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mm THE CINCINNATI EM A Combined Communifattotti NrwHpaper FINAL EDITION FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1976 PKICK I 'm- Carter Accepts Debate Challenge Friday Your Day Ford Speech Blunts Water gate fore the American people during the next two months. The President said he would be glad to go before the American people to "debate the real issues face-to-face." (Carter announced late Thursday that he would accept the President's challenge to debate.) Earlier in the day, President Ford announced his vice presidential running mate would be Kansas Sen. Robert Dole. Thursday night the convention delegates overwhelmingly approved Mr. Ford's choice of Dole.

By WARREN D. WHEAT Enquirer Convention Bureau KANSAS CITY President Ford reached out Thursday night to welcome back defeated supporters of the man who almost denied him his party's nomination and addressed the Watergate issue head-on to blunt its potential as an obstacle to his retaining the White House in November. Accepting the Republican nomination he barely rescued from the conservative challenge of Ronald IN HIS acceptance speech. Senator Dole told the convention that "there is work to be done "Until we break the stranglehold of the party of big government over the Congress of the United States, we are going to have more federal spending, more federal control over our private lives, and more empty promises that leave our people disillusioned and frustrated," Dole said. "Let us not be deterred or dis-comfitted by those who Interpret the long and hard-fought primary campaign as a sign of division In tO Jt: 2Ci 'yHfc AIM! 1 1 "a 1 ful President Ford Introduces His Vice Presidential Choice Senator Dole is his wife, Elizabeth; Mrs.

Ford is at right Troops Alerted, More Aircraft Sent But U.S. Vows No Action In Korea Mill vi- The 151-mile DMZ was reported tense but quiet Thursday. Representatives of North Korea and the U.S.-headed United Nations command held a story meeting on the Slain By North Korean Capt. Arthur T. Bonlfas, left, 1Lt.

jjf 1 i. i i -Enquirer (Tom Hubbard) Photo armistice line here Just a few hun-dred yards from the scene of Wednesday's slayings. Each said the incident was a deliberate provocation planned by the other side. -AP Laserptioto Troops Mark T. Barrett I i '1 3, 'J Sunny and warm today and Saturday, with zero chance of precipitation predicted through tonight.

Today's high temperature is expected to be near 90 with a low near 60. Details, weather map Page A-9. Three films on Ireland and Scotland, "Yeats' Country," "Oisin," and "Scottish Symphony" will be shown free of charge, noon and 7 p.m. today, at the Main Public Library, 800 Vine St. Smile It was considerate of the Republican National Convention to make things turn out just as CBS said they should.

Lottery Ohio lottery drawing postponed until 7:30 p.m. today because of network coverage of Republican National Convention. The Enquirer will carry winning numbers in Saturday's editions. Metro A man who got free use of a taxpayer-financed car with his job as a top-level Cincinnati School District official freely admits he has used it for family trips, shopping errands and golf outings. Page D-l.

Nation Two groups are battlirfg over whether generic drugs can be substituted in prescriptions for higher-priced but chemically-identical name brand drugs. Page A-12. World A summit of the world's nonaligned leaders calls for an oil embargo against France and Italy for their support of South Africa. Page A-8. Sports The Reds, who had tied the score in the seventh inning with the help of an error, converted a hit by Tony Perez, a Darrel Chaney error on Dave Concepcion's grounder and Mike Lum's pinch hit through a five-man infield into an 11-inning, 3-2 victory over Atlanta at Riverfront.

Page B-l. People Today A constantly growing body of evidence indicates that pregnancy after age 40 is dangerous partially for the mother, but mostly for the child. Page E-l. Business -The stock market's recent decline accelerates into a slide as investors try to assess a pause in the nation's recovery, the return of Korea to the headlines and a Ford-Dole ticket. The Dow plunges 11.13 for its biggest dally loss since May.

Page B-8. Entertainment His real name is Mario Girottl but to Italian moviego-ers he's Terence Hill, apart from Clint Eastwood, the top spaghetti western star. Page E-17. In Our Opinion OnPageA-6: President Ford goes into the campaign strengthened by his long battle for the Republican nomination. Editorial.

Diane Williams counts one more Cincinnati blessing. Readers' Views. INDEX Six Sections I 136TIIYEAR, No. 133 Action Line E-2 Bridge E-6 Graham 8 E-7 Horse E-7 Jumble E-7 People Today Races Society E-J E-13 Van Dellen E-2 A-9 Weikel D-1 Word Game. E-6 Brumtield Business.

ClassifiedC D-5-U Columnists. Convention. Comics A-7 B-8-It 2-12. 16 Crossword E-6 Dear E-2 Deaths C-2 Editorials A-6 E-l 7-20 Local and Area News Pages D-1 -4 Republican ranks rather take pride in the knowledge that the bat-tle was honorably waged, and honorably won," he said. The President recalled in his acceptance speech that on August 9, On Pages D-2.

D-3, B-7: Additional convention news. 1974, the day Nixon resigned and he took the oath of office, he had said, "My fellow Americans our long national nightmare is over." It was a unique, risky tact, raising a subject on which he may be attacked in the November election campaign. "IT WAS an hour of our history that troubled our minds and tore at our hearts. Anger and hatred had risen to dangerous levels, dividing friends and families. The polarization of our political order had aroused unworthy passions of reprisal and revenge." Returning to the subject later In his acceptance speech, Mr.

Ford said that while two years ago Americans had lost faith in their public officials and confidence In government, "my administration has been open, candid, forthright. "I have demanded honesty, decency and personal integrity from everybody in the Executive Branch of the government," Mr. Ford said Reagan Asks GOP Delegates To Unite Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan joined the Fords and Doles on the platform above the convention floor at 12:30 a.m. today.

"I believe the Republican Party has a platform with bold unmistakeable colors with no pastel shades," Reagan said. "We have heard a call to arms on that platform." As the convention and party dignitaries on the platform listened teary-eyed, Reagan closed by quoting the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur. To secure freedom for future generations, Republicans must unite in 1976, Reagan said, adding, "There is no substitute for victory." calling truth "the glue that holds government together." The President reminded Democrats to be careful throwing rocks at his house. "The American people will not accept a double standard In the United States Congress," he said in reference to the sex scandals Involving Democrats in Congress, including Ohio Democrat Rep.

Wayne L. Hays. To make peace with the Reagan supporters who fought him down to the wire in a dramatic rollcall vote Wednesday night, President Ford assured them he would address the issues on which Reagan campaigned so effectively. BUT DISAPPOINTED conservatives were defiant to the end and made a last ditch effort to claim a spot on the Republican ticket for a philosophically attuned vice presidential candidate. The name of North Carolina Sen.

Jesse Helms was placed Into nomination after President Ford's personal choice for vice president, Kansas Sen. Robert F. Dole was recommended to the convention's delegates. Helms withdrew his name before the delegates cast their ballots for vice president but still received several votes. Carter Sees Ford Loss OfSouth MACON, Ga.

(AP) Jimmy Carter said Thursday that President Ford, by choosing Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas as his running mate, may have decided to forfeit the South to Carter in the election. "It would be very difficult for the Republicans to challenge' me successfully in the South, and lt may be that President Ford just decided not to try," Carter told reporters after hearing that Mr. Ford had picked Dole. The Democratic presidential nominee added that Mr.

Ford may have reached "the logical conclusion to try and concentrate his efforts somewhere else." Reagan, the President brought up the subject that still makes many members of his party shudder the scandal that felled his predecessor, Richard M. Nixon. Mr. Ford has been advised to take such a direct approach to defuse the issue that Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter and his vice presidential running mate, Sen. Walter Mondale, of Minnesota, have already used against him.

In addition, Mr. Ford departed from his prepared speech to challenge Carter to debate the issues be Washington officials stressed that the air reinforcement was precautionary and did not presage U. S. military action against North Korea. It was also described as a warning to the North Koreans, whose Russian-built air force has nearly three times as many combat planes as South Korea's.

The slaying of the two U. S. officers and injuring of other U. S. and South Korean personnel occurred at the Panmunjom truce village in the DMZ Wednesday.

THE INCIDENT was followed by a North Korean announcement that it had ordered its armed forces into a state of combat readiness. The U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff called for an increased alert of the 42,000 U. S.

military personnel in Korea. Meanwhile, on the diplomatic front, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger met Wednesday with Huang Chen, head of the Communist China liaison office here, asking that he use Peking's influence on North Korea to behave cautiously. Kissinger presided at meetings of the Washington Special Action Group, a high level security panel, Wednesday evening and again Thursday morning before flying to Kansas City In attend the wlndup of the Republican National Convention. STATE DEPARTMENT spokesman Frederick Z.

Brown said the United States was "in touch" with a number of governments but he declined to spell out the U.S. objectives except to say that "at a minimum the people responsible for it (the slayings) should be punished." Kissinger has been trying to draw China and North Korea into a conference with South Korea and the United States to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Simultaneously, North Korean President Kim Il-sung In an opposite approach has proposed "a great national congress" of Koreans from north and south "to drive the U.S. Imperialist aggression troops out of Korea at an early date." Skyrocketeer Gets Up' The skyrocket set off in Riverfront Coliseum during a July rock concert exploded into a 240-day Jail sentence and $1500 In fines Thurs- day. Paul Upton, 19, 5612 Naomi Milford, received the penalties after Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Ronald Panioto found the defendant guilty on two charges of criminal mischief.

if Xmrnm Mis PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) -The United States and North Korea put their combat forces on alert and the two sides traded bristling accusations Thursday over a bloody melee In which North Korean guards hacked two U. S. Army officers to death In this demilitarized zone(DMZ). The United States reinforced its air strength in South Korea by OnPageA-4: North Korean threat analyzed sending two squadrons of combat planes to the peninsula. "As a precautionary measure," the Defense Department said in Washington, "we have deployed a squadron of F4 aircraft from Kade-na Air Base, Okinawa, to Korea, and we are deploying a squadron of Fill aircraft from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to Korea." ADMINISTRATION SOURCES said earlier the movement of planes from Okinawa involved about 25 F4 fighters and RF4 reconnaissance aircraft.

Autograph Battle Ends In Blood BY BOB HERTZEL Enquirer Sports Reporter A battle over an autograph between Reds pitcher Pat Zachry and a fan left someone's blood marking up a an elevator in the parking garage near Gate at Riverfront Stadium Thursday night. Confusing early reports did not make it clear who was doing the bleeding, although one report indicated it was merely the result of a nose bleed that didn't require medical attention. The Reds were concerned, of course, since Zachry, who had been the starting pitcher In the Reds' 3-2, 11-innlng victory over Atlanta earlier In the evening, is nursing a broken cheekbone. A woman who identified herself as the wife of the fan In the altercation said Zachry had the nose bleed. She refused, however, to give her name or that of her husband.

Later, the Reds said no charges were filed by either Zachry or the fan, who appeared to be in his late teens but was not otherwise identified. Zachry also left the ballpark without comment. Pair Nab Suspected Thief, Get Plaudits From Police A Norwood man and a Hyde Park woman were honored by Cincinnati police Thursday for the part they played In apprehending a man suspected of robbing an elderly woman Monday. Gordon Haag, 22, and Lisa Roberts, 23, were presented a certificate and letter of thanks by Col. Stanley R.

Grothaus, who praised them for "not only doing the right thing but for doing it correctly." The couple was In Hyde Park Monday afternoon and noticed an elderly woman, visibly shaken, who had been robbed of her purse. After determining the victim needed no medical assistance, they searched for and located the suspect based on the woman's description. Haag then followed him while Miss Roberts returned to the scene, notified police and led Lt Robert Apple to the suspect, who was arrested and charged with robbery. A A It's What Makes City 'Livable' A four-month resident of Cincinnati cannot quibble with a recent appraisal of the city as one of the nation's five most livable communities. Lou Ann Tobler, Monfort Heights, experienced its hospitality firsthand.

"Where but in Cincinnati would this kind of friendliness take place?" she asked, in a letter to The Enquirer. Her car had stalled Tuesday downtown, and she went Into a store to use the telephone. Inside, a man offered assistance. The problem was diagnosed as a dead battery. The friendly unidentified Good Samaritan attached Jumper cables to the battery, then flagged down a passing motorist who provided the use of his car's battery to start her car.

A recent article in The Enquirer reprinted a survey calling Cincinnati one of the nation's five most livable cities..