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fl I Ik I II sc The buffalo news Local News lll II I II I I II I I 1 I II I II I Ill II SOUTH EDITION riday April 26 1985 Viewpoints 3 News Power 4 Living 7 Metropolitan News 5 Television 9 Griffin Sets the Stage for Philharmonic Grant proposed sale lease back deal involving Board OKs awi Armed Robbers The program will include a operators but there were no SOUTH EDITION reducing the power production at both US and Canadian power re are flow of water out of Lake Superior It said the move will result in a 17 inch drop in the Lake Erie water level by fall The commission action is aimed at reducing to the extent possible harm due to high water conditions in the lower the commission said adding: reductions will be realized in October and November which is TO APPRECIATE the cheekiness compare 1984 reve nue figures for CBS with those for TV flagship Atlan ta superstation WTBS Last year WTBS came out $10 million to the good After expenses employers reported $212 million worth of gravy Which means that for each dollar of profit amassed by WTBS CBS piled up $2120 Bigger fleas have put futile moves on smaller elephants I make $10 million in 1984 but when talking about billions of dollars in junk promises a few more pounds of highly speculative paper? I can come up with the dol lar down keep up with the dol lar a week and match Turner empty promise for empty promise Because I live in the most litigious region South lorida be putting a few extra miles on the car every day cruising around in search of a whiplash Every bus bench and one out of every seven bill boards carries the name of a lawyer eager to protect my rights as a wounded citizen even if the injury was caused by my own clumsy stupidity nnlr nnch nnrl couaral Luvlk I VUull) uiiu uvlv4Ui i4tuu frnm fno inntim 1 The my line was popularized by Eastwood in a film in which he played a street cop ar resting several suspects in the act of committing a crime Driver Training Class Set The three hour training program flatbed trucks for moving to move cars without wheels or afraid they might damage their equipment Others have no place to store the vehicles or do not want to Ontario are the only lakes where flows and levels are regulated I I GET hit in front of the right bus bench and luck into a really savage phone number there will be more than enough money for everybody Why would I want to own CBS? Because Ted Turner might be one of Jesse 3 million closest conservativefriends Working together they could create a programming shambles t' Turner would throw in hun dreds of hours of fair baseball bad basketball deadly dull boat racing and the entire WTBS li brary of Mother the reruns Jesse would line up the faith healers produce the show Khan Beats the put the Marlboro Man in charge of all advertising and establish a network theme song Gets in Your What changes would I make? Not too many and Mary Tyler Moore would be revived There would be a weekly one hour program enti tled "Media Nothing elaborate But it would be a mistake for any print journalist to play fast and loose with this column cleared before they can legally take possession of it Operators are al lowed to charge owners $25 for the towing While the Buffalo auto pound is aimed primarily at reducing ed to reduce the level of Lake Michigan and Huron by 35 inches St Clair by 24 inches and Erie by 17 inches over the next six montns without raising Lake Superior more fwnM SIGN WELCOME Renata Lefcort looks for students from Dortmund at the Deutches Haus where a group from German sister city met host families Thursday Other Dort was greeted today by city officials GAIL McGEEBuffalo News munders tired from their journey sit at a table waiting for the next round of activity The delegation from sister city Several councilmen said they are in favor of the city operating a pound possibly at the public works garage on Reddon Street Council President Leonard Janicki sug gested that a temporary pound be used to clear the city of junk cars and then the city could return to the system of private tow operators Chief Deren said he researched a city run operation in 1972 and esti mated then it would cost the city $140000 a year for it 1000 percent if the city can afford the chief said Mr Grisanti said Buffalo uses its storage facility for storing stolen vehicles cars on which registra tions have expired and vehicles owned by people who have not paid parking fines By towing these vehi cles the city makes more money on towing and storage fees and is able By GEORGE GATES Mayor Griffin Thursday started action on a midyear transfer of funds that would allow a $100000 special grant from the city to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Transfer documents were sent by the mayor to city Comptroller Robert Whelan who must approve them before the fund shift can go before the Common Council Robert Gioia president of the Philhar monic said the extra $100000 would assure the orchestra a balanced budget for the cur rent year and allow it to reduce its accumu lated deficit Mr Gioia said that deficit ranges between $650000 and $700000 The $100000 would be in addition to a $142000 grant in aid to the Philharmonic made when the 1984 00 city ouaget was adopted for the fiscal year beginning July 1 The city1 recently has made two midyear grants totaling $125000 to Buffalo Theater but they are uncommon events otherwise Unlike the theater which faced a closing without a quick transfusion the Phil harmonic is not threatened with an early close of its season Mr Gioia said In a press release Mayor Griffin said the grant has been initiated partially because the proposed sale lease back deal involving while his disapproval would block the grant The comptroller said he will meet with or chestra representatives early next week He said one question is: we reducing (the ability to finish our fiscal year in a strong position?" Mr Whelan also said it is to tie the proposed transfer to the sale lease back deal that was bad in the first prior to the time the most severe Lake Superior will be controlled by stormsoccur Lake Erie water levels hit record highs this month and in plants at Sault Ste Marie and by Typewriter Ribbin' at one time Lackawanna may tow water available to power produc just several hundred cars a year tion at Niagara but reducing prob mIaaa i A amai AMA amatam nt AAA At AA ATirt nntMnrrn UlllUbb Ultxv IS 1 CH1V1 HtrilUV lento ut cl uoiutt aitu uaiuaKC Chief Deren said Lackawanna The order is directed at the Lake towed 230 cars during Superior Board of Control The IJC blizzard said the order will have little effect The chief said the city tried at 1 on Lake Ontario which is regulated tion allowing municipalities to dis one time to contract with1 tow by the US and Canadian govem pose of junk or unclaimed autos faster than businesses or private bidders citizens Isfew By PAUL MocCLENNAN News Environmental Reporter The International Joint Commission in a complicated maneuver Thursday reduced the March leading shoreline urooertv nates in the ranids at tl AW At A A lw A Ot Am! AM A 4 114 uwiieis lu vuiue icaia uiai me ouuet oi uaKe ouperior erosion and property damage may Sally Spires of the commission be caused by a combination of staff said the changes are calculat winds mgn water ana waves The commission noted that while Lake Superior was 7 inches below its all time high set in 1951 Lakes Michigan Huron St Oair and Erie are all at record levels A spokesman for the commission in Washington said the flows out of and Kleinhans Music Hall "could not be brought to The deal involving the sale of the two city owned buildings to investors for a tax shelter collapsed in December Mr Gioia said the Philharmonic had been counting on about $400000 from the deal to go toward deficit reduction The nrooosed fund transfer would take niare money from the ire personnel Meanwhile Mayor Griffin says he plans to lines in the budget and shift it to a Philhar recommend that the grant in the monic grant 1985 86 budget be $188000 up $45500 from the Mr Whelan said he wants to study the 1984 85 grant The recommendation transfer before deciding what to do His ap will be made when he sends his budget to the proval would lead to Council consideration Council Wednesday Ray Hill Takes an In Depth Look At Enigmatic Mayor of Buffalo Lackawanna Studying Junk Auto Disposal By BARBARA O'BRIEN News South Towns Bureau Lackawanna city officials looked to Buffalo Thursday afternoon for advice on handling iunk cars but made no decisions on resolving wait for the title of the car to be problems with its own towing procedure Lawrence A Grisanti directorof Division of Parking En forcement and John Womer super intendent of towing and storage operations explained poli cy of towing and storing junk cars that allows the city to auction un claimed cars after giving owners a 10 day notice Since Buffalo oper ates its own storage facility it is' able to take advantage of legisla low of Lake Superior Reduced To Lower Lake Erie by the all By STEVE WELLER Some Have He has turned a debt ridden city into one with a modest budget i surplus He has promoted down I town redevelopment and water I front renewal He has prodded Albany the business community and the populace to build a new downtown stadium And along the way he has made enemies He has wielded power absolutely He has been rude and ruthless This is Jimmy Griffin long on substance short on style the iconoclast the enigmatic populist who runs Buffalo as Richard Daley ran Chicago in the News columnist Ray Hill talked to scores of community leaders friends and foes of the mayor to come up with a compelling even handed portrait of Mayor Griffin a narrative readers will notamX Xa maAaa HHVbba CiBt4ntv In a wain lu uudd ouuuajr ui lhc News Jimmy Griffin cent increase The Com pensation insurance will be carried by the New York State Insurance und at a $16993 premium rate? The board named Jack Sil vernail as junior high baseball coach and created but did not fill the post of junior varsity field hockey coach The board also nominated Judith Katz of Williamsville for a second term as area representative on the State School Boards Association: mt i amJ a XUa ine trustees uruereu uich uic Edward Allen Auditorium in the high school be closed until a check is made of its asbestos content A as check is scheduled to begin today Church Plans orum On inancial Plans The Ebenezer United Church of Christ is sponsoring a Planned Giv ing Seminar to help individuals plan their money programs at 8:45 am Saturday in the church office ments It is already at normal levels generated by regular re might be able to set un a leases of water through the St (system) should pay for it pound and subcontract everything Lawrence River Superior and seu ana it does ihe worst junk car else out mt unsanti saia can get a minimum of $25 at anauction it pays for Mr Grisanti told the Lackawanna City Council and other city officials Lackawanna does not operate a and relies on private towing businesses to transport and store the junk cars Police Chief Jo seph Deren said the cost would ne promoitive tor Lackawanna to maintain its own pound But the city is running into problems with tow operators who must store the cars they tow on their own property towing services we have are very reluctant to come in With the we have to go through with the state it takes 30 to 60 days before they can get rid of a Chief Deren said The chief said local operators volunteer to be called to tow vehi are called on a rotating towing and storage fees and is abl Some operators do not hAve to make the system self sustaining Budget Hike or Schools The Akron Board of Education Thursday approved a $7424890 budget for the 1985 86 year up about 63 percent from this figure But because of a 93 percent in crease in state aid a boost that brings the aid to about $42 million the overall estimated property tax rate will decline slightly Dr David ish district super intendent said that some assessed value tax rates in the three county district will drop and some will rise only slighly District residents will vote on the budget June 11 They will also be asked to fill a single seat on the Board of Education The post is now held by Richard Casseri board president who is seeking re election At its 6 hour meeting Thurs day the board received a petition signed by about 100 persons re questing an election proposition to reduce school trustee terms from five to three years The trustees voted to end a long standing practice that assigned the same teacher to first and second grade pupils Dr ish expressed surprise on learning that the proposed settle ment by a number of creditors in the Lion Capital Group bankruptcy has been rejected by the ederal Bankruptcy Court He said that the district may have to borrow funds because the approximately $300000 first pay ment expected from the settlement would have been enough to carry the district through the remainder of the school year In the wake of approv al of a $2395000 building renova tion bond issue the Board of Education retained Munistat Serv ices of Buffalo as its fiscal adviser and Willkie arr and Gallagher of New York as its bond counsel The board also awarded its insurance business to the red Thomas Agency of Akron with Television Tower Is Approved by Colden Board i The Colden town Board voted 4 1 Thursday to approve an applica tion by recently licensed Channel 49 to erect a 1000 foot television tower in the town The television company filed its application for a building permit early today and a special use per mit also will be processed said Town Supervisor William Millen The $750000 tower is to be built on a site owned by Albert and Ruth Kerl about 2500 feet from Par tridgeRoad WUTH EDITION An Eye for A Bargain A WORD to the wise: Whoever edits this column had best not mess with it By the end of May I might be in a position to attack your compe tence personally on national network television Plans are under way at this very moment for a takeover of CBS riendly I hope but hos tile if necessary The idea of owning a TV net work never occurred to me not until Ted Turner and Jesse Helms revealed their plans for acquiring control of CBS Helms senior senator from North Carolina and the tobacco best friend started it all a few months ago He asked his 3 million closest conserv ative friends to buy up enough of the stock to fire Dan Rather and replace him with Oral Roberts Some of disciples' apparently didn't kick in Rath er is still reading the nightly news and Oral is still shaking down the faithful on Sunday mornings Enter Ted Turner Interna tional yacht racer Owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Atlanta Hawks baske teers Small time TV mogul turned medium time looking to be big time Because he has offended a few score people at cocktail parties and on boat rides he have 3 million friends So Turner has come up with a better strategy He has offered network stockholders a dollar down a dollar a week a couple of billion bucks worth of what Wall Street insiders call and a promise to sell everything CBS owns except the Big Eye Steal Line rom Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood never would have approved That was the assessment of Kensington Station police late Thursday night after two holdup men robbed an East Side mzza deliveryman by pointing a gun at premiums set at $30831 a 25 per tkn fonfl Utlri IWltinff thP line my popularized hv the apt nr in his film series' 1 rlil fl tArr TJnwrltr vaiiccio oaiu uunvci vxiiqii avciiiuj than 7 inches Withrow 31 of Pizza The commission noted that while 2534 Bailey Ave told them he was Lake Superior is 7 inches below taking a delivery to a Manhattan record levels Michigan and Huron Avenue address when the two men are 1 inch above the record St approached him on the street about Io A innlinr ihAT'O thn T'nr'nT'H 10:30 001 and Erie is 3 inches above its The victim said one of the siis record set in 1973 pects pointed the gun at him and While lake shippers would nor uttered actor famous mally welcome high water levels line before he and his accomplice because it provides extra draft their vessels for heavier cargoes the Detroit District of the US Army Corps of Engineers said levels in Lake Superior have dim med this prospect because many the cargoes originate in Lake Su perior and there the extra water to permit the heavier cargoes The action in ef fect damming up Lake Superior reqUjred for ay new drivers will be 630 Main St West Seneca rinln at UI IvTav in thn Tha nrnrrT'arn will innlnda a stores an average of 300 to 400 cars levels in the lower lakes cutting Maryvale Continuing Community panel with a banker lawyer invest A AM A Al A A a1 A A A Ma A A A A AVI A TA fll A A A TlAUAn An A1 1 1A MMM A Education Building Maryvaie ment broker insurance agent bOt Drive Cheektowaga All students cial Security representative and a must have a state permit church representative The seminar A A IT A Ha A I A AA vm I I AV 1 1 A tu uinc uivtiaM will triiu cxi az iu p111 4 LL I WSMMV 'r mJ Jhr 4HH vhHMIB 9s.