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News Appeals court's ruling on mailing of gun is reversed summary By Inited Press International Mrs. Powell "that her mailing of a sawed-off shotgun some 22 WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court ruled today that the federal law against mailing inches in length was a criminal 1 offense." i off shotguns would be even more likely to be prohibited by local laws than would pistols and revolvers," Rehnquist said. "To narrow the meaning of the language Congress used so as to limit it to only those weapons which could be con concealable weapons applies to sawed-off shotguns as well as Justice Potter Stewart dis-; pistols. i :7" 'ri: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm''i-l' Tin hwhii urn iiui jiijjujj Seven justices voted to reverse a ruling by the U.S. sented in part.

He agreed the law was not unconstitutionally vaeue. but said debate in cealed as readily as pistols or revolvers would not comport Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the law was too vague to apply to 22-inch sawed-off shotgun. Snowdrifts Hulking snowdrifts piled up by a raging snowstorm withered in the warm, Chinook-like winds that swept the Pacific Northwest Monday, but the melt was causing almost as much trouble as the storm. The warm winds, rains and rising temperatures chased the storm system out of the Northwest and into the Rockies and began melting the heavy snow cover dumped by Sunday's storms. But the combination of rain and melting snow touch- ed off flooding, mudslides and avalanches, slowing travelers and imperiling mountaineers.

Sunday's snowstorm piled more than a foot and a half of snow in some areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho and stranded thousands of motorists headed home from Thanksgiving weekend jaunts. At least three persons were killed by the snowstorm in Oregon. Two persons died in the crash of a light plane in Oregon and a 13-year-old boy killed in a roof collapse during a squall at North Bend, Ore. with that purpose." Congress could be read to mean sawed-off shotguns were not intended to come under the statute. Rehnquist said the law was adequately worded to warn The opinion by- Justice William H.

Rehnquist reinstat ed the conviction of Josephine Powell, Spokane, Wash. She mailed sawed-off shotguns to a Tacoma, woman, possi bly to help the husbands of both Holiday safety aided by weather women escape from federal prison at McNeil Island, Wash. The law forbids mailing "pistols, revolvers and other Driving survey By United Press International Blizzards, freezing rain and bitter cold made for the safest Thanksgiving weekend on recent record. firearms capable of being concealed on the person." The 9th Circuit said that although the law was clear as applied to handguns such as pistols, it was too vague as applied to larger weapons such as a sawed-off shotgun. The National Safety Council persons died in traffic accidents from 6 p.m.

Wednesday until midnight Sunday. The breakdown of accidental deaths during the holiday period: Traffic 394 Fire 34 Planes 18 Other 40 Total 486 California reported 41 traffic Veterans van visits Franklin The Veterans Administration van which is currently rolling through numerous Indiana cities and towns, paid a visit to Franklin Monday to answer questions of local armed services veterans and to help them with any problems they might have with affairs relating to the Veterans Administration (VA) programs. The van, operated by VA counselors Morris Hancock, right, and Harry Kahn, center, was at the Johnson County Courthouse from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hancock and Kahn expected to contact about 50 veterans throughout the city.

With the two VA counselors is 63-year-old Franklin veteran Melvin Beard, left. (Daily Journal photo) said the wintry storms which swept much of the nation at the start of the holidays apparently Rehnquist noted there was evidence during Mrs. Powell's forced drivers to slow down, take care, or stay home. trial that the shotgun could be The death toll for the four- concealed on the average person, and said the law was fatalties, Texas Z7, North Carolinia 22, Georgia, 21, day holiday was well below the council's preholiday estimate of from 450 to 550 fatalities aimed at preventing use of the Florida, 19, New York 18, Illinois 16, Pennsylvania, 16, mails to avoid compliance with local gun control laws. A final United Press Interna It would seem that sawed- and Uhio, 15.

tional count Monday showed 394 "Urban pioneers" set up housekeeping in the slums South Dakota, North Dakota, Hawaii and Nebraska had reported no traffic deaths during the holiday period. DALLAS (UPI) Dudley and Sherry Lynch sold their Illinois, Indiana and Iowa DETROIT (UPI) Johnny may be able to read, write and drive, but he's not likely to fink on drinking schoolmates even if it would keep danegrous drivers off the road, a survey indicated Tuesday. Even though they agree that drunk driving tends to be a chief cause of highway accidents, a majority of some of the best teen-age drivers in the country surveyed by the Department of Transportation admitted they would not take any physical action to stop a friend from driving. One said he hoped the drinking teen would pass out before getting behind the wheel. Over half of the 51 teens surveyed admitted having been in a car recently with a driver who had consumed a considerable amount of alcohol, most usually beer.

To avoid this, the youths favor planning ahead to help prevent excessive drinking by drivers. Others prefer calling taxis or driving themselves to such alternatives as calling the driver's parents or taking the car keys away. More relief WASHINGTON (UPI) Even as the House prepared to pass President Ford's bill today to keep New York City afloat with federal loans, a key congressman said the big city may soon be back looking for relief along with half a dozen others near insolvency. Rep. Thomas Ashley of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the subcommittee that first proposed aid for New York City, said six or so large cities face the same rising costs and shrinking tax bases that brought New York to the brink of bankruptcy.

Ashley said he did not want to name those that may be in New York's straits because publicity could worsen their borrowing difficulties. He said Ford's bill is based on optimistic assumptions about the city's and the nation's economies which, if wrong, could raise again the prospect of New York's financial collapse. There was little doubt the House would approve loans of up to 2.3 billion Ford proposed Wednesday night after dropping his opposition because "New York City has bailed itself out." Senate approval could come this week. coated with up to nine inches of $25,000 home in the suburbs last spring and moved themselves snow this Thanksgiving, had a combined total of 26 deaths c.1 it-' and their two small daughters compared to 64 last year. into a slum.

It was something they felt they had to do. The national total was 102 I feel very seriously that you can contribute to the quality of your life by contributing to the needs of below last year's 496 deaths during a similar four-day holiday period and 270 less than the record death toll of 764 old house of their own. They moved on April 25 but it took them the better part of two days to get inside their $16,000, five bedroom, two-story purchase. "The old lady had been given 30 days to move and she hadn't. We gave her two more days and she finally left, but then we found she hadn't told her roomers the house had been sold," he said.

The derelicts moved out one by one, exept for the man in the upstairs bedroom they had planned for their 6-year-old daughter. "We let him stay the first night but when he hadn't your community, says Lynch, 35, a free-lance writer who now sees his family as pioneers urban pioneers. during Thanksgiving, 1968, when the NSC first began keeping such statistics also had one of the most neglected neighborhoods in the city. Old East Dallas is no longer the fashionable part of the city that it was at the turn of the century. There are more bars there than in most residential areas.

Robberies often go unreported. City codes enforcement is lax, mainly because violations are not reported by its inhabitants the aging, the minorities and poor whites. One of the first things the Lynches did was install a chain-link fence. Another was to put in an automatic night lighting system. "This house is a fortress and for the time being that is a very healthy viewpoint," he says.

"We are acting and living He also hopes it will have an constructive influence on his neighbors. "If you could get one new family like us and all the other families in each block, this area would very quickly firm 'We had been living in Garland and found life out there stultifying and compre NOMINEE VISITS HI hensively boring," he says. "Many a night we lay in bed in near despair wondering what lay ahead for us if we remained. WASHINGTON (UPI) The nomination of federal appeals judge John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court formally went to the Senate Monday. Stevens himself went informally.

He spent the day paying courtesy calls on several senators that will play a key role in his confirmation. Stevens, 55, met with several Then one day Lynch drove tJjT' moved out the next day, I went and took out all the locks, and took them up and showed him," Lynch said. "I told him there would be new locks on the house by dark and he wouldn't; be able to get back in. He finally left." through old East Dallas, past block after block of crumbling Dryer fire Rubber-stamp frame homes with their, broad porches, soaring rooflines and insides chopped up to pack in more roomers. It was then that senators on the Judiciary Committee, which will pass on he crossed what he calls "the Whiteland volunteer firemen examine a clothes dryer which caught fire Monday afternoon and caused approximately $500 damage to the Hanley P.

Harmon residence, Greenwood route seven. Whiteland rural volunteer, firemen were called to the residence on County Road 700N, east of U.S. 31, at 4 p.m. Monday. The burning dryer in the garage of the residence caused considerable smoke, but the blaze was quickly extinguished.

(Daily Journal photo) They were left with a pretty trashy house, but beneath the grime were hardwood floors, five bedrooms, two irreplaceable Rookwood tile fireplaces and leaded glass windows. They MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet leadership called the nation's rubber-stamp legislature into session today, following up a secret meeting of the Communist party hierarchy with a public review of the economy. The legislature, known as the Supreme Soviet, was scheduled to hear a report on how the economy fared in the past year and what the government plans to do in the economic sector next year. Western exoerts exDect the session to last two to three his qualifications. He also met with Illinois Sen.

Charles threshhold of the moment of truth." up, he says. The tnougnt or that to me makes life and Percy; GOPleader Hugh Scott living here worthwhile." In a month they had found an aiiu ncLiuuiictfu rimy rvuuei i Griffin. What you do may make a difference. days. While they anticipate no startling developments, they believe the Soviets may provide some concrete details about the 1975 harvest.

The nation's grain crop suffered severely as the result of animmjM iliuuirtkta fnnMn tt tk sauam Millionaire not concerned by his "lack of finesse" siuuuviu siuiutici uiuugii uua jrcai, ui.uig wic gvvtu- ment to make large purchases from the United States and other grain producers. On the basis of earlier speeches, Western expects believe the Soviets may be planning to shift slightly the emphasis on industry to step up production and quality of consumer goods. ft two important things in life, METAIRIE, La. (UPI) One is your reputation and one John Schwegmann thinks of is your health. If you have a himself as the common man millionaire.

"I lack finesse, and choice, take your reputation. "Somebody had to be the David to fight the Goliath. And I was the David." "Everyone up there respected me, they feared me and they was only hoping that I'd get out," he said. "There's only "That's one thing that John frankly, I'd rather not have it," Revenue sharing he says. Schwegmann is not selling his reputation." "Everybody thinks that when you become a millionaire, you say 'well, to hell with those other I don't feel that way," he said.

MIAMI BEACH (UPI) America's local government officials are anxiously waiting to see if Congress will renew the general revenue sharing act. The 1972 law, which expires this year, funneled 1150 million a year from the federal treasury to the municipalities to spend as they saw fit with few strings at- Most of the cfties spent most of the money on basic operational services such as police and fire protection and sanitation services, a erouo of local officials said Monday at "Frankly, the people have given me a lot, whether they know it or not. They have given me the opportunity to be where I am today. Irsounds like-politician language, and the 64-year-old Schwegmann is indeed a semi- DIAL DOWN your thermostat. Dialing down your furnace thermostat is the fastest and easiest way to conserve at home and at work.

the National League of Cities 51st Congress. "Unquestionably, a failure to reenact the general revenue sharing bill would have a severe effect on the budgets and the services that cities and counties and a few of the states are going to be able to supply for our people," said Mayor John Poelker of St. Louis. New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu said failure to renew the bill "is totally unthinkable even with it, there are cities not making it today." successful politician. But at the same time, the multi-millionaire with the giant supermarkets dislikes most politicians and speaks out against almost everything Does your wife pick the securities in your portfolio? those crooks stand for.

"If you only went to seventh Courtesy calls grade, you don't have that that 'tact'," Schwegmann says in his gravelly Irish Channel voice, which borders on Brook- lynese. Schwegmann has been fight WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford's nomination of Judge John P. Stevens to the Supreme Court went to the Senate Monday. Stevens himself paid courtesy calls on several senators who will play key roles in his confirmation. Stevens, 55, met informally with several senators on the Judiciary Committee, which will pass on his qualifications.

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He was a consumer advocate long before it became a fad. "I've been fighting for the consumer all my life," says Schwegmann, recently elected to the Louisiana Public Service During the day, dress a little warmer and be comfortable at a thermostat setting of 68. At bedtime, dial down to 63. Throw on an extra blanket and save energy while you sleep. Dial down to 60 when you're going to be gone for a period of time, even a weekend.

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Dial down your water heater to a "low-medium" setting and save. Note: this may be too low a setting for those homes with automatic dishwashers. Fix leaky faucets that waste energy and water. "And all those consumer "A tksst reus wilt Ala groups? They're all worthless." Schwegmann successfully challenged drug pricing laws in Louisiana. He challenged liquor price laws.

He challenged fair Anti-gun bill Here are some other energy saving ideas: I trade laws and won. Now he NATIONAL BANK OF GREENWOOD BOX NBG GREENWOOD, IN. challenging Louisiana dairy 46142 P.O. regulations which lead to high milk prices. WASHINGTON (UPI) Legislation to ban the sale of cheap handguns and to require longer sentences for persons convicted of crimes committed with handguns has cleared a Senate subcommittee.

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Pity. I Zip Israeli warplanes bombed Palestinian guerrilla camps in northern and southern Lebanon today in massive raids that Beirut spokesmen said killed or wounded scores of persons. A Lebanese military spokesman said about 30 Israeli aircraft took part In the operation, the first such strike into Lebanon in nearly thm months. Telephone..