Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - June 14, 1972, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Mrs S J Conner County board votes to continue Family Planning Service I year Wood County's Family Planning Service got a new lease on life Tuesday afternoon when the Wood County Board voted to continue the program another year or until federal funds run out The vote in favor of the program was one more than on the resolution originally establishing the service in January Although the resolution to continue the Family Planning Service was amended the apparently will have little effect upon the program's operation by Thomas Reddin of Wisconsin Rapids the amendment provides that there will be an absolute prohibition against any information or counseling that would suggest or advise there be or abortion Backers of the service have long argued that the service docs not promote either sterilization or but in attempts to kill the program opponents have hammered at the theme that the county's contract with the state for the service does not prohibit these acts A second resolution by the Health Committee authored by Robert Braun of Wisconsin Rapids never received con- sideration due lo the fact that it had not been approved by i of committee members Braun's resolution would have rescinded the original resolution establishing the program and terminated it An earlier attempt to amend the resolution by Anthony Ruesch of Vesper was defeated Ruesch had asked that only education about family planning be provided but not con- counselling o r fertility studies or medical services The vote on the measure was taken after those favoring and opposing the program each allowed 15 minutes to present their cases with three persons on each side given five minutes apiece Speaking for family planning were Mrs Helen Casper of Wisconsin Rapids president of the League of Women Voters of the Wisconsin Rapids Area Dr John Schaller of Wisconsin Rapids and Mrs Katherine THE DAILY Young of Marshfield Opponents heard were Arnold Fraedrich of Wisconsin Rapids president of the Wood County Taxpayers Alliance Anderson Connor and Mrs S 1 Conner both of Marshfield When the results of the final vote were announced by Board Chairman Andrew J Hellner a large segment of the audience of about GO persons mostly w omen wearing Support Family Planning buttons burst into loud applause cautioned them against another such outburst The board approved establishing a to study the merging the Norwood Hospital Board of Trustees with the county Mental committee feasibility of Health Services Committee and I he following members were William Marshfield chairman John Parkin Marshfield Marion Rudolph Arthur P Hayward Steve and Edward Timm all of Wisconsin Rapids and Charles Arnold Nekoosa Unheeded were pleas that the county raise its contributions to the New Business and Industry Committee of the Wisconsin Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and to Greater Marshfield Inc The board approved continuing its annual contribution of to each organization after hearing reports on industrial expansion in both communities 2 Mrs Helen Casper TRIBUNE Fifty-Eighth INFORMING THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494 Wednesday June 14 1972 Single Copy 15 Cents Kissinger will visit China as follow-up to summit WASHINGTON AP ident Nixon's top national curity adviser Henry A ger will go the People's lic of China for a four-day visit June for concrete con- with Chinese ers as a followup of Nixon's summit talks the White House announced today The aim of the meeting will be to further the tion of relations between the two countries and to continue to exchange views on issues of common the an- made jointly here and in Peking said After Nixon's summit ing with the Chinese leaders in February it was announced that both countries would make an effort to continue contacts and that senior U.S tives would be sent to Peking from time to time Presidential press secretary Ronald L Ziegler said ger who will be making his third trip to Communist China is expected to meet with Pre- mier Chou and top of the Foreign Ministry in Peking probes Flabby dumb LOS ANGELES AP President Nixon's domestic affairs adviser says one reason the President has few news conferences is that newsmen ask dumb question He doesn't get very good questions at a press conference said John D Ehrlichmann He goes in there for a half hour and gels a lot of flabby and fairly dumb questions and it doesn't really elucidate very much I've seen him many times come off one of those things and go back in and say Isn't it extraordinary how poor the quality of the questions Asked during an interview taped Tuesday for showing on television Saturday why Nixon has had only one news ence this year he said He's been very busy and he with the American people in a lot of different ways In a typical news conference Ehrlichmann said You have 300 people lumping up and yelling Mr and all that kind of thing and it just isn't a very useful way of cating with the American people I think some of them may be preoccupied with their own interests or their bureaus may have fed them things that they're asked to ask but the long and short of it is that you don't get very much out of it It seems to me a great deal more could be developed as interesting news and valuable for the people out of a one with Dan Rather CBS White House where he could follow up and press and so on Asked at one point whether he was accusing the Washington press corps of being flabby and dumb Ehrlichmann replied said the questions are flabby and dumb I would expect all inter- national questions will be dis- Ziegler said adding that both sides will be free to raise any topic Kissinger is expected to leave Thursday afternoon or Friday morning with a brief stopover in Hawaii He will leave Hawaii Sunday morning refuel in Guam and arrive in Shanghai at 5 June 19 Zigler said Kissinger will be returning directly to ton after the China visit Ziegler was asked if the trip vas tied to developments in Vietnam I wouldn't relate this trip to any particular he re- plied noting that either side can raise any questions it es Ziegler also said that ger had a full discussion about his forthcoming China trip with Japanese leaders when he was on a visit to Tokyo June Kissinger will get to China iust a few days before House leaders Hale Bogss and Gerald Ford ar- rive for another cultural ex- change visit June 5 They leave on the trip June 23 the day Kissinger will be re- turning Japanese airliner down near New Delhi NEW DELHI AP A Japanese airliner crashed tonight at a village 15 miles from New Delhi's Palani Airport and police said about 80 persons were feared dead Japan Air Lines said the plane carried 76 passengers and a crew of 11 Police said about 10 persons have been taken to the All In- dia Institute of Medical ces some of them in critical condition Alderman takes issue with low-income housing plans Controversy over the proposed construction of 50 housing units for low-income families in Wisconsin Rapids flared up at Tuesday night's Common Council meeting F o u r t li Ward Alderman Clarence accused Department of Housing and Urban HUD of economic blackmail HUD us in effect that the only way we could obtain funds for units of housing for elderly would be to include plans for units of income family housing in same he said a former Housing Authority chairman wild that while he's not opposed the idea of low-income housing he is opposed lo the I believe thai If we need them private developers should woik directly with HUD He explained that by following this course HUD would pay the difference ween what the low-income families were able to pay and the total rent on the housing Then the owners of housing would have to pay the complete tax on the buildings bringing an estimated in revenue into the city coffers annually James 5th Ward alderman presented petitions bearing the signatures of 100 residents of his ward calling for the restriction of low-income homes to one per block or no closer than 500 feel apart Mayor Donald explained that the Housing Authority was very definite that they wanted them but that HUD wants them in clusters The Rev Robert chairman of the Housing Authority explained to the council thai Authority Is primarily concerned about housing for the elderly bul we had to go for the low-income family housing lo get it We are concerned about the he said bul I'm sure f the people who would be affected by the low-income family housing wanted to petitions they could get as many if not more names on them We have lo be concerned about people regardless of their income said that the petitions presented would unreasonably bind the program which must have flexibility lo be effective He added that he couldn't sny exactly where the units would he located because the Authority itself doesn't know ycl We don't want to bunch them up five or 10 together nil I then we don't lo isolate them either Once-Over THE DAILY 0 TRIBUNE He realizes the error of his ways Three Wisconsin Rapids boys a week ago Tuesday ad- mitted to starting a gress fire near the Chicago and North Western tracks near Lloyd's Lumber Co This week Wisconsin Rapids Police Officer Jere Gardner heard from one of them His Dear Officer Gardner I am really sorry for what I did Even though we had fire prevention at our school 1 don't know why I did it My parents told me all about fire and matches when I was a little younger I feel awful about it Now I probably won't even light a match but if I do I will remember this incident You can tell the parents had a hand in ner said I wish all parents were that concerned call him Rocky Again from the June issue of Rockhound News a newsletter published by the Heart of Wisconsin Gem and Mineral Society of Wisconsin Having lived in County Ariz Tribune Sports Editor Bob Des Jarlais had heard and read about hounds those folks who spend weekends scurrying about the local countryside in search of an unusual But to do an assignment on the local rock club led to some head scratching a rock club in Wisconsin Rapids An assignment is an assignment so curiosity netted this hound a few hours cf pleasure A visit to Ziegler's Under the Apple Tree Lapidary proved Bernie's loquaciousness and a copy of the May issue of Rockhound News resulted in about a third of a page spread in the sports section on May 20th Not such a bad assignment at that Showers ending Thunderstorms gave most of Wisconsin including Wisconsin Rapids a good drenching Tuesday night but aside from a few scattered drizzles today the out- look for the next fsw days calls for somewhat drier weather low temperatures will range from the per to the low under partly cloudy skies Thursday things should warm up a little with peratures in the upper and sunny skies forecast It should remain fair with little change in ture through the remainder of the week The high temperature Tuesday in Wisconsin Rapids was a humid 88 degrees the low 60 with 22 inch of precipitation At 6 today il was 67 degrees O WJ hr NIA I I'm fed up with talking about crab grass Let's talk about something RELEVANT like EPA orders ban on use of DDT WASHINGTON AP Protection trator William D Ruckelshaus ordered today an almost com- plete ban on use of the cide DDT in the United States Ruckelshaus made the ban effective Dec 31 1972 to allow a transition to substitute Under his order the use of DDT will be permitted in this country only for public health purposes and in three minor uses to protect crops where no effective alternatives are is on green peppers onions and sweet potatoes in storage All remaining crop uses of on cotton nuts and be banned An attorney for formulators of DDT products immediately asked a federal appeals court to set aside the Ruckelshaus der The attorney Robert L erly said the brief appeal pre- pared in anticipation of the de- was filed by his agent with the U.S 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans 30 seconds after the order was re- leased to newsmen in ton Ruckelshaus decision was based on a study by EPA on the effects of the ly used chemical The long-awaited decision gave environmental groups a victory in one of their earliest and toughest battles that began with the publication of the late Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring Although DDT became a worldwide weapon against in- sects in the years following World War II Miss Carson warned that it was spreading and persisting in the ment Other environmentalists soon began campaigning against the pesticide In a decision I am convinced by a preponderance of the dence that once used DDT is an uncontrollable durable chemical that persists in the aquatic and terrestrial ments The evidence of record showing storage in man and magnification in the food chain is a warning to the prudent that man may be exposing himself to a substance that may ulti- mately have a serious effect on his health DDT still is widely used abroad for malaria control and crop protection and the order does not prohibit DDT export from the United States Ruckelshaus said its likely substitute in this country for most crop uses is thion a chemical which is ly toxic but which breaks up rapidly and therefore does not build up in the environment as DDT does He said its safe use will require special training of workers for its application The order was released while Ruckelshaus was in Stockholm Sweden attending the United National Conference on the man Environment EPA said he signed the order June banning general use of DDT effective at the end of this year The heated debate over its safety has raged for years 2 Port board OKs liquor sales A policy to grant Class A licenses for the sale of packaged liquor and malt beverages and to deny all for Class B licenses such as needed for a tavern was adopted by the Port wards Village Board Tuesday night in a vote with one trustee absent J Marshall Buehler after an unsuccessful attempt to delay the action cast the dissenting vote Buehler with some support from Kenneth L contended the village residents were led to believe a dum would be held on the issue Walter Jr village legal consultant said the board cannot hold a referendum to gPt public opinion but the residents could initiate direct legislation through a referendum If the board acts now the people could start a petition for direct legislation but it would take a few months to be com- and then it is doubtful it would have any effect on a license that's been issued for a year Wefel said We're going back on our word on an important Buehler said People expect to make their views known through a referendum The calls I've received in- we were elected to make a decision and should make said Rolland Aubey We've given the people an opportunity to speak We couldn't drink any more in this village came out of the tap The board will meet as a committee of the whole at 7 p.m Tuesday to dralt regulating issuance of the licenses and hours ot Soviet leader Payments deficit is getting worse on mission peace CALCUTTA AP Soviet President Nikolai V Podgorny arrived in Calcutta today en route to Hanoi touching off speculation he was on a peace mission Podgorny told The Vietnam problem should be solved fast and the cans should cease their mc there Experienced diplomats in Moscow saw Podgorny's visit to Hanoi as an effort to bring peace to Vietnam although they conceded they had no solid information to support heir conclusion He had been scheduled to spend only an hour in Calcutta while his plane was refuelled Rut aides said the departure was delayed until Thursday morning because of bad er Podgorny is the first member of the Soviet high command to confer with North Vietnamese 2 WASHINGTON AP A key measure of the nation's deficit de- signed to show the long-term dollar dram worsened in the first three months of the year the Commerce Department said today The deficit on the so-called current account and long-term capital basis was billion on a seasonally adjusted basis compared with billion recorded in the last three months of 1971 Previous measures of the deficit in the fust quarter showed ment but the balance on teni accounts is designed to look at the under- lying picture by stripping away the impact of dollars invested overseas in short-term The measure released by the department today is designed to show the impact of trade and capital invested loi terms It showed it 1 of about billion in the amount of long-term in vested overseas when nni pared with thai in the United States In addition the trade worsened sharply adding an- other million lo the deficit when compared with the pre- vious quarter The Nixon economists wan h the balance on current and long-term tal closely it reflects more on the of American industry more than any other measure Today's chuckle Rig business exec w a t r h acquisitions more carefully last week we bought two of our own com- panies sales and setting license fees The liquor license issue only discussed in the past became a formal issue when Donald Kincaid applied for a Class A license for sale of packaged alcoholic goods in his super market Gary Keyzer a tavern operator followed with an application lor a Class B license for a tavern he purportedly would build in the village Both applicants were present Tuesday night Kincaid said he foresees hours of liquor sales lo be the same as in Wisconsin Rapids Lucey tax policy hit at hearing I A Wis AP Lil Mayor W son iml Patrick J 1 his economic u ios in Cily Hall as executive opened the of five taxpayer ings around the state Lucey said Wisconsin's most pressing is relief and re- form in the area of local erly lax governor said all other revenue sources are on an basis at the stale bul the property lax feis fiom municipal officials who work at it only part time and arc not qualified lo do iin adequate job challenged remarks saying the governor must look lo policies find tices that treat communities as entities rather than an all being equal According lo Lucey great In- 2 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