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THE JOURNAL VOL. 26, NO. 3438 Daily Entered As Second Class Matter Post Office Ogdensburg, N.Y. OGDENSBURG, N.Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1971 Republican Established 1830 Journal Established 1858 HIGHLIGHT Police Chief David A. Bejl Addresses Rotarians. SINGLE COPY 15 cents Congressional Committee To Probe Attica Rebellion CITY GUILD DONATES - Mary Kelly, president of the City Guild, presented A. Barton Hepburn Hospital Administrator Sister Ann Therese, GNSH, with a $7,000 check Thursday afternoon as the first installment on a $10,000 pledge to the hospital's 70th anniversary modernization fund. Post-Freeze Program: Guild members, left to right, are June Moulton, Betty Blair, Helen Fields, Anna Wicks, Mary Kelly, Sister Anne Therese, Helen Ellis, Joan LaCourse, Jessie Bench and Brltta Runion. (Como Photo) Selective Wage-Price Restraints WASHINGTON (AP) — President Nixon says his post-freeze economic program will restrain wages and prices in major industries, a clue that he may be aiming toward selective rather than across-the-board inflation controls. \It will have teeth in it,\ Nixon told newsmen at an impromptu news con- ference Thursday. \You cannot have jawboning that is effective without teeth.\ But Nixon went no further on what will follow the 90-day wage-price-rent freeze on Nov. 13, in what is popularly known as Phase 2. \Phase 2 will be strong,\ he said. \It will be effective. It will deal with the problem of wages and prices, and will restrain wages and prices in major industries.\ Governors who met with Nixon reported he agreed with them that wage- price curbs to follow the freeze will remain in effect indefinitely. If Nixon announced that Phase 2 would operate only for a fixed length of time, special interests might manipulate for their individual ad- vantages, said Gov. Arch A.TMoore Jr. of West Virginia, new chairman of the National Goveror's Conference. The President repeated his prediction that 1971 will be a \good year\ and 1972 a \very good year\ for the economy, but he added a new wrinkle to his forecast. \As a result of the new policy, I believe that the last quarter of 1971 will be better than I had originally thought it might be. Rather than being good, it will be considerably better than good.\ But, he said, his prediction for 1972 is based on the assumption that Congress will approve his tax program—the in- vestment tax credit, repeal of the auto excise tax, and some tax relief for in- dividuals. Nixon said a published story at- tributed to Commerce Secretary Maurice' H. Stans that the ad- ministration would key the Phase 2 program to productivity \represented what is a strongly felt view primarily in the business community. \It does not represent that we have foreclosed the matter as far as our own thinking is concerned,\ he added. Stans denied making a statement that Nixon had made any decisions oh Phase 2. Stans' department, meantime, reported that personal income in August scored a strong $8.8-billion advance despite the freeze. But the department also said the balance of payments, which includes trade figures and long- term capital flows between countries, went into deficit-by $3.1 billion in the second quarter, compared with $1.8 billion in the first three months of the year. On Capitol Hill, a resolution to veto Nixon's order delaying a $1.3-billion federal pay raise cleared the House Civil Service Committee by a 14-12 party-line vote. The post-freeze program is being shaped by the Cost of Living Council, headed by Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. Nixon's news conference was the first indication that selective wage-price restraints, probably on large cor- porations, may be the key to his Phase 2 plan. Moore also reported the President said a ceiling on interest rates would be considered for the post-freeze program. The freeze does not cover interest rates. Nixon \added that the 10-percent im- port surcharge will be maintained until a permanent solution is found for weak- nesses in the international monetary system and the nation's balance-of- payments deficit. Before the surcharge is lifted, he said, \we have to address ourselves to bur- den-sharing and we have to address ourselves also to trade restraints, in- cluding monetary barriers.\ Domestically, Nixon said, Americans are supporting the wage-price freeze and \don't want to have a freeze followed by a thaw where you can get stuck in the mud, and we are not going to have that kind of thing.\ ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) — With Gov. Rockefeller all but confirming that police killed hostages at Attica state prison, a Congressional committee planned to come to New York State for answers on how to prevent a recurrence of an Attica-type riot'. Rockefeller told a news conference Thursday that he thought the \hostages who died of gun wounds were caught in a crossfire\ between attacking police forces who converged from four sides on a prison yard held by rebellious convicts Monday. He added: \The prisoners didn't have guns.\ As the controversy over the violent end to the prison rebellion that took 40 lives continued, citizens of this western New York village and surrounding communities prepared to hold funerals today for six more of their dead. It was not known early today whether state officials would delay the burial of any or all of the six for whom funerals were to be held today. The interment of two other hostages for whom funerals have already been conducted has been delayed pending a further examination of the bodies. Autopsies on the nine hostages who were killed Monday disclosed that the victims had died of gunshot wounds, not of throat slashes as had been reported earlier. Two special pathologists were called in by the state to conduct further post- mortems, and that led to the delay in burying two of the hostages. The state, meanwhile, revised downward to 40 the number of known dead in the rebellion that erupted a week .ago Thursday.' Deputy State Atty. Gen. Robert E. Fischer told a news conference here that 30, not 32 convicts died during the four- day revolt. Nine prison-employe hostages were killed when police at- tacked, and one. guard had died earlier from head wounds suffered on the riots first day. Rockefeller held his news conference in Albany after meeting with state legislative leaders to set up a blue- ribbon, fact-finding panel to investigate the causes of the Attica riot. Fischer remains in charge of investigating criminal aspects of the rebellion. In Washington, Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., chairman of the House Select Committee on Crime, scheduled a meeting with Rockefeller at his New York City offices, then a trip to Attica to speak to convicts. The committee is considering prison reform legislation. In commenting on Monday's violent end to the prisoner rebellion, Rockefeller declared that under the circumstances it was \extraordinary\ that another 28 hostages were saved. He said the hostages were all dressed in inmate clothing- and that 1,000 at- tacking state troopers, deputy sheriffs and National Guardsmen had difficulty distinguishing between hostages and convicts because they fired through clouds of tear-gas that had been dropped by helicopter. As official investigations took shape, several reports of brutality against 47 South Vietnamese Die In All-Day Fight Nixon Sees Productive China Trip WASHINGTON (AP) — President Nixon says secret talks on his for- thcoming trip to mainland China are \going very well\ and he sees promise of a productive session in Peking. Holding an unannounced news con- ference in his Oval Office Thursday, Nixon told reporters neither he nor Premier Chou En-lai is approaching the historic confrontation with \naive sentimental\ ideas. The President, recognizing ideological differences and isolation of the two countries from each other for nearly a quarter century, said: \Wehave agreed to discuss the differences. That is all that has been agreed. There are no other conditions.\ Nixon, apart from saying ar- rangements are going well, was cagey about acknowledging that American and mainland Chinese representatives are involved in planning his trip. He spoke only of talks about timing and agenda \that may be under consideration.\ Another White House source said the American-Chinese arrangements are now being worked out. And while no one at the White House would say, there has been increasing speculation that Nixon will journey to Peking this year. The President's 38-minute news conference ranged over about a dozen topics, foreign and domestic, and included these highlights: —The 90-day wage-price freeze will be followed by \ a strong, effective follow- on program\ that will seek to restrain labor and management in major in- dustries and \vitally important, it will have teeth in it.\ • —U.S. policies in Vietnam will be unaffected by the scheduled Oct. 3 election in which President Nguyen Van Thieu is unopposed. While Nixon said the United States would have preferred a contested balloting, it must \keep its eye on the main objective and that is to end the American involvement just as soon as that is' consistent with our overall goals, which is a South Vietnam able to defend itself against a Com- munist takeover and which includes, from our standpoint, our primary in- terest in obtaining the release of our POWs.\ Nixon acknowledged a U.S. role in the 1963 assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem who died in a military takeover of the Saigon government. \I would remind all concerned,\ Nixon said, \that the way we got into Vietnam was through overthrowing Diem and the complicity in the murder of Diem, and the way to get out of Vietnam in my opinion is not to over- throw Thieu....\ SAIGON (AP) — Hundreds of North Vietnamese troops launched coun- terattacks in the U Minh forest in the Mekong Delta and inflicted the heaviest 'losses on South Vietnamese forces in V-k months, allied spokesmen reported today. Official reports- said 47 South Viet- namese were killed and 97 were wounded in dawn to dusk fighting Thursday in the canallaced area 145 miles southwest of Saigon. The South Vietnamese Command said 100 North Vietnamese troops were killed, two captured and a large number of enemy weapons seized. The command said the South Viet- namese losses were the heaviest since May 31 when North Vietnamese troops overran government positions at Snuol in eastern Cambodia and inflicted more than 500 casualties. The-North-Vietnamese forces Thur- sday simultaneously attacked a South Vietnamese firebase in the forest, a reconnaissance company and an in- INDEX Women's Page Page 4 Local News Page 5 Classified Page 7 Sports Page 8 Editorial Page 9 Jack Anderson Page 9 Comics Page 11, 12 fantry company. Hundreds of South Vietnamese reinforcements were ferried into the battle by TJ.S. helicopters. Rocket-firing helicopter -gunships, jet fig'iter^bon 'c?rs and artillery blasted North Vietnamese positions. Field reports said the heaviest fighting erupted at Bien Nhi Fire Base, where about 700 South Vietnamese in- fantrymen, artillerymen and .armored cavalry troops are positioned. The North Vietnamese slashed into the. base firing small rockets, machine guns and rifles. They killed 26 South Vietnamese troops and wounded 69 before being driven out. The enemy lost 43 of its own men at Bien Nhi, Saigon headquarters said. Between 3,000 and 5,000 South Viet- namese troops began a \spoiling operation\ in-the U Minh four days ago, based on intelligence from- a defector that more than a North Vietnamese regiment was preparing for major at- tacks on.the 10 permanent South Viet- namese fire bases. Allied intelligence officers claimed two days'ago that the enemy was \on the run, trying to muster enough force for a significant attack\ in a show of strength before South Vietnam's presidential election Oct. 3. . The enemy shot down nine U.S. helicopters during the first outbreak of . fighting and a senior American non- commissioned officer adviser was killed Thursday in a command helicopter. Robert T. Stafford Appointed To Senate MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Spurred by President Nixon's appeal for help in Bulletin FT. MCPHERSON, Ga. (AP) - The military judge in Capt. Ernest L. Medina's court-martial ruled today that the jury may not convict Him of premeditated murder in the deaths of 102 My Lai civilians-but may convict him of no more than involuntary manslaughter in their deaths. WEATHER Intermittent showers, continued cloudiness and possible clearing tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight in the 50's, highs tomorrow, low 70's. Sunday outlook: fair. today's Senate vote on the draft ex- tension bill, Republican Gov. Deane C. Davis Thursday night appointed Rep. Robert T. Stafford, R-Vt., to ,the U.S. Senate. The surprisingly quick interim ap- pointment came one day after the'burial ' of the late Sen. Winston L. Prouty, R-Vt., whose seat Stafford filled. The Republican Congressman was to be sworn in as a Senator in time to vote in favor of the draft bill. Nixon said Thursday that defeat of the measure \would be one of the most irresponsible acts on the part of the U.S. Senate that I could think of.\ Peter Martin, Davis' press secretary^ said the governor had planned to make the formal announcement Saturday, and as a matter of courtesy informed the White House of his decision. DISCUSS POLICE BALL - City Patrolmen were making last minute plans Thursday for the Police Benevolent Association's first annual ball, at the Elks Club Saturday evening. From left. Patrolmen Richard Marceau. Ralbh Ed- wards, Anthony Corrice and Donald Lockhart. president of the Ogdensburg Rotary Club, Tickets are available at the door convicts after the riot surfaced. In a copyrighted story, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle quoted four doctors who examined 1,000 inmates as saying they were told that police shot some prisoners who were lying on the ground, unresisting, during Monday's assault. The paper quoted one; Dr. Lionel A. Sifontes, 36, of Meyer Memorial Hospital, as saving the report came from inmates in two separate cellblocks. \If so many people who have been isolated can tell' the same story, you have to give them some credence,\ the paper quoted him as saying. - - And a National Guardsman who was in the prison Monday testified under oath in U.S. District Court in Buffalo that he witnessed guards beating naked convicts and forcing them to \run a gauntlet\ after the uprising was sup- pressed. Rockefeller told newsmen the deaths of the hostages by police gunfire -was \justifiable homicide\ in a moral sense. He said he did not think he should com- ment on the legal side of the question. The governor also said state officials had decided on Sunday to assault the rebel-held areas of the prison unless further negotiations produced something. Monday morning the state made its last offer to the convicts, and instead of receiving a reply state officials saw hos- tages paraded around with knives at their throats. The air and ground assault came moments later. Fischer and State Police Major John W. Jonahan told newsmen Thursday the attack was spearheaded jy a \force rescue sqUad\ of 27 men—25 state troopers and two Attica guards who were there to make identifications. Monahan said that riflemen had been assigned as specific targets prisoners who were holding hostages. As the first word of the attack came out of the pfison.state officials reported that some hostages died of slashed throats. * But %a Tt;sday L-r. John Eri'and, the Monroe County medical -examiner, reported that his autopsies revealed that all had died of gunshot wounds and none had slit throats. Corrections officials later confirmed Edland's findings oh the cause of death, and said their first reports were based on misinformation. But after a funeral director signed a sworn statement declaring he could find no visible gun- shot wounds on one of the bodies, the two special pathologists were called in to conduct further post-mortems. . The riot began Sept. 9, and reportedly was touched off by the purported beating of two inmates the night before and the denial of exercise-yard privi- leges that morning after the convicts protested when another inmate was not allowed out of his cell for breakfast. He reportedly had injured a guard by throwing a piece of broken glass at him. However, some correction guards have said the tragedy-»was precipitated by spending cuts in prisons that they say have destroyed morale on both sides. As part of the spending re- ductions, according to William Ciuros, president of Security Unit Employes Council 82, an AFL-C affiliate that represents guards, guaru vacancies are not filled and the ability of prisons to function properly is hampered. Peace Talks At New Low PARIS (AP) — The threeyear-old Vietnam peace talks are at a new low point following an abrupt and unex- • plained hardening of the Communist - position. -North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan. Thuy and his spokesman, Nguyen Thanh Le, dropped a bombshell into Thur- sday's 129th weekly session of the talks with the renunciation of all their recent, hints of a readiness to compromise. The Communist reversal surprised- some optimistic Western politicians who took the hints at face value. One of these was Sen. George S. McGovern, DS.D., a presidential aspirant whose in- terpretation of the Communist position was repudiated by Thuy and Le. Less surprised was the U.S. delegation, which had poured cold water all aiong on the suggestion that Hanoi and the Viet Cong might be prepared to drop some of their basic demands for the sake of peace. It had appeared that the Communist negotiators bad signaled outside the conference room that they were prepared to conclude and implement a separate peace with the United Stat- ss. • . Such a peace would have freed most American prisoners in return for an American commitment to withdraw every American soldier and adviser from South Vietnam by the end of this year.
