News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - April 11, 1974, Benton Harbor, Michigan Buy Reader And For FINAL EDITION BENTON HARBOR MICH THURSDAY APRIL 41 PAGES WEATHER FORECAST Storm TEMPERATURES IZ p.m H M i It at I Uw 44 M f TC TAXES MIXED President Richard M Nixon and congressional hopeful James Sparling right greet friends arid foe from an open auto at Saginaw's Tri-City airport Wednesday before flying to Bad Axe for motorcade to dusky Michigan's Thumb area Nixon was invited by Sparling See story on page 31 AP Wirephoto Cinque May Be Potential Killer DONALD in LOS ANGELES AP This defendant will eventually kill said a 1970 tor's report on Donald David DeFreeze DeFreeze 30 an escaped convict is believed to be the mysterious voice of the Liberation Army which kidnaped paper heiress Patricia Hearst Feb 4 The court records of 1970 Los Angeles trial revealed Wednesday that he was viewed as a potential killer by his prosecutor and was seen by the judge as a man in need of a lot Tractor Accident Kills Decatur Boy DOWAGIAC A rural Decatur boy was killed near here yesterday when the tractor he was driving flipped over on top of him according to Cass sheriff's deputies The victim was identified as Theodore Janssen 13 son of Mr and Mrs Raymond sen route 2 street Deca- tur He was a seventh grade student at junior high school Deputies said the tractor was pulling two trailers loaded with field stones when he accident occurred about p.m Deputies reported witnesses told them Janssen turned In his seat to look behind him and apparently turned the steering wheel at tlie same lime causing the tractor and to jack knife The flipped upside down when it jack knifed and the was pinned beneath it deputies reported Janssen was pronounced dead nt the scene by Dr of Dowagiac deputies slalcd The on THEODORE JANSSEN Accident victim Atwood road about miles northeast of and about the same distance from Hie Janssen residence The was on spring break from school and was working fur Joe Hassle ot Sister See Imck sec I ml 2 Impeachment Panel Ready To Subpoena Nixon Tapes White House Reply Offends Hutchinson WASHINGTON AP ring a last-minute concession by the White Mouse the House Judiciary Committee is prepared to subpoena presiden- tial tapes it wants for its im- inquiry The confrontation that has been building since Feb 25 when the request was made became all but certain day after the White House said it would not decide until after April 22 what it would give to the committee The White House position spelled out in a letter from James D St Clair President Nixon's counsel antagonized committee members of both parties and a wide segment of the House I think it was offensive to the said Rep Edward Hutchinson the senior Republican on the committee It was insulting in every said Rep Charles Rangel a committee member After caucus day to consider the Republican members launched a last-ditch effort to persuade the White House to comply at least in part with the request It looks as if the committee will issue a subpoena if the White House will not said Rep Robert 111 Hutchinson s said the 17 Republicans on the committee were divided among three positions He described them as Those who arc ready to vote very reluctantly to subpoena all the material requested from the White House of psychiatric treatment DeFreeze himself told the court that doctors and his wife had said he was mentally ill but they never tell me why what it is what's wrong with me Deputy Dist Ally Daniel Johnson who prosecuted DeFreeze said Wednesday he remembers DeFreeze well and recalls making the evaluation contained in court records The document submitted on May 18 1970 and signed by Johnson It is the opinion of the un- that this person is a high risk danger to society and that as soon as he is released from prison he will return to his same violent career It is my opinion further that this defendant will eventually kill someone The latter opinion is based upon his actions in this case wherein he initiated a gun battle with police officers and a security guard in order to avoid capture This indicates a total lack of regard for human life By the time DeFreeze came to trial in 1970 he had an arrest record dating back to his teens and had been diagnosed as See back page sec 1 col 3 No Problem For Easter Motorists DETROIT AP Easier weekend drivers should not have any serious problems finding gasoline in the sidle the Aulo Club of Michigan predicts The club said 41 per cent of the gasoline stations on major Michigan routes will be open Easier Sunday about the same as hist Sunday South of Bay City however only 31 per cent of the stations will be and the situation will te much tighter in the roll nren he club said Winning Numbers DOWAGIAC Mich AP The winning numbers in today's drawing of the weekly Michigan Slate Lottery drawing are 049 and 318 The second chance numbers are 992 and 383 The bonus numbers are 901 849 and 512 Suspect Arrested ALLEGAN Allegan county sheriff's deputies Have arrested a rural Pullman man in con- with the hit-and-run traffic death Tuesday night of Sharp 53 of rural New Richmond A man identified as Mitchell Herbert Lacy 35 was arrested on a charge of negligent homicide at a Fennville bar about 3 p.m yesterday ing to a deputy The deputy said the arrest came after deputies had received two telephone calls Wednesday from a man asking to talk with officers about Sharp's death Lacy is a truck driver for a Pullman area gravel processing firm deputies said Deputies said they have im- pounded a car Lacy has been using The vehicle is to bu examined by state police crime technicians they said Sheriff's Del Gary Degraff said ho is to confer with Allegan Prosecutor Gary Stewart today In connection with Hie case Deputies snid Sharp WHS si ruck by a cur as lie walked on the shoulder of street north of New Richmond about p.m Tuesday New Richmond is located about miles north of Fennville Coif Al Adv Those who are ready to vote to subpoena the most specific items in the committee's request Those who are willing to wait to see what the White House gives the committee on April 22 Hutchinson said he has not made up his mind House Republican John J Rhodes after ring with Hutchinson telephoned St Clair to make him aware of the situation I mentioned the very distinct possibility that a subpoena will be Rhodes said later at a news conference He said he got no assurance that the White House would change its tion Rhodes said he hoped the committee would make another request for the tapes before suing a subpoena Mr St Clair would have to reconsider and there might be some change in his Rhodes said But most committee members said they thought the committee had been patient long enough and had no native now but to subpoena the tapes which cover tions between Nixon and his aides that the committee thinks relate to the Watergate break-in and cover-up Rep Charles Wiggins Calif a committee member said he thought the only way the White House could avoid a sub- poena now would be for Nixon to send the committee a letter saying he will deliver at least a substantial number ot the requested tapes I have no reason to think that is going to he said and added that he was prepared to support a subpoena for tapes of specific conversations Even among those port issuance of a subpoena however there is concern over the consequences if Nixon refuses to honor it The committee claiming its authority from the Constitution to subpoena evidence is mined to avoid turning to the courts for enforcement Some members feel the best course of action be to let an unanswered subpoena become an article of ment when the committee finally makes its tion to the House SCENE OF This is Israel development of Arab guerrillas was wiped out by police and army town of close to the Lebanese after pulling a surprise attack AP border on Israel's northern group Arab Suicide Squad Wiped Out In Israel TEL AVIV AP Israeli forces wiped out a band of three Arab terrorists who slipped across the mountain frontier from Lebanon after dawn today captured an apartment building and opened fire on Israeli men women and children the military com- mand reported The command said about 20 Israelis were hit by guerrilla gunfire in the frontier settlement of less than a mile from the Lebanese border The state radio said at least 10 Israelis were lulled mostly women and children and 10 more soldiers police and civilians were wounded Military sources said Israeli troops blasted the guerrillas will heavy recoilless rifle fire aimed at the captured INDEX SECTION ONE 2 Twin Cities 3 Woman's Section Pages 4 5 1 Ann 6 Page II SECTION TWO News pages SECTION THREE Pages 21 22 21 25 SECTION Area Highlights Pane 31 TV Radio Page 32 Markets Page 33 Weather Page 33 Classified Ads Pages 34 37 3R ment building The military command said only that a band of three terrorists who managed to gain control of a1 dwelling house was wiped out in an exchange of fire with Israeli defense forces The radio reported that the Arabs had thrown children from the windows of the apartment building but the report was not confirmed In the most daring guerrilla mission inside Israel since the Lod airport massacre 23 months ago the Arabs seized control of an empty school and then moved to the apartment building The slate radio said they fired submachine guns and threw grenades into the ments as they shot their way up the fourth floor in a trail of blood Israeli troops and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan rushed lo mountainside town and just over four hours after raid began a military source said It is all over Heavy explosions shook the building as the Israeli troops stormed it The bodies of Israeli civilians were found in the doorways of their apartments and childrens corpses lay on the stairway of the building the radio said The guerrillas were carrying See back page set 1 7 Israel Future Shaky As Golda Bows Out JERUSALEM AP Israel faced months of political tainly today in the wake of Premier Golda tion and there was no indication of the government that would emerge Officials of Mrs ruling Alignment said she would stay on as head of a caretaker government until new elections or until a replacement cabinet could be formed Either one could take months The political upheaval and the fragility of a lame-duck ment could weaken Israel's hands in the negotiations with Syria for a withdrawal of Israeli forces on the Golan Heights analysts s Worn out by increasing con- over whether Defense Minister Dayan should share the blame for Israel's lial setbacks in h October war Mrs who will be 76 in three weeks told the leaders of her parly Wednesday I can no longer bear the burden I have reached the end of the road She said her resignation would go to President Ephraim after a cabinet meeting today It was the second time in 39 days that Mrs announced she was but this lime il was generally believed thai she Ser hart sec 1 nl 7 GOLDA Announces
