BISMARK, N. D., Aug. 28.

Gov. A. G. Sorlie, of North ota,
died here this morning.

Death was caused by ; di-
sease from which the Go wv has
been critically ill for the past thtee
days.

Arthur Gustave Sorlie was
April 26, 1874;; near Alderte .
Minn., his parents were Iver

Mary Sorlie, natives of ' ay.
When he was 19 years old he
to North Dakota where he ed

‘in a bank, operated a general
and later became a traveling sales-
man,

In 1907 he entered the fuel, ser
and feed business at Grand Forks
as A. G. Sorlie and company. The
enterprise was successful anq 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 as its standard bearer in 1924
and he worm gubernatorial election
after a hot fight with R. A. Nestos,
the republican incumbent. He was
reelected in 1926, but did not seek
renomination this year, saying that
he desired to retire to private life.
at the end of his term.

In 1900 Gov. Sorlie married Miss
Jennie Odegard, who dieq later. In
1919 he married Miss Grace Hille-
boe at Grand Forks.

The first important act of office
came to Governor Sorlie when in
his first term he appointed Gerald
P. Nye, to the United States Senate
te succeed Senator FE. F. Ladd who
died in office.

Governor Sorlie’s death brives to
the executive's chair Walter Mad-
dock, the Lieutenant Governer
who is a real dirt farmer. and ‘s
rated a self made man. Later he
studied law nd civil engineering
taking mail courses in those sub
jects.

Since 1906 he has onerated a farm
near Plaza and has been active in
forming several farmer cooperativ:
associations. He was elected Lieute
nant Governor in recognition of his
services to the non-partisan leacue
as a member of ‘the legislature and
his experience as a law maker He
was chairman of the North Dakots
delegation to the last republican na-
tional convention.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev pledged today to avoid
military confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear war
between their two nations.

In a policy declaration, the leaders of
the two nuclear superpowers agreed to
“immediately enter into urgent con-
sultations with each other’’ should the
risk of a nuclear conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev signed the
agreement —the eighth since the start
of their summit talks —in a ceremony in
the East Room of the White House a few
hours before their scheduled departure
aboard the presidential jetliner for San
 Clemente, Calif., for the conclusion of
their week-long conference.

In the agreement, the two leaders
promised that the United States and the
Soviet Union ‘‘will act in such a manner
as to prevent the development of
situations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military con-
frontations, and to exclude the outbreak
of nuclear war between them and
between either of the parties and other
countries.”’

The accord also calls for the
signatories to proceed from the premise
that each will refrain ‘‘from the threat
or use of force against the other party,
 against the allies of the other party, and
against other countries, in cir-
cumstances which may endanger in-
ternational peace and security.”

In advance of the signing, Nixon
briefed congressional leaders of both
parties on the declaration, which is a
statement of policy —not a treaty — and
therefore does not require Senate
ratification.

Presidential adviser Henry A.
Kissinger said the intent of the doctrine
was ‘‘to prevent the outbreak of nuclear
war.”

The decision of the two leaders to hold
a third summit conference in as many
years was announced at a lavish
banquet at the Soviet Embassy. In a
jovial atmosphere, Nixon and Brezhnev
dined and toasted each other after
signing pacts earlier in the day to speed
nuclear arms negotiations and
cooperate in research on peaceful uses
of nuclear energy.

Before they boarded the ‘‘Spirit of 76”’
for a late afternoon flight to the Western
White House, Brezhnev arranged to
meet with 40 American businessmen to
sell them on expanded trade with

Russia.
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