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it.iferTt'f'r'i Ti ni Weather Page 11 A SNOW Vjk 20 Four news section! 42 pages Copyright, Th Tim Harold Company 1 979 Wed. February 14, 1979 PORT HURON, MICHIGAN A Gannett Newspaper Tlks DflTKSS mall Down plan ready within a year By SUE VOYLES Times Herald Reporter There's a 50-50 chance that J.C. Pen-ney's may build a large department store downtown and the Downtown Development Authority is preparing plans (or a downtown mall, possibly including a large department store such as Pen-ney's or Hudson's. John F. Wismer, downtown authority chairman, made those remarks Tuesday night at the 10th annual meeting of Downtown Port Huron a business group formed to promote downtown.

Wismer said the authority hopes to have plans drawn for a downtown mall within a year. He declined to give de Harsens Island residents stranded by ice-bound ferry wn tails because the plans would require the relocation of several businesses, he said. Wismer said a 50-50 chance exists that Penney's may locate a new store downtown. If Penney's, currently operating downtown on Huron Avenue, or another large store locates on the outskirts of town, Wismer said he is fearful that Sears also would move out. "We're fighting for our lives," he said.

Said Charles P. Herzog, manager of Penney's, "I can't add another thing. This is very speculative. The Downtown Development Authority is working through a developer. It's news to me when I hear things like that." Wismer and State Sen.

Harry DeMaso, 4 1 4 I 4- rmmmm'J I VI 4 John F. Wismer R-Battle Creek, a state leader in downtown renovation, said downtown Port Huron must make itself stronger to ward off the threat of a large mall locat am. if I some islanders found the courage to walk across the frozen channel later in the day, despite warnings from others. "This is the first time in 25 years I've been stuck on this side," said T.W. Clark, 4744 Middle Channel Drive, Harsens Island.

"I'd much rather be stuck on the other side it's a lot more fun." Some islanders recall being stranded STUCK IN ICE Harsens Island ferry service stopped Tuesday, after a make-shift arrangement A downtown hotel and an enclosed mall would complete the fortress against suburban competition, he said. Wismer said the authority has struck out with several hotel chains in locating a hotel here, but he said the authority is continuing its search and now has a "good prospect." A hotel is essential for bringing conventions into the city. Wismer said the city may have to give a lot to get a hotel or a mall built downtown. However, if the city succeeds, the rewards would be enjoyed for year to come. DeMaso said the city would probably be the first in the nation to withstand suburban and win the battle against the suburban malls.

using the main: ferry and a dock ferry, causes tne ice jams on the North Channel. "Those ships break up the ice and it floats into our channel and breaks up our docks, but those big companies don't care," he said. Bertha and Roy Morris, 7140 Sax Drive, Harsens Island, said they had returned from visiting relatives in Detroit, where. I said it was all we had and he hit me in the chest with the gun butt and I fell to the floor. Next 1 heard a blast and started to bleed "We never fired a shot.

The ambassador told us not to fire so as not to jeopardize our own lives and those of Ira-mans working in the kitchen. And we shouted, 'we surrender The gunmen opened fire with heavy machine guns from the roof of a hotel and other buildings in the embassy area, then penetrated the compound and began pulling down the American flag. Guerrillas loyal to Khomeini rushed to the scene and announced they had moved into the embassy to protect the compound from the attackers The fir- Pof Tweedie's gingham frifchen starts today Pat Tweedie has a pmk gingham kitchen. Hut. no matter what color, size or shape your kitchen is, it will be just the place to try Pat's cooking suggestions.

"From My Pink Gingham Kitchen." by Pat Tweedie begins today in the Food Section of The Times Herald Every Wednesday. Pat will write about recipes, cookbooks and other helpful items to make your kitchen and ynur dining table more enjoyable for the whole familv. tJ ifi ing in one of the townships outside the city. DeMaso said a downtown should be more than just a cluster of retail stores. He envisions downtowns with a park-like atmosphere a place where a businessman could bring a sack lunch and relax.

A downtown should also offer recreation, entertainment and culture. DeMaso said Port Huron has much going for it. In fact, he said other cities in the state will be striving for 20 years to obtain what Port Huron has. He mentioned McMorran Place, the municipal marinas, the Flags hockey team, the community college and the muneipal office center as downtown attractions. I .4.

on the island for more than a week around Easter time, 1973. "Last year, we didn't have this ice," said Lois Davis, 1360 N. Channel Drive, Harsens Island. "It all depends on the weather." Harry Mikoiowski, 5470 Middle Channel Drive, Harsens Island, said year-round shipping on the St. Clair River embassy personnel gathered in my of fice and we started phoning out to various people we knew who are connected with Khomeini asking them for urgent help.

"Not long after that. Dr. Yazdi came to the embassy and told us we are all safe and our welfare will be looked after under his custody." The wounded Marine, Sgt. Ken Kraus of Lansdale, reported by telephone that he was grazed on the forehead and wounded in the arm after the ambassador ordered them to surrender. Kraus said one of the leaders of the attack asked "where our weapons were.

I took them into the restaurant where we had hidden two or three weapons. He insisted there were more and that he would shoot me if 1 didn't tell him Cummings said he is expecting addi tional pickets to arrie at the site this morning VanDenBerghe said he anticipates no strife at the site. "We're going to do everything legal here today," he said. In the two-year history of the strike, numerous incidents of violence and confrontations have been reported to area police. Allan Eckhardt, company president, could not be reached for comment.

TS ousts U.S. foes from embassy "It would be here for the next 100 years for our children and our grandchildren to make a living and to enjoy our lives here," Wismer said. Carol Rummel, Downtown Port Huron Inc. executive director, pointed to the strides made by the city this year. She noted the new Times Herald and People's Band buildings to be built on Military Street south of the Black River.

She said the city will host an international boat show Sept. 13-16 which will attract an estimated 30,000 visitors and that Port Huron has received the first Boating Community Award, sponsored by National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. The Times Herald right, failed to work but when they got to the ferry dock, it was stuck. They waited in the bar of the nearby Port O-CaU, before leaving Algo-nac to return to Detroit. Plans were disrupted and some children and husbands were left to fend for themselves, but as the bumper sticker says, "Harsens Island the People's Paradise." ing died down for a while then resumed.

Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan left the first meeting of his new cabinet when informed of the attack, and a spokesman for Khomeini said: "This is against the direct orders of the ayatol-lah, who has repeatedly stated that embassies should not be molested Those at-tacking do not represent the revolution." The embassy was attacked as the new government was trying to get down to business and end the threat of uncontrolled violence from radical armed supporters of the revolution. 3 Yale farmers to speak in D.C. WASHINGTON. Three Yale farmers are here today and are scheduled to appear before a Congressional hearing Thursday to discuss the effects of 90 percent parity on livestock and cash-crop farming operations Richard Yerbeke will discuss the impact on the livestock industry of the American Agriculture Movement's demands for 90 percent parity for grain prices Robert and Thomas Teslock will discuss how 90 percent parity will help cash-grain farmers The Teslock brothers supported the AAM movement for a short period in the fall of 1977. ing basketball in the prison gymnasium Officials said a new plan was devised in which Taylor would return In a helicopter and pick him up later.

Collins later denied he helped with Taylor's escape. Taylor, 35, a former Port Huron resident, was apprehended in Washington Jan. 5, 1978. and later convicted on charges of kidnapping, robbery and assault involving two exotic dancers. He was stabbed to death Friday outside his cell in the maximum security Washington State Penitentiary.

He was serving a 240-year sentence. Collins and the rest of the suspected diggers have been removed from the general prison population and their movements sharply restricted They have been charged with breaking prison rules. Criminal escape charges are being considered, Maynard said. itt.A- wouldn't give up island living for the world." Most of the islanders took the situation in stride, calling their families on the island to inform them of the delay. School children returning to Harsens Island took the last escorted ferry walk at 2 p.m.

Tuesday. After more than two hours in the bar, Khomeini TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Scores of armed Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy in downtown Tehran today and took Ambassador William Sullivan and 101 other Americans prisoner, but Deputy Prime Minister Ibrahim Yazdi interceded and announced the Americans were under his protective custody. In Washington, the State Department said it received a report from Iran's new revolutionary government indicating the Americans had been freed and "the Khomeini forces have control of the embassy and are in the process of gathering up the guerrillas." The captured Americans included the embassy's 20 Marine guards. A U.S.

military spokesman reported one of the Marines and another American were wounded. A nearby hospital Gibraltar Sprocket By JULIE JACOBSON Times Herald Reporter CLAY TOWNSHIP When the Harsens Island ferry stops, the party begins. Dozens of Harsens Island natives ended up in area bars Tuesday afternoon, after the ferry got stuck in the ice about 4 p.m. The Ojibway, a 110-foot Coast Guard harbor tug from Cleveland, arrived in Al-gonac about 11 p.m. Tuesday, and crew members worked through the night trying to beark nearby ice.

The Ojibway still was working at 9 a m. this morning, and was expected to free the ferry sometime today. The ferry had worked on a walk-on basis Monday, with ferry operators escorting pedestrians. Pedestrians boarded a dock ferry, which carried them several hundred yards into the channel, where the other ferry was stuck. A plank was set up from the immobile ferry to the dock of Dexter Knight.

1350 N. Channel Drive, Harsens Island. But Tuesday, the ferry was unable to move to the emergency plank over the frozen North Channel of the St. Clair River. Instead of being upset about the delay, the islanders celebrated the event.

"What'll ya have?" was the most commonly heard phrase among the groups of neighbors. "We're used to this," said Marie Sauer, 4932 Middle Channel Drive, Harsens Island. "That's the fun of it. We U.S. envoy killed in Afghanistan NEW DELHI, India (AP) The U.S.

ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, was kidnapped from his car today in Kabul and later killed in a shoot -out between his Shiite Moslem abductors and police, U.S. officials here and in Pakistan reported. They said the kidnappers had taken him to a hotel in Kabul, the Afghan capital, and demanded freedom for three jailed Moslem clergymen. But the government refused to negotiate, police stormed the building and after a gun battle the American ambassador was found dead, they said. U.S.

sources in Islamabad, Pakistan, said Dubs, 58. was killed dunng the police attack. But it, was not known whether the kidnappers or police bullets kdled him. It also was not known immediately whether the unidentified kidnappers, numbering two or three, were killed or captured. In Washington, a State Department spokesman said the United States had asked the Afghan government to negotiate with the kidnappers to save Dubs' life but its request went unheeded.

Arthur Lefkowitz, spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, said two or three men stopped Dubs' automobile, which was driven by an Afghan chauffeur, as the ambassador was riding to work at about 8:45 local time. They opened opened the door and told Dubs they were "arresting" him, Lefkowitz said. Inside Today: Deaths reported Carl G. Schweitzer Herbert B.

Schroeder llartsuff C. Krueger Mrs. Arthur Johnston Ted C. Gordon Stephen Chapon Cyrus F. King Elmer D.

C'line Francis J. "Frank" Borowskl Obituary information on Page 9C. Land sale baited The County Road Commission has halted the sale of a parcel of land at Moak and 32nd streets as it is adjacent to a parcel which may be developed into a scrap metal recyling center. More on Page 3A. said five wounded Iranians were received there, and a press photographer said he saw a body he could not identify carried from the compound.

Radio Tehran announced that the embassy was being guarded by "the soldiers of the revolution." The broadcast added: "Please avoid going there." The U.S. military' spokesman said he believed the attackers might have been extreme leftists. Khomeini's men said the gunmen were Communists. The aya-tollah, who led the year-long campaign that drove Shah Mohammad Reza Pah-lavi from the country, has repeatedly urged his followers not to attack foreigners or their embassies. Sullivan told a reporter, "The Marines started defending the compound by using teargas canisters.

Later on, all the protest about 10 a.m. and run until noon. Normally, four pickets are at the site daily. But about 25 union members including Richard W. Cummings, the president of the AFL-CIO's St.

Clair County labor coucil were walking a picket line about 10 a.m. at the gate to the company grounds. That action is in apparent violation of a federal court injunction which limits the number of pickets at the gate. Numerous picket signs also have sprouted along Military Street. Union members support strike Marquette lifers' escape try nipped Taylor, Collins tried escape, too Area labor union members were gathering today outside the strike-bound Gibraltar Sprocket Port Huron, in a show of support for striking steel-workers of Local 8220.

Union members have been on strike at Gibraltar, 3592 Military since Jan. 23, 1977. The strike is the longest in the state. Union spokesman Terry Van-DenBerghe said representatives from every labor local in the county are expected to participate. VanDenBerghe said the demonstration was to begin Index Bridge 4C Michigan SA Comics 4C New Briefs II A Crossword IOC Editorials A Ontario SA Farm JB Sports I-5B Food I3C Stocks 5C Health 4C Television 4C Horoscope CB Theaters SB Landers 4C Want Ads I-1IC Local 4A Chuckle A committee Is a group of people who talk for hours to produce a result called minutes.

Winning number DETROIT (AP) The winning number in Tuesday's daily Michigan Lottery game was 753. MARQUETTE (AP) Seven convicts, including one of Michigan's most notorious convicted killers, tunneled within 35 feet of freedom by scooping out "handfuls of sand at a time" since last summer, according to an pfficlal of Marquette State Prison. The would-be escapees included John Norman Collins, convicted of killing one woman and a suspect In six other slaylngs that terrorized college coeds In the Ann Arbor-Ypsilantl area in the late 1960s. Assistant Warden Paul Maynard said Tuesday the Inmates, six of them convicted murderers and the seventh serving time for robbery and kidnapping, had dug 19 feet toward the outside wall of the maximum security prison near the Lake Superior shore in Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula All seven convicts were serving at least one life term. Collins, 31, was found guilty In the 1969 slaying of Karen Sue Belneman, a student at Eastern Michigan University.

The tunnel was discovered Jan. 31, cape They said drug trafficking and loansharking also contributed to his transfer. Taylor, who was serving a life sentence for the 1975 kidnapping-murder of Port Huron hotel clerk Valerie Lee Mills, walked out of the Jackson prison June 5, 1977. wearing clothing resembling those of the prison guards. Collins told corrections officials he had conspired with Taylor and promised him money if Taylor would help him escape later.

Officials said the plan was scrapped when Collins broke his foot while play struction plastic to protect a worker making repairs. The prisoners had access to the site during their daily yard period. The incinerator area is now under lock and key, Maynard said, and can be opened only when guards are present. John Norman Collins may have been living a little freer today if it weren't for Robert E. Taylor.

The key word is escape. Collins, a convicted murderer, was identified Monday as one of seven Inmates attempting to tunnel out of Marquette State Prison. And. save for a successful escape by Taylor from the less secure Southern Michigan Prison less than two years ago, Collins could still be In Jackson. Collins was transferred partly because state corrections officials believed that Collins helped orchestrate Taylor's es Maynard said, when guards noticed cracked cement near an incinerator In the prison yard.

The seven inmates allegedly Involved were Identified Monday. Maynard said the Incinerator area was partially surrounded with a cyclone fence, which had been covered with con.