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PAGE TWENTY-SIX THE. NEWS-PALLADIUM. E2NT0N mOLi MONDAY, JULY 5. 1171 Wei 4 maini Mobbed-At Giimpoimt Bff At Niles Known 'Btiiincl 1 n1 iisiirgiar iff Ray Fowler, a well-known Twin Cities and his wife, Arlowyne, were robbed at gunpoint Saturday night in the parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1137, at 204 South Fair avenue, in Benton Harbor. Fowler, 58, who is sales manager of Ireland Lester St Jeseph, told Benton Harbor police that three youths one carrying a long gun, took his billfold containing between 40 and $50 and his wife's purse, containing nearly $20.

Police stated that Fowler reported he and his wife had left the VFW and were walking toward their. car in the lot. The gun was pointed at Fowler, who was ordered to surrender his wallet and lay down on the ground. the three moved toward Mrs. Fowler, her husband got up and ran to the club to call for.

help, police stated. The three, described as black and in their teens, fled on foot, with the loot. 1 The Fowlers reside at 1630 East Empire, Benton township. Fowler in 1964, served as president of the school board of the former Boynton school district, now part of the Benton Jiar-bor district. The robbery Saturday was reported to police at 10.02 p.m.

POLICE NEWS Two Men Jailed On Gun Charges Naomi Mason, of 730 Waukonda avenue, Benton Harbor, told Benton Harfcpr police a pool table, two ues, and 16 pool balls were stolen from her garage Saturday night. BACK TOGETHER AGAIN: Former U.S. Attorney General John MitoheU and wife Martha enjoy a light moment in this recent photo. Saturday, Mitchell announced his resignation as leader of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon, after his wife's insistence that he leave politicsMitchell said he would devote more time to his wife and family. Clark MacGregor, counsellor to President Nixon for congressional relations, was named to replace Mitchell.

MacGregor is a former Minnesota (AP Wirephoto) 4 MtcKeU Quits Nixon So He Can See Martha More Narrow Escape For Young Man NILES A daring burglar had three narrow escapes early 1 this morning, when Nilei residents awoke to find him in their bedrooms. City said the suspect was described as a male, about six feet, of average build, wearing an Afro hair style, 'dark blue and blue jeans. Police said the break-ins tf were reported between' 4 and 4:30 a.m. in the neighborhood of Cherry, Superior and Huron" streets. In each, police said a 't.

husband or wife awoke to find a man in the bedroom. Money was reported taken from a man's wallet and a woman's purse in each break-in. 'f City police also are investigating a break-in Satur-" day of! the' Coffee Cup restaurant, 930 Michigan street, where a rear door was forced and a cigarette machine pried open. Deputies of the Berrien sheriff's department substation at Galien are investigating the theft of about 60 yards of new carpeting valued at $900, from a house in -Marina subdivision Buchanan township, during the past week. The theft was discovered Saturday.

The house is owned by C. B. I. lumber company of Bridgman and had been furnished for showing. An electric range and refrigerator were reported stolen from the same house about four weeks ago.

Gladiolus Float Honored WASHINGTON (AP) Former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell and his wife', Marthb, are together again in their apartment after a stormy week of maritial problems climaxed by Mitchell's resignation as director of President Nixon's reelection campaign. The Committee for the Reelection of the President Satur day announced that Mitchell 11 i I- A i x' ji' i A I 1 A Coloma Children's Contest Entries Now Being Taken "has resigned as campaign director in order to devote more time to his wife and family." The resignation occurred after Mrs.

Mitchell told reporters she was leaving him until he got out' of politics. In a letter of resignation to President Nixon, Mitchell said he regretted leaving the same post in which he shaped a victory for Nixon in 1968. "I have found, -however, that I can no longer "run the campaign on a full-time Jiasis an still meet the one obligation which must come first the happiness and welfare of my wife and daughter," he wrote. The accepting the resignation, noted that a politician's wife "must not only share the disappointments and brickbats but must accept the frequent absence of a husband and father. I am' well aware that this has been particularly true of the Mitchell Mrs.

Mitchell was quoted as saying she -had. been manhandled by security guards assigned by the Nixon re-election campaign committee. She was quoted as. saying that politics was "nothing but a cops and robbers game." COLOMA Entries into the Prince and Princess contest sponsored by the Coloma Jaycees Mrs. are now being accepted by Jaycee member Mrs.

Ted Bird, In-terlochen road. Entries must be 5 to 6 years of age and a resident of the Coloma school'district. I The contest is held annually, with the Prince and PriricesSTelgnlng- over the Kiddies-Parade during the Coloma Gladiolus Festival. Selection of the new Prince and Princess will take place The winners will be chosen by penny otes. Ballot boxes will be placed in various Coloma area stores and each penny placed in the box of the boy or girl of their choice will count as one vote.

'V, Mrs. Bird may be contacted at her home. Berrien, sheriff's deputies arrested two men on unrelated weapons charges stemming from incidents over the weekend. Both were lodged in the county jail. Ralph Nance, 43, of Fikes road, Hagar township, was arrested for assault ja deadly weapon after an exchange of words with a St.

Josephman yesterday at about 5:30 p.m. Joe C. Stark, 34, of Cleveland avenue, St. Joseph, told deputies a man pulled a gun on him in a Hagar township grocery store parking lot. Stark called the sheriff's department, and deputies later located a car and man fitting the description given by Stark.

Deputies said they confiscated a loaded .22 caliber pistol from the man's podcet, and a loaded .22 pistol in a holster under the seat. An Oaklawn, 111., man was arrested at 11 p.m. Saturday night on charge of carrying a concealed weapon after' deputies observed him hitchhiking. Jailed was Jerome P. Petrusha, 27.

Deputies said they saw him hitchhiking on I-94 near the Napier avenue exit in Benton township, and -stopped to check on him. Officers said they discovered the man was hiding a machete knife under his jacket. Petrusha was also booked for hitchhiking on a freeway. Benton Harbor police reported about $300 cash, some $25 in old and Canadian currency, whiskey, and 10 U.S. Savings Bondswere stolen from the home of Louise Repp, 617 Pipestone street, Benton Harbor.

Police said the entire downstairs of the house was. ransacked between 2 and 6 p.m. yesterday. Officers said they detected no sign of forced entry. 1 World Chess Match PING PONG BALL DROP: It rained ping pong balls over Main street, Watervliet, Saturday, as the Watervliet Jaycees.

annual ping pong ball drop. Most of the balls dropped from the small plane bear name of a Watervliet store where they can be redeemed for prizes. Watervliet police estimated that approximately 2,000 people turned out for Saturday's festivities. A parade followed (Ralph' Gordon photo) Until Tuesday Benton Harbor police also' said $76 cash was stolen from the home of Vern Hojt, 1115 Superior street, Benton Harbor, Saturday night. Officers said a screen' was torn from a window.

John W. Morris, 286 Brunson avenue, Benton Harbor, told Benton Harbor police his wallet containing $200 was stolen from his pants pocket sometime after 6 p.m. yesterday. Police said, however, that the wallet 'may have been lost rather than stolen. Berrien sheriff's deputies said two Mercedes Benz hubcaps were stolen from the car of Peter N.

Limperis, of Flossmoor, 111., yesterday, between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Limperis said the car was' parked at Pottawattamie park in Hagar township. Benton township police said a window was broken in the Bard school, 1212 East Main street, sometime over the weekend. Benton Harbor Patrolmen Lloyd Hughes and Steve DeWitt found a' broken window and a television set on the ground outside a house on Apple street, where they were sent to investigate a reported burglary early Sunday morning. The officers soon afterwards found a 15-year-old Benton Harbor youth, who was booked on a charge of breaking and.

entering. He was to be petitioned to juvenile court. The officers said a resident called to report the burglary in process at a vacant house at 134 Apple. The officers said they heard glass break, just as they arrived. Odell Riley, .45, of 556 Territorial road, told Benton Harbor police early Sunday that he was held up at gunpoint and robbed of $160, by a man he had been drinking with earlier: The holdup was reported to have occurred on McCord street, but the bandit was identified only as a man named Cornelius.

Benton Harbor police -said they were called to the Esquire bar Territorial road, early Saturday, after two women, refused drinks, were reported to have broken a. large $200 mirror and numerous glasses, before running out." It was reported that the bartender felt the women had had top much to drink to be served more. Benton 'township police Saturday investigated vandalism at Calvary Bible church, Territorial at Benton Center roads, where three windows were broken. Stolen III AVM AAA --i Coloma Twp. COLOMA Coloma town-.

ship police investigated a. larceny of a boat motor and vandalism of a new house over the weekend. A boat motor, described as a 1971 six horsepower engine was removed from a boat belonging to Robert Long, 8480 Shoreview drive. Estimated value of the motor was placed at $385. Vandalism was reported at $350 to a new house belonging to Neil Nelson, Johnson Nelson said items damaged included lights, clocks and dishes.

COLOMA The Coloma Gladiolus Festival float "High School Memories" won a second place prize during Saturday's Michigan City, Summer Festival parade. The float took the, second place honors in the civic organization category of the parade, with 60 floats participating in the event. The Coloma entry earlier this year, took a first place rating in the Memorial Day. parade at Bloomingdale, and will enter the Fourth of July parade at South Haven Tuesday. Announcement of the latest winning entry was made by Mrs.

Louise Dilts, co-chainrian of the Coloma Gladiolus Festival committee, i Pair Ask Examination SOUTH HAVEN David Bell, 38, and Noah Bell, 17, both of Grand Junction demanded preliminary (examinations Friday when arraigned in fn breaking and en- l'lll1' VT 1.V The pair, were arrested by "state troopers from the South Haven post on June 28 fat connection with the alleged attempted burglary of a Columbia township home. A 15-year-old Juvenile from Lansing is also charged. They were ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bond pending a July 10 examination. Preumiiiary Delayed REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) The International Chess Federation postponed the start of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship series until Tuesday after Fischer failed to arrive in Iceland over the weekend. The American champion was still in New York.

Fischer's 24-game match with, the Russian world's champion was to have begun Sunday, and the president of the world federation, Dr. Max Euwe, announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title. Euwe said his personal opinion was that i' there will be no play at all." The Russians reluctantly. ac cepted Euwe's decision to delay the match. Asked what he thought of the situation, Skassky replied: "I came to play." An Icelandic chess player and longtime friend of Fischer, Freystrinn Thorberbergssoir, flew to New York and said he would try to persuade Fischer' to meet the Tuesday Fischer continued to hide put from newsmen in New York but was reported to have stayed until Friday at the home of friends on Long Island.

Icelandic Airlines had four flights to Iceland Sunday night but said Fischer was on none of them. The-airline has more fliehts on Mondav nicht that r-Kt would put Fischer in Reykjavik been negotiating this point with eartyTuesday, about 12 hours sponsors of the match, the Ice-before the deadline for him to landic Chess Federation. start playing. Fischer's representatives Iceland requested the postponement on the grounds that he was unable to play because of fatigue. But it was generally assumed that the request was part of Fischer's'campaign to get more money but of the Ice-'landers.

Fischer and Spassky have agreed to split a $125,000 purse, with, the winner taking five- eights, and are also toach get. 30 per cent of the sale of fUm and television rights. But Fis- cher is seeking an additional 30 per cent of the gate receipts, and his representatives have Jivo Nd, a Soviet chess i i I CLYDE TWP. Pitched Tent yls Stolen SOUTH HAVEN The larceny of a tent that had been pitched in a Clyde township campground was reported to state police by George Ransom of South i. -r Ransom said the 12 foot by foot green tent wu stolen from the Ely Lake Campground sometime either June 28 or 2S, it was valued at $145.

KEEPS TRUCKING DETROIT (AP) After four-year hiatus, General Mo-; tors Corp. has reentered the' off-highway rear dump truck market, according to GM's Te- ii PRIZES FROM SXY: Successful ping pong ball gatherers display their catch after the annual ping pong ball drop on Main street, Watervliet, Saturday morning. Over 4,300 of the celluloid spheres were dropped Saturday, most of them bearing the name of a Watervliet store where they can be turned in for prizes. Another 4,300 were to be dropped this morning. The ping pong ball drops are part of the Watervliet Jaycees four-day Jury 4celebration.

Above, back row, left to right, are John, Jim and Tony DeLapa, and, front row, Jeft, Gina DeLapa, children of Mr. and Mrs. James DeLapa, Curtis drive, Coloma. Front right is Michelle Ohlis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Ohlis, also of Curtis drive, Coloma; SO FAR STILL CHAMPION i Boris Spassky of Russia, present world chess champion, holds thumb up outside his hotel in Reykjavik; Sunday; Challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States has so far failed to arrive in the Icelandic capital for the championship match that had been scheduled to start Sunday. Officials cave Fischer until Tuesday at noon to show up or else risk forfeit At left Is rex Division General Manager master. (AP wirephoto) 1 -ewr wogiuna..