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THI TKOY MCOKD, TKOY, N. TUISDAY MOUHlNG) OCTOliK 13, 1970 Guarded By IrroopS Page 1) tlys 1 provincial government refused the ransom dem'ahds for The kidnapers Ihrc.itened 16 execute the two hostages'. at p.m. Sunday but apparently minds after' Quebec Premier Hoberl Columbus Half Auto Deaths Seen Preventable CHICAGO. More in motor vehicle year than have died m'' nine years in Vietnam, and least a of these'deaths could be prevented, medical re- learchers said Monday.

This assertion was made hy panelists at the clinical congress of the American College Surgeons. an appeal 'lor negotiations a minutes before'the deadline There'- contradictory note's from-, the. how- ve h'o'lv. goti at ions i ght Communiques from' cell that is holding Lapotie, and the Liberation a seized Cross, suggested lawyer, Robert Lemieux, act as a mediator. But a later communique from the Chenire cell, found in a telephone booth, said "any request for contact--by means of com- muniques or otherwise--will be considered a refusal" of the demands.

Lemieux, who defended some of the prisoners whose freedom Ihe FLQ seeks, was picked up Sunday by police. They said they would charge him with obstructing justice. There were reports he had been freed, but his attorney'said he was still in jail late Monday. Notes from the kidnapers said ('piiithiiied from Page i Joseph Cerverfo, wearing Columbus sujt, 1 'ashore in memory'o'fColumbus' A 'delegation of Indians ap- roachsd'marchers in a Columbus' Day parade in Chicago but dispersed.when a' city attorney told t'hem. thej' could not disrupt the President.Nixon 'dedicated- an community center in Stamford, although the While House said the ceremony, was not directly connected with the holiday.

Louis, the owners of the Santa Maria, a replica of Columbus' flagship, gave-free tours the Chip's cannon in 21 guri salutes to, tourists having 1 birthdays." Columbus, observed a "Discover Columbus day," over the weekend and other cities staged parades Saturday and 16 reach all-volunteer force. William' lid, Army chief of is lied-to make a'major; speech i-the subject before the Army Association of Kely is.due to discuss "Project oluhleer" recommendations of an allA'oluntecr force in-mid- 1973, the Nixon administration takes itself from under any Sunday. But in Genoa, One of three University of Michigan penalisls. Dr. Paul Gikas, professor of pathology, said 55,000 persons ire killed each year in highway accidents, while, the U.S.

toll in Vietnam has been 45,000. Another, Dr. Robert W. Bailey, professor of orthopedic surgery, noted in addition, (hat 1 million persons are injured in vehicle crashes each a 1 and that" lhe 'cost is $12 million annually in damages, injuries and lost work time; Gikas and Dr. Donald F.

Huelke, professor, of a a went lo 139 accidents in Washtenaw County, in which 177 persons died over a period of four a 16 try to determine the cause of each fatality. Terming the highway "Ihe largest arena of violence in our country," Gikas said 50 per cent both, hostages were alive well. A letter purportedly from the Laporle asked the government lo accept the word of the abductors and recommended that (he 23 prisoners by released Monday night or Tuesday. Canada's federal government has supported 'Quebec -in -its opposition tj 'tie maud it' troops Italy, Colum of the victims are dying "under potentially survivable conditions." Gikas said Ihcsc deaths could be prevented if cars were "crash worthy" and passengers Used restraints, such as lap and shoulder belts. The greatest potential lor reducing these deaths lies in modifying the car, Gikas said, adding that this is easier than trying to change the driving habits of 90 million motorists.

Efforts to change driving habits should continue, he "but we can't modify them very much." "The faulty driver causes rnost crashes, but the vehicle causes the injury;" Gikas said. into Ottawa MbnUay to increase sccui-ily'i'ri'lhe'capnal: A spokesman said the base at' Petawawa, were moving to supplement police on protective and security He would' not''say how many Iroops' were involved or 'where they would assigned. They were expected lo provide' greater protection" 1 for Parliament Hill, the homes of Prime Minister Pierre; Elliott Trudcau and other cabinet members, and the rcsiderides'and offices of foreign diplomats! bus' home town, Monday wa just anolher day of mud clean ing. Usual Columbus Day obsen anccs, were canceled as the cit dug out from the ruin of las Wednesday's flash floods whic took some 30 lives, left 40,00 jobless and caused damage csl mated at nearly half billitf --'i-, Flood damage forced 10,001 businesses and shops'to close, at least tempc ter in the week. By shooting for achievement DE New Court Fight Looms NEWVORK (UP!) The way has been for 'another coiirt fight by conservationists against the $234 million pumped- storage hydroelectric project Consolidated Edison wants to mild on majestic Storm king Mountain.

iThc Federal Power Commission rejected a re-hearing Mon- dav of its decision to allow Con 1 BROADWAY On Mfinumtnt Ed the authority to build the two "million kilowatt project on the Hudson River in the scenic highland area near Cornwall. The commission decision was "predictable," said Roy Candi- vcrt of Babylon, director of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Con- fcrnee, who added court' challenges against Con Ed and the FPC will "he carried as far as the law will allow." Aug. 19 was the third lime (he federal commission has given Con Ed the go-ahead for the Storm King Licenses'issued'March. 1065, and 23," 1968, resulted evieirs following protests. Thb New York, Con Ed claims suffered through several summer power cutbacks iccause ol lack of approval for he project, has joined conser- Police Hold Party Leader i i In Bermuda HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) A Bermuda opposition' pariy.

leader' w-as charged Monday with obstructpg justice as the British colony's 300-man police force kept watch to stem violence-and fires that have, continued for five nights'. Frederick the' relations officer of the Progressive one 'of 15 person's arrested' when in Hamilton" iearTgas.to break a 7.W-hour window-smashing 'spree 'by some 500 persons. Wade was held without bail. His trial is expected 'to start Wednesday. Leaves for tho island colony's police were canceled i the wake of the which have caused an estimated $100,000 in damage.

Early Monday, a Chinese restaurant burst into flame. Police Obscenity Gases In High Court (Continued from Page 1) action was to leave standing the hree-judge decision. The case nvolved Dr. Sidney G. Babbitz, charged with performing an illegal abortion.

Wisconsin law permits therapeutic abortions necessary to save the life of a mother but makes other abortions criminal offenses. The case may reach the Supreme Court later if Wisconsin follows an implied suggestion by the court that the stale take the matter first to the appeals court at Chicago. Although it declined to hear the Wisconsin case, Ihe Supreme Court already has agreed lo review abortion laws of the self-imposed requirement lo fulfill this pledge the 1972 presidential election. October Goal Surpassed On troop withdrawals from Vietnam, Laird that the goal of reaching 384,000 by Oct. 15 already has been sup lasscd and that the U.S.

force evel (here will be "several housand below" that figure when Oct. 15 arrives. The new troop cutback in Vietnam apparently does nol change Nixon's goal, announm last spring, to cut U.S. forces in the war zone hy next May lo 284,000 men, close to half tile number of Americans in Viet a when the present adminis tralion took office in a a 1963. "We will meet or beat the 284,000 ceiling for May 1," Laird said.

The While House press secre Precaiiceled Stamp I M. Opens Nov. 5 WASHINGTON A Post Office, announced Monday plans to issue a may unintentionally become the first reuseable postage stamp in time for (he Christmas rush. Prccanccled postage slamps through next Jan. 31, will ie put on sale beginning Nov.

5 69 major U.S. cities and all osl offices in the six New Eng- and states, Postmaster General Winlon M. Blount said. Although the Post Office in- ends Ihe stamps to be used nly nnce, officials acknowl- dged (hat "there's no way we an prevent their reuse." The precanceled slamps will )e marked by two thin black ncs running across the front of he stamp. The Post Office has printed up 875 million such lamps, most of them with pic- ures of antique toys and some with a reproduction of "the Na- ivily," a a i i by Lorenzo Lotto a a in the National irtMtiM DUBLIN, 1 new: Abe Weatherwise of 1 the'o! i'Alrnanic ha? bad news for weather 'worries next year:" 'He 'prcdicls tary, Honald L.

Zicgler, said th reduction Ihrough Christma was decided on as Nixon and hi advisers reviewed the Indnchin situation while preparing las week's five-point peace propo al. Nixon attributed the action i a statement lo "continued pr gerss of the Vietnamization pr gram." Other Subjects "cold, stormy and- winter, "a late i spring and a "Labor Day Hurricane" a will'devastate parts of the Atlantic Using a "secret formula" for weather forecasting which the A a a says evolved from a study of records a i back to the 16th the A a a counto 1 a a says "'in ter will arrive in November "with a snowstorm from Chicago to Ihe Kast Coasl, Nov. 10-13; if not smnv, surely heavy The In New Hands public may scan Alic's predictions with a more critical District Columbia which have been declared invalid on grounds of vagueness. Pollution Case Amojig cases the court said it will hear is one from Ohio in which the state has accused two chemical concerns of polluting Lake Erie with poisonous mercury compounds. Accused by the state are Dow Chemical Co.

of Canada and the Wyandolle Chemicals of Wyandolle, On other subjects, Laird said: --The S2 billion defense budget cut voted by the House last week "places in jeopardy the negotiations' this country is carrying on," on a number of fronts, including the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. He said Gallery of Art. Letters with the prec.inceled stamps will bypass the normal canceling process when taken to a post office. The Post Office says benefits of the precanceled stamps to Christmas mailci's will be threefold: Christmas mail will move faster, regular mail will he ex- pedite'd and damage, to offsize caused by be avoided. The Post Office ex- Old Shows Again Top TV Ratings NEW YORK A Old fa voritcs, led by the 16-year-ol' "Gunsmoke," dominated th publication the flrsl lirn'e.

Ihe de'Xth'Jfily 5 of publisher Robh and ih'c nac itself-, ire now in keeping of Sagendorph'S s'oq'yir law, Roh Trowbridgc, publisher, and his JlidJ son Hale, 37, the cdjlor, Collectively are' thf Abe The 1071 edition of the.bid/At;J iiaiiae, on sale Tuesday Is jdedl- catcd lo Sagendorph, who' Was Is publisher since ii--WM' ounded in 1792 by Robert Thomas. Slrcssing as forecasts the bliz- hurrianccs and other mclcrcological disasters Abe' expects storm periods with 'snow or ilcel throughout Ihe i States" on "New Year's Eve; a 10-15; blizzard from the West starling Jan. 20 and continuing through Jan. 27," plus numerous storms in February, March and April. Cold Year For (he rest of the year (he A a a foresees temperatures "generally Iwo decrees colder." across the country--both sum- the House action, which hopes will be reversed in Senate, "jeopardises the nation- I security posture of the coun- ry and the safety of the peo Christmas is vcurer than you think.

Beautiful new gifts for the. home arriving every day. Come in 1 and browse. Use our lay- BCRrKR'5 16 3rd Troy vationists in the 'past in fighting he Cornwall scene. New York claims its Catskill aqueduct, which carries 40 per cent af the city's fresh water supply, would be endangered.

As proposed, the plant would consist of, a 240-acre reservoir atop th connected to the river by a tunnel. Excess power would bemused by a'. rlyejMc.vcl station during low-use periods of- the early morning hours to pump water from the river to-the reservoir. The water would be let back down through generators at times when power is r.ceded. said the fire was of suspicious origin, but declined to say for certain if it had been firc- Dombed.

Three firemen were Tapped for a time under a collapsed wall, but all escaped serious injury. Kires have caused extensive damage in a variety of businesses during the past week, with gasoline bombs thrown at department stores, groceries restaurants, movie theaters and private clubs. Officials have denounced Ihe disturbances, but have expressed puzzlement about their cause. One theory is thnt they are the result of attempts to embarrass the on the eve of the arrival of Britain's Prince Charles. The heir lo the throne slated to ho in Dermuds Oct.

20 to help celebrate the 350lh anniversary of the colony's Parliament. The opposition party, in an official statement, blamed the-rul- in'g United Bermuda party for Ihe violence, charging it had (ailed to heed the recommendations of a report that urged the hiring of more black policemen. The police department, now is about 60 per cent white. Some 75 per cent of Bermuda's 55,000 are black. Mich.

Ohio has asked the high court lo order the firms to clean up Ihe lake and pay damages lor injury to fish and vegetation. The high court also declined to reivew several cases.involv ing election laws. In one of these cases, from II inois, a lower federal cour ruled that Gov. Richard B. Ogil vie, a Republican, should call a special election to fill a vacanc in the Democratic 6th lllinoi congressional district.

Anolher election case court declined to review from New York. In this case a ihree-jutlge federal court had ruled invalid the state's requirement that independent nominating petitions must include signatures of at least 50 residents of each county and thai only persons regislcred for the last general election are qualified to sign such petitions. have no evidence thai submarine of Ihe Polaris type- las used any base in Cuba" but iie United States is watching tie situation closely and woult cgard any Russian sub basing here as "a very serious chal enge." Laird said there is a possihili that a naval base may he un dcr construction at Cienfuego on the southern Cuban coast. --There is some evidence tha he North Vietnamese are al to resnpply their pos lions in the Laotian border are and are preparing for a simila effort in the Cambodian horde areas and the lower two corp in Vietnam when the rains em later this year However, Laird said "we be ieve the South Victname brces can handle the situatio very adequately." pects realize a savings of about half a dollars in labor'costs. Herbert Harris, Philatelic edi- lor of the Post Office's information division, said the Post Of- ce no way to pre- cnt' someone received a ard with a' precanceled stamp orii steaming it off the enve- pe.and-using it again.

However, he said, the Post Of- ce doubts that many people ill to reuse, the lamps. Use- of precanceled stamps as done on a test basis for the hristmas rush last year at s'ew Haven, Baltimore Memphis, and At anta, Ga. The Post Office saic he success experiment irompted its wider use this ear. Persons who buy an ovcrsup ply ct the precanceled stamp niay turn them in-at'designatec post office windows for regula stamps on or after Jan. 31.

The Post Office said cffectiv use of the precanceled stam Nielsen television ratings the Flip Wilson only new show to. appe; lop 10; in fact, the'- fop '20; The next highest-rated -was a Tyler Moore in 24th place. VLaugh'-In" into the (op 10, which has been' the domain of the CBS Monday ghl shows since the new scan began. Here is the top CBS. 2 Mayherry 3 "Medal Wilon, NBC.

5. Doris Da; am lurstlay- Mpvic; "BulterfieT lied CBS. Lucille all. CBS, 8. ABC Sunday Mov- "Onc Million 9.

Marcus.Welhy; XJ.D'-. ABf. 10. and "Ironside," ed, holh NBC. mcr and winter.

will require segregation of ma into "out of town' and "local bundles. Individual letters no designated out of town or loc wilt be sent through the cance ing machine, the Post Olfi said. "Also, there will be a wet I spring and summer cast of the in a thci.Mississippi. but drier in Ihe far ppear in the Vest," lo Abe. Precipilation, says Abe, will )e higher a a for the" in (be Easl, the Jlidwest, the Soulh and the Pacific North- west, lower in New England and the Gre.tt Plains slates.

Snowfall will he nine inches-' above a in New England this winter, and a whopping 20 inches above average in the Pa-' cific Northwest, according to Abe. Mrs. Napoli's HAM, Make For The Holiday! Now'. CALL, BE 5-2375 Sayelle Dupont ORLON YARN A Worsted Wool SPECIALS GOOD THRU SAT. OPEN FRIDAY UNTIU 9 ALFRED'S 85 CONGRESS TROY Heavy Rains Drenching Deep South By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pleasant aulumn conditions prevailed over most of the nation Monday but heavy rains continued to drench parts of the lower Mississippi Valley.

A twister spawned hy the unsettled wcalhcr in Ihe Southeast touched down at the southwestern Louisiana community ol Sweellake Sunday night, killing a 9-monlh old boy and injuring his parents. The tornado smashed the trailer home of J.M. Crador. 22, and fatally injured his son, Russell. Crador's arms were broken and his wife.

Palsy, 22, suffered bruises. The Army Corps of Engineers in Vidalia, measured more lhan 7'A inches of rain in a five- hour period Monday morning. Two inches poured on McComb, in a six-hour span and Baton Ronrge and Jackson, reported more than H4 inches in a similar pe The mercury rose into the up per 80s along the Gulf Coast and ranged in the 40s from Ihe up per Mississippi Valley to the Rockies. Afternoon temperature ex tremcs were 80 at Pain- Springs, and 38 at Grea Falls and Lewistown, Mont, Indochina Plan Blasted By Izvestia MOSCOW A The go' ernmc'nl newspaper Izveslia said Monday that President Nixon's proposal for a standstill cease-fire in Indochina is just 'another gimmick" to shift "the responsibility for the sggres- ion," "It is difficult to find constructive aspects in the proposal or. the cease-fire in Indochina," said.

"Washington talks on this subject to avoid the solution of other main questions-the ending of the aggression and withdrawal from South Vietnam of all U.S. troops Nixon proposed in a nationally televised speech Oct. 7 a broadened peace conference to seek a settlement of conflict through Indochina. He also said the United Stales is prepared to negotiate a complete withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam as part ol any settle- menl. Izveslia said there is "nothing new" in this proposal and thai it "is a cover for the allcmpt to sidestep the question on the political in South Vietnam and lo keep in office the rolten It's a Happening' and It's Happening at 33 Fourth Street, N.Y.

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