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STVeather - Cloudy and cold tonight, chance of snow flur- ries, low in lower 20s, in teens some see- tions. Thursday intervals of sunshine, high in mid 30s. Snow probability 30 p.c. tonight, RNAL- Lake Plains Couhtry— Orleans, Niagara, Genesee Serving The voL. 70_NO. 202 _ ~- PRICE 10 CENTS Seneca Chief Opposes Toy Plant IRVING, N.Y. (UPI) - The new head of the Seneca Indian nation is opposed to the use of ABA at Fault We find nothing in the American Bar Association's - proposal to inspire public confidence in its \no-fault\ auto insurance plan. It is more counterfeit than otherwise. If there's merit, it is not to +_ be found in expert appraisals that it would boost insurance costs. It sets no cutoff point for pain and suffering suits. By 2% * % * a making litigation optional, it retains the costly frustrating fault system. Under no-fault a vehicle owner's own insurance sompany pays for damages or injuries without court action. One attribute of a sound no- fault law agreed upon by all is that law practice will be ad- versely affected. It is therefore not surprising that an ABA proposal would be geared to protecting lawyers. Nor was it surprising, earlier this year, that Sen. Bernard - Gordon's acceptable no-fault _-_ measure was bypassed in the . State Senate where 40 of 57 *- members are lawyers. *- This 'was a shameful example of 'how the vested interests of lawyers interfere with their duties to the public. We frankly are surprised that the usually astute American Bar Association would publicize a proposal so patently and blatantly self- serving. C As for our readers, this is election year for state legislators. Don't forget to make EVERY candidate, lawyer or otherwise, declare himself or herself on a sound no-fault auto insurance plan, sound in the sense there will be no loopholes for lawyers. No candidate should make it to Albany without making his stand clearly known. | ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE B52s _ Continue Strikes SAIGON (UPI) -The U.S. command today reported the heaviest air strikes against North Vietnam since President Nixon cut back the air war nearly a month ago. B52 bombers flew 33 missions and tactical fighter-bombers flew more than 300 raids. The B52. raids were also the deepest into North Vietnam since last spring, the bombers striking within 20 miles of the 20th Parallel limit set by Nixon to keep the bombing away from Hanoi and Haiphong during cease-fire negotiations. The parallel runs 65 miles south of E . Hanoi and Haiphong. Indian land for construction of a Fisher-Price toy plant and plans to investigate an existing commitment between the Sene- cas and the firm. Dean Williams, sworn in Tues- day, said, \We'll have to look into this and see how much of a commitment was made by the Peoples' party.\ Williams is a member of the United New Deal party which - defeated the incumbent group in a Nov. 7 election. Fisher-Price had negotiated with the previous Indian admi- nistration for the rental of 55 acres of Indian land to be used as the site of a new plant. \It all depends upon how far the dealings went before we'll know for! certain what will be- come of| the plant,\ Williams said. Williams said he wants only Seneca bwned and operated ventures on Indian land. Father Held After Starved Son Dies MIAMI (UPI) -Authorities -ordered doctors to begin testing today the sanity of a father charged with starving his 3- year-old son to death by forbidding his wife to feed the child. Michael Nozza, 41, a father of six, was charged with man- slaughter in the death of his son Dean and was sent to a hospital for psychiatric evalua- tion late Tuesday. ' _ Lois .Jean Nozza, 28, told police her husband had ordered her not to feed the child for the last three months, but that she had slipped him small amounts of food. Nozza said when he brought the child to Variety Children's Hospital Monday night that Dean \would not drink anything but chocolate milk.\ Neighbors, who had com- plained to authorities earlier about the children being neglected, called the Nozza household a \house of terror.\ Dr. Robert Lawson, chief of staff at the hospital, said the boy \could have had a very severe case of diarrhea and been fed well,\\ but starved because his body would not absorb the food. Police said Nozza \did not allow the child to be taken to a hospital earlier because he was afraid he would be arrested for child abuse.\ BEND AND HEAVE- This was the first order of the day for many | local people as they arose from sleep or arrived at work. The early arrival of heavy snows posed problems -- and a tedious job of shoveling. in front of Medina Parts Co. downtown. the beginning! Mark Hellert is shown here shoveling out Remember -- it's only - {(J-R Photo) Snow Halts; Slush Makes Driving Hard Those \old-fashioned\ weath- er forecasters who predicted an early, long and hard winter for 1972-73 were wearing a big grin on their faces today. But there were other people who aren't buying this forecast, and they just said, \It's a tem- porary thing. Believe me, this will all melt away in a few days.\ ' Now Western New Yorkers will sit back to see who is right. But meanwhile all types of plow- ing equipment was in use last night and today, and many cars were hauled out of slick snow drifts. Snowfall totaled about 10 inches and halted around 2 a.m. The Orleans County Highway Garage said it had not received any regional forecast as of noon- hour, but the general informa- tion it could obtain indicated \@learing\. No more heavy snow is expected right away, but the Buffalo bureau indicated pos- sible \flurries\, and also pos- sible sunny periods tomorrow. Driving caution is urged be- cause of heavy slush on roads today. Sanding is continuing, highway officials said. Police agencies said accidents were held down by the fact that people drove as little as possible. One accident yesterday was not previously noted, Marion R. Stothers, 47, of 168 N. Main, Lyndonville, was southbound on Rt. 63 at 8:10 a.m., went off the side of the road, hit a post and a house, with extensive damage. Injuiries were slight, it was re- ported. It was also noted that Sharon Narburgh, 30, of Gillette Rd., Albion, was in a property damage mishap yesterday after- noon. Details were not avail- able. A correction was given by the family of Lawrence Casey, 106 Eagle St., Medina, who is await- ing hip surgery in Lockport Mem. Hospital. He was enroute home from Harrison Diy. as a passenger in the car of Francis Perry, Roseland Ave., Medina, when a collision cccurred with the auto of Ronald Hageman, Jackson St., Middleport. Volunteers Needed to Dress Park Members of the Association of Churches and any members of the community interested in helping should be at State St. Park Saturday at 9:30 a.m. to go to the Ralph Woodward farm in Lyndonville to cut trees for the Christmas dis- play, and erect them at the park. The group will meet again on Dec. 2 to finish the project. | County Budget Up, Taxes Down: ALBION - The tax bite here in Orleans County will drop by $259,576 in 1973 even though the cost of running the county will rise by $563,366, according to an $8,424,391 budget adopted by the Orieans County Board of Super- visors last night. The budget, given final ap- proval by the board after an hour-long public hearing attend- ed by about 15 members of the public, will probably mean a +$3 per $1,000 of assessed valua- tion average decrease next year -_ in county tax rates for the area's | 10 municipalities. i ' _ Total budget appropriations i finalized by the board differed 2 from the tentative budget's pro- $ posed $8,505,963 by $81,572 with . $33,290 lopped off from initial \Correction\ budget requests, $14,812 from \Health\ and other miscellaneous changes scatter- ed throughout the departments. Total revenues for the final budget were higher by $221,042 than had been figured in the tentative budget approved Nov. | g, . The final budget calls for rev- enues of $6,771,215, a figure which is also higher than this year's revenue allocation of $6,- - 138,272. ‘ Included in the budget are | allowances for an anticipated $190,000 in federal revenue shar- ing funds,. Board Chairman George Batchellor of Barre last night said he expects this- mon- ey to be channeled into five Deaths _ CROOP, MRS. ' MARGARET L. MANN DUNLAP, MRS. MABEL N. U 4 major areas. Batchellor said approximate figures now call for $100,000 go- ing into the sheriff's department budget, $10,000 for a fire train- ing center, $20,000 for roads, $50,000 for tax mapping, and $10,000 for repairs and mainten- ance of county buildings. The tentative budget had esti- mated that county taxpayers would probably have to come up with $1,381,690, an increase of $233,037 over this year's amount raised by tax: $1,147,753. The final budget, however, differs considerably from those figures. The total tax levy in- stead will only be $888,176, a figure that explains the lower county tax rate depending, as board members stressed last night, on local town equalization rates. Public Hearing took a decidedly heated turn. Perhaps the most representa- \Public Safety\ appropriation. The figure read was $242,294 tative exchange occurred just down from $333,648 in the tenta- after the hearing, by then run- tive budget, and Batchellor took ning about a half-hour late, be- gan. Paul Acri, a local Albion busi- nessman, who has acted as a spokesman for an organization calling itself the \Orleans Coun- ty Taxpayers Association\ had barely finished asking questions about increased appropriations for the operations of the county district attorney's and the pub- lic defender's offices, when he decided to clarify his position as spokesman for the group. \I'm here representing a group,\ Acri said, \and all I hear is 'Paul Acri this, and Paul Acri that'.\ Acri then said that his group was \holding you peo- ple\ responsible for the contents of the budget and that as tax- payers they had a right to chal- Personally,\ Board Chair- lenge the contents of the budget. man Batchellor said after he re- \We're here to answer all convened his fellow supervisors questions,\ Batchellor said as together following the public pe gayeled Acri's remarks to an hearing upstairs in the county aprupt halt. \'We're not ashamed court room, \I don't think we got too much flak.\ As the supervisors settled back ' into their chairs and closed the board room door, a segment of this county's taxpaying public who braved near blizzard weath- er comiitions to hear the county explain! and defend their $8.4 million | budget, filed out of the court house just after 9:30 last night. _ Although Batchellor's evalua- tion of the hearing seemed ap- propriate at that point in the evening, it would have been out of place earlier when the ques- tioning ' of county officials by some members of the public to answer any question here.\ It wasn't until two budget pages later, as Orleans County Treasurer Geraldine Barry read through appropriations for \Pub- lie Safety'\ that the earlier tenor of the hearing was repeat- ed. Responding to a request from Acri to be heard, Batchellor pointed with his gavel and ack- nowledged. \The gentleman on my right.\ | \Now George,\ Acri said with a smile on his face. Batchellor then repeated Acri's name. The only other pointed ex- change last night came as the treasurer finished reading the the opportunity to explain the difference as being the result of an \honest mistake.\ On November 2, when the ten- tative budget was adopted by the board, Batchellor made a point of noting that the salaries of \six or seven\ men now employ- ed by the Sheriff's Department under a federal hiring program should not have been included in the sheriff's budget request under \Personal Services.\ Batchellor said then there had been doubts whether the pro- gram would be renewed and where, if it were continued, that money should be listed. He said, however, that the urgency of getting the budget ready pre- vented them from changing the item. As the figures were read last night, Edward \Ted\ Scharping, another local Albion business- man, spoke up. \An honest mistake?\ Scharp- ing said as his voice rose. \That's a difference of about $90,000. ; You're telling me that was an honest mistake?\ At that point, Orleans County Sheriff Jack Williams broke into the exchange and reiterated what Batchellor had explained earlier. But Scharping persisted. \I'm sorry. I can't buy that,\ he said. \Well this is what happened,\ Williams replied. Then, as Scharping intimated that the appropriation had been \built up\ in order to allegedly have something to lower, Ken- dall Supervisor Michael Padu- turned on Scharping. But as Paduchak's words had barely left his mouth, Batchel- lor gaveled the meeting to order and Williams defended the item saying that it hadn't been \built up\\ and that there would have been no reason to have done so. The rest of the evening, which was attended by an estimated total of about 50 people, the majority of whom were supervi- sors, department heads and other county employees, was spent examining and comparing the operation of the county. The operations of the Sher- iff's Department was question- ed in some detail and Williams answered at length. Williams cited state mandates requiring the county to segregate prison- ers in the new jail by sex, age and dispositoin of their cases, as a major reason for increased costs in correctional budget items. The sheriff also pointed to in- creased employee benefits in his department where men are on a 40-hour week and where two men are constantly on pat- rol, one in the east and one in the west sectors of the county. Although Scharping praised the budgetary appropriation for the Social Services Department in the county (\It looks like this department is being pretty well handled,\ he said), Acri said he was surprised more question- ing had not been directed toward welfare operations. Acri, who said he falked ear- lier with Social Services Com- missioner Arthur Nenni, cited instances where he said a fam- ily of four, for example, that would only receive about $87 chak rose in indignation and in relief in Mississippi can move V.C. Will Veto Thieu Attempt To By United Press International The Communists renewed their demands today that President Nguyen Van Thieu resign, but Saigon reports said he was considering sending his own envoy to Paris in hopes of joining the secret negotiations between Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Due Tho. Send Envoy Diplomatic sources in Paris said the Kissinger-Tho talks could resume this weekend, and: Washington reports said the presidential adviser could leave as early as tonight. Tho left Peking today for Paris after talks with Chinese Premier Chou En-ai. . 20 Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, the Viet Cong foreign minister, said Parking, Traffic Still - Board Headaches Village trustees held four separate public hearings last night and passed on three of them, holdingthe matter of one- side parking on North and South Academy Streets for further consideration. A deluge of comments, com- plaints and suggestions from residents of South Academy St. caused the delay in action. No one was apparently in at- tendance from North Academy. Both streets run immediately alongside or' near the High School. ~ Action was taken following other hearings as follows: 1. The village officially adopted an existing stop sign at the intersection of Salt Works Rd. and Park Ave. This was a routine action. 2. The village created a 5-ton truck weight limit on Davis Ave., Florence Ave. and Beach Drive where large trucks are now traveling in connection 'with Fisher-Price warehouse con- struction. Supt. of Public Works Wayne Ward said these three streets have a very poor sub- construction, with only two in- ches of base and cannot stand heavy loads. Erie Street was questioned by Vincent D. Car- done, but it was explained that this street is of more substantial character. Mayor John Cobb commented, however, that the major resultof the action should be to shunt the truck traffic off onto Salt Works Rd. and around the smaller side streets. 3. The village approved removal of one parking meter on East Center St. in front of the new office of Medina Taxi Co. and removal of the former taxi stand on Main St. This action was taken over one objector who appeared. The owner of the Maui Inn tavern said his place and other stores \badly need\ all existing parking spaces and he objected to alloting one for a taxi stand. Comments of S. Academy St. residents made during the hearing on one-side parking on their street were actually a capsule commentary on one of Medina's emerging major problems. What to do with constantly increasing private and commercial traffic as the village suddenly comes into new faster growth? A range of comments in- cluded: \'None of the streets in this town are adequate for 2-side parking.\ ''We're getting more kids driving to school and more teachers added to the staff with more cars every year. Things just get worse.\ \I've had to call the police three times because I just can't back out of my driveway. There's no turning room once you back into the street.\ \I put out my own trash, then find beer and pop cans all along my curb that don't belong to me.’7 - \All I ask is that I can come home to lunch and find somewhere to park or get in my driveway.\ Mayor John Cobb observed '\'naturally everybody always wants to get as close as possible.\ Varying suggestions were offered on alternate places o\ tela «80 *s 03:50:33.0...“- ute here and get between $325-$350 a month. Both Acri and Batchellor agreed that the state is \being - mandated to death\ financially + and Acri warned that sooner or later taxpayers would rebel and \bite back.\ ‘ \08000 z... for school students and personnel to put growing loads of cars. One is the grassy plot where-;Old Central School stood. Another was a section of the Ohio Street play lot set aside for parking. Another was the Town of Ridgeway and adjoining Methodist parking lots further east along Pearl St. and West Ave. f e Still another suggestion was to make Academy St. limited to two-hour parking from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on school days, thus giving the residents \a break\ and keeping out school related automobiles. At another portion of last night's meeting the Medina Area Business Inc. planning com- mittee came forward with a large plot plan of the downtown , area drawn by Albert Suppa of the new Applegate Manor Mobile Home Park. The long-range plan called for new sidewalks and curbing (phase one), also lighting arms for globes at a lower level on the . existing electric light standards. This was quoted as a project involving $100 per arm on 36 poles and about $2,400 per year in added power costs for the pedestrian decorative lighting. Other aspects of the blueprint plan call for tree plantings and small \islands'\ and benches downtown with the new sidewalks. Longer-range aspects call for possible purchase and removal of Newell Co., shirt . makers, certain adjoining houses, the Shell Oil Co. property and others. Also the removal of, certain old buildings to create pass-through alleys from parking lots behind stores to the Main Street. Henry Pollard, local insurance agent, who has created an unusual early American office from an old building in Proctor Place, was adamant about his dislike of any suggestion that his building be removed. \That's why I'm here. I've spent a lot of money to ereate what I think is an attractive addition to our village and I don't intend to be told that it suddenly is going to be torn down for parking without my even being informed.\ | . Pollard received an answer from John Kennedy, chairman, of the businessmen's group and Vincent Cardone and Mr. Suppa of the planning group, stating that the original plan is merely an outline and revisions can and will be made. - f Mayor John Cobb commented \only the village\ has the power to condemn or remove proper- ties. feels the businessmen now have to take any over-all plan to their own downtown property-owners. The village has agreed to the sidewalk and curb replacement on a wholesale basis as long as. | over 50 p.c. of property owners agree. The cost would be charged back over 10 years as a special assessment downtown. Suppa said that the sidewalk- curb phase appears as the first to be required and detailed specifications now must be - prepared, with data spelling out such things as the type of con- crete mix, type of cur radius measurements, etc. A meeting was scheduled for Friday night to move the preparation of specifications forward. Two members of the Village Board will sit in with the businessmen's planning com- mittee. || - ~' But Duc Nha, Thieu's nephew and . close adviser, may go to Paris endangering bing, curb _ in a statement published today in Paris the United States must remove Thieu from power because he keeps blocking the Vietnam peace accord. - in Saigon the daily newspaper Tin Song said Hoang to represent South Vietnam at the secret peace talks. Tin Song (Live News) is partially finariced by Nha, who is Thieu's personal secretary and the only South Vietnamese present at all of the meetings last month between Thieu and Kissinger. Nha also sat in on the discussions last weekend between Thieu and White House envoy Gen. Alexander Haig. U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker met with Thieu at Independence Palace for 25 minutes today, the embassy said. .It was Bunker's first meeting with Thieu since last Saturday when Haig was in Saigoh. Communist Vietnamese diplo- mats said in private they will veto any attempt by Saigon to win admission to the prospec- tive new secret meeting be- tween | Kissinger and Hanoi negotiators. In public they treated the suggestion as a joke. - Speaking to a , group of newsmen from - Asia, Latin America and Africa, Madame Binh said Tuesday night President Nixon's support for Thieu, his \unprecedented ex- termination bombing\ of North Vietnam and massive arms shipments (for Saigon were 3 the already achieved - peace . accord plat- form. The four delegations-Ameri- can, South- Vietnamese, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese, will hold their 167th weekly session at 10.30 a m. Thursday. The semipublic sessions serve as a sounding board for the delegations but the production talks have all been done in the secret U.S.-Hanoi parley. Diplomatic observers said Madame Binh's statements -have been much more virulent than those from North Viet- nam, although the Viet Cong delegation denied it has been irritated by some clauses of the Kissinger-Tho draft agreement. Her remarks came as diplo- matic sources in Paris said the next round of the peace negotiations could start this weekend. Fund Is | Moving! Area people are responding to the United Fund emergency. But there's a good stretch of road ahead to make it \suc- cess\ instead of \dismal fail- ure\ in the 1973 effort. This morning's report indi- cated that $52,417 is now on the report board for a good jump from the day before. However, $7,548 still remains to achieve the goal and lead- ers are hoping to \wrap it up\ this week. _ This will be just so much wishful thinking if the reports don't keep coming in. The office said today that phone calls with large donations kept coming steadily yesterday. \It gave us a lift we needed,\ Trustee Glenn Staiker said he . 5440 Marian Goheen, execu- tive director. Give 100% ~a B l 90 HLL so HH 70 I so * 50 HL 40 }. so JIL 20 If 18 the UNITEDWAY f j
