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iurmng Ikralh MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1975 - VOL. XCIV, No. 235 Manchester—A City of Village Charm EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: nFTEEN CENTS Congress Faces Long Agenda Of Unresolved Public Business WASHINGTON (UPI) — Congress him in 1962 to have the CIA work out plans returns from a 10-day July 4th recess still similar CIA committee which has been terstate highways should be reduced and for “getting rid” of Cuban leader Fidel beset by differences among Democrats on facing a long list of unresolved issues Castro. whether British-French supersonic the committee. The proposal would lead to passenger aircraft should be allowed to ranging from the CIA investigation to Others scheduled to testify included creation of a new committee. land in the United States. taxes and truck weights. former Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Treasury Secretary William Simon goes The flur^ of congressional activity will But the Senate is still stalled in debate retired Gen. Maxwell Taylor, and to the House Ways and Means Committee be short-lived. A month-long recess is over whether Republican Louis Wyman or McGeorge Bundy, special assistant for Tuesday to give his proposals for tax scheduled to start Aug. 1. House Assistant Democrat John Durkin should be seated as security affairs for Presidents John reform. the junior senator from New Hampshire. Democratic Leader John McFall told Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Reaching the floor this week are The Senate convenes today for more members before their return this week While the Senate investigation con- Department of Transportation proposals debate on the matter, with yet another they will face “a full working schedule for tinues, the House Rules Committee will which will set off debate on whether the entire month of July.” attempt to halt a Republican filibuster set consider a resolution aimed at dissolving a for Tuesday. maximum truck weights allowed on in- The House returns to work Tuesday to consider transferring control of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in Califor- nia from the Navy to the Department of Congress Asked to Revamp the Interior, paving the way for public access to the oil. Between votes on the New Hampshire h- i issue, the Select Senate Committee in- vestigating U.S. intelligence agencies Federal Highway Program Matching Up Guests and Hosts meets again in closed session Tuesday, still concentrating on alleged assassina- .WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Ford The Rev. Stephen Jacobson, rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Under the President’s proposal, only 1 this would give state and local officials tion plots hatched by the CIA. asked Congress today to adopt a national cent of the tax on each gallon would go into expedites the pairing of teen-agers from Northern Ireland with their host more choice in spending federal aid for Among the witnesses is retired Maj. highway program that would distribute 25 a Highway Trust Fund. Two cents would highways. families after their arrival late Saturday night at St. James School. The two- Gen. Edward Lansdale, who has denied as per cent of the federal gasoline taxes — or go into the general treasury and 1 cent to month visit of 14 Protestant and 14 Catholic youngsters is co-sponsored by “distortions” a report that former At- about $1 billion a year — to the states. any state that hikes its own gasoline tax by the two churches. (Herald photo by Larson) torney General Robert Kennedy ordered A White House statement said Ford’s 1 or more cents a gallon. plan — which was expected to meet with To help state and local highway planning Strike Cripples great resistance in Congress — would give Ford wants the number of highway spen- 1 cent of the federal-governments 4 cent a ding programs — now totally about 30 — Argentina gallon gasoline tax to any state that raises cut to four general categories. Aides said Irish Young People Arrive its own gas tax by at least 1 cent. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (UPI) - A The proposed federal highway act of crippling nationwide strike gripped Argen- 1975 aims at finishing the 42,500 mile in- Erupting Mauna Loa tina today, shutting down public transpor- terstate highway system, which is now 85 Attracts Thousands tation, shuttering businesses and halting per cent complete, and allowing state r newspaper publication and radio broad- For Summer in Manchester and local governments more freedom in casts. the ways they use federal highway aid. VOLCANO, Hawaii (UPI) - The Mauna ’Thousands of Argentine workers began The plan also would put greater Loa volcano, a sleeping giant for a quarter walking off their jqbs around the country emphasis on intercity routes of national of a century, is spewing molten lava in a After months of planning and hours of Church, 14 Protestant and 14 Catholic at midnight Sunday in a dranutic show- The group arrived at Kennedy Inter- importance, according to the White House major eruption attracting thousands of down with President Maria Estela last-minute anticipation, 28 young people youngsters will be guests in Manchester national Airport late Saturday and were statement. spectators. from Northern Ireland arrived in homes for the remainder of the summer in (Isabel) Peron, the first such strike bused to Mancheser arriving here about Currently, all of the gasoline tax The world’s largest volcano erupted against a Peronist government. Manchester late Saturday night for a un- an effort to add a new dimension of under- 10:30. revenue goes into the Highway Trust Saturday night for the first time since 1950 ique two-month visit to New England. standing among the young people, their Workers vented their rage in Host families and other well-wishers Fund. on Hawaii’s largest island. ’Two flows of demonstrations, shouting obscene insults Sponsored by St. Mary’s Episcopal hosts and their religious sects. waited more than hour for the bus to molten lava cascaded down the slopes of Church and St. James Roman Catholic at Economy Minister Celestino Rodrigo, arrive at the St. James School where Slower Recovery the 13,680-foot summit, destroying who announced the new austerity program refreshments were served while the everything in their path. that touched off the labor unrest, and children met their hosts families for the Called Good News A road near a weather observatory was Social Welfare Minister Jose Lopez Rega, first time. cut, but there was no immediate danger the influential presidential adviser h i^ Mwy, using only photographs to go by, CLEVELAND (Upi) — The fact that because the nearest community was some responsible tor 'Etodrigo’s appotaiment. Nation’s Mayors Seek quickly spotted ana tooTc m tow their recovery from the present inflation will be 30 miles away. ’The lava moved at the rate charges. Conspicuous was the ease with slow was hailed as good news in a report of several miles an hour toward the sea. which the children in the host families published today in Industry Week As fountains of lava shot hundreds of Israel Retaliates More Federal Dollars broke the ice with their guests and air was magazine. feet into the air with a roar, a caravan of soon filled with Gaelic-accented English The report said a fast, sharp recovery cars full of eager tourists and residents For Bombing BOSTON (UPI) — The nation’s mayors, and lobbied for its position aided by a and American conversation. probably would lead to renew^ inflation headed for viewing spots within sight of letter from President Ford. The Rev. Stephen Jacobson, rector of St. and shortages, in the opinion of many • Mauna Loa’s northeast flank. By United Press International split by political and economic disputes, Israeli planes, gunboats and artillery today sought agreement on how to get and All sides agreed, however, with Chicago Mary’s, called attention to the time economists. Mayor Richard Daley who said he saw no difference and quickly called out names of On the other hand, it said, a slow devastated Palestinian guerrilla bases in distribute the federal dollars they agree southern Lebanon today in retaliation for are urgently needed. reason for the federal government ap- the Irish guests and host families so that recovery would produce a mqre stable propriating $600 million overnight to aid they could be on their way to a good future. Holiday Toll a guerrilla bombing that took 14 lives in Mayors from the large industrial cities, Jerusalem last Friday. The attack was many of which have been forced to lay off Vietamese refugees when it couldn’t night’s rest. The climate is right, given right provide adequate help for the cities. While the wait for the bus seem almost decisions in Washington, to keep inflation followed by the heaviest artillery duels public employes to stay fiscally afloat, Passes 475 along the border in months. Sunday forced preliminary approval of a The conference’s Resolutions Com- unending, the arrival was almost an- down to a rate of five or six per cent in the mittee, under heavy pressure from ticlimatic since within a half-hour most of years to come, the report said. Reports from Beirut said initial casual- request for more federal dollars at the By United Press International ty reports in today’s attacks put the toll at expense of their wealthier and, in many Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, voted to the guests were headed for the homes in The economy probably stabilized in the ’The Fourth of July holiday death toll include the need criteria in its recommen- Manchester where they will spend the second quarter just ended. Some 13 persons killed and 37 wounded, 20 of cases, smaller counterparts. climbed toward the lower end of the them seriously. Beirt said the dead in- The Republican minority at the U.S.