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Britain Makes The Criminal Pay England this year will put into effect an interesting and innovative new theory of penology. Under terms of a new law, criminals will soon be made to pav compensation for their crimes. The em- bezzler no longer will be able to serve his time in prison and get out to enjoy the money he stole. The fruits of fraud or theft will be denied the criminal leaving jail through the application of bankruptcy laws forcing him to live frugally until the court is satisfied he has accounted fully for the money he stole. For criminals who have no means of making restoration or whose crime did not entail theft of property, the new system will provide that minor offenders make their payments to society in the form of community service. Such practical work as ten- ding hospital gardens, looking after the elderly or aiding deprived families is likely. The criminal will not be punished by imprisonment alone ; he will 'be made to pay for his crime in a way that makes up some of the loss it caused to society. The reason for this new venture in penology is that Britain's prisons have become badly overcrowded and conditions for effective rehabilitation in them are poor. Nearly all prisoners are released sooner or later and the British are willing to try a means of punishing the guilty by making him repay those he has injured at the same time he is being rehabilitated. Paraile! conditions exist on the American prison scene, but the idea of making the convict repay the victims of his crimes has not been widely. advanced here, though any benefits it might bring would be fully as welcome in America as in England. The victim of crime in America regains none of his loss simply because the criminal is caught and locked up. Making punishment not only fit the crime but provide some compensation for those who suffer it is a bright new idea, and ail eyes should be on England to see how it works. --BOSTON HERALD Battle on - Food Prices WASHINGTON (UPI) -Price Commission Chairman C. Jack- son Grayson Jr. said today Agriculture y Butz was damaging the govern- ment's price stabilization ef- forts by strongly defending rising prices for meat and other food products. Butz told a livestock group this week that increases in meat prices were good for the nation's farmers. He said they would encourage production and \it's the best way to insure a good supply of the better cuts of beef that I prefer.\ ~- Grayson said he realized that Butz was speaking in behalf of farmers when he had \com- - plained that meat and other food prices were not high enough. . \But if the leader of every sector of the economy did that, the efforts to achieve price stability would be wrecked,\ Grayson. said. Grayson said the success of the administration's anti-infla- tion program \requires that everyone work . to hold prices down. Secretary - Earl: Sn‘1i‘th. in Official f‘Debut’ ”n ALBION - A relaxed and per- sonable Congressman Henry P. Smith III drove through Niagara County fog last night to be pres- ent at the endorsement meeting of the Orleans County Republi- can Committee held in the cav- ernous huge judicial chamber of the County Court House. He was introduced by Orleans GOP Chairman Curtis L. Lyman and took the rostrum for about 15 minutes to \make his debut\ in a county which now becomes part of his constituency under state re-apportionment. If he is re-elected (and he received local endorsement last nigh_t), he will take on his enlarged district next January. . Rep. Smith readily acknowl- edged that Orleans County has been represented by an outstand- ing lawmaker in Congressman Barber B. Conable Jr. He was high in his praise of Conable, who is a personal friend and who went to Washington in the same year. \I've said Barber Conable could someday be President if his duties don't burn him out- I often wonder how he does all that he does,\ said Smith. \He told me recently that he hates to give up Orleans as part of his district because he said you are great people and have been very good to him.\ Smith made reference to a reader's letter which appeared in county newspapers in which one woman quickly berated the change of congressmen and pre- dicted that \the only time we see Mr. Smith is in the news- papers.\ He smiled with a look of understanding. Smith said last night to the good-sized assemblage that he could sympathize with disap- pointment in losing Conable. But he did not dwell too far on apologies. \I'll certainly make every effort to represent you in the way Barber Conable has done, and I will hope to meet many of you and others in Or- leans in these coming months. In a recent telephone inter- view with the Journal-Register, Conable was equally warm in praise of Smith, saying, \Henry is one of my best friends, and he will make an effort to get to know Orleans. You can take him at his word. When he says he'll be somewhere, or make some effort, he will follow through.\ Smith is a Cornell Law School graduate, former North Tona- wanda mayor and former Coun- ty Judge. . His enlarged district, which has gone from 407,000 people to 467,000, is the 36th Congressional Dist. It extends all the way from the north tip of Buffalo through Niagara and Orleans Counties and to the Monroe County townships of Hamlin, Clarkson and Sweden, including Brockport. \If the district grows any more I'll have to hire a helicop- ter to cover it,\ he quipped. \But do my best to serve you, and I ask your endorsement for re-election.\ 1972 WOMAN > WASHINGTON (UPT)-The Los Angeles Chapter of Theta Sigma, a professional journa- lism and communications orga- nization, has selected Mrs. Richard Nixon as its \1972 Woman in the News.\ Tri-Chairmen Plan 1972 NCCJ Salute William J. Baker, senior co- chairman of the Lockport Area Chapter of the National Con- ference of Christians & Jews announced the tri-chairmen for the | 1972 National Citation Banquet who are: General Chairman, Stephen A. Sacca; Area Chairman, Milford L. Phinney from Medina and the ' Lockport Chairman Roger O. ._ Weeks. &+ The banquet will be held on Saturday, May 20, in the Sheraton Motor Inn, Lockport, followed by dancing or listening to the music of \HI-LITES\. Mr. Sacca,native of Lockport and an attorney for over fifteen years, is also past president of the Lawyers Club of Lockport. Mr. Phinney is vice president of Phinney Tool & Die from Medina and the 1971 Honoree who is very active in numerous community affairsin the area as well as Medina. Mr. Weeks is president of the- Lockport Bus Lines, has been and is an active member of many service clubs of Lockport. All three men have been in- terested in the work of the NCCJ and have been active members for over 10 years. The main feature of the evening will be the presentation of a citation toa worthy person in the community who is considered to have performed outstanding: volunteer services in the cause of Brotherhood. The name of the honoree will be announced later by Saul Glazer, chairman of the honoree committee. This affair is the only fund raising projectof the NCCJ. The NCCJ provides an opportunity for men, women and youth to work together for the im- provement of our society througn Youth Programs, Live In and Day Long , Conferences, Publications, Mass Media, Education, Free Program Services, Scholarship Assistance. ‘ | } l l é i t BRIEFING - Congressman Henry P. Smith III (left) of Tonawanda took a few min- utes after last night's Republican committee session at Albion to chat with Orleans GOP Chairman Curtis Lyman. -(J-R Photo) . House CANDIDATES - William Knights Jr., at left, endorsed last night by the Orleans GOP Committee as candidate for State Assembly, is shown with other endorsed \hope- fuls\. From left, Hamilton Doherty,; incumbent district attorney; Mrs. Mary Basin- ait, seeking the county treasurer's post, and John Williams, incumbent sheriff. - -(J-R Photo) Knights Wins Orleans Backing for Assembly ALBION - A large turn-out of the Orleans Republican County Committee in the Court House last night gave endorsement without dissent to William Knights Jr., Knowlesville farm operator, real estate agent and auctioneer, as candidate for State Assembly in the new 137th District, created under re- apportionment. Joseph Mancuso, a Batavia industrial developer and former head of the N.Y.S. Assoc. of Industrial Development Agen- cies, made a lengthy and determined bid for the Orleans committee's support and said afterward that he wished for total party unity in the district. The focus of the Assembly race now swings to Wyoming County where the GOP committee will meet Saturday night for en- dorsement. Knights now has endorsement by Orleans County GOP and the Town of Hamlin Republican organization in Monroe County. Mancuso has the backing of the Genesee GOP Committee. The outcome in Wyoming (of which the eastern half is in the new Assembly district) will be closely watched to determine whether a GOP primary fight will ensue. On the Democratic side, Paul J. Weiss, Batavia, son of a former Genesee County Judge, is the candidate. Air War Stepped Up SAIGON (UPI) -A U.S. Army helicopter flying Ameri- can soldiers into action explod- ed in flight today and plunged in flames into the Dong Nai River, apparently killing all 11 Hits Post A 56-year-old Albion man driving south on Culver Road in the Town of Barre lost control of his automobile yesterday af- ternoon and struck a post on the- side of the road when the left tie- rod on his car broke. Samuel M. Buckner, of Oak Orchard Rd., escaped injury in the accident, deputies of the Orleans County Sheriff's Department reported, which took place one quarter mile north of old Route 98. : A Town of Clarendon man, Cecil Moore, 67, of Box 38, was involved in an accident yesterday afternoon on Route 31A one mile east of Route 237 with a truck driven by Cedric C. Fowler, 48, of Maple Ave., Oak- field, N.Y. Sheriff's deputies said a left rear wheel and rim apparently came loose from the truck as it was heading west on Rt. 31A, rolled across the highway, en- tered the east bound lane and struck Moore's car which was traveling east. No injuries were reported, Sheriff's deputies said. -- men aboard. It was one of four American aircraft reported downed in Vietnam and Laos. U.S. and South Vietnamese divers searched through the day in the river 21 miles from Saigon and recovered cight bodies. The remaining three were listed as missing and presumed dead. In Thursday's action U.S. and South Vietnamese planes struck at Communist gunsites, convoys and suspected emplacements, stepping up the air war to keep _ pace with the heaviest ground action in five months. U.S. jets attacked a Commu- nist antiaircraft site 36 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the Ben. Kari Pass. $100 Taken From Tavern ALBION - Over $100 in cash and an undetermined amount of change were taken some time last night from the Shamrock Bar, 56 N. Main St., according to Albion Village Police. Authorities said there was no sign of forced entry at either of the bar's two entrances. The investigation is centering around the possibility that someone had a key to the building, police said. Petitions will begin circulation April 4 until May 11. In other action last night: The GOP committee also endorsed for county office in- cumbent District Attorney Hamilton Doherty and in- cumbent Sheriff John R. Williams. The committee nominated Mrs. Charles (Mary) Basinait of Riches Corners Road, Albion, for county treasurer, to succeed incumbent Miss Geraldine Barry, who has resigned ef- fective Dec. 31 at the end of her present term. Mrs. Basinait has been em- ployed for many years as secretary and bookkeeper of an automobile agency in Medina, and has served as court stenographer in Albion Village Court for several years. She is presently a Republican state committeewoman from Orleans County and has served as a member of the Albion Town Committee for many years. She has combined raising a family and filling a full-time job in business. Fred Roth Jr., who is Ridgeway highway supt., ten- dered his resignation from the county and town GOP com- mittees last night since he is required to do this under a new provision of the Town of Ridgeway code of ethics. A message of appreciation is to be drafted for his many years of service which included the county vice chairmanship and town chairmanship. David Becking of Ridge Road, Medina, was approved by the GOP committee as a member in Ridgeway District 6. Democrats have not yet held their endorsement and nominating meeting in Orleans County, but it is expected within the next week because of the necessity of circulating petitions. A rumor cropped up last night which indicated that John Capacct of Albion, a part owner- operator of the Oak Orchard Bowling Lanes in Albion and former state trooper, might be a candidate for sheriff on the Democratic slate. This could not be immediately verified, but has persisted here in rumor form. courts. _- MEDINA, NEW YORK, FRIDAY; MARCH 17, 1972 Halt By NORMAN KEMPSTER WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres- ident Nixon today asked Con- gress to prohibit courts from issuing any new orders to require busing of school child- ren until July 1, 1973. Under the terms of the President's proposed morator- ium on racial busing, which he outlined first to the nation in a . broadcast Thursday night the courts could not order the transportation of any student who was not already being bused, nor could a student be bused 'to a school where he was not already assigned. But Nixon's plan would not roll back busing orders already on the books. Nor would it prevent communities from vol- untarily adopting plans involv- ing the transportation of students. In a 17-page message to the and Senate, Nixon spelled out details of the antibusing steps he sketched in the speech in which he said some courts have gone too far \in ordering busing, for dese- gregation purposes. Balance Not Required The President coupled his proposed busing moratorium with a proposal which he named the Equal Educational Opportunities Act. The equal opportunity bill would prohibit any state, community or school district from denying an equal chance at education to any student because of race or color. The proposed measure de- fined equal opportunity under criteria that are less sweeping than applied by many federal The measure would specifi- cally state that racial balance in schools was not required. In the event of violation of the act, the bill would establish a priority of remedies which the courts would be required to . follow. Money for Improvements \In the past, the courts have largely been left to their own devices in determining appro- priate remedies in school desegregation cases,\ Nixon said. \The results have been sometimes sound, sometimes bizarre-but certainly uneven.\ Nixon proposed to spend $2.5 billion to improve poverty area schools. Under. the proposed Equal Educational Opportuni- ties Act. The funds would be re- directed from other parts of the budget. Nixon stressing that it Medina Youths - Plead Innocent In Theft Case HARTLAND - Three area youths were arrested last week end by Niagara County Sheriff's deputies in connection with a Sunday burglary at a Checker Tavern Rd. residence as two Medina youths pleaded innocent Monday in Niagara County Court to charges brought in connection with a burglary in Hartland last December. Charged with third degree burglary, criminal mischief and petit larceny at the Sanford Mellich residence, 3217 Checker Tavern Rd., were Kenneth J. Wobel, 18, of 7870 Gill Rd., Gasport ; Arthur W. Covert, 17, of 2588 Bishop Rd., Appleton and a 15 year-old Hartland juvenile. Pleading innocent before Judge Charles J. Hannigan to charges of third degree burglary and petit larceny in connection with the theft of a torch set and are welder from the Donald Perry farm, 3760 Quaker Rd., were Kenneth Kinne, 18, of 363 North Ave., and Bruce Deyar- min, 18, of 228 Highland Ave. A third youth, Rick Davis, 21, of 402 E. Center St.,; Medina, has also pleaded innocent to the charges. The two older Hartland area youths, arrested for the burglary which deputies said involved $25 in cash, three dozen eggs from a truck in the Mellich barn; a five- gallon gasoline can; wrenches and a bolt cutter, and five gallons of gasoline from a nearby pump, were released in their parents' custody by Lockport Town Justice George F. Gallagher. The juvenile was petitioned to Family Court. I fliftljea/fieg Cloudy with a chance of light rain or flurries thru Saturday. Low tonight about 30. Winds becoming west-northwest tonight and Satur- day. mos enne cee ce en ics Busine PRICE 10 CENTS L2l nz 2 i_ i222 ll __ ___ Asks _ Wants Upgrading of .; Poorer US Schools would not be new money. The President drafted his busing views after weeks of intensive study, and has ap- parently concentrated on the issue most of the time since his return from China Feb. 28. He went into seclusion for two days at his Camp David. retreat to draft his broadcast speech and to prepare the message to Congress. ' Nixon drew both strong praise and harsh criticism \for his proposals, which concentrat- ed on a legislative approach to the extremely sensitive issue- both politically and socially-of busing. 2 Opponents Speak Out He did not rule out the possibility of future support of a constitutional - amendment, but told the people the process would take too long to gain approval and that \what we - need now is not just speaking out against more busing but action to stop it.\ . , ''Many (parents) have invest- ed their life savings in a home in a neighborhood they chose because it had good schools,\ Nixon said. \They do not want their children bused across a city to an inferior school just to meet some social planner's concept of what is considered to be the correct racial balance - or what is called 'progressive' social policy.\ - ' Nixon said The great majority of Americans, white and black, feel strongly that the busing of school children away from their own neighborhoods for the purpose of achieving racial balance is wrong.\ And he réjected the idea of amending the Constitution to tackle the problem, saying that: would take too long. Instead, he said, an imme- diate moratorium on new busing would sidetrack the problem for now while legisla- tion, if approved by Congress, Brock said he agreed with Nixon that conflicting lower court decisions on busing had created \confusion not only at the local level but at the national level\ and that a moratorium: on busing orders was essential.. - Nixon drafted his busing plans after the Florida primary in which voters there voted by 'a . 3-1 margin in favor of banning by constitutional amendment any busing to achieve racial balance in schools. Over-all Nixon's program | would limit the - authority federal courts have been exercising to ban equal educa- tion under the provisions of the 14th Amendment. The President insisted that Congress has the authority to spell out the method of enforcement of 14th Amend- ment rights. But as Mitchell warned, if Congress enacts the statute, it likely will touch off a new confrontation with the eourts, jealous of maintaining their authority to interpret the constitution. . Temporary Freeze The President said he was convinced that a majority of the people-black and white- oppose busing. In describing his proposed busing moratorium Nixon said: \I propose that the Congress act to impose a temporary freeze on new busing orders by the federal courts-to establish a waiting period while the Congress considers alternative means of enforcing 14th Amendment rights. I propose 'that this freeze be effective immediately on enactment, and that it remain in effect until July 1, 1973, or until passage of the appropriate legislation, whichever is sooner.\ In his speech, carried live from his oval office on radio and television Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST, Nixon said that it is \dangerous nonsense\ as well as \vicious libel\ to say that all those who opposed busing are | | racists. . But he acknowledged some would funnel over $2.5 billion in who are most strongly against the next year to improve the education of poor children and require that every jurisdiction \grant equal educational oppor- tunity to every person regard- less of race, color or national origin.” - , Nixon said even the extreme proponents of busing admit that it would be years before a majority of poor children could be bused out of central city areas into suburban schools. \'That means,\ he said, \that putting primary emphasis on more busing rather than on better education inevitably will leave a lost generation of poor children in the central cities doomed to inferior education.\ Nixon said his education money bill would also establish \an educational bill of rights for Mexican-Amerieans, Puerto Ricans, Indians and others'\ with language difficulties. Sen. George S. McGovern, D- S.D.;, was among the first and most vigorous objectors - to Nixon's proposals. After the Nixon speech, the Democratic presidential candidate accused Nixon of abandoning \moral and political leadership\ of the nation. _ A spokesman for the NAACP, Clarence Mitchell, today called the President's proposals '\in- credible\ and served notice that \we'll be right in court when they: (Congress) pass- such a law.\ Mitchell added, \and I predict we'll win.\ . Sen. William Brock, R-Tenn., who favors a constitutional amendment against busing, nevertheless praised Nixon's recommendations, saying today that \what we need is clarification of what the Su- preme Court really means\ on the subject of busing. . it oppose busing for the wrong reasons-''because of racial prejudice.\ - Computer Gives Man Free Gifts For Coupons EVEASHAN, England (UPI) -Joseph Begley saved 2,000 cigarette coupons and mailed them in to a British cigarette company in exchange for a watch. When the watch had not arrived he wrote and asked | why. , - Back came three watches. Begley only wanted one so he mailed back the other two. The next day 10 parcels arrived from the cigarette firm. The following day 18 ' parcels arrived. The day after that the local post office telephoned and said 10 more parcels were waiting for Begley. ° All of them were trade in gifts given by the cigarette company in exchange for coupons Begley never had. Among the gifts were three tape recorders, a doll, a golf bag, two electric blankets, a cot, saucepans, a pressure cooker, and long playing records. ° _ Begley sat down and wrote a long, pleading letter to the cigarette company asking them to stop. In return mail came a reply saying, \It was a computer error.\\ The company gave Begley 10,000 coupons in compensation for his troubles. With these Begley ordered tools and a bedspread. He received a plant stand and two stepladders instead. Have A Chuckle .. . _- _ SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Police investigating an at- tempted safe cracking at a food store Thursday found an artificial rose stuck in a small hole burned in the unopened safe and a note which read, \It's too much for us.\ Nearby was a half-empty bottle of beer. COPELAND, Fla. (UPI) - Perry Mason was arrested Thursday for cultivation and possession of marijuana, police said. Mason, 20, allegedly was growing 150 marijuana plants on a miniscule plot of land one-foot by two-feet in this Collier County town in the heart of the Everglades.
