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Sour Political Note On Judicial Choices - An unhealthy situation is building up within Western New York's 8th Judicial District and the City Court bench situation in Buffalo. It involves the time-honored practice of bipartisan en- dorsement for sitting judges who may have earned solid recognition for their per- formance on the bench. Specifically, there appears to be a movement under way which could result in the denial of bipartisan en- dorsement for a veteran judge on the State Supreme Court bench, who is a Republican, and for a City Court judge, who is a Democrat. * The rationale for this idea of full Democrat and Republican slates of candidates with only single-party endorsement this November rests on the premise that this is the way to build up a buige in the vote margin for the national ticket, in this case for President Nixon on the one hand and for whoever his . Democratic opponent may be. As tempting as this for-your-party-only type of thinking may be to county committees and party chairmen, it carries with it grave risks as regards public confidence in the court system itself and in the judicial selection process. In a day when the image of fairness and impartiality of the judicial system has come under mounting attack - and often-vicious criticism, it would be an exceedingly narrow-vision policy to \dump\ a respected, sitting judge, or to junk a bipartisan endorsement tradition, for the sake of purely party gains of dubious nature locally. Thus party chairmen in Erie County, or in any county, had best ponder carefully the damage to the image ef the judicial system that would result from denial of bipar- tisan endorsement to demonstrably competent jurists. If such denials are to ever be considered, there should be but one criterion- performance on the bench. That must be the only measuring device. We strongly urge that both party chairmen think twice, nay, three times, about this. There should be no further tam- pering with public confidence in the court system just for the prospect of a vote margin in one district or another. -BUFFALO COURIER. Airlines Are Now Jittery By United Press International - An extortionist who knows \his way around the industry\ today brought long delays to the nation's air traffic. Airlines and airports from coast to coast searched passengers, planes and luggage because of a threat to blow up four Trans World Airlines jets. One bomb, tore open the cockpit of an empty TWA plane parked at the Las Vegas port Wednesday. Another bomb was sniffed out by a police dog at Kennedy Airport in New York 12 minutes before it was set to go off Tuesday. However, the deadline for the two other explosions passed without incident, a TWA spokes- man said. In another incident, an '\'inoperable explosive device\ was removed from a suitcase in the baggage department of a United Air Lines jet when it landed in Seattle Tuesday. \Apparently the explosive de- vice was rendered inoperable by the person who put it on board,\ said U.S. Attorney Sam Pitkin. } Lottery GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y. UPI -The winning number picked today in the weekly drawing of New York State's 50-cent lottery was 360424. Those holding tickets bearing the exact six-digit winning num- ber win $50,000; the last five digits, $5,000; the last four dig- its, $500; the last three digits, $50, and the last two digits, eli- gibility for a bonus drawing. Repeating the winning number -300424. Deaths GEBALLE, PAULINE © THE] VOL 70-N O 26 Price of - Dollar Plunges LONDON (UPI)-The price of the dollar plunged to new all time lows in several European countries today forcing some central (government) banks to intervene in exchange markets to prevent the U.S. currency crashing down through its official \floor'' price. Bankers, financiers, money managers and speculators con- tinued to sell dollars and switch their holdings to other safer- looking currencies for the fourth consecutive session. The West German mark and the British pound both attracted a big share of attention which drove the dollar down to new lows in those countries. The dollar also plummeted to its lowest yet in Switzerland. German dealers said they could not pinpoint any single factor for the new dollar setback but said it seemed a continuation of the general crisis of confidence in the dollar. RNAL REGISTER Serving The Lake Plains Country-Orleans. Niagara, Genesee MEDINA NEW YORK THURSDAY MARCH 9, 1972 \SIX BY SIX\ program. CD-Disaster -Because of the six driving wheels, the Army calls these troop carriers \'Six by Sixes\ Orleans County just received four more under the current government disposal and Coordinator Local Meetings Point Toward Renewal Plan Since urban re-development may become a reality in Medina this year after a decade and a half of planning and probing, a meeting was called last night by the Medina Urban Renewal Agency to bring together as many as possible of the property owners and occupants of the vicinity which is under con- sideration for renewal. This involves largely the residents of Church and Starr Sts. and about 30 owners and occupants were present at the Village Hall last night for a meeting conducted by Dr. John McCarthy, local! urban renewal chairman. Mayor John Cobb was Albion Sets present, as was John Sartar of the firm of Candeub and Fleissig, who are preparing Medina's application for re-development funds. If Medina finally receives the $750,000 federal renewal grant this year, it will probably mean purchase and demolition of numerous dwellings in the renewal area. Relocation of these people, is considered essential. ''The people were naturally cautious and curious at first, but after an hour and a half of questions and answers there was no hostility and, in faet, an at- titude of cooperatlon \ com- Crackdown On Meter Violators ALBION - The Village of Albion is going to try and crack down on parking meter violators with a new automatic rising fine scale which would raise penalties as high as $5. Modeled after a similar system in Medina, the plan would give violators seven days to pay a parking ticket at $1, 30 days to pay it at $2, and 60 days to pay it . at $5. The Albion Village Board agreed last night to hold a public hearing on an amendment to the village's vehicle and traffic ordinance which would put the new system into effect. The public hearing, which will precede another dealing. with a proposed swimming pool or- dinance, will be held prior to the next regular board meeting scheduled for Apr. 12 at 7:30 p.m. At this time, a parking ticket in the village of Albion is set at $1 and must be paid within 24 hours. Only after a summons is issued can the violator be brought to justice court if the fine has not been paid. Even then, the fine is $5. The village has apparently had a difficult time in collecting fines from parking meter violators and the board hopes the new plan will encourage prompter payment while it cuts the paper work and expense for justice court. The public hearing scheduled on a proposed swimming pool ordinance, will deal with the definition of a swimming pool, where it must be located, the manner in which it is drained, the types of equipment it must have, and the penalties for failure to comply. The proposed ordinance effects pools 24 inches and over in depth, stipulates they must be set back to the rear of the front line of - property, requires that pools be surrounded with a barrier at least four feet in height capable of being locked when not in use and orders a fine of not more than $100 for failure to meet the standards. The board stressed, however, that all existing pools do not have to make changes to comply with the ordinance, but if changes are made to existing pools, those changes must comply.: The board also agreed last night to have the village attorney explore the possibilities ob- taining title to Beaver Alley, just off of North Main Street near the Sugar Bowl restaurant. In a letter to the board, Village Attorney Sanford Church said the first mention of the alley is on an unofficial map drawn up in 1859. He said that in the past, the village has demonstrated control of it by designating it \One Way\. The alley has been the subject of some consternation to area merchants because ownership has never been clearly defined. The various highway depart- ments of the state, town and village have never been able to settle on who is responsible for upkeep of the alley. The board also received a letter from the Orleans County Health Department notifying it that the McKenna landfill on Yaeger Rd., which takes care of the village's solid wastes, is in \substantial compliance\ with the department's health code. At the village board meeting on Feb. 23, the board agreed to pay Alan J. McKenna $12,500 until he could prove his landfill met the board of health's standards, at which time, the annual contract for solid waste disposal would jump to $14,000. The board ap- proved the adjustment in the contract last night to the hlgher level. The board also approved the sharing of costs for an extension of the sewer lines on Brown Street to Newport Plaza and Albion Mobile Homes. Newport's share is $2,500, to be paid off at $500 a year for the next five years while Albion Mobile Homes pays a total bill of $500, payable in May of this year. The board approved a motion allowing Richard O'Hearn, of the Albion Fire Department to participate in a special medical emergency technology course scheduled for Mar. 15. The course will run for eight sessions and O'Hearn needed coverage in the department for about 18 hours. The board agreed to terminate the leave of absence of Wallace Mapes on the Albion Police . Department. Mapes, who has been on leave since January, will return March 15. The board will be meeting Monday and Tuesday of next week with the Police Benovolent Assn. and represeritatives of the County and Municipal Council of New York, affiliated with the American Federatlon of State, County and Municipal Em- ployees, AFL-CIO to negotiate. mented Mayor Cobb. Dr. McCarthy, chairman, said, \We were very pleased with the reaction. Questions centered around the methods of pur- chasing property, and steps in relocating families.\ He pointed out to the home owners and occupants that if money received on appraisals of their present homes is . not enough for them to suitably re- locate, there is a program of government grants available to help. McCarthy said some in the crowd seemed interested in the prospect of utilizing proposed public housing units for their relocation. \Evidently most everyone in the affected area is willing to re- locate,'\' commented Mayor Cobb. \Dr. McCarthy took time to assure them that they won't have to settle for something less than what they have.\ Medina is facing a deadline of April 1 to file its urban re- development application. As this action draws closer the pressures grow. Tonight, Mayor Cobb will meet with the “Cltlzens Advisory Committee\ on urban renewal. Twenty-four people have been invited to sit on this group, which is a required '\'sounding board\ unit for planning renewal. At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce will be hearing an address from a representative of HUD, the federal housing and development agency, on the topic of renewal and housing. Two Hurt Two persons were injured in a one-car accident yesterday at 2:30 p.m. on North Gravel Road at the south entrance to Boxwood Cemetery. Mrs. Helen (Derski) Der- zejewski of R.D. 2, Crestview Motel, Medina, driver of the car, was traveling north on North Gravel Rd. and went into a broad-side skid, police said. Her car left the road coming to rest against the village sign posted in front of the south entrance to Boxwood Cemetery. The road was described as extremely slippery due to ice, slush and blowing snow. Mrs. (Deéerski) Derzejewski suffered left shoulder, right elbow and wrist injuries. A passenger, Frank J. Ross, also residing at Crestview Motel, received hand lacerations and abrasions and complained of a bump on head and pains in right hip area. Blood 'Bank' David Green, left, is shown here with the truck alloted to the Village of Medina Dept. of Public Works. It will do snow plowing and other heavy work. Also in photo is Osborne Massey, a local ° public works mechanic. More Army Trucks Join 'Civil Service' Four more trucks have arrived in Orleans County through the Civil Defense excess property program. They are 2% trucks known as \six by sixes\ used by the Army as troop car- riers. The four agencies receiv- ing trucks by a drawing at the Civil Defense Center were Vil- lage of Albion, Village of Medina, Kendall Highway Dept., and the Holley Fire Dept. Director of the Office of Na- tural Disaster and Civil Defense David Green said, \When the program was formed about seven months ago we applied im- mediately. The county has been - surprised how quickly we re- ceived this much equipment. We have now received five trucks and I have applications in for more trucks, jeeps, and some heavy equlpment \ Under the excess program there is no cost for these ve- hicles. This is different from the surplus property program of a few years ago where there was some cost involved. | Lowertown Renewal LOCKPORT - Urban Renewal Director Herbert S. Knight told members of the Lockport Urban Renewal Agency (URA) Wed- nesday.that $550,000 in federal funds for the \Lowertown\ project have been received and demolition of bulldmgs in the area may start in July. Knight said the funds are for the early acquisition for the area bounded by Market, Garden, Exchange and Chapel Sts, The funds also will be used to relocate present occupants. Samuel Pecoraro URA ad- ministrative assistant, said that the area includes 44 parcels of land which contain 37 buildings. The rest of the parcels are vacant, he said. The Lowertown area was planned originally to be the first section of the city covered by Urban Renewal but attention was then shifted to the city's central business district. ° HITS GUARDRAIL ALBION - A Medina woman driving north toward the - N. Main Street bridge struck a guardrail this morning at the bridge entrance, but village po- lice said Patricia L, Suzanne, 27, of 616 W. Center St., did not report any personal injury. Four Men ‘ Variable clouds chance of occasronal light snow tonight, low about 10, except near zero some rural areas. Chance of flurries Friday, high in mid 20s. Winds light vanable PRICE 10 CENTS ~$800,000 Theft. In- Roches Take Bags With Kodak Payroll ROCHESTER, N. Y. (UPI)- About $800,000 was stolen from an unattended armored car that was making a payroll delivery ~ at an Eastman Kodak plant to- day, police said. Detectives said four men took about eight moneybags from the truck, while its driver andmes- senger were inside Kodak's \Hawk-Eye\ facility, loaded the bags into a private car, and es- caped. A car fitting the description Irving And Wife Are Indicted NEW YORK (UPI) Clifford Irving, his wife and a researcher were indicted by a New York County grand jury todayoncharges of perjury, fraud and grand larceny arising from the now officially discre- dited \autobiography\ of eccen- tric billionaire Howard Hughes. A federal grand jury, which has also been investigating the bizarre case, was expected to announce its actions shortly. Irving and author-researcher Richard Suskind were indicted by the county panel on charges of grand larceny, forgery and perjury in the second degree. Mrs. Edith Irving was charged with grand larceny and forgery. A Hughes spokesman in Los Angeles declined immediate comment \until further studies of the indictments.\ The indictments followed investigations of more than a month which heard testimony from scores of acquaintances of the Irvings and former asso- ciates of Hughes. Name Award For Sgt. Schneider ALBION The Orleans County Sheriffs Deputies Assoc. announced today the establish- ment of the Sgt. William R. Schneider Memorial Award to be given yearly to the most out- standing member of the Orleans County Sheriff's Department. The award, in honor of the 35 year-old deputy sheriff who served on the Medina Police Dept. from 1962 to 1964 before joining the Sheriff's Department will be given every Dec. 27 on the anniversary of his death. The association (also an- nounced that Anthony Bagnato was elected to a two year term as president of the organization; David Wells as vice president; Robert E. Parker as secretary- treasurer, and Henry Meyer as sergeant-at-arms. The elections took place at the monthly meeting on Monday evening, March 6. Richard Ferris, a past secretary-treasurer, was named to the board of directors. The association also named Richard Ferris, Stephen John- son, David Wells, and Anthony Bagnato to the association's bargaining committee for contract negotiations next fall. Named to the grievance committee were Richard Ferris, Stephen Johnson, David Wells and Anthony Bagnato while John . Miles, Thomas Golisano, David Donors Turn Out By The Hundreds: Paul Pollard, chairman of the Medina Red Cross Blood Pro- gram, joined other Red Cross officials today in celebrating an \overwhelming\ success in yes- terday's bloodmobile visit to Medina held at the First Pres- byterian Church. In the past response had been down, but this time 198 pints of blood were collected (which was over 30 p.c. more than the last time). Approximately 227 ; ple offered to donate blood, but only 198 were accepted. There were 52 new donors. A special request for 11 pints of A-Positive blood was met. Mr. Pollard expressed, \Thanks to all the people who worked and especially to all donors.\ The bloodmobile visits Medina four times a year, and the next visit will be in June, he said. Fredencks and Norman Watts were named to the socral com- mittee. Anthony Bagnato, Robert E. Parker, - Stephen - Johnson, Lawrence DiPaima, Dennis Drought were appointed to the interdepartmental - public relations committee which is charged with maintaining good working relations within the peo- department. The revision of by-laws and constitution committee is made up of Anthony Bagnato, Dennis Drought, Richard Ferris and Stephen Johnson, the welfare committee is composed of Seldon Stewart and Henry Meyer and the. publicity committee is composed of Seldon Stewart, Stephen Johnson and Robert E. Parker. of the robbery vehicle was found a few hours later on the city's north side. Police said they did not know whether there were checks among the loot.. Employes at the plant told po- lice the suspects drove up to the parked Doyle Armored Service Inc. truck and began unloading it. They took off in a green- 4- door sedan and headed north, police said. Neither the Kodak nor Doyle officials would comment on the Win for Rocky theft. F 5 f el l | B i | t | I The four suspects police said, - were described as being 35 or 40 years of age, and about five- foot-seven. | The driver of the armored car and his assistant, a messenger, apparently did not realize the moneybags were' gone until they | began driving off to their next destination for another delivery. ; Capt. James Cavotr of the Ro- chester detectlve bureau said in- vestigators did not know wheth- er the security men had locked | the truck while making the de- livery at the Hawk-Eye plant. ~The qlant is located at St. Paul Street and Avenue E. The car police were: checking was : found at Ridgewood Road and ; Clinton Avenue. | | $26 Million in _ Deficiency ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI nor Rockefeller has won his first fiscal test with the state legislature this year. He has two more bouts to go. ' The legislature approved Wednesday night the annual deficiency budget, which weigh- ed in this year at $26 million and was termed by majority Republicans as the smallest deficiency program in years. The victory in the Senate, 35-17, and the Assembly, 92-55, came after Democrats bxtterly attempted to delete parts of the measure to finance the state commission investigating New York City and pay for investiga-: tions of the Attica prison uprising. The def1c1ency budget, which authorizes spending for items not foreseen when the original budget was approved last April, will result in an actual cash outlay of $9.7 million between now and April 1, when a new budget is slated to take effect. Rockefeller still faces fiscal fights for approval of the pro- posed budget and for the sup- plemental budget, which is submitted just before the legi- slature finishes its annual ses- sion. A key question in both houses concerned a $350,000 item for the Scott Commission investiga- ting New York City. Democrats claimed that the commission, named for its attorney Stuart N. Scott, was on a political witchhunt against New York City's Democratic Mayor, John V. Lindsay. Assemblyman Leonard Stavi- sky, D - Queens, charged the commission was \not a Hoover Commlssmn it's a hatchet com- mission.' Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve, D-Buffalo, moved to strike out more than $1.2 million in the deficiency measure earmarked for paying the costs of the various investigations arising from the Attica prison rebellion. Eve recounted his experiences as a negotiator during the re- bellion and charged that an $800,000 appropriation for ad- ditional protective equipment was merely adding to prisoner repressions. His amendment was defeated. In the Senate, the request for the additional money for the Scott Commission drew the only controversy. . \In this year of so - called 'fiscal crisis',\ said Sen. Man- fred J. Ohrenstein, D-Manhat- tan, \this appropriation for a political hatchet job is: typical of . the way the governor operates.\ Since the item is merely re- paying money spent last summer, Democrats sought to chairman, Budget April 1. Republican . Leader Earl W. Brydges drew laughter when he said the rumored fued between Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay . was \totally nonexistent.\ But, he added \of all the: communities in' the state, the city of New York has done less | ' to accommodate itself to the. fiscal realities than any other town, village, clty or county. ‘They re arrogant \* Brydges - said. \They're coming up here like it was five or six years ago, asking for another $800 mflhon in aid.\ | Other main Items in the bill are: pairing the Attlca prison, and other correctlons 'improvements. -$4.8 million to -$4.6 million to pay for re- negotiated pay raises for State . University - professionals, and , $1.1 million for state pohcej raises. provide - ~ ~-$8 million m, state debt in- | terest. F -$6.2 million in additional 1. -*'*Bundy aid\ to private colleges | ruled eligible for the program | by courts, after Education Com- _. missioner Ewald B. Nyquist ruled against them Local Fire Calls A 6:50 p.m. yesterday e firemen were éalled to the - North Towne Apartments to ex- tinguish a trash fire. Workmen | on the building had buried a 55- gallon drum in a sand pile with | wood to burn, preventing sand - from freezing over night. The | alarm was called in by a neigh- | bor as the fire was only a few - feet from the apartment house. One truck responded. At 2:27 a.m. this morning the - . department was called to 738 - to the home of | Charles Moore. The furnace mo- - tor burned out and the house was | Church St. 'smoke-filled. Chief Dell Stork stated, \per- - sons with foreed air type heatmg ; plants should keep furnace fil- - ters clean sp motor doesn't have | to work overly hard. They should oil motor and fan at least once a year, preferably twice, and filters should be cleaned month- ly 39 this type of fire occurs, the mo- tor starts smoking and burning and the fan forces the smoke throughout the house. People often believe it is wiring, but ~ should check the furnace motor first.\ a '+ Have A Chuckle PRESTON, England (UPI) - Any day now, golfers will be able to see a stuffed the Preston goilfcourse. kestrel in the clubhouse at Alan Robinson netted the sea bird recently, with a stroke with his No. 3 wood on the second hole. \The ball hit the kestrel in the air and the bird dropped dead. Robinson, said. *I'm having it stuffed as a memento,\ CINCINNATE (UPI) - Sunday, police picked up Gary L. Wooley, 20, for questioning in the attempted burglary of Bill's Battery Co., but released him for lack of evidence. On a tip early Wednesday police returned to Bill's Battery Co. to find a man trying to break in the busi- ness. It was Wooley. This tune he was arrested and charged. He also stated that \when - postpone the move until the'f- j regular budget 1s approved by
