Austin Daily Herald (Newspaper) - August 9, 1977, Austin, Minnesota WEATHER through with occasional of ond Low tonight per SOt ond low High upper ond low ESTABLISHED 1891 VOL. AUSTIN DAILY HERALD No. 227 AUG. SINGLE COPY 20' Carrier Delivery per week 14 PAGES Vance has PLO offers for Israel JERUSALEM tary of State Cyrus R. carrying word of possible arrived in Israel today for what could be the climax of his current Middle East peace Vance faced close questioning by Prime Minister Menahem Begin and other Israeli leaders on whether the United States remains committed not to with Yasir Arafat's Liberation Organization Foreign Minister Moshe yan welcomed Vance at ide upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia and you accept our we will be in full agreement with Dayan was speaking in a light but his comment foreshadowed difficulties in Vance's talks At a news conference in Saudi before flying Vance confirmed that he has had indirect contacts with the PLO through various Arab have had no direct con- tact with the he ad- are informed by the various Arab parties as to the positions of the PLO and have been so informed as we proceeded through my Vance has been in the Middle East for nine The PLO has so far refused to accept United Nations lutions laying the groundwork for a peaceful settlement of the in part be- cause these recognize Israel's right to exist and speak of the Palestinian quest for a land only as a lem The PLO charter also calls for replacement of the Jewish state by a secular In a of between the United States and Israel in 1975, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger pledged that Washington not recognize or negotiate with the PLO as long as the PLO does not nize Israel's right to exist and does not accept Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 Resolution 242 calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied resolution of the and of the right of every Mideast state to live in secure and Resolution 338 set up the Geneva peace ence Vance told reporters he had heard rumors that the PLO may be considering a change of position in regard to Resolution 242 he have seen nothing concrete Canadian airways still shut Canada Members of Parliament flown in by military aircraft gathered for an emergency session today to consider legislation imposing a settlement in Canada's pling air traffic controllers The walkout by controllers demanding a 12.6 per cent pay increase has all but emptied Canadian skies of commercial has forced the layoff of hundreds of airline is delaying the mails and has ruined the travel plans of thousands of Canadians and The strike has driven Air Canada to set up a skeletal route system just south of the border to connect major Canadian It also caused some major delays at overloaded U.S. ports handling rerouted or ly scheduled The Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau appeared to have support to rush the through Parliament later Leaders of the major tion the Progressive Con- said they did not plan to block speedy passage of the You pays yer money and takes yer choice right up and try your luck for 50 cants or a beckoned a carnival barker Monday night on the midway of the Mower County A large crowd of fairgoers strolled through the fairgrounds Monday as the Mower ty Fair opened its gates at 6 p.m. for a seven-day photo by Brian FEEL PUNISHMENT UNFAIR U of M asks Supreme Court to review case MINNEAPOLIS The University of Minnesota said day it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review an indefinite probation imposed on all men's athletics by the National Collegiate Athletic Association Great but no one has time to it's fire center Idaho The room has a panoramic view of the southern Idaho but no one has time to enjoy it Technicians scurry from radio consoles to maps of the western United States marked with big Each X represents a forest fire This is the of the Boise Interagency Fire which is coordinating a tle against flames that have con- nearly 2 million acres in seven Near the each fire and its size is On a large board the location of fire fighting aircraft is Voices are heard checking the location of men and Spread over desks are ation cold cups of coffee and Tension fills the The fire situation remains and the long hours and hard work are beginning to show on the faces of crews who staff the centers 24 hours a Some have been on duty almost con- stantly since last when a special fire emergency plan was put into The fire center is a tive effort of five federal cies the U.S. Forest the Bureau of Land the Bureau of In- dian the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Through men and ment are routed to fight fires in Utah and is the most central cation for large forest fire manpower and equipment to the western United This is where the largest forest fires occur and where the need is the said the center's nsen On more than experienced firefighters were either waiting at Boise or en route to the center for dis- patching to other western said Arnold a fire information Since he nearly men had been dispatched through the After the crews arrive at the they usually rest for 24 receive training in the use of protective fire then are airlifted to areas where more crews are Crews from the East and Southeast have been summoned to augment the weary local stretched thin as the blazes continue to Several crews arrived early Monday morning from and spent most of the day relaxing around the waiting for orders to head for a Arthur Bradley of said this was the seventh time he had flown west to fight because of violations in the basketball University President C. Peter Magrath told a news conference the NCAA ruling goes beyond a fair punishment for alleged violations by three basketball two of them still eligible to play this They are Michael the Big Ten scoring champion last David Winey and Philip Thompson and Winey are still at the university and will play for the Gophers this Magrath course of action which the university will now pursue is consistent with the proposition that tal fairness and due process rights must be accorded We will not fice principle for we will not throw in the legal we will not practice boat The university will ask the high court for a writ of which is a request to hear the The court is not bound to the Magrath estimated it will take three to five months for the court to the probation will The 8th Circuit Court of peals ruled Aug 2 that an in- junction against the probation should be the probation will be in effect indefinitely for all men's sports unless altered by the NCAA or the The main effect is to bar Gopher teams from tournaments and television Thompson was accused of selling two season basketball tickets valued at for Winey was accused of accepting free lodging at the cabin of a basketball Saunders allegedly received a night of free lodging at a summer camp run by former Gopher basketball coach Musselman Magrath said he has no power to declare them Agency claims fuel possibly TWO UNIDENTIFIED Pork quick on gross at before heading to fight Western Trained crews from alt country called in to bottle in 7 WASHINGTON A congressional staff investigator says one intelligence agency there was a of nuclear material from a power although officials from two agencies remain publicly confident that none of the missing pounds of material was stolen The officials testified Monday before a House Commerce sub- committee looking into the way the federal government safeguards nuclear materials at both government and private plants are really confident that no radioactive materials have ever been gotten out of those said Robert W ting administrator of the Energy Research and ment Administration But he ad- ded this was not 100 per cent Fri and Lee V. operations director of the Nuclear Regulatory said processing biased measurements or keeping errors may account for the inability to trace the missing plutonium and uranium But after the two officials a subcommittee gator said the congressmen earlier had received testimony indicating some of the nuclear material may have been have information that an intelligence agency believes there a diversion ar said the chief Mi- chael Ward He did not rate nor identify the Rep John chairman of the said the questions about the missing nuclear to militate against mv peace of good accounting would say you would watch this process to see if you came out with what you put the man said IN MA TOR'S SESSIONS Informal meetings produce no change By JUDY ALLEN Herald Staff Writer Despite Mayor Robert optimistic report day that both factions in the Hormel Co. Union stalemate nave resumed mel President I. J. Holton said has been no movement away from the positions established July 27 by both On July 27 the union unanimously rejected the com- transition At a special City Council session Enright said meetings including City Attorney Kermit Hoversten and representatives of the company and which began July 15, were continued this week Four man teams from Hormel and Local met Monday and today with the mayor and at- and another is scheduled for Thursday think the door is still Enright we are trying to expedite discussion to get a He indicated that daily invitations to both sides to meet in the Municipal Building would continue to be Holton today would not characterize the conferences Wendy proposes legislation to 6hold' companies By RICHARD J. MALLOY Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Sen. dell R. Anderson has introduced legislation to make it more difficult for major com- panies to pull up stakes in a community and locate Meg a press spokesperson for said the was aimed at helping communities like which is threatened with the relocation of a Hormel Co. plant employing the past sometimes arbitrary and un- necessary closings and relocations of local businesses have caused untold social and economic hardship for the American worker and his com- said Anderson in an- nouncing his the closing is to take advantage of low wage dards in other parts of the The laid off workers and community left behind are seldom he The Anderson measure would require firms which employ more than 100 workers to notify the federal government one year in advance of plans to close or if the action would result in layoffs of 25 workers or 10 per cent of the work The government would then be empowered to approve the proposed relocation and to Blumenthal rejects arguments By JOHN LENGEL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary W Michael Blumenthal today rejected the Senate Finance Committee ar- that America's energy companies need more federal tax incentives to develop new In drafting President Carter's national energy thal told the could have relied entirely on market incentives coupled with total deregulation of oil and natural gas But Blumenthal said relying on market incentives and gulation would have created enormous distortion in the economy and unjust fall profits for the energy com- with would have re- such an approach out of Blumenthal told the committee determine the economic necessity and impact on the The government would also be authorized to provide technical assistance and loans to the firm to keep it in the community and save jobs if the jobless rate in the area was six per cent or If the firm was permitted to the Anderson would guarantee workers the right to transfer to the new location without loss of wages or Anderson's comes in the wake of turmoil in Austin after rank and file of Local of the union two weeks ago rejected a proposed by the company and the subsequent an- by Hormel President I. J. Holton that the big Austin hog butchering plant would be phased out and a new plant built The company's spelled out changed working conditions Hormel con- tends were necessary for operation of a new plant in Austin to be economically Major point of issue ween company and union is mel's effort to end incentive which amounts to between 40 and 60 per cent of the income earned by production workers at the In addition to the Hormel production workers in another 400 are employed at Hormel's corporate ters and laboratories in the com- They would not be by the When he introduced his Anderson said the present situation allowing com- panies to leave local com- is and cruelly Similar legislation designed to deal with the problem of plants has been in- in previous years but has gotten nowhere in Congress They were mainly designed to deal with the flight of industry from the North and Midwest to the low wage South as bargaining or negotiating reviewing where we stand and where our major differences he said Richard president of Local P 9, Amalgamated and Butcher men of North asked for comment on the meetings mayor is issuing all union statements on the matter a longtime Hormel Co. is a member of Local sides are willing to meet and they are just not the mayor told the assembled City Council claiming that his major concern is to the gelatin plant The company announced after the July 27 vote that it would seek alternative sites for the 100 em- ploye who was called to the city from his vacation m Bemidji to attend Monday's said there are lot of separating the company and union at the present Representing the company at the mayor's talks have been Austin plant General Manager William Hunter and vice presidents Richard Knowlton and Robert Business Agent Richard Vice President Howard Barnett and Bargaining Committee man Joe Nolan have served as union Senate not free from Korean riff CHICAGO Two weeks after saying that no senator had taken cash payments or gifts from South Korean Sen. Adlai Stevenson III the Senate Ethics Committee now is looking for a special counsel to head its investigation into the growing The Illinois man of the Ethics told reporters at the American Bar Association convention here on Monday that his panel probably will appoint a special counsel the next week or are determined to get to the bottom of this venson said Used auto sold by using Good used cars are always in demand and this owner had no trouble selling his by placing an ad in the low-cost Herald ad 1972 Gran Tonno Sport Steel belted factory control Gold with black vinyl top Book price This ad ran under the automotive classification for only one day It was scheduled to run six For the same fast action call 433-8851 and place your 3 men injured as bridge collapses ST. Minn. Three including a deputy were injured Sunday night when an old bridge ning the Thief River the County sheriff's office reports A van which had crashed into the bridge railing and a squad car were on the bridge when it the structure did not fall into the water and stayed intact a few feet above the The river level is low at this time of year and the water is only two to three feet deep sn the bridge area The sheriff's office said a van driven by Allen Minn crashed into the railing about 9-30 p m Sunday and slid sideways on the bridge deck Russell Zimple and George both of were passengers in the van Deputy Glenn got to the accident scene within five minutes and was on the bridge with his squad car when the about 12 to 15 feet straight a spokesman at the sheriff's office said The deputy suffered back in- juries but was released after treatment at a Thief River Falls hospital 10 miles to the north Zimple has a dislocated hip and is still Hyde some cuts while Spong escaped News Highlights Carter still in water fight President Carter may fight again with Congress over 10 water projects he wanted an administration official wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard the last of water even for this said the a presidential aide who declined to be Liked JFK policy SAN Costa Rica President Carter should give Latin America the same attention and that the late President John F. Kennedy bestowed on the Costa Rica's leader has told visiting Ambassador Andrew Puerto Rican group blamed NEW YORK Police say a bomb found in a crowded midtown office building was con- to a small terrorist group demanding in- dependence for Puerto Authorities said they did not know yet if the dynamite bomb found at the AMAS Building Monday was planted last week along with two other bombs and overlooked in earlier FCC decision is confirmed WASHINGTON A 1975 Federal Com- Commission decision a portion of American Telephone and vice to be unlawful has been affirmed by a federal peals Noon Dow at 19-month low NEW YORK The stock market turned upward today in a technical rally after the sharp of the past several The Dow Jones average of 30 In- down 9.27 to a new 19 month low on rebounded 2.60 to 882.02 by
