Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 1

"TL iL-i ll I 'LI i lie newspaper inui an Murui iuwuni neignrjors A COPY TWO SECTIONS VOL. Ill 131 MASON HOME EDITION fcfiC-Mfcj rll (g f((o amr imj LmJ LJ SBt-' fci Fofms flattened, injuries minor Benda leaving ICC post now CITY, IOWA 50401 TUESDAY, No' progress. was reported in pattern-setting' talks in New York and Washington between the Bell System and the AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America. The union says a strike at 6 a.m. Wednesday is inevitable.

The company says it isn't n. essary. Meanwhile the United Telegraph Workers, AFL-CIO, reported some progress on wage issues but said serious differ- cent both years, plus other benefits. Current hourly pay averages average $3.37, ranging from $1.85 for walking messengers to $5.20 for computer technicians. Hageman said serious differences remain in the areas of work-force reduction and subcontracting of work.

Besides the UTW's members, 3,100 New York area, clerks represented by local 1177 of the CWA also have been on strike against Western Union. Rail strikes have been threatened for Friday, by the United Transportation Union against the Southern Railway, Union Pacific and Chicago North Western railroads. Ed McDaniel, district manager for Northwestern Bell in Mason City, said the potential strike would have "little effect" on local telephone With persons would be able to place direct-dial long distance calls as usual. Persons using operators for long distance calls would notice a delay, he said. Also customers wishing to have new phones installed would notice delays, he said.

He said, however, that he was hopeful a new contract offer to be made Tuesday afternoon might avert a strike. Staff Photo by Joseph W. Jackson III Form between Elma and AltaVista shows thoroughness of twister Te I nie wo ke rs set to sfri ke down and all the windows blown out. The shed that houses the emergency generator was damaged but none of the equipment was affected. "What the first two left, this one cleaned up," said E.

J. Weber, Alta Vista businessman, Tuesday morning. He was referring to the three tornadoes which have traveled almost identical paths between Elma and Alta Vista in the last three weeks. Weber said the first two, which struck the nights of June 19 and 24, traveled through the area at about "tree-top height." This one, which struck at 6:30 p.m. Monday, dug a foot-deep furrow in the ground from where it struck, Vk miles west of Elma, until it crossed Highway 63 after marking a diagonal path southeastward, skirting Alta Vista.

"The cloud was full of churned-up earth, power poles, livestock, trees and parts of buildings," Weber said. "Cows were blown at least of a mile through the air. Hundreds were killed or had to be Weber said furniture, including beds and bedding, were sucked out of houses and ried in the funnel. There were some personal in-. juries but all were minor.

Hospitalized in New Hampton were Mrs. Francis Klobassa, Mrs. Paul Younker and Kay Klobassa, 10, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Lee Klobassa. Six others were treated at the hospital and released.

Damage to the farms in the path of Monday night's tornado was almost total, according to Weber. On the Henry Hoffman farm, Yk miles north of Alta Vista, on the adjoining Kenneth Fangman farm and across the road, on the Joe Roethler farm and the Francis Klobassa farms all outbuildings and houses were leveled. At the Henry Rosonke farm only the house and a small shed were left standing. Nothing was left on the Homo DeVries farm. Only the riddled house remained on the Leonard Frantz-en farm.

All buildings were destroyed on the farms belonging to Raymond Richards, Ambrose Recker, Mrs. Clem Recker, Joe Recker and' Carl Jungbluth. Buildings and the home on the Chester Buckley farm were riddled. Another funnel struck the St. Ansgar area about 5:45 p.m.

Monday. It touched down first at the Alvin Kroncmann farm, two miles south and three miles west of St. Ansgar. The barn FARMS (Please turn to Page 2) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -Iowa Commerce Commissioner Kenneth Benda Tuesday announced his immediate resignation in a letter to Gov. Robert Ray.

Benda told Ray he reluctantly arrived at the decision that my continuance as a member of the Iowa Commerce Commission, even for a short period of time, will not provide me with an opportunity to make additional contributions to the operation of the commission. Armour dispute continues The work stoppage at the Armour Co. plant in Mason City "worsened somewhat" Tuesday, according to Edward C. Norbut, plant general manager. Norbut said some 1,100 union employes remained off their jobs "illegally" and said no talks will take place on the dispute until "the workers honor their contracts and return to their jobs." The dispute centers around the suspension of 19 employes.

Friday night, 14 employes in the night cleanup department were suspended after management spokesmen said they walked off their jobs. The general work stoppage ARMOUR (Please turn to Page 2 Suits seek $308,000 Suits for $308,000 have been filed in District Court, based on a two-car wreck in Mason City. Clyde and Lenore Glassel and their two children are seeking the damages in two suits against Clyde Kingsbaker Jr. and the Straley Flying Service. The Glassels claim they were involved in an accident with a flying service car driven by Kingsbaker Dec.

17, 1969, at Taft and Highway 18. They contend Kingsbaker failed to look out for their car, failed to control his car or yield the right of way. They also state he was speeding. Mrs. Glassel is seeking $65,000 for injuries to her back and face.

Glassel, who was driving the car, is seeking $235,000 for permanent disability he says he suffered which prevents him from pursuing his occupation as a farmer. For the two children, Frederick and Kate, $8,000 is being sought for injuries. JULY 13, 1971 10e ences remain on job rules. The UTW' represents 17,000 tele- graph workers who have kept Western Union offices shut since June, 1. Strikes also are threatened for Friday against three railroads and sometime soon by militant postal workers in New York, where the nation's first postal strike began last year, then spread to other cities.

The communications workers have announced 400,000 members will strike the Bell System Wednesday morning, setting up picket lines they say will be honored by 100,000 members of other unions. The union seeks a first-year wage increase of 25 per cent. It rejected on May 23 the conn, pany's last offer of a three-year contract containing a 17-percent wage increase and added fringe and cost-of-living bene- fits the company said brought the total to 30 per cent. Current pay for telephone workers ranges from tops of $118 for operators to $193 for craftsmen. Eventually a strike could tie up nearly all voice communications, except for leased-wire circuits such as that operated by the Pentagon.

In the7 telegraph strike, UTW President Elmer L. Hageman said the two parties had narrowed their differences on money matters. Last Friday the company offered wage and benefit increases totaling 12 and 9 per cent in a two-year contract. The union seeks wage increases of 12 per normal population remains "One ominous development is that the population is reliably reported to have doubled in areas of Patuakhali and other parts of the coastal region where the food situation is already critical and there is serious doubt that even the normal population can be supplied with adequate foodgrains over the coming months." Summing up its report the mission said it found no firm evidence to suggest "fear, distrust and uncertainty" will be dispelled to open the way for a general improvement of prospects. 0 Farmers in Mitchell, Howard and Chickasaw counties Tuesday were cleaning up debris from two tornadoes which struck Monday evening causing hundreds of thousands of dollars damage to fields, buildings and livestock.

Although all or most of the buildings on 13 farms in the El-ma-Alta Vista area were destroyed, personal injuries were minor. There were no personal injuries in the St. Ansgar vicinity where the other tornado touched down. KGLO-TV in Mason City was off the air for about a half -hour during the height of the storm when its transmitter building near St. Ansgar was struck by the tornado.

About a quarter of the south wall of the building was blown Nora Springs boy drowns in Missouri NORA SPRINGS Dean Tifft, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tifft of Nora Springs, died in a Qunicy, 111., hospital Monday night about four hours after he was pulled from a swimming area at- Wakonda State Park near LaGrange, Mo. The family had been camping at the park and the boy had been swimming with other Tifft children when he was seen floating face down in about a foot of water. He was reportedly pulled out of the water by his 6-year-old brother and rushed to the hospital.

The Adams County coroner's office said death was due to drowning. The Tiffts and their four children had been at the park since Saturday. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Sheckler Funeral Home in Nora Springs. Inside The Globe Classified 14 Comics 12 Editorials 3 Metro 4, 5 Society I Sports 10 Weather outlook Mostly clear. Wednesday.

Highs 80 to 85 Wednesday. Probability of rain: 5 per cent Wednesday. By BROOKS JACKSON WASHINGTON (AP) Half a million telephone workers are set to strike Wednesday morning, adding to problems from a six-week-old nationwide telegraph shutdown and setting the stage for threatened localized mail and rail tie-ups. If the worst happens, the combination of labor troubles could cause a monumental snarl of America's communications. Auto must The commissioner last week informed Ray he would resign sometime in the fall.

His announcement then followed one by Ray of an investigation into irregular activities within the commission. At the time, Benda, who was appointed by Ray in July of 1969, said his resignation had nothing to do with the investigation, which legislative committees later joined. The probe concerns an alleged secret rate increase granted, without a public hear-, ing, to Iowa Telephone Co. of Knoxville. Benda told Ray in his letter that the commission "never had a secret meeting in this proceeding nor any others.

The determination of an issue and especially the determination of what revenue should be allowed to a company in a rate proceeding is a decision that belongs only to the commission to make," Benda said. "Certainly the commission has had private meetings among themselves as part of the decision making process," he said. "This is of course a necessity in the day-to-day operation of the commission." In the disclosure of the Knoxville telephone case, it was reported the commission granted the company a larger increase than it once had asked. Benda responded that "since the original filing on the application, inflation has increased tremendously." He also said the personnel of the Knoxville firm, came to the commission's office after the large ice storm early this year to discuss the cost of repairing damages and upgrading lines. "I felt and do feel that this was a very legitimate request because of the large ice storm that interfered with not only telephone but power company lines throughout the state," Benda told Ray.

Answering criticism of the length of time it took the commission to approve the Knoxville firm's request, Benda said negotiations with the company began in 1967 and continued through early 1971. He said a draft of an order was prepared in late May but that "extensive rate applications concerning three other companies took place in June which consumed considerable staff time and did not allow for immediate response to the draft of the consultant's order." The three-man commission has come increasingly under fire since disclosure of the Knoxville case. Executive secretary E.B. Storey reportedly verbally resigned at the end of last week. Meanwhile Tuesday, the newest member of the commission was elected its chairman at a brief organizational meeting.

Former state Rep. Maurice Van Nostrand, a close friend of Ray's, was appointed to the job July 1. emerge from chaos. Other suggested moves with the same purpose: Appointment of a civilian administrator for the eastern province. Setting up an emergency food-distribution system.

Adoption of an effective plan containing clear economic priorities to deal with the crisis that confronts East Pakistan. Restoration of a disrupted road, rail, water and air traffic systems to get the farms, factories, firms working again. The report of the World Bank mission, circulated to top executives only, was made avail companies aims prove ceived, the information will be made public by the FTC for use by consumers and competitors. The FTC spokesman emphasized that in announcing the results, the agency will not make 'a public evaluation of the adequacy of the documentation. That, he said, would be up to the individual consumer and But where documentation is clearly inadequate or totally lacking, an investigation for false advertising may ensue, the spokesman said.

The main purpose, he said, is to provide consumers and competitors with information; to which they have not been privy in the past. WASHINGTON (AP) Is a Ford Ltd. really "over 700 per cent quieter?" Are Oldsmobiles "pollution fighters?" Is the Super Beetle really different in 81 ways from Volkswagens of "yesteryear." Seeking the answers, the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday ordered seven U.S. and foreign automobile manufacturers to submit documentation for these and other claims made in advertising. The orders, sent to General Motors Ford Motor Chrysler American Motors, Volkswagen of American, Toyota Motor and Nissan motor give the firms 60 days to respond.

Soon after answers are re able to The Associated Press by qualified authorities. It was based on an investigation in early June of the aftermath of the insurrection in East Pakistan. When the head of the mission, Britisher Peter Cargill, conveyed the group's main findings to President Yahya personally last month, the Pakistani strongman said bluntly in a stormy encounter he sim-. ply did not believe them. Some estimates say more than 200,000 people already have died in the Pakistan civil war bloodiest conflict since World War II according to Removal of troops from E.

Pakistan urged .17 vt' Oil: -'t. 5 I v. World Bank officials. Between 6 million and 7 million have fled into India. The report grimly portrays East Pakistan as a country of ghost towns where the people who have stayed behind seem haunted if not by fear of the troops then by the specter of starvation.

"The situation varies greatly from Dacca, where our collective impression is that no more than 50 per cent of the usual population is in evidence during the day; to Chittagog where only a third of the population appears to Kushtia where no more than 10 per cent of the WASHINGTON (AP) A World Bank mission says President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan must rush food to East Pakistan to head off catastrophe of big-scale starvation and a massive new exodus to India. In a secret report, the 10-man mission discreetly but unmistakably urges the military ruler of that South Asian land to removeas a first step some of his West Pakistani troops who Stand accused of terrorizing the population. jha group Df foreign experts ayl thCSQ are among min-jpHQ remedial measures 1 JSast Pakistan is to Joe Roethler farm near Alta Vista Staff photo by Elwin Musser A J. j. A A A.

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