Being Re-Examined WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Ford Scott said “we ought not to assess “1 have never seen a more unified bipar­ ^ B is re-examining U.S. policy in the Middle blame” when asked which side had caused tisan approach,” Scott said. “The con­ East as a result of the breakdown of Arab- the failure. gressional leaders are bipartisan. The 1 Israeli peace initiatives, but there is no “There was no feeling of despair that division stops at the water’s edge." )T- ft imminent danger of war in the area, con­ war was imminent,” Rhodes said of the Scott said “there was generai sympathy iv-' gressional leaders said today. tone of the White House meeting. for Kissinger” and there was warm •V II “Geneva will be the next step, and will He said the question now is “Where do applause for the secretary from the law­ be much more difficult,” Senate we go from here?” makers. Rhodes said “the leaders (T- Democratic leader Mike Mansfield told Mansfield rejected speculation that the expressed great confidence in the reporters following an hour and a half deteriorating situation in Southeast Asia secretary and his ability.” t White House meeting. and Congress’ not acting on the $522 There has been a general speculation % Ford arranged the meeting with million requested aid for South Vietnam that Kissinger was depressed over the 2 ■la Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and and Cambodia played a part in the failure of his step-by-step diplomacy plus i f Democratic and Republican congressional collapse of Kissinger’s mission. the worsening situation in Southeast Asia. leaders following the breakdown of He said Indochina was not mentioned at All the leaders agreed that Geneva was Pancake Eating Contest Starts Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy in the the morning meeting. the next step but predicted that it would be Mideast. The Mideast question now ap­ “The secretary has made what we con­ a very difficult and long process because A S parently will go to peace talks in Geneva. sider a superb effort to work for peaceful of the numbers of parties, including the It was pancakes away Saturday after­ eating contest with, from left, Frank though h’rank was in the lead, Scott “It’s my understanding there will be a settlement of the issues which divide the Soviet Union and perhaps the Palestine 11 noon when the Manchester Lodge of Lea, 9, of 111 Eldridge St., Scott came through the winner having con­ re-examination and reassessment of the Arabs and Israeli in that area,” Albert Liberation Organization who would be par­ K f - r ' 12 Elks held its annual Pancake Festival Dougan, 12, of 13 Santina Dr., and sumed a total of 17 pancakes. (Herald U.S. poiicy in the Middle East,” Mansfield said. “We are approaching in a 100 per ticipating. 4 at the Elks Home on Bissell St. John Dupont, 12, of 54 Santina Dr. par­ photo by Dunn) said. cent bipartisan effort.” Highlighting the event was i^ancake ticipating. Although it looked as He added that the White House meeting was “depressing and disappointing because of the lack of success on the part of Secretary Kissinger, whose efforts we Weiss Ouster Draws fully support.” Mansfield said that his expression of dis­ House-Senate Negotiations appointment on the grimness of the situa­ tion reflected the views of both Ford and Support and Opposition Kissinger. In an unusual White House press center briefing which displayed the congressional By SOL COHEN by Phyllis Jackston, the motion cites lack Begin on Tax Compromise bipartisanship toward the Middle East, The call for Town Manager Robert of board confidence in Weiss and asks for Mansfield was joined by Speaker Carl Weiss to resign is being supported by the his resignation. Albert, Senate Republican leader Hugh Although Directors Ferguson and WASHINGTON (UPI) - House and matters. Then he discussed strategy with Nessen said “The President is basically Manchester Property Owners Association Scott and House GOP leader John J. Jackston haven’t spelled out a bill of par­ Senate negotiators who met today must a group that included Treasury Secretary opposed to all the amendments.” (MPOA) and is being opposed by Rhodes in expressing total support for Manchester Local 991, American Federa­ ticulars (as required were the motion to either draw up a tax cut bill to satisfy William Simon, his chief lobbyist. Max Asked specifically about a Ford veto, Kissinger and his efforts. tion of State, County and Municipal be one of dismissal), they charged Weiss President Ford or satisfy enough Friedersdorf, and two GOP members of Nessen said: During his 16-day shuttle, Kissinger Employes, AFL-CIO. with violating the town's merit system in members of Congress to pass it over his Ways and Means, New Yorker Barber “Since we don’t know what is going to be tried to secure from Egypt a non­ In addition, Darrell Hovey, work coor­ one instance and poor judgment and im­ veto. Conable and Pennsylvanian Herman in that bill, it’s difficult to say whether he belligerency agreement in return for dinator in the water and sewer depart­ propriety in another. Unless everything breaks down, Schneebli. would veto it or not. The President has not Israeli withdrawal from the key military ment, said today that middle-management They charged him with tailoring Americans can expect a major tax reduc­ ruled out a veto....” A White House spokesman said only that mountain passes in the Sinai and the Egyp­ employes of the town (non-union members application specs for the position of per­ tion in 1975 and rebates on 1974 taxes. Ullman appeared on ABC’s “Issues and the sessions were intended to obtain a tax tian oil field, all of which Israel conquered and mostly assistant department heads) sonnel supervisor. And they cited poor The conference committee is made up of Answers” and Nessen was on CBS’ “Face cut Ford would consider acceptable. in 1967. are supporting Weiss and believe he “was judgement and impropriety when he per­ members from both chambers, supporting the Nation.” their own versions of the bill. They are Ullman said Sunday a $25 million com­ judged unfairly.” mitted a department head to take a expected to have reached agreement by promise might be "a little much.” The On Friday, Manchester’s department teaching job during daylight hours on town Tuesday night. The House passed a |19.9 Senate measure included special tax heads signed a petition to the Board of time. i billion measure with rebates between $100 breaks for home buyers, retired people, Directors, expressing their confidence in Weiss repeatedly has denied tailoring and $200. The Senate passed a $33.1 billion working parents, financially troubled cor­ him and requesting the call for his the specs and has defended his action in one with rebates from $120 to $240. porations and others. Both versions would resignation be withdrawn. permitting the department head to take Ford recommended a $16 billion cut and repeal the controversial oil depletion Last Tuesday, by a 5 to 4 vote, the board outside employment — claiming he made is waiting for the bill that will come out of allowance. NEWS CAPSULES tabled action on the motion calling on up the time working evenings. the conference. “The President has not Weiss to resign the post he’s held since MPOA president Charles Pillard said, “We think ... that many of the January 1966. Tomorrow night at 8, in the “The Board of Directors has the duty to A rule out a veto,” said his spokesman, Ron IVI amendments added by the Senate cannot Nessen. Municipal Building Hearing Room, the set policy and shouldn't have to spend time be justified,” Ullman said. “We think Rural Home Burns beside their disabled car. Their bodies board is expected to discuss and take ac­ checking management." Ford met Sunday night with A1 Ullman, there is a real danger in being irresponsi­ were found in January — the boy outside chairman of the Housd Ways and Means H ADD AM (UPI) — There were no in­ tion on the tabled motion. He pointed out, “The MPOA has always ble here and doing the things that might juries in a fire which gutted a one-family an abandoned farmhouse and the two Made by Vivian Ferguson and seconded supported responsive government that en- Committee and considered the most in­ lead to an inflation spiral. So many of the women’s bodies inside. fluential member of Congress on tax house on a rural road in Haddam Sunday. (Sre Pagr Ti’n) Senate amendments will be cut back.” Firemen said the blaze broke out at 11 a.m. in a defective gas stove at the J.K. Pay Toilets Ban Wanted Rarey home. All occupants got out of the WASHINGTON (UPI) - There is a house, which burned for more than two drive throughout the United States to ban Hearing Conducted hours. pay toilets. Legislation on the subject is East Haddam volunteers aided in put­ Tornado Hits Atlanta pending in half a dozen states. Chicago ting out the blaze that left standing only a outlawed the contraptions in 1973 and in On Abortion Bills ATLANTA (UPIK- A tornado hit Atlan­ and windows were blown out in a school at shell of the wood-frame house. California a similar law was passed last ta’s northwest side today, tearing through nearby Adairsville. year. In Maine, state Rep. Raymond About 200 persons turned out for the residential and business areas as HARTFORD (UPI) — Anti-abortionists There were no reports of injuries in the Dollar Higher Faucher has authored a bill to bar pay hearing on the emotion-charged issue.