The Daily Telegram from Adrian, Michigan • 1

Weather They Say: "The Postal Service in It mav have designed an Fdsel and now it i initin( that we don't hae an Kdel" William 1 Ford The Daily Telegram 'Weather Details on Page 11 VOL 160 NO 73 Good Evening Lenawee County ADRIAN MICHIGAN FRIDAY MARCH 26 1 976 (1 8 Poges) PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Kelley Intervenes News In Brief INo Reimbursement Planned Threat Undergoes Appeal EAST IAXSIXG Mich i AP A state pane! Thursday recommended limited drilling in the Pigeon River State Forest but refused to endorse state payments to oil companies if drilling is banned completely The Michigan Environmental Review Board recommended the state allow oil and gas drilling only in the southern third of the forest Such drilling has been recommended by the state Department of Natural Resources Officers Transported Heroin RALEIGH NC AP) Operating from the safety of US military bases in this country and Thailand a syndicate led by Army and Air Force sergeants smuggled more than $300 million in pure heroin into this country on Air Force tanker planes federal officials say That was ihe account given Thursday by officials here and in Washington after federal indictments were returned in Raleigh against 14 persons most of them present or former military men on charges of conspiring to import heroin full state funding Milliken said Hotchkiss has to have a good legal basis" for blocking the election An assistant nttoroev general said Wednesday night any permanent injunction would be appealed immediately ihe goxernor is expected to meet soon with legislative leaders discuss the problem Without the governor's support that translates to hi Republican colleagues in the legislature it will be difficult to pass any these measures" Senate Majority Leader William Fitzgerald D-Detroit said Thursday A similar funding hill has been introduced in the Senate Fitzgerald said it would be "unfair' to abolish the primary "so close to election day without any warning to the public or to the candidates invi'v-d the restraining order and said he would either issue a permanent injunction against it or lilt the order within five days Hotchkiss indicated his ruling will dr pend largely on whether the legislature agrees to fund the primary The court suit which led to his restraining order was filed by local clerks who argued the state cannot order them to hold an election and then force them to pay for it The stale paid for the HTTt presidential primary but did not approve the expend) tun until months after the election was held Discussion on a bill lo fund the May election has been delayed until April 27 "1 do think important for the primary to continue Milliken said But he said he was not vet willing to support US Makes Talk Overtures WASHINGTON iAP Almost 11 months after the chaotic collapse of the -backed government in South Vietnam the United States has signaled its willingness to discuss issues with Vietnamese government officials which could result in establishment of diplomatic relations US officials said Thursday night that the United States has sent a carefully worded message to Hanoi through a foreign government probably France that it is willing to begin talks Paris is considered a prospective site Bill Softens First Charge Administration Needles Cuba WASHINGTON AP The Ford administration is stepping up psychological warfare in an effort to deter further Cuban armed interventions but has refrained from any significant US military preparations White House and Pentagon statements Thursday that contingency plans under review apparently were made to underscore Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's warning that United States will not accept further Cuban military interventions abroad" Arms Transaction Considered Giving Voters Air WASHINGTON i AP Congress is studying a formal Slate Department proposal to sell six 030 cargo planes to Egypt in what would be the first US -Egyptian arms deal in about 20 years The proposed sale which has drawn opposition from supporters of Israel and from the Israeli government was announced Thursday by the Pentagon and State Department Secretary of State bhenry A Kissinger is expected to be questioned on the proposal today when he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Former Congresswoman Helen Gahagau Douglas and Charles Taft chairman of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee are backed by a sign reading Pledge a Fair Taft and Douglas were involved in the signing of the 1976 Fair Campaign Code in Washington Thursday AP Wirephoto) Chain Reaction Occurring Auto Strike Forces Other Shutdowns America Casts LANSING Mich tAP legislation reducing penalties for first offenders convicted of offenses involving small amounts of marijuana could get a final House vote Monday The House Thursday moved the bill into final vote position after resisting an attempt to gut it The bill sponsored by Kcp William Bryant R-Grossc Pointc removes prison sentences for first (lenders con vie ted ol use possession or nonprofit distribution to adults of 18 grams or less of marijuana about seven -tenths of an ounce The court without entering a judgement of guilty would place the individual on probation instead of sending him to prison Nonprofit distribution covers things like passing a marijuana cigarette around The bill also lets police officers issue appearance tickets instead of arrest warrants for people charged with these offenses The House defeated a proposed amendment that would have removed the probation provision for first offenders That amendment was offered by Rep Dan Stevens Atlanta who said "I don't think we want lo adopt that as a matter of right on a first offense there is no penalty other than probation I don't knowhow we who are parents can try to tell our children that marijuana is bad but you get grants true argument against this legislation concerns its propriety not its constitutional validity" the three-judge panel wrote "On that point plaintiff's complain? is with the legislature not this court" one shot tree But Rep Paul Rosenbaum D-Battle Creek chairman of the House Judiciary Com miller which reported the measure out to the full House said the hill would save the state $21 million annually court ami jail colls and in costs for appointing counsel for those charged He said it would afon save "all the aggravations and heartbreak for the kid and parents if the kid is found with one joint" Rep James Smith K-Grand Blanc also opposed the amendment "I'm just as lough on law enforcement as anyone "he said But he said all the bill will do is just not going to give a kid a record for passing around one joint of marijuana" Current penalties for possession or nonprofit transfer of marijuana arc a maximum one year in jail and $1000 fine for use a maximum 90 days in jail and a SI 00 fine Oops The Wrong Number WASHINGTON APi -Postal officials said Thursday they didn't realize that new machinery also provided a new- wav to break up package- because they were studying the wrong statistics Chairman Charles Wilson of the House Postal Facility subcommittee told postal offi cuts that the new centers for handling bulk mail are "a management blunder of the first magnitude Both Senior Asst Postmaster (General Dorsey and Asst Postmaster General Edgar Brower said they were unaware of the damage rale until Wilson marie a surprise visit to the Detroit center and found thousands of damaged parcels Wilkin said he believes the bulk mail cntms "will cost the American public millions of dollars while lowering the quality of mail soviet UNITED NATIONS NY AP) The United States vetoed another anti-Israeli resolution in the Security Council Thursday night saying that it would impede American attempts to get Arab-Israeli negotiations going again "We are engaged at this moment in an effort to regain momentum in the negotiating process that has brought some unusual progress" I Ambassador William Scranton told the other 14 council members all of whom voted for the resolution censuring Israeli policies and practices in the Arab erritories it has occupied since the 19S7 Arab-Israeli war LANSING Mich iAP A restraining order that could hall May 18 pcesi dential primary has been appealed stale Atlv Gen Frank Kelley said today Kelley said he is asking the state Court of Appeals lo stay the order pending an emergency review The move again the primary was issued earlier this week in Ingham County-Circuit Court "Immediate action by the appeals court is needed if the election machinery is to be ready in time for Michigan's presidential Kelley said officials must print up the ballots and prepare the voting machines lor the election and a minumum of six weeks is required for this Meanwhile Gov William Milliken said Thursday he still opposes state funding of the primary despite the legal threat which might block it Milliken said he would not rule out state financing of the election at a cost ol some $2 million But he said he believed some sort of "cost-sharing" arrangement could be worked out with local government An Ingham County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday night issued a restraining order against the primary and said he might order it dropped altogether if the state does not fund the election Legislative leaders had mixed reactions to the ruling There was no action on a bill new before the House to provide the money and leaders said they will need support if it is to paw Meanwhile officials of Michigan's two major parties puzzled over how they could select delegates to the national convention if the primary cancelled Judge Ray Hotchkiss issued and Wixom Mich General Motors has eight plants working Saturday: Norwood Ohio: Pontiac Mich Cadillac in Detroit Baltimore Fremonl Calif Arlington Tex Doraville Ga and Oldsmobile in Lansing Mich Automotive News said the auto makers are planning to turn out 790000 cars in April lower than the March estimate of 823000 units but still the best April since record 1973 Production of 23 million cars has been set tentatively for the second quarter of 1976 the industry journal said ruling from the state Court of Appeals The appeals court ruled Thursday that the stale can legally appropriate funds for the stadium new home of the Detroit Lions It rejected a suit which claimed the law under which stale payments are made is unconstitutional State Senator John Ilertel D-Harper Woods said he and other piaintiffs would either appeal to the Supreme Court or file suit in Federal Court in an attempt to halt the state sub sidies Hertel said the state has appropriated $2 4 million for the stadium thus far it opene-similar state funding to future stadiums by overturning a provision which limited funds lo stadium authorities created before Dec 1 1971 The state has committed itself to handing out some $800 000 a year to the Pontiac Stadium Authority and the yearly payment is the focus of an annual legislative battle The state has pledged 524 rmiiion over 30 years to help pay me rent on the stadium as "insurance" against lack of revenue from sporting events and otrer attractions The court ruled that a T2 amendment to a state racing law wnich diverted some racing revenue to stadium authorities is constitutional It said however that limiting bere': to those communities which organize stadium authorities by a certain date "is srr proper' meaning authorities organized from now on may qualify for similar state operate all their lacilities A total of 51850 hourly work ers remain on indefinite lav-offs 34600 at GM 9325 at Ford 5325 at Chrysler and 2 600 at American Motors Automotive News the industry journal said Thursday that US auto production this week has been scheduled at 184824 units up from I7BW9 last week and 105854 in the comparable 1975 week US truck production was put at 61105 up from 60758 last week and 36730 last year Ford scheduled Saturday overtime at Mahwah NJ to and Bobcats If the strike continues all 20 of North American plants would run out of axles and be forced to close some as early as next week a company spokesman said The Metuchen plant was the only auto assembly facility shut this week haven't vet worked out details of next week's operations and can't say at this time what plants might be affected" Ford Vice President Donald Bastian said Thursday Talks in the dispute at the Sterling Heights plant were scheduled to resume Friday at 2 pm The walkout by 6100 United Auto Workers began Wednesday over safety conditions American Motors Corp meanwhile said it would shut down its intermediate Matador and compact Gremlin operations idling 800 workers at its Kenosha Wis assembly plant and 2200 at the Milwaukee body plant General Motors Corp and Chrysler Corp said they would Army Leader Succeeds Peron BUENOS AIRES Argentina (AP) The military junta thai overthrew President Isabel Peron has announced that it will replace her with a highranking military officer Reliable sources said that the junta leader Gen Jorge Videla would assume the presidency Monday and would also continue to be commander inchief of the army Tlie announcement Thursday night also said ihe commanders-in-chief of the army navy and air force would hold their posts for a maximum of three years but gave no indication how long military rule of the country might last But since ihe junta is made up of the three commanders of the armed forces the announcement indicated Argentina would get a new trio of rulers by 1979 at the latest Lone Veto Inside Legislator Willing To Battle Against Stadium Allocations Callaghan In The Fore LONDON AP) Foreign Secretary James Callaghan was still the favorite today in the race to succeed Prime Minister Harold Wilson after leftwing candidates failed to muster a majority in the first round of voting by members of the ruling Labor party in ihe House of Commons Ballots for the second round of voting for the post of party leader were mailed Thursday night to the 314 Laborites voting The result will be announced Tuesday If one of the three men remaining in the race does not get a majority a runoff will be held between the two high men Convenient Access To Profit Figures DETROIT (AP) At least two Ford Motor Co assembly plants will be closed next week because a strike at an axle plant in Sterling Heights Mich has cut off Ihe supply of parts A total of 5175 employes will be laid off because of the shutdowns at Dearborn Mich where Mustang IIs are produced and Metuchen NJ which makes subcompact Pin- PBB Firms Responsible LANSING Mich (AP) After protests and criticism from a top Democratic lawmaker his handling of the mass livestock poisoning in Michigan Gov William Milliken on Thursday-put the blame squarely on the companies involved Milliken told farmers that Farm Bureau Services the Michigan Chemical Corp their insurers and attorneys have spent the past 30 months all they can to present the arguments most favorable to their own interests "While these private parties have debated legal points of course the farmers have continued to suffer devastating economic losses" he told a farmers meeting at Michigan State University "The responsibility for these delays and for the continuing plight of the farmers rests with the private parties They brought this problem about and the liability rests with them government has interceded only to force the responsible parties to meet their obligations and to prod action on the legal issues" he said Protesting farmers blamed Miliiken's office the legislature and other state agencies for not taking the poisoning seriously House Speaker Bobby Cnm D-Davison also has criticized Miliiken's office and the state health department with inaction on the problem Lottery SUPER DRAWING MILLIONAIRE QUALIFIER 097456 On The LANSING Mich (AP) A legislator who opposes using state money to subsidize the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium says he wants to carry on the fight despite an unfavorable transportation refining and marketing levels by big oil is of 'trivial' economic im portance" Hart said He said that if a state is to tax a portion of a corporation's total income rather than just the income of local divisions it must demonstrate that a firm is a business" He said Exxon toid Wisconsin authorities that "it is already organized so each division operates virtually independent of the other" and he quoted Exxon's counsel as telling the Wisconsin tax commission: "Our evidence will show thai each function is independent and no? unitary to or ar integral part of any other function But Exxon told Hart's sucomnitttee that it could not provide requested profit and loss data from production transportation refining and marketing "because the company was unitary and therefore there was no breakdown of the separate operations nor of the profit ard loss ar each level" Hart said WASHINGTON (AP) Sen Philip A Hart said Thursday that Exxon Corp told a congressional panel considering a bill to break up large oil firms that it couldn't supply profit figures for individual divisions But Exxon changed its story when it sought lighter corporate taxes from Wisconsin authorities Hart said Hart a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate antitrust subcommittee advocates a measure that would rec- tre each company to coniine to one segment of ihe business production refining transportation or marketing He toid the Senate on Thursday that Exxon the nation's largest oil company and other major petroleum firms have been bombarding Congress ard the pu'ciic with arguments that "vertical divestiture by legislation would destroy the industry aggravate the energy crisis and send gasoline prices skyrocketing But Exxon testified in a Wisconsin tax case that "vertical Hon of the oroduction Topless dancers have been a subject of heated debate in Bridgewater Township lately and when the township board last night scheduled a hearing it turned out to be a big bus: the tavern owner where the dancing has been held failed to show Story on page 1 1 A new scholarship honoring the late Dr Bernard Pat-mos of Adrian has been announced by Siena Heights College Story on page 12 Irish Hills Lions Club members hosted 15 other Lions clubs from Southeast Michigan Photo on page 2 Blissfied fourth graders celebrated the Bicentennial Wednesday with costumes and activities at school Photo and story on page 7 The Ohio Connection This corkscrew roller coaster a Cedar Point Amusement Park in sanduvky nhio will turn riders not lo mention iheir stomachs upside down Worker are helping make end meel on ihe super-duper model AP Wirenholo Hospital News 2 Horoscope 17 Sports $9 Police-Sheriff 11 TV Guide IS.