Northwest Arkansas Times (Newspaper) - March 1, 1976, Fayetteville, Arkansas Editorial For Women Ecology Sports Entertainment Comics Classified The Public Interest Is The First Concern Of This Newspaper LOCAL Continued warm with cloudy skies through lenient Low last 59 Lows tonight in the mid 50s wit highs Tuesday near 70s Sunset today sunrise Tuesday Weather map on page 3 VOL 103 NUMBER 258 ARKANSAS MONDAY MARCH 1 1976 CENTS Massachusetts Set For Second Primary Mills Hasn't Ruled Out Another Term LITTLE ROCK Ark AP Mills says he has not ruled out the oE seeking 20th term in the Representatives The former grocer and probate court judge once chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Com- says that barring the unforeseen he will announce by March 9 when the filing for political office opens that he'll retire after years Washington many of them as one of the In Washington Fencing Trap Works Busing Issue Could Change men Whether I could do the job and rny briety I don't said Mills who underwent treatment last year as an alcoholic He told the Arkansas Gazette that The doctors say the strain might affect me in some STRENGTH IMPROVES Gene Mills executive assistant recently said Mills strength in his home district has been improving month And Mills was quoted times as saying The popple will forgive you faster than you can forgive But the polls apparently in- thai the people of the district haven't forgiven him for flings with stripper Fanne Foxe or for his extended ab- sence from Congress last year he battled alcoholism a hospitals in Maryland and ida Mills was stripped of House Ways and Com- chairmanship in ber 1974 after the widely Tidal when Miss Foxe ran from his and dove into Washington's Tidal Basin Mentally I'm and I can't be rested like 1 want to Mills said One can only stand the strain so long without getting tired State Public Service Pat Moran State Rep Beaumont both of Little Rock said Sunday they are seriously considering ing tbe race Ally Gen Jim Guy Tucker long been rumored Co be in- in Mills seat But he was unavailable for comment following the report hat Mills WASHINGTON Aj fencing operation ated by police and FBI agents did million worth of ness before the ended their and arrested more than 100 persons including 60 guests at a party ty celebrate lie ring's prosperity Those arrested included U.S Atty Honald E Robinson Jr who was charged with accepting two and fired from his post The bogus fencing operation dubbed by police The Sting and based in a local warehouse also resulted in the recovery of stolen credit cards government checks writers and calculators 700 savings bonds 18 rucks and an machine stolen piece by piece iue to from a local hospital U.S Atty Earl J Filbert disclosing the scheme Sunday said the loot also included million in checks signed by the Department of Housing and Ur ban Development and sold to the fencing operation ior The checks en from an unattended HUD vault during office houis No report has filed to by HUD noted Silbert reported that tions in the five months the fencing operation had been un- der police auspices totaled more than million hough police purchased stolen items for only On Saturday police began their crackdown when some GO unsuspecting guests were arrested at a party for tbe clientele The party supposedly to brate the fencing ring's cess drew a stylish lo the warehouse and many rf the guests were wearing expensive jewelry tuxedos and bouton and arrived in expensive cars according police Upon entering the warehouse the suspects were u check their guns and were tolt they were going to get to s e e the big boss the wn: is so proud of what you die for us One guest who did net have lime to change for the parly ar- rived in handcuffs having just escaped from the metropolitan Dulice robbery He asked fin undercover ool iceman to saw them off for him The guests were then ushered Into a room where hey were introduced to wearing flak jackets who ad- vised them of their rights placed them under and herded them into rented trucks for a ride to the police station were said Police LI Robert They went into shock Arscott abrupt Washington The Was secretly told that the stolen goods were kept with Inc a warehouse in northeast warehouse ated by District of Columbia police and FBI agents acting as out-of-town crime syndicate members The name Inc came from Fencing although none of its patrons were so advised bert added BOSTON CAP A rally scheduled for Alabama Gov George C Wallace the eve of the nation's second primary is helping to keep attention fixed on the atile and divisive forced busing issue in Massachusetts The state's primary is for Tuesday and the race s considered so divided and un- that a relative oi votes could change the order of finish among the eight major Democratic candi dates Throughout Mideast Aid Major Item For Congress will announce within nine days that he is retiring barring un- foreseen developments Atty Gen Tim Guy Tucker said today be has his de- on his politic il future and will announce t before March 9 Tucker wis Washington last Wednesday and talked to Mills about politics and other matters There were reports that Tucker told Mills about a poll showing the had little chance of winning re- election Tucker said he did It has been widely speculated that Tucker would be a leading contender for the 2nd District position held by Mills for 19 However Tucker has not uled out the possibility of For Absentees WASHINGTON CAP rael is bidding or an extra million in U.S aid as the House his week takes up the Ford ad- posal for aid to Middle Eastern countries The money for the Middle East was the major item in a massive money lo come this afternoon before he House Appropriations Com- Then the full House is to vote on a for foreign aid day and vote Thursday on the appropriating the money in other action in Congress this takes up a posal to declare Oklahoma Re- publican Sen Henry seal vacant because of a election dispute BLACK LUNG House takes up a bil to expand black lung disease benefits for coal miners at a cost of some million Ehi year House may vote 01 whether its investigation of the leak of the intelligence com report should focus on the source of t h e leak or on correspondent Daniel Schorr who arranged to have the re port published continues o liow to go about rest r uc t urin Federal Election Commis sion The Supreme Court las week gave Congress another 2 days lo amend the law that th court held to be partially constitutional On foreign aid the Israe request for an ex ra million in U.S aid wa ejected last month by th louse appropriations mil tec on foreign operation Jut an effort is likely to t made on he floor to pi appropriations b for March 8 School Election in County arc nou available at t h e County Clerk s in the courthouse The ballots may be obtained during normal working hours from now until noon on dale of the election Registered voters who will not be in Hie county on election ille t Nixon Returns Home Awaiting Debriefing tiere the campaign candidates have either exploited or tried to avoid the busing issue Today they were fanning out across the state for final campaigning Unlike the New Hampshire campaign when the spotlight was on the Republican race neither major GOP candidate has set foot in the Bay State in recent months nor arc they ex- President Ford is heav ily favored and has spent 000 in an effort to ensure the victory Ronald Reagan has no cial campaign under way in the slate although much of his New Hampshire media tising was seen here NOT CRUCIAL Although 43 GOP delegates are at stake Reagan's east coordinator said his candi TESTIFIES IN TOKYO questions Tetsuo Oba president oj Airways in Japanese Diet committee hearings on bribery in Japan by Lockheed Lockheed And Rivals PHOENIX Ariz Aircraft Corp and its competitors made cash payoffs post-retirement and jobs in as time promised lo U.S Air Force colonels in a position to steer foreign tary business says a former LOS AP For- Richard Nixon returned to Ibe privacy of San compound ter a trip to China that drew from his hosts hut sm from some at home There was no word whether ixon would meet with ary of State Henry Kissinger ho was on the West Coast at ie Palm Springs home of actor irk Douglas when Nixon re- on Sunday from tbe trip Several Ford Administration nd Stale Department officials iid during Nixon's journey iat the former president would e debriefed upon his return as ould any visitor rotn China However cr had said he would n o t do ie debriefing himself Nixon is the only Westerner i have had extensive contacts ith the acting premier of Hua While he talked with Hua for wo hours and met for more lan an hour with Communal arty Chairman Mao SMILES AND WAVES Wearing a gray pin-striped uit and his familiar American lag lapel pin Nixon waved Sunday as ant Mrs Nixon descended from the iner in which they went lo an rom China They were daughter Tricia Nixon Cox Two members of the Chines mission to the United State vere also on hand and the for ner president chatted Attempt Mode A n apparent breakin at the residence Mike CraEton 1211 N Ave Colonial Arms Apar was reported to Fa police early Sunda morning The manager of the apai ment complex told police th she discovered a broken windo at apartment but th entry to the apartment had n been gained th them leaving in a He made no ent to reporters however Nixon showed no ou lw ard of the phlebitis in his ght leg which had reportedly up during his trip but weary after the long ght He was seen yawning During the I rip which was ade four years after his ric 1972 visit to China as ent the Chinese accorded the ixons honors that are served for sitting nations aders And from the first ere was criticism from a imber of people at home Throughout tlv Ford tration emphasized that Nixon as acting as a private citizen nd after the New Hampshire date doesn't view sells as crucial Massachusetts is not those primaries one of con- I have a few said Ernest F Lockheed Hauser who left customer ord only which slightly President outpaced Reagan Ford said Nix n's trip had armful to his Tax Returns Move Slowly WASHINGTON AP mt the incentive of a tax re- ate this year taxpayers aren't ling their returns as eagerly s did last year Internal Revenue Service figures show The number of returns filed o far this year rise 9.7 per cent Behind the same period a year go On tbe other band the vincing to other Republicans as an indie alor of t he ait ah Lilly of lames Lake He said the Republican party is a more liberal party than the GOP as a whole In the Democratic race in the Bay State the only lo favor Democratic Sen George McGovern in the 1972 tial election 104 delegates are at stake The election here is ing far more national attention a simultaneous primary in Vermont The major reason is that more delegates are at stake But the busing issue in Boston is also a factor the chance to measure reaction in a city that for two years has divided over a court plan lo integrate its Opponents oE forced busing spent much of Sunday urging marchers lo vote for anti- candidates Meanwhile most of the candidates found themselves being questioned about the issue on television panel shows Sen Henry M Jackson oi Washington who has tried lo capture the vole here was quizzed aboul Senate votes on ABC's Issues and An program He said he liad voted against some legislation favored by an groups tlic tions officer after suffering a in 1964 But he de- to make the names lic saying It's been a long time and I don't know what good it possibly do Hauser lives in uan Paradise Valley said the payoffs are small potatoes compared with the huge bribes you read about in the news papers Lockheed officials have ad the firm gave millions of dollars to government Is in several European coun ries and Japan but Hauser is he first individual to allege publicly that American military officers also received payoffs rom aircraft firms in con- witb foreign contracts spokesman re- to the allegation day by To the best of knowledge there is no in- dication that Lockheed has ever offered such as to NATO officers Hauser has testified before the U.S Securities ami Ex- change Commission and a U.S Senate on corporations to On Junday the Arizona Republic him as saying cash pay offs of to made to the American officer at Christmas as Pentagon looked the other way I wouldn't call bribe It's just keeping them sweet lie military would get very et if you called it a said in a subsequent in- with The Associated ress Even big ike Hughes Aircraft every tries this Hauser acknowledged his in- is at least 10 years old hut It's been going on for years Officers in Military Advisory Assistance MAAGs we have in any countries are approached y people in the industry They become military MAAGs are U.S units in for- eign countries which give de- fense advice Tbe colonels helped to influence foreign nn what type of aircraft to buy the cash payoffs were on a smaller scale than those to foreign officials the colonels sometimes exacted a high price for their favors in ether ways Mauser said NEWS refund this to Other preliminary s also ho year IRS t tiny ITS to earmark taxes to help presidential elections is the highest rate ever ils sny the current political campaign apparently is taxpayers to with 25.5 per cent of the returns so far each designating SI per taxpayer to the fund compared o 23.9 per cent at this time year which was the previous high Congress cannot by statute change a court order where that court order s based on an interpretation by the court of the Uth Amend Much of the votr is expected to go to Wallace only candidate al an march South Boston High School 01 Sunday Hep Morris K Udall said o the CBS program Face th Nation that he doesn't like t judges running schools think we're all being tested an the real question is we're going to have some prcs CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO Coroner Named Gov David lias ed Gary Don to fill term of Dr i Ahrend as Washington coroner Medley 27 of was today and is to serve Ahrend resigned the in January Hopes For Knockout WASHINGTON AP cient Ford says thai if he wins he Florida primary and does o by a big margin that will be knockout punch to the hopes of Ronald Rea an The President's campaign manager Howard Callaway lays however that it will take Ford victories in Florida March 9 and in Illinois March 16 to convince Reagan that he can't win the nomination Markets Reopened ROME AP Italy reopen ed its official foreign exchange markets today after a 4 shutdown and the further in what may prove crucial economic test for Prc mier Aldo minority government Trading was quiet as the Hr was quoted al about t the dollar a weakening fron Friday's late quote of t the dollar New Trial Set PINE BLUFF Ark AP he second capital mur er trial of Arthur Lee Botany f Detroit is scheduled for larch 31 Botany and two other persons convicted in separate rials in the February 1974 K B Allen a ine shoe store owner Ruled justifiable PINE BLUFF Ark AP he shooting death of Jessie ovc 53 of Pine Bluff was ruled justifiable homicide day following a in- quest Love was reportedly killed by Jenkins 55 of Pine Bluff after Love shot and killed Eddie Bluff Frazier 48 The shootings of Pine occurred Saturday night al a Pine residence after an apparent ar- gument over some money Final Week SAN FRANCISCO AP The Patricia Hearst bank bery trial is entering what may be its final week and the de- fense is expected to wrap up its case today witb an attempt to discredit Miss Hearst's own taped vow of allegiance to hcv kidnapers On Prices In February day may file absentee rolling places for school district voters Precincts 1 and 10 ington City and ship 1 2 3 Station Precincts 8 9 and H Wyman and Townships n 14 and 15 3 Johnson Townships Ashell School 6 7 and 12 Brush Creek and Goshen Townships Root School crson School Precincts 4 5 13 Washington School precincts 2 and Supermarket Supermarket shoppers got a break on prices ary but tlic declines failed to offset months and of steady increases over HID last years an Associated Press market sk et su r shows The AP drew up a random list of 13 commonly purchased food and nonfood ed Ine price at one super- market in each of 11 cities on March 1 1073 and has on or about the start of each succeeding month Among Die highlights of the latest ma basket at the checklist store declined ing February in 12 chips down an average 2.7 per cent The only increase per cent was at the checklist in Seal Me During January the hill declined at the checklist store in 10 cities totals have declined from levels of a year ago but remain considerably higher Mian they were at start of the survey Comparing ils at the start of March with those earlier the AP found the was up at the checklist store in every city with an average of 29 per cent The increases hit hardest during 1973 and then cased last year as sugar prices declined The market basket found total at checklist store ing the last 12 months in 11 Cities of the savings in the ly part of this year has due to declining dairy prices Butter and egg costs rose steadily during late 1075 hiit he trend was reversed in January The price ot a pound of ler decreased at checklist store in nine cilies during January and in eight cilies ing February Medium de- at the checklist More in 10 cities during and U in February Trying to figure on what will happen in the year is even for the experts The U.S of culture which reported that food prices rose per cent in 1975 and per cent in each of the preceding years says last year's large grain harvests should neep increases to about 1 per in each of the first two quarters this year Fowl price imh ton in the second part of the year depends in part on the size oT crops particularly corn to feed livestock The Hems on ihR AP check cr cut pork chops frozen ist chopped chuck ange juice japer towels loffee while peanut butter j creamy An informal poll oE the High School teachers and the community tives who attended an in-service training session at the high school week showed the majority of the group opposed to a Northwest Arkansas toll road However the poll also showed a large percentage of the proximately 65 respondents 10 of whom were representatives from community organizations supported the maintenance of existing highways The questionnaire prepared by the High School library staff included 20 other questions about issues that will affect the future The purpose of the poll and the in-service training session was to people thinking about the future and to duce teachers to the futures that will be offered to high school students this spring Through the futures mini- c ourse co lead e rs will be asked to talk to students about their concepts of the futures in tbe areas of politics science education etc STRONG OPINIONS The teachers had strong ions on several other questions in the poll Some of the est responses were in answer to queries on public in local policy planning the group strongly favored finding a way lo increase public participation and on com- munity anti pollution the group supported tricter requirements Other issues support rom at least two-thirds of those polled include establishing a national policy of zero growth including values education in public school's c u r r i c u 1 u m s stricter sun control legislation establishing national policy of medical fabric tomato sauce chocolate chip cookies milk frankfurters aoc granulated sugar Die cities checked Atlanta Ga Hoston Chicago Dallas De troit Angeles Miami York Philadelphia Salt Lake City and Seattle research priorities and in- creased funding for parks and recreation Several issues received more than a majority hut less than two thirds agreement These included the general feeling of the group thai the church should play a major role in ON TWO
