Van Wert Times-Bulletin (Newspaper) - October 14, 1972, Van Wert, Ohio Area High School Football Scores Ada 40 Perry 0 Parkway 52 Minster 23 Spencerville 38 Grove 6 Kenton 31 Celina 30 Coldwater 38 St John B Allen East 43 Wayne Trace 72 4 Bluff ton 27 Paulding S St Marys 26 Ottawa 6 See Sports Page For Details And Other Scores VAN WERT Vol 124 10 Pages Van Wert Ohio Saturday October 14 1972 10 Cents Zip Code 45891 Cougars Bow To Redskins By CLAIR BUECHNER Sports Writer WAPAKONETA Whoever said Friday the 13th is unlucky proved the theory again last night at least as far as the Van Wert Cougars are con- cerned The Cougars playing a Western Buckeye League contest suffered a loss to the Wapakoneta It was homecoming for the Redskins and they seemed to enjoy pushing the Cougars all over the field They garnered a total of 431 yards 241 on the ground and 191 in the air while Van Wert was only able to make a paltry 143 total yards 79 rushing and 64 It was the second worst defeat a Van Wert team has taken since 1963 when Shawnee handed the Cougars a loss Last season Kenton whipped Van Wert The Cougars are now in Western Buckeye League play and overall the Redskins are in league play K T THE COUGARS took the opening kickoff and fumbled three later with the Redskins recovering on their 47 yard line Five minutes later John Schneider halfback went off tackle for 14 yards and a touchdown with An end sweep was good for the extra points and the Redskins took a lead with only 12 minutes gone VAN WERT STARTED to move the pigskin early in the second period moving from their 13 to the Redskins 38 At this point Gary Showalter hit Gary Clymer with a pass to the 25 Stemen carried it to the nine from where Showalter hit Clymer in the end zone with a pass for the only TD of the night for Van Wert A Showalter pass to Randy Smith was good for the extra the was quarter it Wapakoneta 20 Van Wert 8 After a couple of punt ex- changes the Redskins took over on their 26 yard line and after 14 plays failed on a fourth and one on the Cougars 28 The Cougars once again sputtered on offense and after three plays to the Wapakoneta 40 second and seven Brookhart hit Schneider with a pass and Schneider walked in for the TD The extra point try failed With to go in the third period Wapakoneta had the ball on their 19 yard line from where Carl Wintzer a 5 foot 4 end made a great catch of yards to the Cougars 26 Seconds later Schneider scored from the three yard line A pass was good for the extra points plays after receiving the kickoff Wapakoneta intercepted their only pass of the night on the Cougars 31 With Beech and Ed Armer carrying the ball they moved to the one from where quarterback Brookhart went in for the Redskins final score The extra points were good and Wapakoneta had won their second game over Van Wert since 1965 Johnny Carson Extortion Plot Brings Arrests 3 Being Held After Money Drop In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES AP Three persons have been ar in connection with an at empt to extort a large amount of money from entertainer Johnny Carson police said today Police said threats against Jarson and his family were made in a note found on son's property last Monday but hey refused to give many de- ails of the incident The note demanded a sum of money and said the lives of Larson and his family would be n danger if it were not paid STo specific family members or were mentioned ice said Carson and his second wife Joanne were divorced June 21 after nine years of marriage They had no children On Sept 30 Carson was wed to actress Joanna Holland Authorities said without that an undisclosed amount of money was dropped from the Carson vehicle and that the money allegedly was found on one of the persons ar- rested Booked for investigation of extortion were Richard 32 of North Hollywood his wife Lina Marie 21 and ard Dziabacinski 26 of Sun Valley Calif They were arrested Friday in suburban Van after an extensive police said Carson said he had been ad- vised by police not to comment on the case Full Service Associated Press leased wire for state national and world news News pictures from AP wirephotos Business office News office THE yarns ana a witn maae a great catch of a left in the first period The Brookhart pass and ran 55 FINAL PERIOD was fumbles and penalties i many fans home early A bright spot found Steve Perez gaining 14 yards for the Cougars in the final minutes of play Denny Stripe was the quarterback at the time Wapakoneta had 18 first downs to the Cougars 9 The Redskins completed 10 of 22 passes for 191 yards while Van Wert attempted 16 and com- five for 64 yards Randy Stemen was the only Cougar to Tax Repeal Signatures Sufficient make any yardage rushing getting 48 yards in 16 carries Other scores involving WBL teams found St Marys defeating Ottawa Elida over Bath Kenton edged of State Ted Brown said Friday income tax repeal forces had obtained sufficient valid signatures to put the issue to a statewide vote Now only an adverse opinion by the Ohio Supreme Court on one of several actions pending before it could stop the repeal proposal from N being on the Nov 7 ballot Brown said advocates made up the valid signatures they needed with supplemental e N s Nixon ding Curb P KISSINGER REPORTS ON PARIS TALKS Presidential adviser Henry right reports to President Nixon on his days of talks in Paris with North Vietnam's negotiators in family dining room at White House AP Wirephoto Paulding County Crash Kills One Injures Two ANTWERP A Darke County man was killed and two ther men injured in a crash it p m Friday involving wo cars and a truck three miles east of Antwerp on U 24 The accident occurred at Dead Man's Curve Pronounced dead at the scene y Paulding County Coroner Dr E Farling of Payne was Joe Ellis of Rossburg Officers of the Van Wert Post hio Highway Patrol reported Uis was eastbound and at- to pass a car operated y Lloyd H 23 of Ant- erp when he met an oncoming rig headon Investigating officers also reported that Gill went into a ditch to avoid the accident Both the Ellis vehicle and the truck operated by Anthony J Sarkins 41 of Detroit Mich also went into the ditch hitting Gill's car Gill received facial cuts and was treated at Paulding County Hospital as was the trucker for minor injuries Ellis body was taken to the Schilb Funeral Home in Ant- werp There was extensive damage to the semi outfit and to the left side of the Gill vehicle The victim's car was listed as demolished It was the first fatal of the year at the Dead Man's Curve but officers reported there have been several fatal accidents at the curve during recent years II was the third fatality in Paulding County within six days The accident was investigated by Pll C W Brown and Sgt E F Scott of the Van Wert Post Paulding County Sheriff Paul F Carnahan and Pll J T Barney of the Defiance Post Ohio Highway Patrol petitions submitted a week ago He said 16 county boards of election had validated signatures while telephone re- ports from both Cleveland and conversion try failed Van Wert received the en- suing on their 27 yard stripe Two line plays and an incomplete pass forced the Cougars to punt with the rolling dead on the 37 Mike Beech went for 12 yards to the 49 Schneider made 19 to the Cougar 32 Schneider gained two and Gordon Brookhart a pass making it third down and eight Brookhart bit Schneider with a pass for 19 yards to the eight from where Beech scored at the mark of the first period The conversion again failed Twenty-eight seconds later Tony Heffner of Wapakoneta picked a Cougar fumble out of the air and ran 40 yards for Wapakoneta's third touchdown i T Cincinnati shoved the defeated St John Wilhelm Named Manager over the top Meanwhile opposition to re- peal of the tax continued to gather steam Wayne Trace Officials Set Meeting To Discuss Levy STATISTICS First downs 9 Yds rushing 79 Yds passing 63 Passes attempt 16 Passes comp 5 Passes 1 Fumbles lost 3 1 Penalties 43 70 Score by Van Wert IS Wapakoneta 20 vw w IS 240 191 22 10 1 May primary election Both had been placed in the same district by Wilhelm's confirmation as chamber manager came Friday after a meeting of the selection committee headed by G Dale Wilson The chamber is particularly pleased to have Mr Wilhelm Bid Opening Set On Sale Of Hospital Plans to sell the HAVILAND An open meeting of the Wayne Trace Board of Education will be conducted at 8 p m Tuesday in the high school gym to an- swer questions pertaining to the 3.5 mill tax levy which will be on the November ballot Board representatives re- ported that two new school buses were received this week and it is anticipated that two others on order will arrive in the near future Three of the buses are of passenger capacity and one is a unit The cost on the four buses totaled with the state reimbursing the school district week with the sewage pumps at the high school The pumps have failed and must be replaced immediately at a cost estimate of f OTHER MAJOR projects that have been studied fay the board of education are replacement of the south windows at the Grover Hill Elementary and installing drainage along the south wall at the Grover Hill Elementary to keep the wall from moving with moisture and temperature changes The ventilating system in t h e i Hill building is also in need of repair and im- provement The old Payne building needs window repair and replacements in the future school officials said There are needs for replacements of typewriters industrial arts machines sewing machines and science equipment in the high school Stage curtains and stage equipment athletic field development and seating are also needed at the high school All buildings need painting each year and a continual tenance program to provide comfortable and attractive classrooms tawa Valley Tuberculosis IN DISCUSSING the proposed Hospital in Lima were finalized Friday during a meeting of the Boards of Commissioners of the five participating counties in Wapakoneta as executive manager due to Sealed bids are to be received tax levies school officials said that two mills will be used for salary and educational program improvement and 1.5 mills for school bus replacement and his experience in retail I public relations and state Donald E Hughes of the city and President said The Weather OHIO Partial clearing west and south tonight and continued cloudy with a chance of ers northeast Lows in the upper OOs and low 40s Cooler Sunday and partly cloudy Highs from Ibe upper 40s to mid 50s Robert L TOlhelm Stale Rep Robert L Wilhelm has been confirmed as executive manager of the Van Wert Area Chamber of Com- merce it was announced today Wilhelm is to officially begin his duties Jan 1 when WILHELM was associated County Commissioners Wapakoneta and opened at the hospital in Lima on Dec 1st Tbe commissioners decided to ibe hospital due to a Jack of TB patients and E high cost of operation the Kroger Co for 13 years Participating counties are Allen Mercer Shelby and served as a salesman He was a member of Van Wert City Council for six years and 5s completing eight years as a member of the Ohio House I of Representatives He is currently vice chairman and Van Wert major repairs replacements The officials explained thai four more buses should be replaced as soon as possible and Uien a rotation of chasing two buses each year in the future will keep the bus fleet in a more economical and safe condition was reported that another major problem developed this Tractor Mishap Fatal To Boy 5 PIQUA Ohio 1 year-old Miami Counly boy was a nO i killed Friday when he fell into a tractor's power take-off unit Officers said Douglas visiting his grandfather's farm southwest of started Jbe tractor and then into power unit The youth died a hours in a hospital The iann adjoins the parents foirrn Bremer Says Threats Made Against Him BALTIMORE AP Arthur H Bremer now serving a year term at the Maryland Penitentiary for wounding bama Gov George C Wallace and three others claims cr inmate has made ual advances and threatened him In was described by state prison officials Tuesday as a normal procedure charge win be aired it an internal hearing at the today and then be by a three-man board of staff members Move Delays Adjournment Of Congress WASHINGTON AP The Senate has refused to grant President Nixon's request for unfettered in a move that ened uncertainty about the time of final congressional ment The defeat for Nixon came Friday night a few hours after Congress had given him a passage of the billion five-year ing he first proposed more than three years ago Both the House and Senate planned sessions today in an fort to wrap up final business adjourn the Congress and take off for campaigning in home districts Snarls on major legislation made the prospect of ment situation The bin was thrown into a conference committee to re- solve differences after the amendments re- the authority Nixon sought The House had passed the measure in the form ha re- quested j By a vole tha Senate approved exemptions and tations to the had requested to hold federal spending to billion in the current fiscal year One of the chief stumbling blocks to adjournment is a massive Social Security-welfare The passed by the Senate 59 to 19 and previously passed by the House provides for grants to state and local governments to use largely as they see fit One-third of the funds will go to the states and the rest to cities counties and townships The program is retroactive to Jan 1 of this year and within a few days of the President's signing of the the Treasury is ready to start the money flowing The first installment is billion One provision in the strongly protested by some ators places a an- ceiling on federal grants to the states for social services for welfare recipients and recipients Some states will lose more social services money than they will gain through ing The restrictions on the dis- cretionary authority Nixon re- quested to hold down ment spending to billion through June 30 were into a temporarily ing the federal debt ceiling to billion Strikes Could Hurt Car Production of the agriculture commerce G and labor Motors and Aulo and labor committee Ibe House and also served on tbe local and urban affairs committee and tbe he leaves office as reference committee DETROIT CAP General I Bui ibe strike at Mansfield could cause shutdowns and work reductions at most of the kers negotiators have scheduled weekend talks after 23 GM assembly in the representative However he plans to spend time in the chamber office prior to that depending upon whether or not the General Assembly is in session Tie chamber has been TODAY'S s inV operating without a manager A s fn 8 s in resigned to become associated with another chamber i Wilhelm also served in the public relations department of United Telephone Co of Ohio He is a member of Ibe First United Methodist Church tbe Masonic Lodge Elks Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Farm Bureau and is an honorary member of the Van Wert County Township Clerks and Trustees Association 531 Wilhelm was edged out as He and his wife live at 105 Third St and are Minimum I lost to Rep Fred Hadley in tbe parents of three the strikes dosed three GM plants nation company officials said and threatened four more next because the Mansfield workers make parts for every model car GM makes except the Firebird and the Chevrolet Camaro They also make parts for GM production lines in Mexico and Canada where the strike would also foe felt In addition the UAW has a strike notice due to expire at 10 Tuesday at the Ford ling Heights plant the only plant at which a strike is a possibility But like Mansfield plant present and potential strikes deal with the same that could cause tional strikes by the UAW when they negotiate their 3973 con- tracts with the Long and bitter disputes over assembly line production ards number of workers on a line and how fast Ihey workers to walk out at Mansfield Ohio 500 at Si Louis Mo and at Doraville Ga Friday is a key one making rear-end assemblies for the Ford production line The UAW said if it shuts down its will be fell throughout the Ford tem UAW President Leonard Woodcock and Ken UAW president and Today's Editorial The com- ments today Van Wert County Missed Its Chance Please turn to Page 4 tor of the union's Ford sion bolh told unionists a1 a meeling last month that working conditions including production standards will be negotiated in the next contract Both men emphasized if there is no other way to force the automakers to humanize the assembly lines the UAW will strike nationally Aware of the plans lop officials from bolh Ford and GM publicly stated before last month's UAW meeting that working conditions are not and that no union 5 Killed 10 Hurt In Plant Explosion Pa AP Five men arc dead and 10 injured in the aftermath of an explosion that struck the Independent Co dynamite plant bere The five were killed as worked in the plant a block building in which was mixed to duce the dynamite The injured were in nearby structures ias the right to tell a year's carl ration how to run its business Of I've got last year's 5s last
