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But Defends VA Units July 18, 1970 Cambodia Servicemen's Hospital Care To Be Checked by Dr. Hall ABOUT 120.000 climate: FIME HosoitaL "ill 4 Tr if y''il. in i Ml in il ii MRS. NORM AN DA VTS ASH GROVE Mrs. Mamie Ethel Davis, 77, Avery, died at'Mark Twain Hospital in San Andreas, at 2:45 p.m.

Thursday where she had been a patient Since Monday. Mrs, Davis, a native of Greene County, moved to California in 1936, where she worked as a seamstress for MGM studios in Hollywood. She had lived in Calaveras County there for the past 17 years and she. was a charter member of White Pines Baptist Church in White Pines, Calif. She was a longtime active member and present worthy matron of Crescent Chapter 165 of Murphys, Calif.

Survivors include her" husband, Norman; three sons, Cecil Harman, Route 1, Ash Delbert Harman, Route 2, t. 1 r-i 1 tt SPRINGFIELD (Ms.) LEADER-PRESS MRS. NORA SLAGLE BRIGHTON Mrs. Nora Slagle, 75, a longtime resident of the Brighton community, died at 9:45 a.m. Friday in the Cox Medical Center in Springfield after a long Alness.

Mrs. Slagle was a member of the Slagle Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Harris and Mrs. Fern Dodd, both of Reeds Spring; three sons, Roy and John Wilbur of Brighton, and Bennie of Goodson; four sisters, Mrs.

Lula Davis and Mrs. Lucy Scroggins of Morrisville, Mrs. Emma White of Springfield, Mrs. Ora Altic of Brighton; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday in the Butler Chapel with the Rev. Hobart Mustain officiating. Burial will be-in the Slagle Cemetery south of Bolivar, ODES J. RICHARDSON LEBANON Odes J. Rich- ardson.

S3. Route 1. Phillinn. burg, died Friday morning while on a fishing trip at the Lake of the Ozarks after suffering an apparent neart attack. Surviving are his wife.

De- lana; his mother, Mrs. Alice Jeffries, Lebanon; two daugh ters, Mrs. Patricia Edmondson, Springfield, and Mrs. Patsy nenson, Kansas City; a brother. Charles, Phillipsburg; a sister, Mrs.

Arlta Scurlock, Spring- Held; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Bennett Spring Church with the Rev. Earl Moore officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery near Long Lane under direction of Colonial.

MRS. LYLE MURPHY SOUDER Funeral services for Mrs. Faye Murphy. 60, of Souder, will be at 2 p.m. Mon day in the Church of Christ here, with E.

J. Hampton officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the di rection of Clinkingbeard of Ava. Mrs. Murphy was found dead' in her home at 12:30 p.m.; yes- wraay.

A lifelong resident, she was a member of the Church of Christ and the Eastern Star. Survivors include her hus band, Lyle; a son, Max, of Ava; a daughter, Mrs. Donna Walker. of Ava; her mother, Mrs. Vernie Gardner, of Almartha; two brothers, Waid Gardner, of Sou der, and Eukal Gardner, of Al martha; and two grandchildren.

Prince- From Front Page ested tourist. He and his 19-year-old sister. Anne, who was frosty at times during rounds of sight-seeing, seemed to relax and enjoy the party. Princess Anne and Tricia outlasted the Prince and young fcisennowers and didn't leave the dance floor until 2:30 a.m. The press was barred from much of the party.

But presiden tial press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler made a tour of the festivities and reported, "It's a great night. They are having a great time." When asked how much the party cost, he laughingly replied, "Not much." He noted the President himself was footing the bill. Nixon had gathered a private black-tie dinner party of his own, Including the U.S. and British ambassadors among the 14 guests.

All of them, including Mrs. Nixon, watched the party unobserved, from the Truman balcony for over an hour. At midnight, the lights were turned out and for 18 minutes fireworks boomed and illuminated the sky with breathtaking displays that drew applause from the guests. The fireworks ended1 with a multi-colored display of the U.S. and British flags, and red, white and blue flares.

Car-Truck Crash Leads to Suit Asking $42,000 An auto accident July 11 Is the basis for a $42,000 lawsuit filed in Greene County circuit court here Friday. The petition, by Aloysius H. Wagner and Velma J. Wagner, names Duaine C. Harmon as defendant.

The petition alleges that on (he date of the mishap Wagner was operating a vehicle en 1-44 near its interseciton with Mo. 125 in Strafford and that Mrs. Wagner was a passenger In the The petition alleges that a pickup truck operated by Harmon collided with the Wagner auto, and that the collision was the result of negligence by Harmon. Mrs. Wagner asks $35,000 in damages for alleged Injuries, medical expenses and loss of wages and income, and costs.

Wagner asks $2000 in damages for alleged injuries, medical expenses, loss of wages and income, and costs. He also asks $5000 in damages for loss of compalonshlp and services of bis wife, and costs. 1 i i fjfjsj SPRINGFIELD! POR ALTITUDE 1524 FT. POLICE CALLS Polk answered an alarm at Root hern aauiwifi Trust. Co.

Ill iouta. The com pany secretary said he for cot te tun off toe aiam oetore enterals us sale. a.m..-Friday. False alarm at Empire Bank; 1300 Sooth Glenstone. Assistant fnanafsr Den stars as patice ae aectteataity nt an the alarm.

6:50 a.m. FrKtan. Jim Relbotd. mi Rosebrter. reported the theft of eight stereo tapes valued at Me.

a Hurst (ear shift valued at $14, aad por- rauio valued at sz7, I mm nts car some time between axlnlfht Thursday and am. nosy. Bobby Dameran. S. of 1041 Sontk Stew.

art, reported theft of a stereo tape player, five tapes, and a ease from his car, :46 mar. Joe Payn. of the Atoft CdtsttruorJon Company, reported theft af 100 feet of cable usea tar nn arc welder and 50 feet of round cable stored la bulWrns under construction at BUIcreat Bilk School I the amcies were Tajuen at moo; rayua said laaoune and small articles are stolen from ran ceoatrucQoa nut frequently; rruay. AUTO QQDENTSv was cited on complaint of failure to yield ngm or wey atier runninc into car of Mary Louis Looney. 23, U2S South DoagUs; uicmwoe ana irana, m.

Thursday. Wilms J. Wavt. 9S. Of Knnlh FMnfa.

Ha, cited on complntnt of following too i-iuaeiy alter mriKins ear imp i. paL key, 72, 1307 Ingram Mill Roads Camp- miuK, iziiM p.m. rnnsy. Emily Viortnia Adams. 59, of 2353 North Howard, eked on cnmnUInt rJ lm.mr backing after colliding with car of Gladise pi.

nauam, ej, iw G. Lommerciai. North Howardi 1 1 -JI a SM Kenneth Diets. 52. af Weauhleau.

Hixl rm unutnaiiii oi improper Decline after eotlid-Uir with car of rhariee 111., Jr .18. of 807 East Delmari Boonvllle and oinwi vise a-m. irnaay. Robert Lairov Plaster. 1s.

At aie svwrfh Oak Grove, cited on complaint of careless ana Imprudent drtvine after Kn parking aign. East Wslmiti a.m. rrtflay. William Arthur Anlanl. aa.

nt Tw Moines, Iowa, cited en complslnt of following too doselv after rAHMina ullk Glenstone and Battlefield, a.m. Frt- Jamea D. Wises. 37. ef 9191 riiin cited on complaint of following too closely after colliding with car of Leslie Lynn Coleman, 18.

of 3036 West Washita. 900 block St. a.m. may, Darrell w. Fowler.

21. of 14M East Seminole, cited on com ill a I nt of failure in vtM right of way. after colliding with car of Paul E. Markstrom, 22, of 1S38 North urami rytntaa and Weller, la m. Friday.

John Dunn, 16. of JUS North Travis, cited on complaint of failure to yield right of way after colliding with car of Donald Leonard Nolen, 22, Detroit. Mlch.1 National and Turner, 0:20 a.m. Friday. Marines From Front Page ter a tour of the war zone that the Communist command had the capability of launching a major offensive in the northern quarter of South Vietnam.

The U.S. and South Vietnam- fese operation centered in jungle mountains 30 to 50 miles south of Da Nang, South Vietnam's Some troops advanced! to'; within striking distance of Laos: one forward base was at Kham duck, 13 miles from the border. Officers said the allied forces were meeting little resistance in their assault In the only fighting reported, U.S. Marines killed five North Vietnamese Friday while suffering no casualties of their own. i The Marines were operating with South Vietnamese marines, rangers and infantrymen 30 miles south of Da Nang in a-re- gion described by one source as a "historically enemy base area." us miser a we terrain," one source said.

"It's mountainous, with great big boulders and covered jungle. I don't know why there has been no significant contact. It just a great big area and it takes time to work it over. The enemy may not be there, but there may be caches hidden away." Scattered fighting was reported today in the southern half of South Vietnam and in Cambodia. North Vietnamese troops killed four Americans of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and wounded seven Friday in a brief fight three miles southeast of the Cambodian border and 95 miles northeast of Saigon.

Enemy losses were hot known, but one spokesman for the U.S. Command said: "We came off second best in the engagement, I'll grant you that." North Vietnamese troops also attacked soldiers from the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade 64 miles northeast of Saigon, wounding 12 Americans. The enemy then pulled back with unknown losses. New Increases Okayed for Pay Of Bell Workers ST.

LOUIS (UPI) Employ, es of Southwestern Bell Tele-phone Co. will receive a supplemental wage increase according to an agreement announced Friday. The agreement between Southwestern Bell and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will affect 55,800 employes in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and part of Illinois. R.A. Goodson, chairman of the board and chief executive of the phone company, said the new increase, as well as those provided for In the current contract with CWA, would go into effect Sunday and cost the company $36.5 million annually.

The original weekly wage Increases ranged from 13.50 to $8.00 a week. The supplemental boost provides for further Increases for employes below maximum rates and generally improve wage progression schedules, a company spokesman said. The Soviet armed strength In the area near the border with China is an estimated 658,000, according to the Institute for Strategic Studies. The number of Chinese troups on the other side of the border is put at From Front Page Agency for International Devel opment Mossier is former U.S. aid chief in Indonesia.

President Nixon's announced aid to Cambodia was originally intended to go in the form of small- arms, ammunition, ra dios, trucks, trailers and parts for T-Z8 training aircraft Bartch said more Cambodian aid is planned for the new fiscal year, but the amount has not been determined. Johnson also touched on the U.S. troop reduction in South Korea, saying it "can be carried out without increasing the threat to Korea." He added the U.S. has no Intention of totally withdrawing from Asia "Our intent is simply to dispose of forces in Asia in a way that will be most effective," he said. Johnson also said Peking is showing only minimal signs of adopting a less hostile attitude toward the rest of the world.

The Communist Chinese have indicated no interest in resumption of ambassadorial talks with the U.S.., despite American con cern. In addition, he said, he was encouraged by Cambodia's new regime. "The Communists have not succeeded in doing anything in Cambodia except harassing," and "the Cambodian eovern- ment is resisting very effeetive- ly." 1 In Vietnam Ozarker Dies After Wound LAMAR (Special) Armv Sgt. Howard H. Layne.

died Tuesday from wounds received July 9 in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Layne, of the Bushnell com munity. Xayne, 25, had been in a Sai gon hospital since receiving the wounds while leading a sniper team in the war tone.

Survivors include his parents. two daughters, Randa and Ka- thy, both of Kress, a sis ter, Mrs. Wanda VanGilder, Carthage; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Dora Harrison, Lamar; and paternal step- grandmother, Mrs. Maury Layne of Carthage.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Chiles-Williamson of Lamar. Sheriff Says Rape Suspect Took Own Life WARSAW, Mo. (APU-Alva Lee Pearl, 34, hanged himself in his barn Friday after learning he had been charged with rap-i his two young step daughters, Sheriff Bob Bre- shears said. The sheriff said Pearl's wife signed complaints Thursday charging Pearl with raping her two daughters, 13 and 14 years Old. Early Friday Mrs.

Pearl called the sheriff's office and re ported she thought he had taken his own life, Breshears said. Officers went to the home in the Ionia community about 18 miles north of Warsaw and found the body. Suspect Is Held In Squires Fire A 38-year old man being Ques tioned in connection with a fire at Squires Lumber Company. 344 North Main, early Fridav has been charged by police with drunkenness. Meanwhile, investigation con tinues into the fire and the man will be questioned further about his activities in the vicinity of the lumber company a short time before the fire broke out.

The man, reportedly seen carrying a gasoline can, was picked up Friday afternoon by city fire marshals Willard Sharp and Herschel Jordan. The fire was discovered at 1:07 a.m. Friday by Mike Baldwin and Mike Boatrlght, employes of a nearby business, and firemen were summoned to extinguish the blaze. About 40,000 board feet of lumber were damaged and an estimate of damage by the manager, Elmer Squires was "between $5000 and $10,000." Warehouse, Fuel Taken by Blaze A VILLA (UPI) Some 11,000 gallons of gasoline and a bulk service station warehouse were destroyed by flames Friday night about two miles east of Avilla on State Route 66. There were no injuries.

The blaze, at, Maynard's Service Warehouse, apparently was started by sparks from an electrical switch on a gas tank truck. Firemen from Avilla, Carthage and Sarcoxie cautiously fought the fire for fear of a nearby 16,000 gallon tank would explode, i LOSSES REPORTED Orpna Johnson, of Overland Park, reported then or toaa of her billfold while she was at Heritage Cafeteria. 210 East Sunslune. Paul Holllngrworth. Rogersvtlle, reported the theft of two chrome wheel covers from his car parsed la lot at 122 East Cherokee.

QTY UTILITIES NEW Ct'STOMEKS Jerry Alien, su College. C. L. Brewer. 1I0 North Blhyl.

Joeeeph F. Cannon. 2307 North Park. M.R. began, 041 West Sunshine.

Charles Jackson. 1403 Stagecoach Drive. Bit) Jarman. 17U Knmh CMUa F. Kara, 1832 feast Monroe Tar- Danny R.

Morton, 1025 East Pacific. Debra walr, 1 5 JS Sherman. Msry Wtrth. 2710 West Nichols. Debbie DeWitt, US North Mala.

K.D. Fisher. 600 West Swan. Jerry Goodmsn, 102S North Brown. Ellen O'Cain.

9U South Jefferson. Csrrol Anne Prml exu VmA Vi'lWl. uoueea-A. Tonne, ism, North Main. NEW RESIDENTS Richard Bemarkt.

jtjo Sooth Borers nu.iKuu, Pearl Rrav. una SMk Walnut Grove. Darby Ranch, 30431 South Waverly from Douglas. Mich. Cnr- MS West Walnut from naiuiiuat, Richard Conn.

1709 East Belmont from Republic. Deborah Cromer, na flfarth i Wslnut Grove Miss Barbara Dillev. 2i Mnrik Iml vcii iivm uiioeweu. Ulenda Evans. 1509 (Maud ftmm ville.

Htrpr- sal East tjurremty from Houston. Tea. 8. Harrui. SIM South fairway Mvwi emails, raeu, Bobby Gene Herd.

1717 West Dal from Wichita, Kan. Ronald K. Holland. 302 South Prince from Whlteman AFB. D.

HoUingshad. 2054 East Cairo from west Plains. ty Lou Jones. 2444 NArth rwiBU. from Baltimore, Md, tnt.

Uuchmnre. 11 IS Uvea rwia Newark. N.J. Richard L. Reed, tgtt Fat ntK.a Wlchlu.

Kan. ttarvey Scott, 3303 North UiUrrest from rnvnura, Everett Sloan. 9jvm Kmtli rvhMKt i OkUhoma city. Okla. jonn btenger.

2131 Windsor Drrre from St. Louis. Julia Thomas. 123A a-aat UprH.ul Tulsa. Okla.

John VasconoellAa. Jr. txel Pwawt from Hllo. HawsU. Wulsrd T.

Wrinkle. 31U North One from San Frando, Calif. Konert Baker. 2251 North Prospect from Trenton, Ohio. Jamea R.

Bedell. 93A Kaat narrUUI fm. Thayer. iwrs. Betty Braden.

3216 North Glenstont from Lathrop. CD. Brewer, I45S South Blackmu Road from Jefferson City. Robert Carney, 1823 South Roanoke from Tulra Okla. Allen O.

Davis. 2114 Windsor from Mrain. tain View, Calif. Ronald K. Fadler.

1714 East Pvthlae from Festue. Marion Harner. 12771A Nnrih Sahm from Kansas City. Gavle Master. 2444 North Delaware ream Panama City.

Fla. Jerry D. Mitchell, 533 North Patterson from Sacramento. Calif. Charles R.

Petersen. 3023 North Missouri from Boone, Iowa. Arley L. Rogers, 1007 East Brewer from Lebanon. Charles Sabin.

3317 Cherry from St Jo, Leah) G. Scett. 831 Soubh Almmnd fmm Wichita, Kan. CHANGE Vt LOCATION Ronald Bover. 432 Porest fmm lain Kaiiii, Kings.

James D. Brannock. 223 West Portland from 1513 West Nichols. Garry Branstetter, 1475 East Traffic-way from 2133 West Kearney. William H.

Brown. East llnlvertitv from 1144 South Gelbin. Lollomsle Cllnea. 2721 West Harrison from 835 South Weaver Court Henrv F. Coleman, tnao ftntith Siraa.

from 1928 West Webster. Kenneth Joe Dicklsoa. 2126 North Al-hertha from 1IW0 East rower. nonert u. Franklin.

525 North Belvlaw from 533 North Belvlew. Fred Glenn, 741 North Ftdbrlght from 3444 North Pickwick. L. HaU. 2235 Sooth Virginia from 1312 East Woodland.

Jess Hanes, lu South Kimbrough from North Hiway 63. 4 HenoersoB. 1MT East Cairo from 2211 North Delaware Paul Ksotts. 2900 South GoMsn from 2431 West Sunshine. D.G.

Lowery, 125 West Webstsr from SH E. Morr.lnri.lde. Mark Owen, 3130 East Lomita from ini East Belmont. E. Shriver.

1935 South Link from 1545 South Kimbrough. Jackie Spurgeon. 2127 North Hoffman from 1149 west Hovey. Virginia Lee Thurston, 335 East Wayland from 2310 North Fay. Frank A.

Tindall, 1511 West Hovey from 710 South Kimbrough. Harold Tnft, 223 East Court from Mil North Robbersoo. Lflren Tracy, Mis West Scott from 330 East Dale. Wardlaw, 344S South Franklin from 1361 East Elm. David Weddle.

90S Valley Drive from 1331 Ingram Mill Road. itm.h West Crest view from 2352 South Clay. G.E. Barnhouse. East fbinahine nnaj from 2115 South Brentwood.

Beatrice Ann Beasley, 537 North Broadway from 9061 North Franklin X-Jm "ndand from 933 South Robberson. Andrew Biro. 74s South V.tui, rmm sua South Robberson. Kenneth Brengie, 451 West Walnut Lawn from 427 West Ildereen. 2S3' I from 3221 West Lynn.

Connie Harris, 2141 Washington from 2149 Washington. Wm. Frank Jones. 3323 East Catalpi from 3031 College. Judge Orders An Evaluation Of GI Suspect ST.

LOUIS (AP)-One of two soldiers accused of kidnaping a Koua, mo family and forcing them to drive to Indianapolis, was sentenced in U.S. Dis trict Court Friday under a procedure calling for evaluation cf the defendant by the Bureau of Prisons. Dennis R. Pea, 21, of Princeton, was sentenced by Judge James H. Meredith on the charge which carries a max imum penalty of life imprisonment.

Pea and Bobby R. Dunn, 23, of escaped from the stockade at Ft. Leonard Wood, Feb. 24, authorities said. Police said the pair forced a man, his wife, and two children to accompany them to Indianapolis.

Pea and Dunn were arrested in Indianapolis shortly after their arrival. Breakin Suspect Has Court Date Circuit court trial here is set for Aug. 10 for a 40-year-old man returned here yesterday from Kansas City, by his bondsman. Robert Lewis Franck, 40, last address 435 Vt South Avenue, was arraigned on the charge of second degree burglary and stealing In circuit court yester day and his bond was set at $2500. Franck had twice failed to ap-pear for circuit court-arraignment on the charge and a capias warrant was issued for him Monday.

Franck Is accused in connection with breakin Feb. 28 at Salts Taproom, 413 South Campbell. Congressman Durwm-ri r. Hall, honored guest at a picnic here tonight, says he will confer with the sureeon eeneral next week concerning reports he has received relating to hospital care lor servicemen. Hall, Springfield Republican, and a pnysician, said he has re ceived workd that numerous men in the Army and Navy, suf fering from service-connected disabilities have been trans ferred from the Army or Navy hospitals to Veterans Adminis- irauon Hospitals by being dis charged before they have re ceived word that numerous red the maximum benefit available at the Army or Navy President From Front Page lion estimated in February'-for the current fiscal year that be gan July 1.

Nixon cited current-year i as "an inevitable springboard for the budget of 1972." He added: "Unless the present trend is corrected by the Congress, the resulting 1972 spending could produce a massive deficit." Earlier this year, Congress imposed on Nixon a fiscal 1971 spending ceiling of $205.6 billion. "I accept that ceiling and intend to live with it," he said. "But the Congress, by making exceptions and approving mea cures with mandatory spending provisions, has made a travesty of this legislation." He concluded: "I now ask the Congress to establish a firm ceiling on total expenditures a ceiling from which only specific and genuine 'uncontrollable' such as interest on the public debt would be exempt ceiling that would apply to the Congress as well as to the executive." Pair Accused Of Obscenities" Arraignment on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor is expected Monday for "two men arrested early today by sheriff's deputies. Assistant Prosecutor Kerry Montgomery said the charge was filed against King Soloman Wallace, 30, of 723 North Weaver, and Lee Williams, 31, also of 723 NoTth Weaver. The men, deputies said, are accused of having intoxicating beverages in their auto and having made obscene remarks in the presence of three girls, ages 12,13, And 14.

WEATHER By LEON GRENINGKK A few widely-scattered thunders howen developed daring the beat of the day yesterday afternoon In extreme southwestern Missouri northern Arkansas and northern Oklahoma. The showers missed most of the usual reporting' stations, however, one good soaker dampened the Waxhharn area wtth 1.02 Inches, and Fort Smith, at the outer edge of a heavier storm measured .09 of an inch, Late yesterday afternoon the Springfield Weather Bureau radar picked up several showers from near Marshall, to near Miami, Ok but these ail dissipated soon after sundown. A more general area of thunders ho wen developed in eastern Nebraska, most of Iowa, northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri. This morning, these showers were continuing but with diminishing tendency. However, the showers are in an area of unstable air and the high temperatures this afternoon could trigger them off again.

Once started, these showers will continue until their energy is spent, possibly by Sunday morning. In this case, one er two could drift Into the western and northern sect tons of the Ozarka lata today or early tonignt. Temperatures in the Oxarks Friday reached into the upper Ms. It was 97 at both Joplln and Springfield, and the 97 was a new high or the summer season in the Queen City. The nation is sweltering under a heat wave.

Temperatures above the century mark were registered as far north as South Dakota yesterday, and 00s were common along the Canadian border from Washington to Minnesota. The high in three Kansas localities was 104 degrees, Garden City, Hutchinson and Hill City. The only cool snot In the nation was in the northesst where readings were in the upper 70s and os. Showers were srsttered hi the far stem mosmtaia states, along the Gnlf Coast, around the coast of Florida and up the Southeast coast to K'orth Carolina. Highest temperaturs recorded In the nation Friday was 115 degrees at Needles, Calif.

Lowest this morning was 44 at Saulte Ste. Marie. Mich. WEATHFK DATA FOR SMINflFIKLD Temperatures! Highest yesterday tT: lowest yesterday 64i lowest this morning highest this date to II years 1M la 1954 lowest Oils date In 11 yean 3a lMij high year ago Mi lew a year age 70. precipitation: Rain or melted snow from I a.m.

yesterday to 0 a.m. today heave, est rain this date to )1 years I.5B la 193. Sun: Rose this morning :07: sets tonight Ingih af daylight 14 boars, 3 missies. THts soppllod by U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureatt: first column, highest temperature yesterday: second, lowest last nightj third, precipitation dur ing past 44 noun ending a.m.

Stalled, High Lew Free. Albuquerque. Amarlllo Birmingham Boise Boston Ruffslo. NX. Chicago Columbia Denver Dee Moines DftroH Dnluta Fort Rmlth Fort Worth Kansas City Little Rock lns Angeles Memphis Miami Beach Minneapolis New Orleans New York 98 70 .91 II an 73 93 93 70 Jl 9t 71 99 7 94 87 33 go 9 78 91 37 71 Oklahoma City rhoennt Pittsburgh Salt Use Seattle Bt.

Ionia SPRINanltli) Tulas Washington West Plains Wichita ....101 Ji 94 88 ,,..118 91 81 99 81 78 7 11 71 97 88 101 75 i 17 88 ,101 71 KANSAS Psrtly eloudy tonight and Sunday wtth Httle temperstora chanse. Lows tonight generally la 70s. High Sunday la 90s. MISSOURI Variable cloudiness with a chance of thundershowers tonight end Sunday. Rnlnfall mors general In northern sec ttons of the state, warm and humid.

Hlgha today Sunday from apper 90s to mM 90s. Lew, teniffht la upper 00s snd low 70s. OKWHOA rslr through Smiday, hot days and warm Richta Hlins Sunday 106 northwest to southeast. Lows to 70s. A national mafrnyina Utl May criticized VA While it said medical treatment ui me ueia was me best ever, it found the VA hospitals gloomy and depressing.

"We're dedicated to improve ment," Dr. Hall said. "But they're not as bad as the article says. Their medicine and re constructive surgery are not perfect, but no doctor or admin istrator has ever said they were." -( Hall said he knows many vet. erans who will be forever crate.

ful for the care they received at a Veterans Administration Hos pital. Dr. Hall is suest here tnnleht at a gathering of 7th district Be- pumicans at Doling Park. Herb Bockhorst. Greene Cnun.

ty central committee chairman for the GOP has nredicted that approximately 1500 Republicans will-turn out for tte6-o'elock picnic. Missouri Attorney General John Oanforth will be the fea tured speaker. Rites '''Sunday For Nixa Man Death in Memphis Is Called Suicide Funeral services will be held Sunday for Leon H. Joy. 52.

of Nixa, Who was found dead about 9:45 p.m. Thursday in a hotel room in Memphis, Tenn. Joy's death has been attribut ed to suicide by hanging, ac cording to a Memphis newspaper reporter. Fellow employes of Campbell 66 Express in Springfield, for whom Joy was a truck driver, told officers they called for Joy on the telephone and he faUed to answer. They kicked in the door to the room and found him hanging from a blanket loopea over the top of a closet door.

He was nude and had a blindfold on his eyes. Lt. Barry Linville, of the Memphis police, was quoted as saying, "Medical examination revealed that Mr. Joy hanged himself." Joy is survived by his wife, Winifred; one son, Richard, Tampa, his mother, Mrs. Mabel Joy, Hedlands, one brother, Karl, Tacoma, two sisters, Mrs.

Inez Hale, Yucaipa, and Mrs. Anita Kennedy, Henderson, one grandson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sun-day. in.

Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Hufft officiating. Burial wiU be in Evergreen Cemetery, Republic, under direction of Cantrell of Republic. Cantrell of Republic is in charge of arrangements. Nixon fa Fro Front Page dent's word." "I am warning the Nixon administration that the people of the South and the people of the nation will not support such unreasonable policies," Thurmond said "I remind the chief executive that the presidency is an elective office, and that what the people give, the people also can take away." In an interview later, Thurmond said, "I feel kindly toward the President and I want to help him all I can." But, he said, "The Interests of South Carolina come first." He characterized himself as "still a friend of the President." Thurmond said lie had been watching the administration for 18 months, and "I have noticed that since the President has been in office, he has become surrounded by liberal and ultra-; liberal advisers.

"The advice that these people give Is not in the best interest of either President Nixon or the country," he said in his speech. "The philosophy which these people espouse and which they give to the President is a 'sectional philosophy the philosophy of the Northeast. It is not the philosophy of the South or of the West, or of the Midwest." Thurmond said "those who support the philosophy of the Northeast" did not back Nixon in 1968, and will not in 1972. "I can only conclude that a group of liberal advisers around the President are misleading him, and that their advice will bring disruption to this nation," Thurmond sild. He declined to name the adviser, ff, i "I could, but I won't," he Sweeping Exoneration For Accused Gunman FORT WORTH, Te.

AP) -Police raced to the Tarrant County courthouse Friday night and surrounded the building after a caller reported man with 1 rifle atop the courthouse dome. Policemen closed in and found the "rifleman." was a workman with a broom. He was resetting the courthouse clock. FLOYD ELMER DRIVER, SR. SEYMOUR Funeral ser-vices for Floyd Delmer Driver, 70, Seymour, will be at 3 p.m.

Sunday in First Baptist Church here with the Revs. Lynn Swadley and Rev. CD. Renshaw officiating. Burial will be in Seymour Masonic Cemetery under direction of Marsh of Fordland.

Mr. Driver died at 3:20 p.m. Thursday in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a long illness. MRS.

ELIZABETH K. SEARS Mrs. Elizabeth K. Sears, 79, of 1974 Meadowmere, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in St John's Hos pital after a short Illness.

Mrs. Sears, a resident of Greene County for seven years, had formerly in Kansas City and St. Louis. She Is survived by. a number of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were to be at 11 a.m. today in the Chapel of the Ozarks with the Rev Curtis A. March officiating. Burial was to be in Hazelwood Cemetery. MRS.

CHRIS MEADOWS BRANSON Mrs. Leta Faye Meadows, 58, Hollister, died at her home at 11 p.m. Thursday after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include her husband, Chris; a daughter, Mrs. Bette Nichols, Branson; a son, Hal, Branson; six grandchildren; her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Hollister; two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn McClanahan, Springfield, and Mrs. Myna Clemow, Wolf Point, and two brothers, Lcroy Bowman and Willis Bowman, both of Branson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Whelchel Chapel with the Rev. Ward Patton offi ciating. Burial will be in Ozark Memorial Cemetery here. From Vietnam Youth Poll Favors Exit JEFFERSON CITY (Special) -r-The results of a poll con. ducted by Students for Sym ington Clubs throughout Mis souri indicates a feeling bv many that America is militarily overcommitted, a spokesman announced today.

The students polled, the sur vey said, also felt that minor. Ities should use only peaceful means in pressing for "'civil rights Pat formeT'Sjtln fieldian and college campaign director of Students for Sym ington, said the poll was conducted for the purpose of gaining insight into what Missouri's college students are thinking about current issues that affect the federal governmnet. In the poll, 46 percent of stu dents replying favored with drawal from Vietnam on a timetable, while 28 percent felt the U. S. should immediately withdraw its troops.

On another question, 52 percent of those answering felt that the U. S. should have a volunteer army. Only 26 percent felt there should be a lottery draft with exemptions and only 12 percent felt there should be a lottery draft without exemptions. Ten percent favored an optional period of non-military service for young men and women.

Asked if they would favor Installation of anti-ballisticmis-siles at Whiteman Air' Force Base in Missouri, students by 49 percent to 23 percent said they were against such an installation. Israeli From Front Page 1st quarters, first of all the united states." The communique blamed the Middle East crisis on "unceasing armed attacks" by Israel, and it ignored the recent U.S. proposal for a three-month cease-fire and indirect talks ha. tween negotiations between the amds and Israelis, It called for "adontlon of nr. gent measures to stop Israel's armea attacks against Arab countries, to withdraw Israeli troops from all occuDferl Arah territories hi accordance with the principle of nonacquisition of territories as a result nf war and the fulfillment in full vol ume of the Nov.

22, 1967, decisions of the U.N. Seruritv ell, as well as decisions of the united Nations organizations on questions of Palestinian refu. gees." The document also called for "unity of action of all tha Arah countries and peoples against uio lorces of imperialism and its supporters that are hostile to wem. During his stav In Moscow Nasser conferred with Snvlnt Communist party chief Leonid I. ureznnev, Premier AJcxet N.

KoSVBin and Presirlnnt Nilrnlol V. Podgorny. Tass said the three Soviet leaders accepted an invitation to visit Egypt, but a date was not announced. vaia, eiuu wucem uaiuieu, Whittier, five grandsons; five great-granddaughters; and two sisters, Mrs. Leona Rountree and Mrs.

Leonard Chrisman, both of Ash Grove. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Doyle L. Daniel Funeral Home here. MRS. JAMES O.

LAW SON Mrs. Vivian G. Lawson, 1351 East Florida, died at 10 a.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center after a long illness. Mrs.

Lawson, a lifelong resident of Springfield, was a member of Grant Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, James her mother, Mrs. Mildred Van ZamV 835 Kings; and a brother, Loren Van Bur-en, Route 2. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ayre-Goodwin. LAWRENCE G.

DAVIDSON CHADWICK -Lawrence G. Davidson, 55, of Chadwick, died at 5 p.m. Friday at St John's Hospital in Springfield following a long illness. Mr. Davidson, a heavy equipment operator, moved here from Dayton, Ohio, 1938.

He was a member of the OldSeld Church efcChrist. Survivors his wife, Mary; a son; Ronald, of Chadw ick; a daughter, Mrs. Sondra Phinney, Ozark; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Davidson, Columbus, two brothers, Howard, Wichita, and O'Dell, Columbus, five sisters, Mrs. Velma Teeter, Jasper, Mrs.

Faye Harris, Vallejo, Mrs. Josie Vineyard, Lenore City, Mrs. Ruth Shields, Columbus, and Mrs. Edith Rlsley, Hutchinson, and three grandchildren. runeral arrangements will be announced by Harris of Ozark.

MRS. EDITH JONES Mrs. Edith Jones, 77, former resident of died Fri. day night at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, follow ing a long illness. Mrs.

Jones, a native of Illinois, was a resident of Mer cedes, Tex. at the time of her death. Survivors include one son, W.E. Lee of Fort Worth; one daughter, Mrs. Dema Sawver of Naples, two sisters, Mrs.

Lucille Tuck of 2831 Crestview. and Mrs. Erma States of Ray- town, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are un der the direction of Klingner. MRS.

FLORENCE NORA McGEE Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Nora McGee, 84, of 603 West Division, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Primitive Baptist Church, Louisburg, with the Rev. W. E.

Harper officiating. Burial will be in Louisburg Cemetery under direction of Ayre-Goodwin. Mrs. McGee died Fridav in Cox Medical Center after a short illness. She was a 27-year resident of Springfield.

MRS. LLOYD R. HERSHBERGER Mrs. Harriet Williams Hersh. bergcr, 62, daughter of the late Judge and Mrs.

Frank B. Wil liams Springfield, died suddenly in San Aneelo. Fri. day night. A Mrs.

Hcrshbercnr la anrirfvarl by her husband. Dr. Lloyd R. Hershbereer. of San Amroin, two sons, Richard Nichols Cow- ell, Cambridge, and Lloyd C.

Hershberger, Austin, two sisters. Mnrfranr- W. Anderson, Dallas, and airs. Katherine W. McCollum, 1100 South Pickwick, and -a Funeral services will IiaM Monday in San Angelo.

1 Westsicle BiuinesB Yields Varied Loot Thieves who eninrart the. College Exorest wen College, stole a number of articles and some money early to- utiy, Charles Shuler. finpraf or tit the business, told Offirr wn. Mam Hensley that the thieves stole 10 cartons o( clgarclU, tools valited-K20 to $25, 50 60 pennj.ii from in unle-okol cash regisMsr two itlres aluod at $27 fctjahTa tape playel, from a truck ana lira tubes. t..