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THE FORECAST: Partly cloudy, warmer. Highs today, near 90. Details on Page A 2. A Section ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH YEAR-NO. 334 tocond cta ooitoo mM at Uoux aty Wtn SIOUX CITY, IOWA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1972-2 SECTION3-20 PAGES Publ'shM doily Slow Cltr Hmnanwn.

Ino. 419-23 DoualB Sioux Cltv, Iowa 51103 PRICE TEN CENTJ Approve ena JL Ji. S3 cale lviiMniiiiii age 4: 1 I jK 1 1 1T FT in WASHINGTON (AP) The his vote against the substitute and in favor of the AFL-CIO position. Slain U.S. Marshal The labor group strongly sup Senate Thursday night passed a bill which would raise the minimum wage from $1.60 to $2.20 an hour the biggest increase in history after rejecting President Nixon's $2 recommendation.

The vote on passage was ported the Democratic version I 4 i 1A of the legislation. old 2 Men at C.R. Back to Conference The Senate vote sent the bill 65 to 27. The key test in the debate on back to conference with the House which passed May 11 a a dozen poWce prob-i wheel of his car, with the horn CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa UP) the heavily disputed bill came in the 47-46 rejection of a Re- Photo by Johnson, ttoff DhotoaroDhr the problem drinking driver off the road. Three deputy sheriffs and eight policemen make up the ASAP Patrol.

ing the shooting. blaring The 11 law enforcement vehicles purchased with ASAP funds are ready to roll on the streets and highways of Sioux City and Woodbury County on Monday in an effort ot keep measure closely in line with the President's views. The Senate bill would bring Two persons have been arrested here in connection with the Badger said McKinney was publican substitute embodying Nixon's proposals. shooting death Thursday of Dep apparently shot while standing 7.4 million additional workers Democratic presidential nom uty S. Marshal Dick McKin- McKinney died shortly after he was shot in a gunfight in a residential neighborhood early Thursday.

Officials weren't sure just inee George Mcuovern new ney, 48. Open First ASAP Phase Monday here from South Dakota to cast Police Chief George Matias said late Thursday that Aaron next to his car during the fight, then got into the car and drove five blocks to the hospital. A witness said she came out of nearby tavern and saw a man fire some shots into a house, then get Into a car and what happened or what McKinney was doing at the time. But will be set up, patrolmen will public information under the wages and hours law and repeal exemptions which" now prevent many groups ot workers from getting overtimfl pay. The House measure provides for a $2 minimum wage in two steps but has no new coverage and no repealers of overtime L.

Doolin, 21, of Cedar Rapids was booked on an open charge his boss U.S. Marshal Melvin not be waiting in front of taverns for customers to of murder and Joseph Love Hove, said he was definitely on duty. drive off. was charged with robbery with aggravation. emerge nor will patrons' cars Spassky Resigns said E.

C. Pembrook, project director. For the citizens of Sioux City and Woodbury County, this first phase will mean a new lease on life based on the ASAP objective the reduction of highway Gunshot Wounds be marked in any manner, he back-up service to the Sioux City police and Woodbury County deputy sheriffs who will continue to function in the detection and apprehension of drunk drivers. The law enforcement personnel will be supported immediately by a reinforced court system; emergency medical care and mass media counter- Matfas said more arrests were exemptions. McKinney's son, Richard, 8 Agents Fletcher Thompson, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Omaha, said the eight The first phase of the Sioux; City-Woodbury County Alcohol Safety Action Project (ASAP) detailed plan, which has tentative approval from the U.S.

Department of Transportation, Washington, will become "operational" Monday when 11 ASAP law enforcement officers begin patrol duties. The ASAP patrol, made up of eight police officers and three deputy sheriffs will provide said. Police will not provide al pending. said the family was told his Democratic managers of the bill made an all-out effort to cohol-impaired drivers with Police had earlier reported father died of two gunshot rides to their homes, Pembrook defeat the Nixon plan, which that McKinney's wallet was wounds in the chest. agents would be assigned to the personal injury and property damage caused by the declared.

missing when he was found. case fulltime. He said they were 5 th Game problem drinking, Mr. Pem Badger said McKinney died within an hour after he was Earlier, eight Federal Bureau called from several surrounding More Court Officers In an effort to provide a more was strongly opposed by the AFL-CIO. To Soothe Labor They said privately they were brook said.

measures such as news of Investigation agents were cities. admitted to the hospital. efficient method to determine Mayor Comments releases, advertising and other rushed to Cedar Rapids to join In Washington, federal offi REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) An intensive investigation was appropriate sentences in the Sioux City Mayor Paul Berger determined to try in this way to cials said their records showed immediately started by police dispo9tion of OMVUI (operating said, "Citizens of this com soothe some of the labor leaders unhappy about the Demo- McKinney was the first U.S. marshal ever killed in Iowa. detectives and the FBI a motor vehicle while under the .1 Tl 1 World chess ohampdon Boris Spassky resigned Thursday night in his fifth championship game with American challeng munity should have a positive cratic national convention.

attitude toward this program in Airpo Officers said a gun was found rts Board Assistant Police Chief Carl After the defeat of the substi that ASAP may provide to the in an alley about a block from Badger said McKinney died at influence of alcohol) cases where the defendant is found guilty, the ASAP program anticipates employment of two er Bobby Fischer, evening the problem drinking driver tute, however, the managers the shooting. Man, 52, Drowns in River Here Mercy Hospital, where he drove match score at Vi points each. deterents which will result ul accepted some amendments Police said they received himself after he was shot. Spassky's resignation after 27 Nixes Head Tax which cut back the scope of the full-time and one part-time timately in making this area a moves and 3 hours ot play three calls within a few minutes about 1:30 a.m. court serviice officer who will safer place in which to live and bill somewhat or delayed effectiveness of some provisions.

stunned the spectators. He had make pre-sentence investiga drive." The first was a report of a been judged in a slightly weak They had made deals in ad vied only against those boarding tions. They also will serve as William Hansen, Sioux City Dale Minter, 52, formerly of fight in the neighborhood, the second of gunshots about a vance in order to get the votes er but not impossible position. Shout Bravo planes. probation officers.

Elk Point, drowned Thursday chief of police, said, "Although the main function of the ASAP Claim Double Taxation Sioux City Municipal Court against the substitute. Democratic 1 eaders were block away. afternoon in the Missouri River Spassky leaned forward and The two Ozark officials said Judge John Fachman said, "We patrol will be to reduce the The third call was from the stopped the clock, signifying near downtown Sioux City, Dr, the head tax constitutes double pushing for final passage of the long have felt the need for a number of accidents by getting hosDital. saving a man was the resignation. The spectators Thomas L.

Coriden, Woodbury taxation, because airlines program in Sioux City such as legislation Thursday afternoon being treated for gunshot County medical examiner, said, jumped to their feet and some fjpr" ft 1 ASAP which would provide or night. already pass on to their wounds. He was later identified shouted: "Bravo, Bobby." No autopsy was ordered. the problem drinker-driver off the streets, the citizens of Sioux City will benefit also from the fact that the additional officers measures to help the problem customers the cost of taxes they For the second time in the Minter was fully clothed and as McKinney. Hove, speculating about the drinking pay.

But airlines are against it Sen. Harrison A. Williams chief sponsor of tb.8 See SENATE, Page A 2 match, Spassky had been re the body showed no marks of "As time goes on we hope mostly, they said, because it will serve as a visible deterent duced to passivity. events which may have led up to the shooting, said McKinney that the driving public will to criminal activity." With ihis 23rd move, Fischer! will be difficult to administer and will slow the process of processing passengers. The tax invited the removal of all four apparently went to his office in the Federal Building Wednes begin to appreciate the efforts made in this regard not only in terms of rehabilitating those violence, according to the medical examiner, who said Minter apparently fell into the river.

The body was seen floating in the river abouut 5 p.m. near the Michael Sellers of the Iowa Department of Public Safety Des Moines, said, "Because of rooks from the board, though must be collected separately there seemed to be more prom' The Sioux City Airport Ad- Vlsory Board voted unanimously at its regular meeting Thursday to recommend against imposing a user tax on passengers boarding planes at the airport here. At least two other Iowa cities, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, are in the process of adopting such a tax, while Sioux Falls, Omaha and Waterlooo have decided against the idea, it was reported at Thursday's meeting At the Hawkeye Club. Ozark Opposed Two representatives of Ozark Airlines opposed the tax and taid they were representing the airline industry in Iowa. They were Charles R.

Ehlert, public relations representative from St. Louis, and James Twyman, Ozark's district marketing manager from Des Moines. The recommendation will be submitted to the City Council, which reportedly asked for a found to have an alcohol pro isine ideas in either transfer from the purchase of tickets, they said. Mr. Ehlert and Mr.

ri blem but also in terms of the ring his king to his Q3 square Unit OKs Union Creek Watershed Plan WASHINGTON ID The U.S. Stockyards Exit off Interstate lwyman said the flat rate in or advancing his king rook day night after speaking at a meeting of the Northeast Iowa Peace Officers Association in Manchester. Completed Reports He said there were some reports on McKinney's desk) 29 by an unidentified fisherman, reduction of injury and property damage automobile accidents caused bv alcoholically im the head tax penalizes the short Dr. Coriden said in a report. pawn.

Spassky's problems seemed haul passenger and constitutes 5.4 per cent of the cost of a The body had not been in the Marshall McKinney Emergency room personnel at the hospital, Badger said, found water long. paired drivers." In order to handle expected case overloads, the ASAP plan, House Agriculture Committee ticket from Sioux City to Des Moines. to have eased, but his 27th move Q-Bl was a blunder. Fischer's reply came with a which had been completed Minter was employed by the the seriousness of the drunk driver problem in the state, those measures which are found to be successful by the Sioux City-Woodbury County project will be of special interest in terms of possible implementation in other Iowa communities and the state generally." Pembrook said that the ASAP patrol activities will be carried out according to routine police measures. No arrest quotas will be established, no road blocks him slumped over the steering Wednesday night.

Thursday approved a Union Creek watershed project in Wall Street Mission, 312 S. too, provides lor employment of Davenport said the airlines crash. It was an unexpected Floyd and he listed the already discriminate against southeastern South' Dakota, ac sacrifice BxRP causing mission as his Sioux City the short haul passenger in cording to Rep. Frank Den- Spassky's position to collapse. address, according to police.

their fare structures. two more attorneys in the Woodbury County attorney's office. Judicial seminars are planned See ASAP, Page A 2 holm, The body was taken to the Walk Out Together The two players rose and If Des Moines gives final The project In Nelson-Berger i walked out of the hall together. See HEAD TAX, Page A 2 O'Brien Takes on Job of Demo Unity Funeral Home. Spassky appeared tired and Union County will provide flood protection and land stabilization along Union Creek, a tributary recommendation after the board strained, but Fischer retained Ms cool and appeared unmoved of the Big Sioux River.

Denholm said that an ap illiltittiilC: a One McGovern aide privately had already scheduled a d'scussion of the controversial tax. The unanimous vote by the seven board members present came after the board refused to Insert the words "at 'this time" propriation of $790,000 was approved bytheAgriculturs by his victory. Falls Doicn Stairs; Woman to Hospital I lPr iin summed up O'Brien's role as "out link to the party estab loA can lishment." Later, McGovern told a news to the recommendation against Imposing the tax, also called a WASHINGTON (AP) Sen George McGovern, seeking to solidify Democratic support for his presidential quest, named Lawrence F. O'Brien Thursday to woo labor leaders and party officials who. are lukewarm about the South Dakota senator.

O'Brien, who just last week man: "Gary Hart is the campaign manager. He's in charge of the campaign." v. li? head tax. Picture Could Change Airport Manager Fred Davenport told the board that McGovern continued to stress O'Brien will have the separate ill stepped down as chairman of PRICE role of unifying party officials while the airport doesn't presently need additional reve Committee and sent to the House, including $46,000 for land treatment measures, $627,000 for flood prevention structures and $117,000 for project administration prpouses. "The watershed district, south of Alcester, Includes 128 farms and many of these farms suffer from flood damage every year," Denholm said.

The Union Creek Watershed District will be responsible for installation, operation and maintenance of the structural facilities. Costs of the project are estimated at $1.17 million. the Democratic National Com and office holders at all levels, A woman, found bleeding profusely in the 1400 block of W. 6th just before midnight, was rushed to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital by the Cormmurtity Ambulance Service, according to police.

Seventy-three-yeair-old Ada Eickert, police said, fell down a The woman sustained a severe laceration of the head and suffered from considerable loss of blood, officers said. The woman's condition was not known at press time. nue because the airport is now 1 1 1 will serve as organized labor and other BO McGovern's principal liaison Riverside Birlhrlay Feature: Cow-Chip Throwing Contest RIVERSIDE, Iowa (f) -They're going to let the chips fall where they may at Riverside's centennial celebration. The three-day festivity starts Thursday and one of the events is bringing the bovine back into some sort of prominence in this Washington County town. The celebration's feature attraction is a cow chip throwing contest.

More than 100 entries have been received in three categories men, women and politicians. Winners will be eligible to enter the national contest at Beaver, Okla. Lillian Kiene, editor of the Riverside News and Shopper, said residents of rural Riverside have been collecting the missiles. groups normally aligned with self-supporting, that picture could change when the city starts to finance its share of Democrats. wim Key Democrats across the country," McGovern told a McGovern's nomination in future planned airport im news conference.

He will also "be a foremost consultant on Miami Beach last week was not popular with many segments of the Democratic party. The provements. Most airports, he said, depend the over-all policy and strategy i of my campaign." 3-Way Split on substantial amounts of property tax revenue and are lnolcinff for new sources of See DEMOS, Page A 2 Aitnough OBnen assumes revenue to ease that burden the title of national campaign chairman and will be given funds to hire a staff, McGovern Orlyn Swartz, chairman of the board, tried unsuccessfully to get the resolution amended to leave the door open for later described his campaign hier reconsideration as circumstan archy as a three-way split among O'Brien and McGovern's previous campaign chiefs, Frank Mankiewicz and ces change, although he voted for the resolution in the form in Photo Dhotooroorir bv Porter, taff Gary Hart. which it was adopted. Can Change Mind Stanley Greigg lo Join McGovern's Election Campaign WASHINGTON in Stanley I iV SI Explains Armed Robbery Daryl D.

Schwarting, 704 E. 20th South Sioux City, assistant manager of the Safeway Store, 17th and Pierce streets, explains to Patrolman Jon Zook of the Sioux City Police Department details of an armed robbery of the store Thursday evening. Two men, one brandishing a small revolver, entered the store about 8: 40 p.m. and demanded that Schwarting give them the contents of a safe, police said. The men fled with approximately $500, according to a police report.

The robbers were described as being in their 30s. Board members Milton Glaser, James Fowler, Wallace Jones and Gordon Swanson said they were opposed to the tax in principal and declined to soften the resolution to provide for later reconsideration. They did note, however, that the board can change its mind any time it decides to. Board member In the Sunday Journal Ninth Annual River-Cade Sioux City's ninth annual River-Cade will get under way Wednesday. The Sioux City Sunday Journal will carry a cover page detailing the event, and articles and advertising aimed at enabling the reader to prepare for summertime vacationing activities will be found in the feature section.

One Will Become Queen Photographs of 23 attractive young women adorn the cover page of the Sunday Women's Section. They all are competing for the title of 1973 River-Cade Queen who will be crowned July 30. Also featured are stories about a unique and longstanding Neighbor Club and a former Sioux City woman who Greigg of Sioux City, deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, announced Thursday he will join the na tional campaign to elect Sen. George McGovern president. William Amsler proposed the softening amendment and Gene Hagen said he would oppose let-vino- such a tax before it's Daily Features reeded.

Although a $2 head tax in initiated a quiet revolution in Sunday school classes for pre Philadelphia against passengers boarding or getting off planes is announcement followed the announcement by McGovern that Lawrence O'Brien, chaiirman of the national committee, will become chairman of McGovern's campaign. Both O'Brien and Greigg have announced they will resign their posts with the Democratic par ty. DearAhby A10 Her World AS Puzzle All Ask Andy All Hospitals A7 Senior Forum A9 Area News B3 Markets B4 Sports Bl Births A8 Movies A TV A12 Bridge All Obituaries A8 Want Ads BS Comics A10 Polly AS Editorials A4 Sylvia Porter A4 under court attack, the tax has i i 'j been declared constitutional in schoolers. Sioux City's Cimmarina The Sioux City Cimmarina rapidly is taking shape. Already many boats are being accommodated, and next year the facility will be in full operation.

It's another feature in Sunday's Journal. Inwa bv the attorney general, running mate, Thursday new Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. George McGovern poses with his newly named campaign chairman, Lawrence F. O'Brien, center, and his Thomas Eagleton, after a conference. (AP Pholofax), The common figure under discussion in this state is $1 le mmm.

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