Oelwein Daily Register (Newspaper) - October 31, 1975, Oelwein, Iowa boost vehicle DES MOINES AP Iowa car owners would have to pay 20 per cent higher vehicle registration fees under a million highway funding package approved a legislative committee The plan approved Thursday also would again ear mark about million a year in saJes tax money lor the Road Use Tax Fund a move opposed by Gov Robert Ray Transportation Fi ruce Committee u package is Inadequate since the of Transportation says it will take million a year in new money to keep highway construc tion at its present level which meets only 35 per cent of need One wag called it a program to get Iowa back in the mud the opposite of the slogan Get Iowa out of the mud popular when the basic highway system was built in the 1920s and 1930s But Rep John Brunow said theres no way the legislature can come up with anything like million next year and the million package will the lagging road program The committees recommendations will be sub mitted to the Iowa Legislative Council which will pass it on to the legislature next January for action The committee spent much of the day arguing about a proposal to authorize issuance of iip to million in bonds for highway construction over the next 20 years but in the end rejected that approach Rep Robert Krause said the bond proposal would have to be approved by the voters in a referendum to comply with constitutional require ments He pointed out backers of the bond proposal want to use the bonds to complete the network of freeways connecting the major cities Theres no way people who dont live near the freeways are going to vote bonds to build them Krause declared The package finally approved offered by Sen Joseph Coleman calls for 10 per cent of tiie revenue generated by 2 cents of the sales lax for highways It would amount to about million a year Boosting registration fees on cars and trucks by fees by 20 per cent 20 percent to bring in million Appropriating million from the state general fund tothe to be distributed among the primary secondary and city streets systems Appropriating million from the general fund solely for cities and towns The package was below the to mil lion the committee had tentatively agreed on earlier but Coleman said he thought it was adequate and within the states means Before plan was approved the coin a hard time agreeing on any plan Minnow suggested at one point that the committee simply suggest a dollar level of funding and outline alternatives for raising the without making a recommendation But Scr Falls said that would mean ill the meetings to amass information ere an waste of time It a complex cv iout not to make any knul of Hen Branstad KLake Mill Kven Colemar s won approval several comi Mee members said licy werent sure they Sll the registration to the ure an election y ar Hard as weve struggled wve found out its to million or so without raising taxes or said Rep Hi chard Drake FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 1975 VOL NO 295 OELWEIN IOWA 50662 PER COPY 15c News in Brief Molasses MONA AP Firemen used water hoses and persistence to combat a sticky situation on US Highway 218 in extreme northern Iowa late Thursday tank of molasses had burst during a collision and most of the sticky liquid spilled onto the highway The Mitchell County sheriffs office said Thomas J Ulland 18 rural Austin Minn was transporting the molasses on a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck At the east edge of Mona the trailer broke loose and collided with the semitrailer truck driven by Teddy Von Beck Missoula Mont No one was injured but the tank burst on impact covering the highway with molasses Robbery DUBUQUE AP Robbery was the apparent motive in the slaying Oct 20 of the Rev Raymond Herman 45 a missionary Roman Catholic priest from Dubuque serving in Bolivia officials of the Archdiocese of Dubuque said they were told by Bolivian authorities Authorities in Cochabamba Bolivia identified the alleged slayer as Omar Baeza who was arrested The priest was shot once in the head and his Jeep wallet and other personal belongings were taken according to reports re here Problems WASHINGTON AP Federal bank regulators after re porting that 53 national banks could have cash problems if New York City defaults on its debts are seeking more information about the impact of any default on the banking system A spokesman for the comptroller of the currency said Thursday that all the nations 4700 national banks have been asked to re port the amount of New York city and state securities they have accepted as collateral on loans Juan Carlos MADRID Spain AP A new era in Spanish history opened today as Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon took up the powers of the chief of state from Generalissimo Francisco Franco The 82yearold dictator was still alive but no one believed that he would ever recover from the heart ailment and other illnesses which have kept him near death for more than a week Juan Carlos the tall blond 37yearold grandson of Spains last king was appointed temporary chief of state late Thursday by Premier Carlos Arias Navarro Terror CLERMONT Fla AP A shadow of real Halloween terror hung over the citrus groves around this Central Florida town today in the specter of sadistic gunmen who come out of nowhere and melt back into nowhere police say The gunmen armed with sawedoff shotguns and wearing black ski masks with eerie red eyeholes have invaded six homes in the past four weeks raping one teenager smashing the eye glasses of four people and throwing liquid drain cleaner in the face of one woman Local gun shops reported a flood of weapons being purchased and the Lake County Sheriffs office investigated tips on the formation of a vigilante group of up to 150 armed ew Md AP Saying that a crushing blow and pressure led to his resignation as vice president Spiro T Agnew has categorically denied again that he was guilty of anything except a single count of income tax evasion The only thing I ever admitted was a single count of tax evasion I categorically deny the rest and some day when the various court cases are over Ill be able to speak freely he said Thurs day in an exclusive interview at his office here with The Asso Press Second breakin reported at Oran tavern WEST UNION Special The Fayette County Sheriffs department received another call from Baileys Tavern in Oran of a breakin which reportedly oc curred early this morning Upon investigation authorities found a window in the back door broken apparently to gain en trance They couldnt determine whether anything had been taken The investigation is continuing Stock Market NEW YORK AP The stock market slipped into a steady decline today after an un successful attempt at a rally on the news of prime rate cuts at some major banks The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 575 at 83367 and losers outnumbered gainers by about a 43 margin on the New York Stock Exchange Bombarded by mortars BEIRUT Lebanon AP Christians and Moslems bombarded each other with heavy mortars in two Beirut suburbs today after a nightlong thunderstorm brought temporary peace to this Arab capital Scattered gunfire also resumed in the downtown hotel district where Lebanese security forces had been sent in at dawn lo try to implement a ceasefire The heaviest fighting was reported between the Christian suburb of Ein and the Moslem suburb of on the eastern outskirts of Beirut Mortar crews on both sides lobbed hundreds of shells into areas where Christians and Moslems had kissed and hugged each other during a ceasefire three weeks ago Several buildings were reported burning out of control with firemen unable to reach them because of the bombardments the state radio announced During the night both sides had pulled back a little in the down town area to consolidate positions captured Thursday Thunderclaps lightning and heavy rain sent Christian and Moslem gunmen scurrying for cover prompting government radio announcer Sharif to proclaim Gods guns have taken over The storm scared many Beirut residents who mistook the thunder for rocket attacks It also cut all telex communications between Lebanon and the outside world A young engineer the only technician on duty tried to fix the damage but he was shot by a sniper as he stepped out of the building and the central telex facility remained unmanned on after another fire Thers Hy Larry Murphy tity Another Oelwein business almost faced loss by fire Thurs day afternoon when a field fire was stopped only inches from its properly resulting in a burning ban imposed on the city by Fire Chief Wally The Oelwein Veterinary Clinic was reportedly burning a stump when the high winds around 20 25 miles per hour spread sparks lo a neighboring cornfield The wind pushed the flames across the field in a matter of seconds moving so fast that one firemen said they were moving as fast as the truck The fire rambled across the dry corn rubble towards the Oelwein Implement Co located north of the clinic Firemen were able lo got the blaze under control inches from a row of farm machinery which set outside of the im building None were damaged As a result of the which scorched the earth and blackened telephone polls and fenceposts in the field sai il a burning ban will i e imposed in the city until further He said the dry and the periodic for a had is extremely for open burning of any kind The area has none substantial rainfall for months The fire was alongside of Highway caused a backup of traffic as fire trucks and squad ears tried to handle I he heavy there as well as fight he lire As a result of commotion a three ear accident occurred sending Iwu people lo Mercy Hospital with one being transferred to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo Iowa State Patrol troopers who were al the scene traffic which harked up about a mile down the mad in each direction said lhal Judy Kay Cashner of Winthrop had stopped her 1973 Ford pickup truck to make a left turn into the Big Hear Store A HIM Chevrolet A spokesman for the rightwing Phalange party said Christian forces still controlled the downtown hotel district and Associated Press correspondent Edward Cody confirmed that several large hotels were full of snipers Staff members of the Phoenicia Hotel claimed the Phalange had withdrawn Thursday night and security forces were patrolling the streets But Cody reported from the area the Phalange were still in the hotels and the security forces were staying well back from areas where shooting is heaviest The Phalange aiso claimed its men captured half of the district near the port of Beirut a large Moslem slum area with a sizable Kurdish community and Communist Moslem gunmen and their Palestinian guerrilla allies were reported holding on to the unfinished 40story Tower the citys tallest building and a strategic firing post overlooking the downtown hotels Palestinian guerrillas and leftwing Moslems were also reported in complete control of the district which they captured from the Phalange after three days of fighting that ended Thursday evening Many foreigners lived there until it became a battleground Three persons were killed when a Palestinian guerrilla patrol tried to stop a gunman from loading his jeep with loot One leader Issam urged his men to stop plundering the district United Way at 62 United Way fundraising drive took a tremendous leap upward this week with the announcement Saturday that a totn of has been turned in or pledged The new total prt the drive at 52 per cent U if The board of directors of the United Way have asked that contributors give their fair share of at 50 cents per week The residential drive is now underway throughout the city Members of the Oelwein Youth Organization OYO are can vassing the southwest area the Boy Scouts are handling the northwest Girl Scouts and Mercy Hospital Auxiliary are con residents in the northeast section and the Red Cross Youth are working in the southeast section Members of the are making contacts in the trailer courts in the community The rural drive in areas surrounding Oelwein is also un derway at this time and people are asked to contribute generously Anyone who is not contacted during the drive should call Mrs Charles Hutchison at 2831971 or the Oelwein Area Chamber of Commerce at 2831105 STREET STORAGE With storage space running short in many elevators throughout northeast Iowa Hawkeye Cooperative has solved the problem tem by piling shelled corn in the street note pile at lower The corn some 50000 bushels is piled the full width of the street adjacent to the busi ness district Storage space at the elevator runs to 300000 bushels It is estimated that 80 to 90 per cent of the harvest is completed in the Hawkeye area Although elevator officials are hoping the weather remains cooperative they are prepared for rain with plastic larps standing by to be spread over the mound of corn It is not known how long the corn will remain in the street but depends on when become available to ship out some of the according lo an elevator Susan Thomas driven by Floyd R Cluik of rural Oelwein was stopped ahead of I he Cashner car because of traffic conditions Apparently the third car driven by Crace Lucille Ruhr 48 of A as unable to stop and crashed inlo the back end of he Cashner truck causing in damages there and sustaining to her own auto The force of impact pushed the truck into the back end of the Clark auto causing about in damages Grace Buhr was taken to Mercy with a broken leg and transferred to Allen Memorial Hospital Cashner was taken to Mercy with a gash on the forehead and was treated and released Although here was heavy smoke in the area patrol troopers said that at the scene of the accident the smoke had cleared so as not to hamper visibility They also said that all of the emergency vehicles at the scone had all their red lights going Officers said charges are pending in the case Zion to sponsor VN f amily The congregation of Zion American Lutheran Church in Oelwein will sponsor a Viet family which will be coming to Oelwein to make their home The decision was made at an emergency congregational meeting this week The family will be from the group of refugees who are presently in camps waiting for new homes The resettlement program of the American Lutheran Church was discussed by Pastor L H Streich during the special meeting and Pastor J H Frank spoke of the experiences that congregations in Waverly Simmer and Cedar Falls have had in sponsoring families The resettlement involves not only financial responsibility on Hie part of the host congregation but also helping the family adjust to our American culture It is the hope of the congregation to offer them warm acceptance into our community Employment has been secured for the head of the household but housing is being sought The decision of Zion Lutheran is tentative After sending in an application for the sponsorship a Vietnamese family will be lined u d lit in with the employment offered At Dial time a description of lhal family will be to Zion and the final decision on whether or not to adopt them will be made at that time CLOUDY q i s rr r I a N d w e a I n j r wilh chance ol a shower flight low around io Becoming partly loudy cooler in rQs per cent DMY RECORD f 2 H qh 59 11 Jl I 50 I pm 63 AGO H rjf 64 Traffic fatalities DES MOINES AP The Iowa highway death count through midnight Thursday as prepared by he Iowa Depart ment f Safety This lo Last year to w M
