Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - May 16, 1973, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE DAILY TRIBUNE INFORMING THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494 Wednesday May 16 1973 16 Pages Two Sections Plus Supplement Single Copy 15 Cents Nixon seeks creation of election study group WASHINGTON AP Spurred by Watergate tions President Nixon asked Congress today to create a cial nonpartisan commission to conduct a complete of our system of tions and campaign practices In a special message Nixon said recent disclosures of widespread abuses during the presidential campaign of 1972 make reform an urgent and priority item to help restore Cae faith of the can people in the integrity of their political processes While not once mentioning the word Watergate in his sage or in a companion address prepared for radio broadcast Nixon said many more dis- closures of 1972 campaign deeds will doubtless soon be made The President submitted a proposed joint resolution that would be as broad as the partisan Commission on tion Reform that would be called on to submit a final re- port by Dec 1 The mandate would be as broad as the eral election process Nixon said Nothing would be excluded Nixon specifically urged that the commission consider the wisdom of a constitutional amendment that would limit a president to a single six-year term and double the tenure of House members to four years While expressing no personal opinion on presidential said I have favored the four-year term for members of the House with half of the members elected en two years Here's how the membership of the commission would be Congress would appoint four Democrats and four Re- publicans two each from the Senate and House The man of the Democratic and Re- publican National Committees automatically would serve The would choose seven members no more than four the same political party their experience ledge and perspective in this field Commission members would elect their own chairman and chairman to further en- Funding problem may cut some of NDP activities By J Kelly Tribune Staff Writer Th e Wisconsin Rapids Redevelopment Authority is having money problems and as a result may have to cut back on some activities and request additional foods for oSiers Authority Chairman James Casper said Tuesday night the Authority held an executive session earlier in the day at which members scrutinized the budget and discussed some modifications we may have to make in planned third year urban renewal activities Redevelopment Director David Dwinell said the modifications would amount to a reduction of approximately worth of land acquisition We have plenty of money but we might nave to conserve funds to cover the repaying of the third year he said Dwinell explained that the Department of Housing and Urban Development main financier of the Authority's projects had jacked up the projected income from land disposition and the actual income received by the Authority fell far short of HUD's estimate Some of the properties which may not be acquired are in the path of the Authority's proposed downtown shopping man but said the fect on the mall development couldn't be foreseen at this Casper said revised plans may call for the exclusion of two of land from third year development and added that the planned extension of 10th Ave would be delayed The Authority bad also planned t o acquire a number of properties Uns year but some of them might not be acquired because the funds aren't available Among those properties are Fischer's Dairy 240 4th Ave S Felker Tire Center 150 4th Ave S more Products warehouse near the end of Roosevelt St Pepper Ave garage 468 Pepper Ave and other scattered parcels in the downtown redevelopment area as well as other parts of the city I n other business the Authority approved the low bid from Staley Lawrenz Inc Beloit for the Arpin Ditch sewer project The finalized bid does not include engineering and design costs and the addition of these and other costs could run the project over its budget According to Casper the city has approximately in a Tund earmarked for redevelopment work and it should be a simple matter to the city to give some of the funds to the Authority to any overruns on me Arpin project But Commissioner Robert who is also city pointed out it wouldn't be that easy to get the money from the city It's up to the common council to decide if the money can come out of mat he said Redevelopment D i r e c t Dwinell said Mayor Penza told him the funds aren't available The Authority agreed to write a letter to the mayor asking for release of the funds If he fuses another possible method of completing the project would be cutting the payments for the design and engineering work which is being done by the city engineering department on condemnation against property the Authority wants to acquire will begin Thursday at 9 the county courtroom The are open to the public The first hearing will involve Central Oil Co 152 7th Ave Tiie Authority had made an offer to acquire the property tut Robert and Elizabeth f the owners weren't satisfied with it and have decided to fight the sure the complete independence Nixon in his radio talk said the panel would be in no way competitive with the Senate's Ervin committee which will begin televised hearings on the Watergate scandal on day Rather he said the new commission will draw on mation being developed by the Ervin committee and also on studies of past campaign abuses In his address Nixon listed these examples of me types of reform he felt certain the com- mission would limits on the size of individual campaign tions limits on the size of campaign contributions or the amount of campaign assistance that can be given by business labor or professional limits on cash con- control over me activities of multiple working for the same candidate election disclosure that would simplify not only the fil- ing of reports but also the lic discovery of was m those reports the cost of reaching the public as for ex- ample by making free radio and television time available to candidates or by revision of the equal time requirements that now restrict broadcasters in their campaign coverage federal laws that would make illegal practices that are now only unethical and of an pendent Federal Elections Commission with iis own en- forcement powers Nixon said his message in- suggestions made by congressional leaders of both parties at a White House conference Tuesday At an advance briefing sion for congressional leaders of both parties Tuesday Nixon suggested the proposed com- mission study a possible con- amendment to limit presidents to a single six-year term and give House members four-year The President emphasized he was not endorsing any specific ideas but believes the sion which would be created by congressional resolution should have a free hand to make recommendations BAG AND BAGGAGE Astronauts Dr Joseph P Kenvin left and Paul J Weitz right with bag and baggage as they returned from Cape Kennedy The two are members of the primary crew of Skylab I that will start working on a curtailed mission The astronauts were to have been launched Tuesday for a linkup with the orbiting workshop but a crippled Skylab caused the crew to return to Houston and plan for a shorter mission AP Wirephoto High Skylab temperatures scientists guessing Once-Over THE DAILY TRIBUNE On fhe inside Lucey soys his new budget will give farmers a break MADISON Wis AP Gov Patrick J Lucey citing an unprecedented infusion of property tax relief funds says his proposed state et holds special promise for Wisconsin's rural economy The budget he said can serve as a valuable tool in cor- recting basic inequities in the distribution of economic re- sources The Democratic governor in a speech Tuesday for the an- meeting of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative ation discussed the fiscal gram which has been approved by the Assembly and which is under review in the Senate We have heard a lot of tisan he said about how the budget contains too many policy But its policies be in- clude an unprecedented in- fusion of state funds for ty tax relief and the equitable provision of services by agencies He said critics of his ic policies prefer to continue past patterns of state aid mal- distribution in favor of wealthy tax islands and suburbs But if we seek to assure im- N E W fi C E farm or urban com- of a higher proportion of state aids we are told we are taking a policy inappropriate for the he said Lucey said approximately 40 per cent of Wisconsin's farm families qualify for average re- lief of each under his ex- homestead credit gram He said the figure is greater than typical tax credit able to other taxpayers Lucey said President Nixon's signing of a law for financing rural cooperatives was a ry for the state's 30 rural tric cooperatives Lucey said the advantage available for rural economy could be offset by an adverse reaction in the Senate If legislators oppose the principle of equity in costs and services and if they oppose the increased state aids for the have-not rural and urban com- of the state let them at least have the guts to say he challenged Unless we keep the budget he told delegates we will not be able to deliver on the promises Lucey cited plans for trans- ferring county welfare expenses to the state budget as a permanent benefit for the rural tax base An example of equity of he said is the effort to distribute health care to com- in which such care is limited He also cited his plan for the state formula for providing financial aid to assuring needy areas of school funds more in line those available to districts with rich tax resources CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP One temperature reading in- side the troubled Skylab space station shot to 150 degrees day as the space agency dered whether to rocket three astronauts to the lab to install a cover or balloon to shield the craft from the searing rays of the sun That is one option being con- by experts who are ing with what to do about the high temperatures that ly make the orbiting laboratory uninhabitable They say the high readings which nave risen steadily since the craft was launched Skylab will be visible tonight CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Unmanned Skylab will be as bright as the brightest star m the skies of the Midwest tonight The best sighting time will be between and 9 p.m CDT in the southwest skies Persons in the St Paul Minn should have an exceptionally good view barring cloudy sloes Also visible should be me ond stage of the Saturn 5 et The rocket stage will be tumbling however and fore appear to twinkle unlike Skylab's steady light Today's chuckle America is still the land of opportunity can become a day are the main barrier to sending astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Dr Joseph P win and Paul J Weitz into space Sunday to link up with the lab Mission Control reported day that throughout the night radio commands frequently shifted the attitude of the lab so that different areas were exposed to the sun This helped stabilize the temperature in the main workshop cabin at about 110 de- grees a1 spokesman said But one sensor in a scientific lock section sent a reading of 150 degrees Temperatures on the outside sunlit surface of tie lab re- mained at a rather high 250 to 300 tie spokesman reported The problem resulted when protective thermal paint was stripped from the spacecraft during a launching mishap NASA also is considering dis- patching the astronauts on an abbreviated inspection mission that would involve a of me Skylab to evaluate lem areas followed possibly by a docking and brief onboard in- A decision on what to do and when and if to launch may not come until Saturday reported William C Schneider Skylab program The on the astronauts Saturn IB rocket continued on ule in case the green light is given for Sunday Conrad Kerwin and Weitz are involved in the making process Schneider said that if it is deeded to take up a balloon or some other shade device the flight might nave to be delayed several days to acquire and test the object and give the tune to rehearse in- The training is important be- cause the installation might in- volve a space walk by one or two of the astronauts and they would have to be thoroughly briefed on exactly what to do on the potentially hazardous If a balloon were It probably resemble an air mattress that would be at- to a spacecraft boom swung over the workshop and inflated Also being considered is a thermal insulation blanket 42 feet long and 10 to 12 feet wide If we could cover 30 to 40 per cent of the affected craft area on the side facing the sun it would solve the flight controller Don Puddy told newsmen night The space agency seemed to be leaning more to having the 1 crew install a shade rather than merely do a around mission to assess the problem for the Skylab 2 and 3 crews who would inhabit the station later in me year if bles were corrected Conrad Kerwin and Weitz were to have rocketed into bit Tuesday in pursuit of lab out the flight was after two of six solar panels failed to deploy after the workshop reached orbit day The panels collect and con- vert the son's rays to electrical power to operate spacecraft batteries With the two largest inoperative Sky lab lost half fts power The Skylab 1 astronauts flew from Cape Kennedy to Johnson Space Center near Houston Tex Tuesday There they con- their medical quarantine and prepared to rehearse any new procedures that be necessary for their Nekoosa High baseball team runs win streak to 11 games clinches at least tie for fourth straight league title See Page 6 Lincoln High baseball squad loses to Stevens Point whips Marshfield See Page 6 Lincoln High track team captures sixth straight league outdoor championship See Page 7 Federal purchase from the state of Adams County Youthful Offenders Institution passes last major hurdle See Page 9 Adams County Board considers county rary system See Page 9 Freezing temperatures Tonight will be another one of those times to stay snuggled up in your igloo with a bottle of antifreeze because lows wiE be in the upper 20s to low 30s Good We'd better not get any precipitation or we'll have to break out the snow shovels again Thursday should be pardy sunny with highs la the with Friday about the same Lowest cranberry bog temperatures should be in the teens The high Tuesday m Rapids vas 70 degrees with a low all the way down to 23 day at 6 it was 37 decrees and by noon not much warmer at 45 if it Senate panel votes to cut off all war funding WASHINGTON AP Senate supporters of ident Nixon's Indochina war have tamed against him ion the continued U.S bombing Cambodia Eleven Republicans joined 13 Democrats in a vote in the Senate Appropriations Com- Tuesday to shut off all for any further U.S com- bat activity m Cambodia and Laos The administration managed slight victory however by Republicans to move to delay a full Senate vote on me bombing until after Paris negotiations between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam's Le Due Tho Their meeting to discuss ment violations begins day The House voted last week to forbid use of any money in the supplemental appropriation for U.S hostilities in Cambodia but Secretary of Defense Elliot L Richardson said other funds could be found to continue the bombing CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Vvhat if the Skylab space tion can't be made livable for man and is left to drift through space as a million ment to What would ba effect on future U.S manned space The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 35 trying desperately to save the sion even to fly bobtailed sions of the one 28-day two flights that had been planned for three-man astro- naut teams But the Skylab project whose total cost is estimated at 6 billion may be doomed unless heating and power problems are overcome in the oratory which was launched unmanned Monday Enough hardware is available to launch a second Skylab tion including one of two turn 5 rockets now in The last Saturn 5 with an signed mission lofted the first Skylab into orbit Built for the Apollo moon program it is the world's most powerful rocket Other backup hardware was made mainly for development and purposes but could be assembled into a full-scale station But Skylab program director William C Schneider said it would take 15 months to pre- pare it for a launching To do this cost about hon and NASA does rot the money The President and Congress would have to approve extra funds and they might rot be inclined to in the aftermath of the failure of a program with such a heavy price tag We'd have to take a good hard look at we'd do it said If the decision the three astronaut crews probably would remain the same If it is no these men will have wasted a lot of training Lost would be data NASA considers vital in mining man can live and work n space for king rods ir the medical man will have lost a to operate sophisticated earth re- sources that have helped set guidelines for iyoe equipment that car best be operated 21 space m the future There ro to this data on the U S flight the the Russians set for July 1975 The Apollo spacecraft that boor to a linkup with two Soviet in a is not large to So the next opportunity to gather the long-term data would be on the space the rocket that plans to begin from Cape Kennedy in 1978 It will be capable of malorg 103 or more into space If you think it's rough to live with guests who stay too long at your cottage you like to be on SKYLAB for four
