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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1971 SECTION 4, PAGE 3 After Three Tries in Murder Case Schmitt Fsnci lly Is A rraigne 4i even though he was no where close to being apprehended." SCHMITT AND Mark K. Nel son, 21, of Milwaukee, face a mandatory life sentence if con did agree to be in court at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, and did not appear, according to Deputy Dist. Atty. Robert DeChambeau.

"I'M AMAZED," Byrne said as the third attempt at arraignment opened. "I've never experienced anything like this before." "Didn't you and your attorney have any conference with anyone about what time you were to be arraigned?" the judge By PATRICIA SIMMS Of The State Journal Staff lAfter three unsuccessful attempts, Thomas W. Schmitt, 28, a Milwaukee cosmetics salesman, was arraigned in Dane County Court Tuesday and charged with the Jan. 20 murder of Richard J. Brettingen.

Schmitt was charged with first-degree murder before County Court Judge William D. Byrne late Tuesday afternoon. Bail was set at $40,000 cash. victed of the shooting of Brettingen on Fish Hatchery Rd. A preliminary a i for Nelson began last week and is expected to continue Thursday.

Nelson is being held on $50,000 SALE bail. The state is charging that Brettingen, a former Middleton High School star athlete, was shot about 2:30 a.m. after an THOMAS SCHMITT once Monday and twice Tuesday failed because Hallows did not appear in court Schmitt told Byrne that he and Hallows had not been notified of the date and time of the arraignment, although Hallows apparent traffic altercation on S. Park St. asked.

"No," Schmitt said. Hallows argued that bail should be set lower on the grounds that Schmitt, who has been at large for more than a month, turned himself in to Madison authorities Saturday, ATTY. JOSEPH Hallows, Milwaukee, stood mute on behalf of his client, and a preliminary hearing was set for Mar. 8 before County Court Judge William L. Buenzli.

Efforts to arraign Schmitt ACCORDING TO the official complaint, Brettingen was driv ing with Lynn Poole, 23, and William Noll, 24, when Noll made a gesture at another car, allegedly carrying Nelson and 1 I iinTrilli I MUNICH, jmin 1.11)11 Schmitt, in the 900 block of Park St. State High Court Upholds Rules Against Residential Picketing Brettingen's car was later SAVE ON FAMOUS MAKE SEWING AIDS (A) Orig. $20 Dritz Rechargeable Convertible Electric Scissors 9.99 Operates with or without 8 ft. cord. Rechargeable cordless use ideal for those hard to reach areas.

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The State Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a Brookfield ban on residential picketing under which the Rev. James Groppi and four others were convicted in January, 1970. Fr. Groppi and four other Milwaukee persons were fined $100 each by a Waukesha County court Jan. 22 for picketing the home of State Rep.

Kenneth J. Merkel (R-Brookfield) Sept. 21, 1969, during the march to Madison to protest welfare payments. FR. GROPPI challenged the ordinance on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, but the high court's decision cited an- Conference legislation, a mayor, an alder man, a board of appeals a police and fire commis Will Focus on Flooding FR.

JAMES GROPPI other of its rulings that declared an identical City of Wauwatosa ordinance was constitutional. In the Wauwatosa decision Jan. 8, the justices rejected an appeal by Thomas J. King, an official of a union representing sioner, and even a judge can be picketed at home by those un nappy with his decision in a Flooding will be the focus of given case," they said. the sixth annual Governor's To declare the ordinance un SALE Conference on Disaster Prepar constitutional, they argued; edness Thursday at Holiday Inn would expose society to the loss No.

2. of "many valuable and conscientious public officers who can The conference, sponsored by the Division of Emergency Gov not and will not expose their ernment will concentrate on the state's flood outlook for this families and neighbors to such ONCE-A-YEAR KLEINERT STAY-RITE ARMENT SHIELDS REG. 2.50 PAIR pressure." HUD Support Is Needed to Save Old Synagogue The drive to save the Gates of Heaven Synagogue, 214 W. Washington must receive support from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to succeed, Jeffrey Dean of the City Planning Dept.

said Tuesday. spring, community a a Arrested with Fr. Groppi were tions, and federal and state as Francis Blair, of Shorewood, an sistance available to local com associate professor at the Uni munities under the Federal Dis aster Act of 1970. versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ernesto Chacon, of Waukesha, RIVER DISTRICT Forecast 38 At a meeting of the City Landmarks Commission, Dean re Betty Harris and Clyde Gautt both of Milwaukee. 12 prs.4r ers at Minneapolis nave expressed concern that serious ported that the Gates of Heaven Preservation Fund will file its application with HUD next week.

flooding may occur because of the high water content in the Other Tests Set for City Council heavy snow cover now blanket Mali Unit Backs Start in August on Street Closing The State St. Mall Committee ing Wisconsin. According to river forecaster, Along with the six wards in which there were aldermanic Joe Strub, flood crests might approach those of 1969 on the primaries two other City Council seats will be con Wisconsin, St. Croix, and Mis recommended Tuesday the closing of the 700 and 800 blocks for a 180-day period beginning in Stay-rite means what it says! Now you can give your clothes the protection they deserve with this specifically fashioned garment shield that fastens in the back to fit surely and securely. It's rubber-lined square extension shields provide the extra protection.

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No. 2483 Regular sissippi Rivers, and 1967 levels tested the Apr. 6 general elec tion. on the Chippewa which were August. higher than in 1969.

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1 date, Murray, District Director of the but later reconsidered this ac THE FUND has collected $16,500 in donations so far, he said, along with some $6,000 in pledges of materials and services to be used if the drive to move the building succeeds. The synagogue is now owned by the Fiore Coal and Oil which has set May 1 as the deadline for moving the building, Dean said. On that date a new owner will take over he land. Fiore has delayed demolition so the moving funds could be solicited. THE NATIONAL Park Service added the synagogue to its list of American landmarks, in January, clearing the way for the HUD grant.

Dean said the amount needed for moving and restoring the building is $50,000. HUD will be asked to match the amount raised by the fund. The synagogue, built in 1863, Small Business Administration, tion and requested the mall seeking a second term against Bernard Dugan, 2542 Moland and the 11th Ward, where incumbent John Healy, also Notions, Upper Level and Kenneth M. O'Connor, Ex committee to study the situa ecutive Director, Dane County tion. Chapter of the American Red seeking a second term, is chal The purpose of the 180-day lenged by James Olson, 580 test period will be to study the Cross, will brief local officials on their responsibilities under Toepfer Ave.

effects of closing State on traffic patterns and bus rider- the 1970 Disaster Act. Unopposed candidates include THE NOON luncheon will in incumbents Eugene Parks, Fifth Ward, Roger Staven, 15th Ward, ship. The test is not intended to measure the actual effects of a clude the recognition of the three state winners of last fall's and newcomer S. Michael Shivers, 17th Ward. mall, which would include wider sidewalks and esthetic improve high school Civil Defense Essay Contest.

ments. A special showing of the new DEMOCRATS MEET film, "A Lady Called CamilleJ Dane County Democrats will hear Mrs. June Spencer speak The closing, which would affect State St. from Lake to Park still must be approved by the council. Plans eventually would make part of the street a will be given at 9:30 a.m.

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Notions, Upper Level in a state of disaster parts of El 1 Sunflower County, a target of two a i groups which support, self -help pro The Madison Urban League is preparing a new thrust in services aimed at dispelling its image of an upper-class organization and replacing it with one of befriending the poor and powerless. According to Myron F. Robinson, 27, the league's new director, "We're trying to build leadership. We won't be a spokesman for the poor community anymore but will help it develop its own spokesmen." sentially as a black organization. "We're not hung up on race.

We're hung up on people and helping them solve their problems," Robinson said. Robinson came to the Urban League in mid-January from Youngstown, where he was associate director of the Youngstown Urban League. He previously was director of grams. Several members of Madison Measure for Measure, who were in Mississippi last week end, are 1 to give eyewitness reports at 1 p.m Sunday at Grace a the Community Action Council MYRON F. ROBINSON ROBINSON ADDED that Church.

in Youngstown for two years and was a counselor for; the The meeting, sponsored by Madison residents will find a change in the direction of the Ohio Youth Commission. chapter here, also. the Madison Young World Development, is to include a program on migrant workers, the HE HAS worked in commu "There will be minor nity organization projects in Youngstown's ghetto area since lettuce boycott, and a film, "De ity people and poor people on ROBINSON IS already involving himself with groups such as the Welfare Rights Organization, but the symbolic starting point of the new direction will come at the league's annual banquet Mar. 18 at the Park Motor Inn. Whitney Young, national director of the Urban League, will be the principal speaker at that banauet.

cision at Delano." our board of directors," he said. he was 15. "There was a time when we The Young World Develop "I don't think community or would go to a corporation and ganization is a bad word at all. ment has sponsored Walks for Development which raised It means sitting down with an organization and i i the money, some of which was des suggest they put poor people on their boards and they could turn back to us and say, 'but you 't have any on your ignated for Sunflower poverty easiest vehicle to get its prob "People all over are asking areas via Measure for Measure. lems solved.

Moil your ordar or phone 238-47 1 on $3 or mors. Add 65' beyond a radiui o( Madison plus 4 Wisconsin start tales tax. GIMBELS HILLDALE STORE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:30 TO 9, SATURDAY 9:30 TO 5:30, SUNDAY, NOON TO 5 P.M. what the Urban League stands for. and I think vou will find The public is invited to the "Sometimes you have to use meeting.

Donations can be sent your power if you have it Young speaking to the need for to Madison Measure for Meas and sometimes you have to INCREASED EMPHASIS on helping the poor will also result in the Urban League's becom new directions and increased ure, P. O. Box 284, Madi back off, but the main thing is emphasis on helping the poor help themselves," Robinson said. son 53701. to get the job done." ing multi-racial in its own pro i.