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orse VOL. OXLII-No; 98 ._, **#%#. ., PaO st, . ._, C197 Dotfale Inc. Suspect in C sh mos -People Mrs. Cathy Barzyeki, the new dog- *i. \ catcher in, the Town.of_ Aurora, possibly - the anly female dog warden in Western New York, is quick to dispel the doubts, of even the, most skeptical unbelievers. | Page 15 ' In the Area The state asks a mediator to make another effort to settle a contract dis pute between Cheektowaga teachers and the School Board, Page 3. Draft resister Bruce Beyer, a sym- bol of the turbulent '§0s, surrenders in Buffalo after crossing the Peace Bridge. Page 2 New York State ig no longer the highest-taxed. state in the nation, being eclipsed-by Alaska, the 40th, state to join the Union, 'Page 4. > Although the owners deny it, it has been reported that: the Marine Trust Bldg. at. Main and Seneca has been sold. Page 20. \|- An- assemblyman feels that tourism, a large but relatively unnoticed indus- try, could very well be the state's sal- vation. Page 20. Views on casino gambling are alred in Niagara Falls during a hearing on the issue by the State Senate Commit- 7 Die as Plane Crash-Lands In Miss. Swamp McCOMB, Miss. ( - A twin-engine air- and Sen. Moynihan End \ l_ BuffaldFamfly Owned and Ope'réte'd‘ Registered U.8, Patent: Office - - 7 FRIDAY,, OCTOBER 21, 1977 .. I __ «NICE. 65° -- High - >-- 65 (19°C). Low 465 (7C) > . Details on Page 27. - 28 PAGES-FIFTEREN CENTS | Intensive Manhunt =_ Courler-Express/Mickey Ostarrelcher Shspect in cop killing, Dwight Battle, pylol; to his bedside arraignment in Meyer Memorial Hospital .. . accused in fatal shooting of Cheektowaga Police Officer David J. Tolsma DA Raps Parole Board - For Releasing Suspect Erie County Dist. Alty. Edward C. Cos- grove on Thursday blasted state parole authorities for releasing 'on a work-program , a man who is accused of murdering Check towaga police officer David Tolsma. _.. In a rare departure from his usual \no _. comment\ posture, Cosgrove assfiflefl the Parole Board must be stripped of certain powers by administrative rule and new ary worlerelease absconder on on Jan 15 an all points bulletin advised police - agencies of Battle's fugitive status.\ Cosgrove noted that Battle was ar rested 22 times and charged with 30 crimes hardly seemed a candidate for carly re-, lease, The police record shows arrests for Winds Up From 200 Feet _ Death Scene ~- _\The most intense police manhunt in area history .eided incredibly in Cheektowaga Thursday afternoon when a Buffalo man suspected of killing a policeman was found sleeping i the scene of the crime. A bandit had shot and killed Checkto- waga Police Officer David Tolsnia; 32, in St., at 1 Thursday morning. More than 100 police officers from 11. area police agencies seafched brushy fields, creek bottoms and industrial areas Anatomy of a marhunt. Page 16. Also, death in the line of duty, Page 4. Family and friends mourn. Page 5. onan mear the airport for 13% hours. without finding a trace of the suspect. ' German shepherds, bloodhounds 'and helicopters participated in the then-fruitless search, - . . , Spotted Man In Car Then, during a break in the mote} pgrkv/ Ing lot at 2:30 p.m., Deputy Sheriff Carl E. Broska-walked-past-other-officers-milling --around-and-headed-toward-his-patrol.ca He was going to throw his hat as well as his sergeant's hat Inside because another search was being planned and hats tend to fall off during searches, The deputy was 20 feet from his patrol ~ car when he froze. ~~ He- saw a man apparently asleep in the back seat of a green Plymouth Fury gas station, 200 feet west of the motel, The deputy said later, \I just happened to glance into the car - that was it.\ Calls to Sergeant a Broska called to his sergeant, Lawrence - Cousins, and told him of his discovery. Sgt. Cousins 'walched \the car while Broska went to the front-of the gas station and asked 1-yentold attendant Dave over the Inst 'slx years In and Kutslnr who was asteip-in- the- junked-oute-roe ext behind the bulding. - When Katska said he didn't know, Brosks . hurried _back to tho-car-and-he in a junk auto only 200 feet from ~~~~ * the lobby of the Hollday Inn, 4600 Genesee ~- __ 'David J. Tolsma ... slain policg-officer parked-- behind -Harry- -Brzezowski's-NSL- that- convietion- could; -death sentence under existing state Jaw. ~ _ Baille was arraigned on the Ist-degree murder charge late Thursday afternoon in the lockup facility. at Meyer Memorial Hosplial where ho was listed in good cond- ton, ( R He pleaded Innocent before Cleektowaga - Town Justice Henry Gabryscak and re- quested | a - court-assigned .- attorney, Gabrysenk set another court appearance ny- morning-at-10-in-Chee towaga Town Court. - The district atorney nlso alleged that tee on Casino Gambling, Page 3, plane with about 25 persons aboard, includ» l. he N Ing members: of Elle rock band. ynyrd n_ the Nation Skynyrd, crash-landed in a swampy area 74526 A House committee is tald by a.| Of Southwest Mississippi Thursday night, f former South Korean agent \ that he killing seven persons, authorities said. spont_about $1 million to buy Influence Medical officials in McComb, _ who k from members of Congress, Page 17. reported the death toll, said 19 persons, J], ___: includiig several band \members were _ In the World hospitalized, Some were in critical con-. dition. ~ _Panamanlan making fokes - a zbout the freedom of choice in the | ~- . blebiscite next Sunday on the Panama the Southwest Medical Center in McComb - Canal treaties. Page 17: --- —J°UdflflflflflA in maflm Id not . - uthorities could not Identify all those ug The United States and South Korea | - on the plane but a hospital spokesman. said break off talks after fallure to reach _ at least four persons receiving emergency c agreement on interrogation of Tongsun | dreatment were members of the band, in- 9 R Park. Page 17. . eluding drummer Tom Aytlmus Pyle. He i- A swift andbloodless coup headed was reported in good condition. + by military leaders .topples the year- The plane reportedly was en route from g | old administration of Bangkok's Tanis | | Greenville, S.C., to Baton Rowge, La., for: Kraivixien~Page-17, _. |. a concert scheduled tonight at Loulslana | State University. k Hospital Administrator Thomas Logue i§ In Sports sakliu tlhe ghrfse persgns husi’pltalized had . multiple bruises and possibly other in- i .. Tmo chat picks? almost dn't 409 | | furies: Ho said two of them apparently . __ ___| M2 9 * made their way through woods to. ~- | The American Football conference is | - emergency help. One of the three, not ~ king - as far as Jimmy the Greek is identified, was recgiving emergency treat- concerned. Page 7. ment. -% Four Western New York players have | P*!\ at Scene R Colgate University: fans talking. bow! Logue identified two of those admitted talk, Page 6. as Kenncth Telaken and Mark Frank, both thought to be members of the band. ' ~ The group's lead singer is Ronnie van Feature Zandt. a I The atmosphere's the thing, accord- Ing to the customers of the Greenfield Street Restaurant's Sugday night goffee- \house. Page 9 fl Showtime Film direcior Richard Brooks tells only one side of the search for Mister + Goodbar, says reviewer Doug Smith. ' Page IL . > . By RAY HERMAN ___ Edit nrials CourtenExpress Political Writer Gov. Hugh 1. 'Carey declared here late - On ald to the-Buffalo Philharmonic, ay that he'll-recommend tax cuts pinning down a budget deficit in Evans, L--, the Buffalo polite TIP CALL, and a magnitude or the type of cuts. mew role for DeVeaux School. Page 18. 'There will be a tax reduction io the . year to come,\ asserted the governor, who d- 22 eee ooo bad taken a commercial flight here fromp - R ; - a \York Cily late Thursday afternoon to endorse the Buffaly Democratic mayoral _Where to Fmd It candidacy of Arthur O. Eve., \ -. etion s ...l... 3 The governor, who was joined by Sen, ' m - dorms 2g Daniel P, Moynihan and Mayor Stenfey ie a l i tler Hulten A i Classified . 223 Lifestyles |. 1415 AL. Makowsid at a Hotel Statler Gme ~ En - TVC wimmflfmgmggiivecufigcy 25 Tor , 12- a strong upward push warmly endors scc 11 0 Heater ...\ | fog the candidacy of the state assembly- Efito 1 b Fmancal . 22 - Today 1s man and then appearing at an Ere fund i Herman 18 cy raiser which grossed about $7,500 for mT \C Eve's campaign kitty. Some 300 persons, incuding a bread > eross section of the local Democratic Party, attended the $25 per person cock E9511? tall party at the Stater. Dext RsDees-ar Page 17 In a rare display of Democratic am 4 - Inking, Carey, Moyritan and Makowski ? Arka Mazzeta, Mictale tock turns extrolling Eve at the news con- Berian, Heard Raskin, Alew ference. i [-pre densidad Invest in Eve, He Says | _ $331- :gumuf * a raves a m a 2:3: ca Ins‘lapel, rested to Eve and Fergrsce, 81. Size TSMML'. “GI-vethe’besmazdizxembe: Fiewts Ama \Ted Crates Sr. great & yers, Coritdse Uatlscter, Aftred ® At the schsequect ford raiser, which 4:33“ T Wages, Marts feeloded | sech km'm? and cie Frexk Wodiey: Kotret as WiGem M. E.'Carksn, Ro- tigen wan e. wemert | yea 0, C. YicoP H, Wik ~* Ou In M Months CCC C-- state Jaw. Cosgrove zeroed in on the board's prac- tice of ordering the release-of prisoners. before they have served minimum senlen- ces setby judges, 1 be DA said that in the case of Dwight Battle, Erie County Judge James B. Kane years in prison on Oct. 31, 1975, following a robbery conviction. Cosgrove sald that Kane, in pronouncing sentence, . noféd | Battle's Jong. criminal record and-sald he saw nothing in the probation report that indicated the de- fendant \could ever be a useful member of society 2. .\ c - =n - Yet, Cosgrove sald, the Parole Board, pursuant to state Corrections Law, ordered Battle released from the Albion Correc- tional Facility 14 months after Judge Kane pronounced sentence. ''The Parole Board of the State of New York released Battle to begin training at the GMI Institute in Buffalo in much shorter the time than Judge Kane had recommended as the minimum sentence,\ Cosgrove sald. \Battle was released on Jan. 11, 1977, and attended fhe institute exactly ane day. On Jan. 12, a warrant was isued by the Parole Board for his arrest as a tempor Governor Vows Tax Cut in '78 -- At Cocktail Party fqr Candidate Ham-D. Hasself Jr. and George Col- Hins, the governor used a business meta- phor. * \Whenyou see a good investment you ._ Bléft - year _ butto_pot _decfined _ define the __ your money into it,\ he asserted. \Why ~ not invest In~a good candidate - Arthur Eve.\ Moynihan was fust-as effusive in his praise of the candidate. .._. .. _.._ This country and this city needs Ar- thur Eve,' he declared. ''We need a spokes- man in Washington to remind them that «: New York City isn't the only. city in the state . . . Arthur Eve will have an impact on Washington\ . Both Carey and Moynihan. stressed that Eve would fit comfortably into a Carter Carey-Moynihan team to bring BRoffalo back to its feet again. \We need a team that has a history of working together,\ Carey thundered. Bring Taxes Info Line On the matter of tax cuts, Carey, who is seekifg re-lection next year. said \my chief concern is taxpayer overburden . .. we've got to bring taxes into line with the other Infustrial states.\ Carey branded as \welcome noise\ a tax reduction, program announced here three days ago by Assembly Mincrity Lead- er Perry B. Doryea Jr., Carey's Ekely GOP gubermalicial opponent next year. Duryea proposed a S215 bilGon a year tar reduction to be phased into fol) effect Ei the next five years or possibly soccer \BI robbory-drug-p harassment and disord Convicted of Felony In Cosgrove sald five of the arrests re- sulted In misdemeanor convictions before years abo. ins.con doo ony. mohhery twas sentence? the defendant 4o a minimum-of -~ \I'm not usually given to such com- ant s and io maximum 5 ment,\ the DA said, \but this community lost two pone? officers within three months and I think the community should know about ThelF ériminnt justice system and how it operates.\ ~ Michael Burress, 27, of 91 Leurel the alleged driver of the getaway car in the Tolsma slaylig, has a record of ar- rests for alleged robbery, weapons posses- . *drag~possession \and auto \theft He- : was paroled in connection with one con- vietion but the record lists no further dis- positions,. . A tench warrant was fssued for his ar- rest in Buffalo City Court on Sept. 14 after he reporterly falled to appear as ordered on a charge of obstructing governmental administration in the elty on Aug. 25, * Between the ages of 16 and 21 Dwight Battle had been arrested 22 times, If he was atrested prior to his 16th birthday It _ would not show on his record, What DA RAPS Continued on Page Two ~ ~ tthe parking Jot --- and the sergeant called to other police The door of- the: junked. auto- was- yanked open and the suspect was pulled out, struggling. Bullel _ outmmmane He had a bullet wound in the neck and wound in seat a blood-covered | .38-caliber | snub- nosed revolver, belleved to be the murder weapon, Shocked, sweat-stained police who had partlcipated . in - the - arduous | searches earlier. inthe day converged In a buman wave around the junk auto and .the struggling. suspect. oy stared in disbellef as fellow of-- \ficers hustled Info a Cheeklownga patrol\ car 'n suspect who had been literally under their noses for hours while they searched elsewhere. _ The suspect, Dwight Battle, 23, of ad-. dresses on S. Divislon St. and Grider St., - in Buffalo, was rushed to Checktowaga Police Hq. where superiors deelded he should be taken to Meyer Memorial Hospital for treatment of his wound, Arraigned on Murder Charge Erie County Dist. Aity. Edward C. Cosgrove announced after the arrest that Baitle would be charged with Ist-degree murder of a pollée officer and be noted Carey, Sen. Moynihan Endorse Eive 1h:md—flxmumflndcr—hImn-the—Burressras—anmecompllee—InAho—alny Michael Burress, who will be 27 on Satur- . day, of 91 Laurel St., was the driver of the Intended getaway ear, but he fled without Battle when the police arrived. Accuses Burress as Accomplice Indictment ngat Ist-fegree - murder of the police officer, 'The presentment mngainst Burress will be mado before the grand: jury today. Thursday night Burress was arraigned on a eriminal Impersonation charge in Checktowaga Town_Court and remanded to the Erie County Holding Center without ball, He pleaded not gullty to using another person's fdentifeation when stop- ped by police. -_- =_ Officer Tolsma, a policeman for five years, and Officer Robert Walker, on the force 13-montHis, had responded to a sient holdup alorm that was flashed from the mote} at 12:56 a.m. Police Recount Events , Authorities pleced together the follow» Ing account of what happened: *~ The bandit had just robbed desk clerk Ronald Antes, 20, of more than $500 after placing a gun to his head and telling him, \I'd just as soon kilt you, so open the safe.\ . , The gunman was near the counter, ready to leave, when the policemen walked in at 1 aim. He took -a step backward and- then walked toward the policemen who didn't have their guns drawn and who apparent Ty didn't regard the approaching man as suspecious. . But the man suddenly raised bis arm, crouched and began firing a revolver toward Walker. EHe fired three or four shots at a dis- tance of less than 20 feet but none of the slugs found its mark, . Then be fired a shot toward Tolsma There is a report_{hat the Pentagon knew of Korean bribery of congressmen sevmmrsnganwaslgeptsucha - -secret-that-not even. Daniel Elisberg . _ Gov, Hof L, Carey .. Artkar O.Eve Sen, Datie] P. Meysam t | Boffalo mayoral candidate endorsed hy governor and senator F . - knew. Pentagon listening devices picked up a coded message that listed names of congressmen and whether they wanted the- money in a plain envelope or gift wrapped to go. The Pentagon didn't tell anyore about this, not wishing it known they were eavesdropping. A spokesman said, \What good Is intelligence if you're going to blab f aroand the whole neighborhood?\ He added, 'Think of the vitine- members of Congress struck down in their prime by that dread disease, 'Kerean Largesse.\ \ . © ©The Los Angries Times nne Acto Past Baking as low _ as $125. Teck Garage. TT 27.20.
