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The Independent Record From Montana's Capital Established Dec. 17, 1865 Helena, Montana, Friday Evening, September 25, 1970 14 Pages Staff Photo by Bill Hanson Car Wreckage Was Scattered 300 Feet at the Accident Site. Helena Man Dies in Crash ed in the air. Torn fragments off The death was the 15th by the yellow body were widely auto accident in Lewis and scattered and the frame and Clark County this year. engine were found 10 feet A resident in the vicinity off apart.

the crash said he had heard a Injured seriously was William high-powered car engine about E. Westrup 23, of 418 W. 2 a.m. Undetermined yet is the exact time of the accident. The Lawrence, with chest and head wounds.

Brooks J. Boedecker, sheriff's office received its first 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis call on the accident about 7 Boedecker of 221 Adams, also a.m. was injured and was hospital- Volk graduated from Helena ized for observation.

Boedecker High School in 1967 and was was discovered at the Warren employed by Hennessy's. He School. and his wife lived in the Alma- Vote Registration Record May Be Set By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With the deadline passed for registering to vote in Montana on Nov. 3, Secretary of State Frank Murray has forecast a record general -election registra-1968. tion of 334,818.

The total, if confirmed in about two weeks by official figures from the 56 counties, would be slightly more than 1 per cent above the high of 331,078 set in 1968. Murray's forecast was issued as Montanans streamed to county courthouses throughout the state to make themselves eligible to vote in this nonresidentialelection year. Clerks and recorders in the state's major cities and in several sparsely-populated counties queried by The Associated Press indicated voter registrations would, in most cases, equal or exceed those for the 1968 election. The registration deadline was Charles John Volk, 22, of Helena was killed early this morning and two other young men inthe York about a half jured in a single wreck on mile east of the Warren School. Investigating Montana highway patrolmen and Lewis and Clark County sheriff's officers said the 1956 Corvette with a fiberglass body apparently went out of control as it headed east on a curve.

Wreckage was spread 300 feet along a borrow pit on the south side of the highway. The car struck an approach on the south side of the highway and apparently Two Others Injured, One nor housing development on the east edge of Helena, Volk was a member of the National Guard and had served as a paratrooper. In high school, Volk was active in athletics. Westrup works as a mechanic at the Al Rose Garage. His wife was expected to be released parents in 1960.

Seriously Surviving in addition to his wife and parents are a son, from St. Peter's Community Brian Charles Volk, a sister, Hospital today with their new Sayonna of Helena, a brother, baby. Westrup and Boedecker Robert of Portland and grandboth are in St. John's Catholic parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Franking Hospital. Volk of Bismarck. Volk was born June 19, 1948 He was a member of St. in 1 Bismarck, N.D., the son of Mary's Church. Funeral arClarence and Joyce Hermes rangements are pending at Retz Volk and came here with his Funeral Home.

Civil War In Jordan May Be Over BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) King Hussein of Jordan and Palestinian guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat today announced agreement to end the civil war i in Jordan. The announcement followed word from army commander Habis Majali that 15 of 54 hijacked airline passengers held hostage by Jordanian guerrillas had been freed. Released were eight Britons, five Swiss and two West Germans. All but one of the 39 hostages who remained in the guerrillas hands were believed to be Americans. Majali said arrangements would be made quickly to get the freed passengers out of Amman.

The agreement between sein, Arafat and Arab mediator Jaafar el Numairi, president of Sudan, was announced over Amman Radio. It was the first time Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, agreed to stop fighting in nine days of bloody civil war. Numairi, Arafat Meet The agreement followed reports on Cairo Radio that Numairi met with Arafat early today. On Wednesday Arafat had spurned a cease-fire reached between Hussein and two captured guerrilla leaders. Field Marshal Majali said the freed airline passengers "are now in army hands preparatory to their delivery to their home countries." Originally, there were some 400 hostages from three planes hijacked to the Jordanian desert Sept.

6 and 9. Most of the hostages were released earlier. The planes were blown up. The guerrillas have demanded the release of Palestinian commandos jailed in Britain, West Germany, Switzerland and Israel as ransom for the hostages. Order Cease-Fire Majali and Hussein both issued orders over Amman Radio (Continued on Page 2) Prospects Are Growing For Lame Duck Session WASHINGTON (AP) The prospect of the first "lameduck" session of Congress in 20 years looms after election day despite the distaste of leaders of both houses for such a meeting.

Not all of them have abandoned hope for adjournment before the Nov. 3 elections in which all seats in the House and one-third in the Senate will be filled. But House Speaker John W. McCormack, has said Congress cannot finish its work before election day without junking some major legislation. Won't Be Back Already 24 members of the present Congress will not be back for the new session in January.

They have el ther announced their retirements, sought other offices or lost in the primaries. Casualties in the Nov. 3 elections may douIble the number of lame ducks. A major objection to sessions after election day is that too many defeated members are looking for new jobs and are willing to do some legislative log-rolling to get them. House leaders have agreed formally to a recess starting about Oct.

15 and ending the week after the election. The recess may start even sooner, since anxious members want to get home to campaign. Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana says Congress can wrap up its business by Oct. 15. But with a filibuster developing Constitutional over a proposed amendment to elect the President by direct popular vote, the Senate would have to abandon many major measures to hit its adjournment target.

Major Bills House leaders unofficially have relegated to a post-election session some major bills includ(ing a reciprocal trade measure Army to Cut Three Di Divisions bat divisions -about 15,000 in each division. Most of the Army cuts will be in support units. At 1.2 million men, the Army will be at its lowest strength in 10 years next June. The size of the Army's reducwas announced previously; Anaconda Is Hit With Another Suit KALISPELL (AP) -Six age suits were filed Thursday by Columbia Falls residents seeking $625,402 for alleged fluoride damage cause by the Anaconda Aluminum and the Anaconda Wire and Cable Co. They follow by about a week $21.5 million class action filed against the two Columbia Falls companies by Dr.

and Mrs. Loren Kreck, Columbia Falls. In April a suit filed by the Harold Dehlboms of Columbia Falls asked $2.38 million damages from the same defendants. That suit was amended in June WASHINGTON (AP) Army, in cutting its troop strength to 1.2 million men by next June, will trim three divisions out of its combat force. There will be a Army reduction by mid-1971 as compared with mid-1970, 45,000 of these men coming from to a total of $1,650,000.

Five of the suits include three counts each. In the first part, the plaintiffs claim property damage has been caused by noxious pollutants, hydrocarbons and fluorides from the two plants. They claim timber, trees and vegetation were injured and the natural beauty and market value of the land impaired. In the second count, they claim they have suffered from anxiety over the condition of property values, destruction of trees and forage and have been Safeguard Sites OK'd WASHINGTON (AP) military purchasing bill including two new sites for the Safeguard antiballistic missile system has been approved by a Senate House conference. The agreement, subject to approval of both houses before going to President Nixon, is $1 billion under the Nixon budget.

The ABM system, a subject of Senate debate for two years, will be expanded to four loca and an industrial safety proposal. They would like to pass before the recess an anticrime bill and the $69 billion defense appropriation bill, and re-pass the vetoed $19 billion independent offices money measure. Both would have to clear the Senate, Eight of the 13 annual appropriation bills which finance the government still are far from enactment. Since July 1, when the new fiscal year started, the departments whose money is tied up have been financed on a temporary basis. The most recent temporary act expires Oct.

15. The last time Congress held a post-election session was in 1950. It recessed that year from Sept. 23 to Nov. 27 and finally adjourned on Jan.

2, 1951, after passing a tax bill and some money measures. There were more than 40 lame ducks in that post-election meeting. the dropping of three combat divisions was disclosed by Robert C. Moot, Defense Department controller. Moot disclosed the cutback Thursday during a panel discus- Panthers Plead Guilty NEW HAVEN, Conn.

(AP) Two of the remaining six Black Panther defendants awaiting trial in connection with the shooting death of Alex Rackley pleaded guilty today to substituted charges with lesser penalties. Rose Marie Smith. 22, of Jersey City, N.J., and Margaret Hudgins, 22, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to aggrevated assault. The two originally had been charged with conspiracy and kidnaping resulting in death, a capital offense and have been held without bond since they were arrested late in May 1969. Judge Harold M.

Mulvey scheduled sentencing for Oct. 2. Among the four persons still awaiting trial in connection with the torture and slaying of Rackis Bobby G. Seale, national ley, a New York, City Panther, chairman of the black organization. Where to Look sion before the National providing allies military aid in Industrial Association, a the form of equipment and group of defense contractors.

training, rather than: armed Secretary of Defense Melvin troops. R. Laird has established a goal With the exception of the of 2.9 million men in uniform by three divisions to be next June. The armed forces now have slightly more than 3 eliminated by next June, most million men, compared with the of the Army cutback will be Vietnam war peak of 3.5 million made through phasing out supin 1968. port units.

Moot said the cutbacks will The Army combat force is come as a result of President composed of 4 2-3 infantry diviNixon's doctrine of reducing sions, 4 mechanized divisions, U.S. commitments abroad, thus an airborne division and 5 inderequiring a smaller standing pendent brigades of about 3,500 army and a greater reliance on men each. 15 p.m. Thursday. In Billings, the Yellowstone County clerk and recorder's registrations, slightly above the 40,523 registrations: in Officials in Missoula County reported about 25,000 registrations late Thursday, somewhat below the 26,437 figure for 1968.

Officials in Butte and Bozeman reported heavy final-day registrations, with Butte having 22,052 persons registered and Bozeman counting about 14,000. The final registration for Silver Bow County is expected to be slightly below that of 1968, with Gallatin County expecting slightly higher total. Officials in Hill, Roosevelt, Lincoln and Custer counties estimated final registration figures closely approximating those of 1968. Total registration for the primary election last June 2 was 304,328. Altions.

But the conference accepted the Senate's elimination of funds to begin deployment of a Chinese-oriented area defense system. The conference restored $700 million which had been cut by the Senate. The House version carried $20.5 billion, about $100 million less than 1 the Pentagon asked. Sen. John Stennis, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, forced to ingest "intolerable amounts of fluoride and other dangerous pollutants" so bodily functions have been impaired.

In the last count the plaintiffs claim they are entitled to tive damages because they have suffered compensaory damage to health and personal welfare. The suits and amount asked for the first count were filed by: Josephine and Georgia Hamilton, Allen and Sandra Wagner and the late John Lewtz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sedivy, 500; Mr. and Mrs.

George Zingelman, Mr. and Mrs. Orley Huffman, and Mr. and Mrs. William Armstrong, $29,505.

In each of the five suits, the plaintiffs seek $10,000 for the second count and an equal amount for exemplary damages for the third count. The sixth suit, filed by Mr. and Mrs. M. Joseph Hauber, seeks $105,000 for damage to confier and other trees, livestock and the land values of their property.

They claim they originally purchased the land for recreational purposes. They further allege the companies have caused fluoride pollution of the Flathead River, which runs along the front of their property. 100 Pace Setters Lead Drive 90 fifth of the $102,000 goal set by A total of $20,328, almost one80 United Givers, was recorded today at the first report meeting of the campaign. 70 The Pace Setters continued to do just that, registering a grand total of $19,158 of this division's goal of $36,822, 60 General Business, with a goal of $8,354, reported $100 and Special reported $1,070. The goal of the Special division is 914.

"We are pleased to see such fine participation," United Fund 40 chairman Gordon Buckland said. "With the continued cooperation of the workers and the residents of Lewis and Clark Coun30 of $102,000 will be ty, I am confident that our goal UNITED 0002 Thursday conferees slashed budget for research and development by $300 million. The key change in the conference agreement, Stennis said, involves Navy shipbuilding. Conferees eliminated $152 million for a new aircraft carrier but approved $435 million for several new ships, including two nuclear -powered submarines, which the House had added to the President's budget. Stennis said Defense Depart- ment spokesmen spent a lot of time "clamoring for what they lost" in the Senate bill.

"I don't think we've made any modifications that in any way impair the efficiency of military preparedness or its he said. The final version of the bill carries $75 1 million for development of the B1 bomber. The Senate had approved $50 million and the House $100 million, Pages City Editorial 3 UNITED Sports 6 TV Guide Markets Comics Classified 12 13.