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T5" 'i -yt ft -VVt i- V- 'f -J Ji i V'--V' V--' i vfy 'JJDe pendNptOnJForttiBut OnCoridiict---Publius Syms I LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE SATURDAY FEBRUARY17 1973 VOLUME 112 LAST EDITION TEN CENTS 20 More u- Their Wy Home 15000 Weeks I Col Bui Tin chief spokesman LYtimod Vtot namese refused to agree to include Article 4 in tbe Joint communque There was no Immediate comment Beekeepers Buzzing Congress By GREGG HERRINGTON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -Beekeepers not heavyweights among Washington lobbyists bussed Congress this week Wearing bee-shaoed tie clasps and lapel buttons saying "Honey I Love You" beekeeper and their-families held a reception for congressional Z' nam xnd tea Viet Cong issued town dm' to tee BirtS I hSSuniPPeal Udy The four parties of the Joint Miiitsry Commission which is charged with helping keep the peace acknowledged that the cease-fire is not working and called the South Vietnamese and Viet Cong high commands to: Bad Hostilities Order regular and irregular armed forces and armed to completely end hostil- day recess Highlights of the reception were the bee artificial-insemination display Ud a buffet featuring made-wita-hpney goodies The beekeepers want Congress to approve $1 million in Agriculture Department appropriations they say are directly connected with honey-producing and bee research Thev also want to assure continuation of Nearly Three Bv GEOicc fkpes Associated Frees Writer SAIGON (AP) With nearly 15000 Vietnamese casualties reported in the first three weeks of the cease-fire the United States Norte snd South Viet- phone and laid years I yeara dreamed -of I day end we kept faith faith in God in our Presided and our country" The only Americea held in an enemy prison longer than Alvaros is Army Maj Floyd Thompson who was taken prisoner March 36 1964 four month before capture Ihomp-sbn has not been freed Also returning Friday were State- Department official Douglas Ramsey 38-- of Boulder City Nevr end Air Force CoL Robinson Risncr 48 of Tulsa OUa a Korean war flying ace shot down in Vietnam Sept 16 19ft -j Asked by a reporter if be had been forced to make antiwar statements attributed to him by Hanoi Rianer aaid wish I eould answer that" A military escort guided Risner away when the question waa asked Ramsey was ambushed by the VletCong Jan 8 1988 while working as pn area development officii among South Viet-namese villagera- Army Spec 4 Richard man 23 of Lons Beach cal and Cottonwood Aria gave -a brisk military salute to wel coming officers Friday then -a fist salute to the erowd Officials at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco where Springman was sent caid be under Investigation for' being absent without leave when he was captured In Cambodia May 23 1970- Another Friday ArrivaL Army MaJ Raymond 0 Schrump or Tomahawk Wise wss waiting for his plane to See POWS Page 19 Coll 1 jack schriebman Associated Praia Writer TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Calif- (AP) Twenty more former American prisoners of war- were winging towards home today aomo convinced their years as Communist captives were not wasted -The seventh end find planeload of the US former I released earlier this week was due to arrive here at 11:45 am EST after a trans-Pacific flight from dark Air Base in the Philippines' 'And the Pentagn announced (bat another so prisoners would be released' to U-S authorities in Hanoi at' 6:30 pm EST today By count that would leave 379 mm Americans still due for repatriation of va feels when we see a small child waving a flag (hat every day we spent wss worth Kr said Navy CapL Harry Jenkins Jr of Washington DC spokesman for the SO men en route home today before their big Starlifter transport left Clark p- Two were on stretdiers the first- of those to come home who are unable to walk Both were wearing leg casts for fractures Sixty former prisoners of war returned to home soil on three flights Friday Including Lt Cmdr Everett Alvares Jr- of Santa-' Clara Calif- the first American fiver 'shot down in Virtnam -It was 'o' bittersweet homecoming for the JS-yes r-old Navy flyer whose wife Ten-gee divorced him two years ego end -remarried Alvares stepped to a micro- from tbe South Vietnamese It wss understood that lbs Communists won- a concession on their demand that the appeal refer specifically to "armed police" The Communists have charged President Nguyen Van Thieu with ordering police to make thousands of arrests Whether the appeal Win do any good remains to be seen One major thing hampering the military peacekeeping commis sion had been the failura of tee Viet Cong to get their observer into the field This la being worked out by a subcommission on military affairs but so far it baa made little progress snd only a handful of Viet Cong have been sent to regional aito across tbe country 1 Th Saigon' 'command claimed there were 166 more Communist violations of ter cease-fire during the 24-hour period ending at 4 em and that raised the number since Jan 29 to Ml W' -The command reported these total casualties: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong -4- 6767 killed 195 cap tured' South Vietnamese llP killed IJ78 wounded H9 miss ing Civilian 58 killed B01 wounded Norte Vietnam tee Nixon administration for what it termed intensified US bombing' in Cambodia The US Pacific Command in Honolulu said American air craft including B62 bombers continued operations over Laos and Cambodia Friday at the request of the governments of the two countries As usual details 'were not given Nixon Pays Tribute To Those Who Made Possible A With Honor! ties strictly respect the ceasefire snd settle all questions by peaceful negotiations Prohibit armed patrols Into areas controlled tor opposing armed forces and flights by armed bombers and fighter aircraft of all types Stop armed attacks against any person either military or civilian by any means whatsoever Prohibit all combat operations on te ground on rivers on the sea and in the air 1 Key PrevisioM Bdt tee appeal failed to in elude one of tee key provisions of the cease-fire agreement signed in Parle Jan 27 This is Article 4 of the protocol on the truce which-has never been compiled with It states: "In order to avert conflict and Insure normal conditions for those armed forces which are in direct contact snd pending regulation tor the Joint Milt-tarv Commission the commanders of the opposing armed forces at those places at direct contact shall meet as soon as the cease-fire comes Into force with a view to reaching an agreement on temporary measures to avert conflict and to insure supply snd medical care for these armed forces" it indemnity payments for bees destroyed by federally proved insecticides The beekeepers trumpeted their appearance by sending 12 eight-ounce bottle of honey to all 435 members of the House and all 109 senators according to Glenn Gibson of Minco Okla- executive secretary of the American Honey Producers Association The AHPA and the American Beekeepers Federation with a combined membership of shout 2500 pretty much represent the industry nationwide Gibson said not a real big item here" Gibson sate The Justification for our approach to Congress is that 90 other food crops "depend on bees for pollination" The crops are worth $35 billion he said Because of nesvy use of pesticides in recent years tee captive bee population of the nation is down 29 per cent said Dr George Ware of the University id Arisona'a entomology department Dominican Guerrillas Are Killed By MARIO ALVAREZ AMMiated Press Writer SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic (AP) Francisco Caamano Deno the rebel leader in the 1965 Dominican rlvil war- and two other guerrillas were killed by govern-mcit forces Friday tea army announced The military said the three men were shot by soldiers hunting lnrurgents who were reported to have landed the Dominican coast Feb 4 from Cuba with plans to overthrow President Joaquin Balaguer Only sketchy details available of the shooting in SWIf ptat( ky tapta WESTERN MAINE SMALL SCHOOLS TOURNEY GETS UNDERWAY IN This is a bit of the action in the opening Class Basketball game at the Edward Little High School gym this morning as the top-seeded Wis-casaet Redskins routed the number-eight ranked Erskine Asademy of 8outh China 86-50 Identifiable 'Wiscaseet players in are Don Brewer (30) Dan Grover (10) and Larry James (32) Tom Vigue ($5) UehowUatjieft Pour Class games were scheduled today and two Class encounters TVvVravi WfllCLASg' ACTION AfEL Meet With Llahto By NEIL GILBRUDE AP Labor Writer MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) -President meeting' with labor leaders here Mohday ia being viewed by union chief as everything from little sociil visit to a major pitch for support of his wage-price controls and foreign trade policies "If he open it up for ques- Uons and answers in said Frank Battery president of the AFL-CIO High School gym Painten Union in describing! Erskf See LABOR Pageig Col 4 it contest with some real-cold hskets of the ghooting and for few moments numerous! turnovers The- Redskins then its He waa followed closely rover chipped in with 12 Tim Lewis the Eagles pivot led -all scorers with 22 points The only other Erskine player to reach double figures was Jason SmiA who hgd 14 Ftoer Shots Wiscasset made 38 floor shots as compared to only 16 by Erskine The winners converted 10 of 17 free throws and the I by Mike Pontau with 20 Dan Gr nm muMiicu women were brave 'LUMPms Writer he 5 Nixons stopped at May NEY gSCAYNE port to pick uo daughter Julhi i- President Nixna is finding and her fausband Lt (lg) Da-trenuent opportunities to pay Tld Eisenhower who flew with tribute to ail those Who' to them to Kev Biteayne where quote his recurrent President has a summer made possible a Vietnam home "peace with honor" I The iamily toured Eisen- Nixon and Pat stopped ship the guided missile off en route hen for a working i cruiser Albany and then brief-holiday Friday at the Mayport ly visited the at-Naval Station' near Jackson- tractive second-floor rented apartment in nearbv Atlantic Beach Since the release of the first American prisoners early this week Nixon has found -number of occasions to talk of their courage and steadfastness and See-NIXON Page 19 Col 3 I Naval Station vlUe- and mingled with crewmen and their families on Ibe aircraft carrier Saratoga The big snip anchored Wednesday after a 19-nwnlh Vietnam tour The President who has khared in the drama of the return of American fitting men Administration Ordered To Fotce Integration In Schools of 17 States This Week in Business look like a- number-one rxttUng off rated team However me ir'lf untracked Wiscasset which will First move up to a Qau atatus ttree and a half minutes of ibe next season proved that it-will 'be the team to beat in the tender offer for 375 million sharea of AAP Gulf A Western a Dm 'Brewer-led' the in scoring with: 21 -bom Vietnamese -primmer of war camps waa introduced at Mayport to a woman whose memories of Vietnam center -around a husband who will not be coming home lira Frederick Wright wid-'ow of a Saratoga-based Navy lieutenant commander 'down and killed near the demll- itarixed sone in November approached Nixon and declared husband did not die Vain? die in vain" President replied Then he leaned close snd paid tribute to who died time who served the PQW and to the women thev left he hind Where to Find It In Today Journal Awa Leaders rAnmsements -Classified -i Cress ward Spertt -TV-Radle Herescspe OhMaary Social By KAY BARTLETT AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) American businessmen Solidly supported decision to devalue the dollar this week and aid they looked forward to improving domestic and foreign ales The stock market dramatically higher tlal reaction hut settled down later in the week The price of gpld soared to a new high after the greenback' 10 per cent devaluation The big multinational companies that have felt oresssura et Jumped in its Ini- fi- At Als point 'Wiscasset Coach toiiniey' after auMbncinc 275 million shares- had been tendered The supermarket chain contends that Charles Btudhorn chairman of Gulf A Western was trying -to wrest control cf the chain from its current management An AAP lawyer said In court that Guff A Western is in AAP about the Center to employ an ail court oresa'Redklna A Roller thoughts it gain than 16 Coaster Bide By JAMES PHILLIPS Antedated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A federal Judge ruling that many schools operated tor state departments of education "are obviously segregated" has ordered the Nixon administration to force integration of hundreds of schools in 17 border and Southern states UA District Court Judge John Pratt ordered the federal government Friday to begin desegregation proceedings within 60 days He said the time long since passed" for the government to enforce the 1964 Civil Bights Act Pratt's decision expected to be appealed by the administration was described as unprecedented in the detailed accounting the federal government must give of its progress i i i i Eagles 12-22 Forte fouls were called Jn the contest HI on each team Erskine lost two players vis the five-fool route' Smite fouled out with 2:20 remaining and Bruce Ballantyne with only showing the clock See WXBCASKT Page 19 'CoL 4 had and a iccond dollar devaluation in 14 months which cornea as another blow to his said Robert Stovall of Reynolds Securities Thus he said it was a market that "substituted emotion for logic The telling we sew was based on poor psychology and confusion The mrket chose to magnify every cautious news headline end to virtually ignore such things as the firming of the dollar good earnings reports and positive programs out of The New York Stock Exchange index of some 1400 common stocks running against the Dow industrial trend advanced 014 for tec week to 6193 But declining issues outpaced those gaining 922 to 930 on the Big Board The exchange recorded 231 yearly Iowa and just 50 yearly highs Standard A Poor's 500-stock index advanced JO to 11490 while The Associated Press 60-stock average slipped to 3231 On the American Stock Exchange the price change index was 18 lower at 2541 and the NASDAQ composite index for the over-the-counter market lost 9J2 to 12455 The Big Board's most active Issue was Pan American World Airways up 48 to 946 CNA Fi- See MARKET Page 19 Cd 2 1:29 mountainous area 30 miiea west of Santo Domingo A government communique said the fighting began about 1:30 pm and that four soldiers were wounded The two other guerrillas were Identified Herbcrto Lalane and Jose Wellington Aseanio In 1965 Caamano took command of rebel forces when their attempt to restore former President Juan Bench to power began to flounder amid the presence of US Marines dispatched to Santo Domingo by President Lyndon Johnson whereabouts has been a mystery since 1967 He disappeared on a visit to the Netherlands while a attache at -the Dominican bassv in London mHiUro inlT Em the UA dollar devaluation Then amid apparent second By CHET CURRIER AP Buaineea Writer NEW YORK The stock from low-priced imports au-i "ore IUV ai market took a roUer coaster tomott manufacturers ateel monetary crisis ride this past week soaring markets chemical firms and 0is week when the UA Tariff and plunging repeatedly but textile stood massiveending up close to where it to gain tee'most from the de-iJJ! Poriing that multin started valuation pma! corporations control such' Analysts called it a nervous One critic of the decision of money that uncertain market apparently economist Eliot Janeway who PrecipiUte inter- perplexed by a complicated in-labeled the decision a national monetary crises by I ternational monetary picture moving only small portions of: There waa continued anxiety as their flutes from country to well about domestic economic country- inflation The study estimated that Investors were faced laid The feud between Gulf A some $268 billion of short-term William Nelson of Moody's In-Wes tern Industries Inc and th liquid assets were held at the veston Service with a "lot of Great Atlantic A Pacific Teal end of 1971 by "private in- questions and few answers" Co resumed in court this weekstitutlona on the Internationalf 'The Dow Jones average of 30 with Gulf A Western losing the finance and added that industrial stocks bounced the "lion's share' of tee mone upward more than 12 points waa controlled by US -based Monday and swept a dizzying ig the first go-round A federal jitege blocked the giant way Hitler waa Interesting in investing in his native More fire waa added to Die about that development retreated to a small Tuesday plunged more points Wednesday and continued to slip Thursday and early Friday before a mild rally In the closing hours The in-' dustrial average closed at 7823 Just 23 lower than the previous week close Volume on the New York Stock Exchange fluctuated between the 2532 million shares and the 1333 million Friday with both figures representing 1973 extremes The total turnover of 8525 million compared with 8598 the week before you get investor! stepping beck and forte from the sidelines you have these wide Nelsmn said "Inside a month the Investor has had to swallow an armi slice that accompanied a noa-victory something he's never Mechanic Falls General Alarm Fire Destroys Home in carrying out court-ordered desegregation The ruling could lead to a widespread cutoff of federal funds to school district deter- mined to be in violation of tee law But Pratt concurred with the Department of Health Education and Welfare that tha federal government could not halt payments while proceedings went on The ruling affects piddle higher-education facilities in 19 states 74 elementary and secondary school districts that allegedly failed to -implement earNer desegregation plans 127 districts in "presumptiva violation" of a 1971 Suprema Coart decision and more than 200 state-run vocational schools and schools for the deaf blind and mentally retarded See SCHOOLS Page 19 CoL I nd cruiser He idvised Officer Bred Tavlor of the fire Taylor ined to the scene I Tt ylre thc huilding Engines One Twa and Three Ldtr xnd Tank Four and By DOROTHY A MacDONALD MECHANIC FALLS A Lo- story wood frame dwelling was -t- 'virtually destroyed' a 1 Reports hive circulitedthst sttunjy morning in a general he his been in Cubs in recent mimMa nm buttled hv three year Although the "bel 5 DBM" forces In the 1 19A5 civil wsri pjft Chief Donald Patterson were reported to have been in jft)anri Road home of filtrated by Communists! nd philllo Williams Caamano was not considered a wl considered a total loss Chief Patterson said th fire Communis' 5 th: murphy fur co 168-173 Lisbon Street Lewiston Will Be Closed All Day Monday February 19th for Washington's Birthday Casmno studied military tactics in fte United States during tee 19-iCf including stints at US Marti facilities at Quait-tieo Vs and Coronado Calif in 1954-55 He later became a colonel in the Dominican army Caamano about 43 yeara old waa among the closest allies of Bosch and at one time said the Sec DOMINICAN Page 19 Col I hut was forced back bv dense nake end wall of flames Vincent GfoerU There werelJr" no injuries reported 1SL52? toS No one was home when tp fire broke puL aopirentlv at Ji lhat (B0 about 1 am Mrs Williams aadon her five children were at the residence of her os rents and Mrs Chester Goddard Chief Patterson said there hs vif been difficult! with the furnace 5IIV7 1 Weather Forecast for the State 'of Tonight clear with temperatures ranging from -aaro-to Hi betow-wouttcni areas and 15' to 25 below hi the north-urn sections Sunday mostly unny in the south partly cloudy north Highs from the teens to mid 20s Probability at precipitation near sero through Sunday SUHDYS MJMIMC Sua WM1 remans llri 0- a-m asi WliaawH iy aun em llunwH 1I: am Ml MOM DAY1 1 ALMANAC Sua Slaaa iala Dare Inwaaaa I ta 0 mlaa LanaM a say taa JS nma remans it-a am awn 1:04 ajn am Wlieaaiat flTw am 12:11 am HantanaS am 12:11 am (Sea Weather Map Page Ten) earlier The fir discovered SPECIAL STORE HOURS MONDAY FEBRUARY 19 DOWNTOWN LEWISTON The following stores will be OPEN 9:30 AM to 8:45 PM For Your Holiday Shopping Convenience GRAND ORANGE: EMPORIUM SEARS WARD BROS shortly after I Auburn Fire Department by Curt Raymond in one car See FIRE Page 19 CoL 2 vSHARLAINE'S 104 Washington St Auburn OPEN SUNDAY 10amto4pm SEE BACK PAGE FOR ADV RUDOLPH HAAS MD LEWISTON SUPPLY CO 75 LISBON SY LEWISTON WILL CLOSE ALL DAY MONDAY FEBRUARY 19th IN HONOR OF BIRTHDAY and STANLEY ROSENBLATT MD Wlshto Announce the Rt -Local ion of ttiolr Of fleet at 10 High Street Lewiston 784-1566 i I.