Daily Globe (Newspaper) - May 25, 1982, Ironwood, Michigan officials dig in Page 16 Hurley career success Page 6 Index No 158 Family Lottery Obituaries ie Sports Stocks IRONWOOD MICHIGAN TUESDAY MAY 30 CENTS IWP closes files to reorganize Reminders of the labor strife which has marked the last year of operations at Iron Wood Products in Bessemer stand before the According to a news release from tta firm IWP has filed for financial reorganization ana me impounding of Ironwood has resulted in a shutdown of all but limited chipping operations Britain claims jets downed admits of 3rd ship frigate Antelope J By The Associated Press Reporting eight more downed Britain claimed the destruction of more than a third of Argentina's air force the loss of its third in the Falklands war front Ireland submitted a resolution to the Security Council falling for cease-fire General Javier Perez made another attempt to negotiate a peaceful solution But British Defense Minister John Nott said a truce would not be considered until Britain's troops had retaken the islands Britain was expected to veto the resolution British war correspondents reported waves of Argentine Mirage and Skyhawk jets made three at- tacks Monday afternoon on the in- vasion task force in Falkland Sound off the British beachhead It was the third such attack in four days The British Defense Ministry said its Harrier jets arid anti-aircraft fire from the brought down eight of the This raised to 64 the total number of Argentine aircraft shot down or destroyed on the ground told the House of Commons more than z third of the Argentine air force has been destroyed and more ships were arriving to strengthen British task force The Argentine government ad- JOHN NOTT sf owners By DENNIS McCANN Globe Madison Bureau MADISON Wis Nearly two-thirds of northwestern Wisconsin's resort owners responding to a survey said plan to sell or leave their the next few years Stale Sen Daniel Theno who conducted the survey said the findings suggest the decline in small resorts and motels in northern Wisconsin that marked we 1970s is likely to continue A University of Wisconsin Extension study showed the number Df small resorts and survey was conducted and motel owners in the eight counties in his Senate district Theno said 119 of the 204 owners who responded or 62 percent indicated they plan to sell or leave their businesses mine next few years Of 85 percent cited high interest rates property taxes or lack of business for their decision When resorts go out of business they are often sub- divided and sold as vacation homes because not many buyers can afford the initial investment needed to buv a resort Thenosaid J If the trend continues only people who can afford cabins or vacation homes will be traveling to northern Wisconsin he said The motel requires long hours and offers little financial reward he said More than half the owners who responded to the survey indicated they have a net income of between and Thenosaid Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed said the Wisconsin Division of Tourism does not do an adequate job of promoting the state Jackson in gubernatorial running labor secretary Jackson said Monday his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor will become official Friday with a press conference in the Washington County village of Jackson Jackson has been preparing a candidacy since Lee S Dreyfus announced in April he would hot seek another four-year terra He told the Milwaukee Sentinel he chose to make il a formality in Jackson at the invitation of village president Eari Kruepke who i told candidate Krupke also There isa Kohler Wis you a reference to Businessman Terry J Kohler who lost the Republican nomination for U.S Senate in 1980 and who is now running for governor too The village of Kohler is named for Kohler's prominent business family Jackson said the village of Jackson was in 1912 for 19th century President Andrew Jackson a Democrat to whom he is not related Jackson 51 was a campaign I- WILU him in a letter that this community adviser for might just adopt you as Its Dreyfus of Iran and has more recently been Dreyfus secretary of the Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations As Transportation Department chief Jackson was known as a promoter of highway construction and an advocate of increased ga soline taxes to pay f or it Kohler meanwhile was himself as the only Republican candidate to dale challenging former Democratic Acting Gov Martin J Schreiber to a debate Schreiber has yet to say it he will attempt a comeback milled the loss of two fighters Monday and claimed the raiders inflicted serious damage to a troopship and damage to a frigate The Argentine Embassy in Washington the troopship was the cruiser liner berra which the British government requisitioned to carry the invasion force to the South Atlantic but this was not confirmed in London Instead British Defense Ministry spokesman Ian McDonald said only that some damaged Argentina also claimed that its anti-aircraft guns shot down a Harrier jet during a British raid Monday on Stanley the capital on the east coast of East Falkland and 42 miles east of the British beachhead The British Defense Ministry confirmed that ships and planes of- the task force bombarded the Stanley airfield but said All our aircraft returned safely The British announced that the Antelope which had been reported afire after an Argentine air attack Sunday was abandoned and sank Monday after the crew was unable to get control of the flames Press Association the domestic British news agency said the fire was started by a Argentine bomb that lodged in the ship's engineroom and was set off by technicians trying to defuse it The Defense Ministry announced earlier Monday that one man was killed and five injured apparently when the bomb exploded The later announcement said there were no further repor ts of ca sua The Antelope was the second British frigate reported lost a sister ship he having been sunk during the landing last Friday Daily Globe Staff BESSEMER Iron Wood Products Bessemer has ceased plywood production due to financial problems according d a company news release The release said First National Bank of Ironwood notified IWP May 19 that its bank account had been impounded in an effort to secure loans The bank's action came as a complete surprise to the management of the corporation arid necessitated the corporation close down temporarily in spile of the fact that it has chip contracts and is building an order file in anticipation of reopening plywood production on The IWP board of directors was advised of the action and notified corporate attorneys Who filed for protection in Federal Court at Marquette the release continued Iron Wood Products was forced to file a reorganization protect the other creditors and to be able to continue its business At this lime Iron Wood Products Cor- is operating under Federal Court protection while it appraises its position relative to continued operations The company cited a depression in the building industry and continued high interest rates as two causes for its problems More than 60 percent of the plywood companies in America are now either closed or operating on a reduced basis The firm hopes by June 14 to have an order file which will support Die planned production of three shifts per chipping operation is working this week furnishing con- tracts the release said and the plywood mill is tentatively scheduled for production start-up on The firm employees about 300 persons and in addition to plywood and chips line of interior paneling Blood stained towel not tied to murder Daily Globe Staff MINOCQUA Wis Blood stains on a towel found in a vehicle operated by Nathan Parker 18 Janesville did not come from a murder victim in Minocqua cording to a report from the Wisconsin Minocqua Chief of Police Terry Breslin said today he received the following statement from he crime Barbara Mendez could be eliminated as a source of the blood stains on the towel Mendez was found bludgeoned to death April 28 inside the Park City Credit Union Minocqua Parker is charged with the Jan 29 armed robbery of the Lakeland State Bank branch in Boulder Junction Breslin said a blood stained towel was found in a vehicle operated by Parker after he jumped bail and surrendered to authorities Breslin said the investigation into the Mendez slaying is continuing and Park City Credit Union has offered a reward for information leading to and conviction Hunger strike continues SPRINGFIELD III AP Seven women today entered the second week of a hunger strike for the Equal Rights Amendment hoping to sleep tonight in new quarters with bedding showers and stairs The demonstrators ended their first seven days of starvation Monday with a new ailment for one participant while a nutrition expert said their medical care was inadequate Dr Jimmy Carter chief of nutrition at Tulane University in NewOrleans said the women should be tested as soon as possible to see how well their bodies immune systems are working Since their fast began last Tuesday the women have journeyed 12 blocks every weekday from a Methodist church to camp for three hours in the Illinois Capitol rotunda Correction SPRINGSTEAD Wis An ar- ticle appearing in the Globe last week incorrectly identified the location of radioactive material as a house purchased by Raymond Rusch The material was found in a house purchased by Joseph a client of Rusch Rusch a Park Falls Wis attorney reported the incident to the Iron County Sheriff's Department Sheriff Robert Rowe said he released in- formation that he material was found at a house owned by Husch The Weather Temperatures More weather on page 19 For the 24 hour period ending at 9 today in high 72 low 43 Previous high 89 Precipitation to 13.89 in- ches 30.18 inches Forecast Fair tonight Lows in the 40s Variable clouds Wednesday with a slight chance of showers or a possible Highs in the 70s Proposed housing project concern Nine of the were A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian housing project is causing concern among members of Township Board according to supervisor George Peterson Peterson said the Lac Vieux Desert band of Chippewa I Indians has made application to HUD to build 25 units of i housing in The exact cost of the project is or about per uniti he said and the f development could house up to 260 persons Tribal als have told Peterson the existing homes in the be renovated giving the total Indian A public meeting regarding the project will be held at 7 i According to the supervisor the units will be built on a f parcel of land Seven acres of the land were purchased by the tribe and 29 were purchased by the tte Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Marquette Nine of the 29 acres were purchased by the church and used for the housing project erected about 13 years ago Peterson said The diocese purchased the remaining 20 January of 1981 In March of that year church turned land over to the Lac Vieux Desert tribal council which placed it in trust making it federal land and exempt from local properly the supervisor said to Peterson the tribal council also has asked the federal government o give the land reservation i Peterson said the project has him concerned for several reasons he I of which is cost to the township He said the current 15 units of housing run by he tribe owe the township in ambulance for sPecial Assessments for 1980 and 1981 The current units pay for water qnd sewer charges at the same rate township dwellings but other services including police and fire protection garbage col street lights and use of other township facilities including the parks town hall and cemetery cost the tribe only annually Under the usual formula HUD has for projects such as the one now being proposed the township would receive 10 percent of the rental revenues for each unit after costs of heat and other utilities are deducted the supervisor said But according to Peterson the tribal council now has proposed to pay only for the cost of covering solid waste taken to the township landfill Peterson said the board also is concerned over a about people coming in and they the tribal council said there would not beany influx of any new But we received a let ter Friday from the HUD in Chicago saying there also are another 135 tribal members in Gogebic County and in the townships neighboring This brings the total number of tribal members for the Lac Vieux Desert service area to 260 people You see what's going Peterson said Our budget is running per he said with a total population of Even now they're one tenth of it the so they should be paying one tenth of But they're not If become 250 in number that would constitute one quarter of the population and there again their fair snare should be one quarter of the cos I not or I can't figure out why we can't get some help from our political figures I've contacted every one of them and they won't louch Peterson said Another concern is the Impact of a possible 35 or 40 students on the school district the supervisor said for he said adding he believes any significant increase in number of students may force the district to add rooms to the school
