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THE Lowell, SUN Mass. CITY Tuesdoy, Dec. 13, 1977 Page II from day to day Charged with forgery three counts of larceny RONALD H. GORDON, 19, of 54 Queen Lowell, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Lowell police on charges of forgery and three counts of larceny over 100. Gordon was placed under arrest by Sgt Robert Listen at the Lowell police station at about 3 p.m.

and taken to court for arraignment on the charges. He was granted a continuance until Dec. 20 A READING MAN will face Woburn District Court action today after his arrest in Lowell yesterday on warrants charging he set fire to a store he owns in Reading center, Dcmetri S. Gatteny, 29, of 26 Rachel Road, Reading, is charged with arson. Reading police say he attempted to burn down a Quik Mart store he owns Sunday night.

The store, according to Heading police, was severely damaged but not destroyed by the fire. Gatteny was attested on Bridge Street at 1:30 p.m. by Lowell Police Criminal Bureau Insps John J. McMahon and Sullivan, He was charged on warrants issued by Woburn District Court. SAMUEL E.

EVERETT, 28, of 24 Washington Lowell, was arrested by Lowell police yesterday and charged with defaulting appearances in Cambridge Superior Court on charges of possession of heroin With intent to sell and larceny under $100. Everett was arrested on Washington Street at 3 p.m. and taken to Cambridge, according to police. A LOWELL WOMAN was treated and released at St. John's Hospital yesterday after being injured in a two car accident at the Intersection of Market and Dummer.

Streets, Lowell, according to police. Cecilia Thomas, 20, of 145 Post Office Sq. was injured. Police say she was the driver of a car which collided with a vehicle driven by Zacaria Santiago of 31 Harrison Lowell. No other injuries were reported.

A DRIVER for the A fc Taxi Co. was robbed in downtown Lowell over the weekend by a man who reportedly held a butcher knife to the driver's throat and demanded money. James Livingston of Lowell told police he picked up a fare at Merrimack and Cabot Streets about 5 Saturday morning and the man used a knife to rob him before getting off on Powell Street. About was taken in the robbery. IN ANOTHER ASSAULT a Lowell man told police over the weekend he was forced to the side of Mammoth Road by a car and a pick up truck, and three occupants of the truck dragged him from his car, beat and kicked him, and slashed bis head with a knife.

The man, James Dumont of Merrimack Ave. was treated for lacerations of the head and leg at St. John's Hospital emergency room and later released. He told police he had never seen the men before and didn't koow why they had assaulted him. The car cut him off and forced him to the side of tbe road, the man said, then the truck pulled up behind him and three men got out.

Two occupants in the front car did not get out of their vehicle, he told police. BOOTS, BOOTS and more boots, 18 pairs to be exact, were stolen in a break at Vincent's Shoe Store over the weekend, according to police. Nine pairs of leather boots and nine pairs of work boots were taken in the break at the 179 Market St. establishment. A front window was smashed by the burglars, according to police.

A BREAK at the borne of Deena Jackson of Fulton Street, Lowell netted thieves approximately worth of tools, tool boxes, a clock radio and a television set, police said. Entry was gained by breaking down the apartment door, according to reports, Maguire's case was continued to Jan. 17, MICHAEL T. O'NEIL, 23, of Tyngsboro Road, West ford, was arraigned in courtyesterday on charges of driving while intoxicated, speeding, and failing keep to the right of the road. He pieaded innocent and his case was continued to Jan.

13. He was arrested over the weekend by Tyngsboro Police Officer Joseph Pivirotto on West ford Road. JEFFREY M. JORDAN.23, of 950 Lakeview Lowell was ordered to enroll in the court's alcohol safety action program following appearance in court yesterday in connection with his arrest in Dracutover the weekend. Jordan was accused of driving while intoxicated and disorderly conduct by Officer Barry Cregg on Bridge Street.

Girl injured as sled collides with car LOWELL An eight year old girl was injured over the weekend when she was sledding down a side street and collided with a passing car at the foot of the street, police said. Laurie Thornton of 9 Greendale Ave, is listed in "good" condition yesterday al St. Joseph's Hospital. According to police reports, the girl and a friend were sledding on Dnlton Street wlien, at the foot of the hill, where Dalton intersects with Orleans Street, they both hit the side of a passing motor vehicle. The other girl, whose name was not released, was not injured.

The car was driven by Leo J. Ouellette, 20, of 52 Lupine Road, Lowell, according to police. Officer Richard Mcrcier investigated the accident. Police say the car involved was a 1976 Thunderbird. Consistent LOWELL A police sergeant who will bo suspended and demoted to patrolman consistently covered up an Oct.

SO Hudson, N.H. incident involving a highspeed chase, shooting and beating of defendants, according to City Manager Taupier, Keefe hotly dispute possibility of revitalizing cities By ANDY DABIL1S Su Staff LOWELL "Our older cities makesense'says State Planner Frank Keefe of Lowell, and he brought that message In San Francisco last week and the National League of Cities meeting, telling them Massachusetts' older' Industrial cities are revitalizing themselves by concentrating on their downtowns. Not so, says Lowell City Manager William Taupier, who thinks that even this city's downtown revualizatlon efforts wiS not in the long run attract enough industry, business, and residents to bring lite kind of renaissance Keefe and Gov. Michael Dukakis believe is around the corner. KEEFE AND DUKAKIS have been saying the downtown areas of Massachusetts' older cities are revitalizing themselves, reversing the trend of commercial clients to head toward sprawling suburban malls.

They've even based mucn of their state growth policy on the belief, molding public opinion and trying to tell everyone that the future fur business is in the cities, and that young people and families will be returning in droves to Lowell, Boston, Haverhill, Newmiryport. fn PittsfieJd, they're holding up a shopping center until the developers decide it will be in the decaying downtown and not outside the cltv. Keefe told the National League that the older cities hold more promise because "rebuilding and revitalizing them will be cheaper and better than continuing to tear up and pave over virgin land in the suburbs at social, economic and environmental costs that we cannot possibly afford. KEEFE TOLD San Franciscans and officials of other American cities that Lowell "has sparked a rebirth of the city center aa a place where business wants to grow," and that Fewburyport "has transformed a fading downtown into a mccca for shoppers and tight industry," by spending money on new streets, parking, brick sidewalks, and gas lights. Lowell for attempted EAST CAMBRIDGE The trial of a 25 year old Lowell man charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, and attempted rape is scheduled to resume today in Middlesex Superior Court.

The charges were filed against Joseph D. Johnson, of 737 Princeton Lowell, following an incident Aug. 22. Johnson is also charged with assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering in Ihe daytime in connection with the case, Separate charges of assault and battery on a police ot ficer. and destruction of per sunal property, will be tried at a later dutc.

A 24 YEAR OLD Brighton woman testified yesterday City may apply payment against tax LOWELL A more than tlJ.000 fiscal year tax payment made by one or the largest tax delinquents in the city may be applied toward its previous year's overdue account. City Manager William Taupier said this morning he would try to have the first half tan payment made by Idak Convalescent Center, a nursing home chain, applied toward a mure than tan delinquency, including $7000 Interest. The city was close to obtaining a final decree against Idak to lake, possession of their Lowell operation, a nursing home at 517 Varnum several months ago but the Boston Land Court rescheduled the case for February, 1978. William Taupier. William McMahon, whose suspension is scheduled io begin next month, has indicated he will appeal to the Civil Service Commission but has declined to comment on Taupier'! decision, Lowell has similary spent 11.1 million on Victorian era restoration and facade Improvements to downtown businesses, hoping that more business and shoppers will follow.

But Taupier says Keefe and Dukakis not only are expounding a ridiculous premise, but promoting it in the hopes that investors wilt be lured Into inner cities where they financially will not be able to survive. "They're basing public policy on fantasy instead of fact," says Taupier, although Keefe discounts the manager's position and calls him a "negatlvlst "They're trying to force their will," says Taupier, "trying to change public policy by press," by going around telling anybody who'll listen that the future of investment is in the cities when the manager believe it is not Downtown revitalization is just not happening" in Massachusetts, says Taupier, adding that Keefe and Dukakis can not prove their pnlicy statement with statistics showing dollars invested, companies resettling in the cities, or young people moving back. Keefe says that downtown revitalization means cities restoring their Identity, uplifting themselves economically and being optimistic. "Bill Taupier Standi on the side and says poo says Keefe. "It's not a total turnabout yet," he says of the policy of encouraging cities to use their heritage and old buildings both to improve their appearance and economy.

"MAIN STREET revltalisa tion is important because it's where a community's identity is at," says Keefe, a message that Dukakis; brought state officials at a Main Street KeviUili2ailun conference Urn same day Keefe was in San Francisco. Keeie says Lowell is in the midst of an exciting tur nanuit, and points to Chelsea where Mart and DeMouias are moving into the city, and talks about a nearly consummated 1150 million deal to rejuvenate Copley Square in Boston as proof that talking positively and following up man on that Johnson picked her up she was driving north on Route 86 in Connecticut. She said Johnson had been following her in his truck and had bunked and motioned for her io pull over. He told her he had seen flames combs from the hack of her car, and offered to drive her to Boston, where she was headed to a job at a TV station. According to her testimony, he drove instead to an address on Patten Road, Westford where he entered Ihe garage behind the house.

There he punched her In the face, Knocked her head on the concrete floor, and started to strangle her with a piece of rope, she said. He left to "get help" when she was in a senii eonscious delinquency cm' TREASIlflFK Robert Pelkey said delaying a settlement which could iead to a payment or let the cily take possession uf Idak property is "unreasonable." He said if Idak Is allowed to pay its iirst half fiscal year 1978 taxes, the corporation then could apply for an abatement early neit year to reduce its bill. Taupier said he does not want lo allow anyone to keep the cily dangling for hack tax payments while making current payments, He said die law department's advice may be sought lo detennine if the city can apply current payments to old bills instead uf present accounts. cover McMahon was found guilty by Taupier of conduc! unbecoming an officer and iiiiiK false statements, wriiten and oral, to a superior officer with the intent to deceive. MCMAHON TESTIFIED before a police hoard of Inquiry, and al a public hearing WILLIAM TAUPIER positively is better than bemoaning the state of the cities and downtowns.

"Bill Taupier wouldn't know an exciting proposal if it hit him in the face, says Keefe, who philosophically is 180 degrees from the city manager, "What's happening across this stale in the cities is exciting and awesome," and not only will make the Lowells anil HavcrhDbs look better, but convince business that coming downtown is better for it also. "We're enthusiastically endorsing the trend and aiding and abetting it with public investment," says Keefe, Taupier said previously that while the city and state will invest in downtowns, private industry will not. The Chamber of Commerce last week released a report, however, which indicated some $:0 million has been invested by the private sector In downtown in the last two years. Not all of the projects represented In the 610 million have been completed. In the the Jlu million, the Pollashep building project, the Conlinental Wingate project and the Howe building were included.

Taupier, says Keefe, is "filled with doom and gloom," a kind of perverse pessimism which feeds on itself and makes investors believe there is no hope in the cities. LOWELL HAS capitalized on Its heritage as the first planned cily and birthplace of the American industrial revolution, restoring some old trial rape state, she said, and she was able to crawl out of the garage and hide in some nearby bushes untli he drove off. Then she crossed the street and knocked on the door of a neighbor, who called police. Johnson, who was employed at the Middle East Bakery on Gnrham Street, was arrested the following night. State Sen.

Michael LoPresti, representing Johnson, questioned on cross examination whether the victim would have ridden all the wny to Boston when she wasn't sure her ear was malfunctioning, instead of proceeding to the nearest service station. Tbe victim also told LoPresti there were no other witnesses. Trial was to resume at 10:30 DOMEMC'S RESTAURANT Featuring fne ITALIAN AMERICAN DISHES tV SEAFOOD full liquor license Mm 11:30 lunches ffum $1.35 up (lav thru Thundau 2 Complete Dinners wWine or Dinner for 4 or more S7.20 tax Cliildiena Menu $2.10 Cocktail Lounge "HAPPY HOUR" 11:30 10 2 P.M. 410 0PM TRY FOR 1 0C DRINK 486 8071 jjtte. IIP Uttlelor up Taupier last week, that he did not know ol the presence of a civilian in a Lowell police cruiser driven by Officer Thomas Machado, or the beating of defendants of a stolen van by Machado and the civilian, later identified as William Hoey, FRANK KEEFE buiWings and trying to attract tlients who can produce the tax base needed to not only make downtown look prelty, but survive.

Keefe is confident Lowell will not only survive, but prosper and says the same kind of dramatic bootstrap upheaval will occur in other cities if they use unique assets like rivers, canals, harbors, ports and neighborhoods. Recycling these facilities is one way to help revitalization succeed, he says, but Taupier is doubtful that any amount of proselytizing will show an increase in Ihe Us base of cities. "Largo retailers will not enme intii the central business district," says Taupier, "they're hard to gel into and hard to park." No matter how attractive the lights and cobblestone streets appear, he says people and businesses will not follow. But Taupier says what's worse than his belief that downtowns have strangled themselves with congested roadways and Inatf esibility is the propounding by state of flcials of the opposite idea. Keefe nnrl TMcakH, he says, are Instilling false hope that cities can make It without some other kind of assistance from the private sector.

"They're saying that people are moving hark to the cities, but they're not," he says, believing that census figures show there is no rush forpeo pie to buy homes or stay in older cities with deteriorating tax bases. "They're going to create a lot of policies that arc negative," says Taupier, also decrying Dukakis' statements that building facilities such as sewerage plants outside of cities siphons off industries. Logisticnlly, soys Taupier. such plants have to be located In cities and he says Dukakis' comments are just not true, and that there are no such sewerage plants in suburbia, "There is a new spirit in all of our cities." says Keefe. But Taupier says it's the ghost of progress past.

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SAT. JHUIO. KI y3.m McMahon stuck tc his story, although testimony given by Hudson police officers and by Lowell Police Supt. Leonard O. MacPhail contradicted the sergeant's explanation uf the incident.

McMahon filed three reports, and Taupier found the sergeant knew he was lying in the iasl two reports, in L'lUliil ed by MncPhail after the superintendent told McMahon he knew of lloey's presence during the chase. TAUPIER'S LETTER stales that McMahon "conspired with Machado and doctored a report so It was false and incomplete to cover up the actual events which occurred." McMahon was not involved in the chase, shouting, or beating hut was charged with telling Machado at the Hudson police station to leave Hoev "out ol it," and not reporting the circumstances involving the shooting during the chase, wbicli left a suspect wounded, or uf the Taupier's findings also In cluded charges that McMahcn No shortages of heating fuel seen, By AI.KER.TA COOK Sun Staff LOWELL There will be no shortages ol heating oil, natural gas or electric power this winter, but customers who heat with oil at least, may be facing record high per gallon prices. Several hcati.ig uil dealers in the Lowell area agreed that the price per gallon, nuw hovering around 47.5 and 4t.9 cents, will exceed the 50 cetit mark this winter, Ore dealer speculated the price could go as high as MrcnLs per gallon. Meanwhile, two tip state of ficials have sent letters lo all EEr Santo bus The LRTA this holiday season is offering Iree bus rides to those passengers who find Santa (Dick Marshand) driving their bus, WE ALIO 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LINE OF to 6 p.m. WE DUPLY says 'with knowledge of the truth failed to include in his report that a civilian was a passenger," and was an active participant in the chase and apprehension. McMahon was charged also with "intentionally submitting a false and incomplete report In an attempt to cover up the true events which occurred," failing to inquire into the injuries of defendants, even after being requested by superior officers and given a chance to correct his initial report. The letter adds that McMahon repeated the false slory not only to MacPhail but to the board of inquiry, failing to "inform them of the truth of events in question," and lhat he staled his reports "were true and you knew the reports were false and incomplete." Machado was also given a fuur mouth suspension to Ijrgin next month. Charges arc still pending against the four defendants, who threw a tank of hydrogen gas out the back of the stulen an at Machado cruiser.

but costs high etiliiy eorupanies in Mns urging them not to shut off service Ulis winter lo residential customers whose hills are delinquent due to hardship. Some 38,000 families in the state may be facing such a hardship this winter, it is rstimated. "We anticipate no supply prublems, except for something way beyond our control." said Lowell Gas Company President Larry Putnam. Jr. "We think we've goL adequate supplies nf gas to meet a colder than normal winter." driver ifJK HH1I0 BiHE ITEM TODDLER PAMPERS With Every 45 Purchase (Limit 2) FRUIT COCKTAIL 16oz.

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