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SPRINGFIELD DAILY FINAL EDITION VOL 124 No 102 Telephone 323-3731 SPRINGFIELD OHIO SATURDAY JULY 9 1977 12 PAGES 15 CENTS Stunt Driver Is Killed In Movie Crash Filming a crash-filled movie about an automobile chase when he drove a 16-year-old pickup off a ramp and into six feet of water at 55 miles an hour police said The scene called for Rivers a stuntman for seven years to send the truck exploding into flames as he sailed 150 feet from the ramp to the water However the explosives did not ignite and the truck hit the water nose first tumbled over and landed on its roof Rivers protected by a seatbelt crash helmet and rolls of foam padding was to have freed himself from the truck and swim to safety after the stunt When he foiled to appear set crewmen pulled the pickup from the water by a tow truck cable but Rivers was not in it police said His seatbelt had been undone and his crash helmet remained in the truck they said Divers then plunged into the murky water but it was 25 minutes before Rivers was located and brought to the surface police said Miss Green said it was not known how long Rivers had been entombed in the cab of the truck how he had gotten outside or how long he had been in the water Before the stunt Rivers had said he wasn't worried do all the worrying ahead of time" he said Other stunts for the movie included the toppling of a stuntman from a Mulholland Highway bridge io a stream 51 feet below Another stuntman rolled a pickup truck off the Mulholland roadway and escaped unscratched AGOURA Calif (AP) A movie stunt ended in tragedy when a pickup truck crashed upside down into a lake trapping ita driver underwater for 25 minutes The 29-year-old stunt driver Vic Rivers died hours after he was pulled from Malibu Lake on the Paramount Ranch about 30 miles west of Los Angeles a spokesman for Westlake Community Hospital said Friday "His lungs were filled' with water and mud" said nursing supervisor June Green "He wasn't breathing and had no blood pressure when paramedics brought him to the hospital" Miss Green said teams of doctors worked for more than two hours to save Rivers but he never regained consciousness Rivers was working on the final scene for AGOURA Calif (AP) Hollywood stuntman Vic Rivers removes the sunvisor from a pickup truck shortly before driving the truck off a ramp at 55 miles per hour nose first into Malibu Lake Pipeline Blast Halts Oil Flew AGOURA Calif -r (AP) Hollywood stuntman Vic Rivers fatal to Rivers when he was trapped submerged in the truck for drives a pickup off a ramp and sails 1 50 feet into Malibu Lake 25 minutes He was participating in the filming of the final scene Friday on the Paramount Ranch The spectacular stunt proved for the film "High Rider" Court Orders Instant Voter PUMP STATION NO8 Alaska pump station here killing one work-(AP) Oil will resume flowing man and injuring six others through the Alaskan pipeline only aft- One pump station worker who er engineers are sure they have pin- asked not to be identified told The pointed the cause of an explosion that Associated Press that the explosion tore through the main building of a was caused by the apparent malfunction of a check valve in the pipeline The $77 billion pipeline was shut down Friday after the explosion and resulting fire left the pump house building a blackened and twisted maze of structural steel The pipeline itself was not damaged Alyeska officials estimated damage would be between $2 million and $5 million Ambulances highway patrol cars and fire fighting crews from Fairbanks raced down the highway 25 miles south to Pump Station 8 which KUWAIT (AP) Kuwaiti gov- is located at milepost 488 along the eminent officials trying to wait out pipeline nine Palestinian terrorists said to be Within two hours of the explosion on the of from the five persons were hospitalized and a scorching desert heat refused today sixth person was treated and rehospi-to refuel a hijacked jetliner unless the talized was in serious condition offi-gunmen free an estimated 28 hos- cials said tages Alyeska identified the hospitalized A spokesman for the government of workers as DM Ambuehl this Middle East sheikdom said the HCRobson HW Finley FW Foss-hijackers balked at freeing their cap- berg and Heller No hometowns lives and were continuing to demand were immediately available that the jet surrounded by army com- Hie name of the dead workman was mandos at Kuwait airport be refueled not immediately released for a flight to an undisclosed destina- Alyeska said oil was flowing tion through the pipeline at a rate of 300- The hijackers who vowed to blow 000 barrels per day at the time of the up the plane with grenades if they explosion were attacked were also demanding An Alyeska spokesman said a con-that 300 prisoners presumably Pal- trailer in the pipeline port of Valdez estinians be released from Arab the guy say been a jails Middle East News hell of an explosion' and was able Agency reported to shut down oil flow within four min- The terrorists reportedly had at utes least one submachine gun and other An intercom system connects the light weapons in addition to grenades control center in Valdez with other They seized the plane Friday night on points on the pipeline a flight from Beirut to Kuwait wag tfe second time this week that Alyeska Pipeline Service Co had been forced to close the line On Monday the first flow of oil through the 800-mile pipeline was shut off for 64 hours after a crack was discovered in a pipe just outside the pump station- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co officials were unable to say when the oil would start flowing again The oil flow which began June 20 had been almost exactly on schedule despite the earlier shutdown Alyeska had expected the first oil to arrive in Valdez about July 20 John Ratterman an Alyeska spokesman said: preliminary (See PIPELINE Page 12) Registration To Take Effect convenes in January 1979 In a companion decision Friday the court said in a 5-2 ruling that Atty Gen William Brown exceeded his authority when he refused late last month to certify the petitions of the would-be repealed group However that decision became moot because of the ruling that the law is not subject to the referendum process a court spokesman explained The major decision Friday written by all four of the majority judges said in effect that there is no statutory basis for the secretary of state set or establish the effective date of Instead they noted that the secretary's counsel had pointed to alleged long standing practice ot the respondent (Secretary Brown) to accord separate effective dates to an It went on to say that the secretary has a legal to treat the measure as an appropriation for current expenses and certify it effective immediately In a dissenting opinion Chief Justice William O'Neill deplored the majority ruling saying there was nothing in the constitution or in case law to back it COLUMBUS 0 (At) Supreme Court has ordered the new voter registration law into immediate effect backing Democratic leaders in the legislature The 4-3 decision Friday reflected the Democratic majority on the court and produced immediate charges that it denies Ohioans the right to repeal or affirm laws enacted by the General Assembly House Speaker Vernal Riffe Jr D-89 New Boston and Senate Majority Leader Oliver Ocasek D-27 Akron requested the court to rule against GOP Secretary of State Ted Brown They praised the decision The Republican official in a move Democrats claimed was illegal assigned a 90-day effective date to the substantive portions of the bill making it subject to a statewide referendum Democrats had enacted it as an immediately effective appropriations measure Brown divided it giving immediate effect to the 323 million appropriation it contained but setting Aug 30 as the effective date for the remaining portions action coincided with the efforts of a group called Ohioans for the Preservation of Hon-est Elections consisting mainly of county election officials appointed by the secretary which planned to try to repeal the law on the November ballot It claims allowing registering and voting the same day will invite fraud court decision precluded the referendum although the group still could initiate a repealer for submission to the next legislature which EL Cozier Dead At 67 Edwin Cozier 67 of 434 Villa rd died Saturday morning in Mercy Medical Center after a serious illness of seven weeks He was born June 30 1910 son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Cozier and was connected with sports almost his entire life 48 years with the George Meek Co Inc before his retirement in 1973 Cozier was on a first-name basis with many of the top athletes and politicians and saw (See COZIER Page 11) Troops Alerted On Belize Border In The News Year" is the title of an editorial on Page 4 Two-week spree af marder and kidnaping ended with capture of two fugitives Page 2 'Sen Keaaedy dedicates Poet Robert home in New Hampshire as a center for the arts Page 5 Brawl mars Pirates' 7-3 win over Phils Page 5 OTHER FEATURES ment Friday asking the colony's 140-000 residents to remain calm are aware of the reporta and rumors circulating and the disquiet that these have caused to the people of the statement said can rest assured of our preparedness and that the British and Belizen forces are quite capable ot dealing with any situation that may TonyFenn a spokesman for the British garrison said troops were placed along the border and at other strategic locations throughout Belize The British frigate Achilles left Belize City Friday evening Military Office spokesmen declined to reveal its destination but there was speculation the ship would remain off the coast The colony which has been self-governing since 1964 is seeking independence Guatemala claims Belize as part of its legacy BELIZE CITY Belize (AP) -British troops were deployed along 174-mile border with Guatemala today and officials expressed confidence the soldiers could repel any invasion Paul Randrup a spokesman for this tiny British Military Office said the troops were in what is usually termed a state of emergency but they are in a military alert We are prepared militarily Some 600 to 1200 British soldiers reports varied were airlifted here Thursday along with six jet fighters after reports Guatemala had massed up to 10000 troops along the frontier for a possible invasion just tell what the Guatemalans win said Randrup when asked if skirmishes were expected The British-appointed governor of Belize Peter McEntee issued a state Anderson Jack 4 Classified Ads 8 9 10 11 Comics 7 Death Notices 8 Death Stales 12 Editorials 4 Public Records 3 Radio-TV 3 Spots II 7 Theaters 5 FAIRBANKS Alaska (AP) A chaffed and that gutted the main turbine building Friday at burning bus is testimony to an explosion and fire Pump Station 8 on the Alaskan pipeline (Saa sets today 9:17 pm tan rises tomsmw 6:16 am).