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Not Very Reassuring The Civil Service Em- ployees Assoc. wrung ad- ditional benefits out of the state by resorting to a for- tunately short-lived strike - fortunately short for such helpless individuals as those in mental health institutions. Then, under a strike threat, Council 82, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, emerged with a money in- crease reportedly amounting to 11 per cent. This occurs in the face of the fact that the state is operating under a \tight\ budget that did not contemplate these concessions. Where is the money coming from? Albany doesn't know fust yet but will have to do something. In the final analysis, the only source is the taxpayer. . it would be folly or perhaps even state suicide for the Legislature to impose any accitional tax burden. It is a reasonable assump- tion that there are other public employes, inspired by these break-throughs, poised to ' improve their financial lot. Thus, the outisok is anything but cheery and reassuring. The meeting of the minds must come very soon. The thrust is going to have to be on more - productivity | and trimming every inch of fat. The Legislature can start first - with - getting - the outlandish pension program into immediate perspective. -BATAVIA DAILY NEWS Canal System Set to Open In Stages ALBANY - The 524-mile State Barge Canal System operated by the State Department of Tran- sportation will open in stages between May 1 and May 15. DOT reported that unusually high, swift waters in the spring runoffs have delayed openings and may slow down navigation after the canals open. The canal system includes the 348-mile Erie, the 60-mile Champlain, the 24-mile Oswego and the 92-mile Cayuga-Seneca anal. ' The Champlain opened today (May 1) at 8 a.m. (DST). The rest of the system will open at 8 a.m. on the following dates: The Erie east of Lock 24 to Waterford and the Oswego on May 2; and the Erie west from Lock 25 and the Cayuga-Seneca on May 15. The canals closed for the winter last Dec. 6 after the shortest navigation season in two decades, caused by late-spring high water and the State's financial austerity. Freight shipments totalled just under 2.5 million tons during the 1971 season and some 99,000 lock passages by pleasure boats were recorded. All the canals are toll- free to commercial and private vessels. Look At Moon Rocks SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)-Impatient geologists get a look today at the rocks and pictures from man's first visit to the lunar highlands, the payoff of Apolle 16's flight to the moon. _ Scientists hoped the rock collection would contain long- sought pieces of the primitive lunar crust which apparently solidified from a vast pool of molten rock 4 to 4.5 billion years ago. 7 Astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly and Charles M. Duke brought back a record 245 pounds of rock and soil samples and a record 10,830 pictures taken during their 11 days in space. Dr. Michael Duke, curator of the Lunar Receiving Laborato- ry, said the first rocks to be opened and examined in a - sterile nitrogen-filled cabinet would come from a bag believed to - contain © gathered by Young and Duke on their exploration of North Ray Crater during their third and last moonwalk April 23. It was during that excursion that scientists reached the - conclusion that the astronauts | were not finding pieces of - volcanic lava flows as had been expected. Deaths ARLINGTON, MRS. LENA rocks | RN. JServing Thé Lake Plains Countir L- EGISTE ry-Orleans, Niagara, Genesee . storm tonight Occasional rain likely, chance of a thunder . and Tuesday. Low tonight about 45, high Tuesday near 65. Winds light variable. VOL. 70-NO. 63 _ Curtis Foundation A ~ | JLdS A. «46 ° & #0 C s RCC o ¥ at 2 - MEDINA, NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1972 Benefactor $1,000 GIFT - The Curtis Foundation, administered in Albion, spreads its influence county-wide and has just given $1,000 to the Orleans County Cooperative Extension Service Assoc. to be applied to the $22,000 mortgage on the new livestock arena build- ing constructed last year. Donald Scheu (left), president of the Extension Service Association, is shown presenting the check to Orren Roberts (center), who is the de- velopment fund treasurer for the new fairgrounds -at Kno lesville. At right is Paul Bower, treasurer of the Extension Service Assoc. On June 3rd, the third annual county \Walk-A-Thon\ will provide another financial boost to help pay off the mort- gage on the livestock arena. tu Brydges Announcement May Bring Scramble The announcement by Senator Earl W. Brydges that he is retiring from the State Senate at the conclusion of his present elected term, Dec. 31 of this year will likely result in a wild scramble for representation in the newly created 60th Senatorial District, which includes the Counties of Orleans and Niagara. Senator Brydges was elected to the senate post in November 1948 following a primary battle with the incumbent William Bewley of Lockport, the results of which were so close that it was taken into the courts and the ultimate decision was not rendered until a fewdays prior to election day. At that time Brydges was little known outside of Niagara County and in the first primary contest Bewley received an over- whelmingly large majority in Orleans. In the general election the situation was reversed and the Wilson man won the election easily. Senator Brydgeshas continued in the senate since that time and represented both Orleans and Niagara County with the ex- ception of a few years in the 1960s when Orleans was placed with Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming under reap- portionment and the late Senator Austin Erwin of Geneseo represented the county. ' Orleans County has not had a resident in the State Senate in 66 years. In the period 1903-1906 the then 45th Senatorial District was represented by Senator Irving L'Hommedieu. Senator L'Hommedieu was considered one of the most able men in the state legislature and on occasion had been considered for nomination as governor. At that time the senatorial nomination was made through a senatorial convention by party delegates and Senator L'Hommedieu lost renomination in 1906 through an unexpected switch in votes by hi Orleans delegate. © Orleans has had three other representatives in the Senate since New York State was founded. In 1848 A. Hyde Cole of Albion served in the senate in the then 26th Senatorial District and was re-elected for the year 1849. In 1864-65, the Civil War Years the then 29th Senatorial District was represented by Dan H. Cole of Albion and Senator Cole again MORE GIFTS TO JOURNAL-REGISTER CAMP FUND 1, In Memory of Frances H. Bateman $5.00 2. Medina Tuesday Club 3. Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Ackerson 4. Mr. and Mrs. - Paul Garrick 5. In Memory of | Edward J. Weber by Mabel Weber 5.00 6. Abex Corporation . 25.00 4. Dr. Albert K. Engel 5.00 8. Mr. and Mrs. * Robert R. Brown 10.00 5.00 Make alf checks payable | to: Journal-Register Camp Fund 10.” ' feller. Earl Brydges holds. | Brydges was named to the majority leader's post in 1 following the defeat of Senator Walter Mahoney of Buffalo, who held the job under the Dewey- Rockefeller terms. Brydges was placed in the position of minority leader when the Democrats controlled the Senate in 1965. Republicans swung back in power the following year & Brydges has held the position Assemblyman Alonzo served the district, which was also then composed of Niagara -and Orleans County. Edmund L. Pitts of Medina, served six years in the State Senate also representing the 29th District. Pitts, who was first elected in 1880, served for three years being defeated in the 1883 election. He was re-elected in 1886 and continued through 1889 and during that time he served as majority leader in the Senate. The same position that Senator (Con't on page 3) Car Taken, Brought Back With A car left in a parking lot of the Edgewood Inn, Medina, abou 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning, was found two hours later in the with a battered left and right front end. , The Orleans County Sheriff's Department reported that the car, owned by Anna M. Clapp, 146 Roseland Ave., also sustain damage to its right rear panel. Authorities believe the car was taken and returned to the parking lot. Investigation jis continuing. | In another accident over the week end, an unattended vehicle owned by a Rochester woman, Mildred E. Dumrose, 82 Flower City Pkwy., was struck by a car driven by a Waterport man, William S. Dumbleton, ew, of Sunset Beach Road. | The accident, which took plate - Gambling _ Bill Waits _ ALBANY, N. Y. (UPTD)-Sen- ate Majority Leader Earl W. Brydges said today the legisla- ture will approve legalized gam- bling, a new parochial aid pro- gram, a power siting bill, sev- eral other major items and fide journ \late this week.\ In his first news conference since announcing his retirement, Brydges said there will proba- bly not be a vote on the flopr of the legislature this year on repeal of the state's liberal abortion law. He added, howev- er, that a bill modifying the | law to permit abortion only dur- | ing the first 16 weeks of preg- . nancy, instead of the present . 24 weeks, will probably pass. On a personal note, Brydges said that, following his retire- ment, he would return to his Ni- \ agara Falls law practice, and prgbably not accept any ap- pointed state position that might be offered by Governor Rocke \I doubt if any job would be - attractive to me, if (public ser- vice) were attractive to me' I would stay where I am now,\ he said. ‘ « Brydges, who appeared in good health, said he made his decision to retire last Wednes - day night in his hotel, \I felt myself very tired and weak an | knew that was the end.\ Damage in the Town of Carlton Saturday night on the Sunset Beach Road, west of Lakeside Road, resulted in right front damage to both vehicles. Deputies said the Dumrose car had been parked facing east on the north side of the road when the Dumbleton car, traveling west, left the shoulder, struck the car and went into a ditch on the south side of the highway. A 20-year-old Medina man, Daniel C. Hurt, 114 Manila Place, was taken to Medina Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning following an accident in the Town of Barre on Route 31A, one- quarter mile from the Power Line Road. , Deputies said the car had been- traveling east on Route 31 when he rounded a curve, went off the highway and into a ditch hitting a tree stump before coming to a full stop facing south. Ann Wengrzycki, 42, of 136 North St., Medina, escaped in- jury Sunday night after she lost control of her vehicle as it was traveling west on Route 104, east of the Culvert Road in the Town of Ridgeway. Deputies said she apparently lost control of the car as she was lighting a cigarette. Her car crossed the highway, swerved between a power pole and a guide wire, missed a cement porch, but hitting several small trees and a mailbox before coming to rest about 30 feet from the highway. No personal injuries were reported by deputies in a one car accident at 12:30, a.m. this morning at the intersection between the Albion Eagle Harbor and Eagle Harbor Roads in the Town of Gaines. _ The driver, Ralph Buongiorne, 47, of RD 4, Albion, applied his brakes at the intersection before: sliding through and Stricking a guard rail, deputies said. - The Sheriff's Department also reported a total of 13 grass fires over the week end in the county. They said the worst was in the Town of Barre, at the corner of the Crane and Podunck Roads, Saturday morning. C . The fire, requiring the services of the East Shelby, Barre and Oakfield fire departments, took about an hour to extinguish. Authorities said it was especially hard to put out because it in- volved evergreen trees as well as grass. |© Four State Primaries Tuesday By United Press International © Sen. Henry M. Jackson, jolted in his home state of Washington over the weekend, today was reassessing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and George S. McGovern, and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, campaigned on the eve of key primaries in Ohio and Indiana. - Jackson met with his finan- cial advisers, UPI learned, after suffering a setback to McGovern in county conven- tions in Washington. McGovern, who had enough county support to claim delega- tions in two of Washington state's seven districts, was in a dead heat in a third and made a strong showing in a fourth. The counties will elect national delegates at district conven- tions May 20. Despite clearly controlling only three of seven districts, Jackson said in a statement in Ohio, \This is a real boost to my national campaign.\ Wallace Appeals Trying to avoid a similar embarrassment in his home state of Alabama, Wallace appealed to voters to support 'delgates committed to him in Tuesday's primary. He said anti-Wallace - candidates - for delegate were trying to confuse the voters. There are four primaries Tuesday with popular balloting in Ohio and Indiana, voting for committed delegates in Ala- bama and uncommitted dele- gates in the ° District of Columbia. Tennessee holds its first popular primary Thursday and North Carolina has a primary Saturday. On other political fronts, Rep! Shirley Chisholm in San Fran- cisco and Republican National Chairman Robert J. Dole in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., predicted - Sen. Humphrey eventually would emerge with the Deéthiocratic nomination. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy made weekend, speeches in Southern California where he called for reforms in health care, \a $70 billion industry that fails to meet the people's needs.\ Kennedy reiterated that he was not a candidate and would not accept a draft. Huniphrey's Last Appearance Humphrey, at a corndog and beer picnic, made his last appearance in Indiana: Sunday leaving the state to Wallace, his only rival. Humphrey called Nixon a magician who \makes jobs vanish, income vanish and businesses vanish.\ McGovern in Cleveland today proposed a program to curb industrial accidents and indus- trial diseases, an area he said Nixon has avoided for fear of annoying business. Mrs. Chisholm at a $25-a- plate luncheon said she would continue her campaign for the Democratic nomination so as to hold power at the Miami Beach convention where she forecast the ticket to be Kennedy and Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark. PRICE 10 CENTS Abandoned Reds Continue To Make Big Gains in South SAIGON (UPI)-South Viet- namese commanders and the last remaining garrison of 75 U.S. military advisers aban- doned Quang Tri today, leaving 10,000 of the Saigon govern- ment's best troops to fight to death or capture-or flee southward toward Communists blocking Highway 1. Senior U.S. officers in Hue said Brig. Gen. Vu Van Giai, commander of the 3rd Division;, lost communications with other units in Quang Tri and \began throwing temper tantrums be- cause he didn't have control over his own people.\ The American advisers said they pulled out when the command structure disintegrated. The best information availa- ble from within the city, including a radio report by a U.S. forward air controller (FAC) pilot who was shot down there today and parachuted into the town, indicated that govern- ment troops continued to fight late tonight against heavy odds. Quang Tri would be the first provincial capital to fall to the Communists since the North Vietnamese launched their of- fensive across the border on March 30. And the loss of the crack troops at Quang Tri would be the government's worst single defeat of the war. The last 75 American advi- sers and the ARVN military commanders were flown out aboard five . \Jolly - Green Giant'' helicopters under heavy fire which shot down five American aircraft today. In addition to the FAC plane,. two helicopters were shot down in an abortive rescue attempt earlier today and two AIE Skyraiders were shot down in Lyndonville Dead After LYNDONVILLE - A 31-year- old English teacher at Webber High School here, Eugene A. Laws of Newfane, was killed late Sunday when his car was in- volved in a sideswipe collision with another, then veered off and struck a tree. The crash occurred near his home. Niagara County Sheriff's Dept. © deputies said the car hit the tree head-on and Laws was pro: nounced dead on arrival at New- fane Intercommunity Hospital. Occupants of the other car were not injured seriously. Mr. Laws lived at 3105 Ewings Nixon Lashes Out at Critics of War Policy FLORESVILLE, Tex. (UPI) -President Nixon said Sunday that the Communists would take over Soutth Vietnam if the United States stops using air and sea power in Indochina. Talking more like a hawk than at any time since he launched his troop pullout program three years ago, Nixon told a group of 200 rich and influential Texans that intensi- fied U.S. bombing and shelling will continue until North Vietnam ends its offensive. \'The North Vietnamese are taking a very grave risk if they continue this invasion of the South,\ Nixon said,. \Ill just leave it there and let them make their choice.\ Nixon spoke in answer to questions from his fellow guests following a lavish barbecue in the backyard of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally's tan fieldstone ranchhouse. _ Lashes Out at Critics The President lashed out at critics of his war policy, including, some candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, bluntly suggesting Smith Sponsors Control Bill on Firearms Use WASHINGTON-Represent- ative Henry P. Smith, (R-North Tonawanda) today introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to punish and further restrict the illegal use of firearms. use of firearms. The Smith Criminal Use of Firearms bill directs its legislative action specifically at persons who use or carry a firearm while committing a felony. The bill sets a mandatory prison. sentence with no possibility of probation or suspended sentence for the criminal using a firearm to commit a felony, or if he unlawfully carries a firearm during the commission of a felony. ' , Rep. Smith said the bill is aimed simply .at preventing the use of firearms for the com- mission of crimes. \I am cer- tain that this tupe of legislation will amke any person think twice before he decides to use a firearm in committing a crime.\ Smith stated, \There has been much talk lately about outlawing guns entirely. I don't think this is proper or correct. There are many people in this country, sportsmen for- example, who know, realize, and have learned the proper and responsible use of . guns. They should not be penalized because of the irresponsible and criminal actions of those who would abuse the privilege. This bill intends to leave no doubt that those who use guns in com- mission of, crimes will be punished.\ The Smith bill provides for a sentence of one to 10 years in prison for a first offense and a two to 25 year sentence for a second or subsequent offense, in addition to whatever sentence might be determined for the felony itself. Rep. Smith said his bill states specifically that the additional sentence shall be mandatory and may not be suspended or result in probation,. nor shall the man- datory sentence run con- currently with any other sen- tence issued for the felony itself. Rep. Smith said, \it must be emphasized that the criminal who commits a crime with a firearm or carries an illegal firearm at the time of a crime, whether he uses it or not, will be put in prison for that reason alone, and he can count on it.\ Representative Jack Kemp, boring 39th District has spon- sored similar legislation in the House although the two bills differ in language. théy should \tell it to Hanoi.\ He said Americans should consider the full consequences that would result \if the North, Vietnamese were to take over in South Vietnam, as a result of our stopping our support in the air and on the sea.\ Nixon's phrasing appeared to indicate - that,. ° despite the Vietnamization effort, South Vietnam would fall to the Communists if it were not for U.S, air and sea support. The guests on the Connally ranch, including many of the conservative Texas Democrats which Nixon needs if he is to win the state's pivotal 26 electoral votes Nov. 7, rose spontaneously to drink a toast with French champagne to \the courage of the President.\ Connally, three times gover- nor of Texas and the only Democrat in the Cabinet, praised the Republican Chief Executive in <~words usually reserved for campaign rallies: \A Scholar of Affairs\ \'The President is a scholar in the affairs of this nation... and is as disciplined a man as I have ever known, mentally and physically.\ o Nixon responded by calling Connally \a man who has demonstrated that he is capable of holding any job in the United States.\ This seemed sure to revive speculation that Connally will supplant Vice President Spiro T. Agnew as Nixon's running mate this fall. Assign Mediator ' In Local Talks A mediator has been appoint- ed in the contract dispute exist- ing between the Village of Me- dina negotiating committee and the representatives of the Me- dina Firemen's Benevolent Assoc. . Paul Curry of the Buffalo of- fice of the N.Y.S. Public Em- ployment Relations Board has been assigned as local mediator. the second successful effort. The pilots were rescued. _ The situation at Quang Tri was part of a gloomy picture throughout South Vietnam. The Communists seored major gains in the coastal highlands near Qui Nhon, capturing the district town of Tam Quan and winning control of 250,000 persons in Binh Linh Province. They were nearing Kontum in the Central Highlands and scored major gains 35 miles northwest of Saigon. The U.S. military advisers flown to Hue said they abandoned the city of Quang Tri \because the command structure was disintegrating. Teacher Is Crash Rd. and his body will be sent to his birthplace, Marianna, Ar- kansas, for burial, without any calling hours or other services in Western N.Y. The Kennedy Funeral Home in Marianna is making arrangements, ° accord- ing to Laws' wife, Nancy, who survives him along with one daughter. An official of the high school here described him as \a man dedicated to improving in his job. A harder worker you could- n't find.\ Laws came to Lyndonville in Sept. 1968 to teach 10th grade English following his gradua- tion in education from Brock port State Univ. College. He earned his Master's Degree later and received it last year. He was born July 4, 19490 in Mari- anna, Ark., and this was his first - regular- teaching job. - In addition to teaching duties, he was advisor to the student newspaper here, and he was ac- tive in the summer migrant ed- ucation program. He was one of 15 educators selected statewide to attend a national conference in Chicago - on migrant education and this was to have taken place later this month. He was scheduled to deliver an address at one of the meetings. Dr. Charles Nephew, high school principal, said, \We all respected Gene greatly. This is a shock to all the faculty and staff.\ Firemen Hurt Fighting Blaze: At Holley HOLLEY -Two firemen were injured and another overcome by smoke when a fire of un- determined origin destroyed the interiors of an empty warehouse on Jackson Street about 3:45 Friday afternoon. > The building, formerly leased to the Duffy-Mott Co., is owned by John and Edward Murphy of the Murphy Lumber and Coal - ' Co., Mechanic Street. Oliver Jenks, 34, suffered a severe laceration of the hand when - struck by flying glass. Scott Parker, 22, suffered a knee laceration. Richard Black was overcome by smoke and given oxygen at the scene. - Holley Fire Chief Dave Gaylord said he took Jenks to Lakeside Memorial Hospital, Brockport, and that Parker was treated by a local physician. All units of Holley's fire- fighting equipment were at the scene with some 35 to 40 volun- teers, the chief said. Clarendon companies, Gaylord reported, were called in on standby under mutual aid. No estimate of the damage to 30 by 80-foot reinforced concrete structure was available. Have A Chuckle . . 2 LONDON (UP!) - A store is installing a \blush bar\ in its women's department. __ It will be staffed by male employes and is intend- ed for use by male customers too embarrassed to ask women's sales clerk for help in selecting lingerie for wives and friends. it will also sell cosmetics. _ ROME (UPI) - There are so many flashbacks in a current television series that the newspaper Ii Messagero offered a guideline for confused viewers: \When the leading character has a mustache, it's now. When his lip is shaved, it's a flashback.\
