The Daily Plainsman from Huron, South Dakota • Page 1

THE DAILY PLAINSMAN WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY The Great Home Neivspaper of the Dakota Great Plains Low 58J 65 VOLUME; LXXXVH 87th Year of Service HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA 57350 FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1972 Call 352-6401 SINGLE COPY lOc Between Hirscli, My cllaiicl Sl 1 i fTfl Delegates To Decide Race $2i-Billion By TERKY Associated Tress Writer I A Two hun- dred Republican stale party delegates gather in Pierre Monday lo decide wheth- Yankltm uLUmicy llirsch or Atty, Gon, Gordon T-Tydland will ho the Republican hope lo keep (he U. Senate scat being vacated by Sen. Karl Jluwlt, tt-S. p. Mumlt, crippled in by a stroke and unable to return io the Hour of the Senate SJJKO, is giving up the seat he Uus kepi in Republican hantls tor 24 years.

The longtime GOP lawmaker never did announce his retirement. lie simply failed to file nominating petitions for another lerm, and the candi- dates for his spot were waiting in line. Five Republicans filed for the position. Hirscli and Mydlan-1 reached the convention because none of the candidates was able to pick up 35 per cent of Bc- llllblic.ill support in Hie June primary, and they were the top two vote getters. The successful nominee from Monday's convention will be The voter turnout to decide a of a one cent eity sales fax here Friday was running below Ihe count as the midway point in 1971 election.

A total of S'i'i people had cast their ballots by 1 p. m. Friday, a sharp drop from the 1,014 people who had voted by this time in 1371. The sales tax mea- sure was defeated 1,581 lo 1,550 a a special election April 13 1871. The same question is again on the ballot as the result of referendum petitions filed after the ordinance was adopted by the Huron City Commission.

The largest turnout at the halfway point was in Ward 8, Washington School, with 121 votes, followed closely by Ward 7, Madison School, with 118. The vote total at the midway point Friday was above that regis- tered in Tuesday's school board election by 1 p. m. The school election lotal was 684. The voter turnout thus far in the other city wards include: Ward 1, McKinley School, 61; Ward 2, courthouse, 99; Ward 3, Wilson School, 80; Ward 4, city hall, Ward 5, Jefferson School, 107; Ward 6, Lincoln School.

91; and Ward 0, Buch- anan School, 49. The polls will remain open until 7 PJ m. Should the sales tax proposal be approved by Ihc voters it will go into effect Oct 1. The results of the election will be available by calling The Daily Plainsman (roin 7:30 p. m.

lo 0:30 p. in. tonight. 3 Highway Deaths Hike squared off against Rop. James Alxnirezk, D-S.

who won a lopsided primary contest from George nine of Huron for Uie Democratic nomination for Sen- ate. Each county in the state is entitled lo three convention dele- gates, but Hanson County filed only two delegates, so there will be 200 convention delegates vot- ing for the Senate nominee as well as candidates to represent the party in constitutional cf- ficcs in the fall election. There will be 108,347 total votes, and it will require 54,174 votes for nomination. In rates where there are more than two candidates, balloting will con- tinue until one candidate re- ceives a majority of Ihe vote. Hirseh appeared Friday to have a slight edge in delegate strength, although forces were reportedly working the county delegations furiously.

With only two candidates in the race the issue was to be a one-ballot affair. Reports were circulating Fri- day through Pierre that many of the county delegations were See GOP, Page Two School Bill A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY was con- ducted Thursday at Ihc site ol the new Capital Systems Corporation which has been constructed in the industrial park on the north side of High- way 14 west. Gov. Richard Kneip cut the ribbon il the program which included Jack Moores, corporation president; Mrs. Moores; and four Sets Full Production Dale other members of the hoard of director's.

The hoard of directors, in addition to pres- ent were Dan Virnich, Harve Ferrill Ed- ward 0. BosheM, all of Chicago, 111., and Bob Cowan, Fl. Worth, Tex. Two other board''mem- bers were not present. The plant is expected lo lie in full production by Aug.

1. (Plainsman Photo) Capital Systems Marks Progress By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS South Dakota's 1072 road loll climbed to 105 Friday, or 10 ahead of last year's count. A Watertcwn man, Edwin'Lc- Roy Engel, 25, died in a Sioux Falls hospital of injuries re- ceived in ti one-car accident near Watcrlown Monday night. Authorities said Envoi's car hit an embankment and rolled end over end several times. The ac- cident occurred during a heavy rain storm.

A Sioux Falls driver for All American Transport, Edward ftcitor, 51 was found dead in the cab of his overturned truck in a slough off U. S. 12 west of Amlover Friday morning. G. Bakke, Day County sher- iff, said the tntck left Hie road on a curve and landed wheels up in a slough.

The trailer and cab remained hooked. It took almost six hours to get the body out the cab, Bakke said. The freight truck was en route to Aberdeen. Highway officials at I Fourche announced the death a young Wyoming man as the result of a car accident near Belle Fourche Sunday. Of- ficials Mark T'ricwe, 15, Colony, Wyoming died Monday oT injuries suffered in a one-car mishap.

A former Ipswich area young man was killed in a motorcycle accident in La Fay cite, La. Thursday. Authorities identified the- victim as Wesley A. Bnig- inan, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Allen Brugman, La Fayctte. Capital Systems a firm designed to a structural components for almost all classes of buildings, is expect- cd to move into full production at its new, sile in the industrial park at Huron by Aug. 1. Jack Moores, president of the corporation, said one line is now under construction in the firm's building which was erected in industrial park on the north side of'High- way 14 west. The progress of the company to dale was marked with a rib- bon cutting ceremony here Tues- day which included participa- tion by Gov.

Richard F. Kneip and members of the newly elect- ed board of directors. Mayor C. (Jumbo) Peler- son, members of the cily com- mission, county commissioners, the Greater Huron Development Corporation; Huron Area Cham- ber of Commerce and the South Dakota Industrial Development Progi and Expansion Agency were al- so on hand for the occasion. Moores said the firm will be concerned with four basic op- erations including rafters for making quon.se style farm buildings; glued laminated wood beams for churches and archi- tectural grades of laminated material; plywood beam rigid frame used for building commercial and industrial build, ings as well as farm buildings; and products for mobile home industry such as roof rafters and some other prccut compon- ents fur mobile homes.

The mobile home components are now being manufactured at the company's former sile at Woonsocket and the plywood box beams arc under construction at the new site. The Woonsocket firm was damaged by fire last October. Moores said the corporation recently purchased an opera- tion in Oconto, which han- Kncip Calls For $392,000 From Fund For Relief PIERRE (AP) Gov. Rich- ard Kneip requested Friday that the legislature's interim appro- priations committee commit some in unused fiscal 1972 contingency funds for dis- aster relief in the Black Kills flood area. Kncip asked the committee to meet by next Thursday, He said if the funds are riot committed by June 30, they will revert lo tbe general fund and will no longer be available (or use.

Kneip said Ihe committee will be briefed by the state budget office on fiscal actions taken by stale government at the time of the disaster mid reconstruction cffoi'ls that have started in Hills area. "In addition to the actions we have already taken," Kncip said, "it is necessary to assess what long-range efforts the slate can take in aiding the disaster ai'ea anc the impact on state programs on these efforts." He said, "When this is accom- plished it will be possible lo de- termine whether or not a special legislative session for (he sole purpose of responding to Ihe dis- aster is necessary. Of paramount importance is Ihe slate's finan- cial situation and how it has been affected." State budget officer Henry Decker said his office is under- taking special studies to deter- mine the degree lo which the slate's revenues arc being af- fected by the flood disaster. Decker said he doesn't expect the $8.8 million figure he fore- cast recently as the state's un- obligated cash balance at (he end of fiscal year 1972 will change much because of the disaster. dies the quonset rafters project, and this will be transferred to the building at Huron in the near future.

His foreman is presently managing the opera- tion there. He said the 150-by-35G-foot building will also have ware- house space for the wholesaling of building materials. When the begins it will employ from 50 to GO people and eventually expand lo ahout 80 employes, he said. He said "we're presently do- ing business under Van Dyke Building Systems," but this will eventually be changed. Gov.

Kncip said "it is a plea- sure for me lo be here loday lo recognize economic develop- ment, particularly after what we've been through the Jast cou- ple of weeks." His reference was to the Rapid City flood. He said the new plant will provide jobs for people in the Huron area and compHmcnted the company "for their partici- pation in tlie economy of Hu- ron." The governor concluded his remarks by presenting a state flag to Moores to be displayed at the new site. During the day a seven-mem- ber board of directors a elected. It includes Dan Vir- nich, Harve Ferrill and Edward 0. Boshell, all of Chicago, Bob Cowan, Ft.

Worth, Larry Ilurwitz, New York City; Pclcr Fazio, Chicago, and Moores. Others in attendance included Robert Martin, South Dakota IDEA director, and John Reese, Watcrloivn, chairman of the IDEA stale commission. Moores said a public open house will be held at a later date. Thursday's program con- cluded with guided tours of Hie new facility which were con- ducted by company employes. Today's Chuckle The old-timers can remember when only Washington's face was on our money.

Now, Wash- ington's hands are on it, too. WASHINGTON (AP) Pres- ident Nixon today signed the S21.3-biHion education bill but criticized its unUhusing provi- sions as a congressional "re- treat from an urgent call i'or responsibility." He said the busing provisions arc "inadequate, misleading and entirely unsatisfactory." Referring to his own propos- als for a one-year moratorium on any new court-ordered bus- ing, tlie President said Con- grcss "has not given us the an- swer we requested; it has given us rhetoric. It hits not provided a solution to the problem of court-ordered, busing; it lias provided a clever political eva- sion." Tho education bill contains wide-ranging provisions to aid education from elementary to graduate school which the ad- ministration calls a landmark measure. Also bad lacked onto it was a provision that would halt for 18 mouths any school busing desegregation ordered by (he federal corn-Is until all ap- peals nave been exhausted. Nixoii declared that the mor- atorium the bill offers is "tem- porary; the relief it provides is The 02nd Congress, hu charged, has apparently de- cided to "dump the matter inio the lap of Urn 03rd.

Not in the course of this administration has there been a more manifest congressional retreat from an. urgent call for responsibility." Nixon had told a news confer- ence Thursday Hie antibusing provision "totally fails'" lo deal properly with Ihe subject. The provisions of the new law include new program ol di- rect federal aid to colleges and, universities that could provide Ihcm with as much as $1 billion a year. It would entitle every college student to a grant of SL.400 a year, minus what his parents could afford to contrib- ute towrd his uduualiim, It authorizes $1 billion a year to help elementary and secon- dary schools desegregate. And it establishes a National Institute of Education to foster research into all aspects the learning process.

Nixon said that he had asked that every qualified college stu- dent be eligible for a com- bination of federal grants and subsidized loans sufficient to make up the difference between Ins college costs and what his family is able to contribute. He See NIXON, Page Two Storm Buffets East; Rivers Flood Thunderstorms Are Expected For Weekend Central Soulli Dakota's tem- perature readings should climb closer to Hie summertime range Saturday, with an occasional a thunderstorm pected the afternoon. The weatherman says CSD can look for a high Saturday in middle 80s as compared with a high Thursday ot only 73. Skies will be Cair to partly cloudy over Hie area Saturday, and winds will come from a southeasterly direction at 5 to 15 miles per hour during the night. A 10 per cent chance of mea- surable precipitation has been posted for tonight, turning to 20 per cent Saturday.

A brief look at the extended forecast indicates a chance of. scattered showers and thunder- storms for CSD Sunday. Statewide high readings wcro all below 7G with Aberdeen, Mitchell and Pickslown all sharing that spot on Ibe ther- mometer. Pierre reported a high Thurs- day of 71 and an overnight low of 58. The only South Dakota sta- i reporting precipitation Thursday were Lemmon with a Irace and Mobridgc wilh .03 of an inch.

Duluth, had the na- tion's low temperature early to- day. The 35-dogree reading was also a record low temperature in Duluth for June 23. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A new rainstorm deluged the East in the wake of tropical disturb- ance Agnes today, sending the migh'ty Ohio River and many smaller streams out of their banks. Tens of thousands in New York and Pennsylvania fled their homes, some evacuated by helicopter. Na- tional Guard rescue units were out in force.

There was no immediate end in sight. The death toll stood at 47, with scores missing. The National Weather Service warned that a "major disaster was developing." Typical of the storm's caprice was.the fate that befell a Baltimore At Hearing Highway 14 Urged On Existing Route By RUTH PETERS Plainsman State Editor DE SMET The sentiment of the 63 people who attended a two-hour location hearing for Highway 14 here Thursday was overwhelmingly in favor of rebuild- ing the existing route. Testimony presented by a number of Kingshury County citizens left that the people were in favor of rebuilding the prcsent route inslcad of following any of the four alternate routes would IDC located north of Ihe Chicago and North Western Railway tracks. The location hearing' conducted by State Highway Department officials related to the slrclch of the high- way from Iroquois east to a point ahout 3 miles west of Be Smct.

The'primary ve'asons cited for wanting the highway rebuilt at its current location center on four issues--a desire not to lake laud out. of production; not lo take land off the tax rolls; the effect it would have on busi- ness establishments along the route; and a desire to keep the highway going through the towns. W. M. Gere, Huron, district highway engineer, de- scribed Ihe four alternates which would involve going east out of Iroquois, north and parallel to the railroad then angling northeast and finally cast to over- pass the tracks.

He said a fifth possibility would he to leave the route in its present localion and a sixlh would be to "just continue to patch the holes and pray." The proposed project would involve ahout 12 miles new construction and would be a two-lane highway with concrete surface. Gere estimated that the project would cost about million with the railroad overpass having some bearing on the final cost. Gere said this particular project is currently slated for construction during the 1976 fiscal year. Wallace Larsen, state right-of-way engineer, mod- crated the meeting and outlined the procedures for appraisal and acquiring right-of-way for the highway. It was pointed out by highway officials that no par- ticular route has been selected and this was a hearing to ascertain the ideas the people living in the area involved.

Larsen said" another hearing will be held July 12 and this will include Ihe project area from a point miles east of De Smet to Arlington. See HEARING, Page Two Joins Body Search RAPID CITY (AP) A "mechanical sniffer" was British Government Floats Pound; Dollar Suffers Sharp Drop LONDON (AP) The British government set Ihe pound ster- ling free today to find a new rnlc of exchange without gov- ernment support. The surprise nclion plunged European mon- ey markets into confusion, started a ruu on the U.S dollar ami jumped tlic price of gold more a $2 an ounce. The British Treasury closed the London foreign exchange market imlil Tuesday. The Common Market governments closed their exchanges, at least for today Hut before Ihe Frankfurt niiirkct shut down, Ihe dollar plummeted lo its floor of 3.15 marks.

Markets were open in Swit- zerland, and the dollar made a sharp drop in Zurich to 3.72-3.74 Swiss francs. French Finance Minister Valcry Giscard d'Estaling an- nounced lhal Hie governors of the central banks of the six Common Market nations will meet in Paris Saturday. The price of gold was pegged in London at Sfi-1 an ounce, up from $81.85 at Thursday's clos- ing. In Zurich gold reached up from $61.75, The British Treasury said the floating of the pound was a temporary measure to check a run on the pound, which has ben beset by rumors that it would be devaluated. Jn some respects the British move recalled President i on's action last August when the dollar and other currencies were allowed to float according lo supply and demand, instead of being rcslrictcd lo a fixed, narrow range.

That move look some pres- sure off the dollar. But it did not solve the dollar's problems then. A currency realignment in Washington last December gave Ihe dollar lower exchange rates around the world. Similarly, the British decision lo float Ihc pound could provide a temporary respite, if floating rate continues down- ward, a devaluation could be necessary eventually. But, if Hie floating rate turns back up, as the government expects, de- valuation can be avoided.

Only lime will tell whether tlic move solves or simply post- pones the problem. There is, however, an Immediate advati- put lo work in the search for bodies of flood victims here Wednesday. The device, really a mass spcctomelcr, which de- lects and measures gases, was flown in from Wash- ington, D.C. with chemist David Robinson and engineer Leo Apple. The men are civilian employes of the U.S, Army.

The machine has never before been used lo try to find bodies. Much oE Wednesday was spent adjusting and calibrating it. About the shape and size of a fishing tackle box, it operates on the principle of chemical reaction. Clouds A of gases escaping from bodies react with a chemical IVlCijrOVCril WlllS agent inside the machine. Authorities plan lo use the in debris- strewn areas where they suspect bodies may be hidden.

mother, evacuating her home with three young children in her car. A wave inundated the vehicle, and she was carried away while the young- sters were trapped inside. Virginia was placed under a state of emergency, as the capital city of Richmond was inundated by the flooding James River. Much of the downtown area of the city was withouti electricity. Three times, ad- vancing waters drove police and National Guardsmen from their con- trol stations.

Mass evacuation was under way in Wilkes-Barre, a city of 65,000 on the Susquehanna River. Far to the southwest, the Susque- hanna cut off the slate's capi- tal city of Harrisburg in all directions. Much of Ihc city's power was off. Hospitals pressed emergency generators into use. Homes and automobiles were swept away in half a dozen up.

state New York ciltes, beset by raging flood waters. National Guard unils were out and evac- uations were under way in El- mira, Corning, Olcan and Painted Post, where helicopters lifted many to safety. At Wellsville, N.Y., a five-sto- ry wing of the Jones Memorial Hospital collapsed and fell into the Genesee River early today after being undermined by flood waters. The wing had been evacuated earlier, and nobody was hurt- But the col laps left a gaping hole in the remaining portion of the- hospital, exposing beds and oilier facilities. Patients were kept in another part of the hos- pital.

And Almond, whose 700 resi- dents were evacuated earlier, was threatened with destruction by GO feet of water backed up behind' an earth road conslruc- tion embankment. "When that goes," a deputy sheriff said, "it will wipe Al- mond right off the map." Besides the Ohio, Pittsburgh faced the fury of the Allegheny Hivcr, which buffeted loose an estimated 140 pleasure boats and dashed them to pieces against a spillway. The Braridywine Creek, crest- ing at a record 16.5 feet, poured into the first floor of a Chadds Ford, museum and $2.5 million worth of N.C. Wyelh. paintings were rushed to safety on upper floors.

The entire Middle Allanlic area had been soaked by more than a week of almost in- cessant rain. Then Agnes drove up (he coast, dumping up to an additional foot of water on some areas. Starting as a hur- ricane, she left behind an esti- mated damage toll of $35 mil- lion in Florida, where Gov. Ilcubin Askew sought disaster slalus for 25 counties. While Agnes blundered along, a big new storm moved in to absorb her and the buffeting by wind and 'rain intensified in Virginia, West Virginia, Mary- land, New York and Pennsylva- na.

In Elmira in western New York Slate, where up to halt the city's 40,000 residents had been evacuated, Ihe Chemung Hivcr left ils banks. At Corning, where the Chem- ung also flooded, water poured over 23-foot high dikes and cas- caded inlo Ihe downtown area. See FLOOD, Page Two lage to floating. Tl frees Bank of England from the need lo dip into national reserves lo support the pound al fixed ex- change rates. Stronger reserves help keep the pound strong enough lo avoid a devaluation.

Tlie pound was last devalued in November 10G7. Its par value has been S2.G0571 since Smithsonian Agreement last year thai devalued the dollar, and Ihe government has been committed to keeping the rale i i pci 1 cent of lhal fig- ure by buying or selling pounds, Slurgis Dam Threat Removed STUKGIS (AP) The threat which hung over this community of 5,000 for days afler the June 0 flood went up in a cloud of smoke al 12:10 p.m. Thursday. The blast destroying the nearly CB-year-old Fort Meade a it was reported by the Army Corps of Engineers, cut a wedge as planned and only rubble remains lo be cleared' lo allow free access for Iho waters of Deadman Creek. According to LI.

Col. Kenneth Austin, Omaha dis- trict assistance engineer in charge of a 40-mcmber corps handling emergency operations in Iho flood area, overflowing waters had weakened Ihe loe of Ihe struc- ture holding 22 million gallons of water during Ihe threat period, Platform Seats WASHINGTON A The liberal views of Sen. George McGovorn were assured of strong support in Ihe drafting of the Democratic parly plat- form today when of Ihe 15 places on the drafting subcom- mittee were assigned lo McGovcrn-eommitted dele- gates. The full ISO-member rial- form Committee assembled in Washington for the first i to select a permanent a i a and Ihe drafting subcom- mittee--and lo produce by mid- i Tuesday the complete platform for submission to the national convention opening in Miami Beach, July 10..