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TWO NEW I Booze still king in state capitols NEW CASTLE NEWS, MONDAY, JULY 31,1978 By DONALD E. MULLEN United Press International The office in Hawaii says "squeaky clean The Indiana Statehouse crew says the pupils of our eyes are the right and Nevada Gov. Mike cheekily offers "It might be an Eastern Catch a resigned presidential aide talking about marijuana and cocaine use in the White House and you've got a quick headline Ask a governor for comment and you get a quicker not happening here." This was the result of a I'PI survey generated by statements made by Dr Peter Bourne President Carter's adviser on drug abuse, who resigned after he wrote a prescription for a powerful sedative using a phony patient name. that happens at the White House necessarily happen in the governor's office." a top aide to Vermont Gov Richard Snelling said. Georgia Gov George Busbee.

who succeeded Jimmy Carter in 1975. said. "I know of any, holdovers or new people. Carter or Busbee people, that are using no! was the Virginia response. Some governors were so publicly strait-laced as to border on the Victorian.

Florida Gov. Reubin Askew was described as a non-drinking, non-smoking type whose idea of a nip was a glass of apple juice at a church social. Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe serve liquor at public receptions. But hints of drug use in state capitols do crop up occasionally like when nine workers in the Colorado Division of Employment became sick after eating a marijuana-laced cake at an office luncheon last April.

In New York's Assembly, one legislator stood up during the debate last year on decriminalization of marijuana and said that is going to benefit half of the members here For the record, anyway, any pot smoking seems to be well away from official duties. Cocaine9 Not a trace. Booze still reigns as the king catalyst of socializing, the UPI survev showed is just not a marijuana and cocaine said Jim Gilchrist, press secretary to Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton. still the biggest thrill of The general reaction was that any staff member found using drugs would be fired, but just how quickly varied from statehouse to statehouse.

Idaho Gov. John Evans said he would seek for the offender. Washington Gov. Dixy Lee Ray said she would suspend the drug taker and order the staffer into Others were harsher. tolerate it five minutes." said Louisiana Lt.

Gov. James Fitzmorris. Perhaps chastened by the recent White House flap, state officials will go to extraordinary lengths to avoid even the suggestion of impropriety. governor's office is clean, although we do have a coffee maker and a coke machine," said Maggie Wilde, press secretary to Utah Gov. Scott Matheson "Maybe you better make that a pop she quickly added.

FUN ON FERRIS WHEEL Riding on a ferris wheel is fun, but it can be scary, too. Casey Michelle Bartberger holds on to the bar of the ferris wheel, but gets the extra security from her grandfather, S. F. Zarilla. Riding the ferris wheel and the other rides at Cascade Park was part of the fun yesterday during Italian Day festivities.

News Photo by DAVE BREEN Balloonist crossing falls short CONCARNEAU, France (UPI) Two British adventurers, beaten by stormy weather in their bid to be the first to cross the Atlantic in a balloon, reached land in a French fishing boat early today and immedately vowed to try it again. Tired but in good spirits. Donald Cameron, 37. and Christopher Davey, 34, pulled into the picturesque Brittany fishing port of Concarneau after midnight aboard the trawler Elsinor. The ship had plucked them from the sea Sunday after they were forced to ditch only 117 miles west of the port of Brest, a few hours from victory.

"Two Americans will launch in 10 days Cameron said with a smile. they fail, definitely have a go next year We've learned a lot on this trip in the way of technical Though Davey and Cameron joined at least 13 other balloonists who tried in vain to cross the Atlantic, they set a distance record for a balloon flight of 1.805 nautical miles, spokesmen said at the Bracknell. England, control center which guided them The balloonists said they were defeated by storms, bad winds and an eight-foot rip in the inner bag of the canary yellow balloon. Public help sought in assassin search WASHINGTON (UPI) Millions of Americans were asked for help today in identifying blurred photographs and sketches of mystery men connected to the murders of John Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King Jr The Assassinations Committee Sunday made public two composite drawings and three blurred photographs make best possible use of available pictorial evidence and photographic techniques in the hope that citizen recognition of them might shed additional light on the assassinations of Kennedy and King Anyone recognizing any of the men depicted were asked to contact the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Washington.

20515. and submit any pictures they may have of the subjects Proven linkage of any of the men to the Kennedy and King cases would directly challenge the still unrefuted conclusion by the Warren Commission that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy in Dallas Nov 22 1963. and the guilty plea by escaped convict James Earl Ray that he murdered King in Memphis. Tenn 1968 April 4. Ray is serving a 99-year sentence at Brushy Mountain Prison at Petros.

Tenn but has since changed his story and is trying for a new trial on grounds he was the guy' for a mysterious Canadian smuggler named Raoul" who never has been identified A series of public hearings is scheduled on both cases in August, September. November and December, when all evidence will be reviewed and many witnesses, including Ray. will be recalled for testimony The three photographs released by the committee Sunday included a blurred image of a dark-haired man. possibly with mustache, sitting on a curb with a group whose faces do not show. The committee caption said only that the picture was taken in Dealey Plaza "moments after President Kennedy was shot.

The other two photographs, according to the committee, are "of two men who may have been in Mexico City in the fall of 1963 when Lee Harvev Oswald was there Good and bad news in store for president WASHINGTON (UPI) There is likely to be both good and bad news in store for President Carter in congressional actions on foreign policy issues this week The House is expected to agree with the Senate on lifting the three-vear-old embargo on arms for Turkey an action the president badly wants but may also give him a setback with a vote to cut foreign aid The House was starting the week today with general debate on both the foreign aid appropriations bill and the $2 9 billion foreign military aid authorization Assistant Democratic leader John Brademas. D-Ind said the House will begin amending the foreign military aid measure Tuesday, and the foreign aid money bill Wednesday with a vote on an amendment to cut $584 million in U.S. contributions to international banks and lending institutions The amendment to the $8.4 billion foreign aid appropriation bill will be proposed by Rep Clarence Long, chairman of a House foreign operations subcommittee. Long is critical of some of the lending programs, and argues the banks are not accountable to Congress. Administration supporters, however, warn such a drastic cut could seriously undermine long-standing U.S.

commitments Brademas declined to predict whether the House will ayree with last week's Senate action on lifting the arms embargo against Turkey, an issue the administration considers to be of major importance. The embargo was imposed after Turkey used American weapons, in violation of its aid agreement, to intervene in Cyprus in 1974 Brademas has been a leader of the pro-embargo forces. But both State Department and Recruiting materials abandoned DETROIT (UPI) It may be the most patriotic alley in America Behind his auto rust-proofing shop on the city's northwest side. James indignantly described the shabby pile of Army and Navy recruiting materials apparently abandoned when recruiters closed their office next door "How much did this stuff cost the taxpayers9" said Crackel of the ashtrays, brochures, postage-paid envelopes and other paraphernalia littering the alley Does the Defense Department get this stuff free0 They just dumped thousands of pounds of this stuff out for the garbage man They can expect us to believe they were coming back for it Not just leaving stuff lying around unprotected in Detroit." A Navy spokesman said a private contractor was told to move the material to another office and it was not known why the junk was abandoned He said a crew would attempt to salvage what 's left House sources were hopeful the House will vote to lift the embargo. approved by the Senate last week bv a vote of 57-42.

clear got the Rep Stephen Solarz, a major supporter of repeal, said in a telephone interview After disposing of these major bills, the House will turn later in the week to the $119 4 billion military appropriations bill. A floor battle is considered likely between opponents and supporters of the $1.9 billion nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which both House and Senate have authorized, but the White House want The staff of House and Senate energy conferees planned to have the natural gas price deregulation bill drafted into legal language this week so Congress can give it final consideration soon. The Senate will act first, but has not yet set a date for debating. New N.Y. law says clean up after pets PET PROGRAM New York State Sen.

Frani Leichter (left) and State Assemblyman Edward Lehner examine some of the devices New Yorkers will be using to pick up after their pets beginning tomorrow. Also looking on is Susan Brooks of the Bide-A-Wee Homes. UPI Photo NEW YORK (UPI) Some people say easy to tell the inhabitants and tourists apart in New York City: Tourists look up at the skvcrapers while the residents keep an eye on the ground, cautious of where they step Beginning Tuesday, a chance New Yorkers will be able to look up once again That's when a new state law takes effect, requiring dog owners to clean up after their pets Its difficult especially for New Yorkers to break old habits But many city officials and residents hope a possible $100 fine will convince dog owners to arm themselves with home-made or store-bought when they take Fido out for his constitutional For years, when venturing out on the streets you had to watch your step Dr. Alan Beck, an animal behaviorist and ecologist who heads the Animal Affairs Division of the Department of Health, estimates that every day. the 700.000 dogs leave 350,000 pounds of fecal waste and 166,000 gallons of urine in New York's streets, lots, and parks about 320 square miles in the city, so that means half a ton per square said Beck, who noted that dog waste poses "disease and environmental especially with transmission of worm larvae to children "(And) studies have shown that half the eyes taken out of people's heads because they thought it was a tumor was in fact (Visceral Larvae Beck added.

have emission controls on your car and household garbage." he said, "and now you have emission control for your dog." Beck said he would like to see the new code Public Health Law 1310 changed a bit so that "just like we require people to have drivers licenses, you should be required to have a leash and a scoop when you walk your It is now illegal for someone to walk a dog without a leash, but the new law does not require owners to carry scoops. Law 1310 simply states: "It shall be the duty of each dog owner to remove any feces left by his dog on any sidewalk, gutter, street or other public place." Most officials concede the major problem with the law will be enforcement Mayor Edward Koch notes a dog must be "caught flagrante by an authorized health, sanitation or traffic officer, who must ask the owner to clean the mess up before issuing a summons. If the owner does not clean up, he can plead guilty by returning the summons with a $25 fine, or take the case to the Environmental Control Board, where, if he loses, he faces a maximum fine of $100 VW plant returns to normal NEW STANTON, Pa. (UPI) Normal operations will resume at Rabbit assembly plant near this Westmoreland County community Tuesday, company officials announced About 1,000 hourly employees were laid off last Thursday as a result of a shortage of sheet metal parts due to a wildcat strike at metal stamping plant in South Charleston, W.Va. Employees at the South Charleston facility returned to work Friday and shipments of parts were received at the Pennsylvania plant during the weekend, with more expected today.

Farmer unearths statue MANFREDONIA. Italy (UPI) A farmer plowing a new field unearthed a marble statue of a woman, remains of a temple and coins dating from Greek colonies of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C., antiquities officials said Sunday. Antiquities department officials said the finds were made by a farmer turning over a new field about nine miles outside Manfredonia, a town on Italy Adriatic coast. Thev said he unearthed the marble statue of a woman about one foot below the surface and later digging turned up temple stones and coins, including one that contained an inscription dedicated to the Greek philosopher Diogenes Manfredonia was the site of several Greek colonies during the 3rd and 2nd centuries C. UMW suing 13 coal firms PITTSBURGH (UPI) The United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds have filed suit against 13 firms in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that allegedly were delinquent in paying royalties on coal mined, processed or acquired Although the exact amount is not known, the union is asking for more than $34.500 from the eight coal com panies and five construction firms involved Of the companies involved, three are in Pennsylvania and three are in West Virginia The Pennsylvania firms involved are Yough Drilling Nadik's trucking.

Inc and Etna Equipment and Supply Co. The companies in West Virginia are Price Line Construction, Sheridon Ann Keith Company. Inc and the Raleigh Commercial Development Corp Iraqi embassy attacked PARIS (UPI) Three gunmen opened fire today on the Iraqi embassv and two of them seized hostages and barricaded t. -nselves inside the building while a third fled. Two embassy employees were reported wounded when the gunmen firing submachine guns exchanged shots with Paris city policemen guarding the building Police said that two hours after the 10 a m.

attack there had been no word from the gunmen in the building "They spoke French and Arabic They are holding four or five hostages on the second floor." said an embassy employee who managed to escape Police surrounded the building in the fashionable 16th arrondissement of Paris, a few doors from the private residence of F'rench President Valery discard d'Estaing, who is on vacation with his family in the French countryside. Police said three men with submachine guns appeared outside the embassy shortly after 10 a a EDT) and traded fire with the police on duty They said one looked blond and the other two were of "Mediterranean type Record crowd at pageant PALMYRA. N.Y. (UPI) A record crowd of 146.467 persons witnessed the seven performances of the 41st annual Hill Cumorah Pageant on a sprawling hillside near this rural western New York village A pageant spokesman said 27.243 spectators saw Saturday night's final presentation of the drama described as "the nation's most elaborate religious spectacle Officials earlier had estimated that 125 000 persons from around the world would view the pageant, which began July 21 However, they said this crowd was the largest ever to see the drama, presented on 25 sta.ges Mormons believe it was on the Hill that Joseph Smith, an 18-year-old farm boy. was led by an angel to discover a set of gold plates.

Smith, who later became the first president of the Mormon Church, transcribed the plates, which told of the ancient American civilization The plates became the Book of Mormon Republic Steel campaigning CLEVELAND (UPI) Republic Steel Corp has started a multi-media advertising campaign to introduce itself to the public and promote its environmental efforts The fourth largest steel company says it will promote the fact it employs 9,300 Cleveland-area residents and has spent $150 million to reduce pollution at its operations in the Cuyahoga River Valley Newspaper and billboard advertisements are appearing currently, and beginning the week of Aug 14. the company will premiere four television commercials and four radio commercials. Balloon causes tot's death NEW STANTON. Pa. (UPI) Two-year-old Sean Snyder died of asphyxiation Sunday at his home in this Westmoreland County town when he apparently swallowed a balloon with which he had been playing Authorities said the family was preparing for a picnic when he picked up the balloon, went outside and apparently swallowed it Sean was dead on arrival at New Stanton Hospital Fire investigation will begin EPHRATA, Pa.

(UPII An investigation will begin today into the cause of a weekend fire that injured three fire fighters and caused nearly $2 million in damages to a two-story auto dealership along Route 272 Officials said the blaze broke out around 5:30 a on Sunday at Messick Chevrolet, Inc More than 100 volunteer fire fighters from Ephrata and surrounding Lancaster County communities battled the flames, which at times shot more than 100 feet in the air Three firemen suffered minor burns Mervin Messick, who operates the dealership with his son, Richard, said 28 cars and trucks were destroyed at an estimated loss of $1.5 million Most of the vehicles were new models but a 1932 antique car valued at more than $10,000 also was destroyed.