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I Jsi '9J il Trial Now Switches to New York STOCKS San Francisco Too Expensive See Story Below Probe at' Ma 11 HI II fit! fU i in Jxi.o.F'l.o Cos Crash; 1967. Globe Newpaper Co. 288-8000 MONDAY, SEPT. 18, 1967 42 Pages 10 Cents Hiirt Dead lid. How It Looks For Red Sox Their Schedule Is Toughest i i mum i iiii 1 1 i.uj win uni 'mini -UH SM' a 1' Will tV Chicago's Eddie Stanky says, "It's got to wind up in a playoff," and Boston's Dick Williams says, "I've got to shake up my lineup." The closest American League pennant race enters its final two weeks tonight with four teams within a game of each other at the top.

The Red Sox, playing at league-leading Detroit tonight, got the biggest break of the weekend. They lost three straight to eighth-place Baltimore and still dropped only one game out of first place. But manager Williams isn't depending on luck anymore. He's moving three new faces into the lineup and may make a fourth switch by gametime. Dalton Jones will play third base and Jose Tarta-bull, another lefthanded batter, will play right field.

Russ Gibson, who hasn't been in a game since Aug. 1, will catch Jerry Stephenson tonight. "I was thinking of putting first baseman George Scott on the bench and let left-handed Norm Siebern hit against Detroit right hander Dennis McLain," added Williams. "But George is strong and I think I'll give him. a chance to pop it out of there." Meanwhile Stanky's forecast of an A.L.

playoff looks solid. Boston, Detroit and Minnesota have 12 games remaining, Chicago 11. The Red Sox appear to have the toughest schedule to win the flag or make a playoff. They play eight of the 12 games on the road. They have two left with Detroit, two with Minnesota, and four with their nemesis, Baltimore.

RED SOX Page 26 Intrepid Heads for 4th in Row BULLETIN Intrepid led by two minutes and nine seconds after the second leg of the America's Cup Rare. t'nlttd Prm Intrrnttloni! NEWPORT, R.I.-Bus Mos-bacher and Intrepid began moving easily away from the Australian challenger Dame Pattie in the fourth race of the 1967 Americans Cup competition this afternoon and it appeared the Americans would win the series in four straight. Intrepid led by one minute and 25 seconds after the first leg of what was almost certain to be the last race, which had been delayed up until the last moment by fog over the ocean off Newport. CUP RACE Page 26 MjktiMVauUsMWvM A hi nun mini MinaniirmrMMi 1iM-lUiiitrf mln-i nrrr iTMininiin "xammbui 'FLAT BED AT-BASE OF MOUNTAIN AFTER. BRINGING DOWN AND INJURED.

(AP) By ROBERT L. TURNER MT. WASHINGTON, N.Hi State officials began an investigation today of Sunday's Cog Railway derailment shallow curve just before the track" plunges' down "Jacob's Ladder," the steepest incline the railway. If the car had gone another 20 feet it would have plunged into a boulder-strewn gorge 30 feet deep. Gov.

John W. King and Public Safety Comr. Robert -i Survivor's Story "I Came To, Grabbed a Handful Of Dirt and Said, "I came to, grabbed a handful of dirt and said to myself, 'I'm still This was the first reaction Richard E. Casparius, 62, of Winn Falmouth, had after surviving the cog railway accident on Mt. Washington with bruises and cuts, one of them on "my bald head." Test in Hub Court Fight to Legalize Marijuana Opens By RONALD A.

WYSOCKI Dr. Joel Fort of San Francisco, considered one of the world's outstanding experts on mind altering drugs, declared from the stand at Suffolk Superior Court that he has never seen a case of marijuana addiction. With that declaration, the gauntlet was thrown for the three-week test case court fight to determine whether or not the Commonwealth's stringent restrictions over marijuana should be lifted or changed. The results of the' legal battle are expected to have national ramifications. Rhodes were at the scene early this morning for an on-the-spot investigation.

King ordered a "full-scale" probe by the state Public Utilities Commission, and said it would begin at once. RAILWAY Page 35 'I'm Still Here Sunday they made the trip, viewed the foliage from the top of the mountain, and then boarded the car for the trip back to the base of the mountain. But the car was too crowded and the couple had to stand near the forward part. SURVIVOR Page 16 Sports 23-27 Steincrohn ....7 TV-Radio ....33 Theaters Twistagram ..32 Women Casparius, poultry farmer, and his wife, Jennie 60, had driven 110 miles from" their home to Mt. Washington yesterday to see the foliage.

It was to be an early part of the celebration of his upcoming birthday Sept. 26. It was the third attempt the couple had made to take the train ride. They had been too late in the season on both previous tries. i i A NT1 i CAR AND ITS ENGINE during the five-year-long investigation.

The hearing was postponed to Sept. 27 following Kelley's hospitalization. At the same time Judge Wyzanski confirmed the fact Stocks Extend Strong Rally The stock market extended its strong September rally today with the averages pushing to new highs for the year in heavy trading. Prices were higher from the start and continued to improve most of the day with a number of issues scoring sharp gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 933.74 for a gain of 5 26 from Friday's close.

See Page 29. in N.Y. that he had been assigned to the trial, tentatively set for Nov. 6, regardless of where it is held. "Because there may be too much expense for those involved in the case to go to San Francisco," Wyzanski said, "I am now quite prepared to transfer it to New York, if it is agreeable to the defense and if that area is free from any saturation of publicity." Defense attorneys F.

Lee Bailey and Joseph J. Balliro expressed their agreement with New York as the site. Judge Wyzanski pointed out that New York City didn't carry any TV shows on the big robbery as New England did. MAIL CASE Page 2 Injured in mountain wreck, James Dixon, 12, Portland. (Joe Runci Photo) that killed eight tourists arid injured 72 other persons.

Public Utilities Comr. Gerard Bergevin said after an inspection tour that there was no evidence the car was overloaded. Among the dead were two Greater Boston residents, 2-year-old Monica Gross of 158 Winthrop Brookline, and Shirley Zorzy, 22, of 53 Woodland Lynn. The Gross child's parents and 3-year-old sister were injured. At least 10 victims were reported in serious condition at various hospitals in the area.

Many others, "who escaped with cuts from flying glass, were released after treatment. The locomotive and the single passenger car, which contained many standees, left the track some 500 feet apart about a third of the way down the mountain. The car left the rails at a List of Dead MONICA GROSS, 2, daughter of Prof, and Mrs-Charles Gross of 158 Winthrop Brookline. SHIRLEY A. ZORZY.

22, of 53 Woodland Lynn, secretary at Northeast Airlines, Logan International Airport. CHARLES USHER, 55, of Dover, N.H. MRS. CHARLES USHER, of Dover, N.H. (Tentative).

ERIC DA VIES, 7, of Hampton, N.H. KENT WOODWORTH, 9, of New London, N.H. BEVERLY RICHMOND, 15, of Putnam, Ct. MARY FRANK, 38, of Warren, Mich. INJURED LISTPAC 35 Defendant Kelley Stricken Mail Heist Trial INSIDE HEADLINES BISHOP STOKES OPPOSES BOMBINGS Boston Episcopal prelate joins group favoring Viet negotiations.

Page 5 TEXAS BATTENS DOWN-Coastal cities brace as Hurricane Beulah nears mainland. Page 8 U.S. PLANES K.O. KEY BRIDGE Cut span only seven miles from Red China border. Page 11 TEACHERS' STRIKES Meeting in Detroit to ratify pact; New York talks fruitless.

Page 31 INDEX TO TONIGHT'S GLOBE The first witness, Dr. Joel Fort, internationally known authority on the subject, said there are "a minimum of 1 million" users of marijuana in the United States. Dr. Fort said his estimate of 1 million users in the United for your convenience The Boston Globe now has an office at 181 Plaza Prudential Center Place advertisement or pay bills. Subscribe to the Globe or order back Open: Man.

thru Fri. 8:30 m. to 5 p.m. Cloud Saturday nd Sunday. States is based on arrest figures, drug seizure figures, and discussions with and observations of several thousand marijuana users.

"There has been an astronomical increase in this country," he said. Fort estimated that 30 to 50 percent of the urban college population have used or are using marijuana. Furthermore, the bespectacled psychiatrist said that "10 percent of the population of any large urban center have used marijuana at one time or another." He said the users range from young people in college and minority cultures including Negroes, Mexicans and hippies to doctors, lawyers, social workers and journalists. Carrying the fight for the Commonwealth was Atty. James D.

St. Clair, thought by many to be the city's outstanding trial lawyer. He was pressed into service as a special assistant district attorney by Suffolk Dist. Atty. Garrett H.

Byrne especially for this case. MARIJUANA Page 16 The $1.5 million Plymouth mail robbery case, took a den twist today on two fronts: John. J. 53, of Irving Park, Watertown, one of the three defendants facing trial, collapsed in the Federal Building and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Federal Judge Charles E.

Wyzanski Jr. ordered that the trial be held in New York city instead of San Francisco where he decided to send it last week. KeUey was scheduled to appear before Judge Wyzanski today at a hearing on motions for the suppression of certain evidence and for dismissal of indictments on the grounds of illegal search and seizure by the government Astro-Guide ..32 Crossword .32 Book ..31 Deaths 34 Bridge 13 Calendar 12 Class 36-41 Comics 32 Editorials 10 Financial Shain 42 Society 19 nmiiriiiiL mum WEATHER Variable Cloudiness. Tonight-In high 50s, low 60s. Tuesday High in 80s.

High tide 12:12 p.m. Full reports, Page 22.

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