Banner Graphic, Volume 5, Number 292, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 February 1975 — Page 6

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Ford ‘stumping’ for energy program

HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) - President Ford is continuing to stump for his embattled energy program, which has encountered new criticism from some of the nation's governors. Ford flies to Kansas for statehouse meetings and an address before the state legislature in Topeka today on the second leg of his journey. He will hold a news conference tonight. In addition to a speech and a meeting with five Southwest governors in Houston Monday, Ford also held a surprise pri-

Kissinger in second day of talks

JERUSALEM (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger planned a full day of talks today with Israeli leaders as he pressed his search for common ground between them and the Egyptians. Kissinger arrived Monday to begin his latest Middle East peace shuttle. He and Premier Yitzhak Rabin were to breakfast together and then sit down for a full working session with their advisers.

Right-wing Thatcher favorite for British party

LONDON (AP) - Rightwinger Margare. Thatcher was a narrow favorite today as the 276 Conservatives in the House of Commons prepared for the second round in their election of a new party leader and prospective prime minister. Mrs Thatcher’s campaign managers expressed confidence she would lead the other four candidates but were uncertain whether she would get the 139 votes needed for election. She polled 130 votes in last week’s first ballot to 119 for former Prime Minister Edward Heath, party leader for the past

Chance for food price decline: but 4 iffy 9

WASHINGTON (AP) - Economists in the Agriculture Department say there is a chance some food prices may decline by the end of 1975 but they quickly add that there are some big ifs. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz said Monday in New York that record wheat, corn and soybean crops will mean cheaper food later this year. But he also said built-in middleman costs will keep any price declines relatively small. The department’s Outlook and Situation Board has injected another big qualifier: the weather. Too much rain last spring, drought in the summer and premature frosts held last year’s harvests well below expectations. If farmers have average planting and growing conditions this year they could produce a record corn crop, the board said Monday. Counting sorghums, oats and barley, total livestock feed grain output could be up 25 to 40 per cent from last year. “Feed grain prices may mod-

Aviators training Iranians

NEW YORK (AP) - Recently retired U.S. Army aviators working for a private American company run by their former commanding officer are providing the Shah of Iran’s emerging army with the latest tactical training in combat helicopter assault warfare. Veterans of the 10-year attempt to perfect air mobile warfare in Vietnam, these officers are part of a 1,500-man American civilian force assem-

vate meeting with former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, who faces trial this spring in federal bribery and perjury charges. White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford initiated the 45-minute meeting with the former Texas governor, who switched to the Republican party in 1972 and campaigned for Richard M. Nixon. Nessen said he sat in on the closing minutes of the session and “got the feeling it was more social than anything else.” He reported the two men talked

The secretary of state met Rabin and an Israeli negotiating team for almost two hours Monday for what both sides described as a “general review” of positions. An Israeli spokesman said the purpose of the meeting was to agree on an agenda for future negotiations, and “no specifics were discussed.” Kissinger’s task is to find out how much additional Egyptian territory in the Sinai Desert the

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10 years. Heath quit the race. Bookmakers reported a late rush of money on Mrs. Thatcher after a party canvass showed she was favored by two out of every three local party organizations. Party chairman William Whitelaw, her strongest competitor, was also strongly supported. But there was little backing for the other three candidates: James Prior, John Peyton and Sir Geoffrey Howe. If no candidate gets a majority, the three leading contenders will go into a run-off Thursday. Second preference

erate enough to encourage expansion in feeding industries,” the board said in a report. “But if poor weather strikes the crops again, small supplies and exceptionally high prices would continue to have serious repercussions on U.S. livestock industries and on grain exports.” Prices of corn and other grain have declined from record peaks of a few months ago. But not before those prices had a negative impact on production of meat, poultry and diary' products. The report cited these effects from soaring feed costs: —lnventories of grain-fed cattle Jan. 1 were down 26 per cent from a year earlier. —ln the last three months of 1974 broiler chicken output was down 8 per cent from the same quarter a year earlier and egg production was down 3 per cent. —Pork production has started to drop below yearearlier levels because farmers reduced their breeding herds last fall. “In spite of the reduction in cattle feeding beef production

bled in Iran in the past 18 months by retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Delk M. Oden, formerly the Commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center at Ft. Rucker, Ala. As president of Bell Helicopter International, the retired major general is directing his men to help create the Iran Sky Cavalry brigade, a strike force using helicopter gunships and assault helicopters modeled after the U.S. Ist Cavalry Divi-

about energy and the economy but did not talk politics. “Gov. Connally’s legal problems were not discussed,” he said. Earlier in the day Ford met with Govs. Dolph Briscoe of Texas, David L. Boren of Oklahoma, David Pryor of Arkansas, Raul Castro Of Arizona and Jerry Apodaca of New Mexico. All are Democrats. All except Apodaca told reporters they would like to see Ford’s higher oil tariffs shelved’ while an alternate approach to encourage petroleum con-

Israelis are willing to give up in a second disengagement agreement and what political concessions they demand in exchange. He told newsmen with him on the flight from Washington to Jerusalem that he had no “formal proposal” from either side but did have “ideas from Egypt and ideas from Israel.” “I’m here to discuss such ideas,” he said. Egypt wants Israel to give up

votes will be taken then and w,ill help to determine the winner. Should Mrs. Thatcher win, she would be the first woman to lead a major British party. And if the Conservatives won a majority in Commons under her leadership, she would become Britain’s first woman prime minister. An Oxford-educated chemist, lawyer and mother of 21-year-old twins, Mrs. Thatcher was education secretary in Heath’s 1970-74 cabinet. Her special field of interest now is finance and taxation.

(by packing plants) is running ahead of a year ago because of heavy slaughter of cattle off grass, and this is expected to continue through 1975,” the report said. During the final quarter of last year, feed grain use including exports was down 18 per cent from Oct.-Dec. 1973, the report said. “Thus, disappearance (use) has begun to decline in line with this year’s smaller supply,” officials said. “Reductions will continue in order to stretch supplies until the 1975 crop harvests this summer and fall.” WASHINGTON (AP) - Reduced demand for cotton is having an effect on 1975-76 production estimates in other countries as well as in the United States, according to Agriculture Department analysts. A recent survey of major foreign cotton producing countries indicates there will be a substantial cutback in cotton plantings, the department said in a new review of the cotton situation.

sion that fought in Vietnam’s highlands. A spokesman for the Bell Helicopter Co., a sister company, said Monday that that five-year contract held by Bell International provided for tactical training of Iranian pilots, in addition to maintenance and other skills. The Iran government has a recurring shooting war with Kurdish rebels on its eastern frontiers,

servation is sought. Apodaca said he had no strong feelings one way or the other but Was mainly concerned that the oil producing states of the West not become colonies of the Northeast. All the governors reported they strongly urged Ford to amend his windfall profits proposals to permit the plowback of profits into exploration drilling. Asked for the President’s reaction, Nessen said Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb told the governors the

the Mitla and Gidi passes through which ground forces must pass to reach the central Sinai and the Suez Canal as well as the Abu Rudeis oilfields in the southern Sinai. U.S. officials have said Kissinger recognizes that Israel in exchange must get concrete concessions toward an end to political, diplomatic and economic belligerency. Kissinger goes to Cairo on Wednesday to find out the

Compromise on energy proposed by former GOP head

WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading conservative Republican senator is proposing a compromise to avert a confrontation between President Ford and Congress on energy policy. Sen. Robert Dole, former Republican national chairman, planned to offer an amendment today to allow the first part of Ford’s tariff increase on foreign oil while delaying the rest of his import-fee schedule for 90 days. “Most of us agree on the importance of ending our dependence on oil imports, and I hope we can avoid a confrontation between the President and the Congress by passing this amendment and moving on,” Dole said Monday. Congress has been moving on a course that could result in junking Ford’s energy program within the next two weeks. A House-passed bill would end the only part of Ford’s program already in effect, a $l- - duty on imported oil. It also would stop additional levies of $1 each set to go into effect March 1 and April 1. That bill is in the Senate Finance committee, where Dole was to offer his amendment. Dole’s amendment would allow the first $1 levy to stand and

Senate rejects disclosure bill

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-The Senate, which earlier voted to allow direct political contributiQns by corporations and labor unions, now has rejected the idea of making these and other donations public before election day. The 26-21 vote against a tough campaign finance disclosure bill Monday was a major setback to campaign reform this session. The Senate also voted Monday to make penalties for possessing or dealing in marijuana

Truck sales in prolonged slump

DETROIT (AP) - Truck sales, long considered a strong indicator of the nation’s economic health, have plunged into what industry analysts fear may be a prolonged slump. The truck market remained strong throughout most of 1974,

‘Peace on the waterfront 9

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Pacific Coast dock agreement including a no-layoff clause assures “peace on the waterfront” for 2Vz years, bargaining chiefs say. Harry Bridges, president of the International Longshore-

administration would await congressional hearings before deciding whether to make a recommendation in that area. The press secretary said the governors also sought release of impounded interstate highway construction money and that Ford said he would consider such action. Ford made the same promise a week earlier when he met in Atlanta With eight Southeastern governors, most of whom also took at least partial exception to his energy program.

Egyptian demands and what they are willing to Concede, then flies back to Israel Thursday via Syria to see if he can bring the opposing positions close enough together to make further shuttle negotiations worthwhile. He also will visit Jordan and Saudi Arabia and will meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko in Geneva next week.

allow Ford to reimpose the other $2 after 90 days if Congress has not come up with an alternative plan by then. Dole announced his proposal after the Finance Committee received an indication from the administration that a compromise is possible. Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told the committee Monday that, “We will be delighted to discuss and cooperate on any proposal.” However, Simon added there is no reason to discuss compromise now because Congress has come up with no alternative to Ford’s proposal for the $3-a-barrel tax on oil imports. Ford, continuing to campaign for his energy program, criticized Congress sharply in appearances in Houston. He drew applause by holding up a copy of the House-passed measure to suspend his oil tariffs and saying it is “so patently obvious to rrie that a program and a plan is needed not a step backward.” Ford also waved a copy of the 167-page bill sponsored by his administration, calling it a “comprehensive program.”

or hashish more lenient. The disclosure bill, 5844, was introduced by Sens. Charles E. Bosma, R-Beech Grove, and Merton Stanley, D-Kokomo, who also sponsored the repeal of the ban on labor and business contributions approved 35-13 eleven days ago. Although the measures weren’t companion bills, Sen. Patrick D. Carroll, DBloomington, reminded the Senate of their special relationship last week. Carroll sponsored an amend-

while car sales plummeted. Now trucks are into their own slump and industry analysts say the market will worsen by spring. Truck sales last month Were off 19 per cent from January 1974 and trailed the record pace

men’s and Warehousemen’s Union, said a key provision prohibits layoffs for any of the 12,000 stevedores and ship clerks covered by the contract for economic, technological or other reasons. The pact announced Monday

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Early arrivals at the Putnam County Shrine Club kick-off breakfast are pictured at the Fairway Restaurant, Saturday morning, approximately 20 members attended the early morning meeting. Plans to send approximately 800 Putnam County elementary school children to Indianapolis to the Shrine Circus got under way at the meeting. The 30th annual Shrine Circus will be held April 24, 25, 26, and 27 at the Indianapolis Fair Grounds Coliseum.

ment to the disclosure bill that would have provided for tax checkoffs to finance political campaigns. After Bosma and Stanley refused to bring the amended disclosure bill to a vote, Carroll urged the Senate to return the measure to its original form and save the bill. He said then he still advocated public campaign -financing, but insuring tight controls for the corporate and labor was more important. There was no direct mention of corporate or union donations

set in January 1973 by 35 per cent. Sales in February and March are expected to decline further. “It’s like a double whammy,” said one company spokesman. “First car sales fall, and now trucks.”

also guarantees more than 11,000 employes 36 hours of work a week, or pay of $234 a week starting March 1. The guaranteed weekly pay increases to $250 on July 1 of this year and to $270 on July 1, 1976.

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in Monday’s debate. Opponents argued that the disclosure bill would simply add another layer of bureaucracy to state government by creating a special enforcement agency. “All we’re going to do if this bill is passed is add another floor to the state office building,” Sen. Morris H. Mills, RIndianapolis, warned. “We’re going to have about 40,000 reports during the course of the campaign cycle to contend with.”

“Retail business is off so stores aren’t carrying the inventories they used to,”- said a spokesman at General Motors Truck and Coach Division. “That meane tonnage is down and trucks are hauling less. As a result the big fleets aren’t ordering.” Truck sales last year were 2.7 million, a 14.5 per cent decline from the record 3.16 million sold in 1973 but still the second best year for trucks in industry history. Optimistic forecasts put truck sales this year at 2;5 million. During the first nihe months of 1974, truck deliveries were running at a near-record pace establishing new sales marks

Pictured above left to right are Herschel Scobee, Maynard Tuttle C. Kyle Hughes and Harry Jones. The Putnam County Shrine Club Motor Patrol held their annual installation dinner Saturday evening, Feb. 8, at the Holiday Inn. The 1975 officers were installed by C. Kyle Hughs, Past Potentate of Murat Temple. Officers for 1975 are: Maynard Tuttle, Commander, Harry Jones, Drill Master and Herschel Scobee, Treasurer. (BannerGraphic Photo by Chuck Wanager).

Mills’ criticism was aimed at the bill’s broad scope. It would require all candidates for offices that paid more than SSOO a year to report contributions of $lO or more. Mills said that would affect about 8,000 city, county and state candidates. Stanley said he had warned the elections committee against extending the bill too far. He said the original bill, drafted by a special bi-partisan study committee, had applied only to state officials.

in June and August. But in the fourth quarter sales fell 30 per cent below year-earlier levels. Some truck plants Were closed. Industry analysts say truck sales traditionally have held up longer than car sales when the nation’s economy falters because trucks aren’t a discretionary purchase like autos. “Truck buyers are businessmen. Their buying habits are more consistent because they may budget for them a year in advance,” said one analyst. But industry spokesmen also concede those rules don’t apply as much as they used to. In recent years there has been a boom in light truck sales, which now account for 85 per cent of the total market.