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Weakness Invites War Given the qpustifiable and understandable concern of the American epople for a greater allocation of our national resources to domestic and welfare needs -and given the public repugnance to the Vietnam involvement and the unfair spinoff of back-lash against the military - there is a desperate need for a wider public understanding not only that the balance of military power is shifting against the United States, not only that it is the first duty of the national Government to \provide for the common defense\ of our country, but as well that our domestic and welfare priorities mean nothing if we grow so mwilitarily inferior that the enemy takes over. In our free democracy- where dissent is almost unlimited even in its extreme forms of violence as con- trasted to the complete in- tolerance of dissent in a totalitarian regime-the uitimate defense posture is determined by the will of the people. But the will of the people is shaped by what they know and what information they have. As the President has said, \If we are less strong than necessary...there will be no domestic society to look af- ter.\ Military weakness and national insecurity literally invite diplomatic blackmail and the strategy of terror from the Soviet Union. Military _- weakness - and national insecurity increase the chances of overconfidence and miscalculation by the enemy to trigger war. These are not just the views of a senatorial \hawk\ or \warmonger''. They are the warnings that have also been eloquently expressed by the Blue Ribbon Defense Panel composed of outstanding private citizens. There is a desperate need to remind the American people of the continuous external pressures exerted against our nation and people. There is a desperate need to remind the American people that the road to peace has never been through appeasement, ~ unilateral disarmament negotiation from weakness, or 'scaling down to parity to prove sincerity. History is precisely to the contrary. There is a despreate need to remind the American people that among the great nations only the strong sur- vive and that weakness on our part in military capability and national will would be the greatest threat to the peace of the world. The most serious question is the will of the American people. It is my opinion that the only reason for any doubt about that will is the fact that the serious situation has not been gotten across to the American people. | have no doubt about their will if they know and realize how serious the situation is. -SENATOR MARGARET CHASE SMITH We'll Go Back; No More Dams, Says Miner MAN. W.Va. (UPD -Weary refugees in West Virginia's worst flood disaster returned to their shattered valley in in- creasing numbers today, deter- mined to rebuild their homes and to oppose any plans to replace a crumbled coal waste dam. - At least 71. residents of Buffalo Creek Valley, most of them coal miners and their families, died Saturday when a mile-long waste water reservoir burst and sent a 30-foot wall of slime - gushing through - 14 Appalachian mining communi- -- ties. Officials said 150 persons were still missing today and that 4,000 of the valley's 4,952 residents were homeless. Red Cross emergency shelters housed 640 of the homeless, while others moved in tempora- rily with relatives or friends. \'We'll move back. We'll make sure there are no dams,\ said Wallace Adkins, a 45-year- old coal miner whose wife and two children died when the flood destroyed the mining community of Lundale. \If they start to build another dam that is not safe, I'll take a case of dynamite and blow it up,\ Adkins said. Deaths WALTON, WILLIE SALE, CLIFFORD FUNKHOUSER ROBERT Servzng The Lake Plums Country—Orleans. Niagara 08110309 335-7060 ther Cloudy with showers likely tonight. Low 45- 50. Winds 15-30 mph tonight and Thursday.. Showers Thursday. High 50-55, turning cold- er. Rain probability 70 pc. tonight, 90 Thurs VOL 70-NO. 20 ® MEDINA NEW YORK WEDNESDAY MARCH 1, 1972 Filing Date Arrives For Area Candidates Candidates for village elec- tions Mar. 21 in Orleans County raced to the wire yesterday as the last day for filing nominating petitions came to a close at 5 p.m. e In-Holley, five candidates will try to close the gap on two trustee positions including an executive assistant at the Holley office of Marine Midland Bank-Western Two GOP Aides Are Elected ALBION - Two new vice chairmen have joined the ranks of top officials of the Republican Party in Orleans County. John J. (Jack) McCarthy of Medina and Mrs. Beatrice Carroll of Medina were elected by county GOP committeemen last night as vice chairmen. McCarthy succeeds Fred Roth Jr., highway supt. of Ridgeway, who tendered his resignation last night after a long period as vice- chairman under several county chairman. The current county chairman, Curtis L. Lyman, conducted last night's session at the Court House. _ Mrs. Carroll succeeds Mrs. Gerald Lynch, who submitted her resignation some months ago after several years in her position, and many years as an officer of the county committee. Mr. McCarthy, a professional auctioneer,. has not been a committeeman in a district, but Mrs. Carroll is a Ridgeway district committeeman. In another action last night, Daniel Radzinski was named as a GOP state committeeman in place of Lester Canham, who iesigued. Radzinski has been very active in county Republican circles in the past five years. who, by nature of an ap- pointment several months ago to fill a vacancy, is an incumbent. Lawrence D. Mark, who defeated Robert Boots, 88-20 at a Citizens Party caucus, was joined by George Gaylord, retired, who was nominated to succeed Harold Wooten, who declined renomination. The Citizens Party in Holley also nominated Mayor Bruce Rodwell, also an incumbent by virtue of his appointment several months ago. _ Meanwhile, another party, . known as the Peoples Party, has nominated a housewife, Mrs. Fedora Formicola for trustee while the Conservative Party ' nominated Bootes, an employee . of Eastman Kodak Co. The In- dependent Party nominated Roger DeFrank, proprietor of DeFrank's tavern. According to the election law, the two candidates with the highest number of votes will be elected among the five can- didates in the field. In Lyndonville, while no in- dependent petitions were filed before the Tuesday deadline, the Republican Committee renamed Mayor Harry E. Maines, Jr., and trustee Henry W. Ralph to make bids for reelection . and also nominated 'Clifford Stothers to succeed Ivan G. Woodworth who declined renomination. Here in Medina, the Citizens Party renamed four incumbents: Mayor John Cobb and Trustees Howard Lake, Glenn Stalker and Ralph Whltmg, and in Albion the contest for two trustee positions will be between John Gurney and Mrs. Patricia Quarantello, for the Democrats, and Francis Neidert and G. William Parry, Jr., for the Republicans. Over in Niagara County, Middleport's village election shapes up as a battle between the two candidates nominated by caucus for the People's Non- Partisan Party -William Holahan and Lawrence Krolak- and Taxpayer's Party candidate Donald Owen. 2 Who Fled to Sweden, Return to Face Music STOCKHOLM (UPI) - Two American servicemen who fled to Sweden a year ago to escape the Vietnam War said today they will return to the United States because \we don't want to get caught up in the same vicious circle as other deserters here.\ | The two are Bob Davis, 19, Rockford, Al., and John Kemic, 20, Newark, N.J. \I risk six months in jail,\ Truck Theft Case Involves Youngsters ALBION - Three minors may be charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of a pick-up truck February 25 from the Western Auto parking lot on East Bank Street, Albion, Village Police said today The truck, which contained a 22 caliber plstol and 200 rounds of ammunition, was recovered by Chief Deputy Howard Lake of the Orleans County She a riff's Department and Albion Village Police Officer Joseph Sacco on February 29. The truck, owned by Richard C. Overholt of Western Auto who police say had a license for the gun which had been kept in a glove compartment, was found abandoned on Eagle Harbor Road with a bullet hole in the window. The pistol, which was. not in the truck when it was discover ed, was apparently found in the room of one of the minors, police said, after they had received permission from the youth's par- ents to make a search.: One of the youths also admit- ted to stealing a car on Febru- ary 18 from the Starkweather Freight Lines parking lot on Route 98, police said. Police said the bullet hole in the truck's window was appar- | ently caused when the gun acci- dentally discharged as one of the minors was handling it. Police indicated that most of the ammunition had been used up in target practice by the youths. The cases will be turn- ed over to Family Court, police - said, Kemic said. \But I want to leave the Army behind me. I have two alternatives-court- martial or undesirable dis- charge. But the main thing is to get out of the service.\ Davis said he served four months in Vietnam and then deserted in the United States when he was given a month's home leave after signing on for another six-year term in the Army. He then went to Sweden. Davis, who said he was wounded once, served with the i0ist Airborne Division as an artillery man at Fire Base Ripcord, 10 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). \After four months in Viet- nam, I had had enough, so I made up my mind,\ he said. \I signed up for another six years and they gave me 30 days leave to the United States and $1 m0 79 Davis said he and Kemic were leaving Sweden \because of lack of money and because we don't want to get caught in the same vicious circle as other deserters here.\ Lacking funds, several deser; ters in Sweden have been involved in drug pushing and other illegal acitvities. RIT Melee Probed ROCHESTER, N. Y. (UPD)- Authorities said today they were investigating the cause of a melee that developed outside the gymnasium where Roches- ter Institute of Technology host- ed Geneseo State in a basket- ball game Tuesday night. At last one person was re- ported being questioned but no charges had been filed. Three RIT students were in- jured, the most serious being Jerry Hace, 19, of Parma, Ohio, who was stabbed in the lower back. He was listed in satisfac- tory condition at Strong Memo- rial Hospital. An RIT spokesman said one student reportedly was punched in the stomach in the lobby of the gym at halftime and there was some trouble during the game but it was not considered serious. Deputies said both black and white students were involved, but the cause of the disturbance was not determined. “GERRY” - Orleans County Treasurer Geraldine Barry is shown at the huge safe which contains vital records. She is approaching her retirement later this year. Set To Retire -(J-R Photo) Treasurer Found Pleasure By Garey English ALBION-Geraldine Barry removed her glasses and with a very slight sigh, gently rubbed her eyes. She was sitting in an anteroom right next to the office . of the county treasurer where she has worked for the last 42 years. \It's about time, don't you think?\ she said as she put the glasses back on and folded her arms on the top of a large con- ference table. The gesture, firm yet polite, was indicative of the way \Gerry\ as she is known around the Court House, has conducted the county's finances since she went to work for Farncis Buell back in 1930. As a young child, she had moved from Medina to Lyn- donville with her family. Her father, Edwin W. Barry, who was a hlghway superintendent for the Town of Yates and her mother, whose maiden name was Rorick, sent her to the Lyndonvill‘e schools. By the time she was in her teens, she decided to head off for the big city. For a year, she attended Rochester Business Institute where, like most of the other students, her time was spent working with figures and budgets, accounts receivable and the day to day routine which keeps the world of business running. Sometime within that year, word got out that a position for a stenographer had opened up in the treasurer's office way back in Orleans County. She had no sooner packed her bags and made the long trek back, than she landed the job. And that was the beginning of a career and just a wee bit of dedication. From 1930 to about 1938, Gerry was guided, encouraged and taught by Buell who made it a point to use all the talents at his stenographer's command in filtering and compiling the reams of financial records that passed through the office day after day. Even now, Gerry gives all the credit for her training to Buell. Sometime - around - 1938, however, Buell, a Republican, decided not to run again for treasurer and the GOP, looking around for a likely prospect, nominated a supervisor from the Town - of - Murray, - Burt Ludington. He won. Within days, Ludington appointed Buell deputy - treasurer. - Buell, however, subsequently resxgned With that, Ludington, who had no prior experience in the operations of an office such as the county treasurer's, knew a good bet when he saw one, and promoted Gerry to deputy treasurer. Ludington stayed in office until he died in 1957, and the . Democrats, at that time holding sway in the governor's mansion, appointed Mrs. Helen Crowley, a former case worker in the Social Services Department to fill the remainder of Ludington's term from May until December. Meanwhile, Gerry, having been deputy, treasurer for all those years, decided to go after the Republican nomination in order to run against Mrs. Crowley in the November election. That move was the start of a political career which, if you were on the other side of the fence, might have given you pause. From that election on, in Work which she won, no matter flow hard the Democrats tried, they couldn't field a candidate who could beat her. In the early 60's after two unsuccessful bids, they gave up, and Gerry hasn't had any oposition since. Today, sitting in the con- ference room where the mem- bers of the board of supervisors gather before a meeting to sip coffee and swap political in- trigues, Gerry can point to all the changes which have taken place in the treasurer's office during the course of her tenure with the county. She says the biggest change over the years has been in the sheer increase in the volume of work which the office handles and most of this can be traced to welfare and the social services department. . Innovations in tabulating equipment have helped the of- fice's staff, but by and large, she says, most of. the work that is done today is taken care of pretty much. the way it was when she first started working there. Her only concern right now is with the future of the office. Her fleputy treasurer, Ernestine Hard, who was appointed to the position in 1958, will also be retiring at the end of this year and that, she says, will leave the office without anyone who has had direct contact with the job. At this time, she says, no one on the board of supervisors has taken any steps to her knowledge to seek out someone with the professional competence to fill either of the positions. Come the end of this year, then, Gerry will clean out her desk and leave 42 years of hard work behind her at the Court House. Although she has no plans for her retirement years, she may be able to indulge her taste for travel, which has taken her to Mexico and Canada, New Orleans and Las Vegas. Some of her time, of course, will be devoted to the Yates Chapter 215 of the Order of the Eastern Star, of which she has been a member since the age of 18. She has served as Associate Grand Warder of the state order (1951-1952) and Matron of the Yates Chapter (1946-1947). She is also a member of the United Methodist Church in Lyn- donville. \Plans? No, no plans,\ she says as she taps her fingers on the table top. The barest hint of a twinkle in her eyes brings a smile , to her face. Not one of the 42 years shows. Leap Year Mom Has Leap Year Baby ROCHESTER, Mich. (UPID)- Mrs. Patricia Cochran, a Leap Year baby 28 years ago, gave birth to a Leap Year daughter Tuesday. Amanda Deanne Cochran was born at Crittenton Hospital, weighing eight pounds, eight ounces. Mrs. Cochran's doctor pre- 'dicted the Feb. 29 due date seven months ago but Mrs. Cochran didn't believe it until midnight came and went Monday. \It's hard just trying to think of it-it's so far out,\ she said. enn cscs amg eee he as PRI CE 10 CENT? w ul ics 22 ce ce kz cke School Busing Scene Senate bat tie ”have,“ O Str engtb Of law WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, said today . a constitutional amendment to ban pupil busing \would be a major step backward in the quest for equal rights for all Americans.\ \It would undermine what progress we have made in race relations, both in our schools and in society as a whole,\ said Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University, leadoff wit- Buckley's Confidence Shaken WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. James L. Buckley, CR - NY., said Tuesday his confidence in the Nixon administration was shaken by President Nixon's pledge to eventually withdraw all U.S. military forces from Taiwan, and he said he is recensidering his decision to campaign for the President's re-election. Buckley, a Conservative-Re- publican, returned last month from a tour of the Far East, including Nationalist China. He originally endorsed - Nixon's visit to Peking-but said the Président had \buckled under and made significant conces- sions” at the expense of Tai- wan's security. Nixon, said Buckley, turned the trip into \a disastrous venture in Amer- ican diplomacy.\ \I would still be supporting Richard Nixon, but I don't know if I would be campaign- ing for him,\ Buckley told a news conference. He urged the President to \defuse the current interpreta- tion,\ of the U.S.-Chinese com- munique issued in Shanghai Sunday, by providing Phantom jets to Nationalist China and making available \the kind of weaponry required to make them able to . defend them- selves.\ \I had felt that Richard Nix- on would not repeat the mis- takes of everyone else who has tried summitry...and frankly my confidence is shaken,\ he said. \If this is an example of Rich- ard Nixon's summitry, then all I can say is it kills an awful lot of enthusiasm.\ CONTRACT AWARDED WASHINGTON (UPI)-The Air Force has awarded a $7.3 million contract to the Boeing Co. of Seattle for a 707 jetliner which will become the new Air Force One-or \The Spirit of '76'' as President Nixon has dubbed it. Seek More _ Blood Donors ILL YOU HELP? - N0 mat— ter whether you are a former blood donor or a new one, Mrs. James Johnson of the Red Cross blood- program commit- tee is urging you to support next week's blood bank day. ° She's shown on a telephone e campaign. The bloodmobile visit is set for March 8 from 12:30 to 6:30 at the Presbyter- ian Church and a strong effort to gain more donors is under way. 0.000 ness in a third day of hearings on antibusing umendments be- fore the House Judiciary Committee. - Hesburgh's testimony came as the principal focus of the congressional battle over busing shifted to the House from the Senate. The Senate reversed itself Tuesday. and | defeated: proposed leglslatlon to forbid federal courts from ordering busing to achieve rac1a1 inte- gration. . A vote on - an education bill containing a mild antibusing provision was set for final approval later today Hesburgh said an amendment offered by Rep. Norman .F. Lent, RN.Y. -the one favored by many of the most militant antibusing leaders - \would whittle away at the protections of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments which made free men out of slaves, gave these 'over-all men equal protection of the laws of the land and granted them the specific right 'to exercise the franchise.\ Lent, the only other sche- - duled witness today, said in a prepared statement, \It is difficult to square the many critics' snipings (at the Lent amendment) with their vehe- ment support and acclaim of the 1964 civil rights law. \The fact is that (the Lent amendment) utilizes the typical | language of most all of our antidiscrimination statutes in the fields of fair housing, financing of housing, public accommodations, federally as- sisted programs, equal employ- ment opportunity and voting Tights.\ Lent's amendment states: \No public school student shall, _ because of his race, creed or - eolor, - required to attend a particular . be assigned to or school.\ , The Senate meanwhile turned its attention to the main sections of the education bill which had been overshadowed by the controversy over anti- busing amendments. Nixon Foes Throw By United Press International® President Nixon's opponents in the New Hampshire Republi- can presidential primary have denounced his trip to China as a \fraud a \sellout. to principles\ and an attempt to divert attention from domestic problems. The brickbats came Tuesday from Reps. John M. Ashbrook, R-Ohio, and Paul N. McClos- key, R-Calif, both of whom seek to upset the President in New Hampshire's first-in-the- nation primary-=-now but six days away. They were joined in their criticism of Nixon's China moves by the Buckley brothers -columnist William, who trav- eled with Nixon to China as a newsman, and Sen. James, the: New York Conservative. - \I have a feeling New Hampshire voters may see through the fraud that the (the China trip) entails,\ McCloskey said. \The timing of the trip to China, the fact of the trip to China, was more to divert public attention back home away from the real problems the nation faces-particularly the settlement of the Vietnam War-than it was to achieve any breakthrough in the rela- sellout to China. -November. Brickbats at Trip tionship with China.\ Ashbrook, who opposes Nixon 'because he feels Nixon has failed to deliver on his promises to conservatives, said he believed Nixon's pact with Premier Chou En-lai was the beginning of the end of the Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai-shek. ''We are entering the count- down on Taiwan and how long they can keep their freedom as an independent nation-one, two 'or three months from now or a year from now,\ Ashbrook said. ~- The Ohio Republican de- scribed Nixon's pact as \a sellout to principles, not a \ He said it was evidence \of bad faith.with an ally\ to agree to withdraw troops from Taiwan without telling the Nationalist Chinese in advance. . William Buckley gave his endorsement to Ashbrook at Manchester. He said he had \'lost interest in Mr. Nixon\ although he said he probably would vote for him in In Washington, James Buckley described the Nixon pact as \'a disastrous venture in ; American diploma- cy\' but stopped short of erdorsing Ashbrook. Skaters Ra isé$$ . UN Club Goes Round-n- Round Would you believe a skate-a- thon? Members of the United - Nations Club at Medina Senior High School did, and it netted $200 for their treasury Sunday at South Main Street Park. In addition to fund-raising, the program provided awards for class participation and in- dividual achievement. The Sophomore Class copped the team trophy, and David Lindsay skated away (with individual honors by completing 215 laps around the local rink. Other -participants included ' Have A Chuckle last | David Wolters, 213 laps; Harold White, 195; Paula Bensley, 180; Mike Papadinoff, 160; Frank DiCureia, 150; Mike Wright, 132; Jeff Hazel, 12%; Jim Gurzinski, 125; Noel Turner, 102; Danny Castricone, 104; Ronald Ouellette, 83; Martin Murphy, 80; Francis Beyer, 75; Robyn Scheu, 80; Jim Barber, 73; 'James Punch, 55; Carol Allard, 50; Bradley Pask 10, and Mark Murphy, 1 lap. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the building of a hospital in Bangladesh. @ ® # . SAN BERNARDINO (UP!) - Taxi driver Benjamin E Gasperaitis pointed out to police the first marker on the trail - a pair of shoes. . . . Gasperaitis said Tuesday two young men robbed him of $7 and fired a shot at him. One of the robbers ran right out of his shoes as he fled, the taxi driver said. About 100 yards from the shoes, police found a coat and further on, a pistol - then several dollar bills, and then some identification, and then a shirt. Following the trail to its end, police found Roland Williams, 18, who was wearing only his pants and a layer of dirt as he tried to hide in a dirt pile at a con- struction project, officers said. He was charged with at- tempted murder and kidnaping. BARI, Italy (UPI) - The 16-year-old was proud of the car he was driving and told hitchhiker Vittorio Meola he took him to the street address Meola gave him. The address turned out to be that of a police sta- tion and Meola turned out to be the man from whom the youth stole the car. The young man identified only as M.T., was arrested.
