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™| JOURNAL. VOL, 26, NO. 3492 Daily Entered As Second Class Matter Post Office Ogdensburg, N.Y. OGDENSBURG, N.Y., Republican Established 1830 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1971 SSKwE. 1 HIGHLIGHT School Board Warned of Growing Crisis > Page 15 School Tax Rate Second Lowest - Page 20 SINGLE COPY 15 cents U.S. Jets Dodge Red Missiles SAIGON (AP) -^ American fighter- bombers dodged surface-to-air missiles, exchanged fire with an antiaircraft battery and attacked a radar station in a flareup of the air war along the border between North Vietnam and Laos,' t military spokesman reported today. The U.S. Command said there were three incidents Tuesday about 25, 80 and 90 miles north of the demilitarized zone. There was no damage to U.S. aircraft, and results of the U.S. attacks were not known, a communique said. The U.S. strikes raised to 87 the number of air attacks' on North Viet- namese territory this year. The U.S. Command gave this account of the three incidents: 1.. Three Navy A7 jets were bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail on the Laotian side of the border 10 miles soutfiwest of the Ban Karai pass when two 37-foot SAMs were fired at them from across the \border. The pilots spotted the missiles and evaded them. 2. An Air Force RF4 photo plane checking on the supply buildup on the North Vietnamese side of the border 19 miles northeast of the Mu Gia pass was fired on by ah antiaircraft gun. Two F4 fighter-bombers escorting th6 photo planje bombed the AA battery, but it was not known what damage they did. 3. [Another Navy A7 bomber pilot oh the Laotian side qf the border seven mile§ southeast of the Mu Gia, pass detected from his electronic equipment that ;a radar site nine miles north of the pass* on the North Vietnamese side of the i border was. tracking him preparatory to firing. The .flier firedf first jbut didn't know if his missile hit the radajr. It was the second time in four days that SAM.^ were fired on tJ-S. jets. As the . ?N Uait4d States steps up ifttair attars on '' the ijfo Chi Minh .trail in an attempt to slowjthe North Vietnamese supply push souft\ during the current dry. season, the Nortp Vietnamese are increasing, their attacks to defend the trail. Mjbanwhile, official sources disclosed thai! the South Vietnamese government is planning another big prisoner release in an effort to get Hanoi' to ' free American prisoners. The sources said both North Viet- namese and Viet Cong would be freed during Christmas, New Year's and the Tet< celebration of lunar new year in mid-February. Trie Saigbii government will also announce cease-fires for the three holidays, the sources said. The Viet Cong already has declared three-day ceasefires for Christmas and New Year's and four days for Tet. The number of prisoners to be freed has not yet been determined, the sources reported. But the Saigon newspaper Xay Du&g said the government is con- sidering releasing about 3,-000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and granting amnesty to another 5,000 Viet Cong during the three holidays. This would be the biggest POW release of the war if carried out. The United States is believed prodding the South Vietnamese government to initiate prisoner releases in hopes of getting North Vietnam to respond by freeing American POWs. Poor Loading Is Blamed For Loss Of Badger State WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says poor loading was to blame for the bomb explosion that sank the Vietnam-bound SS Badger State and killed 26 of her crewmen two years ago in the stormy North Pacific. The ship, carrying 5,336 tons of bombs, was bound from the Naval Ammunition Depot at Bangor, Wash., for Da Nang, South Vietnam, when it was caught in heavy seas'that lasted for 11 days. The safety board said the Coast , Guard, which is responsible for loading explosives, should develop a \military explosives stowage criteria\ to govern safety conditions for a ship carrying explosives in rough seas, to prevent recurrence-of such an incident. It urged that a means be developed for shipboard measurements of a vessel's roll in storms, so a captain could.de- termine the safety margin remaining. The Badger State was loaded by depot personnel and crew members under a valid Coast Guardloading permit. The safety board told of 500-pound, 750-po'uid and 2,000-pound bombs breakingioosefrom their fastenings and careening about the decks during the voyage.. 3!he bombs splintered wood^ sheatirig'.pver the ship's hull, punched , holes in the vessel's sides,, and some plunged through hatches, generating heat and sparks. pydgtaii's Army Holdiiig LANDMARK RAZED-Since 1856 second ward children attended the old No. Four School later called Madill School. Demolition operations began this morning on the school. McCohville Inc. of Ogdensburg is the contractor for the project. The school closed its doors last June following the opening of the new Dr. Grant C. Madill Memorial School on Jefferson Avenue. The Board of Education sold the old school to the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital. The bell and cor- nerstone will be relocated at a site to be deter- mined by the school board. (Como Photo) India claimed today that its forces had driven to within 28 miles of Dacca, East Pakistan, but concededPakistan's-army was holding a large ..section, around' Ghhamb in Kashmir oh the western front. • \ A Pakistani official source in Dacca denied India's claim that the key southern town of Jessore in East' Pakistan had fallen to Indian troops and said -fierce fighting continued there and .elsewhere on the western, northern and eastern fronts. An Indian government spokesman saidin New Delhi fighting was still going on iii the -Chhamb region, where they were pushed Out of-the town Tuesday to defensive positions farther east. \This is apfetty big attack,\ he said. \The Pakistanis have thrown more than an infantry division and three armored brigades into the attack.\ . The Pakistanis appeared to'be trying to cut New Delhi's only road link with Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. The -highway is: west of -Chnamb. In East Pakistan, the drive toward Dacca is headed by three infantry columns moving from the east, south and west, a spokesman for the Eastern Military Command said in Calcutta. He said Indian troops had advanced to the banks of. the Meghna River at Daudkandi, 28 miles southeast of Dacca, while the other units were moving to- UM Vote Cease Fire Urged By General Assembly UNITED NATIONSi, N.Y. (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly called Tuesday night for a speedy end,.,to the fighting ^between jidia jjnd Pakistan and' a political settlement in. EastPakistan. It seemed unlikely to get either. The assembly adopted a resolution • calling on both countries for an im- mediate cease-fire -and withdrawal of their armed forces behind their own bor- ders. The resolution also said \an early ^political Solution would be necessary\ to get the East Pakistani refugees back home. The resolution was sponsored by 33 of the United Nations' 131 members and got an overwhelming vote of 104-11, with 10 nations abstaining, one not par- ticipating and five absent. Indian and Pakistani representatives. said their countries would not abide, by the resolution. . \ The \assembly adopted the cea^etfire'. resolution after the Soviet Union, sup- • porting India 1 , vetoed two similar resolutions in the Security Council, and the council,rejected a Soviet resolution calling for a political settlement in East -Pakistan. The assembly resolution was a slight revision of the second one the Soviet Union had vetoed in the council. A paragraph was inserted urging \that every effort be made to safeguard the lives and well-being of the civilian population in the area of the conflict.\ This was requested by Secretary- General U Thant. Another paragraph wds addedcalling upon the Security Council, \to take appropriate actionJn, the light' pf the present resolution.\.But with the Soviet Union backing India, and the Chinese Communists Supporting Pakistan,, the council is 'deadlocked and nobody ex^ pects it to meet on the issue soon. ' >The votes against the assembly resolution were cast by the Soviet IJniori and eight of its Communist allies-^ Byelorussia, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Mongolia and . Cuba—pius India and Bhutan. The abstainers were Britain, France, Denmark, Afghanistan, Singapore^ Nepal, Oman, Malawi, Senegal and Chile. Conservative May Challenge Nixon In '72 WASHINGTON (APp—Rep. John Ash ton thinks the notion that he could win the presidency from Richard Nixon borders on the absurd. But he is con- sidering an attempt anyway. influence, not ouster, would be the goal of a presidentialprimary challenge to Nixon, a course being urged on Ash- brook by a group of conservative leaders. Unusual Gifts Are Available For Christmas NEW YORK (AP) — If you're tired of giving those cliches like His and Her air- planes for Christmas, all it takes is a little imagination and a lot of money to distribute some unusual offerings this year. The catalogues supply the imagination. You provide the money. For instance, how about an equine antique—a 41-inch-high wooden horse, carved in approximately 1650? It's $2,000 and there'-s not much chance of your gift being duplicated. Something a little more modest? For the kids a hot dog cart, complete with striped umbrella, heating unit and ice storage box. It's only $1,295. But the mustard comes extra. < -. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but somebody has made an evening bag out of a hollowed-out coconut. It's the real thing, polished, and with gold-toned fittings and chain handle. It costs $125 to play this shell game. And, speaking of the exotic, there's an \authentic fake\ elephant tail hair bracelet in solid copper at $18. If you don't go for genuine fakes and hanker for something that actually swished around in the jungle there's one made of four strands of the \authentic au- thentic\ thing for $12. For the man who has everything but self-confidence, the perfect present for a better future is the \instant ego rebuil- der.\ Press the button and hear cheers, applause, hoorays and bravos. At $6 it's a lot cheaper than a psychiatrist. The six-term Ohio Republican plans to announce next week whether he will attempt to take votes from Nixon in order to get.a better hearing for the conservative viewpoint at the White House. \It's the only thing the President will listen to,\ Ashbrook said Tuesday as news of the conservative push broke. _ In Ashbrook, the would-be candidate- makers have found a congressman who has gathered seniority while working quietly in the House, but who has earned a national reputation among con- servatives. All at 43 years of age. \Politically my inclination is to do it,\ he.said. \Personally my inclination is not to do it.\ Politically, Ashbrook brings staunch conservative credentials to the fray artd a wellknown opposition to some Nixon policies. He came to Congress from the rural 17th District of Ohio, bringing with him a Harvard education, a law degree from Ohio State and the experience of two terms in the state-legislature. Ashbrook served as chairman of the American Conservative Union for five years, was a member of the steering committee of the Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Red China to the United Nations. He is ranking Republican on the House Internal Security Committee and is No. 2 Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee. •» Ashbrook still.lives in his hometown of Johnstown about 20 miles from Columbus where one brother runs the bank and the other an. insurance agency. He is a Baptist who does not smoke and whose alcoholic intake amounts to an occasional beer.. He has a reputation for a grueling Schedule and keeps office* hours, in his district, on Friday cihd Saturday. If he runs, he will not stop with the New Hampshire primary. \It will take more than New Hamp- shire to make the point,\ Ashbrook said, . listing the \Florida primary and .possibly those in Illinois and California.\ Success in New Hampshire, he said, would beJL2-to 18per cent of the vote. But whatever the outcome, \I don't think my next address will be 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.\ Exclusive China Series ourn Although- the Presidential visit to China focuses international attention on that nation of more than 700 million people, what do we really know of China and of its incredible, past? In an 18-part illustrated series which begins today in The Journal, the 4,000- year history of the land which, the Chinese call the \Middle Kingdon,\ or examined by a prominent artist-writer team. Don Oakley, chief editorial writer for Newspaper Enteerprise Association,' and John Lane', NEA's creative art director, trace the development of China through the turbulent centuries when her philosphies and culture were forged. It throws light on what to Americans seems a dark and mysterious land. The Oakley-Lane series was first produced in 1066 and received wide acclaim from educators and China scholars. The new version has been completely revised and updated to reflect recent events in China. Don Oakley, an historian whose in- terpretive articles appear frequently in this newspaper, holds degrees from Case-Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago. He has been a close observer Of China for many years. John Lane's illustrations' have won numerous awards. He and Oakley have previously collaborated on a number of popular \story \strips including \The Last American,\ the story of the Negro in America; \Earth Stars and Man;\ \Search for Freedom,\ and \The NASA Story.\ ward.the capital from Jessore, the army headquarters- town which- the Indians say they captured oh Tuesday. Jessore is 80 miles southwest of Dacca. The spokesman in Calcutta said Indian troops also had isolated Pakistani troops at Cohiilla, 50 miles southeast of Dacca, Newsmen were still barred from the battlefronts,' and there was no way to confirm or disprove the official reports. A government spokesman in New Delhi described Pakistani resistance throughout East Pakistan as \moderate to stiff, but when we lean on them, they just seem to give up,\ The advancing Indians have not met any major resistance in the southeastern section of the province around Comilla, he said, but heavy fighting is going on to clear the Pakistani army cantonment at Comilla. .In the southeastern delta region, he added,-the Indians , have reached the port of Chandpuf, on the -water route to Dacca. The spokesman said Indian Navy planes were putting heavy pressure on the ports of Chittagong and Cos'x Bazar, arid were reported destroying three guriboats.at Ghalna in the delta. Be said the navy planes also bombed the army bar-racks at Chittagong during the night. Pay Board Contemplates Tightening Regulations W-ASHiNGTON. CAP) w- The. Pay Board is considering .tightening its regulations to f fequire'advahce \approval f or any-'wage agreement providing more than.5.5 per cent a year in pay raises, no matter how few employes are isiffected. Presently there is no requirerjleflt that new pay agreements affecting fewer than 1,000 persons even be reported to the Pay Board. These small agrees ments, numbering roughly 10 million and affecting 83 per cent of working. Americans, are now subject only to spot checks by agents of the Internal Reve- nue Service. This arrangement was handed to the Pay Board by the' Cost of Living Council before the end of the wage freeze. A Pay Board source said that the board Tuesday received three different proposals from its staff. The toughest of the three would require 'that the ^ay Board approve in advance any agreement exceeding the board's guideline that raises shouldn't be more than 5.5 per cent a year. Another staff suggestion would require that such above-guideline wage increases be reported to the board, the source said. The third would spell out detailed cif- cumstances that would justify increases higher than 5.5 per cent, but require no report or advance approval. Pay Board spokesman Herbert Wurth said the board was agreed \in prin- ciple\ on the approach it wants to take, and would resume consideration today. A' labor source said the publie pad management members of the tripartite board appearedto b&leaning toward' one of the tougher alternatives, requiring advance ap.provalor at least notification of higherthaiiTguidelirie pay boosts. Presently agreements affecting 5,000 or more Workers require advance ap- proval and those affecting from 1,000 to 5,^000 must be filed-with the board, subject to review. ^ In other actions Tuesday the Price Commission approved a 3.6 per cent across-the-board price increase for all steel-mill products qf U.S. Steel Corp., which- originally had sought an 8.6 per cent increase .on only some . of its products. The 3.6 per Cent increase, which is an average that wilrallow the firm to raise some prices toy more or jess thaii that figure, will prevail untii next Aug. 1, when the next round of steelworker pay increases are due. A Price Commission source said the panel had acted in-the way it did because it feels it cannot realistically control the price Of every product without risking the possibility of dropping some products off the market if prices are set too low. - The Pay Board scheduled for next Tuesday a review of the United -Auto ' Workers three^year contract with North Aiiief lean Rockwell Corp., ratified last Sunday. Howard Hughes' Autobiography Authentic Says Book Company NEW YORK (AP) *- McGraw-Hill Book' Co. says it has acquired world publishing rights to a 230,000-word auto- biography- of multimillionaire recluse Howard Hughes and is satisfied that the book is authentic. McGraw-Hill's announcement^ Tuesday drew • an Immediate denial from a spokesman for Hughes Tool Co., which controls the Hughes interests, that such an autobiography existed. \We just can't say anything further,. just that it is not true,\ the Hughes Tool Co. spokesman said in Las Vegas, \In my opinion, those who have Women's Page- Sports Classified Editorial -Jack Anderson TVKorner Comics Local Page 4 Page23 Page 25 _.Page26 Page 26 Page24 Page 27 Pageis participated in this thing either are perpetrators Or victims of a gigantic hoax,\ said a spokesman for a public relations firm that handles accounts for the company to Los Angeles; A McGraw-Hill spokesman respon- ded: \We have taken all-proudent and necessary steps to verify the authen- ticity of the book we are going to publish ... we are satisfied it is legitimate.\ The book is due for publication next March 27. Prior to that, Life magazine will: serialize the book in three 10,000- word installments. A spokesman for Life, Donald M. Wilson, vice president for corporate and public affairs, commented: \We never' dealt with the Hughes Tool Go. It doesn't surprise'us that they know nothing of this since Mr. Hughes was totally secretive about the project.\ WEATHER ^Considerable cloudiness tonight with a chance of some very. light snow developing towards daybreak, lows in the mid to upper-20s. Tomorrow cloudy with a chance of some light snow, highs in the low to-mid 30s. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS
