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Carl Bensch honored as 'Farmer of Year leveling irregularities and low areas and good drainage. Bensch has installed 70,000 feet of title, surface drainage and erosion control structures on his land. He has also worked with his neighbors in developing and maintaining outlet ditches. He is president of Woodvllle Mutual Insurance Company, serving on the board for Production Credit Association and has recently become a member oi the Professional Farmers Organization. He and his wife are members of the Farm Bureau and St.

John's Lutheran Church of Rocky Ridge where they are very active. They live at 366 North Lickert-Harder Road and have three children, Alan, Arlyn and Rhonda. GENOA Carl Bensch of Oak Harbor was named Goodyear "Farmer of the Year" at the annual Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District banquet here Monday evening. Award was presented by David Stoltz, manager of the Goodyear store in Port Clinton. In presenting the honor, Stoltz noted Bensch "scores high in our criteria for choosing the recipient of this honor." He explained Bensch had been a cooperator of the District since 1959, owns and rents a total of more than 500 acres in Benton and Harris Townships and shows good conservation practices in his farming.

noted Bensch's conservation practices include a rotation of crops using soil tests as basis for lime and fertilizer applications, smoothing and 'mmmmmmmmm0lt DAVE STOLTZ PRESENTS FARMER OF YEAR Award to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bensch New rxiltfeipaLl China veto onWaldheim anticipated UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) A sizable majority of Security Council members was slated to vote for the re-election of Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general of the United Nations today, but China was expected to veto him on the first ballot at least. It was not known, however, whether on subsequent ballots the Chinese delegate would continue to block the former Austrian foreign minister for a second five-year term.

The Chinese vote was reported going to former President Luis Echeverria of Mexico, because the Chinese want a secretary-general from the Third World. But he reportedly had no more than three of the nine votes required to recommend his election by the General Assembly, those of China, Panama and perhaps Guyana. The other 12 members of the council, including the United States and the Soviet Union, were reported in favor of Waldheim. Approval by the council is tantamount to election, since the assembly always accepts the council's recommendation. The Chinese were understood to be casting about for a compromise candidate from the Third World.

Ambassador Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe of Sri Lanka, president of the U.N. General Assembly, and Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru, Waldheim's special representative in Cyprus, were reported under consideration. Amerasinghe has said he would become a candidate if the council could not agree on anybody else and if it recommended him unanimously without a vote. He was being urged to let his name be put before the council without conditions, and there was talk that some council member might nominate him from the floor. Carlos Ortiz de Rozas, Argentina's ambassador to the United Nations, has shown some interest in trying again for the post he sought unsuccessfully in 1971, when Waldheim was elected.

But it was believed the Soviet Union would veto him again as it did in 1971. The council hoped to finish voting today, repeating ballots until a decision was reached. Those members of the council having veto power are China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France. Other members are Benin, Libya, Tanzania, Japan, Pakistan, Guyana, Panama, Italy, Sweden and Romania. Phone P.C.

734-3141 O.H. 898-7451 15 Cents Per Copy Ottawa County's Only Dally Newspaper PORT CLINTON OAK HARBOR TUESDAY, DEC. 7,1974 12 Pages 111th Year Vol. 106 Claims tax cuts are mot raHL gh option," and not almost a certainty, he said. He also changed his view about the lowering of unemployment levels to coincide with Carter's determination to drop them from the current 8.1 per cent to 6.6 per cent in 1977.

"I think the goal can be at- tained," he said. Lance said there was no doubt that the economic slump has become another recession. As he said that, the Commerce Department released some figures giving little hope for improvement. The department said that a long-awaited spurt in capital spending by business is still at least six months off. an emphasis on stimulating investment.

Lance, meanwhile, was showing that he had quickly discovered who sets the policy in the Carter administration. On Sunday, in addition to saying that the tax cut was almost certain to be the means chosen for spurring economy, he also expressed doubt that unemployment could be reduced by 1.5 per cent. After hearing what Carter had to say in Plains Monday morning, Lance quickly revised his opinions for an appearance before a business group in New York. The tax cut was only a "leading WASHINGTON AP) President-elect Carter says he wants to consult with congressional leaders before deciding on any tax cut to simulate the economy, but one of those legislators is already saying that such a measure would not be enough. Carter, meeting briefly with reporters in Plains, on Monday, took pains to keep open all his options for stimulating the economy.

He disagreed with the Sunday statement by his designated director of the Office of Management and Budget, Thomas H. "Bert" Lance, who called a tax cut "almost a certainty." "I'll be consulting with my economic advisers and also with congressional leaders before I make any decision. It will be a joint decision Carter said. The reaction of congressional leaders to the tax cut talk has been generally cool, Rep. Al Ullman, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, reiterated on Monday his contention that a general tax cut would be an ineffective way to stimulate the economy.

"It is a terribly inefficient way of doing it," Ullman said. He said he favors instead a jobs program with Talk Japanese coalition Delay air bags Miki hinted in a news conference that he might call on the centrist Social-Democrats, the Buddhist Komeito and the new Liberal Club the parties that made gains In the election to help him govern. This was interpreted as a maneuver to stave off his opponents within his own party. sqq I (4 A U-5 I if ltJ 1 I JiV 7 1 i i. wr ly TOKYO JAP) Prime Minister Takeo Miki maneuvered today to hold on to his job despite the Liberal-Democratic party's setback in Sunday's parliamentary election.

Opposition leaders talked about a coalition to try to take over the government, but this seemed impossible. With the help of eight independents, the conservative party that has ruled Japan for 21 years put together a paper-thin majority of three votes in the lower house of the Diet parliament elected Sunday. The Liberal-Democrats won 22 seats less than they got in the last election, in 1972, and Miki was under heavy pressure from former Deputy Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda to take responsibility for the defeat and let Fukuda take over. But Mik said he would not resign until the party had been reformed. The prime minister met with another leading rival, Finance Minister Masayoshi Ohira.

They announced the party should proceed "with the utmost prudence." Some observers thought Ohira might be a compromise choice if a deadlock developed between Miki and Fukuda. Chosen by Liberal-Democratic elders to combat the party's image of corruption after the forced resignation of Prime Minister Cakuei Tanaka, Miki incurred the opposition of a majority of the party's members because of his determined investigation into the Lockheed payoff scandal. His position is insecure because he has only a relative handful of supporters within the party, which is split into several factions. But his popularity with the public and press is forcing his opponents to move against him carefully. Scott family honored (Pear Harbor commemorated HONOLULU (AP) Many vivid memories, but few bitter thoughts, were expressed as survivors gathered to commemorate today's 35th niversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

"You see guys who carry grudges, but most of us think that the enlisted men of Japan were doing their duty, same as we were," said George Slavens $: of Walnut Creek, Calif. At 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, the first wave of 8 Japanese bombers hit the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II.

And at 7:55 a.m. today, memorial observances were to begin with the wail of a siren, calling jij: shipyard workers to one minute of silent prayer. About 2,500 survivors returned here for the jij: ceremonies. There will be services at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, where more than 13,500 American veterans are buried; at gHickam Air Force Base; and at the Arizona jjj: Memorial, where 1,177 men went down with the USS Arizona in the greatest single catastrophe of the jjj: attack. jg jjj: In remarks written for the ceremony at the jij; cemetery, Hawaii Gov.

George Ariyoshi said the iji courage, suffering and sacrifice of the attack victims should be remembered, but in addition "we must forget hatred. We must forget vengeance. We jij: must forget malice and unjustified hostility. jjj: "We must replace the bitterness of war's evil ijjj residue with the sweetness of what we in Hawaii $: call iji jij: Those who were at the harbor 35 years ago jij: seemed to agree. i jjj: "There was some bitterness for a while, but I ijj: jij: can't say there is any hard feeling today," said jjj: jjj; Roland Krause of Honolulu, who was commanding iji jij: the minesweeper Oglala.

The ship was hit by a jij: torpedo in the first minutes of the attack and slowly ijij sank. jij presentation are Jeff and Mr. Scott. Scene was the annual Port Clinton high school football banquet, Monday night. Complete details of the banquet and naming of the All-Ottawa County football team appear on pages 8 and 9 of today's edition.

(News-Herald photo) A plaque made from the press plate of the News-Herald front page of December 2 is presented to Mrs. Clifford Scott by B. Jerry Campbell, managing editor of the News-Herald. That was the day the newspaper announced on page one that her son, Jeff, was named an All-Ohio football player. Viewing the DETROIT (AP) The federal government's decision not to require air bags in new cars has drawn praise from the nation's biggest auto companies and criticism from their longtime critic Ralph Nader.

An auto insurance official said the decision was unlikely to have much impact on insurance rates. Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr. announced Monday that passive restraint devices of which air bags are the best known would not be mandatory until the 1981 model year at the earliest. He said he was sure air' bags could save lives and prevent injuries, but because of "public opposition," he was proposing instead a demonstration program involving a half million 1979 and 1980 models.

Air bags are inflatable cushions hidden inside the dashboard or steering wheel. They inflate in less than one twenty-fifth of a second to cushion the occupants when sensors at the front of the car detect a collision. General Motors Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. said they agreed that any air.

bag requirements should be put off for further testing, but they expressed reservations about the cost and effectiveness of Coleman's proposed demonstration. "We concur with Secretary Coleman's conclusion that the air bag needs further testing," a Chrysler spokesman said. "Unlike safety belts, whose life saving ability is thoroughly established, air bag performance in real-life crashes remains an unknown quantity." But Nader, a specialist in auto safety, said Coleman's announcement "will doom thousands of Americans to needless death and Injury on the highway." He said it "may make the auto industry happy but it is one which will go down in the history of auto safety as a massive act of Irresponsibility." Kissinger's last diplomatic jaunt The Inside Outside review the West's negotiating position toward the Soviet Union regarding a balanced reduction of military forces in central Europe. Currently stalemated talks in Vienna are expected to be resumed early next year, with Moscow again adhering to its demand for across-the-board cuts in men and weapons to assure a continued Soviet force superiority. The Warsaw Pact outnumbers NATO forces in central Europe by 910,000 to 635,000 men, holds nearly a 3-1 superiority in tanks and a 2-1 edge in tactical aircraft.

Washington consequently has insisted on a larger withdrawal by Moscow. Kissinger plans only one other stop besides Brussels. It is in London next weekend, where he will continue talks with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland on how to supplant the white minority government in Rhodesia with one reflecting the African country's 23-1 black majority. Negotiations In Geneva are at an impasse. WASHINGTON (AP) Henry Kissinger is off today on his last diplomatic "hurrah" as secretary of state, carrying a message of support for the NATO alliance to Brussels for President-elect Carter.

The message, given to Kissinger by Carter in Plains, two weeks ago, pledges the new president's commitment to trans-Atlantic ties. Strains have eased considerably since the United States was accusing the Europeans only two years ago of hostility on the economic and political front. The planned Brussels meetings are viewed as a oleasant overseas farewell for Kissinger, who has globe-trotted more than 550,000 miles in three years as secretary of state. With Carter's backing, Kissinger hopes to boost Western resolve to maintain a first-rate defense, despite domestic pressures building in Britain and elsewhere to cut costs as an anti-inflationary measure. One way preferred by the United States is to speed the process of standardizing NATO weapons.

An estimated $10 billion a year is wasted through duplication and lack of standardized equipment. Carter's message of reassurance is designed to ease the uncertainty caused by his campaign pledge to cut the defense budget at least (5 billion. British Prime Minister James Callaghan, meanwhile, has said his government may have to choose between keeping the British Army of the Rhine in Germany and looking after its own economy. The worry over Britain adds to the problems caused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by the Communist party's strength in Italy and the quarrels between Turkey and Greece that have lessened their contributions to the military alliance. On the other hand, U.S.

officials said Kissinger may renew President Ford's appeal for consideration of Spain as a member of NATO. The case for Madrid appears improved since King Juan Carlos has taken steps toward democratic development. In Brussels, Kissinger plans to Comics 11 Society 6 Obituaries 5 Hospital 5 Editorial 4 Crossword 11 Television 11 Classified 10 Sports 8-9 DallyCalendar 3 Gear, cold tonight, lows 5 to 10. Sunny but increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Continued cold, highs In low to mid 20s.

Chances snow near zero tonight, Wednesday. Winds diminishing to two to three knots tonight, waves increasing to four to six feet tonight..