Fond Du Lac Reporter (Newspaper) - May 8, 1974, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Blodgett to oppose Halbach as chairman By TONY LEON Reporter City Editor There could be new county board leadership after the April i supervisors meeting if predictions made this morning by the challengers for the top two posts hold true Howard Blodgett of Ripon announced this morning that he has decided to seek the county board chairmanship now held by Wilbert Halbach of Route 1 Mount Calvary At about the same time Halbach was issuing a ment that he will run for re- election to that post The first vice job that was held by John L ZeMer who did not seek re-election to the board in last election will be sought by Norman Resop of Fond du Lac Resop said I feel I have the support to win I've polled the board I haven't counted the Blodgett said today but some of those supporting me counted enough support to give a majority Resop added that the second vice chairman post will be sought by Supervisor Daniel Klawitter city Thai post is now held by Clarence E Boyke who won re-election in District 32 last week by four votes These three posts constitute the committee on committees which appoints standing committees A low-key battle was in- ferred today when chairman Halbach stated he will not try to pressure anyone in voting for him and that he will not contact each super- visor personally as I do not wish to influence them in anyway He said I'm going to run on my record and noted his work in regional planning the landfill ation and organization of the mental health center I indicated that I was available and asked some of the supervisors in my area to give me Blodgett said adding I didn't pressure anyone just asked for support Reasons for his to challenge Halbach was ex- by Blodgett I think we experienced a lack of confidence and trust a feeling of inadequate communication on the part of the public whether it is ranted or not This should be eliminated The public doesn't have confidence in the information it is getting out of the present board He did not criticize any particular action by the present leadership A 16-year member of the county board Blodgett formerly served as first vice chairman I think lack of confidence or trust is the major criticism of the present Blodgett stated He views himself as middle of the road individual who feels there is some validity to secrecy in government charges i n regard lack of cation Halbach emphasized that others have a right to run but that he will just run on his record He We should work as a board and make a good effort to do the best job for the citizens of Fond du Lac County We have to work together and if we have hard feelings we just won't be able to accomplish anything I don't like to criticize anyone Resop said he is running because I I'm capable of communicating with any of the 37 supervisors I feel I am qualified and can handle the job Zeller said There's no secrecy in the county board Look at the record Fond du Lac County's board is well recognized as one of the best in the state He praised Halbach as one of the besit county board chairmen the county has ever had The county board will vote by ballot for its leaders on April 16 when it holds its reorganizational meeting FondduLac Reporter 36 Pages Fond du Lac Wis Monday April 8 1974 15 Cents Minimum wage measure signed WASHINGTON AP ident Nixon today signed a that will bring the minimum wage to an hour for lions of American workers by Jan 1 1978 Nixon signed the measure at his desk in the Oval Office with Secretary of Labor Peter J Brennan seated alongside In a White House statement Nixon said Although I have some reservations about tions of this legislation its ic purpose to increase the minimum wage for working men and women of this country deserves the support of all Americans The new law expands wage coverage to an ad- seven million workers Some 49.4 million workers ready were covered by wage legislation Nixon vetoed a similar wage last year Nixon objected to the 1973 minimum wage as being in- and because it did not include a youth differential permitting a lower rate for teenagers The 1974 approved by Congress last month contains only minor changes from the one Nixon vetoed It does not contain a youth differential but it does alize the present law slightly on employment of students them to work part-time not more than 20 hours a week at 85 per cent of the floor The latest would bring domestics under the wage and hour law for the first time and repeals overtime pay ex- now in effect in eral industries It also tightens present law on child labor on farms and ex- tends the scope of the law aimed at discrimination against elderly persons For 36 million workers ered under the 1966 minimum wage law the schedule calls for an increase to 52 by May 1 by Jan 1 1975 and by Jan 1 1976 For some 19 million workers mostly retail and service em- ployes covered under the new the schedule calls for on May 1 on Jan 1 1975 on Jan 1 1976 and by Jan 1 1977 For farm workers who now have a wage floor of an hour the minimum wage would go to on Mav 1 on Jan 1 1975 on Jan 1 1976 on Jan 1 1977 and on Jan 1 1978 The new extends under the minimum wage law to five million al state and local one million additional retail store es additional service industry workers and additional farm workers What to do Hearst in Mexico By WILLIAM HELTON with their daughter Patricia HILLSBOROUGH Calif Randolph Hearst asked me Savins he wants to T would a baying ne wants to et it tQ gLA wit with s Qf Randolph A Hearst a has slipped quietly away to AJM Patty and the ico where he will consider Banks said in a telephone inter- to do next to win freedom for view from St Paul Minn his kidnaped daughter The idea was to see if she He doesn't really want to be could be given a in this house and he doesn't pass a 24-hour pass or a week i know what to do so he is going pass so she could spend some somewhere where he can think time with the family After that about it a little said I she would be free to return to I nephew William Randolph the he said j Hearst III Hearst his wife Catherine i Meanwhile American Indian and two of their five daughters 1 Movement leader Dennis Banks j Virginia Bosworth 24 and I said he has agreed to try con- Anne Hearst 18 departed be- the terrorist Liberation Army to ar- range a reunion for the fore dawn Sunday and flew from San Francisco to La Paz a fishing resort on the tip of Baja California said the pilot of the jet chartered by the The Hearst nephew said they would be gone four days but i w o u 1 d return immediately pending any new developments in the case Randy said to me he's gone to regroup and kind of get it together and try to find out where he can go from the nephew said 1 A family friend insisted the were not headed for a rendezvous with the terrorist Liberation Army which claimed responsibility for dragging cia Hearst screaming from her apartment 63 days ago Vain try at Oshkosh Oshkosh fireman John Zwickey vainly tries to revive Scott Gilbertson 16 months of age who died in an ment fire at the home of his parents in Oshkosh His father Alien died of injuries suffered in the blaze at St Mary's Burn Center in Milwaukee Sunday Mrs Gilbertson is listed in critical condition at the Milwaukee hospital The Gilbertson home is at 1179 Cumberland Trail in Oshkosh See story on Page 21 AP Wirephoto Retain 55 limit WASHINGTON AP The Federal Energy Office urged the nation's governors today to April 7 1973 continue enforcing the 55 4 speed limit and en- 6 p.m 33 Americans to con- g p.m 30 serve energy 10 p.m 27 Deputy Administrator John Midnight 26 Weather Partly cloudy and cool today and tonight Increasing iness and warmer Tuesday Highs today upper 30s to mid Lows tonight mostly in 20s Highs Tuesday upper 40s least to near 60 southwest Max Min April 7 1974 44 43 4 6 8 10 Noon 26 34 22 21 23 27 31 For family of 4 weekly food budget Sawhill said in a telegram to the governors that of the Arab oil embargo has in- creased the amount of oil in America but we can fall short of demand by as much as 6 per cent if we do not conserve Sawhill noted that the speed limit can save hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil daily as well as save lives Highway 2 24 Precipitation 07 inch rain and snow Sunset today p.m Sunrise Tuesday Young champ faces Jeff Pluhar of Oshkosh ner of the sixth grade and under title in the Junior High School Sectional of the National Scholastic Chess Tournament held recently in Chicago and a member of the Fond du Lac Chess Club played 36 Roberts Elementary School students simultaneously during a 36 chess players hour session Saturday morning Due to the time limitation none of the games was com- According to Miss Mary Jane Donald Roberts principal Jeff was leading in most of the games when time was called Richard Granger a Roberts instructor is adviser for the school chess club Fond du Lac Reporter Photo WASHINGTON AP New government figures today show i it cost a family of four at least I per week to eat in i ary even if it scrimped on meat and served plenty of beans and potatoes The figure was higher than a year ago The increase was for a called low-cost food budget compiled by the Agriculture Department Although its cost went up 23 per cent from ruary 1973 other plans for more affluent families rose less A budget would have cost per week in February up or 21 per cent from a year earlier And a liberal plan used by USDA was per week a gain of or 20 per cent from February 1973 The various meal plans were computed on the basis of food quantities consumed bv two parents and two children Generally officials said the plan relates to famines with incomes of to the ate to and the liberal and over A basic difference is that low- meals under the USDA food plans contain expensive meat cuts and more cereals bread potatoes dry beans poultry and fish Each of the three food plans rose sharply from January to February The low-cost plan rose per week the ate and fte liberal budget A fourth budget is the omv plan a bare-bones meal guide used for computing the government's food stamp cations It provided menus ing per week in ary up from a year lier or a gam of about 23 per cent trial hears name of Vesco NEW YORK AP A de- GO O deaths have dropped 20 per fense witness told the cent since the embargo he Stans today that a ington law firm considered We expect that Americans dropping financier Robert L will have sufficient gasoline for Vesco as a client because New business and pleasure Jersey Republican politician he said adding there Sears was involved in should be enough oil for the legal maneuvers rest of this vear if governments The witness continue the voluntary con- man of the Washington firm of serration effort Hogan Hartson testified at We cannot view the end of the trial of former Gen the Arab oil embargo as the John N Mitchell and end of our energy merce Secretary Maurice H he said Stans In the Public divided on abortion according to new Gallup Poll results On the inside AP The American public remains almost divided in the abortion controversy according to the Gallup Poll In the latent survey taken last month adults in more than 300 towns throughout the try were The U.S Court has ruM that a woman mav co to a end at any ing the first three months of pregnancy Do x favor or op- this Of 47 per cent 44 PT op- posed 11 Nine per cent had no A similar poll in December 1972 taken before the Supreme Court ruling showed 46 per cent in favor and 45 per cent opposed The polling said little chance had occurred in iho altitudes of lation croups the In both more than tion Catholics con- 10 by about and mamM slightly in of In the latest poll SI cent of the men and per cent of the women expressed approval while per of ho men and 41 per cen of the women were opposed The poll found sharp based on education sons with yorod o 27 Of thosp high school 44 per and PT CTI fl Am w b t i fnV erl Agricultural news Area news Classified ads Eating places Editorial Entertainment financial Local news Obituaries to to Page Page Page Pace Pace Page Page Page Pace Page Pace Pace Pace 24 21 23 32 35 IP 4 10 14 i Robin Rae Miller Ripon Alice in finalist Ifi to V r 85 teachers hired at LF Wis CAP was scribed as normal by school as classes resumed with newly hired as a teacher entered its fourth No significant was reported during talks held day in the contract dispute be- ordered Surdi the Brord and the Education new T iomed te is o preside ers in he classrooms a teachers who remained out on which the School Board were last week required to explain whv Circuit Court Allen the sinking teachers sr wil be it fired of of AMFRY Wis i G 7 He f Si J The t had not n d rn ned whether was covered bv his wife of I 20 -s one 16 Ann 20 n hf A n Dan and Hofmann 23 Cross Man M Miss ho IS Gelich 20 Milwaukee C 24 he'd n Groen Bav Sue T and 21 A MarV VIj 22 Pnv 1 I 22 i cn Rob 1 R 2 M Tf M 21 L i M T 1 i 20 22 r r A i G and Mice Ti 20 A osi K Vn 22 FBI s claims false V he W has to KVf r -s as 2 a- T- API or M T ne -y o-f b h or n C n x f and of n crai in a tion RLD NEWS White House promises to request WASHINGTON AP The White House has promised an answer to the House Judiciary Committee's request for presidential tapes by the Tuesday deadline set by the com- but not the tapes themselves White House lawyer James St Clair in a preliminary letter made public by the committee today said he thought continued negotiations were necessary to settle the issues raised by the committee's request Simon to be secretary of treasury WASHINGTON AP President Nixon is expected to announce his nomination of energy chief William E ns the new secretary of the treasury Treasury De- of y has been PS led r an- d rn he re M 1 students blaze Ohio Fire raced through a floor of the student union building at Central Mate I here before being extinguished the Ohm National Guard reported guard spokesman said nn were from the blare which raged for about 40 minutes Lake 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