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City Acts To Quiet Down Parks By VANS STEVENSON 4 Daily News Staff Writer Alcoholic beverages and loud electronic noise will no longer be allowed In recreation or parking areas In the city between the hours 6f 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. City Commissioners Monday night unanimously approved the amendments to ordinance 729 in an attempt to curb drinking and noise problems, primarily in Stearns Park during the last year. The changes also include provisions for persons to obtain permits from the city manager of parks or recreation director for concerts pr any other event which might involve the use of amplified equipment. Although the second reading of the ordinance changes received unanimous approval, Commissioner-At-Large Raymond Mayer questioned whether or not the amendments could effectively be en- forced.

"You'll have a hard time prohibiting it (drinking) as long as its In a sack," he said as he pulled a bottle covered by a brown paper sack from under his chair. "1 don't think you have the right to do anything as long as the bottle is covered," Dr. Mayer added. Police Chief William Hartley is convinced the amendments will prove effective. "About 90 per cent do have a conscience," he said, referring to those individuals who drink in Stearns Park.

"It's a tool, no ordinances are going to be foolproof." "Maybe It won't work, but we've got to try something, 1 Police and Fire Committee Chairman Jack Ereon said. Mayor Norman Schade's vote was required to break a 4-4 vote by the commission over a motion to table changes in the zoning ordinance for further study. This is the third time the commission has tabled the changes. Mayor Schade voted to table the motion which sent the matter back to committee. Commissioners Erickson, Kibbey, Ereon and Ames voted to table while councilmen Mayer, Gregones, Clark and Johnson opposed the motion.

The issue surrounds proposed changes in zoning regarding normal repairs and maintenance of existing structures and permits for construction under $300. Commissioners learned during Monday's meeting that a new state law to take effect Dec. 31 sets new criteria for assessment purposes in relation to repairs and maintenance. Commissioner Ereon introduced the motion to table, stating the changes in zoning should be aligned with the new law. Councilmen voting against said they felt the city zoning ordinance already took care of that new law adequately and the proposed amendments News Capsules i Water PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Heavy security is being maintained around the city's reservoirs and water treatment plants following an anonymous $1 million ransom demand by a man threatening to dump 1,000 gallons of home heating oil in the Philadelphia water supply.

The man said he would dump the oil in the supply by midnight Monday, but city officials and representatives of the Philadelphia Water Department reported no contamination of the water from fire hydrants tested early today. Chrysler DETROIT (UPI) Just four days remain on the strike deadline set for 118,000 Chrysler Corp. workers, but top United Auto Workers officials claim that is enough time to work out details of a new three-year contract. we have time," UAW Vice President Douglas A. Fraser said Monday.

"I'm not concerned about running out of time at this point." A strike against Chrysler would be the second major industry walkout this year. The basic, pattern-setting contract was worked out in a 28-day strike against the Ford Motor Co. Weather By United Press International Light snow ended in New England and a few showers dampened the Great Lakes region today, but fair skies and mild temperatures greeted voters in most of the nation, bolstering hopes of record jMection day turnouts in several states'. "There may, be some cloudiness in some areas and a little rain in the Great Lakes and the Northwest, but nobody'11 have to swim or shovel their way to the polls and in most places it'll be ideal election day weather," a National Weather Service spokesman, said. Dump LANSING (UPI) State officials have asked for a federal investigation to determine the contents of sealed barrels that were dumped secretly by the U.S.

Army into Lake Superior more than a decade ago. ')' State officials were reportedly checking out an unconfirmed report that the sunken barrels may have contained radioactive waste materials. An official of the state Department of Natural Resources said Monday that "the factual information isn't there" to back up the report that the material dumped in the lake contained radioactive wastes. Consumers JACKSON (UPI) Consumers Power Co. has announced it will refund $30 million to 985,000 electric and natural gas customers due to overcharges in W70 and 1971.

Company officials said the Checks amounting to $10 to $15 for the average customer were prompted by a state Public Service'Commission rate order in 1969 that was appealed by the utility, The company eventually lost its court challenge. Freeway (UPI) A 12.2- mile section of U.S. 131 south of Cadillac in Osceola County will be officially opened to traffic Nov. 9, bringing Michigan's freeway system to a total of 1,615 miles. The new project runs south from the Osceola-Wexford county line and cost $7.4 million, highway officials said Monday.

U.S. 131 was built as a four- lane freeway 10 years ago from Cadillac south to the county line. From that point south to Ashton, a two-lane roadway was built to serve as the eventual southbound lanes of the freeway. COOK'S Sport Ski SPECIAL HOURS Thursday, Nov. 14 9a.m.

MON-SAT. 10a.m. SUNDAY DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY RUSS MILLER JR. New Runway Extension Nears Completion Within a few days the northeast-southwest runway at the Mason County Airport will reopen with a extension completed. The runway is now 4,100 feet long, big enough to handle the larger commercial jets.

This photo was taken looking west with the new extension and land clearing filling the bottom half of the photo. The entire runway was resurfaced along with the taxiway which leads to the terminal building and hangars in the upper left hand corner of the photo. Total cost of the project was $203,000 with most of the money coming from state and federal grants. Western Michigan May Decide By ARNOLD SAWISLAK United Press International Americans choose their first president for the nation's third century today in a dead-heat election pitting the only man ever to reach the office without their vote against a challenger feW voters had ever heard of a year ago. Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, their frenetic last week of campaigning completed, went home to vote in Michigan and Georgia and wait for the verdict of 75-80 million of their fellow citizens.

Voters also selected governors in 14 states, senators in 33 and House members and other state and local officials in 50. Balloting began just past midnight in the East and goes on till the wee hours of Wednesday in Alaska. Public opinion analysts and political experts were at a loss to predict a winner in the race between Ford, the 63-year-old Republican incumbent, and Carter, his 52-year-old Democratic opponent. Both candidates and their supporters talked confidently, but the major polls placed them no more than a single point apart margins too close to support predictions. One poll, conducted by the Roper organization for the Public Broadcasting Service, found Carter ahead by seven points, with 11 per cent undecided.

Ford Draws First Blood DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (UPI) The first community to count its presidential ballots in the 1976 presidential election gave President Ford a two-vote lead today over Democrat Jimmy Carter. The 26 voters of this northern New Hampshire vacation resort FOR A FREE RIDE TO THE POLLS Between Districts 1 845-5856 2 843-9878 3 843-8305 4 843-2269 5 843-3764 6 843-8305 National Honor Society cast 13 votes for ford, 11 for Carter and one for independent Eugene McCarthy. One ballot was voided because the voter selected three candidates. The returns came in just after midnight EST.

Voters braved icy roads and a blustery snowstorm to cast their ballots. Both campaigns actually ended Ford's home state, where Carter saw a last-minute opportunity to capture 21 electoral votes in the quest for the 270 votes needed to win the presidency. The President, whose only previous election tests were 13 successful campaigns for Congress from Michigan's 5th District, first prospected Monday for votes in pivotal Ohio, which has 25 electoral votes. Then he wound up with an airport rally at Detroit, proclaiming "Of course we're going to win," and on to a big welcome home in Grand Rapids. Moved to tears before a huge street crowd, Ford abandoned most of his set speech and spoke of his quarter-century of congressional service, appealing to his former neighbors to back him again today.

"Western Michigan can decide the fate of this country the next four years," he said. The reference was to an expected flood of Democratic votes from the Detroit area and Republican hopes for a counter tide from outside. VOTE FOR and ELECT Walter A Carrier For Sheriff of Mason County Paid by Citizens for Carrier Committee IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED PLEASE DO SO TODAY You owe it to yourself and your family. Paid by Labor Federation ol Mtson County AFL-CIO, Paul O. Sutherland, COPE Chairman.

were actually unrelated. The commission received a letter from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission which has set Tuesday, Nov. 4, for a protest hearing for city officials and others to lodge their objections to a request by the Majic Mart, 701 N. Washington for a license to sell beer and wine. Police Chief William Hartley and the Rev.

Thomas Kavanaugh of the Washington Avenue Bapist Church are among others who will attend the hearing to voice city objections. Current and past problems with junior and senior high students drinking during the noon hour and other related problems in the area of the store are primary reasons for the city's opposition to the license request. (Continued on Page 2) The Ludington An Independent Newspaper Serving Mason County and Surrounding Area Copyright 1976 by Ludington Daily News, Inc. VOLUME NO. 86, NO.

295 LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1976 RICE 15c City Seeks U.S. Funds To Finance 2 Projects By VANSSTEVENSON Daily News Staff Writer Ludington took two steps forward Monday night, preparing to vie for 100 per cent multimillion dollar grant funding for the long- awaited marina project and a new municipal complex. City council unanimously passed two resolutions authorizing the city to invest $750 to prepare and complete a funding application for the marina and $200 for the municipal complex. Both fees subsidize the engineering firms completing the applications. To put Ludington in a better position to receive marina money, the commission also passed another motion authorizing the city manager to negotiate preliminary engineering plans with Kistler and Associates of Grand Haven up to $5,000.

That cost will be paid for by a 100 per cent grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Early completion of the engineering plans for the marina will make sure Ludington is ready to go with the project if selected for grant funding. "If your number is called, you've got to go," City Manager George VonDrak said. Out-of-court settlements for land acquisition have been reached with McDonald's Dairy and the Luding'ton Area School District as the commission approved the purchase of the land from two of the three property owners. The school system will receive $55,500 for their parcel, including the old bus garage, and the dairy will get $56,000.

Condemnation proceedings against the Chessie System, who own a section of property along the southeast edge of the project's boundary, are still pending in Mason County Circuit Court, according to City Attorney John Claire. The funding for land purchasing came from federal, state and city matching funds and from public and private donations. City Manager VonDrak said that the city could receive grants for both projects or may not get either. He added the process of selecting projects for grants is done by computer and on the basis of the economic impact and the number of jobs created by construction. Both grants are sought through Local Public Works Act of 1976 and made available through the Economic Development Administration.

The grant applications are expected to be submitted for consideration sometime within the next two weeks. Noon Count Shows Fairly Heavy Turnout A fairly heavy voter turnout is expected in Mason County, today, if the noon check of Ludington's polling places is any indication'of the' final number The six city precincts reported 1,365 had voted around noon today. This is nearly two and a half times more than voted in the August primary but it is considerably below the noon count in the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1968 elections. Here is a breakdown by Ludington wards: FIRST WARD (Lakeview) 253 SECOND WARD (Senior High) 237 THIRD WARD (Gas Co.) 217 FOURTH WARDS (P.M. School) 226 FIFTH WARD (Foster) 200 SIXTH WARD (St.

John's) 232 Traffic LANSING (UPI) State Police say October traffic deaths in Michigan numbered 140, 14 per cent less than last year's October total of 162 and well below the five-year average for the month of 199. Weather Windy tonight with showers possibly changing to snow flurries. Low around 30. Cloudy and colder Wednesday with a slight chance of snow flurries. High in lower 40s.

New Money Troubles Jolt WdtGr By RICHARD L. DANCZ Daily News Staff Writer financially plagued' water project here, hit last month with an anticipated $30,000 deficit in operation by next June, got another jolt Monday night when the Williams and Works engineers told the city commission that an additional $18,000 would be needed to pay off the project. "We're still negotiating with the contractor on one item of about $1,800," Ed Bossert of Williams and Works told commission, "but the overage will be about $18,000 for the project." ALTHOUGH BOTH BOSSERT and City Manager Elaine Bacon said that it appears that the money might be available through another grant from Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, the added charge brought some remarks missioners who objected to the increased cost. Commissioner Mrs. Dorothy Fox asked why the city has to "pay for errors in judgement" and L.D.

Gunnett asked "why didn't the specifications include that," meaning the house connections which took nearly $30,000 out of the $39,000 contingency fund. Bossert, who rejected responsibility for the engineering firm with "the engineers work up what the city requests," said that if the house connections had been included in the original contract plans, the cost would have been greater initially. And he said that some things "not in the contract," such as replacing culverts, much more pipe needed than thought, some sidewalks and curbing replacements, a change in Stokely VanCamp's connection, additional asphalt and search for some of the old service lines all contributed to the added cost of the project. "THIS WOULD HAVE been taken care of in the contingency fund but the house-connections left an actual contingency of around $9,000 and for a project of this size, that certainly isn't adequate." The added expenditure, which came shortly after the commission was told that the water department would have a deficit of around $30,000 by next June because the anticipated use of the water was far below 1974 projections, forced the commission to schedule a public hearing for Dec. 6 to set new water rates.

Under a five-proposal plan submitted by Bacon, the commission struck for the middle proposal which calls for an (ContinuedonPageS) EXTENDED OUTLOOK A chance of rain or snow showers Thursday and Friday. Lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Performs Sunday "I Love America" will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Peterson Auditorium by the local choral group which had presented this for the bicentennial program held on the Fourth of July at the Western Michigan fairgrounds.

Former choral group members are reminded that an onstage rehearsal will be held at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium. A final rehearsal will be held on Sunday prior to the performance. Mason County Flu Shots Will Be Given Nov. 8-10 Swine flu immunization for anyone 18 years old and older, who were not immunized previously, will begin in Mason County next week.

The immunization clinic will be held in Ludington on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 8-9, at the Community Church from noon to 8 p.m. both days. A clinic will be held in Scottville on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Our Savior Lutheran Church from noon to 8 p.m.

A clinic is scheduled for Baldwin on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the townhall from noon to 8 p.m. Hart residents may receive their vaccination on Tuesday, Nov. 9, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

at the fairgrounds. Mrs. Fran Herban, R.N., of the Manistee-Mason District Health Department stated that Bivalent vaccine will also be available for those over 60 years and high risk people who missed the previous clinic last week. Daily News' Survey Indicates Voters Not Swayed By Campaign By PAUL S. PETERSON Managing Editor Do most voters stick with their original preference when it comes time to cast their ballot, or do they switch their opinion sometime between the conventions and election day? That is the question a three-man Daily News team tried to get answered with a poll that it conducted last week.

A list of 90 names was selected at random from the telephone book and each of the Daily News' team called 30 of the numbers. The question asked was, "Since the presidential campaign, has anything occurred to change your mind about who you are going to vote for on Nov. 2, or are you still favoring the same candidate you liked at the time of his Our poll concerned itself with the presidential candidates only. Of those who responded, 69 per cent said they had not changed their minds. Only six per cent said they were still undecided.

But better than that, only two said they weren't registered and another two said they didn't plan to vote. Of the few who said they had changed their minds, it was an even split for President Ford and Gov. Carter. One woman told the Daily News that she "refused to answer on the grounds of well, whatever." Another woman said the debates had served to reinforce her original pick. Just about everyone who was asked about the televised debates said they favored them, thought they were informative and hoped they would continue.

But most people said basically the same had made up their minds weeks ago, even months ago, and it would take something very big to change their minds. Don't Forget To Vote Family Fun Night Tuesdays 6 to 9 COME IN AND MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDAES AT SPECIAL PRICES House of Flavors 402 W. Ludington Ave. Inventory Reduction Sale Off All Merchandise In Stock TUESDAY, NOV. 2 THRU FRIDAY, NOV.

5 CITY CENTER UNIFORMS (lower level) CORNERJAMES LUDINGTON Western Michigan Fair Association Annual Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 9 at State Savings Bank of ScottviUe Everyone Welcome Tickets Now On Sale for the BARBARA MANDRELL SHOW Friday, Nov. 26 Available From: Harbor Pharmacy, Ludington, Johnny's in Custer 757-2585 Polls Open Until 8.