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Lottery 200 Press ublicciii V0I.86-N0. 211 The Homejgwn Newspoper 0/ •• Clinton. Essex, Fronklm Counties Pittsburgh, N.Y., 12901, Tuesday Morning, April 28, 1981 Showers Suggested Price: 25c 48 Pages Another black found dead in Atlanta ATLANTA (UPI) — The body of a black male was found in the Chattahoochee River west of Atlanta late Monday, apparently the 26th victim of the killers preying on the city's young blacks. \We have a body and it's a black male/ 1 said Deputy Police Chief Morris Redding, commander of the task force investigating the slayings. \We have no further comment.\ Redding would not say whether the body was believed to be the 26th victim, but his statement — it has been rare for any member of the task force to say anything tcwreporters — implied that the task force was assuming the body would go on its list. The body, like those of nearly all the recent victims, was ap- parently stripped to underwear or shorts. There was no indication of its size or age. Four other victims have been found in the Chat- tahoochee, including Michael Mclntosh, who was buried earlier Monday. The last three victims have all been adults ranging in age from 21 to 23, with child-like builds. Two were mentally retarded. It took rescue units, who had trouble finding a place to get their boats in the water along the heavily wooded, bramble-strewn banks, more than an hour to get the corpse out of the river. It was sent to the Fulton County morgue, where medical examiners prepared to begin the process of identification. Discovery of the body qame during an intensive police search for Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, who disappeared last Wednesday. Police had not added Payne's name to the task force list, but the missing man — like all three adultsr victims — was slightly built. He was only 5- feet-3-inches tall. Jesse Grimes, 13, who had come to the area with his stepfather, a welder, said he was near the river bank when a man came running away from the river yelling \There's a body down there.\ \I saw him stuck in the weeds,\ the boy said. He said it was dress- ed in either \red underwear or trunks. At first I thought it was an in- nertube.\ Police spokeswoman Beverly Harvard said the missing persons bureau had received several reports that Payne had been seen. She said police also have received other information warranting the delay in turning his case over to the special investigators. \We've had reports he was spotted as late as yesterday (Sun- day),\ she said.\We are still trying to verify this information.\ Services attended by about 100 mourners were held for the 25th victim, Michael Cameron Mclntosh, 23. The body of Mclntosh, who was never reported missing, was pulled from the Chattahoochee River April 20. He had been asphyxiated, the same cause of death listed for 13 other victims. representative and several members of city council attended the services. Deborah Mosley, a friend of Mclntosh, who had a police record, addressed the gathering. \Mickey you rest on.\ she said. \Nobody's stepping on you any more. We love you but God loves you best.\ The Rev. Mac Simmons said, \A book ought to be written about his (Mclntosh's) life. It should be called Two Forces in Operation/ When you're poor, people make it harder for you. When you're poor and black, they make it doubly hard for you. And when you're poor, black and an ex-convict, they make it almost impossible for you. But the Lord will make a way for you.\ The slightly built Payne, whom police said has an extensive criminal record, was last seen by his sister leaving their home on his way to the Omni, a business and entertainment complex in downtown Atlanta. She said Payne had planned to trade some old coins at an Omni shop. Since July 1979, the task force list of murdered and missing young blacks has increased, at times by two victims a week. ~\ Violence over Sands mounts; crackdown on BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UPI) — IRA terrorists detonated a booby-trapped truck Monday, kill- ing one policeman and injuring two Ottrtutu Up 3lrtl*~ British activists who have threaten- ed bloody sectarian violence if hunger striker Bobby Sands dies. The political wing of the outlawed Irish Republican Army accused the British government of planning to let Sands — now on the 5Sth day of his fast — starve to death in prison rather than compromise on his demands for political status for IRA convicts in Ulster. Sands, 27, reported down to 98 pounds, is \a grotesque parody of the full-faced, blond, long-haired youth whose picture has appeared iiL newspaper^ aaipostersj' said a. Doctors said Sands, who was elected to the British Parliament April 9 from the cell in Belfast's Maze prison where he is serving 14 ycar9—for- firearms violations, believed the bombs were sent by IRA supporters. In Frankfurt, West Germany, about 40 demonstrators belonging to 4he~West German branch of the H almost died Saturday night. The British government, which refuses to give the prisoners \political\ status, or forcefeed them, denied reports he was \slipp- ing in and out of a coma/' But a spokesman for the Northern Ireland Office, Britain's governing arm in the province, said Sands was \deteriorating fast\ and doctors were maintaining a 24-hour vigil at his bedside. Police leave has been \restricted\ in Belfast, Lon- donderry and other cities where there have been serious outbreaks- spokesman for the H-Block Commit- tee which heads the campaign for imprisoned IRA men, who include three others on hunger strike. The spokesman, quoting Sands' sister Marcella, said: \He has sunken cheeks and his bones are sticking out through his skin. Although he can still move his limbs, his eyesight and hearing are diminishing fast.\ of rioting over the past two weeks, a police spokesman said. New bursts of rioting are expected across Nor- thern Ireland if Sands dies. In London, two letter bombs sent to Conservative Members of Parlia- ment were safely defused by bomb squad police. Both men. who had signed a petition protesting a private meeting at the House of Commons backing Sands, said they Block Committee burned the British flag outside the British mission and burst in on an Ireland exhibition in a cathedral in the city. In Washington, a State Depart- ment spokesman read a statement expressing U.S. concern \at the in- creasing violence\ in Northern Ireland. A pro-Sands rally Sunday night entled in a rock-throwing attack on a police station in Belfast and was followed by the explosion Monday ^afternoon. Police said they received an anonymous telephone call reporting a stolen truck was blocking an in- tersection and a six-man patrol was sent to investigate. Witnesses said the bomb exploded as one officer opened the door of the cab. The blast hurled him. across the road and he died on the operating table, as doctors operated on the two other wounded policeman. Reagan post-shooting debut today Testimony to violence Police gather evidence at the scene of an explosion in West Belfast Monday where three policemen were injured and one kill- ed when they went to investigate what seemed to be a hijacked lorry across the road. It turned out to be a booby-trap bomb. (UPI) Soviets admit embargo damage MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union conceded Monday it is not the economy was hard hit by the 15- month U.S. grain embargo that President Reagan lifted last week. The Tass news agency made the admission in a report that disclosed 113 million acres of ffiw land will be devoted to growing fodder crops this year. ~The Soviet Union fully meets its needs in food grain. But the popula- tion's demand for meat and some other products of livestock breeding are not yet being met in full/' the report said. \The increase in the areas sown to fodder crops will help supply livestock breeding more quickly with the most effective concen- trated fodders and consequently, to expand the output of animal husban- dry produce.\ Tass said the added land would be devoted to producing barley, oats. maize and other such crops. The report followed last week's aiuiouiicement that ttS€ Soviet Foreign Trade Ministry had con- tracted to buy 100,000 tons of meat from Argentina for each of the next five years at a reported cost of $1 billion. Moscow Has also purchased millions of tons of wheat, corn and barley from Argentina, Canada and Australia — nations which did not join the United States in embargo- ing shipments to Russia. When Reagan lifted the ISVJ- month-old embargo Friday, Tass said it had huij U.S. farmers more than it did Russian consumers. The boycott, imposed by former President Carter in January 1980, was not aimed at denying the Soviet Union bread. Rather, its main ob- jective was to limit the amount of grain — especially corn — available for feeding to cattle, hogs and poultry. Improving the per capita meat consumption of the country is a pPKJP tt^ Leonid Brezhnev. At present, the Soviet population of 266 million peo- ple has one of the lowest per capita meat consumption rates in Europe — about 127.6 pounds. Good morning! Inside today . .. WASHINGTON (UPI) — Presi- dent Reagan polished and \lengthened by his own hands'* Monday the address he will deliver to a joint session of Congress today in his first major public appearance since being shot four weeks ago. The 70-year-old president told reporters he feels \good but he appeared to be limping slightly on his left side when he stepped down from his helicopter after spending the weekend at Camp David. Wearing a cable-knit cardigan, a sports shirt and tan slacks, he smil- ed and waved as he walked toward the mansion holding his wife Nan- cy's arm. Reagan March 30 by a would-be assassin outside a Washington hotel. He has been gradually taking on more of an official load, but is not yet expected to return to the Oval Office full time. Acting press secretary Larry Speakes said Reagan would be working with his chief speechwriter. Ken Khachigian, on the final form of the address which will be delivered at 9 p.m. EDT. All major networks expect to carry it live. Speakes said the president plans to include a \personal\ note in the address, referring to the attempt on his life. Aides acknowledge that Reagan*s rising popularity polls in- dicate a \sympathy factor.*' and his speech is expected to dramatize his recovery. Reagan's doctors \raised no ob- jection\ to the president's decision to go to Capitol Hill to for the speech, Speakes said. The speech, originally scheduled to last 15 minutes, has been \steadily lengthened by his own hands,\ he said. \He feels it is particularly impor- tant at this juncture,\ said Speakes, citing \key votes\ on budget cut proposals, including the Gramm- Latta alternative, that are due later in the week. The administration supports that substitute, which would impose $6 billion in additional cuts^ beyond those originally proposed. He also reported, \We're very siiXlQCni WAI uic pi G51UET11 3 budget cuts, which were stymied in the Senate Budget Committee when three Republicans revolted, now will be approved. The GOP senators struck an accord Monday which paved the way for the Reagan plan. On other subjects, Speakes: —Said the president \has no pro- blem** with delaying presentation of the Saudi Arabian sophisticated arms package to Congress until midsummer as recommended by Senate GOP leader Howard Baker. He said it is not considered a \delay\ since the administration had not announced a timetable. —Refused to support Secretary of State Alexander Haig's interview statement that the embargo on grain sales to the Soviet Union would be reimposed if the Soviets in- vade Poland. Comeback President Reagan waves to reporters at the White House Mon- day as he returns from a weekend at Camp David. He will address Congress today. (UPI) Agnew to pay for accepting bribes Business News Classified Comics Date Caendar Deaths. Pubjc Record Editorial Commentary Entertainment Family Life 5 pea* Out Sports Today Wimxber Sccoe 10 24 9 11 4 15 3 5 z 14 15 £ • Catholic educators see bright days ahead. Page 5 • New Orleans to pick first today in NFL draft. Page 14 • Saranac's Bucky Baker throws 2-hitier a: MAI ir. schoolboy baseba.. opener. : 5 No appeal The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst's ap- Dea* of r>er arrr^c rob- oery convtct'on ster^r^- ng +rom *er 1974 K C ANNAPOLIS Md. fUPI) — Spiro T^Agnew v>oiated his public trust by accepting bribes as governor of Maryland and vice president of the United States ar>d mist repay the state 1248 day \There cour' t o^ese w r>e r a* or u *~y. UP *^5 a judge ruled Mon- :s rvo questK>r. :r. the d that Mr Agnew public trust aad ius > duties to the state of Vary .and Circuit Jucge Bruce w.;.:arr.s r^.ec following a four-day The $24$ 50C ;is kickbacks Agnew received between 1988 and 1972 from Maryland engineering firms in exchange for state highway contracts and $101.2*5 in interest The scanda. forced him to resign the vice presidency :n 19\3 The award was 150.000 iess than that sought by the state and by three Maryland taxpayers who initiated the class action suit five years ago The taxpayers were dropped as plaintiffs ;ust before the f:na. rj.- Agnew s attomev T Rogers Har- rison, said his ciient probably would appeal. In Rancho Mirage. Caiif a spokesman for the former vice president said Agnew :$ turning down a*i requests for interviews Assistant state attorney general Michael Miiiemann was jubilant. The judges firs: finding was that (Agnew i too* kiCKbacks His second finding *as iha: re nas to pay them bac* p.u.s ;r.:erest Miiiemann said Th:> ~r.-.*$ ic an end a very unhapp;- chapter in Mary.and histor-
