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i'i OFA Wins Tenth Straight League Game — Story, 'Page 18. LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, NATIONAL. AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTED IN DEPTH Weather A'chance of another period of snow or rain this afternoon or tonight. Moderate temper- atures throughout. Highs in 30s. PUBLISHED IN OGDENSBURG, N.Y., 13669, SUNDAY, FEB. 2, 1969 PRICE 25c Monday morning before the regular meeting of the St. Lawrence County Board of Supervisors at Canton, a .public tiearing will be held on a local law that would in- crease the salary of the'Commissioner of Welfare from $18,000 to $20;00O a year, and would also increase the salary paid to tile four St. Lawrence County Coroners from $700 to $1,000 a yean. I am supporting the raise to the Com- missioner because I feel that the Commis- sionea: has made a sincere effort to do a good job. Furthermore, I feel it would be a disaster for St. Lawrence County -to have a new Welfare Commissioner every two, three or five years. E the ch'iselers are to he kept off the welfare rolls, we must have continuity and strong leadership enforcing the Board's welfare policies of St. Law- rence County. At the present time we have seven employes of the county being paid. $23,000 or more a year. Personally, I feel that to be an effective Commissioner of Welfare is flhe toughest job in St. Law- rence County, and if we expect a man to do the job and do it well, he should be paid in accordance with other professional people in the county. The Welfare Com- missioner must be treated as a profes- sional man. To compare his salary to that of other Commissioners in this area, is like comparing my salary to that of the editor of the New York Times, A man should be paid in accordance with his workload. A man controlling a $11 Million budget should be paid accordingly. Supervisors who are opposed to the salary increase are asking that people ap- pear at the public hearing lo protect the increase. Those who are against, don't need encouragement, they'll bo there, but it •would be good to have those who are in favor turnout for a change. I think it would be nice if taxpayers would, attend every meeting of the Board, so tliey can see first hand how the Board functions. It would be an eye opener tor most. Supervisor Harold Smith of Canton is opposing tt> increase, but at the . same time he accepted a $1200 increase for him- self. His salary for a part-time job as Town Supervisor is $6800 a your, Based on an hourly wage he is paid a pretty good salary. * » *> Mayor Byrnes has taken another prog- ressive step in naming an eight member Citizens' Committee to assist himself and the City Council in implementing the new City Charter. The non-partisan committee is well balanced with varied backgrounds, and for the first time in many years, the women of the community have a strong voice. Mrs. Ruth Warren has been asked hy Mayor Byrnes to present the -women's views on implementing the city charter. On anything as important as the city charter, the citizens, including women, should be asked to participate. * * * It is disappointing to hear critical re- marks directed towards George McPher- son because of his efforts to Iseep St. Mary's Academy open, I don't sliare Mr. MePherson's optimism about the fixture of St. Mary's, but I must commend him for his efforts. Ogdensburg has always been taiown as a friendly city, and when people oegin questioning motives without any basis, it's a sad day. George McPrierson is due an apology, not privately, but public- ly, by those who have seen fit to -question his motives. I have accepted 1 the decision that St. Mary's must close,, and I think it would be in the best interests of the stu- dents if those who are continuing the ef- fort to try and keep it open would do the same. Without state or federal funds, St. Mary's has been doomed'for some time, it was just a question of when it would have to close. The students should not be given false hope. Last week we commented in this col- umn that there would be a number of real donnybrooks in party primaries tlris year, and already one has been announced. John . J. Hayes, former resident of Ogdensburg, is opposing Mayor Ted Anderson of Pots- dam in the Republican primary for Mayor of that village. This primary goes much deeper than what appears oil'the surface. Mayor Anderson, who hasten tixe center of controversy for the past year, is a strong supporter of Assemblyman Keenan. If An- derson is defeated it woiild'lie a x-eal blow to Keenan influence in Republican politics in St. Lawrence County, Hayes, -who has been a member of the Village Board for the past year and a half,. Is not aligned with any faction, but regarded more of a party regular than Mayor Ander-son. The village primary will be Pcbi 18, * * * • The WW's Citizenship Committee made an excellent choice In- naming Frank Murray their 1968 recipient Mr. Murray j has been a prominent 'Community worker '\for many years. His work on the City Charter went a long way towards the ac- ceptance by the voters oflhis co-mununity last fall. By ENDRB MARTON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Nixon and the National Se- curity Council conferred at length Saturday on the perilous Mideast situation. No conclu- sions were announced bui offi- cials indicated there will be ear- ly U.S. backing for big-power peace efforts. In disclosing last Monday that the NBC would devote its Satur- day session to the Mideast, Nix- on said there would be a study of \the entire range <il options\ at his disposal. He underscored his grave con- cern then by saying that there is a threat of a nuclear-power confrontation should another Arab-Israeli war break out. White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler confirmed at a briefing that the Middle East was the only topic on the agen- da of the three-hour meeting. Ziegler declined to go beyond that. And authoritative sources cautioned that it would be too much to expect the NSC to chart an entirely new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East in its first session dealing with this problem since Nixon took office. The primary objective of Sat- urday's meeting was that NSC members \get educated\ in what one expert described as \probably the most complex is- sue of the century.\ Administration experts ac- knowledge that there is not too much time for such education and that the Nixon administra- tion must decide shortly wheth- er it wants to exert moral pres- sure on the Arabs and Israelis to bring peace to the Middle East. U.N. Secretary General U Than! mentioned? the r.eed for such moral pressure in a Jan. 28 news conference. By doing so he sided, in effect, with the Soviet Union and with Prance, both fa- voring joint action in the Middle East by the Big Four, which would include Britain as well as France, the United States and Russia. The administration of former President Lyndon B. Johnson was cool to the proposal, first made by France Jan. 16. Since Nixon's inauguration American officials have hinted that the new President i« fr - In depart from the Johnson policy line in the Middle East. And there were unconfirmed—but undenied—reports that the new administration has so informed the government of Egypt. The first tangible result of Saturday's NSC meeting is ex- pected to be a reply to France to be dispatched next week, offi- cials said. The ireply, they said, will be positive, but will suggest that instead of the French-proposed Big Four meeting at U.N head- quarters in New York; a joint formula for the Middle East should be worked out in bilater- al contacts. There have been such con- tacts already between the Unit- ed States and the Soviet Union. Hearings Open In Senate To Fight Pollution WASHINGTON (AP) - As of- ficials struggle to v clean up a giant oil slick off the California coast, a Senate subcommittee opens hearings this week on leg- islation dealing with just such situations. the Subcommittee on Air And Water Pollution headed by Sen. Edmund S: Muskie, D-Maine, has scheduled four days of hear- ings starting Monday and ex- pects to have further sessions later in the month. It is considering a bill by Mus- kie to set procedures for sewage discharges by vessels, control oil pollution and require compli- ance with federal water quality standards by federal licensees •and permittees. The California situation is likely to be discussed Wednes- day when witnesses include the American Petroleum Institute, a group of \conservationists and the Association of State and In- terstate Water Pollution Control Administrators. Monday, ' the subcommittee hears from the Edison Electric Institute, Manufacturing Chem- ists Association, American Iiion and Steel Institute and the Na- tional Coal Policy Conference, ;V. The latter in a Dec. 30, 1968, note addressed to Washington, London and Paris proposed a five-point peace plan fci' the Middle East. The note was an- swered by former Secretary of State Dean Rusk in mid-Janu- ary, asking for clarification on a number of points and stressing the danger of what Rusk's note called Arab terrorist operations -an area in which Rusk ob- viously hoped Moscow might be able to exercise seme influence. The NSC meeting is under- stood also to hav-e discussed the reported plan to appoint Joseph J. Sisco as assistant secretary of state in charge of Near East- ern and South Asian affairs. Sisco, currently head of the Bureau of International Organi- zation Affairs, handling U.N. matters in the government, is well known to Nixon and the top-ranking officials of the new administration. His expected appointment would stress the importance of the United Nations in the search for a negotiated settlement in the Middle East. Ziegler listed as participants the President, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew; Secretary of State Williatm P. Rogers; Secre- tary of Defense Melvin R. Laird; Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of th e Joint Chiefs of Staff; CIA director Richard Helms; Ambassador Charles W. Yost, US. representative to the United Nations; Henry Kissin- ger, presidential adviser on na- tional security affairs; and a number of area specialists Zie- gler did not identify. IVSI* Neal L. Moylan, Commission- er of Commerce, New York Slate Department of Com- ceroe to be held Thursday, Feb. er at the annual dinner of the Ogdnesburg Chamber of Com- mreee t be held Thursdya, Feb. 13, at the Gran View Restau- rant, George B. Looney, Presi- dent, announced Saturday. Mr. Moylan was appointed Commissioner in November of last year by Governor Rocke- feller. This will be his second speaking engagemerv in the past three years in St. Law- rence County. As Deputy Com- missioner, Mr. Moylan was the featured speaker three years ago at the annual dinner of the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce. Herbert C. Brian, Chamber Manager, told the press that he expected to have more than 200 at the dinner. With very lit- tle publicity, the tickets are al- ready very scarce. Tickets can be obtained through the Cham- ber office at City Hall. Neal h. Moylan was appoint- ed Commissioner of Commerce by Governor Nelson A. Rocke- feller on November 8, 1968. A career employee with more than 20 years of service in State government, he had serv- ed as First Deputy Commiss- ioner of the Department since April 19R8. Mr. Moylan joined the State Department of Commerce in 1947. From 1949 to 1951, he was Chief of Production and Distri- bution of the State Health De- partment's Office of Health Ed- ucation. He was appointed Director of the Radio Bureau of the State Commerce Department in 1951, serving in this position until I960. Under his direction, the Bureau's scope of activity was greatly expanded, and it was renamed the Radio-TV-Motion Picture Bureau. In 196Q, Mr. Moylan was named Assistant Deputy Com- missioner for the Division of Public information, and he was named Deputy Commissioner on June 3, 1963. Mr. Moylan brings a wide range of business and adminis- a **h '* »• • tJ^tfSit •€•• A 1* NEAL MOYLAN trative experience to his post as Commissioner. He has broad acquaintance and close contact with the business and industrial community of the State and has held executive positions in nu- merous State and national bus- iness and fraternal organiza- tions. He has wide experience in the field of public relations and communications, including employment, previous to join- ing State service, in radio broadcasting at major stations in the Northeast. He is a member of the board of the Albany Chapter of the American Red Cross; Fort Or- ange-Uncle Sam Council, Boy Scouts of America, and a for- mer director of the Albany Workshop, Albany YMCA and the Senior Citizens Center. He is a member of the Public Re- lations Society of America and the American Society for Pub- lic Administration. He is a former member of the board of directors of the New York State Broadcasters Association and past president of the Albany Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Albany Kiwanis Club. Mr. Moylan resides with his wife, Regina, at 12 Kensington Court, Delmar. By BILL CRIDER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A jury of 12 men was completed Saturday for Clay Shaw's trial on a charge of conspiring to murder President John F. Ken- nedy. Two alternates also must be seated before the state begins unfolding its case in the Crimi- nal District Court trial—regard- ed as a legal showdown on Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison's view of the presidential assassination. The 12th juror, Peter M. Ta- tum, is a maintenance mechan- ic. He was accepted on the 10th day of the trial after each side had exhausted its quota of 12 peremptory challenges. Tatum was the 109th name called among the 132 prospec- tive jurors summoned over- night. Mo f oi those called ear- lier were dismissed for \fixed opinion\ or family and financial problems. Over-all, 839 prospective ju- rors had been summoned. Examination of prospects far alternate jurors began after the lunch break. Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. had summoned 150 more citizens for Monday, should they be needed. Shaw, a 6-foot-6 retired New Orleans businessman, was charged with conspiring with Lee Harvey Oswald, and others to murder Kennedy, who was slain in Dallas Nov, 22,1963. \I'm glad to get on with it,\ said Shaw, after the 12th juror was seated and a recess called. \Delighted.\ By STEPHENS BR0BN1NG Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) — The United Stales and its Atlantic Alliance partners have presented France bills totaling about $800 million for military installations left be- hind when President Charles de Gaulle evicted them, it was learned Saturday. Hard bargaining seems cer- tain, especially since authorita- tive French sources said their government was studying the notes and \deciding how to re- ject them.\ The bills represent what America and its military allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization consider lo be com- pensation due for the \residual value\ of more than 400 instal- lations built in France as part of the common western defense system while Prance was still a member of NATO's military command. De Gaulle withdraw France from the NATO military com- mand and in March 1966 gave his allies a year lo quit the country. The United States posi- tion has been that the short-no- tice eviciton violated a 1958 agreement. The NATO view is the same. The claims were presented in separate notes to the French: one for the abandoned U.S. in- stallations, the other foe facili- ties which formed part of NATO's infrastructure. Each claim is said t o total about $400 million. Between 1950 and 1986, the United States spent a total of $556 million for construction of nine air fields, two portfacili- ties and hundreds of depots, warehouses, offices, schools hospitals and railroad sidings. In addition, NATO paid $550 million for military installations in this country, an expense funded in common by all mem- bers. Of this, the U.S. share is estimated at about $300 million. Another ?215 million has been spent as a result of the ouster, nearly half of it for relocating hundreds of thousands of tons of U.S. material and 70,000 Ameri- can military personnel and de- pendents. The anticipated dispute over payment will turn on what con- stitutes \residual value\—the worth to the French of the evac- uated facilities. One authoritative source ex- pressed belief France would honor about 10 per cent of the allied claims. On Artillery Base By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS Egypt's President Gama' Ab- del Nasser pledged anew Satur- day to continue unlimited mate- rial and moral aid for Palestini- an guerrillas and urged the commando groups to unite in their fight against Israel. Addressing the Palestinian Na- tional Council composed mainly of guerrillas, Nasser said the search for a political solution ot the Middle East deadlock should not overshadow military prepar- ations against the Jewish state. The main goal, he declared, still is \the necessity of recover- ing our land and its liberation to the last inch, finally and com- pletely.\ Arab support for the guerril- las was a matter of self defense for the Arab world, he asserted. \Israel is trying to realize its expansionist plan firom the Nile to (he Euphrates,\ said Nasser, whose speech was broadcast by Cairo radio. In London, U.N. Secretary. General U Thant conferred with British Foreign Secretary Mi- chael Stewart on Franco's pro- posal for a four-power summit at the United Nations oi, the Middle East. Arab and Israeli gunners ex- changed fire twice Saturday across the Jordan River cease- fire line. Israel said one soldier was wounded and accused Jor- dan of opening fire. In Jerusalem, Foreign Minis- ter Abba Eban said he saw no immediate danger of a general war on big power showdown on the Middle East. But he said the crisis is \weighing down the peace\ as long as Israel and the Arab stales fail to reach a solu- tion. Eban was interviewed over the stale radio. SATURDAY'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL By The Associated Press Army 71, Manhattan 52 Wilkes 94, Juniata 88 Purdue 95, Ohio State 85, ov- ertime Illinois 86, Wisconsin 73 Drake 85, Memphis St. 72 No. Adams St. 99, Lowell St. 78 Boston Col. 77, Holy Cross 69 Florida 73, Georgia 69 Perm 'St. 68, Buoknell 68 Marquette 75, Detroit 74 West Virginia 98, Geo. Washn. 88 Ohio U. 1-10, Marshall 94 Texas A & M 65, Texas 57 By JOHN LENGEL Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) - U.S. air cav- alrymen beat off a five-hour at- tack by 500 North Vietnamese before dawn Saturday at an American artillery base north- west of Saigon, a sector of ris- ing enemy activity. The North Vietnamese struck at the base, 43 miles northwest of Saigon, behind an intensive mortar barrage, and twice were thrown back. Helicopter gunships, fighter- bombers and artillery helped re- pulse the enemy and one chop- per was shot down, the 1,008th lost in the war. Its four-man crew was rescued. At one point, artillery fired into a group of 30 attackers caught in the glaring light of airplane flares. A sweep of the battlefield, however, turned up only three enemy dead, The men of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division lost two killed and 31 wounded. The North Vietnamese attack was the second of any size this week, following months of rela- tive inactivity in this region. Earlier in the week, 400 North Vietnamese attacked a South Vietnamese camp north of Sai- gon, Whether the increasing tempo of fighting means the enemy is preparing for bigger attacks is not clear. Or the North Viet- namese , may be showing they are still around despite their failure t o defend a big base cap- tured by the air cavalrymen Wednesday and Thursday 53 miles northwest of Saigon. The cavalrymen prowling through the big base of four square miles found 20 more bunkers, some containing 2,500 new and 1,000 used North Viet- namese uniforms. They also found 70 tons of rice, enougt to feed 10,000 enemy soldiers for a week. The 1st Cavalry earliei had uncovered an underground hos- pital there capable of holding 3)000 men, a command post, hundreds of bunkers and inter- locking tunnels. U.S. engineers are blowing these up. In scattered fighting else- where across Vietnam, allied troops, bombers, gunships and artillery killed 245 enemy sol- diers, the U.S. Command re- ported. In tlie largest of these engage- ments, marines of South Ko- rea's Blue Dragon Brigade killed 23 enemy soldiers near Hoi An, about 300 miles north- east of Saigon. -Enemy ground fire brought down a light U.S. observation plane 25 miles north of Saigon, the 339th plane lost in combat in South Vietnam. T*he pilot was uninjured, At Dong Tarn, 36 miles south- west of Saigon, the U.S. Navy turned over 25 heavily armed riveir boats worth $7,7 million to South Vietnam's navy, Tills was another move to transfer to the South Vietnamese forces more ( of the burden of battle. The U.S, Navy turned over 35 boats pre- viously to the Vietnamese tor operations in the rivers and ca- nals of the Mekong Delta. In a ceremony aboard the Bc- newahwn, flagship of the Navy's mobile riverine force, Vice Adm. Btao R. Zumwalt Jr', praised the \proficiency and aggressiveness, the growing strength\ of South Vietnanils Navy. He commands the U.S. Navy's inland force. Commodore Tran Van Ohon, chief of South Vietnam's naval operations, said the turnover \Is the first phase hi expanding the Vietnamese navy.\ President Nguyen Van Thiell said, meanwhile, that he agrees in principle to a cease-fire at Tet, the lunar new year Feb, 17, But he added: \That depends upon the situation between now and Tet.\ Thieu spoke with reporters at. Ban Me Tlhuont, 150 miles north- east of Saigon, after a ceremony by 5,800 Montagnard tribesmen who pledged their allegiance to the government. Officials said Mere wouldbe no U.S. cease-fire this year and any South Vietnamese truce foe Tet would not be full scale. The Viet Cong have an- nounced a seven-day Tet-cease- fire from 7 a.m, Feb. 15 to t a.m. Feb. 22. -But'Saigon is cau- tious, recalling that the enemy, broke its own tot cease-to'&> year ago with the-biggest.offen- sive of the war.
