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The only newspaper in the Grand Traverse Region that is read each day by you and over 56,000 of your friends and neighbors. TRAVERSE CITY RECORD-EAGLE NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S GREATEST DAILY THE WEATHER SNOWY Detailed Information Page 5 Tis cr- Privilege fo Live in Michigan" 1 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE TWO SECTIONS 28 PAGES TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1972 SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR--25066 PRICE TEN CENTS Made Concession On Taiwan Nixon's Historic China Trip Is Over BACK IN THE U.S. President Nixon and his wife Pat wave as they arrive at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, this morning in freezing temperatures after a long trip home from China. They are due back in Washington tonight. (UPI Telephoto) ANCHORAGE (UPI)-President Nixon is on his way home from China and "the week that changed the world." His "Spirit of "76" jetliner returned Nixon to American soil shortly after 5 a.m.

EST today when it landed at snow- covered Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage. A motorcade whisked him to the home of Lt. Gen. Robert Ruegg, the U.S. Alaska military district commander, for a nine- hour rest before Nixon -leaves Alaska for tonight's arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

The jetliner flew over the North Pole from Shanghai where the President and Chinese leaders Sunday an- nounced the result of their week of talks. Nixon and his hard-bargaining ideological' opposites from Peking agreed upon exchanges of visitors, trade and ideas. But Nixon made a major concession to the Communists which undercuts his Nationalist Chinese ally, Chiang Kai-shek, and casts a cloud over the future of the "other China" on the island of Taiwan, 100 miles offshore. No comparable concession from the Chinese was apparent But the President seemed convinced today that his mission was a success and that he had broken two decades of mutual distrust which twice in a generation--in Korea and Vietnam--have seen each country supporting opposite armies in Asian wars. On the flight from Shanghai to Anchorage, Nixon conferred in private with chief aides and worked on papers.

A big welcome from Nixon's official family and the Washington diplomatic corps awaited him and his' wife, Pat, in Washington but it was not yet certain whether the ambassador from Taiwan would attend or would boycott it to register his country's "shock" at Nixon's agreement with his Communist hosts. Nixon feels that more important than the document he and Premier Chou En-lai produced in 18 hours of taxing private discussions and 14 more hours of informal is that the effort has started "to build a bridge across 16,000 miles and 22 years of hostility." Nonetheless, Chiang, leader of 15 million Chinese and Taiwanese, who still speak of liberating the mainland of 800 million' people, are profoundly affected by Nixon's promise in the communique to remove some of the 9,000 U.S. military, mostly airmen, stationed on Taiwan and ultimately to withdraw all U.S. forces. Informed sources on Taiwan said the United States is considering cutting the 374th Tactical Air Wing, an Air Force unit which supports U.S.

forces in Southeast Asia. Nixon's view, as reflected in the communique and its acceptance of the principle of peaceful coexistence," was that Taiwan's future is a matter for the Chinese to settle --so long as the solution is peaceful, not military. Henry A. Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser and his most intimate counsel during the talks with Chou, said the 16-year-old U.S. treaty commitment to defend Taiwan was not mentioned in the communique --a silence that stung the Nationalists -'(Continued on Page 7) NW Mich.

Acreage Included Indians Vote To Accept Sum Of 103 Million For Lands It took 136 years but the descendants of Michigan Ottawa and Chippewa Indians are finally going to be paid for land sold to the United States government. The decision to" accept the federal offer was made in Traverse City on Saturday when 372 Indians voted to accept $10.3 million for 13.5 million acres of land in the northwestern third of the Lower Peninsula and the eastern half of the Upper Peninsula. Only three Indians voted to hold out for more money. Attorneys Rodney Edwards and James Fitzharris, who for years have represented the Chippewas and Ottawas before the Indian Claims Commission, had recommended that Indians not appeal the decision to the U. S.

Court of Appeals. They indicated all that could be. gained by further delay might be an additional $200,000 within the three-year period required to go through the courts. This, they pointed out, would be less than the interest which could be earned in that time on the $10.3 million offered now. The commission offer, which came Dec.

29, amounts to about 90 cents an. acre. Other claims accepted by Indians in other parts of the United States have ranged from 45 to 85 cents per acre, said Edwards. He also indicated -that acceptance of the award would, in no way, effect the Indians' other rights, such as fishing and hunting rights. Robert Dominic of Petoskey, president of the Northern Michigan Ottawa Association, and his wife, Waunette, have been working on a settlement of the Treaty of 1836 for the past 23 years.

The near-unanimous vote at the Saturday meeting represented a major victory for the couple. In addition to members of the Ottawa group, others attending the meeting- at- St." Francis Auditorium included leaders and members of the Bay Mills Indian Council and the Sault Ste. Marie Band in the U. P. and the Grand River Band.

The latter group is seeking an award of $1 million for 1.1 million acres in the Lower Peninsula not included in the settlement Saturday. Another S14 million may also be sought for land ceded to the federal government in 1861 in other parts of the L. P. The Indian groups involved in Saturday's decision and the U. S.

Attorney General's office both had 90 days to appeal the offer of $10.3 million after the Dec. 29 date. The full 90 days is expected to be used by the Indians to decide how they want the money to be awarded. Indian leaders prefer that the money would be split up among Indians of at least one-quarter Ottawa or Chippewa blood but the federal government is said to prefer it be divided among those of lesser blood lines. S.

Viets In Big Drive FINALE? Undoubtedly the heaviest snowfall--literally--of the month was recorded here Sunday when some four to six inches of moisture-laden snow blanketed the area, coating trees and shrubs with a fresh mantle of white that attracted many hikers such as this pair walking among the big pine trees on East Front Street near East Bay. (R-E Photo by Dann Perszyk) SAIGON (UPI)--Nearly 9,000 South Vietnamese troops are carrying out a three-pronged attack against Communist forces in Cambodia, officials said today. So far, 52 Viet Cong have been killed in a series of clashes that cost 16 South Vietnamese dead. The push into Cambodia was part of the allied effort to blunt a threatened Communist. off en- sive.

It began without, public fanfare four weeks ago when a South Vietnamese force which had been encamped in the Parrot's Beak area of Cambodia for almost two years went on the offensive. Part of the force, including rangers and armored units, clashed with guerrillas Sunday seven miles northeast of Svay Rieng in the biggest battle of the campaign so far. Svay Rieng is four miles inside Cambodia and 65 miles west of Saigon. To the west, a second column of about 3,000 South Vietnamese moved into a marshy area of Cambodia between the Bassac River and the Gulf of Thailand Thursday and in a battle with Communist killed six guerrillas. No allied forces had been in the area for months.

On Sunday a third column of about 1,500 men moved from the southwestern edge of the Central Highlands against so- called Base Area 70, a Communist stronghold that straddles South i a m's Quang Due Province and Cambodia's Mondulkiri Province about 130 miles north of Saigon. The South Vietnamese made almost immediate contact and reported six Communist soldiers killed in a skirmish between a North Vietnamese platoon and a company of the South Vietnamese 23rd Infantry Division. In Vietnam's Central' Highlands, guerrillas sprang ambushes along Route 1 between Pleiku, 230 miles north of Saigon, and Kontum, 260 miles further north, for the fifth day in a row, wounding five South Vietnamese soldiers. U.S. B52's flew 12 missions against suspected guerrilla positions within South Vietnam in the 24 hours ending at noon today, the most in two weeks.

Nixon Trip Draws Scorn Of Taiwan TAIPEI (UPI) Nationalist China charged today that President Nixon's trip to China would not contribute to peace, as he hoped, and called on the free countries of Asia and the Pacific to join hands in combating the menace of communism. The first official Nationalist reaction to the Nixon-Chou En- lai communique issued in Shanghai Sunday made no mention of Nixon's promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Taiwan when conditions permit. The Nationalist statement, issued by the Foreign Ministry after 24 hours discussion of the 'communique, said: "According to President Nix-' on, he made the trip to the Chinese mainland with the hope that it might bring a generation of peace and relax tensions in the Asian and Pacific region. Actually, the effects of President Nixon's visit are diametrically opposite to what he expected, and the countries in the Asian and Pacific area will be among the first ones to suffer from its aflermath." The statement called on the countries in the area "to rely upon their own determination and strength and spare no efforts in consolidating unity and cooperation among themselves.

They should not entertain the slightest delusion' of coexisting peacefully with thel Chinese Communists." THIS WAS THEIR HOME Standing on the foundation of what was their home, three survey the damage done by a flash flood whicTi killed at-least 60 and left 'some 300 missing. least five towns in this narrow West Virginia-valley were leveled. (UPI Telephoto) 61 Dead, 300 Missing Coal Waste Dam Collapses; W. Va. Mining Towns Disappear Today's Chuckle Garage mechanic giving estimate to car owner: "First, the good news your glove compartment and sun visor are in excellent condition." Just Guess What's Comin' C'mon, now, put down that seed catalogue and forget about oiling the lawnmower; pick up that snowshovel and get busy.

February, which is about to depart, gave us a going-away gift Sunday in the form of from four to six inches of soggy, heavy snow along with thawing temperatures which added a sloppy note to the whole' proceedings, and today's no better. The National Weather Service announces that we'll get more snow tonight, with the mercury dipping to somewhere between 15 and 23. By tomorrow the snow will diminish to flurries (heh, hen) and so will the enthusiasm of shovelers. From Wednesday through Friday we'll get a change of pace cloudy, snowy and so cold that there just might be some zero readings. Thank goodness it.

will be four more years before February has that extra day again. No. wonder the 'winter seems long! MAN, W.Va. (UPI) -When the lights went out in their homes, the miners of Buffalo Creek Valley knew what that meant --the coal waste dam holding a mile-long, ram- swollen of water at the head of the narrow valley had given way. Picking up mud, rocks, cars, bridges, people, parts of houses and whole houses as it roared down the 7 18-mile-long valley where 6,500 persons lived in 14 mining communities, the 30- foot-high wall of water swept one small town the map Saturday and piled debris 10 and 20 feet above some of the bridges which span the valley.

G-ov. Arch Moore declared it a disaster area and President Nixon, in China, promised federal aid. By today, 61 bodies had been recovered from the planks and mud; 300 were missing, and 4,000 were homeless. National Guardsmen today searched the wreckage of every house for more bodies. "It was like an ocean," said Mrs.

Roy Deese, who escaped What's Inside Ann Landers 2 Obituaries Page 3 Editorial 4 Weather Page 5 Comics Page 6 Features Page 8 Bridge Heloise Horoscope TV Log Page 12 Calendar of, Events 14 -Theatre Calendar 14 Society Pages 14-15 SECOND SECTION Sports Pages 16-18 with her husband and three daughters from their'home at Stove, two miles below Lorado, the town which was destroyed. "There were waves tossing all over." Albert Kilgore of Lorado which had 700 or 800 watched from a hillside as man ran back to untie a dog from a stake. "The water just swept over' him. His mother was standing on the porch. We couldn't get to either of them before the house was washed away," he said.

Mrs. Naomi Hall lives atop a hill at Robinette and can see seven miles along the valley. "We stood on our porch and watched seven miles of what used to be homes for a lot of people go by," she said. In Logan County where the valley is, and neighboring Mingo County, 25 large banks of coal waste serve as dams, though many of them were not engineered for that purpose, said the U.S. Geological Survey in Washington.

It said they lack overflow channels and adequate- spillways. It estimates there- are at least 75 such dams in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Panel Begins Hearings Busing Issue Before House WASHINGTON I Scores of congressmen opposed to racial school busing--backed by growing numbers of militant parents from both the North and South--lined up today to urge that the Constitution, be amended to ban forced busing. The lawmakers were ready to testify during, what may turn 111 out to be three weeks of tarings by the House Judiciary Committee on the busing controversy. The question was put aside in Senate but was likely to take center stage again later this week when -that chamber resumes consideration of anti-busing amendments to a'big education bill.

The House panel, chaired by Rep. Emanuel Celler, has for several years received proposals to change the Constitution to deal with busing. But today's hearing, with 29 lawmakers scheduled to testify through Tuesday, marked the committee's first exa- mination of the issue. Rule Parents May Collect For Future Worth Of Slain Child LANSING (UPI) The State Supreme Court rule'd today the parents of a child killed negligently by another person- may collect damages which "include how much the child may have been worth in the future as well as the of raising him. costs already incurred do not constitute the total measure' of the value of the services of a minor child than actual earnings is conclusive upon the maximum earning capacity," Justice Thomas E.

Brennan wrote in the court's opinion. "It is still competent 'for a parent claimant to show, in addition to past expenses, that future services will exceed in value both past and future costs of the child's maintenance, support and education." The court said, thus, the parents of a youthful baseball player killed on the- eve of signing a substantial bonus contract are not limited to showing the actual cost of rearing their prodigy- "But the parents of less unique offspring are at least entitled to the presumption that a child is worth his keep and the negligent act which snuffs out their child's life deprives them of services at least equal to the amount of their pecuniary it.