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Sioux Falls In Today's Argus-Leader 52 Pages 4 Sections. Ann Landers 8C Sports Sec.D Books 9C Television "9D Crossword 5A Want Ads MB Dr.VanDellenl4A Wildlife 7D Heloise 2C Movies JtD Bombeck 1C Women Area News IOC Youth 11C Financial 14-15C Scrapbag 6C if Sionx Falls, S.D. See Weather Scope page 2 A Speidel Newspaper A Newspaper for the Home Section A-l Daily and Sunday Sunday, January 12, 1975 Telephone 336-1130 35 Cents -LEA 3 fiftcOLD Start as- I (sow -2 ft S)w vlv 1 i'r The officer also reported that some of the city's police cars were finally hitting the streets after being snowed in. Prior to freeing the cars, the officers used four wheel-drive vehicles and snowmobiles. Fire-fighters reported they had no major fires during the same period and that as of yet their vehicles were still making it along the streets.

One fireman reported one of the city's trucks broke through two snowdrifts of about 2'2 feet in depth on the way to a smoke investigation at Mom Dad's Nursing Home. Units of the South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office reported that highway traffic was at a standstill. They reported no emergencies during the day Saturday. The streets in Sioux Falls were still perilous Saturday afternoon, but there was some traffic. Some of the through streets such as 26th Street, Minnesota Avenue, 10th Street and Cliff Avenue had been graded but still were slippery.

By JOEL BROWN and BILL HOE Argus-Leader Staff Writers It was mostly a matter of waiting Saturday afternoon waiting for the wind to die down so snow-removal crews could attack the remnants of a chilling blizzard. Despite what appears to be the worst blizzard in recent history, the storm that almost brought traffic to a standstill was blamed for a surprisingly few emergencies in the Sioux Falls area. Winds gusting to 67 m.p.h. had kept snow removal crews off the streets only to wait and watch. Sioux Falls Street Superintendent Arnold Oveson said 30 to 40 units were on alert.

The forecast called for diminishing winds and Oveson thought operations could begin at full strength at midnight Saturday starting with the clearing of the downtown area. Oveson also suggested that no one be out on the streets unless it is a dire emergency. Roy Holle, state highway maintenance superintendent, said the going was tough and his department resulted from high winds but repair crews had difficulty negotiating snow drifts. Gusting winds, frigid temperatures and drifting snow have hampered regular traffic on Sioux Falls streets, but emergency vehicles continue to keep rolling. An official from the Sioux Falls Ambulance Service reported they have had many calls.

Most of calls were cases of sickness or someone taking a fall while walking on snowpacked sidewalks. They had very few traffic mishap injury calls. According to the official, the ambulance service has three units staffed in the event of an emergency. Some of the workers were manning the ambulances for the third consecutive shift. The ambulances were encountering troubles with stalled cars blocking streets so it was taking them a bit longer than usual to arrive.

Police reported Saturday afternoon there had been no serious injuries due to the storm during the early morning and afternoon hours. was flooded with emergency calls. He commented that at least one unit was aiding Northern States Power Co. in getting to outlying areas for repairs. Airport officials reported that Joe Foss field will not be open until winds die down and equipment can clear the runways.

The situation will be reevaluated at 6 a.m. Sunday. "There is such a terrific ground blizzard out here that we can't get to our snow removal equipment," said John Orr, Airport manager. "Actually the northwest and southeast runways are fairly clear but we get such big drifts," he said. "It wouldn't do any good for us to be open," he added, "the road out here is closed." The National Weather Service said winds would diminish to 10 to 15 m.p.h.

Sunday but colder temperatures would remain for at least another day. The temperature Saturday continued to drop with readings below zero and wind chill factor calculated at 60 to 65 below zero. Numerous power failures Activity At Standstill In South Dakota; Many Power Outages; Travel Discouraged was stuck in the center of the street in the 500 block of S. Conklin Avenue Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bill Hoey) Scenes like this were quite common in Sioux Falls Saturday as those persons whose cars fell prey to the snow used shovels and old fashioned muscle power to remove their vehicles from snow drifts.

This driver's car Ford's State Of The Union Message pledged speedy action on Ford's forthcoming recommendations for cutting taxes to spur the sagging economy. The President previewed his program for the two top Republican leaders of 'Congress on Saturday and won their basic agreement Guard's Gear Made Available By The Associated Press Gov. Richard Kneip Saturday ordered South Dakota National Guard equipment to be made available to blizzard-affected communities needing emergency transportation. A spokesman for Kneip said the equipment would be available upon request by local civil defense officials and county "The equipment, can be employed in situations where local officials feel they do not have the necessary equipment to By FRANK CORMIER -Associated Press Writer: WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford will unveil his top priority program to fight the recession and energy shortages in a State of the Union message Wednesday, a White Housi: spokesman said Saturday. The package will include a $15 billion cut in income taxes and a program to drive up gasoline prices to discourage administration sources have said.

"The decisions are all Press Ron Nessen told reporters. President Ford will deliver' the address personally at joint session of Congress at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, he said. Rep. Al Ullman, the prospective chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that initiates all tax legislation, already has on the broad-scale package.

1974 taxes that will be due Ullman, after meting April 15. If the plan is ap-Friday night with Ford, also proved by Congress, in-said Ford's plan "en- dividuals would be expected compasses much of what I to find their taxes for last support," although he year cut by about 10 per predicted Congress will cent: want to make some Imposition of a tariff of revisions. $3 on imported crude oil and Senate GOP leader Hugh a similar excise tax on Scott of Pennsylvania and domestic crude. The pur-House Republican chief nose would be to discouraee John Rhodes of. Arizona spent more than an hour with Ford Saturday morning, going over details of the President's blueprint that Ullman reported was "wider in scope than I had anticipated." Here are some of the key eastern South Dakota.

A Jackrabbit bus with 11 passengers aboard, en route from Sioux Falls to Aberdeen, was stranded near Prairie Junction Friday night some 35 miles north of Sioux Falls on Interstate 29. Archie Hemle, Jackrabbit dispatcher, said a snow plow and another bus were dispatched to the scene Saturday afternoon, but there was no word on whether the rescue attempt had been successful. Hemle said the, passengers remained on the bus and were in no immediate danger. Roads in the Yankton, Brookings and Watertown areas also were reported to be nearly impassable. Sporadic power outages also were reported at Wessington Springs and Gettysburg, and a fire that destroyed a mobile home at Wessington Springs was attributed by authorities to power failure.

The Wessington Springs Fire Chief said a power outage knocked out the fan on the mobile home's fur nace, which caused South Dakota Storm Continued on page 2A the Rowena and KSOO-TV, which jointly owned the tower, estimated the loss at several hundred thousand dollars. Officials don't know yet what it will cost to replace the tower this time. On Sept. 21, 1955, a tornado toppled a 576-foot tower owned by KELO, located near Sioux Falls. Following the 19G8 incident, Community Television Series, filed, a $1 million suit against North Central Airlines.

The airline later settled for $650,000. seven inches of new snow on Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city, which was as hard hit-as any city in the state. The situation was so bad for a time in Sioux Falls that police were having difficulty getting around in squad cars equipped with tire chains, and were requesting citizens with four-wheel drive vehicles and snowmobiles to make themselves available for emergency situations. Most businesses in Sioux Falls weren't open Saturday and nearly 50 Minnehaha County Civil Defense volunteers were using snowmobiles and four-wheel vehicles to ferry doctors, nurses and other workers to and from hospitals and other places of employment. The civil defense dispatcher in Sioux Falls, who had worked for nearly 36 hours and expected no relief before Sunday morning, said his emergency winter disaster units had responded to 213 calls since 5p.m.

Friday. Crews Answer Calls Northern States Power Co. (NSP) crews were out in full force, said Darrell Butterwick, general Super Bowl game Sunday involving the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. KSFY, the National Broadcasting Co. outlet in Sioux Falls, was to air the game.

Station officials said NBC had made arrangements to have the game aired on KELO-TV, the Columbia Broadcasting System outlet. The giant tower crumbled to the ground in 1968 when a North Central airliner carrying 19 passengers and three crew members clipped a guy wire while at- manager ot JNsF bioux Falls Division, but were having difficulty getting to trouble spots due to the drifting and blowing snow. NSP crews were attempting to restore power to the Baltic area north of Sioux Falls, which had been without power since Friday night. Sporadic power outages also were reported in areas of Sioux Falls and there had been no power in a large rural area east of Sioux Falls Since early Saturday morning, when a broadcasting tower was toppled by winds, downing power lines when it fell. "Our crews have been working steadily since late Friday afternoon," said Butterwick, "and the big problem we're having is getting our vehicles out and around.

"We've been coordinating our efforts with civil defense units and attempting to have snow removal equipment accompany our tour-wneel drive vehicles to the sources of power failure. Buses Not Moving A spokesman for Jackrabbit Bus Lines of Sioux Falls said none of its buses were moving in tempting strument to make an in- landing at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls during a thunderstorm. The pilot, Daniel Otten of suburban Minneapolis, was credited with saving the lives of those on board. The collision caused extension damage to one of the plane's two engines and a wing, but Otten was able to maintain control of the aircraft and make a safe landing. The impact ripped the propellor from the engine and shattered windows on the left side of the plane.

At that time, officials of handle an- emergency situation, sam Kneip, wno was stranded at a Sioux Falls motel. The spokesman' said the governor was particularly concerned that enough four-wheel drive vehicles be available to civil defense and law enforcement personnel. "My people are staying on top of the situation, but so far authorities apparently have been able to cope with things," said Kneip. Wind And Ice Topple TV, Radio Tower At By The Associated Press The vicious, wind-driven blizzard that gripped eastern South Dakota had begun to diminish by late Saturday afternoon, but activity remained at a virtual standstill in that part of the state. Power crews were struggling to cope with numerous power outages and local police and the South Dakota Highway Patrol urged citizens to stay in their homes and not attempt: travel in their vehicles.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said winds clocked at 40 miles per hour, gusting to 65 m.p.h., caused snow to drift across highways and county roads, making them impassable. County and state highway crews said they would not attempt to plow the roads until the winds subsided. The NWS said snow had stopped falling by. mid-afternoon in much of eastern South Dakota, but the winds, reported as high as 80 m.p.h. in the Mitchll area, were not expected to diminish in intensity until Sunday.

Seven Inches Of Snow The blizzard dumped FM. A spokesman for KELO said that television station was able to remain on the air by utilizing its old 1.032-foot tower. KSFY-TV, however, was off the air indefinitely, officials said. The last time the tower collapsed, when it was struck by a North Central Airlines Convair 580 prop jet on June 28, 1968, the station was off the air for 23 days. The swithboard at KSFY was deluged by hundreds of calls from viewers worried they wouldn't be able to see the local broadcast of the Here is the wreckage of Wednesday features of the economic-energy program Ford will unveil, according to administration sources: An income tax cut of about $15 billion designed to pump added spending power into the economy in the early months of the year, nrobablv through rebates on oil consumption by 'adding at least 7 cents to the price of a gallon of gasoline.

A companion 1975 tax cut to return to the spending stream the $18 billion the oil leveies would produce in added federal revenues. The impact of the cut would be felt quickly, if Congress approves it, through a lower tax withholding from paychecks. A substantial increase in investment tax credits designed to spur business modernization and ex-! pansion. The credit rate could go as high as 12 per cent in contrast to the present rates of 4 per cent for utilities and 7 per cent for most other industries. Extension of brand new tax credits for home owners-and others who install energy-saving insulation.

This would be coupled with a federal aid program to help poor families better insulate their homes. Removal of price controls that now put a lid of $5.25 a barrel on oil produced from domestic wells that began operating before 1972. This could raise the cost of domestic oil closer to the world market of about $1 1 a barrel. Elimination of federal controls on interstate sales of natural gas. Prices would rise, but the rationale is that higher prices would encourage expanded production of a resource that has been in short supply.

A voluntary program to increase the fuel efficiency of American-made automobiles, accompanied by a delay in imposition of more stringent emission control standards. Commercial production of oil from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California and development of another Navy reserve near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 'How To Survive' Meet Cancelled ST. PAUL. Minn.

(AP) Cancellations resulting from the blizzard in Minnesota Saturday included a Minnesota Historical Society program titled "How to Survive Winter." VVt ki 1 li i i Jt- -l i 1 "'( I By TERRY DEVINE Associated Press Writer Wind and ice combined to send a broadcasting tower, located nine miles east of Sioux Falls at Rowena, crashing to the ground early Saturday morning. It was the second time since 1968 that the giant transmitting tower has toppled. Les Froke of Sioux Falls, an engineer for KELO-TV, was sleeping at the transmitter site when the tower collapsed at 1 47 a.m. "I heard a crashing noise and figured what it was," Froke told officials from KSFY-TV, who braved blowing and drifting snow to rescue Froke Saturday afternoon. Power was lost at the transmitter site when the tower collapsed, and Froke spent nearly 11 hours more at the scene before help arrived.

By that time temperatures had dipped to 50 degrees in the KELO building. An engineer at KSFY-TV said winds gusting to 80 miles per hour and ice that had built up on the upper reaches of the steel structure in recent days caused the collapse. He said the tower, top heavy with ice, began swaying in the wind, and the strain snapped the guy wires that held the structure in place. KSFY-TV's transmitter building sustained heavy damage when the tower fell, collapsing a wall. The four Sioux Falls stations jointly utilizing the tower are KELO-TV, KELO-FM, KSFY-TV and KPAT- 1 1.

jr Even though the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader announced that its newscarriers need not deliver Saturday's papers, 10-year-old Mark McKinley and his dad Mike, 119 N. Summit stopped at the newspaper's office at 200 S. Minnesota to pick up the papers for 47 customers. Mark was delivering the papers for his brother, Tom, who was home sick. (Photo by Bill Hoey) the TV and radio tower at Rowena.

(Photo by Lloyd Cunningham).