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D-11 on You're differ- in great been a us and flu; to in aan nn nes ==--. - | 1 | 8 U &e w- e A 48-year-old businesswoman is found stabbed on the East Side and dies shortly after, becoming the se- 20nd weekend homicide victim Page City of Tonawands officials plan to turn a city-owned industrial site into a commercial and residential com- plex. Page 3. A team of State Board of Elections investigators will begin a probe today of possible election fraud involving several candidates for city offices. , Page 3. Pattl Latini, 17, of South Buffalo, wins the Miss Italian Village 1979 beauty contest. Page 2. People Renee P. Propper, 14, writes about her view of the world from her vantage point in the Town of Ton- awanda and sees some serious prob ~ lems that we all have to face. Page 7. In (He Nation A protest over contestants' living conditions disrupts the Miss Black America Pageant in Los Angeles. Page 5. Thousands of Americans rally to protest the country's reliance on nu- clear power plants on the anniver- sary of Hiroshima. Page 5. In the World . British prime minister Margaret Thatcher says a new constitution shouls be drafted for Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Page 5. Three armed men hijack an Iberia jetliner in the Canary Islands and fly to Portugal. Page 17. In Sports David Graham wins the Profession- al Golfers Association championship on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. Page 9. The Boston Red Sox have their most productive day of the major league season, and the Pittsburgh Pi- rates sweep Into first place in the Na- tional League East. Page 10. Willie Mays, the \Say Hey Kid\ takes his place among the immortals in baseball's Hall of Fame. Page 10. Features Small communities throughout the country are taking energy conserva- tion into their own hands. Page T. Baseball cap fever sweeps The Cou- rier-Express and Columnist Mike He- aly finds the mmf to be fun. Page 23, Where to go and who to see to find the best babysitter for a young child. Page 6. Showtime The late Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets, wows a sellout crowd at Shea's Buffalo, reviewer Bob Groves says. Page 15. CBS-TV readles a three-hour dra- matization of the life of the king of Hollywood westerns, John Wayne. Page 14. Editorials On the responsibility of Congress to carefully examine President Carter's energy proposals; on Chrysler Corp.'s problems and the need for pri- vate aid instead of a public bailout; and on the need for answers on a probe of the Western Regional Off- Track Betting operation. Page 18. * ® Where to Find It Bridge ...... 23 Horse Sense 2 Classified . 1922 Lifestyle. ..... cal Comics.... 2223 Pictures...... 8 Crossword. ... 21 Sports ..... 914, 16 Editorial. .... 18 Theater. ..... .15 Horascape. ... 22 TV .......... 14 $2 Million Expected For Art Treasures LONDON (Reuter) -- A sale of Eure pean art treasures from a country house near Loodon owned by a relative of the late J. Pierpont Morgan could fetch more than € million, Chrittie's auction eers said Sunday. Braths Dest» NcSces on Page 4 Bowmgret, Airis G. Powers, Theodars W. Homer, Bernard A. Toh, Wikia» 6. Connell, Markce Bole, Mildred Cinctaln, Jottcey 2 Recenbohn, Jocoph M. vane, Alico M. tyes, Duratiy C. Rein, Vicrurie Schimmwar, Margeret 1 Reyes, Desuats J. Seruard L. Holly, Prusk 1M, Meryurer F. Bupt, Bary C. Srade, Themes A. Leogh. Soh» L. Tipt, Somptine Kruger, Emer J. Sete Wiles It. Tez Conrier ©1979 Buffalo Courier-Express Inc. Pul at , TY Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14240 UAW May Relen PHILADELPHIA {AP) - Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), said Sunday the UAW would consider accepting an \\inferior\ contract from Chrysler Corp., a union move be termed unprecedented. Fraser also proposed, separately, that federal aid to the automaker be tled to Editorial on Page 18 public representation on its corporate board. Chrysler's request for $1 billion worth of government help amounts to one-third of the firm's book value and ought to be tied to one-third public re- presentation, he said. Fraser said a two-year wage freeze proposed Friday by Chrysler is not ac- ceptable, but he indicated the UAW might not hold Chrysler to the industry pattern set by either Ford or General Motors. He said leaders of the UAW and its 135,000 Chrysler workers are \sensitive to the company's problems. We know what our responsibilities and obligations are ... The corporation is in desperate difficulty.\ Won't Close Door Thus, one month before the Sept. 14 contract deadline, he said he would \not close the door\ on accepting a contract from Chrysler that is inferior to the one New Data Reveal Dumping Evidence Withheld by Hooker By DONALD G. MeNEIL, JR. «. N.Y. Times Hows Service NEW YORK - For almost four years, managers of the Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp. withheld evidence from California officials that pesticides 3 Arrested In Attica Drug Plot Conran xpress atuvie Bursov BATAVIA -- An Attica State Correc- tional Facility employee and two other persons were arrested by State Police on Sunday in what Investigators said was a plot to smuggle narcotics into the prison. Robert Dennis Lamantina, 30, of 6 N. Main St., Warsaw; Florence Hyde, 28, same address; and Philip Johnson, 19, of 8 Mix Place, Batavia, were charged with felonious sale of a controlled substance and conspiracy to promote prison con- traband. 1 Lamantina has been employed since July 1 as a stores clerk in the prison under the federally funded Comprehen- sive Employment and Training pro- gram. Undercover Used Capt. Henry F. Williams of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, (BCI), said a State Policewoman was used In an undercover capacity in the investigation. The probe which led to the arrests was conducted by the BCI and investigators from the State Police Inspector Gener- al's office. Williams said the woman trooper posed as the sister of a convict serving time in Attica. A meeting to \buy'\ $200 worth of ma- rljuana was arranged for a motel here Sunday. The undercover policewoman was to pay for the marijuana, and Lamantina was to smuggle It Into the prison, police said. Johnson was allegedly the supplier, they said, and Miss Hyde was allegedly working with Lamantina. All were pre- sent at the meeting In the motel and the suspects were arrested as they left the motel, police said. dumped illegally at the plant at Lathrop had poisoned local drinking wells, ac- cording to documents released recently by the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Inves- tigations. Internal memorandums and laborato- ry reports show that Hooker had known for years that its discharges of pesti- cldes, fertilizer and nitrates were infil- trating drinking wells at their factory, drinking and cattle-watering wells on the property of neighboring farmers and ponds in local fields. The documents also show that the Houston management of the corporation knew at least as early as July 1975 that the plant was breaking California state law by pouring five tons of pesticides a year into-an unlined lagoon from which ° they filtered into the water table and thus into wells. Corrective Steps However, the memorandums also show that the company began to take corrective steps on its own the next year, without disclosing publicly the in- fromation it had accumulated on those discharges. The dumping practives of Hooker Che- micals at its plants across the country are under investigation by the Justice Department and the Environmental-Pro- tection Agency. The company memorandums show that it followed a pattern in White Springs, Fla., Montague, Mich. and Nia- gara Falls also of not mentioning to the authorities that the chemicals it pro- duced were getting into the local water supplies. A \significant\ aspect of the Lathrop case, according to Rep. Bob Eckhardt, a Texas Democrat who chaired the sub- committee's hearings into the toxic waste dumping situation in the country, is that California has \the earliest and one of the strongest sets of environmen- tal laws of any state. ''While there was no rush to disclosure information to California officials,\ Eek» hardt said, \the threat of action that the laws implied prompted Hooker's clean- up.\ Hooker's Cleanup.\ The company did not tell the Cali- fornia Regional Water Quality Control Board that it had been discharging pesti- cides between 1964 and 1976 until last March, when state officials found traces of one of those pesticides, DBCP or di- bromochloropropane, in local wells. HOOKER Continued on Page 4 Oil Crisis-Myth or Monster? Alaskan Reserves Registered U.S. Patent Office MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1979 and Operated bargained with Ford or GM. Fraser said the UAW had never before deviated substantially in the pattern set in the triennial auto contract talks. \\We recognize that Chrysler's survival is at stake,\ he said. \The company has had bad years before, but we never had to consider a weaker contract.\ The UAW contract with American Mo- tors Corp. provides less than the one with the Big Three, and Fraser's re- * marks Sunday seemed to indicate the union now recognizes that a \Big Two\ ~» GM and Ford - runs the nation's largest manufacturing Industry. Fraser gave no hint where contract MABSE JOE'B FANS - Police Officer Robert J. Ammer- mann of the Kensington Station and Martin Oliver|, 5, son of a Niagara Falls policeman, admire a monument dedicated Sunday in memory of the late Joseph Vincent Marse Second Class Postage Paid at Buffalo, N.Y. concessions might come, saying such questions can only be resolved after con- tracts are settled at GM or Ford. While not ruling out an Inferior wage settle- ment, he said Chrysler workers cannot afford a wage freeze,'as suggested by Chrysler President Iacocca. Against Wage Freese \\A two-year freeze is not acceptable,\ he said, contending that because of the impact of inflation, such a freeze would amount to \a 25 percent decrease in the purchasing power and the standard of living\ of Chrysler workers. Fraser made his wage-freeze com- ments to reporters at the, Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Poli- Martia Olivert monument is In McCarthy Park on East Amberst St. Young Oliveri is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Oliver{ of 2891 Pearce Road, Town of Wheatfield. Story and another photo on Page 2. McCarthy, one of the greatest managers in baseball. The COOLER. HI 75° Sunny perfods, brief shower today. Mainly clear tonight, High in mid-70s (24 to 5 C), 'low 50 to 55 (10 to 13 C). De- tails on Page 23. 24 PAGES-FIFTEEN CENTS t For Chrysler | 'cles, a selt-styled group of progressive activists. The delegates cheered his pro-\ posal for citizen representation on the Chrysler board and his announcement that UAW members across the nation would stop work for five minutes on Au- fust 22 to write letters of protest against high oll prices. R The UAW supports U.S. aid to help Chrysler out of its financial bind, Fraser said in his address to the conference. But, he said, taxpayers ought to get equity from their investment. \It is after all the citizens' money, so it seems to me that the citizens ought to have representatives on the Chrysler beard of directors,\ he said. countr-pritz/to zacortr) R. J. Ammermann Driving Increases Worldwide Despite Soaring 'Gas' Prices LONDON (AP) -- Gasoline prices are rising around the world - spurting to three and four times the price Ameri- cans are now paying - but from all in dications they have not discouraged the use of the automobile. \If they're driving less it's because of the bad weather and not because of the gas prices,\ said Jerome Van Eyk, spokesman for the Dutch Economics Ministry, The price at the pump in the Nether- This is another in a series of articles about the possibility of the North Amer- can nations being self-sufficient In oll Today's Installment deals with the huge ofl reserves in Alaska. Conriar-Expross Workington Sersur WASHINGTON - Alaska is called upon to be the ofl barre! of the nation and its premier national park, Gov. Jay Hammond often complains. The debate aver whether to protect or exploit the 50th state has raged in Con- gress over the last two years, with the environmentalists calling for protection and the Alaska lawmakers saying ex- ploitation and protection are not mutual- ly exctusive The focal point for the debate has been the Artic National Wildlife Range, a 10- million-acre cn Alaska's North Slope, set aside by the federal govern- ment in 1960. Just east of Prudhce Bay, North Ame- rica's largest petroleum discovery, the range is suspected to contain large quantities of oll and gas. BUT INTERIOR Secretary Cecil D. Andras had labeled the range \the last place we should look for ofl,\ and Presi- dent Carter agrees, that it be designated a wilderness that would protect the largest free-roaming caribou herd in North America. The State of Alaska, which receives one-eighth royalty on the ofl now being pumped out Prodboe Bay, argues the of industry's position that the range should evaluated before Congress makes a dect sion whether to develop it ar preserve it as a «derness. According to the US. Geological Scr- [ lands has jumped from the equivalent of $2.16 a gallon a year ago to $2.44 now. Of this, as in many other countries, a whop- ping 58 percent goes to the government In tax. The average price of a gallon of gaso- line in the United States last month was $2.79 cents, with 13.8 cents of that going for taxes. In July 1978, Americans paid 64.32 cents on average for a gallon of gasoline and 12.9 cents of that went for taxes. Caught in Conflict vey, Alaska could provide up to 43 billion barrels of oil and 137 trillion cuble feet of natural gas. Of that total, Prudhoe Bay contains 10 billion barrels of ofl and 26 trillion cuble feet of natural gas. MUCH OF THE petroleum potential les offshore, and environmentalists are especially concerned that development could devastate the fragile coastline And many of the frontier areas that the ofl industry would like to develop are rich fishing grounds and prime tourist spots. President Carter has called for in- creased domestic production, and the Interior Department has accelerated its plans for leasing in Alaska, scheduling 10 sales before 1985. ,_ But ofl companies like Shell feel this is not enough, calling for 26 sales by 1985. ALASKA, OF course, is booming, with 1.2 million barrels of ofl flowing out of the pipeline per day. But this ofl is creat- Ing an embarrassing glut on the West Coast where refineries can only handle $00,000 barrels a day The 300,000 barre! a day surplus is be ing shipped through the Panama Canal to the Gull and East Coast markets. O1 industry critics say the industry should have embarked on an extensive refinery building proram on the West Coast while the pipeline was under con- struction. Bot many of the same critics, includ- Ing many Northeastern congressmen, absoiately refuse to consider legislation that would allow for exchanges of Alas- kan crude for refined products out of Japan and Mexico ALASKA O%L Contizaed on Page 4 U 4 & While the rise in gasoling prices has been a factor in a demand in the United State for smaller cars, the opposite is true In Switzerland, where there has WORLDWIDE Continued on Page 8 (_ UAW to Join 'Job Action' PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The United Auto Workers union said Sun- day that 1.5 million UAW members will stop work briefly on August 2 to write letters demanding government action \'to assure adequate energy supplies at affordable costs.\ The unusual Job action is the first of two days of national protest against \Blg Oil and unfair of} prices.\ The protests are being or- ganized by new coalitions of labor unions and citizen groups. UAW President Douglas Fraser said UAW's job action was the kickoff to \a major offensive\ on the energy Issue. A second day of oll protest, being organized for Oct. 17, seeks to focus attention on a campaign to retmpose ofl price controls and to es- tablish a taxpayer-owned Public En- ergy Corp. October 17 - ''a national day of protest against big ofl and unfair ofl prices\\ - is being organized by two new coalitions of labor and citizen groups, the Citizen-Labor Energy Hance. Organizers say they are plan- ning local \Big Oil Day\ activities, to Include noon rallies and demonstra- company cines Giant 64 Inch projection TV, out performs Quasar circuitry. Limited time $99. Dealer inquiry invited. #3440 Adv. Good Drinking Water & A Gallon In Your Container (Daily Hours 9 a m. to 12 Noon 1 to 3p m.) EMPIRE WATER CO. Inc 182 Watson near Wiliam. Adv. Say \Happy Birthday\ to a Friend Iroquais Bakery, §37-4550 -Adv. Quality Auto Paint Baking as low as $125 Teck Garage, S275 -Ade.
