Bismarck, N, D.,, Aug, 28—()}—
Governor A, G. Sorlie, of North Da-

jRata, died at ihe executive mansion
‘here ab 3:45 o'clock this morning,

Death came aflor an iiness of
more than a month curing the Jast
four days of which his condition has
been critical, He was suffering wilh
heart disease.

Waller Maddock of Plaza, who
succeeds Governor Sorlle as the
stale’s chief executive, will arrive in
ithe state capital today to assume
his dutics, ‘

Goy, Soilie's death brings to the
oxecublye’s chair a real dirb farmer,
and is rated n self made man He
was educated in the common
schools and business college, Later
he studied law and clvil englrecring,
taking mall courses In those sub-
jecks,

Since 1906 he has operated a farm
near Plaza and has been acilve in
forming several farmer cooperative
aysceiations, He was alected leu-
ten: governor in recagnitlon of
lis servicas to the non-partisad
league as a member of the legisia-
ture and his experience as a law
maker, .

Arthur Guslay Sorlle was born
April 26, 1874, near Albert Len,
Minn, His pnrents were Iver and
Mary Sorlle, natives of Norway.
When he was 19 years old ho came
to North Dakcta where he worked
In o hank, operated a general store
and then became o traveling sales-
man,

In 1907 he launched in the tucl,
seed and feed business at Grand-
forks as A, G Sorlic and company,
{he enterprise was successful ar
was the hasls Jor a considernble for-
{une which he later accumulated in
ether business endeavors,

 

 
 
WASHINGTON ‘UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev, already planning another sum-

‘mit meeting next vear, formally pledged
today to avoid military confrontations and
threats of force that might trigger nuclear
war

The vows were contained in a policy
declaration which also said the leaders of
the two superpowers would “immediately
enter into urgent consultations with each
other’ if a nuclear conflict threatened.

Shortly before Nixon and Brezhnev
signed the agreement in the East Room of
the White House, Treasury Secretary
George P. Shultz and Soviet Trade
Minister Nikolai S. Patolichev met across
Pennsylvania Avenue in Blair House to
initial another pact intended to
commerce between the United States and
the Soviet Union. About 50 captains of
American industry were present at the
signing.

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
io depart aboard the President's jetliner
 for San Clemente, Calif.. where they
planned to conclude their conferences over
the weekend.

The decision by the two leaders to hold a
third summit meeting in as many years
was announced Thursday night at a lavish
banquet in the Soviet Embassy.

Their promises to meet again in Moscow
next year were accompanied by cham-
pagne toasts. The jovial atmosphere
reflected the signing earlier in the day of
pacts intended to accelerate negotiations
to limit and reduce offensive nuclear
weapons and exchange research on
peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Today's promises to refrain from
military confrontations went into effect
immediately upon signing of the policy
declaration about 12:30 p.m. EDT.

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 confrontations, and to exclude the
outbreak of nuclear war between them.”
 