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nsuus Monday November 23 1967 1B. i i ji in Maivlr one 1 ehpich asks national tutoring prosTam Seeks input from business leaders By Betty Wilson StaffWriter Scottsdale, Ariz. Gov. Rudy Perpich told an audience in Arizona Sunday that he will push a proposed national community service program in which one million high school and college students would tutor younger, disadvantaged children. In a speech to an organization Of officials committed to improving education in the states, Perpich said tional business arena is of crucial importance to the business committee and to our society." Education is at the heart of that issue, he said, and the nation's ability to thrive in the world marketplace would be a top priority of the business community.

Corporate leaders can provide valuable input and aid in implementing reforms, he said. Perpich, who said every American is Perpich continued on page 2B which is based in Denver, Colo. It is influential in shaping education policies, particularly at the state level. It is now headed by Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft, a Republican.

"Today's students are tomorrow's business leaders tomorrow's rank-and-file workers (and) innovators," Perpich said. "The issue of our competitive position in the interna education reforms in the nation. Perpich made his remarks in a speech to the steering committee of the Education Commission of the States. He is chairman elect of the commission. In his speech, Perpich, a DFLer, set out his agenda for next year, when he will become head the commission, i i )Vi I 5 i' vs to vt.

1 Staff Photo by Marlin Levison that high school and college students might be given incentives to volunteer for the program. For example, he said, volunteers might be forgiven $1,000 each on their educational loans and might also be given priority for financial assistance. The Minnesota governor also said that he will form a committee of national business leaders to work for Don Wozniak money lenders and what he considered exorbitant interest rates. Wozniak stifles that urge, too, for he is chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and must not let his biases influence his job. Judge continued on page 6B haven't complained, shed a tear, or seemed a bit nervous, said Sister Georgette Loxterkamp, who is overseeing their stay at the St Paul Priory, which has been transformed into their home and recuperation center.

Two of the children have had corrective surgery at Children's Hospital, and Nassaro will have surgery today. The two other children will not have surgery: Doctors determined that one child is inoperable and that the other's condition is not so severe as to warrant surgery now. None speaks English. Speaking through an interpreter last week, they said that they've felt weak, tired and short of breath for the past several years. The two who have had surgery said they hope the operations will allow them to play soccer again and Surgery continued on page 6B i ff' Hello down there Como Zoo's new male giraffe displayed his long-limbed new African hoofed-animal building opened yesterday, view to zoo visitors.

Also on display In the building are two grace Sunday before some delighted youngsters. Trie zoo's which also was the first time the 12-foot-tall giraffe was on new Kudo antelope and a zebra. Town Country magazine calls it "marvelous Minneapolis" and says "It's anything but Lake Wobegon" in its salute to our town in the December issue. The magazine will be on local newsstands Tuesday. In the same issue, Minneapolis business leader Curt Carlson, 73, -receives the magazine's second annual "Generous American" The magazine identifies him as "the man who has inspired the new philosophy of corporate giving." Photographer Arnold Newman photographed Carlson standing by Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota.

The profile of Carlson and the article about Minneapolis were written by Dan Rortenberg. A group of newly emerging civic leaders pictured with the Minneapolis article include Reid V. MacDonald, president of Faribault Foods and a member of the Walker Art Center board; Susan Platou, a member of the Minnesota Orchestra board; Bob and Joanie Dayton of Harold in the Conservatory; C. Angus Wurtele, chairman of Valspar Jack Reuler, founder of the Mixed Blood Theater; Edo de Waart, conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra with Luella Goldberg, first chairwoman of the orchestra board, and Barbara Peterson Burwell, 1986 Symphony Ball chairwoman; Tom Schmitt, fourth-generation president of Schmitt Music Coa Tania Amochaev, vice president of Management Science America; real estate developer Bob Boisclair and his wife, Marcia; Irwin 'Jacobs; Dennis Evans of First Bank System; Alida Rockefeller Messinger, Sherrie Pugh and Dona Eull-Schultz of the Headwaters Fund; David Cox, president of Cowles Media and his wife, Vicki; University of Minnesota President Ken Keller and his wife, Bonita F. Sindelir; Park Commissioner Patricia Baker, and Carlson with his daughter, Marilyn Nelson.

Writer Rottenberg sums up all of the joys of Minneapolis living by quoting Alida Rockefeller Messinger, a transplanted New Yorker and a daughter of the late John Rockefeller III. She told Rottenberg that "The word for Minneapolis is nice. Before I moved here I'd never met so many nice people, truly kind and generous, beginning with my children's baby sitters. When you talk to a telephone operator here, you feel she doesn't mind helping you." The award to Carlson will be made Dec. 9 at a lunch in the Minnesota Alumni Club atop the IDS Tower.

Speak up, please, and say which Minnesota women should have their names put into the time capsule of the new Minnesota Women's building in St Paul. The building at 316 W. University St. Paul, will become a center for women's organizations. Phyllis Burns, codirector of the project asked for my ideas and yours.

I'll vote for an "honor roll" of names of Minnesota women who achieved international renown including Muriel Humphrey Brown and Joan Mondale, wives of two U.S. -vice presidents who were active in civic projects themselves. Brown also served as Minnesota's first and, to date, only female U.S. senator. Put our entertainment superstars into the capsule, including Judy -1 Garland, Ann Sothern, the.

Andrews Sisters, Arlene Dahl, Lonl Anderson and Jessica Lange. Add our best-known authors and artists, our winningest sports heroines, our most successful business and professional women, our foreign diplomats, our international beauty pageant winners, the state mothers-of-the-year and, please, don't forget Betty Crocker's best recipes. Let Burns know what you think by calling 228-0338 by Wednesday. The capsule will filled on Dec; 10. One last thought of mine is this: How about putting the name of the first female baby born on Dec.

10 into the capsule, or use a list of all of the female babies born in Minnesota on that day. One of them might still be around when the capsule is opened in the 21st century. Who's News Tom Topor, the playwright whose hit Broadway play is now Barbra Streisand's new movie, "Nuts," is a brother of George Topor, owner of the Arcadia Restaurant 222 S. 9th St, in the Piper Jaffray Tower. He shot once into the air and twice at the fleeing car, hitting the rear window and the rear license plate.

"I had a good field of fire," Thompson said. "I hit what I shot at, too." Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bou-za said yesterday that store owners have a "legitimate right to go after robbers who have held them up at gunpoint" "In this case, I'm not prepared to criticize that individual," Bouza said. "I would not necessarily say it was poorjudgment" The 20-minute chase, which involved speeds of up to 70 miles per hour on Portland began when Thompson jumped into a car owned by a bystander who volunteered to drive. They had to end the chase i A. Store owner chases, shoots at robber mmy Wozniak playing new role By Robert Whereatt StaffWriter Almost a year ago, D.D.

Wozniak quit cigarettes after 47 yean of smok-. ing. These days, he often starts a working morning with a piece of nicotine- medicated chewing gum because he sttii has an urge that must oe stitiea "It's tough," he said from his 13th- floor Amhoist Tower office in downtown St. Paul. There also is an occasional urge to be an advocate, which he did as a legislator for 16 years, and later, as an unpaid lobbyist who would appear at the Capitol in St.

Paul to rail against Neil Thompson when the car's brakes began failing. The robber escaped with $300 and an undetermined amount of narcotics, but Thompson got the suspect's license number. No injuries were reported. Chase continued on page 4B my Mi By Rob Hotakainen StaffWriter The armed robber got away, but Sunday was a victory of sorts for Neil Thompson, a Minneapolis drug store owner. Thompson used his automatic pistol to blow out the window of the getaway car, then launched a chase after the robber.

"I wanted him," said Thompson, 33, the owner of Nile Pharmacy at 2249 E. 38th St "No one does that to me and gets away with it" Thompson said he had chased three previous robbers but had not gotten close enough to shoot at those culprits. Yesterday, he fired his Colt .45 three times. i I 1 Staff Photo by Art Hager it ii iffiffiw Tanzanian teen-ager is ready for surgery Tfm By JeanHopfensperger StaffWriter Zuhara Nassaro has traveled 7,000 miles looking for a miracle. With luck, the thin Tanzanian teen-ager will find it today at St Paul Children's Hospital, where doctors will try to repair defects in her heart Is she scared? "No," she said Friday.

"I just wish it could be done today." Nassaro, 14, is one of five Tanzanian children with severe congenital heart defects who came to St Paul in October to find a cure. The diagnostic equipment and surgical techniques to treat them aren't available in Africa. The children, ages 9 to 14, came to the Twin Cities with a nurse they hadn't met before the trip. They Tanzanian children from left, Abln Bimonde, 12; Ramadhoni Omari, Zuhura Nassoro, 14; Mariam Lussama, their nurse and escort; Devota Charles, and Zuhura Ahmed, 1 4..