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Lottery 079 Press ublican Cloudy The Hometown Newspaper Clinton, Essex Franklin Counties Vol. 86—No. 209 Pittsburgh, N. Y., 12901, Saturday Morning, April 25,1981 Suggested Price:25c 40 Pages Reagan lifts grain sale ban to Soviets WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Reagan lifted the lSVi-month embargo on grain and corn sales to the Soviet Union Friday but serv- ed notice that the United States will \react strongly to acts of aggression wherever they take place.\ \I am today lifting the U.S. limitation on ad- ditional agricultural sales to the Soviet Union as I promised to do during last year's presidential campaign/' Reagan said in a statement. Reagan said he had not acted earlier to end the embargo declared by President Jimmy Carter Jan. 4, 3980 in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan because 44 I decided an immediate lifting of the sales limitation could be misinterpreted by the Soviet Union.\ The administration paved the way for the announcement with statements in recent days saying that the threat of Soviet intervention in Poland had eased. In addition to removing restraints on the sale of grain and corn, Reagan opened the way to resumed sales of phosphate rock, con- centrates of phosphoric acid and other pro- ducts used to produce fertilizers. But he kept in place an embargo on high technology exports to the Soviet Union. Reporting the lifting of the embargo as a flash news dispatch, the official Soviet news agency Tass said it had \inflicted serious economic damage not to the Soviet Union, as its inspirers wished, but to the United Slates itself.\ \It hit primarily American farmers and presented the United States in an unfavorable light before the whole world as an unreliable trade partner/' Tass said. Representatives of farm organizations hailed the move, contending that the embargo placed an unfair burden on American farmers and had failed to change Soviet policy. But a former ambassador to Afghanistan and a leading Senate Democrat said it amounted to rewarding the Soviets for not invading Poland. Carter had opposed lifting the embargo un- til Soviet troops moved out of Afghanistan. \I have determined that our position now cannot be mistaken/' Reagan said. \The United States, along with the vast majority of nations, has condemned and remains opposed to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and other aggressive acts around the world. \We will react strongly to acts of aggression wherever they take place/' Reagan did not elaborate on what the reac- tion might be but a senior administration of- ficial said there was available a \variety of measures,\ including restrictions on technology and trade. Trudeau: no effect on us OTTAWA (UPI) — Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau predicted Fri- day Ihat the lifting of the American embargo on grain exports to the Soviet Union would have little or no effect on the volume of Cana- dian grain sales abroad. He told a news conference the United States had followed Canada's lead in lifting its embargo several months ago, and the resumption of grain trade between the superpowers would have lit- tle impact internationally because the market had adjusted. \The Americans are (now) doing what we've been doing since last fall •— getting as good contracts as they can from the Soviets for the grain trade/' he said. \I think any effect of that will have been already discounted by the market and I don't think it will matter much.\ Carey, Anderson aim to tackle budget crisis Diamond jubilee Fred and Jennie Lavigne of Cumberland Head^- Pittsburgh,-celebrate, their_75th.. wedding anniversary today. They have three children, two grandchildren and 75-year love affair four great-grandchildren. They're holding a framed certificate of congratulations from the Clinton County Legislature. (PR staff photo by Helen McLeod) NEW YORK (UPI) - Gov. Hugh Carey said Friday he will sit down with Senate Majority Leader War- ren Anderson in Albany next Tues- day to try to break the impasse on the state's overdue budget. The budget was due to be sigrffed into law April 1. Negotiations bet- ween the two men broke down two weeks ago, andthey have not talked since. Instead the governor has traveled through the state drumming up sup- port for his proposal for a gradual state takeover of Medicaid — the major stumbling block in the budget negotiations. Carey, continuing his public lob- bying, held a meeting Friday T* ith Mayor Edward Koch, a represen- tative sent by Westchester County Executive Alfred DelBello and two Republican county executives — Francis Purcell of Nassau and Peter Cohalen of Suffolk. The county executives said a state takeover of Medicaid would reduce the counties* property tax by as much as 40 percent. Meanwhile, Orange County Ex- ecutive Louis Heimbach asked a state Supreme Court justice to order both houses of the Legislature back . into sessionlo pass-a budget. Heimbach contended in court papers filed with Acting State Supreme Court Justice Irving Greene in Goshen that the constitu- tion requires adoption of a state budget by April 1. State officials have said the deadline is an ad- ministrative one and is not spelled out in any law or the constitution. A Republican who supports Carey's Medicaid plan, Heimbach said the lack of a budget had forced counties, cities and school districts to put up money to meet state responsibilities and had resulted in unpaid bills and interrupted pro- grams. Lawyers for Anderson and Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink were ordered to respond in court May 4. Carey initiated the resumption of talks with Anderson, whom the governor has called an \obstruc- tionist\ and a \hermit with a let- ter on ftiursday. The letter was cor- dial, beginning with \Dear War- ren,\ and signed \Sincerely Hugh.\ But Friday the governor returned to his tough stance on a state takeover of Medicaid. \I will continue to advocate and press for a state takeover of local Medicaid,\ Carey said. When asked what he was willing to give Anderson in return for his acceptance of the Medicaid takover, Carey said, \We'll give him all the data we have on the takeover of Medicaid.\ Carey said the names he called Anderson were \terms of endear- ment,\ and said, \He (Anderson) will continue to be an obstructionist of a kind until he gets mil of ihe way of the Medicaid plan.\ Carey said the staffs of the two sides would meet over the weekend, but said it was unlikely they could prepare the way for a quick agree- ment on- a budget before the Tues- day meeting. \They cannot do it,\ Carey said. \They cannot commit the leaders.\ Atlanta suspect doesn't pan out Today's diamond glow warms Lavignes ATLANTA (UPI) — Hopes for an early break in Atlanta's sensational child murder cases were dashed Friday when police and the FBI said .they, had chEckfid out a acted on Miss McGill's information by 1 p.m. Saturday, CORE would step in and \make the collar.\ Brown said however, that \Mr. Tnnic has Fw»en aHvic^H nf tViA By HELEN McLEOD Family Life Editor PLATTSBURGH — Seventy-five years ago today, the Olympic Games were being held in Athens, Greece and the city of San Fran- risro was still in ruins after being and the snow was flying all over me. I felt just like a snowball. \After the wedding, his mother had a nice reception for us. My mother was ill and couldn't attend.\ The young couple settled rn Chazy, where Fred was employed Ipll TO bought one from the same boxcar and then sold it for $400.1 was on the porch when he came up and asked me if I wanted to sell my car. I guess he regretted selling his. But he had 400 dollar bills in his pocket. That was during the first World my own clothes and the children's, even the boys' pants/' she said with a touch of sadness in her voice. \Now that I can't see as well, it's an awful punishment for me not to sew.\ named by a civil rights group and found no reason to arrest him. Public Safety Commissioner Lee P. Brown and the FBI Agent John Glover declined to name the suspect reportedly a cab driver who moved to Atlanta from Miami three years ago, because \we do not want to have his or her\ reputation damaged. The announcement by Brown and consequences (of making a citizen's arrest).\ Innis told reporters later that \I'm ready to puH back that 72-hour deadline and send my people back out into the field to continue our in- vestigation.\ He said that his suspect and Larry Marshall a black homosexual ar- rested in Connecticut and returned to Atlanta to face assault and rob- destroyed by an earthquake. Folks in the North Country were awaiting word on the fate of their loved ones in that area. The ice had cleared from Lake Cham plain and the maple harvest was just about over. In Chazy, the Boomhower Butter Factory was churning out butter. Father Bergeron's public hall north of the Heaton Block was nearing comple- tion and all of Clinton County was getting ready for Old Home Week. All of these things were reported in the Plattsburgh Republican of Saturday, April 28, 1906. And. in the Chazy news section, a small notice read : ''Frederick LaVigne was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Tousant (sic) on Wednesday at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Rev. Father Bergeron officiating.\ Today, Fred and Jennie Lavigne celebrate tfreir /5th wwitimg an- —mversary Greetings and con- gratulatory messages have been coming to their home on Cumberland Head all week. But Mr. and Mrs. Lavigne would like nothing better than to ceiebrate this special day in a quiet sort of way. ;ust staying a: home I think God must have been with us or good to us because we've lived so many years together Mrs Lavigne said in a voice sounding much younger than her 91 year? She and her husband who is &4 sxill :ve ir the home he biuit 25 years ago \It seems so .or,g ago. arvd ye: :: doesr. t Mrs LaVigne sa:d reca.!- ;ng her we-ddir.g day I remember it was snowing ;r. the morr^ng. and I all in wh;te with a white hat as a carpenter for William Miner. He recalls Mr. Miner as \a slave driver/' and his boss, a man named McCullough, as \like a father to me.\ Lavigne bought an acre lot for $100, and bought Mr. McCullough's house — which he needed moved in order to build a covered driveway — and paid a man with a strong horse team $200 to move the house. \I used to walk two miles to work, work 10 hours, then walk back home,\ Lavi£oe rfif*M* After N* to come War, when cars were by. So I said him mine. \In those days, you could drive a car for four or five years and get a good trade on it/\ Lavigne said. \Now it depreciates the minute you drive it home. Gas was about 15 cents a gallon, but those old Fords ate up a lot of gas/' Fred and Jennie Lavigne had four children. Their oldest son died of leukemia, but they raised Kenneth, Velma and Fred at their home in for it,\ Lavigne said. \I remember one fella, he used to say to me, 'Lavigne, you've probably got the first cent you ever earned/ I don't know. But I remember driving a hay press; that's like a baler, for 25 cents a day.\ The Lavignes feel the years have been good to them, though. Their house still stands in Chazy — it's now Boire's Florists. They lived for a while on Boynton Avenue in the ci- ty, and moved to Cumberland Head ment that began when Roy Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality an- nounced from the steps of Atlanta's City Halt that CORE had a witness who could provide police with in- formation that would help solve the slaying of 25 young blacks during the past 21 months, The witness, whom UPI inter- viewed Thursday, was Shirley McGill, a Miami woman who said her former boyfrind had called her boasting of being involved in the bought his first car, he still had to park it a mile from the Miner farm because Mr. Miner didn't want any of his employees to have a car. That first car was something, Lavigne recalls. They'd been mar- ried a year when he bought the crankstart Ford for $36$. \No that's what it cost. I got a S5 dis- count for paying cash/* he said. \Three or four years later. I sold it for $400. I got Laid up and couldn't drive. There was a fellow who'd Locklin now live on Cumberland Head, not far from their parents' home; Kenneth now lives- in Florida. \We worked hard back then.\ Lavigne recalls. Mrs. Lavigne had a garden, and canned enough vegetables and fruits to see them through the winter. \I used to bake seven loaves of bread every other day/' she said, \because 1 had four dinner pails to pack/; She was also an expert seamstress. 'I made all Good morning! Inside today ... Business News Classified C&TACS I>ate Calendar Deaths. Pub.ie Record Editorial Commentary Entertair.mer.t Fam;,y Life Religious News Speak Out Sports Today Weather Scope € 9 4 lo-ii 14-16 24 • Gab:e company frustrated ;n attempts ic wider, seiec- Page I • Ranger-- advance ;r. Stan.ey C? ;.ayof?s Page 14 Lavigne remembers when the county fairgrounds were on Boynton Avenue. He poured the concrete pillars and built the old grandstand at the Bailey Avenue Park. A lot has happened in the past 75 years. Fred and Jennie Lavigne marveled over the recent flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Yet, Fred says. \I think about my Dad, what he wmrid say if he coukl $ee this. He'd be lost/' The Piattsburgh Town Board this week passed a resoiunon declaring today Fred and Jennie Lavigne Day/ They've received citations from Piattsburgh Mayor John Iane.ii. the county and state ,egis.atures and many others. The pr.es: down here he tells K.ds getting marr.ed :f they want to know what ove is a.i about to go down the r>ad and see Fred and Je-n-rve- Lavigrrve Mrs Lavigne says We must have something \ 5r.e >:t> !'jr a minute m her com- fortab e rr.a.r tr.en .OOKS :»er at her ?t:.i u.i r.star.d sitting m his killing, She mid hei boyfriend had moved to Atlanta from Miami three years ago to work as a cab driver. Innis initially issued an ultimatum that unless officials together.\ He said Miss McGill \identified the individual that you call Larry Marshall and she iden- tified him under a different name.*' Marshall, who knew Timothy Hill, one of the recent victims, has refus- ed to answer questions about the killings, sources say. He is being held in Eulton County jail. \ We still consider our suspect the key link in our investigation/' said the obviously angry Innis. \We're not going to back off an inch\ from Ui31 investigation. ~~ ~- * ~~ Brown said police had located and questioned CORE'S suspect the same day Innis held his news con- ference. Ferreting out a virus '.atisbwrgr. State .arves 4 rs an zor.'erer.ze a..-star .\>ockey team Page 15 -c-citer It ;-st age roes smi.ee ba r : >e*m .me \5 years :n\ sr.e said He;-jr CHICAGO fUPI) — Ferrets — small creatures of the same family as minks, otters and weasles — are almost extinct in the wild. Those used for Laboratory research and sold as pets are cage- raised. About 12,000 are sold each year, half as pets half as research subjects They have become attractive as house pets because they are fastidious, easily housebroken and usually docile But it is in the area of research that they nave really made a name for ihemse.ves A ferret &e:r.g used in laboratory research go: ever *::h ihe researcher who injected it w;:h a respiratory v-rus *Jhe ozher day When the scientist ben: do^r. :c check t>.e :r:tter for watery eyes or other s.gr.s that the v;rus had rafcen effect the ferret sneezed Further r.vest;ga- ucr. ;ntc the symptoms exhibited by the ferret had :x> t>e postponed The researcher went home w.th the v-.rus
