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PAGE THIRTY-TWO - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, Manchester, Conn., Fri.,<Dec. 20, 1974 lianrljp0frr lurnmn Ifrralh EIGHTEEN PAGES MANCHESTER. CONN,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1974 - VOL. XCIV, No. 70 Manchester—A City of Village Charm TWO MINIS - TWO SECTIONS PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS Get the gifts Starts Working Holiday Sunday President Slates Session With Economic Aides that are driving WASHINGTON (UPI) - President and the New Year with the mixture of for mandatory wage and price controls belonging to oilman-cattleman Richard Ford, preparing to depart for a working challenge and hope that the always- and tax cuts unless Ford can come up with Bass. holiday at the Vail, Colo., ski resort, sum­ unfinished agenda of our nation inspires in better solutions. He has said he does not want to disrupt; ■ ^ 4 moned his economic advisors to the White those who serve it in all its branches,” he Ford will be reviewing his options the holiday atmosphere at Vail, but there House today to hear their final recommen­ said. during his vacation in Colorado. He also his presence cannot help but be noticed. dations on how to pull the nation out of its In the largely conciliatory address. Ford will be reviewing a package of long- and Presidential press secretary Ron deepening recession. pointed out that he had been elected to the short-term energy recommendations. Nessen said Ford will not have to wait in 93rd Congress and had served there for Ford also scheduled an afternoon ses­ To Ski and Relax line for the ski lifts because he will have a sion with Vice President Nelson A. half its term before becoming vice- ski instructor with him at all times which president and then President. Ford has been looking forward to skiing Rockefeller to review his plans for giving and relaxing at the seven-bedroom cottage gives him an executive privilege to go to Rockefeller a major share of domestic He expressed gratitude for the personal the head of the line. Manchester wild responsibilities. friendship and the confidence members of Congress had shown in confirming him To Leave Sunday and Rockefeller. The President and members of his fami­ Ford May Ask Rollback ly will fly to the affluent Rocky Mountain To Review Proposals ski resort Sunday morning for a two week Ford this afternoon will review holiday stay. proposals of his chief economic advisors Of Big Steel Price Hike Ford will be taking along some 60 bills for a program that will meet the unique Congress passed this week in its rush for inflation-recession situation the nation adjournment. In a farewell message to the faces. WASHINGTON (UPI) - The govern­ A council spokesman said later that the He is expected to put off any major 93rd Congress, Ford said “Much has been ment is studying a report by U.S. Steel jovernment’s options range from doing done, but much more remains.” economic decisions until the new Congress Corp. justifying its latest price increase, nothing to asking for a rollback. convenes in mid-January. and a price monitoring official says there It was Ford’s irritated response to the Challenge and Hope The overwhelming Democratic majori­ is a possibility President Ford may de­ steel price hike that triggered the present “I look forward to the coming Congress ty in the new Congress is expected to push mand a rollback. investigation. Although the government m t However, E.B. Speer, chairman of the lacks legal power to compel a price reduc­ giant steel producer, told reporters Friday tion, Ford indicated his “disappointment” that the new higher price schedule is an at the U.S. Steel action in light of his call accomplished fact. for all Americans to tighten their belts. He •\s- “We’re invoicing customers on the new asked the company to deliver a written NEWS price base,” he said. response to Rees. After a closed-door session with Speer Shares Concern Santa Visits Crestfield Home CAPSULES and other senior officers of U.S. Steel, In that reply, Speer said his com- Albert Rees, director of the Council on panyshares Ford’s concern about infla­ Wage and Price Stability, said the com­ Theodore Pfenning chuckles over his Catholic High School brought tion. “But we must also provide solutions pany had “in part” convinced government to the longer range problems of curbing in­ gift of after-shave lotion he received presents, decorations, and awarded $350,000 from Greyhound Bus Co. Awarded $350,000 officials that some of the 4.7 per cent in­ flation, eliminating shortages, creating by a circuit court jury. from Santa (Rick Gentile), during a refreshments to the guests of Crest­ MIAMI (UPI) — A British college coed crease announced earlier this week was productive jobs, and promoting economic Christmas party at Crestfield Con­ field for holiday enjoyment. (Herald beaten nearly to death in a bus terminal The British girl, who was attacked on a justified by higher labor and materials growth and our standard of living. This valescent home. Students from East photo by Dunn) restroom in August, 1973, has been visit to the United States with her fiance, costs. requires financially strong and profitable testified at the trial she was unable to Analyzing Company Data companies.” recall details of the beating which nearly But the Princeton University professor Speer said the price hike would allow the killed her. hired by Ford to head the government’s in­ company to recover only part of the higher flation monitoring effort said his com­ costs incurred in the past three months. Snow Slide Kills Many mittee needed more time to analyze the Payroll costs, including the new coal mine REYKJAVIK (UPI) - A massive snow company’s figures. settlement, have gone up about $5 per ton Congress Passes Trade Bill slide rolled down an eastern Iceland Asked if he might request that the com­ and materials have increased about $15 mountainside, churned through the small pany rollback all or part of its increase, per ton since Sept. 1 — but the price hike costal town of Neskaupstadur and swept Rees said he would not, “but its possible will recover only about $15 per ton for the Loaded With Restrictions people and buildings into the sea, that the President may.” company, Speer said. authorities said today. WASHINGTON (UPI) - The 93d national health insurance and major tax crease in educational benefits for At least 12 persons were known dead in Congress adjourned Friday night after two reform, and it failed to act on comprehen­ veterans, the biggest since World War II. the Friday avalanche. tumultous years in which it forced sive proposals to deal with the sagging Friendly Words Jewish Remnant Richard M. Nixon to resign the presiden­ economy and the energy crisis. In a statement issued after adjourn­ Dayan Warns Israelis cy, .confirmed two vice presidents and ment, Ford declared “the legislative ac­ TEL AVIV (UPI) - Former Israeli passed landmark legislation. Congressman Weary complishments of the 93rd Congress have Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has President Ford said the legislative Weary senators and congressman, been less than I had hoped” but conceded warned his countrymen “the dangling In Egypt Visited achievements were “ less than I had anxious to go home for the Christmas that wodld be the reaction of anyone sword of war exists over our heads” un­ hoped.” holidays, left to the 94th Congress, which looking at Congress from the White House less the occupied Golan Heights is handed WASHINGTON (UPI) - The tiny But Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, who On its final day Congress gave Ford a takes over Jan. 14, the crucial decisions on Couched in friendly, holiday words. back to Syria. Jewish remnant still existing in Egypt is with a small delegation of other American trade bill the White House sought for two wage and price controls, tax cuts or tax Ford told his old colleagues in Congress Dayan said in a televised interview relatively free of harassment and com­ Jews made an unnanounced trip to Egypt years as a cornerstone for its policy of hikes, gas rationing or a gas tax. that “much has been done, but much more Friday surrender of the Golan Heights on paratively free to practice its Judaism, last month, said the tiny band of about 400 detente with Communist nations but During its two-year tenure, the remains” and added “I look forward to the Israel’s northern front was the key to Jews were mostly persons over 65 years loaded it with restrictions that could Congress approved major legislation coming Congress and the new year with according to the president of the Union of reaching a lasting settlement with hostile American Hebrew Congregations. old and seemed a “dying” community. nullify its impact. designed to give it greater control over the mixture of challenge and hope that the Arab neighbors. The trip to Egypt was the first time Lower Barriers Possible government spending and and to curb a always unfinished agenda of our nation in­ leaders of a major American Jewish The bill authorizes Ford to embark on president’s power to send American spires in those who serve it in all its organization had visited the country since negotiations to lower world tariff barriers troops into combat. branches.” 1956. At the time of the 1956 Arab-Israeli and gives the Soviet Union most-favored- It also passed sweeping legislation war, there were 80,000 Jews in Egypt. nation trading status provided Russia dealing with pension rights; political cam­ ‘“rhe Jews we encountered were , allows freer emigration of Jews and other paign reforms; a $20 billion program of Watergate Tape desperately eager to see us, they clung to minorities.

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