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posto FINAL 3 P.M. New York Stocks Page 5C and 6C VOL.97 NO. 317 in, sl urn rmhOafuk MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1975 15' HOMF DELIVFtV CnMb ectronic On Today's Editorial Page Confrontation In Tho Making Tho Illinois Switch eiLO PATCH Juidlge Banking Here By CARTER STITH Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Missouri banks may not set up electronic teller devices in more than one county, United States District Judge James H. Meredith ruled today. Electronic tellers enable customers to make simple banking transactions mechanically.

Meredith ordered the First National Bank in St. Louis to close by Dec. 15 two electronic tellers the bank had established in St. Louis County. The ruling was signed by the judge Friday but was filed in U.

S. District Court today. First National was the only bank in the St. Louis area that had set up the devices in a county outside of the county in which bank's principal place of business was situated. The action was quickly contest- Rules Pulling Of Plug On Girl Was Murder MINEOLA, N.Y., Nov.

17 (UPI) Nassau County's medical examiner, -ruled today that a critically ill 16-year-old girl was murdered when someone -removed the plug from a life-sustaining respirator at Nassau Hospital two weeks ago. Dr. Leslie L. Lukash, the medical examiner, made the ruling in the death of Maryjane Dahl. "The cause of death is respiratory failure and cardiac arrest resulting from the disconnection of the respirator homicidal," Lukash said in his report.

Lukash said he had submitted his autopsy report along with a certificat of death and his investigation into the circumstances of the girl's death to county police and the district attorney's office. See PLUG, Page 5 TEAMWORK. Four Big Red players pointing in unison at head linesman Burl Toler, who had signaled a touchdown on a disputed catch by Mel Gray in the fourth quarter of yesterday's thriller at Busch Stadium. Steve Jones (34), Jim Hart (17), Gray (85) and Dan Dierdorff (72) are trying to convince umpire Pat Harder (88) that Toler's call should be the official one. It was, by a 3-2 vote.

Big Red Touchdown Put In A Gray Area ed in court by state banking officials as a violation of the state law prohibiting branch banking. First National, which has headquarters in St. Louis and has two branches in the city, has placed -electronic tellers at Emerson Electric 8100 West Florissant Avenue, Ferguson, and at the Jay-Bee Food Store, 12305 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton. The devices were installed last December after James E. Smith, United States Comptroller of the Currency, said such units were not bank branches.

But Missouri Finance Commissioner William R. Kostman disagreed and filed suit. In his ruling, Judge Meredith noted that federal laws allow a national bank to establish a branch anywhere in a state, provided the Comptroller of Currency has approved and provided that state laws permit state banks to do the same thing. Missouri law does not allow a state bank to operate a facility outside the "county in which its principal banking house is located," although banks may set up two branches within the same county, Meredith said. "It was the intent of Congress that national banks should have the same right as state banks.

no more rights," Meredith said. "This court is of the opinion that the machines in question constitute branch banks and violate state and federal laws." In arguments before Meredith last August, the bank asserted that using the electronic tellers was little different from writing a letter or making a tele-" phone call to the bank. "The only difference is that with the electronic tellers, it's quicker," said R. H. McRoberts, attorney for First National.

The states he said, had made "conclu-sory allegations" that the electronic tellers might upset the "competitive equality" in the banking business that is protected by law. Assistant Attorney General Charles A. Blackmar argued that the electronic tellers "fit squarely within the definition of "branch' in Missouri banking law." The definition says branch includes "any branch office, branch agency, additional office, or any branch place of business at which deposits are received, or checks paid or money lent." Through the electronic tellers, Black-mar said, the bank made substantial facilities available to customers. The arguments before Meredith had centered on the definition of the terms "checks paid" and "money lent." In his ruling, Meredith said that cus- tomers may "deposit funds in the form of instruments or cash" to checking or See BRANCH, Page 5 Sara Jane Moore Found Competent To Stand Trial SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (AP) A United States district judge today found Sara Jane Moore mentally competent to stand trial and to assist in her defense on charges of attempting to assassinate President Gerald R.

Ford. Judge Samuel Conti said Miss Moore would stand trial on Dec. 15, the date he had set before a federal appellate court ruling that appeared to pave the way for a delay. The judge made his decision after hearing testimony by Dr. Robert Jack Eardley, chief of psychiatry at the Springfield, federal medical facility, and Dr.

William Walter Menninger, chief of clinical psychiatry at the To-peka, state hospital. The judge asked both whether they felt Miss Moore met the criteria set by the U.S. Supreme Court on competency to stand trial. Both testified that they believed Miss Moore, 45 years old, to be mentally competent. Clemente, where the golfing privileges are restricted to military and Government personnel and their families.

Nixon has also played in recent months at the Shorecliff and Mission Viejo country clubs near San Clemente, at the San Clemente municipal course and, on one occasion, at the La Costa Country Club, in a charity tournament sponsored by the Teamsters Union. Nixon made another public appearance at Camp Pendleton last week to attend a pageant marking the 200th anniversary of the Marine Corps. Accompanied by his wife, he sat in a front-See NIXON, Page 4 Agreement At Summit On Policies By JAMES DEAKIN Washington Correspondent PARIS, Nov. 17 The United States and five other industrialized nations announced generally worded agreements today on international trade and monetary policies aimed at promoting recov-. ery from the Western recession.

In a statement made public at the end of a three-day economic summit meeting, President Gerald R. Ford and the leaders of Britain, France, West Germany, Italy and Japan said they were confident that economic recovery in their countries was under way. "We will not allow the recovery to falter," the statement said. "We will not accept another outburst of inflation." Mr. Ford, in an individual statement, said the meeting had produced "a new spirit a spirit of co-operation and confidence stemming from a deeper understanding of our common destiny and our joint conviction that we can master our future." The President termed the meeting, believed to be the first conference of heads of government devoted exclusively to economic problems, "a successful meeting on all respects." "As a result of the work we have started, the people of our countries can look forward to more jobs, less inflation and a greater sense of economic securi-.

ty," he said. Mr. Ford said the six leaders had "reached substantial agreement on. a. number of issues concerning monetary policy, trade, energy and our relations with the developing world." He said the discussions, held at the Chateau de Rambouillet near Paris, Vre-affirmed our mutual confidence in a sustained and full recovery from the deep- est recession since the 1930s." Similar individual statements were made by the other participants in the See SUMMIT, Page 5 Inside 46 Pago FEDERAL STUDY criticizes IRS treatment of taxpayers.

Page 2A DEMOCRATS PONDER Teasdale's political plans. Page 3A OTHER STORIES on Page 10A. Additional picture on Page 1C. Toler immediately raised his hands to signal a touchdown. But at the same time, back judge Pat Knight was signaling that the pass was incomplete.

A long discussion followed as officials, surrounded by screaming players, huddled among themselves. "Three officials," said referee Fred Silva after the game, "ruled on the play. Two of them saw the receiver take possession of the ball in the end zone, hit the ground and fumble the ball. Those two officials signaled touchdown. "A third official (Knight) did not see the touchdown signal.

He saw a portion of the play, the player on the ground and the ball on the ground. He signaled no catch. "When we explained the play to him we agreed as a crew that it was a touchdown. That's what we were discussing. The reason it took so long is that we had to get away from the players to get the chance to talk it over." The touchdown catch was followed by Jim Bakken's game-tying extra-point kick and the Cardinals went on to win the game in overtime, 20 to 17.

"I think," said Gray, "I had it (the ball) good. I'm sure I broke the plane (of the goal line)." Why did he drop the ball? "On that play, somebody broke my facemask tackling me," he said. "I was over when I caught it and then I think I got hit from the side." Gray, who played opposite Fischer most of the afternoon, said he had some words of advice for the Washington cornerback just before Bakken entered the game for his game-winning field goal. "I told him," Gray said, "dirty teams don't win." What did Fischer have to say? "All he said," said Gray, "was Xs." During the controversy surrounding what finally was decided to be his touchdown catch, Gray said he headed for the sidelines. "I was optimistic," Gray said.

"But the last time I talked to a refereee I got 15 yards, so I stayed clear." Quarterback Jim Hart was the Cardinals' official spokesman as the officials' debated. "I just tried to bring it to the refs' attention," Hart explained, "that Mr. Toler called a touchdown. You never know if they're listening to you, but if you say some nasty words they sure hear you." And all the while, Cardinals coach Don Coryell paced the sidelines. "Nobody told me anything," Coryell said, "my captains were out there.

The end result was what was important." The end result was a victory for the Big Red and first place, in the National Football Conference's Eastern Division. fv I i i i i a iv -'-5BL avv'4 By DOUG GROW Of the Post-Dispatch Staff In Washington, folks are talking about marching on the White House. In St. Louis, there's a great deal of praise concerning the "integrity" of National Football League officials. At the core of both sentiments is the controversial yes-and-no touchdown call on Jim Hart's six-yeard pass to Mel Gray with 20 seconds remaining in regulation time of yesterday's game between the Cardinals and the Washington Redskins.

When Gray grabbed Hart's pass in the end zone he was hit immediately by Washington cornerback Pat Fischer. The ball fell to the ground. In one corner of the end zone, head linesman Burl $100,000 Grant For Binghams A grant of $100,000 toward acquisition by Missouri of J12 drawings by George Caleb Bingham was made today by the Louis D. Beaumont Foundation. The grant was announced by Gov.

Christopher S. Bond and Stanley J. Goodman, chief executive officer, of the May Department Stores who is a trustee of the foundation. The gift is to help Missouri obtain the drawings from their present owner, the Mercantile Library Association. Bingh-am Sketches, a nonprofit group acting in the state's behalf, must obtain $1,800,000 in funds and pledges by next June 30 or the collection of drawings faces the prospect of being broken up and sold individually.

Bond had earlier announced that the A. P. Green Foundation, a nonprofit organization connected with his family, had pledged $25,000 to the drive. Bond said the money, in effect, would cover the purchase price of a drawing entitled "The Fur Trader." The Beaumont contribution raised the total amount pledged toward acquiring the drawings to about $350,000, Bond said. The Beaumont Foundation is a charitable organization founded by the late Commodore Louis E.

Beaumont, one of the founders of the May Co. The gift, Goodman said, will be paid in three installments to Bingham See BINGHAM, Page 4 Warm Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy and continued warm through tomorrow; low tonight around 50; high tomorrow about 70. Chance of showers on Wednesday or Thursday; cooler on Thursday and Friday; tows Wednesday will be in the 40s; highs in the high 50s; lows Thursday and Friday about 30; highs from the middle 40s to the 50s. GRAY F0R Trt REDSKINS POST-OISPATCH WEATHCftaiRD Res pt orr.

Other Weottiw Informatlw an Pac Mb SUDDEN SIGNAL. Field judge Stadium scoreboard tell it all after Jim Bakken's field goal in 'sudden death' overtime. (Post-Dispatch Photos by Wayne Crosslin) Nixon Believes A Lot Is Riding On His Book Editorials 2C Everyday 1-8D Financial Leisure 50 News Analysis 3c Obituaries gc People 6A St. Louis ic Sports 10-15A TV-Radio Igp Want Ads 8-12- Bob Baur and the Busch from his home, at 9 a.m. and works until 12:30 or 1 p.m.

After lunch, if the weather is nice, he usually suggests to his chief assistant, Lt. Col. Jack Brennan, that they play golf. Nixon is playing so much golf these days that there is some question how hard he is working on the book. Usually, he plays 18 holes, but reliable sources report that it is not unusual for him to play 36 holes virtually the entire day on the golf course.

But if his game is going badly, he may quit after seven holes and go home. His favorite course is at Camp Pendleton, the big Marine base south of San him. When the book is published, he told a guest last month, the nation will look tat him in "a new way." In ignoring the reports of the Watergate special prosecutor and reams of other Government material, he says his fellow citizens "have heard only what the news media have said" about him. He has been judged, he says, only on the basis of "strongly slanted news media reports." For Nixon, therefore, a lot is riding on his book. Persons who have seen him recently say he is now following a fairly regular schedule of work on the book, although it is usually only a half-day.

He gets to his office, a few hundred yards Post-Dispatch Washington Correspondent James Deakin spent 10 days recently in southern California inquiring into the current status of former President Richard M. Nixon. This is the second of two articles detailing his findings. By JAMES DEAKIN Washington Correspondent SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. When Richard M.

Nixon is told that some of the persons who worked for him in the White House think he committed crimes, he shrugs his shoulders and says, in effect, that he expected them to say so. Nixon has told several recent visitors that the book he is writing will vindicate POST-DISPATCH south area news in section jit.