Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - December 5, 1974, Winona, Minnesota Cloudy tonight with chance of light snow of Publication News For Sale MINN WILD RICE Read Today's Classified Ads WINONA MINNESOTA 55987 THURSDAY DECEMBER 5 1974 28 Pages 15 brother wasn't covering up By JIM ADAMS WASHINGTON AP Vice Nelson A Rockefeller testified today tha his brother Laurance's disclosure of a loan was no effort to cover-up If you're implying by statement that we were misleading not telling the truth you're told Rep Robert F nan at the House hearings on his yice presidential nomination has said a ler aide had known about a loan to then Republican national chairman William E Miller 1961 but said nothing about it until Laurance dis- closed it Wednesday Laurance said the loan was made at son's suggestion He also said he had simply forgotten about it Nelson Rockefeller is sched uled as the committee's last witness A central issue in the House hearings has been his potential conflict of interest be- cause of the Rockefeller wealth Chairman Peter W Rodino Jr hoped to complete the hearings today and vote possibly next Tuesday on ing Rockefeller's nomination to the House for final action the week before Christmas The Senate is to vote Tuesday afternoon with con- virtually certain The House committee appears to hold a dozen votes against Rockefeller at most The Senate Rules Committee concluded in a report released Wednesday that Rockefeller used poor judgment in some cases but had done nothing to disqualify him for the vice presidency Laurance Rockefeller's be- lated disclosure of the Miller loan drew heavy fire Wednesday from Democrats on the House committee said the Rockefellers should have known such loans have been a major concern of both com- DIFFERENT UNIFORM First Lady Betty Ford and Washington Redskin player Ron McDole dressed in different clothing host a party at a hotel near Dulles International port Wednesday evening for some 70 children of those missing or killed in action in Southeast Asia The party was sored by the No Greater Love organization and the ton Jobless rate increase predicted Fuel allocation plan studied By JEFFREY MILLS WASHINGTON AP The Ford administration conceding that voluntary efforts to reduce oil imports have been factory may return to the that produced long lines at gasoline stations last winter Treasury Secretary William E Simon and Frank A Zarb the nominee to head the al Energy Administration said Wednesday that one possible move to reduce petroleum con- sumption is to reimpose last winter's fuel allocation plan Their statements came at the same time the auto industry re- ported November sales fell 35 percent making it the second lowest level for the month in 15 years The President's Council of Economic Advisers also said Wednesday the national jobless rate will go above 7 per cent next year but the rate of in- will slow down Simon said the machinery to allocate gasoline and other oil products to dealers is still in place from the Arab oil go of last winter and it needs only to be activated again Zarb said it is possible the administration would limit oil imports effective Jan 1 in a self-imposed embargo This would be coupled with a location plan limiting domestic consumption to 90 per cent of fuel consumed in 1972 Zarb said Both officials discussed the allocations as one step that could be taken if President Ford's voluntary energy con- servation program does not work Zarb gave his comments in testimony before a panel while Simon spoke at a news briefing Simon has said the ment will know for certain by late December or early January whether the voluntary program will He has made clear his doubts that it will I annual rate of 6 or 7 per cent In discussing the depressed by spring U.S inflation has auto sale figures auto industry analysts said the prolonged downturn in ear sales was the most severe since the 1953 re- cession but predicted it had hit bottom Chairman Alan Greenspan of the President's Council of Eco- nomic advisers said layoffs in the auto industry are worse than anticipated He said the jobless figures for No- will show a very ber from Octo- He predicted a gradual ing of tlie inflation rate to an been soaring at a rate of be- tween 10 and 12 per cent during the past year In other economic The House exercising its budget control authority for the first time refused to allow Ford to cut back spending for this fiscal year by million A congressional study ending most public welfare programs including food stamps in favor of tax credits new subsistence ances and work incentives On the Marijuana The Justice Department is studying marijuana whether to recommend stiff civil fines rather than criminal penalties for marijuana users story page 2a A U.S car sales in November fell 35 percent from year before to the lowest monthly total of 1974 Etory page TAUC are expecting a good sales year despite I the economy shows story page Wendell Andersen in January will be abie to appoint about 200 people to key positions but a chief aide says there will be shakeup story page Mary's College swept a doubleheader Wednesday the cagers defeating and the hockey team defeating St Olaf stories page Some mines to reopen soon Coal miners approve contract WASHINGTON AP Mine Workers President mold Miller today announced of a new nationwide by a margin of 56 per eht He said he was confident most coal mines will reopen Monday Ratification of the agreement ame after the strike moved into its fourth week and ned to further disrupt the on's worsening economic Miller announced that UMW members voted in favor and against Only four of the union's 18 re- districts rejected the new three-year pact he said The new contract becomes at Friday Although most of the striking UMW members are not expected back to work before Monday industry officials say some miners may decide to take advantage of weekend overtime rates and begin work Friday or Saturday to prepare the mines for reopening Once the mines are found safe it won't take long to get back into said an industry spokesman The strike forced the closing of mines producing 70 per cent of the nation's coal and idled more than workers in the coal-related steel and railroad industries Government forecasts of up to layoffs resulting from a never Miller earlier predicted cation by a 60 per cent margin in the first vote in the history In the past only union leaders proved contracts The initial vote returns were delayed by heavy snow in the Appalachian coal fields and for a while there was doubt er the pact would be approved But tion developed in two key Ohio and West Virginia districts and the margin of approval in- on page MINERS Deposition motions denied By DONALD M WASHINGTON AP U.S District Judge John J Sirica ruled today that the Watergate cover-up trial will be concluded without the testimony of former President Richard M Nixon Ruling on requests that on's testimony be taken by de- position Sirica said The tions are the trial will proceed Sirica announced his ruling just hours after Nixon's yers had argued that the for- mer president would not be available to give a deposition until long after the date set by a team of court-appointed cians The doctors had informed rica that the earliest they felt Nixon would be well enough to be questioned would be Jan 6 Nixon's lawyers argued that Jan 6 was the earliest date the former president could begin preparing for testimony Nixon is an unindicted in the case in which Sve of his former tration and campaign aides are charged with conspiring to ob- struct the investigation of the Watergate break-in The trial opened Oct 1 and now is expected to be con- cluded before Christmas In a response filed with The papers every day tell in big headlines what gold sells for Just as well tell what radium sells for Who has of October 37 1933 rica Nixon's lawyers said that while he might be healthy enough to give a deposition on that date he is not and will able to prepare to give a deposition prior to that date The time necessary for Mr lixon adequately to prepare or the interrogation is tial The Nixon response con- cluded that it would be highly unfair to require Mr Nixon to be subjected to the inter- rogation proposed date well after Jan 6 1975 The response was made lic shortly before Sirica was to rule on whether Nixon's be obtained before the trial can end Meanwhile Watergate concluded their amination of former White House chief of staff H R deman Haldeman's testimony on Wednesday it was disclosed that Nixon once offered man and fellow White House Continued on page COVER-UP TRIAL Chairmanship to be stripped Colleagues claim Mills may resign from House By JAMES GERSTENZANG WASHINGTON AP leagues of Rep Wilbur D Mills say he may resign from Con- gress now that hs has virtually no chance of remaining man of the House Ways and Means Committee The chairman was reported heavily sedated at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center and receiving no visitors other than his wife while con- gressional Democrats ted about his future House Speaker Carl B Albert left little question Wednesday about Mills future role in Con- gress Asked at a news conference if he assumed that Mills would not be Ways and Means man if he returns to the Congress that convenes next month Albert I think that's a pretty accurate ment One of the Arkansan's closest friends in Congress Rep Joe D Waggonner said he didn't think Mills would choose to remain in the House with his power base taken from him Other members of the com- have made similar com- ments in private Mills 65 has presided over the committee since 1958 ing the tax Social Security and health insurance programs that Congress has passed The congressman was Tuesday afternoon The hospital refused to close his illness referring all inquiries to Mills al office But aides in the office said they had not been in touch with the congressman Waggonner refusing to name his source said Mills was not allowed to receive visitors or telephone calls He said the congressman was undergoing medical tests and treatment Navy Ens Tom Browne a hospital spokesman said Mills was not permitted any visitors except his wife Polly He said the congressman's family re- quested the restriction which was also a medical decision Browne would not say er Mrs Mills visited her band Wednesday Mrs Mills issued a statement Wednesday in which she said she would be with the ailing congressman daily although she didn't know how long he would be hospitalized The doctors have been ing Wilbur to enter the hospital for a complete examination for some time and I have been ing him to do she said in the statement ENERGY NOMINEE Frank Zarb left chats with Treasury Secretary William E Simon during their appearance before the Senate Interior Committee Wednesday in Washington Zarb who has been nominated to head the Federal Energy Administration fied before the panel on his nomination AP Moslem pilgrims 191 feared dead in plane crash COLOMBO Sri Lanka AP Parachutists were dropped on a rocky hill today where a chartered Dutch airliner loaded with Moslem pilgrims crashed and burned the airline ed Police said apparently none of the 191 persons reported aboard survived The DCS of the Dutch charter line was carrying Indonesians on a pilgrimage to Mecca Islam's holy city in Saudi Arabia It crashed in a rainstorm Wednesday night about 70 miles southeast of Colombo in an area known as the Seven Virgins for the seven rugged peaks dotting the landscape The pilot was preparing to laud at Colombo's Bandaranaike airport and police said he gave no indication of any trouble said the parachutists were dropped after copters were unable to land at the crash site because of continuing bad weather A spokesman said persons in the copters saw no survivors officials said the plane carried 182 passengers and a crew of seven Dutch and two Indonesians They said the plane came from Surabaya Indonesia and was preparing to land in Colombo for refueling when it crashed fund Previously listed NSP Employes 80.50 National of Power Engineers 15 Rotary Club of Winona 10 10 Kids 8.39 Dr Mrs Arnold 20 Frances L Barnes 10 Sanitary Plumbing Heating Co 15 Winona City Retail Liquor Dealers Assoc 100 Bercan Bible Class of 10 Political Science Classes Senior High School 10 Total to Date Plan assault on GOP economic policies Democrats compromise on two key reform issues By DON McLEOD KANSAS CITY AP Democrats have compromised two major reform issues with surprising ease at their mini- convention They have begun putting their ranks in order for an assault on the economic of the Republican Diehard labor spokesmen from the party's old after the Wednesday decisions they still were not satisfied But they appeared unable to mount any effective resistance against a compromise front which included many of their own members The convention's rules com- overwhelmingly proved compromises on al party power over state party rules and just how close to the grass roots the new reform regulations must go Both are expected to become part of a new Democratic party charter to be adopted over the end But even before the reform votes the committee had agreed to make approval of a broad national economic gram its first order of business at the first full convention night Reversing earlier efforts to keep controversial issues off the convention floor the com- unanimously endorsed a proposal by party chairman Robert Strauss that the my be brought up for debate at a prime hour The economic program is ex- to encompass recent proposals by Democratic con- gressional leaders for stronger steps than President Ford has urged It will be presented im- mediately after a keynote speech by House Speaker Carl Albert This Democratic party has fine Strauss said after the committee session Two of the most cate points we had were passed by overwhelming majorities Strauss was asked whether it would go as well with the even thornier question of quotas which are expected to be ished and replaced with recruitment programs He replied Easier However a few labor gates said Wednesday night they were not happy with the compromises and planned to meet next week with AFL-CIO President George Meany to dis- cuss at least a token al from Democratic party fairs Labor sources said some of their members might withdraw from the national com- in protest But other bor leaders more in sympathy with the compromise ment indicated there would be no wholesale defection as there was in One compromise retained tho national party's supremacy over state parties in the seating of convention delegates and the setting of rules But it left open the possibility of clemency for state parties which are unable to change local laws to bring them into conformity with tional Democratic standards This passed by voice vote The other compromise was an even more significant back on the rule which says each presidential candidate must receive a share of al convention delegates tional to his support ii the state The big change was removal of the stated requirement that this proportional representation must be carried down to the precinct level although the end result at the state level must still come out In the proper ance CRASH A jet en route from Indonesia to di Arabia carrying Moslem pilgrims going to Mecca ia reported down in the central highlands of Sri Lanka for- merly Ceylon AP fax
