| Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 28—(P)—
| Gov. A. G. Sorlie, of North Dakota,
died at the executive mansion here
at 3:45 o'clock this morning.
Death came after an illness of
more than a month, during the last
four days of which his condition bad
been critical. He was suffering
with heart disease.
‘Walter Maddock of Plaza, who
succe*ds Gevernor Sorlie as the
state's chief executive, will arrive
in the state capital today to assume
uis duties. :
Governor Sorlie’s death brings to
the executive's chair a real dirt
farmer and one who is rated as a
self-made, self-educated man- He
was educated in the common schools
‘and business college. Later he
studied law and civil engineering.
taking mail courses in those sub-
4 jects. se

Successor Experienced.
| Since 1966 he has opérated a farm
near Plaza and has been instrumen-
| tal ip forming several farmer co-op-
erative associations. He was elect-
ed iieutenant govérnor in recogni-
| tion of his services to the non-parti-
| 800 league as a member of the leg-
islature and his experience and abil-
| ity as a law maker. He was chair-
}man of the North Dakota delegation
to the last republican national con-
; vention.

In 1906 Governor Maddock mar-
ried Miss Marguerite Tierney of
_Grand Forks. They have four sons
and a daughter.

Arthur Gustav Sorlie was born
_ April 26, 1874 near Albert Lea, Minn.
_ His parents were Iver and Mary Sor-
| Hie, natives of Norway. When he
_ Was 19 years old he came to North
| Dakota, where he worked in a bank.
operated a general store and then
| becam~ a traveling salesman.

Ready to Retire.

' Im 1907 he launched in the fuel.
| seed and feed business at Grand
| Forks as A. G. Sorlie & Go. The en-
| terprise was successful and was the
| basis for a _ considerable fortune
which he later accumulated in other
| business endeavors.

_ Despite his extensive interests, the
non-partisan league selected him es
_its standard bearer in 1924 and he
wen the gubernatorial election after
/a hot fight with R. A. Nestos, the
republican incumbent. He was re
| elected in 1926, but did not seek re-
/nomination this yéar, saying that he
desired to retire to private life at
the end of his term.

In 1906 Governor Sorlie married
Miss Jennie Eodegard, who died
after bearing three children. In
1919 he married Miss Grace Hille-
_boe at Grand Forks and two chil-
_ dren were born.

_ One of Governor Sorlie’s most im-
| portant acts of his first term was
| the appointment of Gerald P. Nye
_to the United States senate to suc-
, ceed Senator E. F. Ladd, who died
| in cflice.
 
WASHINGTON AP — The United States
and the Soviet Union Thursday signed an
agreement of principles designed to
permanently limit nuclear weapons by the
end of 1974,

President Nixon and Communist leader
Leonid I. Brezhnev signed for their nations
at the White House. The agreement, the
outstanding accomplishment of their
summit talks, was cemented at the
President's Camp David retreat in the
Maryland mountains.

The two nations agreed as a matter of
principle that efforts by one or the other to
obtain a nuclear advantage would be
inconsistent with the goa] of strengthening
peaceful relations.

The agreement is designed to spur
negotiators for both countries at
now-recessed talks in Geneva. Significant-
ly, the arms limitation envisioned by the
end of next year would include not only
numbers but the quality of the missiles

themselves.
Niewnan and Rrashnoeyu alen acraad that
 limitation on strategic offensive arms
must be subject to ‘adequate verifica-
tion.’’ Both nations would be permitted to
modernize and replace weapons only
under conditions to be agreed upon at
Geneva.

At the same time, Nixon and Brezhnev
signed a 10-year pact to expand
cooperation between the two countries on
peaceful uses of atomic energy. It
succeeds a series of two-year agreements.

The major points of the compact
include: 1) controlling thermonuclear
fusion; 2) research on ‘fast breeder”
reactors which create more fuel than they
consume; 3) research on the fundamental
properties of physical matter.

A similar arms understanding between
Nixon and Brezhnev in 1971 produced,
when Nixon went to Moscow to see
Brezhnev last spring, an initial but limited
nuclear weapons agreement.
 Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, the President’s
national security adviser, told newsmen
that Nixon and Brezhnev are convinced an
expanded agreement by the end of 1974
would be ‘‘a major contribution in
reducing the danger of an outbreak of
nuclear war.”

He said they were agreeing now to seven
basic principles out of ‘sense of urgency.”’

The current SALT talks in Geneva have
become static and are recess. The new
understanding is designed to provide an
impetus for positive negotiations. Know
Know-
ledgeable observers estimate the second
pact would be ready by the end of 1974.
 