Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 1

Guidelines Are Listed ugitive By Price Commission Published in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of Piedmont North Carolina Increases Statesville Record Landmark Curtailed No 271 Statesville NC riday November 12 1971 Vol 97 Uplanger Speaks At Groundbreaking Lions Official Praises Projects CLIORD HARDIN Butz is Nominated Bus Prices Are ixed Stocks Bonds Stolen In Chicago Involved In Charges Americans Being Held In Theft Of $30 Million Seven 3 American The US truck was Iff Dogwood a facility for the blind is the project of Lions of District 31 and the Boys Home cottage is sponsored by the state Lions While addressing the crowd at is a man of some integrity we suspect he would be the first to blush at the fulsome praise bestowed upon him or the truth is that while Mr Holshouser supported re structuring with his own vote he failed miserably when it came to influencing others of his own party to follow his lead look at the record On two key votes on the measure in the house Mr 23 GOP colleagues abandoned him almost completely On the Smith amendment 17 voted against him three with him and three failed to vote On con currence with the senate amendment 14 voted against him two with him and seven failed to vote In other words Mr Hols houser was able to carry only three of his 23 colleagues with him on one crucial test and only two of the 23 on another im portant test Had the Demo cratic leadership been equally as ineffective there would have been no restructuring In addition it should be pointed out that the whole orsyth delegation which per haps had more to gain than any other resisted restructuring all the way in the house irst there is the School of the Arts which except for the efforts of a few dedicated Democrats from outside or syth would have been dropped from the higher education structure in the joint com mittee They stood up to Senators George Wood and John Burney who wanted to relegate it to a sort of no land and succeeded in keeping it in the university system I Then there is Winston Salem State whose chances of ad vancement are far better under a single statewide agency than they have ever been under the divided UNC Regional set up Yet the orsyth delegation never could generate much en thusiasm for helping Winston Salem State either We understand it and we prefer to withhold praise until we do Indeed we feel orsyth flunked the test of leadership ATLANTA Ga (AP) Gov Jimmy Carter said today Geor gia will charge 11 school bus body companies and two indi viduals with price fixing in a federal court suit seeking more than $15 million in damages Carter said he authorized the legal department to file the suit after investigations by both the state attorney gener office and a legislative committee The investigation showed Carter said that the companies have conspired since 1959 to fix TEST LEADERSHIP i We have long since become reconciled to the ability of 1 minority groups to monopolize I the news media It is not unusual for them as groups or individuals to reap i headlines where they have sown 1 only tares in the news and enjoy air item when they have done little more than pollute the flow of information But we are still brought up sharp when editorial writers men charged with making value judgments by which lesser mortals rise or fall begin to bestow credit with a hand so free as to amount to fancy We have in mind a November 10 editorial in the Winston Salem Journal describing the higher education legislation passed during the special session of the General Assem bly in October as a bi partisan effort That much we could have swallowed Even if it went down hard the sort of stuff that comes up easily if the stomach rebels But the editorial went beyond that it said there is one legislator who did more than others to bring the new Board of Governors into being it was the present chairman of the Republican party Rep Jim Holshouser of Boone chairman and as a pros pective candidate for governor Holshouser might have tried to use this highly volatile issue to his own or to his ad vantage at the polls a resident and repre sentative of Watauga County the seat of Appalachian State University he might have succumbed to regionalism and fought for more local control of our institutions of higher learn 1 ing did neither Instead he worked quietly to introduce the idea of the strong governing board to influential legislators and officials a member of the joint higher education committee Holshouser helped to draw the basic outlines of the new system which the legislature later refined and approved And during the special session itself he performed ably in explaining the governing board system and in helping to line up votes for it" There is more but these paragraphs illustrate the points we want to make irst we want to say that we like Jim Holshouser and respect him as an individual and because he groundbreaking ceremonies for new cottages at Camp Dogwood on Lake Norman and at the Boys Home campus in Hunters ville yesterday The duplex cottage at Camp depressed farm prices GOP strategists recently had been showing concern about sagging Republican fortunes among Midwestern farmers The area went heavily for Nixon in 1968 after he promised to improve the parity ratio but the Republicans lost several con gressional contests in the arm Belt in 1970 Nixon also disclosed he has abandoned a plan to abolish the Agriculture Department Under the proposed scheme major activities of the depart ment would have been absorbed by a proposed Department of Economic Development that would have taken on a number of other functions from the (See 3 Page 10 A) NEWTON NC (AP) Law enforcement officers gave up on their search of a wooded swampy area this morning aft er an inch by inch check of the mile square area failed to find a man wanted in the shooting of a deputy sheriff Spokesman said a force of nearly 100 men started into the area at dawn and by midmorn ing had combed it thoroughly without finding anyone They said they believed the fugitive was in the swamp about mid night because one Catawba County deputy heard noises and fired One man was arrested near the area during the night and charged with malicious assault on deputy Ted Elmore 39 more than 12 hours earlier El more was found by a passerby after he had radioed earlier he was making a routine check on a car with Georgia tags The man in custody cap tured after the car was found abandoned was identified as Robert Brown 22 of Atlanta Ga and New York Catawba County Sheriff Dale Johnson said a state High way Patrol roadblock Thursday night stopped a car for a rou tine check at the eastern edge of Catawba County 10 miles from Newton and arrested two men on a charge of carrying concealed weapons He said the driver of that car identified as Daniel Perry Johnson 19 of Chattanooga Tenn was the registered own er of the car that Elmore had stopped and which was found abandoned near the swamp Sheriff Johnson said the other occupant was Paul Jamel Peterson 20 also of Chat tanooga Both were jailed in Hickory as was Brown The troopers who stopped the car said it contained arse They listed some items as about 1000 rounds of military type ammunition two loaded pistols a high powered rifle and a shotgun The officers said they found a bag containing 1000 new half dollars and another bag with about $2000 in change Elmore was reported in serious condition today in a hospital at Winston Salem where a spokesman said he had been conscious since an oper ation Thursday He was in the intensive care unit with wounds in his spine elbow and stomach Sheriff Johnson said the dep uty might be paralyzed Camp Dogwood Uplanger com mented on the spirit of the Lions who had assisted in the project are living examples of this slogan is remarked Uplanger have no idea how much influence what you are doing has around the he continued Uplanger also commented on the origin of Lionism and said that it is a way for men to help one another in an urbanized society He said the pioneer days it was relatively simple for a man to help his neighbor Now with vast urbanization men such as Lions found they could better serve if they The international president said he had talked to many people in the Orient who pre viously had religious taboos against touching a dead body remark that when they heard of the work of the eye bank in North Carolina and the work such an organization ac complished they reconsidered their old customs projects of North Caro lina Lions are a means of simply reaching out and touch ing Uplanger re marked Uplanger praised the sacri fices of the people involved in the work and said Camp Dog (See 1 Page 10 A) GROUNDBREAKING AT CAMP DOGWOOD Lions Club officials brokeground yesterday for a new cottage at Camp Dogwood near Terrell Participating in the ceremony from left were Miller Sigmon of Morganton chairman of the Camp Dogwood committee Irwin Belk of Charlotte District 31 governor Grady Pulliam of Winston Salem international director of Lions Robert Uplanger of Syracuse president of Lions International Robert rye of Hickory president of the North Carolina Association for the Blind and James Loftin of Charlotte chairman of District 31 for Camp Dogwood (Marshall Photo) SAIGON (AP) US heli copter gunships fired into a South Vietnamese column with rockets and machine guns by mistake killing eight South Vietnamese and wounding 21 the US Command reported to day A US communique blamed the South Vietnamese saying the gunships were supporting Vietnamese troops in contact with the enemy and ordnance on targets as di by the ground force The incident occurred on the central coast Thursday about 280 miles northeast of Saigon The Command said it was being investigated ield reports said the gun ships made four or five firing passes before they were warn ed off by ground troops in radio contact with them The US Command said there were no American advisers with the South Vietnamese battalion Initial reports said five of the enemy troops were killed in the ground fighting while the South Vietnamese suffered no casu alties from enemy fire It was the fourth firing acci dent reported in six weeks Also on the central coast about 100 miles south of the fir ing accident Communist forces ambushed a five truck US convoy killed one and wounded two Command said one badly damaged atal To 10 LITTLE ROCK AIR ORCE BASE Ark (AP) An Air orce C130E cargo plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Little Rock Air orce Base about 7 am today killing 10 of the 11 crewmen aboard Maj William Worth base information officer said one crewman survived but was in critical condition and was being flown to an Army hospital in San Antonio Tex for treat ment of burns Names of the victims were not released immediately Bodies of the 10 victims were recovered from the wreckage of the four engine craft The crewman who survived was thrown clear Worth said Worth said the plane was leaving on a routine training flight and that it had gained some altitude before it crashed to the left of the runway and burst into flames He said the witii i STATESVILLE SHOTS Keith MORRISON happy with his grades Bill ROBINETTE looking for his name in the shots Jim PARKER III looking forward to his Saturday birthday Karen ELAM enjoying reading the Statesville Record Land plane carried 40000 gallons of mark in Germany fuel By JERRY MARSHALL Record Landmark Bureau MOORESVILLE Robert Uplanger of Syracuse president of Lions In ternational was on hand at MISS WINSTON SALEM Miss Susan Gayle Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs James Moore 327 ieldstone Circle will represent Winston Salem in the upcoming Christmas parade in downtown Statesville Miss Moore is a former holder of the Miss Statesville title The local parade scheduled for 5 pm on Nov 22 is being co sponsored by the Statesville Jaycees and merchants association Industry Expanding SOUTHERN PINES NC (AP) The North Carolina Board of Conservation and De velopment received a report to day which showed industrial development took a big upward swing in the state during July August and September The Commerce and Industry Division reported to the board that investments in new and ex panded industry during the three month period totaled $240 million This was an increase of $1024 million over the same pe riod a year ago The report showed the in vestments will provide jobs for 7553 persons Investments for the year through October totaled $5205 million New industrial jobs were created for 18519 The Board received re ports from other divisions as it opened its quarterly meeting in Southern Pines Gov Bob Scott is to speak at a banquet tonight The forest service reported that unsual amounts of rainfall during July August and Sep tember helped reduce consider ably the number of forest fires Only 36 were reported during the three month period com pared to 211 for the same period last year The 36 fires burned only 198 acres EARL BUTZ Eight Die In Attack In Policy WASHINGTON (AP) The Price Commission says frozen prices will be thawed just enough after Satur day to make up for new in creases in business costs That is the core of a complex cluster of price guidelines an nounced Thursday and aimed at keeping the average of all post freeze price increases down to 25 per cent or less Meanwhile the Pay Board completed work Thursday night on regulations to implement pay policies after the freeze ends at 12:01 am Sunday The regulations built around a gen eral 55 per cent ceiling on pay increases will be published in the ederal Register Saturday The Price Commission also announced: will remain frozen for the time being on existing homes and apartments must display con spicuous lists of freeze level prices of food and some other items where customers can compare them with new prices margins may not in crease after the freeze will be discounted for any increases in worker productivity increases in utility rates may in many cases go into effect when the freeze ends at 12:01 am Sunday However earlier scheduled increases in steel and auto prices probably will have to be junked unless they can be justi fied to the commission ord Motor Co Chairman Henry ord II said Thursday he will seek permission for appropriate price increases after studying the new guides The policy statement does not mean that all prices will increase by 25 1 per cent means that some prices will go down Some will not increase at all Some 1 will go up more than 25 per said Commission Chair man Jackson Grayson The aim is to get the average of all price increases to that (See 2 Page 10 A) Plane Crash Escapes Manhunt To Replace Hardin WASHINGTON (AP) Pres ident Nixon has nominated a former Eisenhower adminis tration official to lead the na farmers to the prosperity he promised during the 1968 campaign The President accepted the resignation of Agriculture Sec retary Clifford Hardin Thursday and picked former Asst Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz for the Cabinet post Administration officials made no reference to any political reasons for the change in com mand White House press sec retary Ronald Ziegler was quick to announce res ignation was totally unrelated to problems of surplus corn and ML mi dMHKh JR 1 a aJ 2 mIHI WSac lavnHHI HE Ml 5 4 Jo 4 iflBK fl wM nHiS VJzJi wHsea mwi Kt '31 L1 Wrc! wlflH WEATHER Sunny and wanner today and Saturday Ixical temperatures for Thurs day were: High 67 Low 34 East Iredell Lions Club 10th Annual IDDLER'S CONVENTION November 201 COOL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Hwy 64 7 PM IDNDON (AP) Bleary eyed from a night of question ing seven Americans appeared in a Ixindon court today in con nection with the theft of $30 million worth of stocks and bonds in Chicago The court ordered the men held in Brixton prison for an other hearing next riday in Marlborough Street magis trates' court This Is customary in British criminal cases until the police Investigation Is com pleted The st en Americans ar rested Thursday night In raids on apartments in the swank Mayfair district were Rudolph Johnson 48 a film producer living in Cannes on the rench Riviera Charles Samuel Bufa lini 52 Los Angeles Terry Somenzi 29 Highland Park Ill Nicholas Avenetti 44 North Hollywood Calif James Walker Pettinotti 39 Marina Del Ray Calif Marion Arthur Denard 50 London and rank Marco Sardo 35 another film producer of North Beach Calif They were charged with con spiring to dispose of stolen goods The prosecution said $125 million worth of bonds and stock certificates were found during die arrests part proceeds of a $30 million theft" BI sources here said the robbery took place at the American Banknote Co in Chi cago in August BI agents said a truck owned by Mark IV reight Co of Chicago was hijacked last Aug 18 while transporting 18 000 blank stock certificates from a printing plant to a transfer agent The BI said the seven menvere charged in Los Angeles Thursday with conspiracy to violate laws on the interstate transportation of stolen proper ty laws The prosecutor told the Lon don magistrates a search was on in Britain and the United States for the other $175 million worth of stock certificates men are believed to be connected with a criminal organizations based in Ixs An he said In accordance with British court procedure the men were not asked to make formal pleas at the preliminary hearing But in asking for bail three of the defendants told Magistrate JRT Hooper: am not guil ty" The magistrate ignored the pleas and refused bail None of the seven men had a lawyer In the tiny wood panelled court room "I never met any of these gentlemen before except protested Johnson who said he had once made a movie with Sardo "1 asked him to bring me some cigarettes and when I went to get them we were sit ting there talking about old times and I was arrested with the others" In Chicago Roy Moore in charge of the BI office said most of the 18000 stock blanks stolen in August were intended for four companies The companies and the banks handling the stocks for them are: Hospital Investors Corp and the City and Southern Stock Bank Atlanta The Red lake Co and the Bank of America San rancisco The Hoover Co and the Harter Bank and Trust Co Canton Ohio Allyn and Bakin Inc and the Chemical Bank New York Acquaintances of Somenzi in Highland Park said he lived in the area for almost 10 years Somenzi was in the Chicago area in late summer to his friends said The stock robbery occurred Aug 18 prices at artificially high and noncompetitive levels and to al locate customers among them selves in secret meetings and telephone calls Rep Clayton Brown of Grif fin who headed a committee studying school bus costs said local school systems have frequently paid prices which were inflated by $l000 $25(X) The total overcharge during a ten or 11 year period in ex cess of $5 million to $6 mil The suit which was to be filed later in the day asked thecourt to award the state triple damages.