The News-Messenger from Fremont, Ohio • 1

No Change Generally clear, low tonight "0 fiO; higJi Friday in upper 70s and mid-80s Jrotwitt Today's History In 1930, work began on the Colorado River on the Boulder Dam-now the Hoover Dam. Devoted to the Best Interests of Fremont and Sandusky County VOL. 112, NO. 125 Fremont News Feunded 1M7 Fremont Messenger Founded l5e Merged IMS FREMONT, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1967 30 PAGES TEN CENTS ft i MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT FEARED Auto Workers Strike Ford, Cut 1968 Model Production last struck nationally in was 1961. pany founder, assailed the walkout as "totally unjustified and completely unnecessary." He called it "a bludgeon against the public interest," and "tragic in its implications for the whole nation." The gap between the opposing President Johnson has said he fears the stoppage will damage the nation's economy.

Minutes after the strike began, Reuther told newsmen at Ford headquarters in suburban Dearborn that he was "most disappointed." He had said earlier this year "this union is going to be tested like it has never been tested before," and he told the news conference: "I think Ford workers are able to stand the test." Henry Ford II, board chairman and grandson of the com- DETROIT (AP)-The United Auto Workers Union struck the Ford Motor Co. today, paralyzing the nation's second largest automaker and shutting off production of its 1968 models in 25 states. "No new negotiation meetings were scheduled. In contrast to the mass picketing of former years, only token picket lines appeared at most plants. Although the walkout brought Ford's assembly lines to a halt, the strike was not expected to dry up the firm's supply of new cars entirely.

Arbitration Refused Just 30 minutes before the Wednesday midnight expiration of the old three-year contract, Ford rejected a proposal by UAW President Walter P. Reuther for binding arbitration to dissolve the impasse. By then, and with no sign of progress in eight weeks of bargaining, many of the UAW's 159,000 members at Ford plants already had walked off the job anticipating the strike. positions was reflected in another news conference when Ford's top bargainer, Malcolm Denise, was asked if the two sides ever came close to a settlement. "I think I can answer that with a flat no," he said.

(Continued on Page 12, Col. 6 A spokesman for the company said that under the American-Canadian free trade agreement, cars will still be shipped across the border. He emphasized, however, that Ford does not plan to increase its Canadian production of Falcons and pickup trucks. If the strike is a long one, Canadian production would be halted in about two weeks because of a shortage of parts from Ford plants in the United States. The strike cut off all production in American plants, which normally produce some 8,000 cars a day and raised the possibility of severe damage to its standing in the highly competitive market that General Motors and Chrysler will continue to feed with their 1968 models.

As it lengthens, effects of the strike could spread through the steel, trucking and railroad industries which Ford uses heavily for materials and transport of its cars. The company, second in size to GM in the automaking field, Auto Crisis at Glance Jurors Return Secret Charges PORT CLINTON Six secret indictments were included in the report of the Ottawa county grand jury's September session and speculation is that one or more may be related to testimony concerning a city audit covering the period from May 1, 1964, to March 31, 1967. The grand jury was sworn in Tuesday and several witnesses, Ohio UAW Joins In Ford Strike CLEVELAND (AP) -Members of the United Auto Workers at 11 Ford Motor Co. plants in Ohio joined in a nationwide strike against the company at midnight Wednesday. A Ford spokesman said at no plant in the state did the workers walk out before the midnight strike deadline.

He STRIKERS AT ROUGE PLANT GATE-Unit-ed Auto Workers pickets walk in a circle at the main entrance (Gate 5) to Ford Motor Rouge plant at Dearborn, after the UAW went out on strike. Surrounding the pickets are news cameramen on hand for the midnight walkout. (AP Wirephoto) and $4.70 in pay and benefits. Union demands are estimated at 90 cents to $4 with the company figuring its offer at a minimum of 34 cents over three years. Union strike fund: Estimated big enough to last 18 weeks at Ford.

Union has called special convention for September 26 to assess members still working at General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. Ford inventory: 85,000 new cars and 175,000 of the 1967s in dealer hands as of Wednesday. Company says this is same amount of both new and previous year models sold in first month of new model year one year ago. Normal Ford production is 8,000 cars and 1,500 trucks per day.

Still operating and producing 1968s: GM, Chrysler, American Motors. DETROIT (AP) Here is the auto labor situation at a glance: On strike: 159,000 hourly rated workers at Ford Motor Co. plants in 25 states. Cause: Failure to agree on new contract to replace three-year pact that expired at midnight Wednesday. Principal figures: Walter P.

Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers Union; Ken Bannon, chief of the union's Ford Department; Malcolm Denise, chief negotiator for Ford; William E. Simkin, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Key issues: General wage increase, additional increase for skilled tradesmen, guaranteed annual income, pay parity of Canadian workers, higher pensions. Workers now average $3.41 an hour in pay San Francisco Hit By Quake, Escapes Damage SAN FRANCISCO (AP) An earthquake rocked San Francisco today at 5:42 a.m. There HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT COSTLY Rice Paddy Struggle including four city officials, testified.

The witnesses also included Donovan Biggs, state examiner from Norwalk. City officials called to testify were Treasurer Harvey Snider, Mayor Gordon Cooper, Auditor Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Police Chief Henry Jacoby. According to reports none of these said they left their jobs in an orderly fashion when the deadline came, however. Pickets appeared at some of the plants, but at others picketing was not started immediately.

There are no night shifts at Ford's parts depot in Cleveland and Cincinnati and workers there won't be affected until the normal starting timcl were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The police department, mo watf eitcrMfof nt hointr fnii7fsi Fatal To 70 Marines a 3 I xi today. The strike will idle some ill oil luccai 1141. uiy HEINZ DRAW HEAVY were called to provide, SAIGON (AP) American 'and 70 Marines reported killed 000 UAW members in the state and their weekly payroll is about $5 million. Reports have a former.

Port attack on the town of Tarn Ky early Wednesday. The'hnttlo 3rt milos holnu. Tin Marines and some 4,000 freshly More than two battalions of equipped North Vietnamese re- Marines sweeping through the Ford employs 16,097 hourly Side Clinton city official being suspected A of issuing four munici East Water' paddies and bamboo stands Uang ln the northern war zone workers with a weekly payroll of $3 million in the Cleveland- gulars locked in a fierce battle over the blood-stained rice paddies af the Que Son valley today with 188 Communist soldiers Lorain area. There are five ments later, reported receiving 15 or 20 telephone calls about the quake but no report of either damage or injury. Telephone switchboards blazed at radio stations, newspapers and the police department in San Jose, some 50 miles south of San Francisco, but no report of serious trouble was made.

At Hollister, south of San Jose, the police department described the quake as "violent" although patrolmen there, too, could not find any serious damage immediately. pal checks for supplies from an apparently non existent water supply, company. checks were reportedly in. excess of $2,500. Pressure Drops plants and a parts depot in the area.

wwiui i dm ivy uieturamu- was the only signiicant fignt rust force late Wednesday. The isted in the war com u. battle raged through the night nique. A stcrm over North VM. with the Marines and the North nam limited American air Vietnamese alternately charg- strikes Wednesday to 64-the leanest day in three months- There was frequent U.S..

Air Force Thunder-to-hand fighting beneath the 1 chiefs blew ud tracks on the bd- Employment of UAW mem Reportedly the a of Numerous residents of the Tamac Roan vann uclrtr atranua' bers by Ford in other parts of the state and their weekly pay city's east side experienced a is on the back of the checks in shortage water pressure rolls include: flickering yellow glow of para- preaches to the Lang Con rail Cincinnati (two plants and a Wednesday night. Pressure in most sections of the city re chute flares. road bridge only 25 miles from the Red Chinese border. parts depot) 5,210, Sandusky, 2,249, Lima turned to normal Thursday morning. Safety Service Director Rob 157 Die, 1,588 Hurt U.S.

headquarters reported (Continued on Page 12, Col. 3) 1,886, Canton, 1,242, $224,000, and Fostoria, 1,344, $170,000. ert Maike said the draw on wa the Bulldog Division of I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company, 1616 east State street. Maike said the Heinz plant is using over two million gallons daily in its operations and the city is unable to keep up with the demand. He said the city experiences the same problem each year.

The city has approved a $2.4 million water improvements project which is expected to alleviate the situation. However, it isn't certain whether the project will be completed iir time for the 1968 tomato crop harvest. It is almost certain to be ter by the Heinz plant caused VC Losses Heavy The battle raged less than a mile from the 'scarred field where 150 North Vietnamese soldiers were cut dawn Monday and Tuesday. The Reds have lost 338 killed and 23 captured in the valley in these two battles, and 219 Viet Cong were killed and 16 captured in an abortive a shortage lor aoout eigni hours. Water pressure remained low throughout the night but Elderly Woman Wreck Victim Mrs.

Mart Holcomb Dead; Husband Hurt Mrs. Pauline Holcomb. 78, wife af Mart Holcomb of Luck-ey, died Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in St. Charles hospital, Oregon, of injuries suffered in a traffic accident at 2:55 p.m.

The residence is 535 Krotzer street. The accident happened on County Road 26 three and a half miles west" of Gibsonburg. The automobile driven by Mr. Holcomb, 79, hit the iron railing of a bridge and flipped over, coming to a halt on the span, according to Deputy Sheriff Lc-roy Bliss. Mrs.

Holcomb died of head and other injuries. began to correct itself early Thursday, he said. Appeals Court To Hear Flood Control Case Sixth district Court of Appeals will meet in the Sandusky county common pleas court room Wednesday, October 4. An appeal in behalf of City Auditor Donna Baumann against a temporary writ of mandamus in the Fremont flood control case is listed for hearing by the appelate court. The appeal was filed by Solicitor Calvin W.

Bristley Jr. 600,000 STUDENTS OUT U.S. Teacher Disputes Balk School Openings The police department received several calls from east side residents complaining of low water pressure and rusty volved. Officials were unsuccessful in attempts to serve a grand jury subpoena on Reed and the name is believed to be fictitious. Seven other indictments were voted by the The jury indicted Donald Lieswiski, 36, Warren, on four more counts of breaking and entering.

Lieswiski was found guilty last Friday of four counts of breaking and entering and was sent to the State penitentiary on that same day. He is serving a life term. The jury indicted David Han-ner, 23, Toledo, and Eric Wells, 25, Toledo, for breaking and entering and possession of burglary tools. Also indicted is David Bennett, 25, Port Clinton, on two counts of breaking and entering in the night season and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The case is related to an incident at a liquor store in Port Clinton.

The jury indicted Gary Rob water. Calls started coming in shortly after 8 p.m. Affected by the shortage, was Marchman Aids Project To Cite Wars' Heroes Watt P. Marchman, director of the Rutherford B. Haves Li Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Classes have been postponed for more than 600,000 youngsters as several of the nation's school systems have closed because of teacher salary disputes.

The number could in The union is also seeking a say in educational policy. The teachers have threatened a mass resignation for the scheduled opening Monday to circumvent a state law prohibiting strikes by public employe unions. brary, has been appointed to Mr. Holcomb was reported in ready for the 1969 season. A booster pipe from the city filtration plant to the Sandusky River was installed about a week ago and is in operation.

It was first installed last year on a temporary basis and installed this fall on a permanent ba'sis. It will be used again next year if the improvements project is not completed by that time, Maike said. Maike said the city is doing "the best it can" to keep up with the demand but it is almost impossible at this time of the year. Water Superintendent John Hess said the situation will probably get worse before it gets better since the Heinz plant has not reached its peak oper serious condition in St. Charles hospital.

He has facial and leg ertson, 18; Warren Christian, 20, and Ray Plummer, 19, in connection with an incident in volving a juvenile at Gem TtfS' fliU lot AY Beach. They were indicted for statutory rape. Lloyd Johnson! Quits Michigan also has a statute prohibiting strikes by public employes but the measure has never been tested and does not outline penalties. Detroit teachers have rejected a Detroit Board of Education contract offer of a $6,400 to $10,100 salary range. The current scale is $5,800 to $9,500 after 11 years.

The Board of Education and Detroit Federation of Teachers reported little progress in negotiations Wednesday. Some 24,000 pupils in East St. Louis, continued to remain home from school as a dispute there went into its ninth day. More than 600 of the 850 teachers in the system have stayed away from schools In a salary dispute. Youngsters were going to beaches or playing in school playgrounds also in Broward represent aanausxy county on the Governor's Committee to honor Ohio's Congressional Medal of Honor Winners at Valley Forge, it was announced today by Fred J.

Mil-1 i a Columbus attorney, chairman of the committee. Milligan, who is president of the Ohio Information Committee and was appointed by the governor to head the project, said the committee will raise funds to provide a monument, benches, paths and markers on 'Ohio's Acre'. The project is sponsored by the Freedoms Foundation to honor the nation's top war heroes from every state.) Of the 3,000 who have received the award since 1863. more than 200 have been accredited to Ohio, Private Rodger W. Young of Pacific campaign fame being the latest from this area.

In announcing the appointment, Milligan said: "It is the Governor's desire, and the As Probation Officer; crease to more than two million by next week. Detroit School Supt. Norman Drachler put off indefinitely today's scheduled school opening for 300,000 youngsters. In New York a deadlock continued toward a Monday deadline. Michigan was the hardest hit of the states, with almost a half-million youngsters in some 17 districts on extended vacations "unil further notice." Teachers picketed in some Michigan cities.

In New York the Board of Education accepted a proposal by Mayor John V. Lindsay's mediation panel Tor a two-year $125-million contract between the teachers union and the board. In a telegram to the United Federation of Teachers the board called for a membership vote on the proposal. The union agreed to the vote but predicted the rank and file would reject it as the negotiating team had earlier. The package would boost most teachers' salaries by over two years to a starting Taking Ohio Position Lloyd Johnson, probation of ational period.

He explained that the extreme velocity of the water being forced through the pipes is causing rust to break loose and in the system. He (said the filtration plant is going "full bore" 24 hours a day but the demand is "just too great." In addition to the added demand from the Heinz plant, residents are also using more water than usual, apparently due injuries and a possible skull fracture. The officer was unable to question either of the occupants of the automobile concerning cause of the accident. Mr. and Mrs.

Holcomb were taken to Memorial hospital in Fremont and then transferred to St. Charles. The traffic death was the 20th in Sandusky county this year compared with 18 the same time a year ago. Mrs. Holcomb was born May 14, 1889 near Gibsonburg.

tlsj daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kuns. Mr. and Mrs.

Holcomb observed their 56th wedding anniversary in June. Surviving with the husband, who remains in a coma in the hospital, are sons, Gerald of Monroe, and Earl, operator of the Holcomb funeral home, Luckey; a sister, Mrs. Mary Leavitt, Monroe, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Holcomb was a member of Zion Lutheran church, Luckey.

Fvneral arrangements are nendifgJue to the serious condition or Mr. Holcomb. ficer for Sandusky county ju venile court three years, has re signed, Judge John W. Bronson reported today. Johnson has accepted a posi tion with the Ohio Youth Com to the dry conditions, Hess said.

mission at Columbus. His resig nation here is effective Imme- Hess said that in the case of diately. He lives on Columbus avenue here. Titrfcrp Rrnnenn uid Rurifott committee's plan, that everyone a fire on the east side it would be necessary to ask Heinz to shut down temporarily. He said the plant has a one million gallon storage tank of its own from which it could draw for a short (Bud) DeWalt, part time pro in Ohio should be afforded the opportunity to participate in this County, Fla.

Fort Lauderdale teachers rejected Wednesday a plea by the county school board to return to work. The board voted to keep the schools closed to the 90,000 pupils until Sept. 25. Of the 4,000 tjpachers in the ccounty. 2,732 bation officer, will serve full time.

His wife Is matron of the worthy project. Everybody TEACHERS GET PICKET SIGNS-Teachers carry picket signs from union hall in New York City. The placards were distributed to members of the United Federation of Teachers who would be assigned to direct picket activities in the event of a strike. Union negotiators rejected a $125 million contract prouosal described as final by Mayor John V. Lindsay.

(AP Wirephoto) Sandusky county, who is inter county receiving home. The $6,600 next r. The while butjwould probably have to curtail 1 operations if cut off ested, should contact Mr. DcWalts came here in June teachers had called for a scale from $7,500 to $15,000. Marchman." for any length of time.

lfrom Nonfylk. submitted resignations Tuesday..