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Young asked all island governors to ban the sale of arms and munitions to American traders and to halt shipments to French, Spanish and Dutch islands in the Caribbean. VOLUME NO. 85, NO. 281 LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1975 PRICE 15c I Nobel Winner Says 1 Nicotine May Be Major Cancer Cause MADISON, Wis. (UPI) The University of Wisconsin professor who won the Nobel prize for medicine Thursday said his research has not shown the cause of human cancer but has given other researchers a lead in tracking it down.

Dr. Howard M. Temin said the virus in chickens he studied was unlikely to cause cancer in humans. But he said his work should show other scientists they should look at chemicals such as asbestos and cigarette nicotine as major causes of human cancer. Temin, 41, shared the Nobel award for physiology and medicine with Drs.

David Baltimore of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Renato Dulbecco of the Imperial Cancer Research Laboratory in London. Temlin was cited for his study of how viruses interact with genes in cells. Temin, a professor of oncology (the study of tumors), said his research and that of Baltimore and Dulbecco "has enabled workers, especially at the National Cancer Institute and elsewhere, to ask whether viruses like the rous sarcoma virus exist in human cancer." "And I think that it would be fairly, generally accepted that the majority of human cancers are not primarily caused by an infectious virus," he said. negative result indicates that other factors must cause human cancers, and chief among them would be radiation and chemical carcinogens." Temin suggested the government increase its control of substances such as asbestos and discourage people from smoking. "There are cures for certain fast-growing cancers, certain specific types of cancers, but as yet no cures for the majority of cancers which actually cause human death," Temin said.

"We are working continually, many people, to try and develop better means of therapy for cancer, but now there's a general belief that we would have much more influence on human cancer if we could prevent it. "And so, if people would stop smoking cigarettes and there were less cancer-causing chemicals put out into the environment, this would be the most efficient way of preventing cancer. "The problem is novel ideas. The American people have been very generous in their support of cancer research and there have been remarkable strides in understanding this disease. "The problem is not money, nor organization, but really ideas." Industries Rebound, Economy Up DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY RUSS MILLER JR.

Mason County Central Selects Homecoming Queen Contestants By LEONARD CURRY UPI Business Writer The nation's industries have quickened production at the fastest pace in almost 11 years and "Help Wanted" signs are popping out, according to reports from government and industry. The four auto makers said more than 4,600 workers will be hired next week to meet overtime demand for hot-selling mid-sized cars, vans and luxury sedans. The industry has not worked as much overtime since the start of the Arab oil embargo in late 1973 that touched off the worst economic recession since the 1930s. The news from Detroit Thursday was followed by federal government reports that jobless benefits declined for the third straight week and industrial production increased 1.9 per cent in August. The Federal Reserve Board said it was the biggest one- month increase in the physical output of the nation's factories, mines and utilities since a 2.8 per cent gain in November, 1964, after an auto workers' strike ended.

The Labor Department said 5.4 million persons were receiving jobless benefits in the week ending Sept. 27, the lowest number in nine months. General Motors chairman Thomas Murphy said sales of 1976 cars should increase 21 per cent over 1975 models from now to Dec. 31. Sales should be at an annual rate of 12 million cars compared with 9.5 million in last year's fourth quarter, Murphy said in a speech in Anaheim, Calif.

The surge in auto sales and industrial production means factories and mines will pick up the tempo of rehiring among the three million workers who lost jobs in the past 18 months. The Federal Reserve said the gains were "substantial and widespread" and included production of consumer goods like autos, household appliances, carpeting, drapery materials and clothing, and industrial materials such as steel, paper, chemicals and textiles. One of the four girls on the right will be crowned the 1975' Mason County Central Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies at next Friday's football game. The four girls on the right are seniors while the girls on the left are underclass representatives. Left to right are Glenda Gruno, 16, junior, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Gruno of route 1 Free Soil; Lori Raven, 16, sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Raven of 211 N. Reinberg, Scottville; Anne Karboske, 14, freshman, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ray Karboske of route 3 Ludington; Marilyn Dumas, 17, daughter of Mrs. Lois Dumas of route 2 Ludington; Kristy Smith, 17, daughter of Marshall Smith of Ludington; Gail Buck, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Buck of route 1 Ludington; Jean Helminiak, 17, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Helminiak of route 2 Manistee. in Today's News New York Can't Meet Debt Payments Today Authorities Identify Pair Who Are Promising Trip To Another Planet Welfare Costs Soaring WASHINGTON costs this year surpassed $22 more than 20 per cent over the last fiscal period. Department of Health, Education and Welfare estimates released Thursday showed the increase amounted to nearly $3.8 billion over the $18.8 billion required in the 1974 fiscal year. HEW estimated welfare-programs cost $22.6 billion for the 1975 fiscal year ended June 30.

Open New Probe Of Fund WASHINGTON government has opened a new investigation of a $1.34 billion Teamsters pension fund accused of making risky loans and depriving union members of their benefits, it was disclosed Thursday. Sens. Harrison A. Williams, and Jacob K. Javits, said they learned the Labor Department was reviewing the operations of the controversial Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund.

Baby Food Warning WASHINGTON Food and Drug Administration says potentially hazardous levels of lead are showing up in canned baby food. Lead poisoning can cause brain damage and other problems, particularly in children. Lead in canned foods could come from the solder or other metal in the can. In addition, the agency said it found that "lead levels in some adult canned foods are undesirably high from a long-range public health perspective." Ford's Car In Body Shop LIVONIA Ford's specially built $500,000 limousine which was damaged when struck by a car Tuesday night in Hartford, was in a Ford Motor Co. bump shot for repairs today and was under Secret Service guard.

The ton Lincoln Continental was flown into Detroit's Metropolitan Airport at the American Airlines hangar Thursday morning and driven to the Ford Motor Transmission Plant complex in this Detroit suburb, a Secret Service agent said. Former Mayor Sentenced GRAND RAPIDS (UPI) Former Harbor Springs Mayor Harmon Wilcox, 48, who earlier pleaded guilty to embezzling $38,700 from a bank where he worked, was "tentatively" sentenced Thursday to five years in prison by a federal judge who called Wilcox "an enigma." Invoking a special sentencing procedure, U.S. District Judge Wendell A. Miles ordered a commission study by officials at the federal prison where Wilcox will be sent. He said prison officials are to report to the court in three months with a sentence recommendation.

DNR Decision To Stand LANSING (UPI) Natural Resources director Howard Tanner said today his department would stick by its decision to allow oil and natural gas drilling in the southern third of the Pigeon River Country State Forest. A special DNR task force charged with evaluating the environmental, social and economic impacts of drilling in the wilderness haven had proposed four alternative plans, including one that barred drilling entirely. NEW YORK (UPI) New York City, battling for months to avoid 'default; 1 'had $453 million in debts due today but not enough money to pay them. "Only a miracle will save us," said City Council President Paul O'Dwyer. "and I don't expect that miracle." Urgent phone calls were placed to the White House, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board as Mayor Abraham Beame fought to stave off default.

"I called the White House to inform the President of the change of events," said a weary Beame early today. "He was asleep, but we left a message with the officer duty." White House officials told Beame that Ford was aware of developments. The crisis worsened Thursday night when the trustees of the city teachers' retirement fund refused to reaffirm a commitment to put $150 million in pension funds into a $2.3 billion state plan aimed at keeping the city from default through the beginning of December. "This action, if not reversed, will place the city in imminent jeopardy of default," Beame said. Other 4 rneeting's scheduled today in hopes of reversing that decision.

The city is unable to raise sufficient cash on its own because major banks, unhappy over the city's fiscal policies, have refused to extend additional loans. After the trustees' vote, the mayor met with city officials and a law firm retained to advise the city on the consequences of default "to implement action -f- if necessary to assure the continuity of essential city services." Ex-Milliken Aide Gets Job With State Agency City and state officials, in a report prepared several weeks 'ago, forecast a series of severe consequences of default, including unrest by persons on welfare who failed to receive subsistence checks and strikes by unpaid city employes and, ultimately, a default by New York state. In addition, there have been forecasts of a national and international monetary crisis resulting from a New York City default. Asked about other sources of quick cash, the mayor said, "At this point I don't know of any other sources. Unless that Uhe trustees' decision) is reversed, the city will be in a defaulting PORTLAND, Ore.

(UPI) Authorities say the son of a Texas Presbyterian minister and a nurse devoted to astrology are the pied pipers of a new religion promising a trip to a better life on another planet. Marshall Herff Applewhite, 44, and Bonnie Lu Trusdale Nettles. 48, both of Houston, were identified Thursday as the couple previously known as "The Two" who recruited two dozen persons in Oregon for a journey on an unidentified flying object to "a higher life." The Oregon followers, joined by others from Washington, Texas, California, Colorado, Wisconsin, Arizona and Canada, were last seen in an Illinois state park 45 miles northwest of Chicago. The disappearance of the Oregon volunteers on the mission triggered a story that has been shrouded in religious mystique for weeks. Investigators for the Oregon State Police and Lincoln County on the Oregon coast at Newport say the pair is not wanted on any criminal charge.

However, it was learned they spent time in jail in Brownsville, after being arrested in Harlingen, last fall. Applewhite was arrested for allegedly failing to return a rental car that had been reported stolen. Miss Nettles for alleged misuse of a credit card. Applewhite, records showed in St. Louis, pleaded guilty and served four months in the county jail on the auto charge.

Miss Nettles apparently never was prosecuted. Melvin Gibson of the Oregon State Police said identification of the pair was made from photos sent from Texas with verification by a number of persons who attended a recuit- ing meeting in Waldport, 16 miles south of Newport, Sept. 14, after which the Oregon followers vanished. LANSING (UPI) A former top aide to Gov. William G.

Milliken has been hired to lobby against legislation that would save the state an estimated $1.6 million a year by removing a hidden layer of government bureaucracy. William N. Hettiger, who as Milliken's chief of staff was one of the most influential officials in state government, has been retained by the State Accident Fund, an obscure agency that administers Worker's Compensation payments. 39 Grant Stores In State Await Decision On Future By United Press International The fate of the 39 W. T.

Grant Co. stores in Michigan remains clouded. Seven managers of Grant stores around the state reported Thursday that they have been notified their stores will close by Dec. 31. One of those stores is the Traverse City outlet with about 150 employes.

However, the only store closing the financially-troubled firm has formally announced is that of its store in the Detroit suburb of Taylor. In New York, a spokesman for the company denied reports Thursday that it plans to close all 39 of its Michigan stores. He said "unbelievable speculation" has plagued the firm since a meeting with creditors and called any closing reports "very premature" at this time. At a creditors meeting in New York on Wednesday, Grant officials reportedly said they have decided on additional closings partly because some suppliers are refusing checks offered by Grant for merchandise ordered but not yet shipped. Hettiger left the governor's staff in January to form a lobbying firm called W.N.H.

Associates Inc. His partner is Robert A. Manardo. The accident fund, which first came under fire in August when an audit disclosed its manager was paid a higher salary than the governor and given free country club membership, is working against a bill that would sever its official government ties. The Secretary of State's lobbyist registration office said Hettiger and Manardo registered as consultants on behalf of the accident fund on Oct.

l. Until the audit, many legislators were not even aware of the existence of the quasi-state agency. 9 Young Boys Arrested For Terrorizing Woman NEW BUFFALO (UPI) Police have arrested nine boys, ranging in age from 12 to 15, in connection with an 11-month-old extortion and terror plot against a 73-year-old Czechoslovakian widow who did not notify authorities because she is afraid of all men in uniform. The boys, all students at New Buffalo 'Middle School, were arrested Thursday after neighbors of Mrs. Kmma Welderick told police of a gang of boys gathered in front of the widow's house.

Authorities said the boys terrorized Mrs Welderick into turning over half of her pension check every month since last November by threatening to smash her windows, tear up her garden and even burn her house if she failed to make the payments. New Buffalo policeman Edward Lyons described the terror campaign as "grotesque." He said one day last week when Mrs. Welderick told the boys she could not pay, they poured boiling apple sauce over her hand. Mrs. Welderick told police Thursday in broken English that she'never sought help from authorities because she had lived in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation and was terrified of all men in uniform.

She said she paid the boys an average of $100 a month, almost half of her pension check. Officer Lyons said Mrs. Welderick wept tears of relief when the boys were arrested. Seven of the boys were released to the custody of their parents. The oldest boy, a 15- year-old was held in a juvenile home and his 13-year-old brother was released to the custody of an aunt.

Police said they were seeking the parents of the two boys as accomplices to the extortion plot. Extortion carries a maximum penalty ot 20 years in prison and a fine. Beacon Hill Residents Put Knock On Television Series NOTICE We will be Closed Monday, Oct. 20 Villadsen Insurance Agency SCOTTVILLE CHANGE OF HOURS Sunday Evening Services of the ASSEMBLY OF GODCHURCH will begin at 6p.m. Instead of 7 p.m.

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Lows Sunday and Monday in the 40s. Lows Tuesday in the upper 30s and lower 40s. Highs Sunday and Monday mostly in the 60s. Highs Tuesday in the upper 50s and lower 60s. BOSTON (UPI) Mrs.

J. Clifford Ross, author of several books on Beacon Hill, says she is saddened and shocked by the television series "Beacon Hill." "It's completely inaccurate and has nothing to do with the real Beacon Hill," the 74-year-old author said. Many Boston residents have objected to inaccuracies in the 1920s setting of the new CBS program, and others have been offended by the bedroom antics of its characters. "It's an insult to the Irish," snapped Mayor Kevin White, who is Irish. The show portrays the expansive lifestyle of a nouveau riche Irish family named Lassitei.

The critics say the Lassiters, if they had existed in early 20th-century Boston, would not have lived on Beacon Hill, nor would they have employed such a large staff of servants. "In those days," said Mrs. Thomas Mahoney, a Boston Irishwoman who has lived on Beacon Hill for 30 years, "Irish families of ample means lived out of town in big houses on Walnut Avenue in West Roxbury, for instance." Thomas Townsend lives in the Beacon Hill house his great- grandfather owned in 1850. He and his wife enjoy the series very much, he said, "although it's certainly not authentic." "But the title gets an audience," he said. "If it were called for instance, it wouldn't have this much appeal." Beacon Hill, the 17th-century home of Boston's first settler, hermit William Blackstone, later became the fashionable neighborhood of the Brahmins the old, established New England families, most of them Protestant.

The golden dome of the Massachusetts State House looks down from the hill's summit, and its narrow, brick-paved streets border on the Boston Common. In reality, the rich Boston Irish lived elsewhere. Colorful Mayor James Michael Curley lived in Jamaica Plain at the height of his power. John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a mayor whose grandson John F. Kennedy lived'on the fringe of the hill in his younger days, resided in Dorchester.

FOR SALE 1970 Park Avenue Mobile Home 1974 Ford Club Wagon 1970 International 2V? Ton Truck 1973 Plymouth Public Sale will be conducted at the Ludington Bank and Trust Co. Installment Loan Department, the week of October 13, 1975. The Bank will reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Applications Are Being Accepted For Employment. Apply In Person.

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