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ESTB. 1838 Vol. CXXXIII FITCHBURG, MASS. 01420 15 CENTS Heading Toward An Loc South Vietnamese airborne troops are piled atop truck a commandeered recently to take them down Route 13 toward An Lnc which is beseiged by North Viet- namese troops. The troops are shown 13 miles south of Aa Loc.

(AP Wlrephoto) Hanoi, Haiphong Raid Halted--Yes and No iiimigiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Holy Cross ROTC Room Fire-Bombed (AP) A fire bomb damaged a Reserve Officers Training Corps classroom on the Holy Cross College campus Monday night. Fire officials said the bomb set off sprinklers that contained the fire until fire fighters arrived. College authorities said were unable Immediately to estimate damage to the single classroom in the single story frame building. The firebombing occurred while the Students Union was holding an open forum about a hundred yards away to discuss military recruitment on campus. About 650 students and faculty members participated in the forum lasting more than three hours in the Hogan Campus Center ballroom.

Two Marine Corps recruiters were scheduled to conduct interviews in the ballroom this morning. An unsuccessful attempt was made in November 1970 to burn the same building that was the target of Monday night's fire bombing. mmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiinnnmiimn Council Will Allocate Funds By DOUG FLETCHER Staff Writer Councilor Anthony Nigro said this morning he will vote favorably on the $17.5 million wastewater treatment facilities loan order at tonight's council meeting, and anticipates the loan order will be passed through first and second readings. Nigro had been the only councilor who had voiced objections to the bond issue. His vote against the loan could have killed city's $36 million cleanup project for the Nashua River.

Some Doubts Contacted this morning by the Sentinel, Nigro said he still has some doubts about projected to construct two wastewater treatment plants, but noted the city has taken ample steps 'to insure minimal costs with maximum state and federal assistance. "My main is for the 2 Boys Blamed In 3-Alarm Fire Hefe Saturday Two 12-year-old boys were for the three-alarm fire 'at 51 Mt. Vernon St. 'Saturday that left six families homeless. Deputy Chief John J.

Curran, 'inspector- of 'the Fire Prevention Bureau, who conducted an investigation into the cause with. 'Lt. William. Barrett member of the bureau, today the boys a cigarette "lighter on the third floor. He added it was The boys, the deputy chief said, had spent the night with a friend who resides i building.

Anthony Nasls was listed the owner of the four-story structure. of the six families, Mrs. Marilyn Doiron and her three children, are housed at Hotel Raymond through Fitchburg Chapter, American Red Cross, until other accommodations are located. Three firefighters were and no estimate of damage was, available. two industries to tie into the Fitchburg treatment plant," Nigro said.

"These firms employ more than 1,200 of our residents and if one or should, close, the economical impact on the city would be overwhelming." "Officers of -both firms have insured me they want the treatment facilities and are willing to continue their con tracts with the city, at least until bids for construction are received," he said. The Weyerhaeuser Paper Co and Fitchburg'Paper Co. have entered into agreement with the city-to find construction costs for the West' Fitchburg treat merit, Both will be homes in the area and the town of Westminster. 80 Per Cent Aid Federal and state aid for the construction of the West Fitchburg plant total 80 per cent financing. The two industries are to finance about 18 per cent of the and main- tainance -costs with the city paying the remaining per cent.

If Westminster ties into the plant after it opens, the town will assume some of the a i costs. Federal assistance was offered for, the plant, with the understanding Westminster would receive services from the facility. During a council-as-a-whole i meeting held Monday night, Nigro contended the city ordinance creating the a a Treatment Facilities Commission should be amended to allow two mofe members to be appointed by the mayor. The five-member, commission Nudists Launch Clothing Drive BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) -Nudists, of course, don't wear clothes.

But the nature worshippers in New Mexico's only nudist camp go even. 'farther--they give away clothes'. The Yucca Naturist Club, a Bernalillo, presented Goodwill Industries on Saturday 1,780 pounds of clothing and Bother items collected in the club's annual clothing drive. on the OPEN HOUSE AT 'MONTRATH OF proves enlightening visitors. See Page 11.

LEOMINSTER AND STATE OFFICIALS to review school building plan. See Page 9. JFIRST GARDEN APARTMENTS appear in New N. See Page 9. CONG.

DRINAN' DEFENDS PRIVACY of individuals against eavesdropping by American agencies, See Page 3, U. SUMMIT TALKS: Why haven't they, been cancelled In view of renewed warfare in Vietnam. See Page 2. Editorial 4 Obituaries Si. 11-15 Television 8: Women's Pages.

IMS Amusements 11 Brldgl 19, Classified 16-17-18; Comics 19 Crossword 19 Telephone 343-6911 (Connecting All Pact Reached now consists of the Public Department commissioner, a representative from each of the two industries involved in the financing, and two citizens. said the commission should have four citizens as well as the other three members. Accord Reached The council agree'd with his contention, and' Nigro said that agreement convinced him that the city would remain with firm control over some of costs and operations of the facilities. He said a resolution will be introduced to the: as well 'ias the -amendment to the ordinance on the cgHiifg'" any 'ca'prtal' 1 "improvements to be made at either treatment facility to be approved, by a two-thirds council vote. Now, only six votes are needed to allow Both the resolution and ordinance amendment will be offered before a final vote on a third reading of the loan order is made May 2, Nigro said.

At the May 2 regular meeting, the council may pass the loar order and order it enrolled and ordained. Nigro's vote is considered crucial to the project because three members Council Pres. Allen J. Hamilton Jr. anc councilors-at-large Robert H.

Bean and C. Warren Smith have been prohibited from voting on the loan order because they are employed by Weyerhaeuser 'Co. i. -H-. Oi'eohndr'.

ruled tKa'UttJiile -the three from voting on the'llssue, eight votes are still required to approve the loan order. Nigro's nay vote could then expansion of the facilities. have killed the project. News Digest Apollo Problem Overcome SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly with -help 'from Mission quickly overcame a guidance system problem that temporarily locked the Apollo 16 command'ship in one position today.

The spacemen hurtled on, meanwhile 'toward a Wednesday rendezvous with the moon. Officials the source of the problem was a mystery. They were not certain whether it would-, recur and experts studied data to learn the exact cause. Muskie Hits Viet Bombing WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Edmund S.

Muskie has accused President. Nixon of doing the nation "irreparable harm" and undermining America's sense of decency with the renewed bombing of North Vietnam. "That is the reason, above all that I want to see mm defeated," the senator from Maine said Monday night! pressing the war issue as he raised money to propel his troubled campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Woman Dies In Police Chase CONCORD, Mass. (AP) -One woman was killed and four including, two Burlington policemen, were Injured Monday night in a car pileup on Route 2 that culminated a high-speed police chase.

Mae Molander, about 60, of Bridgeport, died in the crash. Listed in critical condition were policemen Russell R. Peterson William E. Farice. Also injured were Bradley Bailey, 15, of Bridgeport, a passenger with the dead woman, and oJhn W.

Seale, 24, of Acton, the only passenger of a second car. 60 Die In Plane Grash ADDia. ABABA (AP). An East Airways VG10 crashed and burned today as it was taking, off lor Rome and and more than 60 of the 106 persons on board were reported killed. Many of the passengers were believed to be British.

Eyewitnesses said at least 34 survivors were picked up. Student Protests Rising The i call for. campus strikes protest the bombing' of 'North Vietaiim escalated today after lundreds of college students took to the streets to -protest U.S; involvement in jidochlna; "No't since the Cambodian Invasion in 1970 has the Nixon government's aggression In Asia so urgently demanded protest from the American people," said. an editorial planned' for publication today by the Harvard Crimson and seven other Ivy League newspapers. Wallace Won't Campaign Here BOSTON Alabama Wallace, whose name ap- George 'Wallace; plans no campaign appearances in Massachusetts before the April 25 presidential' primary, aide said.

pears on the ballot, will instead campaign i '-Tennessee, I diana and Pennsylvania, ac-. cording to Dot House, the gov- errior'i scheduling director. Food Price Controls Proposed WASHINGTON (AP) Price Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson told Congress today the commission is considering putting price controls on fopd products. And, he reported, the commission is also considering a major change in the 'Nixon administration price-control strategy; "Concentrating Price Commission manpower on the largest firms while decontrolling large portions of the econo 5 my." In testimony prepared for the Committee tiler on what specific, cpnditions would cause the new moves to be implemented.

Nor did he indicate when decisions on them might be made. Grayson cited possible extension of controls to food and the tightening of existing food-price in a list of several pol- cy changes he said are under current analysis and evaluation, Grayson's comments came a day after he said current controls are beginning to bite into rice increases. He said in an nterview Monday that a decision on tighter controls might not' be made for months, if ever, and that he was willing to cast his vote in favor of stricter rof it-margin, controls if in- lation figures showed they were needed; In his prepared testimony, rayson said the wage-price' controls are slowly reducing in- iation toward the target level of 2 to 3' per cent by the end of his.year "without impeding the recovery of our. ailing national economy to prosperity and full employment. Marathon Route Eugene Roberts, 26-year-old veteran of the Vietnam conflict who lost both leg's In landmine explosion- 'walks' the 26-mile, 385-yard Boston A.A.

Marathon route as lie passes cleanup crew In Newton Lower Falls about midway. onetime high school track star In Baltimore, says it has always been his ambition to run in the race, He uses ca'nvas skids as he propels himself with his hands. (AP Wlrephoto) SAIGON (AP) President I Nixon has suspended U.S. air attacks on the Hanoi-Haiphong area to see if North Vietnam backs off from its general offensive in South Vietnam, U.S. military sources reported today.

The thrust of the American air war returned to the South, and U.S. pilots flew more than 1.000 strikes there Monday and today. Following Sunday's heavy raids on targets around Hanoi and Haiphong, Nixon ordered all air action suspended above the 20th parallel of latitude. fiO miles south of Hanoi, the Saigon sources said. However, Secretary of De- ense Melvin R.

Laird said today in Washington there is "no ubstance" to the report of at- acks being suspended north of he 20th parallel. He said air trikes were continuing in North Vietnam, but did not specify how deep the raids vere. The Saigon informants said only a handful of strikes were lown Monday and today north of the demilitarized zone and all of these were below the 19th larallel, 120 miles south of lanoi. "The President is deliberately holding off after Sunday's strikes in the Hanoi and Hai- )hong areas to see what North Vietnam is going.to,do," said one source. "But further bomb- ng of Hanoi and Haiphong has not been ruled out.

It depends on what North Vietnam does." The sources said the raids on lanoi and Haiphong were polit- cal in nature, intended as a warning to Hanoi to pull back offensive in South Vietnam. "When you knock a guy down," said one source, "you ion't want to stomp on him. Nixon apparently wants to wait and see whether he Is going to get up and continue to fight or walk In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman said he could neither confirm nor deny that the area above the 20th parallel was off limits again. Military sources said there were no signs of any enemy withdrawals from the battlefields to which political significance could be attached, Tofaf School fmatieing Change Could Evolve From Texas Case WASHINGTON (AP) An appeal by the State of Texas may set the stage for a -Supreme Court ruling that changes the way 49 states finance their public schools. Eventually, the San Antonio case may rival in importance the 1954 Brown vs.

Board of Education case that led to the desegregation of schools in Southern and border states. filed its appeal late five states be by a 1 that its school-financing system Is ille- jal. The others are California, Minnesota, Wyoming' and New Jersey. Though the California decision came first, the Texas case first, to reach the Supreme Court's, doorstep. If the justices agree 1 result would be ruling in about a oh the quality-of education and on 'where Americans 'locate their homes, and businesses.

In every state except Hawaii, public-school' financing is based to a-large degree on'the local property the states and the federal government provide supplementary money, the kind of 1 education, a child receives is directly related.to the tax revenue from property in HTaistrict. In the Texas case, known as Rodriguez vs, San Antonio Independent School District, a special panel of three federal judges declared last December that the system violates the 14th Amendment's guarantee of protection of the laws. That is, said the three judges, Texas' financing system makes educational expenditures a function of local wealth, discriminating against children in poorer communities. Crawford C. Martin, the at-' torney general of Texas, set forth a five-point argument, for reversal.

He said the judges. had limited the freedom of states to govern themselves. Although a different financing system would improve education in poorer districts, Martin argued, it would cause education in other districts to suffer. The Texas official noted that the public school system ak ready is. under heavy pressure from those who resist desegregation.

Now, he said, children in wealthier families would be likely to flee to private schools. Groundbreaking for New Turbine Attending groundbreaking ceremonies at Fitchburg Gas and-Electric Light Company's Sawyer ''Pajsway property were: Edward Clark, deputy 'division manager of.Steam Turhlne Products; Howard-W. 'Evlrs, president of the Fitchburg Gas and Electric Company; Mayor Carleton E. Blackwcll, and David Stewart, assistant', director of the New England Power Exchange (NEPEX). Photo by Bob Jolumore)' Ups Power Capacity Groundbreaking' ceremonies 'were-held this morning at the Fitchburg Gas and Electric i Company's Sawyer Passway property, preparatory to company Installation of a hew 23,000 kilowatt combustion turbine.

addition to the generating -capacity of the local Utility Is an effort to reduce 'the likelihood of 'brownouts' or 'blackouts' this summer and in future. 'The purpose is two-fold i a as the added generating capacity' not only fulfills the company's respon- slbility to serve its many valued customers, but also. meets the company's responsibility.to the New England Power Pool in helping to build the reserve energy necessary to assure uninterrupted service to electric power a company. official said. Present at the ceremony were Mayor Carleton E.

Blackwcll and members of the Fitchburg City Council, from the General Company, a representative from the New England Power Pool, representatives of the newr media, and several of the local utility company..

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