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To Know (fcfitfOft'S NOffi: ThU provided for fcrS of the Daily Republic is a free service to provide Information on virtually any subject. If you have any questions on government, politics, history, taxation, law, flr whatever, send yonr Inquiry to "Write to Know," Sox 988, Mitchell, S. D. 57301. Sign yohr true name and iddfese and designate any initials to be used as the signature for the published inquiry.

Please limit your questions to one topic and state It fa is few words possible,) Question: Would someone who has successfully eared for a Hindu Rope Plant tell me how to take care of mine? I have had it for some time and it does not grow. Tell me its requirements as to water, temperature and sunlight. U.S., Mitchell, S.D. Answer: The Hindu Rope plant is a member of the genus Hoy a. Plants among this genus require a minimum temperature of 60 degrees F.

with sun or bright light. Allow the soil to dry somewhat between waterings. If it is a climber provide with a suitable support. Water less frequently during the rest period in the fail. Question: I am writing to you to ask how come cafes and motels don't have to pay the minimum wage of $2.00 aa hour.

I was really looking forward to this as everything is going sky high these days. H.J.W., Chamberlain, S.I). Answer: Two requirements must be met before a business must pay minimum wage. First the business must do $250,000 gross annually. If it is a part of a chain operation, then the individual business within the enterprise must do $250.000 gross annually until 1975.

Then the figure will drop to Each year after the amount will drop. If the situation is a cafe where the waitresses receive tips, the can iip to 50 per cent of the tip wage. For example, a waitress may only be paid .95 tier hour providing the employer' is certain she can make tn additional .95 per hour in tips to bring her up to the minimum wage level. Question: Are liquor store clerks included in the new Wage and hour law that went into effect May If so, how does-one go about reporting an employer who doesn't pay his employes the minimum wage? D.J.C., Mitchell, S.D. Answer: Your answer will also fall under the above explanation.

To report such an instance write to the U.S. Dept; of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, 228 U.S. Custom House, 721 19th Denver, Colorado, 80202. Question: We would like to know how the new minimum wage law affects farm workers, baby sitters and those types of G.S., Tyndall, S. D.

Answer: Employes employed in agriculture, by an employer who used more than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in any calendar quarter of the proceeding year, must be paid a minimum wage of at least $1.60 an hour beginning May 1. This would be equivalent to about six full time people working six or seven days a week. Persons performing babysitting service on a casual basis are exempt from the minimum wage law. sitters must be time-in order to receive minimum wage. Here are two organizations that can use cancelled postage stamps: Hobbies for the Handicapped, George I.

SUberberg, Grand Street Boys, 2122 Wallace Bronx, New N.Y., 10462 or Graymoor Friars, Stamp Department, Garrison, New York, 10524. I have a piece Of sterling silverware missing ind would like to replace it. It's from Westmoreland Sterling and purchased in 1947, but can't find an address. Can you help me? C.M., Spencer, S.D. Answer: Write to Westmoreland Sterling, PO Box 686, Wallingford, Conneticut, 06492.

Question: Recently I bought a punch toy from Green Stamps. It had a Hole in it so we sent it to the Doughboy factory because it did have a guarantee. They sent us a letter telling us to send them my receipt and they would sendee what I paid for it because they didn't make them anymore. Do you have the address? S.H., Corsica, S.D. is now Kransco Manufacturing You may try writing to them at 464 Victory So.

San Francisco, California, 94080. Question: Will you please print when the Passion Play will be given in Spearfish W.W., Lake Andes, S.D. Answer: The opening performance will be Sunday, June 2. Then every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday during the last performance will be Sunday, September 1. Question: Is it true that lightning never strikes a vehicle with rubber tires or a mobile home if the rubber tires are left on? A.M., Gregory, S.D.

Answer: No, Definitely lightning will strike such vehicles, but it won't do much damage if any at all. However, if a plow or some other machinery is in the ground and hooked to a tractor and is hit by lightning, lookout! Question: I would like to know where I can get a mower for a Ford 120, model No. K301, serial No. E0032985, special Jfo. 472388 made by Kohler E.P.K., Lesterville, S.D, Answer: Rozum's in Mitchell is a dealer for all Ford tractors and equipment.

If they do not have one in stock, they-can order one for you. Question: I would like to know where I can purchase pure lemon oil? X.Y.Z., Scotland, S.D. Answer: Try Saterlie Drug in Mitchell. Question: Would you let me know if Globe Life and Accident Insurance are a reliable firm? They are out of Sioux Falls or Oklahoma City. M.E.W., Colome, S.D.

Answer; Since we do not have any information in regards to reliability of insurance companies, you should try writing to the Better Business Bureaus at 246 Insurance Exchange Building, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309 or 208 Leonhart Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102. Question: Several weeks ago you printed in your column that there were 54 ghost towns in South Dakota. Could you please give the names of these? S.J., Farmer, S. D. Answer: In the Tourism Special' put out by THE DAILY REPUBLIC, there was an article that mentioned a few ghost towns in South Dakota.

For further information you could write to the Travel Director, S.D. Department Of'Highways, Box VG. Pierre, S.D, (We do not recall listing ch'os't towns in the column in the last few months.) Question: Can you please tell me in what year the album fPretties For You' by Alice Cooper was produced and released? J.K., Chamberlain, S.D. Answer: Warner Bros. 4000 Warner Burbank, California, 91505 handled all releases by Alice Cooper.

You inay try writing there for the information you seek. Question: I would like to know who the president of fU Telephone is and what his business address would L.S., Winner, S.D. Answer: For the region that South Dakota falls in, T.S. Nurnberg is the president. Write to Podge St.

Omaha, Nebraska. THE DAILY REPUBLIC 91st Year Number 187 An Independent Newspaper 18 Pages Tuesday, May 28, 1974 Mitchell, S. D. Cepy lie edition IRS Instructed To Harass Or Audit Enemies 1 WASHINGTON (A?) Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski said today he has evidence that the White House instructed the Internal Revenue Service to audit or otherwise harass political enemies. including former Democratic Party Chairman Lawrence F.

O'Brien. Jaworski said in papers filed with U.S. District Court, that a discussion of those matters was withheld by the White House from a tape recording turned over to the Watergate grand jury on a claim it was "unrelated to Watergate matters." The privilege claim, on 15VS Mideast Troop Separation Governments Meet For Fateful Decision JERUSALEM (AP) Henry Kissinger's month-long Middle East peace mission was at its most critical stage today as Israel's government meets for a fa teful decision on a troop minutes of a tape recording of eenarQ Hnn nar-t Svria Sept. 15, 1972, was upheld by U.S. District Judge John J.

Sirica last year. The filing today asked Sirica to reconsider that decision. separation pact with Syria. The United States secretary of state emerged smiling early this morning from a two-hour conference with the Israeli negotiating team, where he re ported on Monday's marathon talks with Syrian President Ha fez Assad. It was Kissinger's 12th trip to Damascus in this current trip.

Shimon Peres, the Israeli in formation minister, told news men after the meeting at Pre mier Golda Meir's office tha Israel would give Kissinger its Ford Says Impeachment Hearings Could Interfere With Congress WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Gerald R. Ford says he hopes the House Judiciary Committee won't expand its hearings on the impeachment of President Nixon, declaring, "If they drag it out, it could very well interfere with the necessary work of the Congress." was asked in an interview about reports that com- irittee members feel additional hearings are needed to clarify ambiguities in Watergate tapes and transcripts. "I certainly hope not," he replied. "I think they'could would hope they would get it, whatever they do, to the floor of the House by late June or early July." Ford was interviewed in the wake of his strong public disapproval of President Nixon's refusal to provide any additional Watergate evidence to the Judiciary Committee. However, at the vice president's request, that was not raised in the inter view.

Presidential Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler on Sunday put down reports of differences between. Ford and Nixon. Meanwhile, Judiciary Com i 11 Republican Reps. Cnarles E.

Wiggins of' California, David W. Dennis of Indiana and Henry P. Smith of New York all said Nixon's "hush'money" conversation of March is the only evidence they have heard that could tend to implicate the chief executive in the Watergate cover-up. All had insisted before listen- St. Clair Invited To Respond To Request WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today invited President Nixon's lawyer to re spond to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's request for prompt review by the high court of Nixon's refusal to surrender 64' subpoenaed Watergate tapes.

The court said White House lawyer James D. St. Clair promised to respond by Thursday. U.S. District Judge John J.

Sirica ruled May 20 that Nixon must surrender the tapes, but St. Clair asked the U.S. Court of Appeals here last Friday to overturn that ruling. Jaworski then asked the Supreme Court to take jurisdiction in the case. If the Supreme Court accepts the case, it will appeals court ing to the tape last week that the inquiry had yet to hear any evidence implicating Nixon.

However, the three said in interviews over the Memorial Day recess that the March 21 talk. could be a turnaround point if it is clarified with further investigation. And former Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox said Nixon's refusal to comply with the committee's evidence demands is one of three possible grounds for removing him from office. Potentially even more serious, said Cox, would be Nixon's disobedience of a Supreme Court order to turn over tapes and documents. Cox named as' the third and broadest ground for impeachment the failure of Nixon to restrain his White House aides and campaigners who were involved in the scandal.

Ford said he has not decided whether he will take an active part if the impeachment issue goes before the House. "I certainly will reiterate, as I have in the past, tq any mem bers my feelings, and I don'l foresee that they're going to change, that the President is innocent of any impeachable offense," Ford said. Ireland's Government Is Toppled By Strike BELFAST, 'Northern' Ireland (AP) Northern Ireland's provincial government of moderate Prote.stants and Roman Catholics collapsed today, toppled by a general strike of Protestant militants who refused to retreat before the British army. Brian Faulkner, head of the provincial government, or Executive, and other Protestant moderates in his administration quit after the British government representative in Northern Ireland refused to let them talk with the strikers. "We are not prepared to see our country paralyzed and to see our people die," Faulkner said in a resignation statement.

"That is what would have happened if this strike continued." Roman Catholic members of the administration, who had threatened to quit last week before British, troops were brought in to break the strike, did not formally resign. But a British government statement said the provincial government could not continue without the Protestant members, and added that there "is now no statutory basis for the Weather Partly Cloudy Low Tonights 48 High Tomorrow: 73 Northern Ireland Its fall was a clear victory for the striking militants who had demanded the end of power sharing with Catholics and the scrapping of an agreement for closer relations with the largely Catholic Irish republic to the south. 374DieOn Highways Over Holiday By The Associated Press IVLre than 100 fewer persons died on the nation's highways during this year's 78-hour Memorial Day weekend than in 1973. Unofficial totals show 374 traffic deaths thin year, compared to 486 during the 1973 tioliday' weekend. The National Safety Council had estimated before the three- day weekend that between 450 and 550 persons would die in traffic accidents.

That estimate was 100 below the 1973 estimate put out before last year's holi- Jay by the safety council. The lighest toll for a three-day Memorial Day weekend was 597 in 1969. The council anticipated a safer holiday than normal this year because of the 55 ra.p.h. speed limit and fears of a gaso- ine shortage. There were no reports of gasoline shortages.

The tabulation period for holiday accidents began at 6 p.m. time Friday and ended at final decision today on the agreement that would separate the warring Syrian and Israeli armies on the Golan Heights, where fighting has raged for nearly three months. Asked what the decision involved, Peres replied: "A package deal agreement." All parts of an "We had a very detailed meeting, the result of which is that the cabinet will meet to make a decision," added Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban. Kissinger did not speak to newsmen. Reports from sources close to the negotiations indicated it wou'd be a difficult decision for the Israelis, and that Kissinger stood a strong chance of ending his 32-day peace marathon without a disengagement pact.

U.S. officials said draft agreements were already drawn up, but there were blank spaces where issues remained to be resolved. The major remaining problems reportedly were, the size of a buffer zone between the separated armies and Israeli- sought safeguards against Palestinian terrorist raids from Syria. Kissinger told newsmen earlier that the llth-hour snags could push back his departure from the Middle East by anoth- e. Wednesday.

But in no case will the secretary return to Damascus, aides said. Suspense mounted as Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko flew into the Syrian capital for a planned two-day visit shortly before Kissinger's departure Monday, They did not meet. Gromyko, in a brief statement distributed by the Syrian news agency, described Moscow as "standing firm in the belief that a just peace cannot be established except through complete Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied in 1967 and thereafter." Delmont Cops Track Championship The Delmont Wildcats, led by Carey Buhler's three individual wins (880, mile and two-mile) won the Class 'B' state track championship at City Saturday. The team was honored Sunday night. Pictured above, left to right, front row, are Dave Jerke and Buhler.

Back row, Merlin Goehring, Rory Sherman and coach Gene Hagerty. Not pictured was John Fink who is attending Boys State in Aberdeen. Primaries Set Across U.S.- Seniority Matched Against Leadership By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Legislative seniority is matched against a call for new eadership as Sen. J. W.

Fulbright faces Gov. Dale Bumpers today in the Arkansas Democratic primary. Fulbright, a veteran of three decades in the Senate, has other Democrats- in his bid to regain Senate seat now held by Republican Robert Packwood. Arkansas also has a Democratic primary for governor, involving former Gov. Orval Faubus, former Rep.

David Pryor and Lt. Gov. Bob Riley. an the vota "the most cru- However, most attention has cial election in America." the Fulbnght-Bump- Other primaries are set today ers race- Oregon and Kentucky. In Dregon former Sen.

Wayne Morse, like Fulbright an early nd outspoken foe- of the Vict- midnight local time Monday, inam war, is up against three Most opinion polls showed the very popular Bumpers ahead, although Fulbright said he had a poll showing the race too close to call. Fulbright, 69, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has stressed his 30 years of experience and contended that seniority in Congress means a substantial 'plus for Arkansas. "There is hardly any state in the Union that has done as well economically, and the basic public facilities of this state have been built largely by money from, the federal jment," Fulbright said in a jojnt appearance with iBumpers. "This is a result of the influence and the seniority, if you like, of its representation," the senator said. By contrast, Bumpers, 48, termed the seniority system "a breach of faith with the young people of this country and I would work to change the tern because I don't think it has served us well." Bumpers, serving his second two-year term as governor, cited inflation, the energy shortage, low public confidence in Congress and other national problems to back up his call for Veterans Honored At Memorial Day Ceremonies Those attending the Memorial Pay ceremonies at Grassland, Cemetery paid tribute to the veterans of past World Wars.

To honor those who lost their for our country, flags of the American Legion and the VFVV were flown and a salute was given by members of tbe Mitchell National Guard unit. Memorial pay feive beea con- ducted every year since 1MQ when the American. Legion plot was established. (Continued on Page NEWS FROM EYESORE TO ART In Kinston, pieces of art produced by local children are on display and available for sale vacant downtown store windows. They are illuminated viewing by nighttime Classified -Ad shopping is available to you any time of the day or night.

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