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y1 Counties Edition: Serving Eden Gowanda Springville Batavia Colden Boston Warsaw Attica Holland Silver Creek Arcade MICROILM THIS PAGE The Buffalo News Lubi 111 1 r9Vjgv 1 OlJ fall Lifestyles araway so close: Pursuing love from a distance PageC7 cum Show a trip into memory and scandal Page 22 RRS owte Periods of rain high near 60 Saturday PageA2 82 Pages RIDAY SEPTEMBER 30 1994 50 Cents TV stations rom News Wire Services COtog See uneral Page A7 A Elvis Presley See Rats Page 1 US troops seize radio Canadian ESPN re Thursday in Haiti Explosion kills 5 hurts 40 at rally President Clinton who had made the bill a priority on his reform agenda called it major step toward changing about 250 people most of them Hispanic Ms Adduci said the event was open to all depart ment employees although sever al non Hispanic employees said privately that they were not en couraged to take the afternoon off It is part of the diversity pro which has spent $10000 to put on similar programs for African Americans and female employees a very community ori ented department spokeswoman Gail Tyner Taylor said out there working with folks more than most (state) departments and we have to understand and respect the in New York State do it in the manner of a celebration (and not) by hav ing people sit at their desks and tell them to respect each other and understand each she said Posnjak Police practically outnumbered bik ers and observers outnumbered mourners Now police are turning their atten tion to planned funeral in Rochester for Michael Quale a for mer leader of the rival Hells Angels who was killed along with Posnjak last Sunday at Lancaster Speedway far very relieved at the way things are said Cheekto waga Police Capt Thomas Rowan who helped arrange funeral procession on Thursday Hells Angels kept their pledge to us that they bother the funeral But all the police agencies in this area will be on alert until this weekend is Nearly 100 bikers from several dif ferent gangs including the Outlaws NEW DELHI India New Delhi closed all schools and movie theaters today after the plague killed two people in the capital and gripped the city with fear More residents are wearing face masks on the streets to avoid pneumonic plague germs The epidemic began killing people in the western city of Surat on Sept 20 and the disease has spread widely since hundreds of Jcousands there fled their homes Authorities say at least 56 people includ ing 54 in Surat have died in first outbreak of the plague in nearly 30 years Unofficial estimates put the death toll at more than 300 If caught early the disease can be cured with antibiotics such as tetracycline which require prescriptions in India But many pharmacies quickly ran out of the anti biotics and others are selling them on the black market Many people reportedly arc taking the drugs before they even suffer early symptoms such as coughing and fever Pneumonic plague is more virulent than the bubonic plague that devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th century If untreated it is almost 100 percent fatal Travel to and from India meanwhile was being restricted or monitored by countries afraid the plague would spread Air ship and train service to and from In dia was canceled or monitored by PakT'an Bangladesh South Korea and many Mideast ern countries The United States and other countries in Europe and Asia were monitor ing air passengers from India Measures to keep the plague out of China have been submitted to the Cabinet for ap proval but the health ministry refused to dis the culture of the The bill imposing strict new gift rules and tightening reporting require ments on lobbyists may be the only ma jor survivor in what had been an ambi tious reform agenda pushed by Clinton and congressional Democrats The measure was approved on a vote of 306 112 Voting for it were Reps John Laalce Town of Ton awanda and Jack Quinn Hamburg Voting against the lobbying bill were Reps Amory Houghton Jr Cor ning and Bill Paxon Amherst It was sent to the Senate where backers say no major opposition has surfaced But the vote belied the difficulty of steering the bill to passage The mea ASHINGTON The House vot ed Thursday to end the age old practice of lobbyists buying meals and entertain ment for members of Congress part of the most sweeping rewrite of lobbying laws in nearly half a century bill says no to the freebie seeking members of the House of Rep resentatives a small minority of this House that create a bad impression for the rest of said Rep John Bryant Texas the primary spon sor sure barely survived an earlier proce dural vote 216 205 after an attack led by Republicans House members rejected last minute arguments from conservative Christian groups that it would infringe on their rights to lobby Congress on moral is sues by requiring them to report grass roots lobbying activities Congressional switchboards were swamped It bans virtually all gifts from lobby ists and with a handful of exceptions would bar acceptance of anything more than a $20 meal from non lobbyists Members of Congress still would be allowed to accept travel expenses if re lated to an official function such as making a speech or fact finding WNY Highlights Cattaraugus County budget will hold tax hike to 3 percent or less official predicts B5 County policy of charging municipalities for polling places draws fire B5 Chautauqua County businesses create sure for Columbus Day festivities B5 Lackawanna schools improve special educa tion programs see state aid retored B5 Rare Breed Kingsmen Nomads and the Disciples took part in a procession that was loud but not un ruly Hundreds of spectators lined the streets between the Michael A Di Vincenzo uneral Home on East Lovejoy Street and St Cemetery in West Seneca where Po snjak was buried in a grave marked with black flowers Leading the procession were Harry Bowman national president of the Outlaws and David Thornton president of the Buffalo chap ter On this day the bikers went with out helmets and the police did not bother them Before funeral police PORT AU PRINCE American soldiers seized control of state run television and radio early today as US troops laid out the biggest show of force seen in the capital since arriving to help restore democracy Soldiers in tanks cleared the two main communications buildings before stringing up barbed wire and preventing employees from entering assessment of that is that na tional television and radio was in illegal hands namely the hands of the illegal US ambassador to Haiti William Swing said on ABC Morning program continue to broadcast vitriolic statements about (exiled) President (Jean Bertrand) Aristide attacking ev erything that trying to do here in restoring democracy and it was high time that that be As soldiers manned tank positions along a main road into Port au Prince to prevent unrest on the anniversary of the 1991 military coup overthrowing Aristide some Haitians began a looting spree in the poor port area near where an explosion Thursday killed five peo ple and wounded more than 40 In a bloody attack on the US orchestrated return to elected rule a grenade exploded in front of a pro de mocracy demonstration Hundreds of people fled in panic leaving the dead and injured in a circle on the ground US soldiers and mili tary police who sped in to investigate detained three men after firing more than 200 rounds into a warehouse But after they left chaos reigned A group of men pried open the metal doors of a food store believed owned by feared Police Capt Joseph Michel rancois and scrambled on top of each other to grab bags of rice and other supplies Hundreds of Haitians looted the building stealing bags of cement wood en pallets even iron bars pulled from the foundation and gratings ripped from windows Angry chants of has to referring to army chief Raoul Cedras arose after the explo sion Cedras has agreed to step down by Oct 15 There was no immediate claim of re sponsibility but marchers widely blamed pro army gunmen who have slain thou sands in political violence since soldiers deposed Aristide A pro Aristide priest the Rev Ge rard Jean Juste blamed the rightist ront for the Advancement and Prog ress of Haiti for the blast The grenade was thrown at a crowd of several thousand who had just wit nessed the return of freely elected May or Evans Paul to his post in City Hall Endeavour lifts off on 10day mission CAPE CANAVERAL la (AP) After a month delay Endeavour thundered into or bit at sunrise today with the most pow erful civilian space radar capable of piercing clouds plants sand and ice The space shuttle soared over the Atlantic and up along the East Coast appearing as a bright star in the clear sky astronauts were eager to get going Their first launch attempt in August ended with a last second engine shutdown During this 10 day flight the radar will search for buried treasures along the Silk Road once traveled by Marco Polo map the mist shrouded home of endangered moun tain gorillas and track oil intentionally dumped into the North Sea by oceanographers And then there are the more traditional ra dar uses the focus of this mission and the one in April: surveying volcanoes forests oceans and rivers for clues about global dhange Sabres give Council 2 week deadline The Buffalo Sabres have given the Common Council two weeks to come up with $27 mil lion to start digging for the Crossroads Arena If construction does not start before the ground freezes the project may be dead Sabres point man Lawrence Quinn warned Thursday Council members are reluctant to release the money until agreements between the team and the city are signed Story on Cl Drugs ruled out in death of Elvis State may pitch relief to players ALBANY (AP) Don Mattingly on the dole? It could happen in New York the only state where striking major league baseball players will be eligible for unemployment benefits But State Sen Joseph Holland New City said Thursday he will introduce a bill next year that Would prohibit striking players from re ceiving benefits New York is one of only two states that provides unemployment benefits to strikers The other Rhode Island has no ma jor league baseball team ear permeates capital as plague spreads 1 rom News Wire Services House votes to toughen rules for lobbyists Bill imposes strict guidelines on buying gifts meals for members of Congress Associated Press MEMPHIS Tenn (AP) A state re view of Elvis Pres medical records found no evidence that the coroner lied when he said Presley died of heart disease in 1977 at age 42 of ficials said Thursday is no basis to conclude that any person willfully and knowingly made false statements on the death certificate of Elvis the state Health Department said There long has been speculation that his death was caused by drug abuse The Health Department statement contained no mention of drugs night that the NHL board of governors has re jected a no stnke no lockout proposal by the players Bettman said the board considered the proposal to play under last con tract terms and is scheduled to respond at a new conference at 1 pm today ESPN said the league wanted to announce its decision today so the owners would have time to come to New York for the announcement Story on Bl Associated Press A health worker hands out antibiotics Thursday to residents of Surat India Hopes dimming for hockey season to open as offer is spumed The path has been cleared for National Hockey league Com missioner Gary Bett man to postpone Sat scheduled opening of the NHL season The Press and ported State DMV pays $5000 to fete Hispanic workers Party designed to boost morale By JON SORENSEN News Albany Bureau ALBANY State tax mon ey totaling $5000 paid for la menco dancers a salsa band and a catered lunch Thursday to help Hispanic workers at the Department of Motor Vehicles better about department officials said do certain things for our employees during the year to make them feel needed and wanted and that benefits our customers so we do think to use state funds department Commissioner Pat ricia Adduci said of the lun cheon and four hour Afternoon program think also very impor tant for our Hispanic employees to take pride in their she said also important for the rest of us who are not His panic to understand and have better knowledge of that The program drew RON MOSCATIBuffalo News Motorcyclists leave St Matthew Cemetery in West Seneca after graveside services Thursday for the Outlaws gang leader shot to death Sunday at Lancaster Speedway ears defused as police bomb squad watch funeral proceed peacefully tsy DAIN HtKBtCK and MICHAEL BEEBE News Staff Reporter It was the only recent local funeral watched by a SWAT team and a bomb squad with more than 100 po lice officers providing security It was a funeral where mourners wore black black leather motorcy cle jackets with gang colors sewn on the back And it was a funeral where the three member police motorcade lead ing the procession was outnumbered 30 to by Harley Davidsons behind them But no shots were fired No bombs went off Nobody was harassed or at tacked at procession and memorial service for Outlaws motor cycle gang leader Walter fttjTERNOON LINE murnii 1 3 Aw 4 7 Vi OWfW? risk a Business A9 Home GardenC9 Classified I B7 Lifestyles I C7 Comics C1 2 LocalC5 Crossword I B1 7 Notebook I C4 Deaths C6 People C8 Editorial Page I C2 Sports I B1 Gusto Television C10 Jingo numbers are on Page C13 This newspaper is printed in part on recycled paper and is recyclable or spec'fic recyclmg information phone the municipal offices in your community A MOflfO Jins PAGE s'rs rvf 4 irs ri Lifestyles.