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Sat, May 27, 171 Summer Here fe" prtitjjftrU)MoBulhNruiB "1 Police Warn City Residents t'44 w. Lake Areas Also Popular Ozarks Residents Head For Holiday in Parks Of Burglaries Noting that home burglaries ncrease during the summer, po There will be two performances the only holiday we are going to do this. In the future we are go lice repeated warning yesterday for Springfieldians to keep doors locked "even when tbey on each day of the show at 2 and 8 p.m. in the Gaslight Theatre. ing to have to turn people away to protect the natural re are outdoors briefly." sources.

Several purses have vanished cijr hrt i r. owi from rooms recently while the Groves had this warning for Memorial weeketd vacationers owners were working in gar dens. One of the latest victims, "We advise that this early in the season people be especially Ozarker take to the highway to visit relative and crowd into Mate parka to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend. Others will participate in activities closer to home. Among the activities in the Springfield area is a rodeo today and tomorrow in the Gilbreath Arena located five miles west of Mo.

13 bypass on EE (Division). The rodeo features calf roping, steer wrestling and dally team roping. Monday, Congressman Dur-ward G. Hall will speak at a Memorial Day service in the Springfield National Cemetery. Martha Cooksey.

told Officer T. M. Smith she and a neighbor 1 careful in their water activities we have already had three i were seated on the front porch of their duplex when someone apparently entered the building drownings this year. He especially urged boat to check with commercial through an unlocked back door. The thief took a coin purse.

dock managers to learn the Parks in the Table Rock lake area are expected to be filled by noon today, Richard Groves, resident engineer for the area said. As of Friday there were still campsites available in the fol-lowtng parks: Long Creek, Cooms Ferry, Cow Creek, Joe Bald, and the upper reaches ol Viola and Viney. Groves said that by Wednesday some of the park areas were already full, with a good indication that campsites will be scarce this weekend. Despite the expected crowds. Groves said park officials are not going to turn anyone away.

"We are going to put people into what we call an overflow area (an undeveloped area of the park), but this is probably $26. and two keys from a purse rules of the lake and make sure in the living room, Mrs. Cooksey they have all the proper safety equipment. Resident of Humansville will Motels in the Table Rock J. '11 area are also going to be full according to spokesman for the Kimberling City Information begin their Centennial celebration today.

Activities will include country music, speeches, marching band and a dance. Twelve Indian tribes will be i (ft i Booth. "1 wouldn't recommend anyone coming down here with said. Police also are investigating several business firm burglaries reported yesterday. Fay Layton, owner of Lay.

ton's Bargain Barn, 3418 West Division, told Officer Johnny Feazell an intruder knocked a small hole in a wall in a breakin attempt, then pried padlock from a door and entered. Missing are 90 cartons of cigarettes, six socket wrench sets, 10 screwdriver sets, a lock, nine cartons of gum, 11 Bowie out motel reservations this part of an American Indian Show today and tomorrow in young supporters of Gene Taylor, Sarcexie, a candidate for the GOP nomination for 7th District congressman. Fair weather and "roast bull" provided good atmosphere for a boat SM persons yesterday at barbeeae served poolside at the Kentwood Arms Motel. The barbecue waa sponsored by a a Springs, Arkansas See HOLIDAY. Page i Gather in City for State Convention knives and a set of end County Line Dam Sent to Office in Papers Dallas Leaders Kindle 72 Political Fire GOP The By JOE BOYLE source said Friday.

wrenches, all valued at $444.32. Leonard Morgan, manager of a service station at 1950 East Kearney, told Officer Mike Strope a door was forced by a burglar who took $5 from a cigarette machine and 24 cans of brake fluid, 12 pints of oil additive, 12 bottles of windshield cleaner and 58 quarts of motor oil, valued at $30. Tony Justice reported the theft of two spare wheels and tires worth $300 from trailers parked at DeGraffenreid Pickle Company, 1301 West Webster. professor of Life Sciences at Southwest Missouri State College. "This dam will remove from al appropriations for a project are approved.

An additional hurdle for the p.m., and nomination of the national committeeman and com mitteewoman follows at 1:20. Clayton was delayed in his arrival here due to a speaking engagement, and was ex production probably the best ag county line dam is expected to be a legal challenge from De- ricultural bottomland we still have in southwest Missouri and fenders of the Ozarks Environ At 2 p.m., nominations will be taken for the 10 at-large dele pected to greet supporters shortly before midnight Several members of Greene gates to Miami Beach, who will join the 20 already selected County's Republican Central Committee were on hand to wel Then, at 3 p.m., the convention The proposed Prosperity Dam on the Center Creek tributary of Spring River in the Joplin-Car-thage area received final Corps approval in October 1970, the Corps' Dallas spokesman said, but it has yet to receive congressional authorization. The proposed Pine Mountain multi-purpose dam which includes provisions for water supply for Fort Smith and Van Bur-en, was authorized by Congress in 1965 but as of yet Congress has not authorized construction funds, nor has it granted money for advanced design, the Corps source said. The proposed Bell Foley dam. a part of the White River Basin Staff Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

The county line dam has been approved by the district engineer of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and plans have been sent to the divisional headquarters in Dallas, the Daily News learned Friday. The proposed dam would be built in Webster County near the Greene County line. It has been estimated the dam would supply Springfield with 51 million gallons of water daily by the 21st century.

Friday, Col. William Burns confirmed he had sent the engineering report, an enlarged evi-ron mental impact statement, and transcriptions of three pub will ballot for the two party come the state Kepuoucan two at-large presidential elec ment. which one member of the group said is made up of lawyers, medical doctors, college professors and farmers. "We are determined to fight the project because we feel it is not necessary." said Dr. Paul Redfearn Friday afternoon.

Redfearn, a DOE member, is New Position party officials, including County Chairman J. Herbert Bockhorst, and Mrs. Carol Langsford, wife tors. Ten delegates-at-large are to of State Rep. Les Langsford.

be elected during today's activi ties. A partial list of those be Springfield attorney George Donegan is general convention lieved to be under consideration Missouri Republicans descended upon Springfield with all the enthusiasm of another political party's Jackson Day event this weekend, at the first GOP State Convention ever held in southwest Missouri unfolded. With the Kentwood Arms Hotel as the site for preconvention festivities, the state Republican Committee met at last night to certify delegates and alternates from Missouri's 114 counties. The lobby and several meeting rooms of the Kentwood were transformed into meeting places for convention delegates and supporters of various candidates for office, early yesterday afternoon. Early arrivals included State Rep.

George Parker of Columbia, the party's candidate for state treasurer, and State Rep. Bill Phelps of Kansas City, one of several GOP candidates for lieutenant governor. Four of the five GOP candidates for the gubernatorial nomination had set up hospitality one of the most favorable farm communities." Redfearn said. "And the fact is, Springfield doesnt need it for water." Redfearn suggested two possible alternative water sources, wells, and piping water from Pom me de Terre lake. If the project is approved by the commanding general of the Corps in Washington, the plan then goes to a committee on rivers and harbors usually made up of seven divisional generals of the Corps who hold positions similar to Gen.

Parfitt's. If the 'committee of generals approves, the plan goes to Congress for omnibus bill consideration and to the federal Office of Management and Budget for fiscal justification. chairman. 1920 Debt Is Paid To Retired Grocer LeRoy Bixler, 85, said yesterday that his son, Ernest, of Kirkwood, recently received an unsigned letter with an attached $20 bill, reportedly a payment of a debjt owned to Bixler since around 1920. The retired Springfield grocer said the letter referred to "the produce market on 14th street." Bixler said he operated a business at that location in St.

Louis several years ago. He added that the debt was incurred, as close as be could estimate, around 1920 to 1922. located five miles west of Smitb- lic meetings on the controversial Burns Heads For Korea LITTLE ROCK (Special) project to the Corps" divisional includes: State Rep. John T. Russell, of Lebanon, minority leader of the House; O.

K. Armstrong, of Republic; Dr. John Ferguson, of Springfield; Larry Taylor, of Sarcoxie. son of the present na-1 1 a 1 committeeman; Mrs. Rosemary Ginn, of Columbia, See GOP, Page 9 ville.

was authorized by Congress in 1938 and as yet has not received congressional appropriations for construction. After Chairman J. Nick Gray's opening remarks at 11 a.m. in the Shrine Mosque today i e-minute presentations by candidates for the GOP gubernatorial nomination and two-minute remarks by other state candidates will be made. The gathering is scheduled to elect permanent officers at 1:10 commander in Dallas, Major Gen.

Harold Parfitt. Bums said he was not at liberty to say if he had approved the project From other sources, the Daily the Corps source said. However Congress has in the past three years granted a total of $425,000 for advanced designs, be said. Col. William Burns.

46. the Little Rock district engineer, oil the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, has been named officer in charge of engineering in ews learned Burns had given the project his approval, and Redfearn said he did not know Gen. Parfitt is expected also to Park Central Square Audience Told For Weekend approve the project by the end of June. The critical environmental im suites by early afternoon and two of them, State Auditor First Death Young Cyclist pact statement Burns sent to Christopher (Kit) Bond and St.

Louis County Prosecuting Attor ney bene Mcisary, were on Proper Care of Car Helps Cut Pollution for the UN command and the U.S. Eighth Army. No replacement for Burns has been named but an announcement may be made within a few days. Burns told the Daily News on Friday. "I have mixed emotions about leaving," said Burns, a We'st Point graduate.

"I have had a hall on this job but the one in Korea is an opportunity and a challenge. It is a bigger job." Burns because of his age. at what point the DOE would take legal action, nor did he know if an attempt would be made to inject the issue in this year's 7th District congressional campaign. "We haven't really discussed this yet," Redfearn said. "We will meet the first Tuesday in June and this probably will be one of the items in our discussion, but I can't say how it will come out." Redfearn did say a Democrat- hand to ereet visitors.

na lo-jcar-wu muiurvji.m. as convention delegates ar-became the Memorial Day vt4 to register for today's offl- weesena ursi iraiuc vicum in party business, they were Parfitt contains about 30 paces of Corps justification for the project and about 43 pages of local and state governmental comments, plus a summation of individual and group criticism and Corps rebuttal, the Daily News learned. A Corps spokesman in Dallas told the Daily News Friday that when the report is sent to the Corp's highest ranking general officer in Washington. Gen Par- the Ozarks last night when he greeted by a delegation of young succumbed to injuries suffered women handing out campaign a Jasper county crasn. literature in behalf of Bond and The youth, John Ray Bandy.

I McN'arv. West Point background, and en- Route 5. Joplin, died at 6:50 A crowd of almost 500 per- larging command experiences, ic party source told him it was has not been eliminated l-om not much of a political issue sons, largely dominated by possibly attaining general stat- because there are not many Ozarks area young people, at voles in Webster County." tended a barbecue beef dinner In speaking about spark plugs, Armstrong said a plug shouldn't run below 700 degrees, and not above 1700 degrees. Any temperature below 700 degrees will cause fouling, and over heating the plug will induce pre-ignition. Fouling the plug means overloading it with fuels to ignite, and pre-ignition is when the beat is so intense that it causes the plug to continue firing after Even without legal or political us.

an Army source said. He assumed the Little Rock command in August 1970, and will leave about June 3. sponsored by campaign supporters of Missouri Republican Na oppositions the speed at which dams are built varies, a Corps p.m. in St. John's Medical Center at Joplin, where be had been receiving treatment for head and internal injuries and multiple fractures.

The accident occurred at 8:20 p.m. Monday when a westbound car driven by John Robert Peppers, 19, Joplin. failed to halt at a stop sign, went through an intersection and collided headon tional Committeeman Gene Taylor. State Rep. R.

J. (Bus) King of fitt's decision and a summary of the environmental impact statement will be made public. "Time is important." a Little Rock source said Friday. "The project is working against the 1 9 7 3 congressional omnibus bill" The omnibus bill is a catch-all for Corps river and harbor projects. Congress authorizes proj ects through the omnibus method.

Usually authorization comes many years before congression- Police Provide By MIKE SEARS Staff Writer "The fact that there isn't any smoke coming from the exhaust doesn't necessarily mean the car isn't polluting the air," Roger Armstrong, a regional service engineer for Champion Spark Plug Company, said at a Cleaner Air Clinic last night on Park Central Square. "The need for auto maintenance is important," he continued. "Car manufacturers are producing cleaner running cars today, but frequent maintenance is required." Armstrong, from Memphis. demonstrated various causes of how improper engine operation causes pollution. Recent anti-pollution laws, Armstrong said, are directly related to the reduction of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emission from auto engines.

with young Bandy Service the engine is turned off. "Anytime you leave your car at an idle for very long, you are running the plug to cold and in the fouling range," Armstrong said. The method of telling whether or not the proper spark plug is being used, Armstrong said, is to take the plugs out and examine them. If the plug is dry and uniformly colored, the engine basically is properly tuned and the correct spark plug is in use. Should the plug be dry and extremely black, the plug is running too cold and is about to, or has already, fouled.

In this case a "hotter" plug should be used. When the plug is white and showing signs of premature wear on the firing end, this means that the plug is operating at a temperature that exceeds recommended specifications. Both too cold and too hot See CARE. Page 9 on 13th Street one Joplin, troopers reported. Cflr guy kUtflPr The fatality will be included in! rur lYHJiner hysXM asttaULVK saw p-.

In tyn -if 'M if Police provided alarm clock service yesterday morning for a harried housewife. Veteran Patrolman To Take Federal Job Nine-year veteran of the State Highway Patrol, James E. Weaver, of Springfield, has accepted a position with the Department of Defense. Weaver, a senior st Drury College, is to travel the midwes-tern area for the federal agency. Weaver is majoring in psychology and sociology with a mi the weekend toll since the youth succumbed after the holiday traffic count began last night, officers reported.

He was the sixth victim of Ozarks motorcycle accidents this year. Four of the deaths occurred this month. 1 Guild to Hear William Roper William Leon Roper, of rhino, nor in organization and management His job with the Depart one-time reporter for Springfield newspapers, will be guest speaker today at the noon meeting of the Springfield chapter, Missouri Writer's Guild, at ment of Defense will be man agement The woman, employed at Springday plant, was at work when she tried to phone her children at home about 7 a.m. to tell them to get ready for school. When nobody answered, she became worried and called police, asking them to go by her house and check on the youngsters.

Officer Gerald Dove found the ch ldren sleeping soundly, and radioed the information to an officer at headquarters, who in turn relayed it to the relieved mother. She then asked that the children be awakened and told to go to school. This was done," reported Dove dutifully. Officials Discuss Project Here the Sunshine Heritage. The president.

Lena Wills, will call the meeting to order at 12:30. Luncheon, beginning at 11 a is optional. Roper, a native of Republic! To demonstrate the basic concept of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide emission Armstrong used a lighted filter cigarette. By means of a vacuum the cigarette smoke was sucked through a meter which measured the two pollutants. Armstrong then started a five horsepower engine and intentionally caused it to misfire, forcing the hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emission to increase considerably.

New City Manager Appointed at Nevada NEVADA. Mo. (AP) Lloyd V. Harrell. 28, assistant city manager at Stillwater, the past two years, was named city manager of Nevada Fr-day.

Harrell succeeds Tim Maupin. wbo resigned April 30 after seven years in the Nevada post to become city administrator at Grand view. Mo. Work Program for Elderly Prisoner's Art Purchased Kenneth M. Shuck, director of the Springfield Art Museum, holds painting by Edgar A.

Jorgeasoa that he parchased lor permanent display at the museum. Jargeason's painting received the top award among works of art by prison inmates Judged by Shuck and Jim Adema, of Tandy leather Campany, at the U.S. MedicaK'enter art display Thursday. Scheduled for 7th District will discuss the techniques of biographical writing. His last two books, both off press this spring, are the life stories of Roy Rogers and of Utah's Governor Spry.

Counties of the Fourth and! Seventh Congressional Districts Policies Change at Pomme de Terre He and his wife Zenith arrived Wednesday for the Armstrong family reunion tomorrow at Schofield Chapel in Polk County. They are guests of her brother, O. K. Armstrong and bis wife Marjorie, of Route 2. Republic.

Mrs. Armstrong will introduce the speaker. will be the first Missouri beneficiaries of the "Green Thumb" work program for elderly persons, funded through the U.S. Department of Labor, Lonnie Hines, federal programs coordinator, said Friday. Stephen C.

Harris, regional director for the program, met with Presiding County Judge George Reed, representatives of city and county governments, the Lakes Country Regional Planning Commission, and the OACAC. to explain the program. Eighty-four persons past the sge of to, retired with income limitations ($2500 per year per couple for non-farmers, $2000 a year on the farm), will be employed in public works projects, including minor construction, landscaping, brush cutting In recreation or other public areas, snd soil erosion prevention such programs Is oldest worker is 96. Their income averages $900 a year per couple. The 84 persons budgeted for the two congressional districts will be divided into seven-man crews.

Hines said. Initially, no women will be employed, but be hoped that the "Green Light" program (similar, but providing work suited to elderly women) can be inaugurated here. No cash expenditure is required of local government, Hines said, although "in kind" services amounting to IS per cent of total cost is expected of local sponsors, who may be from government or any nonprofit organisation with a suitable project Budget for this area is $65,000, to carry the program through September. Hines hoped it will be a continuing program, enlisting new workers annually, providing training in skills which will enable them to supplement their retirement incomes by later work in private employment Since the program wiB be Missouri's first Hines thought it likely that state offices will be established here. destroy the very beauty the public enjoys, be said.

"The Corps recognizes that our past policies regarding the use of public lands and water at the project must be updated if we are to preserve its natural beauty," Col. Needham said. "In some instances, there are already areas where this may not be possible. Indiscriminate trail biasing by vehicles and unauthorized clearing, mowing and burning have destroyed vegetation and scarred the shore hoc, leaving it barren in many areas. In addition, the location and maintenance of private boat dock facilities save resulted in a rundown and undesirable appearance in some areas." In order to preserve the beauty of the area, revised policies regarding the use of the lands and waters at Pomme de Terre have been established.

HERMITAGE (Special) Heavy visitation to Pomme de Terre Lake 14 per cent above the same period a year ago has brought about some drastic changes in policy. Last year, there were 2.177.000 visitors to the lake; Memorial Day alone brought 125213 visitors. "The Corps has become increasingly aware that Pomme de Terre Lake is being asked to bear a large share of the pub-he's desire to participate in water-related activities," said Col. W. R.

Needham, district engineer at Kansas City. "This, for the most part, is the result of its location with reference to large metropolitan areas and the renowned beauty of the Ozarks." However, extreme press uie oa the area, if uncontrolled, could These include Camping will be permitted only in designated areas. Burning or mowing of lands and clearing of trees and underbrush will not be permitted, es. cept as performed by the man. aging agency such as Missouri Department of Conservation or the Missouri State Park Board in conjunction with their management plans.

No additional private boat docks will be permitted in areas bcensed to the Missouri Conservation Commission for intensive wildlife management purposes or in the State Park areas. Boats nnder daily use may be tied or beached immediately adjacent to the water for a period of ap to three days. However, no docking facilities may be constructed in con nection with such use. The public will be per- mitted the use of all authorized access roads, parking areas and ramps. The construction of additional roads, ramps and parking areas will not be permitted in areas managed for wildlife refuge purposes or in the State Parks unless they are constructed by the managing agency in conjunction with their, management plans.

In other areas, the construction of these facilities may be permitted on a case-by-case basis, but will be subject to specific design criteria established by the Corps of Engineers. CoL Needham said copies of the complete policy statement and more specific information may be obtained from both the project office at Pomme de Terre or the District Office in Kansas City. United Phone Rates Suspended by PSC JEFFERSON CITY (AP) The Missouri Public Service Commission Friday suspended rates of the United Telephone Co. of Missouri which would hare lesulted in a $2.9 million yearly Increase. The commission set July 7 for a hearing.

The proposed rates would affect United customers in 31 counties but not those of the Capital Telephone end Md-state Telephone companies, its subsidiaries in Central Missouri. Tbey have separate rate eases penjdiffg. TbeyH work an average of three days weekly, and may earn up to $1600 a year. Physical examinations are re quired. Average age of workers in the 17 states which now have.