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Propped lpLaunchers DestroyedYanks Foil Shell AttackPH U H U U . V i e t n a m ( A P ) Viet Cong gunners p lan-ned to slam six 122rnml ock e t s into th e hear t ofSaigon aga in Tu esday night .But the city o f: three mil-l i o n people slept peacelullybecau se of a pair o fw a t c h f u l Amer ican GI's inth e mp a palms an d mu ds t re t ch i ng from South Viet-n a m ' s capital city to thesea.news

It was in these w astelandstha t a team of Viet Congart i l lerymen propped up six10 0 - p o u n ds rocke ts la teTuesday night aimed at thehear t o f Saigon . Th edetonating wires were runtogether into on e hn e .A t ouch of a wire aga ins tan o rd i nary f lashlight bat-tery wo u ld have dispatchedth e six missiles, but theorder to fire never came.Instead, a ram o f

American mortar a n dartillery shells landed amidth e Viet Cong gunners.At day l igh t th e rocke tswere discovered by anA mencan reconnaissancepatrol. They had b e e nd a m a g e d b y s h e l lf ragments, but five of t hemstill stood shining againstthe sky, propped up onc rude bu t efficient bamboostakes.Th e nemesis of the Viet

Cong gunners T u e s d a yn igh t were tw o AmericanGIs on a wa tch tower abouta mile from the launchingpad. Spec. 4 James Wales ofNor t h Olmsted , Ohio, andPfc. Eugene Gnesing ofWeatherley, Penn. T h e ywere manning radar an dother night vision equip-ment and saw movement inth e distance.They called in themortars, manned by Sg t .

Richard Donner of Alex-ander , I owa , and watchedon their radar and throughnight-piercing scopes as theViet Cong sc rambled aw ay .Th e Amer icans d idn ' t k nowuntil d a w n that they hadstopped a rocket attack.They found the rocketsglistening in the morningsun, propped up in one lineand set at a 45-degree angleon bamboo poles, providingth e maximum range.

WASHINGTON ( A P ) Despite grumbling in bothpar t i es D e m o c r a ti c a n dRepubl ican leaders in theHo u se predic t t ha t a $12billion increase m the nationaldeb t limit will be approvedthei eTh e increase necessary ifth e Treasury i s to pay thei m m e d i a t eup t o d a y i nscheduled by bothn a t i o nbil ls camecaucusesparties.

Onyress Gets 228-Page ReportO E O TribulationsRevealedWASHINGTON ( A P ) Agovernm ent w a t c h d o g a g e nc yha s urged Pres ident Nixon todo w h a t it says PresidentJohnson fai led to dowel dtogether th e f r a g m e n t e dfedera l antipoverty efforts.T h e G e n e r a l AccountingO f f i c e , in its 228-page reporton the tribulations of the Of-fice of Economic Oppor tunity ,recommended creation of an"Office of H u m a n Resources"at the White Hou se level "tocarry o u t t h e p l a n n i n g ,

coordinat ion and evaluation ofall fed erally assisted anti-poverty efforts."Legislation lod ged the coor-dinating responsibilities w ithOEO An d that, said thereport which t ook 14 monthsand more than $1 million fo rCongress ' auditing arm tocomplete, w as "unrealistic."Needed, said the reportwhi ch f o c u s e d o n a d-ministrative difficulties andfailings i n t h e J o h n s o n -created agency is a new o f-

th e v a r i o u s governmentalantipoverty measures in 1964,

fice w h i c h woul d have'full support" of theidentCongress g a v e_ the Jan. 1, 1968, the council w asPresi- never convened by the Presi-dent The council, hence, ha sOEOresponsibility fo r coordinating fluence

eUlLlUUVCJLtj JUltaatw* *** -.---j mauthorizing an Economic Op- devising Annual n f t i o n aportunity C ouncil to carry ou tth e task.Its restructure by the 90thCongress eliminated t h e evidence that th edirector of OEO as chairmanand provided that th e councilbe provided with staff. Since

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANOCalif ( U P D T h e legend savsth e swallows re turn to thishistoric mission on the sameda y each > e a r because ak in d ly p a d r e once gave themshelter after an irate innkeep-er des t royed th e nests.The annual ar r ival t od ay oft housands o f swal lows w ashera l ded Tuesday by the ap-p ea ran ce o f scou t bi rds w h i c halways pecede the mam flock

Work LoadsStudy AskedCOLU MB U S (UPI ) OhioRegents Chancellor John D.Miliett said Tuesday nightthere should be some definitestandards set on work-loads

o f Citiesdollars inWASHINGTONNat i ona l Leaguesaj s mill ions offedera l crime-fighting fundsa ie be ing was ted o n ruralareas and the creation o f anew level of bureauc rac j .Allocated under the SafeSti eets \ci of 1968, the f edera lgran t s are design ed to helpcon t r o l and ultimately lowercrime rates.

_. j f o r state university faculties.~ ~ 6 M illett said he w o u l destimate nearly a 20 per centsavings in state instructionalfees to professors if theteaching l oad were 15 hoursper w e e k ."I fully t h ink there o u g h t tobe standards based on

loads for full-time universityadministrators.H e also suggested to theHouse Education Committeethere should b e ' ' s o m etighteningsystematic upan dLOS ANGELES (AP) 'You 're going to be an oldm o r e man." came th e whisperc a r e f u lpersonnel administration not so haphazard . ""W e w on't police ourselvesas faculties and we won'tcritic ize others for not car-rying their share of the load,"he said testlfied in con..enrollment size and budgetnectlon W1th a bill which.......... ' - -ize," Millett said o f wo rk

Buckeye BriefsOhio FergusonActSaidConstitutional

COLU MB U S. Ohio (AP)- ' t ha t Ohio's Ferguson Act isTh e Franklin County Cour t of constitutional and that countyAppeals ruled 2-1 Tuesdayjcommissioners acted properly

would require state universityfaculty members to w o r k 40I hours a week at a minimum.I Millett and Rep. Mark C.S c h i nnerer, R-Lakewood,committee chairman, a l soengaged in some off-the-cuffbanter.As M i l l e t t sarcasticallysuggested more power for the-- usare

Israeli JetsOver JordanThird Time

Regents would "makemore popular than we

when they dismissed strikingemployes of the c o u n t yWelfare Department and thecounty home.Th e Ferguson Ac t prohibitsstrikes by public employes."\Ve find t ha t the Ferguson i

now," Schinnerer remarked,"All they want f rom us is theappropriations.""Mr. Chairman, you arecatching on," Millett retorted.Millett said he opposed tothe bill because he felt to omu ch legislation w o u l dhamper ef fective w o r k by t heRegents.H e suggested R e g e n t s '

Sirhan'sBirthdayIn Courtac ross the c our t room whereSirhan Bishara Sirhan is ontrial for the murder o f RobertF. Kennedy .The whisperer was Sirhan'solder brother. Adel. in a iok-ing reference to the defen-dant 's 25th bi r thday today .Sirhan didn't quite catch itand, straining to hear.- got upf rom hi s seat Tuesday andtook a tentative step in Ariel'sdirection. Deputy s h e r i f f sgently restrained him."You' re going to be an oldman y ou r birthday." Adelsaid, louder this time. Sirhansmiled and nodded and thenrefocused his attention on thew itness, Orville R o d e r i c kRichardson,That w as a psychologist,about as m u c h

exercised no coordinative inThe report also noted thatsince 1965 OEO has been

poverty action plans but theeffort has had little effect.; 'There is no a v a il a b l eimplemented the Presidenplan i n

DOUGLAS FERGUSON. ..Lima Alternate STEPHEN BAEUMEL. . Wapak Appointee GREGORY D. REX. . . Lima Alternate

decisions relative to legislat i o n ' o r a p , _recommen ded f or educationhealth, manpower trainingsocial security, h o u s i n gurban d e v e l o p m e n t o rveterans' benefits."The report recommendedthat OEO be made an in-dependent agency responsiblefo r prog rams of an innovativenature, such as communityaction.It endorsed th e plan alreadyput f o rward by Nixon to shiftprograms such as Head Startand the Job Corps to otheragencies already carrying ou trelated functions.Some other key findings:Manpower Programs"Theavailable data showed thatmost of the manpower pro-grams experienced high earlyd rop ou t rates which stronglyindicated that many enrolleesreceived little or no actualhelp."GA O recommended t h a tCongress review the J o bCorps, particularly its con-servation camp structure, todetermine whether it shouldbe retained at current ex -pense levels.C ommu n i ty Act i on "I t ha sbeen an effective advocate fo r

DAVID M. GEISE. . Sidney Alternate DONALD WRIGHT. . .Lima AlternateTIMOTHY P.HONE. Lima Alternate

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the poormunities .new or expanded existingin m a n y corn-It has introduced

, IlcW Ul CAUeUlUCU CAI-JIAH^birthday o b s e r v a n c e as HoweverSirhan woul d have. H is at- --*. >,- ~-

Ac t is constitutional both j policies w ere p r e f e r a b l eunder th e Ohio Constitution ("because anything is betterland the Constitution of the (than having the legislature doTE L AV.V AP, -IMJ Jgle ts s t reaked acrossi tj||who was sitting on the court It.Jo rdan River t oday f or t het h i rd t ime in four days to

h a m m e r Arab guerrilla posi-tions at the foot of the GileadMountains.

by special assignment.Th e appellate court upheldaction by the county com-

"I wou ld prefer not to havelegislation in this field," hesaidIn the House State Govern-ment Committee, a group

Sirhantorneys said if they could getpermission they would givehim some cheese and Greekolives which he favors and.perhaps, a piece of cake.Dr. Richardson, the secondpsychologist called by th edefense, described Sirhan asparanoid and said "in acutestates of his illness. Sirhan'sordinary ability to t h i n kd i s criminate, comprehendand react with appropriates o c i a l c o n t r o l i spathologically reduced."

action has ac-hieved these end in lessermeasure than was reasonableto expect in relation to theof the funds ex-

missioners on four cases in opposing a bill revising th eiwhich the commissioners in-|local liquor option law peti-which the commissioners m-|local liquor opuon law peu-Flames and smoke ro se asjvolked thgFergusonAct The!tion to a higher figure ap-ab out four w a r p l a n e s Frankljn Countyco m m o n'peared to testify,alternately s t r a f e d ana|Pieas cour t h ad e a r l i e r , Th e Rev. Paul R- Bock,bombed . upheld the action I state secretary -treasurer ofTh e raid fo llowed a mortar Members of Local 1478.,Ohio Churches of God. issueda t tack on Israeli forces neariAmencan Federation of State.ia statement which s a i d -Ne \ e Ur . nine miles south of County an d M u n i c i p a l " Almo st any i n t e 11 1 g e n tthe Sea of Galilee. Th e army Employes went on strike atjperson can see the powers ofcasualties ,}hp rmintv h o m e Nov. 25 . government being graspedfrom the hands of the privatecitizen.""T o raise th e minimumnumber of needed petitions[from the present 15 per cent

5 1 the county home Nov. 25,,1967, w h e n commissionersto recongnize thebargaining agent.The employes were fired.Cautioned | to more than double th e The in moe r - - - - -w-T3U f Afmn an . a Jordanian Uie D n w o n of Forestry an d U statement said.mililarv spokesman s a i d reclamation^said most o f heJordanian forces w o u n d e d ,fires have been started by th ei h r ee Israeli soldiers during a Iburnmg of trash.25 m i nut e clash in t h e "* advise everyone innorthern Jordan valley todav Ohio to postpone burning until,He said Jh e Israelis started l danger has been reduced!ih e i i g h l rn g b> i inng m a c h i n e by a Jna^or P"10" o f lsu m and mortars on Jorda- precipitation." Dickman said.m an fo rces a Noshan The So far t h i s mon th . 33 6 fi reslire a > re lumed an d th e na-ic brned a total o f 3099Jordan ian s suffered no losses, acres

nc ^ srf "A l rcadx this March h as3n Beirut , the Lebanese pwd !i be 1he f o u r th mostn e w s p a p e r Al Janda hazard ous since we started^peculated t ha t King Hussein ikeepmc records back in 19 2Hof Jordan m i g h t abdicate if and we are only halfwa.-i he Middle Eas! crisis is not through the month." said M airesolved soon. The paper said Idleman. staff forester in- - - o f th e

magnitudepended . "Throu ghou t th e report, th eGAO mentioned "the dif-f iculties" encountered b yOEO. including demand fo rspeed in getting programsstarted, delays an d un-certainties over congressionalfunding and the problems ofwork in g ou t relationshipswithother agencies an d state an dRichardson examined!ioc a\ governments.Sirhan last July 20six weeksafter'the young Jo rdanianArab killed Kennedy while theNe w York sena to r w ascelebrating victory in theCalifornia D e m o c r a t i cpresidential primary.The psychologist said hefound "a very severe emo-tional and mental disturbancein a man of brightno rmal tosuperior intellectual poten-tial." Sirhan. the psychologist

"I note with great satisfac-tion," said Berand MHarding, acting OEO director,'thatfound no w i d e s p r e a dmalfeasance in our program.No r is there evidence of hono r senior at Lima Seniorp o l i t i c a l revolutionaries High School. He is the son o fdominating our program as Mr. and Mrs. Fred 0. Rex ofsome of our critics have 428 S. "*-' "-' v -charged" active

said, has a highlypersonality structure fragile'so thathis best and most adequatelevel of functioning is notstable or reliable."Paranoia d e s t r o y s orseverely impairs "the abilityto know and respond to thedifference between right andtoshow that Sirhan did not havethe mental power to form ameaningful plot against th esenator

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W apakoneta Senior StudentNamed To Naval Academy i _A candidate fo r graduationat Wapakoneta Senior HighSchool this spring. Stephen E.Baeu me l of Burr Oak R o a d ,Rt 2 , Wapakoneta, today w asnamed as one of three ap-pointees to the US. NavalAcademy , Annapolis, from th e4th Ohio district by Rep.William McCulloch, R-Piqua.Five Limaites were namedalternates.The other principal ap-pointments went to J. Douglaslertel. son o f Mr . and Mrs .Dale Hertei of Rt. 2, Celina,and the other to Jack E"oate. son of Mr. and Mrs .B oyd Coate of Pleasant Hillin Miami County.

Hertei is a senior at CelinaHigh Schoo l wh ere he hasbeen an honor student fo r fouryears Co ate has been on thescholar's list at Newton Loca lHigh School.The Wapakoneta S e n i o rHigh School senior is the sonof Mr. and M rs. J o h nBaeumel. He too is an honorstudent and a member of theNational Honor Society. Healso is a member of the Na-tional Spanish Honor Societyan d affiliated with th eschool's Spanish and Latinclubs.Baeumel served as pres-ident o f h i s class as- asophomore an d won honors indistrict and state sciencefairs.Named alternates f r o mLima schools were:Douglas Ferguson, senior atLima Senior High School andson of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E.Ferguson of 552 S. Woodlawn.He is an honor student andw as designated as f i r s talternate. He- h as b e e n

and vocal music groups andplays the organ in a Rock 'nRoll group. He is a membero f the National OceanographyAssociation and is interestedin scuba diving. He is aWestinghouse Science HonorsInstitute- member .Donald E. Wright, a LimaSenior High School seniorhon or student, also was nam-ed as an alternate for ap-pointment t o t h e N a v a lAcademy by Sen. Stephen M .You n g.He has been an outstandingfootball player at the schooland served as team captainth e past year. He is amember o f t h e N a t i o n a lH o n o r Society and is the sonof Mr. and Mrs Carl Wrightof 1724 Mound Rd.Richard Koch , son of Rich-ard E. Koch of 754 Runyan. isa 1968 Lima Senior HighSchool g radua te wh ere he wasan honor s tudent . H e cur-rently is attending AdmiralFarragut Academy, P i n tBeach . N. J.Timothy p. H o n e . ShawneeHigh School senior honor stu-dent, is the so n of Mr. andMrs. Lawrence G Hone of1104 Shawnee Rd. He also wasnominated as an alternate fo r

Fo rce Academy.David M . Geise, son of Mr.and Mrs Virgil Giese ofSidney, is ninth in a class of30 0 graduating seniors atSidney High School. He is in-terested in mathematics andscience and is a member ofthe Ohio Academy of Science. -A year ago he participated inthe Florida Institute of Tech-nology and his main interestlies in aero-space engineer-ing.

appointment to the U.S. Air

Steven L Kritzer,' also a -Sidney High School honor -student, like his classmateGeise. was also nom inated foran alternate appointment toth e U.S. Air Force Academyat Colorado Springs, Colo.Kritzer is the son of Mr. andMrs. Louise Kritzer, Rt.2,Sidney.Others named as alternatesfo r the Naval Academy were:Brian Babbitt, Troy: JamesDohse, Greenville: Don D.Grooms , Rt 5, Greenville;Michae l Robinett, Covington,and James Stacey, Piqua.Fourth district midshipmenno w at the Naval Academyare-:Do n Crites, Lima; J e bKingseed. Piqua: Thomas E.Miars. St Marys, and JohnSchwab. Piqua.

g, dUUlg\J*\J Ult.l_iui,contrary to rumors employed as a p a r t - 11 m e** . . . . . A.- _:._ ._& *T TI*ah T *-!*Gregory D. Rex also is an

Charles. He has beenin the school's band J. D O U G L A S H E R T E LCelina Appointee RICHARD C. KOCH. . .Lima AlienateLimalandBriefs16 Area

B O W L I N G G R E E N Six-iBuren, master in education-teen Lima area students willbe among 278 candidates:receiving degrees 3 p.m. Fri-da y at th e winter quarterconvocation at Bowing GreenState University.T w o students, N o r m a nKreinbrink. Fmdlay, an dRobert Baker. Napoleon, will!receive post masters degreesin special education.Other d e g r e e candidatesare:Linda Crawfis and LetitiaHolden, both of Bluffton. BS inEducation: C l a r e n c e M c-Carty. Cndersville. master inbusiness education: JamesMakemson, Beliefonlaine, BSin Education: Mary Mosier,Haviland, BA m business ad -1 ministration: Dorothy Jelly,Rl 3. Sidney, B A: Constance

Wolfe of Toledo, as the 1 9 G 9Cancer Crusade chairmanfor an 11-county area, in-cluding Allen County, wasannounced today.Wolfe is a Toledo attorney.Other counties in the area are Guild for presentation o f

Degree Aspirants^Defiance, Fulton. Hancock.]"Critic"s Choice" in WapakJHenry. Lucas. Paulding, Put- Theater here in April. Dr.Wood.District Chairman nam; Van Wert W illiams andAppointment of W arren D .

Cast CompletedW A P A K O N E T A Selection

, . .. i. i . j waynesiiera. Ulners inof a cast hasbeen completed ,cast indudeDavjdMockby the W apakoneia Theat?i Bickhart and Susie Shaffer,

Convict Ruled GuiltyIn Three Rioting Counts

all of this city, and JackM aurer and Elaine Smith,both of New Bremen.Slale Winner

A N N A Anita Dell Cle-venger of Rt 3, Sidney, seniorat Fairtawn H i ^ h School,southwest of h ' - r ' - has wonCOLUMBUS ''V JV V4H o m e m a k e r < } ' lornorrow ti-H e w as charged w i I h tie and a 1 'm < ,< wisi] Millst n e p a r l i c i p a i i n g in two scholarshipJ "rL,rtXJ