Columbus Telegram, The (Newspaper) - September 24, 1970, Columbus, Nebraska FREE If you knowledge let others light thiir candles at It TELEGRAM WEATHER OUTLOOK Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers tonight and Friday Low tonight mid 40s northwest to tho mid southeast High Friday 50s northwest to the mid 60s southeast Precipitation tonight 40 Friday 40 NUMBER 225 NINETY-FIRST YEAR UPI Leased Wire COLUMBUS NEBRASKA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER U 1970 16 Pages Today Evening Except single copy us mortar U S Britain start crews bomb troops evacuating nationals own PLANNING SESSION United Fund Drive captains got together Tuesday to make and receive materials for the 1970 campaign which begins Oct 5 Among those at the session were left to right Robert Lofton Mel Dehning Dick Tooley Robert Mead W M Ferguson George bour III chairman Dave Duren and Robert Walgren Telegram Photo Advance gifts campaign of Columbus United Fund Drive starts The advance gifts campaign of tlie 1970 Columbus United Fund Drive is now underway Tlie 10 Columbus businessmen comprising the advance task were presented their contact packets Tuesday at a meeting in the basement of the Columbus Savings and Loan Association Drive Chairman Dave Duren emphasized the importance of the advance task force He noted that the firms contacted by group annually make contributions totaling about 30 per cent of tlie drive goal and together with the employees make up about 80 per cent of Hie total money collected The duty of the advance force is to contact the city's larger firms for business contributions and also to prepare for contacts of individual employes in these Members of the advance task force are Ferguson Mel Dehning Robert Lofton Bus Lohr Frank Vybiral Robert Mead Ivan Jim Ernst Richard Tooley and George Rambour III The city-wide United Fund Drive will begin Oct 5 This year's goal is the largest in Columbus history Special emphasis will be given to 100 per cent firms again this Requirements are that the company have a minimum of five employes and that the contributions average per employe Police smash fo stay in cabinet as long as Nixon wonts him huge auto theft gang NEW YORK UPI Police smashed a dollar hijack gang Wednesday and tlie Bronx County district attorney disclosed the breakup of the biggest and most successful auto theft ring ever to operate in New York City Six men were arrested in connection with the hijack operation on charges ranging from hijacking to murder Police said the gang had been involved in an undisclosed number of robberies and hijackings of international ments at Kennedy International Airport Eleven men including two policemen who allegedly acted as drivers and guards were indicted in the auto theft Bronx District Attorney Burton Roberts said that 55 stolen cars had been recovered and police expected to recover another 150 to 250 vehicles Tlie hijacking operation was smashed after a year long investigation Police recovered stolen goods valued at million that had been stored in a Manhattan warehouse Stanley Diamond 31 one of the alleged hijackers charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the slaying of a Jersey City warehouse worker Police said man apparently was slain to prevent him from talking about operation Police said all five floors of the Manhattan warehouse were filled with loot including electric typewriters television sets whisky office equipment electronics gear furs clothing and furniture Among those arrested in connection with ear theft operation were patrolmen ard 32 and Charles Boyle 27 The officers are radio car partners and have been on police force for six years They were suspended pending outcome of the charges against them WASHINGTON UPI Clifford M Hardin will stay on job as secretary of agriculture as long as President Nixon wants him in tlie Cabinet a Hardin aide said The post lias frequently been called one of the most thankless in the top echelons of government But Hardin enjoys it the aide said The comment from the Herb Plambeck amounted to a Hal denial of widely circulated rumors that Hardin was planning to quit soon to become president of Purdue University at Lafayette Ind Plambeck asked to comment on the rumors replied today with his own obviously cleared by the I am authorized to say that in spite of persistent rumors the secretary's name is not under consideration for the presidency of Purdue University It As to remain in his present post so long as the President feels he can be useful Other government sources said Hardin's relationship with the White House was good and there seemed no question about President Nixon's confidence in him fie appears to continue to have President's one source said Showers in forecast 6 at 1 p.m 49 low morning 54 high Wednesday 82 high year ago 42 low year ago Sunrise Friday Sunset Friday 65 rain By United Press International A chance of showers is fore- cast for central and eastern braska this and night with scattered showers and possibly a slight snow er in higher elevations in the Panhandle The forecast calls for winds shifting to northwesterly at 10 to 20 miles an hour tonight and turning cooler central Considerable cloudiness is pre- over the area tonight with lows dipping to the 30s tral and in the Panhandle and to the 40s east Friday skies are to bo partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers continuing Highs Friday are to be in the 40s northwest in the Pan- handle and around CO Southeast with a forecasted high for today of 50s northwest to the mid 70s southeast The extended forecast day through Monday is for a chance of rain Saturday ex- treme east Sunday forenoon are to dip to He 30s west to the lower 50s east cooling lo lower west and lower lo mid 40s east Saturday night A slight warming is expected in the west Sunday night Highs are near to 60 southeast warming to the mid 50s north and near 60 southwest Among the warmest recorded temperatures in Nebraska Wednesday was 80 degree reading at Chadron An over- night low of 39 at Imperial and North Platte was the coolest reading in the state Precipitation for the 24 hour period through this morning reached 96 at North Omaha 81 at Lincoln 85 at Grand Island and 34 at Norfolk 1.12 at tings and Sutlon 1.10 Cairo 1.10 Aurora 90 and Woood River 75 Darrel Parker wins parole and drops legal actions Labor backs comprehensive health plan WASHINGTON UPI labor gave unequivocal endorsement today to tion to ret up comprehensive health insurance protection for reverse what was described as a shocking decline in standards One day after the Nixon administration attacked al health insurance as ble too costly and a risky break with the past George Meany president of the CIO gave it top priority among domestic issues before In prepared testimony for the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee Meany said labor did not realistically expect final action this year but that the need for a national health plan was so urgent that delay beyond 1971 should not be tolerated The growing failure of America's system to meet the the American people and the consequent shocking decline in America's standards of health compared lo other nations of the world make that unmistakably Meany said He said several pending bills in Congress would serve to control the runaway cost inflation nf medical with each containing particularly worthwhile features that might be combined He said the American cal Association longtime foe of national insurance was on record with a historic break in its position by advocating federal funding of health services in an backed But Meany accused the AMA of being short-sighted and profoundly wrong in its approach He charged lhat the organization was seeking ing more than federal dies of the existing system as if there were nothing wrong that couldn't be cured by putting more money in hands of the AMA's SAIGON UPI American mortar crews mistakenly barded their own troops night in Central South Vietnam killing Iwo GIs and wounding four Hie U.S Command said today The incident involved a unit of Hie 2nd Brigade of the Infantry Division The outfit was shelled while operating 10 miles south of Bong Son and 283 miles of Saigon Another Army unit mistakenly fired 31 rounds of 4.2 inch and mortar at the men The Army said the incident was under investigation The U.S Command also reported 52 Americans killed in war last week and 333 GIs wounded The death loll matched lhat of Aug 22 the lowest of It brought lo the total Americans killed in the war since Jan 1 Communiques in Phnom Penh said the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese defenders of Tang Kauk are so well dug in that air strikes have been powerless lo dislodge them Cambodian troops failed again Wednesday to capture the town U.S Shadow guns hips poured thousands of rounds of gunfire into the Communist positions in town day observers at the front said But the observers said no American strikes were flown in support of Cambodian forces We are meeting fierce fighting on all sides of the a military spokesman said The Viet Cong are well and are fighting from bunkers so well built lhat they cannot be destroyed by air strikes The Cambodian assault on Tang Kauk intensified day alter two days of- maneuvering troops into tion But the spokesman the Cambodians so far have been unable to encircle the Communists who could still escape lo the north wanted to The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese inside Tang Kauk fired back with recoilless rifles mortars and rockets ry officers al Tang Kauk said The spokesman said the Cambodians had suffered quite a number of casualties but later called the casualties moderate He declined to provide specific numbers for security reasons Cambodian spokesmen said he Communists were defending the lown largely from bunkers constructed in a school com- plex Some bunkers can hold as many as a dozen troops They sit in the bunkers and watch us advance then they open a Cambodian officer said In Saigon the U.S Command reported the loss of an Air Force Thunderchief jet Wednesday over Laos Tlie pilot of he million plane parachuted lo safely over the South China Sea and was rescued unhurt By United Press International The United Slates and Britain today began evacuating their nationals from cily of Amman lorn by days ol civil war but quieter now than al any time since the war began Sporadic fighting was reported in the city but not enough lo halt the airlift The first planeload of cans arrived in Beirut aboard tered from the Lebanese Middle Kasl Airlines An airline spokesman in London said Americans were believed lo be aboard mostly women and children who were given irst preference The plane lauded in Beirut at p.m A spokesman said the gcr plane also carried some Indians Malaysians and bly other nationalities caught up in fighting A Red Cross plane bringing wounded lo Beirut also was arriving tonight Arab governments reported the Jordanian army was shelling Irbid and other northern and the guerrillas appealed urgently for aid They reported hospitals destroyed and great suffering and starvation Diplomatic sources indicated King was winning his battle for survival and Cairo dispatches said a Palestinian guerrilla delegation flew to Damascus lo try to win approval of a peace agreement reached Wednesday with King Hussein and then rejected by guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat Diplomatic sources in ington said planeloads of Americans had been assembled in the Inter- continental Hotel for tation lo the airport and a flight to safety three planes chartered from the Middle East Airlines a nese company based in Beirut There were conflicting re- ports on the fighting in Amman The guerrillas ed more massacres by Hussein's troops Hussein de- nied any fighting at all British diplomatic reports said some fighting and shelling but that the situation was so quiet the British Embassy staff was staying in Amman Israeli military dents who first reported the Jordanian lank and air force victory over invading Syrian lank units al Irbid said they could hear the sounds of again with Jordanian tanks and artillery shelling guerrilla The plight of victims of the war remained frightful and the Red Cross said continuation of conflict was hampering relief efforts It has reported thousands of persons near starvation and without water in the desert country and without medical aid With apparently ning Arab leaders turned their attention to trying to impose a cease-fire on Jordan A Arab summit conference in Cairo reported through a spokesman lhat Hussein had sent them a message emphasizing his com- plete and absolute menl lo a cease-fire ment he reached Wednesday with four captured Palestinian leaders in Amman Today Iwo of those leaders flew to Damascus lo try to unite the guerrillas behind the cease-fire and thus bypass Arafat who rejected il They were Farouk Aboul one of the and Bahjat Abou leader of the Popular Struggle Reduce power third straight day in East By United Press International companies along the Easl Coast began reducing power again Today while an unseasonable heat wave pushed temperatures into the or the third straight day The Electric Power Co which services the capital reduced power by 5 per cent Temperatures in Washington Wednesday reached the mark making it the hottest day of year In New York City Consolidated Edison first dropped by 3 per cent and later cut back another 2 per cent for a power cut of 5 per Wednesday Con Ed cut Us output by 8 per cent The Virginia Power Co which serves two thirds of Virginia and of West Virginia and North Carolina also cut voltage 5 per cent for the third consecutive day The drops were deemed necessary despite pleas from officials ami tie utilities for consumer's to conserve electricity In New York City thousands of apartment dwellers did their part by turning off unneeded lights and air conditioners Some however ignored Hie pleas In suburbs on Long Island barbecue was back in slyle Wednesday night as housewives shunned the electric range for charcoal briquets and outdoor dining It's cooler cooking and eating one housewife said A Con Ed spokesman said We have received wonderful cooperation but again we beg the public to use electricity sparingly A critical situation still exists Today was expected to be another critical day for utility companies from New England to the Carolinas Wednesday the New England Electric System began reducing voltage by 5 per cent but thus far has not made any cut today On Wednesday the New England System channeled power to Pennsylvania New Jersey ami Maryland where the shortage was deemed critical 63 freshmen GOP Has fo change House members get his plans a little Nixon pep talk jail LINCOLN avowing his innocence of the crime for which he spent over 13 years in prison former Lincoln City Forester Barrel K Parker was paroled today by the Nebraska Parole Board The unanimous decision followed a brief 15 minute hearing at the State Penitentiary in which Parker appeared before the board for just five e which goes into effect immediately came as no surprise Board Chairman John B had said earlier everything was in favor of Parker Parker now 30 was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1056 for the 1 95 5 strangulation murder of his wife Nancy He has been free on bond since last year as a result of his court fight to get his conviction reversed Dropped His Action On Wednesday Parker dropped his court action and the effect of his decision appeared to weigh heavily on his mind and somewhat diluted his feelings being paroled Some people may say hat Parker capitulated this meant at least four years of litigation and we decided it was wise to drop all he said afterward Under the policy no application for parole will if the applicant has court action on his case pending Parker indicated this policy led to his decision to drop his court action but did not mean he admitted guilt to the crime I am he said in response to a question certainly it's not what I want but this way I do have freedom This now allows me to continue with my life's work Parker's wife Nancy was a native of DCS Iowa and he is of Henderson Iowa Didn't Parents Parker said he has not seen his wife's parents Mr Robert Morrison since 1955 I hope in time I can see and talk to he said We all love Nancy very much and we don't know why certain things happen Parker who has been living with his parents in Henderson since he was freed on bond has a joh lined up at Iowa with the Davey Tree Co V Serves day in for biting his dog to death HORIZONTE Brazil Leopoldino 26 was freed Wednesday night after serving one day in jail for biting his dog to death Ferreira a baker clamped his teeth in the dog's throat until it died his wife and two daughters testified in a police inquiry Ferreira's wife Julia said he came home drunk and was attacked by the dog when he began beating her Students to donate pints operation SEATTLE Wash Fletcher 39 undergoes surgery today for an artificial hip joint Because he is a hemophiliac he needs more than pints of blood for the operation to be a success Students at Ballard High School where Fletcher has taught for 13 years learned of his predicament at a school assembly Tuesday Are we going to let this man Or arc we going to show Seattle what Ballard people can do for one of their George Guy 17 student body president asked the assembled Now 1.200 will donate their blood The number would have higher but those 16 and under or 110 pounds and less donate Fletcher says usually he is not one to cry Bui lie admitted he was pretty choked up nearly soaked a when he learned of the students gift to the teacher 52 Americans killed in Vietnam last week SAIGON U.S command said today 52 cans were killed in Vietnam war last week and 333 GIs were wounded The U.S death toll equaled the number of dead for the week of Aug 22 lowest of year It brought In the number of Americans killed in Vietnam since Jan 1 1961 WASHINGTON UPI freshman Republican House members were given a pep talk by President Nixon and briefings from lop tration aides to aid them in their bids for re-election Nixon was in a mood as he posed with the group on the steps of the north side of the While House after a breakfast session White House State Dining Room Henry A Kissinger national security adviser was overheard telling one raan during me The hostage situation will work itself out The reference was lo Americans and other hostages being held by nian guerrillas in Jordan instructed aides lo get out copies of the lo every congressman on hand About 100 tourists looked on and Nixon walked over lo greet several asking where they were from One said he was from Kansas and Nixon re- marked was just out there 1 had a marvelous time MADISON Wis Leonard J Zimmerman's ding plans have become a bit complex Zimmerman told Dane ty Judge William L Buenzli Wednesday he broke a jewelry slorc window because didn't like the ring he had given her and wanted another one Buenzli the judge who was supposed to have married Zimmerman and his bride Friday sent Zimmerman to jail instead Fire Report Calls to date To date last yoar 74 Days without call 3 Today's Index 2 Horoscope Women's News Editorial Home Mows Comics Sports Classified Page Page 4 Page Page 10 Pages 12 13 Pages 14 15 Ikes project is aimed at buying new wetlands Actress fined in jailed Italy Accident Report Wednesday Total thlt year Total last year Injuries Deaths 590 584 57 1 ROME criminal court Wednesday sentenced actress Pier Angeli to 10 days in jail and a fine on conviction of income tax evasion She appealed the conviction She said she made nothing like The local Izaak Walton League chapter kicked off a major wetlands conservation project at its general membership meeting last night which could result in or more being contributed t o wetland acquisition this year The project consists of selling 3 framed display of migratory bird hunting stamps the kind required to hunt waterfowl in the country Duck goose swan and hunters arc required to purchase one stamp to hunt the game The fee three dollars goes io the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and is used to purchase wetlands or waterfowl production areas The Walton league chapter's idea conceived by State Conservation Officer Lyman Wilkinson is fo frame 10 of the stamps and sell the display item for with the proceeds again going for the purchase of wetlands by the government Chapter members kicked off the campaign Wednesday evening but 23 of the displays have already been sold Walton Secretary William p Noll said the chapter would like to sell SO U S Game Management Agent in charge of the Nebraska District L Gus Bonde spoke lo the Chapter Wednesday and outlined the wetland acquisition program in Nebraska Bonde said the program began in 1961 and has been in in Nebraska since about 1964 Primarily it operates in the Dakotas Minnesota and Nebraska he said Thus far Bonde said the government has purchased 36 waterfowl production areas in the stale ranging in size from 40 to 900 acres He said the program began with the idea of saving surface water land from the plow or drainage but he noted the program has provided several side benefits for hunters The lands are open for public hunting and in dry years provide cover for upland game such as pheasants Trapping and some fishing can also be done on the government-owned lands Speaking of he i program Bonde said it was a step to assure future generations a place lo hunt and fowl lo hunt there Bonde also spoke to the I he pollution and urged their participation in eradicating il New officers were also installed during the They Lyle Christensen president E C Brown vice William 0 Noll secretary-treasurer and Henry Blaser and Carroll 11 e n k e directors Everett Weaver is the outgoing president the amount the slate claims she of the displays to earn for conservation on earned from 1962 to 1855 the land purchase v problem? o f environmental
