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Alcholism Takes Heavy Toll Alcoholism has long been a stepchild of U.S. health concern, regarded by many Americans as a character fault rather than a disease and associated mainly with the comparatively few un- fortunates who inhabit the cities' skid rows. But in fact, says a government task force, alcohol abuse is a treatable illness which ranks as the nation's leading drug problem. It affects 9 million Americans who are largely workers or homemakers, is involved in half of all arrests and half of all highway deaths and costs the economy an estimated $15 billion a year in job absenteeism and other losses. Such a cruel and massive problem will hardly yield to quick or easy cures. Much can be accomplished, however, through expanded research, public education and preventive and treatment measures. One newly an- nounced effort will be a $200,000 advertising campaign ''to encourage more responsible, controlled drinking patterns in healthier social contexts.\ That the vast majority of Americans who drink do not become alcoholics should not obscure the grievous con- sequences of alcoholism for its victims and the nation at large. To emphasize con- structive rehabilitation measures is to recognize its true nature as a health problem instead of a crime and to encourage hope for effectively combatting it. -BUFFALO EVENING -__ NEWS Ridgeway Names A Review Bd. Ridgeway's town board last night complied with a new requirement of state law by naming an \Assessment Board of Review\ made up of in- dependent citizens. They would act during the annual taxpayer grievance day ' and hear grievances over inequities in assessment. | On this board are Clayton Searles (-year term); Anna Cromwell (4 years), Henry Pollard (3 years), Edsell Grinnell (2 years), Bruce Martin {one year). Three days of work annually are expected to be required during the grievance day procedure with a pay of $50 per person on the assessment board of review. Previously the town board has acted as a hearing group during grievance day sessions. Under the new law, the town assessor is bound by law to ac- cept the findings of the new review board in any case of - grievance. Instruction on duties will be given to the new review board by Arnold Basinait, county tax director. Construction JOURNAL - REGISTER Serving The Lake Plains ,ow11n—-()m>uns Viagara, (rzenesee VOL 70-NO. 29 _ MEDINA NEW YORK, TUESDAY MARCH 14, 1972 wu on uc acnes ees e eases s u ens Fire At- Buffalo Casino BUFFALO, N. Y. (UPI) - A city firefighter was injured to- day when struck by falling debris during a three - alarm blaze which destroyed the Gro- ver Cleveland Park casino.: The blaze erupted in the large, vacant building near the State University at Buffalo af- ter 5:30 a.m. and volunteer fire- fighters were assisting city fire- men in attempting to bring the fire under control. Traffic in the Main Street- Bailey Avenue area was shut off just before the start of the morning rush. Authorities said Ronald Halm- er of North Tonawanda, a Buf- falo fireman, was taken to Mey- er Memorial Hospital for treat- ment of a chest injury. He was struck by debris when part of the building collapsed. _ The cause of the fire, which was out of control for more than two hours was not deter- mined. Firm Gets Airport Contract BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) - A suburban town of Tonawanda firm Monday was awarded a contract for nearly $2.9 million for an addition to the front terminal at the Greater Buffalo International Airport. The Niagara Frontier Trans- portation Authority awarded the $2,888,000 pact to the John W. Cowper Co. t ny?! Hot Dog Tax Repeal Losing ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI)-Legi- slators who want to repeal the state's \hotdog\ tax appear to be losing ground in their efforts to convince other lawmakers to act on their measures. A move to force a repeal bill out of committee drew only 60 - votes in the Assembly Monday, 16 shy of the 76 required and 11 less than a previous vote on a similar effort. The bill by Assemblyman Herbert A. Posner, D - Queens, would have replaced the tax with a higher luxury tax. In the brief debate, Majority Leader John Kingston, R-West- bury, said the proposed luxury tax would be \virtually impos- sible to collect,\' because of possible collusion between buy- ers and merchants. .. A previous bid to get a repeal bill out of committee, sponsored by Assemblyman Edward Kinsella, R - Solvay, fell five votes short. The tax was dubbed the \hot- dog\ tax while it was under consideration last year because it added restaurant meals cost- ing less than $1 to the list of items subject to state and local sales taxes. Work Starts on Cook Furniture Facility Orleans County's Industrial Development Agency said today, \We are pleased to announce completion of our first project.\ The news release was in refer- ence to the 70,000 square foot warehouse and sales facility be; ing built adjacent to the S. A. Cook & Co. furniture plant on East Ave., Medina. Foundation work on the site has already been started. The Orleans County Industrial Development Agency has been the vehicle through which the financing and tax abatement has been secured and today's data from the industrial agency ex- plained the following details: \The agency created in the fall of 1971 is a five member agency with Vincent St. John as chairman. The other members are John P. Kennedy, John M. Dailey, George Bower, and Theo- dore Swiereznski. Mr, Swierezn- ski, supervisor from the Town of Gaines, proposed the crea- tion of the agency to the Board of Supervisors of Orleans. Some neighboring counties are now in the process of creating such agencies. '\'Raymond C. Pahura, eco- nomic development coordinator for Orleans, and also admlms trative director of the agency initiated the project which in- volves the construction of the huge factory warehouse sales room outlet at the Medina loca- tion of the S. A. Cook furniture factory. «'Construction has already be- gun and completion is expected during the summer of 1972. Ap- proximately 100 new jobs are ex- pected to be created through in- creased production in the fac- tory and the necessary personnel for the warehouse and sales out- let. 'Members of the agency met at offices on Wall Street in N. Y. C. last week to sign the final papers. This $1,400,000 project was financed through the public sale of industrial revenue bonds and does not involve taxpayers monies in any way.\ Mr. Pahura, administrative director of the agency, explain- ed that the agency provides a means of attracting new indus- tries and the expansion and re- tention of existing industries. Creation of new jobs is a prime objectnve of the agency, he said, and it is hoped other projects will be initiated in the near fu- ture. ROYAL TOURIST—Britam s Queen Elizabeth II looks a bit hes1tant as she crosses the Bridge of Eternity in Singapore's Jurong Bird Park during her royal tour. Ridgeway To Sound Out Water Dist. Support A water district consisting of one main line running along Ridge Road from the western county line to the Horan Rd. intersection east of Ridgeway Corners is under consideration. This follows requests of residents in the Jeddo and Ridgeway areas. At the regular Town of Ridgeway board meeting last night, a motion was adopted to hold a public hearing on April 3 at 7 p.m. in the town hall to test public reaction to expenditure of money for an engineer's survey of such a district. It is expected it would extend over four miles along Ridge Rd. and data available last night showed about 80 parcels or in- dividual ownerships along this route of the pipeline. Cost of such a construction is not yet known. Supervisor Stanley Kubatek stressed that the public hearing on April 3 would be only to \get public reaction\ to spending the money on a survey by engineers, and not to authorize any con- struction. That step would come later, he said. Justice William Blackburn offered a suggestion that was adopted and this involves sen- ding each of the property holders along the pipeline route a per- sonal invitation to the April 3 hearing. \Otherwise you will just get the people we've heard from many times before and they are already in favor of a water district. We know that,\ he said. He was equally firm in wanting to know \just how many of the 80 property owners ac- tually want a water district.\ \Everytime I speak up,\ he said, \people get the impression I'm against water along the Ridge Rd. This is not true. I definitely want water in that area, but I'd like to see just how many names will appear on petitions to actually support it. If there is enough sentiment I'm all for it.\ It was also agreed that Supervisor Kubatek will contact the Town of Hartland to see if that township would be willing to allow a tap-in and sell water from its district to the proposed new Ridge Road water users. Costs at this time are not known, or whether they would be prohibitive in such a limited district. The engineering study would presumably be needed. Middleport Budget Set MIDDLEPORT - The Mid- dleport Village Board last night approved a tentative 1972-1973 budget of $370,490, a drop of $13,256 over the budget for the last fiscal year. Village officials attributed the drop in the overall operating budget to a lowered sewer fund for the upcoming year. They said a bond anticipation note paid in September required a cutback in sewer fund expenditures for the 1972-1973 fiscal year. Last year, the sewer fund was pegged at $112,362 compared with the tentative figure for the 'next fiscal year, $89,675. The general and water funds for the next year, meanwhile, rose. The general fund, pegged at $201,185 last year, went up to $207,365 in the new budget while the water fund, set at $70,200 last year, rose to $73,450 in the new budget. The village's tax rate remains at the $10 per $1,000 of assessed valuation level in the new budget. The board set a budget hearing for Monday, Apr. 3, at 7:30 p.m. In other business last night, the Florida Vote Is Heavy MIAMI (UPI) - Floridians voted in heavy numbers and beautiful weather today in a presidential primary which was expected to produce a victory for Alabama Gov. George C. Wilace and have a crucial effect on the prospect of five major can- didates for the Democratic presidential nomination. A heavy turnout of Negroes - 15 per cent of the electorate - was reported in Fort Lauderdale. In Orlando after two hours 100 voters had cast ballots in a bellwether precinct where only 60 had voted in the last general election. At some places in Miami up to 50 voters were waiting in line when the polls opened. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, Henry M. Jackson of Washington and George S. McGovern of South Dakota and Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York were battling for second place-conceding victory in ad- vance to Wallace, who rode sentiment against compulsory school busing for all it was worth. board gave its stamp of approval to a proposed local law establishing regulations for mobile homes, parks, travel trailers and trailer camps. The board acted on the proposed law following a public hearing which began at 7 p.m. and finished. an hour later. No one appeared at the hearing to voice opposition. The Village of Middleport has been regulating its one trailer park in accordance with a set of zoning regulations established in 1955 which requires that such an area be industrially zoned. The new local law, village officials explained last night, is a way of insuring that the village will be able to establish its own ground rules for future mobile home or trailer sites. Included in the regulations are stipulations for the size and number of sites at any one location. For mobile home parks, the park must be at least 9 acres in - size with at least 100 feet of frontage on a public road. The total number of home lots in a mobile home park shall not exceed six per acre. Each mobile home lot must have a total area of not less than 5,000 square feet, according to the new law, with a minimum dimension of 50 feet. A mobile. home must be at least 30 feet from an adjacent mobile home in any direction; at least 50 feet from an adjacent property line; at least 100 feet from the right of way of a public street or high- way ; and at least 10 feet from the nearest edge of any roadway location within the park. For trailer camps, the law specifies that the total number of trailer lots in the camp must not exceed 12 per acre, and that each trailer shall have a total area of not less than 2,500 square feet with a minimum dimension of 30 feet. - Travel trailers located outside of trailer camps which are not being used for living or sleeping may not remain parked on the premises occupied as the prin- cipal residence by the owner longer than 60 days without a special permit. This last section of the law was questioned during the public hearing by Village Trustee William Holahan. The village official wondered about the regulations which would have to be established for the issuance of such permits beyond the 60-day period. \I don't see any objections to controls,\ Holahan said, \as long as the controls are issued equally in all directions. If we're going to have to rule, we should enforce it.\ The board agreed to establish the details for the issuance of such permits beyond the 60-day period at a later time. « The board also opened two bids last night for water meters. One of the bids, by the Robert H. Parry Co., of Buffalo, was ruled incomplete and was rejected. The bid was for one water meter at $39.12, and 40 water meters at $1,564.80. ~ The company which was awarded the contract, Badger Meter, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisc., offered to supply the meters at $45.05 for one meter or $1,802 for 40 meters. The meters have outside readers. Returning \just about on schedule,\ the first big flock of migrating Canada Geese arrived at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Sunday, with an estimated 1,500 reported at Cayuga Pool offthe Lockport Rd. and 500 at the Forrestel area near Rt. 63 north of Alabama. John. S. Morse, wildlife management. blologlst reported the northward migration to this area usually starts between the last week in February and the first week in March, and the first . big flocks arrived last year on Feb. 26. The number of geese at Iroquois, and the adjoining Oak Orchard and Tonawanda State Game Management areas reaches its peak around the third week in April. The largest concentration last year was estimated at 150,000. After resting and feeding in this area for several weeks, the honkers head, for northern Canada nesting areas. A few remain to nest in Alabama Swamp area. A herd of 300 deer has been attracting many sightseers to the Lockport-Lewiston Rd. area north of Oakfield. The deer come out of the woods late in the af- ternoon to feed. A. albino,\ a deer with white on its sides, has been reported there:. . necessary \partial ann oon one emmm ema nee e n elise eee - fif‘tljed ther Snow tonight. Partly cloudy Wednesday w1th a chance of showers. Low tonight near 30 Wmd becommg north tonight. PRICE 10 CENTS S. Viet Planes Score Ground To roops T. alfe Key Red Base By ARTHUR HIGBEE SAIGON (UPI)-South Viet- namese jets today knocked out three tanks and eight trucks of a Communist convoy hauling supplies to a ridge in the Cen- tral Highlands where South Vietnamese paratroopers mauled units of the North Vietnamese 320th Division-the victors at Dien BienPhu. Allied officers said the battle between Saigon's 2nd Airborne Brigade and North Vietnam's 320th Division was especially significant because it pitted a pair of top ground units against each other withonly negligible U.S. air support. SAIGON (UPI)-South Viet- namese troops fought two major battles with guerrillas in northern South Vietnam Mon- day, killing 132 Communists. The Saigon command said it was the heaviest fighting in- four months. _ South Vietnamese losses in the two battles-one 19 miles southwest of Hue and the other farther south near the border area of Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam-totaled 12 dead and 33 wounded, the command said: In the air war, U.S. B52s flew five missions against suspected Communist positions in South Vietnam but took no part in the: 'two battles. A four-pronged South Vietna- mese drive into eastern Cambo- dia involving an. estimated 50,000 South Vietnamese troops reported a major key Communist stronghold of Kampong Trach. American warplanes and School Board Rejects Tax Cut for Elderly Medina Central School Board of Education met in regular session last night with reports and certain actions taken, in- cluding rejection of the requested tax relief for the elderly. A 5 to 3 vote of the board rejected this bid for 50 p.c. school tax forgiveness to low-income elderly. The action came after a lengthy study by William Leo, school business administrator, and Clifford Wise, a retired school administrator of tNe district, and also followed a public hearing attended by three area residents. .Tax impact on the district was given as a factor of the study results. The Towns of Ridgeway and Shelby and the Village of Medina granted the 50 p.c. property tax relief in previous actions. In other business: The Board of Education heard progress reports on the secon- dary English and reading programs at the meeting at Ensign Avenue School Building. Mrs. Joanne Brundage in- dicated that the current elective English program at the Senior High School has become an \unqualified success\. Course selections are meeting student needs and greater academic suecess is being realized. At the same time, directed activities in developmental and remedial reading have produced unusual progress in many instances at the secondary level. Mrs. Joyce Derry, reading instructor, reported cooperation from both the faculty and the students in implementing programs geared to individual student needs and deficiencies. Dr. Robert V. Cogger, superintendent of schools, reported on the first meeting of the recently appointed Citizens Advisory Committee to assist the urban renewal organization and the Village Board in making decisions which will be in these areas. Michael Ferri will serve as Dr. Cogger's alternate on this committee. Lee Roberts, a former Board of Education: member, was ap- pointed for another year as the local district's representative on the Board of Cooperative Ser- vices Board of Education. Medina will be a voting member of the group in 72-73 in the BOCES Board's rotating vote arrangement. Approval was given to a plan to appoint resource people in seventeen subject centered areas. This plan réplaces the former department chairman structure. These people will assist in the development of curricular and instructional changes within their given departments and work toward the establishment of a com- prehensive and continuous program. Notices of vacancies 'will be posted, and appointments will be made as soon as possible. David Parsons, Senior High School principal, reviewed the athletic accomplishments of the winter sports season. Special commendation was given to the wrestling squad that once again captured the Niagara-Orleans and BBB sectional titles. The proposed trip to Washington by the United Nations Club during the Easter recess was given the board's - stamp of approval. A complete itinerary, some of which was arranged by Rep. Barber Conable, was presented for- | review. Much of the necessary money was raised through club activities such as the recent Skate-A-Thon. ' Medina will again operate a summer school program funded jointly by Migrant and Title I monies. The program as ap- proved by the board will run from July.:10 through August 18.. Thomas A. Schirmer, coor- dinator of curriculum and in- struction, reviewed the an- ticipated staffing needs for the session. Resignations were accepted from Michael Fortuna, senior high school - English teacher; Harold Matthews, junior high school science teacher; Arthur Gierman, cleaner at the Senior High School and James Hart, messenger and bus driver. Notifications of retirement were received and approved from Mrs. Josephine Callard, Junior High School librarian, and Mrs. Francis Postle, Towne School reading teacher. Maternity leaves of absence were granted to Mrs. Kathleen. Fitzsimmons, physical education teacher 'at Towne School, and Mrs. Cynthia Kiebala, junior high school English teacher. Further personnel action in- cluded the appointment of Ed- ward Andrews, cleaner at the Senior High School Ismael Rodriguez, messenger Stephen Morrison, junior varsity baseball coach; and'Mrs. Gloria Dilcher, Junior High School library aide. Civil Service appointments were granted to Mrs. Janet Lawson, secretary, and to Mrs. Gladys Hill, clerk. Intramural salaries were approved for Mrs. Nancy Alvord, Edward Malolepszy, and Charles | Mancuso. Payment for teaching the mandated three hour state driver education course was approved for Gilbert Irons, high school driver education teacher In a final action the board approved the acqulsltlon of a $90,000 revenue anticipation note to cover current expenses until the receipt of state aid in April. The state has instituted a moratorium on all aid payments until next month as a financial savings. The district has not had a state aid payment since December. All interest incurred on such loans will be covered by the state. victory Monday with the capture of the - administrative. ell _ helicopters but no U.S. ground force took part in the battle. 'The drive got under way Thursday to try to break up a reported Communist buildup in preparation for a guerrilla attack on Saigon. The fight near Hue lasted most of Monday afternoon and involved a battalion of South Vietnamese claimed 68 guerril- las 'killed. The other battle occurred in the Central Highlands, where increased Communist activity has been reported recently. The command said South Vietna- mese paratroopers on patrol ran into a force of about - 100 guerrillas and killed 64 of the | Communists. The South Vletnamese suf- fered seven wounded. Knights Gets Endorsement In Hamlin William Knights Jr. - William Knights‘llr\ a former supervisor of the Town of - Ridgeway, an announced can- didate for the Republican en- dorsement for State Assembly in the new 137th District, crossed one hurdle last night. He was given the unanimous en- ° dorsement of the Town of Hamlin GOP committee in Monroe County. | He and another contender, Joseph Mancuso, Batavia in- dustrial developer, appeared before the Hamlin committee .and gave 15-minute individual presentations. The Hamlin group deliberated for some time before their vote in endorsing Knights. ° : The new 137th Assembly Dist. includes the eastern half of Wyoming County, all of Genesee and Wyoming Counties and the Monroe County towns of Hamlin, Clarkson and Sweden. . The Orleans County GOP Committee will meet Thursday night to consider its endorsement and both Knights and Mancuso are expected to be present to present their cases. Mancuso received an early endorsement by the Genesee County Republican Committee. The Wyoming committee has not yet acted and is due to meet next Saturday night for its en- - dorsement session. Hearing Tonight At 7:30 tonight, the Medina Village Board will open its regu- 'lar meeting with a public hear- ing on a proposal to relieve traf- fic flow problems on Erie St, The street is now a point of exit for the Fisher-Price Co. park- ing lot. It has been proposed that parking be eliminated on the east side of the street and par- tially on the west side. Other major concerns tomght will be a discussion of federal renewal funds and housing pro- grams, replacement of the dog warden, and a report on West . Ave: traffic controls. ' Have A Chuckle e BUDAPEST Hungary (UPI) - A pile of Hungancm cakes has solved a drug smuggling affair in Egypt. Egyptian authorities, the newspaper Nepszabadsag said Monday, suspected an international drug smug- gling ring when a Hungarian woman married to a Cairo student began receiving from Budapest packages of poppy seeds - the basis of many dangerous drugs. Poppy seeds, the unidentified woman explained, are used in Hungarian cakes and she asked her mother here to mail a few packages. She baked a pile of Poppy. seed cakes to prove her point and authorities d ~ the case.
