The Grand Island Independent from Grand Island, Nebraska • 3

riday Sept 28 1973 GRAND ISLAND (Neb) INDEPENDENT 3 JLPr zo GRAND ISLAND (Neb) INDEPENDE Readjustment by Astronauts Amazes Physicians SAN DIEGO Calif (API hone 0 happy with this They then will be driven com to said the only sig problem involved be the their third examination to earth believably from a distance But because children are more likely to car ry a disease than adults they be allowed close for sev en days They have been placed in the homes of friends and relatives for the period Only medical checked allowed next week will in Doctors are concerned that the astronauts may be highly susceptible to disease because the long confinement of the space mission might have caused them to lose some of their natural immunity On Wednesday much of the film and computer tapes from earth resources and solar as tronomy studies and data from other Skylab experiments was flown to Houston pensation the flight sur geon said A harder mattress and some drugs were expected to ease the problem Bean Garriott and Lousma will hold a brief dockside cere mony today after completing their third extensive medical since their return leans as just short of amaz Dr Paul Buchanan said Garriott very good The other two are slightly down Owen has more bounce to the ounce Jack trails him a little and Al is just a notch behind He said their excellent condi tions may be real landmark in medical history We are un Buchanan i i a back He aggravated an old strain when he slept on a soft mattress Tuesday night compensation that his muscles had made for the pain was lost in zero gravity so have to get that persons whose recent histories have been carefully in close contact SAN DIEGO Calif (AP) Readapting rapidly to gravity Skylab record setting astro nauts fly to Texas Thursday for reunions with their wives The readjustment by Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma just two days after the end of their SO day space journey was described by a flight sureon aboard the re covery carrier USS New Or nearby North Island Naval Air Station for a jet flight to Elling ton AB near John son Space Center The plane is to arrive at El lington about 6 pm CDT Wait ing to greet the astronauts will be their wives Several hundred space workers also are ex pected to be on hand The space agency said the as children would be allowed to watch the arrival Problems Seen or Campaign By WALTER MEARS AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Whatever happens in the case of Vice President Spiro Ag new the imprint of accusations and scandal will mark indelibly the presidential politics of 1976 And barring a political mir acle what has happened al ready will mark Agnew out of that campaign Two months ago Agnew was rated an almost certain candi date and likely top contender for the Republican nomination to succeed President Nixon Now accused of involvement in political graft in Maryland the vice president is battling to clear himself and survive in the job he holds Agnew denies wrongdoing and says he is con fident of ultimate vindication But the presumption of in nocence usually work in politics Suspicion is enough to undo a candidate In a political environment al ready clouded by the Watergate scandal both Republicans and Democrats are likely to seek in their 1976 candidates an image of absolute integrity untar nished by such suspicion Candidates for the nomi nations may well try to outdo each other in presenting them selves as men free of possible challenge or suspicion Such a political atmosphere could create a problem for Sen Edward Kennedy who leads in the early Democratic polls despite the lingering memory of Chappaquiddick It is ironic that earlier this year Agnew himself was re garded as a Republican likely to find advantages in a future campaign marked by the issue of political integrity When the White House was besieged by the disclosures of political wrongdoing and cover up in the Watergate scandal Agnew was untouched Now accusations of personal wrongdoing against Agnew are to be presented to a federal grand jury Agnew associates accuse White House officials of trying to force the vice presi dent to resign President Nixon urged Tues day that Agnew be accorded the presumption of innocence that is the right of every citi zen He said the vice president has served with dedication and distinction in that office Already some of the men likely to be candidates for the White House in 1976 are making their initial moves exploring their prospects and potential support campaign now is for vindication In another time and under other circumstances there might have been an Ag nw campaign treasury In stead there is a newly an nounced legal defense fund for the vice president 5 Bodies Located In Kansas CLAY CENTER Kan (AP) Rescue workers found the bodies of five tornado victims Wednesday as they probed sog gy wreckage in a 125 mile swath from middle Kansas to the Nebraska line Reports via crippled commu nications carried unconfirmed word of an additional death and two women were not ac counted for here Meanwhile up to seven inches of rain sent some small er streams in northeast Kansas 10 feet out of their banks The tornadoes unusual for this time of year swept along a line from the Ellsworth area in central Kansas through Sa lina and Clay Center to Green leaf and Hanover near the Ne braska line The bodies of Mr and Mrs Herman Meier of Lincoln Kan were recovered from a creek just north of Ellsworth The office said it could not determine if they drowned when their car plunged into the flooded stream or were swept away when they tried to escape from the torrent At Greenleaf authorities re ported that Angie Buhr 5 and her sister Harmyln 1 were killed when a twister blew down their house The parents Mr and Mrs George Buhr and a third sister Jo Ann 3 were injured Marie Bell 67 was killed in her cafe at Niles not far from Interstate 70 between Salina and Abilene The cafe was knocked down by debris as a tornado blew apart the Niles grain elevator Attempts to rescue the Buhr family at Greenleaf were com plicated by the rupture of a liq uid fertilizer tank at a farm supply store a block from their house Officers and volunteers evac uated most of the 480 residents as anhydrous ammonia gas threatened to blanket Green leaf The evacuees spent the night at a church then re turned to their homes in mid morning About 20 people were injured seriously enough by the Tues day night tornadoes to require hospital treatment Most of the injuries and the major concen tration of property damage were inflicted in Clay Center a town of 5100 about 40 miles northwest of Manhattan and midway between Salina and Greenleaf Established 1861 The Grand Island Daily independent Published daily except Sunday irst and Cedar Streets Grand Island Nebraska 68801 Entered at the Post Office at Grand Island Nebraska as second class mail matter Second class postage paid at Grand Island Nebraska AU 382 1000 i Warning Issued By Cattleman SCHUYLER Neb (AP) The executive secretary of the Ne braska Livestock eeders Asso ciation says consumers should cash in on bargains at the feed expense Paul Johnston advised con sumers to up a supply while you can because our feed ers cannot produce beef at the current prices very Johnston made the comment Wednesday night when officers of the Nebraska Livestock eed ers Association met in Schuy ler to discuss the beef price sit uation Woodrow Collins of Meadow Grove president of the group characterized the present situ ation as a case of to He said only a few feed ers were able to sell during the price boom and is being affected by the Collins said federal govern ment interference has led to in the market and the feeder is faced with possible Herb Albers Jr of Wisner first vice president of the group said there are some ex tra cattle on the market with some of them too heavy we are dumping these on a con fused market Orderly market ing is still the best way to bring stability back to the beef price Bill Krejci of airmont sec ond vice president said hog producers were not being hurt as badly now as the cattle feed er but he said the high cost of protein supplement and higher corn prices are trimming the pork profits Bids on ield House Will Be Considered LINCOLN Neb (AP) Ap parent low bids totalling $87 million have been received for general mechanical electrical and exterior wall construction on the new University of Ne braska Lincoln field house being built on the state fair grounds The bids and alternates will be studied prior to the letting of any contracts The apparent low lump sum base bids were: general con tract George Cook Construc tion Co Lincoln $4872845 mechanical contract Waldinger Corp Des Moines Iowa $2488850 electrical contract Commonwealth Electric Lin coln $551700 exterior wall contract Valley Building Prod Minneapolis Minn $792962 Work already is under way on the $125 million building being financed from cigarette tax revenues Site preparation structural steel and joists foun dation and power line contracts were awarded earlier this year Completion is scheduled for January 1975 Ex Union Head Remains In Critical Condition WASHINGTON (AP) De posed union leader A Boyle remained in crit ical condition here after devel oping a irregular heart according to spokesmen at George Washington Univer sity Hospital Boyle 71 former president of the United Mine Workers Un ion was hospitalized Monday McCook Man Dies in all McCOOK Neb uner al services were held Wednes day for Scott Thuman 24 who died Sunday in a mountan climbing accident near Boul der Colo Thuman was a 1967 graduate of McCook' High School and a 1972 graduate of the Uniersty of Nebraska Lincoln night and doctors later said he had apparently attempted sui cide by taking barbiturates A hospital spokesman said Boyle was awake but still oij the critical list Thursday The rapid heart beat was controlled with medication the hospital said Boyle remained in the in tensive care unit No visitors were allowed His condition had improved slightly Wednesday and he was taken off a respirator and kid ney machine Boyle is facing murder charges in the 1969 slayings of union insurgent Joseph A Yab lonski and wife and daughter He had been scheduled for a hearing in the case Tuesday but that was later postponed In addition to the murder charge he is also charged with con spiracy in the case Warrant Out or Indian MINNEAPOLIS Minn (AP) The BI has issued a federal fugitive warrant for Dennis Banks leader of the American Indian Movement Joseph Trimbach special agent in charge of the Min neapolis BI office said Wednesday the warrant was is sued at Rapid City SD He said the assumption was that Banks had fled South Dakota to avoid prosecution on state charges stemming from a eb 6 disturbance at the Custer SD courthouse Rate Of Crime Up In Omaha WASHINGTON ig ures released by the BI Thursday show the overall rate of violent and property related crime in Omaha jumped more than 9 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 1972 In Lincoln the overall crime in dex decreased by three per cent The report Imiited itself to Give iiiii BH Workshop I Under Way (I In Third City Some 30 to 40 local elected and iii appointed officials attended the opening iii sessions Thursday of the CISCO iii governmental workshop at the Ramada iii Inn iii The session was to start at 1 pm iii with discussions on the development of ji: local government and continue until 9 iii pm Other topics to be discussed during the workshop included modernization of iii local government and several panel ill discussions Sen Richard Marvel was scheduled to speak at 7 pm on iii regionalization and local governmental iii modernization CISCO or the Citizens In pi tcrgovernmental Study Commission is pi a 15 member body created to study iii various methods of modernizing local government operations Six Still Sought On Drug Warrants iii Hall County authorities said Thurs ii day that six warrants are still out on pi young people wanted in connection with pi a four month State Patrol undercover pi investigation into drug traffic in Central cities of over 109000 population In Omaha acting Police Chief Walter Devere said that although percentage increase went against the na tional trend (down one per cent) the incidents reported were relatively fewer when compared to other cities volume is not he said percentage of in crease itself is not too because crime statistics are not consistent The following breakdown gives the number of crimes re ported in Omaha and Lincoln in the categories listed by the BI with the figures for 1972 following them Murder non negligent man slaughter: Omaha 20 up from 11 Lincoln 4 up from orcible rape: Omaha 60 up from 55 Lincoln 6 down from 8 Robbery: 349 up from 285 Lincoln 13 down from 21 Aggravated assault: Omaha 469 down from 510 Lincoln 114 unchanged Burglary breaking or enter 2200 up from 1901 Lincoln 495 up from 435 Larceny: Omaha 5003 up from 4597 Auto theft Omaha 436 up from 1373 Lincoln 95 down from 113 Search On or Missing Couple CULBERTSON Neb Authorities are searching for a rural Culbertson couple miss ing since last Sunday The State Patrol and local authorities said relatives of Ed the UNITED WAY KEEP IT WORKING Connie Stroman executive director of the United Way reported that the audited contributions during the five week advance campaign which ended Tuesday at mid night indicated $98911 has been pledged As of Thursday the 586 percent of the total goal of $167100 has been pledged to the United Way campaign WEATHER h'J 1 NEWS MfAAUNft air GRAND ISLAND Gradually clearing and turning cooler Thursday night with the low 42 47 riday sunny and warmer with the high 72 76 Winds are light and variable for Thursday night and riday NEBRASKA ORECAST: Mostly clear Thursday night cooler in the southeast with lows mostly in the 40s Sunny and warmer riday with highs from the mid to upper 70s NEBRASKA EXTENDED OUTLOOK Saturday through Monday clear to partly cloudy with little or no precipitation Warm days with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s Lows generally in the mid 40s west to the mid 50s east LOCAL TEMPERATURES Covering 24 Hour Period By US Weather Bureau 1 pm 57 1 am 56 2 pm 57 2 am 56 3 pm 58 3 am 55 4 pm 58 4 am 55 5 pm 58 5 am 54 6 pm 58 6 am 54 7 pm 57 7 am 54 8 pm 56 8 am 53 9 pm 56 9 am 53 10 pm 56 10 am 53 11 56 11 am 54 Midnight 56 Noon 55 Maximum Wednesday 63 year ago 62 Minimum Thursday 54 year ago 46 Record temperatures Sept 27 high 95 in 1956 low 30 in 1964 Precipitation: 35 inch Precipitation Sept 1 to Sept 27: 639 inches total this period a year ago: 195 normal: 194 inches Precipitation Jan 1 to Sept 27: 2201 inches total this period a year ago: 1885 inches normal 1936 inches Barometer at 11 am 3028: rising (sea level pressure) relative humidity at 11 am 90 per cent Sun will rise Sept 28 at 7:26 am and will set at 7:21 pm WEATHER READINGS OR 24 HOURS ENDING AT 6 AM P'CP Bismarck 66 35 Boston 66 54 Chicago 87 69 Chadron 62 36 Denver 60 35 Des Moines 75 61 02 ort Worth 85 68 254 Grand Island 63 54 35 Kansas City 74 63 137 Lincoln 67 56 25 Los Angeles 95 68 McCook 56 52 68 Miami 85 78 18 Minneapolis 66 53 24 New Orleans 88 74 New York 71 59 Norfolk 59 53 09 North Platte 56 49 33 Oklahoma City 77 64 305 Omaha 65 56 12 Phoenix 92 70 Rapid City 65 38 Salt Lake City 62 42 San rancisco 86 66 Scottsbluff 60 34 Seattle 70 51 Sheridan 62 36 Valentine 57 Washington 79 63 Wichita 76 62 133 Lieutenant Governor's win Hoyt 56 and his 57 year old wife reported the two had made no plans to travel None of the clothing or other articles such as shav ing equipment and arthritis medicine are missng author ities said Their car a 1971 Plymouth is missing officials said Relatives began using a plane on Tuesday to search the area for the couple Officials in Colorado and Kansas have been alerted to watch for the car authorities said Error Made In Headline A headline in Daily Independent incorrectly stated that a drug charge had been filed in county court against Michael Rockford 18 of 1419 Sixth Information in the article was correct Rockford was actually charged with breaking and entering allegedly at the La Raza Cultural Center 523 ourth on Sept 22 Pay Too High: Duis LINCOLN Neb (AP) State Sen Herbert Duis thinks $25000 a year is too high' a salary for lieuten ant governor The Gothenburg lawmaker confirms he is having legisla tion drafted to cut the figure to $10000 The pay increase from the present $7500 to $25000 is scheduled to take effect in 1975 applying to the lieutenant gov ernor elected next year or the first time next year the governor and lieutenant gover nor will be elected on a team ticket At least seven Democrats have informed Gov James Exon they are interested in being his running mate should he seek re election The group includes Sens Gary7 Anderson of Axtell and rank Lewis of Bellevue both of whom changed political affiliation from Republican to Democrat this year think the salary in crease would such a flood of interest clear down to iii people changing parties to iii Duis said in a telephone iii interview hi not trying to discourage iii anyone who really wants the iii job and I don't think the salary Iii cut will I just hate to think we iii made the change for only the iii iii Church to Host Singing Group The New Horizons a young iii gospel singing group iii Denver Colo will appear at iii the Assembly of God Church iii 15th and Eddy riday and iii Saturday at 7:30 pm each iii evening iii A special youth program will iii be held Saturday by the group iii which recently completed a Ci West Coast tour and has per iii formed with fam ous iii professional groups iii The singers appeared at the iii Latin Assembly of God Church ill Thursday night iii Nebraska Authorities said they would not reveal the names of the six until they are arrested Eight young people have already been arrested in connection with the investigation More than 90 warrants were issued in seven Central Nebraska counties as a result of work by un dercover agents Most of those arrested have been charged with felonies Lost Ravenna Boy Is ound by Uncle RAVENNA Sometimes youthful energy and curiosity can get young boys in trouble as two year old Jason Duncan son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Duncan of Ravenna found out Tuesday evening The lad was playing in the house yard when he unhooked the yard gate and decided to take his wagon and puppy for a walk After an searching by friends and neighbors young Jason was found by his upcle Marvin McAuliff about one half mile from home Board at Aurora iles an Answer AURORA The Aurora Board of adjustment has filed an answer to an injunction filed in district court here against it in connection with approval last week of a building permit for a truck terminal The board denies certain allegations of the injunction and requests the court to dismiss the petition The trucking firm involved in the dispute is the Ap pliance Company Loans Authorized or Valley County ORD Valley County has been authorized for armers Home Ad ministration emergency loans due to the Aug 15 hail storm which did an estimated 35 million dollars of damage in Valley County announced Carson Rogers chairman of the Valley County board of supervisors The termination date for receiving applications from eligible applicants will be June 18 1974 Chief of Police Resigns at Aurora AURORA Chief of Police Kenneth Zike has submitted his resignation to the Aurora city council effective Oct 15 Zike stated in a letter to the council that his resignation was being tendered primarily because he had to satisfactorily accomplish his duties in a manner acceptable to certain members of the Aurora City Broken Bow gets Aid rom District BROKEN BOW (Special) The city of Broken Bow has received $20645 from the Lower Lop Natural Resources District for flood control land acquisition IIIII IIIII.