m 4-H livestock sale 8 SATURDAY 9 Garden tractor pull 1 show 7 show down the curtain Rv LENGEL system WASHINGTON AP The I was petrified complete massive security measures Pick The journey rounding n pres today make it seem easy onc chief executive inAt came torpedo tol apparently hunting for the another U.S vessel torpedo for arid ion lor onne SI 2.000 and for meters and the for miscellaneous expenses Kennedy informed Council that the city still does not have clear title to one of land Council also is to consider I wo ordinances appropriating for the Municipal Court and SI SCO for the Flood Defense Funds Kennedy said the tions are necessary to pay for new ledgers for court and 10 a tractor used by for flood defense The legislators will consider ordinance authorizing Ken to sign a recent agreement be the and its employes and a pay or first sign of life came from the to for- presidential party One Secret Service man yanked out his But there probably are some Navy men who will never forget I a trip the late President lin D Roosevelt took on the Iowa during World War II j Roosevelt ordered his valet to the ship saying watch the torpedo Pick on ship's bridge said a dull explosion shook the An officer to him snip an The story is recalled m this hit us issue of Naval Institute TJC The Proceedings by Cmdr F Pick Jr who was navigator on he Iowa With the President on torpedo warhead had exploded harmlessly below the ship set off by turbulence caused i Iowa was the entire Joint Chiefs turn the Iowa took a sharp of Staff steaming toward North Africa and the Tehran ence with Joseph Stalin The Iowa was northeast 01 Bermuda Nov 14 1943 a good As it turned out the torpedo was fired by the escort er William D Porter one of four destroyers in the area They didn't know the President i i lit y j i- day's run from the nearest was aboard the Iowa known concentration of German vvhen tnc Iowa signaled it was beginning the gunnery drill the The President was in a destroyers decided to get in a chair on the eft side of the ship j torpedo drill firing mock torpe watching a gunnery drill the Iowa the joint chiefs Suddenly Tnc porter's torpedo officer Torpedo on the starboard i beam roared from the to SECURITY Page incorporating the nev agreement City employes received a per cent across-the-board hike two more holidays anc other benefits Council will ponder ion the removal c a traffic light at Dover St an Avc in Nort Moreland and installing a tra fie light at Gallia St and Rout 140 Also on the agenda next week will he a proposal authorizing the city manager to advertise for bids for a pumper for the fire de- Max E 3rd Ward Councilman c o m p 1 a i nc d of speeding and littering on Cole's Blvd and suggested stricter legislation DO clear up the Turn lo SENATE Page 12 Scioto Timber tion William A Bowman 2nd A grandfather by his fellow employes ss being able to work rings us was killed in a icr accident in Pike County Thursday The victim James Frank Newman of Big Run Rd ville Rt 1 was killel when a free struck him In the head His body was found obout 4 p.m by another timber worker Ralph Nunley Newman was working for Clarence Adams Lumber Co on Scratch Hollow Rd about six miles west of Beaver when the accident occurred Witnesses said it appeared Newman was trying to cut down a tree which was holding up another one he cut earlier when the first tree broke free and struck him in the I head Pike County sheriff's deputies and acting coroner Dr Kenneth Wilkinson were called to the scene He is survived by his wife Stella six sons Frank of Ft Benning Ga Daniel of ington Blvd West Portsmouth Kenneth 114 Maple St West Portsmouth William of Rt 1 and Cecil and Gary both at home two Mrs Dessie Camp of Turn to COUNCIL Page Turn to DEATH Page 12
