Daily Plainsman, The (Newspaper) - March 23, 1967, Huron, South Dakota SI FHE MLT rp The Great Home Newspaper of the Dakota Great Plains VOLUME Year of Service SOUTH 57350, MARCH 23, 1967 Call 352-6401 MILD Low 40; High SINGLE COPY Farmers In Booming Economy Rebellious Farmers Milk Reflect Deep Unrest By 1IAKKY KELLY lious farmers spilling milk ou pastures and streets is marking a price struggle many persons believe is reaching a crisis with repercussions from rural voting booths to big city The milk holding and ing initiated in 25 slates is the most dramatic expression of what farmers and their in Congress describe as deep unrest over declining rising costs and the seemingly greener pasture on the city side I he A march by 100 farmers on the New Jersey state house in dynamiting of a milk truck in vandalism spoilage to stored milk in these were among de- Wednesday as the week-long National Organization campaign to boost milk prices heightened in More cotts and strikes are said a Midwestern wants to be part of the affluent the congressman With farm prices skidding for six consecutive fanners charge they are being changed in a booming Conscious of declining power at the some fanners argue the administration simply is using its support tools to tamp down prices and court the favor of urban Firmer Cyril Habiger of Ba- figures it adds up to are fewer more votes among so policies favor Many farm leaders feel the same At a recent ence in one after another rose to complain about prices for feed milk and other dairy beef Many felt the government could do more to bolster prices if it wanted Democrats and Republicans agree the situation foreshadows trouble for the a battle in Congress and a key conflict in the 1968 presidential Recalling past election ry in Grange halls and corn Sen. George S. a politician who goes around the country now telling fanners they never had it good will be There is no agreement on the depth scope of the farm Some contend it is a temporary matter of the recurring bugaboo of the American agriculture Others see a crisis with only solution higher prices in the market sure to bring the wrath of the say it's a crisis when farm prices in 19G7 are lower than they were in says Chairman W.R. of the House Agriculture Com- The he won't be found in new isn't a matter of legislation any The farmer's situation isn't going to improve until the city dweller realizes he has to pay enough for his food to give the fanner a decent living McGovern sketches the son behind farm unrest this is because tens of thousands of farmers are still going broke every or closing out before going com- Many like football coaches and cab have a reputation for hugging the crying But there are these statistics in the Agriculture Department I net farm income last year was the second highest on the average farmer's income was one-third less than the prices are now 6.6 per cent below a year 7.4 per cent below last summer's peak and reflect only 74 per cent of the parity price goals of federal farm programs compared with 82 per cent a year costs soared to a record high last taking almost three-fourths of gross They are ed to climb about the same per this who farms 720 acres near de- scribes the squeeze as a of our products are lower than they were 10 years ago and prices of thing we buy are much is way Bark then I could trade my old com- bine and bushels of wheat for a jt would probably take els and my 5-year-oid machine to get a new The Agriculture Department reports these in Farm machinery about 5 per cent higher than a year interest rates 12 per cent taxes up 7 per farm wage rates 8 per cent As the department says a self-propelled grain com- bine which cost about a year ago now costs a See Page Two Prime Rate Slowly NEW YORK A cut In interest rates that banks charge their best customers appeared to be spreading rather slowly today but the usually pace ting New York money market banks held firm at a higher The were triggered by Morgan Guaranty Trust fifth largest the which trimmed its prime rate to 5V4 per from 5% per cent. The stock market rallied at the which broke after the New York Stock Exchange closed Prices rose on the Pacific Coast Stock Ex- change after the The New York market rose through the morning session Prime interest rate cuts spread throughout the nation but the apparent reluctance of some of the big banks created a unique Morgan's cut matched the rate Chase the an- Jan. 27'wheir'it dropped its rate cent. First National City third largest and the rival of Chase cut its rate per cent the following day and most of the nation's banks Since then a split rate almost unknown ly in has City said today it was studying Morgan ty's Banks in St. Baltimore and Boston were among these which an- today they were cutting rates to 5Vfe per cent. In the called the reduction in rates Assistant press secretary Tom Johnson read reporters a statement which also represents a ther step in the reversal of the rise in interest rates which took place last The general change in credit conditions now under way will help provide adequate credit to home ers and business both and Morgan action was announced about p.m. too late for most other banks here to The First Nation al City Bank here said it was studying Morgan But the two largest banks in Philadelphia the First sylvania Banking and Trust Co. and the Philadelphia National Bank announced reductions in their prime rates to 5V4 per cent. The same action was en by the Wells Fargo Bank and the Bank of California in San both important ders to business on the Woman 2 Hurt In 1-90 Mishap STURGIS A woman was killed and her daughter and a both home from college on Easter hospitalized as the re- sult of a accident on In- 90 about a. m. to Dead is Mrs. J. Means of Her and Sandy ter of Mrs. Jerry are in with un- determined According to Sheriff John the tie rod on the auto apparently broke causing the lo lose control of Ihc auto near the exit road to Black Hills National Authorities said the heading east lo Rapid left the interstate and rolled inlo a ditch between the highway and the exit road Tho death brings the South Dakota highway loll for the to 31. the same as on Ibis date AMERICAN SOLDIERS KNEEL and bow heads as they pray dead and give thanks that they are alive as they attend Protestant field service in War after one of the most furious battles of the nam These are men of the Third 4th U. S. Infantry which mauled a Red Com- at a cost of 31 Influence Of North Vietnam's Hawks May Explain Hanoi's Actions By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON officials believe the North nam government has its own and factions whose Influence may help why President Ho Chi Minh released this week his with President Johnson administration ers apparently were more prised by publication ters than by Ho's earlier tion Johnson's proposal .to open secret peace The pattern of Hanoi's ior in dealing with peace probes is now undergoing careful an- here for whatever light it may shed possibilities for opening Basic to is the be- lief that various factions exist wilhin the North Vietnamese ruling group which may be re- lated to pro-Soviet and Chinese Exactly what the and labels would mean in Hanoi is not clear to Washington but generally they feel that advisors in Ho's inner circle exploring the of peace purely tactical while others rigid ad- herence to a war policy less of cost and .In the exchanges which began between the and North Vietnamese governments early in officials believe they see evidence of variations in behavior brought about by the shifting patterns of decision in There were five contacts be- Garrison Orders Arrest Of Former Bar Owner NEW La. Dist. Jim Garrison's office today ordered the arrest of Gordon former owner of a French as a witness in the ion of President John F. dy's Novel 29, was subpoenaed to appear before the Orleans ish grand jury Wednesday in connection with Garrison's He did not appear and could not be found Spring Shoivers Possible Friday There's a slight possibility a break in the spring er will develop in Central South this The weatherman says Ihe mild weather will continue through with a chance for showers predicted for late Friday or early Cooler temperatures also are in store for Ihe Easier The mercury will climb in- lo Ihc mid 60s dip lo around 40 degrees then bounce back to near 60 degrees on The of measurable tation is 5 per cent 10 per cent tonight and 20 per cent on The statewide high on was 67 degrees at followed by a 64- degree reading at ron's high was 61 and at Novel laler up in He left there day saying he was going lo The arrest order for Novel followed the grand jury's menl Wednesday of Clay L. business on a charge of and unlawfully to murder In Novel said he did not want to return to New without a guarantee of immunity from He as describing the n as and as saying he Ihc attorney Novel appeared before the grand jury March 16. Novel owned the Jamaican Inn a lounge on North Rampart Streel on Ihe fringe of Ihe French He sold the property In another development Criminal Courl Judge Edward A. Jr. was named to preside al the murder conspiracy trial of 54, who will spend the Easier end on Ihe Mississippi Gulf with Garrison's Garrison has said he will prove that the Kennedy nation resulted from a New conspiracy He commenced his lasl who retired in October 1965 as managing director of the International Trade Mart has been free on bond since his arrest March 1. See Page Two tween the governments topped off by which asked for ese talks and proposed to halt the of North Vietnam and stop building up U.S. forces in the Ho Chi Minh would stop into Ihe Johnson's which Hanoi made public Tuesday along with Ho's was delivered through a North diplomat in On some North Vietnamese representatives aave refused to receive sages from the United On other they have received In Washington's this variation in behavior can be explained most readily which faction in Hanoi has upper hand at the The four messages to Hanoi which preceded were all Ihe of expanding a ese New Year's celebration and cease-fire from a brief truce into a prolonged halt in coupled wilh peace i The series reportedly began in part as effort on the part of Johnson and Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk to discover the meaning of public generally as peace made by North Vietnamese spokesmen shortly after Jan. 1. The U.S. undertook in secret to find out whether moves See Page Two Boe Urges GOP No Loaf ing PIERRE the is the way Adam Clayton Powell would put it. strong to the is the way Gov. Nils Boe put it as he stressed party unity to the Republican Central Committee here OF THE 201 committee 63 who is listed as a sible candidate for the U.S. looked to the 1968 tion and said discontent with national Democratic programs give Republicans such as we have never had The last election proved the people of America want more than anything else a sense of fiscal responsibility in Boe can re- joice that we've gained seats in added Republican governors and taken complete control of our BUT WE CAN'T rest on our We've associated with long enough know the fickleness of He predicted Democrats will mount of the most up propaganda campaigns ever Referring to President son's poverty Boe don't believe we should say we would cease efforts to improve the lives of But people are to know if these programs are CALLING for party alty through more tolerance for the view of he com- we can adopt with unity a man at the next national that man will be the next Henry national said in traveling across the country he has found Republicans to settle for something less than their first choice for different situation than in 1964. Moeller is on a committee considering sites for the al GOP Convention next He said a choice should be an- a few SEVERAL CENTRAL com- urged that the party start planning to back the of in the next Charles state GOP said Govern is appearing in the guise of a in- to reduce the national Mrs. White national looked for crime be a major national issue in 1968. She disputed the soundness of a recommendation by the dent's crime commission that See Fage Two Ever See Crying This One Shed Real Tears LONDON know that zoologists may say that an elephant can't said Jean son I saw tears in this elephant's and I saw them running down her Mrs. Robinson is secretary of the Twycross Zoo in Every night the peace of the zoo was tered by shrieks and The noise sounded like a baby but no child was One morning six girl attendants at the zoo found a baby sobbing like a tears were rolling down her said Mrs. saw them and so did the Iris is a Indian only recently brought to was nothing to cause her said Trevor a member of the zoo was eating well and was she was crying real tears from her I saw One of the girls told think she's afraid of the A night light was in the elephant house early this Not a peep has been heard Iris Domestic Program Cut In House Test By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON Their ranks swollen by last year's House have indicated in the first test vote year that President Johnson's domestic programs face real They showed considerable muscle Wednesday as the House passed and sent to the Senate the first of a series of bills financing programs for the fiscal year starting July 1. The action came on the eve of recess by the House and Senate for a 10-day Easter The legislators to meet briefly today with no major action scheduled and won't return until April 3. The appropriations ried billion for the Treasury and Post Office departments and the executive office of the Since it finances the jobs of thousands of mail riers and other postal it is one of the most difficult to Yet it reached the House floor trimmed million below the President's with almost solid Republican the chopped out an- other million earmarked for more postal field employes and more personnel for the office of the Treasury More the came much closer than in any recent year to im- posing an across the board re- duction in spending next year for activities financed in the One of the items is the dent's salary and allowances of The over-all proposed by Rep. Charles R. and supported by most would have in essence trimmed spending next year 5 per cent from amounts set out in the President's Jonas estimated the saving at amendment lost 217 to 168, with 153 Republicans and 15 Democrats supporting it and 198 Democrats and 19 Republicans in the can leaders set a goal of lion to billion in spending re- ductions for next year and gled out such things as rent sub- the war on the Teachers Corps and some phases of the gram as potential In the Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield's re- call for cutbacks in U.S. troops in Europe drew support from freshman Sen. Charles H. Percy time we ad- just our position in Europe to the changing facts of and cited lessened East-West a stronger European omy and the U.S. balance of payments GARY L. HARTLEY H. E. JR. Rohrabaugh Among 4 Seeking Post There will be four candidates vying for the one-year on the Huron City Commission at the April 11 while incumbent Norman Ambrosius will run unopposed for another five-year term on the That's the way the annual city election shapes up after the deadline for filing nominating petitions closed FILING PETITIONS this week were H. E. 978 Arizona Ave. S. and Gary L. of 1055 Nebraska Ave. S. both for the one-year They join two other ed Ivan Loesch and Sidney who filed tions several weeks Norman who is completing his first five year term on the is ing another term and will be 38, was an insuccessful candidate for safety commission post in 1963. losing to Wills in a off election by 128 He is a native of Huron and a 1947 of Huron High Following Rohrabaugh was employed nine ears as a sheet metal worker for the Chicago and North ern Railway before ing ownership of the Royal Radiator Repair Shop at 1180 Dakota Ave. 10 years ROHRABAUGH also is a 15- year veteran of the Huron Fire Department and is a member of the Aircraft ers and feel that my 15 years with the fire department and the Today's Chuckle Football and baseball will never vanish from Ihc We've lo separate the TV fact that I'm a native of Huron qualifies me for the commission a property owner here I'll also do the best job possible run the See Page Two Designated Apollo Crews Disbanded Tex. As officials assess the impact of the Apollo fire tragedy on America's man to the moon two astronaut crews ready assigned have been at least no longer have any crews a Manned Spacecraft Center spokesman said lie that this did not rule out the possibility they will be renamed as the same crews The National Aeronautics and Space Administration suspended training for two future flights that were follow the Apollo 1 mission after Air Force Lt. Virgil I. Edward H. White II and Navy U. Cmdr. Roger B. perished in a spaceship fire Jan. 27 at Cape Fla. Apollo 2 was lo be flown by Air Force Lt. Col. James A. Col. David R. Scott and civilian Russell L. later this Apollo 3. lo follow cither late in 19G7 or early in 1968, had a crew of Air Force Col. Frank Maj. William A. Anders and Col. Michael Both flights were to lie in earth lasting 10 to 14 Both were lo include with a lunar excursion the taxi built to ferry men sonic day from a mother ship to the lunar City Chamber To Circulate DST Petitions Petitions seeking a referendum of state's daylight savings time exemption will be in Huron by members of the Chamber of The chamber is joining with chambers of commerce in the other major cities in the petitions in the belief that people should decide state should be uniform in compliance with the or should take the option to on standard time throughout Homer BECAUSE savings time is a matter which affects all citizens and on which 'the Legislature was the of a referendum have asked for help in obtaining the required signatures to place the matter on the in 1968 and thus suspend im- of the exemption next Persons who to have daylight time placed on are invited to sign a tition which will be available at the chamber Staves THE DECISION to circulate the petitions was made this week by the chamber The move started in Sioux Falls and Rapid City and apparently slow progress has been made to Few petitions for a referendum have been returned to the Rapid City Chamber of while none of the 60 circulating at Sioux Falls have been re- GORDON manager of the Sioux Falls is saying the is pretty for a Chambers in major cities have been asked to gather the petitions and forward them to the general's office As of Thursday the Rapid City Chamber had received only 338 but most of the petitions were still South Viet Major Hanoi TOKYO nam reported today that a South Vietnamese air force major flew to Cambodia in a small plane March 19 and asked for political The Communist Vietnam news agency said Maj. Ngo Tan 37, landed a Cessna plane at Airport in Kompong Cham The report said Ngo and the plane were brought to the Cambodian
