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Army ExpectsNew QuarterlyInduction CallsWASHINGTON (UPI-Army officials hope to end the decades-old practice of monthly draft calls with the new draft announcement expected next week. They expect to switch to quarterly calls.In the wake of passage of the new draft law Tuesday, Pentagon officials are working up new calls for the rest of the year. Total calls for October, November and December will be no more than 19,500. otficials indicated.Army officials want to switch to a quarterly call system because they feel it is simpler to administer. Their plans, however, must be approved by civilians in the office of the secretary of defense and by the Selective Service System The monthly draft calls have been a fixture of American life for more than two decades. Inductions for the World War II period came to an end in October, 1946, and the draft then went into mothballs except for three months during the 1948-49 Berlin Blockade.But vthe month calls were resumed in September, 1950, shortly after the Korean War began. From then until this year there was a call every month but two—May and June,1961.With the decline in the use of the draft in the decrease in hostilities in Vietnam, Army officials began this spring to feel it would be simpler to use a longer period for calls than one month.So for May and June the Pentagon issued a single composite call for 20,000 men. A call for 16,000 men was issued for July-August, but that was canceled when the old draft law expired June 30.Lucey BackingIndians' Claim Against NSPM AFISON (AP) - Gov. Patrick J. Lucey Thursday asked Atty. Gen. Robert W. Warren to go to bat for the Lac Court Oreilies Indians in their fight to regain control of tribal lands at the Chippewa Flowage.Lucey also asked the Federal Power Commission to hold hearings in Wisconsin on the relicensing of the flowage by Northern States Power Co.“The Lac Court Oreilies deserve the support of the state of Wisconsin in the settlement of their grievances,” Lucey told Warren in a letter. The chief executive asked the Justice Department to intervene with the power commission before Oct. 4 on the matter of license renewal.“I am confident that your efforts will help to protect the constitutional rights of the Lac Court Oreilies Indians,” Lucey said.Seized DamLast month, members of the Chippewa trib,e occupied the Winter Dam or the flowage to “recapture for our people t h e 6.000 acres taken away from us through unfair buying practices 50 years ago.”They said the power company has not fulfilled the terms of its 1921 lease which provided for reimbursement for loss of timber and rice fields when the flowage was created.Today's IndexEditorial ................4AChurch Director ....... SASports ............. 74-IAComics ............... 11AFamily Living 1-2BObituaries ............. 3BClassified ............ 4-9BEntertainment ........ 10ATrapped Prowler Attacks PolicemanSCENE OF BURGLARY — This is the scene of a burglary early today in the Temple Lounge where Jene Monroe, 26, was shot to death by apoliceman. Shown is an opened safe and loot bagged by the burglar.(Police Photo)Harlan Resigns, Leaves Two Seats Vacant on High CourtWASHINGTON (UPI) -Republican Congressman Richard E. Poff of Virginia appeared in line today for appointment to one of two U.S. Supreme Court vacancies. President Nixon's aides hinted that the other spot might be filled by the first woman justice.A second vacancy on the court occurred Thursday with the resignation of Justice John M. Harlan. Ill with cancer of the spine, Harlan, 72, stepped down after 16 years on the high court.The resignation of Harlan, known as “the great dissenter,” followed by six days the resignation of Justice Hugo L. Black, 85. Black lay critically ill from a stroke today at Bethesda Naval Hospital, and officials said the outlook for his recovery was “poor.”Hint from NixonPresident Nixon hinted strongly Thursday night ajt Poff’s appointment.At a .question and answer session at the Detroit Economic Club, Nixon said his choice need not be a judge, as his previous appointments have been, but could be “a legislator with experience in the Judiciary Committee of the House or Senate.”“That gives you an idea of where I am leaning,” Nixon said.Poff. 48, is the secondranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and is considered an able constitutional lawyer. He has been mentioned frequently as a possible appointee.ADA AngryBut already some opposition had risen to Poff. TheAmericans for Democratic Action charged Poff has a record of opposition to civil rights legislation.The ADA’s national director, Lew Shull, said Poff was a signatory of the Southern Manifesto in 1956 and would “become the first justice in more than 20 years to have declared that segregation is constitutional.” In Congress, Shull said. Poff had voted“against every civil rights billto come before him.”The opening salvo against Poff called to mind Nixon’s two earlier, and unsuccessful attempts to win confirmation of a Southerner to the Supreme Court. Two years ago the Senate rejected Nixon’s Southern nominees, Clement Haynes-worth and G. Harrold Carswell.The Washington Post said today Attorney General John N. Mitchell told the newspaper in an interview Nixon was “very seriously” considering nominating a woman to the court.At the same time, the White House announcement of Harlan’s retirement carefully avoided saying Nixon waslooking for a man to replace Harlan, as it did when Black resigned.Ronald L. Ziegler, the White House press secretary, said Nixon would try “to find highlyqualified persons. for thesepositions.”Mitchell also told the post he thought Poff was “an outstanding individual” and would “be great in any job.”Meets Oct. 4The appointments gave Nixon an opportunity to continue (Continued on Page 2A)Speaker of TexasLegislature IndictedAUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) -Gus Franklin Mutscher, the Democratic speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, was indicted Thursday on a charge of accepting a bribe to pass two banking bills during a special legislative session two years ago.“This just makes me so mad I could spit,” said Mutscher’s wife, the former Donna Axum and the 1964 Miss America from El Dorado, Ark.“I am confident I will be acquitted,” said Mutscher, 38, of Brenhah.The Travis County grand jury indicted Mutscher, another legislator, a legislative aide and a former state insurance commissioner on the bribery charges which came to lightduring a federal investigation offraudulent stock manipulations in Texas.The grand jury also issued a report criticizing Texas politicalfigures.“It is the opinion of thegrand jury that some Texas lawmakers, who have been elected by the voters of Texas to the high position of trust, were too busy granting political favors and being influenced in exchange for turning a fast buck,” the grand jury’s report said.“We deplore this fact and would hope that these practices will cease, so that our state may no longer be embarrassed before the nation,” the report said.The other officials indictedwere:Rep. Thomas C. Shannon, 61, a Fort Worth Democrat, the speaker pro tempore of the House and a close friend and political ally of Mutscher.Stirman Rush McGinty, 32, one of Mutscher’s legislative aides.John Osorio, 49, an attorney, former state insurance commissioner and former president of National Bankers Life insurance Co.Assembly DelaysAction on MergerMADISON (AP) - Assembly debate on the Senate passed measure to merge Wisconsin’s two university systems has been set for Tuesday, following refusal Thursday to take it up as a special order of business.The Democratic majority in the lower house failed by one vote to gain the two-thirds majority necessary to take the bill up out of order.Democrats Midge Miller of Madison and William Atkinson of South Milwaukee opposed acting on merger inmediately while Republican Kenneth Schricker of Spooner favored. The vote was 64-33.Blast at ‘Puppets”The Assembly minority leader, Republican Harold Froehl-ich of Appleton, accused the Democratic leadership of following every wish of Democratic Gov. Patrick Lucey—who proposed the merger.“When Ls this legislature going to start being a legislature instead of a buncn of puppets on a string for the governor?”he asked.The Assembly passed several relatively noncontroversial bills in other action Thursday and sent them to the Senate.A bill to establish the office of credit union commissioner and relax borrowing and business investment restrictions was endorsed.A measure was approved which would permit local governments to issue certain types of public improvement bonds. The bonds covered could be secured by either revenue derived from the improvement or from general tax revenues.A 26-year-old Eau Claire manwas shot and killed by an Eau Claire police officer early today in the dark confines of the barroom section of the Temple lxunge, 2234 Birch St., after he was caught in the act of burglarizing.Dead on arrival at Sacred Heart Hospital was Gene A. Monroe, who listed his address as 414 Bellinger St. The address is that of Mary’s Bar, operated by his mother. Monroe had a prior police record including that of burglary, according to Police Chief Arvin Ziehlsdorff.He was shot by Officer Rollin I/emmer who discovered him hiding in the ladies restroom off the barroom. Monroe came at Lemmer with a raised steel pry bar in his hand and kept coming after the officer shouted, “watch out.”Lemmer began shooting as he was backing out of the restroom and Monroe kept coming. The officer fired four times. Monroe fell backwards into the restroom calling: “That’s enough. I give up.”Officer Frank Knusta, who had entered the building with Lemmer, was standing nearby. He ran over and then summoned headquarters by radio to send an ambulance. The time was about 3:45 a.m .The body was kept at the hospital for an autopsy this morning.Ziehlsdorff reported the autopsy revealed Monroe was shot three times. One entered the lower left side of the neck and came out the rear part of the upper neck. A second was a glancing wound under the left arm pit.The fatal slug entered the right side of the chest, penetrating both lungs and the aorta artery leading from the heart and lodged against the ribs on the left side.I.oan Bid Rejected The chief also reported the pry bar has been definitely identified as being owned by Monroe. The pillow case belonged tc a girl friend. The chief also reported Monroe attempted to obtain a loan Thursday and was turned down.Investigating officers said Monroe gained entry to the building by prying open a basement window on the south side of the building. He went north through the basement and up a rear stairway to the second floor offices.He broke a small window in a locked door leading to the office area and then reached through unlocking the door. The offices were gone through and the locked door to one was pried open.He then opened the front door leading to the office section and propped a carpet in it to keep it open. He returned back down the rear stairway and went into the large meeting room on the first floor.He pried open the wooden double doors leading to the barroom section table area. He had pried open the cigarette machine and a pillow case filled with assorted cigarettes and a bottle of liquor was found on the floor beside the machine.When Monroe entered the bar it set off an alarm at police headquarters at 3:25 a.m. Officer Thaddeus Machalski was first to the scene and was standing by the front north door when Lemmer arrived.Lemmer, a six year member of the force, stationed Machalski at the southwest corner of the building and he stood at the northeast corner of the building so they could watch allfour sides.When, Officers Knusta andTom Frank arrived seconds later, Lemmer stationed Frank in his place and he and Knusta entered the north front door by slipping the lock.Lemmer tried the barroom door in the lower entryway and found it locked. He and Knusta then went up the short stairway leading to the main meeting room and men’s restroom.They were using flashlights in the pitch black interior. They immediately saw that the doors to the barroom had been pried open. At the same time the (Continued on Page 2A)Entry in Race for PresidencyWASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma announced today his candidacy for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, saying he will try to “call this country back to the greatness that is inus.♦ »“I intend to try to turn this country around before it’s too late,” the 40-year-old senator said as he became the second declared entry in -a field of Democratic White House prospects.Harris joined Sen. George S McGovern of South Dakota a; an annonnced candidate for the Democratic nomination McGovern announced las! spring.Over the past two and a half months, Harris has sought to put together a coalition of senior citizens, disenchanted young blacks, Mexican-Americans, Indians, farmers, and blue collar workers.Harris said “1972 is a crucial year. America won’t be the same in 1976. I intend to try and turn this country around before it’s too late.”Dunn CountyMan Perishesin Home FireBOYCEVILLE (Special) —Irvin Barney, 87, Rt. 1, Boyceville, was burned to death when a fire of undetermined origin swept through his mobile home early today.Sent Wife for Help Police theorize Batney went back into the burning structure while his wife went to the nearby Bernard Krueger farm to summon help.According to Boyceville FireChief Joseph Myers, the mobile home was completely destroyed when firemen reached the scene about 4:40 a m. An abandoned house located about 75 feet fromthe Barney trailer was alsoextensively damaged in the blaze.Assisting at the scene were Dunn County Coroner Dr. Sherman Lee and Sheriff Daryl (Corky) Spagnoletti.Soviet Leader Slates Trip to North VietnamMOSCOW (UPI)—The Soviets anounced Thursday President Nikolai V. Podgorny will stop in New Delhi on his way to an official visit in North Vietnam.WeatherWISCONSIN - Partly cloudy, not so cool tonight. Partly cloudy, warmer, chance of showers Saturday.MINNESOTA - Partly cloudy, little temperaturechange tonight. Variable cloudiness, warmer, chance of scattered showers Saturday.JENE MONROEHarris Second
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Eau Claire Daily Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 24, 1971
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