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227 MONDAY, AUGUST 11,1975 EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS 62025 ftittflltrtftffff IllvlllUvllVvV 62025 10 Pagw 15 Cents il Tariff Is III Washington (AP) The U. S. Court of Appeals ruled today that President Ford's tariff of $2 per barrel on imported oil is illegal. The court said Congress has not delegated to the President the authority to impose such a The: ruling, in a two-to-one decision, was brought on by a lawsuit filed by the governors of several states against the Federal Energy Administration, which admin- isters'the tariff. Former President Richard M.

Nixon initiated a graduated scale of fees on imported oil in 1973 to replace.the direct quotas which had limited imports since 1959. Last February, President Ford imposed a tariff of $1 per on crude oil in a bid to restrain the demand for im- ported oil which had quadrupled in--price since Nixon's moderate fee schedule. Ford added a second dollar' pe'r-barrel tariff on crude oil in May, a tariff of 60. cents 'per barrel on imported rrefined products. Ford's tariffs have been estimated to Increase the price of consumer petroleum products around three cents per gallon.

Ford had held in reserve a third round of oil tariffs and Energy Administrator Frank. Zarb had talked recently of removing the present tariffs to counteract any inflationary impact from the anti- pated end of price controls on domestic oil. The oil import tariffs were challenged last Feb. 4, only three days afte the first round was imposed, by the governors of eight states: Massacmietts, Connecticut, Maine, New. Jersey, York, Pennsylvania, Island and On -Feb.

21, U. S. District Judge John H. Pratt upheld the oil tariffs and refused to enjoin the government against collecting them. But the U.

Appeals Court now reversed that decision and invalidated the tariffs. "We recognize that we are overturning an tionest attempt by the President to find a solution to a difficult crisis," said the opinion by Judge Edward A. TamnY, with Judge Harold Leventhal concurring. But the opinioin added that "the normal checks and balances on each branch of government" could not be suspended by citing national security or emergency. Congress has not authorized the President to Impose the oil tariffs, the said, adding '-our laws were not established merely, to-be followed.

only when times are tranquil." The decision pointed out that "the President could have moved against this problem on a unilateral basis through direct controls. "Alternatively, he could have sought, as he has, additional measures from Congress." Explaining its decision against the tariffs, the court said, "We find that Congress only delegated authority to the President to adjust imports to protect national i through direct mechanisms. "Consequently, the two-tier program of license fees initiated by Presidents Nixon and Ford are beyond the scope of. authority and cannot stand." ProxmireTurns Up Bribes by Lockheed Headquarters Set Ablaze 'c New York Times 'Washington Sen. William Proxmire, D- who has begun a preliminary investigation into Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's overseas payments, has found that the payments ranged "from a few thousand dollars to several million dollars" and often went to foreign government officials who were responsible for the award of contracts to Lockhed.

In one case, the senator said through an aide, a single foreign official apparently received $8 million' from Lockheed. Proxmire, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee and is a member of the Joint Economic Committee, has also discovered that Lockhead's payments involved more than a dozen overseas transactions. The company has acknowledged that since 1970, it paid at least $22 million that it knows or believes went to officials and political organizations in a number of foreign countries. It has refused to make public the names of the recipients, how-, provided almost no other information about the payments. Lockheed's lawyer, William P.

Rogers, the former sec- retary of state and former attorney general, has argued that disclosure of such information as the names of recipients could ruin the company. In a statement prepared in response to a reporter's inquiry, Proxmire said, "the payoffs involved intricate arrangements between Lockheed's couriers, overseas consultants, government officials on the take, numbered bank accounts and secret slush funds." Proxmire said he planned to "-hold hearings by the Banking Committee to investigate the Lockheed matter. An aide, Richard Kaufman, who is general counsel of tha Banking Committee, said the hearings would take place as soon as possible either during the current congressional recess, if that is possible under the Senate's rules, or in September. In his statement, the senator said, "the public is entitled to know the full details of these payoffs, the names of the recipients, the countries and the items that are being sold through a of bribery." Asked about Lockheed's contention that disclosure may ruin the company, Kaufman said, "the public's need overrides this company's desire for secrecy." The SEC only recently insisted satisfy an earlier agreement, Ashland Oil, make public the names of the recipients of its payments overseas and illegal political contributions in this country. It is not clear whether SEC will require the same dis- closures'of Lockheed.

Proxmire also said that "the entire basis" for the pro- of federally-guaranteed loans to Lockheed may have to be re-examined. "The possibility now exists," he said, "that Lockheed's foreign payoffs included bribes to government officials to induce the purchase of LlOll's. If such payoffs were made, the loan guarantee act may have been approved through representations." To date, the Emergency Loan Guarantee Board, set up in 1971 over Proxmire's objections, has guaranteed to repay some $195 million to private banks if Lockheed should be unable to repay them. The federal guarantees were given in order to allow Lockheed to develop and.market the L1011 called the Tristar --a i -bodied, three-engine commercial airliner. Ashland Says Officials Didn't Know Source Washington (AP) Some leading political figures who received illegal campaign contributions from Ashland Oil Inc.

say they did not know they were receiving corporate money. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, who received $50,000, said Ashland Chairan Orin E. Atkins sent him a telegram exonerating him.

"To the best of our knowledge, none of the recipients aware that the funds 'they received were corporate funds. The fault lies with Ashland and not the recipient," Atkins said in the telegram released by Mills. Sen. Carl Curtis, said he received a similar telegram from Ashland. Curtis, like other politicians, said he never knowingly accepted an illegal contribution.

Saturday, Ashland admitted doling out more than $1.1 million in illegal campaign contributions in this country and in payments to foreign officials between 1967 and 1972. The Securities and Exchange Commission forced Ashland to make public the names of the recipients over the objections of the company. The filing was the first time the SEC forced a corporation to identify'the recipients of such contributions and payments. payments made to foreign officials was one of $150,000 to Albert Bongo, president of Gabon, where Ashland has drilling rights. Joan Little --Jailer Forced Sex on Her C.

(AP) A sobbing Joan Little told the jury at her murder trial todaiy that jailer Clarence, Alligood had forced her to have oral sex with Kim before she stabbed him with an icepick last Aug. 27. The 62-year-old white jailer, she said, came to her cell and said "he had been nice to me and it was time for me to be nice to him." Miss Little, a 21-year-old black charged with murdering Alligood, said he took his shoes off before entering her cell in the Beaufort County jail. After entering the cell, Alligood began touching her on the breast and between the legs, Miss Little said. Chase Boosts Prime Rate New York (AP) Chase Manhattan Bank, tha nation's third largest commercial bank, raised its prime lending rate to per cent from per cent today.

The bank followed the lead of New York's First National City Bank, which moved to the Higher prime last Friday. After hitting a record high of 12 per cent a year ago, the prime fell to the per cent level before heading up again in the past several months. Miss Little said she repeatedly told him to stop. "I was crying. He started taking his pants off.

He got them off and reached for me. I told him no," she testified. "I noticed he had an icepick in his left hand. He grabbed me around the neck with his right hand and he had the icepick in his left hand at my head. "He started sitting down on cot.

He pulled me down to the floor. He wanted me to (perform fellatio for) him. He threatened me with the icepick and then I did what he told me to do," she said. "He loosened his grip on the icepick. I grabbed for it, and it fell to the Miss Little was sobbing and stammering as she recounted her verison of these events.

"I grabbed for the icepick she said, and broke down thrusting a handkerchief into her mouth. Judge Hamilton Hobgood recessed the trial for 15 minutes at that point. Alligood was found last Aug. 27 in the cell that Miss Little had occupied while awaiting an appeal of her sentence. The state contends he was 'killed during an escape by Miss Little.

The defense contends Miss Little acted in self defense against a sexual attack. She had been in the jail 81 days when she fled. aj Portugal (AP) Hundreds of set fire today to a party headquarters sheltering 20 Communists, destroying most of the building, officials said. Three of the demonstrators wounded in a clash with police, 'but the condition of the Communists was not immediately known. The crowd, many militant Roman Catholics, regrouped after a night of violence that left 30 wounded, then pushed past troops guarding the building and set it ablaze.

When firemen tried to put out the fire, the demonstrators at. first prevented them from working, but the firemen finally were able to keep the flames from spreading to adjoining buildings. Police said the Communists still inside the building had sought protection at its rear and refused to come out. It was not known what injuries they may have suffered in avoiding the blaze. Earlier, several hundred Portuguese marines with" automatic weapons, clubs and tear gas battled until dawn to protect the Communists inside their headquarters from a mob attacking it in this northern city.

The show of force was the strongest yet by the armed forces in the conservative north where four persons have died in violent protests against the leftward trend of the military-dominated government. Police said the injuries were caused by stones and paving bricks thrown by the crowd, estimated at up to 500 strong, and by shotgun fire from the besieged Communists. Some of the injured were in serious condition. The violence grew out of a i anti-government demonstration Sunday by more than 50,000 Catholics protesting the Communist course of the 15-month-old Portuguese revolution and the military takeover of a Catholic radio station. It spiraled quickly as the Communists, a minority political group backed by 12 per cent of the voters in recent elections, refused to be driven from their offices.

Centennial Smile Nine-year-old Denise Butler wore a red. white and blue patriotic to the New Douglas Centennial celebration Sunday in the town's Old Settlers Community Club Park. Denise was one of thousands of people who jammed New Douglas Saturday and Sunday for parades, rides, games, contests and food. Above, she visits with friends in one of the ra- New Douglas Marks Its Centennial Year More Pieturei, Page 3 By Dick Norrish Of the Intelligencer New Douglas The village of New Douglas came alive this past weekend as thousands of people watched two parades, ate fried chicken and fish, rode rides, showed off beards and costumes and recalled events in town's 100-year history. It was the New Dwiglas Centennial celebration, sponsored by the New Douglas Old Settlers Community Club.

Each parade--on Saturday and Sunday nights--4iad about 50' units, said parade chairman Gertrude Heeren. The parades lasted about -an hour and seemed to be the hit of the weekend, Mrs. Heeren said. The oldest item in the parade was an antique steam thresher, mounted on a flatbed truck, sponsored by Bodner Bros. Farm Equipment of Staunton.

Centennial Committee Chairman Paul East said he wasn't 'sure how many people attended the evening entertainment, including the parades, but it must have been thousands. People standing four and six deep lined the parade route through the town, East said. Centennial contests were held Sunday night, with winners named in several categories. Kenneth Gilmore of New Douglas had the best beard, and the Rev. John Steinbrecher, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Douglas, had the best moustache.

Wanda East was judged "best-dressed lady." The youngest person in attendance at the time of judging was Timothy Allen McClelland 1 of Hoxana, eight weeks old. The oldest woman was Minnie Lebegue, 80, of rural Highland. Albert Kirkland of Sorento, who is "past 90," was the oldest man. The oldest person at any of th5 centennial events--as far as anyone knew Sunday afternoon--was Daniel Boles, 94, formerly of New Douglas, now a resident of the Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra. This is the second year in a row for homecoming celebrations in New Douglas, in recent years at least, said Mrs.

Heeren. A group called the Old Settlers sponsored annual picnics for many years, but the practice ended in 1954, shs said. Recently, the Old was revived and merged with the town's Community Club, and the new group has taken over annual homecomings. "We hope we can get them going again," Mrs. Heeren said.

The Centennial Committee was composed of people from the New Douglas Town Board, the Community Club and Immanuel Lutheran Church, which recently celebrated its own centennial. From the town board were Paul East, Doris Favre and Sherrill Spurgeon; from the Community Club, Irima Prante, Joanne Schneck arid Elvin Blunt, and from the church, Walter Hemann, Wil- imer Hemann and Garnett Eardley. The community club hopes to use proceeds of the, centennial celebration and other homecomings to build a community center, perhaps in the Old Settlers Community Club Park. Blood Not Human Hoffa 'Lead 1 Goes Nowhere Chance of Rain A chance of isolated thunderstorms early this evening. Tonight's low will be about 70.

Mostly sunny Tuesday with a high in the low 90s. The chance of precipitation is 20 per cent tonight. The high in St. Louis Sunday was 94. This morning's low as unavailable.

No rainfall was recorded 'in tre Edwardsville area during the 24 ended at 7 a.m. today. Detroit (AP) U. S. Atty.

Ralph Guy confirmed today that a promising lead in the James R. Hoffa mystery didn't pan out, and he said there still are no solid clues to the fate of the missing ex-Teamsters president. Guy said Federal Bureau of Investigation tests eliminated the possibility that stains on a car driven by Hoffa's foster son on the day of Hoffa's disappearance 12 days ago were caused by human blood. "The tests were negative insofar as human blood is concerned," Guy said. "They haven't really Identified the blood as anything else, or even, to be blood, at this juncture.

The. tests were negative for human blood." The stains were examined after the FBI seized the car in a predawn raid over the weekend. Guy was asked if it would be Ifair to conclude that there still is no prime suspect in the case and no solid clue as to what to Hoffa. "I would say that was an accurate evaluation," he said. "I guess you always hope for a break, but there Isn't any significant new evidence that would point to any given direction," he told the Associated Press.

He said a federal grand jury Is expected to begin taking evidence in the case soon. He said no witnesses had yet been subpoenaed, but that some might be called as soon as Wednesday. "There's been enough people interviewed now, and there are some conflicts and some reticence on the part of some witnesses, so it may be that a grand jury could be helpful in that regard," he said. But be cautioned, "There's nothing magic about a grand A grand jury is only as good as the legwork that precedes it, by and large." Despite the official pessimism, Hoffa's son James P. Hoffa said he hopes for a break in the case soon.

"We are again running down many more leads which are coming in from all over the said. "Each piece is part of a puzzle which might lead to a solution of the abduction or whatever it is." The 62-year-old Hoffa vanished 12 days ago" after telling his he was going to a luncheon engagement with reputed Mafia figure Anthony Giacalone and two other men. Hoffa's car was found Hie next morning in the parking lot of the restaurant. No solid clue to his fate has yet surfaced publicly. In predawn hours Saturday, FBI agents seized a car belonging to Giacalone's son Joey.

Hoffa's foster son Crarles "Ohuckie" O'Brien had told the JFBI he borrowed the car and driving it near the time. and place where Hoffa dropped tfrom sight. O'Brien said the car seat was stained with dripping blood from thawing 40-pound salmon he delivered that day to Teamsters president Robert Holmes. Agents confiscated the car to determine whether it was involved in Hoffa's disappearance. Sources close to the pro? be say O'Brien and Hoffa had a falling-out several months ago, and that O'Brien sided with Teamsters president Frank E.

Fitzsimmons, Hoffa's bitter rival. freshment stands. More pictures of the celebration, plus a story, are on page 3. (I Photo by Dick Norrish) Ex-Staunton Man Is Killed In 3-Car Crash A Granite City man was killed and a Livingston man was injured in a three-car accilent near Staunton early Sunday, according to Illinois State Police. Dead is George H.

Schardan, 42, of Granite City, driver of one of the vehicles. Lee J. Spudich, 38, of Livingston, driver of one of the other cars, was reported in fair condition today in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. The driver of the third car, Del D.

Stiegmeier, 19, of Staunton, escaped injury. The accident occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on Old Route 16, one-quarter mile north of Williamson Road. Police said the Schardan car was northbound when it crossed the centerline and collided with the Spudich car head-on. The Stiegmeier auto, also southbound, struck the side of the Spudich car, probably just the first collision, according to police.

Mr. Schardan, a former Staunton resident, was pronounced deal on arrival at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton at 1:16 a.m. Sunday. He had been employed by Granite City Steel for the past 19 years. He was born on May 1, 1933, in Midway.

His parents, both surviving, are William H. and Sophie Vesper Schardan of Staunton. He was married to Geraldine Urick in Granite City on Oct. 5,1962. She survives.

Also surviving are daughters Debra Schardan of Benld, and Mary Beth Schardan and Tammy Sue Schardan, both of Staunton, sons George Schar- dan and Richard Schardan, both of Gary Schar- dan, Joseph Schardan and Roger Schardan, all of Staunton, a sister, Mrs. Pete (Edith) Passetti of Staunton, and brothers Leslie Schardan of rural Staunton and William Schardan of Bunker Hill. Mr. Schardan was a veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a member of the United Steel Workers of America.

Friends may call at William- eon Funeral Home in Staunton from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A funeral service will be at p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home, with the Rev. C.

R. McCaughey, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Staunton, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Staunton..