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B-4 Saturday, April 14, 1973 Green Bay Press-Gazette Fate Brought Legless Veteran His Answer but when that moment comes "The night before he was to leave for Vietnam, Noble was mumbling in his sleep, and rolled over and asked me If I would love htm If he had no arms or legs," Sally said. "I just told him not to be ridiculous and to go to sleep. "He's always doing that to me," she said. "I'll he thinking of something to tell Noble, and he will be up doing It before I can ask him. Somehow he always knows what I'm thinking." Noble married Sally, his high school girl friend, a few months after she graduated In 1968.

"I knew I was going to get hurt badly, so I had to have a reason to return," Noble says of his Vietnam tour. Noble says he prepared for his tragedy. He even says he saw It coming. Speaking from the living room of his home here, Noble traces the uncanny clialn of events that led to that day In Vietnam, and the trials of readjustment he and Sally and their 4-year-old son, Robby, have lived through. "I'm sure I have ESP or something," he says.

"I knew I was going to get hurt in Vietnam. I even took the precaution to' make sure my father was notified first In the event of my Injury." Noble stood 6 feet, 2 Inches tall and weighed 205 pounds when he was drafted May 3, 1967, and sent to Vietnam In April, 1969. "I've been driving for six years, and I haven't gotten a ticket yet," Noble says. In addition co hunting with his father( swimming ami raising tropical fish, Noble has taken up motorcycle riding. "Motorcycle driving Is about the only thing I can't do, but I sure can hang onto somebody who's driving one," Noble says.

Sally has learned to drive a motorcycle and the next thing they both want Is Noble learning how to drive one. Sally says she knows exactly how the wives of returning prisoners of war feel when they see their husbands for the first time. "It's hard. You practice and practice what you're going to say when you first see him, Vine Powder Tried In Piranha Control. Noble's spirits are high.

There's even a look In his eye and a firmness In his handshake that tells you not to worry, everthlng't going to be all right. And everything seems to be, "That's the way It Is with Noble," Sally says. "Even the first day I saw him at Letter-man's Hospital In San Francisco, all he could do was form a small smile with his fractured Jaw and wired teeth and say, "Don't worry, honey, everything is going to be all right." Noble doesn't remember anything of the two months after the explosion. He remembers waking up In a hospital on Okinawa a month and a half later. "They didn't expect me to live," Noble said.

Sally says those first months following the accident were hardest. "My mother had to take over feeding Robby because she could tell I was upset. Luckily for Sally, both Noble's and her parents live In the area. Noble's father was able to be with Sally when her telegram came. He received his telegram first, as Noble had planned it.

He didn't play football In high school because he was afrtad he might break his leg. He's a planner and a doer. Two nights a week he's at woodshop at a nearby high school. Besides building lamps, chairs and chess tables, Noble has paneled the Inside of his home. He scoots around on a padded cushion on four small wheels, pushing himself with his artificial right arm.

"He has artificial legs, but refuses to use them," Sally says. Noble is a hot-rod buff. He works on his own car, which is rigged for racing. Noble says he is a good driver, and he was uiset when the insurance company tried to charge him $2,000 for automobile coverage. bt I AJ Isvf: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -The Brazilian government plans to fight piranhas with a powder from an Amazon jungle vine which prevents the ferocious fish from getting oxygen.

Powder extracted from the rough-barked Umbo vine Is the cheapest and most ecologically sound way to eliminate piranhas, a government agency has concluded after 18 years of research. The other most frequently used piranha-extermination methods in Brazil are blowing them up with dynamite and breeding extremely large fish which can eat piranhas with no ill effects. All the bugs haven't been worked out yet. But Ralmundo Braga, a government agronomist with the National An-tldrought Projects Department (DNOCS), stated in a recent interview that with Umbo powder "we're on the right track." from Vietnam. Craig's personal losses include two legs, one arm and he was partially deafened Noble Craig and his wife, Robby, talk about the new now that he has returned led American artillery shell a booby trap with enough explosive force to destroy a small building or knock out an enemy tank.

"Dear Mrs. Craig: We are sorry to Inform you that your husband, Sgt, Noble Craig, has been seriously wounded in Vietnam. read the telegram. "Nobody came to the door only a telegram," she said. But the extent of Noble's injuries could not be realized from the impersonal wording of the Defense Department form letter.

Noble's last step cost him the loss of both legs, loss of his right arm, lass of hearing In his right ear and most of the sight in his right eye. A New Start Sally, and their son, life they're building Nehru By SAV1LLE R. DAVIS Chriition Science Monitor News Service SHILLONG, Assam, India Far out from the northeast corner of India, Assam stretches like an angry lion's head. Only a neck of land connects it with the mother country. It lies beyond Sikkim and Bhutan, nudging China in an area where conflicting boundary lines have never been resolved.

Its grim topography is one of eroded hills and mountains, knifed through the narrow, fertile valley of the Brahmaputra, one of the great rivers of earth sprung from behind the Himalayas. Its plains are where the wild rhinoceros ranges. This land of boldly independent hill tribes, of international intrigues the scene of a shooting war with China a decade ago, the target of guerrilla movements launched from East Pakistan before it become Bangladesh is improbably cooling down. It has long been India's most troubled area. Today it is under reasonably firm government control.

No single factor has been more instrumental In the change perhaps than the administration of B. K. Nehru as governor of Assam. This member of the family that has given India two prime ministers, who was ambassador to the United States and a personal friend of John F. Kennedy, is a formidable man of both inner and outward strength.

Governor Nehru has a number of things working In his favor. The Chinese frontier is quiet. Soldiers of thu two biggest populations in the world keep wary watch on each other across the boundary line set Vv Cools Explosive OUR STATEMENT OF (CODDDDOITDD there's nothing there In your throat to como out," she says. "When I made thut long walk down the corridor to see Noble for the first time, my knees were shaking It was the longest walk of my life. But I couldn't let him down," Sally said.

Noble's high spirits have been helpful to his doctors. While In different veterans' hospitals recuperating, Noble says he was continually asked to help cheer up other amputees. "Some of them would Just have one leg missing or a smashed up arm or foot, and they acted like the end of the world was coming," Noble said. "I guess I have always had a bubbly attitude." Braga said an experiment using Umbo powder in the Poco da Cruz reservoir in the northeastern state of Per-nambuco wiped out practically all the piranhas, while at the same time permitting other species to grow in number and size. The ogly drawback was that the Umbo also killed some nondangerous fish.

DNOCS says piranhas are a problem in 22 of the 133 principal river basins in nine northeastern Brazilian states subject to droughts and In 34 of 525 public reservoirs in that region. Piranhas the name means "tooth-fish" in Tupi Indian language are vicious silvery fish, often less than a foot long, with protruding razor-sharp teeth. Found in a wide region of tropical South America, they are natural flesh eaters arid frequently attack men and animals without provocation. You 'an Howard Branch 2610GUndal Before he was shipped to a war he didn't ask for or support, Sally gave birth to Rob-by, their nickname for Robert. "Robby was only 2 months old when his father left," Sal-ly said.

"He didn't know at the time what was happening, but just recently he Is beginning to understand." Last week, while driving with Noble In his specially equipped car, Robby whispered to his mother, "mom, daddy doesn't have any arms or legs, does he?" Sally replied, "No, he doesn't." And In a low voice, Robby said, "Let's not tell hint." "He really loves his dad and wants to protect him," Sally said. (AP Wirephoto) Assam original concept of free India that of a secular, all-embracing country. The states were intended to be large economic and political units, self-sustaining, capable of administering equal justice to all kinds of peoples. The new smaller units up here are not. Prime Minister Jawahalal Nehru started the prcess when out of a soft spot for the Nagas tribes he gave them a separate state government and poured national money into it.

quite possibly he did not stop to think where this would lead. Other tribal groups saw the bonanza and quite naturally insisted on their own freedom, plus largesse, and got It. The process was a disorderly one at base. India had an oversensitive conscience because it was formed in rebellion, in the struggle against the British. So when rebels began to operate in Assam against the new democracy, the central government at Delhi invited them in.

It negotiated with them right over the heads of the elected local authorities In Assam who became powerless to stop the disintegration. Order came into the picture when B. K. Nehru arrived. Now anyone can be heard through the elected units of government set up by the Constitution of India.

Force is excluded, not invited into the parlor. For these many reasons there Is comparative quiet here. But Assam itself is not unlike the rhinoceros, whdeh grazes on its plains. In quietude, its huge bulk looks lethargic and immovable. But rosed, it leaps with the sudden agility of a panther.

Up here one never knows what will happen next. Swallow New Scientist magazine reported a poll of research papers which showed 133 experiments with positive results, 115 with negative findings, and 15 "don't knows." Some critics also suggest that rough handling In the training frightens the rats. The controversial molecules may be no more than a bodily chemical associated with stress. Picking up this criticism, Dr. Goldstein now points out that some drugs could also cause rats to avoid the dark box.

He shows that the researchers have not done their work well enough to rule out the possibility that they have no memory molecule at all, but Just another general effect of stress, This Is far from the last word on the subject. Work will continue. The researchers will counterattack. By STEVE CONLAN Cwltv Ntwi Swvlct LOS ANGELES, Calif. you still love me If I didn't have any arms or legs?" Noble Craig asked his wife the night before he was shipped to Vietnam In 19G9.

"Roll over and go to sleep," his wife, Sally, replied. But for Sgt. Noble Craig, United States Army, fate held an answer to the tragic question. On his 12th day in the battle-torn country, Craig took his last step In Vietnam, and his last step without help for the rest of his life. While looking for a place to rest after a long, hot combat march, Noble's right foot came down squarely on a bur- Compromise Reached on Home Loans MADISON, Wis.

(AP) A compromise that would end a statewide moratorium on fed-e a 1 1 guaranteed housing loans will be presented to lawmakers next week, a state senator said Friday. Sen. Carl Thompson, D-Stoughton, said the compromise was worked out In an all-night meeting between several state senators, representatives of the credit Industry and consumer advocates. Both the Senate and Assembly have acted on bills to end the stalemate, but differences in their approaches required a compromise. Thompson said lawmakers who drafted the compromise were confident it would end the Senate-Assembly impasse over how to amend the state's Consumer Credit Act in regard to housing loan regulations.

"We've retained the most Important provisions of the consumer act," Thomas Cran-dall, an attorney representing Wisconsin Consumer League, said. "We've done the best we could and still get people into their homes before the money goes back to Washington." Thompson said Crandall was one of the participants in the all-night meeting. Federal officials have stopped Issuing guaranteed mortgages in Wisconsin because of discrepancies between the consumer act and federal regulations. Several hundred families have reportedly been prevented from taking possession of new homes because of the delay. The Assembly unanimously passed legislation to exempt federal agency loans from the consumer act, but the effort stalled after the Senate amended the bill to exempt from the act all real estate transactions involving more than $10,000.

Thompson said savings and loan forces claim the bulky credit act has "scared the dickens out of out-of-state investors" who buy mortgages from Wisconsin lenders. Asked how soon he thought the moratorium on the federal loan programs could be ended, Thompson said that barring prolonged debate on other issues, "I don't see any reason In the world why it should take more than a day to clear up in the legislature, or two days at the most." The compromise, not yet submitted and still subject to change, is essentially the same as the Consumer Credit Act in its provisions for protecting home buyers, Thompson said. But he said it would simplify matters, especially for out of state Investors, by making new regulations of mortgages a separate part of the statutes. Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration and state Department of Veterans Affairs loans would be treated separately from other real estate lending, Thompson said, in an effort to clear up discrepancies which have caused the problems. The compromise reportedly would change at least two provisions now found in the Consumer Credit Act: One relating to attorneys' fees and another setting forth a new definition of default.

It would reportedly allow attorneys' fees of 5 per cent In foreclosures and 2.5 per cent in settlements prior to foreclosure judgments. The Consumer Credit Act limits attorneys' fees to $100. McCormack Given Degree in Dublin DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -Former House Speaker John McCormack has received an honorary doctor of laws degree at the National University of Ireland here. The 81-year-old Massachusetts Democrat retired from Congress in 1970. McCormack received the degree Thursday.

to Call No. 485 Charter No. 15057 National Bank Retdon No. 9 Report of condition, consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the American National Bank of Green Bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin in the State of Wisconsin, at the close of business on March 28, 1973 published in response to call made by comptroller of the currency, under title 12, United States code, section 161. ASSETS Cash and due from banks 1,507,753.19 U.S.

Treasury securities Obligations of other U.S. Government agencies and corporations 1,936,945.90 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 1,318,779.64 Other securities (including $16,500.00 corporate stock) 588,712.56 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell 1,150,000.00 Loans 13,226,764.18 Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets representing bank premises 376,776.27 Other assets 161,305.88 TOTAL ASSETS 20,711,459.50 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 4,410,483.16 Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 10,600,400.79 Deposits of United States Government 116,716.32 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 3,166,613.65 Certified and officers' checks, etc 405,031.88 TOTAL DEPOSITS $18,699,245.80 (a) Total demand deposits $5,148,815.01 (b) Total time and savings deposits $13,550,400.79 Other liabilities 559,026.81 TOTAL LIABILITIES "1958.272.61 RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES Reserve for bud debt losses on loans (set up pursuant to IRS rulings) 180,236.32 TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES 180,236.32 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital notes and debentures 300,000.00 Equity capital-total 072,950.57 Common Stock-total par value 275,000.00 No. shares authorized 1 1 ,000 No. shares outstanding 11,000 Surplus 275,000.00 Undivided profits 422,950.57 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS T.272.050.67 TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 1,459.50 MEMORANDA, Average of total deposits for the 15 eulendar days ending with call 18.774,682.31 Average of total louns for the 15 calendar days ending with call dute 13.101,019.89 Charles J. Bluekerby, V.P.

CuBhier, of the above-named bunk do hereby declare that this report of condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge nndbelirf. SA Charles J. Blackerby We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of this report of condition and declare that it has been examined by us und to the beHt of our knowledge und belief is true and correct. SA Donald J. Lonp: SA Donald G.

Quass SA Edward L. Meyer, Jr. Directors. and blinded by the war. trouble for India by arming and nurturing rebellions among the hill tribes, are the friendly rulers of Bangladesh.

When Nehru vacates the governorship, which he is expected to do soon, he will leave behind another legacy: there will be serveral more states in the Assam area than when he came. Tribal politics often flared during his regime. Such occasions were met by the governor with an inseparable mixture of consideration and firmness, but with the end result of concessions to local autonomy. Such concessions, which have been repeated In several parts of the country, are cause for some regret in the nation as a whole. Giving political power to local races, languages, religions, and cultures pulls away from the For over half a decade, the work has aroused controversy reminiscent of that surrounding telepathy or water dousing.

Critics who dislike the seemingly paranormal condemn the claims with a vehemence beyond objective scientific candor. Researchers defend their conclusions Just as passionately. It took 18 months of criticism and revision for the Journal Nature to print a paper by Dr. Ungar and associates. Even then, the paper was followed by conltnents from Nature's critic a highly irregular procedure.

He called the author's conclusions "more likely false than true." The researchers, for their part, said they had less than a fair chance to defend their work. Many critics complain they can't reproduce the memory molecule effect. Last summer, by the British and long occupied by India. The Chinese make no further move. They humiliated the Indian Army in 1962 with a short, sharp defeat, and apparently that was enough.

Fortunately the tribes that inhabit the border area claimed by both countries are shrewd and have kept clear of becoming pawns for either side. By asking only to be left along, they have contributed to" the current stability. Meanwhile, everywhere that a visitor looks in Assam, there are signs that the Indian Army is here in strength. China could not strike another small blow, only a big one. East Pakistan, another source of trouble as far as Assam was concerned, has vanished.

In place of Pakistanis, who seemed to enjoy creating George Ungar and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, have made the most cele-. brated studies in the field. They give rats a choice between a brightly lighted haven or a darkened box Into which to retreat. If a rat follows Its natural preference for darkness, it receives an electric shock. It then learns to go Into the Illuminated chamber.

Dr. Ungar claims to have isolated a chemical In these rats that carries the memory of such learning. He has analyzed and duplicated it. Either the natural or synthetic version seems to give untrained rats a preference for light. The long-range Implication Is astounding.

Can memories or knowledge really be synthesized In chemical form for anyone's benefit? Many scientists find this hard to swallow. "fH-T INDIA CalcuttV bay of ASSAM BengalEE 'Knowledge Pill' Still Hard To It's Your Dank We Work for By ROBERT C. OOWEN Christian Science Monitor Newt Service What a boon to lazy learners If memories were molecules that could be isolated and copied! Then anyone could gain a mathematician's facility or a poet's grace by popping a pill or so the fantasy goes. No wonder reports of molecules that transfer learning between laboratory rats have such a grip on the imagination. The sensational nature of the topic has transformed some rather hazy lab results Into a bitter scientific dispute, say nothing of sparking news reports of possible knowledge pills.

Pharmacologist A. Goldstein of Stanford University thinks the memory molecules may have only a druglike effect that has little to do with memory or learning. OF GREEN BAY GREEN DAY, WISCONSIN 1499 W. Ma.on St. 494-4511 Mmbn FDIC -i i -i -i.