Sunday Tribune, The (Newspaper) - April 3, 1977, Albert Lea, Minnesota THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE VOL. 79 ALBERT APRIL 3. 1977 SINGLE COPY 25 CENTS 30 PAGES Minnesota Spring Spring tentatively into the area lost only to be sent scurrying for shelter on Saturday by a flurry of Downtown shoppers weren't as they tramped through the leaving their tracks to show where they'd But the snowflakes were large and promising they weren't here to farmers could rejoice at the added moisture they Photos By Vance in France For Talks with Giscard d'Estaing News Highlights Barrels in Lake to be Tested CHICAGO Independent com- plaining their costs ore far outstripping the rates they are are talking about a nationwide says the president of the National Council of Independent Truckers Talk National Strike Brazil President Ernesto condemning the political opposition as a closed Congress Indefinitely and said In an emotional radio and television address that he did It because of his love for Inside The Tribune Mayor Fires 000 Strikers Says Haul Your Own Garbage Opinion 4 Dolly Family 8 Slocum Won't Run Again For IR Party Chairmanship ATLANTA Mayor Maynard Jackson has fired more than striking collar workers and told tans they'll have to haul their garbage themselves until re- placements can be Jackson said at a news con- ference Friday that he had not wanted to fire the but have turned the other cheek so many times that we have no more cheeks to He said it was impossible to meet the 50-cent-an-hour wage increase demanded by the American Federation of County and Municipal which struck the city last About workers had but 300 returned to work after Jackaon warned they would be city officials Jackson said firing the striking workers workers about 38 per cent of the city's street re- and other workers was most painful and the most unpleasant task I have had to as because many of the employes the most the of our But Lea mon regional said he felt the mayor wasn't as con- cerned about the welfare as he indica is not a nickel and dime this is a matter of human Hood ad- ding that the strike would con- long as The which does not have a formal contract with the is seeking wage increases that would add a week to the average blue-collar worker's weekly Jackson said there were guarantees of the fired workers but that he would not dismiss that possibility should the union and city reach agreement No further ing sessions have been ST. Minn. Chuck Slocum will not be a for reelection as man of the Minnesota In- he advised GOP leaders in a letter Slocum said his decision to step out of office July 1 was a personal not without difficulty and Carolyn pre- announced she would not seek reelection as party have decided not to run because I believe my family and personal development would be better served if I devoted my energies to a different Slocum I will continue working for our cause as a great volunteer in Scott County and may well run for precinct chairman in 1978" July 1 will mark the second anniversary of the date Slocum took over as GOP ing the chairmanship to a time Born and reared in Slocum was graduated from Hamline University in St. From July 1969 to July 1970, he was executive director of the Young Republican He then joined the field staff of former Rep. Clark and worked on the 1970 MacGregor Senate Slocum later served as a researcher for the State Senate majority caucus and as Minnesota GOP director before be- coming governmental affairs coordinator for the Hudson Corp. for two In his letter to party Slocum pledged support to the new chairman and urged those interested in leading the party come forth and declare their He wrote that he had submitted a list of tive successors to the state of- ficer search the past 21 I have thoroughly enjoyed leading this Slocum believe we now have a great growing en- and a far more approach to running our In my 1978 will cap the greatest political revival in recent Minnesota The opportunity to elect a U. S. other state constitutional officers and many more state legislators is We have the we have the we have the moxie most im- we have great prospective party is in better shape than it has been for many with the potential of once again becoming the best organized and most successful in State Investment Fund Gains ST. Minn. Lo cal governmental units could pool their surplus cash in a investment under a narrowly proved by the Senate mental Operations The sponsored by Sen. David was sent to the floor on a close voice vote It was opposed by bankers who said the legislation would unfairly place the state in com- petition with local Speaking for the Minnesota Bankers John said there was no need for such places the state in competition with institutions which can provide the same service at the same rate oJ if not said who is president of National Galen T. president of Signal Hills State West St. said there would be subtle pressures on the financial of- of school districts and municipalities to invest in the state don't think there's going to be any wholesale movement of local government money into the state's in- vestment said He explained that his re- quired a majority vote of the local governmental unit to change any investment policy or If the bank is paying competitive interest the local banker should have no in persuading his city council or school board to invest their surplus funds Schaaf Sen. Earl said that if the majority of local funds come in the form of state aid there is doubt that funds will flow to the state in vestment Robert executive tor of the State Investment said the local mental funds would be kept in a separate pool and would be in- vested in short-term federal notes and Otto director of ing for the state Finance De- said the was after Wisconsin and gon In he the state pool attracted only of 1 per cent of the possible municipal He said the figure in Oregon was only 2 per cent. Byhre said the state in- vestment pool would be a new service the state can provide without new Little garbage has lated on downtown sidewalks because commercial pickups have But there has been little garbage pickup in residential areas since the strike IR Lawmaker Charges ST. Minn. A House committee will hold hearings Tuesday on a ing for Minnesota rather than the to Till U.S. Senate But an can James complained Friday that the is being bottled up in the Senate because of political Under present when there is a Senate the governor appoints someone to fill the slot until the next wide Former Gov. Wendell Anderson used this method by stepping down and having himself appointed to the Senate by Gov. Rudy A calling for special tions has been introduced by Rep. Wes and is scheduled for hearings at 4 p.m. The idea has bipartisan In the Chairman ward Gearty of the Elections Committee has said no hearings will be He wants the ter until 1978. Ulland said the delay is a vor to Senate DFL Leader Nicholas a close friend of Perpich and a passible Senate should er vacancy simply cannot understand what remains to be discovered about the Ulland Wendy Anderson educated us all on the merits of Caught In the Act PARIS Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance met with French President card d'Estaing Saturday to discuss issues including the Soviet rejection of American nuclear disarmament The meeting agenda also in- cluded New York landing rights for the Anglo-French supersonic Concorde the Middle the upcoming economic summit meeting and the spread of nuclear The two men met in an elegant room in the Elysee ce also met with Foreign Minister Louis de The secretary was to return to Washington in the British Prime Minister James Callaghan reportedly told Vance in London on Friday that it was taking much too long for a decision on whether to let the Concorde land in New where residents are opposed to the jet's Giscard d'Estaing has been an even stronger critic of the ding rights The agency that controls New York area ports was to have voted last month on whether to allow the Concorde to but postponed a Before coming to Paris from Vance stopped in Bonn for the first of his consultations with Western European allies following his talks in Vance has maintained that the Soviet rejection of U.S. in Moscow was only a temporary setback in tions for a new strategic arms But the secretary has knowledged to reporters that he knows of no new Soviet or American proposals being pre- pared for his next meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko in En route to Paris on the secretary reiterated what he and the White House have said several the rejected U.S proposal will not be changed when he and Gromyko meet The secretary told reporters on his plane from London that Gromyko had called for the United Slates to close its tary bases in Western claiming the U.S proposals were Vance said Gromyko brought up the bases question the last day of their indicated to him if they should raise that idea it would change the entire of the Strategic Arms Limitation the secretary He said the US call for a reduction in the number of strategic missiles and bombers from the previously proposed 2.400 to 1.800-ZOUO both of us to reduce ICBMs ballistic to the same Wet Spring Could Mean An Extra Mi 11 ion ST. Minn. Wet spring weather could put an ex- tra million in the pockets of Minnesota's corn and soybean two veteran agricultural observers and western where we had the biggest problems with the drought last are one to two inches below normal soil said Don a University of Minnesota soil we've got until the first of J u ne before the crops begin to draw on that and all we need is another to 3 inches of rain to put it at he chances look very Baker and state climatologist Earl Kuehnast issued a report Friday saying soil moisture in southeastern and Minnesota is about ex- cept for parts of Dodge and Mower where soil moisture is about an inch Two weeks ago Baker and Kuehnast had estimated ers might harvest 80 per cent of a normal still better than last Soil moisture varies from nine inches in the top five feet of soil in southeastern Minnesota to three inches in the Red River Valley in northwestern There is four to six in- ches of moisture in western Most of Minnesota's crop duction is in the southern third of the state and in the Red River Kuehnast and Baker said with average rainfall this farmers will harvest an average crop this That would mean a corn crop of about 617 million compared last year's 3X million bushel At today's market the 1977 com crop would be worth SI up about MBO lion from last With average nast and Baker said the soybean crop would be about 86 million hels this compared with 63.4 million bushels in 1976. At today's market the 1977 soybean crop would be worth up million from last year Corn is Minnesota's top cash crop and soybeans is the No 2 cash crop MINGLING Gov. Rudy Perpich and defeated DFL candidate for the 2nd District congressional seat Gloria fin mingled with some 155 Albert Leo Friday at a fundraiser for Mrs. Griffin who now heads the governor's appointments In comments to those in Perpich said the fact that she lost the congressional I'm halfway Now she can do the fine job she's doing on my Pictured at right is Rep. Henry Governor Touches on Helmet in Talk Here A mysterious phone caller revealed that a for sole sign was going up on the Hugh O'Byrne Realty of- fice during his grand opening But a quick camera caught the In the act at they attempted to string up a sign that said Sale by Charlie's It's not known whether the hod any By BELKNAP Tribune Staff Writer Restrictions on the amount of money the state of Minnesota can afford to spend on highway construction should force the discontinuation of plans for building such roadways in areas where they are not Gov. Rudy Perpich said Friday evening in a press conference conducted in Albert The governor's statements came on the heels of comments he had made earlier in the day regarding the controversial proposed completion of In- 35E in the Twin Cities metropolitan have only number of dollars to go he said Friday we shouldn't spend it where its not I was a I was always a proponent of highway It's very im- portant for people in rural areas to be able to get their products from the farm to the We need good roads for he he have only number of I don't think we should force things down Our highways should go to areas where they are The governor had earlier Friday pledged to sign any that would lift the moratorium on construction of and four other freeway added in a meeting with state Transportation Com- missioner James Harrington that he would not urge legislators to promote any such Perpich was in Albert Lea for a two-hour visit Friday evening and served as special guest for a fundraiser for defeated 2nd District DFL congressional Gloria Griffin who still has in campaign debts to The governor conducted an impromptu press conference prior to the though aides from his office earlier in the week had told local reporters that he would not have the time to do so. He reaffirmed that he plans to sign the repealing the required wearing of helmets by motorcyclists in the The gained approval from both state houses this past week and will soon be on desk for his a has thorough heerings and the public has a chance to testify concerning the it'd he a very occasion that I'd veto he He admitted having mixed emotions concerning the helmet issue and suggested that an ex- tensive advertising campaign illustrating the safety benefits of wearing a helmet while cycling would be proper action to accompany the repealed like to sec people do things on a volunteer he He commended the people of the state for their cooperative response during the winter's energy crisis in comments to the 155 people in attendance at the of your Minnesota's situation was one of the best in the said Concerning the proposed con- solidation of the state's present 432 school districts into 92 Perpich flatly not in support of found as chairman of the Minnesota Bicentennial Com- mission that the school is often the center of a he proposing that the opening of school facilities to the general public could possibly help schools to gain additional state funding He suggested that school libraries and industrial arts could be left open evenings periodically in communities which otherwise not offer such services to its citizens would then perhaps be more willing to con- sider additional funding for he Following his two-hour at the Perpich stopped briefly at Southwest Junior High School to visit persons attending an alcoholism seminar featuring of the June 26 Bloomington Freed The governor then travelled to to attend a meeting of First District before They'll See It In The Want Why lose another day of rent when there ore many prospective renters shopping the EVENING TRIBUNE Want Ads This advertiser rented the apartment right Small Would Appeal to a mature per ion Ott Available now Call xxx xxx for more information Put your rent whert it is sure to be It's easy to a WANT AO and PHONE 373-1411
