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VOLUME 77, NO. 130, THE IOLA REGISTER IOLA, KANSAS 66740 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, 1974 TWO CENTS Flood insurance program outlined to commission Federally subsidized flood insurance will be made available to Iplans one day soon under a program designed to encourage management of structural growth in predicted flood plain areas. Bill Funk, a hydrologist with the division of water resources of the state board of The federal government is going to accomplish its objectives by regulating money available for loans for sale of existing property and construction of new property. Most money available for loans in the U.S. falls under federal influence through savings deposit insurance 6r the Iola plain, determined by the levels rfeached in the 1951 flood, is shown in the shaded portions of this map.

Eventually, Iola' must adoptregulations that will restrict financing of new construction in these areas so that the other property owners in the city fdCtS may qua for A 00 insurance. A full report on the subject appears in the city commission story. State legislators expect to complete work today agriculture, told city cona Home missiotiviYi yesterday that subsidized flood insurance is the vehicle the federal government is using to reach" three ob. jectives. "The" federal government," Funk said, "is interested in making flood insurance available at a reasonable rate; providing a disaster program which includes participation by the potential recipients; and Wants flood plain growth managed td avoid undue flood damage potential." After July 1, 1975, Funk said, no loans for new or existing property in a flood plain will be approved unless the person seeking the loan purchases the subsidized flood insurance.

Further, Funk said, in three to five years engineering of flood zone maps will have been completed and from that point on new structures, or -substantial of existing properties, will fall under guidelines which will. require them to be constructed Anti-busing billsails through U.S. House. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The 1974 Kansas Legislature headed toward a shutdown today with final action on a major constitutional amendment, giant pay turnpike bills and the omnibus appropriations measure still to be cleared.

Both Houses convened at 9 a.m. on their last scheduled Three a mend ments readied for ballots TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislative action was completed Monday on two other constitutional amendments to be submitted to Kansas voters this year, with room open for at least seven more. types of property for purposes of taxation. Up to five amendments can be submitted at the primary election in August and up to five more at the general elec- The legislators, early in the -1974 session, agreed to submit an amendment designed to legalize the operation of gambling bingo when operated by non-profit, charitable, religious, fraternal or veterans organizations.

to the list of amendments Monday was one to repeal the constitutional provision requiring an elected state printer charged with doing all public printing. the other amendment "approved Monday would allow the legislature to classijjy motor vehicles separately other Uon in November. The legislature has not specified yet whether the state printer and the motor vehicle amendments would be at the November general election or at the primary election. The printer amendment would clear the way for the legislature to abolish the office of state printer if it sees fit, or continue a state printer on either an elective or appointive basis. The motor vehicle amendment would it possible the legislature to require payment of property taxes on a motor vehicle at the time it is registered.

work day of the regular session. Senate President Robert F. Bennett and House Speaker Duane "Pete" McGill said the '74 sessions' work should be completed by 6 p.m. today, with a skeleton legislative force returning to Topeka April 2 for Sine Die adjournment. The big items left for final work today included: Legislative Article Constitutional Amendment.

pay raise bill, including increases of 5.5 per cent for the state's nearly 40,000 employes, and up to 75 per cent for top elected and appointed officialspas well as for a variety of county officers. bill to tie subsidization of the proposed southeast Kansas turnpike to the state freeway fund. catchall Omnibus Appropriations Bill, authorizing some $7.6 million in additional state spending the remainder of the current fiscal year and $15.8 million in the fiscal year starting July 1. The had three of Gov. Robert Docking's vetoes left to to try to "override on the largely noncontroversial bills.

Those matters were left incomplete Tuesday when the lawmakers returned day recess and waded through passage of some 20 pieces of legislation tidying up flaws found in bills passed earlier this session. The Senate passed 28-12 late Tuesday the proposed constitutional amendment to revise the legislative attempt designed to modernize the operations of the legislature. However, the proposed amendment, which originated in the was heavily amended by the Senate and the House must concur in those amendments to place it on the November general election ballot. The biggest Senate amendment was to remove the "continuous body" provision which would have permitted the legislature to meet virtually the year around if it chose. An amendment offered, by Sen.

Charlie Angell, R-Plains, changed the proposal to require annual 90-day sessions of the legislature. The pay raise bill, which also had passed the House by a also amended on the Senate floor before that body approved it 23-16 and has to go back to the House for concurrence. WASHINGTON (AP) By a resounding 293-117 vote the House has gone on record against busing of school children across district lines to overcome segregation. It adopted an amendment that would permit busing only after all other remedies have been tried and failed, then limit -it to the school closest or next closest to the pupil's home. The amendment was added to a bill extending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the largest federal school aid program.

Senate action still is required. Similar antibusing legislation was approved by the House in 1972 but died in a Senate filibuster. The managers of the "bill predicted it would cause trouble in the Senate this year, too. Rep. Carl D.

Perkins, D-Ky said Senate opposition to the amendment would endanger the school bilMo which it was attached. The bill would extend ESEA, which expires June 30, for three more years. Action on the bill itself is not expected before Thursday. Opponents of the amendment argued that it was unconstitutional and would be no more effective than other anti- busing measures, which have been largely ignored by the courts. But Rep.

Marvin L. Esch, R- who offered the amendment, said it would show the clear intent of Congress that busing across school district lines should not be permitted. The amendment was endorsed enthusiastically by most other members of the Michigan delegation, who clearly hoped the vote would be a message to the Supreme Court, which is considering a controversial busing plan involving Detroit and its suburbs. Esch's amendment would prevent the federal courts'from ordering any busing until such alternatives'as assigning pupils to neighborhood schools, per milting voluntary transfers, revising-attendance zones and building or closing schools have been tried and proven ineffective. And even then, no student could be bused farther than the next closest school.

at or above the flood plain level; Commissioners agreed that such regulations would effectively quell housing starts in the 25 per cent or so of the city which will apparently be included in the flood plain zone. The subsidation of flood insurance will be at the rate of about 90 per cent federal par- licipation, 10 per cent participation. "What it will mean is that flood insurance will be available to residents at a very reasonable rate," Funk said. The rate for residential structures is 25 cents per $100, meaning that a $20,000 home could be insured under the" program for $50 a year. Contents can be insured at the rate of 35 cents per $100.

While the flood insurance program is designed for persons living in flood plain zones, any resident would be purchase it. "It also should be pointed out," Funk said, "that would be a very realistic purchase for any homeowner in the flood plain zone, not just persons required to buy it to secure a loan." The subsidized insurance will be available to commercial and industrial concerns as well as residential property owners. The commissioners were given a map yesterday which had been prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban Development "which showed Iola's flood plain zone. The zone generally followed the outline of the crest of the 1951 flood. Commissioners said that they felt such a flood zone was not realistic since much of the area reached during the flood was only in streets and yards and not houses.

They also pointed out that since the devastating 1951 flood, flood control complexes have been constructed on the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers which should reduce considerably the threat of flooding downstream. Funk agreed that the map could be in error. Application for map revision is provided for and the city is expected to follow that route in the next few weeks. The expected to participate' 'in- the federal flood insurance program, though a final decision was not reached yesterday. In other business, commissioners: Were told that the overlaying of State Street will start on April 25..

Hired Phil Ekstrom, who will be graduated from the Iola High School this spring, to work parttime at the city warehouse, starting in June. Decided to continue a program of dispensing on request a dust retardant material on nonhard surface roads in the city this summer with property owners paying for the retardant material. It was noted that the material cost seven cents a square yard last year and this year it will cost about 24 cents a square yard. Will accept bids on an interceptor sewer across the north part of the city in their April 9 meeting. The sewer is another segment in the $1.5 million sewer and water distribution system upgrading that the city has The interceptor sewer is estimated to cost about $155,000.

Plaque is back RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) A plaque commemorating the marriage of President Nixon to his wife, Pat, has been found -undamaged two weeks after it was reported missing, police sav. ung physician looks over Iola Committee receives grand jury's report Government has plan to prop up beef market WASHINGTON (AP) Grand jury material on President Nixon and Watergate, pos- including tape-recorded conversation on hush money, is under heavy guard at the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Peter W. Rodino said Tuesday he will examine the grand jury's secret report and satchel full of material "sometime this week" to assess its importance to -the Rodino refused to speculate with newsmen Tuesday on what WASHINGTON (AP) Agriculture Department officials admit that government plans to buy worth of high Earl L.

Butz at a White House meeting. Later, USDA followed with an official statement saying the quality hamburger to help prop plan was designed to remove up cattle prices also cattle "from nor-' boost beef prices at marketing channels" and tha the mea would be donated to schools. Jerry Goodall, deputy director of livestock operations for the department's Agricultural Marketing told a porter the meat would- be bought by June 30 and that it would begin to be shipped to markets "It will have an upward thrust in cattle prices, but it's impossible to say how much," John Larsen, a USDA livestock economist said. "But it will be a little shot in-the arm for producers." Other department 7 officials said they could not estimate how much the spring beef-buying campaign, announced Tuesday, might consumer -meat costs if cattle prices rise as planned. "The amount to be bought is small; very small, and is more of a gesture than anything," one official said, asking not to- be -identified.

"Itfcould make 100,000 cattlemen feel better and 200 million other people mad." Cattlemen spokesmen said the purchase represents about Beef producers said federal action-will improve their situations somewhat but cautioned that it would not provide a long-range solution. 1 "I think we will see some price improvement, at least temporarily, because this action will put a little beef out of regular channdsr" there are other things the government can do that would be more helpful in the long term," said J. JR. Ham of Garden City, Kan. Claire Robinson, president of the Kansas Livestock "This will cer.tainly be a boost in the arm.

However, I don't think this is the ultimate solution to' get us out of trouble." i Production of total beef last Cattlemen see order not solution as By The Associated Press President Nixon's order to purchase $45 million worth of red meat was approved by Kansas and Missouri cattlemen, but none thought it would son. "But here again, this creation of a false market is not the answer to thewhole problem." J. R. Ham, Garden City, general manager of Master Feeders II, one of Kansas' solve the beef industry's prob- largest feedlots, said, "It will Temperature High yesterday 63 Low last night 44 High a year ago today 59 Low a year ago today 37 Precipitation 24 hours ending 8a 0 This month to date 1 4.27 Normal for this month 2.45 Total this year to date 7.37 Excess since Jan. 1 2.30 STATE OUTLOOK Low the material is, but he accepted one reporter's assumption that it includes tape recordings.

He: saidhe listen any tapes. John J. Wilson, lawyer for former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman, has told newsmen and the U.S. Court of Appeals that he assumes the grand jury's evidence includes a tape recording of the disputed March 21, 1973, conversation on hush money.

The grand jury indicted Haldeman on a charge of perjury for quoting the President as saying "it would be wrong" to pay hush money to keep the original Watergate burglars from letting the scandal reach higher. The President said at a news conference that the full conversation will show he said both hush money and a promise of presidential clemency to keep the burglars quiet would be wrong. The material also includes an index which lists events involving the President which may he important to the impeachment' inquiry, a Watergate prosecutor said. The grand jury material was under heavy -guard even from Dr. Tell Copening is practicing with Dr.

George DeTar here- this week. He will soon move to some community and accepted an opportunity to Jook over the situation here. Dr. Copening is a native Iolan, as is his wife, the former Vicki Mahan. He is one of a new group of medical specialists considered llecertification requires the physician to complete a specified course of supplementary education to be certain he keeps abreast of new developments in medical science and technique.

"Family Practice is the only one of the 20 medical specialties that makes this requirement," Dr. Copening noted. to be most-needed-bythose who He graduated from iola High have studied the health delivery School in 1961, completed junior system in the United States Family Practitioner. "Family Practice is what used to be called General Practice," he told The Register. But there is a difference.

The General Practitioner took but one year of internship following graduation from medical school and then hung out his shingle. Today's graduate who specializes in family practice must complete a three-year residency and must- be certified by a national board every six years throughout his practice. college here, received his doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1969 and completed his residency in Family Practice from Wesley Medical Center in Wichita in 1972. He went into the U.S. Air Forc6 thereafter and will soon complete, his tour of duty at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, where he has been serving as a physician.

He and his wife have-two daughters, aged 2 and 4. They have not yet decided where they will establish themselves to begin practice. one day's slaughter in the year was 21.l3flrion~po«Sas, dustry. and the department predicts The beef buying was dis- supplies will increased to 4 per closed by Agriculture Secretary cent in 1974. "lems.

"This will certainly be a boost in the arm," said Claire Robinson, president of the Kansas -Livestock Association. "However, I don't think this is the ultimate solution." Rpbinson, of Cedar Point, said would have little, effect on beef for consumers. The purchase order will require about 100,000 head of than one day's kill "naTionally. "So this isn't anything great, but it's a big help and VnMure iVs said Robin- definitely have a beneficial effect, but I would point out that it's less than what we slaughter in one day presently. "I don't mean to belittle it," he said.

"I'm just trying to put it in perspective." Sidney Warner, who operates a ranch near Cimarron, said it was a "drop in the frying pan'' for stockmen suffering from last year's price ceilings and this year's strike by independeni-tmiokftw cloudiness and fog central and' most members of the House east this morning becoming Judiciary Committee, partly cloudy this afternoon. Mostly sunny west. Warm. High 60s east and 70s west. Partly cloudy tonight, Low 30s northwest, mostly 40s elsewhere.

Chance of showers or thunderstorms developing' east Thursday otherwise partly cloudy. Cooler. High upper 50s northwest to mid 60s Olney innocent, jury A Court yesterday found Richard Olney innocent of charges of burglary and theft. The trial started Monday. Olney, an Iolan, was charged "The solution," he said, "is lower feeder cattle or feed prices or higher fat cattle prices.

Kansas extended outlook Fri- no precipitation; low mid 30s meat from, an outside walk-in northwest to mid 40s" southeast? freezer unit at the Self Service high 70s beginning of period, Grocery here. The incident.