WASHINGTON (UPL) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev, already planning another
summit meeting next year, formally
pledged Friday to avoid military con-
frontations and threats of force that
might trigger nuclear war.

The vows were contained in a policy dec-
laration which also said the leaders of the
two superpowers would “immediately en-
ter into urgent consultations with each oth-
er’ if a nuclear conflict threatened.

Shorily before Nixon and Brezhnev
signed the agreement in the East Room of
the White House, Treasury Secretary
 George P. Shultz and Soviet Trade Min-
ister Nikolai §. Patolichey met across
Pennsylvania Avenue in Blair House to in-
itial another pact intended to strengthen
commerce between the United Stales and
the Soviet Union. About 50 captains of
American industry were present at the sig-
ning.

The two latest accords brought to eight
the number reached since the start of the
summit talks Monday. They were signed a
few hours before Nixon and Brezhnev were
to depart aboard the President’s jetliner
for San Clemente, Calif., where they

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... yphedby, NOC. Auge 28.—Kight
persons were killed, fifteen in-
jured and ajl undetermined num
.ber are missing fin the collapse. of
the First National bank building
during a rush hour ‘today.

The, death toll may jrise three
hours after the -erash ‘workmen
had been able to clear away the
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The known dead are; Miss Ora
Ethridge, seeretary to the bank.
president; Guy Green, bank clerk;
Boyd, bank clerk; Del) Blan-
ton, a farmer; Carl Blahton, his
‘son; two unidentified white men,
and an tiidentified negro,

Police .estimuted. the’ death,-toll
Would ‘mount steadily as rescue
crtws dug flecper into the debris
in the search df bedies. '

No Accurate Check. +

Nozpeenrate, check, “codild » be
jraade of the missing persons, but.
hit was known that a dozen or more
had not been, accounted , for.

! Early this afternoon the etews
‘hail searched only the edges of
the huge pile of debris, and it was
feared: many more Wodics would
be found: teward| the center.

Tt was. feared \that a crew of
‘seventern negroes|who were work-
ing incthe center\of the buildin;
all wert, killed....T. OSCUG. CLEW!
had "ngt* been ahle! as yet to pet
to thé/piaee wiere the negros: had
been jorking.

It. was. known that fifteen per-
sons were injured, several of
whom may dic. They were all
[taken to a hospital here as they
were extricated: from the Lal
structure, oa

Excavation work at aciearby
“building was gencrally! assigned
us the cause: of the collapse of
the bank buildings "It was known
that several pefsons wert: in a
i grocery store and ‘h-tailor’s shop
which were a ‘part of the build-
; (hg, but it was—expected: ‘to che
| hours befate t part of tm:
tstructure—eould—pe-searched d-ther
oughly. » at Beak 5,

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

  

 

 

 
 