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PAGE 2-THE JOURNAL, OGDENSBURG, N.Y.- MONDAY, AUGUST 17,1987 Rappleyea Urges More By JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The rules governing how local officials around New York state hand out contracts for public works projects are \inadequate\ and in need of an overhaul, the minority leader in the state Assembly says. Clarence Rappleyea, R- Chenango, announced his support Saturday for legislation to impose stricter oversight on the spending of public money by localities. \Haphazard imposition of cumbersome procedures has created an administrative and Lake Level Down But Still Bad CHICAGO (AP) — Lake Michigan has dropped nearly two feet since a record-high water level created havoc for the shoreline last winter, but authorities warn the danger of a repeat performance may not be over. The water is still a foot higher than normal and could be churned into a fury by a few rainy months and autumn storms, authorities say. The record-setting 9.3 inches of rain that deluged the Chicago area Friday and Saturday haven't helped and authorities who predict a trend toward higher levels are warning against complacence. \There's a legitimate concern that once the lake fluctuates down people will feel we don't have to deal with it,\ said Henry Hender- son, staff director of Mayor Harold Washington's Shoreline Protection Commission. \The history of American shoreline planning has been to deal with problems in a crisis mode,\ he said.''That's part of the problem.'' Henderson's commission still plans to make recommendations in October on how to protect the shoreline. But enthusiasm is ebb- ing for several bills now pending in Congress on ways to drain water from the Great Lakes. Mystery Illness Strikes Cadets At West Point NEW YORK (AP) - A mysterious flu-like illness has struck nearly 250 cadets at West Point, all of whom had just return- ed from a week of training at a nearby military camp, it was reported today. Col. John Yeagley, a West Point spokesman, told the New York Post that doctors have ruled out food poisoning and now believe the il- lness was caused by a stomach virus that lasted from 12 to 36 hours. Since the first cases were reported Thursday, many of the cadets stricken — all first-year students — spent at least one night in the Keller Army Hospital at West Point, about 50 miles north of New York City. About 20 were still in the hospital, the Post reported in today's edi- tions. The illness produced symp- toms of nausea and Vomiting. The first cadets became ill after an 11-mile march from Lake Frederick military camp, Yeagley said. All 1,200 first-year students went on the bivouac, he said. Two Malone Residents Die In Plane Crash legal labyrinth that invites corrup- tion,\ he said. Last week's arrest of 58 New Yorkers, including 44 current or past public officials, highlights the inadequacies of the current system, Rappleyea said. The of- ficials were caught in an FBI sting operation in which an undercover agent offered bribes or kickbacks in return for public works con- tracts. Officials from Westchester Coun- ty to the Canadian border were caught in the FBI net. Rappleyea said state laws gover- ning the awarding of contracts have proven inadequate at pro- moting the hiring of competent firms to do the job and of \ensuring integrity and accountability in the construction of public works.'' He pointed that his office issued in March a report on the public bid- ding process which advocated reforms, including the right to dis- qualify potential bidders whose past work has been inadequate and the adoption of statewide standards that all officials must follow when awarding a contract. According to the Assembly Republican report, existing rules in this area are a \patchwork of fragmented and often: counterproductive guidelines and procedures.\ Rappleyea said tougher contract- awarding standards would be a logical extension of the new ethics- in-government legislation the Assembly and Senate approved during their 1987 regular session. \Building public confidence in the integrity of government must go hand-in-hand with building facilities,\ he said. \Tough new standards for public works con- tracts should be enacted and vigorously enforced.'' Charles Dumas, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson, R-Binghamton, said he would not toe surprised if the FBI arrests last week led to new contract-awarding rules next year in the state Legislature, when lawmakers convene their next regular session. \Usually when something of that magnitude arises, some moves are made to take corrective ac- tion,\ he said. A Republican state senator, Nicholas Spano of Westchester County, announced last week he in- tended to introduce a bill that would clamp down on the contract- bidding process. The state's current $5,000 limit for purchase contracts and $7,000 limit for contruction contracts not subject to the state's competitive bidding laws would be lowered to $300 for all contracts under the legislation. In addition, Spano said his bill will call for the creation of a special bureau in the state attorney general's office to deal with cases of suspected fraud in local govern- ment. gence Cosmic Agers By HOWARD GOLDBERG Associated Press Writer More than 20,000 believers in a new cosmic age gathered at moun- tainSj parks and ancient religious sitesito celebrate a ' 'harmonic con- vergence\ with humming and hug- ging; peace activists, spiritualists andtetter-day flower children. All brought their own expecta- tions to the two-day event, which continued today and was conceived as the launching of a period of cleansing toprepare Earth for con- tact with alien intelligence in the 21st;century. A few claimed to be com- municating with extraterrestrials or spirits, but many seemed satisfied just to enjoy some down- to-earth togetherness. \How often do you get to stand on a lawn holding hands with a stranger on a Sunday morning?' asked Tim Young, 24, one of about 100 believers who turned out at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. Organizers and police reported more than 22,500 people at two dozen sites including Chaco Ca- nyon, N.M.; Mount Shasta in California; Serpent Mound in Ohio; Glastonbury, the English city of King Arthur, and at the massive Pyramid of the Sun in San Juan de Teotihuacan in Mexico, Others may have been involved in small, private gatherings. Droves of people ascended Mount Shasta in Northern California to watch the sunrise, some hugging and some holding hands and chan- ting. Ranger Ken Showalter said as many as 5,000 people were on the mountain. An estimated 750 people gathered Sunday near Niagara Falls and stretched their arms toward the rising sun in something leaders described as an Iroquois purifica- tion ceremony. The Indian and '60s elements of the celebration merged at the Ser- pent Mound, about 60 miles east of Cincinnati, as about 3,400 people, many in tie-dyed clothing, visited an ancient Indian religious site, Colorado writer Jose Arguelles, who conceived of the harmonic con- vergence in his book \The Mayan Factor,\ planned to spend today meditating at a mountain campsite near Boulder. Arguelles, who calls the Mayan Indians the \navigators\ of the \waters of galactic synchroniza- tion,\ wrote that his study of their ancient calendar showed the earth in the last phases of a galactic beam of lightit entered in 3113 B.C. SEAWAY FESTIVAL - Tom Barr commandant of the St. Lawrence detachment of the Marine Corps League presents a check to Pete Cole, chairman of the Seaway Festival. The proceeds for the check came from the chicken barbeque the Marine Corps League held at the festival. (Dolin Photo). Protesters Gather At Fete For North Most Boaters Lack Basic Boat, Water Safety Skills VALLEYFIELD, Quebec (AP) — A small Cessna aircraft with four persons aboard crashed into the St. Lawrence River, near Valleyfield, Quebec, taking the lives of two New Yorkers, Canadian authorities said. Provincial police identified the dead in Saturday's crash as John F. Clark, 63, of Malone, N.Y., and his grandson, Eric Cioffi, 2. Clark's daughter, Jan Clark Ciof- fi, 29, mother of the boy, and pilot Hugh Schckol, 60, both of Malone, were rescued from the water by fishermen. They were taken to Valleyfield Hospital with multiple fractures, according to Andre Blanchette of Quebec Provincial Police. A hospital spokesman said they were released Sunday. Lottery Rdp ALBANY, N.Y. - The winning numbers for Sunday were 1-7-1 and 2-6-1-4. The Sunday WIN-10 numbers were 2, 8,10,13,18,19, 20, 26,28, 29, 32, 36, 38,45, 48, 49, 53, 70, 78, 79. FURNITURE OPEN NIGHTS! TUES.-WED.-THURS.-FRI. CLICKNERS MATTRESS CO. PHILMONT,N.Y. (AP) —Oliver North Day went off as scheduled without the guest of honor, but nearly 200 protesters from New York and western Massachusetts did gather for a peaceful demonstration against the com- munity's decision* to fete its hometown hero. Flanked by a throng of pro-North supporters singing \God Bless America\ and \The Battle Hymn of the Republic,\ the protesters gathered in front of the Philmont post office shortly after 10 a.m. for a brief news conference at which four speakers aired their opposi- tion to the Saturday's festivities and the Central American policy of the Reagan administration. \I am here because I do not believe that we should teach our children that they can be heroes as they learn to lie, cheat, aid our enemies, evade the laws of the land, and show their contempt for democracy,\ said Kathy Stumph, of Citizens for Prevention of Nuclear War, one of several peace groups represented. David MacMichael, a former estimates officer for the National Intelligence Council of the CIA, followed later with the most impas- sioned speech of the morning. \Something strange seems to have happened to my country,\ said MacMichael, currently a senior fellow of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington. \It's chosen for its president a man believed by the majority of his people to be a liar, a man whose policies the majority of his people disbelieve. It's hard to figure, and it's hard to figure what's going on here today. \I've heard before of people be- ing hailed as heroes in their hometowns for what others might consider dubious achievements. But never have I heard of a com- munity elevating a confessed liar and perjurer, and a subverter of the constitution. \If the action of the town of Phil- mont in honoring Oliver North represents the values of smalltown .America today,\ MacMichael con- cluded, \then I gravely fear that something more than documents has been shredded. In proclaiming this day I believe you've done a great disservice to the town that in his own peculiar way Oliver North has put on the map, Despite the demonstration, a parade kicking off the day's ac- tivities began as planned at 11 a.m. The village's lone police car, driven by one of its four part-time policemen, led the procession down Main Street as hundreds of people lined the route, many shouting their support for North. A woman dressed in a Santa Claus suit oc- cupied the second vehicle, a 1966 red Ford Thunderbird convertible, and imparted a holiday-like at- mosphere to the sunny day in spite of temperatures approaching 90 degrees. ft was a peculiar sight for a village accustomed to the relative peace and quiet befitting its rural setting among the rolling hills of Columbia County. Citizens were confronted with several members of the New York state police, some with German shepherds at their sides, along with the county sheriff's department and several undercover police. \We don't anticipate any pro- blems,\ said trooper J.V\ Fulmer, Jr. \We just want to make sure that nobody gets hurt, no matter what their philosophy.\ The parade, replete with a tiny marching band and a baton- twirling group of young girls — some of whom were unaware of what they were celebrating — wound its way along some tree- lined streets, past Oliver North's former home, and concluded in front of' 'The Hearth,'' a stately old home for handicapped people located not more than 100 feet from the post office. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — When Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Mc- Corry was on road patrol, he stop- ped drunks, ticketed speeders and checked license plates. When he moved over to the Marine Division of the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, he thought lie'd be doing pretty much the same thing — but on water. Instead, he finds himself teaching boaters how to operate their boats — something he never would have imagined doing on the road, \Teachingpeople how to drive?\ he asked with a chuckle. \I was surprised when I first came out here that they didn't have to have anything, not even a license.\ McCony, who has been with the Marine Division full-time for one year, sa;ys he's finding that water- ways in. the Rochester area are sometimes navigated by inex- perienced boaters who often lack basic boating and water safety skills, Inexperience was partly to blame for last week's boating acci- dent near the Ginna nuclear power plant that claimed the lives of three fishermen in Lake Ontario. But ex- perience was cited as a factor that saved the lives of a Canadian cou- ple rescued from Lake Ontario north of Wilson, Niagara County, after spending 18 hours in the water. McCorry and Deputy Dick Kingdon says they see the ig- norance and inexperience every day — from motor boat owners who don't know where to apply their boat registration stickers to boaters who haven't an inkling as to what to do in case of an emergen- cy on board. What the deputies would like to see is required boat and water safe- ty instruction for all boat owners. \Every boat owner should have to go to school for some kind of training,\ Kingdon said. But the issue appears to be a con- troversial one. Proponents of regulation believe boaters should be required to learn basic rules of the water, much like drivers are re- quired to learn the rules of the road. Opponents, meanwhile, maintain that it is a minority of boaters who lack experience on the water and that mandatory training would amount to unnecessary govern- ment meddling. All that is required of boat owners in New York State is proof of registration for engine-propelled vessels. Like 19 other states, New York requires boaters under 16 years of age to take a boat safety course if operating a vessel without supervision. No states currently requires licensing. According to the state Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles, there are 340,000 registered boats in the state, which has the 8th highest number of boats in the U.S. An estimated 100,000 are not registered. And while boating is becoming increasingly popular, it remains unregulated on the state's 2,300 waterways. Last year in New York, there were 298 boating accidents reported, resulting in 97 injuries and 35 deaths. State Sen. L. Paul Kehoe, R- Wolcott, a proponent of safe boating, favors boating instruction for boat owners, but doesn't think it should be a state requirement. In- stead, he suggested incentives such as reduced insurance premiums for boat owners who complete boat safety courses. Bishop Sets Services For Gays BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bishop Edward D. Head, who last December banned special religious services for a Roman Catholic homosexual group in churches of the Buffalo Diocese, will hold a prayer service for gay faen and women next month, a church of- ficial announced, The service will \help us get something off the ground for les- bian and gay people,\ said Mon- signor John Madsen, chairman of the diocesan Committee for the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Per- sons, Hetold The Buffalo News the ser- vice hopefully will \lead to an ongoing ministry in the diocese with persons having homosexual tendencies.\ The bishop will preside at the Sept, 9 service at Buffalo State Col- lege, Madsen said. 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