Fond Du Lac Reporter (Newspaper) - November 9, 1974, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Final Matt Collins drives a buggy out of the coal miners worked their last shift Riverton Coal No 35 mine at ing the night Their union contract expires at ery W Va Friday night Many of the midnight Monday AP Wirephoto Some coal mines shut WASHINGTON report AP progress ward a new coal industry con- YOU CAN'T beat youngsters when it snowed early in October Dean Tighe son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Tighe 101 Pheasant Dr and first one up asked his Dad to call God bewildered father asked the To ask Him why Christmas came be- fore was the logical reply Doug Barton 8 son of Mr and Mrs Clair Barton 916 Fond du Lac Ave wrote a recipe for the second grade class at Pier School taught by Mrs miller it went like I would put one basket full of friends and one spoon full of a nice mother and father nice kids and a basket full of love and one spoon full of fun and some giggles bake at degrees it wOl serve a family Marshall Avenue resident comments The saving in Daylight Time is about all most tract but across the country some coal mines already were closed today as the mines pre- pared for at least a strike However about half the 75 unionized mines in southwest Virginia were reported working as usual today as expected In Indiana the United Mine Workers had authorized some mines to operate through day by paying triple overtime It appeared most Indiana ers scheduled to work today had reported for duty The majority of the members finished work Friday and were not expected back because most mines don't operate over the weekend and Monday is a miners holiday The strike will begin ly at Tuesday when the current UMW contract runs out Even if a settlement can be reached over the weekend as the negotiators hope the union's complex ratification process about 10 days UMW President Arnold ler who has ruled out ing the contract arranged to return to the bargaining table today with his union's response to the industry's latest contract offer The talks were scheduled to resume at p.m EST As the talks ground on in- started preparing for possible shortages of Atomic Energy Com- mission in response to an peal from the Tennessee Valley Authority began cutting back on power for uranium ment plants at Oak Ridge Tenn and Paducah Ky Western Railway Co dependent on hauling coal from Appalachian mines pre- pared to lay off employes bankrupt Penn Central railroad the nation's largest coal hauler said it would face losses of million a week from a coal strike steel companies had contingency plans for a strike but most were not planning to cut production yet Negotiators met for about four hours Friday before re- cessing for the day Miller said the latest industry offer still left the two sides far apart on a number of key sues President Ford's chief labor has been in throughout keeping in the negotiations touch with both sides but avoiding direct in the talks While the federal government paints a grim forecast for the economy if the strike goes much beyond two weeks ials acknowledged that little can be done to head off a strike The President the could invoke Act to order he miners back to work for an cooling off period But Usery believes that such a move would be ineffective and only prolong the walkout Kissinger is optimistic on U.S Russ arms pact TORREJON Spain AP Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger expressed confidence today his latest diplomatic globetrotting has opened the way for a nuclear arms limitation pact with the Kremlin and im- proved chances tor Middle peace As Kissinger's Boeing 707 stopped at the U.S Air Base in Torrejon for fuel before setting out across the Atlantic U.S of- told reporters the first four days of his trip in Moscow may have been the most productive part were said to be at least 5040 for an treaty by next summer's scheduled meeting in Washington between Soviet leader Leonid I nev and President Ford Kissinger will report to Ford Sunday afternoon at Camp vid Md They also plan to watch part of the Philadelphia National Football i League game on television Much of next week will be spent planning the trip the two will take to Japan South Korea and to Vladivostok where Ford will meet Brezhnev on Nov The superpower leaders are expected to settle on guidelines at that meeting for negotiations in Geneva to produce a treaty limiting missiles ers warheads and bombers The current pact expires in 1977 In recapping Kissinger's est trip which took him on his eighth Middle East peace sion in a year U.S officials stressed his achievements at the Kremlin This clearly im- plied a lack of results from the swing through Egypt Saudi Arabia Jordan Syria rael and Tunisia Reporters were told in fact that Kissinger thought he had come to the end of the line when he first saw Egyptian President Anwar dat in Cairo on Tuesday night In the Middle East Kissinger reportedly obtained a mandate from the Arab states and Israel to continue his peacemaking forts and the step-by-step strategy toward negotiations he now espouses There were no visible results but none were anticipated officials said Before he left Tunis airport today Kissinger issued a See KISSINGER Page 18 Fond du Lac Reporter 18 Pages Fond du Lac Wis Saturday Nov 15 Cents Weather Cloudy tonight with chance of showers developing Lows in 30s Sunday mostly cloudy with chance of showers mainly southeast Highs in 40s and tow 50s Nov 8 Nov 8 4 p.m 6 p.m 8 p.m 10 p.m Midnight 2 1974 1973 69 53 47 49 45 40 Max Min 4 6 8 10 Noon 62 39 19 38 36 39 51 53 Sunset p.m Sunrise On the inside Area news Page 8 Builders news Page 11 Classified 16 Page 17 Comics Page 10 Eating 12 Page 13 Editorial Page 4 Entertainment Page 12 Page 13 Legal notices Page 16 Local news Page 2 Page 3 18 Religion 11 Sports 14 Page 15 Women's news Page 5 Suspect is charged in Madison slaying MADISON WU AP ert E Stover 32 of Milwaukee was charged with first degree murder Friday in connection with Thursday's slaying of Beth E Ampey 27 of Madison Mrs body was dis- covered toy a babysitter who had gone to her apartment to care lor her children 6 and 8 years old The children were outside playing when their mother was killed Police said Stover an ployed factory worker turned himself in at police ters about sax hours after the shooting and surrendered a pistol They said Mrs ex- husband and parents who live in St Paul Minn were fied of the death Stover was held in Dane County Jail in lieu of bond State cyclist Wiled By tht A accident in Green Bay early today claimed one life boosting Wisconsin's 1974 highway death count to 775 compared with 996 on this date one year ago John Estel 24 of rural emburg died shortly after he was injured when his collided car on Green Bay's East Side at about today n Body of woman is found no foul play is suspected The body of a woman in her early 20s was found this morning in a marsh between Fond du Lac and Eden according to Sheriff's Department officials Hunters found the body near County Trunk H and Highway 45 Sheriff's ment officials said there are no apparent signs of foul play but the investigation is con- An autopsy was scheduled by County Coroner Frank Decker this morning at St Agnes Hospital The name of the woman is being withheld by ties pending notification of her family State can cope with strike of us can realize A D Sutherland admits to reading the Reporter editorial page first thing when he gets his paper know what's the biggest thing in Warsaw today? American jokes that's Another thing that's nice about your You can't stuff a couple of TV sets into wet shoes and help dry them out THIS SIGN was posted on the front door of the Here you'll find cast iron and steel metal chips and machines being made with zeal each day people come here many not few the front door contains your very next clue it was for Eagle Patrol of a certain scout troop on a treasure hunt the mail brought nice notes from Judy Beerbaum 166 E 10th St president of the League of Women Voters saying Your help at the Voter Forum with educating the public Is from Mrs Raymond Scharf on a hot political issue MILWAUKEE AP Spokesmen for Wisconsin and industry say the threatened United Mine kers coal strike will not have a serious effect on the state un- less it lasts more than a month Most major public utilities businesses and say they have developed contingency plans in case the union walks out of the mines as scheduled Tuesday but no serious problems will de- for Wisconsin unless the strike lasts more than a month Even then it's hard to pre- dict what would said Lanny Smith a staff engineer for the Wisconsin Public ice Commission in Madison Several major Milwaukee in- including Briggs and Stratton Cutler-Hammer and Smith enough coal said they supplies to have keep production at normal levels for four to six weeks The American Motors plant in Milwaukee will not be ed officials said because it has adequate alternate energy sup plies while the AMC plant in Kenosha has no coal worrie for at least six weeks However the state's utilities which use 85 per cent of the coal in Wisconsin are ready to take emergency measures in case there is an extended walk out Milwaukee's Wisconsin Elec trie Power Co for instance is considering a form of energy rationing if its coal supplies run dangerously low One option Turner defense motions heard Intense questioning by Atty Henry Buslee highlighted this morning's pretrial hearing to consider motions by the defense for Gerald Turner who is charged in connection with the death of Lisa French on Halloween in 1973 The first motion considered involved suppression of a statement made by Turner to police officials on Aug The first witness called by the state was Robert Anderson chief polygraph examiner for the State Crime Lab at Madison The court was told during his testimony that Turner was first examined on the poly- graph on Aug 2 and that testimony then proved Under questioning by Turner's attorney Anderson indicated that the test showed Seats for tots hold threat from Bobbi and Cheri man Route 1 North Fondy athletic teams and from Mrs Herbert Schumann writing thanks for the edition Ed Larson a political history graduate of College rushed in west last to heln out Tim for fne US Senate he now foin the of Ohio Sen Robert Taft Tr hi i- Washington weeks DETROIT AP General Motors Corp today notified owners of car seats for babies that a potential hazard exists if the seats are used out- side the vehicles GM said there is no danger if the seat is used properly inside the car It said the problem arises if the safety belts on the baby seats are adjusted in such a way that the infant can slip down and catch its neck in the opening GM said this happened to an infant a few months ago and two similar accidents were re- ported to the firm in recent It said none of the accidents was fatal GM notified the federal Con- sumer Product Safety sion of the problem and of its solution an adjustment of the belts so the opening would be so small a child's neck could not get stuck in it GM said about of the seats in question nave been manufactured with about 000 in customer hands The baby seat sells for around GM said it told the supplier firm Hamill Manufacturing Di- vision of Firestone Tire ft ber Co Washington Mich to halt production of the units Turner was possibly not telling the truth A second polygraph examination was scheduled for Aug 8 in Fond du Lac following the test on Aug 2 Anderson testified The polygraph examiner testified under further by Buslee that when the Aug 8 exam was set up Turner said he did not want to submit to another lie de- tector test Anderson then reviewed with Turner some of the questions from the first poly- graph test Turner asked several hypothetical questions and an oral interview ensued Anderson and Special Agent Louis Tomaselli were present for the oral interview in which Turner made ments about his implication in the death of Lisa Ann Turner was asked if he would make a statement in writing and he agreed to do so By p.m a five page statement or confession was completed It was expected the hearing would continue throughout the day as the state had several more witnesses to summon when a noon mass was called at would be to cut all electric power to different areas for an hour a day That plan which has been submitted to the Public Service Commission for approval would also affect customers of Wisconsin Michigan Power a Wisconsin Electric subsidiary serving Appleton and extreme northern Wisconsin Wisconsin Power and Light Co of Madison which serves 38 central and southern Wisconsin counties says it has been stockpiling coal and now has a cushion at its Rock er and Blackhawk plants a day supply at its Sheboygan and a backlog at its Cassville plant Madison Gas and Electric Co reports a coal reserve Wisconsin Public Service Corp estimates a at its main plant in Green Jay and a stockpile at ts Wausau facility Stanley York die state gy chief said his office has also been looking into cy steps in case of a coal strike We're doing some gency he said If there's a strike we'll call those companies that have fuel and try to get them to sell some to hose that don't However he said the state has no authority to establish an allocation program and thus ar the federal government has been reluctant to move in that direction York agreed with most of the utility officials who said things could be much rougher during he threatened strike if in had less nuclear power capability In this state about 35 per cent of our electricity is ted by nuclear he said so we have some shifting Library makes room Kathleen Gray assistant librarian at the South Milwaukee Public Library thumbs through a comic book Friday The library's new comics section is designed to make youngsters feel more at home and perhaps interest them ultimately in reading more traditional library fare AP Wirephoto Comics are taken seriously at library By TIMOTHY HARPER MILWAUKEE AP A 12 year-old boy entered the Sout Milwaukee library tentatively obviously uncomfortable amon the ominous tall stacks of books Where are the he asked a librarian Within minutes he was ea gerly poring over a copy of a vintage Superman comic book a smile on his face South Milwaukee recently in the comic book pro gram believed to be one of the first in the country to lure more youngsters to its public li brary We believe in bringing i sense of fun to the Don Dorrance the library di rector said It's a al thing We want young adults to feel at home at the library He said many and teen-age students go to the brary only if they must usually for drudgery over reference books to complete a distasteful school assignment They always associate with school director Kathleen Gray said We are trying to get terials for young people in which they are interested such as comic books Miss Gray said comic books many books and magazines favored by adults They are as valid to read as anything within the context of their she said Besides Dorrance said maybe a few of the youngsters who visit the library to absorb comic will become inter- ested hi traditional library fare as classic children's ature The comic book is frosting on tht cake the being the are as important to youngsters as are the other books rich and he said Dorrance said the library is building its comics file like its dress pattern lending file from donations He said anything and thing that isn't obscene or in poor taste such as under- ground comics will be ed We'll accept anything not just those with so-called ly redeeming he said specifically mentioning Archie Superman Batman The stones Capt Marvel Spider Man and monster comics In the NEWS Calley freed of military custody COLUMBUS Ga federal judge today freed for- mer Army Lt William L Calley from military custody by signing an order releasing him on his personal recognizance in lieu of bond In unexpected back-to-back developments Friday the 5th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Calley freed on bail and Army Secretary Howard Bo Callaway announced he was Calley effective Nov 19 Except for three months when he was free on bail earlier this year Calley has been in Army custody since his conviction in March for killing at least 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai Thomson next Agriculture LA CROSSE Wis Vernon Thomson defeated in his re-election bid Tuesday may be in line to succeed Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz a La Crosse radio station reported today Station quoted Thomson aide John Proctor as saying there was talk in Washington of President Ford ing Thomson a longtime friend in Congress who was de- by Democrat Alvin Baldus to the post when Butz resigns Butz has not revealed any plans to leave the cabinet but Proctor indicated a change might be in the offing the station reported Strong earthquakes rock Peru LIMA Peru strong earthquakes shook Pen today but there were no immediate reports of casualties The first quake lasted about a minute and in Lima puts of buildings damaged by previous quakes fell to the walk No other details were immediately available Tht last quake to hit Peru was Oct 3 killing O persons The most devastating quake ever recorded in South America hit Peru in 1171 and killed persons Another were listed as missing
