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MOUNTAIN ~ KINGSFORD,
MICHIGAN,
TUESDAY,
JULY
23,
1974
Temperatures Tron Mountain — Maximum yesterday, 76; minimum this morning, 53: ¥, 76. (AP Filtration Plant)
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of fire, blasts
probed by authorities fire
which
the Gulf Oil Company's chem-
ical
nt
between
and Quinnesec
Norway
started in a
service garage near a truck,
‘The first authorities Lo inspect the damage today were Det. Sgt. Wesley Freeman and Del. Sgt. Richard Hinds of the Michigan State Police fire
marshal’s division, Dickinson
County Sheriff Ferdinand Gl rard,
Lt.
Max
Little
of
the
Michigan State Police Post Leslie LaPvint of the Quinnesec fire department, Dale Oliver of the East Kings-
ford fire department and J.P. Jones, plant manager,
By RON KRAMER Of The News Stalf Authorities were at the site of Sul il Company's chemical plant between Norway and
the cause of a fire that touched off four explosions
leaving one
Quinnesec attempting to learn person dead and two injured shortly after noon Monday. Dead is James D. Olson Quinnesec. He was a volunteer ireman With the Quinnesee dire department. Injured were Stephen Pete ani,
14, of N
held
overnight
r
in
Dickinson
Supporters
Girard said the employes ats tempted to douse tha blaze and went back to get some dry chemicals, however, they noted ‘of the fire changing, signaling a possible explosion, Toe sheriff said the employes: i backed off and s
of President keep vigil WASHINGTON (AP) — About 600 supporters of President, Nixon prayed, sang and listened to speakers today as they continued a two-day fast nd vigil on the steps of the Capitol, The vigil was organized by supporters of the Rev. Sua Myung Moon of South Korea and the National Committee se Fairness to esidenc: headed by Rabbi Baruch Koclt, Rabbi Korff and the . Moon have defended President Nixon against his Watergate critics, and Rabbi Korff said Monday as the vigil got under way that it was being held to express support for Nixon participants in today’s vities avoided any specifi referenco to ‘how they Congress should vote on the question of - whether Nixon should be impeached. held aloft declared: r ve pray for Am ca
faith” in our Congress,” aad ‘Let God decide." “We feel that this nation was founded by repr iv throu which God's will cam be made manifest," said Richard Wojcik, 25, a student at the international training center run by the Rev, Mr. Moon's Unitication Church in Tarrytown, Ne not
Broadcasters
‘ay whet occurred. Quinnesec, East Kingsford and Norway firemen responded Dickinson
aalong heavily traveled highway Several residen{s of the Ime
NEW MINORITY COUNSEL—Sam Garrison, left, newly designated minority couns¢l to. the House Judiciary Committee is shown with former counsel Albert Jenner prior to tho start of a closed ‘session on Monday, Jenner had_held the
post from tho start of dhe ingu but was replaced recently because GOP members of the panel objected to his pro-impeachment stance, (AP Wirephoto)
New president of ee named By Tho Associated Press prominem figure in the old ro gime was named to replace him, Cyprus radio said, Tho moye was seen as an attempt to reach a peace accord with Turkey, The British reported a new outbreak of fighting on ‘Turkey's invasion beachhead in northern Cyprus near Kyrenia despite a esate: agreement accepte tly before
pending on members conclude discussions ‘of the procedures for deciding whether to impeach President Nixon, The ABC, CBS and NBC television networks said they will televiso the hearings live in a rotation plan similar to the one adopted
ago during
in early June
the
northern
coast.
was
reportedly
on—the—_Kimberly
bicy-
Road
frionds when the group heard “the first blast. ‘They started walking toward the area of the plant and the Sparapani boy was reportedly struck with apiece of flying metal from the third explosion, Girard said, ing to the sheriff, a z a Tbe valed that all persons in tho
vicinity were accounte to
reports
driven by Pete
through tho ais an roof and windshield
n the first
nd
PLANT—Twisted
St. Clair
metal
is
to discuss LAGUNA * BEACH, - President Nixon's
into e ‘Bie-cer,
the second plosion, fire fighters immediatoly pulled their vehicles out of the area for fear of endangering more lives and equipment, Sheriff Girard said almost ali Contittued On Page 2)
Calif. Wa
ment,”
the
Ja caring al a national, televised news conference after conferring
Boston attorney rether Nixon already
all
the St.
wer
Nixon could pi Amendment if the court
the
and withhold directs
Missile goes ast destroys helicopter MANIL
a
°hilippines Gar ’ -
& pter; off the Philippine coast, avy reported. Six perso rd were reporiod missing A Navy spokesman said both plane _and the SH3 helicopter were from the aircraft carrier Range
a
the Senate Wa-
lergate hearings. use and committee stipulates that the broadcasts not interrupted by Breit Judiciary members vated to
allow television lights, which will make possible color telecasts, Broadcast technicians in stalled cables and cameras in the committee's Rayburn Office Building hearing room for tho Doginning: of evideaclary bearings on Installatio supervised by the American Broadcasting Company, which put the cost at $45,000.
a if
other hay daked the comaistently. T must insist 1 fe swer the qu ationd would. inet Tm ax-to~what sion ought to be and, ther I have consistently’ and will
to consistently contin ns wer dit is highly it improper to discuss a is pending. before a cou Jaworsk 2 te
ta not He
tapes
of
tions which he says are needed for the t of. seven former Nixon aides and campaign offi. scheduled to go on trial ‘atergate cover-up
ine
day and died of heart and kidney failure.
Jim Miller, a spokesman for Good Samaritan Hospital, said Morse’s family had decided against
the use of a kidney dialysis machine to prolong his life
- Sailors HAIFA,
rescued
Israel (AP) — An Israeli naval ship has
rescued 42 Turkish sailors whose ship was bombed and sunk accidentally by the Turkish alr force, Israeli radia reported today. The report said ‘the men were brought to Israel
to be flown home. It said another 80 sailors drowned or were killed by the air. attack on the ‘Turkish warship
The sailors were in the water about 24 hours before
they were
picked
up off the west
Cyprus Monday, the radio said.
Copper
coast of
nuggets
HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) — Say “You dig?" to Cart Jutila and he'd probably answer “Yes,” but not because he's a hipster. Armed with a chisel, hammer and screwdriver, the 62-yearold automobile mechanic sometimes pries copper nuggets up from the surface of Hough. ton's main street. : Although counly lawmien frown upon Jutila’s digging, they have never reprimanded him, and he has come to bo known as the community's official gréctet for presenting the copper as a unique gift to dignitaries visiting the Copper Country. Officials said On Sunday Jutila gave Gov. William Milliken oke. Milliken, in Houghton to promote the new dial sride system, said the bag of red-metal was the most novel gift he had ever received Copper, which normally sells for 12 cents a pound, has reached the all-time high of 80 cents per pound, adding new value to Jutila’s offeri
Tax
perience, is better equippedt lead the nation.
exempt
LANSING, Mich, (AP) — Gov, William Milliken has signed a bill exempting all pension income up to $7,500 on a single state income tax return and up to $10,000 on a joint return. Milliken said the law “corrects a long-standing Inequity in state law, benefitting an estimated 200 000 individuals.” “It extends to all retires tho privileges previ« ously enjoyed only by those who collected
Sampson added that he was down w: science’ He maintained that his Greek government resigns today ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A
former cabinet minister reported after conference with 1! Greek military leadership that ththe government of Premier
‘Adamantios ia ndrontsapoulos resigned today. ‘There was no immediate official contirmation,
U
ousted Morse in 1968. Two months ago, Morse won the Democratic nomination over Jason Boe, 44, president of the Oregon Senate:
stioning,
Clair provided only when asked
af
Some time ago, he made it clear that If he was ever at the end of the line, he didn't want some kind or” machine,” sald” Miller. ~“Philosophically, this wasn’t something he would condone.” Morse had been hard at work on a campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Bob Packwood, who hed
White House “press headqu hb:
first crities
Morse, hospitalized last Wednesday with a urle
fended off. some 10. questions from reporters that focused the court ruling expected this ters Hat
dies
(AP) — Former U. S. Serty of the
nary tract infection, slipped into a coma carly. Mon>
with, Nixon for about two hours nm Clemente,
week In
Ore, one
foe alike, is dead at 73,
wit tot-pload tho. Filth Amend
latest Watergate tapes case.
Morse,
volvement in Vietnam and a fierce independent whose convictions were respected by friend and
ho
Supreme Court's decision in the
critic
PORTLAND,
enle préseeutor Leon dewerahl know whe!
partition of the Medi-
land between Greek tS. over the Cypriot—presideney- was Glatoes. Clerdes, who was speaker of jouse_ of Representatives before Makarios was thrown July 15 in a coup by national guard under the ‘ead ership of regular Greek army officers. The Cyprus radio broadcast id- Clerides- alr id been, sworn into office Clerides, t, headed intercommunal sta with the ‘Turks under Makar! Nikos Saingeen, nko took over from Makarios after tho national guard seized power and precipitated Turkey's in vasion last Saturday, said in an
War Wayne
case
develop-
fa_take
plant and company trucks apart, Authorities were on * the scene today atempting to delermine the cause of the fire. (Iron Mountain News photo y Ron Kramer)
all
refuses
ter
and Olson” responded tothe Quinnesee fire alarm in a-car
explosion sen rom a truck
CHEMICAL
render them to” special
cluding som
According
OF
t remaineysat the Gulf Oi! Ossep ny's chemical plant i. Quinnasee after ur explosions. 3 onday afternoon ripped tha
off highw a fire and
eae
WASHINGTON—(AP)-——TheHouse and its Judiciary Committee -have —yoled- 19 allow broadcasters lo switch on equipment that has been gathering dust since the opening minutes of the impeachment inquiry 10 weeks ago. Television and radio beoadlg seheduled to start
they
from
their off a
portion of US-2 and the Kite berly Road, Both run between Norway-and. Quinnesec. ard said three more ex. plosions occurred after the initial blast, He compared the explosions to A-bomb blasts, ‘The sheriff said the Sparapant youngster
t
ments, Turkey's deputy prime minister, Necmettin Erbankan, renews ed’ an ol Turkish de-
will cover mand for terranean Tui impeachment: a Named
year
ee
actions sinee the coup had been motivated by a desire to avoid civil war belween the Turkish and Greek communities which share the island 45 miles from Turkey in tho Hediter ranean. The report came trom the British Delenso Min try which said in London ti the battle action was. takin, place as a Royal Navy task farce was evacuating stranded Britons and other foreigners
ea evacuated police sealed
ad
REMAINS
County
tain police also converged on the are: 1 cordoned off the site from hundreds of onlookers
edi. homes
“
fe
Wojcik said the. vigil was
intended to pressure members ‘of Congress in-any specific political direction, Among today’s speakers was Rep. Charles B. Rangel, DN.Y., a member of the House Judiciary Committee thought likely. to- vote for impeachment. “We certainly need your prayers as we deliberate,” Rangel told the, group. Rep, Elford A. Cederberg, RMi 5 thanking the demonstrators for bringing a positive message to the Capitol,
Hospital Memorial tedly treated rations and abrasions, reported to be in good condition, ‘The Sporapani young. ster was treated and released damage were placed as high as $1 million, The plant made blasting materials for mines. Dickinson © Sheritt Fer dinané. Girard said ho was formeda fire broke out at about 10 p.m, in a warehouse; with the cause unknown. Girard said ere seven employes in a at tha time, including of Norway, plant County
3=
it the
eo
Authors wad Mate this morning
touched off four ‘explosions at
local government
pension®;” the governor
said,
“There is na reason, for example, why a retiree collecting 2 UAW pension or a federal pension BLAST DAMAGE—A worker cleans up glass from the shattered front window of the Northland Food store in Quinnesec ‘oljowing Monday's
explosion
at the Gulf
Oil chemical plant _
near Norway. The Northland Store is located approximately three miles from where the blasts occurred, (lron Mountaih News pote by Cralg Swanson)
should have to pay a state income tax on that-ine come, while aneighbor nee riers from a state Jo pays little or none," be eT Soa meaoll