Neenah-Menasha Northwestern (Newspaper) - October 15, 1976, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Associated Press United Press International year Oshkosh Wis Friday October 15 1976 28 Pages Critics see possible fight over expressway plans A m APPLETON Tri-county way critics sternly warned expressway proponents Thursday that such a lane highway through Winnebago Out- agamie and Calumet counties could turn into another controversy State Michael G Ellis Menasha said We're heading for an- other He referred to a heated controversy earlier this year between rural ty owners and farmers and the state highway department about a lane highway being built from kee east of Lake Winnebago to Green Bay Ellis added I haven't heard from anyone who wants the expressway He was among 35 state and local officials who attended an in- formational meeting at the Outagamie County highway office The meeting was arranged by Ayres and Associates the Green Bay engineering firm hired by the three counties to develop ex- pressway alternatives Ellis earlier centered his criticism on any justification the Ayres could furnish for the need to build the expressway Walter Schulenberg Ayres engineer replied that the accident rate for the Appleton urban area would decrease by 20 per cent if the expressway was built along one of three or four routes being considered Ellis responded that the Ayres firm had to justify the need for the way on more than just a reduction in the accident rate to obtain approval of concerned residents to the project New bridge spanning the Wolf River at Fremont formally dedicated Fremont bridge dedicated FREMONT Formal dedication of the U.S Highway 10 bridge at Fremont took place Thursday afternoon as Zel S Rice transportation secretary and lage of Fremont President Tom Pitt cut the ribbon on the million dollar span over the Wolf River Pitt in his welcoming speech noted how important the new bridge is to the community of Fremont It provides an increased safety factor and gives local residents and travelers a much faster route than the old bridge The new bridge had been under con- struction for nearly one year and was opened to traffic in September Formal dedication ceremonies were delayed until finishing work could be ed Patience and understanding by local citizens played a big part in the con- of the bridge according to Robert T Huber chairman of the consin Division of Highways This bridge building was a partnership of people which took much support from the local community to Huber noted Rice said that 1976 might be viewed as the year of not only for the office of President of the United States but also in the Department of Transportation Current debates have centered around the transportation which will appear on the ember ballot Rice noted that the best decisions are reached when all facts are presented The transportation department is in- in meeting needs of both rural and urban citizens and therefore said he hopes spirited debate will evolve a good transportation which will look towards the future But on the building of the Fremont bridge there could be no he said This bridge is such a vital link in the state's transportation network that it had to be opened as soon as sible said the old narrow 19 foot span created an intolerable situation for motorists often bringing traffic to a virtual standstill State Rep Francis Byers of Marion served as master of ceremonies for the program and the Rev Charles mons gave the invocation and tion Huber the dedication plaque from the 1922 bridge to Fremont Village President Pitt Officials cut ribbon Tom Pitts left and Zel Rice cut the ribbon dedicating the new bridge over the Wolf River at Fremont Northwestern photos Gardeners eager to clean up circus fertilizer CHICAGO AP They came to the circus with wheelbarrows baskets and plastic bags eager to shovel up what the performing gers llamas and elephants had left About 100 gardening en- turned out day as Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus pitched its props in the Inter- national Amphitheater and announced that it had half a ton of organic to give away We got the surprise of our a spokesman said of the turnout He said the crowd consisted of mothers Personal income shows increase WASHINGTON UPI The personal income of rose 0.5 per cent in September with most of the increase resulting from strong growth in private industry payrolls the government said today In its monthly report the Commerce Department said personal income which means all income received by all individuals in the economy from all sources rose at an annual rate of billion in September Although last month's increase in personal income was smaller than most of the monthly advances recorded this year it represented an improvement over August's billion increase Income figures for both July and August were revised downward and there is a chance the September numbers may have to be changed later when more data becomes available The department said most of the September increase to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of trillion was attributed to a billion rise in the wages and salaries paid the nation's workers In August wages and salaries were up billion Soviet scientist's explanation and their children old men old women young men young women All had green thumbs Circus officials said that every Thursday from 10 until noon the collection of droppings will be given away to anyone who brings his own container The idea is to help defray the estimated expense of hiring a scaven- ger service An elderly man who said he had a small garden smiled This stuff is so good those circus people could be selling it Just goes to show that a sucker is born every ute Appropriately he was paraphrasing a remark of the late Barnum The circus spokesman said the manure is pure fertilizer not sprayed with any harmful chemicals It is superior to others because of the rich and varied diet of the mals And the price is right Wallace Yost 55 said he got the idea to collect the manure six years ago when the circus came to town I remember going there early one day and bribing a fellow to let me in by giving him a said Yost He's let me in each year since Now everybody is in on the take But there is plenty for everyone I've found it ideal for my pear and apple trees Cold Cloudy windy and cold tonight with overnight lows in the 20s Details on Page 2 This comment caused James Malloy traffic analyst for the East Central consin Regional Planning Commission to say that we have reams and reams of information on the need for the ex- pressway He said traffic estimates completed in 1969 for the year 2000 give cient justification for the ex- pressway Ellis persisted by calling for ration of a document outlining the of the need for the highway The District Republican said he needed more information on traffic counts and other criteria upon which the need for the expressway is based He said he needed this data in order to decide which way to vote and indicated it may have an additional effect of in- forming concerned residents of the or lack of them of the way Malloy said a transportation cation report exists but it is currently being updated Charles Ryan district engineer for the state highway department in Green Bay said Ellis questions were very germane to the issue of construction of the expressway But Ryan said the Ayres firm should be completing a mental impact statement by the end of next month He said the statement and a public hearing on expressway natives scheduled sometime in March 1977 should answer all questions con- the expressway from Ellis and other critics Ford blasts Carter for slandering nation Inside 2 6 10 10 12 14 17 Area 20 21 23 23 Want 24 WASHINGTON AP Jimmy Carter may decide to ask for his own televised news conference after ing President Ford assail him for slandering the tion by criticizing Ford's for- eign and defense policies State flu program is resumed MADISON UPI tion program which had been suspended following deaths of three elderly sons who received the cine elsewhere was resumed today Dr Edwin R Larkin ing state health officer said persons who are 60 years of age or older or who suffer from certain chronic disease should consult with their vate physicians before ting the shots Larkin told a news ence 38 persons who received the vaccine in other states died There is no evidence that the vaccine or inoculation techniques are in any way re- lated to these he said Over the past three days numerous states had either suspended their programs or had postponed the start of their state program At this time and after substantial review of each level of the program it is felt that the temporary suspension can be lifted Wisconsin had suspended its program for 72 hours while the deaths were re- viewed No deaths occurred in Wisconsin Larkin said any person 60 years of age or older should consult with his physician before getting the bivalent vaccine that which against both the swine and Victoria strains of the flu Others who should see their doctors first include persons regardless of age who suffer from chronic con- ditions such as heart disease bronchopulmonary disease renal disease diabetes tus or other chronic ic disorder and central system disease Larkin said Persons age 60 and with a history of cardiac or blood pressure disorders should receive the swine flu vaccine through their private physician's office rather than a public clinic he said Larkin said elderly and high risk patients who plan to receive the vaccine are en- to have a friend or relative accompany them when they get the shot All persons receiving the bivalent vaccine at a public clinic should be screened or observed for high blood sure rapid or irregular pulse and symptoms of depression especially fatigue he said Crash of nuclear ship from space claimed MOSCOW UPI A space ship made by beings from other worlds may have crashed in central Siberia 68 years ago causing an explosion times stronger than the first atom bomb a Soviet scientist says Alexei Zolotov told the viet news agency Tass Thursday he was almost tain the tremendous blast on June 30 1908 was of nuclear origin He assumes that the body which ripped into the atmosphere might have been of artificial origin i.e it might have been a craft made by intelligent beings from other worlds of the Tass said The explosion in a remote river valley in central Siberia was heard 745 miles away The earth shuddered so violently that horses pulling plows 240 miles away were hurled to the ground Scientists have said the force of the blast was be- tween 20 and 40 million tons of TNT or up to times greater than the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 There has been much speculation as to what caused the explosion with theories ranging from the collision with the earth of a black hole matter so dense it drags in every cle around it to a crashing meteorite or comet But theory was the first widely publicized view that the blast was clear and may have been caused by an alien space ship Zolotov a prominent et scientist and a team of have been ing research in the area for the past 17 years Tass said An expedition this mer collected samples of permafrost soil dating back to 1908 and bits of trees which survived the caust The samples Zolotov said seemed to confirm our sumption that what took place in the Tungus Taiga was a nuclear explosion So far there is not a single fact that would contradict our clear hypothesis Carter and his staff were considering today whether to demand equal television time to respond to Ford's tion delivered Thursday night in a televised news con- ference held in Washington Ford opened his news con- ference by saying he was pleased that the Watergate special prosecutor has cleared him of allegations of mishandling campaign funds during his days as a gan congressman Then asked to explain again his misstatement about Soviet domination of Eastern Europe Ford launched into a scathing criticism of Carter In it he made note of the Democrat's statement that the United States has lost re- spect in the international community because of Ford policies Flash fire I don't approve of any candidate for office ing the good name of the United States It discourages our allies and it encourages our Ford said Carter had changed his schedule in New York in der to remain at a Queens restaurant to watch Ford on television He quickly re- to Ford's attack My criticism of this ad- ministration can't bp trans- lated into criticism of the whole country After the news conference Jody Powell Carter's press secretary sad the Carter camp was studying a script of Ford's comments to determine whether a request to the Federal tions Commission for equal lime to reply was justified As he entered the hotel ballroom for his speech after watching the Ford news con- ference Carter was if he'd seek equal time He re- plied I don't know I came out pretty good tonight In his address he called for a freeze on nuclear ons with a gradual ward a reduction in the at- arsenals of both the United States and the Souet Union He called Ford's news con- ference a remarkable ently he thought he'd have a debate without my being there I don't know how I dd in the first two debates but 1 think I did pretty well in the press conference Meanwhile Powell Continued page 2 col 5 Six men injured Three of six Oshkosh men hurt in a flash fire at ry Marine Plant No 5 late Thursday afternoon were listed in good condition today at Mercy Medical Center The other three were re- leased after medical ment Thursday The fire caused mini- mal damage to the building at 449 Marion Road ny officials said and plant operations continued on schedule today The six men all employes received first and second degree burns In good condition suffering from burns to the face neck and arms were James 28 of 1654 Ontario St and Kurt Meier 22 of 107 W Ave A third victim Charles Schumacher 29 of 1716 Taft Ave was in good condition suffering from arm burns a hospital spokesman said today Released after treatment were William Jankowski 25 of 2223 Harrison St Dennis Zorn 24 of 1925 Grove St and Phillip Lux 22 of 651 Central St All six were transported to the hospital Oshkosh fire department Reports said the men were near a hopper used for ing metal filings from the grinding and polishing of light alloy propellers when a hot filing apparently ignited an oil compound Magnesium a component in the alloy began burning reports said The fire was discovered shortly after 5 p m and the Continued page 2 col 1 Canada on strike United Press International More than a million dians marched ed and hanged the prime minister in effigy in a wide one-day general strike against wage and price con- Thursday but it failed to impress the government In what was called by one labor leader the birth of the Canadian labor workers in steel and auto plants mines and forests hospitals newspapers and transport and service tries joined in mass rallies parades and demonstrations in over 150 Canadian cities from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island Effigies of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Board chairman Juc Pepin who administers the wage control policy were dangled from the pillars of the Ontario legislative ings But Labor Minister John Munro ment will not abandon con- because of the day of protest To do so would be to invite disaster for Canada's economy Why should anyone want to give up just when all our efforts are beginning to show he said proposing continued talks between la bor business and ment on economic problems The national clay of protest was by the an Labor Congress against the government's three-year program of wage-price con- enacted a year ago An estimated 1 05 million of a total work force of II million walked off their No other group has ever in the History of the world organized a protest which spanned an entire con- said CLC Vice dent Lorrain History will call this the birth of the Canadian labor movement Informal Council vote okays safety building The Oshkosh Common Council by a informal vote gave its approval Thursday night to the spending of up to million for a joint safety building The vote at the Thursday workshop meeting was the first actual endorsement by the Council of the safety building project County and city have been working together to develop plans and cost estimates for the building but the Council hasn't said pre- that it would go along with the project The safety building committee will now go ahead with nailing down final cost ures and a site for the building David Loy the chairman of the County finance commUtee explained to the Council that the million cost mate is considered the top dollar figure for the expense for the building The million figure is based on mates of costs of million for tion and million for site acquisition furniture and fixtures Loy said the plan is to apportion the y's and county's costs on the basis of the expense of building the floor space which will be used by each He said that on this basis it is estimated that the city's cost will be 20 per cent of the total or 1 lion The two negative votes on the Council were cast by Councilors Kenneth bein and Teichmiller Schiefelbein said I'd like to see more carved out of the cost I think a million and a half could be cut out without destroying the building Mrs Teichmiller told the other county and city I would not go along with the project At that cost the ty would be better off to do it itself But Councilors Kathleen Propp and Don both said they think the lion cost estimate isn't too high Mrs Propp Personally I like the top dollar figure I think it's reasonable and one we can live with Kutchera said he thinks would be a reasonable cost for the ing I don't think it should be a spartan Kutchera said The County Board and Council bers also gave their approval at the ing to the designation of an committee to oversee construction with five members representing the county and three representing the city
