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Crash Fatal to Aueenstein William Walbeck, president of the Eaton Flying Service at the Charlotte airfield said that Augenstein had complained to him the day before the crash of a defective gyroscope in his plane. Walbeck said, however, he wasn't worried about it i)ecause he was flying VF (visual flight rules)." Walbeck said that a pilot flying with a defective gyroscope could easily become disoriented during fog or clouds. day in his twin-engine Piper Apache and was last heard from at 12:24 a.m. Saturday when he contacted the tower at Jackson Airport and received a weather report Augenstein had been due to land at the small Charlotte airfield at 1:15 a.m. Saturday.

Weather reports said heavy fog covered the airport early Saturday morning. A biophysicist, Augenstein had been in Richmond to speak at Yokefellow Instituted an interdenominational church group which met on the campus of Earlham College. Walter Adams, acting president of MSU, also issued a statement mourning the death of Augenstein, who was chairman of the biophysics department of the university. "Dr. Leroy Augenstein lived an active, exciting life, combining fervid interest in education and politics.

Both as a faculty member at MSU and a member of the State Board of Education, he worked untiringly for what he believed to be the public good. His peripatetic presence will be missed in every hamlet of the State of reer. He embodied in that career the best tradition of public service working in the public interest with energy, imagination and determination. "As a teacher, as a scientist, as a member of the State Board of Education, he pursued public service with warmth, wisdom and compassion. The State of Michigan has lost a dedicated servant.

The citizens of Michigan join his family in mourning his loss." Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Harold Schmidt had announced late Saturday afternoon that, "based on reports of low-flying aircraft we have received it appears that the plane is down in the Charlotte area." The suspicion turned out to be correct. ANOTHER TRY Authorities speculated on the basis of these reports that Augenstein might have missed his first instrument approach to the Charlotte field and was in the process of going around for another try when he went down. The 41-year-old Michigan State University professor left Richmond, at 11:15 p.m.

Fri Related Stories on A-2 By MIKE WAGONER State Journal Staff Writer CHARLOTTE Dr. Leroy Augenstein was found dead Saturday at 7:45 pjn. when searchers discovered his crashed airplane about two miles north of Beech Airport, Eaton County deputies said. The aircraft was found in northern Carmel Township, directly in line with the normal landing approach to the airport Deputies said the wreckage was first discovered by Kenneth Briggs, 2728 Kinsel. Eaton County Sheriff Elwin J.

Smith said the blue, yellow and white plane "did not burn and the body was wedged in the plane." Officials said Augenstein apparently died instantly when his twin-engine plane struck an eight-foot stump In an open field near Charlotte's Beech Airport. Sheriff Smith said the apparent angle of the 14-year-old aircraft and the direction in which the plane was traveling indicated Augenstein may have lost his way in fog and low clouds and traveled away from the landing strip. A 1 Augenstein crashed in a relatively open field with only scattered small trees and brush, the report stated. Officers said the plane was found about 100 feet south of Kinsel Highway. Gov.

William G. Milliken released a statement concerning Augenstein's death from his office Saturday night. "The death of Leroy Augenstein stills a vital voice. It is particularly tragic that his death occurred so early in an already outstanding ca Dr. Leroy G.

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The United States has decided to bring the issue of North Vietnam's treatment of American war prisoners before the United Nations General Assembly. The move, to be made this week, will represent the first effort to raise the prisoner-of-war question in open debate in the world organization. It Is one of several independent approaches being taken at home and abroad to get Hanoi to identify the prisoners it holds and permit access to them by some neutral intermediary such as the Red Cross. DAY OF PRAYER Other efforts being undertaken on the prisoners' behalf include: In Washington, Congress has been flooded with resolutions expressing concern about the prisoners' fate, from both opponents and supporters of U.S. involvement in Vietnam: One reflection of this mounting concern is the President's designation of today as a day of 28 17 208 rights organizations, the Washington Research Project and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund.

It deals with Title the largest and most celebrated of fed-e a 1 aid-to-education programs, for which Congress last year appropriated more than $1 billion, roughly one-third of the Office of Education budget Much to the consternation of its supporters, Title which is only four years old, has not produced marked and measurable gains in achievement among the poor children it is supposed to serve. Critics have attributed this failure to a faulty premise, arguing that these children are beyond the help of extra funds. Cloudy Skies To Stay Cloudy skies with a chance of light drizzle have been forecast for the Lansing area today, the U.S. Weather Bureau reported. No significant temperature changes are expected as today's high reading should be in the mid 50s.

Tonight's low should range from 34 to 40. Monday's outlook is for partly cloudy skies and continued steady temperatures. Chances of rain today and tonight are 10 per cent. L'otre be held captive, some for as long as five years, and another 918 are listed as missing and believed captured. Although the prisoners' case has been brought up frequently in Paris during negotiations with the North Vietnamese, the U.S.

until now has preferred to pursue the matter through private diplomatic channels or with Red Cross authorities. Garrison In Lead For Seat By CARROLL P. TROSCLAIR NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Ailing District Attorney Jim Garrison took an early lead Saturday In his fight for a third term and an opportunity to resume his investigation into the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Early returns in the Democratic primary showed the controversial Garrison well ahead of his chief opponent Harry F.

Connick. With 213 of 411 precincts reporting, the count was Garrison 41,497, and Connick 32,546. Garrison was suffering from an old slipped disc injury. The campaigns for district attorney, mayor and 17 other city offices were fought in the midst of a slowdown threat after more than 400 men dramatized their pay demands by staying away from work on day, reporting they were victims of "the blue flu." The boycott threatened to slow down the counting of votes. By GENE HASHLEY Slate Journal Staff Writer Waverly teachers decided to continue their strike into its second week after a nearly nine-hour mediation session Saturday failed to produce agreement on an economic package dispute.

During Saturday's session, begun at 10 a.m. by state labor mediator Edward Connors, both sides moved from positions they held before the strike, but apparently not enough to produce an agreement. At the outset of the session, the first since teachers went on strike last Monday, Connors noted the groups were $150 apart and recommended each side review its position and make a specific offer for settlement. Connors' opening remarks to both teams and the full Waverly Board of Education took about an hour. Following the joint meeting both sides met in separate groups for the remainder of the day.

OFFER UPPED The board, making the first proposal, increased its base salary offer $100 from $7,150 to $7,250 and proposed to make the $30-a-month insurance benefit effective March 1, 1970. The report replies that the premise has never had a chance, because the extra funds have never reached the children in the way that Congress intended. It is likely to See FUND, Page A-2, CoL 1 dims AUGENSTEIN CRASH Remnants of Dr. Leroy G. Augenstein's twin-engine airplane are propped against a large stump in a field about two miles north of Charlotte.

Eaton County deputies said Augenstein apparently died instantly in the crash Saturday night. His body was found wedged in the pilot's seat Augenstein's plane was reported missing Saturday morning in a return flight to Beech Airport from Richmond, Ind. He was traveling alone, deputies said. (State Journal Photo by Jack Bolt) rvDITlOrJ school authorities," according to a Jong and stark report made public Saturday. The report, which is based largely on audits made but never officially released by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was pre-pared by two private civil Their opposition rallied thousands.

A motel operator in Piura, nortl Peru, offered accommodation for their honeymoon and LANS a Peru-vian domestic airline, says they will be guests on an inaugural flight to Piura aboard the line's new Electra. A Lima shop supplied the couple with complete new outfits of clothes for the wedding and honeymoon. Adolfo's microbus was in the garage Saturday and the couple rode to City Hall in a flower bedecked sedan. Nancy wore an embroidered dark green dress not quite a miniskirt and Adolfo had on his best brown suit. Friends of the couple served as witnesses.

CHURCH CEREMONY After the ceremony, Salazar popped the cork on a bottle of Peruvian champagne and See BUS, Page A-2, Col. 2 prayer and concern for war prisoners and those missing in action. The American Red Cross has intensified its own campaign, appealing to Pope Paul VI to intercede and calling on 30 Red Cross societies abroad to intervene with Hanoi on the prisoners behalf. Thirteen have replied so far. The Red Cross also has initiated a nationwide letter-writing campaign asking students on every college campus to write to the president of North Vietnam expressing concern.

Secretary General Thant has renewed a call to Hanoi authorities to allow access to the prisoners by an international humanitarian organization and has suggested the League of Red Cross Societies. Thant's statement was made after a meeting here with Hen-rik Beer, the league's secretary general, and his views have been passed along to Hanoi. 410 CAPTIVES According to Defense Department records, there are at least 410 servicemen known to 7, t. lit Baird Inventory Cut Planned Study Finds Allocated Funds Miss Educationally-Deprived The Waverly Education Association reduced its base salary demand to $7,275 and proposed a Dec. 1 effective date for the insurance benefit.

Previously, the WEA's salary demand was $7,300 as recommended by state-appointed fact finder Dr. Daniel H. Kruger. Both sides have already agreed on the $30-a-month insurance benefit and the only part of this issue yet to be resolved appears to be the effective date. Both sides reported agree-ment on compensation to teachers for extra duty, an agreement reached previously.

"In the judgment of the teacher negotiators, the board's flexibility was so small that hopes for a settlement at this time are minimaL' a WEA spokesman said. The board's team expressed disappointment that the teachers' group did not take the board's offer back to its full membership for consideration. NO DATE SET The dispute between the teachers and the Waverly board is still in the hands of Connors, who hinted intentions to call another meeting in the near future. No specific date for the resumption of talks has been set Meanwhile, 4,742 students in the district will continue to stay home until further notice. No new developments in for-mation of a "community staff," have been reported since Thursday when school officials reported having 230 volunteers.

As of Thursday, officials said they were attempting to determine whether they could continue the educational program with the volunteers. Among the volunteers were certified teachers who are retired or presently not teaching and persons with college degrees in fields other than education plus those persons with 60 hours of college credit who qualify for temporary certification. oo Ueci Modern Way D-8 Volunteers Border Clashes Golden Years C-B Jeane Dixon D-7 Markets C-18, C-19 Onlooker A-3 Outdoors E-12 Religion D-2 Sports E-l to E-U State News F-14 Television Theater E-18, E-19 Travel F-8 Views on the News World Spotlight F-6 Youth Beat to F-12 Too Much Liquor Costs State Cash By WILLARD BAIRD State Journal Capitol Bureau Gov. William G. Milliken has been informed the state can pick up $18 million for its general fund By PETER MILILS The Washington Post WASHINGTON "Millions of dollars appropriated by Congress to help educationally-deprived children have been wasted, diverted or otherwise misused by state and local simply by reducing its overstocked liquor supply.

GirVs Parents Boycott Wedding Cupid Behind Romance Moreover, unaer skiuiui management, to prevent future bloating of stock supplies and streamline marketing operations, the state can regularly save up to $5 million a year in its liquor business, a team of cost-cutting experts has advised the governor. Needless to say, the governor is pleased with the prospect and has directed subordinates in the Commerce TVnartment and the Liquor Control Roundup Time Where Buffalo Roam D-6 Youthful Activists Want to Vote A-14 Faces of Communism Peruvians, LIMA, Peru (AP) Adolfo the bus driver and Nancy, who lived at the end of the line, were married Saturday in a ceremony boycotted by her parents but attended by hundreds of romantic Peruvians. The mayor of Brena, Carlos Salazar Beraun, gave a bouquet of white orange blossoms to the bride and then personally conducted the civil ceremony in the modern new Brena City Hall. Salazar first asked Nancy Carty, 22, if she took "this man" for her husband and she replied with a firm "si." Then the mayor posed the question to Adolfo Figueroa, 26, and again got a strong "si." One of the first to kiss the bride was Nancy's gray-haired grandfather, who broke the family bovcott and came to the ceremony. Asked about the dis-p the grandpa replied: "Rubbish, they're in love.

Francisco Carty, father of the bride, published advertisements in Lima newspapers during the week announcing opposition to the wedding and stating he and Mrs. Carty would not participate in the ceremony. A few years ago, such firm opposition would have terminated a romance. But this is 20th century Latin America: the bride is over 21 and Cupid had his way. Adolfo and Nancy met two years ago.

Her home was only 100 yards from the bus line which Adolfo pli in his own microbus, a sort of station wagon. With his earnings, he has paid for five years of medical studies and hopes to become a doctor. Nancy's parents opposed Adolfo because he was from "the sierra" (mountain region) and "not in economic position" for Nancy, who is from the Lima port city of Callao. Commission (LCC) to put the plan into motion. The figures on potential savings were compiled by TRIM (Total Research for Improved Management), an advisory panel of management experts created by former Gov.

George Romney. TO HIRE SPECIALIST As a first step toward realizing the lower operating costs TRIM contends can be achieved, LCC under prodding from the governor and the Commerce Department's top echelon has agreed to hire an experienced inventory control specialist. A computerized control system, to assist in the analysis of supply and sales "data, will be a major tool in the new setup. In documenting its call for tighter inventory control, TRIM noted, among other findings, that the LCC had on hand a 53-month stock of one brand of sherry wine and a 21-month supply of one brand of rum. It also reported LCC's warehouses and stores had a WATCHTOWER, A-9, Col.

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