Simpson's Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Vol. 89, No. 42 20 cents Saturday, February 19, 1977 Kittanning-Ford City-New Bethlehem Weather forecast windy, snow. Along River Rood in North Apollo North Vandergrift Man Killed When Car Hits Parked Trailer Rigs A North Vandergrift man was Killed last night when his car slammed into a tractor trailer parked along Route 66 in North Apollo. North Apollo police identified the victim as 58-year-old Andrew Ganza.

Police said Ganza was traveling along River Road at about 9:15 p.m. when he apparently tried to pull his car into a parking lot at Robbies Restaurant. The car hit one of two trailers at the scene parked along the highway and became wedged under the rig. Police said the trailers were parked along the road during the night. Ganza was pronounced dead the scene at 9:45 p.m.

by Armstrong County Coroner Robert D. Welch. Rescue crews worked for about 30 minutes to free Ganza's body from the wreckage. Welch said Ganza died of a broken neck. North Apollo police said Gariza's car was demolished.

No damage was reported to the two tractor trailer trucks parked along the highway. Justice Bureau Investigating General Motors DETROIT (UPI) General Motors has confirmed that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating the giant automaker, but a GM spokesman said early Saturday the company believes it will be cleared of aU wrongdoing. "We believe that when the investigation is completed, the government will conclude that General Motors has not done anything improper," Clifford Merriott, director of GM news relations, said. The Detroit Free Press reported in its Saturday editions that the probe centered on alleged tax fraud, and could involve both the firm and individuals.

The newspaper quoted an informed source as a i investigators were "trying to determine whether the corporation deliberately defraud ed the go vernment." Sources close to the investigation told the Free Press a substantial amount of tax' dollars was involved and said it was possible that individuals as well as the world's largest industrial corporation might be involved. Both the government and GM officials refused to disclose the details of the investigation. -It was -alsornotfirnmediately clear exactly what activity the government was examining. Al Golato, an assistant to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Donald Alexander, told the Free Press Friday he is prohibited by law from discussing tax matters. Most tax cases involving corporations are civil matters and criminal tax fraud prosecu- tions involving major businesses are considered highly unusual.

Store Robbery Test of Love? Winter Energy Crisis Prompts More Layoffs in Southwest Sector HUTCHINSON, Kan. (UPI) A man broke into a liquor store, helped himself to a beer and sandwich, and then called police to report the crime. He didn't want the store's money, he said, he just wanted to know if his wife loved him. District Judge James Rexroad said Friday the unidentified man and his wife had a fight about whether she would stand by him if he were in trouble. "He wanted to put his wife to the test to see if she really loved him and if she would stick by him and come to his rescue," Rexroad said.

"She did." Rexroad, considering the man's otherwise clean record, placed him on probation for two years and ordered him to pay for a broken window in the liquor store. "I hope if they have another fight," he said, "he finds some other way of having his wife prove her love." London Firm Selling Wax Models of Queen LONDON (UPI) A London firm is offering lifesize wax models of Queen Elizabeth II for use in this year's jubilee celebrations. The price: $1,071 fully dressed with tiara, and $39i uncostumed. But Gems Wax Models of Kensington says it won't sell them to any old commoner. "There is no way we are going to allow these models to be used in a gimmicky way," says managing director Mrs.

Joyce Lickfold. They're for sale only to organizations who will use them for the purpose intended like focal point in local' exhibitions to mark the 25th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne in 1952. Inside Pages Classified Ads 14,15 Comics 12 Deaths 6 Editorial ..4 Religious News 5 Sports 10,11 Television 12 Theaters 13 Women's Pages 7 SHE MEANS BUSINESS--Public Utility Commissioner Helen O'Bannon suggests Pennsylva- nions boycott stares which remain open Sundays. She said that she had hoped commercial establishments would remain closed at least one day on the weekend in order to set good examples for conservation because a severe gas shortage stilt exists. Striking Miners Agree To Return To Area Portals (UPI) -Members' of United Mine Workers Local 1619 agreed Friday to return to work at midnight Sunday after receiving a promise from their district director that an interna- tipnal union committee will visit the Helen Mine where they work.

Union leaders said they thought 'all other locals oh strike also will return to work, ending a work stoppage affecting 1,800 miners at six mines in Indiana, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties. The 800 members of Local 1619 want the right to bid for jobs at a new coal cleaning plant that will eliminate the jobs of eight members of the local. UMW District 2 director Frank Kulish said the committee will visit the mines by next Wednesday to investigate the demands of the striking miners. If it does not, the miners said, they probably will strike again. Roving pickets, apparently connected with the job bidding dispute, shut down Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Jane, Emily and Margaret mines.

Eight hundred members of UMW Locals 1412 and 2153 refused to cross picket lines. (See 2 on Page Two) By United Press International The winter energy crisis continued to create hardships for some Pennsylvania residents, particularly in the state's southwest region. Energy cutbacks resulted in additional layoffs in southwestern counties, caused one municipality to order three school closings'and forced two major supermarket chains to close Sundays. The chains reacted to severe criticism by a PublicUtilityC i i member, who suggested a boycott of stores which open for business Sundays. Even funeral homes felt the impact of the fuel shortage.

Afternoon visitations at most funeral homes in Allegheny County will be suspended starting Monday until warmer weather returns. That will leave only evening visiting hours unless funeral homes can get additional allotments from the gas companies. A verbal broadside from PUC member Helen O'Bannon apparently paid off Saturday when the Giant Eagle and AP supermarket chains decided to close their stores Sundays. A third chain, Thorofare, which has been closed Sundays since Sadlowski Files Letter of Protest WASHINGTON (UPI) Ed Sadlowski, who lost the United Steelworkers presidency to Lloyd McBride, has taken the first step in what may be a lengthy legal battle seeking to overturn the Feb. 8 election.

Sadlowski filed a 19-page letter of protest with the union Friday, just as tellers began an official ballot count for the union. He cited numerous irregularities before and during the secret ballot election. The exact charges were not announced. Sadlowski's aides indicated he did not want to smear the union publicly during negotiations begun earlier this week with the nation's top 10 steelmakers. But the challenge was certain to complicate bargaining, to continue beyond the retirement next June of union President I.W.

Abel. An unofficial tally showed McBride, 60, supported by Abel, defeated Sadlowski by an 84,000 vote margin out of 560,000 ballots cast. But an official winner will not be declared until May 1, when all challenges ave been ettled. will Jan. 30, said its stores maintain th at status.

However, a fourth chain, Kroger, was adamant about staying open Sundays, while saying that "we share Commissioner O'Bannon's concern over energy saving." Mrs. O'Bannon had suggested the public "can send a strong message" by boycotting businesses which remain open Sundays during the energy shortage. The Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon said it will close three schools Feb. 28 as a result of gas cutback orders by Columbia Gas Co. The students will be transferred to other schools.

School officials said they expected the district could return to normal schedules by mid-March. Energy shortages resulted in the layoff of about 1,000 workers in Allegheny, Beaver, (See 1 on Page Two) BLASTS ROCK NEW YORK--Fire and police officials go through debris behind shattered window in Chrysler Building in New York after a bomb blasi knocked out windows on several floors and slightly injured two persons late Friday. Another blast rocked the Gulf and Western Building minutes later. Bomb Knock Out Skyscraper Windows Puerto Ricon Terrorist Group Claiming Credit for NYC Blasts Soviet Criticism Won't Keep Carter Quiet About Human Rights CAUSE OF CONCERN--Dr. Richard Moriarty, Pittsburgh Poison Center chief, revealed that about 20 persons have shown evidence of burns of the mouth that may have been caused by contaminated pretzels.

Some of the injured persons were sent to hospitals for further testing to see if the burns extended into the throat. WASHINGTON I -President Carter, despite Soviet complaints he is meddling in their domestic affairs by criticising treatment of dissidents, will continue to speak out on human rights there and at home. In reacting Friday to the strong Soviet criticism of Carter's personal letter to dissident physicist Andrei Sak- harov, the President's spokesmen fired back in kind. the controversy simmering this weekend, planned to stay in Washington a meeting with university presidents today and Sunday school and worship services at the First Baptist Church his only scheduled events. On Friday White House Press Secretary Jody Powell repeated Carter's belief that "it is possible to work with any government to reduce the chances of war and nuclear Lawmaker Says Forget Panama, Build New Canal PANAMA CITY (UPI) --The United States should build a "more efficient" waterway in some other country and forget the Panama Canal, a U.S.

congressman says. "It's time to proceed to offer some other government the opportunity to enter into a partnership of some kind and build another canal--one that would be much more efficient than this one," Rep. Neil Smith, D-Iowa, said Friday. He claimed Panama was refusing "reasonable offers" by the United States and making "unreasonable demands." Smith made his remarks at the end of a week-long fact- finding tour of Panama by nine members of the House Appropriations Committee and as the U.S.-Panamanian talks on a new waterway pact entered their fifth day. There have been no official statements on the progress of the talks.

U.S. negotiators Ambassador- at-Large Ellsworth Bunker and President Carter's representative Sol Linowitz, who have been meeting with Panamanian representatives on Contadora Island in the Gulf of Panama, briefed the congressmen Thursday. By the year 2000, Panama wants control of the strategic waterway, built by the United States after a pact signed in 1903. Washington is agreeable, but insists on maintaining a military presence in the Canal Zone for 25 years after that. "I get the impression the Panamanian government does not want to conclude a treaty this year," Smith said.

A Panamanian government spokesman would not comment on Smith's remarks. Courthouse, Banks Closing for Holiday Armstrong County Courthouse offices will be closed Monday in observance of George Washington's birthday. Most area banks also will be closed Monday. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday. holocaust and to promote other common interests without sacrificing the commitment of our people and this country to the struggle for individual freedom.

And while Carter used the Helsinki Pact committing nations to a broad range of human rights as a "legal basis" in writing Sakharov, Powell said the President had ordered a review of U.S. actions and policies, as well, to see. which may' conflict with that historic accord. Carter who still plans to meet with Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky next week was responding to a letter "from a Nobel Prize winner," Powell explained. No challenge to the Soviet Union was intended, he said, rather it was Carter acting as a duly elected spokesman for the American people.

"The Soviet Union in the past has exercised their rights to comment on domestic differences within our own country. Pravda exressed support for (blackc i t) Angela Davis during the course of that trial, that General Secretary Brezhnev (of the Soviet Union) met publicly with the leader of the American i Party, Gus Hall, when he visited the United States. Radio Moscow frequently comments on American domestic (matters). "It, is the feeling of this administration that this struggle for human dignity and rights is long and difficult. It preceded the creation of this country and will no doubt continue long after this administration and those who serve in it are gone.

Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reported Friday that Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin had Carter's comments to the State Department. NEW YORK (UPI) Powerful time bombs knocked out on several floors of two Midtown skyscrapers late Friday, slightly injuring two persons and spreading glass over a wide area. The FALN, a Puerto Rican terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the explosions at the Gulf and Western Building on the West Side and the Texaco Oil Company's touring center in the Chrysler Building on the East Side. A typewritten note left for police in a subway telephone booth said the bombings were carried out by the FALN to seek' the release of five "political and to protest' a prupdsar-fo'r; Puerto Rican statehood made by President Ford during the closing days of his The note listed as "political prisoners" the names of five Puerto Ricans serving life sentences for attempting to assassinate President Harry Truman and several members of Congress in the 1950s. There were no injuries at the Gulf and Western blast, but a young cab driver and his woman passenger were slightly injured by the explosion at the' Chrysler Building several minutes later.

There were no fires following the explosions. A man with a heavy Hispanic accent who claimed to represent the FALN telephoned WCBS Radio and claimed the group was responsible for the bombings, a spokesman for the station said. The caller gave instructions where the note could be found. Police said the FBI was called into the investigation. The FALN, which seeks independence for Puerto Rico, has claimed responsibility for several explosions in New York and other cities across the country' in the past few years, including a blast that killed four persons and injured scores more on Jan.

24, 1975, at historic Fraunces lower'Manhattan. Police said eyewitnesses saw a woman place a yellow bag at a pillar in front of the Gulf and Western Building moments before the blast went off, smashing massive plate glass windows on the three floors. Windows on six floors of the Chrysler building were blown out into the intersection. "It looked like the street had been sprinkled with diamonds," said an eye witness. "It must have been the equivalent of four or five sticks of dynamite because the glass up there was pulled out," said one bomb expert pointing to broken windows on the sixth floor.

Early Friday two buildings in downtown Chicago bombed but although police 7 said terrorists -might. have caused the explosions, preliminary evidence hasn't linked the blasts terrorist acts. to prior' President Silent About Hussein Payoffs Post Office To Close Post offices will operate on a holiday schedule Monday, President's Day, without mail i delivery and the closing of windows at the post offices, Joseph Herbst, Ford City Postmaster said. Pete Drops Suit Against Gulf Oil PITTSBURGH (UPI) --Pittsburgh Mayor Peter Flaherty said Friday he is dropping a $400,000 libel suit against Gulf Oil Corp. in exchange for a letter from the company stating it never had contributed to his election campaigns.

"The chief executive officer (Jerry McAfee) of Gulf Oil has agreed to write a letter stating that I have at no time received any funds directly or indirectly from Gulf Oil," the mayor said. "This letter is a suitable and appropriate retraction a clears up any doubts on this matter. Accordingly, I have ordered my legal counsel to settle and discontinue the law suit against Gulf Oil Corp." Flaherty filed the libel suit in November 1975 following published statements from a Gulf lobbyist that the mayor had been given a $25,000 campaign donation. WASHINGTON I -President Carter is saying nothing publicly about a news- paper story potentially embarrassing to his administration and Jordan's King Hussein. The Washington Post reported Friday that Hussein has accepted CIA payoffs of millions of dollars for the last 20 years.

The money allowed CIA agents to operate without difficulty in the Arab nation. But the administration -mindful that Hussein and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance were meeting for the first time as the story was published -said it would have no comment on "alleged covert activities." In Saturday's editions, the Post listed Cypriol President Archbishop Makarios, and the Dalai Lama of Tibet as other past recipients of CIA money. The administration's "no comment" responseimmediate- ly triggered a barrage of questions from reporters who pointed out Carter's campaign" promise to tell the public about any CIA improprieties. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said the new stand was adopted hours after the Post story by Watergate reporter Bob Woodward hit the street. "It is the administration's Reports About CIA-Hussein Link Likely To Hurt Mideast Negotiations AMMAN, Jordan (UPI) A U.S.

official traveling with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance says a report that King Hussein has received millions of dollars from the CIA will affect sensitive Middle East negotiations. The official not Vance -said the charges, true or false, were certain to affect the negotiations, simply by being aired. He said the report coula not have come at a worse time to affect Hussein's standing among the Arab powers, especially the Palestinians. The report, published Friday by the Washington Post, said the CIA payments to Hussein were made over 20 years. The Jordanian government denounced the charges Friday, saying they were based on "fabrication anddistortion." "The Jordanian leadership has not engaged in improper practices or pursued personal interests," a statement said.

It called the timing of the report "a deliberate attempt to damage the image of the Jordanian leadership" on the eve of the secretary's visit "and to deny success to Mr. Vance's peacemaking Vance, who was to leave today for Saudi Arabia, has refused any comment on the report. The White House also has refused to confirm or deny the charge. Hussein has become pivotally important in current peace efforts because of what appears to be a major change in the stand of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat about negotiations with Israel. Sadat during Vance's visit to Egypt Thursday, that a Palestinian state be included in "some sort of confederation" with Jordan.

Such an idea has been favored by Israel, and was proposed by Hussein himself several years ago. According to Vance, Sadat was pressuring the Palestine Liberation Organization to accept the idea of a Palestinian state under the aegis of Jordan. Diplomats said the Post charge was expected to give ammunition to Hussein's many political enemies, and make it difficult for moderates to support him. Hussein, who was frequently described by former Secretary of Stale Henry Kissinger as the best American friend in the Arab world, has been called by radical Arabs a stooge and puppet of the United States. U.S.

officials said the report could be used to reinforce such criticism. policy not to comment on -either to confirm or deny -any stories concerning alleged covert activities," he said. was then read Carter's statement of Feb. 11: "If the CIA ever makes a mistake, I'll be the one as President to call a press conference. I'll tell you and the American people this is what happened, these are people who have violated the law, these are the punishments I recommend." Asked to reconcile the new.

policy declaration with that, promise, Powell said. "1 believe what we have done in this regard is consistent with that statement." He said he could not explain further. Other World Leaders Reported On CIA Payroll WASHINGTON I The Washington Post, which first reported that Jordan's King Hussein was on the payroll of Central I i Agency, said today that the spy agency also made payments to Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus and the Dalai Lama of Tibet. In addition, it said "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence." a book about U.S. i "named Hussein.

Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya. Joseph Mobutu of Zaire. Forbes Burnham of Guyana. Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam and Willy Brandt of West Germany as national leaders who had secret financial relationships with the CIA." The names were censored by a court as a result of a CIA suit. The paper quoted sources as saying "there are six to eight other leaders of countries who have at one time or another received covert payments from the CIA." Reporter Bob Woodward of Watergate, fame wrote Friday that "the CIA has for 20 years been making secret cash payments to King Hussein of Jordan." The story said millions of dollars were involved and President Carter stopped the payments as soon as he found out about them.

Deaths of the Day (Details on Page 6) Erma Florence Cogley, 87, of Dayton RD 2..