Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - January 27, 1977, Winona, Minnesota Hunt to paint lecture after parole E Howard Hunt described as embittered after 31 months in prison for his role in the Watergate break-in will live in Miami after his Feb 25 parole to paint write and lecture his lawyer says The U.S Parole Board said Wednesday Hunt would be paroled if he pays a fine that was included with his prison term of 30 months to 8 years Scottsboro Rep Alvin Holmes of Alabama said day he will introduce a in the state legislator to provide compensation for Scottsboro Boy Clarence Norris Norris 64 was charged 45 years ago with eight other black youths in Scottsboro with raping two white women He spent 15 years in prison and was paroled in 1946 when he fled to New York City Norris received a pardon in 1976 after being listed as a fugitive for 30 years Holmes says the state owes Norris the cash for the illegal prison time Clarence Norris Shot to death Producer director Laurence Merrick creator of a mentary film on the Charles Manson family was shot to death outside of his Los Angeles film studio Wednesday by an unknown killer police reported He was 50 No women The Roman Catholic Church will not ordain women as priests the Vatican announced today be- cause Jesus Christ was a man and his representatives must bear a natural resemblance A declaration said the decision is based on Christ's attitude in choosing only males for apostles Spanish government bans demonstrations The Spanish government banned public demonstrations suspended some civil rights and ordered police to round up foreign extremists day in a crackdown on political violence in Madrid that has claimed seven lives in a week Premier Adolfo Suarez's cabinet invoked an law allowing police to hold suspects more than 72 hours without charges and give them the right to search without warrants Pope meets Mondale Pope Paul VI met with Vice President Walter Mondale today and told him President Carter's pledge to work for an end to the arms race will be of immense service to the world The papal audience concluded overnight visit to Rome and afterward he left for London to meet with British Prime Minister James Callaghan Pope Paul VI Carter Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau says President Jimmy Carter is copying him by sending his daughter to a public school and by walking among the people The inside Daily Suicide identified Grace Garment 49 has been identified as the woman who killed herself in a Boston hotel in early December She was the wife of Leonard Garment a former Nixon aide and a writer for the television soap opera Edge of Xight Cold Partly cloudy and very cold tonight and Friday with snow flurries Friday Lows tonight la to 18 below and highs Friday weather Page Will Rogers says Robbery statistics were published today Do you know what has caused this wave of It's a business The poor robbers have to rob more people nowadays just to make the same amount that they used to Just give us good times again and the robber will get what he needs that day out of the very first man he Sikes opponents say ouster may lead to reform WASHINGTON AP Rep Robert L F Sikes says he is a victim of anti- defense liberals but some of the congressmen who voted to strip him of his key subcommittee chairmanship say their victory indicates the House of Representatives will adopt a tough new reform program Opponents of Sikes were ecstatic following Wednesday's Democratic caucus which by a stunning margin of more than 2 to 1 removed the Floridian as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on military construction Sikes was reprimanded by his colleagues last year for misusing his in- fluence in business deals and some members of a House reform group had voiced private fears that if Sikes retained his chairmanship it could end efforts to strict code of ethics for legislators But Sikes who was re-elected last year alter the reprimand said he was the victim of congressmen who want defense money used for social programs I'm a senior conservative I vote for defense And there is a growing in- tolerance for some people who do not support the straight liberal line of the Democratic Sikes said After Wednesday's vote members of the house reform group said the removal of Sikes gave their cause a powerful boost It shows the House is deadly serious about reforming said Rep Tim Wirth adding that he thought it revealed an important shift away from excessive power Rep Michael J Harrington said that in contrast to the gentle treatment afforded official misconduct in the it signals a skeptical American people that the call for ethical reform is more than a mere echo in an empty House Common Cause the self-styled citizens which had campaigned vigorously for described the outcome as a major defeat for House Speaker Thomas P O'Neill and Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas both of whom had backed Sikes O'Neill who has endorsed the idea of a strong code and wants to name a special committee to write one rejected the idea that Sikes ouster was a defeat for House leaders It was obvious to all of us that Mr Sikes had no he said As chairman of the military construction subcommittee Sikes had control of the distribution of about billion a year for projects that often benefit congressional districts Asked if he didn't think some voted against him because they thought he had committed wrong acts Sikes If that is true why have they singled one man out for all of the How about the or so other senators and congressmen who been accused of wrongdoing of one kind Gas plan pushed WASHINGTON AP Congressional leaders are rushing to approve President Carter's natural gas program and may have the emergency legislation on his desk by early next week The program Carter sent In Hill on Wednesday as his first legislative initiative seemed assured of quick passage Members of Congress who once fought bitterly over the natural gas issue were joining forces to help push the measure through The emergency legislation would give the President power to divert natural gas to parts of the country It would also allow emergency sales at unregulated prices by intrastate pipelines located within gas-producing Gulf Coast states to interstate pipelines 31 This will not end the shortages will not improve the weather and will not solve the unemployment Carter warned But he said it would bring temporary relief to hard-pressed states by shifting gas from areas without acute shortages Carter told reporters that quick action is needed because the gas shortage precipitated by unusually cold weather east of the Rocky Mountains already closed some 4.000 plants forced layoffs of an estimated persons and is now threatening those who use natural gas to heat their homes The move could raise the monthly gas bills of natural gas consumers hut administration officials said the increases probably would be small Carter also renewed his appeal for Americans to lower their thermostats to 63 degrees by day and lower at night although an aide said later that the President did not want people to break anv local or state la higher temperatures the energy legislation was drafted in consultation with key members of Congress White House energy adviser James R said it was carefully tailored to maximize congressional minimize controversy Senate leaders decided to bypass normal committee hearings and hring the legislation directly to the floor for debate on Friday A Senate vote could come Monday In the House hearings are scheduled for Friday before the subcommittee with jurisdiction over natural gas House Speaker Tliomas Tip O'Neill announced plans to hring the to the floor for a vote next Tuesday Daily News year of publication Winona Minnesota Jan 22 Pages 2 Sections 15 Moyers prime contender for CIA post WASHINGTON AP D Moyers former top aide to Lyndon Johnson is a prime candidate to be nominated CIA director by President Carter according to sources inside and outside the administration Moyers was out of the country today A source at CBS News in New York City where Moyers is the chief reporter and anchorman for CBS said he is filming a documentary in Cuba whose leader the CIA allegedly plotted eight times to kill between 1960 and 1965 Moyers could not be reached by telephone CBS News said he authorized it to say he has not been offered a job in the Carter administration by the President or anyone claiming to represent the President He is not contending for any job White House Press Secretary Jody Powell told With regard to speculation about a new CIA director it's a little early to be speculating about that and I think if you did you'd get yourself into an embarrassing situation My guidance is not to speculate on Moyers or anyone else The administration sources said Moyers is a front runner for the CIA Sources outside tile administration said he has been recommended to Carter by top presidential aides The outside sources said there is a reason the administration refused to confirm It But the sources would not specify the reason CBS subsequently confirmed Moyers presence in Cuba He's doing the country what's going on down the CBS source said It's very difficult to get an interview with Fidel Castro The last I heard he had not gotten permission to interview him Moyers 42 would be Carter's second nominee to head the CIA His first Theodore C a former aide to President John F Kennedy withdrew a week ago Monday in the face of stiff Senate opposition Powell had said Carter might announce his choice to replace Sorensen this week But he said Wednesday I don't think you should definitely assume there will be an announcement before the end of tills week Others mentioned for the job have included Paul Warnke former assistant defense secretary for national security affairs and retired Army Lt Gen James M Gavin It was learned that Gavin 70 who was suggested by House Speaker Thomas P O'Neill is handicapped ir the consideration by his age AP A New York Airways copter maneuvers near the Chrysler Building in mid- iown Manhattan Tuesday during for tion of shuttle service to ports from the Pan Am building roof Weather no relief from icebox seen WASHINGTON AP Distorted winds in the upper atmosphere are continuing a long pattern pulling air south from the frozen Arctic And the National Weather Service says there is no relief in sight for the frigid United States About two-thirds of the nation and much of the rest of the world is experiencing the harshest winter in at least five years The weather service says there appears to be no long-term warming trend in sight forecasting lower than normal temperatures over much of the East for at least the next two weeks The weather has caused shortages of heating fuels which has closed businesses and schools in some areas and President Carter has asked Congress for emergency authority to divert natural gas to hit regions Dr Donald Gilman head of the weather service's Long Range Prediction Group said Wednesday that Arctic air is moving farther south than usual because of a sustained distortion in upper atmosphere wind patterns Gilman said earlier that such upper wind distortions with winds circulating hundreds of miles farther south than normal are not uncommon but that this distortion is different What is uncommon is that this distortion set in place in September and locked in place for four he said Such a pattern allows cold fronts from the Arctic Circle to swing as far south as Texas and Florida This locked wind pattern not only brings the United States cold weather but also gives similar conditions to western Siberia and areas of the northern Pacific Gilman said Paradoxically other areas of the world are benefiting from the unusual flow of frigid air into normally warmer climes Gilman said that as cold northern air flows down warm southern air moves to some northern areas Alaska northwest Canada Iceland Greenland Scandinavia and parts of Russia are having a milder winter than normal so he said He said some parts of Alaska have had record high temperatures in me 40s instead of their usual sub-zero freeze Gilman said the next forecast due out Friday probably would not show a great change in these patterns There probably isn't any simple underlying reason for all of Gilman said Elimination of 2 brigades proposed WASHINGTON APi Defense Secretary Harold Brown is proposing that the Army eliminate two regular infantry brigades and prepare National Guard or reserve forces as replacements in a move that could cut about million from next year's Pentagon budget The proposal is one of 33 ways that Brown has suggested to Army Navy and Air Force officials that the Pentagon might save a total of about billion in fiscal 1978 The new defense secretary has asked the services for comment on the economy measures before he makes a final decision on them The two reserve or guard brigades that would be upgraded under his proposal would substitute for regular Army soldiers The brigades would be raised to a state of high readiness and earmarked or early call-up in a crisis During the election campaign President Carter said the readiness of reserve forces is doubtful Carter also said he was about the absence of a proper role for the reserve forces But since the election his Pentagon transition team apparently found that the regular Army has achieved good results by affiliating reserve and guard brigades and battalions closely with regular Army divisions Brown has sent the Army a memorandum saying the affiliation concept is successful and its expansion appears feasible Under this concept in effect for more than two years selected high-priority brigades and battalions from the Army National Guard and Reserve were picked to round out four of the 16 Army divisions and bring them to full wartime strength in a tion During peacetime the backup units maintain ties with their parent regular divisions which help improve the readiness of the guard and reserve elements From time to time entire divisions regulars and backup components are supposed to train together A major attraction of the affiliation concept is that it enables the Army to maintain more regular divisions than it otherwise could within tight manpower limits Although the regular Army has cooperated in the affiliation of guard and reserve units with its divisions Army generals oppose any further loss of regular manpower They are expected to argue strongly against any broadened affiliation program that would reduce regular Army strength below the currently projected men and women Tanker explodes 17 hurt 4 missing BAYTOWN Tex AP A series of explosions rumbled through an tanker early today as it took on a load of gasoline and other fuels leaving at least 17 persons injured and four missing the U.S Coast Guard said A witness said many crewmen leaped into the Houston Ship Channel or were hurled overboard by the blasts which sank a nearby tugboat and touched off a spectacular fire A Coast Guard spokesman said there were at least three explosions aboard the tanker Exxon San Francisco as it was being loaded at the giant Exxon refinery here It was a rumbling type of explosion and the tanker did not simply blow a spokesman said A Coast Guard spokesman said three of the persons missing were crew members of the tugboat Nathan B which sank near the tanker and was believed to have provided the spark that touched off the blasts The fourth was a crewman from the CYS Brilliance a Liberian tanker tied up at the same dock He said the crew of 30 to 40 men were alt accounted for The Coast Guard said at least three of the injured required hospitalization About 45 persons were evacuated from nearby homes They were loading heating oil through a loading arm when the arm broke spraying heating oil over the said Coast Guard spokesman LL Dennis Sande According to reports the commercial tugboat Nathan B which was docked on the other side of the pier from the San Francisco started her engines and it was shortly after that that the explosions occurred The tug was tipped over and sank upside down witnesses said Flames spread to the dock after the explosions Exxon personnel said the fire was under control shortly after daybreak The tanker can carry barrels of fuel The Exxon refinery at Baytown 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston has a capacity for processing barrels of crude oil a day and is being enlarged In The ship channel extends from Houston to the Gulf of Mexico FBI investigates possible union crime connection MIAMI I AP The FBI fays it is hundreds of longshore union leaders and shipping officials at ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in an investigation of alleged organized crime involvement in the union and payoffs by management Some of those subpoenaed will be called to testify in February before grand juries in Miami and New York City investigating the International Association an FBI spokesman said Wednesday Gil Harrington head of a Miami ping agency bearing his name said he was a subpoena Wednesday by an FBI agent He said his payroll records for longshoremen and related documents were also subpoenaed We were told they were investigating not only here but from New York to Houston He said they were looking into coercion as far as any pressure hy the Harrington said Officials of other Miami firms who got subpoenas said they were asked for financial and legal records The grand juries are being empaneled to investigate reported irregularities taking place in major ports in the said FBI Director Clarence Kelley in a statement relayed by an FBI spokesman in Miami The statement gave no further details and Kelley was not available for direct comment But an FBI spokesman in Washington said that fewer than 500 subpoenas were issued An investigator in Miami said UK probe will be looking at organized crime in- volvement in the union sweetheart con- tracts payoffs by management to union officials and other possible illegal As dusk approaches cranes begin overture SOCORRO AP i The show starts every day an hour before dusk With luck one of the cast will be a special a whooping crane Look that way Dick Rigby instructed pointing north They feed in cornfields there all day long and ail of them are back before dark Through binoculars weaving threads of black laced the ginger sky and then the overture began a distant eerie trilling that grew ever louder closer tightening the pores Without sufficient warning they were overhead just overhead so low they seemed almost within touch and there were tens of thousands of them ducks frantically flailing the darkening sky majestic snow geese in chevrons of white barking a pitched arrival song squadrons of raucous Canadas and at last the cranes lordly birds long necks outthrust in rightful disdain of all lesser creatures that fly There's a Rigby cried And there it was As the winged past the curtain of a mountain the whooper appeared as a single pearl in a pale gray strand The formation circled listening to the invitations of thousands of insistent kin to come join them on the ground for the night and finally chose a group bedded down in an appealing marsh 200 The whooper took up a position on the edge of the great gathering of his dusky cousins Do the sandhill cranes make him keep IBS No Dick He has a place in the pecking order like all the rest but he's not rejected They don't seem to notice he's any different But he is Different and special The whooper is one of six wintering in New Mexico in an experiment successful so far aimed at starting a second flock of the rare breed in North America and thus removing them from the endangered species list Sandhill cranes are their foster parents Dick Rigby is their Rigby a big bluff man with a hard voice and a gentle nature is manager of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge a sanctuary of life situated with glaring irony about 25 miles from the site of history's first atom bomb test My job is to watch over them see that they are well fed and able to get through the summer at the nesting ground and get hack here for winter The experiment was the brainchild of Roderick Drewien an expert at the University of Idaho and a pal of Dick Rigby's It was idea to steal whooping crane eggs from the great birds only nesting site in far north Canada and put than in sandhill crane nests at the sandhill nesting site in Idaho So if the experiment there will be two whooping crane flocks the second one flying side by side with the sandhills between Idaho and New Mexico
