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lOlst Year The Hutchinson News No. 310 32 Pages Wednesday Morning, May 9. 1973 Hutchinson, Kansas 062-3311 lOd; Halstead put on planners' By John Lee HALSTEAD A team of economic development experts evaluated this Harvey County city Tuesday morning and issued a blunt preliminary report about the city's economic prospects. The report was mixed, with strengths noted as prominently as weaknesses. But the most crucial issue facing residents here, "the No.

1 priority," the report said, should be a flood control project. Speaking for the team of experts, Carl Nordstrom, general manager of the Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry, said the problem of flooding here will grow as the community grows. "Flooding may seem just a nuisance now," Nordstrom said. "It may seem to be a minor problem, but the city should begin to work with agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers immediately." The preliminary report was issued at a luncheon meeting with about 60 city officials and civic leaders after the economic team had toured the city by bus earlier in the morning. The team included representatives of the Kansas Department of Economic Development, the Santa Fe Railroad, South Central Kansas Economic Development Division, Kansas University Extension, Kansas Gas and Electric and the planning firm of Oblinger-Smith.

Big team The team was invited here by the Chamber of Commerce and city officials after the experts expressed a desire to include Halstead in a series of evaluation trips to several Kansas cities. Another important weakness, Nordstrom said, appeared when representatives of the team conducted anonymous interviews with Halstead residents about two weeks ago. At that time, he said, a number of residents expressed what (News photo by rmmk iNiemeir; Harold Froese, Buhler, (left) and Leon Gregory Buhler, Tuesday examine place where they recovered a lime capsule from an old building in downtown Buhler. The rusted box contained two newspapers and other assorted papers. Time capsule find stirs Buhler By John Lee BUHLER A few musty mysteries of the past were uncovered here this week.

A time capsule, cemented into a brick wall in a building sold by Emerson Neufeldt to Leon Gregory, was discovered in its hiding place, where it was placed in the second week of February, 1909. Neufeldt was told of the capsule, a black and gold gilded tin box, about four years ago by the late J.D. Siemens. Siemens told him, Neufeldt said, that as a boy Siemens had worked on the building when it was built, and he saw the box placed in the wall. The building was built by two brothers-in-law, Pete Martin and Jake Sawatzky, and in its early years a farm implement dealership occupied the structure.

John Sawatzky, who is now 76, said his father told him of the tin box when it was sealed in the building. "I've known about it all these years," Sawatzky said, "and I suppose I've told a few people it was in there. I didn't know they'd uncovered it though." Neiifeldt said that when he told his 13-year-old son Phil about the box, the youth insisted that it be recovered before Neufeldt moved his carpet business to a new location. With the new owner's permission, Neufeldt planned to break into the wall. To help in the search for the location, he used a metal detector to divine the whereabouts of the box.

The box was found, but through the years moisture in the wall rusted the box and much of the paper contents were spoiled. Movie clamor is missing By Alan Krob Don't look for spotlights pouring their beams onto First Street Wednesday night. The premiere showing of "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies," at the Fox Theater Wednesday appears to be drawing a less than enthusiastic response from theater officials and some residents. Wichita theaters, in contrast, made a full production of its "premiere showing," coordinating it with the city's Big Brother charity organization. The 20th Century Fox crews shot the Kansas area portion of the film the summer of 1971.

Apparent management transitions slowed the progress of the film's release. Going to Wichita Mrs. Dale Morris, rural Mount Hope, said Tuesday she would be attending the Wichita showing of the movie. "Why, I didn't even know Hutchinson was having it," she said. "It seems a real shame, too, since a lot more of the action took place in the movie closer to Hutchinson." Mrs.

Morris will look with special interest at the garden party scene in the movie, since it was filmed at her home. She says she has fond memories of the shooting. "Far from what I had expected, the actors and directors were extremely personable and we just loved having them all around. I just wish they would all come back," she said. Mrs.

Morris said she even received Christmas cards from several cast members last' Christmas. "We'd 10 times rather come to Hutchinson to see it, but it just seems like they (Hutchinson iBBJiiiftft UARNSTOKMIW; PLANE in 20th Century Fox film caused plenty of people to look skyward in the Hutchinson area in 1971. Weather KANSAS Wednviday partly cloudy with highs mid 70s to low 80s. Wednesday night partly cloudy with low 40s west to 50s east. Thursday partly sunny highs in the 70s.

HUTCHINSON WEATHER Tuesday's high 79 from 4:43 to 5:52 p.m.; overnight low 48 6:19 to 6:46 a.m.; at 6 p.m., 78. Record high 100 in 1895; record low 31 in i938. Winds: 6mph. Barometer: 29.90, steady. Sunset Wednesday: 8:30 p.m.

Sunrise Thursday: 6:26 a.m. theaters) aren't willing to promote it," said Mrs. Morris. Only one show Dudley Marchetti, manager of the Fox Theatre in Hutchinson, said the only difference in the Wednesday night showing of "Ace," than any other movie is that only one show will be given. "That way, we thought it Price jump spotted WASHINGTON (AP) Government figures announced Tuesday indicated supermarket food prices this year will clinib 10 per cent.

If confirmed, it will be the biggest jump since an 11-per cent climb in 1951. The Agriculture Department said that prices of all food, including a 5.5-per cent increases for meals eaten out this out year, are expected to average 9 per cent more than in 1972. Last year, the prices of all food gained 4.3 per gent, including a 4.5 per cent increase for supermarket groceries and a 4.0 gain for meals eaten out. The new projections, in a preliminary report by the Outlook and Situation Board, were the first to be published by the department since February. Officials said then housewives could expect prices to gain 6.0 to 6.5 per cent this year.

would look like more people were showing up," he said. There are usually two evening showings. "I think the reason the Wichita theaters are doing so much more is that they've got the money to work with and we don't." he said. "I think the people around there are more interested than they are here, too." Mrs. Robert MiUer, 216 South Reformatory, said she plans to attend the Hutchinson ance.

She will be holding her now 2-year-old daughter. Shelly, who played "Baby Margaret," in which she earned $195. She was five months old at the time. In savings Mrs. Miller said most of Shelly's earnings had been put away in a savings account for her.

She did get a new coat and a few new clothes from some of it, her mother said. Gene Whitney, 808 West 5th, was contracted to "handle," the antique cars used in the production. Whitney has been involved in the Hutchinson Horseless Carriage Club 20 years and was vice-president of the organization at the time. "It seems funny to me that Hutchinson isn't making more out of this show," he said. "Wichita had such a small part in it." Mrs.

Al DeHaven, who with her husband, operates a Mt. Hope hotel where several scenes were shot, said she and her husband wouldn't go to the movie. "We're too old and don't care about going into the big cities," she said. "We really don't think its worth it and as far as seeing the old hotel on a movie screen, I see it in true life every day." A number of blank checks for the Buhler State Bank were in crumbling bits, but two newspapers were intact. One was The Hutchinson News, dated Feb.

9, 1909. The other, an issue of the Topeka Daily Capital, was dated a day later. The papers provide a rare glimpse of life in Hutchinson and western Kansas during those years. What prices A reader can learn, for example, that a bushel of wheat was sold for $1 in February of 1909. Corn was 56 cents a bushel and bran $1.05 a hundredweight.

Rorabaugh-Wiley Dry Goods Co.was advertising the "Most Remarkable Silk Sale in This Store's History." And the weather. A headline proclaimed that "When the wind blew," there was "great damage because of that worst of all farm pests, the Russian Thistle." Thistle seeds were "sown everywhere," the headline said, and are you ready? "Every Fence in Western Kansas Blown Down." But that's not all. "Three teams and wagons twere completely buried by a sweep of Russian Thistles at Lakin last week," the story said. "An eyewitness to this peculiar and rather startling ence was in Dodge City last week and told of the sight." The eyewitness was not identified. today Today's News includes a preview of Hutchinson's new hospital.

See Page 9. Deaths Sports Oil, gas Women's 11 26-27 32 14-15 Nordstrom called "negative attitudes" about the city. C6nimenta drawn in the interviews ranged from statements about persons travelling to Wichita to find a "good place to ent out" to statements about a lack of entertainment. sec good Negative attitudes are more important liian generally recognized, Nordstrom said. "A person wishing to locate an industry here might fail to see the potential if the city's residents are unwilling to exhibit real pride.

They (residents) see the good in Halstead. for example the excellent hospital facilities, but they offset the good with a negative." But if Halstead has problems, the team heaped abundant praise on the gathering. The most notable strengths, the report said, included a new industrial park and the presence of the Hertzler Clinic and the Halstead Hospital. Nordstrom said the team of experts was moat familiar with small cities that have difficulties keeping a few doctors. Halstead lists 27 physicians on the staff of Hertzler Clinic alone.

In commending the industrial park, the team said in additional comments that park land prices, which cannot be quoted currently because of unset boundaries, should be established as quickly as possible. Other strong points the team noted included the city library and' new city building, the medical museum, an airport, a water supply that can be expanded, new homr construction, street and utility construction and attractive approaches to the city. List weaicnesses The team said that weaknesses included the need for city officials and civic groups to cooperate more closely with present employers; upgraded park maintenance; a need to diversify industry, which leans heavily toward mobile homes and related industries; and a need for added recreational facilities. In interviews after the meeting, most civic leaders said the appraisal was necessary, even if it hurt to air the city's problems. Wayne Smith, manager of the DeKalb foundation seed production plant said, "There's very little to say.

These men seem to have covered ft all. I think we're going to need to follow their suggestions if we're going to get industry here." "The report was excellent," said Walton Goode, a consultant to the Hertzler Clinic. "They told us a lot of things we need to know. Maybe they see things that we, being so close to it, don't see." As for the team members, they seemed less pessimistic abouth Halstead than the report's criticisms seemed to indicate. Leslie Frazier, an extension specialist in community development at Kansas State University, expressed a typical comment when he rated the city "definitely above average" in potential for development.

"The things that strikes you is that, unlike too many other places, this town has strong leaders. That much is evident in just seeing the place and the way it relies on its own resources. If a town has leadership, that's the key. "Another aspect is comprehensive planning," Frazier said. "With this kind of leadership, they can get to the planning experts with no problem." Calling all flag wavers GARDEN CITY If you like hooraying for the red, white and blue, Garden City's the spot for you Saturday.

The past president's unit of Harry H. Renick Post Number Nine of the American Legion here has scheduled a "Viet Time Veterans Recognition Day." "We've asked everyone to dress in the red, white and blue, and carry flags. This is going to be something," said Mack Linn, publicity officer for the post. Open with parade The day will feature a parade, starting at 10:30 a.m., and Inter speeches nt Stevens Park. Special guest and keynote speaker will be Capt.

James Latham of Shawnee Mission, who married a Garden City area girl. Latham was a POW in Vietnam. Veterans from both World War II and the Korean War also will give speeches at the park. The Legion plans to give away at least 1,000 ice cream bars at the big event. The wrapping on the bars? Red, white and blue.

Naturally. Siege finally comes to close (I 'lom win- dispntclifs) PINE RIDGE, S.D. The second battle of Wounded Knee ended Tuesday. Federal officers fired five volleys of gunshots from within Wovmded Knee to signal the end of the 70-day siege of this historic hamlet. The occupation had resulted in the deaths of two insurgents and the wounding of nine per- Break-in details disclosed (C) 1973 New York Times News Service LOS ANGELES The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency met at the agency with E.

Howard Hunt Jr. in July, 1971, and ordered that Hunt be supplied with false identity papers and such disguises as a wig, glasses and a voice alteration device, the government confirmed Tuesday at the Pentagon papers trial. This equipment, ordered by Gen. Robert E. Cushman, the deputy director, was used by Hunt in the break-in of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist on Sept.

3, 1971. Gen. Cushman is now the commandant of the Marine Corps. The confirmation came in the form of two documents called "Memorandum for the Record," both apparently prepared at the C.I.A. One was subtitled "Summary of Contacts" by Mr.

(name of C.I.A. agent was blanked out) with Mr. E. Howard Hunt." The other was subtitled "Knowledge of C.I.A. Assistance." In the developments Tuesday: government rested its rebuttal case against Ellsberg and Russo, and the judge sent the jury home until Monday while legal arguments are heard.

defense argued again that the government's misbehavior was so total that the judge should dismiss the case. Byrne took under consideration proposals to hold a special hearing, before the case goes to the jury, in which there would be an attempt to determine why President Nixon had personally ojjposed sending reports of the break-in out here to the judge. Weather project involves Kansas DENVER (AP) The most comprehensive weather modification program yet undertaken in the United States will be launched by the Bureau of Reclamation a year from now in a tier of states from border to border along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. Announcement of the $20 rail- lion summer cloud seeding program was made here Tuesday by Gilbert G. Stamm, acting commissioner of the bureau.

States under consideration for the project, which is to be called the High Plains Cooperative Program, are Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. Dr. Archie M. Kahan, chief of the Bureau of Reclamation 's Division of Atmospheric Water Resources Management, said the project, which is expected to take from five to seven years, probably will be conducted from three cloud seeding sites in the 11-state area. Project scientists have not yet determined the exact locations of the sites, Kahan said.

He indicated, however, that ideally one of the cloud seeding sites would be in the Montana- Dakotae region, another at the juncture of Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska and a third somewhere along the Texas-Oklahoma line. Kahan said that the governors of each of the states being considered have indicated interest in the weather modification program. Most interest in the project came from Nebraska, the Dakotas and Montana, he said, with Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas the least enthusiastic. Kahan said the High Plains project differed from the reau's most recent cloud seeding program in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado in that "High Plains is designed to put water down when and where it's needed and the San Juan project is aimed at storing water in one place for use in another place at a later date." The San Juan project, the largest weather modification program so far in the United States, is designed to increase snowfall in the mile Colorado River Basin. Bureau officials say the project, now in its third year, has the potential for increasing the annual water supply in the Colorado River Basin by as much as two million acre-feet.

Bureau officials said the water produced by the San Juan program would go primarily to the West Coast and its metropolitan areas. Although clouds are seeded by ground-based generators during the winter in the San Juans, Kahan said that most of the summer seeding in the High Plains project would be from aircraft. Kahan said that materials such as common salt or a mixture of ammonium nitrate-urea will be released into cumulus clouds in order to join with cloud droplets to produce rain. "The primary objective of weather modification in the High Plains project will be to increase agricultural output and local water supplies," Kahan said. "However, the increased precipitation will also have an effect on the environment, the economy and human society." A detailed "environmental impact study will be an early part of the project," Kahan said.

Bureau officials said that final site selection will be made this winter and initial research activities will get under way next spring. Kahan said that site selection would be dependent upon "the nature and degree of local interest, freedom from conflicts with existing programs, observational data, state agencies interested in a cooperative role, minimum adverse environmental impact and the individual state's predisposition to cost sharing." Although bureau scientists have not yet projected how much increase in precipitation the project will produce, Stamm said the program is expected to "resolve remaining uncertainties" about weather modiffcation and "open what promises to be an environmentally sound source of clean water." sons, including two federal officers. The U.S. marshals and FBI agents who had stood watch over the village since the 27 takeover, often trading gunshots with the militant Indians within, secured the four-square- mile area after the insurgents laid down their weapons. "The U.S.

marshals are cele -i a i the retaking of. Wounded Knee," came the words over a police radio network after the volley of shots from a hillside near the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church. Federal officers transported everyone from the village and said permanent residents would be allowed to return on Wednesday after a thorough search for weapons, explosives and "evidence of criminal activity." Deputy Asst. U.S. Atty.

Gen. Richard Hellstern complained that the agreement calling for dispossession of all weapons "has been violated. They just turned in a loi of old crap, old shotguns and rifles. The weap- ons turned in certainly were" not all the weapons in there." The American Indian Move- ment (AIM) led the takeover on a cold winter night more than two months ago, but none of the AIM leaders was in Wounded Knee to surrender the village Tuesday. Three leaders had previously been arrested: and charged and a fourth, Dennis Banks of Minneapolis, apparently slipped out of the village Sunday night, Frizzell said.

He said Banks had promised to surrender at Rapid City, S.D., later this week. The confrontation lasted until the very end. Evacuation of Wounded Knee was delayed for more than an hour when two white men iden- tified as members of the occupation force refused to surrender after driving to a federal roadblock. Frizzell said one of them, identified as Al Cooper, argued with the marshals over terms of his surrender and bond. Laborer held ill death, LAMAR, Colo.

(AP) A 43- year-old laborer who gave himself up to the sheriff at Syracuse, Tuesday has been jailed for investigation in the death of Grace L. Kekiti, 62, whose body was found in a pasture near the Colorado-Kansas border. Leland G. Logan surrendered to Hamilton County sheriffs officers Tuesday morning and asked to be brought here, said Prowers County Sheriff George Martin. A short time later the woman's body was found alongside Colorado Highway 89 about 2 miles south of Holly.

Logan reportedly walked to Coolidge, early Tuesday, hitchhiked to Syracuse, where he had been employed, and then surrendered. Martin said. (ADVERTISEMENT) Hydrangesi, Hanging Batktti, Gtra- nlums, Mums. John's Market, 4th Whiteside, Adv. Intercepted Letter MR.

KENT FRIlZeUL Washington, D. C. (Hold for arrival) Dear Kent, The peaceful endlnti it: Wounded Knee htip medicine. Uwtch i.