Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - June 9, 1972, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE DAILY TRIBUNE INFORMING THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA OF WISCONSIN Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494 Friday June 9 1972 Single Copy 15 Cents Kleindienst confirmed WASHINGTON AP A humbled and fluttered G has become the nation's top ment officer after a four-month controversy which could set the tone for the upcoming tial campaign The Senate vole day approving Kleindienst a Phoenix Ariz yer as attorney general ended Ihc longest confirmation fight for a presidential nominee in memory Throughout the 24 days of hearings on the nomination of Kleindienst lo succeed John N Mitchell liberal Democrats centered their attack on the ad- ties with big business a theme they are ly to repeat during the fall's presidential campaign Specifically they attempted to discredit denial that he played a role in settle- ment of three antitrust suits against International Telephone Telegraph Corp the nation's business Settlement of the antitrust suits was linked by columnist Jack Anderson with com- of up to to San Diego to help the city ob- tain this summer's Republican National Convention later moved lo Miami Beach Despite grumblings that he was too conservative and had helped formulate hard-nosed Justice Department policies for dealing with demonstrators and dissenters Kleindienst won the Senate Judiciary Committee's unanimous approval the first time around Then on the day his nation was to be taken up by the full Senate Anderson an interview with ITT Pentagon says enemy trying to blow mines WASHINGTON AP The North Vietnamese have made some primitive efforts to clear U.S mines from their rivers but have failed Pentagon sources report Lacking sophisticated removal gear the North were said to have been floating metal drums down their streams in an effort to detonate magnetic mines sown by U.S warplanes Navy jets dropped two types of mines starting in early May Smaller magnetic devices went into rivers and big acoustic mines into seaport entrances Sources said Navy planes have since laid additional mines to supplement more than 500 which were dropped nally at Haiphong and other harbor mouths Pentagon officials denied that any of the first batch had drifted or had been removed by the North Vietnamese from seaport entrances Thus Cne seeding of more mines in bor entrances suggests that some of the devices have become inactive U.S officials in Saigon have said the North Vietnamese are relying increasingly on barges and sampans to move supplies along North Vietnam's rivers and other inland waterways be- cause heavy U.S bombing has cut the country's rail and road lines in many places Mines dropped into North Vietnamese streams are serious hazards to movement U.S officials said lobbyist Dita Beard and a memo purportedly written by her which connected the Irust suit settlement with the ITT commitment to San Diego immediately asked that the hearings be re- opened in an effort to remove the cloud river his head The committee agreed The liberal Democrats on panel set off on a wide-ranging thai took them to a Denver hospital to question Mrs Beard and led them ly lo the portals of the White House On Thursday despite 24 days of bearings and more than 2.000 pages of testimony and its the Democrats attempted to have the Senate send the nation hack to the committee for another week of testimony Their failed 63 to 20 As soon as the two votes reached Kleindienst he I old waiting newsmen in a ment Thp 1 sav is that I'm glad it's over If 1 bud to fin it noain I do it the same I did In the final vote no r n n s o t c d n n i n s t confirmation 2T for nomination and 19 against Democratic in rhc Senile M voted for Sens George and Edmund Hubert H was recorded in in his pairing with Sen Howard Cannon ho was but for Kleindienst Sen William Proxmire voted for the confirmation of Kleindienst as attorney Thursday but his fellow sin Democrat Sen Gaylord Nelson voted against it UW Regents committee approves budget increase MADISON Wis AP The University of Wisconsin's 73 budget of million was unanimously endorsed by the Board of Regents Business and Finance Committee Thursday but it did not escape criticism Regent Charles Gelatt of Madison who is not a member of the committee said he would vote against the budget when it came before the full board day because it represents an 11 per cent increase from the rent budget As far as I can see the budget exceeds the national of educational cost in- Gelatt told the com- Regent Ody Fish of waukee who was one of the strongest opponents of the merger nf the old UW and state university systems said the budget did not reflect any sub- stantial savings which could have been expected from the consolidation All I'm trying to say is that we were supposed to find sub- stantial savings and now we have a budget with an 11 per cent Fish stated Officials said about had been saved through the merger by abolishing the Council for Higher Education Lt Gov Martin Schreiber sued a news release Thursday citing what his office said were Department of Administration figures showing million had been saved through the dation of the two systems He called this proof positive of the success of the merger But million was merely transferred to other accounts imd of it to the operating budget of the UW Madison campus school officials said UW President John C er replied tnat the system's spending level for the ing fiscal year had been proved a year ago by the lature Weaver went to pains to point out in a prepared statement that tine budget has already run the gauntlet of exhaustive executive and legislative tiny and will require no additional tax revenues beyond those already anticipated and appropriated UW Vice President Donald Percy said that a small part of the budget will be held in a special account because tration permits issued so far in- the system's estimate of additional students may be from 500 to 700 too high Volatile family planning issue to be debated again at board meeting Opposing forces in con- over Wood County's fledgling Family Planning Service will clash again next Tuesday when the County Board will be asked to act on two resolutions to be introduced by the Health The first resolution would extend Ihc service for another year while the second would rescind the original resolution establishing the program and terminate it altogether The resolution to terminate program was drawn on the motion of Health Committee Member Robert of Wisconsin Rapids and stales thai there is no definite proof of a need for family planning on Wood thai original resolution docs not proven I the practice of sterilization and abortion and thai family planning Is an improper function of ment opposition to program has been based on wording of tho between Wood County and the state Department of Health and Social Services which ad- the program for me federal government which provides 100 per cent funding for its operation The opposition has centered on one section that states the service will be available to all women In ihc resolution to continue Ihc program made by Health Committee Vice Chairman Charles Arnold of wording would be changed lo read all maried women who desire service Since ihc program's inception county's nurse and two public health aides have given talks on family planning to 25 groups wilh a total of 714 persons The aides have made visits to 17 persons and have made 28 followup visits to the same individuals Fees for various professional services connected with family planning been authorized for six families including one man and three women were referred to physicians One man and two women have been referred to their own doctors Mrs Janet Mensching director of the county Public Health and Home Nursing Service added that two in- were counseled for infertility problems or the inability to conceive a child one woman was referred to a physician at her own expense and another given information Mrs Mensching noted also that under Ihc program a com m unit y professional education program was sored and attended by fil sons including social workers clergymen and nurses In a report on program lo Health Committee the nursing director concludes that The controversy over this program has hindered referrals and made long-range planning ineffective Although the program for the first six months of its operation received a appropriation only had been ex- pended the end of May leaving a balance Tho budget proposed for program from July 1 June 30 1973 is Richard G Kleindienst Confirmed as attorney general Once-Over THE DAILY D TRIBUNE Muskie continues as a candidate WASHINGTON AP Sen Edmund S Muskie of Maine announced today he is staying in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination rather than withdrawing in favor of Sen George S McGovern of South Dakota Confounding a variety of pre- dictions Muskie said rne would be doing McGovern a great dis- service and would harm the re- forms that have opened the Democratic convention to lar participation if he were to endorse the South Dakota Democrat Party unity is not achieved with the magic wand of the Muskie said Consolidated to dedicate Wild Rose isn't really getting WILD ROSE Tavern keepers in this Central consin village of 584 persons have at last convinced the Village Board to draft an ordinance permitting dancing in their establishments But mind you Wild Rose isn't going to get any er the tavern keepers specifically requested the board to prohibit nude dancing Mrs Elaine Murty village clerk conceded much of the summer will be over before the board can adopt the ordinance so the present policy of occasionally re- minding rowdy dancers of the present ordinance will continue to be followed Mrs Murty who has worked as a part-time er said vacationers ns a matter of course start ing when juke boxes blare And with the increasing popularity of live music at even the smallest tavern well you just won't be able to keep the people down Mrs Murty is to present a rough draft of the ance to the trustees July 3 He closed robber's circuit CARTERET N 1 AP Television repairman Daniel Frolich had a rush job to service the closed cuit camera at Le Bow's Food Town He fixed it in time Police said that as the picture came back on Frolich noticed a big arm on the screen snaking into one of the supermarket's cash drawers Frolich scampered down his ladder and grabbed the arm A suspect was charged with attempted robbery Loud wetness Mother nature should be fined for noise pollution for what she's planning to do tonight The forecast calls for a loud wet night with thunderstorms likely out the area High temperatures tonight will be in the low Ws But you can wring oui your socks and hang them up lo dry Saturday with sunny ikies and cooler lures expected Saturday should be in the of 60 degrees Things should warm up a bil Sunday under sunny skies but intermittent rain is expected Monday and Tuesday There may be some frost tonight in the cranberry bogs with low temperatures from 26 to 30 degrees Thursday's high in Wisconsin Rapids was 85 degrees the low Today's R reading was 61 degrees No man can hand Sen McGovern a united he told a luncheon meeting of tiie National Press Club I hope Senator McGovern will use the time before the convention to draw on the dom and experience of those elements of the party not yet prepared to support his Muskie said He said McGovern will go to the convention with between 200 and delegate votes and said it is only realistic to sume that his nomination is probable The winner will need votes But he said McGovern must broaden his base must seek new facility STEVENS POINT A new pollution abatement plant for the Wisconsin River Division of Consolidated Papers Inc will be dedicated June 21 Governor Patrick J Lucey will be the principal speaker at the ceremonies and there will be remarks by company of- The new plant went into operation late last year- and puts the mill in compliance with the water quality requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources It captures fiber and clay formerly lost to Wisconsin River Processing live million gallons of effluent a day it reduces discharges of suspended solids by 75 per cent and BOD by approximately 45 per cent The brief program will begin at p.m at the plant site which is on the west bank of the Wisconsin River in the town of Linwood support of party leaders of many points of view and pre- that if he does he will find the areas of agreement can be broadened and the narrowed 1 will continue as a Muskie said ically There was no pressure from me to get him lo withdraw or to release his McGovern said Asked if he expected an im- mediate endorsement from Muskie or the release of gates pledged to the Maine ator McGovern said no There was something of a air during a photo session where the two men were joined by McGovern's rival for the nomination Sen Hubert H Humphrey So this is what 1 have to do to get back on the front Muskie remarked with a rueful grin as he posed between the I wo active candidates McGovern who has said his chief role now is to conciliate party chiefs uneasy about his winning the nomination also plans a private meeting with Humphrey In a copyright story today the New York Daily News said name has been raised 2 School funding holts busing WASHINGTON AP Con- gress has sent a education to President on and a message to the courts that it wants a halt in busing for school desegregation The big education with its antibusing rider was passed by the House Thursday 218 to 180 It had passed Cne Senate on a vote The combines funding for a wide variety of educational programs with a provision that would prevent federal court desegregation ders from taking effect for 18 months unless all appeals have been exhausted By the end of the 18 months supporters of the provision hope the Supreme Court will have fixed limits for busing for tiie purpose of school The White House said today President Nixon feels busing provisions attached to the pending omnibus higher education biil are not effective and will not be effective But deputy press secretary Gerald L Warren said 1 would not want to leave you with the impression that there is active consideration of veto of the He declined to be any more specific about what he meant except to say that the measure which is being sent to the White House by Congress will receive careful review and then will go to the President for his deci- sion Warren reiterated that it is Nixon's view that a on busing is the way to resolve the problem in a fast viable and fair ner Warren said Nixon is ing Congress to discuss the moratorium legislation he sent up and to act on it prior to the opening of schools in ber liberals contended the busing provision signals a retreat from the nation's com- to racial equality The educational provisions were all but overlooked in the strident debate over busing The main a new program of direct federal aid to colleges and universities that could vide them with as much as billion a year every college dent to a grant of a year minus what his parents could afford to contribute toward his education billion a year to help elementary and dary schools desegregate a national in- of education to foster re- search into all aspects of the learning process The money figures in the only set the ceilings for the gram The actual funds would have to be appropriated in arate legislation and could be considerably lower The age which had to be accepted or rejected in its entirety proved to be a prickly one for most members and the vote split both parties almost down the middle A total of 130 Democrats and 88 Republicans voted for the and 108 Democrats and 76 Republicans voted against it Congress looks ready to reject to aid towns r HIA My is he's been in aerospace and lie's here to apply for one of the summer jobs for Adrian Elvod Elvod seeks 8th term as county clerk Wood County Clerk Adrian G announced today he will seek re-election this fall to an eighth consecutive term A Republican Elvod was first elected county clerk in 1958 after serving two years as deputy clerk is a native of Green He served nearly five years in Ihc Army during World War II and after his discharge attended the University of Wisconsin two years then enrolled at Madison Business College from which he was graduated in 1952 with n master of accounts degree He moved to Wisconsin Rapids the same year is a member and past commander of Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and past counselor of the local council of United Commercial Travelers He and his wife Pearl live at 1221 St S Today's chuckle Today's autos run pretty smooth but they'd do even better if we could gel the out of them WASHINGTON AP After years of mourning the death and decay of small towns Con- gress appears ready to reject a revenue sharing remedy as part of its plan for keeping rnl survivors alive and healthy Senate conferees agreed on a com- promise intended to settle intense bickering over best way to develop rural America so farmers will stay away from big cities President Nixon proposed 1 new rural credit system linked with revenue sharing under a plan for development and ness loans In February the House dis- carded a proach and passed i of million in grant authority and vast new loan powers But the Senate in April its own lar program including a for- mula for revenue sharing con- an intricate ment for pumping million a year imo rural revitalization Conferees settling on a com- promise which would authorize million a year in grant funds and extensively ex- pand loan authority for m- tensive deleted the Senate's in an effort to get a thai could Congress this year Senate Agriculture Com- Chairman Herman K said I be- unanimously OKs Shultz as Treasury head WASHINGTON API The nomination of Geoge P to succeed outgoing of the 1 John H been confirmed by the Senate vote pro pels tow aid his second post in President Nixon's net Presumably he will be sworn in served as tary of labor for 17 months after Nixon was inaugurated then he moved lo the While House HI become director of the President's Office of ment and Budget an ei served is of I he Graduate of al University of Tnu before joining on in He has be- come one of Nixon's ad visers Senate Coin millee unanimously approved the nomination May Hut Senate Republican leaders asked that Senate vote be put off after con nomination of ard G Kleindienst to be ney general had been voted on Kleindienst approved lier Thursday ihc conferees agreements embody the most significant ral development legislation ever to come out of the Con- gress The conferees accepted a wide range of programs to im- prove rural living conditions and to small towns and make them more ive The legislation covers rural communities up lo persons with industrial loans available for cities of up to Under the compromise grants would be provided to im- prove conditions through such programs as pollution menl and setting up centers providing jobs for IMc unemployed Top U.S adviser dies in crash SAIGON AP John Paul Vann senior U.S adviser in the central highlands and ered lop American expert on pacification WHS killed day night in a helicopter crash His pilot and a U.S Military passenger also died when their light observation helicopter crashed in flames on a night flight from 10 in the highlands the U S Com- mand said reports said nol known whether enemy fire waa the cause of the crash nf tho OHM light observation chopper Immediate recovery efforts were begun but no report on IN FW SPA PERI IN FW SPA PERI
