Neenah Menasha Daily Northwestern (Newspaper) - January 5, 1967, Oshkosh, Wisconsin SNOW Partly cloudy colder tonight low zero Snow likely Friday high near 30 Details on Page 3 Northwestern Edition of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern and United Press International Ninety-Ninth Year WU Thursday Evening January 5 Pages Price 10 Cents U.S CIVILIANS FREED BY COMMUNISTS I to roam the South Vietnamese jun and Yanks Destroy Damage 188 Red Barges and Junks Cuba Is Mum On Tentative Salary Increase Planned are Not Mistreated Say Freed Americans LONG BINH South Vietnam AP Two American civilians said today that during seven months as prisoners of the Viet Cong they got bad food but were not mistreated sang songs for the Communists were given a Christmas party and were most killed by an American air raid The Viet Cong were im- pressed by our cheerful said Thomas R Scales 44 of Matamoras Pa sang and whistled all the time They Defective Plug Is Cause of Blaze MENASHA The Fire Department was called to the home of Floyd K Williams 831 Manitowoc St at p.m Wednesday A defective plug in the had caused a fire aging the kitchen wall Mrs liams was administered oxygen at the scene by the firemen asked us to sing and we sang Bells and My Wild Irish Rose We're both lousy singers but the Viet Cong seemed to like it Scales and Robert W han 41 of Bellport Long land were captured May 27 on a road near Vung Tau 40 miles southeast of Saigon where they were employed as supervisors for Pacific Architects and an American firm ing in South Vietnam under contract They appeared before a large group of newsmen at a U S hospital to which they were brought following their release Wednesday near Ruan Loc 40 miles northeast of Saigon Since their capture May 28 Scales had lost 55 pounds and now weighs 122 Monahan lost 75 pounds and now weighs 141 But except for malnutrition they were pronounced in fair tion by Army doctors Wearing blue Army hospital pajamas the pair said the Viet Cong told them they were re- leased because they finally had shown repentance We don't know what we re- said Scales They told us if we didn't repent we would spend five years in on Scales who is married and has one child told of their cap- ture He said their vehicle broke Continued on Page 3 CoL 6 WASHINGTON away unarmed U.S missile zoomed over Cuba Wednesday after cannon fire and missiles from a pursuing U.S jet plane and destruction signals from the ground failed to bring it down says the tagon The Mace missile apparently dropped into the Caribbean about 100 miles south of the southwest coast of Cuba Air Force calculators re- ported The missile modified into a target drone was routinely launched from Eglin Air Force Base Fla Wednesday morning and headed over the Gulf of Mexico for a test chase by Phantom jets But it made a wrong turn and took off at feet altitude toward Cuba An which can fly miles an hour caught up with the Mace about 100 miles at sea Officials at Eglin AFB tried to trigger the missile's own sive destruction mechanism The pilot hit the missile with cannon fire He fired two air-to-air siles of a type now under Nothing stopped the Mace The pilot gave up and came home The Pentagon calculated the expected impact time arid an- the incident at ly that minute evidently to prevent Communist Cuba from saying anything first The government also asked the Swiss Embassy in Havana to tell Cuba what happened So far Cuba has not com- publicly Smoke Fills Home APPLETON The Appleton Fire Department was called to the home of Mrs Esther der Muse 137 Walter Ave shortly after 5 this ing Firemen said that a plugged damper hi the fireplace caused smoke to back up in the living room Only minor smoke age was reported NEENAH A salary nance covering elected officials and calling for an increase of per month pay for aldermen and a per year increase in the city attorney's salary is ed to be presented at the Feb 1 meeting of the Neenah Council A session of the Finance com- but attended by all men followed the regular Wednesday night meeting of the council time salaries came up for discussion If approved the ordinance would increase the part-time city attorney's present yearly salary Londoner Charged In Art Theft LONDON Hall 32 an unemployed London bachelor was arraigned today on charges of stealing eight old masters worth million from the Dulwich Gallery He denied the charges Police indicated they are ing for two other men and a woman as suspects in history's biggest art theft All eight Rembrandts three one Elsheimer and one Gerard ered and returned to the gallery Wednesday night They were in good condition The charge against Hall after a long interrogation in which Detective Supt Charles Hewett told the court that Hall admitted delivering three of the paintings to a tain address in London Hall denied complicity in the robbery He told the court that when he admitted delivering the three paintings to a London ad- dress I was tired hungry and fairly cold Adenauer Is 91 Council Approves Property Purchase Not Perfect Kellett Concedes EAU CLAIRE Wis William Kellett heads a task force plotting ways to streamline Wisconsin ment said Wednesday neither he nor his committee felt the they have revised five limes is perfect There definitely will be some more revision after the public Wore Menasha News 3 6 12 16 16 21 Comics 26 26 27 27 Want Ads hearings said Kellett a re- tired industrialist He spoke at the first of four public hearings this week on the proposal The hearings shifted to Green Bay today More than 500 persons showed up Wednesday mostly to op- pose changes in the tion and veterans affairs de- Charles Smith Wausau a member of the state tion commission for 22 years said the commission was op- posed to being shifted to the jurisdiction of the new resources development board by 1968 Smith it was impractical to make such a move because the resources board would problems with water pollution problems A single board could not dle water v pollution and complicated problems of con- servation Smith said The savings would not offset Continued on Page 3 Col 1 NEENAH In a brief coun cil session the first of 1967 nah aldermen Wednesday ning approved a resolution the purchase of the Dan Hoyman property 230 E Washington Ave The property is part of two parcels desired by the Neenah Joint School District for con- struction of a physical education building at Washington School The will be paid 000 However the city will ad- vance the sum of to the school district for the purchase The money will be returned to the city from the bond issue at the interest rate of per cent per annum The additional is to cover any extra costs that could arise Opposing the resolution was Ninth Ward Aid Lyle Ernst who also voted against the ad- vancement of the funds to the school district and authorization of the purchase In other action the council the publication of a no- tice to sell worth of bonds necessary to purchase property for a future school The ty purchase was authorized lier by the council The land is located off Bayview Road and is owned by the Pioneer Company BONN Germany AP Ex- Chancellor Konrad Adenauer celebrated his birthday day and said a new effort for European political unity is necessary to pacify the world We urgently need a Euro- pean political union he said in order to represent Europe's special interests I hope that efforts to promote European unity will get a strong new im- pulse I consider this work of unification absolutely necessary in the interest of calming down the world and especially for the protection of Europe of to which is the fee received by the Menasha city attorney at present The city at- torney received a pay increase of last year The aldermen under the new ordinance would receive per month and at present are paid The hike in the men's pay affects only those councilmen whose terms expire in April of this year Council members whose term of office expires next year or their will receive the pay in- crease effective in 1968 Also affected by the tentative pay increase is the health cer who is not an elected cial His fee will be increased from to Coming out on the short end of the ordinance is the city position presently held by Fifth Ward Aid Harry Miller His 128 yearly fee will be cut to Window Is Smashed By Falling Pole MENASHA The front of Shoe Store 201 Main St was damaged Wednesday morning as a result of a City of Menasha er hitting a traffic light in front of the store Driver of the vehicle Vincent L Huntington 48 254 Water St was picking up snow when the bucket of the hit an automatic signal control box causing the traffic light pole to fall into the shoe store's dow The shop's display window was broken and several pairs of shoes were damaged The total cost of the accident has not been determined A hit and run accident was re- ported to the Menasha Police Department Wednesday A car owned by Karl Zachow 1190 N Lake St Neenah was struck by an unknown vehicle while parked in the Marathon Mill Street parking lot causing proximately damaged to the Zachow automobile Stale statutes provide that an alderman may not re- in excess of to serve an elected office It is also expected that the council may take official action on the job evaluation report although negotiations are uing with various departments Girl Is Shot While Seated On Davenport A Town of girl is in serious tion in Theda Clark Hospital this morning victim of an dental shooting Wednesday night She is Debra Runnoe 1087 Rd Menasha who was hit in the left shoulder by a slug from a rule as she sat on a davenport at a friend's home According to Winnebago ty sheriff's officers who gated the incident which curred about 8 Wednesday ning the rifle was fired by Dennis Frakes 14 who told the officers he thought that the ty was engaged when he pulled the trigger Frakes and a younger brother were home alone Wednesday evening and he called several friends over There were eight boys and girls present ranging in age from 10 to 15 The girl was taken to the pital by Lindy's ambulance She was given blood transfusions SKY HIGH BOSTON UPD Police received a complaint and arrested Mario diMascio 28 of Dorchester on a ness charge They could not tell from the evidence just what kind of blast he planned though Five sticks of dynamite and a number of blasting caps were found in his home Lose Two Aircraft In Raids SAIGON South Vietnam AP U.S Navy pilots claimed a two-day score day of 188 North supply barges and junks destroyed or aged and reported losing two carrier planes in their latest raids The Navy pilots reported hitting 77 more water craft during forays along the North Vietnamese coast day to add to 111 reported destroyed or damaged on the previous day Other American planes ered Hanoi with warfare leaflets Wednesday and scattered 2.6 million more on other areas of North Vietnam The leaflets dropped on the North Vietnamese capital warned that if the Communists continue the war in the South destruction will follow in the North a U.S spokesman said The other leaflets cautioned the North Vietnamese people that their money would become Continued on Page 3 Col 1 Downtown Retailers To Set 67 Plans NEENAH Members of the Neenah Downtown Business sociation will meet on day Jan 11 at 7 p.m at the Valley Inn to review past motions and plan new events Included in the pie and fee event will be a review of the 1966 Christmas promotion a discussion of future Christmas season store hours a review of the suggested Thursday night openings election of a 1967 chairman the naming of a motion budget committee and the discussion of a mid-winter promotion Seven Cars Damaged In Accident at Neenah A car slid around as it turned onto Highway 41 from Cecil Street Neenah shortly before 5 p.m Wednesday and it touched off a chain reaction which brought damage to a total of seven cars Winnebago County sheriffs of- said that June R Olm 43 of 501 E Parkway Advised To See Doctor After Accident One motorist was advised to sec a physician lowing a two car accident Wednesday at p.m at the intersection of Main and Lake Streets He was John C Zachas 31 302 Fairbrook Dr whose auto was struck in the rear by one driven by Carol Jung 508 W North Water St Neenah In addition other dents on streets day were not completed by ccrs as of this morning THREE MISHAPS AT ONCE AND CECIL ton turned north onto 41 and her car started to slew around Another auto approaching from behind driven by Esther W Phenicie 52 of DC Pere went into a skid too as the ver braked for the Olm auto The Phenicie car slid around and struck the Olm car A little later two northbound cars pulled to the side of the road because of the first dent and they were struck when a third car was unable to stop in time Sheriffs officers said that Floyd A Hammen 55 Little Chute was stopped and that Kenneth J Anderson 33 kauna stopped behind him when a car driven by Kristin E 26 of 757 Racine St Menasha slid into the An- derson car pushing it into tie Hammen vehicle A matter of minutes later a car driven by John I Green Bay slowed down for the accident ahead and his car was struck from behind by a car driven by Anna C Pepin 64 Rt 1 The latter car received the worst of it was wrecked The auto had age All three cars in the middle accident received extensive The Hammen car est: mated at the Anderson car at and the Ostrowski car at And in the original accident the car had damage estimated at The Olm auto received only damage an estimated 530
