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PAGE 2-THE JOURNAL, OGDENSBURG.JN.Y.—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IB, 1OT7 In ALBANY NY CAP) —Auto insurance rate increases are going into effect for hundreds of thousands, of New Yorkers, because a legislative disagreement allowed the state's power to review such rates totepse. . The Senate completed action Tuesdayon a bill to renew the power of the state Insurance Department to oversee insurance prices—power which the department had up until Feb. 1. The measure had already passed the Assembly and is expected to be signed by Gov. Hugh Carey. . But in the brief interval between the expiration of the old law and legislative action on a new one, two major insurance companies pushed through rate in- creases of over 20 per cent for hundreds of thousands of New York motorists. Sponsors of the bill and similar measures had known, beforehand that such developments were possible. But efforts to pass a renewal bill before the Feb. 1 deadlinefailedbecauseof a partisan disputelxstween Sen. John Dunne, R-Nassau, and Assemblyman Leonard Silverman, D-Brooklyn, over the date of expiration of the renewed, powers. ... _. . _ „ . , t t . , That legislative snafu enabled State Farm Mutual to post a. rate increase averaging 20 per cent on Tuesday for the 403,000 vehicles it covers in New York State. That increase took effect immediately, and legislative aides«said it probably could not be rolled backunder the bill approved fueidayy On Monday, Allstate, which writes over 830 ooo. policies in New York State, had announced aii average:24,6 per ceht rate hike. ••• . -^ .-.-•-. * • v The portion of Allstate's rate hike, applying to' new business took effect im- mediately^ and thus also could jnot bechanged by the legislature's bill. But the Allstate increase is not supposed to be applied to existing policyholders until Apfit 22, and bunne, chairman of tfce Senate- Insurance Committee, said his in- terpretation was that those increases could be blocked by the Insurance Depart- ment. •'-.«.•••»•• Both Allstate and State Farm cited increases in the number and cost of claims as the reason for their rate increases. Legislators noted that even if the rate hikes were subject to Insurance Department approval some of them might be imple- mented because of those cost increases, The Assembly had approved the hill, which is sponsored by Silverman, Jan, 24 and sent it to the Senate. But Dunne'held out for his own version of the bill, which would have extended the department's review pwer^ untU June 30, instead of tfe Dec. 31 datespecified in the Assembly bill. Hegave up that pointafter three weeks. National Fuel's Workers Strike Food Stamp Lines In Buffalo Still Janimed BUFFALO (AP} — Emnlnvps of the services JL BUFFALO (AP) — Employes of the National Fuel Gas Co. voted to strike at 12:01 a.m, Thursday after rejecting the company's latest contract proposal. The strike vote taken late Tuesday, was 1,113-195. About 1,600 production and main- tenance personnel m Local 2154 of the Internationa} Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and 500 clerical work- ers in Local 2199 of IBEW are involved. The walk-out will affect 39 National, Fuel locations throughout western New- York, but supervisory personnel will continue to operate all facilities so customer service will' not-be in- terrupted, said Gerard C. Miller, National Fuel's- manager of energy services. The company offered a six per cent wage increase, but \Niagara Mohawk Power Corp, employes settled at 8.7 per cent and 8.3 per cent wage increase over two years and-we feel we're in the same bracket,\ said Henry Ringle, business agent of Local 2154. After a 39-day \strike two years ago, employes of National Fuel'won a two- year contract with a 10 per cent wage hike the first year and a nine per cent raise the second. A public Service Commission spokesman said' Tuesday that these labor costs were factors in rate hikes the commission granted the company over the two year period. Corruption Probe Angers Pols SYRACUSE, N:Y: (AP) — A state investigation of alleged political corruption here is being fought by local officials who say they fear. Onondaga ^County taxpayers will be billed for the cost. -, Onondaga County officials have asked State Supreme Court Justice Richard Donovan to order Peter Andreoli, the special state prosecutor appointed by Gov. Hugh Carey,' to stop the in- vestigation. Donovan reserved decision after 'a hearing Monday. Onondaga County officials are challenging the legality of Carey's executive order creating the in- vestigationi but they say their primary objection is \to the county paying for, the state probe. The investigation has been estimated to cost $1 million and Carey has asked the state legislature to provide funds for the probe. Carpy appointed Andreoli, a gruff, no- honsehse Manhattan assistant district attorney, following a Manhattan grand jury investigation whjch indicted-two assistant state. attorneys general on charges of perjury, bribery and official misconduct. Also indicted were a former assistant attorney general and a secretary for Atty. Gen., Louis 'Lefkowitz!. The foreman of the Manhattan grand jury wrote Carey alerting the governor to \evidence relating to the possible commission of crimes in Onondaga \County according to Manhattan prosecutors. What has further angered local of- ficials here is that the Manhattan grand jury investigation also prompted an investigation in Albany County that was handled by the district attorney there,\ DemocratSol Greenburg. Officials here, want to know why Republican Onondaga County Dist. Atty. Richard Hennessy cannot Handle the investigation here. Trial Of Nun Beginning Today ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP)-A Roman Catholic nun, accused of strangling her newborn son,, goes on atrial today -hefore Judge^y^ajftlMaasfn?! Jchar^eofffrii-. degree jaransiaughteir^ -i^F Garoi'Krurphyi . 36j. -fcribWit. as Sister Maur^eii, faces a lipfijury trial in Monroe-\Cptority Court. She pleaded in- nocent in June and waivedher right to a jury trial last Friday, ••' ' ,, Police said Sister Maureen gave birth to the infant last April 27 in her room at Our Lady of Lourdes, convent in suburban Brighton. » The baby, according to police, was asphyxiated when, clothing was stuffed into his mouth, .\ ' „ •*«... -' Police Chief Eugene Shk^of Brighton \said other nuns at the convent found Sister Maurefen^uHeringjErqm' a .severe loss of blood and rushed her- to a hos- pital. Doctors at the Genesee Hospital discovered that she had given birth. The other'riuns then returned to the convent and found the dead baby in a basket behind a bookcase in Sister Maureen's room, Shaw said. Renewal Fee Refunds Possible ALBANY, N.Y.,(AP) — Drivers who paid double and triple the normal fee to renew their conviction-laden licenses will get their money back if the As- sembly and governor go along with the state Senate. . , Persons convicted of moving violations have paid a total of $1.6 million since Motor Vehicles Com- missioner James Melton imposed such fees last year to fund the state's driver safety and improvement programs. A court ruled against Melton late last year, but-backers of a bill passed by the Senate Tuesday said that the depart- ment had not yet paid back the money already collected from drivers. The bill, passed unanimously, ^requires repayment and specifies that the legislature shall set all-license fees.-It now goes to • the Assembly, , where passage is considered likely. Also on Tuesday, the Republican majority in the Senate took a stab at passing a bill to make potential voters get their signatures notorized before they may be allowed to register by mail. Democratic opponents .said the legislation was just an. attempt to put \hurdles in the way\ of a new program that \worked.\ The bill was passed on a quick roll call but then pulled back until another day - when Democrats challenged the count, In-State Bus Fares May Rise ALBANY, NiY. CAP> — The state Transportation Department said today it is prepared to grant Greyhound Lines a 5 per cent increase in fares for travel between points in New York State. Commissioner Raymond Schuler, who has the power to regulate intercity bus fares within the state, announced that he had rejected an application by Greyhound for a 10 per cent fare- hike. \The demands of the energy shortage, which require concerted efforts to in- crease the use of public transportation, intensify my responsibilities to see that requests for fare increases are com- pletely justified and that all necessary increases be kept to: the minimum required,\ Schuler said in a statement from his office. He said that the company, which initially applied for the fare increase last June, had shown a need for an in- crease of 5 per.cent and would be allowed to impose such an increase once it files the necessary applications with • his department. Moonie Money-Raising To Halt? ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Atty. Gen. Louis Lefkowitz says the state will seek a court injunction to block a foundation connected to The Rev. Sun Myung Moon., from soliciting funds in New York,', ' The organization in question, the, Korean Cultural and Freedom Foun- dation, has already had its license as a charity cancelled by the state Board of Social Welfare, which said it had failed to file a required financial report. But Lefkowitz said Tuesday a court injunction is needed to insure that the foundation does not try to reactivate its campaign to collect money in the state. • Lefkowitz said the ^foundation had allowed most of the funds it collected for charity to be siphoned off to professional fund raisers and its own officials. The foundation has been linked to the Rev. Mooii's Unification Church. 'Bobby's Girl 9 Tops Dog Show NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Green knew what he had, but he did not know 'what to expect,' \I knew I had a.great show dog,\ he said, \but the judge, I didn't know about him. He hadn't judged the breed much.\ The judge agreed with Green, who came to the United States from Wales in 1963 and. elected Ch. Dersade Bobby's\ Girl, owned by Mrs. William Wymer HI of Churchtown, Pa., best-ih-show at the 101st Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night. \I figured to myself, 'anything can. happen when we get in the ring,'\ Green continued. \My entry was an unusual fe- male, and a great show dog.\ The judge was Haworth Hoch of St. Louis, chairman Of the board of an in- vestment banking company. The crowd of about 8,000 in Madison Square Garden whooped it up for Bobby's Girl during fho final n \I wasn't influenced.\ said Hoch, who has been a member of the canine world for a halfcentury, \This was probably the bestspeciment of a sealy-ham I ever have had my hands on. \The condition of the dqg was ex* cellent In movement, not a foot Was put down .wrong. The class was excellent and one\ of the finest I ever have ha'd the pleasure of judging.\ Green said he calls the winner Binny and that she lives in his home with his wife and four children. *- \She's an unusual dog,\ he said, \in that she is so great. You know, it is very difficult to get a dog of this breed to be a good show dog. Actually, better dogs of this breed are produced in England,\ Binny is tiding at the top, but she won't'be any longer. Said Mrs. Wymer, owner of the Pool Ridge Kennels: \She definitely will be retired,\ BUFFALO (AP) — Lines are still long as thousands of shivering applicants wait to get their share of the emergency food stamps in Erie county. The Erie County Legislature voted in special session to allow the Social Services Dept. to hire 300 more workers today in order to ease the situation. The federal government is expected to pick up the $126,974 tab. Meanwhile in Washington, the food stamp distribution program in Buffalo is getting a close look,. Sen, George McGovern, p-S.D., chairman of the select committee on Nutrition and Human.Needs said he is \concerned\ about the way the emergency program is being run in Buffalo. \We may take a long hard look at the commodity program,\ Marshall Matz, a staff aide to the committee said Tuesday. He said the committee plans to use the Buffalo experience as a \case study\ because it is the largest metropolitan area to be involved in an emergency food stamp program. \I don't Understand why there is so much trouble up there (Buffalo),\ he said. '-'It's only one of 33 counties .now under the emergency program. And it's the only one getting any publicity., It must be its size.\ < In the first five clays of the blizzard- linked program, 27,711 persons received the coupons enabling them to get more than $4.5 million worth of food, More than 6,000 persons stood in line at five sites in Erie County Tuesday. Police reported no serious incidents, although at one site waiting applicants made a fire in a garbage can to keep warm in the below freezing Weather, One of the largest turnouts was at the Buffalo Raceway Clubhouse in Ham- burg where more staff had to be sent in to handle the crowd- In ah attempt, to cut down- lines, of- ficials say only those persons with last names beginning with A through L may apply for stamps today. They should still go to-the centers earmarked for their zig code area, officials say. Erie County Ugislator Walter J. Floss called the food stamp program \riduculous a tremendous giveaway,\ because it set ho upper limits on the income of stamp recipients. \They might as well put the stamps in crackjack boxes,\ he said. Floss said he is worried that the influx of food coupons will drive up grocery decriminalization 9 Of Faces Uphill Legislative uana p'ricesi hurting the elderly and others who are not eligible for the program since they lost no income during Buf- falo's big blizzard. 1 Food stamps will be available through Feb. 28 to residents who lost income because of storm-related problems 1 ;.»• 'Tile state listed 16 other aid programs fo\r Snbwstorm victims in the nine New York counties designated disaster areas by the federal government. : , \ One- of the programs is flood in- surance. Although the Buffalo area has had only minor flooding so far, the National Weather Service said the potential is there. •„. The service said Tuesday that the temperature won't reach the thawing mark until Friday, * Until then, Buffalo can expect highs of about 25 and flurries. -~ LQDWN^FOR k FLEXIBLE ^ :./. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Attempts to \decriminalize\ possession of marijuana, thought to have a. good chance of becoming law this year, may be more difficult than first anticipated. The Assembly Codes Committee could muster oni Tuesday only a narrow 11-9 majority to approve its own version of the \decriminalization\ measure, a margin that surprised and worried some of the bill's supporters. > • The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, chairman of the committee, is virtually identical to one that floundered last year as legislators faced with re-election battles chose not to join the issue. It would make possession of small amounts of the drug a \violation the same as a traffic ticket, with fines of no more than $100. It would «lso lessen penalties for sale of the drug _• The bill has the support of Gov. Hugh Carey. And signifying the Assembly leadership's commitment to the measure, Majority Leader Stanley Fink. joined.the standing-room-only crowd of spectators wearing a lapel pin in the shape of a marijuana leaf-a gift Fink had received from a pro-marijuana lobbyist last year while he was chair- man of the Codes Commitee. Leaders of the Republican-controlled Senate have also expressed sympathy for more lenient penalties, but not necessarily as lenient as those advo- cated by the Democratic majority in the Senate. Last year, for. example, they suggested that jail terms might be re- duced to 15 days. Partners KMep IL&iteryRtgMs ALBANY, N;Y. (AP) - The business partners^ slain lottery vendor Arthur Milgram will continue to have exclusive vending-machine rights to sell the tickets - at least temporarily, lottery officials have announced. ... : Lottery Director John Quinh* said Tuesday that an \interim agreement\ had been reached -so' that Milgram's company, Automatic Ticket Sales, Ltd., could continue to sell tickets for Ihe current game. But Quinn said he would try to renegotiate the controversial contract for future sales. Lottery officials had maintained that their agreement with ATS ended when Milgram was gunned down in the'park- . ing lot of his luxury apartment in Queens on Feb. 8. The company claimed the five-year contract, signed in 1974, was still in force. ATS is now under the control of a group of investors who gave Milgram $800,000 last summer in return for 45 per cent of the company. Milgram's part- ners' are also the beneficiaries of $700,000 of a $1 million insurance policy on his life, according to a report in the Watertown N.Y. Times. .The original contract.granting ATS exclusive rights for coin-operated ticket sales had been criticized even before Milgram's death. ATS, the state's largest distributor of lottery tickets, sells about $175,000 worth of tickets a week at 350 locations. The company receives nine cents for each instant lottery ticket sold, while/other vendors receive six cents. MilgTam. also received a higher commission on other lottery sales. Milgram claimed his expenses .for operating the machines artd renting locations Sor them'were higher than those of other vendors. Milgram's operations were also questioned when it was learned that one of the tickets he sold was a $35,000 winner cashed by his wife. In recent weeks, cheeks, from Milgram to the lottery worth $57,000 bounced, but were later redeemed. Authorities are investigating*the possibility that organized crime elements were trying to muscle in on Milgram's lucrative business,. For several toeeks beforehis murder, he was living \in a manner indicating he was liding out,\ detectives said. . *• A'S NO/flBiVuN MACHINE STARRING WORLnXMAMPiON KAREN MAGNUSSEN A NEW ICE EXPERIENCE 6 PERFORMANCES ONLY FEBRUARY 25 TO 27TH 2 NI6HTS PLUS 4 MATINEES Fri. Feb. 25th-8:W> p.m. Sat. Feb.. 26th-12:00 noon Sat. Feb; 26th-4:0p p.m. Sat. Feb. 26th-8:00 p.m. Sun. Feb. 27th-2:00 p.m. Sun. Feb. 27th-«:00 p.m. FRIGES $3,50-14.50—15.50 ALL SEATS RESERVED! O.J. 21677 BOX OFFICE Civic CompleSt (noon to' 6:00 p.m.). Sorry, no telephone orders accepted for this, engagement. For ticket information call 938- 9400. - , YOtTNS (to years and under) l2.5iM3.50-S4.5Q These performances only Sat. Feb. 2«th-4:00 p:m. Sun. 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