Marshfield News-Herald from Marshfield, Wisconsin • 1

HFIELD NEWS'HERALD LJnLJ VOLUME 48, NUMBER 217 MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1968 20 PAGES SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS At Least 24 Persons In Glasgow Factory aze rm MARS Kill Surtax Is Not Three Workers Are Known to Have Escaped tsii 7 y'S- vf if ri 7 A y. j7 "i 1 .4 PLANE HITS TOWER-Three men were kill-cd in the wreckage of this light plane after it struck the tower of WAEO-TV east of Rhinelander Sunday afternoon. All but ISO feet of the tower collapsed, heavily damaging the studio building. (AP Photofax) Killed GLASGOW FIRE Firemen and mechanical arm, pump atnp of ladder water into the blazing warehouse today in which Zi people are missing, believed dead. (AP Photofax) 416 Enemy Killed in Action namcse troops attacked the headquarters area of the South Likely to Be Removed Soon By RICHARD P.

POWERS WASHINGTON (AP) The top Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Com mittee says the 10 per cent income surtax will have to be continued unless there is a quick reduction of the Vietnam war. Rep. John W. Byrnes' of Wisconsin says, however, that if the shooting war should end in the next three months it might then be possible to abolish the tax, or perhaps cut it in half. Richard M.

Nixon said during his successful presidential campaign that the surtax was a "war tax" and should not be extended past its scheduled expiration date of June 30. Byrnes indicated he is not necessarily at odds with the president-elect in his opposition to eliminating the tax unless there is a reduction in the war. "I think Nixon expressed the hope rather than a reality," the Wisconsin congressman said in an interview. "We have to be realistic. What does your budget situation look like not now, but in March or April?" But even if the Vietnam situa tion does ease soon, it would remain difficult for Byrnes and Nixon to eliminate or reduce the tax.

Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which usually holds life- and-death-control over tax legislation, has come out strongly against any cutback of the surtax in the near future. The Arkansas Democrat says even if the war ends soon be would be against elimination of the surtax. "We may as well face the fact that the cessation or lessening of hostilities will bring immediate demands from all sides for additional spending on the domestic front," Mills said last week. "I think it would be a mistake to assume that (cutting back the tax) would be the solution to our expenditure control program," Mills said.

Both Byrnes and Mills seemed to agree that the tax should not be eliminated if it would mean an increased federal deficit. Byrnes' said the surtax, which brings in $12 billion to $14 billion a year, should not be eliminated unless other sources of revenue could take its place. "It is possible we can eliminate the surtax if there is a change in the budget picture," Byrnes said. Vietnamese 51st Regiment's 2nd of the windows screaming. Sec-Battalion.

Assault forces onds later they were engulfed in equipped with flamethrowers got within 50 yards of the command post before they were repulsed. The South Vietnamese troops pursued the enemy soldiers while militia men closed in from another direction, trapping the enemy. Segregated Schools SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Nearly 700,000 California school children, almost one out of every four in the state, attend schools segregated in racial or ethnic groups, the state Office of Compensatory Education reports. GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -Twenty-lour persons, perhaps more, perished today in a blaze which swept through a furniture tactory.

Only three workers are known to have fought their way out. The multistory building, owned by an upholsterers' firm, turned into an inferno within minutes after the fire broke out. The three persons who escaped wore taken to a hospital for treatment of burns. It was the second bad fire to hit the British Isles within 36 hours. Seven persons perished in a blaze that swept a scafront hotel in Brighton, on the south coast of England.

Some workerstrapped in the burning warehouse on the Glasgow waterfront were seen screaming for help from behind barred windows. One witness, George Hendry, 38, said: "I saw men and women standing behind the iron bars smoKc and the screaming stopped." Every available lire unit In the city went to the blaze on the Glasgow dock and fireboats otf-shore lent their help. Dense smoke blanketed the center of Scotland's largest city. The flames could be seen from miles away. The roof of the building caved in.

and the whole place was an inferno. Firemen (ought to keep the flames from reaching an adjoining five-story building, the biggest tobacco warehouse In Scotland. Mueller 814 S. Oak Ave, struck the side of one operated by Karen S. Altmann, 1208 E.

Sixth at 1:20 p. m. Sunday, causing considerable damage. No Injujries were reported. The collision took place in the 500 block on S.

Central avenue. At 12 noon Sunday, a pickup truck operated by Ronald Meyers, route 4, Marshficld, backed into an auto driven by Robert G. Rank, 206 N. Cherry in the 100 block on N. Central avenue.

Damage to the vehicles was described as minor. Extensive damage was caused when an unidentified motor vehicle struck an unoccupied auto parked by Dorothy Altmann, 1206 Adler Road, shortly before 9 o'clock Saturday night. The accident occurred in the 1100 block on S. Central avenue. At 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, an auto driven by Margaret Lcick, Stratford, struck the rear of one operated by Carl P.

Steg, route 1, Mosinee. at the intersection of S. See ACCIDENTS Page 10 FORECAST Cloudy, windy and colder with occasional light snow tonight. Low tonight 20 to 26. Tuesday mosMy cloudy and cold with a chance of snow flurries and high in the lower 30s.

Precipitation probabilities 60 per cent tonight and 40 per cent Tuesday. TEMPERATURES Maximum yesterday At 6 a.m. today 36 SO At noon today 33 Motorist Critically Injured in Accident Plane Hits RHINELANDER (AP)-Three Michigan men, flying home through a light snowfall after hunting deer, were killed Sunday when their private plane 6truck a television station tower at nearby Starks. Two employes of the station, which is partly owned by Rep. Alvin E.

O'Konshi, were injured when the tower collapsed on a building, smashing studio and broadcasting equip-ent. A station spokesman estimated damage to tower, building and equipment at $1.5 million, and said the facility, which serves a large area in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan may be out of operation for months. Oneida County authorities said the plane's pilot presumably was finding it difficult flying through the snowfall under an overcast. It apparently struck a tower guy wire and veered into the tower. Lacking the support wire, the tower buckled about halfway up when struck by the light plane.

Most of the structure fell on the station's single-story building, and another section landed 100 feet away. Less than 200 feet of the tower remained standing. The tower had been listed as the second tallest in the state. The victims were Thomas H. Reiminga, 44, and James R.

Breeden, 29, both of Kalamazoo, and Jerome J. Shu-strom, 25, Coldwater, Mich. William Anderson, 44, of Three Lakes suffered a broken arm when the tower collapsed the roof of the transmitting building in which he was working. Anderson is the station engineer. Dan Olson, 21, of Rhinelander, another employe of the station, WAEO-TV, received head cuts.

Elmer Shustrom of Coldwater, father of Jerome Shustrom, told authorities he has been hunting with the trio near, Paulding, Mich. The three men were flying home while Shustrom drove a car. Shustrom said he heard a report of the plane crash on his car radio, and immediately as Dividend Omitted DETROIT (AP)-Directors of American Motors voted today to omit payment of a dividend to stockholders in its fiscal year quarter ending Dec. 3. It marked the 13th consecutive quarter that AMC had taken such action.

The firm's last divi-end was a 12'4 cent payment on Aug. 2, 1965. Burns Are Fatal RICHLAND CENTER (AP)-A Richland Center housewife died Sunday when her clothing caught fire while she was cooking. The victim, Mrs. Walter Ferguson, 73, was found by her husband when he arrived home.

Today's Chuckle Time waits for no man but it will stand still for a woman of 30. Tower, 3 sumed it involved his hunting companions' airplane. He then drove to Rhinelander. All three occupants of the plane, he said, were qualified pilots, and any one of them could have been flying the craft. Anderson said he heard, the plane strike the tower, and was running from a transmitting room when he was knocked down at a doorway by equipment hurled by the falling tower.

Officials said the building was virtually destroyed. Mayor Al Taylor of Rhinelander invited the station to set up temporary broadcast facilities in a municipal civic center. Authorities said O'Konski, president and part owner of the station, had an office in the tower building, and could frequently be found at his desk on Sunday afternoons. The congressman was in Green Bay Sunday when the Shotgun Discharges, One Killed, One Hurt NEW LONDON (AP) An Outagamie County teen-ager died Sunday and his twin sister was seriously wounded when a 12 gauge shotgun held by a companion discharged. James Gorges, IS, of nearby Dale died in a New London hospital of neck and shoulder wounds.

His sister, Paule, underwent surgery. Authorities said the twins were wounded accidentally while sitting with an Appleton youth in a room at the Dale homeof the victims' brother. Another Plane Hijacked by Armed Men MERIDA, Mexico (AP) A Mexicana Airlines DCS with an unknown number of passengers aboard was hijacked and taken to Cuba where it landed safely today at 10:50 a.m., CST, Meri-da airport authorities reported. Pilot Jose Ruiz Hernandez radioed that "several men" with guns had waited 10 minutes after the 8:40 a.m. take off, then told him to head for Cuba.

The flight was scheduled for Mexico City, with stops at Villa Hermosa, Minatitlan and Vera cruz. Ruiz Hernandez notified authorities here that he was being allowed by the Cuban officials to take off again for Merida. The hijacking was the second See HIJACK Page 10 Coast Guard; Gift NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) Newburyport, known as the birthplace of the U.S. Coast Guard; has received a retired 125-foot cutter as a gift from the Coast Guard.

The General Greene, decommissioned after 41 years of service, is credited with sinking a German submarine off Nantucket during World War II. Town officials said the vessel will be. used museum. as a plane hit the tower about 3 p.m. "It's the first Sunday for as long as I can recall he has not been in his office," Olson said.

Olson said he was seated at a control board "when I heard a slight rumbling noise. Apparent ly that's when the plane hit the tower." "It suddenly dawned on me that the sound could only be made if the tower was coming down," he said. "The place is pretty soundproof." He said he went in search of Anderson to warn him, "then I fell flat on my face as the ceiling came down." He said he heard Anderson "calling my name and asking if I was all right." The two men said spectators were already gathering outside the building by the time they found their way through the rubble to safety. The wreckage of the aircraft "was in a field about 300 feet from the building. Ten Are Killed En Car Mishaps Ten persons died in weekend accidents and another early today, bringing Wisconsin's 1968 highway toll to 1,023.

The grim count was 996 on this date one year ago. Judith Thurow, 21, of rural Neosho was injured fatally around 12:30 this morning when her car overturned after leaving Dodge County Trunk EE on a curve about three miles south of Hustisford. A West Allis man, Gerald M. Klopp, 20, died Sunday in a Wa-tertown hospital after his car struck a utility pole and fence beside Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek. Donald Schwahn, 17, of rural Reedsville was found dead Sunday in the wreckage of his car.

It had struck a tree beside a Manitowoc County road. A Grant County youth, Robert L. Baliff, 19, of Cassville, died Saturday night in a highway ac cident near Platteville. Ronald Hull, 20, of Platteville, died Sunday of injuries suffered in that crash. Miss Lois Haeuser, 6, of rual Cochrane was killed Saturday when a car driven by her mother collided with another car on a Buffalo.

County road. Edward Brack, 45, of Racine was fatally injured Saturday night when struck by a car as he crossed a highway. A three-car crash Saturday on U.S. 51 near Hurley claimed the life of a passenger, Mrs. John Aho, 59, Hurley.

Miss Angela Bonim, 20, of rural Platteville died Saturday when a car hit a tree in Platteville. Mrs. Catherine Reilly, 78, of Fontana died in a Rockford, 111., hospital after being struck by a car Friday night in Walworth. David J. Peterson, 16, of rural Onalaska was killed Friday night in a La Crosse County kickoff of the enemy winter campaign.

Twelve South Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the biggest battle and 72 were wounded. The South Koreans reported seven of their men killed and two wounded another engagement. No American casualties were reported. The new outbreak of fighting came alter a weekend wave of enemy attacks and terrorism in Da Nang and along an 80-mile stretch of the coastal lowlands south ot the country's second largest city. National police seized 150 persons in Da Nang who could not produce proper papers.

They were being questioned to determine if they were Vict Cong. Gen. Lam said 15 terrorists, including four women, already had been found and they told interrogators 45 other Viet Cong agents had entered the city. A 24-hour curfew was put on the city of 300,000 Sunday but was reduced today to 12 hours, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The heaviest battle raged 15 miles south of the city, around a district headquarters town, Dien Ban. South Vietnamese infantrymen and militiamen, and U.S. helicopter gunships and artillery were credited with killing 253 enemy soldiers in a 24-hour fight that ended early today. It began at 3 a.m. Sunday when about 500 North Vict- Council North avenue, an intersection around which rioting had swirled.

The rental of the new headquarters was accompanied by reports that council mcmlers were seeking complete control of policy, although Groppi had long insisted he had never served in more than advisory capacity anyway. "We want as an advisor someone who will be willing to take the job, and someone we can have confidence and faith in," Friend said. "We're not looking for anyone who just wants to be known. We need someone who is willing to stand up to to the job we need to do." Council members played a prominent role last summer in the Poor Peoples March to Washington, D.C. Their last major campaign involved job discrimination protests in August, including demonstrations outside a Milwaukee factory.

Friend, whose group has been iclatively peaceful since August, said there is no specific blueprint for the future. The Friend said, will be electing new officers next Sunday. The former adviser, who has been making speaking tours across the country this fall, said his immediate future involves "study and thinking." By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON (AP) Allied forces killed 416 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in the populous coastal lowlands below Da Nang in a series of battles Sunday, military spokesmen reported. It was the heaviest fighting in the area in three months. Thousands of troops were sweeping the scacoast and jun-gled foothills in an attempt to thwart any plans the enemy might have to attack Da Nang in force.

Lt. Gen. Hoang Juan Lam, the South Vietnamese commander of the northern provinces, said the fighting marked the opening of the enemy command's winter offensive in his area. However, he told a news conference he does not expect any major ground' attacks against the larger cities, including Da Nang, Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, Hoi An and Tarn Ky. Instead, said Lam, he expects rocket, mortar and terror attacks on the cities and ground attacks on smaller, more lightly defended district towns and outposts.

Lam said there had been 45 enemy-initiated incidents since Saturday night in the three provinces below Da Nang, including eight ground attacks, 32 mortar and rocket attacks and live terror incidents. He said prisoners reported this was the religious newsmaker of the year by Associated Press newspaper and broadcast members. "In the last few months," he said Sunday at his study in St. Boniface Church, "I have done very little with the Youth Council, other than see them when they come over here and eat. I haven't participated in meetings or decision-making at all in the past month." Friend said Groppi had been discussing a resignation with him since June, 1967.

Members of the council denied that Groppi's weekend announcement was a result of pressure by Negro members for his resignation. There had been complaints by some militant Negroes about a white person being the group's No. 1 spokesman. The council's demonstrations have always been open to whites, and despite the group's strong endorsement of Hlack Power it has avoided any adherence to black nationalist extremes. The group's two-story frame headquarters in a North Side residential area was burned, apparently by arson, during turmoil that followed the July, 1967, Inner Core rioting.

The council moved its center of operations to St. Boniface Church, and later leased quar ters near Third street and Negro Leadership in A Marshficld resident was critically injured 1 a spectacular one-car crash in the 500 block on W. 14th street shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. In "critical" condition at St. Joseph's Hospital today is David C.

Helms, 23, 305 S. Cedar formerly of Loyal. Marshficld police said Helms lost his left eye and is receiving treatment for a fractured skull, broken upper and lower Jaws, and severe lacerations to the left side of his face. Police reported that Helms lost control of his auto while traveling east on 14th street. The vehicle crossed the road, jumped the curb, slammed into a utility pole, and struck several mailboxes.

The vehicle did not roll. The distance from the point where Hclmi lost control to where the vehicle came to rest measured 36fl feet. Helms' 1959 convertible was demolished. Wayne D. Kundinger, route 1, Milladore, escaped injury in a similar one-car accident in the 2000 block on E.

Fourth street at 4:18 a. m. today. Officers said Kundinger lost control of bis vehicle while rounding a curve on E. Fourth street.

The vehicle skidded out of control for a distance of 326 feet. It struck a utility pole and several mailboxes. Police reported damage to the (entire left front and side of Kundinger's auto. Minor damage was caused at 6:38 p. m.

Sunday when an auto driven by Raymond Schellcr, 405 N. Peach backed into an unoccupied auto parked by Daniel Knauf, 411 S. Central in the 400 block on N. Peach avenue. An auto driven by Henry C.

MILWAUKEE (AP) The Rev. James' E. Groppi's resignation as adviser to Milwaukee's best-known civil rights group has turned up signs that the organization wants to chart its future unassisted. Lawrence Friend, president of the predominantly Negro group, said Sunday that he "and other members of the Youth Council who have been around the United States with the father feel the same way that he does: that the leadership is here in the council." Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest, had served as the chief spokesman for the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People since 1966. He was at the head of protest marches to Milwaukee suburbs in August, 1966, demand ing an end to racially biased membership policies by private clubs.

He and the council won national NAACP citations in 1967 and 1968. The priest and seven council members were arrested in July, 1967, on charges of violating a curfew, which had been put into effect to quell rioting. In August, the group launched 200 consecutive days of open housing demonstrations. In December, ba was named the nation's.