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THE TROY RECORD Weather CHANCE OF THROUGH TONICHI. HIOH A NEAR it, l.OH' TONIGHT IN MILD TUBS- DAV mm CIUKU: OF EIIOH'EBS, HIGH IN MS. Series 1971-No. 63 EDttr.0 tomit Cltw Millw tl II" Pwl OMw At troj, N.V.. Acl 0' Mucb TROY, N.Y., 12181, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1971 26 PAGES PRICE TEiN CENTS Troy Man Shot In Burglary Try EXAMINE REGISTER Looking through the shattered window, through which a burglary suspect fled, Watervliet Asst.

Police Chief Richard H. Spratt and Patrolman C. JTred Tallman can be seen as they examine the contents of the register at Scully's Service Station, 397 3rd St Donald C. Daley, 25, who was listed by police as residing at a Troy address, was shot four times after he plunged head-first through the window to try to escape patrolmen who spotted him in the building. He was taken to Samaritan.

Hospital and is listed in "satisfactory" condition. (Photo'by David Plouff) Terrorists Bomb U.S. Offices Ousts Turkish Cabinet ANKARA (AP) President Cevdet Sunay met political leaders Sunday in his search for the "strong and respected" government demanded by military commanders' who toppled the cabinet of Premier Su- Icyman Demirel. In Istanbul, terrorists resumed their bombing campaign, setting off explosives at the U.S. Consulate, a branch of the American-Turkish a i Bank, offices of the right- wing newspaper Dunya.

The bombs smashed windows but inflicted no casualties, police said. Sunay conferred for six hours Saturday night with the armed forces leaders who ousted Demirel's Justice party government Friday. They charged Demirel had failed to halt a trend toward anarchy in Turkey, a member Of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The commanders made their move against Demirel only five days after leftist terrorists freed unharmed four kidnaped American servicemen. The kidnapers had held the servicemen for four days in an unsuccessful effort to get $400,000 in ransom from the U.S.government.

The generals reportedly told Indira Gandhi Wins Majority NEW DELHI (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gained absolute control over India's newly elected Parliament Sunday, winning a two-thirds majority and wiping out most of her major opposition. "The people have joined hands to bring about the greatest revolution in the world," the prime minister told thousands of her supporters at a rally as the full extent of her victory in the nation's Parliament elections became known. With results.announced for 505 of 515 seats chosen in the elections, Mrs. Gandhi's Congress Pompidou, Brandt Get rities larty had won 348--which would issur.e it of a two-thirds majori- even'when the Parliament 'caches its full strength of 521. The additional six seats will jome from three members nom- nated by the nations president and three from cfflistituencies power to have amendments, pass' Majoi PARIS (AP) French voters shifted toward the Gaullisl government but leftist parties held their ground in nationwide municipal elections Sunday.

The turnout was reduced by lack of interest; in many, towns and by dark, drizzly- weathei over most of the country. Big losers appeared to be the centrist parties opposing the President Georges Pompidou. The voter movement could no be interpreted as a trend lowah a two-party system as it is known in the United States or Britain, but it was in the.direc- tion of support for the opposing poles of Gaullists and leftists, Government were picking up 10-20 per cent ovci results of the last municipa elections In Commu (Continued on Page 2) I POMPIDOU Sunay they had no specific candidate for prime minister. They old the president they wanted and and educational reforms among others and a new elec- law accomplished within a r'ear. Sunay, an independent and general, conferred with party and Parliament leaders for 45 minutes', saying the country faced a "grave crisis:" He asked them to support him forming a government 'above parly politics" as thi generals had demanded.

Sunay asked the party leaders lo submit their views lo him by Wednesday when he will start xirmal consultations to put to- a government. Sunay is to address the nation the radio today. Sunay is expected lo work vilh politicians to put together a national coalition government acceptable lo Ihe armed forces. There was indication thai Sunay had made up his mind who was to lead such a government. The consensus was that it would be a "prominent independ- vhere voting was un- the spring because of bad veather and the death of one candidate.

The decisive margin gave the )3-year-old prime minister the at sending them to the upper louse of Parliament for normal- routine approval. Mrs. Gandhi had only 220 seats in the last Parliament was dissolved last December--14 months ahead schedule--lo enable' her to seek fresh mandate for her Social- st policies. Not since the days Sandhi's late father, Jawahar- lal Nehru, Had the Congress emerged from general elcc- with such a grip tin the Lok Sabha, Hie House the People, and the nation's political forces The. massive victory, which was a personal triumph for the prime minister, weakened--anc almost obliterated--other patties from the left to the right of India's vast political' spectrum ent.

The commanders made point of keeping tanks and troops off the streets and jets out of the skies over Ankara to underline their policy of "giving democracy another chance." But informed sources close to the commanders say their pa ticnce with squabbling is thin. They are under intense pressure from officers in lower ranks tic straighten Suspect Hit By 4 Shots By CLIFF MARBLE and TIM HOLT A Troy man was shot four times by Watervliet police Sunday night as he.tried to run from a gasoline station after allegedly trying to burglarize the place. Donald C. Daley, 25, leaped through a window to make his get-away when police, on routine patrol, showed up, aiithori- lies said. He was taken' to Samaritan Hospital, where attaches said he was in "satisfactory" condition.

It was reported that Daley, whose address was listed only as "Second Slreel, Troy," was "shot in the shoulder, Ihe lower chest, the hip and the upper leg." Watervliet police said that Patrolmen Robert Beston and Donald Kimmey were in a prowl car on routine patrol when they spotted a broken window in the south side of Scully's Service-Station, 397 3rd Ave. Police said the alleged burglary occurred at 10:06 p.m. 1 When they preceded to investigate, Daley crashed through the window on the north side of the building. He had something in his hand. The patrolmen said that when they first saw Daley he was kneeling beside a vending machine.

Beston said that he fired one warning shot. When the man did not stop, both patrolmen fired. Daley crumpled into a snow bank near the women's room door, only 15 feet from where he leaped through Ihe.window. It reported that he was conscious when placed into the ambulance. When they got to Daley, he lad a screw driver, a chisel and a glove in his hand.

Upon searching the building, police said that Daley gained entrance by breaking a small window on the south side. The inside of the station, owned by William E. Scully, 605 Broadway, Watervliet, had been "wrecked" police reported. Several vending machines had been ransacked. Daley is under police guard at the hospital and will be charged with burglary, third degree, a Class felony, po lice said.

Heading the police investi- galion was Assisiant Chief Richard H. Spratl. Patrolman C. Fred Tallman was also at the scene Sunday night, police said. Soldiers Murdered Tor Passes' SOUTH ORANGE, N.J.

(A Ten Vietnam veterans tolc Sunday how they watched and and participated in the mutilation or murder of Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers. The former soldiers, appearing before an audience of nearly 1,000 persons, described using their trucks to run down villagers and the shooting o. pregnant women and old men "for a three-day pass." The testimony was part of a series by the Vietnam Veterans (Continued on Page 2) SOLDIERS By United Press International Diplomatic sources in Cairo Sunday the United States has promised Egypt to actively seek Israeli withdrawal from Egypt Says IL To Prod Israel all Egyptain territory captured in the 1367 war. They said the United Slates did not rule out minor adjustments in other Arab-Israeli borders. In Jerusalem, Premier Golda Meir came under heavy attack from some of her ministers for a recent interview in which she outlined Israel's pe'ace map.

But Anti-War Show Has SRO Crowd FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) A show aimed at countering military-sponsored entertainments opened in a jammed coffee house near a huge Army base, with actress Jane Fonda and other the war and President Nixon. It was standing room only at 'he antiwar show's first performance Saturday and there were sellouts at $2.50 a person 'or both Sunday performances in the 400-seat Haymarket Square Coffeehouse, a meeting place for soldiers from nearby Ft. Bragg. Presented in four 30-minute acts, the sho.w ended with Ihe singing of the Star Spangled Banner by Miss Fonda, folksin- Barbara Dane and actors Donald Sutherland, Peter Bo- oyle and' Gary Goodrow, who substituting for Elliott Gould.

Football 'Game' Cheered Boyle -and Sutherland drew loud cheers from the audience, mainly of young people and soldiers, with a spoof broadcast "from the football Mekong Delta." The Viet Cong and the U. S. Army 101st Airborne Division were It ended with Sutherland observing, "And President Nixon would certainly have liked to lave been here today to throw out the first grenade." In another skit, Miss Fonda portrayed a tightened "Pat" who cried to Goodrow, playing 'Richard," that demonstrators are storming Ihe While House demanding "the release of Angela Davis, freedom for all political prisoners and the end of the war." Richard responded, "I'll call the 82nd Airborne." "You can't Richard. It is the 82nd Airborne." The 82nd Airborne is stationed at Ft Bragg. Gregory drew a standing ovation when he concluded his act by saying, "The has always needed soldiers, soldiers without guns, without hate, without malice." 20-City Tour the show, which was put together as a counter to such programs as Bob Hope's tours of military bases in Vietnam' and elsewhere, has planned a 20 city tour.

The Army had refused to allow its presentation at nearby Ft. Bragg where 36,000 mililary personnel are stationed. A federal court ordered last Thursday that the USSF could use the publicly owned Cumberland County Auditorium. "SLAIN" Donald Sutherland plays after being "slain" when he refused to stand up during the national anthem. "Overzealous patriots," Gary Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle are the "killers" in, part of their anti-war show for servicemen at N.C., Saturday night.

(AP Wirephoto) U.S. Planes Hit, Destroy Tanks SAIGON (UPI) U.S. fighter bombers swooped into. Laos Sunday and blew up two of five North Vietnamese tanks spotted southwest of the border outpost of Lam Bao, military spokesmen said. Military sources said some U.S.

Air Force jets are using laser beams to guide their bombs in pinpoint attacks to destroy tanks -and tunnel complexes in Laos. The sources said a considerable number of the 49 North Vietnamese tanks knocked out by American air power in Laos were destroyed by this technique, in which one plane fixes the target with a laser beam and second plane to home in uses with the bombs. It was not known if the two tanks destroyed Sunday employed the laser system. Judge Rules Single Kil ling Can Convict Calley FT. BENNING, Ga.

(AP) Lt. William Calley Jr's. court-j martial judge ruled Sunday that! if the jury finds the defendant killed even-a-single Vietnamese civilian at My Lai as charged, can convict him of anything from voluntary manslaughter to first degree murder. The maximum penalty for first degree or premeditatec! murder-is death, for voluntary manslaughter 10 years in prison. The other possible verdict is second degree murder with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

At first the court included involuntary manslaughter, punishable by three years in prison, as a possible verdict. But after a recess, the charge was stricken as a possible finding. The 27-year-old Calley has been charged by the government with the premeditated murder of 102 unresisting Vietnamese men, women and chil- le an infantry assault on the village March 16, 1968. The government charged that 30 of the victims were executed along a trail in the village, and at le.ast 70 others in a drainage ditch each of My Lai. Calley is accused of taking part in some of these killings himself and of directing GIs within the platoon who took part in others.

These are specilications one and two of the government's indictment. "I'm instructing," the judge, Col. Reid Kennedy, told defense and prosecuting lawyers," "that if the jury is not satisfied 70 rere killed at one time or 30 as the case may be they may bring in a (hiding that a lesser number were killed. "If they are satisfied that at least one was killed they can convict him on specifications one or two." Calley shooting male in also is charged with lo death a Vietnam the white garb of a monk, and a small child seekinj to escape from a ditch. Military spokesmen said an observation plane spotted five Soviet-built tanks Sunday afternoon on the move about I't miles southwest of Lao B-ao, Air strikes were called in anc two of the tanks were destroy ed.

Eleven Communist shelling attacks were reported against South Vietnamese bases in Laos and against American bases supporting the incursion in South Vietnam. No U.S. casual- tics were reported and South Vietnamese losses were de scribed as extremely light. House Vote Slated On Funrls For SST WASHINGTON (UPI) The House is tentatively scheduled to vote Thursday on whether the United States will continue its race with Russia, Britain am France to market a supersonic, airliner. There also may be final con gressional a a before week's end of a constitutiona a to lower the voting age to 18.

in state and local elcc lions, as well as federal con tests. The vote on the, supersonic transport (SST) would be the first on this highly controversia issue in the new Congress. State Report Urges Federal Funding Of All Welfare Costs The Stale Department of Social Services and Board of Social in its annual report for 1970 released Sunday, outlined a five-point welfare p'rogram, including federal assumption of funding, in New York's lures rose by $347.8 million In 1970 to a record $3.27 billion for the year. The report lists''federal takeover of the cost welfare, state announcing that welfare administration of programs, testing of a work placement project, saparation of help to the permanently dependent from those employable, and an attack on the causes of dependency as a means of dealing with the problems of welfare. Not A Failure "Fxr 1 says Baldwin Maull, chairman of the Board of Social Services, "1970 was again a year in which to label public welfare a failure a charge with which the board does not agree." He said public welfare "remains a beneficent institution reflecting the concern of the citizenry of this state that children be protected, the aged be sheltered, the hungry fed and the ill treated." The report, submitted to Gov.

Rockefeller and the Legislature, increase of ap- persons a monthly average of 1,519,412 persons receiving aid through various programs in 1970. This represents an average monthly proximately over the 1969 figures. Under the hoard's proposals, welfare responsibility would be hiked up a notch. Presently, local municipalities administer programs under state supervision. The report rocemmends stale supervision to pul the programs on a broader lax base in preparation for federal takeover of costs.

Work Program The report also recommends testing of a Work or Training (WOT) project which would require an applicant lo appeal- before a learn, made up. of a trained social worker, employment counselor and physician, to determine it the applicant employable or should undcrg training. Failure to accc? work or training would mcai the applicant would be deniei assistance. The report says only six pc cent of recipients are considcrc employable. Half of these, says, arc already employed hi not earning enough to suppoi (Continued on Page 2) STATE olitical sources said Mrs.

Meir anaged to stave off possible overnment crisis although sht ill faced nonconfidence votes in arliament. Quiet Reported All was reported quiet along le Middle East fronts despite expiration last Sunday ol he cease-fire. U.N. Secretary eneral Thant has called on boih des to exercise military ra- traint while peacemaking ef- orls conlinued. Freezing winds and snow- torms lashed Israel, Lebanon, yria and Jordan during the 'eekend.

Jerusalem was under heavy blanket of snow and emperalures plunged to near reezing in mountainous regions, leavy snows and winds dis- telephone communica- ions between Beirul. Amman nd Damascus and forced emporary closures of the air- torts in Ihe three Arab capitals. In Vatican City Sunday, Pope 'aul VI appealed to all parties nvolved in the Middle East and ndoehinese conflicts to quickly each peace settlements that vould take into account the ighls of refugees. He also made a special plea for the iafeguarding of religious shrines the Holy Land during his to pilgrims in St. Peter's iquare.

Relay U.S. Pledge The diplomatic sources In Cairo said Ihe U.S. pledge was elayed to the Egyptain mission Washington within the past ew days by Joseph Sisco, assis- ant undersecretary of state. They said a similiar promisg vas made by mediator Gunnar V. Jarring in New York, inder whose auspices the.

in- lirect Arab-Israeli talks are be- ng held, to Egypt's ambassa- lor Thursday. The sources said Sisco said he United States envisions some ninor adjustments in the bor- lers batwecn Israel and Jordan ind Jordan and Syria but feels ill occupied Egyplain territory hould be returned. They said Sisco told the Egyptians a Washington would attempt to presuade (Continued on Page 2) EGYPT Woman, 62, Crushed To Death A 62-year-old Washington County woman was killed Sun- lay when a car, driven by her msband, accidentally pinned icr against a Work bench in the garage of their Town of Cam- iridge home. State Police at South Glens Falls said that Mrs. Wilhelmine who resided with her husband, Harry S.

Lind, 66, at their lome on Belle Road, South Cam. iridge, was pronounced dead on at Mary McClellan Hospital, Cambridge. The woman was fatally in- iurcd shortly before noon when icr husband went to drive a car jut of the garage. He was reportedly backing out of the garage vhcn the car momentarily stuck. State Police said that he then pent lo accelerate, but had apparently accidentally put the car forward gear.

As he acceler- the car pinned his wife, i'ho was standing in front of the car, to a work bench at the rear of the garage. Mrs. Lind was taken to Mary McClellan Hospital where she was pronounced dead. County Coroner Charles Cole (Continued on Page 2) WOMAN On Inside Pages Bridge Lesson Church Calendar Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Obituary Social Sports Television Theaters Page' 23,24, J5 21 4 10 22 19, 20, 21 II II.

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