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Green Bay Press -Gazette VOLUME LIX, No. 264 32 PAGES TWO SECTIONS GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1974 15 CENTS Report on xon At Last Hurdle Ni to respond to Nixon. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, said Nixon should voluntarily file amended tax returns and pay any additional income tax for past years.

Mills is vice chairman of the joint congressional committee that is looking into Nixon's tax affairs. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield predicted that "the months ahead will be difficult, more difficult than those we have just come through" as Congress and the courts confront Watergate problems. mittee, and I don't feel any evidence is subject to presidential privilege, presidential privacy or even national security," Smith said. Two members of the Judiciary Committee said equal television time should be given for a response to Nixon's comments about the committee. Rep.

John Conyers D-Mich asked Speaker Carl Albert to demand equal time and Rep. Jerome R. Waldie, wrote the three major TV networks asking for equal time for the committee incidental references that do relate to the petitioners (Haldeman and Strachan)," but he added they "do not go beyond the allegations in the indictment." In other Watergate-related developments: American Bar Association President Chesterfield Smith said Nixon's refusal to hand over all Watergate evidence to the Judiciary Committee amounts to obstruction of justice. "The President should furnish all information requested by the House Judiciary Com Nixon Homes Price Tag Of $17 Million Denied Fatal Crash A De Pere woman died struck by a Chicago and North Western Thursday in this crumpled automobile at an Ashwaubenon railroad crossing. The car was freight engine.

(Press-Gazette Photo) Kissinger Sees Hope For New A-Arms Part WASHINGTON (AP) A House subcommittee report passed over strong Republican objections says President Nixon's homes have cost taxpayers $17 million some of it for loosely authorized items "far in excess of security needs." The White House called the report a deliberate deception. Chairman Jack Brooks, disclosed brief highlights of the report Thursday before his House government activities subcommittee approved it on a straight 6-4 party line vote. Brooks told newsmen he does not consider the report a shocker, but rather a delineation of facts that came out WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court has moved the House Judiciary Committee a step closer to access to a secret grand jury report on President Nixon's role in Watergate. In an opinion Thursday the court rejected requests that it reverse U.S. District Judge John J.

Sirica's order sending the grand jury report to the committee. The appeals court delayed delivery of the report until 5 p.m. Monday to give attorneys time to take the case to the Supreme Court. President Nixon did not oppose sending the report to the House, a fact cited by both Sirica and the appeals court. But attorneys for H.R.

Hal-deman, White House staff chief, and Gordon C. Strachan, a former Haldeman aide, opposed sending the report to the House on the grounds its contents probably would be made public and result in publicity that could make it impossible for them to obtain a fair trial. Haldeman and Strachan were among seven former administration or campaign aides indicted March 1 for allegedly trying to block the Watergate investigation. The grand jury gave Sirica its' sealed report and a satchel filled with evidence at the same time it returned the indictment. Lawyers for Haldeman and Strachan said they were undecided on whether to ask the Supreme Court to overrule the appeals court.

The appeals court, which heard oral arguments earlier Thursday, said in its decision, "We think it of significance that the President of the United States, who is described by all parties as the focus of the report and who presumably would have the greatest interest in its disposition, has interposed no objection to the district court's action." As for the claims that there might be a leak that would generate prejudicial publicity, the appeals court said they were "at best, a slender interest" and added "it appears to be premature at the least" to make the claims before any such publicity had occurred. Judge George E. MacKinnon dissented in part from the decision. MacKinnon said he believed -the grand jury exceeded its authority in turning over the sealed report and satchel of evidence. He recommended that the House committee be given access to entire proceedings of the grand jury that investigated the Watergate coverup, but only after the trial is completed.

During the oral argument, Philip Lacovara, counsel for the special prosecutor, said the material given Sirica by the grand jury focuses on the President's role. "There are WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger says he will seek a breakthrough in Moscow that could produce a concrete treaty to limit nuclear weapons by the end of 1974. Kissinger told a news conference Thursday that prospects are reasonably good. But he also cautioned that relations between the two powers are passing through a difficult period.

The secretary, who leaves this weekend, said rapid improvement of nuclear weapons has slowed progress on a treaty. Congress' unwillingness to grant trade benefits to the Soviet Union and friction in the Middle East also contribute to the difficulty, he said. And yet, Kissinger absolved Moscow of blame for Syrian Prominent Lawyer, Ray Evrard, Dies Cut in Demand For Energy Urged i his subcommittee's public hearings in October. The report makes no accusations against Nixon, according to the subcommitte's senior Republican, Rep. John Buchanan of Alabama.

But Republicans strongly objected before the vote to subcommittee action on the report, challenging its findings and contending they didn't know it existed until Monday. Brooks said in a prepared Today's Chuckle Isn't it nice that you never meet a kid who wants to pull out pictures of his grandparents? elected district attorney, and he held the prosecutor post for three terms before retiring in 1929. During this period, he won 34 consecutive jury cases before finishing with a hung jury on the 35th case. As a prohibition-era prosecutor, he issued many bootlegging complaints in Brown County, including 114 warrants in one month alone, but "wet" oriented juries returned very few convictions. Mr.

Evrard also gained a reputation in the field of labor negotiation and law during this time. He represented the railroad brotherhoods during a strike and, at one time during the 1930s, represented every labor union in Brown County. He also was active as a political lobbyist in Madison, specializing in representing the commercial fishing industry. At one time he represented more than 90 per cent of the commercial fishermen working Lakes Michigan and Superior out of Wisconsin ports, and the Evrard law office always had a plentiful supply of fresh smelt or smoked chubs. Mr.

Evrard was active in sports. An avid boxing and wrestling fan, he promoted amateur boxing in this area for many years. He was an early supporter and highly-successful fund raiser for the Green Bay Packers, serving on the team's board of direc- TURN TO PAGE A-2. COLUMN 4 I Today's Features Bridge Column Page B- 6 Classified Ads Page B- 7 Comics Page B- 6 Crossword Page B- 8 Deaths, Funerals Page B- 7 Dr. Thosteson Page A- 8 Editorials Page A- 4 Entertainment Page A-10 Financial News Page B- 5 Women's Section.

Page A- 7 "In Wollo, people are again beginning to move to the towns to look for food, but the government is trucking them back to their villages and telling them to stay there because it wants to keep the population down at relief centers. "In the south, the rain will make roads impassable for the next five months and se-r i 1 affect relief distribution. Farmers have a tough choice either leave the land and go find help or TURN TO PAGE A 2, COLUMN 7 statement the report's findings concern: "The loose arrangements by which the General Services Administration paid for items not requested by the Secret Service. "The manner in which the Secret Service submitted after-the-fact requests. "The procurement of items far in excess of security needs.

"The obligation of federal funds by nongovernment personnel. "And other such practices as were adequately demonstrated during the hearings." Brooks gave no details except to say the $17 million fig- TURN TO PAGE A-2, COLUMN 7 Polls Show Nixon at New Low NEW YORK (AP) President Nixon's popularity has reached all-time lows in two recent polls. Only 25 per cent of those surveyed in a Gallup poll approved of the way he's doing his job, and only 26 per cent in a Louis Harris survpy approved of the President's performance. A Harris poll in February gave Nixon a 29 per cent positive rating and a Febuary Gallup survey found 27 per cent in approval. The Harris poll showed 71 per cent gave Nixon a negative rating, while only 47 per cent said that he.

should resign. Forty-four per cent were opposed to his resignation, with 9 per cent undecided. The Gallup poll showed 64 per cent disapproved of Nixon's performance. Harris said the percentage favoring Nixon's resignation has not varied greatly in more than three months. "It is apparent that the public would prefer to wait for the results of the impeachment proceedings now under way befoi'e the House Judiciary Committee rather than have the President voluntarily resign from office," he said.

The pollster said that Watergate-related indictments against former White House aides contributed to the plunge in Nixon's popularity. Those approving Nixon in a Gallup poll at the beginning of 1974 were 28 per cent. By contrast, another Gallup poll in January of 1973 on the weekend of the signing of the Vietnam cease-fire indicated 69 per cent thought Nixon was doing a good job. According to Gallup, the recent survey showed Nixon's greatest support was in the South, where he has made many personal appearances. In the South, 31 per cent approve of the President.

Only 20 per cent expressed approval in the East, 26 per cent in the Midwest and 23 per cent in the West. Today's Weather Cloudy with the possibility of 1-3 inches of snow before diminishing to flurries late tonight. Low tonight about 15. Variable cloudiness and much colder on Saturday with a chance of snow flurries. High on Saturday about 18.

Northwest winds 12-25 miles er hour, tonight, becoming 10-16 m.p.h. on Saturday. Precipitation probability 60 per cent tonight, 20 per cent Saturday. Outlook for Sunday, mostly cloudy and very cold with a chance of light snow flurries. High around 23.

Crash Kills Woman, 19 A 19-year-old De Pere woman, Jo Ann A. Manders, 519 Dunning Drive, was killed Thursday afternoon when the car she was driving was struck by a freight engine in the Town of Ashwaubenon. The accident occurred on Hansen Avenue at its intersection with the Chicago and North Western tracks, at 3:11 p.m. Brown County Traffic police said the Manders car was eastbound on Hansen Road when it was struck in the right side by the engine, dragged 68 feet and knocked to the west side of the track. The victim was declared dead at the scene.

Investigators said the warning lights at the crossing were operating, and Engineer Emil Tasch, 59, of Taycheedah, said he was blowing the whistle before the engine struck the car. Food Rose $1 a Week In January WASHINGTON (AP) The annual cost of a market basket of U.S. farm-produced groceries jumped 3.1 per cent or a rate of $1 a week per household from January to February, according to government figures announced Thursday. It had gained 1.8 per cent or $3 0 from December to January on an annual basis. Administration officials, however, insist consumers have seen the worst of 1974 food price increases.

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer figures, the annual cost of a market basket for a theoretical household of 3.2 per-sops was $1,732 in February, based upon a 3.1 per cent rise. The' January rate was $1,680 annually, meaning the gain in one month was $52. Market basket statistics are kept by the Agriculture Department, based upon Labor Department statistics expected to be available next week. The computations were made unofficially from consumer price index figures announced Thursday. The latest market basket costs compare with $1,409 in February 1973, meaning that consumer food prices rose 22.9 per cent during the 12 months.

Although the $52-per-year jump in the market basket rate for January-February was the sharpest in months, it fell far below a $124 boost from July to August last summer after curbs were eased. Want Ad Finds Setter New Home Pete Tweedale, 1351 Western Ave. quickly found a new home for his Irish Setter with the help of a Prass-Gazette Want Ad. Mr. Tweedale reported that the first person who called in response to the ad bought the dog.

Put a Want Ad to work selling for you. Simply phone 435-8361 GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE Want Ads clashes with Israel in the Golan Heights and said: "Both of us have an obligation to contribute to peace and both of us are exchanging ideas on the subject." The United States and Soviet Union signed their first nuclear weapons agreement in 1972, restricting defensive systems and putting temporary limits on some offensive weapons. The current second round of SALT talks involves an exchange of technical information, but also a stalemate in the negotiating process, Kissinger said. "Then a point is reached where the two sides have to agree on what it is they are' trying to accomplish. And after that there has to be the hard negotiation on giving concrete content to this con- He said the council's "Half-and-Half Plan" would aim for growth in direct energy consumption at a rate of seven-tenths of 1 per cent per person per year.

This would be' matched by energy savings of seven-tenths of 1 per cent per year through conservation measures. Taken together, the two halves of the plan would make available the energy equivalent of a 1.4 per cent growth rate. Peterson said that was the average rate of energy growth from 1947 to 1972, although growth has been accelerating in recent years. He said this plan would allow a 65 per cent increase in U.S. energy consumption by the end of this century, providing for a 25 per cent increase in residential and commercial energy use per person.

Industrial energy use per person would increase 35 per cent by the year 2000, he said. Peterson said energy savings could be achieved in many ways, including the design of more efficient appliances, better design and insulation of buildings, lower room temperatures, resource recycling and improved industrial efficiency. The biggest savings could be made in transportation, assigned an energy increase of less than 10 per cent per person over the next 26 years in the council's plan, Peterson said. Some qualified observers say 200,000 or more have starved to death, double the estimated toll less than a year ago and more than In the six-nation West African drought. The rain is up to Allah, Har-rarge's devout Moslems say.

The grain is up to National Relief Commissioner Shimelis Adugna, a 38-year-old social worker named by Ethiopia's new government this month to boss a slack and stumbling drought relief bureaucracy. "The government has given me a free hand, and I intend a 1 breakthrough," he said. "I would expect that if there is a SALT agreement this year, it will have an adequate concreteness, and it will not be simply general principles," Kissinger said. Then, when a reporter asked whether he was hinting a treaty would be delayed past 1974, he replied: "I hope, and we will work very hard, to have an agreement this year. I think the prospects are reasonably good, but I can make a better estimate after my visit to Moscow." On another front, Kissinger reassured the European allies that their interests will not be sacrificed for the sake of a U.S.

-Soviet accord. The statement seemed designed to counter French charges that TURN TO PAGE A-2, COLUMN 2 B0G0 Delays Reformatory Layoff Action PRESS-GAZETTE MADISON BUREAU MADISON The Board on Governmental Operations (BOGO) has decided to wait another month before taking action on Gov. Patrick J. Lu-cey's recommendation that the 76 job layoffs at the State Reformatory at Green Bay be delayed at least six months. Lucey told the board that recent increases in the adult male population in the state have kept the Reformatory population above capacity.

He suggested that BOGO re-evaluate the status of the 76 jobs in December but BOGO members deferred a decision until April. The 76 jobs are to be eliminated June 30, authority for the cuts have been given in the 1973-75 state budget. The budget also stated that the Reformatory would continue at an inmate level not to exceed 300 as long as the adult inmate population in the state dropped below 2,000. But the inmate population has reversed previous trends and now stands at 2,170. The Reformatory's capacity is 600 but there are now 660 inmates in the institution.

Lucey recommended that a final decision by BOGO should hinge on the expected conversion of the Kettle Moraine institution into a medium security adult prison, and the Fox Lake institution to house TURN TO PAGE A-2, COLUMN 3 to act swiftly," Shimelis said in an interview in Addis Ababa. "Even if there is no rain, I think we will be able to avert further major loss of life." A I personnel say the 264,000 tons of relief grain needed for 1974 is assured, including 50,000 tons from the United States. But foreign relief experts and many Ethiopians think the odds are stacked against Shimelis and against the estimated 3 million Ethiopians that are going hungry. WASHINGTON (AP) -President Nixon's top environmental adviser urged today a sharp cutback in the growth of U.S. energy use.

Russell W. Peterson, chairman of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, proposed that energy demand, growing at a rate of about 5 per cent a year recently, be reduced to a growth rate of only 1.4 per cent a year. In a speech prepared for delivery to an executives' group called The Conference Board in New York, Peterson said this goal was part of a "Half-and-Half Plan" prepared by the council "half growth and half conservation." In Washington, however, a spokesman for Peterson said in answer to questions that the plan has not been presented to President Nixon and thus does not represent an administration position. He said Peterson has discussed it with federal energy chief William E. Simon, whose initial plans for achieving Nixon's "Project Independence" goal of energy self-sufficiency seem to call for a higher growth rate.

The Project Independence plan as described by Simon's Federal Energy Office last month called for reducing the growth rate of energy demand to about 2 per cent a year. Peterson said, however, that present plans have emphasized increasing energy production rather than efforts to conserve energy. Raymond E. Evrard, 79, 1025 S. Quincy dean of Brown County practicing attorneys and a former district attorney and president of the Packer Corp.

died Thursday. Funeral arrangements are RAYMOND EVRARD pending at the Schauer and Schumacher East Side Funeral Home. Mr. Evrard was born and raised in Green Bay, and St. Mary's Hospital today stands on what was his family's farm.

He entered Marquette University at the age of 17 and graduated in July 1916. At the age of 21, he became the youngest attorney up to that time to be admitted to the bar in Wisconsin. He joined the firm of Sheridan, Evans and Merrill and worked in the same offices on the third floor of the'Slieridan Building on Washington Street for more than 50 years before his last affiliated firm of Evrard, Evrard, Duffy, Holman, Faulds and Peterson moved to its present offices on Cherry Street. He practiced law for many years with his brother, Francis, who also served as Brown County corporation counsel. Mr.

Evrard served as an artillery instructor in World War stationed at Fort Sheridan, 111. He entered politics for the first time in 1922 when he was wheel-drive vehicle can make only six miles an hour over the rocks, and where even missionaries rarely penetrate. A Western relief expert who has traveled widely in Ethiopia says another wave of starvation that would dwarf the 1973 crisis could develop within two months. "To say things have improved is to compare Ethiopia to a man standing on a railroad track with a freight train coming around the bend," he commented. "He's all right until it hits him.

Bare Water Skier Streaks By Crowd CYPRESS GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Just minutes before the afternoon waterski extravaganza at Cypress Gardens, a bare-bottomed skier streaked by the viewing stands. "Nobody realized what was happening till they saw that bare bottom bouncing along over those skis and the gasps began to ripple across the crowd," George Prescott, a spokesman for the Central Florida attraction, said Thursday. "He came through waving at the crowd and they were waving back before they realized he was naked." Prescott said the skier was not an employe of the gardens and made his streak clad only in a regulation life jacket. Aid so far appears to have reduced the visible human effects of the drought.

Beggars no longer line the gutters of Dessie, the capital of Wollo province in the north. Newsmen who accompanied Norwegian Lutheran workers on a southern tour say the missionaries found hardly anyone near death. It has been raining in Wollo and in the south, promising some crops by midyear, But nobody knows how many may be starving or sick in vast, unmapped sections where a four- Famine Sfalks Paris of Ethiopia HARRAR, Ethiopia (AP) -Ethiopia's Harrarge Province, a mountainous, semlrksert region as big as Italy, has six weeks to live, its officials say. Without huge grain handouts and without rain, the remaining cattle herds will die. Tens of thousands of peasant farmers and nomad herders will starve.

The eastern fifth of Ethiopia will turn into a dust bowl. Drought Is affecting seven of the country's 14 provinces, where nearly two-thirds of the 26 million Ethiopians live..