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May Have Made A Mistake Kenyon, Minn., is a town of 1,500 where a policeman can get into trouble for doing his job too well. The town council has just fired Police Chief Tom Blair for \issuing too many traffic tickets.\ Residents of the community had complained. But maybe the complaints and the town council's action are not too well founded. Chief Blair can point to a reduction of about 50 per cent inm traffic accidents during his time in office. It now remains to be seen what a reversal of his ticket policy contributes to the traffic safety situation. —BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS No-Fault ALBANY, (UPI) - The no fault automobfle insurance plan, hailéd by the Rockefeller and Nixon administrations, has come under strong attack from both the insurance companies and lawyers. During (nearly 12 hours of hearings Wednesday, spokesmen for the lawyers and insurance compames} repeatedly criticized the plan for no fault insurance proposed by Sen. Bernard G. Gordon, R-Peekskill, the chair- man pf the Joint Insurance Compmittee. \No fault as proposed is an - unconscionable, wholesale de- struction of the common law rights of auto accident vic- tims,\ Seymour L. Colin, pres- ident of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association said. \It will bar recovery of gener- al damages by victims suffer- ing injuries as serious as frac- tured skulls, broken arms and legs, hermated discs, traumatic arthritis and other injuries pro- ductive of misery that could last a lifetime.\ George K. Bernstein, the fed- eral administrator in the de- partment of housing and urban development praised the Gordon no fault bill. Rockefeller, in a rare appear- ance at a legislative hearing, chided lawyers, who he said were the ones to benefit most under the current fault insur- ance system. \Let me be perfectly frank,\ he said. \There are lawyers who benefit from preservation of the status quo in automobile insurance and there are also many lawyers <in the legisla- ture.\ He added however that this should not stand in the way of giving the state's people the savings and advantages of no fault insurance. eleeTece, tet e Sn *a ounce-o. eTeTeToTe: ers #202000, 02020000 Freezing rain warning. Intermittent drizzle or rain freezing at times, changing to snow later today. Témps falling to about 30 by evening. Low 20. Fair for a while Friday. NYS Faces Budget of $10 Billion By CLAY F. RICHARDS ALBANY, N.Y. ernor Rockefeller's first five year projection; of state expen- ditures has shown that New York's budget: will hit $10.2 billion by 1976 if spending con- tinues at current levels. p Rockefeller sent his first five year plan to the legislature Wednesday. The new long range fiscal planning concept was adopted by the lawmakers at the special session the first week of this year. The five year plan idea has long been advocated by State Comptroller Arthur Levitt, but until now scoffed at by 'the Rockefeller administration. State budget experts caution- ed that the spending projections are subject to fluctuations in the economy. The estimates were based on no major new programs, no pay raises for state workers, no increase in school aid and no additional state taxes. ''The plan is based on ex1st- ing law and existing needs,\ Budget Director Richard L. Dunham said. \This does not mean that this will be the budget, but that this is the base from which we must start.\ The five year plan showed that current state income will not provide any funds for in- creased state spending during the next three years. Thus, if major new programs are launched, or such things as in- creased school aid is approved, it will require either new taxes or cuts in existing programs. The spending programs show- ed that by the 1975-76 fiscal year there will be $90 million for new programs, and the fol- lowing year $250 million. The Rockefeller plan showed that the requested budget for the coming fiscal year, which the governor sent to the legis- lature in January, was $7.9 bil- lion. For the following four years, the governor estimated: 1973-74- $8.75 billion 1974-75-$9.26 billion 1975-76-$9.715 billion 1976-77-$10.19 billion. , The five year plan includes an increase in $400 million in additional federal aid beginning in the new year starting in Ap- - ril and continuing through 1976. 'During the state fiscal years covered by this projection, ex- penditures are prOJected to in- crease by a minimum of $2.3 billion, or almost 30 per cent,\ the report said. \This is exclu- sive of improvements in state aid programs; program enrich- ments except that which results from the opening of new facili- ties presently under construc- tion; general salary increases or benefit improvements for state employees.” (UPD)-Gov- _ ICE A SAVAGE FOE - mutat- \< aad + < A . (“3 Ice formatlons from freezing rain can be as d1fflcult a winter foe as the snow drifts of a blizzard. The area was hit by an ice storm during the night and thousands of limbs dropped Power lines were badly disrupted, and flood- ing occurred because of persistent rain. Spells Trouble Freezing Rain Late yesterday afternoon the word went out \freezing rain warning and flooding\ and it turned out to be a night-mare for Niagara Mohawk power crews and trouble for other area residents. Steady pouring rain froze during the night. Branches fell from trees by the thousands. Power lines were snapped. Albion, Roy-Hart and Barker schools were closed either by power interruptions or the ef- fects of the storm. A Niagara Mohawk spokesman said trouble was wxdespread especially in the Wilson, Newfane, Gasport, Barker and Mlddleport areas with in- terruptions. Crews were brought in from Avon, Albion, and Buf- falo to help local repair men. A lot of primary 5,000-volt lines were down because of the icing and falling limbs. Some lines sizzled and transformers burned - out. Ice accumulations on some lines reached one inch or more. Medina Fire Dept. was called at 2:05 to Medina Memorial Hospital where power was cut when a transformer burned out. -(J-R Photos) The emergency generator, which is tested twice weekly, refused to function, but power was restored in about an hour with no adverse results to patients. At 5:07, . local firemen had report of wires burning at 415% W. Center. At 9:57 this morning firemen were called to 801 S. Main to a residence occupied by Marian Winters and owned by Helen Maynard. Water . had backed up in the cellar, reaching the gas furnace and causing a backfire of flames. Gas and electrical service was shut off. Trucks were dispatched to clear thousands of downed limbs\ from trees. Caution was urged due to slippery driving on secondary © roads. Snow is forecast tonight, with some clearing possible Fnday County Board Gets Reply From Election Official - ALBION - Charges of election law violations contained in a letter released earlier this week from the Republican election commissioner for the county to the Board of Supervisors were termed a \lie in part'\ by the commissioner's Democratic counterpart. In an impassioned address to the board, William Monacelli defended his actions and said he had evidence of willful falsifications of election office payrolls over the past two years. Monacelh sald he has TeSeTeTeTeTeTeToTeToe\e\e\e\e%e7s. 'a:a:02020:u:o:o:o:o:o:o:¢:o:l:0:| Joycees Honor MHS Teen Stephen D. Wieczorek, a senior at Medina Senior High School and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Wieczorek of 401 Mead _- Avenue, was selected last night from a field if six finalists to be named \Outstanding Teenage Young Man 1972\ by the Medina Area Jaycees. Stephen competed with the other finalists in six categories: Scholastic- ability; extra- curricular activities; out- standing achievements; ap- pearance; personality and a personal interview by a panel of judges. He is now entitled to enter district competition in Lockport Saturday. Stephen earns a $25 U.S. Savings Bond and a plaque to be presented at a local awards banquet. He ranks 5th if a class of 190. He is a member of the National Honor Society, the Legion of Honor, Youth Move, and Mirror Staff, the school yearbook. Stephen is also a recent recipient of a Regents Scholarship Award. He was also member of the J.V. baseball team, and varsity tennis squad. He plans to attend Niagara University and major in history and then perhaps law school. Other final competitors for the award were: Mark Benson, Thomas Miles, Phillip Pettine, ~'Thomas Balcerzak and Douglas Sterling. Members of the panel of judges were: James Hancock, Medina Jaycees; Martin Murphy, guidance dept. of M.H.S.; Ed- ward Austin, Marine Midland; Mrs. Anne Gunterburg, librarian at M.H.S., and Ronald Quellette, program chairman and M.H.S. faculty member. , HE'S THE WINNER - Stephen Wieczorek, an MHS senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wieczorek, Mead Ave., is presented citation as local “Outstandmg Téen Age Young Man of 1972\ by Ronald Ouellette, program chairman of the sponsoring Medina Jaycees. Mr. Ouellette is also a faculty member at Medina High. The local winner now can compete for regional honors at Lockport Saturday -(J-R Photo) * refrained from comment until today because until now the charges of Gerald Lynch were contained in newspaper reports rather than directly to the board. Lynch had charged that since Monacelli and his clerk were away at a conference, the election office was not able to operate officially and no sub- stitute was left on duty other than on the Republican side. Monacelli termed the release of the letter by Mr. Lynch an attempt to embarrass the Democratic party and he said that after consultation with the attorney general's office, he had determined that there was no necessity for sending such a letter to the board. Monacelli said that it has been his policy as a taxpayer and Democratic election com- missioner first, and Democratic county chairman second, to try and save taxpayers money. He charged, though, that at- tempts to work out agreements between himself and the GOP election commissioner to save money on personnel had failed, and that ''it has been an im- possibility to get the Republican commissioner to agree to anything.\ Referring to the election law, Monacelli pointed to evidence of violations in July 1970 when he claimed that an illegal registration took place, and included alleged evidence of a forgery, and said he had sent letters to state officials including the Secretary of State, as well as the county board. '\'Orleans County is the laughing stock on New York State as far as the Dept. of Elections is concerned,\ charged Monacelli. \If Mr. Lynch is in- terested in the election laws he better take a better look at them.\ Also today: An agreement was announced by Sidney C. Cleveland between Leastman Enterprises and Alan McKenna for disposal of solid waste material. Cleveland was appointed by the board to for-. mulate a short range solution to the county solid waste problem. Such large units as Lipton Company have faced such waste disposal problems. The short-term solution will provide for orderly disposal of waste from 1ndustr1es, municipalities and towns in the county served by Leastman Enterprises. The landfill is in. Town of Murray and has been under a 6-month extension granted by Murray town board. This expired on March 1. The McKenna landfill on Yager Rd., Town of Albion, will be used. _As a dedicated ecologist, Cleveland has stressed that he is personally interested in the long- range disposal of wastes and the future of Orleans County as a residential, recreational and open-space county, with in- dustries being served in the municipalities. He sees waste disposal as a major concern for the next few years. Even the Shelby landfill is only given a few years before it \plays out\ and no longer will serve the west end. PRICE 10 CENT S WNY Floods On Ra Emergency Der/ared On Cazenovia Creek - BUFFALO, N. Y. (UPI)-An emergency was declared in the suburban town of West Seneca today 'as the waters of Cazeno- via Creek spilled over their banks, forcingthe evacuation of about 30 families. Residents saidseveral streets near the Southgate Shopping Plaza were under three to four feet of water and scores of basements were flooded as hea- vy rains combined with warm weather to melt accumulated ice and snow. Another 60 persons were evac- uated, some by boat, from their Walkley homes at Sunset Bay in Chau- tauqua County, south of Buffalo. Authorities said the waters of: Cattaraugus Creek reached the. flood level 'by 6 a.m. Civil De- fense units from. Buffalo were sent to the scene and took with them an amphibious vehicle to aid in the rescue work. |__ No mJurles were reported. More than 5,000 customers of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. were without electricity for most of the night as a freez- ing rain snapped power lines in Niagara and Orleans countxes to the north. Seen «Pige The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for ~ Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua .and Cattaraugus countles A spokesman said tempera- tures had dropped to near .or be- lov}1 freezing levels over most of the area and it appeared that the peak of the melting of the snowpack had been reached. But, the spokesman said, streams could be expected to continue rising for another few hours-well into the afternoon- before reaching maximum lev- - els. In Buffalo, a fuel transport vessel, the L. G. LaDuca, broke loose from its moorings at a dock on the Buffalo River and floated freely, pushed by ice and the river current, for 3%- mlles before it ran aground Sure Bet for Ag Position Word from Albany today substantiates the announcement made by the Journal-Register in December that Assemblyman Frank Walkley of Castile is slated to become commissioner of the State Department of Agriculture & Markets. The story asserts that \Walkley has just locked up the appointment. h No action is expected by Gov: Rockefeller until after the ad- jourment of the Legislature, informed sources said. The appointment has been a matter of speculation since Commissioner Don: Wickham, the only original member of Rockefeller's cabinet still in office, announced about two years ago he was prepared to step down at the governor's convenience. There has been a lively scramble in farm circles for the - position since then. A late entry is Sen. Theodore D. Day, R-Seneca, chairman of the Senate's stan- ding committee on agriculture and markets for more than five years. Day and Wickham, whose home is in Schuyler County, have been personal friends for many years, before either went to. Albany, when both were farmers in the Finger Lakes area. The first official indication of the appointment may come by deadline time for filing petitions for positions on the selection ballot, in April. Walkley, who is a resident of the district which Under reap- portionment includes Orleans County, has made several visits to the county recently making himself known to local political figures. He is completing his fourth year in the Assembly and is presently chairman of the - Agricultural Committee suc- Middleport Mall Plan Detailed MIDDLEPORT - A Barker developer confirmed reports last night of construction of a proposed downtown shopping mall here costing over $700,000 and said it would be completed by September of this year, if all current planning goes smoothly. Herbert Schneider, president of Crowley Development Corp., said a group of general con- tractors, INDUCON, Inc., hopes to begm demohshmg 'old structures and start construction work within the next 60 days. Schneider, who is also president of the S&C Develop- ment Corp., which iis responsible for the construction of two apartment bulldlngs in Mid- dileport on Route 31, said the new shopping . mall would contain upwards of 28,000 square feet _of floor space. INDUCON, Inc. is a large development group with a head office in Toréhato and branch offices in Hamilton, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Buffalo and Rochester. , Schneider said the group, which specializes in the design, development, management and construction of commercial facilities, is building a $3 million nursing home complex on Grand Island. Crowley Development Corp., according to Schneider, is using the group's engineers and ar- chitects to design the downtown shopping mall in Middleport. The new mall, which plans call for on Main Street across from the fire station, also will have parking space for 85 cars, Schneider said. One set of architectural plans has been drawn up, Schneider said, which give the dimensions of the building as 150 feet by 120 feet. He said however, these figures may be revised. .Most of the property in the downtown area which the two corporations need to go ahead with the project, have been secured with tentative agreements. The only remaining piece of land which Schneider said must be acquired is the so- called '\Perfecto'' property, owned by Mrs. Dixie Whittaker. In a letter made available to the Journal-Register Schneider said an offer for the property had been submitted by the cor- poration to the owner's attorney, Chester Grove. INDUCON also lists as one of its credits an industrial park in Batavia and several industrial buildings in Canada, including a 250,000 sq. ft. refrigerator manufacturmg plant costing $2,400,000. 7 Schneider feels very strongly that the new shopping mall will ° \revitalize\ the downtown area. He said that as it is now, people have to travel a considerable distance \just to buy a loaf of bread.\ ceeding Assemblyman Edward Mason, who was dumped by Speaker Perry Duryea Jr. at the start of this legislative year because of Mason's opposition to. the fiscal policy of Governor Rockefeller Walkley may notlfy Republican county chairmen in Wyoming, Genesee and Orleans counties that he is not a can- didate for re-election, a sure sign that he has been guaranteed the appointment, it was explained. Such an announcement would open a scramble for the Assembly seat in the three- county area. Genesee, largest of the counties, already is believed to be considering such an eventuality. - Among those mentioned as. possible candidates in Genesee are: Edward T Cain, Republican - . i county chairman and GOP election :commissioner, in private lifé an insurance agent; Sheriff Frank L, Gavel; Frank, A. Baumeister of Darien, former supervisor and now clerk of Family Court; Legislator and former Batavia City Council President Lewis T. Del Plato; Legislator 'R. Stephen Hawley of Batavia Stafford District, a former Batavia Board of Education president, and Richard (J Kogle, Batavia banker. It is expected that there will be © candidates from other counties including Orleans should the Walkley appomtment be con- \W firmed. The commissioner of agrlculture is paid $40,275 a year. - His term is at the dlscretlon of the governor. Albion Board Learns Of New Home Park ALBION-The owner of about 14 acres of property between: Phipps Road and Route 31, wants to <construct a mobile home trailer park, the Albion Town Board was told last night. Ralph Buck, of R.D. 2, Albion, said the park would contain four trailers to start with, expanding to more in the future if he gets. approval fr rm the County Health Departmen The board told Buck that he should explore the requirements for a. trailer park with the County Health Department, bring the final plans back to the board, and they would pre- pare a public hearing on the request, Buck, engaged in building con- struction, owns two mobile homes on (Route 31 which he rents out. He said that his plan for the park would keep the first four trailers about 100 feet back © from Phipps Road. The board was also told last night the owner of a garage and sporting gopds store on Phipps Road, John D'Alberto, wants to sell the $50,000. Albion S’uperwsor Maynard Reed said D’Alberto had asked him to find out whether the board would be interested in ac- quiring the property for its municipal use. The consensus of the board last night vl'as that the property was over-priced. The board is | .Hove property for about currently preparing to sign a lease for office space in the . Coffey Bros. building which Supy. Reed said would be for five years at $120 a month. Supy. Reed also said that con- firmation had been received from Orleans County Highway Superintendent Henry Hannan for a consolidation of the voting booths in the Town of Albion's six election districts into the de- partment's garage on West Aca- demy Street. Supy. Reed said approval had also come from the Highway Committee of the Board of Su- pervisors which will present the proposal to the board today at its regular meeting in the form of a resolution. Comments from the village board would also be solicited, Reed said, and he indicated a letter has been sent to Mayor William Monacelli informing him of the move. Lottery AMSTERDAM, N. Y. (UPT)- The winning number picked to- day in the weekly drawing in New York State's 50-cent lotte- ry was 478839. | Next week's drawing will be held in Gloversville. . Repeating the winning num- ber: 478839. A Chuckle 20. TALLAHASSEE, Fig. (UPI) - A bill adding sex to the state's law outlawing discrimination on the basis of race, religion or national origin passed the Florida House, 97-1 Wednesday. The one dissenting vote was cast by Rep. Dave Smith, a confessed \male chauvinist\ who said \I believe that women should be coddled, loved, kissed and hugged. I believe they should be honored, and that doors should be opened for them, chairs pulled back for them, and old-fashioned grace, accorded them.\ MANILA (UPI) - Twenty students have announced plans for a 12-hour, nonstop tooth-brushing marathon Sunday to raise funds for charity. - The 20 colloge students of Ateneo de Manila Univ- ersity will clean their teeth at least seven times as they take turns in the tooth-brushing marathon in five-minute shlfls from noon to mudmght.
