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Show weu f 6A DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, October 21, 1970 'WWWM- j$S?s - COUNTRY SAGE &s 11' ; "A fellow who is too good tnay be harder to put up with than one who is a li'tle bit bad." American Jailed By Czechs (AP) State WASHINGTON The Tues- - Department said ' day that Czechoslovakia has holding a naturalized American citizen in a jail .near Prague since Sept, 4 cn charges of making allegedly derogatory remarks about the president of Czechoslovakia. "been " State Department press offi- cer John King told a news 'conference it was difficult to understand Czechoslovakias behavior in the case of . George Ipser, 44, of Chicago. , In King said the U.S. Embassy Prague was not informed of arrest u.,Ul Sept, 30. FOCUS CONCERN ! Our embassy has under-- lined at the Czech Foreign Ministry our concern over such a long delay in notifying O, h ns,' " , , 1 , , he said. . A U.S, consular official was permitted to visit Ipser on Oct. 8 but King said little is known about the charges ' against him or the alleged de-- , rogatory remarks about Gen. Ludvik Svoboda, the Czech a president. Ipser said he went to Czech-- . in January of 1970 visit relatives and was 'lito ' about to leave when he was arrested. He was taken to a '.prison in Hradec Kralove, j some 18 miles from Prague, , and told only that there is a . . witness who can testify about the alleged remarks. , . i . eslovakia NOT I'tr CLEAR ' King said it is not yet clear What the formal charges are and indeed whether he will be - tried. '"We find it difficult to understand the behavior of the handling , Czech governments of this case, King said. Ipser is the ninth American currently jailed in Eastern and a tenth is free gurope t The second f awaiting trial. i, American held in Czechoslova 1 f kia is Fred H. Eidlin, 27. who arrested July 26 in if of espio- - 0n suspicion . thage. - Americans are being theld in East Germany, Hun- gary, the Soviet Union and . Romania. :js MEN . . . ji; USE YOUR IWear a HEAD t & , HAT v & , v , 99c 1.09 1.09 1.19 1.23 1.03 1.29 1.35 1.09 MILD MEDIUM MILD HORNS CKVs SHARP SWISS MONTEREY BLUE 2ft9C forUa GOOD AT FOOD KING STORES ONLY OCT" 22. 23, 24 COUPON WORTH 18C on 2 PACKS NEW YORK SHARP CARAWAY SHARP HORNS, MUENSTER a COL5Y HORN BRICK ' LB LB. LB. LB. LB. nv Rain Hat with WISK GIANT SIZE LB. LB. $8.95 NORMAN SIMS HATTER 170 South Main LIQUID SWAM "57 Ree'may 10c ;ozf'f OFF COLD WATER ALL KSj PHASE HI REGULAR SljlNT 17c OFF jj 6c OFF LB. 1.13 1.09 1.09 1.13 Pocket . LB. US , MOZZARELLA LB. LB. Vj) if LB. LB LB. |