Tyrone Daily Herald (Newspaper) - October 7, 1977, Tyrone, Pennsylvania INC 4315tBlate amp Pa 1701T Number 46 of Our illth Year 200 Per Copy New Talks Set With Panama WASHINGTON UPI The United States and Panama will hold new talks in an effort to agree on language to douse the controversy in both countries over the future role in the canals defense and transit The release by Robert of a secret State Department cable exposed the extent of disagreement over ambiguous language in the new Panama Canal The treaty revealed Panama strongly disputed the contention the socalled neutrality clause gives America the continued right to defend the canal by force after control of the waterway has bee passed to Panama in The other dispute concerns the its Navy ships will have priority passage through the canal in event of war or other After controversy erupted in the Senate on release of Panamanian of also public with their own conflicting views of the treaty language in these two State Department spokesman Ken Brown con for reporters Thur We arc in touch with Panama with the view to points of in He said he expects the to result in a statement published in agreed American negotiators Ellsworth and Sol Linowitz met late Thursday at the Panamanian Embassy with envoy Gabriel Lewis Galindo in what Brown described as part of a scries of consultations to assess the effects of the debates and which arc going on in the two countries about the At the same the State Department rejected charges by Dole it was attempting to intimidate him for allegedly violating diplomatic confidentiality by releasing the classified Brown insisted the ment considers the Dole case The case on the use of the cable by Senator Dole is closed as far as the State Department is Senator Dole has done what he saw fit to do and the issue is But he a representative of the State Departments congressional relations office contacted the Senate Ethics Committee Wednesday to request in formation concerning the Soviets Avoid Direct Clash For Information Family Of Slain Bell wood Youth Offering Reward The family of Nicholas Ernest of Altoona RD who was found dead on is offering a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the youths The boys body was found down a small em along Route about miles northwest of at State Police have been and are still conducting a fullscale investigation and are treating the death of the youth as a Police said the youth was not killed where the body was An autopsy disclosed the youth had died of a fractured About the Grassmyer youth was last seen walking along Route 865 out of Bellwood toward Route Anyone who may have seen the youth walking along Route or or anyone who may have seen the youth getting into a vehicle is asked to contact State Police at Elmer Johnson Postal Super Ends 30 Tears Of Service Elmer Johnson today is retiring as Superintendent of Postal Operations at the Tyrone Post Office where he has been employed for 30 Johnson was appointed superintendent in August of 1973 after serving nine months as superintendent of The superintendent first came to the Tyrone Post Of fice in Most of his time there was spent as a dispatch clerk but he gained experience working in all phases of postal Johnson began his career on At Meeting Last Night t Five Granted Life Membership In Elks Five long time members of Tyrone Elks Lodge 212 were granted life memberships in the lodge during a meeting held last night at the lodges Local Students Read To Raise Charity Funds Students in the Tyrone grades are presently engaged in a ATHON to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at the same increase their reading ability and en The participating designated as Mystery Sleuths because they are helping to solve the mystery of multiple are sponsored by their friends and neighbors who pledge to donate a dime to a dollar more for every book the student reads during the month cf At the end of the the student submits a list of all books read to his Heated Exchanges Likely Next Week Yugoslavia UPI The United States and Soviet Union have avoided a direct clash in the opening phase of the Belgrade con though things arc expected to heat up starting next Carefully avoiding naming the American delegate said Thursday some nations in the East arc doing little for human and the Soviet delegate accused certain circles in the West of un But the exchanges arc ex to get tougher and more specific next week when delegates from all which signed the 1975 Helsinki MOTORCYCLIST INJURED Ronald of Eden Tyrone RD was injured when his a 1977 model Harley went out of control as he was coming off the ramp from the southbound lane of the Route 220 Bypass onto East 10th yesterday at approximately 5 Waite reportedly had passed a tractor trailer as he accelerated his hit some small gravel on the causing the motorcycle to flip He was taken tothe Tyrone Hospital by Hookies ambulance and then to Altoona Hospital where he was suffering from fractured multiple abrasions and a laceration of the right the Railway Mail Service in April of 1947 running between New York and Six months he was tran sfer red to Johnson is president of Branch 432 of the National Association of Postal Supervisors and is a past area vice president of the same organization for the Penn sylvania He is a member of Christ United Church in Tyrone and is active in the choir He is also a member of the Post Office Closed On Columbus Day The Tyrone Post Office will be closed 10 in observance of Columbus Post master Robert with announced There will be no window service or regular letter carrier Mail be collected from all collection boxes at v The lobby will be open from 3 to 5 for post office box and those who wish to deposit mail or purchase stamps from the vending Mail will be dispatched at For Commonwealth Secretary Shapp Nominates Fields As Tucker Replacement Temple on Logan During the con ducted by Exalted Ruler Charles John Lyle John James Wilson and Edwin Woodring received life membership The lodge approved a contribution to the United Way A memorial service was conducted for a deceased Robert who had served as Exalted Ruler of the lodge in v The lodges Cerebral Palsy Fund Campaign Ronald reported that contributions to the campaign It was also noted that the lodge will sponsor a Magic Show at the Tyrone Area High School on proceeds of which will be contributed to the fund Exalted Ruler Summers said that the month of November has boon designated as Elks National Veterans Month and ap programs throughout the country will Weather Western Pennsylvania Becoming cloudy tonight with rain developing toward Saturday Low in the mid 40s to low Windy with rain heavy at times High from mid 50s to low Extended outlook Sunday through Tuesday Showers likely Partly cloudy Monday with a chance of rain Early Morning lows mid 30s to mid 40s daytime highs upper 50s to mid Fire Destroys Log Building A log building behind the farm home of the William approximately four miles cast of Warriors Mark on was destroyed by fire yesterday at about The Warriors Mark Fire Company answered the call and reported that the fire was difficult to extinguish because UPI Milton Shapp Thursday nominated Barton Fields as Commonwealth Secretary to replace Dolores whose dismissal set off a wave of protest in the black com deputy secretary under Tucker since must be confirmed by the He will become acting secretary A state employe for 20 Fields previously was chief of Manpower Ronny Zamora Guilty MIAMI UPI Spending less than two hours in a jury late Thursday convicted 15year old Ronny Zamora of first degree murder in the television addiction case that drew nationwide at In returning the the nine men and three women rejected defense arguments Zamora killed an elderly widow in a moment of insanity in which he felt he was playing out a television Just one hour and 56 minutes after the jury began its the panel notified Circuit Court Judge Paul Baker a verdict had boon The jurors found Zamora guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of yearold Elinor and also guilty of armed burglary and possession of a firearm in the commission of a The Zamora Recruitment and Placement in the Education Department and an analyst for the Public Utility A Shapp spokesman said the appointment of who is also was not designed to accomodate black legislators and community leaders throughout the state who arc still outraged by Tuckers Barton Fields has been a deputy He is News From Around Here ALTOONA A group of about 50 citizens met here last week to discuss what could be done about the pornographic material being sold in area The three month old group presented State Senator Robert with almost signatures of people who want porno banned from the said that he has voted in favor of an would prevent the selling and retailing of porn for people 17 and PHILIPSBURG The Centre County Com missioners voted Tuesday to request the Philipsburg Chamber of Commerce to nominate a person to represent the Philipsburg area on the Centre County Airport The State College and Chambers of Commerce air commuter service have been seeking to reactivate the airport State College borough has already appointed three members to the RIDGEWAY Weyerhaeuser Company announced Wednesday that it will close its manufacturing facilities here at the expense of 85 The closing will bo effective A company spokesman said some of the salaried employes will be reassigned to other The plant presently produces one million square feet of sliced hardwood veneer weekly for the furniture The spokesman said the shutdown was the result of un favorable economic factors and a corporate business decision to withdraw the sliced veneer market SOMERSET The State Police V Somerset and Uniontown substations wore joined by the Liquor Control Board in the shutdown of three speakeasies and a Somerset County mountain resort along the county The four establishments were operating without MILL HALL r The here is planning a project which will eliminate over a half a million gallons a day of infiltration into the borough sewer The council learned Tuesday night that the linos accords behind doors to discuss each nations progress in observing the The last of the 35 delegates from all European coun tries except Albania plus the United States and Canada today conclude the scries of opening All the major powers already have Chief delegate Arthur progress on the Helsinki accords human rights said in some countries in the East advances have been only President Carters human rights campaign was only an i Page 21 Search For Shoots No Sightings Of Cop Killer UPI An search for stale prison escapee Russell a convicted is being con in a heavily wooded area on the Washington Greene County border in Were keeping all the men out as long as we state police Trooper Michael Mulholland said Thursday at the search command post He said some 90 law en forcement officials taking part in the manhunt arc working 16to 20hour Searchers arc concentrating on the Dry area because its dense abandoned buildings and coal mines provide ideal hiding Mulholland There have been no positive sightings the last couple of he Weve had complaints of suspicious but were Cont don For Peace Talks Israel PLO Head Toward Agreement Israel and tne Palestine Liberation Organization appear headed toward a compromise that will allow a resumption of the Geneva peace talks with West Bank mayors taking part in a Palestinian Both Israeli and PLO of said Thursday they were willing to accept an arrangement in which the Palestinian mayors of towns on the West Bank of Jordan would join the perhaps as part of an or Jor danian Israeli Foreign Minister in appearances in Chicago and said the Jewish state will allow the PLO to designate delegates to as long as they arc not PLO If the PLO would authorize them or say we think they would represent its then thats their But as far as were be leaders of the Palestinian Arabs in the West Dayan told a news conference in According To PUC Cos Supplies May Last This Winter HARRISBURG UPI the Public Utility Com mission predicts Penn gas supplies will avert a repeat of last winters costly plant closings even if the coming months arc more frigid thn The rosier gas picture is painted in a now PUC report approved Thursday op sup plies available to the 11 major gas utilities meeting 98 per cent of the states The report by Thomas PUC gas credits drilling efforts and new line local payment of higher prices by utilities for local synthetic gas acquisitions and acquiring and filling all available underground Clift says many commercial users and schools have converted to permitting a switch to fuel oil or propane if gas shortages The Federal Energy Ad ministration predicts adequate supplies of both fuel oil and propane if the winter is Clift And Clift anticipates more efficient use of this winters gas supply calculated to duplicate last winters actual Usage level of 372 billion cubic feet with employment of the commissions curtailment regulations by all 11 major Last winter all the major
