Evening Standard, The (Newspaper) - April 20, 1974, Uniontown, Pennsylvania The Paper That Goes Into The Home OUR MTH YEAR NO 106 FINAL UNIONTOWN PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY APRIL 20 1974 TEN CENTS Mine Meetings Slated By The Associated Press United Mine Workers meetings were scheduled for several levels this weekend in an effort to end the ten-day- old coal strike in central and western Pennsylvania A three-man commission from the UMW International executive board met Friday with some coal company but there was no word on progress resulting from their talks The three John ly Frank Clemente and William planned to meet with leaders of union locals today in an effort to get the back to work Some locals have voted to return to said Frank Kulish president of District 2 and two other locals about 800 men have called votes for Sunday The big problem faced by the District 2 leadership is the presence of roving pickets who show up at the mine portals and prevent those men who do vote to work from doing so Estimates of the number of men off the job range around which would stop the production of about toris of coal per day Another are off the job in northern West Virginia one mining source said although a restraining order was issued against pickets there Friday Other restraining orders and tions have been granted to individual companies in Indiana and Somerset Counties but the court orders against picketing have generally been ignored One source at District 2 headquarters in Ebensburg estimated that the walkout has shut down as many as 100 mines in the district District officials dispute the figure as too high but admit that virtually all major mining companies in Cambria Indiana and Somerset counties and parts of Armstrong County have been idled Another mining source said he thinks the strike has about run its course regardless of the issues I think the miners will go back he said season is well under way vacation time is coming and the guys are beginning to need the money The strike began April 10 when workers walked off the job at the Florence Mining No 2 Mine near Huff in Indiana County to protest the firings of two workers Other locals quickly walked out in sympathy Tells Of Kidnap Bank Official Wades Ashore THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter left discusses opening session of Organization of American States at Atlanta yesterday with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger In the first business of the meeting Dr Kissinger was elected president of the OAS AP Wirephoto Kissinger Vague On Latin America ATLANTA Ga AP Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger was expected to avoid controversy in general and Cuba in particular in a speech to the Organization of American States today In a preview of the speech State Department sources said Kissinger would make very few specific proposals emphasizing instead what has become a theme in nearly all his recent public utterances international cooperation and consultation Following a reception for the OAS delegates Kissinger worked well into Students In Dimes Walk More than college and high school students participated in the ty's fourth annual Pledge Walk for the March of Dimes today They started from Penn State Fayette Campus shortly after 10 en route to Uniontown and then back out to the campus via Route 40 and the Bypass a walk of about 20 miles OK No more is it just inflation With the cost of living zooming up by 1.1 per cent in March the economist call it galloping inflation now Consumer prices are 10.2 per cent higher than one year ago All this talk we've been hearing that the Nixon ad- ministration expects the economy to turn around in the second half of the year better be correct and not just a lot of hot air the night Friday to get the language right According to the sources the secretary would include these Americas are equal the United States is not a dominant factor and any issues should be resolved in that spirit dialogue among equals means cooperation and consultation not in- flamed rhetoric and unilateral decisions problems such as trade and the operations of multinational businesses should be solved by hard work on concrete programs not by framing expansive declarations of ciples Yet U.S officials said Kissinger's speech would be devoid of specific solutions or even a frank evaluation of the major issues An example was Cuba The officials predicted there would not be tion of the Havana government even though one of the speakers at Friday's opening session challenged the United States Argentinian Foreign Minister Alberto J Vignes said cooperative spirit should be seen in terms of hemispheric arity It was clear he meant Cuba No people should be left Vignes said in a clear reference to the supported economic embargo and political isolation now aimed at Fidel Castro's Communist government American sources explained Kissinger would not take up the challenge because of concern over the effect any U.S policy shift could have on President Nixon's political future By MARTIN MERZER Associated Press Writer HALLANDALE Fla AP Bank of- Albert L Dantzler who told police he was kidnaped at gunpoint by two men Friday waded ashore early today after jumping from a boat to escape his cap- tors police said Dantzler 43 came ashore about 2 EOT after swimming in the tic Ocean for more than two hours Police found him lying in the front yard of a house A doctor who examined Dantzler said he was tired but otherwise unharmed Dantzler assistant vice president of the City National Bank of Hallandale called the bank at Friday and told an employe he was being held for ransom Bank officials delivered the ransom to a designated site but the FBI said it was never picked up After the telephone call Dantzler was not heard from until he stumbled ashore He said he thought they were going to kill him so he jumped overboard and started Fort Lauderdale police detective Mix said He thought he had been in the water about two hours He was obviously exhausted and in a state of shock Mix said police received a call from area about a man knocking on their doors The people wouldn't open the Boyle Trial Was Costly WASHINGTON Pa AP Washington County authorities estimate the cost of Tony Boyle's murder trial should fall between and That's considerably less than an- the officials noted Friday since the county had budgeted for the trial and has already paid Delaware County an advance of Boyle the former head of the United Mine Workers union was convicted last week of ordering the 1969 assassination of union rival Joseph Yablonski and wife and daughter He was granted a change of venue to Delaware County but Washington ty must foot the because it is where the murder case originated The county has also paid about to Erie County site of the trials of two other defendants in the Yablonski case Mix said When we got to the area we found a man lying in the front yard of a house He was soaking wet and ly shaken He said his name was Dantzler and was the man who had been abducted Mix said Dantzler told him he was ab- ducted at gunpoint by two men who held him at an unknown location until early today when he was taken out to sea in an boat Dantzler was given oxygen at the hospital's emergency room where police questioned him A hospital spokesman said Dantzler was not able to talk He's pretty well worn out He's been in the water for two hours He was apparently dumped overboard from a boat Earlier police mounted a room sweep of hotels in this resort city about 10 miles north of Miami in search of Dantzler The search came after the FBI said the ransom which was deposited in a designated trash can at an undisclosed site was not picked up by Friday night Police said the ransom asked for was to be paid in and bills Authorities received a second com- after call but Hallandale Police Chief James R Longo would give no details other than to say We are treating this as a legitimate kidnaping or extortion Dantzler a divorced man active in scouting and church work apparently left his apartment in by Hollywood in a hurry early Friday Neighbors said his radio was left ing and FBI agents found a wallet wristwatch comb and a set of keys on dresser in the single bedroom apartment Longo said police were trying to mine if there was a link between the parent abduction of Dantzler and a nap on Jan 29 In that case Charles Lantz president of Citizens National Bank of Hollywood was found unharmed in a motel room hours after a ransom was paid No arrests have been made and the money has not been recovered in that case We have to consider the possibility that they are Longo said We have reviewed case histories of other re- cent kidnapings with the FBI and we must reflect on some of the similarities A City National official said Dantzler worked at Lantz's bank more than a year ago Protesters walk away from Statue of Liberty this morning Protesters Leave Statue Of Liberty City Million Otherwise we'll just be able to buy groceries and enough gasoline to get to work and little else Total debt of The City of Uniontown has been put at This is seen in the summary ment of receipts and disbursements for the year released by Councilman John J Fisher director of the Dept of Accounts City parking lots showing additional income Last year for the first three months of the year the deficit was and the total income was With automation installed the cipal lots for the first three months took in cutting the deficit to That's good progress Sure can't tell about the Pirates Mayor Named To Retirement Board On Thursday they lost to Chicago On Wednesday they were clobbered by the Cubs So what happens from one day to the next among the pitchers and among the Excitement last night in the sky Large meteorite that vaporized as it reached the atmosphere ed across the heavens and gave the folks who happened to see it around p.m a thrill The saving in daylight time is about all most of us can realize The swallows have returned to Capistrano and the pigeons to many of our buildings Go to church tomorrow Uniontown Mayor Eugene E Fike has been appointed as a member of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board effective May 1 The appointment which was made by Gov Milton J Shapp will end May 1 1978 The mayor was recommended by Richard G Marden executive director of the Pennsylvania League of Cities Mayor Fike is deeply concerned about the problem of municipal re- and would be a committed and dedicated member of the Mr Marden informed the governor On Feb 1 of this year Shapp signed Senate No 471 into law creating the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System The legislation which now is known as Act 15 of the Session of 1974 has been badly needed for some time It will be- come effective on May 1 Act 15 will provide for the of modern competitive and flexible retirement programs for all classes of municipalities throughout the Commonwealth Municipalities may enroll on a basis and fund their actuarial deficits over a period of time not to ex- ceed 30 years Gov Shapp said the act may well prove to be a road to salvation for many of our municipalities who are now ating independent retirement systems which in many cases are not only unsound but are bordering on bankruptcy It will replace two present anti- and unwieldy systems known as the Municipal Employes Retirement System and the Municipal Police Re- Shapp continued The present members of these two old systems will be absorbed into the new system The new law provided that the appoint eight of the members of the new Pennsylvania Municipal Re- Board He plans to call several informal meetings of the board members prior to the effective date of May 1 and Finance The biggest single item is net sewer revenue bonded debt Second biggest item is lease rental debt Uniontown Parking Authority Other net general sinking fund debt created by act of council 465.53 floating debt loans under Section 409 five and bonded debt electoral Net debt of the city after the de- duction of credits totaling is The city has a remaining normal borrowing capacity of Assessed valuation of the city at the end of 1973 taxable real estate was residential commercial and industrial The city contains worth of nontaxable real estate It is broken down this Government Schools county authorities city federal and state Churches 900 schools public utilities and other During 1973 the city had total re- transfers and balances of Real estate tax collections last year amounted to and residence and occupation taxes to At the end of 1973 uncollected dence and occupation taxes totaled and uncollected real estate taxes to NEW YORK AP anti- Nixon protesters who barricaded themselves inside the Statue of Liberty for 14 hours ended their occupation this morning after officials obtained a court order evicting them as trespassers The demonstrators marched out in single file at from behind the doors they had chained shut when other visitors left the national monument at 5 p.m Friday An hour earlier National Parks vice officials read the court order to the protesters through the locked doors Helmeted police stood by at the base of the statue on tiny Liberty Island in New York Harbor As they emerged the demonstrators Organize to fight On to Washington Throw the bum out They had said their purpose was to gain publicity for future demonstrations Before the court order was read they turned down an earlier request to leave the statue The demonstrators after leaving the statue launch with reporters and policemen and were allowed to go free when it landed in Manhattan There are no charges criminal nor said Asst U.S Atty Thomas J Cahill He said that course was chosen because the protesters had left the ue without the use of force by officials At the Manhattan pier the demonstrators were greeted by and one of those who had been inside the statue called it a real tory The end of the demonstration came about three hours after U.S District Court Judge Robert J Ward had signed the court order at EOT Carmichaels Area Registration Set Registration for children entering and first grade at michaels Area schools will be held April 22 through 24 at various locations in the district Pre-school registration will include sion speech and hearing tests ding to school officials Parents are requested to bring either the registering child's birth certificate or hospital certificate of birth Children enrolling for garten must be five years of age by Jan 31 1975 Children enrolling for First Grade must be six years of age by Jan 31 1975 Those children who will enter first grade in September will be given tests April 30 and May 1 Purpose will be to determine their readiness for first grade work Schedule of registration Crucible Area students will register at Crucible School cafeteria Monday from to 11 Carmichaels students will register in the Central School cafeteria Tuesday from 1 until p.m Nemacolin Area students will register in the Nemacolin School library day from until 11 For further information parents are asked to telephone the school's tary Supervisor Office at Weather A pleasant weekend is seen Tonight is to be clear and cool and tomorrow ly cloudy and warm Rain is forecast for Monday and Tuesday There was frost here again last night as temperatures dropped to 27 after a high yesterday of 60 It was 33 this morning Today's Index Hospital News 9 Class Deaths 15 Star Gazer 17 Dr Earl Wilson 3 Television 16
