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""fi$ liberty alone whichgives the flower of fleetinglife its sweetness an d per-fume, and we are weeds with-out it. All restraint, exceptwhat wisdom lays on evilmen, is evil." Cowper THE LIMA NEWSServing Northwest Ohio For Over 34 YearsEver rtriving for Limaland to bo oven m better place to five. 'Rosalinda'SymphonySpecialApri l 24-27(Page C1)

PHONE J2J-1010Ut E. H I G H ST. 45802 THIS PAPER CONSISTSOF SIX SECTIONS (96 PAGE S TODAY) SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1969, LIMA , OHIO VOL. 85, NO. 102 (25 CENTS) SECOND CLASS POSTAGE TAIDAT LIMA, OrtIO, 4580?

Ho w much blood can a person lose an d still live?-S.K., Delphos.The a m o u n t of blood in the body depends on the sizeand weight of the individual . Fo r example, a 160-poundadu l t will have approximately five quarts of blood. A n 80-poundtchild on the other hand ha s only about two and ahalf quarts. If a few ounces of blood is lost, it is usual lyno t serious, but the sudden l oss of a quart could easilymake an adult faint. If he loses more, his life will be indanger. In case you're looking for a maximum losswithout resultant death, ACTION could find none. We didlearn, though, that the wor ld record b l ood infusion is 933pints. Received by Fred Wallace, 17, in 28 weeks, atWadley Blood Center, Dallas, Tex., the blood w astransfused because the lad w as a hemophiliac.On the King Family TV show there Is a girl w ho lookslike the same girl who plays the part o f Kate on MyThree Sons. Ca n ACTION find out if it is the same girt? D.G.D., Lima.The -My -Three Sons role of Katie is played by TinaCole, and she is a m e m b e r of the King Family, b eing thedaughter of Yvonne King and the late Budd y Cole.Shegrew up singing with the family and now is married toColney Howard III, a studio production executive. Theyhave a son and live in Studio City, Hollywood .Where Is Ft. Knox? L. J., Delphos.Ft. Knox, which houses the U. S. Army Armor Center,lies 35 miles south of Louisville, Ky . The repository ofthe government's gold reserve, it also contains theGeorge S. Patton Jr. Military Museum of World War IIequipmentOu t bowl ing league is having a b a n q u e t the first weeko f May. Fo r entertainment, w e wouid like to get a magi-cian's act, biit have no t f o u n d one. Could ACTION supplyus with names? E.L.K.,Lima.Ever hear of the Northwestern Ohio M a g i c i a n sAssociation? President Richard Resor, vice presidentRichard Haas and secretary-treasurer Doug Fergusonlive right here in Lima. Anyone wishing to contact theassociation ma y write NOMA. care of 552 S. Wood lawn ,Recently I have seen a soft dr ink commercia l with aman playing a strange instrument. The man is dressedin white; the instrument is small, with about eight stripsof metal of different sizes. Does ACTION know what theinstrument is, how much it costs an d where I can buyone? G. J., Columb us Grove.O f Indian origin, that strange inst rument is cal led athumb piano, according to J. Walter Thompson ad -vertising agency, which produced the TV commerc ial .You may order on e through the Voice of the Flower, 7328N. Honore St., Chicago^Saw ACTION'S tem about Gene Autry's sidekick, b utdidn't see If Antry himself is still alive. Haven't heard ofhim lately. P.V., Lima."I'm back in the saddle again." Gene, who was bo rn inTloga, Tex., in 1907, is still alive and kicking but notkicking a horse with his stirrups. Kept busy by his con-trolling interests in eight corporations, including a mo -tion picture company, hotel chain and a baseball club, healso has interests in 17 other enterprises. Autry appearedin 92 feature flicks from 1934 to 1957, and also w as thefirst Western star to join the elite group of the top 10 ilmmoneymakers (1932-42). Although he no longer brandscattle rustlers, on e source suggests he still totes a bran-ding iron: it bears the $ mar k .When you have f h c f lag up on your mail box indtcatiingyo n have letters tn be mailed , is the postman supposed tostop even though he doesn't have an y mail fo r y o u ?.j Lima.Postmen on rura l routes, or where the mailbox ismounted at the curb , are required to pick up mail if thef lag is up. However, where mail is delivered to a porchmailbox, the postman is not required to pick up letterseven if they are in plain sight.Ar e fresh water eels really male catfish? Y.M.,Lima.No , they are not even in the same classification. Freshwater eels belong to the farailv "Anguillidae:" catfish tothe "Ameiuridae."When and how w as Hie first walch m a d e ? Who in-vented ft? T. S., Lima.Th first watch Is supposed to have been inventedabout 1500 by Peter Henlein, a locksmith living inNuremberg, Germany. His watch was so heavy It had tob* hung from a belt around the waist In fact, you mightsay It was more on the order of a portable clock. Beforehis invention, people told time fey clocks using heavyweights. However, Henlein's invention was a mainspringas the source of power to jtarn the wheels; first a straightmainspring w as used, later giving way to the coiledspring.********Have a problem, complaint r qnestim? The* write

ACTION, Lima News, Drawer N, Lima, Ohfo 45912.IvcMe name, address and telephone. Send nothing to betctanei. Answers w fO fe e given wriy hi this column an dfly to general Merest imprirics.NW 8 P A PEK.f l fiC H i V E - .

FTC Probes Rash Of Mergers68 Per CentRise NotedDuring Year

WASHINGTON (AP) -TheFederal Trade Commissionmoved Saturday to check thepace of corporate mergers byrequiring large firms toreport planned acquisitionsbefo re actual transactions arem ad e .The action was taken, theFTC said, "in response to thesharp acceleration in mergeractivity" which reached apeak last year with 4,003consolidations-r68 per centmore than in 1967.It coincided with release ofthe FTC's statistical report on1 9 6 8 merger trends, showingthat more and more big firmsar e becoming swallowed upb y- expansion-minded cor-porations.Although final figures wereno t tabulated, it appearedlikely the 1968 totals wouldshow that the nation's 200l a r g e s t corporations con-trol led wel l over 60 per centof the country's manufac-turing assets.Assailing the trend, the FTCsaid it is requiring priornotification f rom al l firmsplanning mergers that wouldcreate combines with $250million or more in assets.Special reports will be re-(See MERGERS, PageA-4)

S * / Billion Savings

7 0 B u d g e t C u t s S e e nWASHINGT ON (UPI) -President N i x o n an -nou nc e d Saturday that hisrevised spending budget for!billionfo r the fiscal year startingJuly 1 as proposed by the l as tJohnson budget to $192.9fiscalf rom 1 9 7 0 willdomestic cut $4 billionand defenseROBERT P. MAYO.. .Budget Director

programs and produce $5.8billion surplus.The President said the cutswill lower federal spending

a nd produce th elargest surplus since 1951when Harry S Truman was inthe White House.Nixon said the surplus "willspeak louder than an y words"to demo nstrate that the nation

"is determined to bring a haltto th e inflationary s p i r a lwhich has -seriously affectedou r economy these last fouryears."White H o u s e s po k es m ensaid detailed figures on thenew budget would be an-nounced in the coming week.Revised budget requests ar e

also expected to be sent toCongress at the same time,they added.Th e n e w administrationbudget is actually only $2.4billion less than the $195.3billion in outlays planned byhis predecessor, Lyndon B.(See BUDGET, Page A-2) .Offensive Still RagesWarships' SalvoesSlam Red Hideouts

SAIGON (UPI) A dozenAmerican warships knockedout 106 Communist hideoutsSaturday with salvoes f romtheir stations of f South Viet-im's coast in the SouthC h i n a S e a , m i l i t a r yspokesmen said.Hundreds of shells f rom thedestroyers and cruisers of the**

U . S . 7th Fleet slammed Intoenemy hideouts up and downthe coast in the drive todestroy bivouacs supplyinithe guerrillas" nationwide o ifensive.Headquarters In Saigon sailthe shelling also destroyed 9bunkers, 10 gun positions, amtwo tunnel storage complexes****Viet 'RepeatPeace Principles

TOKYO (AP) - The Vietlong announced three basic'rincipals in Vietnam Satur-d ay , among them theamiliar demand f o r u n -conditional withdrawal of U.Sroops, one issue that hasblocked progress at the Parisnegotiations.CambodianRelations9Improving?WASHINGTON (UPI) -Th e Nixon administrationannounced Saturday that itwas moving to patch up rela-ions with Cambodia and waseady to open discussions onesuming diplomatic ties.Cambodian Chief of StateNorodom Sihanouk severediplomatic relations with theJnited States in May, 1965,ver an incident which in-olved a U.S. military inrusion from South Vietnamnto Cambodian territory.A major difficulty betweenambodiatales has an dbeen the UnitedCambodia's1-defined e a s t e r n frontierwith South Vietnam.Prince Sihanouk announced-arlier Saturday he expectedcommunication from the'ixon administration o nWednesday w hich w o u l decognize "Cambodian boun-daries.In a speech to the nationalassembly, which was heardby U.S. radio ministers here,

(SeeREL A TIO N , PageA-4)

The Viet Cong previouslyha d laid down five demands,but the wording of the latestproposal seemed . b r o a denough to cover them al l-Available officials in Wash-ington said they f o u n d noth-ing significantly new in theproposals.R a d i o H a n o i I n aJapanese l anguage broadcas tsaid the threeprinciples were:1. The United

Viet CongStates mustend its "aggression" in Viet-nam.2. The United States must

unconditional ly withdraw allits troops from Vietnam.3. The South Vietnamesegovernment must en dforever its role of "betray-i n g " the nation.The five points previouslyinsisted upon w er e : An end toall U.S. military action inVietnam, withdrawl of allforeign troops, destruction ofal l foreign bases, no in-terference fro m the outsidt insettling South V i e t n a m ' sp o l i t i c a l future, a n d

(See VIET Page A-4)

munist groundmocked down a

N e w s B r i e f sROME (AP) Italy's four-month-oldrocked by - government w asinternal squabbles

W E . t T H E f t

SUNNYSunny and w ar mer to-day, highs in- the low 0s.Fair an d wanner to-night, l ows In the 40s. In-creasing cloudiness withlittle temperature changeMonday-

Saturday as a new wave o fbombings and of springtimestudent and labor unrest rip-pled through the country.The Cabinet of PremierMariano R u m o r w as underthe pressure of opposing fac-tions within the ranks of thecenter-left coalition parties-Some were asking that policeb e d i s a r m e d ; othersdemanded stiffer measures tostop violence.

SA N FERNANDO, C a l i f .(UPI) The arrest of onej-outh early Saturday trig-;cred a violent disturbance inwhich some 200 others at-acked seven police officersand tried to storm the policestation.One police officer sufferedminor head injuries and 12youths were booked oncharges of disturbing th epeace, interfering with apolice officer and failure odisperse.

L AUSANNE, Switzerland(UPI) Former Queen Vic-toria - Eugenie of Spain, lastsurviving granddaughter ofEngland's Queen Victoria, 82,lapsed into a coma Saturday.

It was feared she would no trecover.BANGUI, Central AfricanRepublic (UPI) President

Jean Bedel B o k a s s a an-nounced S a t u r d a y M sgovernment ha d foiled a coupby army officers and sen-tenced their leader to death.VA TIC A N CITYPope Paul VI will (UPI) make hisscheduled trip to Uganda atwo-day journey starting July31 , during the coolest periodin that part of Africa theVatican announced Saturday.The Pontiff, 71, wil l land atKampala, Uganda's capital,where he will meet withAfrican bishops, consecrate acathedral and pray fo r peacein the Nigerian' civil war, theannouncement said,WASHINGTON (UPI) -S e n . Edward M. Kennedy,lired from an all-night flight,returned to W a s h i n g t o nSaturday from a Senate sub-

committee tour of Alaska bu trefused to discuss charges byRepublicans that his trip w aspublicity stunt. ;"I think the trip was ex-remelyuseful,"newsmenworthwhileK e n n e d yw ho met his

a ndtoldplaneat D u l l e s InternationalAirport.

Viet Cong and North Viet-namese soldiers pushed theiroffensive towardweek, hitting 30 its eighthtowns andcamps S a t u r d a y withovernight' barrages t h a tmilitary spokesmen s a icaused light damage andcasualties.Among t he p o p u l a t i o ncenters hit was Vinh Long, 5Smiles southwest of Saigon,where 100 rounds Fri-day had kil led 21 persons andwounded 100. This time, 34shells killed one and woundedfive.Terrorists in a n o t h e rMekong Delta village, Ph uH u u , detona'ted a mine in themarketplace, wounding fourhildren seriously.Far to the north, C o r n -g u n n e r sU.S. Marine(See WARSHIP, Page A-4)

QUEEN Carol Burton,,anative-of Ogden, Utah, w asnamed Queen of the 1969National Cherry B l o s s o mFestival. She was crownedb y District o f C o l u m b i aMayor Walter Washington.Queen Carol, 19, daughter ofRep. Laurence Burton, R-Utah. w as chosen by the spino f a wheel. (TJPI Telephoto.)

EuropeariSecurityHuddle?

MOSCOW ( U P I ) I n adirect challenge to NATO, thSoviet Union proposed Satur-day - that East and WestEuropean states hold ameeting soon to organize aconference o n E u r o p e a nsecurity.The NATO council issued acommunique F r i d a y inWashington in which itavoided direct reference toSoviet calls for such ,asecurity conference and saidonly that it would "study ho wa useful process of negotiationwith the Soviet bloc) could> e initiated, in due course."The Soviet news agencyTass attacked this decision incommentary signed b y ,commentator Vasily Kharkovand said it reflected "a cer-;ain camouflage, the strivingto avoid in actual fact thanswer to this call.'It is apparent that soma

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Arab CommandosShell Israeli CampBy The ASSOCIATED PRESSArab- Israe l i f i ght ingerupted again on th Jorda-nian front Saturday and>azooka shells were lobbedinto an Israeli army camp inoccupied Sinai.An army communique:ssued in Tel Aviv said Arabcommandos infiltrating fromJgypt shelled the camp froman improvised launcher withh i n e se-made activatingdevices. No casualties werereported.Hail UnionNationwideStrike Near

WASHINGTON (AP) Ther a i l r o a d s and unionsignalmen were reported lessthan a nickel an hour apartSaturday a s negotiationscontinued in an effort to heado ff a nationwide strike Mon-day.One source said the twosides were about 4 V i centsapart on extra pay for skilledworkers, the major unresolv-

The r a i d e r apparentlyslipped through the sa l tmarshes p r o b a b l y b yboatfrom th e e x t r e m enorthwestern tip of the SinaiDesert below Port Said on theSuez Canal.This area was not invadedb y th e advancing I s r a e l iarmies in 1967 chiefly becauseof the treacherous terrain.It was the first time anArab raid had been reportedin this region. There havebeen several forays acrossthe canal itself to lay minesand ambush Israeli patrols,usually in the Bitter Lakes;section at the south of the;waterway. ;An Israeli army spokesman;said earlier the Arab guer-!rillas opened fire on an Israeli!patrol with bazookas south ofthe Sea of Galilee earlySaturday. He said Jordanian

ed issueBrotherhood between th eof R a i l r o a dSignalmen a n d r a i l r o a dmanagementBut he sa id so m enegotiators migbt dispute thatigure. He said it is the dif-erence between i nvo lvediroposals difficult to explain,n simplerailroads' terms ofoffer and th eth e

(See UXIOX, Page A - S )

regulars joinedmortar barragehours and thereturned th esuffering casualties.

in with alasting 2%I s r a e l i swithoutA Jordaniancountered with spokesmanthe chargethat Israelis began shellingSouth Menshia village early.Saturday an d Jordanian gun-ners replied hitting f ivaIsraeli soldiers.The Israelis said on oftheir civil ians was wounded

by Arab sniper fire near PortTawfiq at the southern end ofthe waterway.In Tel Aviv, Prime Minister!Golda Meir reitereated her,government's stand that thtBig Four "had no right" to'determine the fate of Israel. I"We want peace by directnegotiations and only those(Se e AR AB, PageA-4 )

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Last year's Oscar awardsprogram has been callednumbing in its dultaess.An dthe Academy of Motion Pic-ture Arts an d Sciences itseliis wallowing in middle age.Bu t president Gregory Peckpromises reviializalon, atleast in Monday n i g h t ' sceremonies. See PAGE CW .

AlashaTripTrucking freight f r o mCleveland to Anchorage particularly the last 2,500miles northward a c r o s sCanada demands driversworth $20,000 or more ayear. That Alcan Highwaystretch is silently beautiful inits lonelniess, bu t savage ianature-borne dangers. PAGEDl.Birtfcs A 4 Plajbffll CllBS-9 Real Estate BllDeaths A4 Sports Bl7Editorial BIS Theaters C1WSHome Bll TVSchedwle CliHospitals A4 Want A ds D3-1IJeawDixmi Bll Women's ClU|

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