News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - March 2, 1971, Benton Harbor, Michigan Michigan's Biggest Buy For Reader And For Advertiser FINAL EDITION BENTON HARBOR MICH TUESDAY MARCH 2 1971 22 PAGES WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight mostly sunny TEMPERATURES Readings MM Boon to Tuts 12 n 351 3 m 20 6 p m 29 Si m 10 p m 251 a m 21 m n 28 High at 1 p low 19 8 a m Catholics Will Not Curtail School Program Michigan Catholic will All MI m 12 next oHc hoard nf oi continuing permanently the of education announced last night to operate the school b next year lo assure and to I action came after Treasurer Edward Conrad reported had been cut to of had been received with uons of more to come RECEPTION WONDERFUL President James McQuillan said reception has been to appeal for pledges above weekly contributions He noted many have indicated support I feel confident we will succeed We have reached the point for a definite decision continued The Rev David Adams assistant pastor of St John's read a letter from a non-Catholic who enclosed saying she wanted to help a school system in desperate financial straits The way I figure it this Protestant money spends as well as Catholic the letter said A deficit of was projected next year for Lake Michigan Catholic making it impossible lo run all 12 grades unless additional funding was obtained The board announced tuition increases to cover part of the deficit and a special pledge drive to cover the rest In other matters Conrad reported 66 per cent of this year's tuition has been collected The board took under advisement requests for application for admission from three students expelled from Benton bor high school as a result of a riot Jan 15 McQuillan told the students Howard Rodney Rhodes and ory Ford the board would have a decision this evening ADULT CLASSES Schma education director said adult tion classes will start March 21 covering such subjects as comparative religions New Testament Christian child and current theology Sister Laura middle school principal reported a class is starting in culture of Negroes Spanish and Indians Sister Mary Bernard said the library has been expanded into four areas with the title of Learning Resources Center The next regular board meeting will be Tuesday April 13 to avoid conflict with spring vacation DAMAGE TO Mansfield of Montana Senate minority and majority inspect damage to a stained glass painting in the Senate dining room across the hall from a washroom where a bomb exploded Monday The blast took the heads off tires of Baron yon and Marquis de Lafayette while George Washington untouched in the Revolutionary War scene The painting chased in 1910 is by artist Maria Herndl of Milwaukee Wis AP Wirephoto BOMB PROBE CONTINUES Nixon Takes Slap At Capitol Police WASHINGTON AP The Capitol Police Force says President Nixon needs more professionalism more trained nel Nixon's comment through the office of Senate Re- publican Leader Hugh Scott came within hours after a bomb exploded early Monday on the security Capitol's first floor The force relayed Millburg Firm Faces Foreclosure A New York city insurance and annuity association has filed suit in Berrien circuit court to foreclose the mortgage on a food processor the plaintiff claims owes Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America names as defendant Inc of Millburg and what is believed by the plaintiff to he the Millburg company's owner Packing Co Inc of and Frankfort Mich The plaintiff through St seph Ally Patrick Kinney claims E-M owes the money in default of a promissory note first executed by E-M to Kay Foods Corp of Baltimore and later assigned to the plaintiff The plaintiff seeks a ordered sale of Millburg plant and equipment and on order restraining the ants from removing equipment from the plant The restraining order was granted by Judge Chester J Byrns Collateral for the promissory note the plaintiff claims is the E-M plant and equipment in Millburg The plant formerly was known as Kay Foods Inc which sold out 19 E-M signed its promissory note lo the insurance and annuity sociation Atty Kinney said Ray Leatz is back Adv whose chief duty is to police the tol grounds and buildings in- cludes scores of college students put to work with training MUCH BETTER But congressional sources in- after Monday's sion said the Capitol Police Force has improved sharply in the past few years in response lo demonstrations and the of political violence And law enforcement experts in other government agencies voiced douht any police force could fully secure the Capitol if it remains an open building to the nation's citizenry Said one Secret The Capitol cops have a large number of college kids and political appointees but opening that place as they do even with a crack force hey would he vulnerable The only way they could ensure ings wouldn't happen would be to lock all the doors and sweep the entire place Capt James T ad- ministrative assistant to Capitol Police Chief James M Powell To date the Congress has wanted people lo feel the tol is their building and to feel free to see the congressmen any The only restricted areas are the chambers and the leries and anyone with a age can come in Rather than closing off the building prospects arc instead for a force and in- creased training for the Capitol police Nixon told newsmen Monday he was arranging with Atty Gen John N Mitchell for bers of the force lo get the est available training from the Secret Service and Justice De- According Ic Scott's office the President also said Con- gress should provide for its as fully as it provides for protection of the While House and the embassies Chief Powell said the Capitol has an authorized strength of 622 men but only 575 of those slots are filled at present An additional 42 men including dog handlers and arc assigned to the force from the Metropolitan Washington Sec back page sec col 1 Zollar Asks Delay In Pay Increase Instead Of Cut LANSING AP first move to trim a proposed 8.1 per cent average pay hike for Michigan's classified employes came in the Senate Monday with introduction of a resolution a deferral of salary increases Senate appropriations man Charles 0 Zollar Harbor sponsored the measure which lie said could he ed from his committee for floor action by week's end The House remained in recess through Tuesday dollar's proposal differs in method from Gov William Milli- ken's proposed flat cut in the pay raise authorized by the Child Support Tool Clears First Hurdle A consent judgment was obtained Monday from a Benton Harbor man in the first successful use of a new tool by the Semen office to obtain child support orders where none existed before An order signed by Berrien Circuit Judge Julian Hughes requires C L Huston to pay a week in support payments for a four-year-old son Huston an employe of Systems Inc is rated from his wife who has been receiving ADC grants for the child according to Ronald Moses special assistant cutor Moses has filed 10 civil suits in circuit court on behalf of the county social services ment alleging the defendant fathers are legally obligated to provide child support and ing the court to set support payments VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS Yesterday's order was the first obtained Huston said he had been making voluntary payments to his wife but agreed to the court ordered plan Moses reported Huston was listed in the suit filed by Moses as earning net per week ss an employe of a it agency that conducts power training classes under contract to other agencies The order signed by Judge Hughes requires Huston to pay INDEX SECTION ONE Editorials Twin Cities News Women's Section Ann Landers Obituaries 2 3 Pages Page 6 Page 10 SECTION TWO Area Highlights Sports Outdoor Trail Page 11 Pages Page 14 Comics TV Radio Page IT Markets Page 18 Weather Forecast Page 18 sec Classified Ads Pages weekly to the friend of the court on behalf of the child They suits snem to be working out a lot better than I had expected they es said More will be filed soon he added Jailed For Not Paying A Benton ile alleged to be behind in support payments for an il- legitimate child on ADC was ordered jailed for days Monday in Berrien circuit court the county friend of the court reported James Edward Jackson of 182 Apple street was ordered jailed by Judge Chester 1 Byrns after being found in contempt of court for ment of support He also was dered on a year's probation to the friend of court John Schoenhals After release from jail son has 30 days lo find work or he jailed another 30 days After reli h 30 days or reappear before UNBALANCED STATE State Civil Service Commission for the nearly workers Milliken said the 8.1 per cent figure should be trimmed back to 6.5 per cent and promised a major fight in gaining the con- required two-thirds House and Senate vote for such a cut The governor said his posed timetable for a suggested income tax hike 1 per cent in the 2.6 per cent individual tax rate effective Jan 1 1972 would have to he stepped up to meet state expenses if the posed pay raise were not ad- justed downward ACCOMPLISH CUT Zollar said a of the effective date the increase from July 1 to Sept 1 would accomplish a cut equal to what Milliken sought If the Legislature doesn't want to go along with that type of recommendation it has to go along with new Zollar said If this proposal is turned down it implies those who vote against it are willing to raise taxes Zollar also spoke of a up in the lax hike schedule the civil service raise were not changed but declined to late on specific changes that might be necessary Zollar said failure to adopt the resolution could cost the state some million since ers and other public employes based their salary demands on the salaries of public employes There some speculation as to whether change in wording of the proposed cut would allow the Legislature lo approve the unpopular tion by less than a vote The constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to reject or reduce increases in rates of tion authorized by the sion It says also however that the Legislature may with a majority vote waive the governor's of- notice of the proposed in- crease and permit increases in of compensation lo he at a time other than the start of a fiscal year Winning cither a two-thirds vote oi even a simple majority j vote lo cut the suggested in- creases was expected to be a difficult task The commission DIES AT and chairman of of Clark Equipment Co died Sunday at his home in Chicago at age 78 Under his guidance Clark expanded its markets for tion transportation and materials handling chinery around the world Private funeral services were to be held in Chicago Former Chief Dies At Chicago Home George Spatta Guided Firm 23 Years George Spatta who as president and chairman of the board led Clark Equipment Co of Buchanan into a position of worldwide importance in the fields of trans- construction and materials handling machin ery died Sunday at his home in Chicago Death came after an illness of several months He was 78 Spatta was Clark's chief ex- itself officer from 1945 to 1368 serving as president from 1945 to 1963 and then continuing as chairman until 1968 At the Lime of his death he was honorary chairman of the com- pany serving in an advisory capacity During the 23 years he headed the experienced acular growth with sales in- creasing from million to nearly million Sales in 1970 were million Under Mr direction Clark became a leading wide manufacturer of material handling equipment and stems construction machinery company Clark i t s most release from the jail stay j have the state employes tie must find work nations the judge i it iv n i a through c ha i r m a n Ernest trailers vehicular power Browne Jr has spoken against train components and com- I Dip governor s suggested cut as ment He joined Clark in 1927 as a development engineer and though he always liked to characterize himself as an en- resolution noted thai Due to adverse economical Offensive Planned CHICAGO AP Plans for Possibility of j leaders conditions prolonged strikes and j incer he was recognized general unrest in the labor one of the nation's business three-day spring in I NOW WOULD LEADER Hard To Know Who's Winning In Laos By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON AP The official U.S assessment of the South Vietnamese drives into Laos and Cambodia is that they have put Hanoi on the defensive disrupted Vietnamese plans for son offensives and paved the way for withdrawal of more American forces BASE ABANDONED Official US military sources gave this today the U.S Command announced another heavy bombing raid on North Vietnamese antiaircraft the Vietnamese government announced of another base its forces in Laos had established along the Ho Chi Minh trail and Vietnamese troops launched fresh attacks in both Laos and Cambodia Assessing he results so far of the operations across the der one official U.S military source By the South seizing the initiative in the two operations they have disrupted enemy during the rent dry season Knd thus plans made during ihc winter for offensives in South Vietnam and Cambodia Vietnam has been placed on Ihc defensive and has diverted large numbers of troops in defense of its supply lines as opposed to offensives disruption of Laos was conceived and While he American Vietnamese the enemy's supply lines would ly planned American affect his future capabilities to conduct offensive operations in both and Vietnam and at the fume time enhance the Vietnamization process V k vide additional time for the leaving large numbers velopment of Cambodian forces and als of U.S forces sources said the drive lad cut One source said he South enemy Iruck traffic in the pan- army had not im- j of Laos by 50 per cent in proved ns much as some can generals are saying and had the past four days other sources said it appeared that leadership Clark diversified into several other areas ing construction equipment re- equipment and truck trailers and became recognized as a worldwide company in each line Born and raised in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York he developed an ambition to be an engineer at an early age and after graduation from school enrolled at York's Cooper Union His first job after receiving his degree in engineering was with General Electric company in 1914 At General Electric lie advanced steadily to become manager of a plant in Baltimore After joining Clark in 1927 he developed a forging process that was soon patented and is still used today See back page sec I col 4 Michigan Draft Quota Is LANSING AP Michigan local draft boards have been dered to deliver men for in- duction into the Army during March Slate Selective Service Headquarters announced today The March call compares with for January and for February In addition to March call some registrants will be ordered for preinduction cal examinations during the lo determine their In contrast to the optimistic official assessment other U.S sources said operation in hugged out of some bases traffic had up a little or induction caving large numbers of lo the west of the routes cut The call for counties in the to fend for themselves I he South Vietnamese ground southwestern corner of the This source said the timing was poor as far as weather was concerned and that rains fog and low clouds had U.S air support troops Traffic always slows down about this lime prior to the See back page sec 1 col 1 3 Barry 9 34 Branch 8 Cass 18 zoo 34 St Joseph 4 and Van Buren 5
