The Evening Review from East Liverpool, Ohio • Page 1

WEATHER Very cold and snow flurries likely through Tuesday. THE EVENING REVIEW Complete Neivs Coverage Of East Liverpool, Wellsville, Midland, Chester, Newell, Lisbon, and The Tri-Slate Area 'I'k 177fe Vol. 98 No. 72 Phone 385-4545 East Liverpool, Ohio Monday January 17. 1977 Single Copy 85'Weekly By Carrier Area Continues In Slayer Granted Death Wish In Utah Execution SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Gary Gilmore was shot shortly after sunrise today in the first execution in the United States in a decade A prison official announced, order of the Fourth Judicial District has been carried Gilmore was shot about 8:05 a.m., MST approximately 16 minutes after sunrise.

The state carried out the 36- year-old condemned dMth wish after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver lifted a last minute stay of execution minutes before dawn. they stay out of my demanded the 36- i ear-old condemned man when i.S District Court Judge Willis Ritter issued a stay less than seven hours before his date with a firing squad. are they going to put me through this But Chief Justice David Lewis of the lOth S. Circuit Court irf Appeals and attorneys for the Utah attorney office moved quickly to set up a 6 a.m.

MSI hearing 400 miles away in on the appeal (rf order The justice and lawyers for the slate and the American CivU Liberties Union, which filed the desperation suit leading to stay, flew across the Rockies iji a private plane for the hearing. Warden Sam Smith said the prison would continue its toward the execution until it heard from the court. Ritter was driven 20 miles to the prison from his courtroom in downtown Salt Lake City after issuing the stay shortly after 1 a.m. MST. U.S.

Marshal Royal Buttars personally deliverea a copy of his order to the warden. Gilmore, whose nightlong visit with relatives was cut short by the stay order, was reported and aware of the efforts by the state to go ahead. temporary restraining order prohibited state officials froo carrying out the execution and set a hemng Jan. 27 on the request for a preliminary injunction. Michael Deamer, deputy Utah attorney general, said after ruling that next possible execution date would be about 40 if the 10th Circuit Court promptly ruled.

But that was before Lewis contacted the state legal office to set up the hearing. Carter Plans Brief Address FILINS, Ga (UPI) With days remaining before he hi'comes president, Jimmy Carter is putting the final touches on his inaugural address and nostalgically winding up his affairs in Flams Sources said he has named his close cwifidant Atlanta attorney Charles Kirbo his and shortly will make the long-delayed an nouncement To avoid any conflict of interest. Carter has decided to plat'e all of his peanut farm and warehouse holdings in a blind trust during his presidency Carter scheduled one ap- jxontment today, with Bobby Smith, his campaign agricultural adviser. Otherwise' he worktnl on hLs inaugural speet'h, which he has siiid will 1 brief, and also hus delivery with a tape recorder But while Carter kept a low profile in the few days before his inauguration, he had a wary eye on the cixifirmation in Washington of embattled CIA Director-designate Theodore Sorensen Carter issued a statement Sunday saying Sorensen had his and charging attacks on Mr Sorensen's judgment and loyalty are groundless and unfair Arizona Probe Broadens PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPI) police investigation into of reporter Don BoUes is reaching into high political circles with the confession (rf one man and the arrest of two others on murder Dog breeder John Adamson broke the case opqp when he stood up during jury selectiai at his trial and confessed he was part of a paid conspiracy in which he dynamited car, A police affidavit quoted one Lance Faces Committee WASHINGTON (UPI)-Bert Unce, President-elect Jimmy choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, could anticipate little or no problems today in winning the approval of the Government Operations CommiCee No real opposition has bwn voiced to nomination, 25 Of Crew Rescued LULU (UPI) AU 25 of a disabled man freighter laden iber and logs abandoned iday in rough seas 260 St of Midway Island and icued by a Swiss cargo Guard said the 370- iwn Pearl, en route to tiegan taking on water and stormy weathor endangered the crew.

The 600-foot Romandie, diverted to the scene for a piissible rescue, reported that none of the Crown crew suffered serious injuries. The Crown crew slipped into liferafts and and were picked up within two hours, the Coast Guard rescue coordination center said here. Beloiv Zero Due Again DEEP FREEZE. ThcL.Ohlo River was frozen over this morning as tempartures dropped below zero Into the minus teens. The snow blanketed docks of the Ohio Valley Boating on River Rd.

and the frozen expanse to Rabbs Island exemplified Artic weather which has moved into the Tri-state area. Carter expected to make a final decision this week on his plans for granting a pardon to Vietnam-era war resisters He also was considering a plan to broaden the pardon to include some categories of deserters and dishonorably discharged siTvicemen, He was proceeding cautiously on all fronts as he prepared to fly with his family to Washington late Wednesday afternoon to attend the pre- inaugural gala at the Kennedy Center On the following day. Carter will attend worship services and go to the White House coffee with President Ford at 10:30 a m. Afterwards, the two men will ride together in a limousine up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol for the swearing in ceremonies Carter attended worship servic-es at the Plains Baptist Church Sunday and was engulfed in emotional farewells with members of the congregation and the choir. Rev Bruce Edwards told Carter and his wife.

Rosalynn, the congregation would pray for them enter into a covenant, Jimmy and Rosalynn, to pray for you in the tremendous responsibility you will have as Edwards said as Carter leaned forward, his head bowed of two other men immediately arrested, land developer Max Dunlap, as saying millionaire political power Kemper Marley a major financial backer of Gov Castro Donald Bolles because he was giving him bad articles' about past were a prime factor for the reaignatim from the Arizona Racing (Commission one of the first to be announced more than a month ago in Plains, Ga. Lance was president of the National Bank of Georgia, in Atlanta, which made $4.7 million in loans to peanut business. But Lance said ne did not expect the loans to cause any controversy, and none has developed. Man Held For Sale Of Secrets LOS ANGELES (UPI)-A23- year old college student who once worked for a defense contractor was arrested by the FBI, accused of trying to sell secrets on rocket construction to the Soviet Union. Christopher John Boyce, a former security clerk at TRW, and an alleged accomplice being held in Mexico Citv face a maximum sentence of death if convicted An FBI spokesman said Sunday night that there were other suspects in the case and at least two more arrests were distinct Boyce, a student at the University of California at Riverside, was arrested at his campus home Sunday.

The FBI said Boyce, of suburban Rancho Palos Verdes, sold top secret films ana dwuments through a friend to a science attache at the Soviet embassy in Mexico City. The two men were reportedly paid a total of $17,500 for the material, which included information on rocket construction the Soviets specifically asked for The second suspect, Andrew Dalton Lee, 25, of Palos Verdes Estates, was arrested in Mexico City Jan. 6. Authorities said he would be returned to the United States shortly for arraignment on an espionage charge. Boyce held clearance while employed from July, 1974 until last December at the TRW laboratories for research on space, defense and energy technology in nearby Redondo Beach.

A federal complaint said the two suspects agreed early in 1975 on a scheme for Boyce to sell information to the Russian embassy in Mexico City. The complaint said Boyce gave Lee documents in June of that year, and Lee sold them to attache Boris Grishin who paid $500 then and $2,000 three months later. The FBI said Lee met with Soviet agents in Vienna a short time later and received a list items the Russians were interested in, including on rocket Lee reportedly was paid $1,500 at that time and received another $13,500 in four subsequent meetings in Mexico City. At the time of his arrest, authorities said, Lee had three rolls of micgifilm containing defense information classified as top secret. Ford Seekg New Energy Programs WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford today proposed a record $14.2 billion energy budget curbing solar and conservation programs favored by Jimmy Carter and boosting nuclear efforts which Carter views as a resort.

Senior administration energy officials privately called the proposals a throwaway gesture. new energy plan called for spending 33.6 per cent more than the $10.5 billion in this budget. It proposed speeding up efforts to get electricity from the sun and the atom, to help the poor insulate their homra ana to wring natural gas or oil from coal and oil shale. But the president overriding recommendations from energy experts (xxiered the end of a solar home heating demonstration and reduced the size of programs to promote conservation programs. 9 Sailors Die In Navy Mishap BARCELONA, Spain (UPI) A navy launch capsized in Barcelona harbor today trapping many of the more than 100 sailors aboard and killing at least nine of them, a spokesman for the U.S.

consulate said The spokesman said nine bodies have been recovered and as many as five were missing. He said there were survivors, but added that the exact number of persons aboard the launch was still not known. It had not been established yet whether the launch actually collided with the Spanish freighter Urlea or capsized while making a maneuver to avoid it, the spokesman said. The national news agency Cifra said a total of 40 victims were rashed to three local hospitals It said nine of them were dead on arrival or died shortly afterward Thirteen ere released after receiving treatment and 18 Applegate Named To Two Posts Review Washington Bureau Rep. Douglas Applegate of the 18th Congressional District has been named to the House Public Works Committee and the House Veterans Committee.

selection to the powerful Public Works Committee was made by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee which took the unusual action of expanding the panel to make room for two new members. Rep. Applegate won the assignment when lots were drawn for the coveted post. Public Works Committee seats have been eagerly sought by freshmen Democrats this year because it will play a key rde in formulating legislation aimed at bringing down the high unemployment rate. The Steering and Policy recommendatiMi is expected to be routinely approved by the House Democratic Caucus which has final say on who sits on what committees Public Works had been first choice for a committee post.

Had he not won the drawing, he would been assigned to the Educatim and Labor Committee. The Congressman said he sought assignment to the Veterans Committee at the urging of his congressional campaign manager, former Rep. Robert Secrest of Ciim- bridge who was once a member of that panel. will replace Rep. James Stanton who Icwt his seat in Congress when he ran unsuccessfully foe the Ohio Democratic Senate nomination.

Scholarship Won In Fete COLUMBUS (UPI) Seville Bates, a senior at Columbus East High School, has won the 30th annual Voice of Democracy scholarship sponsored by the Ohio chapter oi the Veterans of Wars Miss Bates received a $1,500 scholarship and a five-day expense paid trip to W'ashington in March to compete for the national award She received the award at a VFW Saturday night remained in hospital with injuries Cifra said six of the injured were in con dition The news agency said the water near the accident scene was being searched for more victims. The American spokesman said the launch, a liberty boat capable of carrying 120 persons, was returning sailors and marines who had shore leave The Urlea was entering Barcelona harbor and the launch was speeding toward the US Navy ships anchored several hundred yards off the main pier, the spokesman said The incident occurred at 2 am (8pm KSTSunday? The embassy spokesman said the victims weie members of the crews of the Trenton, an amphibious transport dock, and the Guam, a helicopter carrier The two ships were part of a Navy force visiting Barcelona, and the sailors had tx'en given shore leave U.S. officials said names of the victims would not be released pending notification of their next of kin In Washington, a Navy spokesman said it would probably be several hours before an accurate casualty count wixild be available. Several of the bodies were recoveriHl from the launch after It had righted Keep the home fires burning! The bitter, snow-crunching cold will continue with the first moderation not indicated until Wednesday. And then it will be moderation only in the sense that the temperature will be higher than it is now The prediction is for very cold with snow flurries thmigh Tuesday.

temperature is scheduled to rise to zero after a minus 12 at 8 a.m. in Elast Liverpool and an official low of minus 14 at the U.S. weather station in Millport. There were colder unofficial readings at various points throughout the area. Edwin R.

Copeland reported a 1 above at Millport at one point Sunday, but said the average figure was 4.5 below The mercury will dip again tonight, at least to 5 below. high will be near 10 above The chance of snow is 20 per cent through tomorrow The is scheduled to begin Wednesday with a high in the teens. Tliur- sday it will be in the and Friday in the 30s, The lows will be near zero Wednesday and in the teens Thursday and Friday The cold continues to bring the usual inconveniences, readjustments and miseries in general. School systems closed today, either because of the severe weather or in observance of Martin Luther King Day, included; East Liverpool, Wellsville, Hancock County Midland, the East Liveipooi Christian School and the East Liverpool Campus of Kent State University. The cold stretrhed from Wyoming to New York cold was forecast for New York City today Temperature.s around 35 txdow zero and strong winds pushed the wind chill factor to an unofficial 100 below zero in the Mille Lacs area of Min nesola Chicago, gripped by the coldt'st late fall-early winter in 104 years, suffered through the coldest day of the century Sunday with an average temperature of 14 btdow zero coldest since Jan.

25, 1897 The record low of 19 below zero matchtxi the and. combined with strong winds, produced a wind chill factor of 67 below Dr. Murray Brown. Uhicago health commissioner, said the icy air carried a very real threat of frostbite The Chicago Motor Club handled thousands of trouble calls and roving tow tnicks turned big profits starting cars reluctant to start in the cold weather. Some flights were delaytxl at International Airport because of frozen baggage-handling equipment ami other ground servue equipment and stalled railroad engines caused delays in Amtrak train service from Chicago Rockefeller Takes Oath As Governor CHARLESTON, Va.

(UPI) Surrounded by his famous relatives, the great-grandson of New York oil magnate John D. Rockefeller put his hand on a Bible today and repeated the oath of office to become West 29th governor Among the entourage expected on this blustery Inauguration Day at the snow- covered state Capitol for the swearing-in of Jay Rockefeller were his uncle. Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller, and father-in-Liw, Sen Charles Percy. R-Ill When the oath was administered. the eight-year administration of Republican Arch Alfred Moore Jr the longest in modern history and possibly the most productive, came to an end A handshake between J(rfin Rwkefeller IV and Chief Justice Fred Caplan of the state Supreme Court made the change official But the 53-year-old Moore, a firebrand who ranks among the stronger and more persuasive governors in West history, hardly will be forgotten by his constituency, Moore was the first governor to serve two consecutive four- vear terms and a powerful bid for a third term His battle to run again ended only days befiwe the primary election when the Supreme Court refused to hear case He was indicted for extortion while in office, but was cleared of the charge For most of his career, he took a Democratic legislature and tied it in knots He was a master showman and a master politician and a Republican who won repeatedly in a state full of More than 19,000 Chicago area were without power Sunday as the frigid temperatures caused line break- dowas (ias companies in Chicago and Spnngfieln, 111, cut back ser- vice today to major industrial users to assure adequate gas supplies for residential and other priority customers In Riverton, 111 miles east Springfield, 111 heat was Cut off for about .300 homes for 7' Sunday because of an equipment failure in the Riverton Gas Distribution system, Jerome Namias.

a research at the Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, Calil says a clash txdwf-en unusual warm water in the Pacific near the coast and unusually cold water 200 miles off shore to blame for stromg storm systems that brought the bitter cold and heavy snows to the East this winter. Cold Forces Gas Cutbacks Democrats He wrenched West Virginia from a backward, hillbilly image and thrust it forward, tying its far-reaching points ribbons of concrete interstates. Even in his parting shots, Moore bristled with his own strength, refusing to the last hour to allow the Rix-kefellers access to the executive mansion despite a legal mandate that he vacate the house he has lived in for the last eight years. Successful in his second bid for the mansion, Rcxkefeller must now prove hiHLself He has taken two of favorite projects and made them his own Where Republican chief executive was frustrated in his attempt to remove the state regressive sales tax on food, Rixkefeller is expected to succeed Attack Put Down In West Africa PARIS (UPI) The tiny West African nation of Benin said Sunday government put down a dawn attack by who landed at tw au'port in Cotonou, the largest city. The government said the attack was not an attempted coup, but the nation, formerly known as Dahomey, has been wracked internal political turmoil since it grained independence from Prance in 1960.

There have been at least five military coups since then. Some tri-state area industries were cutting back production today as a result of curtailments of natural gas supplies ordered during the weekend by gas companies due to the severe cold weather New restrictions were announced Sunday by three Ohio suppliers. an(i non-essential retail businesses were asked to close as a result of the growing fuel shortage Columbia Gas of Ohio, West Ohio Gas Co and East Ohio Gas Co announced immediate near 100 per cent curtailments against large industrial users It was not immediately determined how long the cutoff would last. are also asking that any kind of retail outlet, that is not absolutely essential, to close, said Bill Chacidock, a spokesman for Columbia (5as of Onio which serves 66 counties in Ohio. Officials at the Homer Laughlin China Co.

said production was almost nil today due to a number of problems. First, the daily gas allotment was down to between 20-25 per cent, power lines were down pipes frozen and people reportea oil due to the cold weather. Much of the plant also is cold due to the low supply Officials at Taylor, Smith and Taylor Co. said they were at full capacity, except for workers who reportsd oft work. The company is on fuel oil and heats the builmngs with boilers fired with coal.

Machinists and workers at Patterson industries Inc. are working "bundled and in freezing conditions. William Barker, president, said the gas heaters are being replaced with kerosene burners as rapidly as possible. Ice Slows Traffic On Ohio River Towboat traffic along the Ohio River in the East Liverpool area was greatly reduced to due to the continued freezing of the stream, but movement in the Pittsburgh and further downriver was seriously crippled Officials at the Stratton and Montgomery Dams reported some tows moving. There was no ice in the pool at the Stratton Dam this morning, but one offficial said if no boats passed over a period of time, the surface woula freeze anew.

He said the ice today is more solid than last week At Montgomery, ice in the upper pool was five inches thick, but a Doat moved throuah the locks this morning The Weather Service National River Forecast Center at (Cincinnati said Sunday near and below-zero temperatures, accompanied by moderate surface winds should result in another one to two inches of ice forming all along the Ohio. reports indicate ice up to six inches thick out from the banks, with an average thickness of about four inches It said the buildup is continiuing in all the rivers in the Ohio Valley. The center said the threat from ice to structures near the rivers is increasing daily. It suggested persons having property or whose activities are near the rivers monitor news broadcasts this week Since late last week, only the Ohio's channel has been navigable in the Louisville area along much of its 981-miIe tows are keeping the channel he adaed, but they also cause ice to break off from the banks causing of ice floes to move downriver. can be dangerous to river traffic as some of the large ones are just like colliding with a floating hunk of reimorced concrete, he said.

With so much ice in the river, towboat and barge traffic has dropped 75 to 80 per cent below normal. The sprinkler system was frozen this morning, and electricity was off in the main office He said the thermostats in the office were lowered to 60 during the weekend and are maintained at 65 degrees during working hours. Due to the cold, workers are utilizing small electric heaters Too many of these caused fuses to blow Bsrker said the plant is operating, but in terrible conditions JOhn Thompson of the Hall China Co. said the plant is operating very close to full capacity. The firm is using little gas due to previous curtailments.

However, he said a periodic kiln which was to be firea during the weekend was not fired due to the situation. About 20 per cent of the work force was absent today due to the cold weather. Pennsylvania Power which operates the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant at Shippingport, a coal-fired facility, is under production Officials said the plant always has a 65-day supply of coal (3oaJ delivery has not been hampered as yet by river ice as five jumbo barges, containing 1,500 tons of coal each, were delivered Saturday. The unit uses 800,000 tons of coal per day when working at full capacity, according to(Jary Brown, community service assistant. A Crucible Division of Colt Industries spokesman said use of natural gas has been cut back at the request of Peoples Gas Co.

at the Midland plant. The official saia company figures are looking into tlie oil allocation incase there is a need to convert from gas to oil. The spokesman said there also could be senous trouble due to the shortage of coal. He said coal in barges at the dock cannot be unloaded due to frozen conditions. The General Electric Lamp plants in Youngstown and Warren were shut down as was the General Electric Coil W'lnding plant in Austintown.

Post Office Mar Close W'eekends The East Liverpool Post Office on Dresden Ave. may close Friday at 5 p.m. until Monday due to the gas curtailment, Postmaster Samuel Brown has announ. Brown said he has written headquarters requesting permission to do this because of a notice from Columbia Gas that the post office has a 10 per cent curtailment, based on usage in 1972-74, which were warmer winters. Brown said the temperature at the post office as he was writing nis announcement was 54 degrees and that workers there would testify the building is not If the post office is closed during the weekend, he said persons who receive social security checks, veterans checks, food stamps, unemployment compensation or other checks on a certain date, must realize that if that days date falls on Saturday, they will niH be able to obtain their checks until'Monday, Get Off The lee! 2 Strollers Told 'Two boys who had gone for a stroll on the Ohio River Sunday afternoon were ordered to safety by police Officers received several calls shortly after 1 that the two boys were walking on the ice a great distance from the shoreline.

Patrolman James Buckley took his cruiser to the riverfront in the Jefferson-Jackson St. area and used the public address system to order the boys to return to shoie Then he took them to their homes One youth resides on lower Jefferson St. and the other on lower Jackson St..