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Heat pumps help farmers be comfortable Page 5 St. Lawrence Seaway plan plan unveiled —Page 2 f Decker falls; U.S. boxing protest denied —Page 19 Press-Republican — * The Hometown Newspaper of ^^B Clinton Essex Fronklm Counties Vol.90-No.299 Copyright liti, The Press-Republican Pittsburgh, N.Y., 12901, Saturday Morning, August 11,1984 Suggested Price: 30« 94 Pages Nixon should apologize, Ford says By LINDA CORMAN BOSTON UPI — Former President Gerald Ford, who pardoned Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate. Friday said Nixon should apologize to the nation for his role in the scandal. \I think it would be in the best interest if he would (apologize).\ Ford told a news conference at a waterfront restaurant. Asked what an apology would accomplish. Ford replied. \You're just going over the same old crap/' Ford said his decision to pardon Nixon \was the right thing to do.\ \I did it,\ he added, \because I wanted to get his problems off my desk so I could concentrate on the problems of 230 million Americans, which were more important than the problems of one man.\ He answered no further questions on the mat- ter. Ford announced the pardon on Sept. 9, 1974, one month after Nixon resigned the presidency. At the time, he told reporters he was issuing \a full, free and absolute pardon unto Richard Nix- on for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period Jan. 20,1969 through Aug. 9,1974.\ Ford made Friday's comments during a news, comference called to announce his support for his former Cabinet member, Elliot Richardson, now seeking the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Richardson also held a variety of posts in the Nixon administration and resigned as Nixon's at- torney general rather than carry out orders to fire special Watergate prosecuter Archibald Cox. He is seeking the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Paul Tsongas, who is retiring for per- sonal and health reasons. \I am convinced that Elliot Richardson is the best person to represent the commonwealth in the United States Senate, and if the Republicans nominate Elliot, they have an excellent chance of prevailing in November,\ Ford told reporters. He stopped in Boston for five hours to attend three fund raisers for Richardson, who faces businessman Raymond Shamie in the GOP primary. \Elliot and I—we have a high degree of similarity on domestic and international issues.\ Ford said, praising Richardson for the \vast wealth of experience\ gained during nearly three decades of public service. House relents on Salvador aid ByROBERTSHEPARD WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House abandoned its opposition to more military aid for El Salvador this year and voted Fri- day for $70 million of the $117 million sought by President Reagan. The 234-161 vote cleared the way for final action by the Senate on a $5.8 billion spending bill to keep most government agencies operating and for Congress to recess until after Labor Day. The bill also includes $700 million needed to keep the food stamp program from running out of money in the next few weeks. The House refused last week to provide any additional military aid for El Salvador this year, but the Republicancontroiled Senate voted Wednesday for the full $117 million requested by Reagan. House and Senate negotiators were unable to agree on a com- promise Thursday and sent the issue back to the House for another vote. Rep. Clarence Long, D-Md., chairman of the House Ap- propriations subcommittee on foreign operations who originally opposed any additional aid, eas- ed his position and offered an amendment providing $40 million, but the House rejected that plan, 340-57, in favor of the amendment by Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., providing $70 million. Kemp said El Salvador's new president, Jose Napoleon Duarte, in a phone call just before the House debate began, said the aid was important not only militarily, hut was \a vital political need\ that would help him deal with factions of both the extreme left and right in his country. \Let's not pull the rug out from Mr. Duarte,\ Kemp said. \Let's give democracy a chance.\ Speaker Thomas O'Neill, who continued to oppose the aid, said earlier Friday the House pro- bably would agree to a com- promise figure. O'Neill said that since the previous House vote some key members had been persuaded by secret administration briefings that additional aid is needed to help El Salvador resist attacks by leftist guerrillas. Duarte*s reform efforts also bolstered the case for additional aid. O'Neill had said he still op- poses any additional aid, \but I know my thoughts don't prevail with the majority.\ The aid was contained in a sup- plemental spending bill needed by federal agencies to finish the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. The two houses were about $2 billion apart in their original versions of the bill, but the conference com- mittee came up with a $5.8 billion compromise on the non-aid pro* visions. The most urgent item was $700 million to keep the food stamp program from running out of money in the next few weeks. O'Neill said Reps. Edward Boland, D-Mass.. and Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.. two highly in- fluential members of the House, had been \tremendously im- pressed\ by secret briefings this week on the situation in El Salvador and would back a com- promise figure for the Salvadoran aid. Race riots Lawrence, Mass., emergency Jaguar on the loose The London Stock Exchange was flooded Friday as trading began in Jaguar shares. The offer for sales of shares was greatly oversubscribed as the company tried to raise money and buyers tried to acquire the prized stock. (UPI) Market falls 5.96 after early surge NEW YORK (UPI) -* The stock market finished with mixed results Friday as Wall Street wrapped up the busiest week in its 192-year history with some profit taking. The day started with a surge sparked by a drop in the nation's money supply that tpok pressure off of interest rates. But some investors were disturbed by an unexpected increase in producer prices. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 5.96 to 1.218.09. The closely watched averap, which soared 27.94 to a six-month high Thursday, rose 16.01 for the week overall. In the 12 sesions prior to Friday, the Dow had risen 137.48 points By DAVE WOOD LAWRENCE, Mass. (UPI) - City officials Friday declared a state of emergency and imposed a nighttime curfew in a working class neighborhood wracked by two nights of rioting between Hispanics and other ethnic groups. The declaration followed suc- cessive nights of firebombings, looting and fighting among Hispanics and members of other ethnic groups, predominantly of FrenchCanadian descent, in the Tower Hill neighborhood. \The events are both tragic and senseless and have led to a situation where too many people are reacting without reason or logic,\ Mayor John Buckley said after the five-member City Coun- cil voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency and impose a nighttime curfew for the weekend. Buckley said the curfew would be enforced between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. for three nights beginning Friday in the six-block area where the violence has occurred^ \WThopetoiheet Oils profilem' coolly and calmly. The city has a long and proud history of being a city of immigrants,\ Buckley said. He said signs stating the curfew were being posted in English, Spanish and French and anyone violating the order would be subject to arrest and detention for 24 hours. Twenty-seven people were ar- rested and at least 17 injured in the two nights of rioting, which police said began Wednesday with an argument between two families over a broken window and escalated quickly in the steamy humidity. Authorities offered conflicting opinions on whether the violence was prompted by racial and ethnic differences. Most agreed* the incident that touched off the first round of disturbances Wednesday was not related to race. \It's the Hispanics against the Anglos right now, but I don't think the underlying causes are racial,\ said Alderman Ray- mond Johnson, who is in charge of public safety for the factory ci- ty of 67,000 north of Boston. But Alderman Richard D'Agosltno disagreed, insisting, \Let's stop saying it's not a racial incident.\ In custody Police take ao-un&entitied youth to^a patrol wagon at the scene of some of the worst rioting Thursday night. (UPI) ' Johnson --raid *he~ violence— tion between ethnic groups over began as a \domestic dispute\ \this is my neighborhood — this and combusted into a confronts- is their neighborhood.\ The New York Stock Exchange index rose 0.11 to 95.08 and the price of an average share increased three cents. Advances led declines 1,106-552 among the 2,026 issues traded. The Big Board volume of 171,030,000 shares, up from 131,190,000 Thursday, was the fourth heaviest ever. It trailed the record 236,565.000 traded Aug. 3/ the 203.050,000 on Aug. 6 and the 172.830,000 on Aug. 2. The weeks turnover of 745.46 million shares eclipsed last week's record of 696.16 million. \After the big runup since July 24, blue-chips came under pressure and that's not surprising.\ said Eugene Peroni of Bateman, Eichler, Hill Richards. Los Angeles. \Other issues did better.\ Egypt fingers Libya, Iran for Suez mines ByHANZADAFIKRY CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) - Egyp- tian officials Friday said they were \70 percent sure\ Libya and Iran planted mines that have disrupted Suez Canal shipping and said they would close the Good Morning waterway to the nations' ships if the connection could be proven. In Washington, Navy officials said an amphibious ship had departed a U.S. naval base in Spain carrying four mine- sweeping helicopters to search for mines in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. vital waterways that lead into the Suez Canal. President Hosni Mubarak, returning from a four-day visit to Yugoslavia, said he would close the canal to the ships of any na- tion found to be responsible for blasts in the Suez gulf and Red Sea that have damaged 16 ships since July 27. \Egypt will prevent any coun- try which may have participated in the explosions that took place in the Gulf of Suez from crossing the Suez Canal.\ Mubarak said at an airport news conference. A specific warning to that ef- fect has already been transmit- ted from Egypt to Tehran through a third unidentified, party, it was reported. Weather Partly cloudy and hazy with a 30-percent chance of thunderstorms. High near *0. Tonight, k>w 55 to *5. Sunday, variable clouds. High again near 80 Lotteries The daily number Fri- day in the New York state k*tery was §5§ The Win-4 number was 1420 ing Business News Classified Comics Date Calendar Deaths Public Editorial Entertainment Family Life Horoscope In the Service Ann Landers Sylvia Porter Sports Students Weather 10-11 25-29 24 8 Record &-\ 4 23 5 23 12 24 10 ;*-22 15 14 • State'! wme cooler sales seen as a com- promise — Page 11. • Cuomo signs smote alarm bill, effective in 1§S6 - Page 14 • Storms cause flooding m New Mexico — Page 14. • Ormsby's faces sur- ptismg Alton* is CVBL playoffs — Page II. Olympics theft costs Jan Trombly PLATTSBURGH — The 19S4 Olympics ended on a tour note for Chazy's Jan Trombly Trombly. a member of the U.S. women\s hand- ball team, was burglarized of nearly 1700 per- sonal identification items and an irreplaceable collect**© of Olympic team pins. The Uieft occurred Wednesday, according to her father, CI in too County Sheriff Russell Trombly. The items were taken fromlier room in the Olympic Village, where she lives with six other athletes. The athlete was left with only an airplane ticket home. Sheriff Trombly said an official of the Los Angeles Olympic Committee toid his daughter oot to report the tbeft. 'They didn't want the bad publicity.\ the sheriff said. But his daughter reported it anyway, and. as a result. Trombiy said the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating None of the other athletes had any of their possessions stolen, leading poiice to believe Trombiys money and personal items were taken by someone living in the room. ihe sheriff said Trombly said his daughter was very upset\ after the incident and wanted to return home. But the sheriff said his daughter will stay and return sometime ia;e next week Trombly $ team played as ast game Thursday night beating the Australian scuad The U.S. women s handball team wor. two games, km three and finished fourth :n worid competttioft.
