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Hcoublican The Hometown Newspaper of II Clinton, Essex, Franklin Counties Vol.103 -r- No. 114 © Copyright 1995, Ppew-RepubliCMi PIqttsburgh, NY 12901, Thursday, December 14,1995 Suggested Price: 50 c 32 Pages By DONALD M. ROTHBERG AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate gave grudging endorse- ment Wednesday to deployment of U.S. troops to keep the tenu- ous peace in Bosnia. But reflec- ting the deep divisions on Capitol Hill, the House voted to express \serious concerns and opposition\ Pataki urges using lottery for tax relief By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Yet another proposal to reduce prop- erty taxes was unveiled on Wed- nesday as Gov. George Pataki announced a plan to dedicate $100 million of lottery revenues for tax relief next year. Pataki's proposal, to be includ- ed in Friday's release of the ex- ecutive budget plan for the 1996-97 fiscal year, would take a portion of the money New York makes annually from the state's lottery games and put it towards property tax relief. Currently, lottery funds are used directly for state education aid sent to local school districts. \The premise of the lottery when it was sold as a required constitutional amendment with voter approval was this was go- ing to-be additional funds for. school tax relief,\ Pataki said. \We want to keep that promise.\ Pataki also called for reviving a state-run college scholarship programs-for academic stars.. The state abandoned the long-runn- ing Regents Scholarships in<l991 because of budget problems. In five years, Pataki said he would like to see all of the lot- ' tery's surplus revenues dedicated to school tax relief. Last year, nearly $1.5 billion of lottery rev- enue was used for school aid. Such a plan would force hard choices upon government lead\ ers, who would either have to replace the money being sent to local districts to pay for things like teachers and textbooks, or compel districts to make do with much less.. • Leaders of both houses of the Legislature have recently touted their own property tax relief plans, making it likely that state lawmakers will act next year in some way to respond to residents who complain about the tax. The Democratic Assembly majority has called for a property tax freeze. Republicans' who con- trol the state Senate proposed giving local school districts more state aid if they cap or reduce local property taxes used to pay for education\. While it's good to cut property taxes, state Board of Regents Chancellor Carl Hayden said if Pataki's spending plan does not give local districts money to deal with escalating costs, homeown- ers might not see much relief at all. \The recent budgets of both {former) Governor (Mario) Cuomo and this governor have had a result of putting a larger and larger share of the support of public education on the backs on the property taxpayers,\ he said. Louis Grumet, executive direc- tor of the New York State School Boards Association, also express- Continued Page A-8 to President Clinton's Bosnia poli- cy- As U.S. military air cargo planes were landing Bi Bosnia, Serbia to establish diplomatic ties. Page 2 in Bosnia amid record snowfall, both houses rejected resolutions earlier Wednesday to deny \ for sending the 20,000 American troops there. \That was probably the strongest statement of support they could possibly malke,\ jaid White House spokesman Mike McCurry. Closing two days of debate on Bosnia, §ehate- Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan!, said the. Senate's 69.-30 vote was a signal ' to the U.S. troops that \we sup- pojrt you.\ However, Dole said that\ the resolution he and Sen. John Mc- Cain* R-Ariz., drafted in con- sultation with the White House \doea not endorse the president's decision. This resolution does not endorse the agreement reached in Dayton. This resolution does support our men and women in uniform.\ Shortly before the Senate voted, the House passed, 287- 141, a resolution sponsored by Reps. Stephen Buyer, R-Ind., and Ike Skelton, D-Mo., expressing \serious concern and opposition\ to Clinton's policy but supporting the troops. The votes w^re taken as Clin- ton flew to Paris for the signing Workers get reprieve _ ' Photo Editor/Dave Paczak PlattsburgH Mayor Clyde Rabideau holds a PET bottle similar to ones that will, continue to be manufactured in the city. Twin- pak Biastics has been purchased by Duopac of Montreal. From left at rear are Michael Jenkins of the accounting firm of Alexander idwards and Go.,, plant Manager Tim Moriostori, Alexander' Edwards of the accounting firm and (behind Rabideau) Ddopac CEO Richard Dube. The company produces containers for food, beverages, cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals. Jobs saved with purchase of plastics firm By RICHARD C. TEN WOLDE Staff Writer PLATTSBURGH - A Canadian plastics manufacturer has bought Twinpak, saving dozens of jobs for the city. Twinpak, which announced in October that it would close by the end of the year, was weeks away from leaving its 80 employees jobless, when it struck a deal with Duopac of Montreal. The facility continues to produce plastic containers for juice, soda, medicine and detergents as the ownership changes hands. The transition will be complete Jan. 2. . Twinpak laid off about 20 employees Dec. 9 and trimmed its workforce throughout October and November, leaving about 40 employees, according to Theo Maggio, an administration director for Twinpak's parent company, Amcor. But the remaining employees and those laid off are encouraged to apply for posi- tions with Duopac, according to thaUcom- pany's representatives. \We hope we'll have the success we've had in Canada,\ said Richard Dube, Duopac's CEO. \We see the States as a tremendous opportunity.\ The company intends to hire back all., Twinpak workers and then expand employing a total of 150 once the client base grows. \We're going to stick with the tried-and- Continued Page A-8 of the peace agreement reached in Dayton. It is under that agreement thajt a NATO peacekeeping force of 60,000, in- cluding 20,000 Americans, will deploy in Bosnia. Before adopting the Dole res- olution, the Senate rejected, 52- 47 a proposal similar to the one Continued Page A-8 Stroke treatment found By DANIEL Q. HANEY AP Science Writer BOSTON (AP) - For the first time, doctors have an emergency treatment for strokes — a medi- cine that can help victims escape the permanent brain damage that leads to paralysis and Loss of speech. ' A landmark government study published Thursday shows that quick injections of the clot- dissolving drug TPA — tissue plasminogen activator — dramatically improve the chances that stroke patients will pull through with little or no lasting effects. \It is the entrance of a new era in the treatment of acute stroke,\ said Dr. Philip Wolf of Boston University Medical School. Until now, doctors have been helpless to do anything for people rushed to emergency rooms in the first hours of a stroke, a brain-wrecking catastrophe that afflicts about 500,000\ Americans annually. Strokes .are the leading source of adult disability and the No. 3 cause of death aftei\ heart disease and cancer. The discovery means strokes will have to be considered emergencies by ambulance crews, hospitals and victims themselves, since prompt treat- ment is essential. Indeed, giving TPA too late in the course of a stroke can do more harm than good, triggering disastrous bleeding in the brain. This makes the use of TPA a high-stakes balancing act: Given to the right stroke patient, it can prevent lifelong disability. Given to the wrong one, it can kill. To be effective and safest, ex- perts say TPA must be ad- ministered within the first three hours of symptoms. Further, doc- tors must give a CT scan first to make sure that the stroke results from a blood clot in the brain — as about 80 percent of all strokes do — and not bleeding from a broken blood vessel. Even when used properly, the treatment touches off bleeding in the brain in 6 percent of patients. Energy-assistance supporters turn up heat on opponents ByMICHAElMEI&P tW News Service-' WASHINGTON - Whenever someone contacts her office -in Plattsburgh to apply for federal heating assistance, Susan Markham makes sure they, know that budget battles in Washington could soon affect their ability to stay warn> \People don't- really seem to , know. It's-part of ouragenda\ to teti^bheih so they can complain to lawmakers, she said. . Markham, who oversees low- income heating applications for the Joint Council for Economic Opportunity (JCEO), says all is normal for now. But that could change quickly if Congress and the White-House don't agree soon . on a budget. The federal program that pro- vides the money to pay fuel sup- pliers is endangered. The House twice this year voted to kill it. The first time, it was saved by the Senate. Indications are that will likely happen again, though Markham and others fear that may not come soon enough to combat this year's early winter chill. While Congress and the White House battle over a 1996 budget, states are only allowed to tap a percentage of their annual allot- ment. For the home-heating pro- gram, that amounts to 25 percent of the total through Dec. 15. If a budget deal is not agreed to by then, Congress and the president would have to agree to another temporary spending plan to allow government to continue functioning. The problem for the home- heating program is that many cold-weather states spend most of their money from the program during winter. Mark Wolfe, who heads an association of state energy- assistance directors, says that if another temporary spending plan only allows states to tap a small percentage of their annual total, Continued Page A-8 •« 'h. IK.\-'- I?- Today, snow, beginning in the morn--, ing. High in the mid 20s; Southeast wind 10 to 20 rriph. Chance of snow near 100 percent. p Landers C-o 'WMWiMMd4^^4^4M-^\M^^r4^^6. *..•»>'«•;' !/• Plattsburgh Parks and Rec- reation Department workers have been spraying thou- sands of gallons of cold water: to create skating. rinks at Bailey Avenue, Blufrimette and, §outh Platt. $tree* parks, If the cold continue!, 'fhe/ice should be ready to ,gi> by e^fiy.;next week! Ji^' Hide to kfpA/ that this,4!me of year fire hydrants^ are used for sornethi'n.S other than fighting'liresV Staff Photo/Mike Dowd
