Rapid City Journal from Rapid City, South Dakota • 1

WEATHER: Sunny but cold today, with light Fair and cold tonight, increasing cloudiness and wanner Sunday. High today 32, low tonight 15, high Sunday 40. (Details on Page 2) NUMBER 28134 93rd YEAR baud city Journal FINAL Price 10c RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1970 Lowar Price for Carrier Delivery Kneip pledges positive plan for legislature IS' I 5 4. Gt if" If I i ir "ff of Friday blaze 1 1 If I i Water played on Governor-clod Dick Knoip pledged Friday night that his administration is dedicated to the representation of all the people of South Dakota, and that he will present a positive program to the 1971 legislature. "When my time in stale government is clone, regardless of whether we have failed or have been successful, you can be sure that we have tried to do our best," Kneip told an enthusiastic crowd of 000 Democrats and a splattering of Republicans at a fly a plate fund-raising dinner.

Greatest in the world Kneip, v. ho has felt the warmth of western South Dakota people on previous occasions, took note again Friday evening that "the greatest people in the world live in the West River area." The City fund-raising dinner was one of the best to date, outdoing anything that had been anticipated. Extra tables were quickly improvised to handle the crowd that jammed the Howard Johnson banquet room. The governor -elect noted that Pennington County, one of the Republican fortresses in South Dakota, turned Democratic this year, and commented that "a great deal of discussion is being held across the state about Pennington County's political change." In reference to the tijx'ominR session of the legislature in January, Kneip he hopes to have a sound and reasonable program and "expects Pennington County to be heard from during the session." Positive action pledged "There is a greatness in South Dakota that we must listen to." Kneip told the overflow crowd, and pledged action in meeting the state's needs. Kneip said that he is not looking for miracles, and he Uows the job of being governor is not an easy one, but through the losalty and support of South Dakotans, the job of administering state government will Ik; done.

In his brief rcmaiks be zeroed in consumer protection, water resources, reorganization of the fxecuthu biiiv.ih of erninT-t, economic growth, and revision of the minimum foundation for education as major programs that receive attention. Kneip said he is hopeful that "citizen involvement" will continue, and he will woik toward this foal, "I want the trust of all the people," Kneip told the crowd. Kneip will become governor of South Dakota (Page 2, Column 4) (Photo Dy Journal Staff Photographer Don Polovich) a tticial blaze jr. unit- caos Rapid City fire department and school department officials Saturday were probing causes of a fire which Friday destroyed a 12-room building which served as part of the Central High complex. The fire, which broke out at 12:40 p.m.

completely destroyed the 52-year-old Washington Building. No injuries to stu- 5 1 ladder truck during height Students have been asked to remain alert for announcements on the resumption of classes. In a press conference late Friday afternoon, Dr. William Mitchell reviewed the events of the afternoon, the discovery of the fire and the aftermath. He began with a commendation for the student body and the faculty and assistant principals in the orderly management of evacuation of the Washington building.

"We are extremely thankful," Mitchell said, "there were no injuries to any of our students. He had praise for the efforts and courage of the Rapid City and Ellsworth Air Force Base fire crews and said the schools were indebted to the Black Hawk and Rapid Valley volunteer firemen who stood ty on call. Mitchell reported the automatic detection system went off at 12:40 p.m., about five minutes into the fifth period of the day. A check of the panel indicated the trouble spots were at three points in the Washington Building the attic, sub-floor and boiler room. He said at that point head custodian Leon Howe, school policeman Ben Thorpe, Howard Naasz, assistant principal, and he went to the Washington Building.

Mitchell said he thought they arrived in less than one minute. They could smell smoke (Mitchell later said it For more photos and stories on the fire see pages 3 and 9. (Page 3, Column 2) IP5 II nixGsi launches tough anti-inflation drive 1 1 i Owens youth acquitted of murder GETTYSBURG (AP) A week-long murder trial ended in acquittal Friday for 17-year-old Monte Owens. A jury of ten men and two women deliberated 36 hours before returning the verdict. Judge 11.

E. Mundt instructed the jurors they could bring in one of three finds guilty of murder, guilty of first degree manslaughter, or not guilty. The youth had beon charged with the shooting death of his father, Everett Owens. The bodies' of Owens, 47, and his wife were found in their partially burned home near Gettysburg last January. Defen.se attorney Ramon Roubkieaux said in his summation the state failed to prove Owens had committed the crime.

Iloubideaux said the state assumed the youth was guilty, looked for facts to support their conclusions and ap-pren'Iy made no effort to look for any other suspects. Roubidcaux said the autopsy report on Everett Owens said the victim had died of "gunshot wounds, inflicted by person or persons unknown." The defense attorney told the jury, "After the state had its ca.se, you were stUl faced with that situation. The act was committed by person or persons unknown. "Every fact and piece of evidence in the case the has put together again.st this boy is also consistent with the innocence of Monte," Roubideaux said, "and in this case, you must vote for acquittal." In summation of the state's case, Leonard Andera of Pierre, assistant attorney general, said, "all the facts in this case are consistent with the guilt of the defendant." Potter County States Attorney (Page 2, Column 4) Gettysburg publishers buy Eagle Butte News EAGLE BUTTE Sale of the Eagle Butte News to Bill Owens and Randall Braden, publishers of the Potter County News at Gettysburg, has been announced by Mrs. Marj Ganje.

She and her husband, the late Ben Ganje, purchased the News in M51 from E. L. Schctnan of Dupree, and she has continued to operate the weekly newspaper since her husband's death in 17. The new owners, who took possession Tuesday, published their first is.suc Thursday. They announced that composition of the paper will be done at Eagle Butte by Darrell White Eagle, who will remain as an employe, and that the printing will be done at Gettysburg.

ti school building from aerial dents and only minor injuries to firefighters were reported. There will be no classes at Central High School on Monday to allow school officials to plan to accommodate the additional load placed on the school plant by the loss of the 12 classrooms and other support facilities in the Washington Building. New York the President took up a new economic strategy long held in disfavor by his economic advisers using the power of his office directly to push down a specific price increase he considers inflationary. Nixon was interrupted by applause only once by the business executives. The President noted some businessmen are concerned because their children are saying: 'Business is not for me I don't want to get in the rat race, I want to help other "Nothing has done more to help people in this country and people throughout the world than the private economic system," he said to bring on the only applause of the night.

Whether his administration will go further in "jawboning" business and labor was not disclosed in his speech. But Nixon ased the toughest language to date in his anti-inflation drive. field, was analyzing the drug problem. "In the long run," he said reflectively, "the solution must be worked out on the metaphysical level. Programs to cut back the flow of drugs are important.

Those of us involved in them are fascinated by the technique. But this is basically cops-and-robbers stuff. "It all ends up with the user, the addict. The solution to his problem must be a metaphysical one. He has to work out the riddle: what is man? And can he find himself through drugs? "The drug is no more than i 1 "4 U', lv 1 i iL iU By BILL NEIKIRK WASHINGTON (AP) With a bold attempt to roll back gasoline and oil prices and an ultimatum on construction costs, President Nixon has launched the toughest anti-inflation drive of his administration.

Not only did Nixon announce direct government action Friday night to force down the price of crude oil, but he issued a warning to all industry and labor against betting on future inflation, Criticizing this year's big wage increases in the coastruc-tion industry, Nixon offered this ultimatum: "Unless the industry wants government to intervene in wage negotiations on federal projects to protect the public interest, the moment is here for labor and management to make their own reforms." In his speech to the National Association of Manufacturers in i Kneip .1 deep in conversation i I i i (Journal Photo by Jack Ootl) up aerial ladder portant. Here, extracted from a crots section of expert opinion, are some moves that might help: 1. A bigger role for the United Nations. Member nations are never likely to give the UN a policeman's assignment, with UN narcotics agents deployed operationally. But the UN could do mote to replace opium with better, cash-paying crops.

2. More pressure on major offending countries. Some of this could come from the UN. Says one narcotics expert: "If the UN had been tougher (Page 2, Column 5) Narcotics trail conclusion Education is key in drug problem 4 4 Firemen haul hose The gloomiest of tho.se in the antinarcotics business argue that without reform of the addict, successful disruption of the narcotics traffic would create a crisis in such countries as the United States. Says one: "We'll get drugstores held up, and doctors and hospitals will be robbed as addicts try to get their hands on anything they can." Whether or not this picture is overdrawn, elimination of the illegal inflow of narcotic drugs seems hardly an early prospect.

This is not to say that disrupting the traffic is not im a placebo. Medical experiments show you can get the same effect on a user by injecting ordinary water. What the addict is seeking is escape, and the ultimate escape into oblivion is suicide of them attempt this. But clearly, it's not the answer." Five months of investigation into the narcotics traffic around the world lead one to a similar conclusion: that the crux of the problem is education and regeneration of the actual user and perhaps, too, of the society which contributes to his EDITOR'S NOTE: The only rfal way to dry up the drug traffic may be to cure the addict. But there are lessor steps that could and urgently should be taken.

In this, the last of a series of articles. Christian Science Monitor editor John Hughes describes gome of them. By JOHN IIIGIIF.S (lT0Th ChrWiMt Scifntt Publishing iocitty. All righti rtrve4 WASHINGTON A senior international civil servant, with long experience in the narcotics Abourezk porei over notei.