The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 1

Dscatur 18 I Eau Ctesrs 18 i Wafsrvlisl 6 I Harifcrd 27 Ihrlzr .12 CrsndHaYsn 7 Michigan City 25 St.J:::?h....;.. 7 13 I Calisn 0 Fcr.ics 13 I Crir.an Larsnss 0 rnics towagise 28 LAST NIGHTS SCORES: 7 0 ..25 ..19 Colorna Ukcshsrs Brandywins Cassspslis BiiCtianan Bsrrisa Springs 8 0 WlMXUt.i 33 ......19 River Vallay Edwardsburg Banger .....27 6 South Haven 23 Paw Paw .12 Battla Springf'ld 33 Fennvilla 7 43 CSwIss 13 19 0 BlscrJngdala 7 Ilcpkir.s 0 J- WEATHER FORECAST Sunny and warmer today. Low about 55. Sunday fair and cooler. TEMPERATURES Readings from Fri.

noon to Sat. noon 12 56 1 3 a.m 41 6 p.m 56 1 6 a.m 4(f 9 p.m 51 1 9 a.m 4t 12 44 12 n. 58 High, 59, at 3 p.m.; low, 40, at 6 a.m. Michigan's Biggest Buy For Reader And For Advertiser 10c BENTON HARBOR, MICH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1967 FINAL EDITION ill i rn jibe urn uu in Safety Of Children Is Cited 'if? 3 yl Start Classes, Board Appeals LMCs, Fall Semester May Have To Be Postponed The Lake Michigan college board of trustees has appealed to teachers to get school started Monday and let contract negotiations continue.

yiiifi its nUTS The board announced that a Area Officials Want Amendment In State Law By RALPH LUTZ Staff Writer NILES A change in th controversial state, aid 'formula, related to busing of. recommended Friday during the Governor's Regional Traffic Safety conference. The change, if approved," would enable school districts to bus students formless than Vi miles in heavy traffic areas without loss of state aid to the districts. Controversy has developed in the Benton Harbor school district and many others over the master contract had been sent to all teachers for their consid- nri ti An A 1 tiiop Trfi 0 1 still apart on all the major issues. Teachers have missed a payday because of failure to open the college.

It was announced today that the Michigan Education association has made interest free loans available to LMC teachers who can apply To (See back page, sec. 1, col. 7) side Bill Kucera (left), 20-year-old Coloma sophomore, said students side with teachers and want to get back to classes. It was the second student gathering on deadlocked LMC negotiations, and more are planned if talks fail, he said. (Staff photo) LMC STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE: Some 24 Lake Michigan students chanted, handed out leaflets and beat the drum Friday at Benton Harbor YMCA to protest lack of contract for LMC teachers.

Teachers and LMC board representatives met later in current formula and decisions not to lose state aid by violating the lVi-mile limit which now exists. Under present statute, a dis Joe Rock Sto Omng- ry -Wasn t-Little i a liwii. niou naj nit ati4 "We sincerely and respectively urge your return to the classroom on Monday, Sept. 25, 1967, so the students at Lake Michigan college may be served and teachers can be paid while negotiations continue. LONG DELAY SEEN Not mentioned, but of mounting concern, was the feeling that if college doors don't open next week, the first semester may not start until January.

The board's message to teachers outlined its salary proposal, job security provisions and scope of contract. Teachers may sign the master contract on an individual basis if they desire. The State Labor Mediation board was rushing in its chief mediator here late today in an effort to renew negotiations that reached an impasse yesterday afternoon. Robert Blackwell, secretary trict is penalized by loss of state aid, if it buses students less than IV miles to classes. The fine is $8 per stadent, or forfeiture of 25 per cent of the state reimbursement for transportation.

The recommendation for the change in the aid plan evolved in Goes Wild I vBewriter a workshop session during the regional conference, attended by some 200 persons at the Four "Screenland" magazine quoted Landon as saying "they tried to kill me in broad daylight" during the 1967 Blossom Parade here. Cities sent Landon a copy of this newspaper with a front page article describing a pulp magazine's purported interview with the Hollywood star. planted the seed for the fanciful tale says he has since been released from Landon's employ. The agent's release came after someone from the Twin Michael Landon, "Little Joe" in the TV series "Bonanza" never told anyone he was "nearly killed" in Benton Harbor, and the press agent who According to the magazine article, a "huge" rock was dropped from the upper story of a building in Benton Harbor, narrowly missing Landoa and his wife. The story said the car's driver was knocked unconscious and Landon leaped into the front seat to guide the vehicle to safety.

Flags hotel here. They represented police departments and other agencies. This recommendation, along with others received, are to be forwarded to Gov. George Romney's office for further consideration and possible action by the state legislature. Among legislators attending the conference were State Sen.

Charles O. Zollar and Rep. Lionel Stacey, both of Benton township; and Rep. Don Pears, hanan. all Renuhlieans.

t'j l' -i MICHAEL LANDON nist because he feared jeopard- None took part in drafting the uing nis useiuiness in Denau oi recommendation regarding the other clients. state aid formula. Col. Frederick E. Davids.

was scheduled to arrive in Benton Harbor in time for a 6 p.m. meeting with the bargaining teams for the college and the LMC Federation of Teachers. Only an unexpectedly quick settlement under the mediator's guidance could have the students in their classrooms Monday. A faculty spokesman said that assuming a quick agreement could be arrived at, he was sure the teachers could assemble on short notice Sunday for a ratification vote. REACH IMPASSE There were no strong reasons for optimism, however, when the talks that have been in progress since Monday broke up late Friday afternoon.

Atty. Donald Arnold of Chicago, head of the board of trustees negotiating team, and Mrs. June Fei-ger, representative of the Michigan Federation of Teachers, agreed the two sides were at an impasse. The college team declined to accept a counter proposal submitted by the faculty side Thursday night. The teachers, in turn, had rejected the terms in a new package offered by the administration Wednesday.

The mediation board's top troubleshooter was being sent into the prolonged squabble 1 1 a i A. STORY DENIED The driver of the car, Herbert Klapp of Whirlpool corporation, denied the story. So did Robert Harmon West Michigan Electric only other person to ride in the car with Landon and Klapp. They said a few small stones were thrown harmlessly at the car at one point, but nothing else. Today, this newspaper's managing editor received a letter from Jay Bernstein, president of Jay Bernstein Public Relations, a Los Angeles, firm.

Bernstein said the blown-up account of Landon's appearance here made Landon "furious" and that the "peoole of Benton Harbor were, in his words "lovely to me'." Further, says Bernstein "the only thing that Mike Landon ever did was to telf me that someone had thrown a small rock out of a window and he thought of it only as director Michigan State Police, voiced optimism and ssimism regarding traffic highway safety. Davids was guest speaker at the noon luncheon. Optimism was reflected by Davids who observed that highway deaths this year are down by 231 from last year at this time. He cited local traffic safety council campaigns and (See back page, sec. 1, col.

8) Here is the text of Bernstein's rather interesting letter: Dear Sir: I am sending this letter to your paper to straighten out the situation which my former client, Michael Landon, considers to have resulted in one of the worst experiences of his life. I am referring to your front page story denying the fact that Mr. Landon was nearly "murdered" in your town. Here are the facts. Although (See back page, sec.

1, col. 5) in the Haight-Ashbury district was an unscheduled stop in Romney's "non-political tour of American cities. (AP Wirephoto) ROMNEY AND THE HIPPIES: Governor George Romney and Mrs. Romney of Michigan made the scene in hippieville and talked with "Hippies" about peace and love. The visit to the Golden Gate Park, someone childish prank.

Bernstein says he seized on lie Romney A Flop In Hippievi the rock incident to "find some news peg in which to point out the fact that Mr. Landon is in demand for personal appear 1 1 nere, repuneuiy iue icqucau of the governor's office. Both Mrs. Feiger and Arnold said their sides had not called for the intervention of a new mediator. An earlier mediator, who also had the dual role of fact-finding officer, Dr.

Daniel Kruger of Michigan State university, v. ances." An aged newspaper columnist in Los Angeles puffed up the incident, ssys Bernstein, then a pair of screen magazines really exaggerated it. Bernstein 'Governor "Takes tand Against ''Pot' declined in a phone conservation to name the newspaper colum- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Gov. George Romney of Michigan, who may not have won any votes, has made the scene in hippieville and given scores of hippies a temperance lecture. The undeclared candidate for the Republican presidential nomination came away with a necklace of "love beads" around his neck Friday and a flower from a hippie admirer.

It was a bizarre contrast, Romney in his neat blue suit had ruled himself out of further mediation efforts on Sept. 11. STILL APART Spokesmen for both sides yes-terday afternoon said they were MMaiiHiiimnnstM INDEX TO Inside Pages SECTION ONE Editorials Page 2 Twin Cities News Page 3 SJ Mailman Meets His Worst Foe wheel, and zipped down to the park, followed by a busload of Romney staffers. When this invasion appeared, hippies dining under the trees on corn-on-the-cob and greens, let out shouts of "End the war in Vietnam," "Down with the draft "Get the CIA out," Legalize pot (marijuana)." For a moment, it was too noisy for anyone to bear anyone. Romney called out, "I have come here to hear what you have to A Negro standing near Romney gave a little speech which concluded, "I want to be treated as a man." "You mean," said Romney, and starched collar, his wife Le-nore at his side, completely surrounded by some 200 to 300 hippies with long hair, beads, tattered garb and bare feet.

The visit to Golden Gate Park was an unscheduled stop in Romney's "nonpolitical" tour of American cities. HIPPIES' MECCA Romney had been visiting a church-run project called Huckleberry's for Runaways, which tries to get runaway children drawn to this hippie haven back to their parents. Then one of the hippies suggested he visit the now-famed Mecca for hippies, the Haight-Ashbury area. Romney and his wife squeezed into a pickup truck, a tall long-haired hippie at the Women's Section Pages 4,6 Church News Page 5 Ann Landers Page 6 Building News Pages 8,9 Obituaries Page 10 Robert Thruber of 1010 Pearl street, St. Joseph, left the Navy last month for "hazardous duty" as a civilian.

He became a U.S. postal carrier. Thurber met mailman's worst enemy on Thayer drive yesterday a dog that bit him in the back of the leg. St. Joseph city HIT Colorful Fall Season Officially Opens Today NEW YORK (AP) Autumn begins today.

The season commences the moment the sun crosses the equator to the the Southern Hemisphere. The sun has been over the northern Hemisphere since March 21. Today marks the autumnal equinox when the day and the night are equal length. SECTION TWO Sports Pages 11.12,13,14 Comics, TV, Radio Page 15 JUSTICE AND ENFORCEMENT: Benton Harbor Municipal Judge Elizabeth Forhan, converses with Col. Frederick E.

Davids, director, Michigan State Police, after luncheon meeting during Governor's'-Regional Traffic Safety conference at Niles (Staff photo) police said both the dog and Thurber had shots Thurber got a tetanus shot before being Markets Page 18 Weather Forecast Page 18 "you want others to esteem you ClassL'ied Ads Pages 19, 20, 21 (See back page, sec. 1, coL 4) discharged from the Navy..