Neenah-Menasha Northwestern (Newspaper) - November 22, 1976, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Northwestern Edition of the Oshkosh Northwestern ww Associated United International Northwestern year Oshkosh Wb Monday November 22 1976 40 Pages Shopping mall Santas in training as debuts near DETROIT AP Loud ho's are out toe scary So is bad breath Tie your beard over your head not behind neck so kids can't it off Those were some of the tions being given to a dozen m training as they wrestle with ed velvet suits pounds of padding and cottons beards getting read for their upcoming debuts Polaroid and Manpower Inc are recruiting and training 608 would-be St Nicks to sit in shopping malls across the US and have their pictures taken with children who bring in their Christmas requests The training according to roid district manager Ted is designed to assure that parents won't to worry about whether Santa had loo drinks before he came to work The program goes far the school of ism There are Santas that look bad and smell bad said find guys with bellies and a few wrinkles under the and hand out the hanta suits The trainees ranging from a skinny blond teen-ager to a Scene of fatal shooting Robert Hartman 22 of 1817 Columbia Ave bry St is m custody on a first degree murder Oshkosh was killed while he slept in a bedroom charge A police investigation was continuing on this side of his home Sunday or early today A day as authorities attempted to find a motive for lifelong friend Ronald Heppler 23 of 1816 the alleged homicide photo friend held Sleeping man killed By ALLAN R KATH Staff Writer A former high school basketball star was in custody today after he edly shot and killed his friend apparently while the friend slept in his own bedroom at home Dead is Hartman 22 of 1817 Columbia Ave Oshkosh He died instantly from shotgun wounds in the left side and right cheek area according to go County Coroner Duane I Moore Arrested on first degree murder charges and ing an initial County Court Branch 3 appearance today was Ronald Heppler 1816 Fabry St Oshkosh Asst Dist Atty Robert said today he didn't know as of press time today what the formal charges against Heppler would be Heppler was scheduled to pear at 3 p.m for formal charging Haw ley said pier is being represented by attorneys from the Curtis MacKenzie Haase and Brown law offices Oshkosh Police Chief liam J Gonyo reported later this morning that a arm had been located on the grounds at Winnebago Mental Health Institute about llam today It was termined as yet he said whether the weapon was the same one used in the ing He said his officers were at the mental health institute at press time today to re- cover the weapon During a press conference held at the Oshkosh police station this morning Moore and a police lieutenant ald Weber pieced together this story Hartman and two mates William Smith and Raymond Hughes turned from a weekend deer hunting excursion about 7 10 pm Sunday Smith and Hughes left about 9 30 p m to get a few drinks Hartman remained behind told Smith and he wa- too tired to go out with them He was last seen lying on a couch inside the home they told police Smith and Hughes re- turned home about 12 30 a m today with Pamela Bruski 19 and Susan 19 both of 211 High Ave Oshkosh When they re- turned they thought man had retired to his room for the night They didn't check on him because they didn t want to wake him While the foursome sat in page 2 ctl C Israeli resort hit by rockets TEL AVIV Israel UPI Palestinian commandos fired Sov rockets across the Lebanese border in- to the Israeli coastal resort of Sunday breaking an period of relative quiet in the border re- gion The Katyusha rockets damaged buildings and knot id down telephone and electric lines but no one was injured Israeli artillery returned the fire the military command said a town of 30.000 that sprawls along the four miles from the border was settled ly by refugees from Nazi Germany who turned it into a honeymoon capital with beachfront hotels and drawn carnages Military sources said the army went on special alert alone the border The exchange came as Defence Minister Shimon warned Syria and the Palestinians that Israel would not tolerate the presence oe any hostile force in southern banon the only part of the nation yet to be occupied by the peacekeeping force will not suffer threats on the northern border by any foreign military force and will oppose any tary gathering Peres said in a speech to Jewish from Britain Guillotine next Heppler Cloudy Cloudy and cold tonight with chance of light snow and overnight lows near 20 Details on Page 2 Inside W 26 26 35 35 36 old with a genuine listened in- tenth as their teacher went over the subtler points For instance what to do about the smart-aleck kid who shouting he's ered Santa is a The trainees are told to smile and per Luok you're big enough now Whether or not believe Santa is here or everyone Don't rum it for them If that doesn't work they're ad- tu tell the doubter to calm down or Santa will call the police Other pointers Don't ask the child if he or she has been good It's a threatening question Don't promise anything If the child accuses Santa of forgetting some present promised last year like the proverbial change the subject Don't Oh what a cute tle girl be a he If child asks for a little ba- brother or for Christmas them Santa brings toys and and that d better talk to their about hat important the teacher re- remember re oOO years old and a great lovable Carter begins official meetings WASHINGTON AP President-elect er getting a look at his new home on his first tion visit to Washington met w ith a parade of el administration officials today before an afternoon session Blast spews gum info streets NEW YORK AP One worker was killed and fifty others were hurt some seriously when an explosion ripped through four floors of the American Chicle gum spewing steel con- crete and molten gum into the street One fireman on the scene said It was a miracle that none of the 150 ing the all-night shift was killed immediately by the blast early es said the force of the sion hurled some of the tims to the street About 25 persons were bumed severely Because of a shortage of burn facilities here some had to be taken to hospitals in neighboring states A few of the critically injured had over 90 per cent of their bodies and hospital officials said they feared some would not vive The aroma of spearmint filled the air and hot gum stuck to the boots of firemen battling the Fire marshals sifting through the debris in the siv brick structure in the Island City section of Queens theorized that a stray spark may have ignited combustible dust triggering the blast The company a div of the Warner-Lambert ny closed operations at the factory pending clearance from safety officials A spokesman advised the plant s 1.600 employes to stay home until supervisors con- tact them But the company said the availability of its products Chiclets Trident and probably would not be Fisherman is horrified by catch CRISTER England UPI Fisherman Richard ders 52 routinely pulled in his nets and stared at his catch in horror One net con- a plastic bag holding a man's nead I was so shocked 1 let it slip back into tne water But he gave a detailed de- scription to Norfolk police who immediately began a murder inquiry man said they had nothing else to go on not even a missing persons report Electric chair macabre student project CINCINNATI AP In the corner of a classroom at Scarlet Oaks Vocational School sits a macabre dent project covered with a tarpaulin an electric chair wired to produce a thal charge of 100.000 volts Dan Holtel a junior in Walter law en- forcement class built the chair under his teacher's The Bar school to do something for a display at a shopping ter during National Law En- forcement Week last month Dan volunteered to do the carpentry work and I did the wiring said in an interview He fashioned a plug that can't be used in any tional outlet just to make sure nobody gets shocked playing around with it IWM heart te M the state's official electric chair which is kept at the Southern Correctional Facility in They are identical except that the school's chair is made from pine rather than seasoned hardwood I don't know exactly why I did it Holtel said I thought it would be an inter- esting project I'm not sure exactly whether ishment is right but 1 wouldn t think twice about using the electric chair on some people The project comes at a time when several states may be on the verge of carrying out executions for the first time in more than nine years in the wake of a U S Supreme Court ruling that upheld capital ment said most of his students are against lions but then we ask them how they would feel if a member of their family was the victim of a capital crime and a lot of them change their minds Holtel said he has already decided what to build for next year's class project I've got this fnend who's a policeman in he said I'm going to ask him to send me the specifications with President Ford at the hue House James Lynn who is Ford's director of the Office of Managment and Budget began the parade shortly be- fore Sam CDT He went to Blair House to meet with Carter across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and the Old Executive Office Building complex As he left Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld walked in Both men were preceded by the vice Asked what he and Carter talked about Lynn said Believe it or not we talked about budget and ment the name of my office being budget and ment He said Carter asked good questions but did not indicate the direction he is moving on budget matters Lynn said Carter didn't ask to have any influence on the budget Ford is preparing to submit We talked about ment matters organisation matters techniques of ting budgets together Lynn declared It covered a wide range of subjects It was ob- vious to me the governor had given this a great deal of thought Lynn said any specifics about the conversation would have to come from Carter The president-elect ar- rived in on on day night flying from bany Ga in a chartered jet As has become his custom Carter carried his own bag as he walked off the plane He to Blair House the fit guest residence dignitaries as his base of In addition to Ly nn Rumsfeld the secretaries of Treasury and Health tion and Welfare to visit him there But Carter said he would t street to confer with Ford in the White House for his first visit with his defeated rival since the last of their debates one month Asked how he felt arriving in Washington as elect Carter said he felt gratitude to the people of this country for giving me their confidence and a not to disappoint page 2 1 GOP head to urges party to avoid lurching WASHINGTON AP Republican tional Chairman Mary Louise Smith a get of insurgent conservatives within the GOP announced today she will resign next month but urged Republicans to avoid any fatal lurch to political ex- tremes The resignation which becomes effect at the Republican National Committee meeting here Jan is an apparent peace move to avoid a bitter leadership fight Mrs Smith she hopes it will pave the way for a compromise chairman Conservatives have indicated they will move to take over the party leadership in the wake of President Ford's loss to ocrat arter During the next six weeks I hope that all will consider carefully the of at the local state and national Mrs Smith said in a formal announcement of her resignation My personal review of those tion returns persuades me that we must maintain a party that simultaneously ex- presses concern for people's problems embraces a healthy diversity of viewpoints and stands behind traditional Republican principles she said Surely this is not time for destructive division within our party just as it IN no time for a fatal lurch to either extreme of the political spectrum Mrs Smith said she resigned ly Although a leadership challenge had been expected at the January meeting nf the national committee it would have en a two-thirds vote to oust her which was considered unlikely Democratic Party Chairman Robert Strauss who has been chairman since shortly after the 1972 presidential election has ed he is stepping down probably early next year t I first The first snow of shoveling depth fell on over weekend Most householders ig- nored 4 ond it went However Jamie O 6 and O 2 children of Mr ond Mrs Dennis O 953 Adams St Neenah owf new snow to stir photo by
