Ludington Daily News (Newspaper) - July 25, 1977, Ludington, Michigan Wealthy Democrat May Become Third Candidate To Seek Senate Seat By MALCOLM JOHNSON Associated Press Writer AP Wealthy Ann Arbor newspaper publisher Philip Power has hired a nationally known pollster to help him decide if he should run for the Senate next Powers employment of Pat who polled for and ad vised Jimmy Carter in his run for the White is a warn ing to other Democratic hopefuls that Power is ready to run a expensive campaign if he gets into the Power says he will not try to buy the But he says that if he decides to his campaign will be well organized and well managed with people of the highest as well as has filed a statement with federal elections that he has organized an exploratory committee to ex amine whether he should He is the third Democrat he may be a candidate but has not announced State John of Grand who briefly ran in acknowledges hes and Anthony Derezinski of Muskegon is expected to announce his candidacy this fall Hillsdale College President George Roche also has filed on the Republican But many potential candidates in both parties are waiting to see what William Milliken decides to who some party leaders report is almost certain to run begins with some He has never run for has no platform and is not well known But as Derezinski He can probably outspend anybody Politicians are gossiping that candidates will have to spend up to million apiece for next years and Derezinski worries that Powers money might give him an early ad Power said it would be inappropriate at this time to reveal his worth or sources of He said if he runs hell disclose whatever necessary to avoid any conflict of interest But observers say he has plenty of money to funnel into a The son of Eugene who made a fortune in microfilm and Xerox he owns Suburban Commu which publishes 27 suburban newspapers around Lansing and Cincinnati says he wont rely on his wealth alone if he If I decide to thats a serious decision on my and I would be prepared to back up the decision with my energy and Power But its unwise and wrong to go in and try to buy a cam Politics ought not work that You have an obliga tion to go to the people for their Power says the exploratory headed by two ex political John OMeara and Michael is to complete its work this Caddell is organizing a statewide survey of voter attitudes on various The reactions from Democratic officials and workers are very warm and Power But he said he doesnt know when or whether he will announce his A UM former sports and city editor on an Alaska Oxford scholar and aide to Congressman Paul Power said he has not tried to develop a platform while still unsure of But he said his main concerns are the problems of local communities and their and the failure of a distant federal government to solve An and Area VOLUME 209 Copyright 1977 by Ludington Daily JULY 1977 PRICE 15c Congress Considers Minimum Wage k DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY RICHARD DANCZ Scottville Optimists Open New Optimist Community Center On Saturday The Scottville Optimist Club opened the new Optimist Com munity Center with a ceremony Saturday The the largest in will hold a public open house later according to President Walter when all fixtures are The center will be used for Optimist meeting and club bingo on as well as for public functions such as club and various ac The News Elsewhere Face Huge Sentences WASHINGTON AP Moslems convicted of siezing 149 hostages at three buildings here last March face astronomical say Twelve members of the Hanafi sect were convicted over the weekend of conspiring to take hostages March 9 at the Islamic Center mosque and the District Building which is Washingtons city Eleven were convicted on eight counts of armed kidnaping each and their Abdul was convicted on 24 kid at each Rain Aids Firemen 4 By The Associated Press brought welcome relief to grimy fire fighters in Maine help ing their chances to control a fire which has blackened about acres at the foot of But in California and New Jersey new fires had charred an estimated In two helicopters collided Sunday night while fighting the blaze burning out of control north of Los One man was killed and another was critically injured when their Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter collided with a Forest Service officials Two men aboard the Forest Service helicopter escaped New Scandal Talk WASHINGTON of a new Washington scandal growing out of alleged South Korean may have been blown out of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd But the Justice Department is reported close to issuing in against five former the Los Angeles Times said in todays Byrd said Sunday he believes charges that South Korean rice dealer Park used his money to influence votes may be WASHINGTON AP President target of criticism from the director of the National Urban emphasized job creating federal programs today in addressing the Carter made no direct response to the in ex the White House released from his prepared text for the leagues 67th annual Vernon director of the moderate civil rights organization called Sunday night for an August strategy meeting of black Many black people feel that their hopes and their needs have been betrayed by Fire In Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS AP Fire has destroyed a Grand Rapids warehouse for the second time in as many Firemen battled a blaze at the Morris Luneberg warehouse for 12 hours Sunday before retiring from the The structure and valued at were located just one mile from an earlier fire which destroyed the Conway The cause of both fires remained under VA Nurses Verdict ANN ARBOR authorities say a guilty verdict has closed the door on the case of two nurses charged with poisoning patients at a veterans But while Leonora Perez and Filipina Narciso appeal their con some nurses working at the Ann Arbor facility fear a killer still may be stalking the they they are afraid they will be accused of murder for simply doing their That is the legacy after a widely publicized trial in which the two nurses were convicted on circumstantial evidence of poisoning five of their Murder Motive Sought TAYLOR are seeking a motive in the bludgeon slaying of a city worker whose body was found in a large Aylon bag near a Taylor police identified the victim as Melvin an employe in the assessors office in An autopsy indicated he had been beaten on the Chester Hastings of the Taylor police said witnesses described Herman as a likeable man with no Reds Attack Fishermen Thailand Communist Vietnamese gun boats attacked three Thai fishing boats in the Gulf of Siam on killing as many as 22 fishermen and capturing about 20 a Thai fishery association spokesman The spokesman said the attack took place as the trawlers fished in Vietnamese territorial waters near Panjang about 80 miles from the Vietnamese Thai fishermen in the past have been arrested and jailed in Cambodia and several other South Asian nations for illegally entering or fishing in their territorial Will Return Suspect detectives were in California over the weekend to arrange the return of a man and woman wanted in last summers slaying of Cynthia Miller of Ann FBI agents arrested Daniel and Gail 26 last week on federal fugitive Oakland County officials said both will be charged in the murder of Miller once they are returned to The located in the west parking lot will have complete kitchen facilities and will hold 400 Taking part in the opening from Howard on the board of Scottville Mayor Bruce Winston Governor Elect for Zone Don club and Robert Governor of Zone along with other members and Fuels Could Change Climate WASHINGTON AP Continued use of gas and coal will result in a buildup of carbon dioxide in the which could change the climate and perhaps cause the oceans to flood the ear ths great coastal says a report by a panel of scientists and The climatic effects of carbon dioxide release may be he primary limiting factor on energy production from fossil fuels over the next few the panel said in a report released Sunday by the National Research There are profound uncertainties regarding the carbon climate and their interdependence The possibility of modification of the worlds climate by carbon dioxide released in the production given serious prompt the report Roger Revelle of Harvard and the University of California at San Diego told a news briefing that the potential climatic changes might result in increased snows in polar and destruction of the West Antarctic Icepack resulting in a corresponding rise in the sea level of five meters 15 feet in 300 It would happen slowly but coastal areas would have a lot of he And as for such coastal cities as New York and Los Angeles Youd have to move he Johnstown Posts New Flood Watch 51 Bodies Found AP Rescue workers trying to bring order to the chaos left by the raging flood waters that claimed at least 51 lives faced the threat of renewed thunderstorms and a possible flash The National Weather Service forecast severe thunderstorms and flood warnings for this mountainous western Pennsylvania com munity through Roads to low lying areas were blocked off and some areas were evacuated in anticipation of high winds and more State officials kept a vigil on dams already filled to capacity by last weeks torrential We have a very careful watch on five said Gov Ernest chairman of the state Civil Defense They are large water supply dams that service the area They are near Theyre Four dams crumbled when the rain turned the normally placid streams and rivers in the Conemaugh River Valley into agents of death and destruction last Rescue workers expected the death toll to climb as workers probed heaps of debris in outlying The Red Cross estimates that families were displaced by the Thousands are out of including at the Bethlehem Steel biggest Election Workers Are Announced City Clerk Clarence Fonnesbeck has released the names of the poll workers who will handle primary election FIRST WARD Lakeview Lydia Still Ruth Phyllis Mulligan and Geraldine Olson SECOND WARD Senior Martha Florence Lydia Wydeveld and Marquerite THIRD WARD Gas Jeanne Jayne Arlene Bowden and Dorthy FOURTH WARD Lena Theresa Anna Ricklefs and Florence FIFTH WARD Foster Rosemary Alta Laverna Horowski and Frieda SIXTH WARD Johns Edna Chad Marguerite Marie Ann Flood and Leone WASHINGTON AP The House of Representatives will consider raising the minimum wage this week as senators battle over a that would use tax money to pay part of the cost of Senate election The campaign finance is under at tack from Republicans and some southern which may keep the Senate snarled in controversy most of the time until Congress starts its summer recess The House of Representatives will complete action this week on a farm before taking up the measure to increase the minimum The farm would raise price supports for cotton and while lowering the supports for It also would start a new support program for Another part of the would overhaul the food stamp The to raise the present minimum wage of an hour to on 1 of next year is a compromise between the asked by labor leaders and the proposed by under the the minimum wage would go up to an hour on and to on After that it would be set at 53 per cent of the average blue collar Efforts are in prospect to try to provide a lower minimum for young people seeking but this is opposed by AFL s CIO Next on the House agenda is a under which the federal government would help states pay the cost of setting up systems to Orders End To Hostilities CAIRO AP President Anwar Sadat has ordered his troops to cease hostilities in Egypts bloody border conflict with Libya while Arab leaders work to cement a Cairo radio announced the ceasefire Sunday night as Sadat began a meeting at his coastal villa in Alexandria with Algerian President Houari who flew in from talks with Libyan leader There was immediate Libyan reaction to the Sadat order and no in dependent confirmation that hostilities had ended in the embattled border to news and Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir two of the few Arab leaders on friendly terms with and his radical shuttled between the neighboring North Africa states trying to mediate the The meeting ended early today but no details were let voters register on election day for federal This as first proposed by would have required the states to adopt election day registration It ran into so much opposition that Democratic leaders agreed it should be done at the states A few states al ready have such Carter included it in a package of election law changes he offered The package also seeks election of the president by popular junking the electoral college It also would remove restrictions on partisan political activities by federal employes and provide public financing for congressional cam STRESS Units May Be Election Issue Again DETROIT AP Some police departments use decoys to catch a tactic abandoned in And while other cities try to avoid Detroits the tactic could become an issue in the citys mayoral Six years the Detroit Police Department organized which stood for Stop The Enjoy Safe By the time the unit was disbanded two years 17 civilians and three policemen had been Sixteen of the civilians were Most of the officers in the 80man unit were STRESS was criticized by community including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored It was abolished after a campaign promise by Coleman the citys first black who was elected in About million lawsuits stemming from STRESS incidents were filed against the The citys law department said judgements and settlements so far have totaled more than Cities such as San New York and Chicago use decoys masquerading as drunks and derelicts to catch The 55 San Franciso unarmed decoys have arrested persons since the first of the according to Charles who heads the And in the issue has reappeared in this election 13 Teenagers Among 24 Traffic Victims By The Associated Press Police today were probing the role of alcohol in a Washtenaw County traffic accident over the weekend that left six teenagers dead and a seventh in fair con Five of the victims were under legal drinking Police said the hands of the boys carried an ink stamp showing they had been to a roadhouse in adjacent Livingston They were among 13 teenagers killed in six separate highway accidents over the A total of 24 persons died in traffic accidents between 6 Friday and midnight The six youths were killed when their car virtually disintegrated after slamming broadside into a tree near Dexter early The seventh was injured as the car ripped in two and the engine was thrown 26 Deputies blamed the crash on excessive speed and Three other teenagers were killed and two injured seriously in an accident similar to the Dexter The second smashup occurred in Saginaw about 75 miles north of the first crash and within the same The Dexter tragedy occurred about 25 miles from the home of five of the The sixth boy who died was from The survivor is from Canton Township near The car was traveling in excess of the 45 speed deputies but they did not know how fast it was In the Saginaw County a car flipped and burst into flames after missing a curve and striking an The dead were all from They were identified as Bruce 19 Peggy 18 and Julie Two 18yearolds Mark Armstrong of and Ronald Tice of Midland were in critical condition at a Saginaw hospital with Police said the bodies of the dead were too badly burned to determine if liquor was a factor in the ao a j 1I tlic Top Carter Aide Summoned To Testify About Dealings WASHINGTON AP White House Budget Director Bert Lance is being called before a Senate committee to testify about his per sonal financial dealings with a Chicago The Governmental Operations Committee summoned Lance to a hearing today because of reports last week that he ob a million personal loan from the First National Bank of Chicago shortly after that bank received a deposit from a Georgia bank in which Lance holds Lances bank later deposited about more with the Chicago The committee also was likely to ask Lance about the status of his stock in the the National Bank of During con hearings he promised to sell the stock by the end of this Since the stocks value has and Lance has said he Summer Tourism Is Heading For High In State could lose as much as million if forced to keep the promise he made during the confirmation Lance and President Carter have asked the committee to excuse him from the Lance borrowed million to purchase shares of stock in the Georgia bank in He purchased other shares over the next two gaining a 20 per cent interest in the After Carter nominated him to head the White House Office of Management and Budget last the million loan was assumed by the Chicago which also expanded it to giving Lance an additional for interest payments and additional stock The interest rate on the loan is pegged to the prime interest and debt service at the current rate is reported to run about a year on the stock purchase loan and other The committee had been curious about the timing of the Chicago which came right after Lances bank deposited money in First National of and the propriety of having such a large debt load tied to the prime interest The Weather AP Summer tourism in Michigan is heading for an according to state who estimate a 10 20 per cent increase over last summers record Everything indicates a banner said Bruce McComb of the Michigan Travel They sold out of fudge on Mackinac Island over the Memorial Some 15 to 20 million persons nearly half of them from out of state vacationed in Michigan last and about two million more will do so this year if current trends And Michigan should remain one of the six states in the official Thousands of summer workers and state officials will be more than happy to accept the billion the travel bureau says they spend the jobs they generate and the million they contribute to tax But no one is quite sure why so many people come to McComb pointed out natural attractions especially the water and snow and added that workers have more leisure time and tend to want to spend more of it on the This years warm summer and snowy winter he And about 20 per cent of visitors choose this state because of travel bureau advertising and service Mc Comb The bureau runs nearly million worth of advertisements in magazines and on the helps fund regional tourist offices and convention bureaus and supply market in formation to potential he Officials claim they will generate in tax revenues for every one of the million they spend in fiscal Telephone surveys and other studies show that one in every five Michigan vacationers comes from Ohio or Visiting friends or relatives was the most popular reason for vacationing in followed by studies Visitors go most often to the western Lower Peninsula and least to the Upper more than two million vacationers have crossed the Mackinac Bridge so far this which is up 5 per cent over figures at this time last By The Associated Press Tonight clear and Low mid 40s to near Tuesday sunny High mid Winds northwest 10 to 20 today and five to 15 tonight and LAKE MICHIGAN FORECAST North half North to northwest winds 12 to 25 knots today decreasing to 10 to 17 knots late Partly Waves in creasing to two to five EXTENDED OUTLOOK Partly cloudy and cool through Friday with chance of showers late Thursday or Highs mainly in the 70s and lows from the lower 40s to the mid The highest temperature in Michigan Sunday was 84 in Detroit and The lowest was 53 in Houghton and Sault The highest temperature on this date since 1872 was 99 in The lowest was 51 in BEACH REPORT Water Air
