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On his Mid-East fact-finding tour for then President-elect Nixon, Mr. Kissinger and Wil- and has taken the hardest stand lasting peace settlement. Kingston
As Secretary of State Kissing-
er intensifies his efforts to bring
the Arabs and Israelis to the
peace table, it is becoming in-
creasingly evident that he is
using many principles espoused
by former Gov. William W.
Scranton following a fact-find-
ing mission to the Middle East
for President-elect Richard
Nixon in 1968.
Secretary Kissinger’s recent
visits with Arab leaders: recall
Mr. Scranton’s advice in 1968
that improvement of relations
with the Arab states is a prere-
quisite to any peaceful settle-
ment of Middle East tensions.
At a press conference at the
Jordan-Israel border Dec. 9,
1968, Mr. Scranton said, ‘‘I think
it is important for the United
States to take into consideration
the feelings of all persons and
all countries in the Middle East
and not necessarily espouse one
nation over some other.”
Mr. Scranton met with lead-
ers from Israel, Egypt, Iran,
liam P. Rogers, then Nixon's
designated Secretary of State,
on Dec. 14, 1968, Mr. Scranton
attributed a hardening of the
Arabs’ position and a buildup of
tensions to two U.S. actions.
One was a decision to negotiate
with Israel for Phantom jet
fighter planes right after Israel,
Egypt and Jordan had made
conciliatory statements on
their relations. The other was
the United States’ abstention on
a resolution in the United Na-
tions calling for a censure of Is-
cael.
Mr. Scranton also advocated
cooperating with the United Na-
tions and the Soviet Union in
bringing about a peaceful set-
tlement to the tensions, and
these are the policies Secretary
Kissinger is now pursuing in
seeking to set up a peace con-
ference in Geneva. The con-
ference, originally scheduled to holiday brotherhood. We're grateful to you.
begin Tuesday, is tentatively ’
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After his tour, Mr. Scranton T ,/ Your. Shopping:
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that the United States was pre-
judiced towards Israel. This
week an informed source said
that Mr. Scranton told Nixon “it
is important for us to mend our
fences in the area and to build
up our friends’ among all the
Middle Eastern nations.
Mr. Scranton advocated,
however, that the United States
*“...continue to support Israel as
our strongest ally and deepest
interest in the region and help
her achieve military security”
within defensible borders.
Mr. Scranton’s remarks con-
cerning Syria also may be view-
ed as a precursor of the latest
armed conflict in the Middle
East. :
When asked at a press con-
ference in Tel Aviv Dec. 10,
1968, why his fact finding tour
did not include a visit to Syria,
Mr. Scranton replied, ‘Well, as
you know, Syria seems to be ra-
ther disinterested or uninterest-
ed in the situation. They did not
support the U.N. resolution and
have not communicated as far
as I know with anybody about
anything...and they don’t com-
municate with us on the subject,
so it seems to me if we are going
to come here for reasonable,
and may I say understandable
communications, we’ve got to
in preliminary communiques
leading up to the start of the
proposed Geneva peace con-
ference.
When asked in 1968 if he felt
the Arabs and Israelis were
headed for another war, Mr.
Scranton answered, ‘‘I don’t
think they're necessarily head-
ing that way,” but he warned,
“...lots of different persons are
extremely concerned about the
tremendous tensions here, and
they ought to be. They are un-
fortunate and deep. Whether
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this might result in a war,
sometime in the far future, or
the near future or the immed-
iate, nobody could possibly anti-
cipate I'm sure. I doubt if very
many people, if any, predicted
the one that occured in 1967, so
we must always be on the alert
for it. Certainly this indicates,
at least to me if it doesn’t to
everybody else, the tremendous
pressure and need for a peace-
ful settlement in this area.”
Secretary Kissinger and Pre-
heeded some of Mr. Scranton’s
recommendations. In the past
ten days, Mr. Kissinger has met
with numerous Arab leaders,
including Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat, King Faisal of
Saudi Arabia and President
Hafez al-Assad of Syria, and
was to meet with Soviet Ambas-
sador Andrie Gromyko yester-
day (Wednesday).
And if all events go as planned
this week, Arab and Israeli
leaders will meet in the same
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Mr. Scranton, the source said,
‘told the President-elect that he
found the Arab world was not
totally committed to the eradi-
cation of Israel. “They can live
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Atty. Lemmond pointed out
that “‘we cannot morally or le-
gally use the threat of criminal
prosecution as a means of get-
ting restitution,” and he sug-
gested that it might be wise to
havea third party—the juvenile
court officer who would preside
at an unofficial hearing—help in
assessing blame for the acts of
vandalism.
Mr. Marchakitus concurred,
noting that the boys had not
shared equally in the destruc-
tion. Additionally, the principal
reminded Mr. Jones that an un-
official hearing would be
expunged from the young-
sters’ records if they hewed to
the straight and narrow until
their 18th birthdays.
School director Kenneth
Williams moved the question,
and added his support to the re-
commendation with the obser-
vation that ‘“‘we’ve been too
easy too long—it’s time to get
tough with these kids.”’ The mo-
tion passed with Mr. Jones cast-
ing the sole dissenting vote.
In other business, school
superintendent Robert‘Z. Belles
told the directors that the school
district is complying in every
way with energy-saving guide-
lines issued by the state’s de-
partment of education. He also
introduced a service offer from
the Johnson Service Co. which
would provide uniform calibra-
“tion and synchronization for the
sent a petition calling for the in-
stallation of cubical doors in the
boys’ lavatory at Ross. They
were informed by Charles
James, elementary school
supervisor, that materials for
one such door had been ordered
and would be installed ‘‘as soon
as it comes in.”” He was directed
by the school board to order
additional supplies to similarly
equip the other cubicles.
Burgeoning class enrollments
in the kindergarten classes at
Lake Elementary School have
necessitated the employment of
two teacher aides, Mr. Belles
told the directors. Observing
that the morning and afternoon
classes now number 35 and 37
five-year olds, Mr. Belles de-
clared that “This number is too
many for one teacher.”-
Director Arnold Garinger
echoed ‘the superintendent’s
distress at the large enroll-
ments, adding that ‘Pm
ashamed and embarrassed at
the sizes of these classes.” He
indicated that he would prefer
establishing a third class to hir-
ing teacher aides, but Mr.
Belles and Mr. James stated
that there was simply no room
available for another class.
Teacher aides hired to assist
the kindergarten teacher were
Joyce Edwards, RD 2, Dallas,
and Mary Ellen DeRemer, RD
1, Harveys Lake.
The board agreed to pay the
registration fees and expenses
ly-elected director Gilbert
Tough as Lake-Lehman’s rep-
resentative to the West Side
Area Vocational-Technical
School Advisory Board. Mr.
Jones will serve as alternate
member.
Mr. Slimak also assigned
chairmen to head the school
board’s various standing com-
mittees.
with a non-expansionist Israel,
he said.
With this tenet in mind, Sec-
retary Kissinger is pressing Is-
rael to soften its stand on its an-
nounced intent to hold onto all
Arab lands captured in the 1967
Six Day War, particularly the
Sinai Peninsula and Sharm el
Sheik.
Following meetings with Mr.
Kissinger, Israeli leaders are
reportedly ready to concede to
the presence of a United Na-
tions peacekeeping force in the
Sinai and will insist only on re-
taining ‘‘defensible borders.”
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cents a gallon, compared to the
bulk rate of 23 or 24 cents, which
we pay at our terminal.”
drivers can do,” Mr. Wood said,
“is to try to get to service
stations where they are known,
where they’re regular custo-
mers. Otherwise, forget it.”
Most stations also are severe-
ly limiting the amount of fuel
which can be purchased, neces-
sitating additional stops, Mr.
Wood added. ;
_ William F. Richardson III,
vice president of the Pennsyl-
vania Motor Truck Association
(an organization of independent
truckers) last week issued a
sible motor carriers which com-
prise our membership have ab-
solutely nothing to do with the
recent stoppages of trucks:
growing out of the current fuel
problem. We in fact deplore
such individual actions that dis-
rupt the transportation of the
necessities of life.”
“We can’t condone
threatening the safety of any-
one,” Mr. Richardson said.
“The public highways are for
everyone.”
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cost to the district. The direc-
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The resignation of Freda
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supervisor, was accepted with
regret by the school directors.
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