Estherville Daily News from Estherville, Iowa • Page 1

fi CAPITAL OF IOWA Official Newspaper For All Emmet County PAILY NEWS 105th YEAR; NO. 180 ESTHERVILLE, IOWA, 51334 THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1974 COPY, 15c Gov. Ray Declares Disaster Areas Ankeny to Rebuild ANKENY, Iowa (AP) Ankeny residents will rebuild, but it will take time, said Ankeny Mayor 0. J. Weigel after a violent storm raged through the central Iowa community.

When the tornadic winds abated and the rain ended Tuesday night, two Ankeny residents were dead, at least 10 injured and businesses and an estimated 100 homes were heavily damaged in the city of 10,000 people. "I'm sure our people will handle this. They're good people," Dr. Weigel, a dentist who has been mayor since Jan. 1, said Wednesday night.

Gov. Robert Ray toured Ankeny Wednesday and declared three Iowa counties disaster areas. He said he also would ask President Nixon to declare Polk, Warren and Story counties to be federal disaster areas. Authorities said Mr. and Mrs.

Wallace White, both 55, apparently were asleep when the tornado destroyed their home and killed them. SEARCHERS DISCOVERED no other bodies in the wreckage and no persons were known to be missing. Dr. Weigel said the biggest damage is to schools and shopping areas. The storm did an estimated $3 million damage to the city's schools.

More than 12 businesses in a shopping center were destroyed or damaged. The storm's wrath was felt throughout central Iowa with damage reported in Pleasant Hill, Fort Dodge, Huxley, Runnells, Carlisle, Ames, Jewell, Hartford and Gilbert. Iowa Power officials estimated that 6,500 of their customers were without power Wednesday evening. At one time, about 25,000 customers were without electricity. Guy Patten, a spokesman for the utility, said more thkn 100 men were workmg Wednesday evening and would work through the night to restore service.

Telephone service for Ankeny and Des Moines had not been restored for about 1,500 customers as of Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the telephone company said. Ankeny residents may be without power Fryers Recaptured in Wyoming But Refuse to Waive Extradition Pink Bow for Pee Wee Pee Wee, the pig, won first place as the most unusual pet presented at Lincoln School. His owner, Debbie Ross, decorated Pee Wee in a bright pink bow for the occasion. Other pets at the show included a turtle, rabbit, hamster and numerous dogs and cats. Thirty pets were entered in the show altogether.

More pictures on page 3. GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) A day of freedom for two South Dakota brothers jailed on murder charges has ended in the northeast Wyoming town of Gillette. David Fryer, 21, and Allen Fryer, 30, both of the Sioux Falls, S. area, escaped from a Rock Rapids, Iowa, county jail sometime early Tuesday morning, but were recaptured by Wyoming officials Wednesday afternoon.

Ask School Finanee Plan The two escapees, and a third brother, had each been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of four teenagers in Iowa's Git- chie Manitou State Park last November. Gillette Police Sgt. Jeff McDaniel said the two brothers offered no resistance when arrested. McDaniel said he and a partner were parked on the west edge of jiillette when they spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Newcastle, Wyo. McDaniel said he radioed for assistance, and with help from the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Gillette Police Department, stopped the car and arrested the brothers.

Neither of the brothers was armed at the time of recapture. The pair was held overnight in the Campbell County Jail, and had refused to sign extradition waivers. Gillette is located about 60 miles west of the South Dakota border. The escape triggered a ground and aerial search in Iowa and South Dakota Wednesday, and law enforcement officials in the Upper Midwest were alerted to the escape. for three to four days as the power system is rebuilt on a step-by-step basis, said Iowa Power officials.

ANKENY'S TORNADO SIRENS were sounded almost an hour before the tornado struck at 10:33 p.m- The tornado approached Ankeny from the northwest, touched ground in the Plaza Shopping Center, briefly skipped up and then touched down again. The twister moved south-eastward crossing Interstate 80 just west of Four- Mile Creek, touching ground at the east edge of Des Moines. It skipped across the Four-Mile Creek valley and ripped into Pleasant Hill before finally dissipating. Ironically, the Ankeny tornado occurred exactly one year after Iowa's only fatal tornado of 1973. Two persons were killed June 18 last year when a tornado struck the Woodbury County community of Moville.

Trys to Wake Mate With Fire Engines WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) Mrs. Bernice L. Jones was arrested early Wednesday in connection with an unusual scheme to wake up her husband, authorities reported. According to officials, the 43-year-old woman said she summoned fire engines hoping the noise would awaken her sleeping husband.

He apparently went to bed after a marital argument. She was charged with calling in A false alarm, police said. By HARRISON WEBER Iowa Daily Press Association DES MOINES (IDPA) Some education leaders believe that something needs to be done about the "financial constraints" that have been placed on local schools by the Legislature. This point was made several times Tuesday during a "rap Session" with officials of the various educational associations and members of the State Board of Public Instruction. The issue was most succinctly stated by Dr.

Garlyn Wessel, superintendent of schools at Dubuque and slated to become the legislative chairman of the Association of School Board Administrators. There is a large degree of incongruity, he said, because of the collective bargaining act for public employes and state budget limitations placed on local schools. "It's most difficult to strike a proper balance between salaries for the staff and educational opportunities for the students; we're under a constant battle dealing with dollars and a state controlled budget," he said. Wessel suggested this financial constraint might be worked out if there were a local tax authority. REPRESENTATIVES OF several other education groups also expressed interest in school boards being able to impose a local tax, such as income tax or a sur tax on property without a vote of the people.

However, the idea didn't meet with the approval of Robert Creighton, president of the Iowa State Education Association, who called it a "cop out." Creighton noted that it's possible under present law to impose a local income tax, with voter approval, but it's not being done he claimed because people would be voted out of office. One of the hang-ups faced by school people across the state is the matter of teacher evaluation. Dr. Wessel also addressed this issue. In Dubuque all new teachers and those on probation, he explained, are evaluated twice a year; all other teachers are Middle East Nuclear Aid Not Nuclear Power WASHINGTON (AP) Federal officials are assuring Congress that President Nixon's offer of nuclear aid to Egypt and Israel could not lead to nuclear weapons in the Middle East.

The statements came from State Department and Atomic Energy Commission officials Wednesday as Nixon prepared to report to congressional leaders today on his Middle East trip. Nixon has proposed providing nuclear fuel and facilities to Egypt and Israel for power production. But some congressmen have expressed fears the two countries could use U. S. materials to develop nuclear weapons.

Plan Bedell Barbecue Here ESTHERVILLE A barbecue ham feast to raise funds for Berkley Bedell is slated for Saturday June 22, at Joe Hoye Park, located six blocks north of the Central Ave. bridge in Estherville. Bedell, who is making a bid for the sixth U.S. congressional district seat, and his wife Elinor will be on hand for the event. Hie menu will include barbecued ham, baked beans, cole slaw, and beverage.

Serving will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets for the event can be obtained at. Estherville Drug, Ilpye Rexall Drug, the Central Barber Shop, or a the barbecue Saturday. Sen. William Proxmire, introduced an amendment Wednesday to bar any transfer of U.

S. nuclear facilities to another country unless both houses of Congress approve. The amendment would be retroactive to June 1 and thus would cover the proposed agreements with Egypt and Israel. Proxmire won immediate support from Sens. Philip A.

Hart, Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, and Sam J. Ervin, D-N. C. Meanwhile, a State Department official told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that transfer of nuclear power plants and fuels to Egypt and Israel will be accompanied by rigid safeguards against diversion to weapons. Schaben Urges Ray Act an Farm Prices COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Schaben Wednesday said Iowa Gov.

Robert Ray should go to Washington action on the worsening livestock prices situation. Schaben said Ray should stop writing letters because "I don't think Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz or Nixon understand nice language." He said Ray "should have the guts to be down there pounding Butz over the head." evaluated once every two years. There are two high schools in Dubuque, each having approximately 2,000 students. "This means," Wessel said, "administrators must evaluate between 50 and 70 teachers each year." The Dubuque school superintendent said it's a difficult, if not impossible task to make a proper evaluation. "What it boils down to," he said, "is a dollar factor." DONALD GUNDERSON, elect of the Iowa Association of Secondary School Principals, suggested that Iowa might want to follow the lead of other states which have a state commission in charge of a professional review of teachers.

Nebraska, he said, has just enacted such a law. Iowa has an educational practices commission, of which Gunderson is a member, but the scope of the commission would be greatly enlarged under Gunderson's proposal. Ted Davidson, executive director of the Iowa Association of School Boards, explained to the group that his association is in the process of developing its policy for the 1975 Legislafiure. A questionnaire, he said, has been mailed to all school boards seeking to delineate the issues. For example, the Legislature has been moving in the direction of a competitive bid law for all public agencies including school boards.

From past correspondence with his members, Davidson said he is sure they will want some flexibility built into such a proposal so that it would be locally oriented and the bid would be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Another area that received considerable discussion was the matter of approving hon6 issues. The present law requires a 60 percent approval by the voters. Some groups, such as the Parent Teachers Association, favor a simple majority, others a continuation of the 60 percent rule and some are talking of a compromise at 55 percent. The two-hour meeting featured several lively enchanges between members of the board of public instruction and the education association officials.

Swea City Man Martin County Crash Victim FAIRMONT, (AP) The Minnesota State Patrol said an Iowa man was killed Wednesday night in a broadside collision between a small car and a trailer truck five miles east of Fairmont. The victim was identified as Craig Applequist, 24, Swea City, Iowa. Authorities said the truck driven by Eugene Arvidson, Parkers Prairie, struck the car driven by Applequist at the intersection of U. S. 16 and Martin County Rd.

9. Arvidson was not injured. Learning traffic safety on tricycles are these four and five year olds who are participating in a prc-kindergarten summer program throughout June. The "streets" are marked off by tape Traffic Safety Through Tricycles in the basement of McKinley school and the traffic light is on loan from Iowa Lakes Community College. Preview for Pre-Schoolers By MARY McDERMOTT ESTHERVILLE Sixty-six Estherville children are getting a preview of things to come this fall while participating in an expanded pre-kindergarten summer program running this month.

In its fourth year, the summer program provides the children with a foretaste of experiences they will encounter in kindergarten, according to Irene Montz, director of the program and a first grade teacher here. Visiting the Estherville airport, touring a farm near Spirit Lake and going to Deer Land at Okoboji are some of the events already experienced by the children. In addition to trips, the children, who are divided into morning and afternoon groups, also engage in activities such as making ice cream and frosting Learning experiences include working with various art media, motor development exercises, music, story reading and any area in which the child may need help, such as with colors. Mrs. Montz said much of the activities are on an individual or small group level.

AT THE BEGINNING of each session, Elmo the puppet, along with his friends bird. Dumbo and Sissily, introduce a new concept such as up and down or hot and cold. This concept is then explored the rest of the day in whatever activity is gomg on, Montz said. Wednesday, the words were left and right. This concept of direction was carried out through a safety project involving tricycles, roads marked off by tape on the floor and a traffic light changing from green to red.

The program is held in the basement of McKinley school and sessions are from 9-11 a.m. and p.m. It started June 3 and will run through June 28. THE 66 ENROLLED in the program is about twice the number involved last year, according to Montz. She attributed the increase to an increase in funding (the program is financed by federal monies) and more parents wishing their children to be in the program.

Montz said the program, in addition to preparing the children for kindergarten, also provides experiences, such as a nature hike in Fort Defiance State Park planned for Thursday, which time does allow during the regular school year. She summed the program up as "a relaxed, happy experience for the children." A time to adjust to the idea of school and new people without any pressure on the child..