The Daily Journal from Fergus Falls, Minnesota • Page 1

Daily Journal 103rd YEAR NO. 85 FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA56537 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1976 SINGLE COPY 15c Special session considered A time for kites The age-old custom of lute flying Is revived by youngsters trying tieir skills in the Cleveland School area. Julie Walvatne points to kites aloft. Dwayoe Shearer runs to belp get bis kite in the air. Peter Johnson and Kevin Black successfully launched their kites.

(Journal photos by Harley Oyloe) Neumann will resign as city administrator Fergus Falls city ad- ministrator Rodger Neumann will turn in his resignation, to be effective July 1, at the April 19 City Council meeting. Neumann and mayor Bar- bara Donoho confirmed this morning that they met with city attorney David Nycklemoe on April 2, at which time Neumann was asked for the resignation. Donoho had a statement, signed by five aldermen, asking that the resignation be in the mayor's hand at the time of the April 5 council meeting. The five agreed that if (he resignation had not arrived by then, they would vote for Neumann's discharge. The matter was not brought up at last Monday's meetlnc.

however. Several aldermct acknowledged that they dU discuss the resignation in post-adjournment session. The statement, signed by aldermen Russell Anderson, Al Haagenson, Barbara Eben- viller, Robert Cookman and Oiaf Draxten, 'was discusati but not presented la negotiations leading to Neumann's resignation. Donoho provided a copy to ttai Journal this morning. "The critical need for government to be flexible lot responsive to the limits the time that elected aari appointive officials can effective," the statement "It is my opinion as a signer it this statement that Rogar Neumann has completed hb effectiveness and so should submit his resignation to become effective May 15,1976." Donoho said that she had talked with seven aldermen about Neumann's resignation at various times during the week.

Karen Barber and Terry Black were opposed to firing Neumann and did not sign the statement. Terry Nelson, who was out of town at the time the matter was being discussed, told the Journal he would not have signed the statement if il had been presented to him. Terms of the resignation include the July 1 effective date, vacation and severance pay and a tetter of recom- mfnriatiffi from the couociL MOGOt NEUMANN ST. PAUL, Minn. A After spinning their wheels for nearly three months on the sta- dium Issue, Minnesota's legislators have gone home and left the state's major league future in doubt.

The 1975 legislative session adjourned Wednesday after failing to reach a decision on the controversial stadium bill, which dominated the ID-week session, While officials from the ma- jor league baseball Minnesota Twins and professional football Minnesota Vikings accepted the legislative indecision calmly, Gov. Wendell Anderson was looking at the possibility of a special session to pass a sta- dium bill. "If the Vikings and Twins were to leave, we'd be sad," said Anderson, who has strong- ly supported a new facility for the teams. "There's tre- mendous interest in the Vikings and Twins." Lawmakers seemed to ignore advice of business, labor and political leaders by adjourning without taking action on a sta- dium. Anderson, Sen.

Hubert Humphrey, and state AFL-CIO President David Roe Itrongly supported the bill 1 while a group of Minneapolis. businessmen had pledged some $11 million to clear a site for the rtadium near the downtown irea. "What can we say at this point?" asked a Minnesota Vik- ings official Wednesday" night. "It's a bit early to respond. We win! to examine it thorough- The Vikings are being openly wooed by at least three U.S.

cities Memphis, PhoenU and New York while the Twins could also move to one of sev- eral areas with new ball parks wtdting for a big league dub. "I don't blame the House for turning down the Senate ver- sion with a rebate plan at- tached, "said Twins' President Calvin Griffith. "The stadium bill should have been passed on ils own merits." Any late chance of the sta- dium bill being passed was blocked by the Senate's insist- ence on tying il to a tax cut, or rebate, plan. Griffith indicated he'd at- tempt to work out a favorable lease arrangement at Metro- politan Stadium, but said the Twins would open the 1976 sea- son without a tease. The Twins have lost over $2 million in the last four years as attendance slipped with a cor- responding decline in their play.

The Vikings have indicated they cculd continue to make money for three more seasons in the Metropolitan Stadium. However, Vikings' General Manager Mike Lynn reminded legislators during the session that good businessmen don't wait until bad times are upon them to act. The Minnesota legislature may have done just that. Anderson's stand on a pos- sible special session marked an about-face of his position only a few days ago. "As a few weeks go by, maybe we can be patient enough and wise enough to put the pieces back together," he said.

just think we ought to try it one more time." He told legislators to visit with their friends and neigh- bors on the subject. "I think (hey will find that there is a tremendous interest in the Vikings and the Twins and a tremendous interest in 'cultural activities," he said. "Literally hundreds of thou- sands of Minnesotans would be pleased if the legislature re- sponded to that need." The never-say-die bill sur- vived one political fight, before Continued on page 18 Harris quits presidential race Gustav to begin three-day visit MTNNEPOIJS, Minn. (AP) For Die second time in six months, a reigning Scandina- vian monarch comes to Min- nesota. This afternoon, King Carl XVI Gustaf begins a three-day visit in a state that became borne to thousands of immi- grants from his Swedish home- land.

King Olav of norway, 72, visited the state last October during a coast-to-coast swing. The handsome, 29-year-old King Carl Gustaf, anticipating his marriage to a German com- moner in June, will fill a busy ichedule at the Twin Cities and SL Peter. But a quick pace will prob- ably be to the liking of a man who prizes such zestful sports as sailing and motor car racing. He also enjoys an occasional retreat from the Royal Palace in Stockholm to his summer home on the Baltic island of OUnd, and to a farm at Sten- Weather roundup Clear tonight. Sunny and pleasant Friday.

tonight 36 to 42. Highs Friday 62 lo 70. Wind southerly 8tol8milesper hour tonight. High Wednesday Overnight Low 32. At8 a.m.

46. At Noon 62. Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 a.m, today, none. Temperatures One Year Ago Maximum 37. Minimum 27.

hammar. King Carl Gustaf, who as- cended the throne in 1973 when his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf died, has confided if he weren't a king he'd take up farming for an occupation. As one who helps with the harvest and retains an interest in cattle breeding at his farm, the King will appreciate his stops in Minnesota and some other Midwest states that make up the world's breadbasket. His 26-day tour of the United States, billed as a Bicentennial year goodwill trip, marks the first time a reigning Swedish monarch has come to this coun- try. He was scheduled to arrive at 4:05 p.m.

today at Minneapolis- St Paul Airport After he winds up at New York on-April 28, Carl Gustaf will be busy with preparations back home for his marriage June 19 in Stockholm to Silvia Sommerlath. Miss Som- merlath, 32, has worked for the Olympics organizing com- mittee, and it was at the 1972 Olympics that Carl Gustaf met her. She speaks five languages, and Swedish will make it six. The King also converses in sev- eral languages. The Xing is described as sympathetic to women's liber- ation and would not object to a profession if his wanted il.

However, he's quoted that "I would prefer a wife who would take care of the children." One of Ihe King's ceremonial functions will be to open the "Creative Sweden" exhibit at Northwestern National Bank in Minneapolis Thursday evening, prior to having dinner at the governor's mansion. The exhibit represents the finest of Swedish art and craftsmanship, assembled by a team of Swedish artists, designers and curators. The display of more than 200 to- dividual items, valued at more than includes silver, ceramics, crystal and tapestries. Like King Olav, the Swedish monarch will visit a southern Minnesota college with Scandi- navian-Lutheran background. Carl Gustafs party will motor to St.

Peter Friday morning for a convocation, campus tour and luncheon at Gustavus Adolphus College. Olav capped his October visit with a similar program at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The main public celebration will be the American Swedish Bicentennial Festival at the Minneapolis Auditorium at 12:55 p.m. Saturday.

The 8,500 available seats were sold out far in advance. Clarissa woman indicted in death of twin son LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) A rural Clarissa woman has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fire dealh of one of her 10 monthold twin sons. Judge Charles Kennedy, Wa- dena, revealed in Todd County District Court proceedings Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Joanne Drayna, about 28, last Friday. Dean Michael Drayna died in a Jan.

14 fire at the family's home in rural Erowerville. Mrs. Drayna's husband. Allan, was at work in Browerville at the time of (he fire. Mrs.

Drayna and four other children had been overcome by smoke when neighbors rescued Ihem from the home. The fire was extinguished. Mrs. Drayna now is a patient at Brainerd State Hospital and Judge Kennedy ruled Wednes- day that she be detained there for evaluation. Counly Ally.

Randall Brown said the court-ordered eval- uation will determine whether Mrs. Drayna will be able to stand trial in the child's death. Brown said the order will per- mit Mrs. Drayna to receive medical help, if it is required. WASHINGTON (AP) For- mer Oklahoma Sen.

Fred Har- ris, who hoped public concern over economic issues would put him in the White House, is end- tag his active campaign for the Democratic presidential nomi- aation because of his own eco- nomic woes. Sources dose to the cam- paign said Wednesday the self- declared "New Populist," will remain a declared candidate and attempt to influence the party platform at its nomi- nating convention in New York in July. But Harris scheduled a news conference today to announce he will no longer campaign in the remaining presidential pri- mary elections. For the past three weeks, Harris has campaigned almost exclusively in Pennsylvania, committing all remaining mon- ey, volunteers and other re- sources into that state's April 27 primary. But money, a constant prob- lem in the Harris campaign, has nearly run out, in part be- cause of congressional inaction toward reassembling the Federal Election Commission, which dispenses matching federal campaign funds to candidates.

The Supreme Court struck down the commission's author- ity to disburse funds and pro- posals for reconstituting the panel still are pending before a House-Senate conference com- mittee. A Federal Election Commis- sion spokesman said as of Wednesday the Harris cam- pagn had received $493,279 and had made claims for- an ad- ditional (70,000 in matching- funds. But until Congress restructures the commission to meet the Supreme Court ob- jections, no candidates can receive the federal funds. Harris campaigned almost completely on economic issues, traveling cross country in a camper in the early days, seek- ing supporters over coffee in On the inside On the local scene. Page 2 Capitol Views.

Page 4 Local couple joins trek. Page 5 Swedish visitor looks at mentally retarded programs. Page 7 Life-saving programs to be offered. Page 8 Offers fourth in Dragon meet. Page 14 Area happenings.

Page 18 living rooms. "The issue is privilege," Har- ris bellowed over and over in his gutsy, earthy 19th century speechmaking style. He called for price controls on the steel, auto and oil industries, break- ing up corporate monopolies and higher taxes on big busi- ness and the wealthy minority. Harris said only breaking up the economic giants could re- turn true competition to the American economy. But Democratic party regu- lars were wary.

"The Demo- cratic establishment sees an- other McGovern and this time they are thinking about win- ning," said one party pro. Harris, whose wife, LaDonna, regularly cam- paigned with him, finished a surprising third in the Iowa delegate caucuses Jan. 20. But since then he has picked up only a handful of votes in most of the primaries, in- cluding Massachusetts where a strong volunteer campaign or- ganization raised hopes of doing better. Perham youth dies in accident A young Perham woman was killed and three other persons injured in a one-car accident last night near Detroit Lakes.

Donna Twyman, 18, Perham, was killed when a car in which she was riding overturned three miles west of Detroit Lakes about 10:30 Wednesday evening, according to the Becker County sheriff's office. Driver of the car. Dale Moran, 22, Detroit Lakes, was listed in serious condition this morning at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes. Two other passengers, Donald Hayes, 18, Frazee, and Marian McGowan, 18, Perham, were in fair con- dition at the hospital this morning.

Miss Twyman was reported dead on arrival at the hospital. The sheriffs office said all four were thrown from the car when the vehicle missed a T- intersection on the Fox lake Road and Becker Counly Road 6. The accident brings Min- nesota's 1976 highway death loll to 116, compared with 115 a year ago. Funeral arrangements for Miss Twyman are pending with Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham. A month ago, Harris decided to ignore Tuesday's primaries in Wisconsin and N'ew York and concentrate on Pennsylvania.

His withdrawal from active pursuit of the nomination marks the end of Harris' second run at the presidency. A similar effort in 1972 was even more short-lived. In other political develop- ments Wednesday: -Rep. Morris Udall said he thought he had stopped the drive by Jimmy Carter, even though the former Georgia gov- ernor narrowly won first place in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday. Both Carter and Udall were in Pittsburgh where they ap- peared at a stale AFL-CIO con- vention.

Carter was booed by AFIrCIO delegates as he shook hands on his way through a ho- tel lobby. Shouts of "We want Humphrey" followed him. Later, Carter told AFL-CIO leaders that "labor has, in gen- eral, been left out of the deci- sion-making in the federal gov- ernment." He promised to change all that if he is elected president and for the first time said jobs are "the N'o. 1 issue in this campaign and the No.l priority of my administration as president." -Sen. Henry M.

Jackson, who won a solid victory in New York's Democratic primary; turned his attention to the Pennsylvania primary. "1 be- lieve that we will carry Penn- sylvania," he said. Jackson said his New York victory assured "an all-out, three-way fight instead of what otherwise might have been one on one." He said the three-way race would involve himself, Carter and Udall. -Sen. Frank Church of Ida- ho, who entered the Democrat! field last month, was in Rhode Island where he said none of the candidates has momentum to win the party's nomination on the first ballot.

--Alabama Gov. George Wal- lace said he is determined to continue his campaign, despite poor showings in early pri- maries. He denied reports that his campaign is short of funds and predicted a deadlocked party convention at which his delegates "won't be ignored." -Sen. John G. Tower, who is President Ford's chief campaigner in Texas, said GOP challenger Ronald Reagan will not win enough support in that state's primary to remain in the race.

Tower said thai "unless Reagan sweeps ihe Texas primary, his campaign is through." But a Reagan spokesman dis- counted Tower's remarks and said the former California gov- ernor's campaign will carry the state. Reagan spent the day campaigning in Texas. -Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller said talk of Ford dumping Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger is an at- tempt to appease GOP con- servatives.

Rockefeller said in an interview with Gannett newspapers Kissinger will be (Harris) Continued on page 18 Hearing set on district boundaries ByRUTHNORRlS City Editor The county board Wednesday set a special meeting on redistricting for Saturday, May 1, narrowly avoiding a deadline on a technical problem which could have thrown the voting procedure in the November election into chaos. Warn boundaries in Fergus Falls have been allered since the last commission election and the purpose of the hearing is to alter commissioner districts to conform with those changes. It's onlv a minor change, bul if it were not completed by election time, voters in some precincts in the city would have been voting on two commissioner races in the same precinct. The districts aSfected are three and five, held by com- missioners Andy taitch and John Snowberg. The hearing, which is not expected to draw many participants because the change is so routine, meets the deadline for making the change by a single day.

Filing for commission seats opens July 6. In other action Wednesday, the board returned a petition for a sanitary sewer district on Pickerel lake to its authors because they did not have enough signatures. Jailer Dave Jenr.en was approved as a full-time em- ployee of the sheriff's depart- ment, to ease that department's help shortage while sheriff Carltor, Morlcnsen is recovering from a heart attack. A petition from Wesl Side Associates fcr annesatio.i of a portion of Bcse Township was filed. The area proposed for annexation of the old golf course, between Counly Road 1 and the Otter Tail River west of liitheran Brethren Schools..