The Logan Daily News from Logan, Ohio • Page 1

he ogan aily ews Vol. Logon, Ohio 43136 Thursday, March 6, 1675 1 Cants Gov.Rhodes Plans Petition Drive To Place Bond Issues On Ballot OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD Frederick J. Ross executive vice president of the Carborundum presents the Chapter to Earl J. Valiquette, manager of bonded abrasives plant in Logan. Selected in a yearly competition from among 16 Carborundum management clubs throughout the United States, the Logan club was named the 1974 winner because of its considerable achievements in civic activities, programming, attendance and membership activity.

Niru Patel is current president of the Logan club. Due To Lack Evidence Judge Dismisses Charges Against Holloway, Hartman Two Logan men, charged with possession of an hallucinogen, were found not guilty due to lack of sufficient evidence by Hocking County Judge James Stilwell Wednesday. Timothy R. Holloway, 23, Logan Rt. 3, and Michael Hartman, 23, Logan, appeared in court Feb.

26, represented by Robert Lilley, Logan attorney. At the conclusion of the hearing, Lilley made a motion to dismiss due to legal questions involved and Prosecutor Chris Veidt told the court that motion was not well taken. Judge Stilwell took the cases under advisement, with both attorneys asked to submit briefs. Former Fire Chief O. J.

Hysell Dies Oakley J. Hysell, 77, of 223 Washington Lancaster, former Logan fire chief, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at his residence. He retired in 1959 after 27 years in the Logan Fire Department. He was a member of Logan Mingo Lodge 171, and was a past president of Logan Eagles Aerie 2168.

Born Dec. 1,1897, in Pomeroy, son of the late Grant and Emma Stiff Hysell, he was married March 6, 1920, to the former Eva Funk. They would have celebrated their 55th anniversary today. Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Paul (Mary Cook) Donaldson of Logan; a granddaughter, Miss Frances Pearl Cook, who made her home with her grandparents; two brothers, Merritt Hysell of The Plains and Kingsley Hysell of Wyandotte, and two sisters, Mrs.

Flossie Hicks of Gore and Mrs. Charles (Dorothy) Rutter of Logan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Leonard-Lyke Funeral Home. Burial will be in Creek Cemetery, Ohio 93S.

Friends may call after 7 tonight and Friday afternoon and evening at the funeral home, where Masonic memorial services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Friday. I Weather I Occasional rain is forecast for tonight and Friday in the Hocking Valley, with lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s expected. It was 48 cloudy degrees at 11 a.m. today, compared to high of 50.

The overnight low was 27. The charges had been filed following a Dec. 21st raid by local law enforcement officers at the Green Twp. residence of Robert Schmitter Jr. Schmitter appeared in Hocking County Common Pleas Court Jan.

29 on a bill of information, pleading guilty Gas Curtailments To Continue At Reduced Levels By The Associated Press Rain splashed into Southern California today and turned to snow inland as far as Arizona. The rain came in thunderstorms that were accompanied in some cases bv gusty winds. Natural gas curtailments imposed by Columbia Gas of Ohio, will continue at reduced levels throughout the summer for the 1,380 industrial and 1,561 commercial customers served by the company. Clair Colburn, manager for the Logan area for the gas company, said the company will reduce industrial curtailment levels now in effect from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of base allocations for the April l-Oct. 31 period, and commercial curtailment levels will be reduced from 40 per cent to 15 per cent for the same seven- month period.

Colburn said this action was taken because the Ohio Public Utilities 'Commission recently approved broadening the curtailment base to include small industrial and large commercial customers. He also pointed out that summer weather will greatly reduce the need for gas for home heating. Colburn said continued curtailrhent is necessary because of a continuing projected supply deficiency by Columbia Gas of wholesale supplier, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. He explained that the curtailment by Columbia Gas Transmission is caused by continued curtailment of natural gas by its Southwest gas suppliers, and the necessity for the transmission company to refill underground storage reservoirs during the summer. This will make the largest possible amounts of gas available next winter to minimize curtailment as much as possible for affected industrial and, commercial customers and to serve the large winter residential heat load.

Colburn warned customers not to assume that the energy emergency is over. He said the gas company still is not able to obtain sufficient supplies of natural gas. He urged all customers not to relax conservation efforts, pointing out they must continue to reduce their gas consumption to make more gas available for industry, thus helping prevent unemployment. Colburn said the company will continue to monitor gas consumption and will adjust curtailment levels as the situation improves or deteriorates. As in the past, any change in current percentage of curtailment will depend upon temperatures experienced in the gas service area, the amount of gas conserved by customers, further changes in the gas supply picture and possible orders from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio which could alter curtailment levels.

Logan Youth Placed On Probation Donald R. Crane, 18, Logan, has been given a suspended sentence of 1-5 years in the Mansfield Reformatory on a grand theft charge. Judge Harley Meyer placed the defendant on probation for three years, with the prison term to be invoked if he violates the rules of his probation. Crane and David Perrine, 18, Logan, both pleaded guilty Friday to the first count of a three-count indictment, which charged theft of three bikes. Sentencing of Perrine was continued due to illness of his attorney, Drew Rolston.

According to court records, the second and third counts of both indictments will be nolled. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Gov. James A. Rhodes, saying he has no choice, said today he will mount an initiative petition drive to get his four- point package on the November election ballot. In a morning news conference, the governor said he will try to gather more than twice the required 300,000 signatures by August to put the issues to a vote in their original form.

Rhodes said he also will propose two new programs, one on energy and one which he refused to discuss. He did not give details on his energy program. The announcement came after the General Assembly failed to act on his proposals by a midnight deadline for the June 3 primary Wednesday night. Rhodes said delay until November will cause hardship to Ohio workers. He said approval by the voters in November too late.

But I think any other While declining to blame individual legislators for the failure of the heavily-amended resolutions in the General Assembly, Rhodes did say that legislature did not do the job. re for the program. going to the Rhodes said. polls Democrats Defend Failure Of Issues to two counts of possession of an hallucinogen for sale and permitting use of a place for the illegal keeping of hallucinogens. He since has been sentenced to 10-20 years in the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield by Judge Harley Meyer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Majority Democrats early today defended as the inability to take action before a midnight deadline to place Gov. James A. four-part economic package on June 3 primary ballot. At the same time, a minority Republican accused Democratic leaders of dilatory tactics or just plain ineptness, or House Minority Leader Charles F. Kurfess, R-83 Perrysburg, added: make any difference.

Neither is a credit to the legislative Senate Majority Leader Oliver Ocasek, D-27 Akron, said he feels the people of Ohio won because the leadership refused to place on the ballot we were not sure was fiscally The proposals were not adequately funded, he said, are very much and will continue under consideration for a possible place on the November ballot. Rhodes, whose legislative aides were on hand for most of the marathon session, sent word by them that he would have a statement later today. He was in his office throughout the deliberations and was described as being with the turn of events. Scrapped by the legislature, at least for the time being, were transportation and capital improvements bond issues, and proposals that would have had the state issue revenue bonds for housing Wins Temporary Rate Boost COLUMBUS, Ohio (API The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric contending its financial position was in jeopardy, was granted authority Wednesday for a temporary 9 per cent rate increase. The emergency increase, approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, affects customers in 25 counties and will remain in effect until the commission acts on the request for a permanent rate hike.

The company testified at a public hearing that without the emergency relief service to its customers would severely deteriorate and the company no longer would be able to guarantee uninterrupted service to its customers. It cited inflation as one of the principal causes of its financial problems, citing a 25 per cent increase in maintenance costs since December 1972. Counties affected are Franklin, Brown, Gallia, Athens, Licking, Highland, Vinton, Meigs, Ross, Adams, Morgan, Hocking, Knox, Pickaway, Jackson, Delaware, Lawrence, Pike, Scioto, Madison, Fayette, Fairfield, Union, Washington and Perry. For Franklin County municipalities outside Columbus, rates will be increased to those now in in effect for Columbus customers, in addition to the 9 per cent surcharge. and would have given major tax breaks to new or expanding industry.

Ocasek said consideration of the package 11 legislative days was a massive undertaking. We plodded along and did the best job we could. going to put something together for the future, something witrf fiscal Kurfess asserted the Democratic leadership, to the contrary, try to move along. The House move with dispatch even last week. have left everything for this House Speaker Vernal G.

Riffe D-89 New Boston, said was no stumbling block in the adding that the two chambers get an on the housing and transportation proposals. Both measures had gone to conference committees Riffe said leaders were considering among them the possibility of changing the primary election date to let the issues go on a later ballot. He said Rhodes indicated unless he get proposals prefer not to have Rhodes said earlier he want the issues to wait until November. show the people of Ohio want action now. going to take our fight to the The resolutions still could be put on the November ballot through action by the General Assembly, but the Republican governor said further action by the General Assembly does not concern him.

He said amendments and changes by the legislature have made the proposals unworkable. The four proposals will go on the petition at least in their original form, and all probability be much he said. The four proposals include: $2 5-billion capital improvements bond issue for cities and towns. bond issue for transportation projects. proposal allowing the state to make low-interest housing loans to individuals.

proposal granting massive tax abatements to industries locating or expanding in Ohio, particularly in the inner cities. Rhodes said he believes he can get the required 300,000 signatures within 10 days after the beginning of a petition drive. warm weather comes, going to have gatherings of unemployed people on he said. Rhodes said he personally will stump for the issues. The proposals, first announced by Rhodes only a little over three weeks ago, required approval by both houses.

But the clock ran out on the General Assembly Wednesday night. The governor praised House leaders for their work on the proposals. He pointedly did not commend the Senate, but refused to directly criticize either the upper chamber or its leaders. Legislators milled about the floors of the Senate and House while the minutes ticked away in anticipation of salvaging at least one of the Republican four proposed (Continued On Page 2) Israeli Troops Slay Terrorists TEL AVIV. Israel (AP) Six Arab guerrillas, two Israeli soldiers and an unknown number of hostages were reported killed today when Israeli troops stormed a small Tel Aviv hotel in which the terrorists held at least 30 persons captive for six hours.

The Israeli military command said some of the hostages were killed in an explosion set off by the guerrillas but it could not say yet how many. Hospital officials said they received five Israeli bodies, including those of two soldiers. About noon three more bodies were found in the wreckage of the hotel. The command said most of the guests in the four-story waterfront Savoy Hotel were European tourists. There was no word of any Americans in the building.

The guerilla command in Beirut claimed the raiders blew up themselves and their hostages after they ran out of ammunition. It said 60 Israeli troops were killed or wounded, 20 civilians were killed and 30 were wounded. The Israelis said their gunfire killed all the guerrillas. Israeli troops did all in their power to save the lives of the a communique said. of them were saved but others lost their lives when the terrorists set off the explosive charge they had prepared earlier for just this occasion.

terrorists were killed by shots fired by Israeli soldiers as they cleared out the rooms of the hotel. Evacuation of the building and the rubble is still cannot be precise about casualties until we clear away the said Gen. Dov Sion, chief military spokesman. But an army officer at the hotel site said most of the hostages escaped. they scattered when the Israelis began breaking in, and the terrorists were he said.

The Israeli command said 10 to 15 of its soldiers were wounded. Police said three persons were killed in the guerrillas' initial assault and about seven were wounded. The Palestine guerrilla command in Beirut said the raiders, who reportedly landed from two rubber boats on Tel Mediterranean waterfront, were members of Assifah, the military arm of the A1 Fatah guerrilla organization. Both A1 Fatah and the overall Palestine Liberation Organization are headed by Yasir Arafat. The raid was certain to strengthen refusal to negotiate with the PLO and its chieftain.

The Beirut announcement demanded the release of the Greek Catholic archbishop of Jerusalem, Archbishop Hilarion Capudji, who is serving a 12-year sentence for smuggling arms to Arab terrorists in East Jerusalem, and nine other Arabs held in Israeli prisons. But there was no wavering in the Israeli policy of refusing to give in to the demands of guerrillas regardless of the consequences. Damage to the hotel was so heavy that army bulldozers were called in to clear the streets of debris. Troops searched the rubble for bodies and survivors. The head of one of the dead hung from a shattered wall of the hotel, and blood dripped down the wall.

'Greenbelt' Amendment On Ballot COLUMBUS, Ohio General Assembly has approved for the June 3 primary ballot a amendment to grant tax breaks to open space used for recreation. A proposed constitutional amendment to ease the mandatory rotation of candidates names on the ballot missed the midnight Wednesday deadline for the June election when a Senate committee decided against giving it immediate consideration. Both amendments were separate issues, unrelated to Gov. James A. four-part ballot package.

The recreation amendment would permit open space used for recreation to be assessed according to its current use rather than its market value, as now required. The legislature would authorize the lower rates and determine which areas qualified. The measure passed the House 71-25 without debate in marked contrast to the heated exchanges preceding its approval in the Senate Tuesday. Senate opponents labeled it a or bill and nearly succeeded in passing an amendment to guarantee that areas getting the tax break were to the public whether or not a fee is Sen. Donald L.

Woodland, the sponsor, said was no mention in this legislation to exclude anyone from using recreation areas in the state of He said the tax break would help hunting, fishing, swimming and tennis clubs as well as golf courses. The bill contains an anti-discrimination clause that would prohibit owners of designated areas from violating the civil rights of patrons. Sen. Tony P. Hall, D-Dayton, Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, said it would have been to hear the ballot- rotation bill before the deadline because of the crush of legislation.

Secretary of State Ted W. Brown, a Republican, who is the chief election officer, said delay would result in confusion as well as considerable additional expense to the taxpayers of counties using automatic voting favor the principle of ballot rotation to assure that each name appears an equal number of times at the top of each ballot, but the present constitutional provision is too Brown said. resolution provides for the legislature to prescribe rotation which would be both workable and Hall said he had not been informed of the resolution until it passed the House Tuesday. (Brown) would like to see the bill sail through my committee in a matter of hours, which is almost impossible because of other bond issues before Hall said The measure will be considered for the November ballot, he said..