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x^ LfeM *\ VOL 74-WO. 12S ipp^i^^ - * -Vm^.^**^ „-. U.f/;.\ teTeruieT^JbMfspa TICONDEROGA — A H-millioo lire razed the American Graphite mill here Tuesday morning as firemen were held at bay by »to-4W*low-tero temperatures. ;., ; • v Jt is suspected that a conveyor belt trtcsmftktg power from t water wheel at Tloooderoga Creek dam slipped and Jammed -,,.•-.--. ,,•>-•• -: : : : _^, .„ ^: •...<,-;••.;-•; .,.,-,, -;.:• Resulting friction, it is believed, caused a burst of flame that rapidly traveled along the oil- and resin-coated belt Into the building.^ .. The multilevel wood frame mill was engulfed m flames when more than 40 volunteer firemen and three pieces of breTighting equipment arrived at 7 a.m. - The company employs 12 persons, but only one man— Xeland Smith—was on duty. No one was injured. Smith, who had been working in the mill alooe during the night, attempted to reach a fire extinguisher when the building filied with smoke. He said he wasn't sure where the fire was. When he couldn't make it through the smoke he went to telephone the lire department ' Plant manager Vincent Strebe said that he had been called to the mill at 1:50 a.m. when Smith reported he was having trouble keeping the 15-inch machine belt from slipping due to the extreme cold. Strebe said he left the mill at 5:30 a.m. and did not notice anything was wrong. •vXhfi^belt transmitted power from the main line from the water wheel in the creek. It entered the mill at a height of 20 feet and carried power to overhead shafting throughout ' the mill. • . . . • The plant had three sprinkler systems believed to have been in working order. It is not known if they worked It is suspected they did but were unable to handle the intense blaze that developed from the friction of the jammed belt Jt was apparent that had there been strong winds the nearby International Paper Co. and the Ticonderoga busi- ness district, as well as several homes, would have been threatened. , , ^ Flames gushed over MM feet into the air, fcUowfcjg the •<. -•. - rupture of a 10,000^aflon fuel ofl Large hot particles from the blase were carried tab air, failing as far away as time mite fa the «*t <tf JN«fc otnt and Baldwin Rds» $? -•:-^*#^$m>~$*&j9 < One firanaa remarked, \Hunt God .the roofs!* 1 -• 'it^T: • yfyv^-^ji^^ i &&$$j&i All equipment in the mill was lost but some tm pounds of graphite may be salvaged. * „ •;-*/•<•,^~>- Gordon O'DeU said that he was coming to work 6:50 a.m. from Us trailer residence across the street from the mill. -. v . ^ t : ,,.. .,-,--. - ; -^^v*&**& \ He said he did not notla any rigns of srodte or fire « that time and that when he got to the nuO be thought he no- ticed a smell \lite a belt\ and immediately weot to search of Smith. < - .: r •,•-.*. .v-^-., - .iiw •\......- The firm as of late Tuesday had no plans lor rthifldmg, Officials of the parent firm—Joseph Dtxoo Orudble O* of Jersey City. NJ.,-^re expected in Ticooderoga today and tomorrow to investigate. -, { *••• ^ Strebe said that the ember of the fire was the lower level grinding room. ~ . — : ^^» ^^ Firemen had plenty of truobles hampering their attempt -to contain the fire. -^. / .,-• • - • r > •>-.-: < >- j •y*-/Z&-l£$f$&. j At lease two trucks were Rut JQiit of action at 'me\'ttw because of freezing of lines and pumpers. *y,^ ,• ^;^,>, Fire hoses stretched along tte^grouad froie n^idly aod some 2.500 feet of hose had l^^t§l&n 16 the Tkooderoga Town shed and the No. 7 papa* machine room of the Intar* national Paper Co. to thaw out p ;& Firemen were able to keep ooe truck comptotety p •ped and in working order during the freezing conditions to meet other possible emergencies. - ^->.-^ 4 v ^^*v Meanwhile, a truck from the Crown Point Volunteer Firs under a mutual aid call and was stav * *• NHT » y* tioned at the lower Ticonderoga hoee house on a standby basis. • .••,>.;•• - -.. - •••• .-•.- • .r^-.yj. ^:-i:^- .^^iT-.-T--^ Firemen were plagued by a lack of water praam wtao a line bunt near the flaming mffi. M Page I) SMOKING RULNS-Voluoteer flremeB play a stream*^! wa- ter M the charred remains of the American Graphite mill. Unofficial estimates set damage to the Ticcoderoga establisb- meot at more than $1 million in fire Tuesday morning. Tern- peratares had dripped bekw the mlaus-» mark, adding U the dlffkukies of valuteer firemen, wtiose hoses wm its- dered temporarily useless whe» *mimer* becane dogged with debris from creek bottom. in brief BIailKT£ pood: starts 2nd week CAPE TOWN, LSouth Africa (AP) — Dr. Philip Blaiberg's condition still is excellent a week after he received a new heart. Groote Schuur Hospital sa>d Tuesday. It said there were no signs his body was rejecting the ~ heart and no infection. j The Tetiped dentist. 5*. who ^became the world's third recipi- ent of a transplanted human heart on Jan 2. is receiving drugs to comhat the hody's ten- dency to reject foreign tissue but radiation treatment has not, been necessary f the hospital' said. Hanoi pictures Ho not dead TQKVQ fA p T— H*™ cast a picture Tuesday of Presi- dent Ho Chi Minh with a visitor from Cambodia. Fcreiir> Mins- ter Norodom Phuiissan. in ap- parent answer to a Saigon re-' port that Ho was dead t The Saipw: newspaper Corx Chang quoted ^speda] sources\ JRockviiow has doubts oh medieaid lOLX uor. gas ALBANY, NY. (AP) — Gov. Rockefeller conceded Tuesday he may have been wrong in sup- porting the state's costly medic- aid program at the outset and said the law will have to be amendei_lllo conform with fed- eral standards. M At the same time he asserted that adequate medical care for tbe needy- \as a concept is es- senUal\ and plugged for public and legislative approval of a state universal health insurance j ! ALBANY. NY. (AP» — Gov.; Rockefeller will recommend in- creases in the state taxes on liquor and gasoline, along with income and business tax boosts, to raise the $500 million in extra (revenue he says he needs for * his new budget. ] Well posted sources reported that Rockefeller decided on the . gas and liquor levies over the weekend and would include these proposals in the $5 5-bil- • l»on budget plan he sends to the ' Legislature next week. u He wm recommend raising the £ asoline tax b™& «« to scven cents a : gallo ?\ which would produce $50 million an- nualI y- He wiU P^P 0 ^ increas- in S the Uc I tlor tax from , J1 - 50 to c °° a S^lflft P lus minot ^ CTeases ^ b^ 1 \ and ^^ — aI l calc Ulflted tp^roduce r: about |20 miUion a ISational. International Favorite son candidates could tie up the Republican convention and prevent any candidate from engineer- ing a first ballot landslide. Page 2 ... Surveyor VII lands gently cm the moon putting a successful end to the Surveyor •<, Page i . . . lk>venx>r Rodteieiier wiii asK the state legislature lo amend the state s strict abortion law, Page 2 ... Slock market repcrt. Page S . . . Lumber com- pare spefcesrnan and lumberjack union represeritaLves ihreat- er. COLT: action to prevent U.S. firms from selling lo Japa^, Page 2 . . Heart trar.5ptfLnts oonunue with a second attempt jr. Brooklyn. Page 1 ... An ex-Soviet geoerai is arresied for protesting cio&ed ir^ls. Page 1 decision to seek major In- * creases in the income and busi- ness taxes had been known for several days, the same sources having revealed this to The As- sociated Press last Thursday. » The Republican governor win recommend a 20 per cent sur- charge on the income tax — that is, increasing each taxpayer's annual tax liability by 20 cent. The annual yield would be if about (380 million. The business tax increases he will seek also will range around 20 per cent. This woull produce about SI50 xrillioG a year. He win speQ out details, in- I Wo* ibmt 4rmOtt*rA Atttftctt GrmpUte Cm. mfll m hmmptnt 1>y TIcMderoga Twtwday. Three spriaUer wjUtms in plot were mmp tbe flames whkk reportedly enyted wfcea a >• - • -ctaei-of died Dec. 2C of a comtHnaboo of htart (Lsease and tabercuios^s Aeyiuni granted lo 4 cleserter* TTOTKHOLM 'A.? -? Community ^i m. irmrK PSUC pndessor traces the de\^0prr>ent of a medical scboa! ni Possburgt dm? the 1450 s. Pa§? 4 . . Potenual Uttk Tnea^e payers try tor parts, the saor> in pKUr», € Didje Caiende\ P»?e € .-.-. Pia>^sJ^:^ becomes lo foor kn r* \J-S »i r J n *W prxts: ih? V tte new hc«m< of a hear, and chest srgwi. Pag? 3 ... 3>:venes$ vehicles ca^se two »JU> mrecks Pa^t > . . . New York doctors dnc : have to cntat or. Medicaia to rr.ake nxr>ey. si}-; one erper. Page ! . . . Represent::** Carieur. K-ng n^y kise Crsicic Cain:y »ca^se of recasnetiftfc. Pig? 3 . . . 14 PS'JC pT3fe?ocrs ar» r-aoec its wo 3 ... Ter^r*a!ar? rwurts haver : csac ^ P i budget The cooobmed effect of the vanous tax Reds sneak | JSeiv York doctors would be to prodace about 1600 m kiD 7 GIs SAIGON (AP) — Qxnsnsbi frj^T^lrait^p/aril KEW YORK (AP) - warkff fifth a faB yvi? Bat Urn field farres crept onto an Americas d^r nifht oc Lous Block, 57, hearts be fesi thar that amooD: ar-fieid r> the cestni >wgh>anrt^ and he was reported m airp^ases and left after a wtach starts Apra 1 — of the booRi . Eockeieier £ tn Com m+nt )et'*r* harzx J—ir. are iarf mart! 1 , b? SrA! Sooer-. Pir* Abortion reform fa^ore<l CA? - Weather
