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ii I' i I Buffalo Evening News Vol No 58 36 Now Dead as Air Terror Goes On INVIGORATING Snow flurries today Chance snow cold tonight Snow likely tomorrow (COMPLETE REPORT ON PAGE 4) TA 1973 by Buffalo Evening News Inc Published 04 SECTIONS PpntC Second Class Postage Paid 'BUALO TUESDAY DECEMBER 18 19'73 daily at One News Plaza Buffalo 14249 rUpCS is PAGE TABLOID at Buffalo New York xevxxax vz 1 State Complete News Coverage Bi! iii Staff Photographer William Dyviniak an 8 year old mare seems to be enjoying outing too ft Bomb laden Car Storm Nearly Paralyzes Soviets Launch Blows Up Injures Much of the Northeast Manned Soyuz all Lufthansa 34 in Mid London attack 5 employ' Page 35 18 WlClcS sow a a not the The men a crowded bus killing 23 per south of Ecua of ap largest city The storm blacked out power Monday for some 125000 per sons in the Long Island area Today about 90000 of those homes were still without serv ice Tht storm extended south to northern Georgia But the' brunt of it fell on the northern section of the East Coast St1 it ire on Bus Kills 23 QUITO Dec 18 (UPI) A fire erupted in Monday night sons 75 miles dor's capital The hijackers also were re ported to have let four hostages leave the plane before they took off but the photographer said only one hostage an in jured man was freed He was believed to be an Italian police man NUMBER of terrorists Connecticut was hit hard Some 850 electrical workers had to be called in from other states to help restore power to a quarter of a million blacked out homes in the state mQSt of Brazil Train Kills RIO DE JANEIRO Dec 18 OH Eighteen persons were killed and about 20 were in jured in the head on collision of two trains on the outskirts of Salvador in northeastern Brazil the Jornal do Brazil news agency reported today 1V St Croix Records Another Killing CHRISTIANSTED I Dec 18 (UPI) A 21 year old man was shot to death by a gunman Army Attracting ewer Recruits With Diplomas WASHINGTON Dec 18 (UPI) Army got fewer high school graduates last month than it has in at least 4 years raising the specter that the all volunteer force will be filled with low quality soldiers Pentagon statistics disclosed Monday that only 38 per cent of the new male re cruits in November had high Britain Bonn Deadlock On Euromart unding BRUSSELS Dec 18 (UPI) deadlock between Britain and West Germany brought a high level meeting of the Com mon Market to a virtual stand still today Talks between for eign ministers of the nine mar ket nations broke off and a British spokesman said they would be resumed either Dec 30 or early in January At issue was the creation of a to channel Common Market funds to de pressed areas of Europe Brit ain which has many of these areas demanded as large a fund as possible about $36 billion bVer three years Ger many which would be a major contributor has refused to pro vide more than $960 million official with strong ties to con servative and middle of the road Republicans across the state Second Mr Wilson has avail able a long list of patronage posts to help cairn tne party unrest He will be able to ap point at least two new Cabinet heads two Court of 'Appeals associate judges and more than 60 Court of Claims judges to fiU special Drug Law court posts THE CABINET posts are secretary of state and environmental conservation commissioner John Lomenzo Mr secretary of state for more than 10 years an nounced last riday he would be leaving the job the first of the year Mr Lomenzo had been under fire since spring when it was revealed he intervened in the awarding of a state contract to a Niagara alls builder The environmental conserva tion post will open up Dec 26 when Henry Diamond con servation chief for three years leaves to take over as executive director of Mr national Commis sion on Critical Choices for Americans In announcing his resignation last week Mr Rockefeller said he hoped to devote his energies to the work of this commission and the Commission on Water Quality He heads both Dialogue Captain: Stop fooling around with them get those Arabs on the line I hold off these Arabs any longer Tower: giving you the Palestinians now Captain: Well talk to them now The Arabs believe me any more gone out to get the women Please bring the Pales tinians anyone answer? Tower: Have they asked for the Syrian ambassador? Captain: the last per son they want but bring hi in anyhow Come on got feeling a being played and they do too and they believe the story any more Tower: the Syrian ambassador A conversation followed in Arabic Captain: Is it possible to confirm whether two prisoners are in the building? The Arabs here have a feeling that nobody is there I like this any more Why they talk to us right away? The Arabs here understand Tower: Only because they know how to use the tele talk system Captain: It must be easy to push a button Are the Arabs there the real prisoners? Tower: The real prisoners are talking now Captain: Come on just have a few words Tower: You shall have it in five minutes Captain: Why five minutes? Why not five seconds? At that ooint the Arab guer rillas in the plane apparently seized the microphone and started shouting in Arabic previous tigure in me pasv i years was 44 per cent last De cember The proportion of high school graduates has for a long time been a standard measure of the quality of recruits However another key measure is the in telligence rating from tests given recruits The Army did well by that measure with only IS per cent of its November recruits scor ing as the mil itary term for men with below average intelligence compared with 17 per cent in the past 2 years and Baltimore to Washinton and New Jersey were closed Monday and again today TH MASSIVE storm nearlv dllCHClu C444V4 "UV g' knocked out New York City were reported using them nt snmu aeiaveu liivuva the business as con gressmen struggled into Wash ington It took the Senate 40 minutes to produce a quorum NONE 670 trains of the Long Island Rail Road which brings thousands to jobs in New York City was on schedule Some passengers were strand ed 10 hours or more The storm claimed live lives in Virginia five in New York aaH nnp each in Maryland Massachusetts and Rhode Is 8 land States of emergency were declared Monday evening in Tompkins and Cortland Coun ties due to the road conditions and the Long isiana town oi Smithtown where major power outages occurred emergency was canceled in Tompkins County early today but authorities advised resi dents not to travel unless necessary The heaviest snowfall report ed in the Empire State was 15 inches at Oneonta US Traces Guns Used in Crimes WASHINGTON Dec 18 The "Saturday night a cheap easily con cerned handgun usually 32 caliber or less has become the chief weapon of muggers ac cording to Alcohol Tobacco irearms Bureau (AT) Di rector Rex Davis He said Monday that a new study showed 70 per cent of 4f37 handguns used in street crimes in four selected cities were THE aboard the Boeing 737 jet was variously reported as three four and six They bargained by radio with representatives of the Greek government in the control tower for the release of the two guerrillas who killed three persons and wounded 55 in a machinegun attack at Athens airpost last Aug 5 The Greek government at first agreed to free the two guerrillas El Arid Shafik 22 and Khantouran Palaal 21 and had them brought to the control tower But after 14hours of negotiations a govern ment spokesman announced: have decided the two ter rorists must be brought to Diplomats from six Arab countries and from West Germany came to the airport to assist in the negotiations with the gunmen The leader of the hijackers told tower monitors during the night that there were six women and two children aboard the plane But the po lice said they knew of no chil dren aboard and only three women employes Ai i ties make good Christmas gifts You have only 5 more days to find that thin rr nlrf Rocky's Pension Set at $21150 News Albany Bureau ALBANY Dec Gov Rockefeller whose resig nation was effective today will qualify fof a pension day with the staffs of the of at least $zilbu a year it was estimated today by the State Audit Control Department fThe retire ment benefits will be based on his salary during his last three years in office which was $85000 an nually is l60th of the salary multiplied by 15 the num ber of years of Gov Rocke service to the it was explained The pension could be higher it was indicated because the governor did some work for the state in an advisory capacity be fore becoming governor in 1959 1 AUTHORITIES said 29 bodies were found in the burn ed interior of the Pan Am plane many of them still buck led in their seats Most of them could not be identified immedi ately but four were Moroccan government officials An airline spokesman said 59 passengers were booked on the flight but not all were on board when the attack occurred Eight of the nine crew mem bers were known to have sur vived the ninth a stewardess was missing Many of the survivors were injured most of them not seriously The chief pilot Andrew Erveck of Las Vegas was seen boarding the charred plane several hours after the bomb ing Witnesses said he was looking for his wife who was listed as one of the missing passengers Indiscriminate terrorism and hijackings are no longer tactics In Today's News Ann Landers 52 Bob Curran 41 Comics 37 41 Deaths 42 Editorials 40 Entertainment 67 inancial 55 58 Letters 40 Metropolitan 43 Modem Living 50 52 Second ront Page 39 Sports 59 64 TV Radio 44 Weather 4 Women's Activities53 World News 2 3 5 6 Want Ads Pages 68 75 THE victims included at least 30 persons aboard a Pan American jetlin er they firebombed on the run way at lumicino Air port early Monday afternoon and an Italian policeman they shot and killed at the airport Others were reportedly executed one by one in the hijacked jet as the terrorists dramatized their demands The Greek state radio said the pilot reported that the 12 hostages aboard the plane in cluded three crew members a stewardess five Italian police men two Italian customs offi cers and an airport worker The terrorists left Athens after the Greek government refused to release two Black September guerrillas it has had in jail since August Greek officials were not swayed by the hijackers threats to kill their hostages and blow up the plane or crash it into downtown Athens 'J ONE the 30 victims of the Pam Am firebombing a 20 year old American girl named Bonnie Dresnell died today Her home address was not know and as yet there was no total of Americans killed or wounded in the firebombing Reports from the Lufthansa plane said five persons died aboard it One was a hostage Who succumbed to wounds he suffered in Rome The reports said1 the gunmen then murder ed three more hostages and the co pilot one by one to pressure the Greek government into releasing the two terrorists it was holding The hiiackss threw one bodv off the plane One report said it approved by the Arab govern was believed to be that of an ments and the Palestine Liber Austrian stewardess but a ation Organization disclaimed photographer who viewed the any responsibility for the Rome body said it was a attack (D Wis) in testimony before a Senate health subcommittee today proposed bans on pre scription drug ads and the 20000 persons em ployed zy drug houses to call on doctors with free samples and a pitch for their latest products Quiet Ceremony rom News Wire Services ALBANY Dec 18 Lt Gov Malcolm 59 takes over the top job today as Gov Rockefeller 65 resigns to direct the activities of two national com missions Mr Wilson becomes 'the 50th governor His fami ly a few close friends and prominent Republicans were invited to the modest swearing in ceremony in the Red Room ollowing the ceremonies Mr Wilson mapped plans for social events for the remainder of the Curb on Drug Promotion Asked WASHINGTON Dec 18 (UPI) Sen Gaylord Nelson who fired from a speedjng Car Monday night It was the 12th slaying on the island of St Croix this year The murder of Ivan Williams came at a time when this tour ist dependent Caribbean island appeared to have emerged from an outbreak of killings which had destroyed its vaca tion image Only last week end Gov Mel Ojristmas! IT TT'z'm Uzirl kronokt VIII II UVUII9 Jiuiw utuuhiis tv gether major tourist interests from the and the terri tory to propose plans for re building the tourism in dustry 7 SPREADING GOOD Mrs rank Godlewski 21 Colvin Ave with her husband tells friends of her good luck in winning The Buffalo Evening News Scoreball contest The cash prize was $600 60 Insurgents Slain in Drive by Cambodia orce PHNOM PENH Dec 18 (AP) A government task force attempting to open High way 4 to the seaport of Kom pong Som killed 60 Khmer Rouge insurgents and advanced another mile along the high way the Cambodian military command said today The force is trying to clear the Khmer Rouge in an area about 38 miles west of Phnom Penh But taxi drivers reported that the insurgents have cut the road near Thnal Totung 21 miles from the capital In Phnom Penh two passers by were killed when terrorists threw a grenade at Thappana Ngin the assistant defense minister as he was leaving for his office Mr Ngin was hurt and reported one of terrorists was captured executive mansion executive chamber and members of the Legislative Correspondents As sociation Tapped to administer the for mal oath of office was Charles Breitel chief judge elect of the State Court of Appeals Outgoing Chief Judge Stanley uld is recuperating from minor surgery and was unable to attend Tomorrow Gov Wilson Will hold his first gubernatorial news conference A EW STORM clouds were gathering even as Mr Wilson was celebrating his finest day in 35 years of state politics irst is a feud within Repub lican ranks over the recent indictment of GOP Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea and five other Republicans for al leged violations of the Election I nw Some assemblymen are re ported io oeneve uiai ivu problems are political in nature and that the election charge was intended to dampen his prospects for obtaining the Republican gubernatorial nomi nation next year Mr Wilson is considered the front runner for the nomination and some observers speculated that Mr? resigna tion was designed to give Mr Wilson a power base to gain the bid MEANWHILE however Mr Wilson has several positive points going for him as he takes over the 1 1 Link ct i Tk 1 1 rel ar and PnidaV' i 1 Tkfi wnret rirSl He lb an wpencuvvu loose auavKS in wwwi lhuiouuj unu st 4 and generally well Hkea electea Continues An extended siege frigid temperatures pears likely for the Buffalo area as the weatherman expect the mercury to climb much past freez ing through Saturday Look for a light snowfall overnight and a 60 per cent chance of snow tomorrow with high temperatures reaching the mid 20s after lows near 5 The weather grounded most air travelers Monday between Buffalo and New York when a snow and ice storm hit New York and other major airports in the northeast I fllAC How they relate mental patients To Study Sun United Press International MOSCOW Dec 18 Soviet Union launched two into earth orbit today in a Soyuz spacecraft the official news agency Tass said It said the cosmonauts would remain in orbit several days making studies of the sun and testing the Soyuz spacecraft of the same type that will rendez vous with American astronauts Guard engineer battalion to jn 1975 The announcement saia tne spacecraft is piloted by Cmdr Piotr Klimuk and light Engineer Valentin Lebedev cosmonauts feel Tass reported systems on board function In the past the Soyuz series has been used for linkups of two manned satellites in space The initial Tass announcement however made no mention of any plans for an immediate second launch Tass said Soyuz 13 a launched at 2:55 PM Moscow time (6:55 AM EST) "in con formity with the program of exploring near earth The design of the Soviet space vehicle was changed after three men died in a Soyuz accident in 1971 Soyuz is the Russian word for The last Soviet manned flight was last Sept 27 when cosmo nauts Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov went aloft for two days in a successful test of the redesigned Soyuz Two cosmonauts in a Soyuz and three Americans in an Apollo spacecraft are to dock in space in 1975 Neither of the men in flight was scheduled to make the joint flight with the Ameri cans Pilot's Desperation ills Radio Associated Presi ATHENS Dec 18 Just before two Palestinian prison ers spoke to the hijackers of a German airliner from the Athens airport control tower Monday a source monitored this conversation between the plane's captain and the tower: Captain: already well past the deadline They've al ready killed four and not joking Now got three women outside the cabin and their guns are pointed at them Tower: All right hold on a minute take it easy Captain: Come on bring their Palestinian friends to talk to them getting very nervous or sake the situation is desperate notL going to wait any more Tower: Hold on we're hav ing technical problems here The Arabs here know how use the equipment Wilson Becomes 50th Governor in Associated Press BEIRUT Dec 18 Arab terrorists who killed an estimated 36 persons at Rome and Athens airports began a search for a haven in the Middle East today in their hijacked West German jetliner After a night of terror at the Athens airport during which they reported murdered four hostages the gunmen took off with 12 hostages in the Lufthan sa Boeing 737 The Lebanese government refused to let them land in Massacre in Rome: A night mare of horror and death PAGE 3 Picture on the Picture Page Beirut and they put down in Damascus the Syrian capital The commander of the Syr ian air force appealed repeat edly for the release of the hostages but the hijackers re fused The Syrians agreed to refuel the plane for a flight to Bagh dad the capital of Iraq and the plane took off again from Damascus Arab Hijackers Leave Damascus Head for Iraq ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH One horsepower vehicle seem to be enjoying their trip along Center St in the very effective today is a sleigh in working Lakeview section of the Town of Hamburg Patches order Bob Payne at the reins and his friend Al Hooper saia 04 persons wcic iniuicu umc tha first Aflr homh hnndrpds nf thnnsands attack in the British capital homes snarled traffic and man called it "the worst ice since last March Seven mem caused at least 13 deaths hers of the Irish Republican Army were sentenced to life spokesman said there was imprisonment a month ago for threat of a similar storm man was killed and 200 but added that the storm could injured Two of those impri slip off the Atlantic Coast south soned sisters Dolours and Mar of New York ian Price are on a hunger Many school systems includ strike and are being force fed ing those from Richmond Va in Brixton Prison Most of the casualties today were cut by flying glass or suffering from severe shock But at least 15 were taken to hospitals The bomb went off outside a Home Office building several hundred vards from the Houses of Parliament just as thousands were closed in the of government worxers were getting to their desks The blast reduced the car to rubble damaged nearby vehi cles and blew out windows in adjacent buildings The Home Office is responsi ble for the police and prisons in Britain and Northern Ireland It has been expecting a new wave of Irish terrorism in Bri tian since the conviction of the March bombers and reports from intelligence sources in Belfast that suspected terror ists had been going from North ern Ireland to London Two letter bombs were re ported in London Monday and one of them blew off the right thumb of Brig Michael 54 an aide to Queen Elizabeth II The bomb was in a hol lowed out paperback book that was delivered to his' home in the Chelsea district storm in at least 20 A National Weather Service Connecticut Gov Thomas Mociri activatea a National begin clearing fallen trees and other debris early today Two other guard units were on standby Evacuation shelters were readied in New England schools and clubhouses for vic tims of blackouts who need electricity for heat Twenty two Connecticut communities set up shelters and 200 to 300 persons with rain sleet and snow Power and telephone lines snapped There were blackouts and heatless homes Schools rom Newt Wire Services NEW YORK Dec 18 Sleet snow and freezing rain Associated prest have combined to nearly para LONDON Dec 18 A car yze much of the Northeast knmk Avnlnrtad mitcidp a MW4IM vov ine Storm lust UL UIC hcaaun eminent office building in cen tQ blanket the region crusted them in the bedroom suburbs tral London today and police much the northern Atlantic just north of New York City Coast Monday blacked out 1 or A POWER company spoxes as I VR Wk A Vi 9 4' A 9 9 am rigid Spell El nr lift fe viaPN BMat msi 9z 9 fi ta a 4 Uinnfl an Tayxv 1 I 3.