News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - October 6, 1971, Benton Harbor, Michigan FINAL EDITION Michigan's Biggest liny For Reader And For BENTON HARBOR MICH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 1971 fit WEATHER FORECAST Cleaving of frost tonight 3 sunny Thursday TEMPER Headings Tues noon o Wei noons n 6 12 J 9 High 83 at KOMI low 5 al 3 Luxury Autos Seized In State Raids BH Man Is Out Ky JIM SHANAHAN HH City An alleged stolen car con- in Benton Harbor Tuesday was one of 38 luxury autos seized by police in a statewide series of raids The cars apparently were stolen by -a ring of thieves based in then resold Col John Plants state police commander said there were no arrests hut investigation continues WORTH Valued at nearly the confiscated cars were recovered from persons who had bought them State police said investigation of the auto theft ring began six weeks ago when troopers recovered eral stolen cars in Jackson Sixty or more other stolen cars are still being sought stale police said Most of the autos recovered Tuesday were in a y n e Oakland and Macomb counties where they were stolen The cars included Lincolns Cadillacs birds and buicks Recovered by state police in Benton Harbor was a 1971 Ruick Riviera Del Robert Johnston reported it was con- from a Benton Harbor man who said he had chased it in Detroit for unaware that it was stolen Johnston said the man told police he was visiting in Detroit and met a person who Kills Muskegon Lawyer MUSKEGON Mich API A North attorney was shot and killed by a shotgun blast as he drove down a street early today Police the victim of the slaying as Orrin H J Bush 36 Officers said the circumstance of the killing are mysterious Robbery has been ruled out as a motive because Irtish's billfold was found intact They said lie apparently was moving very slowly at the time of the shooting and that the blast was fired through a window from a distance of five to 12 feet There is no known motive for the slaying police said said he would give him a good deal on a car The Buick had a little damage on the rear The Benton Harbor man paid down while the seller repaired the car The balance of was then paid and the buyer was presented a of sale registration and told the title would be mailed to him He hadn't received the title Johnston said the man was not arrested Tuesday and cooperated with police He felt very badly about spending all that money The 1971 Buick Rivera has a showroom value of more than INFORMATION State police in East Lansing said despite the lack of arrests Tuesday they expected eral as the investigation con- They urged anyone who purchased a luxury auto within the past year under suspicious circumstances to notify his local police ment so officers can de- termine if the vehicle was stolen Troopers said that aiding authorities will be an tion there was no collusion on the part of the purchaser in receiving stolen property State and local police were assisted in the raids by agents of the Secretary office and the National Auto Theft bureau Tiny Entanglement Page Evans S gets her long blonde tresses entangled in a button on Jacket of President Nixon's suit Tuesday In Del mother Mrs Thomas Evans Jr tries to help while brother Rob 7 watches camera For a time it was n tossup whether Page would lose a hank of hair or the President a button But Nixon and Page disentangled themselves and the young lady assured the President she had not been hurt The Incident occurred when Nixon made a flying visit to Greenville to meet with Republican raisers Miss father Is of the Republican National Committee Nixon Mrs Evans if the father ever gets to see the family's three children He will In this she replied as her daughter snuggled up to the President IN Stale police chock nearly worth of impounded luxury cars were brought into city lot Tuesday Thirty-eight aulos were confiscated in raids rallying from to Harbor Slate police said lie cars had been sold resold under phony rations Tin Arraigned For Fraud Three Niles residents were arraigned Tuesday in Fifth District court on charges of welfare fraud One pleaded guilty and two pleaded cent Frank lalso known as frank 29 of 321 South 8th street Miles ed guilty to a charge of defrauding the Berrien Social Services department between April 1 and May 1 of 1970 in St Joseph He is charged with illegally receiving food stamps in two different counties Berrien and Kent The case was put on in- and Judge Harry Laity set bond at Pleading innocent to charges of defrauding the Berrien S Services department Belly Dieriek 41 of 44 River street Miles She is charged with failing to report she owned property and was receiving rental income while receiving ADC payments last Dee 11 in She jury trial Judge Laity set bond at Lilly May Maxwell 25 of Taft street Miles She is with failing to report employment income while re- ADC payments be- tween Dec 1 and April 30 in Benton township according to Honald Moses assistant prosecutor and member of the special welfare invest team She waived jury trial and had bond set at by Judge The welfare investigation in County conducted by the office has now resulted in 20 arrests T car is otic Million Pollution Control Contracts Let INDEX SECTION ONE 2 Twin Cities News Pago t Women's Section I A K 7 Ann PuRe tl Obituaries Page in SECTION TWO News Roundup 12 pages SECTION THREE Sports Pages 25 SECTION Highlights M Comics TV Radio Page Markets 41 Weather Forecast Page 40 Classified Ads 41 42 SECTION FIVE Sears Supplement S pages SECTION SIX Tile Mart Supplement 8 By TOM HENNEK South Haven Correspondent SOUTH HAVEN Con- sumers Power Co announced today that contracts totaling million have been proved for installation of ing towers and additional liquid radioactive waste con- trol equipment al its Palisades Nuclear plant in Covert ship Russell senior vice president that Cooling Products Co of Santa Kosa Calif will begin work on the cooling towers at the silo early next year Operation of the lowers is expected bv the autumn of Ijst March an agreement was reached between Con- sumers Power and in Jin Atomic Energy sion hearing which is ing whether to issue nn ating license for the kilowatt facility The company agreed to install the tower's and waste control system after the five conservation blocked operation of the million plant on the grounds that hot water dis- charges into Michigan would upset the ecological balance of the area WAITING Consumers is still attempt- ing to obtain licensing from the ARC Recently a federal court judge in Washington ruled that AKC hearing boards must determine the environmental i in p c s of plants such as Palisades Work has begun on the radioactive i s I e control system which will consist of an addition to the north side of tho plant The cooling towers will he located to the south of plant and will be two profile buildings Consumers will have to move some sum dunes before the towers cnn be built Kach of the cooling lowers will he built with is cooling cells outfitted with electric fans Youngdahl explained Hint when the plant is ing high-pressure steam cil by the reactor will turn tho turbines anil generate electricity After the s t c n m goes through the turbine it will through a condenser where it will be cooled by means o water contained iii an isolated system of pipes The cooling water dm wing heal from the steam will itself be warmed and will move into I See buck 1 ml Big Firms Show Trend To Fight Bias Rulings Frosty Pumpkins Likely Tonight A chance of light frost occurring in low-lying areas was predicted for tonight in southwestern Michigan by the U.S Weather Bureau Temperature readings in the was forecast area generally with a chance of 32 or lower in low areas Sunny weather is in the offing for Thursday whith the mercury expected to reach into the Workers At NILES and 40 workers were early today HI hospital after becoming ill in the second floor bindery area at Pattern here A hospital official said most were treated for carbon monoxide inhalation Cause of the fumes and their exact nature was not known according to a Simplicity official Workers reportedly became ill shortly before this morning They were rushed to the hospital by ambulances and private cars A company spokesman said a safety team from the firm is the incident A section of tho plant remained closed this morning DETROIT I AIM Mo Company Chrysler ration unit Motors 14 Michigan companion that HIT inking he Michigan Civil Nights Commission to court rather submit In findings of racial and sex discrimination The 14 appealing companies represent the highest total rate of appeal in the six year history CHC officials say the actions seem to indicate a new trend of militancy among employers accused of discrimination CKC officials also sny the peal rate may indicate the CHC is losing some of its clout with major Michigan employers John A Ferris tant director of compliance be- there are two major sons for the new display of re- One is n dwindling public in- terest in he civil rights ment which is nearly 20 old Another reason according to Ferris is n feeling among that it will cost them too much to lose some dis- crimination cuses particularly sex discrimination because it would mean vast expensive changes in company hiring and training policies Employers have more of a tendency to go o court says Ferns probably because they have sensed there isn't us much of a throat in n public hearing on charge as they used to there was I dont know if you'd call it the backlash effect or he but there is a greater public expression of support for companies accused of discrimination Some companies which have See linck page sec I col S Finn Quits Handgun Sale CLEVELAND Ohio AP Cook United Inc which said it has made more than annually on handgun sales in its discount stores nationally announced Tuesday that it will stop selling handguns in nn fort to help reduce crime and violence
