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Bayh sounding out possible backers for presidential bid

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Birch E. Bayh of Indiana, a 1972 Democratic presidential dropout, is sounding out potential backers about a possible 1976 bid and is being advised to make an initial decision within 60 days. “It’s something he has talked about and given some consideration to,” a top Byh aide said. “But he has not made up his mind.” Bayh said earlier this month he had “no burning desire to be president,” a disclaimer similar to his 1970 statement that the presidency was “no obsession” with him.

Ford warns Congress that rejection of \ S 3OO million aid could tempt Hanoi

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ford administration officials have warned Congress that the rejection of an extra S3OO million in aid to South Vietnam could tempt Hanoi “to launch an allout offensive.” The officials said the North Vietnamese soon will step up military pressure but are not expected to launch an all-out offensive in the next six months unless tempted hy Saigon’s anticipated shortages. Pentagon officials and a State Department official gave that assessment to the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday in support of President Ford’s request for an

Bucking Bosma bill for direct primary to Senate

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Senate Elections Chairman Charles E. Bosma says he will buck the Republican state committee and send his bill for direct primary election of candidates for U.S. senator and governor to the floor. Direct primary, now used by every state but Indiana, has been introduced in every session of the General Assembly since 1969, but its time may have come here, too.' Bosma, a Beech Grove Republican who has bolted the party line many times before,

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United States major exporter of horse meat

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Americans would rather bet on a horse than eat one, but some of them are not averse to supplying horsemeat to Europeans with a taste for cheval entrecote or filet Americain. Last year the United States became the major exporter of chilled and frozen horsemeat to

Alexis Johnson optimistic

about treaty negotiations

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) American delegate U. Alexis Johnson says he is optimistic about the negotiations he begins today for a treaty Incorporating the nuclear arms limits President Ford and So-

‘Hardest to bear ’

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - “The hardest thing Mrs. Hearst and I have to bear is not knowing whether Patty is alive and well,” Randolph A. Hearst said as the first anniversary of his daughter’s kidnaping approached, Hearst, president arid editor of the San Francisco Examiner, issued a statement Thursday asserting his belief that his daughter Patricia is living in the United States. He also said he doubts she would be given a jail term if she came out of hiding. “We believe she is alive and

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But he has been discussing the prospect of a 1976 race during recent speaking trips around the country, sources say. “I don’t see him deciding to get into it unless, all things considered, he decides the chances for success are pretty good,” the aide said. At the moment, however, the Democratic field appears to be wide open. Many party leaders feel Bayh would have as much chance of winning the nomination as those now seeking it. So far, the 47-year-old Indiana senator has hired no additional staff and launched no fund-raising activities. His

additional $522 million for Vietnam and Cambodia. But committee members, including Chairman George H. Mahon, D-Tex., asked, “Is there any end to it? The people are getting sick and tired of it.” Assistant Secretary of State Philip C. Habib replied that he was unable to answer that question. “That will depend on the activities of the other fellow,” Habib said. “And I can’t predict that.” Habib said the United States has a moral obligation to give South Vietnam the arms it needs to force Hanoi to carry out the 1973 Paris peace ac-

said he is confident the bill, 5837, will pass the Senate for the third time and finally may get through the House, now controlled by Democrats. Gov. Otis R. Bowen has said he would find the bill “very difficult to veto,” although he leans slightly to retention of the present party convention nominating system. Legislators are reporting sharp jumps among their constitutents in favor of direct primary. Rep. Richard M. Dellinger, R-Noblesville, an opponent in past years, is a co-

Belgium and France, the biggest markets in Europe. Consumption is going up in Italy and Holland, and West Germany buys some, too. Only a small quantity Was shipped from the United States in 1971, but exports have risen rapidly since then. In the first nine months of 1974, France im-

viet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev agreed on at Vladivostok. Johnson said the Ford-Brezh-nev accord of November 1973 “is so clear and specific I believe it should be readily possible to translate it into a for-

in this country.” he said, but he added it is still “a sad anniversary.” Miss Hearst, 20, was kidnaped Feb. 4 by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a small band of terrorists. She later renounced her family and said she had decided to join her SLA captors. In a tape recording sent to a radio station last June 7 after six SLA members died during a shootout with Los Angeles police, Miss Hearst vowed she would never return to her family-

speaking trips have been limit-ed, and his political inquiries carried on pretty much as a secondary effort. In 1970 and 1971, Bayh was one of the most active unannounced Democratic presidential contenders before dropping out Oct. 12, 1971, after his wife, Marvella, underwent breast cancer surgery. Last November, he defeated Mayor Richard G. Lugar of Indianapolis to win a third term in the Senate seat he first captured in a 1962 upset over veteran Republican Sen. Homer Cape hart.

cords. The moral obligation comes from statements by former President Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger when the peace agreement was signed that the United States would continue aid to South Vietnam to carry out the pact, Habib said. The assertion that Hanoi could be tempted to launch an all-out offensive if Congress does not approve the additional S3OO million Vietnam aid request was made by Lt. Gen. Daniel Graham, director Of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Erich F. Von Marbod, the Pentagon comptroller.

sponsor for direct primary this session after seeing its support in his district opinion survey climb from 55 per cent to 72 per cent in one year. It was given a boost at a joint House-Senate hearing Thursday night When it was endorsed by Democratic State Chairman William K. Trisler and Democratic National Committee Richard B. Stoner of Columbus. Other witnesses noted that public confidence in the political process has dipped to new lows in the last two years and

ported 28,070 tons, 10,250 from America. Belgium, with a fifth the population of France, took 27,770 tons in the first 10 months of the year, and 8,591 tons came from the United States. Poland, Yugoslavia, Argentina and Ireland the traditional suppliers are all lagging behind the United States.

mal agreement.” The chief Soviet negotiator, Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semonov, told newsmen he would take a “practical, constructive and concrete approach.” Both Sides in this second round of strategic arms limitation talks hope to have a SALT II treaty ready for signing when Brezhnev visits Washington next summer. Some American officials in Washington Said the final draft might be ready by May. The treaty would run for 10 years, until 1985. Meanwhile, the United States and the Soviet Union would open a third SALT round, seeking agreement on more arms reductions. American experts anticipate that SALT II will produce no change in the arms limits Ford and Brezhnev agreed on

Congress to develop energy program

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats, responding to President Ford’s chiding that they shouldn’t criticize his energy conservation plan until they have an alternative, are moving to develop their own energy program. Speaker Carl Albert has directed a task force to devise a single energy plan which the Democratic majority can push quickly.

Amnesty program extended

WASHINGTON (AP) - The thousands of military deserters and draft evaders from the Vietnam war era have until March 1 to sign up for President Ford’s clemency program. Ford extended the clemency program, which had been scheduled to expire at midnight tonight, because “many of those who could benefit from it are only now learning of its application to their cases.” Ford also noted Thursday that applications for the program have increased recently. The extension drew criticism from various groups for different reasons. James M. Wagonseller, the national commander of the American Legion, said the legion was “disappointed and dismayed” by the decision. He

House program to include exemptions

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana House Democratic leaders today readied part two of their proposed economic program, expected to include higher individual income tax exemptions with a still bigger break for the elderly and the blind. Democrats were confident of a warmer reception from Senate Republican leaders who scuttled the first phase. It sea-

said direct primary would promote more faith in the System’s integrity. In fact, the only opposition came from Republican State Chairman Thomas S. Millijnn, who said he was delivering the unanimous position of the GOP state committee. Thirteen persons testified for it. Summarizing a lengthy written statement, Milligan warned that direct primary would weaken party discipline of candidates and result in campaigns so costly candidates would have to Seek out special interest

Canadian shipments have also been increasing, and some traders think much of the meat the Canadians ship originates South of the border. Belgian traders say there are slaughterhouses in Houston, Fort Worth, Seattle and some East Coast cities specializing in horses. For some, poulain colt is a special delicacy. But Joseph Gulickx, a horse butcher in the Brussels suburb of Vilvoorde, is wary of it; the Americans do not export any, and there is not much local production. “Don’t trust a butcher who offers you poulain,” he advised. “Most likely it’s just veal. Ask to see the piece of meat. Anybody can tell a colt’s long legs from a calf’s.”

Explosion rips refinery

MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (AP) - Explosions ripped through a tanker unloading crude oil at a British Petroleum refinery early Friday. At least 18 seamen were injured, officials said. Witnesses at the scene said two tankers apparently collided, setting off the explosions. Flames from the blast could be seen as far as 30 miles away from the refinery on the Delaware River in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Albert earlier this week won pledges from all committee chairmen to Work with the task force and to set specific timetables for action on emergency economic relief measures already before them. Albert’s steps represent the Democrats’ recognition that Ford could keep the Initiative in fighting the energy-economic crisis unless the Democrats take steps to adopt their own program.

said the program, which began last September, had lasted long enough and that the government should help find jobs for unemployed veterans with honorable discharges. The National Council of Churches, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Central Committee for Conscientious Objection criticized the extension of the clemency program in its present form. They said the program offered scant benefits and they urged a program of universal and unconditional amnesty. The Ford clemency offer has three distinct programs. Some 120,000 convicted deserters and draft evaders can apply to the Presidential Clemency Board headed by Charles E. Goode 11.

tured a 30-day sales tax moratorium. Statehouse sources said the second part, intended as a longrange cure for the economy, would include a uniform SI,OOO personal income tax exemption. It now is SI,OOO for heads of households and SSOO for each dependent. The exemptions may be doubled for blind persons and those over 65 years old.

money to be successful. An effective primary campaign could cost between $500,000 and $750,000, he said. Political parties would disintegrate, Milligan added, and “be reduced to ineffective pawns, existing soley to raise monies for candidates who may be poor representatives of party ideology.” A primary campaign rather than a convention would favor candidates for large urban areas such as Indianapolis, with Wide television coverage.

Poulain is as expensive as veal in Brussels up to $4 a pound or more. Horse steak, which used to be a poor man’s dish, is now as much of a luxury as beef Gulickx charges $2.98 a pound for his best horse entrecote. Beef entrecote is selling around the corner at a few cents less. Wholesale beef prices are much higher thafl horse, but middlemen and retailers take up the difference. Gulickx is enthusiastic about American horsemeat: it’s grain-fed and has yellowish fat and a good fresh flavor. “The Poles feed their horses on potatoes,” he said. “It’s not nearly so good.”

State police said they were evacuating a six-square block residential area near the waterfront because of danger to homes. The tanker being unloaded was identified as the Corinthos. It was engulfed in flames. Another tanker, the Edgar A. Queeny, apparently collided with the Corinthos and was towed into the Delaware River, according to witnesses at the scene.

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Rep. Jim Wright, D-Tex., chairman of the task force, said the action also represents an awareness that Congress has to become more effective and that there should be a curb on the proliferation of proposals that are never acted on and efforts that are duplicated. Wright conceded that the Democratic leadership’s economic proposals announced three weeks ago were “somewhat fuzzy” because of a scarc-

Most of these persons are leading normal civilian lives, but their military or criminal records reflect undesirable discharges or convictions. As a result, many experience difficulty in obtaining jobs, and in

Navy to cut back on aircraft carriers; smallest size since World War II

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy reportedly will cut back its aircraft carrier force next year to its smallest size since World War 11. The new Defense budget, which will go to Congress next week, is said to reflect a reduction of two carriers. Likely to go are the 31-year-old Hancock and the nearly 30-year-old Ori-

Other proposals reportedly included extension of income tax breaks for renters and removing the state Sales tax from eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids—both already proposed by Gov. Otis R. Bowen in his $77 million tax relief package that passed the Senate a week ago. Also to be announced were details of H 81155, House Democrats’ policy bill to boost unemployment compensation benefits. The bill was rewritten after House Labor Committee Chairman Jewell G. Harris said the original version was unworkable. It will seek an increase in maximum weekly benefits from SIOO to $123. Leaders took extra precautions against leaking details of part two, which happened with part one. The majority House Democratic caucus wasn’t told until early this morning, and Senate Demo-

4 lrrelevant 9 plan tag

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - President Ford’s extension of the military deserters program is “irrelevant” and the program itself is a “farce”, says the director of a counseling service. Chet Briggs of the Clemency Information Center here told a news conference Thursday, “A much better program” could have been established under existing regulations. Some deserters would get off with better than undesirable discharges, he said. Briggs, along with the Rev. Peter Salerno Jr., Louisville, Ky., recommended draft reSisters go through the judicial channels and not accept cle-

Card parties cost Coppes,

others, week’s suspension

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Those card parties during extended lunch periods in the basement of the Indiana Employment Security Division building are costing Director John F. Coppes and seven other officials a week’s suspension. Gov. Otis R. Bowen ordered the suspensions Thursday saying, “I have concluded after study of the state police report and after talking with the investigators at length that there were two faults that demand punitive action by me. First, the prolonged card games over extended lunch hours cannot be condoned. Second, that knock rummy games played for money are illegal.”

ity of time to develop any one proposal satisfactorily and because of the plan to allow various committees to provide the details. He said the energy plan will be more detailed, will contain cost estimates and will be ready within a month. ' Ford told a group ot economics writers earlier this week that critics of his energy conservation program should not

some states their records disqualify them from voting. If they fulfill the clemency board’s conditions, their records are amended to reflect a presidential pardon or a cle-

skany. This would leave the Navy with 13 carriers, including one used for training. Adm. James L. Holloway 111, chief of naval operations, signaled this development Thursday when he told a San Diego audience that surface warships will carry a larger share of the sea-control mission “with the

crats also were kept in the dark. On Thursday, the' Senate passed and sent to the House 10 bills, including SB3OI, which would repeal a 1945 state prohibition on political contributions by labor unions and corporations. The reasoning, as explained by Sen. Merton Stanley, D-Ko-korno, before the 35-13 vote, was contributions are being made illegally now and allowing them at least would provide a public record. Senate assistant minority floor leader Frank L. O’Bannon, D-Corydon, objected that the bill merely legalizes “what’s been done under the table.” He said that was the wrong direction for campaign reform. Another bill, SBI6B, passed 31-19, would allow counties to levy a five-cent property tax for cumulative drainage funds.

mency. The information center is sponsored by the National Council of Churches. Salerno is secretary for veterans services of the United Presbyterian Church. The clemency program for draft evaders and military deserters, both convicted and unconvicted, would have expired at midnight tonight if the President hadn’t extended it until March 1. Ford offered the program starting last September to an estimated 137,000 eligible persons. About 7,400 have participated. The extension is irrelevant because resisters would have

In addition to ordering Coppes suspended one week, the governor also said the director’s merit raise due on the next anniversary date of his employment would be denied. The week’s suspension will cost Coppes more than SSOO, and the merit raise would he in the area of $1,200 to $1,500 a year, Bowen said. Bowen’s letter to the director said, “Inasmuch as you have supervisory control over the others involved, I shall ask you to impose the same dual penalty On the following employes: Joe E. Lavaux, assistant director; William Carpenter, a supervisor, Louis Dolnics, area supervisor; Lewis Reynolds,

“say it’s a plan that won’t work until you come up with Something that’s comparable. And when you do, then we’ll talk about compromise.” Congressional Democrats expect the House to vote next week on a delay in Ford’s hike on oil import tariffs. They oppose the tariff increase but thus far have failed to Unite behind an alternative.

mency discharge, which presumably are less adverse than their prior records. About 3,000 persons have signed up for this program.

reduction of carrier force levels.” Holloway did not elaborate and the Navy refused to comment. Other Pentagon sources provided some details. These sources said the carrier cutback and some other fleet reductions in prospect result largely from inflationary pressures on military spending.

The House passed three bills aimed at habitual criminals. H 81293, passed 69-25, would forbid a court from reducing bail for a person arrested for a criminal offense committed while he was free on bail or on his own recognizance for an earlier offense. The House also passed and sent to the Senate on Thursday bills that would: —Provide that a vacancy on the Indianapolis-Marion County Council be filled by precinct committeeman of the same po litical party as the former member. Carson. 85-0. —Make it a misdemeanor tc put political posters on privately or publicly owned land or property without the owner’s consent. Snider. 85-1. —Allow cities and towns tc give their employes vacation pay one to three days prior tc the vacation period. T. Coleman. 90-0

received better discharges if they went under the military system of justice, Briggs said. “Even minimal justice hasn’t been done.” He predicted the extension will not produce “any overwhelming response.” “In creating the clemencydischarge, the government created a bureaucratic hodgepodge at Ft. Benjamin Harrison,” where deserters are being processed. “But all along President Ford had the means to do this under the present system. “We expect to see 1,000 people come through our office probably by the end of the extension.

assistant chief of employment services, and James Whitehead, assistant chief of local offices.” The suspensions must be staggered so all the officials are not absent at one time and “the continuity of your office work will not be disrupted,” Bowen said. He told Coppes to halt card games and adhere to normal lunch hours. Coppes said, “It was the governor’s decision and he is the governor.” He added he will not suspend himself until the legislative session ends.

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