The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

1 Vincennes Ind 87 So Carolina St 82 Bacone Okla 85 Missouri So 70 Olney III 85 Ulster NY 89 Dalton Ga 83 Mercer NJ 70 A Waco Tex 70 Hastings Neb 71 Puducah Ky 80 Fairmount 63 Dixie Utah 71 Columbus Neb 77 3 Rivers Mo 82 South Idaho 68 Wicljita Twisters Hit Dim Another Photo on SA By CHARLES HARDWICK SUff Writer Storms lashed out at Kansas and Oklahoma bringing tornados that caused extensive damage at Plain-ville Kan and Newkirk Okla No serious injuries have been reported at either city Tornados also struck at several other cities Tuesday afternoon as the storms moved northeast from Oklahoma to Kansas City Mo About 3 a twister skipped through the business district and a residential area of Newkirk Okla causing damage to homes autos businesses and the Kay County Courthouse Winds also knocked out power and telephone lines Newkirk is about IS miles south of Arkansas City on 77 The twister roared into the city from the southwest striking before city authorities could trigger tornado alert sirens It blew off tile from the courthouse heavily damaged homes across the street then skipped into the business district There winds broke windows and tore down signs One witness said Main Street was with roofing materials gutters and pieces of corrugated Sheriff Norman Coffclt set up a command post outside the courthouse utilizing a two-way car radio to coordinate rescue and cleanup operations After striking the downtown area the storm moved into a five-block northeast residential section causing heavy damage to homes saw a cedar tree come out of the ground and a flagpole in front of the courthouse bent over" said Eugene Shurtz Arkansas City who was driving through the city when the tornado struck Shurtz said he saw a roof pulled off one building and the back window blown out of a sheriff's car Other witnesses reported seeing a large tree uprooted and blown on top of a house Stacks of hay halos were scattered and outbuildings damaged along US "-7 as the storm approached the city IN PONCA CITY high winds overturned three mobile homes and knocked out power in some parts of town Corrupondtnt Photo TORNADO AT NEWKIRK OKLA DAMAGED HOMES BUSINESSES COUNTY COURTHOUSE This building near downtown was crumpled while others in background went unscathed House Hoists One Liquor Bill but Smothers Another Bargain Chicken Prices Rise To Over 50 Cents a Pound acWYe your ervtVusqsim Fir ed pob I da haue doubts about your approach I Vicar Is Uneasy During Prayers He Can't Kneel LONDON (UPD-Kenneth Bale kneel when he wants to pray and tough if a vicar most embarrassing when I go to a large important he told London's High Court vicars kneel the bishops kneel the archbishops kneel the only one left The court awarded Rev Bale vicar at St Marks Church Battersea $20000 for injuries suffered in a road accident four years ago I Also opposing it was Rep Denny Burgess R-Wamego who said reason I don't drink is that heard alcohol damages your brain cells and I have any to The other liquor-related bill this one to allow alcoholic beverages to be advertised on billboards in the state failed Whiteside an official of the Boeing Co warned that it enacted it would lead to greater consumption of alcoholic beverages in the state Boeing can advertise bombers all over the liquor industry ought to he able to advertise on billboards Which is more Everett asked WITH FORTIFIED PRICES Staff Drawing by Jerry Bllilt Consumers concerned about rising meat prices have been exhorted by the President to eat more chicken But Wichilans arc reminiscing about good old of a year ago when whole fryers would be available on special for 27 cents a pound now market priced between 39 and 59 cents a pound and chicken distributors say their profits are extremely low and in some cases nonexistent The situation is the same nationwide according to a United Press International report with wholesale prices going up to 42 cents a pound since January Soaring prices are attributed to higher feed costs increased demand smaller flocks and more brand name competition which adds higher advertising expenses to costs Also the report said the Cost of Living Council allowed broiler prices to be raised by processors and the government misjudged future demand and changed guidelines tincut production According to an Arkansas poultry producer a major supplier to the Wichita area unfavorable weather and flooding over much of the nation is the main reason for (Turn to Page 9A Col 3) Food Label Rules Tightened Other Legislative Action Calendar 13 A By JOHN PETTERSON Of Our Topeka Bureau TOPEKA The Kansas House Tuesday passed and sent to the Senate one liquor-related bill but struck down another on the same subject Both measures generated heavy floor debate The action came on the last day for House consideration of most of its own bills During three hours of debate the lower chamber acted on and eight vitamins and minerals with a prohibition against superfortification The percentage labeling of orange juice grows out of the nine-year dispute between Florida and California growers The FDA stayed its decision a year ago establishing five categories of orange drinks because opposing parties could not agree Noncarbojialod beverages that falsely suggest or through labels color or flavor that they contain fruit or vegetable juice would have to state that they do not Bill Legalizing Abortion Recommended to House eight bills passing five and killing three others Both of the liquor-related bills had been killed earlier by the House but revived in time for floor action Tuesday Winning passage on a 64-59 vote was a measure to make it easier to obtain a Class A (nonprofit) private club license That same measure placed a 10-cent an ounce tax on liquor served in all private clubs The tax would raise an estimated $5 million annually ORIGINALLY that bill allowed Class (for-profit) clubs to establish liquor pools in the same manner as Class A clubs However that provision was removed Rep Richard Loux D-Wichita amended the measure to allow the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue Class A club licenses even though the applicant had not obtained an Internal Revenue Service tax exemption certificate Presently only applicants with IRS certificates are eligible to obtain the Class A licenses PROPONENTS of the measure said that by casing Class A club license restrictions the present traffic in already issued Class A licenses would be halted Rep Donn Everett R-Manhattan defended the bill as a means of eliminating discrimination in the slate's private club system wanr to allow the rich In drink but the poor will have to go into the restroom nf their local coop drink a half pint of whiskey and then go Everett said Rep Lynn Whiteside R-Wichila opposed the bill calling it a that an attempt to slip in the back door" About onc-third of the frozen dinners marketed would not comply with requirements allowing them to stale that they nutrients in amounts appropriate for this class of food as determined by the US said Dr Ogden Johnson head of FDA's division of nutrition Approved dinners would have to contain one or more sources of protein derived from meat poultry fish cheese or eggs one or more vegetables and potatoes rice or cereal-based products The regulation sets minimum levels for protein Kansas share of weather also received its tornados and wet A tornado touched down at the Shultz Mobile Home Co'P-in Piainvillc at 5:13 pm destroying 15 new mobile homes parked outside the main building A company spokesman estimated damage at $250000 Plainville is 23 miles north of Hays in central Kansas The company is located at US 183 and K18 Another tornado lifted the roof off the high school at (Turn to Page 5A Col 1) Today's Forecast WICHITA AREA Partly cloudy diminishing winds High 62 Low 43 KANSAS Partly cloudy colder Highs 40 northwest to 50 southeast Lows 30 west to low 40s east 8C it is necessary to protect the life or health of the mother Another provision would prohibit a person from being fired for refusing to participate in an abortion No hospital hospital administrator or governing board could be required to permit abortions The US Supreme Court ruled that strict controls on abortions by stales are in violation of the US Constitution Under the present Kansas abortion law enacted in 1969 abortions must be performed by a physician in a hospital and are allowed only to protect the physical nr mental health nf the women or in cases of rape incest nr when there is reason io believe the child will be born with a physical nr mental defect wfc Mg i tjj' i' 4 MAJ THOMPSON Captive since 1964 Kansas State University is a career Marine officer she said The longest held prisoner Maj Thompson was captured March 26 1964 in Quang Tri Province just below the demilitarized zone He was serving as an adviser KSU Heads for Basketball Tourney Kansas Slate University basketball coach Jack Hartman thinks the are okay" in the NCAA Midvcst Regional basketball tournament beginning Thursday at Houston Hartman's Wildcats who meet Southwestern Louisiana in the first round are reviewed by staff writer Lonnie Crider in edition Details on Page 1C Anthony POW Among 32 to Be Freed What ingredients such as are not included in new convenient foods That many noncarbonal-ed beverages do not contain as they imply fruit or vegetable juices The percentage of sea food shrimp crabmcat Greenland turbot or bonito in cocktail sauce Federal officials said such cocktails might contain 10 to 40 per cent of the characterizing ingredient but consumers have no way of knowing how much FDA GENERAL counsel Peter Hutt told a news conference that nutritional quality guidelines may prove to be more important to consumers than nutritional labeling rules announced two months ago Those nutritional labeling rules will tell consumers what vitamins minerals protein and calories are in food while the new guidelines arc an attempt to regulate nutritional quality In addition to the frozen dinner guidelines the FDA said others are planned for breakfast cereals breakfast drinks formulated meal replacements such as soybeans instead of meat and main dishes Although many of the labeling rules are voluntary Hutt said competitive pressures will force most food companies to adopt them The FDA contends labeling changes will tell consumers more than they ever knew before about the food they buy and result in relabeling of most foods CutShort Johnnie Darr was ordered to padlock both theaters for a period of up to two years Sheriff Darr and a squad of six deputies arrived at the theater in the Swcetbriar Shopping Center about 5 pm and served papers on employes there About 30 patrons immediately evacuated the theater when the lights were turned on and Darr announced his presence After Darr and his officers completed the padlock order they moved to the second Las (Torn to Page 1ZA Col 3) WASHINGTON (AP) A second package of food labeling rules intended to prevent consumer deception and promote good nutritional practices was issued Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration When fully effective in 1975 grocery shoppers will be able to learn: How much orange juice is in diluted beverages which ranges from 5 to 93 per cent Whether frozen heat-n-serve dinners meet a federal minimum and maximum of nutrients declared obscene and destroyed was signed by Sedgwick County District Court Judge Howard Kline The orders to padlock the theaters at 2339 Amidon and 2027 Seneca were issued by two other judges following court hearings in November on other films shown at the adult theaters hut were not acted upon until late Tuesday Under those court decrees one signed by Judge Tom Raum and the other by visiting Judge Charles Stewart nf Barber County Sedgwick County Sheriff Today's Youth Index on Page 8A Railroad contract approved Page 8A Wounded Knee standoff continues Page 9A Waterman faces trial as juvenile Page 11A j- Fluoridation hill left hanging Page 13A vj Abilene named feed factory site Page IB Get it in writing says Abby Page 3B I Classified 262-4222: Circulation 268-6344 i Amusements 5C Home Town NewsT2B Classified 8C-14C Markets -6C-8C Comics 15C Obituaries 8B Crossword Puzzle 4B People and Places 8B Dear Abby 3B Radio-TV Logs 4B Editorials- Sports 1C-5C Energy News 16C State News-5A 13A IB Coren on Bridge 12B Women's 2B 3B Vol 101 No 73 5 Parts I From Our Topeka Bureau TOPEKA The House Public Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday recommended passage of a Senate-passed abortion bill designed to bring Kansas into compliance with a US Supreme Court decision The measure legalizes abortions if they are performed by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery Prior to the end of the 14th week of the pregnancy the abortion could be performed at any location Thereafter it must be performed in a hospital licensed by the State Board of Health After the end of the 24th week of the pregnancy an abortion would be allowed only if a physician determines The family has had no direct word from him didn't know until Jan 27 that he was still alive and a his widowed mother said five years we haven't had a word from him We've been through hell on Earth here" RUE SAID THE first and only word she had about her son's condition came from a prisoner of war back last who told wife that Paul was in a prison camp along the Laotian border where he had been held too and that he was in good spirits and fairly good health He said his only problem was ear Montague's wife and three children live in California but tell anybody exactly Mrs Montague said are too many cranks these Mrs Montague said the family is grateful to Henry Kissinger and Mr Nixon for sticking hv their guns and holding out until they could get the prisoners back" 'Deep Throat' Run List of Names 3 A From Eagle News Services Marine Maj Paul Joseph Montague of Anthony Kan and Army Maj Floyd Thompson of New Milford NJ held longer than any other American in the Vietnam war are to be freed Friday by the Viet Cong according to a list of 32 prisoners made available Tuesday Also on the list to be released is Richard Spaulding 36 Enid Okla a civilian captive of the Viet Cong since 1968 MAJ MONTAGUE was listed for nine months as killed in action his mother Mrs Florence Montague Anthony said Tuesday Mrs Montague described reports that he had been killed and is now coming home as a was captured March 29 1968 but for nine months he was listed as she said the Central Intelligence Agency found him in a prison Later they sent a team in to get him but he had been Picture on 12A By BERME WARD Staff Writer City officials tightened I heir legal noose around Throat" here Tuesday by securing court judgments ordering seizure of the controversial sex film and the padlocking nf the two Las gas Cinema theaters Asst City Alty Stan Issingholf said the motion ordering the theater management to appear and show pause why the movie and a companion feature should not be Staff Phots 31 KS MONTAGUE AND TOW SON She calls release a Her son a graduate of (Turn in Page 3A Col 2).