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SHOWERS Thunderstorms likely High 45-51) Low 18-22 Map mid Uslails on Pag METRO Stocks Slide Tor Second Day See Page 2, Section 15c 6-Day Home Delivery 90c yA- j' -ft ON GUARD FOR 144 YEARS Vol. 145 No. 306 Friday, March 5, 1976 Senate Leader ansfield Seek Re-Election Won fas -C iJ ILmmitA I ft AP Phot opposition from his political right in his attempt to succeed Scott. Mansfield became majority leader in 1961 and held the post longer than any man in history. HIS LOW-KEY style was in sharp contrast to that of his predecessor, Lyndon B.

Johnson, who led the Senate with a prodigious persuasiveness some called browbeating. Mansfield drew criticism for a lack of firmness in dealing with dissenting colleagues. But his fairness and scholarship earned him the loyalty of the Democratic majority and he never was seriously challenged for his leadership post. At five minutes after noon, Mansfield rose at his front row desk, and carried out his daily ritual: "Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the journal of the previous day's proceedings be dispensed with." There was no objection a id the 72-ycar-old Montanan then began to read his statement.

He told how he first was elected to the House in 1942 and to the Senate in 1952. He noted that his 34 years in Congress spanned one-sixth of the nation's history, the administrations Please turn to Page 4A, Col. 3 WASHINGTON (AP) Mike Mansfield, a taciturn Westerner who provided the Senate with low-key leadership through the troubled years of Vietnam and Watergate, announced Thursday he will not seek re-election. The majority leader's announcement guaranteed at complete changeover in the Senate leadership next January and quickly touched off a liberal-conservative contest to succeed the Montana Democrat. BEFORE THE DAY was out, Majority whip Robert C.

Byrd of West Virginia and Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine, announced they were candidates for the job. Sen. Alan Cranston, announced he was running for the majority whip post. He said he was not specifically supporting either Byrd or Muskie for the leadership position, but was running an independent race.

Byrd, a conservative, has never made any secret of his desire to become majority leader. However, Muskie would have strong backing among Senate liberals. Mansfield's Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, already had announced he would retire when his current term expires in January. Minority whip Robert P. Griffin, probably will face I'm director of a senior citizens and retirees program at People's Community Church in Detroit.

One of our members, who's 91 years old, recently lost his hearing. An ear specialist told him he'll need about for a hearing aid. He just doesn't have that kind of money is there anywhere this man can get some help? M.N., Detroit. Make sure senior keeps Mdrch 12 appointment with Detroit Hearing and Speech Center. Seems he missed original appointment two weeks ago because he couldn't afford $20 hearing evaluation fee.

However, Center's executive director Raymond Lindahl said fee's been waived following review of oldster's financial status. If aid need is confirmed, church member will be fitted. Hopefully, Center's hearing aid bank will have right one for his use. If not, his name goes on waiting list. State Medicaid cutbacks on Jan.

1 really put dent in hearing aid bank supply. Cuts, which are supposed to save $7 million, mean no more state provided dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses, nonprescription drugs or emergency room and ambulance services to Medicaid recipients irms Working to Restore State ower by Weekend age 21 or older. Medicaid cutbacks will stay in effect at least through June 30. Folks over 65 are eligible for Hearing and Speech Center aids. Call 341-1353 in Detroit for appointment.

Last Sunday ABC's Wide World of Sports showed a guy who caught a 22 caliber bullet fired from a rifle with his teeth. Was it St. Clair Shores. Bite the bullet routine was 100 percent pure truth as far as ABC is concerned. Network filmed 54-year-old Ralph Bial-la's act twice, couldn't find any trickery.

West German Bialla, who died in mountain climbing accident last July, is 160,000 Homes Are Still Cut Off BY RONE TEMPEST, JULIE MORRIS AND BILL MICHKLMORE Frit Press Stall Writers More than 160,000 Michigan families were still without electricity Thursday, two days after a disastrous ice storm. Most of the power outages remained in the hard-hit central area of the state around Saginaw, where 25,000 residences were powerless Thursday and in the Detroit area, where beleaguered Detroit Edison officials estimated the number of darkened homes at over 100,000. AP Photo BIRCH BAYH.nhosaidhe lacked "the dollars required to get the job done." Bayh Quits Deni Race; Shrivcr Is Wavering By the Associated Press Birch Bayh all but left the crowded Democratic presidential field Thursday and Sargent Shriver said he was considering it. Both said their money had begun to run out. Bayh announced it in New York that he is suspending active campaigning because the New Hampshire and Massachusetts primaries depleted his treasury and his poor showings discouraged further contributions.

Shriver, the party's 1972 vice-presidential candidate, said in Chicago that he is short of funds and will have to rely on volunteers in the March 16 Illinois primary rather than a "full-blast media campaign." He said if he loses in Illinois, he might withdraw. There was also a new twist to the Republican race between President Ford and Ronald Reagan. Following the advice of some of his conservative advisers, Reagan began attacking Ford's foreign pol-icy in a break with what he used to call the Uth Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of other members of the same party. In a statement released in Washington and made in Orlando, where he is campaigning in preparation for next Tuesday's Florida primary, Reagan said that Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger share the blame for a situation in which "the nation has become No.

2 in military power in a world where it is dangerous if not fatal to be second best." As for detente, Reagan asked: "What has the United States gotten in return other than Soviet belligerence in the Middle East, Soviet duplicity in Southeast Asia and Soviet imperialism in south central Africa? "Despite Mr. Ford's evident decency, honesty and patriotism, he has shown neither the wisdom nor the leadership necessary to halt and reverse the diplomatic and military decline of the United States. That is the truth, and even those of us who like Gerald Ford as a person know it is the truth." Reagan reportedly has been under pressure from advisers to "take the gloves off" in his battle to unseat Ford. The pressure has become more acute since Ford narrowly defeated Reagan in the Feb. 24 Please turn to Page 8A, Col.

1 attempted bullet catch 500 times, missing only nine shots. Stuntman's nose, tongue and larynx caught errant missiles. Bialla wore $5,000 steel dentures, steel rod in lower jaw and armor-plated glasses, stood four meters (about 13 feet) from marksman. ABC says that 22 bullet, traveling 200 meters per second, was fired through sheet of glass that reduced speed to catchable 40 meters per second. Remington Arms Co.

put Bial-la's feat in "plausible" category because of plate glass velocity reduction. Also, gun company rep said standard 22 bullet moves about 1045 feet per second but stunt bullet contained less powder and was slowed to 130 f.p.s. by time Bialla put bite on it. Gun expert emphasized that he didn't recommend anyone else trying stunt. I won two tickets from WDEE to the Nashville '76 Concert this Sunday at Masonic Temple.

I gave them to my friend, who's a big country music fan. The tickets are good, but since my friend is almost totally blind, she won't be able to see the stage from where she'll he sitting. Can Action Line arrange for her lo get a better seat? P.G., Birmingham. Hp-front private box for three-hour performance now be-longs to friend and her father for afternoon, thanks to concert promoter Ray Patterson. And since your friend is big country fan, Patterson will also arrange meeting with stars of show-folks like Lynn Anderson, Johnny Paycheck and Dave Dudley.

WDEE is providing album as remembrance. Tickets for both 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday performances are still available, can be had at Masonic Temple box office and all Grin-nell's stores. 11 i i I i iV W' r-: I III' i 4 it.

i ir Action MIKE MANSFIELD, at work Thursday: hirty-four years is not a long time but it is time enough." Line cren struggle to repair the damages. Page A. Storm brings out the best in us. Page 1C. How to salvage storm-dam-aged trees.

Page 6C. Pictures from hard-hit Sag. maw. Back Page. Survival Tips for Homes in The Dark Here are questions and answers to help people sitting in cold, dark houses cope with the after-effects of the ice storm that left almost 200,000 homes without electricity this week.

Will my insurance cover the damage to my trees and shrubs caused by the ice? No, most insurance policies will not cover storm damage to trees and shrubs. But insurance generally will pay for damages to houses, automobiles, bicycles and similar items damaged by fallen limbs. It doesn't matter whose tree yours or your neighbor's hit your car, your auto insurance will cover repairs. Indoor planti ardpets like birds and fish are not covered by home owner's policies. Who will clean up the tree limbs that are scattered on my lawn? In Detroit, crews from the city's department of forestry are picking up limbs from curbs and they will take care of all city-owned damaged trees (those between the sidewalk and the curb).

Privately owned trees must be taken care of at the owner's expense, but the city will pick up all limbs dragged to the curb. In the Grosse Pointes, home owners should haul broken limbs to the streets and work crews will pick them up. In Oakland County, the Road Commission is meeting Friday with local township officials to co-ordinate a clean-up pro-gram, in incorporated cities like Birmingham, limbs put by the curbs will be picked up. Is Detroit Edison still distributing dry ice? When and if they get mum dry ice, Edison will make it available to customers at Edison outlets, according to a company spokesman. "But when we get any dry ice, it's always gone by the time the Please turn to Page 2A, Col.

1 MEANWHILE a heavy fog rolled into the Detroit area shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, slowing rush hour traffic and delaying flights into and out of Detroit's Metropolitan Airport for almost V2 hours. The fog began lifting at 9 p.m. and flights were back on schedule within the hour. The fog was caused by rapidly rising temperatures in the area.

Several smaller towns in thr state had been completely without power for 48 hours Thursday, including St. Charles in southern Saginaw County and Greenville in southern Montcalm County. Power was partially returned to Greenville Thursday afternoon but citizens were warned not to drink the town's water without boiling it. Officials of the state's two major power companies, Detroit Edison with 1.6 million customers, and Consumer Power with 1.2 million customers, had hoped to restore power to all of the state by Friday. But Thursday they said it may take as much as two days longer.

"We've had over 201,000 customers without power at varying times," said a spokesman for Consumers Power in Jackson. "We expect that barring any further bad weather we will have everything pretty much cleaned up by Saturday with the possibility of some customers not getting back until early Sunday." A spokesman for Detroit Edison said it will "probably be several days before we get everyone back in the power." Edison President John R. (Jack) Hamann has called the ice-storm a disaster and one of the most devastating to power utility operations in recent history. MEANWHILE, at least one death had been blamed on the Please turn to Page 4A, Col. Bundled in a heavy jacket, Lesa Partaka, 9, huddles on the davenport in her chilly Grosse Pointe home while brother David Jr.

snoozes. Fret Press Photo by RICHARD LEE Hotel Addison, near Woodward. 14 Charlotte POLICK UiXAWAUK OF RELEASE Gunman Was Mental Patient I just bought a used car that sports a set of "Dean Stinger" tires. One of them has ply separation and should be replaced, but I can't find anyone who stocks these tires. In fact, the local dealers say they haven't even heard of the brand.

Can you find the company that distributes them? R.N., Midland. Tire outfit's located in Louisville, Ky. Stingers popular in South are distributed by Dean Tire and Rubber Co. Dean rep provided names of couple independent dealers in Michigan who would make pro-rated swap with you based on tread wear. Dean lead came from Tire Guide, industry trade publication.

It's tough to track down dealer without book since independents don't make own tires, buy them instead from major manufacturers. Small dealer's name is printed on tire but manufacturer is left off. Since independents generally concentrate sales in smaller area, they save money on distribution and advertising, can generally peddle tires cheaper. Tire Guide puts out booklet called "Who Makes it and Where," telling folks which manufacturer makes tires for which small company. Book costs $1, is available by writing Tire Guide, 2119 Route 110, Farming-dale, N.Y.

11735. THE QUESTION There was a place on the Massachusetts primary ballot marked "No preference" for who don't favor any of the current candidates for president. Do any of the presidential candi dates excite you? HOW YOU VOTED NO, S2.2 percent. COMMENTS: "It looks like a big circus to me" "They're all just politicians" "AH I see is clowns" "All they do is put me to sleep" "There's really nobody I'd vote for" "None of them are the people's choice" "Only my husband excites me" "No matter who's elected it won't make any difference." YES, 17.8 percent. COMMENTS: "Henry Jackson is the only one that can turn this country around" "Wallace is my man" "Yes, President Ford and Jimmy Carter" "Gerald Ford will be the greatest President of this century" Hubert Humphrey will be our next president" "I like Milton Shapp." Line To vote NO Call 961-4422 atric studies done on Chaun-cey West some of which indicated he was mentally ill, he was discharged on Nov.

5 from the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry after a battery of doctors there said he was not then mentally ill. Detroit Police said they were never notified that West was discharged from the hospital and they thought he was still undergoing treatment. Police said they did not learn that West, a 28-year-old Vietnam veteran, had been released from the hospital until Wednesday afternoon when he shot three persons at the BY SUSAN WATSON Free Press Stall Writer The man who gunned down three men, including a chaplain, in a hotel near downtown Detroit Wednesday was a mental patient who had been evaluated four separate times for mental illness in 1975. Despite the intensive psychi Inflation As Food I I III III Illl I II il 11 Continues to Cool Prices Dip Again West was shot to death on the roof of the hotel by a police marksman who stationed himself atop a building some 300 yards away. Before being fatally shot in the siege, West critically injured Detroit Police civilian chaplain William A.

Paris, who tried to convince h'm to surrender, West also shot Officer Martin Fuhrmann, 26, who rushed to Paris' aid. Before the siege began, West shot the co-owner of the hotel, Harry Zartarian, 52, when Zartarian went to check on the room West had rented the night before. The chaplain is in grave condition at Detroit General Hospital and the other two injured men are in serious condition but are expected to survive. Fuhrmann's right eye was removed Thursday. NONE OF the officials from the police department, the courts, or the phychiatric hospital could pinpoint Thursday exactly why and how West Please turn to Page 4A, Col.

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Greenspan had previously been predicting that unemployment would be between 7.0 and 7.5 percent by the end of this year, around election time. But he told reporters Thursday: "It is possible we could be under seven percent by the end of the year." He also said it is very likely that the Gross National Product, the nation's total economic Please turn to Page 5A, Col. 1 To vote YES Call 961-3211.