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MANITOWOC D-TO Vol. 71-No. 224 Second Class postage paid at Manitowoc, Wis. MANITOWOC, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1969 Price Ten Cents TWO SECTIONS 26 Pages HEEAL Peril ieskns Mooted Tmi lef 150 N. Viets Trapped; 50 DTO Hi vers Mit Critical Ptobi mager Quick Repairs First Step; Eye Basic Changes it! fig ins TWO RIVERS James K.

Perkins, Two Rivers city manager since 1965, has resigned. Formal announcement of the resignation, rumored throughout the community for several weeks, was made to the City Council during its regular meeting Monday evening. Announcement of the resignation, which will be -effective June 13, took the form of a "Notice of Intent to Resignation Letter Perkins, after handing out copies of the two-page resignation letter, read the complete letter to the Council. The resignation came at the close of the meeting and was not included on the regular meeting agenda. The action, although apparently expected, appeared to take the Council somewhat by surprise, probably partially because of the manner in which it was handled.

The letter was received in silence by the Council. Perkins, in both the letter and comments to the Council, suggested that the Council begin immediately to take steps to secure a successor. And the Council, in its formal action, received and filed the letter and set a meeting for 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday to discuss plans for seeking a successor to fill the position. "I will intend to use Mr.

Perkins' services to help us to secure a new city manager," President Gerald Reich told his fellow councilmen. Announcement of the resignation was made by Perkins to the city department heads during a staff meeting Tuesday morning. Accepts Position In resigning, Perkins has ac cepted the position of director of budgets for the City of Toron to, Canada. He will assume the new job June 23 He said Tuesday that he will move his family to Toronto as soon as possible after he assumes the position. The family owns a new home here.

Perkins was appointed Two Rivers city manager Sept. 25, 1965, and assumed the duties on the following Oct. 11. He succeeded Robert L. Broucek.

who had resigned Aug. 2 of that year after spending nearly six years here as city manager. Perkins is only the seventh manner in thf nitv's 44-wnr history of council-manager form if 31 Gty River traffic was blocked by the bridge which narrowly missed a nearby rail span owned by the Chicago and North Western railroad and shared by the Milwaukee Road. (AP Wirephoto) BRIDGE COLLAPSES Only a few beams and girders remain visible after a Milwaukee Road bridge linking Marinette and Menominee, collapsed into the Menominee River in the face of high winds Monday. The bridge, abandoned and in the process of being torn down, was built in 1880.

Die in Baffle Viet Cong Shell 17 Allied Bases, Towns on Monday SAIGON (AP) U.S. Marines caught 130 North Vietnamese trying to cross a river southwest of Da Nang Monday and killed at least 50 of them with the help of artillery and an aerial gunship, military spokesmen said today. One Marine was wounded. It was one of two ground bat ties reported by the U.S. Com mand.

The Viet Cong shelled 17 allied bases and towns Monday night, and a delayed report told of heavy material damage to the U.S. air base at Nha Trans 200 miles northeast of Saigon, in an attack: with rockets and re- coilless rifles Sunday night. The Marines sprayed the North Vietnamese with machine guns in an area 16 miles south west of South Vietnam's second largest city as the enemy at tempted to cross the Vu Gia River in sampans. Mortar shells and artillery rained on the boats and a Spooky gunshiD raked them with 6,000 rounds a minute from its mini-guns. One Wonnded The Marines counted 50 enemy bodies floating downriver after the shooting, and only one Leatnerneck was wounded, offi cers said.

In another action 27 miles northwest of Saigon, North Vietnamese regulars attacked a column of armored personnel car riers from the 25th Infantry Division in night bivouac. But they were beaten back in a 15-minute firefight, leaving 21 dead, the U.S. Command said. No Ameri can casualties were reported. The nightly shelling Monday night hit a chain of militia posts in the Mekong Delta, an American 25th Division artillery camp 28 miles northwest of the capital, the Phan Rang airfield on tne coast, and a U.S.

Navy patrol boat used at Tra Cun, 23 miles northwest of Saigon. Damage Light The U.S. Command said sev eral Americans were wounded and damage was light. Four South Vietnamese civilians were reported killed and 19 wounded. No details were given of the damage at Nha Trang by the shelling Sunday night, but presumably a number of aircraft were destroyed.

These probably will be included in -the weekly summary of aircraft losses is sued later in the week. In the southern half of the demilitarized zone, American artillery knocked out a North Viet namese antiaircraft gun after it fired on a reconnaissance plane, U.S. spokesmen said. The plane was not hit. STATE SENATE ADJOURNS MADISON (AP) The State Senate met briefly today and adjourned in honor of Sen.

Nor man bussman, D-Milwaukee, who died Sunday. meier in the next election. Attorney Carroll Metzner of Madison, a former assemblyman, defeated Chase 225-179 with strong backing from Dane and Jefferson counties, and Mrs. Richard Smith of Jefferson defeated Mrs. Stauffacher 226-178.

In the next congressional elec tion, Mrs. bmith said, winning means getting Kastenmeier out of Washington." ft System erense worn ir areauan WASHINGTON (AP) A for mer Pentagon official testified today that if Congress blocks York were among those partici- Secretary of Defense Melvin pating as a lineup of scientists R. Laird had testified that re-debated the issue before the! cent Soviet long ranoe missile President Nixon's Safeguard Senate Armed Services Commit- developments indicate the Rus-missile defense system, U.S. ne- tee. Isians are aiming at a first strike gotiators "may be up against Challenge Assumptions capability knocking out the U.S.

extremely adverse odds" in Dr. W. K. H. Panofsky of lability to retaliate, arms control talks with the So- Stanford University challenged Panofsky also said the Safe-viet Union.

of the strategic assump-i guard "is not a reasonable engi- Cease-Fire Along Suez 'Ineffective' UNITED NATIONS, N.Y (AP) Secretary-General Thant declared today the U.N, cease-fire along the Suez Canal sector is almost totally ineffective "and a virtual state of active war now exists there." Thant made the statement in a special report to members of the U.N. Security Council. He did not request a council: meeting, but the urgency of the report indicated that members of the 15-nation council would now emci imu cuiiauRduuna uiii what course to touow. "I feel it necessary to employ the unusual means of a special report from the secretary-gen eral to the Security Council, to call most urgently to the attention of members of the council the prevailing situation in the Suez Canal sector, which, in my view, is very grave," Thant said. Thant told the council that a virtual state of active war existed between Israel and Egypt along the canal sector.

Riit a University of California Scientist said the system would oniv escalate the arms race ancj put greater reliance onj computers lor tnat ultimate decision about whether or not doomsday had arrived." Former Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze and Dr. Herbert of government. However, Cellar-to-Attic Review Ordered of Tax System WASHINGTON (AP) Ad- I ministration spokesmen told Congress today President Nix-jon's wide-ranging tax reform proposals are aimed at quickly repairing pressing flaws in the system and more basic changes are planned. Of equal importance to immediate reform, Treasury Under Secretary Charles E.

Walker told the House Ways and Means Committee, are "basic structural changes that go beyond reform" which, however, must be approached more slowly. He noted in his prepared testimony that the President has ordered a cellar-to-attic review of every aspect of the tax system to point up the areas where simplificationa major goal may be possible. Walker and Edwin S. Cohen, assistant secretary of the Treasury for tax policy, repeatedly used terms such as "interim" and "first stage" to describe the lengthy list of changes Nixon outlined in the tax message he sent Monday to Capitol Hill. Maintain Confidence "The most critical problems.

which we believe should be dealt promptly," Cohen said, "are first, maintaining confidence in the tax structure by curbing the excessive use of tax preferences by some wealthy taxpayers and, second, removing the burden of the in come tax from those who are below the poverty level." Overall, Treasury officials said, revenue losses and gains will cancel each other out at roughly $4 billion each, though there should be a net increase in receipts after the first two years. The big revenue-boosting items, they said, will be the re- nal nf the 7 per cent mvest- ment tax credit, tightening up 'ftn use of "tax references" hv high-income taxpayers to shield much of their income from tax ation, and correction of a lengthy list of abuses. On the other side will be the revenue lost by cutting the present 10 per cent income tax surcharge to 5 per cent next Jan. 1, elimination of income taxes for single persons and families earning less than $3,500 a year, revenue-sharing with states and local governments and tax incentives to bring more businesses and privately run manpower training programs into poverty areas. Take Effect Some of the changes are de signed to take effect immediate- others by stages, the Treas yj-y 0icialS SaiCl.

ACtlOn OH (Turn to Page 2-M, Col. 2) Car Hits Tree; Driver Is Killed By The Associated Press me ucaui a jfuung uidii has sent Wisconsin's 1969 traffic toll to 205, compared with 301 on this date one year ago. James C. Hoile, 22, of rural Lyndon Station was killed ear- ly today when his car struck trees alter leaving nign- 'way 12 in Fort Atkinson. States has been keeping three aircraft carriers on the firing sels.

How long the fleet can main- tain hnth assignments under nrespnt conditions Is a mattw nf 3V2-year stay here is the third shortest tenure on the job of the seven managers and the shortest administration of the last four city managers. The council-manager form of government was instituted here in June of 1925. In his letter of resignation tions ton which Safeguard is based and its technical capabiH ties. Noting the power of U.S. nu iciear submarines, siraiegic au craft and missiles, he said "It appears impossible that the So viet Union can attain first strike power by the mid-1970s." ty owners and their wives, evetom that thp Roman Catholic relancTs O'Neill mm mMmmm James K.

Perkins Perkins pointed at two reasons for the resignation the professional opportunities available in his new job and some difficulties with the Council in delineating the statutory roles of the Council and the manager. "I feel I have accepted an outstanding opportunity for personal, professional and financial advancement," he said of his new position. He noted in the letter that Toronto was the first large city in North America to establish a metropolitan government to meet the needs of providing efficient services to an urban proliferation. Metropolitan Area With a population of some V-i-i million and an annual budget of a quarter of a billion dollars, he said that the metropolis has had to develop highly innovative approaches to the solution of problems in municipal government. Perkins also stressed that his decision to seek other employ ment was based in part on "Council actions tending to restrict the latitude of the Manager in such a fashion as to limit his effectiveness as both administrator and policy advisor to the City Council." He pointed that too frequently he has been diverted from other business "to defend the position (Turn to Page 2-M, Col.

4) The Weather Partly cloudy with showers ending east and extreme north, eooler Tuesday night with lows If 36. Fair and cool Wednes- to the SOs in south and west. Manitowoc Temperatures 4 p.m. Monday 56: 8 p.m 47; midnight 46; 4 a.m. Tuesday 41; 8 a.m.

39; noon 42. Two Rivers Temperatures 4 p.m. Monday 58; 8 p.m. 51; midnight 50; 4 a.m. Tuesday 44; 8 a.m.

41; noon 43. election of new district GOP leaders, There has been much talk in the Capitol city that Knowles, elected to a third consecutive (term last November, might be C1. "1A" on administration. No Intention His aides have replied to the rumors by saying Knowles has no intention of abandoning the executive mansion, at least while the 1969 legislature is still considering his legislative programs. And Monday night's gathering of Republicans, including state GOP chairman Ody J.

Fish, displayed too much concern over district's Democratic congressman, Rep. Robert W. Kasten-meier, to pursue Knowles' latest implication involving his political future. The governor urged Republi- none fn connra tVia flHP nnnfrnl nf no eta to loejicl turn in an. iticipation of reapportionment of districts under the 1970 census, Fish called for Republican lawmakers to support Knowles' programs, saying criticism is easy but productivity if prefera ble.

Some Republicans have ex pressed annoyance with a 25 million state budget deficit un der the current administration, and with Knowles tax-increase suggestions to meet his record $1.6 million budget request for 1969-71. Chairman Defeated The district GOP choice of officers involved defeat of the in cumbent chairman, Mayor Ted Chase of Sun Prairie, and the vice chairman, Mrs. Marvin Stauffacher of Browntown, as delegates called for more vigor ous efforts to unseat Hasten- Mismree neerine solution" to defend the1 nation's Minuteman ICBM bases. "A good technical solution to purpose snouia involve smaller and less expensive mis- siles and larger number of sim pier hardened radars," he said Accelerate Race York, a physicist at the University of California at San Diego, insisted the Safeguard system would accelerate the arms race, and termed the whole plan "technically questionable." He questioned how the system could be designed to cope with surprise attack and still have "a stiff trigger so that it will never go off accidentally or without a 1 1 a i auiaies, urgea Ji umyi ai mo tuim vi uxino aiunB wiia approval ui me mmiuu the administration seeks for the Hove it wnulrl lm in neve it would De in a mucn 'stronger position in any talks on present Soviet buildup ot onen (Turn to Page 2-M, Col. 6) i eady to Give Votes Knowles Won't Seek Fourth Term; Asks Program Support His the ilia ituui vciuic ao uigi, i rr Four delegates to the 15-nation fettled report came as Big minority eontends keeps Protes-iPrPer authorization." tant governments in power in! Nitze, who now is at the Johns tnnmc uWo tho r.athniics have Hopkins School of Advanced In- council appeared stalemated "aa i.

dav to agree to the principle of BELFAST. Northern Ireland (AP) Northern Ireland em- elections in an attempt to calm the turbulent crisis. Supporters of O'Neill who re man. one vote" in local a numerical majority of the population. i Until 1918 The same vot ne svstem ore vailed in the rest of the United, Safeguard system.

Kingdom until 1948. He said the two are mutually Rioters stoned two police bar-jSupportifS-racks Monday night in The executive branch be- wZk ffaHst. 'T. muuuajr aim jjui on auumn ujr, until a week from today. TARR CONFIRMED WASHINGTON (AP) 1 1 aenaie coniirmeu louay uy Pnrtis W.

Tarr as assistant SRC retary of the Air Force, I The by: ported this said the concession would be accompanied by a postponement for at least a year of the local elections due in 01 me local eiecuuus uue ianH threw flamins easol ne, bombs in the streets bu British uic oucuia, uuiiwtioii At. nresent the veto in locaL elections is confined to proper- i troops guarding key Ul ouensive aim ue- tions in Northern Ireland stayed fensive systems if it had the out of sight. backing of the legislative Police scattered the crowd of! branch on its Safeguard pro- about 100, and by midnight the! gram," Nitze said. He said he! city was quiet. There were no agrees.

casualties. York suggested that the More than 200 British soldiers were stationed at power fuel depots and similar plants to guard against saboteurs. In London, Home Secretary James; Callaghan stressed the troops would not be used to maintain! order in the streets. Earlier Monday, Roman Cath olic demonstrators in London derry battled police for the third 23 Ships Sent to Korea Area; Curtail Air Strikes in Vietnam MADISON (AP) Gov. War- ren P.

Knowles declared Mon- day night that the current legis- lative session will be his final one as chief executive of the state The governor, using a 2nd! Congressional District meeting of Republicans to make the remark, asked for support of his programs "during this legislative session, which will be my last as governor of the State of Wisconsin." He did not expand on the comment, and it produced no appreciable stir among the district Republicans who had gathered for a vigorous duel over Chill Winds Follow Rain Hieh. chilling and blustery winds out of the west combined with cloudy skies dominated the weather scene Tuesday after rain marred Monday's washday. Manitowoc and Two Rivers had .03 of an inch of precipitation. Temperatures began the slow descension Tuesday morning after .03 of an inch of precipitation was recorded. In Manitowoc the lows were in the 30s and by Tuesday noon had warmed to the low 40s.

Milwaukee had the most rainfall where .04 of an inch was recorded while other state places registered lesser amounts. Lone Rock had the state's highest temperature of 66 Monday. The rainshowers will move eastward Wednesday and will be replaced by fair and cool weather Wednesday. 11 hHwf; 'lu. i 3 7 tyr- '--4 day despite appeals oy civil being curtailed and the 7th line in the Gulf of Tonkin; for rights leaders for the crowds to Fleet stretched to the limit with the time being this will be re-disperse.

Northern Ireland's deployment of a 23-ship taskjduced to two. Catholic minority contends it is force to protect U.S. reconnais- 16 Destroyers discrimiated against. sance missions off North Korea. The 7th Fleet's remaining Oppose Demands "We've got no slack," a Navy four aircraft carriers are going Fighting also flared at Lurgan officer commented after the into Task Force 71 along with between Catholics and Proles- pentagon Monday announced three cruisers and 16 destroy-tant extremists who oppose assignment of an armada to the ers.

Catholic demands for more sea of Japan where a Navy! Thus, officers pointed out, all jobs, better housing and was snot down by North 7th Fleet carriers are now tied tion of property requirements Korea last week. down on two fronts the Sea of WASHINGTON (AP) Viet- nam navai ajr operations are Force 71 deploying somewhere off North Korea. Officers said this means the vaVv contribution to the U.S. for local voting. One aircraft carrier and pos-1 Japan and the Gulf of Tonkin.

The British government other war ships of the 7th And officers lescribed the 16 denounced that Prime Minister i Fleet have been pulled from the stroyers as a major share of the Harold Wilson will meet sooniWar effort to form a new Task! Seventh's heaw combat ves- with Prime Minister Terence1 Lem to gram more concessions to the 500.000 Catholics, one third of Northern Ireland's 1 Officials of the Catholic civil (Turn to Page 2-M, Col. 6) Only buses and trucks can withstand the depth and fast current of the rising, flooding Mississippi. (AP Wirephoto) OVER WATER COMMUTERS School bus carries commuting workers' from Prairie du Chien, over the flooded bridge approach toward Iowa side of Mississippi River. bombing campaign in South, concern to the Navy. With its Vietnam and Laos will be cut by flattops occupied, the 7th 1 roughly one-third.

The United! (Turn to Page 2-M, Col. 1).