Appleton Post-Crescent (Newspaper) - March 7, 1973, Appleton, Wisconsin School field narrowed to 2 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A critic of teacher strikes and a former legislator were nominated for state superintendent of public instruction Tuesday in sin's primary election Barbara Thompson of Madison an administrative consultant in the Department of Public Instruction and former Assembly Democrat Ernest J Korpela were selected from a primary list of 15 candidates for the two ballot positions in the nonpartisan April 3 election They will compete for the position being vacated by the retirement of Superintendent William C Kahl who has recommended the job be made appointive in hope of removing it from the political arena Accompanied by a series of teacher walkouts Korpela was endorsed by the political wing of the Wisconsin ion Association the state's largest teacher union Mrs Thompson declined to predict what effect her antistrike position Mrs Thompson Korpela might have among the teacher voting bloc in the next four weeks But she said she is a lifelong member of the WEA and am confident the membership will respond to educational professionalism Korpela a former school or from Washburn in northernmost Wisconsin called for a more active role by the superintendent in legislative policies He said his vote total in the primary indicates he has broad voter support throughout the state and that the issue of his endorsement by the union's ical arm is moot at this point Mrs Thompson and several other candidates had said they were leery of efforts by the WEA to increase its influence over the state dent's office Korpela endorsed also by the arm of the state AFLCIO led the 15 candidates with votes with nearly 99 per cent of the state's wards tabulated Mrs Thompson who has 28 years of experience in schooling received William H Clements 64 a of Point educational research whose advisory services have made him known to school officials throughout the state ran a close third with The absence of an incumbent for the first time in 12 years an increase in the four-year job's annual salary to and the legislature's elimination of many qualifications for the position were credited with having attracted a large number of primary candidates The superintendent's department oversees certification of teachers supervises agencies which assist local schools and disperses millions of dollars in educational programs Korpela 36 was among legislators who had helped dilute requirements for Continued on Page 2 70 Pages 8 Pages Twin City Wis Wednesday March 7 1973 15 Cents 80 POWs headed for U.S CLARK AIR BASE Philippines AP Eighty former prisoners of war headed for their homes m the United States today after a hero's sendoff in which hugged and kissed many of the men The remaining 56 POWs at Operation Homecoming headquarters were to leave Thursday in three flights Doctors said all the men were in generally good shape and any follow-up care needed would them at military hospitals near their homes Even S Sgt Gail M Kerns of Daniels W Va the only stretcher case among the POWs that arrived Sunday and Monday was seen walking around the base PX Tuesday night However tors refused to discuss his case The men flew home today in planeloads of 20 taking off at intervals and bound for Andrews Air Force Base Washington Kelly Air Force Base San Antonio Tex Travis Air Force Base Calif or Scott Air Force Base 111 Among those on the flight to Scott air base are Wisconsin servicemen Capt Fredric Flom of Appleton and Capt Martin J of Aurora both of whom are bound for son Medical Center The three flights on Thursday will land at Kelly Scott and Travis At the departures today many of the men broke away from the red carpet to receive hugs kisses bouquets of flowers and huge congratulatory signs from schoolchildren and other members of the Clark Base community Girls 13 and 14 began crying as they handed former POWs notes on fumed stationery God bless God bless you shouted Cmdr Edward H Martin 41 of Coronado Calif holding a happy face poster that Fly Away Home Good Luck and flowers Carmen Lyons a student at Wagner High School handed out daisies with peanut butter cookies she made The flowers had a tag Welcome home bless you Maj Ronald J Webb 35 of Hampton Va carried an American flag as he saluted waiting officials and climbed aboard the The crowd sang Happy birthday for Air Force Maj John C Blevins of San Antonio 34 today and several women presented him with a cake We feel like we have been surrounded by a loving family of said Air Force Col James H Kasler 47 of Indianapolis Ind senior man on the second plane Thursday's flights will include 30 Americans captured in South Vietnam and released by the Viet Cong in Hanoi on Monday Among them are three civilian development workers Michael D Benge 38 of Heppner Ore Speed Atkins of Homeland Calif at 57 the oldest American POW and Lawrence J Starke 37 of Chicago Two German medical workers cap- tured in South Vietnam Monika Schwinn 30 and Bernhard Diehl 26 also were released on Monday and left today for West Germany Miss Schwinn the only foreign woman held by the Communists described their captors as people who don't love you the people sometime have smiling faces but you had better not trust this kind of smile A total of 299 Americans now have been released by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and 286 are still held according to information from Hanoi Adm Zumwalt admits cuts coming NEWPORT AP Elmo R Zumwalt Jn chief of naval operations says cutbacks in the Navy's shoreline facilities are inevitable because of reductions in the fleet Speaking at the Newport Naval Base Tuesday Zumwalt declined to indicate which bases would be closed or affected by the cutbacks a cold sweat An Indian youth emerges from a sweat lodge at Wounded Knee during a heavy snow Monday The sweat lodge is similar to a sauna but is made of heated rocks and water Sudan to step down on Palestinian guerrillas KHARTOUM Sudan AP President Jaafar el ordered a crackdown on Palestinian guerrillas operating in Sudan today and said he has launched a roundup of all Sudanese suspected of having contacts with terrorists and spies The president charged the assault on the Saudi Arabian Embassy by Black September gunmen who killed two U.S diplomats and a Belgian was an effort to destroy Sudan I will not be lenient with destructors and those who are paid agents I shall return the blow the president said in a broadcast Tuesday night termed the slaying of U.S Ambassador Cleo A Woel Jr U.S Charge d'Affaires He said the eight guerrillas would be tried along with destructors and those who are paid agents Pentagon Papers had nothing new for enemy LOS AP A Intelligence Agency analyst says the Viet Cong had such an excellent spy network that it didn't need the tagon papers to learn about U.S plans in Vietnam Samuel A Adams resume the stand for today said the enemy could have picked up virtually all the information contained in one volume of the papers through their spies much earlier than 1969 Adams is testifying as a defense ness for Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo who are accused of espionage conspiracy and theft for copying the Pentagon study of the Vietnam war in could have helped the enemy plan strategy But Adams who did CIA studies of Vietnam for years said the papers would have been just another example to the enemy analyst of how bad United States intelligence was at that time Adams said it was generally thought that any battle information US officials shared with the South would get into the North Vietnamese hands very shortly The Viet Cong had an agent who was an adviser to President Thieu of South This agent used to advise President Thieu on United States policies Thus data released in 3969 about earlier plans would be dated and virtually useless to the enemy he added In addition Adams testified that of- probably including Gen William C Westmoreland then com- mander of U.S troops in Vietnam deliberately underestimated enemy troop figures estimate was the result of political pressures pressures to display the enemy as weaker than he actually was he said U.S officials reported in early 3968 that the North Vietnamese ly had troops available for tle Actually he said the true figure was closer to 600.000 Both Westmoreland and Gen Earie G Wheeler former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff supported the underestimations Adams said adding that at several conferences he ed a dispute raged between CIA analysts and military analysts over the figures G Curtis Moore and Belgian Charge d'Affaires Guy Eid an intolerable crime He said he would leave justice to take its course but one leading Khartoum lawyer expressed doubt the killers would be executed The eight Palestinians surrendered Sunday morning after failing to secure the release of a number of prisoners in various countries No charges have been brought against them yet The criminal code permits capital punishment for murder but a leading lawyer who asked not to be identified pointed out that Section 249 spells out extenuating circumstances including grave provocations Con- viction under this section could mean 21 years in prison with about five years off for good behavior The lawyer said defense attorneys could argue that the guerrillas are at war with Israel and the two slain Americans were officials of a ment supplying arms to their enemy If they were convicted of murder the lawyer said defense neys likely would ask the president for executive clemency Oil industry price lids reinstated WASHINGTON AP The Nixon administration has taken a major step to show that its Phase 3 program has muscle by price controls on the oil industry The 23 largest oil companies will be limited generally to price increases of 1 per cent for most petroleum products on a weighted annual average over the price in effect on Jan Gasoline and oil are among products covered A weighted annual average is the average price during all of the year prices could be higher at some times and lower at others John T Dunlop director of the Cost of Living Council said in announcing the controls Tuesday that they are designed to prevent increasing sure for higher crude-oil and prices from triggering inflationary price increases He said it is not a punitive measure against the 23 which count for approximately 95 per cent of gross sales of the oil industry There are some exceptions to the limit increases up to 1.5 per cent would be allowed if justified by costs But any increase above 1.5 per cent is subject to limitations and to prenotification rules the council said That limitation restricts companies to the average profit for thebest two of the previous four years Dunlop said the controls are sary because of the oil industry's widespread impact on the economy and that the action is an attempt to assure the American consumer an adequate supply of oil at reasonable prices It is the first time controls have been reimposed on an industry since President Nixon announced on Jan 11 that the compulsory controls of Phase 2 were replaced by voluntary ministered guidelines m the third phase of the government's program Only the construction health and food industries remain subject to marketing controls There has been criticism from some economists and politicians that the adminstration eased off too quickly on compulsory controls and that a new round of inflation could be touched off But Nixon in announcing the end of Phase 2 said there was a stick m the closet in Phase 3 and Tuesday's action was seen as use of that stick Dunlop said the controls will not interfere with the ability of oil com- panies to respond to seasonal variations in demand market conditions both here and abroad and individual company circumstances The order applies to any that annually sells at least million worth of petroleum products either manufactured or purchased for resale or domestic and imported crude oil for resale Exempt are such products as asphalts and chemicals The council held hearings on policy on Feb after many companies raised prices in January The spokesman said Tuesday that these increases were justified and would fall within the crease of 1 per cent Saigon resumes POW exchange SAIGON AP The U.S ment apparently intervened today to help settle a dispute over the exchange of Vietnamese prisoners The dispute threatened to delay the release of the Americans still held in Communist camps and threatened the peacekeeping commission with collapse The Saigon government agreed after an eight-day impasse to release military prisoners about one-third of the it still holds the second POW exchange It released in the first exchange but lowered the number to for the second phase ing the Communists had not accounted for thousands of missing South troops The Communist delegations ened to boycott the Joint Military Commission until Saigon agreed to free more men They called on the United States as a signer of the cease-fire agreement to A U.S spokesman said the Saigon government had assured the American IDS IDG Preview for sectional tournament Fish Lent and sea food for C-l Myse Chmiel on April ballot and more 6 4 7 1 5 Theaters D- 5 Vital 3 Women's 1 Fox 1 f Colder Colder tonight and Thursday with highs in the upper 30s Weather map on page North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations that the repatriation of its military POWs would be completed by March 28 as stipulated in the cease-fire pact The Communists who acknowledge holding less than Vietnamese military prisoners said they would release more than in the second phase having turned over earlier The second exchange is expected to begin Thursday The U.S spokesman declined to spell out what part the United States played in ending the impasse But he called attention to statements by Maj Gen Gilbert H Woodward the senior U.S representative at a meeting of the joint commission Monday Woodward said the United States takes the position that the agreement on the exchange of prisoners must be strictly followed the repatriation of military prisoners should be completed by March 28 and they should be released in four groups of about the same number We consider the lists exchanged m Paris to form the basis for future he added Lucey vows building cut MADISON Wis AP Gov Patrick J Lucey avowed today to try to hold Wisconsin's building program to million Lucey told the state Building Com- mission spending any more would be taking money out of property tax payers pockets because it would put a crimp in the million available for property tax relief The governor noted that even the reduced building program ed by his Department of Administration amounts to million out of original requests for million in tion The subcommittees have called for higher building budgets than the million Lucey repeated his vow to finance the state's building programs during the next two years on a cash basis terming borrowing totally unacceptable 1 am not prepared either to renege on my property tax relief commitment to hope for cuts on the state's operating budget or to ask the legislature for a bonding he said Storms sweep up Mississippi Valley BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tornadoes ram and high swept up the Mississippi Valley today causing property damage threatening flash floods and cutting off electric power Tornadoes touched down in sippi near Cleveland Belzoni and Independence causing property damage but no injuries Power lines and limbs were reported down at various locations in the state Six were torn off at Cleveland and a trailer was Delta State College Two and two frame homes were damaged heavily at Independence at Belzoni three tenant homes and a barn were destroyed and a trailer blown over Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of Mississippi and Alabama Power failures were reported Chicago's North Side and in the north and northwest suburbs due to heavy thunderstorm activity However a flash-flood watch for Illinois and southern Wisconsin was canceled early today when the major storm activity moved out over Lake Michigan amounts ranged up to inches from western Tennessee to to Wisconsin with the greatest measurements in central Illinois and Wisconsin Dense fog enveloped the Gulf Coast from south Texas to the Florida Panhandle Fog and drizzle spread inland along the Atlantic coastal stales from South Carolina to New Jersey Rain and snow spilled eastward from Southern California into the central and southern plateau regions Travel ad- in the mountains of where Scenes of new snow was expected Temperatures before dawn ranged from 10 at Lander Wvo to 76 at Key
