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a a a Delay Is Sought ChinaHolds Utah's Legal On 'Action Rules' 6 System ls QuakeMark Criticized By DON HOLLOSCHUTZ NEW YORK I Feminists and civil rights advocates want the Labor Department to wait until Jimmy Carter is inaugurated before it enacts new affirmative action rules on hi ri ng women and minorities. They told a news conference Tuesday that the rules, recently proposed by Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), would considerably set back efforts to end discrimination in hiring. Rep. Bella Abzug, asked that the new rules be "withdrawn" or al least deferred until after Carter takes office. "Jimmy Carter has pledged to help women and minorities, and the new administration should not be undermined by regulations that could undermine that commitment," she said.

Mrs. Abzug also said one of the results of the the new rules would be to reduce the number of contractors covered by the program and limit coverage to non-construclion contractors only. The agency began four days of hearings on the proposed rules on Monday here and in is believed that the Christmas Eve midnight mass originated because it was thought to be the hour of Christ's birth. Atlanta. Other hearings are set for Dec.

13 in Chicago and Los Aiigelcs. Norecn Connell, a staff member of Women Office Workers, said about 70 "working women's" groups and civil rights organizations, with the support of various public officials, will testify against the rules wherever the hearings are held. "We hope these proposed regulations will be wilhdrawn and as a product of our pressure, that the program will bestrengthened," she said. She and about 10 other speakers, including City Councilwoman Carol Greitzer, D- Manhattan, said the proposals would weaken the enforcement of equal opportunity provisions. All the speakers said statistics have shown women and minority group members are paid less than other workers and are left out when promotions are given.

Gail Parker, assistant director of the National Urban League, said the new rules would be "dangerously regressive and represent an overt move to sabotage more than a decade of progress." Joan Hull of the National Organization for Women sa.id the regulations "dangerously weaken enlorcement procedures" and would "disenfranchise unknown numbers of women." More Thoughts on California Zinfandel The origins of Zinfandel, like its exotic name, are shrouded ui mystery, but the taste makes a clean-cut slalemenl.lt is fruit light and fri aristocratic, ranking lenl It is fruity, spicy, and distinctive. It ranges from light and fruity to deep and full-bodied, from common to TM Cabernet Sauvlenon as California's finest redwine. In addition to all these qualities the market" and priced right is one of lhe lx st 1)U on According to the California Wine Institute, Xinfandel grapes are planted over more than 27,000 acres. About a third of this is in the cooler costal areas of Mendocino, Monterey hoTr he rgely mitr i igation in Ryan's Discount Wines and Liquors has a large selection of premium Zuifandel's from California. This wine must be tasted to be appreciated, and will be enjoyed by any "wuie- over." Try a Dottle tonight.

it will surely mate the meal a treat. Vwjji DiAcmt jCtquot State OPfN Daily ham 9 a.m. lo 10 Sur.H, SAW FRANCISCO (UPI) China has been rocked this century by at least nine earthquakes packing the punch of tlie 1906 temblor which devastated a a i scientists said Tuesday. They also told the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting that about one of every ninegreatearthquakes throughout the world since 1900 -those with a magnitude of 8 or more on the Richter scale -has occurred in China. Conversely, the United States has not had a temblor worse than the 8.3 quake which hit San Francsjco, according to the University of California Seismographic Station in Berkeley.

Two experts from the University of Texas Center for Energy Studies reported that China has been struck by nine huge quakes with magnitudes ranging from 8 to 8.5 since 1902. The last in this range was in 1972. Furthermore, they said, at least 17 quakes with a magnitude of 8 or more have been recorded in Chjna in the last six centuries. Tall Ships Follow Up Proposed NEW YORK (UPI) The man behind Operation Sail has still another idea for once again making the aging New York waterfront a showcase harbor of the nation: An armada of majestic passenger liners. Frank Osborn Braynard, the 60-year-old program director of the South Street Seaport Museum, told the City Council Tuesday that 600 passenger liners remain in the world and as many as 30 or 40 might be enticed to come to New York for another Fourth of July celebration.

The former reporter, who resides in Sea Cliff, spoke after accepting a "Proud City" award the fifth ever to have been presented from tire City Council for his role in organizing the July 4 Operation Sail celebration. Braynard told the council that about 45,000 seamen came to the city on the tall ships and military vessels from 31 nations that participated in Op Sail, and they all mixed harmonious- lyamong themselves. "Seaman are international citizens'," he said. "The lesson of Operation Sail is that we are all seamen on the ship of earth." Mia Farrow and Danny Kaye will star in the NBC-TV special, "Peter Pan." SANTA FE, N.M. I A psychiatrist says convicted killer Gory Gilmore is mentally ill and the Utah courts set a dangerous legal and moral precedent by giving in to his wish to die before a firing squad.

"He is sick and ought to be treated," Dr. Joel S. llochman said Tuesday. "No treatment comes out of a rifle. "There is a real issue being fought here on the value of human life, like abortion.

This establishes a precedent that human life is not worth it, so go ahead and shoot and burn them. "In essence society is playing an active part in his sickness and desire to kill himself by giving in to his desire to kilt himself. This is an extremely dangerous precedent for the law." Hochman, a consultant with the slate, criticized former Texas Gov. John Connally's call for televised Connally said would serve as a swift and sure deterrent to crime. "The bottom line of what the governor is saying is if we are going to do something this heinous, we ought to make entertainment of it," Hochman said.

"The deterrent value of caoital Dunishment is a grim joke, and he is saying, let's get color television and broadcast it so we all may share in this blood and gore." Hochman. who evaluates prisoners at the state penitentiary, said capital punishment is a waste and the courts and corrections system must face it. He said Gilmore was an example of poor treatment and his proposed death would be a failure for society. "Gary Gilmore is'sick, and instead of treating him, the courts and the politicians are giving him the exact thing he seeks," be said. "If a person is mentally ill and try-big to hurt others, the law has the right to slep in and prevent them from doing it.

"But for the law to lake a lo assist in helping Gilmore kill himself, is institutionalized in- sanitv." Ambitious Plans Made For Mars SAN FRANCISCO (DPI) -Scientists plan to "harpoon" Mars to set up new antennae thai would send back a constant flow of information about possible life and activity on the planet. Edward A. Flinn, chief scientist for lunar and planetary programs at NASA headquarters in Washington, told of the Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysics Union. "We would shoot, or drop, hard landers from orbiters, like i i anchors or harpoons, to leave the antennae on the said. Flinn said there were also plans for a rover on Mars "that would be able to roam the surface of the planet, lake pictures, do chemical analysis and give us a mobility we didn't have in the Viking missions." The scientist said the antennae could provide "a global network of seismological activity and heat flow telling about radiation" on Mars.

A possible first indication of seismological activity, "mar- squakes," on the planet was mentioned by another prominent scientist at the meeting, Don Anderson, of the California I i of Technology. Anderson, director of the i I i I e's Seismological Laboratory, said that although no marsquakes have yet been transmitted to earth, "a possible event occurred Nov. 15" and an answer to the mystery should be known by Dec. 20. A seismometer now is operating on the surface of Mars, "the noise background correlates well with wind gusts, and the environment is extremely quiet for about 10 hours each night," Anderson said.

"On Nov. 15, we saw an event at nighttime when the winds were low and there were no gusts" to interfere with the seismic reporting, he said. "We would expect that seismic events occur on Mars." He said the guess is that marsquakes are more active than seismological activity on the moon but less than on the earth. 'Juice Squeezers' Are Prosecuted By Utilities A I. DUFFY NEW' ORLEANS I -Although the high cost of energy induces some consumers to turn off lights and adjusl thermostats, other energy savers have come up with a more economical way of gelling power --slcal il.

And utility companies are really getting heated up about the problem. "Thus far this year there have been 265 convictions, 109 above the conviction rate for all of 1975," said Donald F. Schultz, an official at New Orleans Public Service Inc. Schultz said juice squeezing stealing electricity is becoming a major crime that seems to know no economic boundary, but NOPSI is leading the nation in cracking down on the thefts. According to Schultz, a consumer interested in cutting his electric bill needs only wire cutlers, a screwdriver and a layman's understanding of mechanics.

All he has to do is turn his electric meter upside down and let it run backwards, or cut it off completely. Publically owned ulility companies across tlie country and in Europe and Latin America are turning to New Orleans learn how to stop juice squeezers. "We are getting together through the medium of the Edison Electric Institute, this country's largest association of investor-owned utility companies, and information on the programs is a Schultz He refused to discuss in detail how NOPSI's program works, but said it involved educating meter readers to spot Lebanese Cabinet To Be Appointed Calls It Sugar 'n Spice By A I BEIRUT, Lebanon (UP!) -President Elias Sarkis plans to name a prime minister this week to head a "reconstruction cabinet" that will provide Lebanon's first real government in more than IB months of civil war. Sources close lo Sarkis said Tuesday the president planned to announce Ills choice wilhin 48 hours. Leftists and rightist politicians predicted the new prime minister would be Selim al Hoss, an American-educated Moslem banker and close associate of Sarkis'.

Presidential aides said Sarkis will break with the Lebanese tradition of naming seasoned political and factional leaders to the majority of cabinet posts. Instead, the aides said, the new lO-or-12-man government will consist primarily of "tech- Victor Park Plans Coming VICTOR A park site inventory and design for parkland in the hamlet of Fishers will be presented to the Victor Town Board at its meeting Monday, Jan. 10. The board has agreed to hire Ted Collins Associates, a landscape architectural firm, to undertake the work, making a list of what the land contains and proposing a park design, according to Mary Millar, town clerk. Nearly 40 acres of land were purchased earlier this year by the town for future park use.

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6r ma your friends! a tampered meter and using computers to find suspiciously low ulility bills. "We have had a program seeking out Ihefls of electricity since 1971," he said. "The greater number of prosecutions and convictions this year represents an intensified effort on the part of the company to discover the thefts." Schultz said when N'OPSI suspecls a customer of stealing electricity, il turns the information over lo lhe cily, which prosecutes the case in Municipal Court. "In the city of New Orleans the fine is up to S100 or nol more (nan 60 days in jail or both," he said. "It's not really a punitive program.

It's something we owe our cuslomers do pay their bills." Most energy thieves steal electricity because il is easier to tamper with an electric mclcr lhan a gas meler, Schullzsaid. "Attempts to divert gas meters is a completely different thing from an electric meler, which is more wilhin lhe skills of the average person," IK said. "But you can electrocute yourself doing it." 'Senior American 3, Dies By JIM ANDERSON BRUSSELS, Belgium I That Senior American Official, who always just happened to be aboard Secretary of Stale Henry Kissinger's plane, is no more. Few will mourn him. Actually "Senior American Official" was not a "who" but an "it" a useful cover device Scout Leaders Meet Round table program sessions will be held this evening al 7:30 p.m.

at Viclor Elementary School for Boy Scout i leaders, assistants and committee members, according to George Payne of Shortsville, chairman for the Arrowhead District. Program ideas for the month of January will be presented to all leaders al that time. D. PEARCE nocrats," economists and engirt to guide the reconstruction process. Historically, Lebanese cabinets have been odd assortments of leftists and rightists careful ly apportioned among Moslem and Christian religious sects and geographical regions.

Sarkis' first government was expected to be different, both to match his nonpolitical style and to avoid the divisiveness that would result if he appointed veteran cabinet members like leftist chieftain Kamal Jumblatt and rightist Camilla Chamoun. However, the president was expected to follow the unwritten "national covenant," which decrees thai cabinet seats be distributed according to religion. Like all premiers, Hoss, 46, is a Sunni Moslem. As Sarkis' economic adviser, he has already drafted a multibillion dollar reconstruction plan to piece together the country's shattered economy. Sarkis and the Arab League peace-keeping force also moved to stop fighting between rival Palestinian groups in the northern city of Tripoli, which left a I least 35 persons dead Monday.

Syrian troops of the Arab army also detained several members of the ultrarightist "Cedar Guards," an extremist Christian group that has hidden in the central mountains and refused to stop fighting "until the last Palestinian is driven out of Lebanon or killed." Divide Winnings Between Partners By Abigail Van Buren (t; 1976 byCflclsoTnUMN. Y. Sjnd. DEAR A I hope you will take time to give me vour opinion on a problem that involves two partners in a small business. Partner A bought a S100 ticket to a charity ball i com pany funds, a normal procedure.

The day of the ball, part ner A asked partner if he would like to use the ticket. Partner said no. a A offered it to others. No takers. At the last i partner A decided to go himself.

The ticket was the winning It won a A insists the money is his. Partner thinks it should be split 50-50. What do you i P.R. DEAR P.R.: If partner with the knowledge and consent of partner invested company funds in an oil well, and it brought in a million-dollar gusher, wouldn't partner be entitled to half the proceeds? The same principle applies. DEAR ABBY: When 1 go to my doctor for my blood pressure he always checks my breasts for cancer as well.

We both belong lo the same country club. I wonder if he thinks he is doing me a favor, or if he is doing himself one. As far ns I there is no cancer in my family, and I read somewhere a people i high blood pressure (ion't usually have cancer. Do you i 1 change doctors? A I IN A A DEAR A I He is doing YOU a favor, not himself. He sounds like a very competent physician, but if the fact that you see him socially inhibits you, you'd be wise to change country clubs! DEAR ABBY: a a 10 year-old girl who agreed to babv sit for a neighbor.

I they don't have much money, so I charged only 50 cents an i wus fine i she went out the door and said. "1 left a few dishes in the i Would you mind doing them up? We're bringing home company." Well, I did up the dishes, and 1 really i i A few nights later, she said, "You how to run a washing machine, don't you? Well, just throw in these towels and a few i odds and ends, will you?" Then she ran out the door. (1 did three of laundry a i Now, it's become a regular thing. She always leaves the supper dishes in the sink for me to do. and I'm doing most of her a Besides lhat.

1 a her three i to get supper for and put to bed. And all for 50 cents an hour. Is this fair? And how can I tell her I i she's a i advantage of me? SHY DEAR Of course it's not fair. And you can tell her lhat, just as you've told me. You were hired as a sitter, not a housekeeper.

CONFIDENTIAL TO C. IN BEVERLY HILLS: A line artist knows when a painting is finished. A wise woman when the a a i is over. Accept it with grace and a face. Everyone has a problem.

What's yours? For a personal reply, write to ABBY: Box No. 69700, L.A., Calif. 90069. Enclose stamped, self-addressed please. 3fimmtl Phone 3 9 4 4 1 4 1 who could speak fairly frankly i i i delieale negoliations.

He revealed many secrets bul none the secretary did not want published. And he was intensely toyal: lie usually was discreetly silent aboul Kissinger's failures. Senior American Official was only three years old when he succumbed to a combination of factors starting with the elections and the changes expected in the style if not the content of a new administration. He disappeared officially Tuesday, when aboard Kissinger's plane to Brussels were informed lhat henceforth they would identify their source only as "State Depart men I officials." Bul he had already oulworn his reason for being. Clues to his identily had been plenliful from the first, and foreign officials, diplomats, editors, reporters and most keen-eyed newspaper readers knew quile well who was speaking when Senior American Official was quoted.

State Department officials will be harder to spot, since State Department officials on a number of levels below the top frequently do talk off the record to reporters. But new faces will be in soon, part of an administralion pledged lo avoid secrecy as far as possible, and perhaps Ihey will disdain such devices altogether. Obituaries Glenn McPherson HOLCOMB Glenn 65, died yesterday in a Rochester hospital. He is survived by his wife, Anna Mae Hutchinson McPherson of Holcomb; a sister, Mrs. Erwin (Freda) Moranda of Canandaigua; a niece; two grandnieces; and several cousins.

He had been a farmer in the Bristol area most of his life. He was an honorary member of the Brislol Fire Department, a former member of the Ontario County Farm Bureau, the Bristol Grange, and is a former vice chairman of the Bristol Town Democratic Committee. Friends may call today at the Kennedy and Son Funeral Home from 7 to 9 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.

Those who wish may con- Iribule to the Ontario County Heart Fund in his memory. Mrs. Genevieve Smend SHORTSVILLE Mrs. Genevieve L. Smead, 73, of 3 E.

High St. died yesterday at Thompson Nursing Home, Canandaigua, following a long illness. Mrs. Smead was the widow of Clair F. Smead.

She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Raymond (Elaine) Bostian of Shortsville; a brother, Frances Lamphier of a a a i a a nephew, four a i and'three great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Schaefer-Sainsbury Funeral Home tomorrow from 2 to and 7 to 0 p.m., where a funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemelery, Canandaigua.

Contributions may be made in her memory to the Shortsville Ambulance Fund. Phone Rote Hike Curb Is Urged ALBANY. N.Y. I I Public Service Commission staff says Rochester Telephone Corp. should get less than half of the S12.3 million annual rate increase il has requested.

The a which is charged with representing the consumers' point of view at rate hearings. Tuesday urged the company's- rale increase be limited loS5.9 million. While several staff witnesses urged the SS.O i i limit on a rate bike, another witness called for adjustment of other charges to minimize Ihe effect of any rale increase on residcnlialcuslomers. Richard Ilesser said changes in charges for various special services would produce at leasl Sfi.5 million, which could be used to offsel general rate increase..