The Times Recorder (Newspaper) - February 11, 1971, Zanesville, Ohio Chuckle I told my wife that If she didn't stop her Fd let my insurance The Today's Weather FORECAST Mostly cloudy and warmer high near 40. Chance of rain tonight and on Page 2-B) Your Newspaper 107TH PAGES 43701 FEBRUARY 11, 1971 TEN CENTS Zanesville firemen braved the snow and temperatures registering in the teens Wednesday afternoon to fight a fire Which broke out at the Penn Central Railroad freight station on lower Market street Here a firemen continues pouring water on burning remains of the old frame Rail Buildin The black smoke reportedly could be seen nearly 15 Firemen remained at the scene late evening continuing with the clean-up and in- of the by Don By GALEN OLIVER v TR Staff Reporter A ragtag fire late Wednesday destroyed the old vacated Penn Central Railroad freight station on lower Market street opposite Brockway Glass Firemen were called at 4.55 but the fire was already out of control by the time they A railroad spokesman said a train parked on the yard behind the burning frame structure had one tank car loaded with lethal naptha The potentially explosive tanker along with the Other cars were immediately moved a safe distance from the fare fey railroad Cause of the fire was un- Firemen remained at the scene late into the for the clean Approximately 10 on duty firemen were dispatched to the fire and several off duty firemen volunteered their clouds of black smoke were reportedly visible for nearly 15 miles as a brisk wind fanned the The fire offered a spectacular scene for afternoon rush with more than 100 spectators time out to watch on the way There were no injuries reported from the A railroad spokesman said the old 400 foot long building in- its most recent served as a freight it was vacant at the time of the fire and had not been occupied in more than two Rapped WASHINGTON George S. Wednesday called FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover liability to law who should be held m contempt of Congress for a letter to an Atlanta The FBI said McGovern was m his the first declared candidate for the Democratic presidential charged that Hoover refused to give information to a Senate subcommittee about a dispute involving a former FBI pleading the case was in and then commented on the case a letter to the An FBI spokesman said that Hoover committed no contempt of He said Hoover had written the letter to the editor of the Atlanta Journal and tion on Jan. 26 concerning criticism of Hoover by agent John F. who resigned rather than accept disciplinary assignment to a lesser The day after Hoover wrote the Shaw filed suit seeking reinstatement in U.S. District Court in New York without notice to the FBI or the Justice Department and the newspaper did not publish the letter until Feb. 7, the FBI In the the FBI Sen. Edward M. chairman of the Senate administrative practices and procedures wrote Hoover at em's urging on Jan. 29 asking him to testify about the Shaw Hoover replied Feb. days before his letter was published m he could not testify because the case was before the the FBI Wage-Price Freeze Urged WASHINGTON Speaker Carl Albert and the House Democratic leadership asked President Nixon day to immediately impose a temporary freeze on rents and interest to control At a news Albert was joined by Democratic Leader Hale and Whip Thomas P. D- in denouncing Nixon's program as a They also announced -a congressional drive would start to extend for two years Nixon's authority to institute controls over wages and Over rigorous objection by both Nixon and the Democratic congress voted wage and price control ty in 1970, power that expires March 31. Nixon said he did not want authority and will not use but rely instead on restraint hi government ing and the use of monetary policy to control under said he thought should be done to put a lid on prices and Asked if this meant he favored immediate wage-price he judgment is that he should use this authority appears that the ident was in error when he declared in his State of the Union message that the tide of inflation had been Albert The rise hi prices has accelerated in recent he noting a 6 per cent consumer price increase between November and Director Convicted WOODSFIELD Former Monroe County Welfare Director Ralph Yoss was found guilty Wednesday by a Monroe County grand jury on five separate counts of according to Prosecutor George who had resigned the welfare post last Jan. 5, was investigated and his department audited by a state examiner on order of the It was charged in an all day trail Tuesday that Yoss had been cashing checks of a for- mer Aid to Dependent Children Janet She had lost custody of her children rights to state the jury was according to Yoss had not turned her name into state department authorities to have funds it was brought he signed her name to it and cashed the Some five cheeks had been forwarded before the probe Yoss is a former minister and had served three churches several years rhe jury returned a verdict of guilty on all five counts after deliberating 55 minutes Sentencing date was sent for March 19. Effective On May 1 C J Sales By JOHN RAY TR Staff Reporter Muskingum County com- missioners yesterday un- voted to levy the one half per cent sales effective May The tax was enacted under routine which means the tax can be collected the first of the month following a 60 day waiting period on May 1. Under this method voters will have 30 days immediately following yesterday's approval to file a referendum petition to place the tax issue on the November Deadline for filing such petitions for a referendum is March 12. proximately signatures of registered voters are required for the faced with a 1971 deficit budget of said they had two choices in enacting the piggyback impose it as an emergency measure and start collections the first of next or follow the routine method which was A third which commissioners originally was to impose the tax and put it on the November a ruling by Prosecutor Richard E. and the State Tax Department would prohibit collection of the tax until it was passed by voters in the November Thus the tax would produce no income fot the county this year and it is needed commissioners Commissioners said the emergency method would have assured funds for this year and it would have allowed a longer period of time for a if the tax were collected this year and a referendum were successful in the deficit problems would be compounded next A tax imposed under this method would also be subject to yearly In a joint the three Dee Scott Patton and Joe the method there is a 30 day period beginning If -a valid petition is no collection can. be made until after a If this commissioners said they will have to revise the budget for the last nine months of 1971 and trim it by more than or about a Commissioners said under the method chosen the people have their choice in the matter since the referendum period comes before any of the tax is H a referendum is not commissioners expect about six months of revenue to be available this year which will cover the current County Treasurer Wilber Wheeler has estimated the tax will bring in about per Cambodia Premier Paralyzed PHNOM PENH Pre- mier Lon Nol suffered a stroke Monday which paralyzed half his body reliable sources close to the Cambodian government said An official communique said he had ordered to stop all activities for medical Lon 58, is a general hi the army also Cambodia's defense minister m charge of operations against Communist There was immediate lation as to who would step into Lon position should his condition not improve but no official announcement was made on that The cabinet presumably will act on behalf under Vice Pre- mier Sink Matak while he is under The official communique said Lon Nol was undergoing medical treatment and Government sources said several including Dr. Thong head of Phnom military were treating Lon Nol at his home and that he would not be able to perform his official duties for at least one Medical sources said the right side of Lon body was He has a medical history of diabetes and high blood Since last March when the Indochina War spilled over into Lon Nol has been carrying an extremely heavy work putting in long hours in a campaign to rebuild the nation's armed forces and plan strategy against Communist forces who have made great inroads into the The stroke was reported to have occurred Monday a short time after Lon Nol delivered a three-hour speech on the military situation to a tee of the National Inside Index Almanac Comics Classified Crossword Deaths Editorials Financial Jeane Dixon Ohio Report Sports Pages TRACTION Women's Pages Renting Time Is All The Time with a fast acting Times want in 2 days 3 Maple Ave Adults 452 or 453 A want ad placed today can make money for you 452-4561 The want ad number Death Toll Mounts In Earthquake LOS ANGELES toll of dead in the massive Los Angeles earthquake mounted slowly but steadily Wednesday and the evacuation of persons from their homes was extended another day because of the fear of a giant reservoir dam The known killed numbered 48 and at least eight others were They were believed buried in rubble beneath of compressed at the San Fernando Veterans tal where crews with acetylene torches and cranes dug in the wreckage of the building which collapsed at 6 a.m. The number was placed at nearly The occupants of homes in the San Fernando Valley had been evaluated Tuesday afternoon below Van Norman dam whose battered was holding back more than 3 billion gallons of Police ordered the mandatory evacuation extended another 24 hours late Wednesday although some residents were permitted to go into the area for an hour and one-half if they could show there was some emergency that needed Many of the persons entering the 18-square mile area pleaded that they needed to feed or bring out pets or to get Vice President Spiro visiting the worst hit areas at the behest of President said the damage was much greater than he had Agnew made no specific promise of federal saying it was not yet known how much would be but said effort will be made to alleviate the suffering that has taken place here in soldiers at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam's northwest corner said day at least 100 American ground troops have joined the offensive into Laos on and fought nist forces U.S. quarters in Saigon denied the The American ground in- volvement the three-day Laos drive was reported dropped tons of bombs ahead of South ese troops cutting across the Ho Chi Minh supply trail in U. S. casualties in the Laos offensive were placed day at 16 two missing in action and 42 South Vietnamese according to official were 22 tolled and 65 Fifty-five Communists were reported more South Vietnamese troops were com- mitted to the Laos offensive bringing the task force strength to A U. S. force of barred from entering Laos under official was supporting the offensive on the South Vietnamese side of the order but there were no strictures on the U. S of American Clashes in Laos la two ground clashes in Laos early South troops reported 33 North Field re- ports said six South Vietnamese Rangers were killed and 17 North Vietnamese gunners threw up antiaircraft fire described as at American helicopters ing the South and at least four were shot Crews of two of the downed helicopters were whisked to safety by compatriots operating under the muzzles of Communist guns One rescued man fired his rifle at the enemy with one hand as he clung with the other hand to the rocket pod of Laos a departing helicopter UPI correspondent Robert E. Sullivan Saigon reports Wednesday quoted Vice President Cao Ky as saying South Vietnamese commanders would have to consider eventually a thrust into North Vietnam attack the rear bases of North Vietnamese Ky was reported to nave made speech to South Vietnamese pilots who accompanied him on the first allied air raid on North Vietnamese territory in 1965. the north of the allied push in North Vietnamese forces pressures on Laotian army headquarters at Long Cheng on the Plain of The commander of the Laotian Gen. Vang flew to the capital of Vientiane to ask for reinforcements and U.S. tactical air support during an expected siege of Long Conference Kent Attorney KENT New York attorney Mark Lane said he will handle the de- fense of one of the 25 persons indicted by a special grand jury which investigated last May's disorders at Kent State Train Wreck Kills 29 West Germany Officials Wednesday excessive speed as a cause of Tuesday's rail disaster at that claimed 29 including an American university The crash of the Zurich was the worst West German rail accident in 10 Market Holiday NEW YORK stock exchanges in the United States will be open as usual on the commemoration of Lincoln's but closed the following which marks Washington's School Trouble Ohio School was dismissed early at lama Senior High School Wednesday after fist fights broke out in the hallway during an apparent racial Merlin principal of the said the fighting ently was the result of a written by a which contained some derogatory re- marks on the race The letter apparently wasn't ed by its intended recipient and was circulated among the dents for two Office To Close The auto license bureau in the Masonic Temple will be closed Monday in observance of Washington's birthday but will open for the usual hours on ers WASHINGTON of State William P. Rogers endorsed a proposal by Sen. George D. for an conference including nist China to promote peace in Appearing at the regular midday State Department ing for newsmen less than an hour after Aiken made his proposal in a Senate Rogers would support any kind of conference that might lead to a ranking Republican on Senate Foreign Relations suggested that In- dia or Japan take the initiative in calling an preferably in a non- western capital like New Apartment Living MOSCOW was a little tipsy when he opened the door to his and when he saw what he saw let the Lithuania's youth league tell that a stranger in pants came out of his and the lover was lying on the a his who had been watching a film called The Master on television in the living rushed out into the and got a powerful Down she Jonas was very dark in the hallway and impossible to see what was going these standardized apartment houses have such excellent soundproofing that when someone sneezes on the fifth floor he gets a from the And that's what brought a bittersweet ending to Somebody called the police because of the commotion as it turned It wasn't after It wasn't even his police did not know whether to laugh or the newspaper they locked up Jonas and fined him 30 rubles And the newspaper admonished the town fathers of in to stop building apartment houses whose doors cannot be distinguished on a dark night by drinking
