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J. a AM HI" I. 1 -1 SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1975 PACE TEN THE HERALD-PALLADIUM, Beaton Harbor St. Joseph, Michigan POLICE ROUNDUP Fifteen Are Hurt In Eight Crashes Straight Razors Come Into Play In 2 Robberies and this morning. Three were injured about 8:20 p.m.

Friday, in the collision of a pickup truck and two autos on Lakeshore drive artlevelahd avenue, St. Joseph. Released after treatment at Benton Harbor police said Samuel B. Bethea, 21, of 344 High street, was injured, but refusedjreatment, after an auto hewas driving jumped a curb on Jennings near Cross, hit a tree and brushed a house about Xx jjlll city police the door that opens and shuts automatically for customers was shut and the electricity turned off. Wolf told officers the man yanked it open and then broke a rail between an inner and outside doors.

The man then left. Thefts reported to Benton Harbor police: A purse containing $23 and papers from the auto of Vest, 2026 Reggie drive, Benton township, parked a the K-mart lot- An undetermined number of sack lunches from a storage building at Broadway park. A charcoal grill, valued at $60, from the back yard of Herschel Ball, 824,001.7, Two fishing poles Jrom.a porch at the Calvin Moore residence, 711 Riverside avenue. By RALPH LUTZ Staff Writer 1 Fifteen people were injured in eight traffic accidents inves-TigatTTyTwihities area police between last Thursday CONVICTED: Three-judge panel in Hamilton, Ohio, Thursday convicted James U. Ruppert.

of 11 counts of aggravated murder in Easter slaying of 11 members of his family. In final arguments his defense lawyers described Ruppert as a "sick, psychiotic, mentally ill individual." (AP Wirephoto) HELPING HANDS: Ambulance attendants gently place Linda Marie Sanford, 21, of 2957 Kirk court, Stevensville, on stretcher, following collision of pickup truck and two autos in St. Joseph Friday night. Neck brace was applied as precautionary measure. Mrs.

Sanford and two others were treated and released from Memorial hospital. Collision was on Lakeshore drive near Cleveland avenue. (Staff photo) OBITUARIES Jim. Holiday Tragedies Oaim 14 In State Survives Air Crash In Canada (Continued From Page One) ten by insects but was doing well. His son said his father "is doing fine now, but is still a little shook up." The two men were the only passengers on a 1956 Piper Super Cub carrying them to a six-day fishing vacation in the Red Lake area of northern Ontario.

The plane took off Tuesday from a seaplane base on the Detroit river, and the search began after the single-engine craft failed to arrive at Thunder Bay, for a scheduled stop late in the day. A helicopter pilot wh6works for the Pukaskwa National Park spotted the plane floating upside down near the shore on Thurs day, according to Cpl. Tom Wall of the Ontario police. Scrawled on the side of the plane was the message "7-1-75 2:35 p.m. N4488A Crash" the date and time of the crash and the 'plane's registration number, Wall said.

Nearby, searchers found the word "HELP" spelled out on the shore with cigarettes, he said Juros was found a day later about a mile from the wreck. Wall said the plane, fitted with pontoons, landed in the lake and was attempting to take off when a wing tip hit rocks or water and the craft overturned. He said it was not known why the men landed at the desolate spot. Wall said Juros reported that both men survived the crash. But Juros said Thoma decided to swim Tor land and apparently drowned.

Juros told police he took a boat toward another section of the shore. By ASSOCIATED PRESS With the 72-hour July Fourth holiday weekend nearing its midway point, State Police Sa- turday reported at least 14 persons had lost their lives in traffic and water accidents in Michigan. Seven persons were listed as traffic, fatalities with the homeward crush of motorists still a day away. Four persons drowned, police said, while another person was killed Friday when struck by a boat. In addition, the cause of the deaths of two men in a single water accident was not immediately determined.

The only double fatality traffic accident occurred Thursday night in Detroit, police said. In what police consider a homicide, Susie Gadson, 49, and Leo Flack, 59, both of Detroit, were struck and killed by a hit-run driver. Police said Flack saw the Two armed robberies, several burglaries and other kept Twin Cities area police busy during the Fourth of July holiday. Area police also reported widespread shooting of firecrackers, but received no reports of resulting injuries. Benton Harbor police investigated reports of two armed robberies by assailants using straight razors.

One of the victims, Wayne Bell, 36, of 2515 Barbara drive, Benton Heights, was treated at Mercy hospital with 18 stitches for cuts about the head, neck and body, and released. Bell told officers he was robbed about 12:30 p.m. Friday by two men who fled into a ravine off Vineyard with his wallet containing between $60 and $70. Bell seized the razor during the struggle and turned it over to police. Bell told police two men came to his place of work in Benton Harbor Thursday concerning a car they had for sale.

On Friday, Bell said he went to an address on East Britain and drove the pair to Vineyard, where the car offered for sale allegedly was parked. Bell said he was attacked in the auto but struggled free, grabbing the razor. Eric Mallen, 22, of 2931 South Lakeshore drive, St. Joseph, told Benton Harbor police Thursday evening he was robbed of his wallet, containing $13 and papers, by a man wielding a straight razor. Mallen said he was seated in his auto, parked behind the First Congregational church, 292 Bellview street, when the assaulant reached through the open window.

Mallen was reported unhurt and notified police at 5:29 p.m. Benton township police early Friday investigated a reported burglary at Napier Manor apartments, 777 East Napier avenue, that netted thieves personal property totaling an estimated $1,449. The, burglary was reported at 2:37 a.m. by Mary Poole of apartment W-4, who listed stolen items including a television set, stereo equipment, three tables, four chairs, two lamps and a training A 1970 Buick Skylark reported stolen from Benton Harbor Thursday morning was discovered destroyed by fire seven hours later on a farm south of St. Joseph.

The car, owned by Aaron Randle, Benton Harbor, was reported stolen from the '400 block of Washington street at 9:22 a.m. At 4:30 p.m., Edward Kretchman notified Berrien sheriff's deputies after discovering the vehicle on his farm, 594 East John Beers road. Berrien sheriff's Larry. Morrow late Thursday night arrested two men in connection with a fight he said drew a large crowd near Angelo's party store at Fairplain plaza. Booked on charges of disorderly conduct were Dennis Bradford, 22,.

of 289 Prospect street, St. Joseph, and Larry Street, 23, of 2077 Peterson drive, Benton township. An electrically-operated front door and a handrail were reported broken at Wolf's supermarket, 449 Pipestone, Benton Harbor, by a man who apparently was irate over the store being closed about 7:10 p.m. Thursday. George Wolf, store owner, told SAT.

9 AM-3 PM CLOSED WEDNESDAYS 10:20 p.m. Friday. Police said Bethea was booked for driving under the influence of intoxicants and ticketed for violating rules of a temporary instruction permit. Police said the permit required a licensed driver to be in the auto, and Bethea was alone. A 72-year-old Benton Harbor man also received apparently minor injuries and was arrested after a pickup truck he was driving struck a house in the 700 block of Territorial road, according to city police.

The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. Friday. City Patrolman Kenneth Bartz said he was driving a patrol car west on Territorial, when forced off the road by the eastbound truck. Bartz said the. truck then veered into the east-bound lane, jumped the curb, knocking down a street sign; and then continued northward across Territorial road, The vehicle struck the house of Matthew Robinson, 775 Territorial, Bartz said.

Bartz said the driver, Valentine bribera of 380 North Hull avenue, sustained a bruised knee and was booked for being drunk and disorderly. Two people were injured shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, in the collision of a car and van truck, investigated by Benton township police on US-33 North, near Golf road. Treated and released from Memorial, hospital, St. Joseph, was Thomas Lee Carlson, 34, of 3800 US-33 North, driver of the auto.

Moses Dickens, 52, of 940 Closson, Benton township, driver of the van truck, was injured, but decided to seek his own aid, according to police. Officers said both vehicles were northbound and the auto began passing the vanwhen the collisionoccurred. Carlson was ticketed for careless driving, police said. St, Joseph police said Mildred Louise Teft, 46, of 420 Lakeshore drive, Stevensville, received apparently minor injuries in a collision involving two autos and a semi-truck at Lakeshore and Hilltop road, St. Joseph.

The collision occurred in heavy rain about 3:30 Thursday; Officers said the semi, southbound on Lakeshore, skidded on wet pavement through a red traffic light and collided with the Teft' auto: The impact pushed the Teft auto into another auto, operated by David W. Vieau, 22, Route 2, Eau Police said Vieau was northbound on Lakeshore, but stopped for the light. Driver of the semi-truck, Louis R. Calaway, 38, In-, dianapolis, was ticketed for speed too fast for conditions, police said. Neither Calaway nor Vieau was reported injured.

Benton Harbor police said two people were treated, at Mercy hospital for injuries received in a two-car collision at Pipestone street and East Britain avenue, about 10:25 p.m. Thursday. Injured were a driver, Judy Ann Smith, 26, of 769 Superior, Benton Harbor; and a passenger in the other auto, Ronnie Williams, 29, of 319 High street, Benton Harbor. Williams was reported riding in a car driven by Nora M. Hudson, 20, of 1863 Eastland, Benton township.

She was reported unhurt Police said it was raining at the time and the traffic light at the intersection was not operating properly. No tickets were issued, police said." Benton Harbor police said two people received apparently minor injuries in a two-car collision on Colfax avenue, near Hinkley street, about 5:25 p.m. Thursday. Injured, but reportedly not hospitalized, were a driver, Donna Marie Rikkers, 39, of 813 Wisconsin avenue, St. Joseph, and her passenger, Charlotte Rickers, 12, of the same address.

Mrs. Rickers was southbound on Colfax and stopped before turning into a driveway, when struck from behind by an auto operated by David S. McGee, 35, of 1946 East Britain, Benton Harbor, according to police. McGee was tiekcted for careless driving, police said. FINCH FUNERAL HOME 1 102 E.

Wain at Burton, B.H. 926-6022 925-8741 Mrs. Lee Williams To be arranged Memorial hospital were drivers of the autos, Joseph J. Klackle, II, 29, of 426 East Oak street," Hartford, and Linda Marie San-ford, 21, of 2957 Kirk, Stevensville, and a passenger in the Klackle auto, Linda Kay Klackle, 25, also of 426 East Oak. Police said a pickup truck, southbound on Lakeshore, collided with the two autos in the northbound lane.

Driver of the pickup, James Brian Cobe, 17, of 709 First avenue, St. Joseph, was issued a summons for reckless driving. He was reported unhurt. Berrien sheriff's officers said three people were injured about 12:31 a.m. today, in a one-car roll-over accident on 1-94, Benton township.

A passenger, Edward Pullum, 23, Chicago, was admitted to Mercy hospital with rib injuries, officers said. Treated and released from Mercy were the driver, Lucie Banner, 41, and another passenger, Brenda Pullum, 21, both of Chicago. Officers said the auto went out of control in the westbound lane, crossed the median and landed upside down in the eastbound lane. No tickets were issued, officers said. Gadson woman struck by a car.

When he stopped his own car to help her, witnesses told police the driver turned around and ran over Flack before speeding away. Travelers' spirits and the distances they drove were held down in some areas by thunderstorms or and by recent gasoline price hikes of 3 to 5 cents a gallon. The National Safety Council estimated that between 480 and 580 persons may die in traffic accidents during the period from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight On a typical non-holiday weekend in July the council said there would be 430 traffic fatalities. During a four-day Fourth of July observance last year, the traffic death count was 549.

The Independence Day recor4 was 758 in 1972' before the national 55-mile-an-hour speed limit was adopted. A government source said Whalen, when all appeals appeared closed, went to the FBI and told a story of an alleged payoff scheme. FBI agents then began" a lengthy surveillance of Swainson, Goldfarb and Wish and monitored numerous phone calls. On Oct. 19.

1972, the agents claimed they monitored a New York call to Detroit between Swainson and Fish in which the alleged bribe was discussed, the source reported. Wish, the report from the source said, agreed to deliver money from Whalen to Swainson with the understanding the -judge would vote in Whalen's favor. In November, 1973, the high court reversed the burglary conviction and ordered it back for the new trial, where Whalen lost. Swainson, a World War II hero who lost the lower parts of both legs when he stepped on a land mine, has long been regarded as one of the state Democratic party's top potential candidates for U.S. senator.

With Philip Hart planning to retire at the end of his present term, Swainson had received backirig for the nomination. Support -from the United Auto Workers, black groups and liberals was especially strong but the indictment has clouded his political future. Swainson was accompanied by his wife, Alice, at the brief hearing in the federal building Thursday. "This has been unbelievable," she said. "We are all in a state of shock.

"John has been bearing up well. He has busied himself with "his mail and with trying to lead a normal family life," she said. U.S.: Swainson Case Is 'Solid' Moose lodge. Survivors" include his wife, Iva; three sons, Richard, of Bloomingdale, Gordon, Stevensville, Loren, St. Joseph; a daughter, Mrs.

Thomas (Patricia) Hanner, South Bend; a brother, Howard, Watervliet; and three sisters, Mrs. Nilmah Vanderlyn, Hartford, Mrs. Irene Phillips, Gardena, Mrs. Edna Hill, Coloma. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 2 p.m., at Kerley and Starks funeral home.

Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. Vinson Rites Set Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Vinson, 73, 266 Chestnut street, Benton Harbor, are to be held Monday at 1 p.m.

at Mark's Baptist church, Benton Harbor. Burial will follow in Crystal Springs cemetery. friends may call at Robbins Brothers funeral home, Benton Harbor, aftemoon on Sunday. Mrs. Myrle Keeler CASSOPOL1S Mrs.

Myrle Keeler, 70, of Church street, Jones, died Friday evening at Three Rivers General hospitaL Funeral- arrangements" are incomplete at Connelly funeral home, Cassopous. Mrs. Annie Jackson CASSOPOUS Mrs. Annie Jackson, 94, of route 2, Ed-wardsburg, died Thursday evening at Cass County Medical Care facility. Her husband, Henry, preceded her in death.

Surviving are two daughters, Miss Missouri Jackson, Edwardsburg, Mrs. Hattie Barron, Chicago, and a son, Arthur Jackson, Chicago. Funeral services will be held Monday, 12 p.m., at Connelly funeral home. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m.

Sunday. Abraham Harris CASSOPOUS Abraham 59, of 515 South O'Keefe street, Cassopolis, died Wednesday afternoon at Lee Memorial hospital. 1 He had lived in the Cassopolis area since .1968, coming from Greenwood, Miss. Survivors include his wife, the former Lucenthia Gray; five. sons, Abraham, U.S.

Navy, Melvin, Cassopolis, Larry, U.S. Navy, Lee, Cassopolis; three daughters, Mrs. Verna Hardy, Three Rivers, Mrs. Deloyce Harris, Itta Bena, Mrs. Cynthia Hunt, Cassopolis; and a sister, Mrs.

Fannie Stapleton, Detroit. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 3 p.m., at Connelly funeral home. Burial will be in Prospect HiU cemetery. Friends may call after Noon Sunday at the funeral home where a Wake will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday. FLORIN FUNERAL SERVICE 4 FUNERAL CHAPELS FAIRPLAIN CHAPEL IOJJ E. NAPIER PIPESTONE CHAPEL 272 PIPESTONE DAVIDSON CHAPEL Mt E. CENTER COLOMA LAKESHORE CHAPEL 5747 RED ARROW STEVENSVILLE DISBARRED: Former U.S. Atty.

Gen. John Mitchell, a key figure in the Watergate scandals, was disbarred in New York State Thursday. (AP Wirephoto) By ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Saturday, July 5, the 186th day of 1975. There are 179 days left in the -Today's highlight in history: On this date in 1811, Venezuela became the first South" American country to declare its independence from Spain. On this date: In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers.

7 In 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London. V. In 1940, Britain adopted the National Health Service Act, providing free medical service. In 1960, Sen. Lyndon Johnson announced he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President.

In 1971, the American jazz musician and composer, Louis Armstrong, died at the age of 71. Ten years ago: France began a boycott of the European Common Market in an effort to Impose French President Charles de Gaulle's wishes on the organization's future policy. Five years ago: Mexico elected Luis Echeverria its new president in calm and peaceful balloting. One year ago: Therewere strained relations between the U.S. and Turkey because of Turkey's decision to resume growing opium poppies, and the American ambassador, William called back for consultations.

j- Today's birthdays: Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 27 years old. Former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. is 73. Thought for today: II there's a job to be done, select a busy man; the other kind has no time anonymous. i Supervisor At Hospital Dies At 32 MRS.

LEE WILLIAMS Mrs. Lee (Leola) Williams, 32, P.O. Box 173, Moore street, Sodus, died at 6:25 p.m. Friday at Berrien General hospital, Berrien Center, where she had been a patient since undergoing surgery a montB ago. Mrs.

Williams was employed as supervisor of the housekeeping department at Berrien General hospital and was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist church, Niles. In addition to her husband, survivors include her father, Joe Lawsffea of three sons, Lee Edward Ellis Douglas and Jeffrey Glenn; four daughters, Brenda Jean, Ora Lee, Joyce'Ahn and "i Bessie Lynn; two brothers, Charles Lawshea of Berrien Center and Albert Lawshea with the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Mae West of Chicago. She as preceded in death by-a brother, Jessie Lawshea, in 1968 and a sister, Lessie Lawshea, in 1967.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete this morning at the Finch funeral home, Benton Harbor. Walter Kuehl WATERVLIET Walter Kuehl, 63, of County Line road, Watervliet, died at his home Friday. He is survived by a son, Darrell, of Hartford; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Gloria) Rider, Stockbridge, three brothers, Robert, Coloma, Fred, Watervliet, John, Brazil, and two" sisters, Mrs. Lena Rochau, Benton Harbor, Mrs.

Clifton (Elsie) Nygren, Lake Worth, Fla. A brother, Raymond Kuehl, preceded him in death April 21, 1975. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 2 p.m., at Hutchins funeral home. Burial will be in St. Paul's cemetery.

Visitation at the funeral home will begin Sunday afternoon. Harry Wilson Harry Rice Wilson, 75, of 4010 Red Arrow highway, St. Joseph, died Thursday "evening at Memorial hospital. He retired from Whirlpool Corporation in 1962. He was a member of Benton Harbor ROBBINS BROS.

FUNERAL HOME 161 Fair Av Benton Harbor PHONI 937-3111 Mrs. Georgia Vinson 1 p.m. Monday St. Mark's Baptist Church to? Wall said the area was "about as rough a country as you're going to find," and accessible only by boat or plane. Lake Temperature The temperature of Lake Michigan at shoreline today is 51' degrees.

REQUEST DENIED BANGKOK (AP) A Bangkok civil court has rejected a complaint filed by exileL former strongman Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn and his wife for the return of nearly $5 million worth of assets seized by the civilian ment after Thai students toppled Thanom in 1973. (Continued From Page One) case against Swainson and Detroit bondsmen Charlie Gold-farb and Harvey Wish. "The Justice Department in Washington went through this case with a fine-tooth comb," the source said. The source told the News the i bribery scheme began in Dec. 1970, two months after Whalen convicted in Lenawee County on a burglary charge.

The government contends word got to Whalen that the way to get a new trial was to pay Justice Swainson $30,000. Sources said that in August, 1972, Whalen asked Goldfarb for help in getting an appeal of his case. They said Goldfarb agreed." Whalen then filed an apppeal with the State Court of Appeals which rejected it. The Supreme Court's two denials of a rehearing for Whalen came on Sept. 7 and Oct.

6, 1972. Hog Cholera Warning Issued WASHINGTON (AP) Hog producers throughout the Southwest and in the rest of the nation are being warned to watch for signs of hog cholera in their herds following the first confirmed outbreak of the disease in the United States in more than a year. The Agriculture Department said the outbreak was found in a herd of about 170 hogs owned by Louis Woodford near Herefonl, Tex. The diagnosis was confirmed Friday at a government laboratory in Ames, Iowa, from tests of specimens. LMC Trustees To Meet Lake Michigan college trustees will I.old a special board meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

at the college. Main item of business will be to accept bids for construction on the campus vocational wing, according to Dr. Walter Browe, executive vice president. Gets Degree In Texas HOUSTON, Tgxas Peter A. Dual, 29, Benton Harbor, received his master of science degree in public health during recent graduation ceremonies at the University of Texas here.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Dual, 1235 Broadway, Benton Harbor. (1erleys Sfcrrks jNMniL NOMTt MOr I to: main I Harry Wilson I Monday 2 p.m.

I In the Chapel I Moose rites at I 7:30 p.m.tSunday I in the chapel 1 ATTENTION UNION MEMBERS The special' benefits7 and services of the Union Optical Plan are open to union members, their families, dependents and retirees. FOR FAMILY EYE CARE CALL UNION OPTICAL PLAN Fairplain Plaza lowar MaM Hiona 923-9027 DAILY 10AM-6 PM TUES 10AM-7PM Pi 7.