Neenah-Menasha Northwestern (Newspaper) - February 5, 1974, Oshkosh, Wisconsin r 1 of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern stern Associated United Press International year Oshkosh Wis Tuesday February 5 1974 46 Pages 154 Gas price rollback is newest energy controversy I APk m g WASHINGTON AP The price rollback issue is oping into the newest con- as Congress tries to agree on energy legislation While ees on the emergency energy were deciding in favor of rolling back the price of some domestic crude oil Secretary of the Treasury George P Shultz was telling the House Ways and Means Committee Monday that he's firmly against a rollback During the Ways and Means Committee's hearing on oil tax re-form proposals ever federal energy chief liam E Simon appeared to show at least some flexibility on rollback points But ing later to reporters Simon insisted he's not clashing with Shultz Shultz and Simon the Nixon administration's chief tax and energy officials spent most of Monday explaining the details of the new proposals to the House Committee Meanwhile conferees on the emergency energy legislation approved a proposal to roll back the price of some domestic crude oil aids said it would apply to roughly 29 per cent of oil in the United Slates Truckers in county get escort Sen Henry M Jackson D- Wash author of the sion said administration estimate the rollback would lower the price of line at the pump by cents After the rollback to a barrel prices could be in- creased only as a result of higher costs and would not ex- ceed a ceiling per rel The White House would 30 days in which to ask Congress to categories of osl from the roll- back and price ceiling sions if it found the ered price would reduce ply The emergency also would give the er to order gasoline and other enemy conservation measures At the Ways and Committee meantime took a stand a in crude oil prices despite indications from elsewhere the that such a step may be under study Shultz termed it a very poor idea that wool d d a m p e n n e w i switch profits from United States to abroad and KOI in the long run er products Specifically Shultz and on urged enactment of a sax that would drain windfall profits from re- cent boosts m crude oil prices The levy would phase out if price levels stabilize during the coming years They also proposed to deny U.S oil producers the ation allowance on crude oil produced abroad About 25 truck drivers stayed overnight at the Collins Truck Stop at Highway and County Trunk J in Winnebago County at the urging of about 10 independent truckers This morning they were escorted by Winnebago County sheriff's officers to the Fond du Lac County line The truckers most of them employed by Schneider Transport Inc of Green Bay were destined for eastern and southern cities in the tion provided they can get fuel and lodging facilities The caravan was five miles long A spokesman for the pendents Lawrence Suda of Eden said the truckers had agreed to shut down peacefully with no violence and no trouble They're free to go if they want to he said as the van of about 25 trucks headed south on Highway 41 with county sheriff's department cars in front and in the rear An Appleton driver for the Green Bay trucking firm said he had been driving for about 14 years and he's never seen the likes of the latest incident I'm going down to ington B.C and maybe as long as Fin down there I'll try to get to straighten this thing out he said Another driver from nan who has been driving for 14 years said We're ning scared Well be leaving today but we don't when we'll be home he said He is carrying a load of uor to Xew Jersey I don't know what to think If we shut down we'll ably be out of work and if we go who knows what will pen someplace else he said Trucks can be replaced but jeopardizing driver's lives is ridiculous he said Suda said he and other pendents have been away from home since last Thursday and at the Town of President subpoenaed LOS UPI A California judge today sent President Nixon a voucher for and commanded that Nixon spend it on travel ex- penses to testify at the glary trial of John man and two other former White House officials The unprecedented sub- poena for the Honorable Richard M Nixon President of the United States a dent of the White House Washington was signed Monday by Superior Court Gordon Ringer It embarked the judge nn a head-on collision course with Nixon and could lead to im- portant decisions on the scope and limitation of the powers of the judiciary and executive branches The White House has ready announced Nixon will respectfully decline to obey and Attorney General William Saxbe said he it to protect the stature of No president has ever been compelled to testify in any court and subpoena was the first for a president in 156 years and only the third in the history of the republic Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe com- with federal court summons Jefferson turned over a subpoenaed letter Monroe answered questions in writing II was lawyer who asked the judge to sub- poena Nixon contending the Presidents testimony is to defense Ehrlichman G Gordon dy and David Young are awaiting trial on charges of burglary and conspiracy for allegedly suing the orders that led to tLc break-in at the office of Daniel psychiatrist by the White House investigators known as the plumbers Part of their defense is thai they were acting as federal of- at the time subpoena declared Nixon a material and sary witness to defense Ringer said he was persuaded that Nixon was a key witness by the President's own statements ing he ordered the tion of Ellsberg and the for- mation of the plumbers and put Ehrlichman in charge The subpoena and expense vouchers round trip coach class air fare from ton were sent by registered mail to the clerk of the Superior Court in ington Oshkosh truck stop since day Another of the independents John of Fond du Lac said the independents would remain at the truck stop in an to urge other truckers coming in later to shut down Suda said he didn't know what the truck drivers would Continued page 2 col I Confusing killing is probed BERRIEN CENTER Mich UPI Police questioned neighbors and relatives again today in attempts to solve the confusing messy slaying of a man apparently killed and hidden for 12 days in his own bedroom Berrien County police said that the body of Carroll D Johnson lay in his room wrapped in a mattress and rug as his wife and dren carried on normal lues It's a confusing messy case Del Fred Reeves said We're trying to piece it all together Reeves said Johnson 34 a native of Kennet Mo ently was shot in his bed on Jan 22 His body was found day night by a couple sitting for the Johnson family during a party Reeves said the couple entered the room flicking on a cigarette lighter to find a light switch and spotted the body beneath a rug Johnson's wife Joyce 33 was placed in a hospital in this hamiet of 100 in western Michigan for ation Reeves said police have not questioned her yet But Reeves said questioning of other persons turned up many details of the case Two of the Johnson children who range in age from 3 tn 15 apparently dis- ered their father's body on Jan 28 Reeves said But he said Mrs Johnson told them they were mistaken Reeves said Mrs Johnson apparently moved the body to a porch and told the children what they saw was a dummy a note reading Ha ha a joke on you pinned to its chest Then Reev cs said after the children inspected the room Mrs Johnson moved the body back into it and wrapped it in a rug Caravan forms despite sign Two members of the independent truckers group watch a line their requests for a truck shutdown Truckers remained at the of trucks pull out behind a Winnebago County Truck Stop overnight but at the urging of transport sheriff s department squad car early this morning rejecting company officials they continued on today photo by Carl Plotz Truckers shutdown spreads By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The independent truckers shutdown spread over more than three-fourths of the tion today prompting more layoffs and bringing new re- ports of violence An independent driver ning a blockade near mington was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded early today police said It was one of the few re- ports of injury stemming from the violence that has marked the test Federal and state officials and truckers representatives tried without success to reach a compromise that could end the protest over fuel prices and freight rates The shutdown or its effects reached at least stales Shootings tire slashings or rock throwings were reported late Monday night or early today in Louisiana Rhode land Indiana Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania as well as in North Carolina The number of layoffs re- ported in industries unable to get supplies or ship finished products topped 75.000 There were warnings that food ages would start showing up at the retail level shortly Truckers blocking fuel de- liveries caused problems for schools in some areas buses couldn't get gas Sources close to the tions in Washington had in- Monday night that agreement on a compromise plan was near but the session broke up early today without a solution Talks were scheduled to resume later in the day The compromise plan re- involved II points which the truckers consider minimum acceptable de- mands In general the demands in- Continued page 2 col 3 Nixon to present health Insurance plan WASHINGTON UPI President Nixon said today ery American would be sured balanced com- prehensive health care tion at a cost they can afford under his new health ance program Nixon said the plan would finance virtually all of the health protection people need hospital and physician's care in and out of the tal drags laboratory tests rays medical devices lance service treatment of children catastrophic illness and en mental illness in- alcoholism and drug abuse The plan would be financed through three methods he said and coverage under all three be identical workers employers would pay the bulk of the cost of premiums for health insurance The precise ratio was reported somewhat in dispute within the tration for people low incomes and those who could not purchase health in- surance at a reasonable cost because of poor health or ky occupations would be sub- partly by the ment existing program for persons over 65 would continue with im- prov ed benefits The insurance itself would be channeled through private insurance companies Nixon said in a statement issued in conjunction with his ance before the American Hospital Association The overall result is thai not have to add new federal taxes Nixon's health insurance pian is expected to be ed formally to Congress Wednesday It has been de- layed apparently as a result of some late rev One reported major change was deletion of a proposal to include as part of taxable income the amount of money paid on their behalf employers into health ance plans This would raised an estimated lion of new rev enue Ad mm ist representing almost ail the nation's 7.000 hospitals received ad- vance outline of his proposals during their annual con- vention at the Washington ton Hotel Snow tonight Windy and warmer tonight heavy po sible Sows near Derails on page 2 Inside British mines to be closed LONDON Nixon lawyer prosecutor to meet Page 2 Editorials Page o Comics 18 Sri Page IS Theaters Page 19 37 Agreement sought on access to presidential data WASHINGTON AP While House counsel James D St Clair and special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski will meet later this week to try to re- solve a dispute over continued access to presidential tapes and documents the office announced today This office has received a lengthy communication from White House counsel which will require clarification rid further discussion between Mr and Mr St a man for Jaworski said We will have no further comment those discussions are held late this week hf added In his State of the Union message last Wednesday night President Nixon said I believe thai I have provided all the material that he needs to conclude his investigations and to proceed to prosecute the guilty and to clear the innocent The following day St Clair who re- cently took charge of the White House team of lawyers working on Watergate told newsmen he was hopeful he could continue working with Jaworski But there has to come an end at some point and we'll just have to consider the as they hereafter St Clair said In a television interview Sunday worski look issue with the White House contention that he had received all the material he needs to conclude his m- estimations To conclude the investigation would mean that it should be concluded with care and with the said Simply to say that 1 might have sufficient evidence to in- dict certain individuals is not enough That's not the criterion as I see it Jaworski also indicated he would not back away from issuing a subpoena to obtain any material he thought was needed Such a mov rould touch a confrontation like the one Ud the dismissal by of d Cox predecessor as special prosecutor The White House is considering a request from Jaworski for additional material despite Nixon's statement last week This matter will be discussed conversations and communications between the of i ices of the White House counsel and Nixon's Deputy Press tary Gerald L Warren said Monday Leaders err lean T i was r the t s o or i To coal for per evil its energy and a slowdown by the miners forced the tion into a three-day work week The economy was ther disrupted by slowdowns by railroad workers President Joe Gormley confirmed the down decision earlier Of course the union's ulue is not bound to decide there is going to be a Gonnley said as the meeting opened Bui 1 tune no doubt there will be The union executive was de- ciding whether to escalate a 12 week-old into a mines shutdown Sunday gov eminent said the strike would mean a or even work week cold homes and millions jobless About rer cent Britain's electric is produced by coal The met after peace be- tween Prime Edward Heath and the member Trades Con- TUC in deadlock The m o u n 11 n g crisis a new wave ui lation that Heath may soon have to call a general election to seek a new mandate from the voters Election or bust lined the newspaper The Guardian Election pressure said the Times March 7 election on the cards as pit talks headlined The Sun
