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Dedicated To Serving All Of The People Congress Set To Hike Taxes Vl WASHINGTON (UPI) -After six-month struggle, Congress is about to make it official -higher taxes for most Americans'. The House meets today, ready to pass and send to the White House a six-month extension of the 10 per cent income 'tax surcharge, an extension which will keep the anti-inflation measure alive through Dec. 31. for President Nixon a significant legislative achievement. He has insisted the surtax is his basi tool to fight inflation by removing money from consumers.

The surcharge means the government will get an additional 10 in taxes for every $100 in taxes now collected. The tax expired June 30, but holdinR rates reflecting the tax The Senate has already approved the six-month extension. The levy which will rake in $5.6 billion for the Treasury during the business year which began July 1 The senate had balked at a House-passed bill extending the tax at 10 per cent this year, and continuing it at 5 per cent through June 30, 1970. On Thursday it The bill from Congress will represent were continued through July. Technically the withholding rates should have dropped to pre'-surtax levels July 31, but employers continued surtax collections when it became apparent Congress would' continue the tax when the Senate deadlock was resolved.

Continuing the 10 per 'cent surtax through this year will mean higher 1969 income taxes for most Americans. TIMES MIQOILE CAPITAL OP THE FREE WORLD i 16 PAGES SANTA MARIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1969 TEN CENTS fiv ew Kennedy Mishap Made Inquest Plea NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (UP0-A district attorney's still-unexplained request for an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy comes up for court consideration this week.

Dist. Atty, Edmund S. Dinis asked for the appointment of a judge to conduct the inquest, but his request was turned down Fridhy by the state's chief superior court justice, and referred to district court. Dinis then made his written request to Chief District Court Judge Kenneth I. Nash and Judge James A.

Boyle of Edgartown. The district attorney is expected to explain his legal reasons for pursuing the inquest sometime this week. He cancelled a news conference Saturday, but those close to Dinis have said he plans "a thorough and long" judicial review of the case in order to end all speculation about it. The senator pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident and received a two-month suspended jail sentence. Edgartown Police Chief Dominick J.

Arena and Dukes County Special Prosecutor Walter E. Steele have said they consider the case closed. Kennedy's car plunged into a saltwater pond on Chappaquiddick Island adjacent to Martha's Vineyard late at night on July 18. The senator escaped but Miss Kopechne, a former secretary to Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy, was trapped in the car and drowned. Kennedy did not report the accident for nine hours and only made a full statement after he pleaded guilty to the -Timti Photo By Brian Forguton Oceano Flower Gardens, Three Weeks Away From Harvest Time. Kennedy Poll ay Out Weather Here Cooling Off Today's high in the 80's will cool to the 70's on Tuesday, with an increase of fog from the coast. Daytimes will continue fair, with an increase in northwest winds to 15 to 20 miles per hour on Tuesday. Temperatures were to range from the 80's to 90's today, in the 70's along the beach.

en From War MoreM defense of Asia must be increasingly handled by Asian nations themselves. After taking care of some other work, the President arranged to fly by helicopter to Camp David, in the western Maryland mountains, to work on domestic programs he will Jbear" to get the stalemated Paris peace talks moving. He said the "general belief was that the talks had been stalled so long "that some inspired private effort might get under There was ho indication of the source, of that effort and who might be involved." During his meeting with legislative leaders of both parties, Nixon said he expressed doctrine that the court charge. His remarks to a national television audience aroused much sympathy but did not still all questions about the circumstances of the accident. Three-Car Smashup Kills Man PASO ROBLES-A 63-year-old Rialto man died in a three car smashup at 1:10 a.m.

today on highway 101 near the junction of 46, at the spot known as Black Oaks corner. According to CHP officials Jack Franklin Colbert, '63, was at the wheel of his southbound pickup, when he may have suffered a heart attack which caused the vehicle to drift off the shoulder of the road; It struck the rear of a van which was pushing another car. Colbert was pronounced dead on arrival at Paso Robles War Memorial A passenger in his vehicle, Phillip Dean Burniston, 16, of Bloomington is listed in serious condition with head injuries. Steven P. DeForest, 27, Glendale, driver of the car being pushed, reportedly suffered1 minor injuries but refused treatment.

Driver of the van doing the pushing was Hans-Rainer Dimier 26, Santa Barbara, a teacher at UCSB, who was not injured. All three vehicles were demolished in the mishap. Body Found In Lompoc Area LOMPOC (UPI)-The -unidentified and badly decomposed body of a young outline to the nation a broadcast address Friday night. Cabinet members will confer with him there both Tuesday and Wednesday. NEW YORK (UPI)-More than two thirds of the Americans asked about their reaction to the fatal auto accident involving Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, agreed they still hold him in high esteem, according to two national polls released this weekend. Louis Harris, in a poll commissioned by Time magazine, reported Sunday that 68 per cent of the persons interviewed feel it is unfair to criticize the senator "because the same thing could have happened to anyone." However, by 44 to 36 per cent, "a plurality thinks that Kennedy has failed to tell the real truth," Harris said; Fifty-one per cent agreed there has been no adequate explanation of what he was doing at the party which preceded the accidental death of Miss Mary Jo Kopechne, Harris said. Thirty-one per cent of those interviewed disagreed. Prisoners Freed MOSCOW.

(UPI) North Vietnam announced today it had released three American prisoners of war-two U.S. Navy fliers and a sailor, the Soviet news agency Tass reported from Hanoi. The same announcement was broacast by Radio Hanoi which said they were turned over to a commitee of seven American pacificists who had gone to Hanoi to pickup the men. Tass reported the Americans as U.S. Navy Lts.

Robert Frishmari, 29, and 'Wesley Rumble, 26t both and Douglas Hagdul, 23, an unlisted man from the cruiser U.S.S. Canberra. (In Washington, the Pentagon said the names matched three Americans listed on U.S. roles as prisoners-Navy Lt. (jg.) Robert Frishman, captured Oct.

24, 1967; Navy Seaman Douglas B. Hegdahl, captured April 6, 1967, and Air Force Capt. Wesley L. Rumble, captured April 28, 1 968. (Until it could confirm the three had been released, the Pentagon followed its normal practice of withholding hometowns, names of relatives or other information concerning the men.) WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen.

Everett M. Dirksen said today there is "evident belief at the White House that a further U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam -beyond the 25,000 already planned-could, be announced before the end of this month. The Senate Republican leader made the statement on Capitol Hill after a two-hour breakfast session with President Nixon attended by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate less than nine hours after Nixon's return to the White House from his world tour. $200 Lossx In Holdup After Nixon announced the first troop withdrawal during a Pacific conference with Vietnam's President, Nguyen Van Thieu, officials said the possibility of a further withdrawal of GIs would be considered at the end of August.

Dirksen declined to discuss the numbers involved in the possible new withdrawal. He told reporters, however, that the announcement that further withdrawals might be possible "before the end of August" was made after Nixon conferred with military leaders in Saigon. Dirksen said the possibility also was raised during White meeting that "inspiration from private sources might be brought to Inside Out Of Control, Car Kills Driver The Times Is First In Contest The news staff of the Santa Maria Times has won the annual Local News competition sponsored -bv; Hagadone Newspapers, a division of Scripps League Newspapers. The competition runs for a 60-day period and concentrates on locally news. The competition includes newspapers in the midwest, the northwest, California Arizona and Hawaii.

Doris Olson, South San Luis Obispo County editor, placed first in the feature division for a story on an apartment building fire in Pismo Beach, "Those Long Haired Kids At The Francis Robinson, society received special mention for her. family pages, as did Tom Valentine for his sports cpverage. This is the second consecutive year The Times news staff has been in first-place in1 the competition. Attractive wall plaques for both first place in the overall contest and first place in the feature division were awarded to Robert S. Magee, publisher.

In addition -to the plaques, each member of the news staff shared in a cash award. The Times hour and the vehicle went into' a broadside skid and traveled down a 20-foot embankment. During the crash, the victim was ejected, and her car landed on top of her. She was transported by ambularice to a hospital with major-head, chest and internal injuries. She was alone in the auto and the CHP indicated jt was possible over-corrected while changing lanes, causing the car to go out of control.

BUELLTON-Carol Sue Marcus, 23, Berkeley, died at 1:20 a.m, today in a Santa Ynez hospital of injuries she suffered in an 8:30 pjrj. auto accident Sunday on the southbound lanes of VS. 101, 2000 feet south of Highway '154, north of Buellton. According to the California Highway Patrol, Miss Marcus lost control of her auto while changing lanes at approximately 65 miles, per PISMO BEACH-Al Yoder, 25, Grover City, manager of a service station located at 501' Price was the victim of an armed robbery Sunday at 9:20 a.m., with the hold-up men nettingapproximately $200. Yoder told police he.

was" seated at his desk inside the station, counting fhe receipts two men entered the building. One was armed with-a .45 caliber automatic, the, said. After taking the. money the pair' placed Yoder in a back room and fled on presumably to a' waiting The robbers are described as white males, one reportedly jn his late teens, the other aged between. 3040.

MUSIC 7 NIGHTS A WEEK! Better Half Checking Up Classified -Comics -Crossword Dear Abby Editorial Entertainment Family Horoscope Obituaries Soft Sell Sports Sylvia Porter Stocks Thosteson TV. Log Weather Tuo. Thru Sunday FN 12-14 15 4 ..16 6 4-5 8 2 15 9-10-11' 15 15 15 -5 6 August Clearance woman was found Sunday by a sheriffs detective in Jhe bughes near Highway 1 five miles southeast of here. Officer William Kelley found the body when called to the area to investigate a complaint of someone hunting illegally. An autopsy is now being performed to determine the cause of death.

"Judy Bell The Look of Love" Talk of Santa Maria OU DININO tOOM IS TONIGHT ONLY! Luigi Porta Boom Boom end Hit Friend Jim Enot Piano 'i Doug Scott Drumt Dave Firoitono Ban NOWOPfN 'TIM 1:00 P.M. NITiir Out MS iranded Eide Rick's First Annual GOLF TOURNEY 1A1A Moon Maid Fathion Show Aufj.t. Butinettmon't lunchn OotlySf MENU IN THE LOUNGE NOW INCLUDES, i tot HOT SANTA MARIA 1.95 BBQ SANDWICH. Santa Maria Country Club A few opening ItH. Application, ot Rick't TROfHIES, PRIZES, C0CKTAI15 Dinner Only $10.00 Opnto Anyone 0tr 21 YeonOld Tw-eH Timet etted in Ikk't Uung' AttitudoAdjustmont Hour during iunh DAILY II 00 to 2 00 AND NITELY S0M 4 30 T' Tufori ond Mot Cold Hof Oeuvrti All Summer Siock to off lm6o A hospital spokesman said the injured were treated "mostly for contusions and hysteria." Andrew A.

Palmer, 4J, of Houston was admitted "with pulled neck and William A. Severs of Houston was kept overnight for observation; The other injured were treated and released. who injured a shouldeC'said his family had been at the, amusement park all day "Because we wanted to get our money's "We did," he said. "It "went crash said Payne's daughter Sandra, 11. heard theLgears crunch and then.

a loud crash," said a witness. PRIME RIB Your Dmncr tnetudet Yobr Chatca of Solod i from our Huge Salad Bar, Potato, Beons. Sotsa ond Toasted rfe' Bread For immediate seofina. dm- ner reservations should be made in HOUSTON (UPI)-The Astrowheel, an octopus-like double ferris wheel amusement ride, partially collapsed Sunday night, injuring 17 persons and, stranding 31 others 90 feet in the air for more than four hours. The ride, the only one of its kind in the world," was shut indefinitely.

All but. two of the injured persons were treated and released from Methodist Hospital. The Astrowheel, whose two bright orange arms dotted with light bulbs of all colors can be seen for two miles, is part of Astroworld, an amusement park across a highway from the Astrodome, home of the Houston Astros of the National Baseball League. 'The Astrowheel resembles i ferris wheel. It has two arms at right angles which support the cabins for the passengers," said Wayne, Chandler, publicity director at Astroworld.

one is at a Verticle position, the other is horizontal, loading passengers. "One arm came down faster than normal, hit the center rest pedestal and injured several people," Chandler Said. highest cabin in a vertical position was 90 feet, and 31 riders were suspended for about four before 1 firemen with ladders could get them down." SPEKCER STEAK Your Omntr Includes Your Choice of Soladi horn our Mugt Solod Bar, Potato, Beans, Salso and Toasted Brtad For immediate seating, reservations shpgfd bemode in advance. Dinner served from 5 PM. to 11 P.M.

Good Sun. thru Thurs. Void after August 7: REG. 14 95 2 Chandler said a malfunction DAYSOHLY- odvance Dinner served from 5 to 1 1 Ml Good Sun. thru Thurs.

Vo.d After August 7 Carefully Aged Choice Rib in the wheel's hydraulic system REG, $4 95 All Sales Final 2 for 4 indefinitely and I am sttte it will not be operating the rest of the season and perhaps never," Chandler said. He "said the $150,000 AstrowheeJ was manufactured by the Garland Steel Co. of Phoenix, and is the only one of its kind in the world. caused one of the arms tb drop its passengers the last 10 feet to the loading platform with "an unusual amount of force." The injured ranged in age from 8 to 52 but most were children. Clarl Payne; 33, of xvlCKS itanCHO and coffes shop Santa Maria 104 W.

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