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Names Month behavior, work and <habits, including participation and of homework gnments, academic attitude and. effort. ._ GRADES ' Creasey - Mr. John - Jack Doran, Mr. Lyn- Melissa Knights, Ms. ' £. Limina, Mrs. Broom; Lucas, Mr. Blake; Paris, Mr. Decker. Pulaski, Mr. Wanda Suazo, Mrs. Dennis Varill, Mr. Richard Wright, Mr. GRADE 8 Balcerzak, Mr. Shawna Blount, Ms. Lynnet Distefano, Chilson. Higgins, Mrs. Goffe, Heydt; Michael Keller, Paul Malone, Mrs. Morphet, Mrs. Houck; Putt, Mrs. Loughlin. GRADE 7 Bruning, Ms. Sue Furness, Mrs. schman; Marlene gston, Mrs. Chilson. Maier, Mr. Cole; Martinez, Mr. Van- Nancy Mattus, Miss ry Putt, Mr.Hiwiller; ryn Schirmer, Mr. AWARD - Amy The Bartenders Are Men of Wisdom The cduniry needs more people like the National Bartenders Union. The union last week called for all states to raise the legal drinking age to 21, even though such a national standard probably would put some bartenders out of work. Main reason for the bar- tenders' stand is the climbing rate of traffic deaths caused by drunken driving. Some states have returned to a 21-year-old age after lowering the age due to pressures resulting from the passage of the 26th Amend- ment to the Constitution in 1971, which lowered the legal age for voting to 18. North Dakota has never permitted drinking under 21. The stand faken by the National Bartenders Union is almost unique in our society where vested interests so often protect their turf at any cost. The bartenders are saying, in effect, \Sure we'll lose some business if they raise the age to 21, but kids tying on the highways is too big a price fo pay for more business.\ Good for the bartenders. -FARGO (N. D.) FORUM Another Spring Storm Hits Albany By United Press International Thesecond spring snowstorm in less than four days hit Upstate New York today, closing schools, icing highways and delaying airline flights. The National Weather Srvice warned that more than six inches of heavy wet snow, similiar to the storm last Saturday that knocked out power to thousands of Eastern New York residents, could be expected before the storm ended. U.S. Air cancelled incoming flights to the Albany Airport until at least noon because of visibilityand runway conditions and a spokesman at the control tower said it was unlikely any flights would land because of the conditions. Dozens of schools, including all city schools in Albany, closed for the day as the snow began about 4 a.m. and began to accumulate rapidly. Roads, especially those over bridges, were very slick, police agencies reported, but there had been no reports of seriousaccidents. Temperatureswere in the low 30s, perfect breeding conditions for the heavy, wet snow, the NWS said. In Western New York, dawn brought a light brush of snow to windshields in Rochester and Buffalo, but accumulations were expected to be only an inch or two by Wednesday morning. The chance of significant snowfall increasedfurther east, where in Syracuse forecasters predicted a possible accumula- tion of five inches or more In New York City, the NWS said the metropolitan area faced up to six inches of the white stuff The NWS said the storm system was moving northeast along the Atlantic Coast, with the snow spreading and build- ing in intensity as the system swung over Long Island. The storm was expected to move very slowly, with wet snow and rain lasting into tonight and Wednesday, the NWS said. 7 Deaths CUSH, LINDA L LATTIN, Col. JAY D. B. Jo Serving The R Liaise“. Plains Céuhtty— Orleans, Magam, Genekée ' HSTWeather Cloudy tonight with 60 per cent chance o{ some gnow, low about 30. Northwest winds 15-25 mph. Cloudy Wednesday, o 50percentclmnceofsomesnow,high Tin—J W‘YO'RK TJUESDA-Y APRIL 19, 1983 PRICE - 25+ Study Begun You're Invited | 9 Amarirernme On Mirex in sags car f 8 Amer ICON; f Lake Ontario SYRACUSE, N.Y. (UPI) -A state scientist has begun a researchproject,believed to be the first of its kind, on the toxic pollutant -Mirex - in *Lake Ontario, & The study by Dr. John Hassett of the State University of New York College of Environmental ~ Science and Forestry is funded through the New York SeaGrant Institute and will be conducted in conjunction with the State University at Oswego Research Center. Mirex, in various-concentra- tions, been linked to miscarriages, liver enlar- gement, cataracts, neuromuscular | disorders, Hassett says his research is the first examination of Mirex and its different phases in the - aquaticchemistry. Mirex is in water as a single chemical. It can, however, bind with other chemicals or ac- cumulate in other organisms. \'The danger comes when various substances move through the food chain, possibly ending in man,\ he says. In the first phase of his work, Hassett will be taking water and sediment samples from the Oswego River and Lake On tario, then analyze Mirex in its free state and asa chemical compound. ''By comparing the analysis of Mirex in the water to laboratory studies on Mirex interaction with laboratory materials, we hope to deter- mine if lab studies can predict the behavior of Mirex in the actual environment,\ Hassett says. \There hasn't been any research on Mirex in the water until this project,\ he adds. ''We believethat to understand how Mirex interacts -with the environment as a whole, you must know how Mirex behaves in the water.\ + Lake Ontario is the only one of the St. Lawrence Great Lakes with known Mirex contamination. It entered the lake from industrial sources on two major rivers. Although the industrialdischargehasceased, the compound is still present since it is slow to breakdown. INSPECTION OFFERED TOMORROW--The general public locally is invited to visit the Iroquois Job Corps campus on Tibbits Rd., Shelby, tomorrow during the April \'Job Corps Salute to The Community.\ Among sights which will be new to many people are the recently completed Administration Building (top) and a new brick-faced dormitory,, put into immediate use while an older structure is up-graded. Both were built by trainees, People visiting the center tomorrow can report to the Administration Building and be- guided on tours. They can also join the Corps at dinner in the dining hall between 5 and 6 p.m. at a nominal charge of $1.25. Finally, interested people can view an awards program for corpsmenand staff at 6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. The Iroquois Center now has a population of 172 Job Corps trainees and 55 staff people. School District Photo). At Cost Increases In Energy, Salaries Real property taxes in the Medina Central School District could rise by as much as $140,901 during the district's Supreme Court Takes Up National Enquirer Case WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Supreme Court, taking up a $20 million case against the Nation al Enquirer, will consider whether journalists must be prepared to defend libel suits around thecountry. The justicesspecifically will examine whether reporters working out of the Enquirer's Florida headquarters may be sued in state court by Hollywood actress Shirley Jones. The weekly tabloid maintains the First Amendment's free- press guarantee should be consideredbeforeallowing re- porters to be sued by a person residing in another, distant state. Allowing journalists to be sued for stortes appearing far away hampers reporting. and can costnewspaperssubstantiel legal fees, the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press told the court Monday \This puts an awe financial and i threat in the hands of any FIRSTGIFTS TO JOURNAL-REGISTER CAMP FUKD person who wants to intimidate an out-of-state newspaper comedienne Carol Burnett won a $1.6 million judgment for a 1976 article stating she was intoxicated and boisterous with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a Washing- ton, D.C., restaurant. A judge later cutthe award in half. Miss Jones, who won an Academy Award in 1961for ber role in \Elmer Gantry,\ and her husband, theatrical produc- er Marty Ingels, sued for an Oct. 9, 1979, Enquirer article. They asked $20 million for a story that said Ingels had \terrorized his staff, cheated stars, outraged advertisers and scandalized Hollywood,\ and his wife \has been driven to drink by his bizarre behavior. \ They sued the newspaper, lain Calder, an editor and president of the Lantana, Fla.- based Enquirer, and John South, areporter who wrote the article. fornia to enable them to be served with the necessary legal papers. A trial court judge ruled the men did not have enough coctact with California to allow them to be sued in the state. But a state appeals caut noting the tabloid 1983-84 budget as the school board Monday reviewed estimated revenues for the coming fiscal year. During the 198283 budget, nearly $2.3 million of the school's budget was raised through property taxes while in the revenues projections for the upcoming budget, the figure is estimated to be more than $2.4 million. According to Superintendent Thomas Schirmer, the increase represents a hike of around six per cent. All told, the first review of the revenues shows an overall increase of around $649,000 from the 1982-83 level of $7,280,092 to a projected $7,829,581 for the 1983-84 budget year. In addition to a possible increase in the property tax levy, basic state aid, lottery aid, BOCES aid and textbook aid have all projected in creases. Under the state budget signed late last month by Gov Mario Cuomo, it is estimated that basic state aid will in crease nearly $300,000 to more than $4.5 million while lottery aid is expected to go up around $70,000 to $245,250 with BOCES aid to rise $42,000 to $277.150 Textbook aid, which must be spent for a district to receive it, has been projected to in crease $11,650 to $44,680 \'This is the first time we have gone through our revenue projections,\ - assistant superintendent | Thomas McKeever said \Because of flMgmfiagemtbe 1 0 a a coming weeks before adopting a budget May 16. The proposal would be submitted to the district's voters in mid-June. In other fnatters, the board awarded bids for the purchase of micro-computers to Tum key Computers. Under the terms of the bid, the district will purchase 10 Apple He starter kits, 10 Amdek color monitors and three Okidata printers. The total cost of the purchase is set at $17,961 which will be paid 90 per cent 'by Chapter II federal funds with the remaining 10 per cent locally funded. -Accepted resignation of Suzanne Renouf effective March 25 and appointed Linda Helsdon to replace her as a special education aide at a rate of $3.35 per hour. The board also appointed Ann Snyder as a health instructor at Step IH effective Sept 1, 1983 and rescinded maternity leave of Nancy Horth at her request. -Approved endorsement of Thomas Pryce of Lewistor Porter as a candidate for NYSSBA board of directors. -Approved tenure ap- pointments for Cynthia Kiebala, Dorothy Heath, Regemia Nicosia, Patricia Martino and Marlene Yof- fredo -Set annual district meeting for June 14. Known Dead U.S. Embassy Bomb Death Toll Rises to 34 By SCOTT MACLEOD BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - The official death toll in the bombexplosion that devastated the U.S. Embassy rose to 34 today, including eight Ameri- cans, officials said. Another eight Americans were missing and presumed dead. U.S. Ambassador Robert Dillon said a probe of Monday's bombing inditated a van packed with explosives was driven into the embassy, killing the driver and setting off a massive explosion that ripped off the front of the eight-story building. Two formerly unknown groups today claimed responsi- bility for the attack, one day after extremists whom U.S. officials linked to Iran's Ayatol- lah Ruhollah Khomeini already had said they had planted the bomb. Bulldozers cleared mounds of concrete slabs, steel girders and rubble while rescue work- ers searched the ruins for bodies and called out by loudspeaker to potential survi- vors of the blast. The mangled bodies of five ' people were recovered today, raising the official death toll to 34. A spokesman for the U.S. Marines said eight Americans were confirmed dead and eight still were missing. Dillon earlier. told. reporters. the missing Americans were \presumed dead.\ Lebanese embassy em- ployees were beginning to report to authorities, but 20 still were missing, a U.S. Marines spokesman said. Dillon, whomanaged to climb to safety from his devastated office, said investigations into the blast pointed to a suicide mission by a man seen driving a van through the embassy entrance. \We have two competent eyewitness reports that a large van forced its way into the area you see behind you,\ Dillon said pointing to the area of the U.S. mission on the west Beirut waterfront along the Mediter- ranean Sea. \'There was a report that the driver of the van was killed,\ he said. At least 105 other people injured in the explosion taken to the American Univer- sity Hospital. Dole Steers Senate Debate Away From Withholding Tax ByMARY BETHFRANKLIN WASHINGTON (UPI) - Fi- nance Committee Chairman Robert Dole, an arch opponent of a move to repeal a new tax withholding law, says the Senate would be better off if it spent its time on more important issues. Consequently, during the first day of debate Monday on whether to repeal the 10 percent withholding tax on interest and dividends, Dole, R- Kan., offered an amendment to establish a health insurance trust fund for unemployed workers who have lost medical coverage. Hesaid his amendment would \allow us to focus on a problem of real concern instead of repeal of withholding.\ Sen. Bob Kasten, R-Wis., the leading opponent of withhol- ding, said he shares Dole's concern about the plight of the unemployed, but the proposal is not relevant to the withholding debate. The Senate probably will vote on the health insurance amend- ment this week, but not until it casts a key test vote today on whether to shut off debate on the withholding repealer. Withholding of a 10 percent tax on interest and dividends, which has inspired an unprece- dented flood of mail on Capitol Hill, is set to take effect July 1 It is expected to generate an extra $2 billion to $3 billion a year from taxes that now go uncollected on interest and dividend income. \It is better to collect taxes owed than impose new ones,\ Dole said during the opening round of speeches. The poor and most of the elderly are exempt; but must file an exemption form with their savings institution Ac- counts earning less than $150 a year in interest also are exempt. HILO TEMPERATURES NEW YORK (UPI) - The highest temperature reported Monday by the National Weath er Service, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was % degrees at Alice, Texas. Today's low was 5 degrees at Marquette, Mich. Reagan Endorses MX Recommendation temeriaccepting mendations of the Commission on Strategic Forces, a panel he named to come up with yet another way to handle besing gresszaal leaders The panel. headed by refired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, a former national security affairs ad- viser . recommended patting 10) of the 10-warbead intercontinen tal mussiles in specially hard- ened Mirsteman silos in the morement which s Fm a freeze resalstion an Capitol Hel and has the vates to win pessage m the House Dole, who wants to drag out the debate as long as possible in hopes of wearing down the opposition, urged his colleagues to vote against shutting off debate, known as cloture, and requires 60 votes. A Republican leadership source said there was a good chance the Senate would fail to choke off debate today - as the leaderships wants - but after that, 'all bets are off.\ * The nation's banking indus- try, which opposes the new rule because it would be costly and difficult to administer, orches- trateda record grass-roots; campaign putting previous ef- forts to shame. \I hope we can stave off this massive campaign to repeal this law that has never had a chance to work,\ said Dole, who noted he has already received 600,000 pieces of mail. He has vowed to fight repeal every step of the way and filed more than 500 amendments to aid in a possible filibuster. President Reagan has vowed to veto any repeal. State Workers Begin Losing Jobs May 5 By LAURIE ASSEO ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) - Nearly 3,400 state workers are scheduled to lose their jobs beginning May 5 - several hundred more than officials estimated when the 1983-84 state budget was passed. Of the 3,385 workers identi- fied for layoff Monday by Gov. Mario Cuomo's office, 1,304 will lose their jobs on May 5. Another 1,311 employees will lose their Jobs May 18 and 25. State Budget Director Micha- el Finnerty and Thomas Hart- nett, director of the Office of Employee Relations, said 770 other state workers are not slated to be laid off for many months. And the final number could be reduced by the heavy response to a new incentive for early retirement. Some 240 workers are to be laid off Oct. 1, and the final 530 are scheduled to be terminated on Jan. 4, 1984. So far 4,900 state workers have signed up to receive three years' extra credit toward their pensions, and the Department Cobb Heads J.C. Council Former Medina mayer John Cobb was elected last night as preside of the Community Relstions Council of Iroquois Job Corps Center Cobb sae ceeds Cornelius Van den Basch m the post and will be aided by Danzld Wakefield as vice as secretary-treascrer The comnc] meets quarterly to dsouss programs of matzal help between the Job Corps C0 OA a u of Audit and Control estimates the number could go as high as 6,000. Since final retirement figures will not be known until May 31, the layoffs scheduled for that month probably will not be reduced, a budget spokesman said. The state had estimated that 3,400 workers would elect to retire early, in addition to about 800 who would have retired anyway. State officials said any retirements over that total could be used to reduce the number of layoffs. Cuomo originally proposed the layoff of 8,400 workers to help balance the state budget. In early March the state mailed 7,587 layoff notices to state workers, prompting accusa- tions that it was unnecessarily frightening employees who may not lose their jobs after all. The PublicEmployeesFeder- ation Monday accused the state of \unconsctonabletreatmentof its employees\ by making new layoff plans before awaiting final eartyretirement figures. The number of layoffs was sharply reduced when the Legislature added funds for various programs to the budget. After the final budget was approved, state officials estimated about 3.100 em ployees would be laid off The new plan calls for 3.333 jobs to be lost through attrition and another 539 to be trans ferred from the state general fund to other maney sources, such as federal funds TheOfficeof Mental Retarda- tion would lose 1,253 employees, the largest amount for any agency The Office of Mental Health would have %% layoffs, while the Department of Taration and Finarce would lase 32 jobs. The Department of Transpor- tatoo would lay of 1% workers. while 180 jobs would be lost at the Department of Motor Veticles A mamber of areas would be exempt from layoffs, including the State University and City University, the Education De pertrpert, the Department of Audit ard Cortrdl and te ex 5 > ABogether. the job reduction program wl save the siste fimfimam.m and Rertne®t sad were ...
