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Cab driver offers bulletproof A-plant step-up agreed on shield as possible safeguard By DONALD WOUT AT THE MEETING BETWEEN Richard Nixon and th reporters last night should have been supervised by the International Red Cross. There have been dockfights In Chicago conducted with more etiquette. It took place at the White House, but after 15 minutes it became apparent the facilities were inadequate. Several more 1 3 JOHN REMICK Ordering taxi shield no reports of robberies since the plan went into effect 1 1 days ago. 'The police are doing all they can," Abrams said yesterday, but, "They can't frisk everybody who climbs into our cabs." 14 I wr- mn i be heard by all drivers so they could get to the scene of the trouble quickly and try to help.

The group agreed to pursue the proposals and possibly ask the city for an ordinance requiring cab companies to install shields in cabs, The meeting was prompted by the recent shooting death of one cab driver, the shooting of another, and a sizable increase in i of drivers In the first 10 months of 1973. Minneapolis police recently began stopping tax-Is at random to discourage robbers. There have been tonight. We need to do something about this right now." Some other suggestions to increase driver safety were: A system of "drops" at banks a ro the city where drivers could deposit money before it adds up during the working day or night. An arrangementin which drivers in trouble would flash a light outside the cab, indicating to squad cars or the public they need help.

A "hotline" among the dispatchers for all three cab companies in the city, enabling calls for help to Mlnneapolit John Remlck told about 30 fellow cab drivers yesterday he is ordering a $400 bulletproof shield to put between the front and back seats of his cab. Remlck, who owns the taxi he drives for Red and White Cab said the shield includes a money-changing drawer and a steel bottom that will stop any bullets fired Into the seat. "They could still Ret you from the outside, though," he said. "So when they get out of the back seat you better take off." IT ALMOST WENT 15 ROUNDS suitable sites come to mind, the bull ring at Barcelona being one. If you were scoring it, using the five-point must system, you would have given the reporters an edge in roundhouse rights, Center-city, Catholic schools lose pupils; parochial loss slows By ZEKE W1GGLESWORTH Mlnneapolit Star Staff Writer Minneapolis Star Photo by Jack Giliis AN ANTIQUE CAR parade today was new plantings and a speaker's platform, scheduled to open a nine-block area of The project also included the placing of recently remodeled White Bear Lake all utilities underground.

Washington Av. business district that features simulated area view here shows mall, lighting, red brick sidewalks, old-fashioned car- curved benches and new plantings, riage lamps, pedestrian walkways, kiosks, swarming tactics, hitting on the break and jut-jawed felstiness. I thought the President had a clear edge in inflammatory language, fierce poses and heart-felt hostility. It lasted 39 minutes. If it went any further they would have had to bring In the commission doctor to examine the antagonists for fatigue and contussions.

The end was honest enough. Nobody said thank you. To understand how a presidential press conference works in 1973, you have to know something about the vulnerabilities of the contesting parties. Mr. Nixon suspects that a majority of the working media corps in Washington wants to see him rousted from the Oval Room.

The President therefore seethes at the prospect of being publicly grilled by his enemies. But he also knows that an experienced public man can turn this disadvantage around under certain conditions, and emerge on wide screen as the embattled leader of his people, fending off the spears of Ignoble critics. The media people, on the other hand, find themselves impaled on a dilemma. They (a) want to conduct these regular interrogations as a matter of professional duty but they are (b) afraid they might wind up cast as the bit-playing heavies in a production in which the President may not control the questions but does control the microphone The various fears were more or less confirmed last night. What happened was not very good history but it was delectable television.

IT IS GENERALLY STIPULATED, of course, that the President should begin with a solemn stateman's review of the crisis in the Mideast, together with how his vigorous response probably forestalled a series of confrontations. He also announces a decision to choose still another independent prosecutor who will have the full cooperation of the White House, succeeding the most recent prosecutor who had the full cooperation of the White House. The solemnity disposed of, both sides are now freed for some serious groin-gouging and rabbit punching. The AP's Frank Cormier flips one about whether the President will let the new independent prosecutor go to court independantly to obtain presidential files. Mr.

Nixon says he doesn't believe It would come to that and couches this answer in a five-minute homily on the tradition of Thomas Jeff erson and John Marshall. Another reporter, perhaps seeking an answer that might make up in terseness what it lost in history, asks the same question in different words. The President says he has answered it and he begins to sense the early arrival of grapeshot in the midriff. Dan Rather of CBS, one of the finest television reporters ever to occupy a split screen on the 5:30 news, raises a question. Dan's network has been lathered for years by the White House as a distorted peddler of anti-presidential news.

Dan puts in a thoughtful question asking whether the President would confide his inner thoughts as a beleaguered chief executive. IT WAS A FLOATING LOB THAT Dan might have regretted, but he thought is should be asked, and the President pounded it for a zinging winner. He had been reviled, Mr. Nixon declares, as a tyrant, and dictator and he had been accused of losing his senses and been urged to resign. But he had made his hard decisions and he was going to continue to do his job as world peacemaker in spite of what they said about him.

One reporter finds it incredible that Mr. Nixon knew nothing about the Hughes gift to Rebozo, and the President says it wouldn't be incredible if he knew the President's method of operation. They ask Mr. Nixon how he is bearing up. The President says as well as could be expected under what he calls vicious and outrageous attacks which somehow become indistinguishable from the investigative reporting that uncovered Watergate when the government failed to.

Mr. Nixon then candidly describes himself as an inherently tough guy, cool when the going is toughest. In the meantime Clark Mollenhoff, an obstinate bear, is shouting for recognition and Mr. Nixon is doing his level best to Ignore him. The President finally relents, declaring that Mollenhoff is so loud he has to be recognized.

"I have to be," Mollenhoff explains, "because you happen to dodge all my questions." Somebody was technically knocked out, but it was not immediately clear who. The Minneapolis Star SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, Public schools In Minneapolis and St. Paul, and Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, have lost enrollment again this year. But unlike previous years, In which the Catholic schools lost about 10 percent of their enroll- Reserve judge will tour mine Associated Press The Reserve Mining Co.

trial will be interrupted next week so that U.S. District Judge Miles Lord can tour the firm's northern Minnesota a 1 1 mine and processing plant. Lord and attorneys for both sides in the trial, which completed its 13th week yesterday, will tour Reserve's. Peter Mitchell mine at Babbitt, Tuesday. They will also ride Reserve's ore train to the company's taconite processing plant at Silver Bay, Minn.

Lord also indicates he wants to see other taconite plants near Babbitt which dispose of their taconite tailings on land rather than discharging them into Lake Superior. The government and other plaintiffs in the suit contend the taconite ore from the Mitchell mine contains a high percentage of asbestos which allegedly finds its way into the atmosphere at Silver Bay and into Lake Superior through the discharge of the tailings into the lake. The government is attempting to halt the discharge of about 67,000 tons of tailings daily into the largest of the Great Lakes. Also accompanying Lord on the tour will be Dr. Arnold Brown, chief of the pathology section at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Brown was drafted by Lord to serve as a court witness for the trial. The trial is expected to resume in St. Paul Thursday after the -d a tour. Stir Staff Writer The shield was one of several suggestions made by the drivers at a meeting called to discuss the recent Increase In assaults and robberies on Minneapolis cab drivers. A few drivers voiced concern about the "psychologic effect" of a shield between driver and passenger and said it would Increase the "alienation" already prevalent in society.

But Jerry Abrams, a driver for Blue and White Cab said, "Most of us are going out on the street ment a year, the parochial schools lost only 5.5 percent this year, which is comparable to public-school losses In Minneapolis. Archdiocesan schools showed a 1973-74 enroll-ment of 46,813, down 2,753 from 1972-73. Min-n a 1 1 public schools dropped from 61,579 in 1972-73 to 58,187 in 1973-74, or a drop of 5.51 percent. St. Paul schools dropped only 3.8 percent, from 48,142 in 1972-73 to 46,312 this year.

The largest decrease in enrollment in the Catholic schools came in grades 9 through 12, according to the archdiocesan school office, which said enrollment in those grades fell about 6.8 percent. Elementary enrollment fell about 5.3 percent. Archdiocesan officials said the reason for the small enrollment drop seems to be caused mainly by the state's tax-credit law for Catholic parents, which has encouraged enrollments by paying parents back for the costs of their i 1 's educations. The education office also said that kindergarten and pre-kindergarten enrollment doubled since last year and that 16 new kindergartens had been added to archdiocesan schools. Since last year, the office reported, two high schools have closed but no elementary schools were shut down.

The largest drop in Minneapolis enrollment came In kindegarten, with a 10.85-percent drop. The other large drop 6.88 percent came in the grades one through six. The largest decrease In St. Paul also was in the lower grades, with a loss of 8.67 percent in kindergarten through junior high. TWO KILLED ON HWY.

7 A Delano couple was killed yesterday when their pickup truck collided with a semi-trailer truck just west of St. Bonlfa-cius on Hwy. 7. Killed were Robert O. Dealing, 51, and his wife Edith, 56.

He is basing his campaign on two issues: His youth and low public visibility of the city treasurer, whose duties are to receive and pay out city funds and to invest cash balances on hand. The pay Is $24,705 a year. Malmquist, Bednarczyk says, is "an elderly gentleman who's drawing a salary as treasurer as well as (hawing a full pension from the Fire Department. He doesn't have to work." To Increase the treasurer's visibility, Bednarczyk says he would make periodic oral reports to the City Council, speak at community meetings, and lobby with legislators, particularly for increased funds for the city. Greater flexibility should be allowed in choosing short-term city Northern States Power Co.

yesterday agreed to meet the terms of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) for support of NSP's bid to increase the power output of its Prairie Island atomic generating plant. NSP has proposed operating the generator at 90 percent of capacity to save about 31.5 million gallons of fuel oil that would be used In other generating units during December, January and February. The PCA Tuesday voted to conditionally support NSP's request to the federal Atomic Safety and Li-censing Board for the power increase. The PCA said, however, It wanted NSP to operate its radioactive-waste disposal systems at maximum effectiveness, not just within Atomic Energy Commission limits. W.W.

Lark in, group vice-president for power supply, in a letter to the PCA, said the utility "will exert its best effort to achieve maximum effe-citveness in operation of its i i radioactive waste disposal system at the Prairie Island plant." He said radioactive discharges "will be kept as low as practicably achievable." Larkin also said NSP is willing to provide the PCA with a monthly report on radioactive releases to show that the agreement is being followed. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is conducting hearings on conditions for a 40-year operating license for the plant. NSP had authority to operate the plant at 20-percent levels, with tests up to 90 percent, under an interim license. Two listed satisfactory in shooting A 22-year-old Minneapolis man is in satisfactory condition today after he allegedly held up a Clark gas station yesterday, shooting an employee and then apparently shooting himself accidentally in the left thigh. The suspect, and the station employee, Duane Stoick, 21, 4236 41st Av.

are in Hennepin General Hospital. Stoick also is listed in satisfactory condition. According to Thomas Kesslar, 20, the manager of the station at 4728 Cedar the holdup man came into the station a little after 4 p.m. and forced him and Stoick toward a back room with a cocked revolver. Kesslar said while he and Stoick were being forced into the room, the robber "for some reason, I don't know why," shot Stoick in the side.

He then took an undetermined amount of money from the two men. The station has no regular cash till, said Kesslar. After shooting Stoick, the gunman stuck the pistol under his belt and the gun went off, sending a slug into his leg which lodged just above the left knee. He was captured by police about two blocks away. Police said the suspect will be charged Monday, i A third employee, identified as Tim Johnston, 17, was pumping gasoline outside when the robbery occurred.

The holdup man reportedly also took money from him. Johnston quit his job after the incident. Kesslar, who took over management of the station a week ago, said he plans "to stick with it." Man sentenced in beating death HIBB1NG, Minn. lrt Melvin Sargent, 29, Minneapolis, Thursday was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a third-degree murder charge. Judge Patrick O'Brien of St.

Louis County District Court ordered the e. Sargent was charged in the May 9 beating death of Arnold Lampi 61, Duluth, in a gravel pit near Twig, Minn. 5 brothers, girl ask $300,000 damages from St. Cloud police 1973 7A law officers were called to a St. Cloud restaurant early Jan.

1 to quell a disturbance i 1 i the Stephanie brothers. A high-speed chase ended at the Stephanie home, and shots were fired according to the reports. Two of the brothers, James and David, were charged in the incident. James was found guilty of disorderly conduct, as FOURTH PERSON GUILTY ON RECEIVING CHARGE The last of four persons charged in connection with a crackdown on an alleged shoplifting ring was convicted by a jury yesterday in Hennepin District Court. He was Steven Rancour, 24, an alleged associate of James B.

Freeman, who was sentenced recently to 10 years and $10,000 for receiving and concealing stolen property. Rancour was convicted on the same charge. Judge Chester Durda set sentencing for Nov. 5. In addition to Rancour and Freeman, Freeman's son, James D.

(Junior) Freeman and Thomas Curran, 22, also have been convicted on receiving charges. Incorporation hearing for township recessed sault and interfering with a police officer. He was fined $100. David was fined $100 after being found guilty of destruction of city property, a windshield on a squad car. A disorderly conduct charge was dismissed.

John Stephanie originally was charged with interfering with a police officer, but that charge was dropped. as treasurer. With today's high interest rates, he expects earnings to be about $2 million in 1973. Tn the first 10 months of 1973, his office invested 98.7 percent of the city's available funds. Before Malmquist, became treasurer, about 75 percent of city funds were invested.

Th'ev earned $059,000 in 1961 and $571,000 in 1962, he says. Because city investments are limited to secure government obligations, Malmquist says, in-vestment decisions are based generally on getting the highest interest rates. EIGHT STATE REGION POCATELLO, Idaho The Mountain States re-g I includes Colorado, Utah, i Idaho, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. ST. CLOUD, Minn, (ff) Six persons, including five brothers, have filed suit asking $300,000 in damages from the city of St.

Cloud in connection with an incident involving St. Cloud police early last New Year's day. The suit was filed by James, David, John and Roger Stephanie and Theresa Gill. Alfred Stephanie filed on behalf of his son, Daniel, the fifth brother. The complaint alleges that St.

Cloud police assaulted the six and mali-c i 1 shot at them. James Stephanie, who asks $200,000 in general and punitive damages, also alleges that he was "severely and permanently injured when struck over the head with a shovel during an altercation with a policeman." The other five plaintiffs ask $20,000 each in general and punitive damages. Police reports show that Bednarczyk Malmquist Investments, Bednarczyk said, including the right to buy commercial paper, unsecured loans to corporations. The city treasurer is now limited by law to purchase of securities of the federal government. The treasurer also should be able to deposit money In savings and loan associations, Bednarczyk believes, even with interest rates at 5'i percent, far below the 0 and 10 percent returns now available on federal securities.

The priorities for choosing Pi MM Malmquist is facing toughest test By JOE BLADE Minneapolis Star Staff Writer to prevent "premature and scattered" residential development. State Rep. Charles Weaver, Anoka, who is representing Ramsey Twp. at the hearings, asked for the recess to study the reports and develop a rebuttal. Ramsey Twp.

officials are fighting attempts by Anoka to annex six square miles of Ramsey Twp. just north of the city. drug charge convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of the narcotic with the Intent to distribute it. They were arrested April 25 after nearly six weeks of investigation by federal and local narcotics agents into an interstate drug-pushing network. Judge Earl Larson ordered a presentence A hearing on Ramsey petition to incorporate into a village was recessed yesterday until Nov.

26 after two reports recommending denial were submitted to the Minnesota Municipal Commission. The reports, from the staffs of the Metropolitan Council and the state Planning Agency, urged instead that the town be consolidated with Anoka 2 guilty on Associated Press Two persons arrested iin a raid at the St. Paul Holiday Inn that turned up about $100,000 worth of heroin have been convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. The jury Thursday brought in guilty verdicts against Thomas demons, 30, Compton, and Jacquelyn Thomas, 31, Los Angels.

The two were investments, Bednarczyk says, should be first, safe-' ty; second, convertibility, Malmquist, a Republican, is 76 find lives at 4516 18th Av. S. He is married and has a daughter and a grandson. He joined the Minneapolis Fire Dept. in 1925, became chief in 1950 and retired in li)f2.

In an Interview Malmquist said of the youth Issue: "Can you beat experience? I think my record and experience here counteract anything he's got to offer." On visibility: "I don't think the public is interested In seeing me get out and pound a table. I think they're interested in honesty and the returns on our investments." joints mit that short-term investments have earned $14,472,000 in his 10 years Rey C. Malmquist is facing what is probably his mast serious election challenge in 10 years as Minneapolis city treasurer. Parks Commissioner W. W.

(Bill) Bednarczyk led Malmquist by 757 votes out of 41,000 in the primary election. Bednarczyk, a DFLer, is 29 and lives at 4.105 Webber Pkwy. lie is single and is a seif-employcd management consultant, lie was elected to a 6-year Park Board term in 1971. lie would resign from the Park Board if elected treasurer, Bednarczyk ays, but he does not Inland lo resign before the election. "If there was a request from the people to resign, I certainly would consider it," he said In an Interview..