Lowell Sun (Newspaper) - March 23, 1976, Lowell, Massachusetts I t- i ii n Warmer See index THE edition Heavy Cherry Sheet loss hits many area towns SUN Lowell Mass Tuesday March 23 1976 36 3 Cents Index FROM THE SUN'S STATE HOUSE BUREAU STATE HOUSE Many area communities including city of Lowell will suffer heavy financial losses this year under the annual local aid figures announced by Governor Dukakis this morning In terms of actual dollars decreases for area communities are roughly two and one- half times increases While towns like and Bedford will see substantial increases over last year's Cherry Sheet funding Lowell Dracut and will lose considerable amounts According to the governor's figures Lowell will lose in local aid Those communities slated to get increases Crossword People In The Women's Warren panel split on Castro's threats WASHINGTON AP The Warren Commission was wracked by a sharp internal dispute when it decided to omit from its final report any mention of 3 newspaper article that quoted Fidel Castro as threatening the lives of U.S leaders We got into a serious hassle with Wesley J Liebeler a former commission staff member said of the news article A recent CIA memo cited the article as a promising lead that must be con- of great significance in examining the possibility that the assassination of President John F Kennedy was the work of a foreign conspiracy According to Liebeler the news story was not mentioned in the final report because there was no evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald had read il Liebeler now a law professor at UCLA added that he personally was convinced that Oswald had read the story since it appeared in a New Orleans newspaper at a time when Oswald who was known as an avid newspaper reader was living there Nazis burned Reichstag investigators conclude HAMBURG West Germany UPI An inter- national committee investigating the causes of World War II said today it has new and conclusive evidence that the Nazis burned down the Reichstag building in 1933 A Nazi court ruled that Marinus van der Lubbe a Dutch Communist set the Berlin building on fire Heinz Leferenz the director of the Criminological Institute at the University of Heidelberg said in a report for the International Committee for the Research of the Causes and Consequences of World War II that after ing persons in East Germany he was convinced that the Nazis were responsible for the blaze Leferenz said East German authorities showed him the site of the fire and Reichstag President Herman Goering's palace which was connected to the building by an underground tunnel Changes in jobless benefits in the works BOSTON Dukakis administration is readying a proposal to make several key changes in the state's unemployment compensation laws which will cut benefits but at the same time sub- boost business assessments The unemployment largely the result of a task force headed by Manpower Affairs Secretary Howard N Smith is expected to be filed with the legislature sometime within the next two weeks The is the administration's answer to what Dukakis aides claim could be a billion deficit in the state's unemployment fund wilhin the next few years The fund already is more than million in debt According to an aide to the governor most of the task force recommendations will be adopted in the legislation and the result may be opposition from both business and labor interests Moslem chief vetos in state aid with ford Boxboro Burlington Carlisle Harvard Maynard and Shirley Those increases however do not take In count what Dukakis termed a million bonus in state aid distributed to the cities and last year Those muni ties with substantial decreases other than Lowell Acton Chelmsford Concord Dracut Dunstable Littleton Pepperell Townsend and Wilmington STATE OFFICIALS however caution that the figures used to show this year's effect of the state aid figures do not include million distributed last year as a bonus to cities and town In Lowell for example City Manager liam says the decrease cited by state officials is too low and the cuts in state aid are really closer to million The effect lo the city he said is that Lowell payers will have to pay approximately per valuation extra in this year's tax rate Administration and Finance Secretary John Buckley said million is the total at a JAMES DROWNING Hearst turnover to state officials now imminent By WALLACE e New York Times SAN Hearst 22 convicted Saturday of armed bank robbery will be turned over to California state authorities about to face charges ranging from kidnaping to armed robbery her federal prosecutor said Sunday United States Attorney James L Browning Jr said his forecast of events was based on his conversations earlier Sunday with Chief Judge Oliver J Carter of Federal District Court who presided at Miss Hearst's eight week trial The government will make the defendant aba liable to Angeles authorities as soon as the background interviews for her pre- sentence investigation report are Browning said That will be about mid- week In Los Angeles Miss Hearst faces ments that name her jointly with William and Emily Harris The three are accused of and of taking getaway cars at gunpoint in their dash for freedom on afternoon and night of May 16 1974 and the next day Browning said he understood that Los Angeles authorities would return Miss Hearst here for sentencing by Judge Carter on April 19 She could get up to 25 years for armed bank robbery and another 10 years for the charge of use of a gun in commission of a The prosecutor smiled and spoke ly in an interview at he Federa Courthouse He said that one of the most important bits of evidence came into he trial because Miss Hearst turned on the Harrises during her testimony She accused them of mistreating her blamed their domination of her for whatever misdeeds were charged to her and even gave the government its first direct evidence that they had participated as lookouts in the bank robbery for which she was convicted BROWNING SAID that I think there will g be further indictments It is obvious that the Harrises may be indicted in Hibernia Bank robbery Until this time the government has had no witness against them but now we know there is one who might be It was the armed robbery of the Sunset branch of the Hibernia Bank on April of which Miss Hearst was found guilty Browning said it would be inappropriate for the government to force Miss Hearst lo testify to a grand jury about the Harrises When he was asked if any conversations had been held with her lawyers about such testimony he refused to comment time when most state agencies were actually being cut He added distributions for related projects reached a new high lion this year compared with million in fiscal 1976 The total and assessment figures could have an adverse effect on local property taxes in those cities and towns which will receive less aid than last Buckley acknowledged He suggested those com- hardest hit could minimize any such effect on their local property taxes by reducing costs where possible as the state has BUCKLEY ALSO BLAMED Pees Ford's veto of legislation providing countercyclical federal revenue sharing for hard-pressed communities He cited that under this program Lowell would have received an ad- million Though a detailed breakdown of where the formulas affect each community is not im- mediately available it is clear that most of the cuts are in educational reimbursements and in the standard school aid formula It is also clear that older urban centers like Lowell particularly those who did not build many new schools last year will be hardest hit by the formula changes JOHN BUCKLEY Devens personnel cutback expected to be announced sometime this week By CHRIS BLACK Sun Washington Bureau WASHINGTON An announcement probably recommending the transfer of more than military personnel from Fort Devens is expected to be made by the ment of Defense this week The third in a series of military service realignment announcements is expected by Capitol Hill staffers to come momentarily perhaps Wednesday Speculation is rampant but the most knowledgeable are guessing that the Defense Department for reasons will propose that the 10th Special Forces Group and the U.S Army Security Agency School be consolidated with existing military facilities in the south Transfer of the two units will eliminate 40 per cent of the military population of 5700 And likely force a proportional cutback in the 1600 civilians who provide back up services at the base Removal of a major section of the military will reduce the need for many supportive vices and require a cutback at services such as those provided by the Cutler Army Hospital Remaining after a transfer would be the 18th Engineer Battalion the port Group and the Military Intelligence Group IN ADDITION the fort would remain the headquarters for Army Readiness Region I and supervise National Guard and Army Reserve training for New England New York and New Jersey The most pessimistic are predicting that Fort Devens will eventually be reduced to caretaker status and lose all of its active un- its becoming exclusively concerned with the National Guard weekend training The 10th Special Forces Group is a combat unit with 1.057 military personnel stationed at the Ayer installation The unit is part of a combat force primarily located in Bad Tolz Germany The U.S Army Security Training Agency is an intelligence training installation with 1.065 military and 159 civilian members Rumors concerning the intelligence school are supported by the recent revelation that the Army has been planning to tighten up its training facilities since at least last July An Army general made a casual reference to Fort Devens during testimony on actions affecting the Northeast before a House sub- committee last summer II is believed the Devens school could be divided between schools in Florida and Arizona LAST WEEK the Navy announced that the Pensacola Naval complex is being studied for redesignation as a training management complex that will involve several different military branches The Army presently operates its chief school in Arizona The announcements expected soon will be of proposed realignments and shutdowns Prior to enacting any changes the Department of Defense must to comply with the En- Protection Act and avoid court action undertake a thorough study of the economic and environmental impact of the changes Since the transfer of he Special Force Group and the intelligence school would con- a transfer or more than one-third of the military personnel at the base the Army would be obliged to conduct an intensive socio-economic study detailing the economic impact on the area THERE IS CONCERN that a sizeable back eliminating more than soldiers will reduce the need for many of the tive services provided at the It is expected that in supportive functions would follow in proportion to the number of military personnel reassigned In addition officials are concerned that a cutback of that size would signal the beginning of the end for Fort Devens which since first designated a camp at the end of World War I has grown to become an integral part of the economy of Central Middlesex County A final decision will be reached after a study of four to nine months The Army last week assured Senator Edward W Brooke that closure of Fort Devens is not being considered Fort Devens has an annual payroll of close to million Wallace Reagan vow to remain in race whatever happens in By ROBERT B CULLEN Associated Press Writer RALEIGH AP George C Wallace and Ronald Reagan once confident of victory in North Carolina's primary election say they will continue as candidates for president no matter what happens in voting today Reagan challenging President Ford for tlie Republican nomination and Wallace one of six Democrats on the ballot their already shaken by earlier primary election setbacks left North Carolina day night as elections director Alex Brock predicted thai per cent of eligible voters would help decide distribution of North Carolina's Democratic and 54 Republican national convention delegates A light frost and chilly temperatures but sunny skies greeted voters as the polls opened at Reports from several areas ing the first hour gave no clear indication of voter turnout In heavily populated Mecklenburg County and Charlotte early voting was heavier nan expected William Culp Jr executive director of the Mecklenburg Board of tions said he believes he vote will predictions of per cent In Cumberland County an election official said one precinct reported the voting very good In Raleigh a light turnout was reported at two precincts during the first hour of voting Coup likely very soon in Argentina BUENOS AIRES Argentina AP Plans for a military coup to oust President Isabel Peron were reported complete today and there was widespread expectation lhat the move would come soon Some officers said key tank and marine un- its were in position for a takeover The news agency Noticias reported troop movements in remote areas of northern and southwest Argentina The Argentine fleet left its base at Belgrano for sources there said The newspaper Clarin spoke the im- of changes in the country Decisions are awaited in a climate of said La Nacion The displacement of military personnel in the capital and interior resignation formula Of BEIRUT Lebanon AP Lebanon's leading leftist Moslem warlord today Vetoed a face-saving formula for Christian President Suleiman resignation as the civil war raged unabated The proposed solution is a said Kamal the Socialist leader of the Druze Moslems We want immediate and un- conditional resignation has the allegiance of the bushers in Beirut the biggest Moslem militia Lebanese Arab Army of army deserters led by Lt Ahmed which controls most of Lebanon's northern eastern and southern regions the militia of Socialist Progressive ty made up of Druze warriors who control the southeastern mountains overlooking Beirut By JOHN M CREWDSON New York Times WASHINGTON The Justice ment's investigation of possible kickbacks to senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been expanded to include scrutiny of all FBI procurements over the past five years a well-placed Justice official acknowledged Monday Because of allegations brought to the Department's attention of improprieties in the bureau's purchases of electronic eavesdropping equipment the official said the inquiry necessarily has been extended to FBI purchasing practices lor other items such as firearms and automobiles But lawyers in the Department's criminal division working under John Dowd a Justice organized crime strike force leader picked to oversee the sensitive investigation have not yet developed any firm evidence of kickbacks from any bureau suppliers to past or present senior FBI executives the official said ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL insisted thai at this point the Justice Department was investigating not he conceded that investigation had focused principally on John P Mohr the former FBI ad- ministrative chief who until his retirement in 1971 was in charge of bureau purchasing Mohr is one of a number of present and former FBI executives who have in past years attended weekend poker parties in a Virginia hunting lodge arranged by Joseph X Tail the zones is increasing the climate of ex- The president held a prolonged night meeting with her cabinet officials of her party and labor leaders A ment issued afterward did not mention any military threat but said various institutional matters were discussed including the presidential election scheduled for Dec 12 The commanders of the three armed vices met for three hours Military sources said the coup plans call for them to form the ruling jimla with the army commander Gen Jorge Rafael 50 as the junta leader The sources said the plans call for the ing of Congress an cabinet and the arrest of many leftists and to FBI president of U.S Recording Co a private firm that buys electronics equipment from manufacturers and sells it to the FBI The ostensible purpose of lhat arrangement was to prevent electronic manufacturers from being aware that their products were be- ing used by the FBI and thus being in a tion to advise criminals or foreign intelligence agents of the sort of wiretapping and bugging devices employed against them BUT ONE SUCH manufacturer Martin L Kaiser who heads a Maryland firm told the House Intelligence committee last year that U.S Recording had marked up by 30 per cent the prices of some items it purchased from him before passing them on lo the Bureau Under orders from Atty Cen Edward H Levi the FBI began an investigation of the The polls close at p.m EST Most of voting is on machines in heavily populated areas but paper ballots are still used in some rural areas Ford winner of the first five GOP primaries was in Washington to await tion results after spending the second of two weekends in the state Former Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter expected to finish first in Democratic balloting be won the New Hampshire Vermont Florida and Illinois primaries spent more time in the slate than Ford but elsewhere as election day approached UNITED NATIONS UPI Israel and the Palestine Organization facing each for the first time in the U.S Security Council today prepared to square off over a resolution warning the Jewish state against expanding Its role In occupied Arab lands In the first round of debate Monday bolb sides traded charges over responsibility For violence on the occupied We it Bank of Jordan The FLO accused Israel of using brutal Hitlerite measures of suppression In countering Arab protests there Israel called the charges a lie a damnable Today's session was expected to consider Arab demands for action that Israeli sador Chalm Herzog said were prepared in resolution form last Friday before Israel's side of the case as heard relationship between itself and the U.S Recording Co But Levi last month rejected a report of that investigation as unacceptably ambiguous and ordered the FBI to begin another One justice official who has read the initial report described it Monday as ting Asked whether il had exonerated Mohr and other FBI executives who knew Tait the official replied that because of the ambiguity it was hard to say The is being ducted not by the bureau's inspection division which handled the first internal Inquiry but by its identification division headed by Richard Ash an assistant FBI director who unlike Harold Bassell the inspection not particularly close to Mohr
