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House Hungry Officers Corrol Suspecf in Steqk gunman was putting money in the sack. A dishwasher, Mark H. Grose, 16, told police that just before the robbery a man had entered the kitchen door and asked where the manag- er's office was. 1 Coar and Verash said that after completing their investigation they planned to go home for supper. Although Coar and Verash apparently entered the restaurant just after the suspect, an Indiana State trooper already was Inside eating, his supper in uniform, investigators reported.

A bullet hole was found in. the wall but police said the shot apparently was fired accidently while the Coar reported' that he held his gun to the suspect's head and the gunman surrendered without incident. Nearby, Coir and Verash found a trash bag containing $1,767 and a $20 check from the safe, according to police. Benjamin Butler, 32, of Hammondwas beirjg held Saturday By RAY M. LELIAERT JR.

I Tribune Sufi Writer There are days when you're so busy youtan't even stopr a meal, City police officers' William M. Coar and Larry Verash were waiting for their suppers about p.m. Saturday in the Ponderosa Steak House at 4134 Lincoln Way W. night In the city jail after questioning by police in connection with the Police said Butler was wanted on warrant in Hammond on an assault charge. Butler's wife, 30, and a 3'-year-old son, who were waiting in a car outside the not held, police said when the cashier, Miss Cynthia Jt-Leeser, 19, told Coar she thought she had heard a shot In the manag-! er's office.

i i Coar said he opened the office 4 door with service revojver drawn and' found a gunman pointing a revolver at the manager, "Philip Lisenko, 21, who was lying under the desk. Department Features HOME EDITION 01 lyArv II AmuMnranf 66-67 Claui(id 47-55 Editorial 12 Financial 43 44 Home 70-71 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUNDAY iMORNING, 'AUGUST i i uviu Set to Settle Old VOL. CHI, NO. 148 Meeting LAKE ORION, Mich. (AP) Former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa was planning to meet, a reputed Mafia figure and a former union vice president the day he disappeared, a source said Saturday night.

The source, who' is close to. the missing ex labor leader, told Associated Press that jne of the men, Anthony "Tony Pro'- Provenzanor-bore a grudge against Hoffa from old prison Hoffa was reported missing 4 1937. the scheduled Wednesday meeting, probably to mediate the long-simmering dispute between Hoffa and Provenzano. Sources" told AP that their' names and the name of Detroit labor- figure Leonard Sc.hultz surfaced after a psychiatrist hypnotized two men who said Hoffa told them who he was going to meet Wednesday, but that they later forgot The feud between Hoffa and to. prison time in Lewlsburg," where they served time together, the source said." The source said during their jail terms, Provenzano, forced to step down as head of Teamsters Local T60 in Union City, N.J.,7 asked Hoffa' to amend the, union's pension, plan so he would qualify; The source said Hoffa" told Provenzano that he would not be able to change the.

union's pension plan to include him. The New Jersey State Police said late Saturday they had Deen asnea oy autnonties in Detroit to question Provenza no about Hoffa's disappear- ance. Two agents from the state police intelligence bureau have been assigned to Inter- view Provenzano, who lives in-Clifton, N.J., according to Lt. Carl Chiaventone. fr.

ix i yrih )s ri rn -v 5 i' Thursday after he failed to return from a scheduled Wednesday appointment. His family said they believe the 62-year- ''old longtime labor boss was a Kidnaped. In Chicago, an unnamed X-source told thel Chicago Sun-. that Hoffa was 'ab-- ducted and possibly slain," because he, was about lo expose crooked loans about to be made from the union's pension Many union' officials privately express similar views 3, 1975 Broadcasting Mishawa-ka, which last year began operating WMSH-TV. Indiana Securities Raymond J.

Hafsten said residents of several Northern Indiana counties stand to lose "a considerable sum" of their investments. a cease and desist order Mrs." Durham said: "That frog would jump and -Herman would jump. Then they'd look at each other and jump some more." living Today SI-10 'Mithayoka 3-3 Sport 37-65 TV 8-69 PRICE FORTY CENTS Conrad said McQueen, in selling the securities, "represented that their money could be reclaimed at any time, that the gold seal on their certificates guaranteed money, that they were -'guaranteed a monthly income of 10 per cent a vear. that emergency redemption of their certificates and that the' Mate of Indiana approved the Although the. firm tiled for -bankruptcy, the television station is still on the Shock Waves Still Comipg OROVILLE, Calif.

(AP) Strong aftershocks jolted this small Northern' California town Saturday as officials surveyed damage from the state's biggest earthquake in 4Vj years. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology said two of the aftershocks measured about 5.5 on the Richter scale. Boat Sinks, 34 Drown ISLAMABAD; Pakistan (AP) Thirty-four members of a wedding party drowned Saturday when a boat on which they were celebrating capsized at a lake near Mahg-la Dam, 50 miles south of here, officials said. about Hoffa's fate, but police saia iaie oaiuroay iney nave iio tiucs iu inuicaie eiuier an abduction or a murder took The AP source said Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, a longtime Hoffa fnend with a cnminal record dating back to ROMANIAN FOLK DANCERS, TOO President Ford' dance ollowing the the arrival of the President's motor-and Romania's President Nicolae Ceausescu join hands cade Saturday in Bucharest. (Story on page 6) -with Romanian folk dancers for the traditional "Hora" UPI Syr i Gharged WM5H-TV Boss rvn Chiaventone said he did not know whether agents had reached Provenzano by Saturday night, adding It was "a mutter of routine.

"We have been asked by the Detroit Police Department to see if he (Provenzano), can possjbly give us any tion about Mr. Hoffa, he said." The source said Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons has agreed to return Proven- zana to the Teamsters international payroll as of October 1975. However, Fitzsimmons said in Washington late Saturday that "there has, never been any discussion about hiring Provenzano." Hoffa has also been feuding with Fitzsimmons, and has said he would like to run against Fitzsimmons for union president in 1976 if a clemency restriction is lifted. On Saturday; responding ice searched a cornfield in Michigan's Irish HEls, more than 100 miles west of nearby Bloomfield Hills, where Hoffa was last seen, but found no trace of him. Police have received many phone tips on Hofia's whereabouts, but this was the first time that it was known police there was some good news in the heat wave.

He said many mosquitoes bred dur ng the recent rainy, spell most likely will die of heat prostration and dehydration by Monday. They Just can't take the heat. South Bend during the 24 hours ended midnight Saturday: 71 at i JO m. EST Saturday and 76 at 1:3 a.m. and a.m.' EST Saturday, Precipitation (hiring the 24 hours end' ed at midnight EST Saturday: 14 August total: 1.4 Inches.

August normal: 28 inches. Annual precipitation Jan. 1975, to date: 28 niches, (.20 inches above normal. Sun sets at 8 01pm. EST today; sun rise at J.

42 a.m. EST Monday. Grudge? had conducted a specific search. The source told AP that a psychiatrist used, learn the The Detroit News said the hypnotist learned from two men who talked with Hoffa that he was 'going to moot "TJ" and "Tony' Pro" on Wednesday afternoon. The source told the Associated Press that is a Detroit Mafia kingpin, Oiaca-lone.

The News reported "Tony Pro" was probably Provenzano. a New Jersey Teamster boss. F'olice had no comment. Giacalone has said several times that "it is absolutely not true" that he was to have met Hoffa Wednesday. The psychiatrist, who was -not identified, was called in by the family after it was learned --two employes of Airports' Service Line were told by the 62-year-old Hoffa who he Sn chiatnst hypnotized the em- ployes, who are fnends of Hof fa, and learned fhe names of the men.

"Police now know who Jim- my was going to meet," said the 1 Friday, Hoffa's daughter, Barbara jCrancer, was quoted as saying that "investigators" believe two associates of a longtime Hoffa friend and reputed Mafia luad- er, may have taken hVr father hostage. Mrs. Crancer said Hofla stopped in nearby Pontiac at Airline Service Lines, a small business in which Hoffa has financial interests, while en route the luncheon1. Ho told the employees who he was going to meet, she said. But Mrs.

Crancer said that hen" the employes were questioned by police they could not remember the associates1 names, the paper said. 1 The psychiatrist was brought to hypnotize the em- ployes in an effort to Joaraiiia. names o( the two associates. Dog, 7 4, By BOB WATSON Associated Press BARDSTOWN, Ky. He's heard the gentle voices calling.

He's heard do-dahs and how the birdsTnake music all the And when his performance in the Stephen Foster Story is over Sunday, night 1 -Herman- Durham -Ill-will jist yawn as usual and hope He can soon go back to sleep. I Herman, a 14-year-Dld beagle, has appeared in the role of Old Dog Tray in the outdoor musical at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheater' here fo 13 years. A native of Harrisburg, Herman joined the show shortly after he moved to Bards-town wjth his Mrs. WU-! liam Ci Durham.

1 "He's really sleepy going, gentle and loveable," Mrs. Durham 'said. "He's a fine hunting dog and can still get on the trail or a raoblt, which is pretty good considering his age is the equivalent of a 91-year-old Herman, who has performed before an estimated 609,000 spectators, has goofed only a few times. "He made 'his singing debut backstagea few years ago," Mrs. DurfWrSald.

"Stephen was singing to Jeannie and right in the best part of the love song somebody stepped on Herman's tail. He let out a terrible howl and the audience roared." They used to let Herman come on stage for the finale but he Icept getting under the INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -Secretary estate Larry Conrad said Saturday criminal misrepresentation charges have been filed in Lagrange County against George 11. McQueen, South Bend, president of a nonprofit television sta tion now in bankruptcy. Religious and Educational Performs for Time large jioopskirts of the women in the cast. The clincher came the night a frog joined the lj "That broke the Jiouse against further sale of certificates of investment in the broadcasting firm.

Conrad saidCagfange County ProseCjUtorMichael M. Yod-er filed charges in Lagrange Circuit Court against McQueen, accusing him of "illegal sales of securities jsentation." Herman is usually asleep or so close to sleep you can't tell he's awake. When then-Ken-' tucky Gov. Edward T. Breathitt held him for a photographer after a perfermance one night, the posing and waiting was too much.

"He got tired and just laid. his headon the governor's shoulder arid "went to "sleep," Mrs. Durham said. "Quite of- ten he will go toisleepstanding up," she added!) The Stephen Foster Story isn't performed on Monday nights and that confuses Her- man. "About a quarter after nine of Monday nights, about the time he usually goes on, he will.

look up at me as if to ask 'why aren't we on the way to the Mrs. Durham said. "He's a little deaf but 1 tell him it's Monday and he won'tabe going on that night. I always have to take him for a walk on Monday nights." RAINDROPS FALLING ON MY HEAD bench ap4 watched the water rise around When Bismarck, N.D.S -was deluged with- them. The storm caused streM flSbding, halt-, torrential rains, this couple, Shirley Wolf nM ed traffic and toppled trees.

1 Mike Chuppe, sat out the downpour on a park 1 AP i '-'l Heat Wave Boils Northeast i if Brademas Role Examined Tribune Political Writer Jack Colwell analyzes the embargo on U.S. Arms shipment to Turkey and, in particular, the role played by Congressman John Brademas, D-South Bend, in blocking the resumption of arms shipments to Tufltey. Story on page 46. Also Inside today's Tribune: Congress leaves key Issues unsettled as it goes "on vacation, Page 2. Tfirkish president says ban on U.S.

base will remain until America changes mind about military aid, Page $. Congressional leaks of secret testimony closes sources to vital tl agents abroad, Page 3. By Amoclatod Prvsn The Northeast boiled under a heat wave Saturday as temperatures shot above "100 In New England, normally one of the nation's cooler areas. Temperatures above 100 were reported throughout the region, with Providence, R. registering 104 at 2 p.m.

and Portland, Maine, unofficially reporting 105 degrees at that time. Concord, N.H., recorded 101 degrees, breaking the 1917 record for the date of 90. The National Weather Service said temperatures in Bos-tan 101 degrees at 3 p.m., eclipsing the old record for the date of 98 set in 1917. The heat and humidity sent thousands of residents of the Washington-Baltimore area out of the cities with a 12-mlle backup of traffic reported at the eastern end of the Chesa peake Bay Bridge. In Baltimore the 4 p.m.

high was 98 and in Washington, 96. Elsewhere across -the nation, there were scattered showers and thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast into parts of Kansas and much of the. Midwest. Mostly fair weather, a was reported in the northern half of the Great Plains and in the West, with the exceptibn of some fog along the Pacific Coast. A Connecticut mosquito control official, Julius Elson, said.

The Weather Gun-Shy' Wallace Startled MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) Gov. George Wallace was addressing a huge political rally in Western Kentucky Saturday when a flashbulb in the camera of a photographer 1 feet away from him went off with a sharp crack. A sudden silence fell on (he audience of several thousand and Wallace, crippled three years ago hi Maryland by a would-be flinched momeatarl.ly on the speaker's stand. "I'm a little gun-shy," he told the photographer, as he Interrupted his speech.

"You threw me off." Shortly afterward, he photographer tried again and a loud retort was heardxagaln-followed, by some shouts from angry spectators far the man to leave. "I hope you can get that fixed, Wallace said. And the photographer drifted away. -j 1 1 Mostly cloudy lay and loniidit with chance of si wcfs and thunder- jtomu. Partly my Monday with a chance of aflern and evening thun- deratorms.

High, temperalurcs today 80b and low tonight and Monday in ll EXTENDED OUTLOOK Chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Mostly fair on Thursday. Highs wUl be mostly tn the Ms with lows in the 80s during the High and low temperatures recorded by the National feather, Service at 1.000TH PERFORMANCE Actor Armstrong of Shepherdsville; holds Herman Durnam III, who will appear in his performance tonight in Bardstown, as Old Dog Tray. Herman is 14 years old and has been appearing in the Bardstown musical for 13 years. AP '-'t1 i..

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