The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 12

TWELVE THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1973 MICH. Today In MICHIGAN State To The Rescue FLINT, Mich. (AP) The Flint Beecher school district has received a $1.25 million loan from the state Municipal Finance Commission, enabling the system to keep its doors open, school officials said. The district is without funds to meet the last payroll and told the state Board Of Education Tuesday that closure was imminent if funds could not be found. A teachers strike closed the schools during September, so a student headcount could not be taken, according to school officials.

Without the count, the school was unable to get state aid, alloted on a per-pupil basis. Only 2 Lodges Open DETROIT (AP). An Automobile Club of Michigan survey Wednesday showed that only two Michigan ski lodges expect to have slopes open this weekend. Indianhead Mountain near Wakefield and Pine Mountain near Iron Mountain, both in the Upper Peninsula, expect to open for skiing if snowfall is sufficient. Airport Fuel Cut Off PORT HURON, Mich.

(AP) St. Clair County International Airport officials have been told they will receive no fuel for December, according to airport manager Delmer Kells. Without the December supply, the airport will run out of fuel in 15 days even if present supplies are sold conservatively, Kells said Wednesday. Kelts said four other airports in Michigan's Thumb area Lapeer, Romeo, Marine City and Almont also have been cut off by the Star Oil a Shell Oil outlet. Supports Cavanagh GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

(AP) Eardley said Wednesday several community leaders want former to run for governor next year. Mayor Faces Recall HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) next week to determine the Mayor Robert Blackwell. election failed in Wayne County that City Clerk Tremon McDermott petitions for the recall vote. VAN BUREN Wyoming Mayor Thomas Grand Rapids area political and Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh A recall election will be held political future of Highland Park Blackwell's efforts to halt the recall Circuit Court when it was ruled acted properly in approving Speed Limit Placed On Sheriff Vehicles PAW PAW Van Buren county Sheriff Richard Stump has imposed a 50 mile per hour speed limit on all sheriff's department vehicles being used for routine business in a step to conserve fuel.

Stump's order, issued Tuesday, does not apply in cases "of emergency where life is in 1 danger," in enforcement of motor vehicle law, or in "the apprehension of dangerous criminals." The sheriff said that any officers found in violation of the order "could be subject to dismissal." Snow Removal Cutback Ordered (Continued From Page One) contingency plan be set up in the event gas tax revenues fall by five per cent, 10 per cent or 15 per cent. "We'd better be prepared," said the commission's chairman, E. V. Erickson of Grand To Cut Sunday Ban On Driving BRUSSELS (AP). Belgian authorities have decided to try reducing the Sunday oil-saving driving ban by seven hours, in response to complaints from hoteliers and caterers who suffered heavy financial losses.

The announcement came from the economic affairs minister, Willy Claes, after a Cabinet meeting. Claes said the measure was experimental for next Sunday, when the ban will be enforced between 3 a.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday instead of 3 a.m. Saturday to 3 a.m.

Monday. When words fail, sympathy flowers say it best BUNTING FLOWERS 443 PACKARD, B.H. I Block North Off Britain 926-6934 Haven. "We should take it for granted that we are going to have to operate on reduced income. But we will survive." Net receipts of the highway fund for July, August and September amounted to $105.6 million.

Receipts went up $19.6 million, or 22.8 per cent, over the same period of 1972. Reason for the increase was the growth in motor vehicle registration and travel and new revenue from the two-cent raise in the state gasoline tax, which took effect last Feb. 1. The commissioners said counties and municipalities across Michigan also should develop contingency plans to counter possible reduced gas tax revenues. The counties receive 35.7 per cent of gas tax revenues for county roads, and the 530 incorporated cities and villages in Michigan receive 19.8 per cent for municipal streets.

ROBBINS BROS. FUNERAL HOME 168 N. Fair Benton Harbor PHONE 927-3181 Mrs. Mildred Manley 1 p.m. Friday In the chapel MONUMENTS MARKERS MAUSOLEUMS VANCE FERGUSON Cemetery Memorials PIPESTONE At NAPIER PH: 926-8247 SYMPATHY FLOWERS console and comfort simply and beautifully FLOWERS CORNER OF BROADWAY BRITAIN BENTON HARBOR Phone 925-8831 Excitement High At Girls Tourney (Continued From Page One) Harbor, they still haven't caught on with the general public.

Both Benton Harbor athletic director Herb Quade and St. Joseph coach Fred Knuth said the attendance at Wednesday's game was the usual crowd which followed their respective teams--there weren't many new faces in the crowd. If it had been an undefeated St. Joe boys team going against a Benton Harbor team which had lost only two games (as had the Benton Harbor girls) in the district torunament, there wouldn't be a gym in the area big enough to hold the crowd. At Niles Brandywine Wednesday a crowd of "between 75 and 100" watched Buchanan against River Valley.

Lakeshore took on Brabdywine in another arch-rivalry Tuesday and drew 250. The crowds have thus far been disappointing to tournament officials, even though not all history-making events started off before flag-waving masses. But the small crowds don't take away from state basketball tournament excitement. Just ask the 250 fans who were in the Benton Harbor gym Wednesday night. Lawyer Attacks $500 Bail Bond cases such as Mrs.

Pawlick's "the nominal bond under which plaintiff was placed by the arresting officer should have been continued or slightly adjusted or she should have been released on her own recognizance, but not placed under a bond out of proportion to the offense charged." Judge White said circuit court should not exercise superintending control every time a defendant in district court felt aggrieved by the amount of bond. "It doesn't say we should interject our judgment as to what bail should be or as to whether personal recognizance No Pension (Continued Bill Seen This Year WASHINGTON (AP) A decade after a classic case of nest-egg disaster, workers will have to wait until next year for major pension reform. But House Democrats insist it will be at the top of their list for action. Other pressing business and a desire to let the House take a detailed look at complex reform legislation were cited Wednesreasons why Congress cannot complete action this year on proposals for overhauling the retirement financial protection system for millions of Americans. Although the pressure of compromise work is off for this year, Rep.

Al Ullman, acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said his panel would continue working on its version of pension reform in an effort to get at least its basic draft finished next week. Spending Limit Unconstitutional WASHINGTON (AP) A federal court has ruled that a new law limiting spending for political campaign advertising is an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech. The order by a three-judge panel has thrown pending investigations into limbo while the Justice Department decides whether to appeal to the Supreme Court. PERONISTS SLAIN BUENOS AIRES (AP) Three leftist Peronists were murdered in the last 48 hours. Frost FUNERAL HOMES 420 Pipestone, B.H.

926-6147 901 Bailey, S.H. 637-1176 Mrs. Marguerite Dewitt 2 p.m. Friday In the chapel MARKERS MONUMENTS MAUSOLEUMS BRONZE PLAQUES VASES "Large Indoor Outdoor Displays" Richard Ketelhut, Jr. Cemetery Memorials SUNS.

and EVES. BY APPOINTMENT OPEN DAILY 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. PH 429-1561 1 Mile South of Scottdale on U.S. 31 Democrats Will Fight Milliken LANSING, Mich.

(AP) Democrats in the Michigan Senate will fight against granting Gov. William Milliken any of the emergency powers he requested to battle the energy crisis, according to Senate Democratic Leader George Fitzgerald. The Grosse Pointe Park legislator said Senate Democrats have appointed two staff members to determine if there really is an energy crisis in the state. Milliken could get Senate Democratic support eventually, but not until after Christmas and not in "one fell swoop," Fitzgerald said. In a special message to the Legislature Monday, Milliken asked for power to declare state of severe energy shortage" in Michigan and to be granted authority "to and rules as may be necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare." Fitzgerald said: "If we granted what he wants in his statement, we might as well go home.

You don't need the Legislature. We'll just leave and let the governor run things." PLANS FOR MORE OIL: Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton announces plans Wednesday at a news conference in Washington to lease federal lands in three Western states for commercial production of oil from shale. He also said he is ready to take the remaining steps to issue a permit for construction of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. (AP Wirephoto) Obituaries Marguerite De Witt Mrs.

Marguerite DeWitt, 62, formerly of 217 Benton street, Benton Harbor, died at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday in the Paul Stephen nursing home, Niles. Her husband, John, preceded her in death in 1971. Surviving are a son Lester of Middlebury, her father, Roy Davis and a sister, Mrs. Opal Lester both of Benton Harbor and a brother Robert Davis of Coloma.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Frost funeral home. Burial will be in Crystal Springs cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Weather Working For Us WASHINGTON (AP) Americans in many parts of the country may get help from the weather this winter in getting through the heating oil shortage.

The National Weather Service Wednesday forecast a warmer winter than normal throughout most of the Midwest, much of the South and parts of the Northeast United States. Berrien Burned Marriage Bodies Licenses Found Page One) should be granted." However, White said his opinion was that the bond was too high and said "it would be a tragedy for the defendant to remain in jail until the case came to trial." Presiding Judge John T. Hammond of district court said Mrs. Pawlick's husband had offered to post bond for her but she refused. He said she also asked for a court appointed attorney although claiming a net take-home income with her husband of $290 a week plus $1,450 in the bank.

Hammond said he did not believe the bond excessive since she had already posted $25 and needed only $25 more to make the $50. He said -of-state drivers often find it less expensive to forfeit bond and not return for traffic cases. The purpose of bond is to bring people back, he said. He also agreed to hear Yampolsky's petition for bond reduction. Hammond asked why Berrien Legal Services was involved in a case where the party had ample resources to hire her own lawyer when so many needy Berrien county residents have such difficulty getting assistance" quickly from the bureau.

Three Killed On State's Highways By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS State Police Count: This 2,061 Last year: 2,075 Three persons were killed in two separate traffic accidents in Michigan during the 24-hour period which ended at 7 a.m. today, State Police said. The victims: Roy R. McCaslin, 73, and Levi S. Saylor 51, both of Pontiac, in a two-car collision Wednesday in Pontiac, Oakland County.

Charles R. Haynes, 60, of Detroit, in a two-car crash Wednesday in Detroit. HOMERS (Of and Quality, Distinction Good Value for All Occasions Stop or Call CRYSTAL SPRINGS FLORIST Flower Shop Greenhouses 1475 Pipestone Ph. 925-1167 7 Save On All Blooming Plants Cash 'n Carry FLORIN I FUNERAL SERVICE Mrs. Edith Helen Steiner 10 a.m.

Saturday Fairplain chapel Mrs. Roy S. (Patricia Connell) Carr Requiem Mass 10 a.m. Friday St. John's Catholic church Liturgical prayers 8:30 p.m.

Thursday Fairplain chapel 3 FUNERAL CHAPELS FAIRPLAIN, NAPIER CHAPEL PIPESTONE CHAPEL 272 PIPESTONE DAVIDSON CHAPEL 249 E. CENTER COLOMA Hoosier Sentenced To 60 Days Frankie Hooper, of Michigan City, Ind. was sentenced Wednesday by Berrien Circuit Judge William S. White to serve 60 in jail for probation violation. Hooper, 22, admitted violating his probation by failing to report to his probation officer and by being in arrears on fine and costs.

He was placed on a two-year probation in 1969 for conspiracy to use narcotics. Judge White revoked the probation, expunged the fine and costs and gave him credit for 38 days served in jail. Also Wednesday before Judge White, Richard Allan Pegan, 21, of 2266 Bell road, and Robert Louis Curtis, 20, of 2416 South 14th street, both of Niles, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted breaking and entering. The two are accused of attempting to break into the Namor Speed shop, 1505 North Front street, Niles, Oct. 22.

TO REBUILD RAILROADS LONDON (AP) Plagued by oil worries and road congestion, the British government says it is going to spend $2.4 billion in the next five years to rejuvenate Britain's railroads. The following marriage licenses have been issued by Berrien County Clerk Forrest H. Kesterke: Richard Casimer Stephanak, 50, and Fern Lila Holmes, 55, both of Benton Harbor. Walter Lawrence Black, 22, Jackson, and Debra Kay Forrest, 20, Benton Harbor. Glen Alan Togtman, 23, Sawyer, and Barbara Lee Phillips, 28, Harvey, Ill.

Raul Velez, 22, Gary, and Marietta Louise Finch, 23, Three Oaks. Alvin J. McGriff, 50, Niles, and Laura J. Moore, 46, Battle Creek. Phillip Lee Mendenhall, 27, and Carol Kay Wells, 28, both of Niles.

Louis Paul Mumford, 24, and Nancy Jean Schadler, 22, both of Niles. Darrall Eugene Lausch, 27, Baroda, and Pamela Jean Bohnstadt, 21, New Buffalo. Monroe Brown, 53, and Lorine Olds, 50, both of Benton Harbor. Francis Henry Woodward II, 30, Stevensville, and Gloria Lynn Rozinski, 21, Sister Lakes. John H.

Daniel, 31, New Troy, and Susan Jane Sparks, 21, Buchanan. Jessie Otto Anderson, 66, and Gracie M. Skaggs, 64, both of Niles. CAMPAIGN PAYS OFF NEW YORK (AP) The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York says a $100,000 advertising campaign in its first week has drawn nearly 100 queries from young men interested in becoming priests. DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich.

(AP) Police are seeking the identities of two burned bodies found Wednesday night in this Detroit suburb. A Wayne County sheriff's detective said police believe the charred bodies are those of Contle Willis, 53, of Detroit, and his wife, Mary, 55, who were reported kidnaped from their home by two intruders earlier in the evening. Dearborn Heights police: and county authorities said the bodies, found atop one another on the Middle Rouge Parkway were set ablaze by some fuel other than gasoline and burned beyond recognition. Detectives also said one of the victims appeared to have been gagged and tied around the neck with a rope and the other bound at the ankles and arms. Both may have been shot in the head, police said.

An hour before the bodies were found, a 16-year-old girl who lived with the couple told Detroit police the Willises had been forced out of their home by a man and a woman, both in their 20s. The girl said one of the abductors was armed. Japanese Auto Prices Going Up TOKYO (AP) Four Japanese auto makers confirmed Wednesday an earlier report that they have raised their prices for passenger autos, trucks and buses, effective Tuesday, to absorb increased labor and raw material costs. RICHARD KETELHUT JR. CEMETERY MEMORIALS 1st anniversary Sale 4771 NILES RD.

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