Iola Register (Newspaper) - August 28, 1974, Iola, Kansas VOLUME 77, NO. 260 KANSAS 66749 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28. 1974 TWELVE CENTS Ford says controls Nixon pardon unlikely WASHINGTON - President Ford said today he subscribes to the view that Richard M. has suffered enough over but added that it would be and untimely for me to make any as to what he would do if the should face criminal Responding to the first question at his first White House news conference as chief Ford said he shares the views expressed by Vice Nelson A. who has said that tone and the mood of the is that Nixon should not face further But Ford later said that a presidential pardon for Nixon is an and one he might ultimately But he repeated that he is making no commitment course I make the final Ford said when asked whether presidential pardon remains an do have the option as President to make that I do not rule it Ford also said flatly that he can foresee no circumstances under which can see the reimposition of wage and price Wage and price controls are Ford it is up to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski to take whatever action he deems warranted against anyone involved in Asked his position on possible prosecution of his Ford recalled that on taking office Aug. 9, he had said he hopes former President who brought peace to millions would find it for Ford then endorsed the Rockefeller viewpoint on in had declared his support of the position taken by Senate Republican leader Hugh who had hopes we can say enough is This is the But Ford noted that no action has been taken against and said in those he will make no commitment on what he would On another Ford dismissed suggestions that as President his political views have begun to veer away from conservative He said his stated willingness to extend amnesty to draft resistors who give service to the country and his choice of a GOP for vice fall in the political spectrum - right or Ford these were judgments think are right for the Ford said he plans to make use of Rockefeller as vice president in framing domestic policy as well as in foreign where he said the former assistant secretary of state could make significant Ford Rockefeller will be chairman of the executive subcommittee on assuring rights of privacy which Ford has Statement as published a Dole says High water tower bid under study by officials Kan. - U.S. Sen. Bob says he was erroneously quoted in the Phillips County Review regarding a U.S. House vote by his November election Rep. Roy accused Dole and the weekly newspaper's McDill who also is Kansas national Republican on Tuesday of deliberately misstating Roy's voting record on a mass The newspaper on Aug. 15 quoted Dole directly as have always voted against mass transit raids on highway My opponent just this week voted for an million dollar diversion of these Roy said the money contained in the would not have come from the highway trust fund but from the general treasury revenue fund of the federal Fewer students I n area Most schools in the and Yates Center districts slight drop enrollment this year as part of a trend which one administrator said would probably continue for another five Wendall H. superintendent of Yates Center school district 366, said that preliminary figures showed total enrollment in the district to be about 685, a seven per cent decrease from last He said the district had 38 225 in grades one through 177 in grades and 253 high school and 11 special education in the next four or years I think we'll see a decrease due to planned population and birth controls People just don't have big families McMurry William superintendent of Valley 256, said he was surprised that his district did not experience a larger drop in really had anticipated more of a but several families with children moved into the the summer so we're only down a few students in the whole I expect that by September 15 we will be about where we were last said that High School had 58 52 52 and 55 for an increase of about Moran Grade School had a total enrollment in grades K through eight of 228, a decrease of about Elsmore Elementary had 79 an increase of this the first year Elsmore has had a kindergarten all the kindergarten students went to superintendent of Crest 479, said that no solid enrollment figures had been established for that changing every We're down from 395 last year to about 375 this including special education Otto He said the district had 143 high school 59 junior high 32 sixth 28 fifth 34 fourth 22 third 26 second 26 first and 18 Enrollment figures were not this time for Humboldt 258. City commissioners yesterday opened bids for construction of the standpipe on Moonlight Hill south of lola and were taken aback by the figures that faced Only two bids were from Tulsa Bridge and called for an expenditure of the from Moines Steel was for They both exceeded the engineer's estimate of by about 30 per cent and were 50 per cent above the cost of the standpipe which is being constructed at the north end of The cost for that storage tank will be about A representative for one of the bidders blamed escalating steel which have up a ton since the first of the and an uncertain labor market for skyrocketing A completion date of August 1 of next year was included in the advertisement for but both bidders gave completion dates of no earlier than the spring of 1976. The long range bidding by supposed to have been a factor in the Wilson engineers for the will examine the bid documents before the commissioners make a decision on awarding a Both bids included a 15-day acceptance Bids were also taken on water much of which will be used for extension into the south part of lola and to the standpipe bid on A low bid of was received from U.S. Kansas Four other suppliers entered Yesterday's developments indicate that the cost of extending water lines and building the standpipe in the south part of lola will cost in the neighborhood of far below the bond issue of lolans earlier this month to do the the amount of the project to be paid for by general obligation bonds will be reduced by a pledge of up to made by Gates Rubber Company plus a yet to be determined federal grant for which the city has The also opened bids for an interceptor prompted by a request recently from the owners of lola Recycling that they be permitted to salvage paper and metal at the Approved a plat map of 13 acres at the north end of Walnut Street prepared by Willard Horde and Jim The area includes 25 building willing to sign sewer which will run along the cast edge of from the Thompson Poultry plant area north to Sterling Allen Plumbing and entered the low bid of In other the Increased the rental fee for the Little Theater in Riverside new will be plus for the figures were for rent and for Commissioners also told city officials to point out to prospective users that they are liable for any damage to the Directed City Attorney Charles Apt to put together requirements which must be met for persons wishing to purchase a salvaging license for the city The move was Girl missing from Olathe located here A 17-year-old Olathe girl who had been reported as having run away from her home was found walking in Riverside Park about 5 o'clock yesterday Her parents came to lola to return her to Before her she told officers that four who she identified as being had talked her into having sexual relations with them Monday Officers were to have discussed the the boys Heavy rains yesterday afternoon dumped more than two Rain inches of rain on flooding the streets and driving shoppers in the downtown area to This well-equipped pedestrian braved the height of the storm to cross Madison Street around 4:15 p.m. Can't stop raining Rep. Joe Skubitz stopped in lola early this morning to issue a challenge to his wants me to sign a fair campaign practice Not only will I sign the I will broaden it. I will pledge responsibility for piy staff members as well as for my own I expect him to do the Skubitz who is seeking reelection as Fifth District issued the statement in the wake of charges made in Coffeyville by a representative of Frank the Democratic candidate opposing that Skubitz had refused to sign the true I hadn't signed the Nobody had asked me to and this is the first campaign in which anyone has suggested it was We have always run a fair Our campaign will stick to the issues again this or without a he The veteran Southeast Kansas Republican said he considered the that is being made over the fairness pledge is nothing but a desperate effort to get publicity by an unknown Rep. Skubitz said this was the first of six campaigns for Congress in which he was asked to sign a fairness pledge and that he asked an opponent to do so. in the Fifth District have always conducted on a high plane up to I regret it very much that my opponent feels forced to resort to and dirty tricks in order to call attention to he After a drought which lasted from June 13 until August lola has received more than seven inches of rain in 23 Most of that 2.11 fell within the last 24 Heavy rains late yesterday afternoon flooded the streets jind severely lessened driver Much of the rain which fell on lola yesterday came during that Precipitation generally heavy around the lola area especially to the north and east. to the south received only about of an but Colony received approximately 3'-j and some unconfirmed reports claimed as much as five Moran received about 3'2 inches of and Yates Center had 3,13 Ray Butler of Yates Center said that city had received about 1.80 inches at 6. p.m. last heavier showers last night and this morning brought the total up to more than three Cosmonauts apparently - MOSCOW - Less than 40 hours after they were hurtled into Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 15 are returning to earth without docking with an orbiting Russian space Tass The Soviet news agency gave no explanation why the Gennady Sarafanov and Lev would not link up with the Salyut 3 Earlier reports indicated the two spaceships would link Tass said only that the Soyuz 15 made many approaches to the space observations of the approach to the inspected Salyut 3, which was sent up June 25---------- Tass the program of the second the cosmonauts made experiments to perfect the technique of piloting the ship in different flight regimes According to reports of the crew and data of telemetric the cosmonauts feel Tass indicated the return to earth would not start before 4 p.m. Moscow time a.m. ' Soyuz 15, which was given the name or was launched Monday from the space center in Soviet Tass said then that the purpose of the flight was to continue the work of Soyuz 14, onto Salyut 3 for two weeks while the two crewmen worked aboard the orbiting The Russians as usual did not announce that such a linkup was planned for Soyuz 15, but the Tass announcements and the similar orbits of the two satellites led Western observers to expect Both recent Soyuz missions have been in preparation for a joint space venture scheduled for American officials have reportedly been pressing the Russians to test the redesigned Soyuz craft and its linkup equipment High yesterday Low last night 63 High li yea r ago today * 91 Low ayear ago today 70 24 Hours ending 8 2.11 This month 7.23 Normal for 3.58 Total this year to date 27.94 Jan. 1 2.25 LOCAL OUTLOOK - Cloudy to partly tonight and tonight low to mid highs Thursday in the upper 70s to winds east to southeast Kansas day of showers and central and east high mostly low to mid 80s, low mainly in the 50s, Butz announces no restrictions WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced this week that and feed grains producers will have no government acreage restrictions in 1975, the second straight year for wide-open But wheat farmers may not increase plantings for next year's harvest from what they had in 1974, says the National Wheat assessment is based on reports that most areas have already made full use of available land and any increases in wheat acreages are likely to be offset by shifts to other crops because of favorable price the association said in its weekly Hall is out Close primary forces runoff New at high schools New 257 junior high and high school teachers left to Pat who teaches speech at the junior Georgia high school Darene piano Jerry Joyce high school German and William and George director of the Bowlus Fme Arts Cen OKLAHOMA CITY David a surprise winner four years ago on a law and order was denied a chance for a second term Tuesday as apparently ' his who gone into the ' Democratic primary confidently predicting he would without a was a distant third as his party's voters selected a young former Rhodes scholar and a retiring to fight it out in 'the Sept. IT primary Under state election if no candidate in a primary race receives more than 50 per cent of the votey the top two meet in a With all but 13 of the state's 3,040 precincts U.S. Rep. Clem who left his congressional seat after one term for a shot at the governor's led the Democratic primary with 232,593 tabbed the ' State Rep. David 33-year-old who campaigned with a platform to sweep out was second 220,891 i whose administration was tarnished the past two years with allegations of kickbacks on state contracts and who was investigated by state and federal grand juries and the Internal Revenue only 164,655. In the Republican gubernatorial State Sen. Jim easily clinched the nomination by defeating his only Denzil With 2,4^4 precincts had 74,871 votes or 60 per cent to Garrison's 50,593 or 40 per cent. The hot gubernatorial race and an emotionally charged issue over whether to permit pari-mutuel horse racing swelled the With 2,259 precincts the horse betting proposition was 286,792 to 247,168. Voters picked nominees for one U.S. Senate seat and the state's senior Henry had little beating back his lone opponent in the Republican With 2,'225 precincts Bellmon had 109,573 votes or 87 per cent to 16,693 or 13 per cent for Warner It was closer in the sena with former Congressman Ed and Charles chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation five other candidates chance to square off in the September With 2,484 precincts had 212i386 votes or 48 per cent to 169,'689 votes or 38 per 1?iflr closest challenger was who ' of pr
