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Indiana Thf 'I f-U 1 1111 I yif) Calumet Region St vie Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region Friday, April 25, 1980, (Copyright 1980, The Times) Section ft ft ft 6 Sections 20 Cents 74 th Year-No. 266 I Is Hostage's wife, Dorothea said: "I want to express the admiration I feel for the courage of your loved ones and the sorrow that I feel personally for their sacrifice." There was angry reaction from many hostage families and from members of Congress, who said they had not been consulted. "It was my decision to attempt the rescue operation, it was my decision More Rescue, A-12, E-9 to cancel when problems developed in the placement of our rescue team for future rescue operation," Carter said. "The responsibility is fully my own." Iranian radio said the militants holding 50 Americans in the U.S. embassy In Tehran were meeting to discuss their response to the rescue mission, which Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh compared to Hitler's invasion of Austria at the start of World War II.

The foreign minister called the rescue mission an "act of war." Region Sad; Feels Action Was Needed WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. military forces undertook a dramatic raid to rescue American hostages In Tehran, but the mission collapsed in "equipment failures." The rescue attempt was aborted on a desert airstrip far from its target, President Carter reported today. Eight U.S. servicemen died in a collision of retreating aircraft. Carter went on television and somberly told an awakening nation that there was no clash with Iranian forces and no evidence Iran knew of the rescue mission until after it was over and forces withdrawn.

All surviving forces were fely out of the country by then, Carter said. The rescue attempt came almost six months after militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took hostages. Carter expressed frustration recently after failed diplomatic efforts to win their freedom. The eight servicemen were the first to die on a military mission during Carter's presidency, and the president, addressing their families, Hammond HAMMOND Candidates will have to tread carefully in proclaiming and amplifying their political virtues in Hammond.

In order to prevent a "virtual cacophony of political rhetoric on our streets," according to City Attorney Stephen Mcllwain, the board of public works and safety refused a Bans Election Noise 1 ill rJ i i7 son Kenneth in San Diego. THE TIMES TOD A The Times at a Glanve.A-2 All 36 finalists ready for spelling bee B-l Illinis at a GLince A-9 Indiana can beat recession, Bowen says A-t Business B-3 Classified E6-F8 Comics D-6 Editorial A-10 Family A6-7 Living! Dl-12 Obituaries Region Reg.Youth Sports Theater TV E-5 B-l C6-7 CM D-8 D-7 CLOUDY, COLD The Calumet Region will start the weekend with cloudy, cold weather. Tonight temperatures will drop to the low 30s with a chance of showers. The trend will continue Saturday with highs in the mid or upper-40s and an additional chance of rain. National weather map and more temperatures on Pag A-12.

Want Ads: 932-8200 (Hours: Sa.m.-7:45p m. Circulation: 932-3 112 (Hours: 9 a.m.-?: 'SO p.m. News, Sports: 932-3106 All Other Calls: 932-3100 Mann, convicted on interstate car theft charges in U.S. District Court in Hammond in 1972 and sentenced to five years in federal prison, was released in 1976 and has been active in car theft operations on both sides of the state line, according to police intelligence reports. DONALD JOHN SOUTHERN, 36, who is affiliated with Cousin's Auto Wrecking, 4470 Whitcomb Gary.

Southern has been arrested a number of times on car theft related charges in Indiana, but none of them has gone to trial. According to the FBI and Indiana State Police, Cousins is believed to be a major outlet for stolen car parts and specializes in (Continued Back Page This Section) Thackerson Dauber A i N- I "We" Morefield, broke bad news to graduate of Rensselaer High School, said. Regarding possible harm that might come to his son and other hostges, he said "I don't think they'll harm thetti, we didn't really bother anyone in ifin." "It was a positive step by the United States. At least, they tried to get our boys out." "I think it's going to take a long time to get them out through diplomatic channels." At the South Shore station, Scott Cole of Hammond said, "It's about time they did something. They haven't gotten anywhere since day one." Whiting resident Harry Jacobson said, "I'm mad they failed." Told that eight American servicemen died in a ground crash of a helicopter and an airplane, Jacobson said, "It was absolutely worth attempting to rescue the (Continued Back Page This Section) an Ego Trip explanation of the effort was "ludicrous." In a later report Tass said, "this new dangerous venture was undertaken by the president in a vain attempt to show himself to be a "strong leader, one prepared for resolute actions." It claimed Carter's aim was "to raise his declining popularity inside the country and to stay in the White House for another term at any price." A -nr 4 -4- Puller is the name police gve to men who actually steal cars.

It is derived from the method in which car door and ignition locks are removed. Police said Rovy is under investigation for running a major chop shop from a barn near Lowell. TIMOTHY "GABBY" GIBSON, 32. of 2232 U.S. 41, Schererville.

Police said Gibson is active in car theft and chop shop operations in Lake and Porter counties. He was arrested recently by Porter County Sheriff's police on car theft-related charges. SAMUEL NOLAN MANN, 37, of 70 Willbrook Trail, in the Willowbrook Estates subdivision near Crete. si- Gibson Rovy 7V 1 TIME SPRINGS AHEAD Moscow called the raid "armed provocation." Carter said the mission was manned by volunteers. Planning for it began shortly after the hostages were taken by Iranian militants in the seizure of the embassy last Nov.

4. The president said he had believed the operation would have "an excellent chance for success." this contrasted with a statement Carter made in January that such a mission would "almost certainly end in failure and the death of the hostages." Carter said a number of servicemen were injured in the collision, which occurred on the ground, but all were expected to recover. Ghotbzadeh counseled caution in a televised Interview after Carter's speech, declaring, "I hope we tinue our restraint in Iran and don't react with the nervousness the American authorities have done." Continued Back Page Thi a Section amplification devices on a van for a four-hour period on the afternoon of May3. To grant the request would open the door for all political candidates to do the same, City Controller Edwin Zdrojeski said. Zdrojeski and Mcllwain are board of works commissioners.

"We don't want to have everybody and his brother doing this," Zdrojeski said. Mrs. Young said she had checked with Hammond Air Pollution Control Director Ronald Novak about the city's noise ordinance. She said Novak advised her to seek the consent of the board of works. Mcllwain said only Novak could grant variances to the city's noise pollution ordinance.

When Mrs. Young asked if the amplication equipment would be confiscated if the van was used without board's approval, Mcllwain replied it would not. "1 guess we'll just go ahead with our little thing and take our chances," Mrs. Young said. Board members said they decided to rule in order to maintain a consistent posture for similar requests in the future.

Bomber" Catuara. MICHAEL BECK, of 24110 Cline Shelby. According to authorities, Beck and an associate, Jack Schnadenberg, coordinate most of the syndicate's car theft business for Dauber. Authorities said the Beck group regu-larily supplies stolen parts to salvage yards in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Teneessee, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Beck currently operates out of a rural farm near Schneider.

THOMAS HOPKINS, 43, formerly of 6389 Ellsworth Merrillville, but now living In Las Vegas. Hopkins, police said, is an associate of Dauber. He was recently arrested Tip Southern Brecka 1 tA a ByPAULIVICE Times Staff Writer HAMMOND Calumet Region residents this morning were disappointed the attempt to rescue the 50 ybtftftages held in Iran failed Thurs- Most wno were questioned, nowev-er, said the effort was worthwhile. i "If was certainly worth the effort," Diane Liberatore of Munster said while waiting for the South Shore train in Hammond today. "Apologies are definitely not in order, although I heard the Iranians are asking for them," she said.

Arthur Kupke, a farmer in rural Francesville, is the father of a hostage. Asked about the attempt to rescue the hostages, Kupke said he felt badly that it didn't work, but it was time to try something like that. "It's something they tried to do, and it backfired," Kupke, father of Rick Kupke, 30, a State Department communications expert and a 1965 Tass: Mission MOSCOW (AP) The official Soviet news agency charged today that the abortive U.S. military attempt to rescue the American hostages in Tehran was an "armed provovation against Iran." Tass said that "purely egoistic and narrow political considerations" had prompted President Carter to authorize it. In a dispatch read on Radio Moscow, Tass said the White House by Indiana State Policemen Paul Fotia and Tom Blad on car theft charges for operating a major chop shop in an unincorporated area between Crown Point and St.

John. Assisting in the investigation were Hammond police car theft investigator Tim Voris and Detective Thomas Pierce of the Highland Police Department. TONY ROVY, 37, of 3731 Nebraska Hammond. Rovy is identified by police a a major figure in Calumet Region car operations. Lawmen say Rovy, a two-time convicted felon, is associate with Dauber and is considered one of the best "pullers" in the Region.

Brownflcld I it 5 I if -i j. i Region Theft Maefset: Thursday to rule on request to allow a candidate to use a public address system on a cruising van. The request was made by Helen Young, who said she represented Robert Rucker, a Democratic candidate for division two small claims court judge in the May 6 primary. Mrs. Young requested the board grant Rucker permission to use Residents of the six counties of Northwest Indiana Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Starke, Jasper and Newton and six counties In the extreme southwest comer at the common border with Illinois and Kentucky make the change from Central Standard to Central Daylight.

The remainder of the state stays on Eastern Standard Time, except for five counties Harrison, Clark, Floyd, Dearborn and Ohio which switch from Eastern Standard to Eastern Daylight Time to keep in step with drums across the Ohio River in neighboring Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky. described by authorities as a "coldblooded mob hit man," who controls all of organized crime's car theft operations in the Calumet Region. A two-time convicted felon who brags of at least 33 syndicate-related murders, Dauber operates auto parts salvage yards in Lockport, 111., and Kankakee, 111. He also runs an antique business with his wife- "ALBERT TOCCO, 50, of 1237 Piacenti Lane, Chicago Heights. Tocco, authorities say, is the managing director of the mob's car theft operations; he remains In the background while Dauber carries out his dictates.

Tocco formerly was chief associate of the late James "Jimmy the i Time will soon be springing ahead-and many are going to lose some sleep over it. Daylight Saving Time goes into effect in the Calumet Region at 2 Sunday morning. At that time, clocks should be moved ahead an hour to 3. The same 60 minutes taken away Sunday will be returned Oct. 26 after a five-month interlude.

The saying, "Spring ahead, fall back," is supposed to simplify the clock calisthenics, but it does not ease the confusion in Indiana. The state is divided by three on the Daylight Saving Time issue. (Copyright m. The Timet) By ROBERT O'HEARN Times Staff Writer Police say they are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with car thieves a game In which every mouse knows every cat. At stake in the game is the future of a multi-million-dollar Lake O-'nty racket.

The Times went to veteran Calumet Region car theft investigators and to sources within the racket. Here are those they regard as leading car theft figures in Northwest Indiana and Southeast Cook County. WILLIAM EARL DAUBER 44, pf, 1 Calumet.