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Sayre, Athens, South Waverly, and Waverly, N. Y. THE EVENING TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1977 PAGE Pfff Hager Proposes Changes In Pa. Crime Commission Capitol Column By Assemblyman'L R. Marshall Project Dinner Bell Menu Tioga Opportunities Waverly Presbyterian Church committees normally meet on Tuesdays or Wednesday's during session and most meetings st.

open to the public and pn m. If you come to Albany and wan to attend the meeting of a particular committee, please coma my office in Room 439 of thy Legislative Office Building information on the time mt place of that meeting. 7 ers. 12, Dinner: Macaroni and Every week during the ses sion, usually on Monday morn cheese, broccoli, sliced tomatoes ings, I take part in an informal breakfast meeting with other Re publican Assemblymen rep resenting upstate and- rural In; a recent letter to the Philadelphia Bulletin, Sen. Henry G.

Hager, the Republican minority leader in the state Senate from Lycoming County, proposed some changes in the Pennsylvania Crime Commission. Excerpts follow. By HENRY G. HAGER Senate Minority Leader PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The 1 One of our group raised the issue of regional as opposed to county jails and the commissioner, himself, a former county sheriff, said that he personally did not favor regional jails because it would endanger the continuation of the office of county sheriff. Under the constitution of the State of New York, the single prescribed duty a sheriff is to operate the county jail although sheriff's de areas to review the bills on the calendar in the week ahead that present structure of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission is a bad joke, a joke at which none of us can afford to laugh.

The commission has an impressive title and it had a serious mission. But the only thing serious about it now is its condition; it is too weak to survive. The commission never really had a chance. A crime commission strong enough to sink its teeth into organized crime and official corruption has to have Tuesday: 11, Juice and crackers. 12, Meat loaf, baked potatoes, buttered carrots, Waldorf salad on lettuce leaf, bread and butter, molded fruit with topping, choice of beverages.

1-2, Canned foods bingo. Wednesday: 10, Leathercraft. 11, Juice and crackers. 12, Dinner: Hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy, stewed tomatoes, apricots on lettuce leaf, baked rice pudding with lemon sauce, choice of beverages. 1, Card party.

Thursday: Canned foods bingo. 11, Juice and crack on lettuce leaf, bread and butter, cherry tarts, choice of beverages. Friday: Canned foods bingo. 11, Juice and crackers. 12, Dinner: Polish sausage and sauerkraut or hamburger on a bun, wax beans, molded salad on lettuce leaf, bread and butter, pumpkin pie, choice of beverages.

Note: Diet substitutions are available as needed. Cards, dominoes and checkers available each 'day. law enforcement tools to accomplish a limited but extremely important mission: the control of organized crime and official corruption. The package of bills consists cf B. 823, which would establish the Pennsylvania Independent Crime Commission appointed by the Commonwealth Court.

That court has virtually no criminal jurisdiction and would, therefore, have no one to protect. The bill provides a permanent source of funding two per cent of the Pennsylvania liquor tax that would be an ongoing appropriation and would guard against the Legislature thwarting investigations that MUSIC BOX RADIO SHACK Elmlra St 889-7735 Large Selection of STEREOS For That Special Graduate partments, perform many addi-tional duties. The commissioner also agreed 1 Medicare that county jails were originally intended to be detention rath two things this one was never given: total independence from the politicians it is policing and a permanent source of funding so that those same politicians cannot stop an investigation by er than rehabilitiative facilities and said the fact that county Pays 80 jails, are now keeping certain causing the commission to run persons in custody for long peri cut, of time and money. ods, of time is a very real prob The chairman of the current IF YOU QUALIFY! lem. He told us of one instance coy.

SAYRE Injuries Minor In Weekend Of Accidents Injuries were minor in several are likely tQ be of mutual concern to our constitutehts. These meetings allow legislators facing similar problems to share information and opinions, to prepare our own legislative proposals and to discuss the most effective approach we can take to particular legislation before it comes up for debate either in committee or on the floor of the Assembly. Although officially we are the Assembly's upstate Republican caucus, our group is often referred to as the "Appleknock-ers." One other Important function served by our weekly sessions is that it allows a large group of legislators to get together at the same time to talk informally with different representatives of state agencies and departments about bills or problems our constitutents have experienced in dealing the state bureaucracy. We have invited many guests to join us at these sessions including Commissioner Alfred E. Kahn of the Public Service Commission, Pennsylvania Crime Commis sion is Governor Shapp's attor- in which a pre-trial detainee in a county jail continually object ney general, Robert Kane.

He ed to lawyers or judges assign come too close to friends. The commission would be empowered to empanel investigating grand juries, subpoena witnesses and compel testimony by granting immunity for witnesses. The second bill is S.B. 592, sponsored by Senator Edward Howard of Bucks County, myself and several others. It would names the commission execu- live director and supplies its ed to his case simply to avoid going to trial and that this prac staff attorneys from his own tice placed a great strain on Department of Justice.

Attorney General Kane de- Sayrene 882-6491 NOW SHOWING 7 9:15 highway accidents reported over the weekend by Bradford County State Police. along Legislative Route 08115, approximately one half mile east of Route 367 in Tuscarora Township at 6:30 p.m. The Purdy vehicle then went out of control and struck a guardrail along the north berm. At 7:20 p.m. a Rome RD 1 couple incurred minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Township Route 717, just east of Potterville in Orwell Township.

A car operated by Ashley Brink, 19. of Wyalusing RD 3, was traveling west and was in the process of passing another vehicle when it struck the left front of an eastbound truck driven by James White, 59, of Rome RD 1. White and his wife, Vivian, 54, sustained minor injuries. Damage was set at $800 to the Brink car and at $600 to the truck. Total damage was set at $200 in a two-car crash that occur the resources of the jail in which he was lodged.

Finally, Commissioner Wasser told us he felt state law does not define clearly enough the clined the Philadelphia special prosecutor's request for grants of immunity for witnesses in The first occurred Saturday at the prosecutor's investigation of duties and responsibilities of members of the Pennsylvania each individual member of the Legislature and has systematic' Commission of Corrections and ally failed to find any wrongdoing in the Shapp Administra that, in effect, all decisions can be made by the one member who serves as chairman. He Commerce Commissioner John tion. The crime commission depends on a yearly transfusion of money from the Legislature. Dyson (when he was Commis gave us a set of recommendations for amending the law which sioner of Agriculture and Mar strengthen the immunity law in Pennsylvania. A third bill would restore to law enforcement officials under carefully protective circumstances the right to tap telephones and record conversations by use of a "body bug." It is important to consider the areas of official corruption and organized crime together.

It has always been the pattern of organized crime to ingratiate itself with government, to put important people "in its pocket" by favors, bribery, or involvement in crime or other unsavory activities. Pennsylvania's powerless crime commission and current laws handcuffing law enforce-' The Legislature cut off the Phil we will be reviewing for pos kets) and the present Commis sible introduction in the Legisla sioner of Agriculture and Markets, Roger Barber. Representa adelphia special prosecutor's funding and its leaders are balking at funding the crime com AN ADVENTURE STORY A SUSPENSE STORY mission for another year. It is obvious that no one can have much confidence in such a A LOVE STORY ture. I would also mention here that I am serving this session as a member of the Assembly Committees on Rules, on Ways and Means', ion.

Environmental Conservation and as ranking minority member on the Local Governments Committee. Assembly crime commission and no one should. As a matter of fact, because of its almost total political domination, the crime com ment officers have made Penn 10:20 a.m. along Legislative Route 08091 in Orwell Township when a southbound truck driven by Leslie Bender, 29, of Du-shore, rounded a surve and struck the cable of a tow truck operated by Ray Merrill, 42, of Rome RD 1, which was. pulling a car from a ditch at the side of the road.

The impact caused the tow truck to slide over an embankment, pulling the car, owned by Joan Murphy, 24, of Little Meadows, after it. Total damage was estimated at $2,300. On Route 6 ten minutes later, an eastbound car driven by Sandra Whitteker, 38, of Columbia Cross Roads, slowed to make a right turn and was struck in the rear by another car, which was operated by Cynthia Wilcox, 18, of Gillett RD 2. Minor injuries were sustained in a one-vehicle mishap on Legislative Route 08077, approximately two miles north of She-sheshequin at 12:27 p.m. when a northbound Jeep driven by David Roberts, 43, of Nichols RD 1 went out of control, ran off the road and struck a tree.

He and his son, David 15, were slightly hurt. Damage was estimated at about $3,300. About $2,500 worth of damage resulted to a car driven by Blair Purdy, 22, of Laceyville, when he attempted to pass another eastbound vehicle on a curve sylvania a friendly climate for the criminal element and have a extended an invitation to them. MASTIC By passing this legislation we VINYL SIDING red at 10:47 p.m. on Route 6 at the intersection of Legislative Route 08023 in Rummerfield, when a car driven by Mildred Donovan, 65, of Wyalusing RD 2, pulled onto Route 6 into the path of a westbound vehicle operated by William Capwell, 32, of Stevensville RD 1.

Authorities estimated damages at $150 to the Capwell car and at $50 to the Donovan woman's vehicle. Approximately $1,050 worth of damage resulted from an unusual two-vehicle accident on Route 220, one half of. a. mile north of New Albany Sunday at 4:05 p.m. At that time, a pickup truck operated by John Bride, 17, of Towanda RD 4 was traveling south and struck a bridge abutment, overturning onto its side.

As it did so, a tire was thrown from the back of the vehicle and hit the side of a northbound car driven by Ronald Hig-ley, 25, of Honeoye, N. Y. can cancel that invitation. tives of private organizations such as the Unitecd Taxpayers and the Citizens Public Expenditure Survey have also spoken with us. To give you some idea of what can be learned at these meetings, our group met just a few weeks ago with Commissioner Joseph Wasser, one of the three members of the State Commission of Correction.

In the course of our meeting. Commissioner Wasser told us why the commission decided to appeal a decision by State Supreme Court Judge Roger Miner setting aside the mandate that local correctional facilities would have no initiate contact visitation programs between inmates and their relations. The commissioner said that while he could accept the court's decision based on the problem it created for the safety of prison employes themselves, he voted to appeal on grounds that the ruling went even further and prevented visits to local jails, Retirees Hold Picnic Seventeen members of the IL-GWU Retirees Club attended a picnic at Harris Hill. During the business session, plans were made to attend a couple of the stage plays at CALL OR STOP IN FOR DETAILS Free Valley Delivery Medicare Specialists mission has a near-zero batting average on official corruption and organized crime. Even if the crime commissioner were inclined to investigate organized crime and official corruption it is ill-equipped to do so.

Although it has subpoena power, it may not compel testimony by applying witness immunity on it own. The crime commission has no statewide investigating grand jury power. Like all state and local police officers, it has no way of listening in to or recording telephone conversations. And the law governing the use of recording device attached to a person is so restrictive as to make it useless. No one can have faith In Pennsylvania's government or in its, ability to combat organized crime until we have a crime commission that is totally independent of political pressure and which has a permanent source of funding.

Many of us in the Pennsylvania Senate want the people to begin having confidence again. That's why we have introduced a package of bills aimed at establishing a permanent Pennsyl Corning Summer Theater. Residential and Commercial Roofing --and SAYRE General WAVERLY (717) 83-0138 rwitwHiiH s5-363 xABt' wonwacxing "bogeb" All types roofing; and Ganges siding Pallas Eaves troughs All typ chimney work Hot Bullt-TJp Boofs It was announced that there Damage was set at $1,000 to will be no meeting during July the truck and at $50 to the car, and August. a right he did not want to see lost. 'Annie' Best Musical Julie Harris and Al Pacino Win Tony Awards 111 ter Group at the Mark Taper on tor Gordon Davidson won NEW YORK (AP) A musi Forum in Los Angeles, which KL 5-333? 555-5958 KK 5--0909 5-7634 555-0008 Tony.

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6 F3ns St cial Tony for the Center Thea- another era and portrayals of a Tony nominations were voted on by 486 members of the theatrical profession. The Law JK 5-91 23 gentle poet of another century and a Vietnam War GI of another decade were winners at A A 6 KL KlWJt'i LL iff KK 5 Kl 5 2551 Sawerynec. Nicotes. Orcnd St Florida Voters rence Langner Award for life- sawyer, tenant 76 vof st SsensM, Jotw, 49 Tant St the 31st annual Tony Awards for excellence on Broadway. time achievement was given to izm.

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ences to the sin of Sodom and 6 A.M. -10 P.M. Gommorah but it had a more up-to-date slant: Vote to repel Dade County's homosexual KL 5 555-2727 SUN. 7 P.M. -4 555-2936 rights law.

2921 "I wake up in the middle of The Escapee Captured, Recaptured "The Godfather," returned to Broadway playing the title role in a Theater Company of Boston revival of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and won as best actor in the Vietnam War play. But "Annie," the musical built around the story of "Little Orphan Annie," was the big winner, taking the Tony in seven of the 19 categories at Sunday night's nationally televised presentation at the Shubert Thea 3 the night with the thought 'Vote for the the Rev. William Chapman told his Baptist Jolly Farmer Restaurant Store 7 Elizabeth Waverly congregation, which includes among its members singer Anita Bryant, who has spearheaded the drive against the law. ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) Police have recaptured a man who escaped from the.

Berks County "I do not believe that you will ever have cast a vote with greater significance," Chapman ter. The string of awards for RESTAURANT Annie" showed why it is al ty prison. But it wasn easy. According to Allentown police, said. Voters decide on Tuesday ready the hottest ticket in town.

DINNER SPECIALS Thomas Meehan, in accepting whether to repeal the controer- his Tony for best book of a mu John Grello, 29, of Emmaus, who escaped from the Berks County Prison March 6 with two sial law, which prohibits hous-ine and employment discrimi sical, said that when lyricist "Daily Salad Bar" nation based on sexual Martin Charnin phoned him with the idea for a musical other men, was spotted by police in an Allentown bar JUNE 6 based on the comic strip, "I Grello was arrested, put in thought it was the worst idea JUNE 7 Ham Scalloped Potatoes Miss Bryant, who was not in church Sunday because of an out-of-town trip, helped start Save Our Children an or handcuffs and seated in a pa I'd ever heard." Charnin and Liver Onions trol car. But Grello got out of composer Charles Strouse picked up Tonys for best score. the handcuffs, got out of the car and escaped on foot The police followed. $130 with Vegetable and Homemade Bread $1.59 Annie" producer Mike Nich With Potato. Vegetable and Homemade Bread An unarmed police cadet.

An gel Santos, trapped Grello in a JUNE 9 JUNE 8 dark alley. Santos pointed his ols accepted the Tony for best musical. Comedienne- singer Dorothy Loudon, who runs the orphanage, won as best actress in a musical. Peter Gennaro won for his choreography, David Mitchell for his "Annie" finger at Grello and threatened to shoot. Grello surrendered.

Swiss Steak Franks Beans An x-ray examination later $1.85 Willi rotate. Venetakle aad Homemade Bread $150 with Potato and Homemade Bread showed that Grello had a handcuff key hidden in his mouth. scenery. "Annie" designer Theoni Al- In addition to the jail break. dredge tied with Santo Loquas- Grello is charged with holding up a hotdog stand in Allentown to, who did costumes for "The ganization which claims homosexuals recruit children.

She says she opposes the law because private schools in the county could not prevent homosexuals from teaching her children. The campaign on both sides of the gay rights issue intensified for the last remaining days before the vote, with television and newspaper advertising, telephone banks and religious involvement. The Archbishop of Miami's Roman Catholic diocese asked its priests to read a letter from the pulpit advising churchgoers to vote to repeal the law. A coalition of gay organizations called registered voters urging them to vote in favor of the law. In iis Monday edition.

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