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H i g h l i g h t OFA Open House Today __ Story, P a g e 15; Saturday’s Football Results — Page 21. a d v a n c e / ^ ; . , , ™ — , w L F o Z I M M m S w V O L . 2 1 , N O . 9 7 2 la c e l l y c o m m e n t s . By CHARLES W. KELLY The St. Lawrence County Board, of S u p e r v is o r s will m e e t in Canton Monday m o r n ing, a n d probably the prim e topic for d iscu s s io n w i l l be th e election of the n e x t B o a r d Obaaranan. It would appear that Supervisor Clark Chittenden o f Hopkinton it,a s the chairm a n ship all hut sewed up. M r . Chittenden is w e ll liked by his col lea g u e s , b u t even m e r e importarit is the f a c t that h e is a Republican, and that’s a m u s t in th i s county. Mr. Chittenden is presen tly serving a s chairman of th e B o a i'd ’s F iuance Committee. Mr. Chitten d e n will n o doubt b e elected to succeed C larence Sm ith of Morristown, at th e darauary organizational m eeting without a n y serious opposition. * # * Alderm an W allace Herzog called m e \Wednesday to say t h a t he w a s absolutely a g a in s t any pay raise for the City Council. B e thought m y com m ent last Sunday w a s t o general. We said in th is column t h a t there w a s a m o v e within the Council t o vote them selves a raise. Mir. Herzog con fir m e d my comment that it h a d been dis cu s s e d by a number of alderm en in th e M a y o r ’s office, and in the M ayor’s p r e s e n c e , but stated em p h a tically that he {Herzog) w o u ld strongly oppose any m o v e t o raise th e salaries. * sie * Mrs. M aureen Traynor, director, Volun t e e r Services for th e St. Lawrence State Hospital, spoke before the Ogdensburg L io n s Club Tuesday night. A n y club, or organization seeking a worthwhile project sh o u ld contact Mrs. Traynor. From w h a t M r s . Traynor had to say, Jefferson County i s doing f a r more f o r their patients at the hospital th a n the people of S t . Lawrence C o u n ty. M r s. Traynor praised the work of t h e Ogdensburg City Guild at the hospital. S h e also praised th e work done on a <countywide basis in Jefferson County. Tvlrs. Traynor has a real m essage, and one th a t should be heard. Must w e continue to \be second best to Jefferson County in com m u n ity service t o our patients at the S t a t e Hospital? L O C A L , C O U N T Y , S T A T E , N A T I O N A L A N D I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S R E P O R T E D IN D E P T H P U B L I S H E D I N OGDENSBURG, N.Y., 13669, SUNDAY, DEC. 1, 1968 W e a t h e r Today, mostly sunny and n o t quite so cold. High in the 30s. Winds variable and 10. P R I C E 2 5 C R e d F o r c e C r u s h e d B y U . S . I n f a n t r y I n M e K o n g D e l t a By JOHN LENGEL Associated' Press Writer SAIGON (AP) - U .S 0th In fantry Division soldiers caught a Viet Cong force in th e open 50 miles southwest of Saigon Satur day and smashed it. Helicopters on patrol spotted the guerrillas massing shortly after surmise in the Mekong Del ta and dove on them , firing rockets and machine guns. Then the 9th flew in soldiers by helicopters and the battle continued for six hours. The U.S. Command said 70 Viet Cong soldiers were killed while not one American was hurt. It was an example of the Viet Cong being unable to fight on their own terms, field reports said. In the relatively open Mekong Delta and coastal plain country FIRST CAMBODIAN OIL REFINERY — This is a view of the French and Cam bodian owned o il refinery that is near completion at Sibanoukvalle. Cambodia’s only major seaport. R w ill be th e nation’s first oil refinery. (AP Wirephoto) Soviet Union Moves To Counteract Improved U.S.-French Relations By JOHN VINOCUR Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) — The Soviet Union is moving to counteract an improvement in U.S.-French relations by reassuring Presi dent Charles de Gaulle on its military aim s in the Mediterra nean and by offering increased economic cooperation, diplomat ic sources reported Saturday. The m ove is timed in part to France’s financial troubles. Virtually without publicity, the Soviet Union showed its in tentions Friday by granting a contract to a subsidiary of the Nixon Is Still Looking For Qualified Personnel Wha+ L the status of reapporuunm ent 11 f o r the St. Lawrence County Board of Su pervisors? Franklin County adopted a p l a n by w h ich the county w ill be broken ■down into seven districts. Each district w ill h a v e one representative on the County B o a rd. The Franklin County board is b e ing reduced fro m 19 m em b ers to seven m e m b e r s . Why wouldn’t this type of plan be feasib le fo r St. Lawrence County? W eight e d voting w a s only instituted as a tem porary m easure. The Franklin County plan w a s published in F r iday’s Journal. * * * The p u b lic is invited to inspect the n e w O g d ensburg Free Academ y at an open h o u s e from 24 p.m. this afternoon. Tours o f the new school w ill be conducted by members o f the student body. This is our opportunity to give the new $2 Million high school close scrutiny. * * * Should the gates of W inter Park be o p e n or closed? W e think “ Open.” D o n Brouse Jr., a neighbor, w rote a letter w h ich appeared in Friday's Journal, and D a v id Seymour, president, St. Mary’s A thletic A ssociation, replies to his letter in today’s Advance. W e think that W inter P a r k sh o u ld be open, but not without lim ited controls. W e have alw ays favored a com m u n ity skating rink at W inter Park. P a s t histox'y has dictated W inter Park as t h e most popular skating area in the com munity. S t . Mary’s is justified in th e ir concern. M u ch dam age has b e e n done in t h e past, b u t I thin k that if proper con tr o ls were instituted there w o u ld be little o r no dam age. St. M ary’s has a big invest m e n t and also has the responsibility of protecting this investment. I would think a skating r in k could b e placed in the north w e s t corner of the park without a serious problem developing. Do you think “W inter P a r k ” sh o u ld be closed in th e “w inter”? * * Santa Claus was right on schedule for , M s visit t o Ogdensburg Saturday after noon. A f t e r greeting the children at M orissette Park, Santa, riding in the city’s fir e duck, rode in a parade to City H a ll w h ere several hundred m o r e children, w ith fin g e r s and t o e s “frozen,” waited to greet him. Led by the Boys’ Club choir under the direction of Mrs. Joan Dalton, Santa w a s greeted with a number of Christmas carols. by BRIAN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer NEW YORK %AP) - Herbert Brownell, an attorney general in the Eisenhower administration, said Saturday he won’t take a job in the Nixon administration. Brownell, whose nam e had cropped up in speculation, took himself out of consideration in a brief conversation with news men after a 2% - hour luncheon with President elect Richard M Nixon. The former attorney general, however, remains a prospect for an appointment to the Supreme Court. Also sitting in on the luncheon was Nixon’s emissary to the Johnson administration, former ambassador Robert Murphy. Both men were close-mouthed when they met newsmen after ward. Brownell said the subjects un der discussion included person nel. Munphy said foreign policy also cam e up. They refused to give any details. Brownell, when asked wheth er he will become a part of the new administration, simply said, “No,” then chudded when asked the same question again. Ronald L. Ziegler, Nixon’s press spokesman, said the presi dent-elect spent the day “work ing and carrying on transition discussions,” in Ms 29th floor of fices at the Hotel Pierre. On Sunday, Ziegler said, Nix on plans to continue working on the problems of the transfer of power with his key aides. No ap pointments were scheduled, Zie. gler said. The Sunday schedule did not include an expected visit to church. Martin Sweig, legislative as sistant to House Speaker John W. McCormack, m et with Nixon aides and greeted the presi dent-elect briefly, Ziegler said. Ziegler told newsmen that no Cabinet appointments were like ly to be announced until “sever al days” after Nixon returns from a California trip at the end of next week,—making the first announcement due som e time after Dec. 5. He said no decisions have been made on any Cabinet ap pointments. Ziegler also said the presi dent-elect had no plans to confer with W. A/verell Earriman, chief American negotiator at the Par is peace talks, who is returning to the country this weekend for a short visit. French electronics manufactur er, Compagnie des Compteurs, for a space simulator. The terms were not disclosed, but the delivery date—within a year—indicated the Russians were anxious to make a gesture that would be quickly felt, even If on a limited scale. Soviet-French relations, once vigorously promoted by De Gaulle as a basis for creating a “European Europe from the At- lantic to the Urals,” have been in decline since the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August. TMs, tbe presence of Soviet warships in the Mediterranean, and France’s monetary troubles have pushed France closer to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that De Gaulle virtually aban doned two years ago. One diplomatic informant said the Russians were concerned about a shift, even if slight, from France’s middle road be tween the two power blocs. The way tbe Soviet Union hopes to counteract it. accord ing to this diplomat’s reading, is to reassure France about the move into the Mediterranean while making room at home for more French exports. Twice in the last 10 days, So viet Ambassador Valerian Zorin went at his own request to see President de Gaulle. One met ing was undrstood to deal with economic questions—Zorin de scribed it a' a discussion of “bi lateral question” and the other the Mediterranean issue. A x'eport that*could not be checked said Zorin presented the argument that the Soviet presence in the Mediterranean was no more surprising on anal ysis than that of the United States 6th Fleet. M i n e Is Sealed 7 8 E n t o m b e d In F i e r y G r a v e By JOE KROVISKY Associated Press \Writer MANNINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The big coal mine where 78 m en died in the w o rst mining disaster since 1951 w a s deserted and almost forbidden territory today. Families had gone home and few, if any, watched huge trucks lumber their way with loads of concrete, wood and plastic to seal the m ine. The job was completed early First Lady Visits Her $ Magaddino Arraigned On Charges Of Racketeering And Conspiracy P v WTTTTA1H M/lDDTdOPV .« _ • ____ » . , » , » Birthnlac By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL Associated Press Writer SAN ANTONIO, T e x ., (AP) — President Johnson stayed home on the range in the rain Satur day but Mrs. Johnson took off in it for the east Texas area where she was bom. The F irst Lady h a s relatives and friends at Karnack—her birthplace—at Marshall and Jef ferson. So she and h e r daughter, Lynda Robb, were off in the family’s light private plane for a visit. Rain w a s dripping down, as it has been since the Johnsons ar rived from Washington last Tuesdav—except for a beautiful, cleai' Thanksgiving day. The President had the usual batch o f diplomatic, intelligence and other reports from Wash ington to take up som e of Ms time, The Johnsons are nearing the end now of their holiday stay at the ranch, tucked into the Texas halls beside the Pedernales Riv er, where they have spent every Thanksgiving but one since Johnson became president. They m issed on Nov. 28.1963. That was* six days a fter Johnson bepame president upon Me as sassination of John F . Kennedy, and the fam ily had their turkey dinner in their Washington home. today a t Mountaineer Coal Co. No. 9 m ine, rocked by an explo sion and charred by fire early Nov, 20. A succession of later explosions also rumbled through the mine, hampering efforts to rescue the trapped men. The company store not far from o n e of the m ine entrances to the huge mine was deserted Friday night after Consolidation Coal Co., parent firm of Moun taineer, announced the decision to seal the mine. Company mfficials, fear more explosions, restricted en try into the area. Families and friends had no vantage point to watch the sealing operations, even if they had wanted one. Consolidation announced the sealing job was,completed in a shtK-nent relea ! to newsmen i \ a Her 7 t).m . today. vas nopuu.ic announce ment. After No. 9 was sealed, min ing officials appeared cautiously optimistic that the fire raging in the m a z e of caverns below would b e controlled. Cosolidation President John Corcoran announced Friday night t h a t the decision had been made t o seal the mine. “The cumulative evidence shows without question,\ Cor coran told a news conference Friday night, “that human life is not possible where the men would b e located.” The sealing: 6th graf 104 guerrillas without a seriees of prepared positions to fall back on are open game for a mobile attacker. That was the Viet Cong plight when caught in the marshlands near Cai Ly. North of Saigin, a lull de scended along the Cambodian border after nearly a week of battles and skirmishes. The U.S. and South Vietnamese head quarters claimed m o re than 560 enemy troops were Mlled there during the week. South Vietnamese headquar ters announced the end o f a two-week sweep of forbidding Mount Co To deep In the Me kong Delta along the Cambo dian boi’der. This has been a Viet Cong stronghold for years. The Vietnamese special forces troops who parachuted into the area Nov. 17 killed 83 Viet Cong and captured 93 in the caves and bunkers of the “haunted” mountain, South Vietnamese headquarters said. The special forces lost seven dead and 43 wounded in the op eration, which was designed to take and hold the mountain fast ness for the first tim e in fhe war. Although the headquarters communiques listed a handful of light actions and shellings, plus six B52 bomber raids in scat tered areas, the only significant action listed Saturday was the one in the delta. Fatalities By WILLIAM MORRISSEY Associated Press Writer NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Stafano Magaddino, 77, reput ed head of syndicate crime in the Buffalo-Niagara falls-To- ronto areas, has been arraigned on charges of international racketeering and conspiracy. Magaddino was arraigned in his home Friday, four days aft er FBI agents stopped his auto mobile here and told him of an arrest warrant pending against him. Some jok e r or jokers w ith a w a rped sen s e of Humor g o t their kicks out of ringing t w o false f i r e alarms Friday night. Anyone w ith any common sense w o u ld know b e tter. The streets w e r e extrem e ly slippery, an d some innocent motorist or firem an could h a v e been seriously in ju r e d in a n accident. The jok e r s ringing t h e alarms must have been in a car be cause the first one was rung from F o r d a n d Elizabeth Streets, and the second, o n ly m om ents later, came from the low e r e n d of t h e Fourth \Ward. A n y o n e having a n y knowledge of th e villains should re p o r t it to th e police departm ent. Thirty or six t y days in the cou n ty jail might bring about a secon d thought, Magaddino’s arraignment was put off on a day-to-day basis be cause testimony of doctors re cently in a civil action indicated he suffered serious heart dis ease. U.S. Commissioner Edmund F. Maxwell went to the Magad dino home in nearby Lewiston and held the arraignment in a bedroom. A doctor stood by Magaddi no’s side and a cylinder of oxy gen was next to the bed, but it was not used. Magaddino was not required to plead. He confined his com ments during the eight minute proceeding to, “Tell my law yer,” as Maxwell explained his rights and the charges. Earlier, the Internal Revenue Service announced $3.6 million in income tax Kens had been placed against Magaddino, some of Ms relatives and an aide. During and proceeding he ar raignment FBI agents, armed with search warrants, went through Magaddino’s home and those o f three sons-in-law, James La Duea, Charles Mon tana and Vincent Scro, who are his immediate neighbors in an exclusive suburban area. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury studied the activities of Magaddino and others that led to the arrest of eight other men Tuesday on the racketeering and conspiracy charges. They included Stefano Magad dino’s son, Peter A. Magaddino, 51, who the FBI called heir-ap parent to Ms father; Benjamin Nicoletti Sr., 56, called supervi- sor of operations, and six as- smciates—Pasquale Passero, 44, Gino Monaco, 45, Sam Puglese, 46, Michael A. Farella, 56, Au gustine Rizzo, 34, and Louis V. Tavano, 28, all of the Niagara Falls-Buffalo area. One other man, Benjamin Nh coletti Jr., 29, was still at large, the FBI said. Th e e ld e r M a g a d d ino w a s re leased m n $50,000 b a i l, posted d u ring th e a r r a ig n m e n t , M a x w e ll confined h i m to N i a g a r a County, except for travel to as sist in his defense. The IRS said the tax liens were prompted by the discovery of more than $500,000 cash in the attic of the younger Magad dino’s home. The elder Magaddino and those arrested Tuesday were charged with violating federal statute banning interstate or foreign travel or transportation in aide of racketeering enter prises, and conspiracy. Specifically, the FBI said, the men were charged wcth gam bling activities in the Western New York area during Septem ber, October and November. Joseph Valachi, in testimony before the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee in 1963, called the elder Magaddino the “irrefutable lord paramount and titular head of syndicated organized crime in the Buffalo- Niagara Falls-Toronto areas.” Valachi said “No crime by members of the organization is permitted without his permis sion and guidance.” Buffalo police testifiedat the sam e hearings and called Ma- gaddino “boss of the entire Western New York area as well as the ohio Valley ayea,” \ \Whether there w ill be a Christmas-time return to the ranch still is uncertain. The Johnsons spent Christmas at the White House a year ago and flew to Texas the n e x t day. And they might want to repeat that for a last yuietide in a glorious ly decorated mansion. In Washington next week Johnson will be seeing Ambas sador Averell Ham m an, the chief U.S. negotiator in the P ar is peace talks with the North Vietnamese. Harriman is slated to be in the capital Tuesday and Wednesday. Various farewell parties and formal state dinners are on tap, including a reception Wednes day for photographers who have covered Mrs. Johnson’s activi ties the past five y ears. Tlie next night there will be a state dinner for Prem ier Amir Abbas Hoveyda of Iran. The final state dinner of the Johnson Administration brings Shaikh Sabah Al-Sab-ah, ruler of Kuwait, to the WMte House Dec. 11. Five days later, on Dec. 16, Johnson will light th e nation’s Christmas tree, \a 74-foot spruce from Utah, on the Ellipse b e tween the White House and the Washington Monument. Then on Dec. 22, M rs. Johnson debrates h er 56th birthday, Theologians Must Revise Catechism By DENNIS REDMONT Associa te d P r e s s W r it e r VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican broke silence Saturday on the widely read Dutch cate chism, demanding that the con- torversial book be rewritten to emphasize traditional views on angels, papal power, the Eucha rist and the virginity of Mary. While praising the revolution ary catechism for its “excep tional qualities,” a Vatican commission of six cardinals ap pointed by Pope Paul VI de manded revisions in a declara tion which amounted to a vir tual ultimatum to Dutch theolo gians. The document acknowledged that t h e Pope had been unable to stop publication of the book, with i t s “wrong use” of modern opinions after the first copies appeared two years ago. The catechism was issed in Octo ber 1966 with the approval of the Dutch hierarchy, headed by Bernard Jan Cardinal Affrink. The commission said the Pope had particularly objected to the catechism’s questioning of tra ditional Church teachings that the m other of Christ was a vir gin, t h a t angels existed and that Christ had been crucified for re mission of mankind’s sins. Thousands of copies of the catechism have been sold, par- ticelarly in Holland, where Ro man Catholicism is noted for its progressive trend. It was also translated into English, French, German, and Italian and be came a best-selling book, al though Church authorities have not authorized publication in any language but Dutch. The book is on sale in the United States. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The toil of traffic fatalities edged slowly upward toward the 500 mark Saturday on the third day of the long Thanksgiving weekend. Accidents on the nation’s highways drove the count to 477 for the period, which began at 6 p.m. Wednesday and will end at midnight Sunday. Over the Thanksgiving week end last year the toll was 685. The all-time high for the period came in 1986 when the number of dead totaled 748. The figure also is a record for _any holiday period. The Associated Press reported 530 auto deaths over a recent nonholiday weekend of match ing four-day length. The National Safety Council did not predict the possible toll this year, saying regards Thanksgiving asa time most people remain close to home. The lowest traffic toll for Thanksgiving period in recent years—all are four days— was in 1960 with 442 deaths. 20 Shots Fired At Jersey City Police Station JERSEY CITY, N.J. (A P ) - Police say 20 shots were fired from a speeding car at Fifth Precinct police station shortly before midnight Friday, two days after seven Black Pan thers were arrested. Police CMef Stephen T. Nes tor said, “I assume it was Black Panthers.” One of the bullets passed tM'ough the hat of Sgt. Edward Quirk, who was outside the pre cinct station. He was unharmed. The seven members o f the Biack Panthers, a militant Ne gro group that has formed in several of the nation’s cities, were arrested Wednesday about one m ile from tbe Fifth Pre cinct headquarters on charges of carrying concealed weapons. Bach was held in $10,000 b a il. Six of them were being held in Jersey City police headquarters and the seventh, a woman, had been transferred to a ja i l in nearby Seeaucus. The station is in a predomi nantly white neighborhood one block from die e d g e of a Negro slum. “We don’t think it was anyone from around here,” Nestor said. “We don’t think anyone who lives around here would do something like this.”
