North Adams Transcript (Newspaper) - December 15, 1975, North Adams, Massachusetts NORTH ADAMS ADAMS WILLIAMSTOWN MASSACHUSETTS YEAR 85 MONDAY DECEMBER 15 1975 28 PAGES CENTS Beirut gangs ignore truce Burned out A solitary firefighter turns a stream of water on The Springs restaurant burned to the ground in a pre-dawn fire day Owner Edmond Grosso put damage at Much more than Another picture page 15 Trabold Owner to rebuild The Springs Restaurant NEW owner Edmond Grosso says he hopes to build a bigger and better place from the ruins of The Springs Restaurant destroyed by fire Mr Grosso spoke optimistically today that he would be able to reopen his doors by next July He gave no estimate on the amount of property damage incurred in the fire yesterday but indicated it was much more lhan one report of worth New Ashford fire chief Douglas George said a state fire in- the structure today was unable lo determine a cause of the fire I would say the building was just about totally burned to he ground So it would be pretty difficult to figure out how it chief George said According lo the fire it would probably take five men a month to find out what exactly did he said from New Ashford Lanesboro and were only able lo salvage the restaurant's business records Everything else was lost in the blaze the chief said Mr Grasso said he locked up the restaurant at approximately yesterday About an hour later he said he was alerted through the telephone switchboard something was malfunctioning in the building At about he arrived at the scene and found Iho building engulfed in smoke and immediately called the three neighboring fire departments he said He'd accept veep slot Bush tells Senate panel WASHINGTON AP George Bush President Ford's choice to succeed William E Colby as CIA director said today he would not seek elective office while he held the job but he would not rule out accepting candidacy for vice president if it were offered I cannol in all honesty loll you I would nol accept he second spot on the ticket Bush told the Senate Armed Services Committee which began hearings on his nomination to head the agency I can tell you that I will not seek any office while 1 hold the job as CIA director Bush former Republican national chairman and just returned from his post as U.S representative in Peking objections from Chairman Frank Church of Senate in- committee and others that he is too political lo direct the CIA 1 do not view political experience as a Bush said I view it as an asset but I also recognize the need to leave politics behind the minule I lake on the job if confirmed Referring to recent revelations of CIA wrongdoing including improper domestic spying Bush called misdeeds outrageous and morally offensive These musl not be repealed and I will take every step possible lo see lhat they are he declared In Bush said he would try to assure lhat ine agency does not become involved in domestic spying Bush made his after Sen John Tower vice chairman of the intelligence committee disclosed that the nominee is willing to disavow any plan to seek higher office while heading the agency Tower a senior member of the Armed Services panel said his statement was based on a con- versation he had with Bush since the former GOP chairman returned from his post as U.S representative to Communist China As described by Tower Bush's disclaimer did not rule out any future ambitions for the vice presidency a post which some have speculated he as Ford's running mate According lo Chief George firefighters could not see any flame until 1 and then il all broke out Six rucks and aboul 60 men were unable to bring the fire under control three hours later he said More lhan 30.000 gallons of water was pumped from the swimming pool the chief said Fire also had to take water from Springs Pond across street and a reservoir at nearby Brodie Mountain Ski Area Three Williamstown firemen were injured while battling the blaze Alan Copeland 22 and Bronson Fargo 18 were treated for smoke inhalation and Richard Former 28 suffered a sprained wrist All were treated and released from North Adams Regional Hospital Massachusetts Electric Company reported il had lo shul off electricity lo the restaurant as a safety precaution This affected about 77 neighboring customers for the duration of fire The loss of The Springs Restaurant will have a serious impact upon the economy Mr Grasso said employs 110 full and sons Some employes may be to on Cold Spring lid Kissinger accepts medallion West Germany AP Henry A Kissinger's boyhood home town in Bavaria gave him its Golden Citizen's Medallion today and he told Of all the species on his planet man alone has inflicted upon himself the great parl of his own anguish Our has witnessed and has no excuse ever to forget the dark force of brutality and raw power at large in he modern said the American secretary of slate touching on the Nazi persecution that drove his family from Germany Kissinger said he returned proudly lo symbolize an extraordinary rebirth of friendship Americans and Germans another establishment he owns But most persons may be of work for al seven months he said Mr Grosso says many Christmas and New Year's events will be celed We'll try to shoot em over to Jardin if lime schedule said The late Henrietta Grosso a former resident of Adams established the 14 years ago in a small roadside sland Mrs Grosso began serving hot dogs and sandwiches She laler expanded to serve complete dinners In the Grosso family added on the Springs Motor Inn They lasl IMS BEIRUT Lebanon AP war for Beirut's seaside hotels raged on despite a new truce pledge from Moslem leftists and their right-wing Christian enemies Machine-gun lire and rocket grenades flew through he downtown area several hours after the cease-fire the 15th in Lebanon's old civil war was scheduled to go troops from the Palestinian Armed Struggle Com- mand moved in lo try to help enforce the accord But casualties from continued sniping angered street fighters and they resumed heavy firing after a short lull Moslem gunmen in office lower peppered the Christians in he besieged Holiday Inn with machine-gun bullets and rockel fire Militiamen of the Christian Phalange Party fired back from the Holiday Inn and from positions around the held Jewish Quarter Wadi There were no signs of the pullback colled for by he nice agreement The cease-fire was worked out during night It called for the warring Moslem and Christian men lo pull out of he hotels and skyscrapers were using as firing posts Lebanese security forces were lo replace hem and an government strike force was lo be in a no-man's-land between Moslem and Christian streets afler eight months of civil war the authority of government was almost completely eroded 1 can only see wo said a diplomat Either you'll have a military dictatorship or some sort of repressive left-wing regime President Suleiman Franjieh a Christian has spoken out only twice during country's bloody agony The first time he did no good The second lime he further infuriated wing Moslem leaders Premier Karami a Moslem has spoken countless limes but to no avail For the last two days he has remained closeted in his Beirut home ignoring appeals for an emergency cabinet meeting Words words said a disabused Lebanese after one of Karami's frequent radio addresses It's all words Security forces and polite have disappeared from mosl of Beirut because are no match for the Christian and Moslem street fighters battling for control of the capital Palestinian private political armies and neighborhood gangs have assumed he manlle of officialdom When you want lo enter a area you ask the militia leaders whose gunmen control the area If an ambulance has to get someone to the hospital doctors ask for an escort of fighters An anonymous caller telephoned a seaside hotel over the weekend and lo blow it up because the owner is a Christian Em- ployes and residents telephoned Palestinian guerrilla organizations for protection No one called the police I was afraid that if we did and they ran into the Palestinian controls around here there would only be another gun said the manager Whites walk out of Boston school BOSTON AP About half while students at South Boston High School staged a walkout today in what they said was a trial run in case ot future racial incidents there Observers said aboul 100 students left the main building at The School Department put the figure a I aboul school was he scene of turning and tension last week afler a federal il in charge of a receiver under his control Blast looses chlorine fumes killing 4 NIAGARA FALLS AP Four persons were killed and nearly 80 others overcome by chlorine fumes including some people in a store three miles away afler a railroad lank car exploded and spread the deadly gas over a wide area The lank car parked permanently on a siding al the Hooker Chemicals Plastics Corp plant here exploded about p.m Sunday The dead and many of the seriously ill were Hooker employes but motorists driving past the plant and people in he store also were felled by clouds of gas The blast blew of the tank car 150 feel damaged an unoccupied employe locker room and cut a hole in one of two other tank cars on the siding Authorities feared for a time that the tii also would ex- We heard about four loud ex- plosions of nowhere and then there was a lot of said Edward Chatmon who lives near There weren't any flames just smoke and fumes filled the air Sheriff's deputies warned nearby residents of the spreading gas Several hours later they said the fumes had dissipated Waller E he production manager said he cause of he blasl had not been determined He said the four workers killed by the gas were in immediate area of the blasl Dead al Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center were Clyde J 3-1 Raymond E Zaso CO James D Colquhoun 29 and Lesler Docks 63 all of Niagara Falls Oscar H Bell Niagara County's coroner said the men apparently died of gas inhalation Ore man was in critical condition and 10 persons were admitted for observation spokesmen said Hospitals reported treating 75 persons Dr Mclvin a physician al the medical said he treated a number of persons for varying degrees of gas inhalation or Wind blew he fumes toward the northeast and police feared for a time that the gas would affect people in their homes miles away Sheriffs deputies cruised around using loudspeakers to warn people to remain inside and keep all windows closed Within several hours the fumes had dissipated The weather Windy tonight low in 20s Cloudy in 30s tomorrow Details page 14 It hurts Phone company censors Santa's number BOSTON AP Well Virginia it'll be a few more years before you un- this one Claus that jolly red giant whose public image depends on kids has been denied a listing in the Boston telephone directory It hurts me very Santa known as entertainer Frank Small in the off season For seven years the lisling I'M FOR JOY OVER THE GIFT YOU'RE GETTING ME 8 DAVS MORE Clans North Pole broughl thousands of telephone calls each Christmas season from youngsters in New England and Canada This year the listing was un- ceremoniously dropped from the white pages by the New England Telephone Co Talking to the kids is practically my whole life it's what keeps me said sadly Although everyone knows Santa's elves make loys a telephone company spokesman said it any lisling which would have a commercial advantage Gerry Mitchell the company's manager for the Roxbury and Hyde Park of Boslon said this year it was decided lo take a practical telephone company and prohibit such listings An number of calls can create a backup which could prevent an emergency call from going said Santa 59 who lives alone in an attic apartment in Hyde Park can't quite understand the telephone company's refusal lo list the number as in the past I don't make anything by having the kids call he said I don't take surveys of the loys most popular with kids and I don't plug any particular store or brand of toy The only thing I get from all of this is happiness Sometimes Santa even plays his accordion or harmonica over the telephone to youngsters Al he is a musician at a nightclub in the Boslon area in Boston and New England built slowly since the telephone company began publishing his number seven years ago The number of calls increased each year as telephone company operators became aware of number and as older brothers and passed il on younger ones The bearded round is son and grandson of Sanlas Everybody calls me Santa he said Kids walking down say Hi Santa Their parents call me Santa In fact many of the parents in he neighborhood bring heir children over losee me Bui the phone company contends lisling shows an unwarranted preference Santa can't understand lhal either Does making kids happy an he asked By ihc way he telephone number to residence is Inside 7 75 Adomi 8 Comics 24 living 10 Pick of Iho 27 8 suburban 6 8 9 He's unlisted Frank Small a Boston musician nnd a telephone Santa Claus takes care of some seasonal business His calls may be down however because the Boston telephone directory no longer lists Small's Santa number AP
