Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - March 23, 1977, Altoona, Pennsylvania CITY EDITION The Circulation of the Altoona Mirror TAe Tonight Cold snow flurries Low in the upper ecus Thursday Variable cloudiness High in the Complete Report Page 0 VOL PHONE ALTOONA PA MARCH 23 1977 Officials Blasted For Cutting Boulevard Plans PHIL RAY SUM Writer Amid verbal blasts from toona Mayor William C fer the Altoona Area tation Study Committees afternoon asked POT to review area highway In order lo save the Valley Boulevard ty Mayor aimed his blasts at James B Chiles di- of bureau of research and programming and other officials from the DOT general office in Harris burg Mr Chiles said that he was one cut the Valley safely ject from the program when it was ed the county's top priority program Route 453 east of T re tie had suddenly escalated m cost from million to about million In order to carry rone project and still slay in the hounds ot Blair County's allocation on he gram Mr Chiles eliminated the Pleasant Valley Boulevard safety program nnd several other safety projects along with Woodcock Panel to Carter Kept By HELEN WASHINGTON THOMAS I P 1 President Carter arranged today for a personal report from his fact-finding sion on Americans missing in Vietnam and the outlook for a Soviet officials despite rising tensions over Carter's strong on human rights Powell told reporters Carter welcomes and agrees with viet Leader Leonid Brezhnev's statement that he has the right to on American in- beginning for the affairs and does not feel Southeast Asia Pleased with results of the mission Carter arranged to receive the members headed by United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock this morning The White House planned also to unveil today the salary increases Carter has approved for some 50 top-level aides Press Secretary Jody Powell said the amounts are 29 per cent maximum permitted by law Carter's aides are eligible for salary hikes under the same legislation that gave raises to members of Congress and other top officials earlier New Start Seen Besides establishing the firs direct U.S diplomatic contacts with Vietnam nnd Laos since the lend of the war the Woodcock commission fid officials in Hanoi to turn over the remains of I1 Americans who lost their lives as a result of the tressed told reporters the portended a new beginning n Southeast Asia in the aftermath of The Vietnam war Meantime Carter ahead with preparations fo Secretary of Stale Vance's trip to Moscow Frida for serious and constructive arms talks wit support of Soviet win torpedo the own alks Will Meet Ford do not fear open debate m the principles which guide mr respective societies before he court of world said but sve frankly tate that for our own part we will not allow this open debate to stand in the way of to Route Creek road Traveled Mayor pointed hat Pleasant Valley s one of the heaviest traveled in this part the state with cars a day mayor and Blair County Commissioner Colson E members of the coordinating committee ot Altoona Area Transportation Study asked questions of the Perm officials attended the coordinating and technical committee meet ing In After of di cussion Mr Jones finally the asking to review the cost o the Route 453 project cast Tyrone in an attempt to cu down the cost of that project review proposed improvement to Pleasant Valley Boulevard tu see if that project also e pared down and review th of obtain ins stat funds for Ih Valley project Mr Chiles told District 9 En Robert chair nan of the coordinating com that the Pleasant V ey project should continue a east to public to se ust which alternatives pul will accept After the pul hearing Peon DOT ave an even precise esl iate of the the projec 17th St Advice Rejected Another suggestion by M hiles that Seventeenth Street me of tbe top priority programs ing a desiri nd publicly to seriously and in good faith to reduce the burden of the race and o the ol nuclear destruction that nou endangers all the people of thi world The president mel with the National Security Council Tues day to wrap up a package o proposals for a new strategi arms agreement Vance wi present the package to Sovie officials The President plans lo hold nationally televised news con ference at p.m ESI Thursday He also plans to se Former Mike Mansfield former Gerald For later in the afternoon QUEEN ENDS VISIT ADELAIDE Australia Thousands of chee ing people turned out in light rai Wednesday to bid farewell t zabeth as she ended stay in the South Queen Eliza on the high vay development program bt and the money switch id to Pleasant Valley Boule rard was rejected Mayor Stouffer said that would solving one problem by ating another Tbe Seventeenth Street eel is considered tbe lifeline on page column ft PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Ford Critical Of Russia's Arms Buildup By United Press International President Gerald Ford said today a massive military by the Soviet Union Saccharin Record Defended WASHINGTON Ex on rats that linket cancer lo a heavy saccharin chances for a nuclear arms agreement Ford called his with the mocks the hope of peace and Russians to place a ceiling on arms a giant step away from a rendezvous with nuclear destruction But tn his first major foreign policy statement since leaving White House he warned the Soviet Union has em- barked on a massive military buildup that mocks the hope of peace and threatens the chance tor a meaningful arms accord Sees Difficult Talks In remarks prepared for delivery to luncheon of Eisenhower exchange students intake were at Union Club Ford said one of several scientists op- lne upcoming SALT to a proposed FDA ban be difficult on the sugar substitute says A group of scientists testified But he debate Tuesday against the Food Drug Administration's action saying the benefits of charin especially for the nation's 11 million diabetics outweigh he bladder cancer risk Can diabetes be controlled without artificial It's said Dr Arnold Brown of the Mayo Medical School but awfully tough Kurt added that confirming the Paul to be chief U.S arms THE ALTOONA TOWER reflects the Spring sunlight The er is now nearly 50 per cent completed Studs for interior partitions are being erected as the plumbing heating and air-conditioning craftsmen ceed with their work The granite facades on the first floor are also being installed The temporary hoist on the exterior of the ing will be removed this Summer and the panels applied to give the exterior a finished appearance The project is scheduled for completion in August 1979 Other Strike Names From Area Solons Ask Election Of Chairmen John P Milliron and Michael E CassEdy will propose that the state House elect its chairmen by caucus of having them appointed sneaker and that there be er rules for employes of mem bers of General Assembly The House is considering reform of its rules and the two amendments by local Cardinal's Death In Called a Family Vendetta negotiator Senate issued his warning to Soviet The Soviet buildup has not our attention and the Stales will not accept a treaty that leaves our in jeopardy Ford declared the Soviet Union must be assured thai every responsible leader in this country regardless of political affiliation is commuted to the success of these talks and that ali stand behind the President medical professor and his associates -in the hope the chances ot or an effective new treaty resident parties in causing cancer in lumans as it has in rats are remote said may Long Safety Record Saccharin has a safety record among humans Isselbacher said and that's better than any substitute that can be developed for it any time soon The results of the available rat experiments appear to have been in lo their application to Isselbacher said The six scientists testifying Tuesday were asked if would vote to uphold the action prompted by Canadian studies cancer The former white faces an change in the United States foreign policy remains the same Better Way Needed We have suffered a few BRAZZAVILLE Roman Cardinal Emile Biayenda archbishop of Brazzaville was kidnaped and killed Tuesday night by three relatives of assassinated Con- plese President Marten burst into the president's office a family Ke did not elaborate The spokesman said the cardinal had been received by half an hour before a The former president also admitted having held occult seances aimed at regaining the Algerian press roup of disgruntled army quoted Radio Brazza bi the ruling military said today The slaying was a family and was not directly linked to and gunned him down with a hail of submachine gun bullets Radio Brazzaville said day that former President Alphonse ar- ville as saying An interim ruling council o on page 3 column Continued on page 3 laSt a confessed Shaving a marathon The military contacts with Stale Sen Robert C er proposed last week but then struck his name from it was introduced when he discovered that one section of the would legal ize Sen Jubelirer and three other senators who signed and then struck their names all indicated that they had been misled by the bill's chief advocate tv Attorney Barry Kohn The four senators fied Senate Secretary Mark Gruell Jr lo strike their names as co-sponsors Eight other ators are co-sponsors of the t have no douht they were Attorney General Rob ert Kane who refused to give the legislation justice depart ment support said is in Jamaica on cation and had I been able to locate him promptly I'd have melted the phone wires a Mr Kohn has resigned from stale government effective Resignation Said Voluntary Attorney General Kane said according to a UPI wire story thai resignation was tary But Sen Jubelirer told Mirror this mornin lhal Mr Kohn was fired When asked to comment on a UPI wire story posed today Sen Jubelirer said 1 made a mis take and 1 corrected il Mi name does not appear on that The senator did lament even though the hill carry his name his actions might he misinterpreted The senator said lhal posed legalization of sodomy is one small part ol the Other provisions of the hi said include extension of statute of limitations on a rap case from 2 to 5 years and stronger penalties for deviate sex intercourse Was Leaving Office He explained that he leaving his office one for a meeting Mr Konn dc lained him and presented him self Sen Jubelirer said a- representative of the juslice Tr Sen Jubelirer said Mr Koh said This is a good spon sored bv the department ot ju tice and thought you want to be on it p The senator said thai in me brief lime he had to read hrough he saw sections on extending the ute of limitation on rape cases and the stiffer penalties for in- voluntary deviate sexual ourse The senator said that he ed over the sponsors which in- cluded Sen Henry Hagar the minority leader Sen also withdrew his name the was introduced How The senator thai the was introduced as though my name was never on I could kick my fanny was in a hurry I read through hurriedly I was wrong on page 3 column 4 aegan and is ed to last until near midnight Rep Milliron said he and Rep Cassidy have looked to younger members ot both parties for wrt He said give the ments a 40 per cent chance of They estimate they have he support ot 70 members but 02 will be needed for passage Mr said it mil depend on how many of the older guys will support us Now Appointed Now committee chairmen are fee ruling the African squad that killed the Con since death said of Cardinal Biayenda will be punished in exemplary fashion just like the assassins of President bi leader Cardinal B fay e nda was a native of the Congo's Vinza area Ke was ordained priest in rom blind passion arid a year Jaler appointed by the speaker of the louse The amendment would stipulate the members of caucuses elect their chairmen Whatever was of the House would have the majority men and the other party the minority chairmen The U.S House of tives reformed its rules in its lasi on page 3 column 3 military committee archbishop of Brazzaville LONDON UPI Prime accept such acts which of the troubled James Callaghan has a deal with the smal c Liberal party to throw its 13 Seances behind him and s Radio Brazzaville said the government's life in a investigation into confidence vote slaying in a failed coup reliable political infor ism and issues a stern all persons who disturb public order Trio Arrested The statement said I named archbishop ot Ga rba in 1970 before becoming showing rals getti heavy doses og saccharin None said they would I They offered varying ions to the question mostly involving evidence of tests on human use and provisions for weighing risks against benefits are bills awaiting congressional action to setbacks and tragic mistakes in the pursuit of that policy but have succeeded magnificently as well We have avoided World War 111 tbe levels of human health learning and economic well-being are rising almost everywhere in the world there is more contact among peoples and lion among governments a realer sharing of ideas knowledge and cultural riches han ever before in the history of the he said Ford said the world has seen too much of war in the century too much ing and dying on bloodstained tields ot battle Surely there must be a better way and we must spare no effort lo find it Liberals Make a Deal By PETER J SHAW It said the murder the Friday archbishop who was made a j killing had was established a political Details of the cardinal in by Pope hy the handymen were not yet known But Vf puts the Congo in double of ex-President mourning The Foreign Ministry man said three members of family have been arrested and were being questioned He did not identify them but said the murder was a case of sources said Callaghan them in a speech t Sri soon after the star tnc confidence debate fessed around had himself including at least two of Barthelemy author of the radio said a The sources said however it Gets Chilly Welcome In Tanzania By United Press International Soviet President Nikolai promised Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere today that Russia seeks neither military bases or special distributed to the press gorny tried to allay widespread Africa fears of Soviet military encroachment in Africa The Soviet Union does not seek concessions or military mutual cooperation between nations chilly welcome in the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam contrasted with the enthusiastic reception Cuban President Fidel Castro privileges in Africa but only bases or special privileges neither countries nor any whe re el Pod statement said The desire of the Soviet Union to strengthen friendship lo expand all-round cooperation with countries of Africa is not last week when of passing duration crowds shouted Viva for the moment It rests on Castro also touring Africa the principled Leninist foreign took his campaign for policy of the USSR African collaboration would not involve any kind imperialists from against Marxist v 9 THK REPLICA of the Spirit of St Louis lifted off on its maiden flight at the Burlington Wis port yesterday The craft piloted by Paul and built by Experimental Aircraft tion will make a tour of the U.S this Summer commemorating Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic and his lour of the U.S UPI coalition with toward an or Liberal closed destination perhaps on in the government They said it would involve a Angola or Zambia Soviet president received ledge by the Labor a far more welcome ent to consult the Liberals on U policy decisions Ensured of Majority The deal meant the Labor which is in of one in he House fit no longer risked efeat in the confidence town at 10 p.m 4 p.m The 13 Liberal votes t of a small but safe majority Political informants said of the 10 Ulster Unionists rom Northern Ireland have to vole against the government and the other two o abstain Callaghan's are one short ol a majority in ment and must have support rom either the Liberals or Jisler Unionists from Ireland if they are to confidence test in the of Commons Should they lose the prime minister and his cabinet mus quit after only 11 months in power New elections late May could see Conservative parly leader Mar garet Thatcher become Bri first woman pri minister Hinted at Deal Callaghan himself hinted deal with the Liberals possible when he said Tuesday If 1 can find collaboration with any parties in the House then I am willing to do it naturally on a basis preserves both our and their self-respect j I want lo see the on page 3 column 3 than did Castro as hs began a ing through Tanzania and Mozambique swi n Zam socalled confrontation countries against Open Lengthy Talks Nyerere the key black African leader among the frontline stales confronting Rhodesia and Podgorny held the first of hours of today at the picturesque house overlooking the Indian Ocean Few Cheered The government trucked Podgorny will be the first top Kremlin leader lo visit zania Zambia and Mozambique the confrontation nations lined up against Rhodesia's of Africans to minority regime and ome Podgorny bul few observers said his tour signaled or waved their the start of a more active Taps Sources said it policy in southern three years to arrange Africa is visit because of the Soviets The needle-nosed supersonic refused by jet carrying ania on a friendship treaty Podgorny landed in Arusha the iwo countries runway at Dar Es In an arrival statement I Continued on page 3 column 4 In the Mirror today Lake Erie drilling foes win first round Page 10 Two kidnaped women found murdered Page 34 Hollidaysburg athletes honored Page investigated Page 32 Amusements 28 Area News Classified Comics Crossword 6 Horoscopes 31 Shopping Guide 31 The Doctor Today With God 6 Features
