Evening Express from Portland, Maine • 8

Portland Maine Evening Express Saturday October 6 1979 Continued from Page One A Staff Photo by John Patriquin PROTEST Continued from Page One Catholic feminists plan weekend protests Energy update Alliance to hold series on family Tuesday October 9th PORTLAND: Tuesday October 16th AUGUSTA: Monday October 29th' BANGOR: ft Small Business Development Center University of Southern Maine fl v' on contempt of court charges until the jury finished its in vestigation Keefe and Moore who also refused to offer information said they wanted to change their pleas because they did not know the court could set stiffer penalties than sen tences recommended by the prosecution The two also said they had inadequate knowledge about the consequences of refusing to testify before the grand jury But Devine rejected their arguments Twenty days lapsed be tween the date the pleas were made and the appeals to change them filed Devine said That indicated the pleas were not entered in haste or confusion the judge ruled At no time during dis cussions with prosecutors were the two men told they could withdraw their pleas if the sentence imposed by the court disagreed with the pros recommendation Devine said And he added the defend ents were adequately warned they could be held in con tempt of court for refusing to testify before the grand jury tion Dayton Duncan a spokesman for the state said some National Guard troops were supporting the estimated 250 police on duty by setting up a communications system Troopers were on hand from New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont Barry eldman 25 of Boston said before the assault the number of police present may increase the time it takes the demonstrators to get onto the site we are in no hurry We have a few days planning to be here for an aw A SERIES OUR SEMINARS PRESENTED BY fully long eldman said The demonstration marks the fourth major action involving civil disobedience at the plant Seabrook which is being built by a consortium of utilities headed by Public Service Co of New Hampshire has been a focal point for anti nuclear demon strations for the last five years The plans break a tradition of passive demonstrations sponsored by the Clamshell Alliance Hospitals throughout New Hampshire were asked by the state to prepare for the possibility of injuries 33 of Barrington and charg ed with smuggling drugs in from Maine Authorities con fiscated more than 100 pounds of marijuana and $114000 in cash during sepa rate raids on a fishing boat and a car in the Portsmouth Dover area Sentencing for the four men has been set for Tuesday in US District Court The government offered immunity from prosecution to the four hoping they could help crack a major drug smuggling ring But Lineham and arrell saying they feared for their families 'recently refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating illicit drug activities in New England Devine ordered them held USM students Jenny Jorgensen and Brenda Bowser catalog some of the thousands of bone fragments pieces of pottery and other artifacts found at an archaeological dig on Casco Great Diamond Island BROCKTON Mass (UP1) Two men with sawed off shotguns took $100000 from a bank on the East Side in a robbery shortly before noon riday police said The men walked into Brockton Savings Bank shopping plaza on Center Street Witnesses said they went directly to a head teller and demanded money The robbers fled from the bank in a red ord Mustang which was found abandoned on nearby Dedham Street They then reportedly got into another ord station wagon which was later found on Beaver Street near the East Bridgewater line Police believe the men then got into a third green car of uncertain make with no li cense plates and reportedly fled west on Elmont Street About 20 customers were in the store "Life or Death sof the amily and is the title of a four week series sponsored by the Portland West Church Alliance People attending the Tues day evening workshops will share current material and' discuss various aspects of family structure and commu nity life Workshop partici pants will balance their experiences with the perspec tive expressed' by experts who study trends and prob lems in our culture Each workshop begins at 7:30 The first Tuesday will focus on the American family structure Dr Philip Thomp son will lead the session at Reading material will be pro ByUPI Vienna Austria: The oil consumers will be paying more for less in the 1980s because OPEC states fearing ever worsening infla tion believe their crude is worth more in the ground than at the gas pump Washington: Small refiners favor allocation as the best of three federal alternatives for keeping future crude oil im ports within presidential quota limits a small refinery trade group spokesman said riday Washington: The United States and West Germany riday signed a joint financ ing agreement for an experi mental coal liquefication plant at Morgantown Va a project that eventually could cost more than $1 bil lion Maine Office of Energy Resources Maine Restaurant Association ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN RESTAURANTS APPLES PICK YOUR OWN CORTLANDS DEERING RIDGE ORCHARD CIDER ollow Signs 1 34 miles South from Hollis Center on Route 202 WASHINGTON (AP) Deng Xiaoping came and went Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat came and went together But in the Carter White House there has been nothing quite like preparing for Pope John Paul II "Oh God It will be was the way one White House aide described the scene expected at papal visit to the executive mansion The White House staff busied itself juggling seating re quests pleas for invitations and the general logistics of holding two alfresco papal receptions spaced over three hours In all nearly 7500 people were invited and the pon tiffs visit to the White House was torange from a quiet Oval Office chat with the president to a speech before government officials on the expansive South Lawn One White House staff member involved in setting up previous White House parties said preparations for the pontiffs visit became most complex thing since been In the last year alone this staff member worked on (Teng Hsaio ping) visit which marked the resto ration of US Chinese relations and the outdoor ceremo ny last May at which Prime Minister Begin of Israel and should ever feel alienated or unloved even when tensions arise in the course of the common efforts to bring the fruits of the Gospel to society around us Our unity as Christians as Catholics must always be unity of love in Jesus Christ our One cleric the Rev Richard McCor mick of Georgetown University said the statement on birth control would only renew controversyfor the 49 million US Catholics ut he added "I believe one can be in a posi tion of disagreement and still be a loyal Catholic we arrive at truth by criticism and And a group of Catholic clergy and laymen urged priests to boycott part of the Mass onthe Mall Sunday as a protest against the pon tiffs opposition to the ordination of women as priests Representatives of Catholic Advo cates for Equality could not predict on WASHINGTON (AP) Pope John Paul II in the final stretch of his US tour may get a glimpse this weekend of the deep disappointment that his stand on women and the priesthood has caused among Roman Catholic femi nists' A group of Catholic clergy and lay members armed with banners placards and blue armbands the color of Mary "a partner in God in bringing Jesus to the planned quiet demonstrations at a number of the pon tiffs stops here planning to be quite said Sister Sally Thomas a nun from Washington at a news conference riday She could not estimate how many people would join the demonstrations The protests have been planned for some time re pudiate the pervasive sexism in the church we ac cording to its organizers But the effort took on new momentum after the explicit rejection Thursday in Philadelphia of the ordination of women into the pries thood The pontiff said ordination of women would violate the tradition and that confining the priesthood to men was not in violation of human rights but the way' "God has chosen to shepherd his Although the pronouncement brought loud applause from the priests and nuns in the audience it also brought outcries among various feminist groups within the church Sister Thomas and other members of the Washington based protest group Catholic Advocates for Equality also have urged priests to boycott a part of the Sunday Mass before an anticipated one million people on the Mall But officials of the archdiocese of Washington said the action was not expected to hinder the Mass and that enough priests an estimated 1500 would be avail able to distribute the Eucharist Continued from Page One riday how many of the 2200 Wash ingtonarea priests will take part in the boycott a Before Chicago the largest crowd of the Polish bom current tour was the 125 million who flocked to a papal Mass in a Dublin park last Sat urday The worshippers in Grant many of them Polish Ameritans wept cheered and chanted alive with the music the liturgy and the song of the Mass Many carried rosa ries and religious medals to be blessed by the pope precious gifts for friends and relatives The Mass was concelebrated on a 16 foot high tiered altar by more than 350 bishops from the United States Latin America and Canada Outside a hotel near the park about 50 persons led by atheist Madalyn Murray marched to protest the use of public funds and public lands for the visit Workers prepare platform on mall In Washington DC where pope will say mass tomorrow President Sadat of Egypt signed the Middle East peaCg treaty The first stop at the White House was to be the North Lawn where he and Carter were to deliver speeches to members of Congress the Cabinet the Su preme Court and White House staff members A half hour later the pope was to attend a private reception in 1 the Blue Room just inside the White House where dip lomatic visitors are frequently entertained The receiving line was to include the president and Mrs Carter Vice President Walter Mondale and Mrs( Mondale soprano Leontyne Price and conductor Mstis lav Rostropovich Miss Price was to sing the Prayer and Rostropovich was to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra at the second reception The pope and president were to meet privately fof about one hour Then Carter was to introduce the pontiff to members of the first family including the 81 year old mother l' The final reception was be a huge gathering on the South Lawn where chairs for most of the 6000 invited guests were set up on a hill that slopes gently toward the' Ellipse beyond the White House fence and the Washing! ton Monument TWIN DOUBLE QUEEN KING MEANS SAVINGS ON ALL YOUR HOME DECORATING NEEDS 104 Washington St Auburn 4 ml No of Pike Exit 12 H0UIB: Uss to in to 8:30 pm Sot SlOO 5)0 pm a Visa and Master Charge Accepted 8 DIG she said "so they could dig for the roots and find the plants that would supply the nutrition they Based on what he knows about other Indian societies Yesner said he thinks the Great Diamond village had a chieftan organization that there was some kind of ruling body which gov erned with the consent of the village "It was more complex than just a group of hunters wandering he said But so far there have been no indi cations of religion no amulets or arti facts that might suggest religious ceremonies None that is except an intriguing walrus tusk carving found by Helen Arey when she first unearthed the Great Diamond willage several years ago It is about five inches long a carving of a man with an elongated face and wearing something that looks like a hood The ivory piece was done with great detail even showing the lines in the neck But the kind of work more often associated with eskimo artisans in the Canadian north Yesner con vinced it was done by the Indians who lived on the island Instead suspects it was a trade item that Indians from Labrador either travelled down to this region or the Great Diamond Indians travelled north maybe looking for seals and that some form of trading began "There is some chance that wal ruses were down he said "but slight And I think the Indi ans here were doing that kind of But even if the inhabitants of Casco Bay carve the object the find raises several other questions about how trade routes might have been es tablished and why and how much ex changing of information and cultures occurred between the Indians here and the Eskimos that lived in the harsh climate tothe north They are some of the questions that could be answered by Yesner and his students Cozy and Comfortable INTRODUCES BRAND NAME irst Quality Comforters MACHINE WASHABLE AND DRYABLE 100 Polvester illed ACE ABRIC AND BACKING 100 COTTON NYLON OR VELLUX LUXURIOUS COLORS AND PATTERNS THAT COORDINATE BEAUTIULLYz WITH ANY BEDROOM DECOR $OO50 only $O550 only POPE vestments and stirred his gray hair Earlier in the day in an unprece dented meeting with the bishops of the troubled US church John Paul quoted their own words in charging them to maintain strict church doc trine against contraception a ban ignored by an estimated 80 percent of American Catholic couples During his tour the leader of the 700 million Catholics also has upheld church teachings concerning priestly celibacy the exclusion of women from the priesthood and the irrevocable nature of the priestly vows echoing the policies and pre aching of his predecessor Pope Paul VI But in his homily John Paul ina manner characteristic of the compas sionate receptive man seen during his US tour reached out to touch tj 1 the disaffected with this promise: IsjlTlK TnilgS "No one in the ecclesial community snatch $100000 ClCCCtf State Street Church vided before each session any of the churches in the al The Biblical Concept" of or further information call Hance family and Community will be the topic on Oct 16 ather Maurice Morin will lead the discussion at St Do Church The third session Oct 23 will be at St Church Kerry Drach will lead giving a constructive look at the need for strong family struc ture ather Larry Conley will lead the Oct 30 session at Sacred Heart The discussion will center on the connection between loneliness and health The public is invited to attend any of the meetings Drug smuggling suspects lose bid to change pleas PRSQU6 ISL: Tuesday October 30tK for registration information coll or write Maine Restaurant Association 36 Main Street Damariscotta Maine 04543 (207)563 8183 Carter staffers rush to prepare for White House visit CONCORD NH (UPI) A federal judge has informed two marijuana smuggling sus pects that too late for them to change their pleas from guilty to innocent Stephen Keefe 27 of Dover and rancis Moore 25 of Boston were among four men who pleaded guilty last month to charges of posses sion of marijuana with intent to distribute US District Court Judge Shane Devine ruled Thursday their pleas were not made in haste or confusion and that they had been adequately in formed about grand jury pro ceedings and sentencing Keefe and Moore were ar rested in May along with George Lineham 43 of San bornville and John arrell Anti colonial dies ANTANANARIVO Madagascar (AP) Dr Joseph Raseta the fiery anti rench nationalist who survived a death sentence for his anti colonial activities more than' 30 years ago has died at the age of 95two days after he was named a Hero of the Revolution it was announced today Raseta who died riday began his fight to free the East African island colony of Madagascar from rench rule in 1922 He was imprisoned frequently Bloody 1947 riots left at least 12000 persons dead and the rench co lonial authorities sentenced Raseta and others to death for their involvement 782 8057 525 Washington St Auburn 3 mi no of pike Exit 12 Special October Clearance on these selected items Ceramic Wine Brick with Coaster Keeps Wine Cool for Hours Reg $10 Now Only $795 Butter Brick Reg $10 Now Only $795 One Turn Automatic Cockscrew Raa SB Now Onlv $595 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