Bradford Era (Newspaper) - February 26, 1976, Bradford, Pennsylvania Cloudy Partly cloudy today with scattered In mM 50i. low tonight In low 3d. Partly cloudy with scattered In che Era dictate Your Dependable News Medium WESB VOL. 99, NO. 127 Second CIms Pottage Paid at Pa. 16701 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1976 Published Daily at 43 Main St. 15' A COPY Ralph Caverly tells us will be a good turnout tomorrow night for testimonial dinner honoring Merle K. Dickinson for a career Dl public service spanning some 40 i The reception at 6:30 o'clock will be followed by dinner at 7:30. Here is an article under the America The is a gloomy moment in fht history of our Not in the lifetime of most men has theft been so much grave and deep never has the future seemed so incalculable M at this The domestic economic situation is in Our dollar is weak throughout the Prices are so high as to bo utterly political cauldron and bubbles with Russia hangs as like a dark and upon the It is a solemn Of our troubles no man can sot the Sound like a speech made It was published in Harper's Weekly in 1857! A decade or so ago - likely less - publisher of the Pittsburgh introduced the featured speaker at a convention luncheon of the Society of Sigma Delta Chi in the Pittsburgh The speaker was a former newspaperman - Bishop John Wright of An excellent Bishop Wright delivered three or four quotations in the style of the AH seemed pretty As in the item from Bishop Wright's went back into The point he was making is that journalists should be historians - to and understand that history does As we the address was the highlight of the A word of thanks to jeweler G.B. Cohen for letting us see the 18S7 TURN It's a good idea to keep track of your turn When they are you are a menace on street or highway as well as a target for a traffic W. Kline of Motor Talk lists some problems and some When a turn signal lights up but doesn't it is most likely to be a flasher These units cannot be repaired but are relatively inexpensive and easy to They simply unplug from their spot under the If the turn signals flash too slowly or too check for The dead bulbs change the amount of resistance in the a factor that can affect the flash rale even when the flasher unit is Replace the bulbs precisely the same A change will also change the flash Looking over Fred's suggestions reminds us of a good system - that is to have somebody check for you while you are in the vehicle to see if brake lights and taillights and back-up lights are Turn signals front and back can also be checked by a friend or member of the Keeping track is safety Are you the parent of an adopted child or are you considering Or are you simply interested in pertinent about adopted children? If you you are cordially invited to a meeting of the Council on Adoptable Children this Sunday at 3 p.m. in Emanuel Lutheran Church on Seaward Mrs. Margaret Hurrle of Eldred tells us that although 30 people attended the first meeting here on Feb. 16, more folks would have attended if they had hud someone to care for their this a will be The meeting this Sunday will be a sort of on how best to organize the county group - either as an independent unit or as a part of the Erie For information call Mrs. at 225-4637 or Mrs. Vera O. Mueller here in Bradford at 3o2-6)�4. Ford calls primary win springboard to nomination By WALTER K. AP Special Correspondent President Ford said Wednesday that the springboard of his narrow New Hampshire presidential primary victory means he can eliminate Ronald Reagan's Republican challenge we win a couple and I think we will But Reagan insisted that his dose finish was a one has ever done this to an he said as he left to resume his campaign for the March 16 presidential primary in think it's great and we'll go on from It was Ford 51 per Reagan 49 per in the first of the presidential primary tions ft took all night to settle the Ford and Reagan meet next in on March 9. New Hampshire Democrats completed the conversion of former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter from longshot to front-runner by choosing him over four rival contenders in their Carter got 30 per cent of the finished comfortably ahead of Rep. Morris K. Udall of and said he would win the Democratic presidential nomination on the first While Ford talked of locking up the Republican nomination with a few more primary victories over the prospect after New Hampshire's narrow verdict was for a long struggle over the GOP Unless Republican opinion elsewhere is markedly the balance at the ballot box is a close and neither man appears likely to have an early shot at knocking the other from the Senate Republican Whip Robert P. Griffin said in Washington that Ford's New Hampshire victory gave him momentum in the upcoming He said Reagan will have to win decisively in Florida in order to stay in the That probably overstates the another near deadlock wouldn't be enough to get rid of But the challenger is going to have to start winning He's the one who must convince Republicans they should make a and drop Neither narrow defeats nor slender victories will do Reagan and his allies have been trying from the start to make a case for running on grounds that even coming close to an incumbent is a big political But Ford holds his office by appointment and not by And Reagan doesn't hesitate to point when it serves his that he has electoral experience rivaling having won two terms as governor of California by landslide Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford will win next Tuesday in where Reagan's name is on the ballot but he has no campaign in where Ford is and on the following Tuesday in That is the next one that really campaigning Wednesday in Illinois where he faces Ford in the March 16 released a financial statement showing him with a net worth of The statement said Reagan's total income for the five years ending in 1974 was his on Page 12 SPOT CHECK - a finds something familiar in pattern of spots painted on a North Hollywood pwg was the work of neighborhood Senate approves 77jree cited in state kickback scandal Dill lOr SeVen - Three forced to pay for the privilege months of DST Reagan reveals he is worth 111. - Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan says he is worth but in making his first significant financial disclosure on Wednesday he declined to itemize the sources of his His chief GOP President has released a far more extensive financial revealing his net worth at Reagan said his total income for the five years ending in 1974 was and estimated his 1975 income would be The financial statement was released without comment as Reagan began an afternoon of campaigning in where he faces Ford in the state's March 16 Reagan released net worth and income tax figures for a five-year while Ford's disclosure went back nine years and was itemized so the public could trace the sources of his and his wife's Both Ford and Reagan released a breakdown on the source of their which found Reagan has heavily invested in real estate and common while most of Ford's worth is in real The statement showed Reagan paid state and local taxes totaling from 1970 through 1974 and expects to pay in taxes for 1975. Ford released his financial data Feb. 12. In 1974, when Ford was President for five months and vice president for seven the Fords paid in federal income taxes and in local and other taxes on income of - or about 42 per cent of their Reagan said he expects to pay about 42 cent of his gross income in taxes in 1975. His figures showed that in the past five he paid just over 25 per cent of his total income in Since 1966, the taxes paid by the as a percentage of ranged from 31 per cent in 1966 to 42 per cent in 1974. Final tax figures for 1975 were not said He receives in salary and benefits as Reagan had said earlier he did not know how much he was worth because his assets were controlled by a blind A spokesman said Reagan had asked the trustees of the trust for an Reagan said his assets included invested In real estate and other Temperature hits balmy 63 degrees here The pussy willows are maple sap is flowing and pedestrians are visible during this It was a balmy 63 degrees in downtown Bradford Wednesday afternoon and the warmth was soaked up from a bright sun throughout the Despite the warming a brisk had a somewhat cooling effect and swirled dust which has accumulated on city WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a Wednesday providing seven months of Daylight Saving Time this year and because of inaction in the it is doubtful the nation will observe this year more than the current six months of DST or fast By a 48-45 the Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Bob settling on DST from mid-March through mid-October this year and Should this become most Americans would set their clocks forward one hour on March 14 and turn back the hands one hour on Oct. 10. The time then was approved 70 to 23 and sent to the That vote came after senators 62 to 31, an effort by Wedell to cut back to five months of DST per By accepting Dole's the Senate rejected the proposal by the Commerce Committee that Daylight Saving Time be observed from the first Sunday in March through the second Sunday in November this year and Unless some sort of time clears both houses of Congress the nation will go back to the old pattern of six DST and six standard time each DST would run from April 25 to Oct. 31. PITTSBURGH - Three former state Department of Transportation including the current Turnpike Commission were indicted Wednesday on charges of extorting money from contractors in return for highway maintenance Named in the government action were Turnpike Commission Chairman Egidio Ralph Buffone and Maylan who were his assistants when Cerilli was superintendent for Westmoreland Buffone is retired from state government and is living in Yakovich is now the western district maintenance director under Cerilli on the Turnpike The three were charged with extorting a total of from six Westmoreland County contractors in exchange for the leasing of their road maintenance The government did not say what happened to the Cerilli was indicted on one count of conspiracy and three counts of Yakovich and Buffone were indicted on one count of conspiracy and four counts of extortion Each count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and U.S. Atty. Blair A. Griffith said the indictments were the result of an 18-month investigation which was prompted by testimony before a state House investigation in which contractors testified they were of doing business with the Griffith said the grand jury continues to investigate other allegations which surfaced during those He indicated such investigations now focus on kickback practices in Allegheny and Cambria Most highway maintenance work in western Pennsylvania is handled by state employes or through competitive bidding by private But when state needs extra equipment for snow mowing or other the county superintendent rents the machines from local Griffith said these awards are often made on the basis of the age-old political spoils And he added that it is not unusual to find that these contractors made political it is illegal to force the money out of them and that's what we have Griffith Cerilli was Democratic chairman in Westmoreland County and was considered de facto party head there for He was also a western Pennsylvania coordinator for Gov. Milton gubernatorial The indictment charges that Cerilli and-or Buffone and Yakovich demanded amounts ranging from to from six contractors who leased highway maintenance equipment to the Contempt action is started against five federal agents Jury hears about Patty's drug use The Inside Story BRADFORD Redevelopment Authority hires firm to engineer Community Development Page 2 PHILADELPHIA - Medicare paid to 174 physician groups and corporations in state in 1974. Page 8 HARRISBURG - Measure to cut penalties for marijuana possession is scuttled by state Page 11 PHILADELPHIA - Baseball owners and players leave talks with little next meeting Page 14 NEW YORK - Buffalo's Bob McAdoo will join exclusive company if he wins his third NBA scoring Page 14 NEW YORK - Stock market turns mixed in another attempt to crack Dow Jones 1,000 Page 23 SAN FRANCISCO psychiatrist who portrayed Patricia Hearst as being naive before her kidnaping conceded on cross-examination Wednesday that she had smoked used mescaline and may have experimented with But Dr. West said that information had nothing to do with his evaluation of the 22-year-old He said he meant she was politically This was the first mention of Miss Hearst's drug use before the jury at her bank robbery trial and was hotly protested by her chief F. Lee who said it was irrelevant to her Overruled by the ey the government lottery saying that everyone West was followed to the stand by another defense Dr. Martin Orne of the University of who said one of his specialties is detecting or He described Miss Hearst as but the judge told jurors only they could decide Orne was on the stand when court adjourned for the and Bailey planned to call him back for more testimony asked outside of court if he expected the case to go to the jury by the end of next on Page 12) s Corroon i Hack Smith Coed Since - ItOO Undue 7 Comics 20 Crossword 23 Editorial 6 Hospitals 12 Television 21 Stocks 23 Women 4-5 that everyone who smokes grass is a bank This brought a titter of laughter from the packed courtroom of Before leaving the witness stand after three days of strong c r o s West vehemently denied he showed bias toward the Hearst family by writing them a letter of sympathy and advice before the heiress was In the written last West said he believed legal and medical arguments can be mobilized in her Pa. - The winning numbers in this week's Baker's Dozen Three Digit 9-0-8 Five Digit 5-5-2-6-7 Six Digit 8-1-2-3-6-4 Bonus 8-1-2-3-6-4 Pa. winning numbers in this week's Pennsylvania lottery Double Six digit 4-8-9-2-2-3 Five digit 1-1-5-6-2 Four digit 9-2-2-3 Three digit 1-8-9 Doubler 0 WASHINGTON - A House subcommittee began contempt action Wednesday against five federal agents under orders from top administration refused to on interception of cable traffic for intelligence The five include three present FBI agents and a former agent who told the House government information subcommittee they had been ordered by Atty. Gen. H. Levi not to An employe of the National Security Agency also involved in the 29-year-long cable interception operation known as said his order came from Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. President Ford told Levi and Clements last week not to comply with the subcommittee's blanket for all documents and records relating to the cable interceptions since 1947. Ford said the scope of the records sought was so broad as to encompass sensitive national security the Senate intelligence committee voted to turn over to the Justice Department its files on mail opening by the Central Intelligence Agency and the FBI and electronic eavesdropping by the National Security chairman Frank The Justice Department has said it needs the files before it can decide whether to bring criminal charges against intelligence officials involved in mail opening and CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr said he be- rink closed for sou son The skating rink at Callahan Park is being closed for the according to Don city recreation Raabe noted that the warm temperatures and large amount of rain in the last ten days has deteriorated the surface of the ice to the point where it is now inadequate for The skating was curtailed this season by the strike of city employes which delayed the followed by the weather conditions which cut back on the normal closing Raabe the House voted to investigate him because it perceives an swing of public opinion against intelligence Schorr has confirmed that he arranged publication of the House intelligence committee report which is still classified as He has been suspended of all reporting duties by CBS while an investigation ordered by the House and a probe by the Justice Department are conducted on the leak of the The House headed bv Rep. Bella D- voted by identical 6 to 1 with all Democrats for and and one Republican to recommend that the five agents be cited for contempt of The action must be approved by the full committee and the House before it can be sent to the U.S. attorney for The maximum penalty for contempt of Congress is one year in jail and a Contempt action was voted against the four FBI agents for their refusal to turn over the subpoenaed documents and refusal to testify before the Scran ton is named as UN ambassador WASHINGTON - President Ford said Wednesday he is giving former Gov. William Scranton the job of up for the United States against some of those unfair attacks in the United Ford appointed his personal to succeed Daniel Patrick Moynihan as U.N. ambassador and reaffirmed administration promises that it will take a firm stand in the world The actions of Ford been good from the point of view of the United appearing before cameras and reporters with Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger in the White House Oval said the job was great but a very difficult a Pat Moynihan Scranton delighted with the way he handled the I'm proud to be his successor and I think we are on the Moynihan turned in his resignation three weeks ago saying he would lose his tenure at Harvard if he did not return to In his seven months at the United Nations he had been the target of stinging criticism within the administration and in the diplomatic community for his vehemence in rebutting attacks on the United States and on At the White House Ford told have a big job to do carrying out the policy of standing up for the United States against some of these unfair attacks in the United Nations and in carrying out my who served with Ford in the House and then as governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967, was an early advocate of a even-handed in the Middle East. He argued that the U.S. position in that region was overly slanted towards Scranton is 58, a multimillionaire like a graduate of Yale Law A Republican he once was considered a presidential contender but by the time he made up his mind in 1964 to challenge Sen Barry the Arizonan and his conservative forces had captured a lead for the GOP nomination Scranton's was with Scranton in the Oval Also on hand was Brent the national security adviser to Ford t Tht Up 1.02 t 994.57
