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Predict corn crop down 20 per cent By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Lower Yield The final 1974 projections indicate Iowa farmers will produce four per cent less than originally expected and crop observers warn the effects of the most damaging Oct. 2 freeze were not included in the latest estimates. They predict the actual yield may be even lower than this month's estimate. The National Corn Growers Assn. earlier this week projected the national corn crop at 4,672,698,000 bushels based on conditions Oct.

7. The Boone based organization's estimate is 45 million bushels lower than the USDA's Thursday report. The October corn estimate compares with last month's projected 1,034,000,000 bushels and the actual production last year of 1,204,000,000. However, despite the lower figures, Iowa still leads the nation in corn production and is behind only Illinois in Soybean production. The final estimated soybean yield Is 197,960,000 bushels compared with last month's projection of 212,000,000 and last year's record total of 268,000,000.

The soybean yield was pegged at 28 bushels per acre, six bushels less than last year. Dick Knight of the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said it was "unlikely" there would be any increase in Early killer frosts have again reduced Iowa's expected corn and soybean harvests with estimated yields for both crops now down seven per cent from last month's figures, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's October crop report revealed Thursday. Officials said for the first time in four years Iowa's corn yield will not reach into the billion bushel range and is now only estimated at 963,500,000 bushels. That figure is down 20 per cent from last year's yield and Iowa Farmers will harvest only about 82 bushels per acre compared to 108 bushels per acre last year.

the actual yield from the final October projections. Knight said the early October frost was especially damaging because it extended so far south and "halted all vegetative growth in Iowa." Worst Season Remembered The expert crop observer said this has been one of the worst growing seasons in memory with the late spring, June flooding, July droughts and early frosts. Nationally, the corn crop was estimated at 4.718 billion bushels, down six per cent from the September estimate of 4.994 billion and See Crops, page 10 Ames Daily Tribune Ames, Iowa, Friday, October 11, 1974 Volume 108 No. 82 Fifteen Cents Sure, we hate men, the oppressed always hates the oppressor' By JOYCE MANCHESTER being equal, but to began to sort out its ideals and split away from the New Left. Without Drudgery, It Died "Whatever became of the New she inquired.

"The women See Feminist, page 10 power. As the movement grew, many phases evolved in the spectrum of living and many divisions erupted in differing views of the women. From 1970 1971, the movement McCarthy gets standing ovation "I am talking about a total revolution in all aspects of life, and I am willing to do anything to see the patriarchy abolished." This was Robin Morgan, a radical, militant feminist and keynote speaker for Women's Week at Iowa State University. Great Hall of Memorial Union was well filled, Thursday night. About one of every six members of the audience was a male.

She Feels Pain Morgan, in soft voice, but rapid fire delivery, made everyone well aware of the pain she feels for herself and for all women after 12,000 years of oppression. The arbitrary beginning of the feminist movement, Morgan said, was in 1968 when some 200 women deomonstrated at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. From then the movement began its first educational phase. The idea, at that time was to be heard and to get the message across: women were engaged in "not the antique stained glass windows she and her family have collected. (Tribune Photo by Rod Riggs) WINDOW DISPLAY Windows within windows are on display in a part of the Benson Motor Co.

showrooms on Fifth Street west of Douglas Avenue. Marge Benson shows a few of Former U.S. Sen. and one time presidential contender Eugene McCarthy today urged students at Iowa State University to support Tom Harkin, Ames Democrat for election to Congress from Iowa's Fifth District. Speaking at MacKay Auditorium on the campus, McCarthy said Harkin deserves election on both substantive issues and on his concept of the constitutional responsibilities of, the House of Representatives.

McCarthy, who received a standing ovation upon arriving and was interrupted by applause several times during his 15 minute presentation, said, "it takes a measure of courage for Democratic candidates to invite me to speak for them." McCarthy, compared Harkin's opponent, U.S. Rep. William E. Scherle, Iowa, to President Gerald Ford in their stands on issues during their time in Congress. Both, he said, "have taken the hard side on issues over the course of their records." McCarthy had been scheduled to speak at noon, but was delayed in leaving Des Moines.

He began speaking here about 12:30 p.m. following Harkin. Antique windows seen as art Vote stop of aid to Turkey House ignores veto threat glass collection is by no means a business with them, but theyy do buy and sell. Items now on hand are priced at $100 and up. Marge Benson said prices are much higher in other areas of the country.

Several sales have been made to people from out of the stale who just happened to see the windows on display here. "A lady from Arizona went wild when she saw our windows," Marge said. "She would have bought more if she had a way to take it with her." And a couple from Colorado, in Ames last spring for the NCAA wrestling tournament, bought a number of windows. The Bensons enjoy the glass for their own purposes, too. Carl and Marge have stained glass in their own home here, protected by clear glass, and so does Bob.

Another son, Jim, who is a home builder in Snowmass, used stained glass in some of the houses he builds. Most of the glass they have has come from homes, Marge said, only a few items from churches, which normally would be expected to be a source. Nine windows came from a four story mansion at Duluth, for example. There are not many windows around Central Iowa, she said; stained glass here is "mostly church glass" usually with a religious theme. The windows which they have on display have such tli ernes as the lamp of knowledge and stylized flowers.

It's a hobby, but the collecting of stained glass windows by the Carl Benson family here has come to be a very visible part of their activities. Several examples of the windows they have obtained are on display in the showroom of the family business, Benson Motors, on Fifth Street near Douglas Avenue. All are authentic antique windows, according to Bob Benson whose collection has come to involve not only his parents, but to some degree the rest of his family. Carl and Marge, their sons Bob and his wife, Gae; and Curt and his wife, Roxanne all are active in the motorcar business. About a year ago, Bob was in Colorado and noticed the stained glass windows which had become a decorator feature in restaurants and homes there.

Already interested in antique collecting, he was intrigued. "The beauty of the windows really got me," he said. From that stimulus came rather naturally the impulse to collect some examples. There are about 35 pieces now, but the Bensons have had as many as 52. They sell some, add others.

The oldest piece, dated 1846, was made in France, Bob said. Because the stained glass windows were exposed to the elements in their original installation, some are in poor condition. Bob repairs the leading which holds the windows together, and has built oak frames for some. The stained WASHINGTON (UPI) The House today ignored President Ford's veto threat and rejected a compromise to continue military aid to Turkey until Dec. 15.

The move means that Congress may not be able to take its pre election recess. After an hour of general debate, the House voted 187 to 171 againsl Ihe compromise joint resolution formulated originally by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and already passed by the Senate. House minority leader John Rhodes told the House that Ford would veto a companion piece of legislation a continuing resolution to extend foreign aid which will also require a cut off of military aid to Turkey. Both houses repeatedly have passed the amendment cutting off military aid immediately because Turkey used U.S. weapons during its fighting on Cyprus.

Ford rejected the immediate cutoff, saying it would hinder Secretary of Slate Henry A. Kissinger's efforts to reach a peace settlement on Cyprus. The compromise worked out by Mansfield would have delayed the cutoff until Dec. 15 to give Ford and Kissinger more time. But the House today was in no mood to go along with the compromise.

The cutoff amendment was tacked onto a "continuing resolution" that provides funds for a number of agencies. If the resolution does not pass or is vetoed by Ford because of the Turkey amendment, the agencies would technically be out of operating funds. Northwood open classes demand order charge of one definite group or grade of children and they are all taught basically the same material at the same time), but the heart of the open concept is the flexibility See page 20 early childhood unit, said the total school is involved, since the cooperation of teachers at higher grade levels as well as the support is vital to the success of the programs. Reserved Support Both she and Conner admit the concept is not whole heartedly embraced by all teachers, which is one of the reasons the teachers in the program had a large part in determining the make up of the staff for the unit. The five teachers in the unit are assisted by a teacher associate, a student teacher, cadet (high school senior) teachers and parent volunteers.

Referring to the amount of organization needed for spaces concept, Mrs. Buckingham said "when we go to this much organization, you need these extra people, because the teachers' time is definitely taken up with planning." It is very easy, she continued, for one teacher to plan to teach certain subjects to a specific group of children during the day in one loaction (as is the case in the self contained classroom where one teacher is in By JERRY DICKINSON While the open spaces concept of school may look like mass confusion to those steeped in the "traditional classroom" approach, there is more organization to that apparent confusion than in more orderly appearing traditional methods. There has to be, or what appears to be confusion would be just that. 'Very Organized' While Northwood Elementray School in Ames is "planned to be informal," according to Principal Glenn Connor, it is "still a very organized system." That includes the early childhood (kindergarten through second grade for the traditionalists) unit, which presently is the most involved in the open spaces concept at Northwood. Although the buildings with the traditional four wails classrooms do not rule out the newer educational concepts, Northwood was planned for open spaces, with many walls movable.

This allows opening the rooms into larger spaces in which students move from area to area for various activities. Jan Buckingham, unit leader for the Noon Temperature: Friday: 62 High: 81, 4:20 p.m., Thursday Low: 58, 2a.m., today Barometer: 30.28, steady Sunrise: Sunset: 0:40 p.m. Precipitation: .51 inch AMES. BOONE, NEVADA: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Highs this afternoon 75 to 80.

Lows tonight 15 to 50. Partly cloudy and colder Saturday with highs 00 to 05. South to southwest winds 10 to 20 miles per hour this afternoon and northerly 10 to 15 miles per hour tonight. Probability of rain 10 per cent this afternoon and 30 per cent tonight. second grade students.

The program is enhanced by the construction of the building which allows walls to be removed and thus provide space for the students to work throughout the area. (Tribune ph.oloJ by Jerry Dickinson) REMOVING THE WALLS Instead of neatly Hncd rows of desks seen in some schools especially in earlier years the early childhood unit al Northwood features small groups working at different activities for the kindergarten through Herbert Hoover policies, tax cuts for business eventually will help the consumer. BOSTON ATTENDANCE UP Black attendance increased noticeably and all was peaceful in the schools and streets of previously troubled South Boston today under the guard of 450 tough riot trained stale and metropolitan police. It was the 22nd day of a court ordered plan to integrate Boston's public schools. KSIINGER ALMOST WOUNDED Secretary of State Henry A.

Kissinger narrowly escaped injury today when nn Israeli made UZI machine gun fell from a rack inside his plane and discharged shots that wounded a Secret Service agent. Kissinger was only 20 foci away when Ihe incident occurred as his plane was Inxiing for takeoff from Cairo to Damascus. FIRST LADY GOES HOME Doctors say First Lady Betty Ford may go home today after two weeks' hospitalization for breast cancer. VFW ORDERED CLOSED The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) clubhouse in Creston, one of the largest VFW posts in the state, has been ordered to close because of reported gambling activities. State VFW officials ordered the closing, saying the siuation had "gone out of hand" and operations at the club were "outside the laws and usage of our organization." SAYS WILL HELP Treasury Secretary William E.

Simon said today despite a senator's complaint that President Ford's economic plans would be a return to Judge hears questions involving NFO finances seepage 3 Labor wins majority in parliament see page 5 Rockefeller gifts cause more consternation sec page 2 Farmers union leader opposes But' plan for milk price increase see page 3 Ford fears end of GOP 15 Iowa candidates Svv page 5 TINA NIARCHOS DIED Tina Niarchos, 44, blonde wife of Greek shipbuilder Stavros Niarchos and former wife of Aristotle Onassis, died in her Paris apartment Thursday of apparent natural causes, the family announced today. Her death, which shocked inlerriHllunal society, marked the second lime Niarchos had lost a wife, and biith were sisters..