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Tower of power Mariners'Johnson wins At Cy Young Award. Page 12 The Hometown Newspaper of HI Clinton, Essex, Franklin Counties Vol. 1,03 - Ho. 86 . ©Cop^UWS.PwM-Itopubliean NY 12901, Wednesday, November 15,1995 -- ~ •• • Suggested Price: 50 c 20 Pages Clinton County considering selling to private contractor By MITCH ROSENQUIST Staff Writer PLATTSBURGH - For sale: Modern landfill, recycling center, countywide waste-disposal system and all related equip- ment. Price: Negotiable. Serious inquiries only to Clin- ton County Government Center by Dec. 13. And so, following Essex Coun- ty's recent decision to sell its landfill system, Clinton County legislators unanimously voted Tuesday to entertain purchase offers for its own system from private companies. \We've tried to cover every possible issue in this request for proposals,\ Chairman Bob Bruno said Tuesday. The request for proposals, which does not bind the county to selling the system, requires the bidding companies to factor in maintaining all 11 convenience stations at their current operating level, providing the same level of service at all the fa- cilities, and retaining as many of the 48 county landfill employees as possible. County Administrator William Bingel said Tuesday he had not yet estimated what a minimum acceptable sale price would be, but said the county \easily\ has in excess of $10 million worth of landfill property and related equipment. Motivating county officials to sell the landfill is fear that private landfills cashing in on trash from across the state will undercut Clinton County's tipp- ing fee. The result would be less trash coming into Clinton County's landfill, which in turn would force the tipping fee to be in- creased to make the system self- supporting. Essex County faced the same problem, and the tentative deal they struck, with a private firm will lower their tipping fees from $144.50 a ton to $35 a ton. Ironically, Essex County's decision and other budget factors have already impacted prices in- Clinton County. Legislators Tuesday set new tipping fees for next year,, raising the per-ton fee from $69 to $79, or $1.20 per 17- to 30-gallon garbage bag. The new fees will take effect in Feb- ruary. While the budget and eco- nomics are legislators' main con- Continued Pag*10 iicans trying to draw hard new line on property rights By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans' homes may be their castles but the property line is not a moat. Arguing the state too often.breaches property rights, a brewing political movement would put more punch behind the warning: Keep Out. Traditions of community and individualism have come into conflict in a debate taking hold in the presidential campaign and Congress after getting rolling in the states. Top contenders for the Republican presidential nomina- tion are all behind efforts to force government to pay people for decisions that devalue their property, and to restore what they consider the lost sanctity of private ownership. \I will end the big land grab,\ aays Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, promising to limit government intrusion into property .as his first act if he becomes president. No more, say advocates, should the discovery of an en- dangered golden-cheeked warbler render someone's land useless, as it did when a Texas woman's 15 acres were blocked from devel- opment. They say authorities would have to think extra hard before deciding whether that body of water on someone's property is a wetland off limits to development or simply a big, sloppy mud pud- dle. \The agents have stolen our dreams and our land,\ Northern California winery owner Nancy Cliner said, telling a congres- sional panel that officials blocked use of half her vineyard because it was a wetland. \I urge you to make them pay for it.\ To the Clinton administration, property legislation passed in the House, moving through the Senate and pitched in the GOP campaign is \intensely mischievous,\ risking en- vironmental and other land-use rules and opening the way to more lawsuits and higher tax- payer costs. WEATHER Rain. High 40 to 45. Northeast wind 10 to 20 mph will shift to south. Chance of rain 90 percent. INDEX • 11, i 11 1111 , i , 11 , i , , 1 11 i i '' 1111 1111111 i i l 11 i 111 1111 i i 11111 i i , Bridge v , 18 Business News 8 Classified 17-20 Comics 16 Horoscope 16 Ann Landers 16 Seniors 6,7 Public Record 9,10 Edkoridkv^r. m r,..^v~~., w m ..4JsB8ttSi ! » ! •••.••^ 12 -15 TV Listings 8 Weather 5 N.Y. Lottery: 7-2-3. Tick 4 1 : 9-7-3-8. Take 5: 11-16-19-31-38. Pick 10: 4-5-6-1 0-21 -25-27-33-34-43-46-48-49-50-54.55-63-65-49-75. Mi* iiiflldiidrPiek 3': 0-7-2. 'Pick 4 1 : 9-5-1-0. Tri-Stat« Caih: 13-14-24-25-30 apd 10. Winter storms through North Country ' • ' f! Staff Photo/Mike Dowd While area drivers struggled to stay on roads as slippery as ski slopes, Mike Burdick couldn't resist the chance to ski the sidewalk in front of Hood Hall at Plattsburgh State Tuesday night. By BRIAN E.TROMBLEY and MARK HOLLMER P-R Writers PLATTSBURGH - The first \nor'easter\ of the season caus- ed blinding, treacherous and slippery conditions on highways throughout the North Country Tuesday. Several accidents were reported, including one where a Wilmington woman suffered serious injuries and another where a tractor-trailer sailed off Interstate 87 into the me- dian near Keeseville about 7 p.m., trapping the driver inside. Police scrambled to respond to dozens of minor and major accidents, ranging from cars in the ditch to another vehicle that went off the road into the Salmon River. The tractor-trailer accident closed traffic from exits 33 to 32 southbound for nearly two hours. The rig's driver, Donald Young, 58, of Noyan, Quebec, was taken to CVPH Medical Center with what police described as minor injuries after he was trapped in the crushed cab of the vehicle for several hours. Young was carrying between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds of fresh carrots in the tractor- trailer, and, according to witnesses who spoke to police, \he went flying by them\ during the heaviest part of the storm, lost control of the rig and crashed into a set of guiderails. \The truck was twisted right up. The cab was caved in, but he was talking to everybody as they tried to extricate him,\ said Trooper Tom Golden, who was in charge of the investiga- tion. He creditied volunteers from the Keeseville Fire Department and Rescue Squad for their work in freeing Young. Continued Pagt 10 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN GOP may restore some programs By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - With the Smithsonian's museums shuttered and federal workers •sent home in droves, the Clinton administration and Republican leaders failed to reach accord on the budget Tuesday and sharply attacked each other over a par- tial government shutdown. \At this time, I have to tell you we are at an impasse,\ White House Chief of Staff Leon Panet- ta said after several hours of talks with GOP leaders ended without agreement. With the shutdown less than one day old, though, Republicans moved to shelter certain politi- cally popular programs from disruption. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said legislation would likely begin moving \in the next day or two\ to reopen facilities such as Social Security offices so new ap- plications could be taken, veter- ans' offices, passport facilities and possibly national parks. Both sides seemed to be digg- ing in, though, on the overall issue of getting the entire gov- ernment back into operation. \Let's say 'Yes' to balancing the budget, but let us together say 'No' to these deep and unwise cuts in education, technology, the environment, Medicare and Medicaid,\ Clinton said in an assault on the GOP budget priorities. Gingrich quickly retaliated, saying Clinton was accusing the GOP of \phony cuts that do not exist.\ He said the president's own balanced-budget proposal would perpetuate deficits forever, and he challenged Clinton to help negotiate a seven-year plan to erase deficits \without baloney.\ Senior White House aides met at midday with key lawmakers, the two sides arranging themselves around a green, felt- covered table in one of the Senate's committee meeting rooms. They reconvened a few hours later, but that session, like the first, yielded no agreement. Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R- N.M., said no further meetings had been set, although staff con- tacts would continue. And with the government's routine borrowing authority ex- pired as well, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said he would take unspecified steps \to avert the default that will otherwise take place.\ The first effects of the shut- down were felt Tuesday, al- ContinuedPage 10 Local workers off, no new claims taken By RICHARD C. TEN WOLDE Staff Writer NYC tourists foiled by budget war Page 5 PLATTSBURGH - Becky Schwartz and her colleagues waited for the phone call that eventually came at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. They were told to go home, to leave their jobs at the Social Security Ad- ministration. The federal governme- nt will call on them again after the nation's leaders solve the budgetimpasse. But the hundreds of North Country residents who rely on the Social Security Administration and some -.other_s_exyices_tp help them through the lean times are now without contacts. \It's going to hurt a lot of people,\ said Schwartz, who is the local union president for the American Federation of Government Employees. \Most people don't realize how much the Social' Security (office) does until they need it.\. Checks aren't in danger The administration takes claims for and distributes Social Security checks, Medicare payments and Supplemental Security In- come for people who are disabled pr over 65 and on a limited income. Checks for eligible recipients will go out on time in December, but no new claims can be filed. Staff greatly reduced Technically, the doors will remain open during the usual 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift but only the three managers will be available to answer questions. The office normally has about 20 representatives who handle more than 80 inquiries a day. Until,._a__budget agreement is reached, Social Security win Tie open to visitors, butf the phone system will be off the hook. Dave DiRenzo, district manager for the administration, said he and his fellow man- agers should be able to help about 20 to 25 Continued Pagt 10 jb**3y W\/W« ms Photo Editor/Dave Paczak The government shutdown hit Plat* tsburgh's Social Security office Tuesday.
