The Daily Chronicle from Centralia, Washington • Page 1

Air POWER POLE GOES UP Workers for (he Tyee Construction Kirkland, were busy Thursday Installing poles for new Puget Sound Power and light high voltage power lines. Pole shown here was being Installed about miles southwest of Tenino on old Highway 99. Chronicle Staff Photo Utility pole project nearing completion TKNINO Work neared completion rriday on the instaliation of Pugel Sound Power and Light utility poles between lenmo and the Township Road-old Highway 99 intersection southwest of here. The utility poles are being installed to carry three high voltage power lines between Rochester and Tenino. Work began in late July.

Work on a new- substation located at the Township- Sargent Road intersection near Rochester, has been completed except for the installation of transformers, according to Vern Miller, manager of Yelm and Tenino offices. Purpose of the new line and substation is to "beef up" voltage to PSPI. customers between Tenino and Rochester, Miller said, noting that new residential growth, especially in the Grand Mound area, has increased power demands. The new lines will temporarily carry a combined 55,000 voltes and be cut over to 115,000 volts in the near future, Miller said. Old poles will be removed but the existing lines will be attached to the new poles for power distribution to individual users.

Miller said the new lines are the largest size wire the company has ever used and weigh over a pound per foot. The project consists of two phases, the first phase installation of the substation and the lines between Tenino and the Township Road and the second phase, installation ofthe line between the Township Road and the substation. The project is expected to be completed by early December. Bids will be opened Monday on the second phase of the project. Miller said PSPL has budgeted $2 million for distribution improvement projects this year in south Thurston County including the project near V'elm and a feeder job near Rochester.

The bulk of the money is going to the Kocnester-Tenino project, he said. Air search mission continues over Southwest Washington An air search for a light plane missing since Thursday continued over Southwest Washington and Oregon Saturday by Civil Air Patrol officers and cadets. I.t. Unda Colley, mission information officer for the Southwest Washington search being coordinated from the Chehalis- Centralia Airport, said four CAP aircraft logged more than 25 hours of flying time Friday, but observers reported seeing no trace of the missing plane. The aircraft, described as a two-engine Cherokee Arrow, disappeared Thursday morning while enroute to San Carlos, from the Shelton Airport.

The pilot was identified by the Federal Aviation Administration as A.K. Gustafson of New- York. said one Arm aircraft assisting Civil Air Patrol searchers from Renton Kirkland and Olympia logged 10 hours of flying time before dusk Friday. Skyjacker shot, caught by at Sea-Tac ByTOMRKEDY Associated Press Writer SEATTLE A A 43-yearold objector to the war in Vietnam is under guard in a hospital with bullet wounds in the shoulder and leg inflicted by FBI agents in the climax of an elaborate airliner hijack. it ended, the skyjacking covered 12 hours and more than 800 Reno, to Vancouver, B.C., and back to Seattle.

Authorities identified the wounded man as Frank Markoe Sibley of Stateline, and said he would be charged ith air piracy. Sibley's wounds were described as serious but not critical. Sibley was shot in the hijacked United Air Une Boeing 727 late Friday night after his demand for 15 gold bars worth $15,000 had been met in Vancouver and $2 million in cash was delivered to him in Seattle. Two FBI agents boarded the hijacked plane under the guise of airline employes after the sky pirate insisted on new- crewmen. While the agents were forklifted aboard the 727 seminude to prove they were unarmed, other FBI men prodded a gun on a pole into the cabin.

With that weapon, the FBI agents confronted the hijacker in the cockpit as he held an army-type carbine on the airliner's pilot, the FBI said. An FBI spokesman said about five shots were fired, two of them striking Sibley. The FBI said Sibley tried to resist after he was hit by drawing a knife but was wrestled out of the plane and to the ground where he wasoverpowered. The drama started in Reno early Friday. The hijacker pedaled a bicycle through a hole in a fence and up to the 727, which was preparing to leave for San Francisco with 52 passengers.

He was holding a rifle and wearing a ski-mask. A passenger ran into the terminal to report it. Passengers and stewardesses in the plane were hustled out. With the hijacker, his bicycle and a crew of three aboard, the the aircraft took off for Vancouver, B.C. The man insisted on $2 million in cash, 15 gold bars, pistols, submachine guns and other weapons, a flashlight, pep pills and a monitoring radio.

Over Vancouver, the man talked to Radio Station CJOR for ten minutes. He said the hijack was a protest against the war in Vietnam, that the money would be used to aid crippled Vietnamese children and that he represented a paramilitary- organization dedicated to stopping the war. On landing in Vancouver, Canadian officials loaded the demanded gold bars aboard. QTftelktlu Chronicle Centralio-Chehalis, Washington lOCenls Saturday, August 19, 1972 16 Poaes 84th year. 29th issue Late News She said the Southwest Washington search pattern follows the coastal air corridor from Shelton to the Columbia River.

On the other side of the river, a similar search is under way by the Oregon Civil Air Patrol wing. About 50 CAP personnel and six aircraft resumed the search Saturday morning at the Chehalis-Centralia operations base. Two ground interrogation teams were scheduled to begin canvassing residents of the Shelton and Toledo areas Saturday in the.hope someone may have spotted the aircraft. SHOWERS Variable cloudiness through Sunday with chonces of showers and ihundershowers Sunday afternoon and evening. High 75-80 today, decreasing to mid-70s Sunday with tows 45-55.

Complete weather on page 11. U.S.-Soviet missile pact approved in House vote WASHINGTON A I -The House has approved the i a U.S.-Soviet missile freeze ilh only seven dissenting votes but more numerous expressions of trepidation. The resolution passed 329-7 Friday, although several House members voiced concern that it might allow the Soviets to achieve nuclear superiority. The action came as Congress a i Sept. 5 for the Republican National Convention and labor Day.

"i just pray this will not be a nuclear Yalta," said Rep. Roman C. Pucinski, D- 111., who voted with the majority, as did most others who voiced similar fears. Senate approval remains stalled over an amendment proposed by Sen. Henry M.

Jackson. urging President Nixon to seek U.S.-Soviet equality in weapons numbers in any permanent treaty replacing the interim accord. The Senate takes up the measure after the congressional recess. The five-year agreement signe'd by Xi.von and Soviet Communist party chief l-eonici Brezhnev in Moscow May 25 freezes a a sea-based interconlinental missiles plus missile- firing submarines at the totals in existence now or under construction. The Russians are limited to 1,618 land missiles and up to 62 submarines with up to 950 missiles, the United States at 1,034 land missiles and up to submarines withuptoTlOmissiles.

Both sides are permitted to replace and improve the submarine missiles, including equipping them with multiple warheads. Warheads and other weapons including shortrange missiles and bombers are not covered by the agreement. House Foreign Affairs a i a Thomas E. Morgan, said the five- year agreement could save the United States $2 billion a year by slowing down the arms race. Pudnski and Rep.

Samuel S. Stratton, said the agreement's curb on the Soviet missile buildup was the reason they voted for it even though they are concerned it might enable the Soviets to overtake U.S. missile strength. Stratton said the agreement has "a lot of loopholes" including allowing the Soviets to put multiple warheads on their more numerous and larger missiles and thus overtake the superior number of U.S. warheads.

I A I BEACH, Fla. Emphasizing that he as commenting on "a strictly speculative basis," House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford said today is a "possibility" an a concerning peace in Vietnam may be forth-coming at the Republican National Convention. MUNICH(AP) Only hours after denying that he was trying to enforce any censorship rules for American Olympians, Clifford II. Buck, president of the U.S.

Olympic Committee, today asked that newsmen be barred from the Olympic Village. DETROIT A I Acting under pressure from the White House, Ford Motor Co. announced today that it would limit the price increase of 1973 model cars to J59 the same limit announced earlier by General MotorsCorp. NEW PATH TO i work on the new southbound freeway on-ramp at the National Avenue overpass has been completed by the J. D.

Dutton Company, Olympic, which holds $2.178,377 contract to reconstruct both the National and Harrison Street interchanges In the Twin Gties. Subsidy? FREEWAY West section ot National Interchange will be converted from a ctoverleaf to a full diamond traffic Interchange on Interstate 5 Highway In Chehalis. Work on both projects will be completed next year. Chronicle StoH Photo Revival of bus service possible By JOHN ATKINS ChronieleStaffWriter A revival of shuttle bus service in and between the Twin Cities may be coming in the near future, depending on the outcome of plans now underway to subsidize the local a i by contributions from the business and professional community. The idea, developed by members of the Citizens Regional Advisory Forum on Transportation A received tentative endorsement Friday from the Retail Committee of the Centralia Chamber of Commerce.

The Kev. Eric Otturn. CRAFT chairman, welcomed the committee's response and expressed optimism that more support for the idea would be forthcoming soon from other potential backers. Bill Jones, owners of the Yard Hirds Shopping Center, are reportedly in favor the plan and their business representatives will be meeting with CRAFT committee members Saturday to discuss the proposal. Other meetings are planned with the Chehalis Retail Merchants' Association and representatives of the Centralia Medical Center and Centralia General Hospital.

Under the CRAFT proposal, shuttle bus service would be provided twice a week, following the same or a similar route operated in the Twin Cities by- transit owner Rov Thomas until operating losses forced him to terminate semcelastmonth. "There are many details to be worked out," Rev. Ottum explained. "But first we have to find out if there's enough support for the idea from the business and professional community. Right now, we're attempting to make the support as broad as possible." He said if the various groups do decide on a joint effort to subsidize bus service, decisions as to routes and schedules will be up to them.

CRAFT, meanwhile, will serve as coordinator for the project and stand by to offer any assistance it can, should a favorable decision be reached, Rev. Otlumsaid. County action would Bj TOM KOENNINGER Managing Editor The Daily Chronicle ''Subsidized flood insurance could be 'made available to Lewis County mid-September of this year without cost to the county. It could be, that is, if the county commissioners took the steps necessary to qualify the county for such coverage. This 'information comes from a spokesman for the Federal Insurance Administration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washin gton, D.C.

Qualification by the county "It's quite easy," said the spokesman. "The documentation can be put together in a few days. The items we ask are copies of existing data." Is a detailed flood plain study required? "Yes," said the federal flood insurance spokesman. He added that such a study is contracted by HUD at no cost to the county involved. The county holds jurisdiction over unincorporated areas.

Incorporated areas, such as Chehalis and Cenlralia, could file their applications separately or together with the county. Premiums are ttie same nationwide. The owner of a single-family dwelling valued at not more than as an example, pays $25 a year for $10,000 coverage on the house and lit to insure the contents for $5,000. Premiums go to $30 for a house valued at $22,000 and $25 on a house valued at $35,000 or more. Premiums on contents are increased accordingly.

As of July 10, flood insurance rates were reduced by up to 40 percent. A flood plain study contracted by HUD takes one year to 18 months to complete, but flood insurance coverage starts immediately after the county or political subdivision is qualified through HUD. When an area makes application, three documents are sent to it two sample resolutions and a request prerequisites. This third document is a checklist. Sample questions: Does the county have a building permit system? Is there a review procedure set up for building? A local resolution or ordinance is required to reduce the flood hazard on new construction.

More specific language is added after an area joins the flood insurance program to make the authority more meaningful in protecting the property. Presumably, all flood-prone areas have been identified at this point by the HUD- financed study. A county or political subdivision can withdraw from the program simply by not living up to limitations required in land-use. "We'd much rather leave control in their (the county "si hands." said the spokesman. Once a flood plain study is completed, any new construction in a flood-prone INSURANCE WOULD LESSEN BURDEN Heavy by flooding, at Kill horn.

C.n- flood In.uranc. which could b. available In the county Chronicle tralla during lot! Jonuory', dioter, would covered under Staff Photo thronicl area would be covered by actuarial or non-subsidized insurance. Structures located in flood areas prior to the study would be covered at the subsidized rate. Additional coverage would be at the non- subsidized rate.

In testimony Tuesday before a Senate subcommittee, George K. Bernstein, federal insurance administrator, said the two a i objectives of the flood i a program are: "To help provide financial assistoice for victims of flood disasters in ord to rehabilitate their property, and to help prevent the future unwise use of land so that annual flood damages would not continue to mount and loss of life from flooding could be curtailed." There ae 99 companies that write policies under the HUD program, but any broker or agent licensed to sell insurance in the state may sell that kind of insurance. The department spokesman said HUD "has never received any correspondence from tewis County about the flood insurance program, not even a letter of inquiry." Application, by cities or the county, may be made by writing directly to: The Federal Insurance Administration Department cf Housing and Urban Development Seventh Str eel, SW Washington, D.C., 2M19. Application may also be made through the state Department of Ecology' in Olympia, which has been designated to coordinate the program..