The Humboldt Republican from Humboldt, Iowa • Page 4

NoveffiMf 28,1878, The Humboldt Republican REPUBLICAN Publlihcd each Wednesday it 528 Sumner Avenue, Humboldt, 50548, by the Humboldt Printing Company and elm matter tinder the Act of March Second etan postage paid at Humboldt, Iowa SONS. CHASE MCLAUGHLIN Editor and Publisher ROGER LINEMAN News Editor JANE JORGENSEM Assistant News Editor OONNA SEASON Advertising Manager MARGARET LOCKE Advertising DELMAR DeSMIDT BECKY SMITH Printer DEB DeWINTER Bookkeeper IVADELLE PATTERSON Composition BECKY VAtffiT Composition WANE SMITH Composition JtJDY HALSRUD Circulation SUBSCRIPTION RATES HUMBOLDT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES The Humbolt Republican, One year $5,00 The Humboldt Independent, One year $5,00 Both for One Year $6.00 ELSEWHERE IN IOWA Republican or Independent, One Year $5.50 Both for One Year ELSWEHERE IN UNITED STATES Independent or Republican, One Year $6,50 Both for One Year $7,50 ADVERTISING RATES Display Per Inch, Republican or Independent $0.06 Combination Republican and Independent $1.40 National Rate, Combination Republican and Independent $1.40 Classified Ads, Minimum 76c, Per Word $0.05 Card Af Thanks, Minimum $1.00, Per Word $0.05 Notices li00 From temporary to permanent Temporary controls and temporary taxes tend to become permanent. The diversion of public attention to energy crisis is not helping to thaw out the freeze on prices and wages. We are advised the fuel shortage be of long duration, with regulations and limitations to. last indefinitely.

President Nixon gave us some of the initial controls Sunday night. When prices and wages were frozen in 1971, they were supposed to be of short duration. The freeze was originally set for just 90 days, and most people probably expected it to end at the expiration at that time. The freeze was not terminated, but was fused into Phase 2, then into Phase 3, and now we are in Phase 4. Changes were made and new problems developed as the economy transferred into each successive phase.

Price ceiling generated a number of side effects. When they could not make a profit under U.S. price ceilings, manufacturers stopped making certain products or shipped their output to higher-priced foreign markets. Shortages developed and so did inequities where selling prices were frozen but costs kept rising. In order to keep merchandise moving into the distribution system, the Cost of Council found, it advisable to authorize higher prices and wages, allowing increased costs to be passed along.

The prices of food, especially beef, went, up more under controls than consumers had been warned they might rise without controls. The energy crisis is adding a new list of related controls such as national speed limits and specification of fuels to be used for certain purposes and allocation of amounts. At the same time, the government is caught in a bind over whether to allow higher prices to encourage production of more fuel or to keep prices low and restrict usage more. The combination of circumstances is accelerating the concentration of authority over the daily pattern of living of individual citizens, with more and more of the decisions normally made by business management being made in the nation's capital. lit Focus fly Chatt 'Jahrtl What in the Are You Doing in This Hot, Stuffy Suggestions for saving fuel is a dime a dozen, A Chicago man has suggested pilot light be turned out and a match be used each time the kitchen range burner is to be lighted.

But heat from the pilot light is not exactly wasted. It Is converted into heat, circulated through the kitchen and added to the room temperative, delaying the action of the thermostat in turning on the kitchen. We are constantly being told how to dress for cold weather to conserve fuel. You can keep your jacket on indoors. You really don't need any special instructions on how to keep warm.

Your Instincts will tell you that. Then we are warned not to fiddle with the thermostat. There is danger if you monkey with the thermostat, you will cause more fuel to be used. Other suggestions for conservation include extinguishing of all yard lighting, Including gas. This might save a tiny amount, but not enough to make a difference in the overall picture.

It is said that return to daylight savings time would save 1 to 2 percent of electric use. This may not sound like much, but it is quite an amount in the long run. Quote: In order to conserve heat, we suppose that the fellow who tried to keep his enemies in hot water in the old days will now merely specify lukewarm water. The Wall Street Journal says some people have jobs which keep them awake nights while others have jobs which don't even keep them awake days. Back in the days when you could get a room a board for only $12 dollars a week you were making only $10 a week.

By Don RtlJ Manager Iowa Prcsi Association KENNEDY Many lowans have probably never heard of David Belin. But his Des Moines attorney has just written a hook which is expected to bring him national acclaim; it already has. For Belin was one of 14 lawyers assigned to the Warren Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Belin, along with Long Beach attorney, Joseph Ball, was assigned the difficult task of determining who killed President Kennedy.

The book, "November 22, are the Jury," has just been released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. Belin, 45, said the verdict is "overwhelmingly clear" that Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald alone killed President Kennedy. Kennedy. What Belin does in the book is present the heart of the evidence heard by the Warren Commission and let the reader reach his own conclusion. Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times who suggested to Belin that he write the book, says Belin tells the story of the crime of the century better than it has been told at any time.

"This has been no easy task even for one like Belin, wlio handled very important segments of the Warren testimony, the processing of evidence and questioning of witnesses," Salisbury notes. "He (Belin) has had a decade to think and study. He is by no means uncritical of the commission, of some of its procedures, of some of its methods. But his careful reexamination does not invalidate a single Warren finding. He believes the commission and Chief Justice Warren, in particular, should not have yielded to the desires of the Kennedy family and should have insisted upon the X-rays and medical photographs of the slain president's body.

Not because this data would have changed their conclusion, but because it would have butressed the findings and blocked off avenues for turgid sensationalism," Salisbury stated. ENERGY It seems whenever people gather these days, whether in large or small groups, the conversation invariably gets around to one energy crisis. In Iowa, as elsewhere, a number of steps have been taken, or suggested, to save fuel. Following the lead of President Nixon, Governor Robert Ray has suggested that motorists reduce their speed on the highway to 50 mph. Not everyone agrees that 50 mph, even under these times, should be the speed limit.

For example, State Representative Richard Drake, chairman of the House transportation committe, plans to introduce a bill in the 1974 Legislature to set Iowa's speed limit at 60 mph. Drake's rationale is that many motorists might observe a 50 mph limit for a while, but over the long haul such a limit, he feels, would be unenforceable. Speaking of enforcement, Col. Howard Miller, Chief of the Iowa Highway Patrol, has announced that motorists will be ticketed for driving only one mile over the limit! Furthermore, Miller cautioned motorists that many speedometers are not accurate, especially in autos that are equipped with snow tires. "Many cars with snow tires are actually going two or three miles an hour faster than the speedometer shows," he noted.

The patrol had been allowing a tolerance of up to five miles before writing speeding tickets. Meanwhile, Attorney General Richard Turner stated that Governor Ray's executive order imposing a 50 mph speed limit on state vehicles does not apply to school buses. Turner's opinion was in reponse to an inquiry by Winneshiek County Attorney Calvin Anderson who asked if the executive order could apply to vehicles owned by the Decorah Community School District. And the Highway Commission is making plans to change the 2,500 or so speed limit signs posted along the state's primary and interstate highways, just in case the speed limit is legally reduced to 50 mph. The cost for such a changeover, if one comes, is pegged at about $2 a sign.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY Attorney General Richard C. Turner has made another plea lor the Legislature to establish a district attorney system or to beef up the present area prosecutor program. Turner told a legislative study committee that 700 criminal cases have been dismissed in Linn County and 600 in Woodbury County alone this year. Two years ago an area prosecutor's office was established within the framework of the attorney general's office. Ike Skinner, who heads up the program which is funded through the state crime commission, has helped county attorneys prosecute nearly 200 criminal cases this year.

He has a staff of seven lawyers. Turner told the legislators that the lack of staff in the county attorneys' offices is the key reason for the dismissal of so many criminal charges. "You'd be appalled at the number of criminal cases dismissed in this state," Turner told the legislative committee studying the district attorney proposal. The attorney general said his proposed system of district attorneys with eight offices scattered across the state equipped to handle all major criminal cases beyond the scope of the county attorney would cost the state $2 million annually. But, Turner added, "the district attorney would be worth it because of the additional convictions." PERSONAL PROPERTY The maximum amount of personal property tax credit is being raised from $2,700 per year in assessed valuation to $4,500.

The action was taken by state comptroller Marvin Selden and State Revenue Director Donald Briggs under authority given to them by the last legislature. It's all part of a package program to wipe out the personal property tax over a period of years. The personal property tax is levied against such things as machinery, equipment, office 'furniture and inventory. The 1967 Legislature repealed the tax on household goods and the 1973 General Assembly exempted livestock from the tax. The $4,500 credit, which represents $16,700 of actual value, will be applied aginst 1973 taxes payable during the extended fiscal year beginning Jan.

1, 1974 and ending June 30, 1975. No application is required to receive this additional credit. By Marilyn Fivold, Humboldt Librarian Court Record 11-8, Kunert, Glen disobeyed flashing red light, Fine $10.00 plus costs. 11-5, McCubbin, Charles disobeyed flashing red signal, Fine $10.00 plus costs. 11-9, Hasty, Kenneth speeding, Fine $20.00 plus costs.

11-11, Pithan, Virgil speeding, Fine $30.00 plus costs. 11-4. Vibbard, Edith OMVUI, Co. Att. Inf.

to D.C. 11-2, Edwards, Dennis false check, Fine $20.00 plus costs. 11-5, West, Joseph speeding, Fine $30.00 plus costs. 11-9, Goier, Denis William, registration card violation, Fine $5.00 plus costs. 11-9, Dunscombe, Carol Ann, speeding, Fine $25.00 plus costs.

11-9, Rodekuhr, Terry Wayne, improper lights, Fine $10.00 plus costs. 11-12, Smith, Marlene speeding, Fine $25.00 plus costs. 11-8, Watts, Cecil no SMV sign, Fine $5.00 plus costs. 11-6, Roblin, Roy Allen, speeding, Fine $20.00 plus costs. 11-13, Nagel, Cathy, disobeyed stop sign, Fine $10.00 plus costs 11-14, Heller, Mary improper start, Fine $10.00 plus costs.

11-17, Riles, defective equipment, Fine $5.00 plus costs. 11-3, Schettler, Marvin speeding, Fine $20.00 plus costs! 11-13, Barrett, Francis speeding, Fine $25.00 plus costs! 11-19, Sanns, James improper passing, Fine $30.00 "The Ungodly" is Richard Rhodes' novel of the Donner Party which in 1846 was stranded in a savage blizzard. "Give Us This Day," R. F. Delderfield's third part of the Swann family saga, brings the narrative to the beginning of World War I.

In "Pentimento" American playwright Lillian Hellman expands autobiographical reminiscences originally begun in "An Unfinished Woman." The book contains seven sketches of people and events from her past. Mountain People" is a National Georgraphic publication which depicts mountain life among the people of Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Rockies and the Far West. J. B. West's "Upstairs at the White House" has recently been given to the library in memory of Frank Johnson by Mrs.

Lee Brown, Mrs. Belva Wolcott, Mrs. Cecile Brocke and Mrs. Belle Day. West offers stories and anecdotes about the various first families he served while he was chief usher at the White House.

A new picture book by Ann Scott is entitled "On Mother's Lap." Michael, an Eskimo boy who likes to be on his mother's lap, finds out that there's enough room there for himself and for his baby sister. Philippa Pearce retells the romantic fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast." Beauty is willing to sacrifice her life to save her father. Because of her love the Beast is turned back into a prince. "The Flying Shoes" by Cynthia Jameson is a Russian tale relating the problems encountered by various people who try to claim the magic shoes stolen from an old man. Robert Leslie recounts his efforts to save herds of wild plus costs.

11-2, Flaherty, Mary false check, Fine $20.00 plus costs. 11-10, Jacobsen, Donald disobeyed stop sign, Fine $10.00 plus costs. 11-10, Garrison, Earl W. speeding, Fine $30.00 plus costs. 11-8, Bristow, Jerry no trailer plate displayed, Fine $5.00 plus costs.

11-17, Collins, Richard plate violation, Fine $5.00 plus costs. 11-13, Schuneman, James speeding, Fine $25.00 plus costs. 11-8, Watts, Cecil No SMV sign, Fine $5.00 plus costs. burros from the slaughter of hunters in his non-fiction book "Wild Burro Rescue." Warranty Deeds Under Warranty Deeds Section, the description of the property in the deed to Larry L. Dunscombe and D.C.

Harmon, should be: Parts of lots 11 and 12, block 26, original town Humboldt. Anderson, Leonard and Nellie, husband and wife, to Town of Thor, Iowa and Norway Township Fire 73-Lot 9. block 1, Thor. Blair, Don and Geraldine husband and wife, to Bunz, Walter H. and Jean husband and wife, tract in NW'A 6-91-30.

Coddington, James H. and Mary Anne, husband and wife; Northup, M.L. and Eileen husband and wife; Schuchmann, Harold F. and Mary Anne, husband and wife, to Gidel, Steve undivided 'A interest in and to: Parcel in 35-92-29, Humboldt. Subject to easements, reservations, and mortgages.

Fay, Earl and Joy husband and wife, to Fay, Earl M. and Joy husband and wife, of lots 1 and 2, block 19, Original town, Humboldt. Jaqua, John F. and Jan, husband and wife, to Jaqua, undivided 'A interest in and to: Part of lots 6, 7, 8, block 25, Humboldt. Kildal, W.

Morris and Lee, husband and wife, to Gondeck, John and Kathryn, husband and wife, of lots 1 and 2, block 73, Original Town, Humboldt. Livermore State Bank, to Foth, Richard of lot 3, of lot 4, block 5, Bassett's Addition, Livermore. Schmidtke, R.A. Surviving Spouse, to Stow-Skow, 6, block 77, 2nd College Addition, Humboldt. Sorlien, Donald W.

and Barbara, husband and wife, to Seifer, Ima B. and Sorlien, Garwin (tenants in common) right, title and Gannon to visit here Thursday WHHam Ganndn, Democratic candidate for fowa Governor, announced Tuesday he will be campaigning in Humboldt on Thursday, Nov. 29, Gannon Will be appearing at a coffee held in support of his candidacy at the Star Restaurant, 3 p.m. The -public Is invited to the coffee which is being co-ordinated by Randy Watnetn, Humboldt. Gannon announced his candidacy for Governor in mid-September, pledging at the time to interest in land in NW'A section 4, and land in 16-93-29.

Subject to easements. Williams, Duane M. and Dorothy husband and wife, Jointly, to Klein, Virginia A. and Allen wife and husband, of lot 3, part of lots 4,8,7,8,9, block 22, Original Town, Livermore. Abels, Robert E.

and Ruth husband and wife, to Holthaus, Leo and Bernita A.j husband and wife, of lot 8, SVt of lot 0, block 23, Original Town, Dakota City. Anderson, James A. and Sharon husband and wife, to Case, Meredith I. and Linda husband and wife, 27, Keller and Sande Addition, Humboldt. Hplsten, Willis H.

and Doris husband and wife, to Mobley, Ronald L. and Kathleen husband and wife, of lot 5, part of lot 6, block 19, Original Town, Humboldt. Jennings, Wayne D. and B. Jean, husband and wife, to Hamilton, James I.

and Marlene husband and wife, of blocks 46, 47, 48, 69, 70, and 71, also alleys and parts of streets, Dakota City. Mobley, Ronald L. and Kathleen husband and wife, to Anderson, William A. and Cynthia husband and wife, in SW'A 9-91-29. Subject to mortgage.

Olson, Clarence, single, to Wilson, James P. and Dorothy, husband and wife, in 17-91-27. Subject to easements. Olson, Clarence, single, to Hansel, in 17-91-27. Subject to easements.

Pollock, Merlyn J. and Valdine husband and wife, to Blacktop Service lying north of block 44, 2nd College Addition, Humboldt. Summers, Alvah H. and Betty, husband and wife, to Andersen, F. S.

and Everett Lot 4, block 70, 2nd College Addition, Humboldt. Tabor, Claire and Faith, husband and wife, to Bierl, Russell V. and Dianne husband and wife, 12, Springvale Heights Addition, Humboldt. Trenary, Dennis R. and Shirley husband and wife, to Halsrud, Nicky L.

and Kathryn husband and wife, in SE'ASEV. 1-91-29, Humboldt. Subject to mortgage. Van Alstine, W. E.

Trust, by Union Trust and Savings Bank, Trustee, to Van Alstine, W. E. Trust, First National Bank, Successor NW'A 32-92-29. Zeiger, Laura, widow, to Jensen, Don W. and Beverly Jean, husband and wife, (tenants in 7, block 72, Original Town.

Humboldt. Small Claims Court 144-4173 Fashionette, Hum-' boldt, vs. Cindy Messerly, Webster City, on demand of $27.67 for clothing purchased and Petition filed Nov. 20. 145-1173 Fashionette, Humboldt, vs.

Mrs. Julia Hageman, Humboldt, on demand of $51.87 for clothing purchased Petition filed Nov. 20. 146-1173 Fashionette, Humboldt, vs. Freda Laing, Humboldt, on demand of $191.88 for clothing purchased April 1973 Petition filed Nov.

20. 147-1173 Kersten Clinic, a partnership, Fort Dodge, vs. Robert A. and Rebecca Jacobson, Humboldt, on demand of $460.75 for non-payment of medical services. Petition filed Nov.

20. Action Completed: 125-1173 Dr. K. G. Pride, Humboldt, vs.

Mrs. Jeff Landmesser, Gilmore City. Case dismissed Nov. 14. 128-1173 Dr.

K. T. Pride, Humboldt, vs. Mrs. Dale Ray, Marshalltown.

Case dismissed Nov. 20. 133-1173 Fashionette, Humboldt, vs. Mrs. Bob Yetmar, Clare.

Case dismissed Nov. 20. make his carfipsign most vigorous and open in hististy. tte has pledged to disclose Act only his political contributions, but his personal assets as well, in. an attempt to shape a trend toward openness and Integrity in government.

Gannon has served three terms in the towa House of Reprsentatives and twice served as Democratic Floor Leader. In 1972 Gannon was the Democratic candidate fof Lt. Governor and received 48 per cent of the vote in the general election) Gannon is expected to discuss tax reform, transportation policy, the energy crisis, and the need for increased assistance for the elderly in his visit to Humboldt County. Christensen, Tiddler'to ploy Mason Fort Dodge Comedia Musica Players' production of "Fiddler on the Roof starring Humboldt's Gerald Christensen, is on the- move and will be presenting a weekend of shows In Mason City. Staged at the Park 70 Theatre, the production of "Fiddler" last week was sold out and for that reason is being taken back to Mason City.

Christensen, as the lead Tevye will be on stage with the cast with an 8 p.m. curtain time this Friday and Saturday with a 2 p.m. performance.set for Sunday. Common Cause sots conforonco Sunday at Drako Jack Conway, president of the 250,000 member national nonpartisan citizen's lobby, Common Cause, will be in Des Moines, Sunday, Dec. 2, for meetings with Iowa Common Cause members and a public meeting on the campus of Drake University.

He will appear with members of Iowa's Congressional delegation at at 2 p.m. session on Meredith Hall, billed as a "people's press conference" to discuss current activities in Washington, D.C., relating to Common Cause priority issues. Two Common Cause members from each of Iowa's six congressional districts will direct to Conway and the congressmen. The meeting is open to the public. Although all eight of Iowa's representatives in Washington have been invited to attend, affirmative responses thus far indicate that Senator Dick Clark and Representative Neal Smith will be at the meeting.

Common Cause was started in 1970 by John Gardner, former Secretary of HEW and head of the National Urban Coalition and Carnegie Foundation. Gardner is now chairman of the board of the organization. Conway, a former aide to the late Walter Reuther, head of the UAW in Detroit, became president of Common Cause in 1972. Current priorities of the organization, which has worked successfully in the areas of the congressional and legislative reform, peace, the 18-year-old vote and environmental issues, are campaign finance, home rule for the District of Columbia, tax equity, the equal rights amendment, reform of the congressional budget process and privilege, and establishment of an independent prosecutor's office for the Watergate investigation. Car Registrations Stow-Skow, Humboldt Motor Sales, Oldsmobile.

Ronald Curtis or Judy Rasmussen, Volkswagen Fort Dodge, Volkswagen. Alvin J. or Constance L. Thorson, Shimkat Motor Fort Dodge, Dodge. Elwin Leroy or Ramona Lee, Hodges, Bob Dee Porsche Audi, Des Moines, Audi.

Albert L. Piper, Shimkat Motor Fort Dodge, Plymouth. Elmer A. or Helen Pergande, Levien Chevrolet Fort Chevrolet. John or Jacquelin Schulze, Humboldt Motor Sales.

CMC. Edward B. Dyvig, Fort Dodge Honda, BTA..