Northwest Arkansas Times (Newspaper) - December 30, 1975, Fayetteville, Arkansas Editorial Women Classified Legal Polices 4 5 8 8 11 9 1011 II Ol 108 NUMBER 197 The Public Interest Is The First Concern Of This Newspaper ARKANSAS TUESDAY DECEMBER Decreasing cloudiness and colder tonight with a low in Ihe mid 20s Wednesday partly cloudy and cool with high near SO Low last night 32 Sunset today sunrise Wednesday CENTS Ford Fund-Raising Party May Cause Political Uproar At New York's LaGuardia VAIL Colo AP dent Ford heading homo after an eight-day skiing holiday may find his campaign com- embroiled in con- because of a party in his honor The key question is whether the Monday night party was planned as a social gathering by Ford fund-raiser Sheika Gram shammer or to funnel into Ford's presidential campaign Ford who planned to fly hack to Washington day said he didn't know if Mrs was raising money for him i Ford spokesman Ron Nessen Ford's campaign com- and aides had tiled to keep the dinner out of Ihe raising category Nessen told reporters the event originally was planned as a a couple fund-raiser But he said that would have meant the President Ford Com- would have had to burse the Air Force lor a por tion of Ford's flight to Colorado because part of the trip pak for by the taxpayers woul then be classified as political SAID WARNED A Ford aide who declined to be identified said Mrs Gram shammer was cautioned by Ford committee to mail seeking money from Vail resi dents only after the party Thi source said she apparently mis understood sending the card at the same time as Nes sen a ck Mrs had maile about 100 pledge cards befor dinner He said cards were envelopes nqt but in the might Die In Airport Blast might have been sent in the amo mail r He said Mrs former Las Vegas showgirl a year ago that she Ian a campaign fund-raiser for visit and that there was series of communications ween the White House the and Mrs before the y was sot Ho said Ford agreed to attend if it were not a fund-raiser Ford skied during the day Mrs When he was asked by ers if she was raising money or his campaign Ford replied don't know anything aboul it I've got a lot of friends CONNECTION DENIED Mrs said mailing the pledge cards had nothing to do with the party Asked about reports from dents that they were being asked to contribute to attend the party she said People can give what they want There is no force They can give or whatever I don't know what they've given But some Vail winter dents reported they had been solicited to give a couple for the dinner and said they felt pressured Sources said the parly held in a club owned Mrs included contributors as guests but Nessen said in advance Some of the people who are coming are not con- and some who are contributors are not NEW YORK AP A derous explosion from a bomb placed in a locker sent a nel shower of glass and metal through a crowded baggage area at LaGuardia Airport At least 11 persons were killed and more than 50 others injured The blast which officials said had the force of 20 to 25 sticks of dynamite and was meant to maim and reduced the baggage area to rubble evening and sent dozens of sons fleeing in panic The airport was Quickly and closed to all traffic shortly after the p.m ex- plosion forcing the cancellation or diversion of at least 45 flights fouling the plans of some the Tl he port will be closed until at least 10 p.m today As workers searched the de- bris there were reports of as many as deaths but police at the airport said they could not confirm more than 11 The disaster also triggered bogus bomb threats at airports in other major cities Three in- Washington's National Airport were evacuated It was the most ening thing 1 ever saw in my Richard who about to see his daughter's family off to Tulsa Okla Bodies were all over puddles of blood on the island between the building and the parking lot it seemed like everyone was in shock The explosion set off a smoky fire in the baggage area shured by Trans World and Delta lines but officials said that ing glass and metal accounted for most of the deaths and in- juries Metal doors were ripped a and gla ss from high windows was found the equivalent of several city blocks from the blast Eight of the injured were hurt and rushed to ating rooms in local hospitals In addition to the 52 persons re- ported hurt another score of NEVIS BRIEFS House Burglarized Burglars who kicked down a1 front door at the Bob Lynch residence on Route 1 tcville made off with a portable television set and a targe assortment ol jewelry Washington County sheriffs deputies Baid today Deputies said the break-in occurred sometime over the but was not reported to their office until Monday afternoon They described the stolen merchandise as General Electric and wh tie tele vis ion s et four wedding bands several pairs of earrings and two necklaces Saddles Stolen An assortment of English and tern saddle s and hors c bridles were stolen sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning from the Creek Cattle Co of West Fork the Washington County Sheriff's Of fice said today A sheriff's dispatcher said the burglary was reported o deputies Monday afternoon by one of the owners of the cattle company David Ruy He said the exact value of the stolen merchandise determined had not been Cotton Bowl Weather DALLAS AP The for Thursday's Cotton Bow classic at Dallas called fo cloudy with a slight chance o rain and turning cooler Tern will be near 60 an wind will be northerly at len t 30 miles per hour Wins New Trial SAN FRANCISCO AP nez Garcia whose case ame a national cause celebre r women's groups hits been anted a new trial by an eals court which reversed her of murdering a man said held h cr down while nother raped her Mrs Garcia 30 was con- in October 1974 of second murder and was to five years to life in irison The courtroom was by who into tears cs Monterey County Superior Court Judge Lawson now retired cad the verdict Indicators Up WASHINGTON AP The government reported today its of leading economic in- edged upward in No- offsetting a decline in October and providing evidence that the current leveling off in economic growth will continue ror the next few months Postal Costs To Increase Wednesday WASHINGTON AP The Postal Service is raising the of mailing a tram li to 13 on Wednesday thrd days afler it originally planned to increase postal rates The service announced thi hiflier rates on Monday the U.S Court of Appeal cleared a legal barrier to tht rate increase The appeals court stayed a order by U.S District Cour Judge John J Sirica prohibit ing the Postal Service fron raising rates The higher cour is expected to decide later o the merits of the case but hi stay allows postal rates to gi up in the meantime Under the rates that take ef feet at local tim Wednesday a first-class letter will cost 13 cents for the ounce and 11 cents for each ounce A postcard will increase from to 9 cents and parcel post rates will go up an average of per cent Other increases are 22.1 per cent for second class mail and 23.5 per cent for third-class bulk rates STAY ISSUED The appeals court issued the stay after a ment lawyer said the Postal Service would be unable to meet its Feb 6 payroll f It were allowed an rate increase Under present rales the Postal Service is losing mil ion per day Even with the rates the Postal Service expects to have its highest defi cit in history during his fiscal year Postmaster General Ben jamin F Bailar has said the Postal Service's chronic deficit may lead to reduction in service including elimina tion of Saturday deliveries and special delivery By Ken Good FIREMEN EXTINGUISH RESIDENTIAL BLAZE QUICKLY leaving only charred wood and smoked siding as evidence of in which child was injured Proxmire Reveals Boondoggle Airline Rockets Strike TEL AVIV Israel AP The Israeli military command said rocket grenades from Lebanon hit three border ments during the night and that Israeli troops crossed into south Lebanon and kidnaped three civilians suspected ot ng Palestinian guerrila ations No one was in the rocket grenade attacks it said The military command said the three attacks and two bursts of gunfire earlier day brought to n the number of incidents in December along tha Lebanese frontier Justice Department Neil Koslowe representing thi Postal Service said Sirica ruling would create a crisis fo the service tf allowed Eo stand Koslowe warned that the increases had been planned for the Postal Service could star the rate-raising process ove again and seek new and eve higher rate increases to mak up lost revenue Woman Stabbed CAMDEN Ark Jcs sie Wood 61 of Camden ad ministrator of the Social ices office here was stabbe Monday afternoon during an a altercation with a woma who wanted to apply for foo stamps police said Mrs Wood was treated at local hospital und released Police said a suspect wh was in custody Monday nigh would be charged today assault to kill MIAMI AP An ex-convict a deformed year-old nnd then persuaded a team of doctors to restructure MAY LOSE BENEFACTOR Natasha poses woman efforts brought surgery face says she'll fight to obtain custody of the child I know that it's going to be hard for a single woman who's an ex-convict to get dy of anybody but 1 talked to my parole officer and he he would support me in any way that he can Willie M Brown said Monday Miss said she young Natasha Contey last tober when Ihe child was iting her mother failed on drug charges Miss Brown released from prison last June after serving three and a half years for manslaughter was working as a counselor at the jail Her mother introduced me to her three other children but not to Miss Brown Natasha was born with WASHINGTON AP The world's most exclusive airline s operated hy the U.S Air r and the keep it miming to the p of million a year says Sen William Proxmire cost million on call to transport officials wherever they ant to go He swid the fleet of lanes is known as the tary Airlift Wing and is at Andrews Air Force said the Air Force outside Washington a fleet of 23 plush will fly top government of- OPEC Granted ALGIERS Algeria AP a European woman ant The Algerian government Venezuelan named Ilyich granted the six OPEC Sanchez alias Carlos asylum as fighters for the is wanted for the killing o cause official French security agents am Lebanese informer in Paris The government decided June five men and one woman terrorists killed three invaded the meeting of the including a member of of Petroleum Libyan OPEC delegation porting Countries in Vienna holding the delegations tc Dec 21 were Palestinian oil cartel meeting am or people acting staff members hostage the same the 20 hours they brought 10 oil find 31 other hostages The raiders have not Algiers released them here identified but various in Tripoli the capital o lave said they included and then surrendered to Palestinians a West ON PAGE TWO ct a facial of doctors at the that spaced her eyes about a twice the normal of Miami's Mailman Center for Child Development re apart Doctors if free of charge ht tion might have developed during the first three months month the doctors removed two of Natasha's ribs ijo pregnancy when the used them to rebuild her nose and hold other bones in Her had o he I've been going to school as to a psychology major and I that to a sort during the operation bu by the end of the procedure her face was ny thing causes menial ac said Miss Brown If something can be done it be done iet It's kind of hard Eo be so returned to Miss Brown's home where she began to seek friends But after news accounts of the vise Natasha's and so she demanded that the ch She received the returned to her custody irg permission to try to help Nata stia dap at ric ert girl whose father also was from my friend am tor jail and who was staying was obvious that she ars an help nfi Miss Brown who Miss Brown plastic surgery while in said she contacted stu me Eo correct facial damage officials and they but in a beating hy the to investigate the case wn she billed was rebuffed by the officials nor I cial agencies when she sough halo for the girl Finally who reportedly cares 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO ials any place in.the world d Proxmire in a statement All they need call up d request a he said who has been k i n g monthly golden ece awards for government isle cited the Air Force's ex- airline for the fleece Ihe But he added that in i i J Child Injured In Morning Home Blaze Vickie Lyn Starr old daughter of Stanley and Karen Starr was in fair con- dition at Washington Regiona Mediant Center today with burns suffered about today when flames Rutted the family home at 623 McClinton St ss to the Air Force this icce of the year should also shared by all the ent big shots who insist on ch special treatment at the of the taxpayers Proxmire said that in the rst 10 months of 1975 the inde 975 flights carrying officials as passengers a cost of over million Not surprisingly or 87 r cent of these flights were for high ranking de- when she nse officials or those through a ng Defense Department A table he gave breuking own the flights by nents and agencies listed about 00 of these 849 flights as con- requested by and House members HEAVY USERS The next largest users shown n the table were the Treasury department with 67 flights and he State Department with 26 The most frequent jser of this most exclusive ine in the world was William limon Secretary of the of the Lire said According to Air Force Mr Simon look 58 lights the first 10 months of 975 at a government cost of This averages out to a flight Other frequent users have seen Deputy Secretary of De- ense William Clements Secretary of the Army Howard Federal Energy Ad- ministrator Frank G Zarb Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and Navy Secretary William The stupidity of this sive airlift is in almost ery case commercial flights were available to the same Police said the child the hands arm and face when she the blazing one-story frami house after having been taki outside after the fire broke out Fire Capt Carl said the girl's life was by her name firemen did not pulled Vickie window of flaming structure The grandmother told lhat she and Vickie Ly started out the front of house but that the girl some reason went back The woman said she then wen to the rear of the house an broke a window and called the child When Ihe girl cam lo the window the woman sai she pulled her out of the nous Springston said that the suffered extensive damage the kitchen and areas along with smol damage to the remainder of th structure The fire started in the k chen said but t cause of the blaze has not bei determined was treated at the ene or area hospitals but not ported in official figures The dead and injured were it immediately identified ex- ept for Jeff 30 an BI agent who was reported in rious condition after ency surgery No call or advance warning the blast but in the ours followed police and ews organizations received a umber of calls from persons laiming different groups were These ranged from ie Palestine Liberation lalion to Puerto Rican ts and a Mafia Police officials said they be- an looki ng for two men in late teens or early 20s fter witnesses said two men that description had run rom the building minutes be- ore the blast Hoax bomb threats at airport in Washington and and St Louis forced the evacuation of passengers while with logs buildings er calls were received at ports in Detroit Denver Los Angeles Chicago Indianapolis and New Conn RECORD TOLL Lt Kenneth O'Neill chief of the police bomb section said that the blast wan one of tha largest ever to go off in New York City and killed the most people The fire started by the blast burned for more an hour before being brought under con- trol TWA employe Nick Douglas s a i i the explosion like a bomb blast during the war Walls were h altered all over and people were running from the building creaming and crying Another airline employe who to be identified said he und a head lying on the alk in front of the arrivals then a foot and the dy of a woman whose chest d been blown apart In a statement issued from Ford said e was deeply grieved at the ss of life and injuries He raid that he had directed cretary of Transportation illiam Coleman and the ral Aviation Administration to ve him a complete report on tragedy as soon as ble BEAME ON SCENE Mayor D Beame ho rushed to the disaster cene called the bombing the ork of maniacs We will hunt lem down A number of news ations including The ted Press received telephone alls claiming that the Liberation Organisation -as responsible for the blast police discounted these re- Police and news also got a number of thcr calls blaming such dis- groups as the Gallo crime gang to Puerto Lican terrorists who have responsibility for a umber of recent explosions in he city We'll investigate it but at his point I wouldn't put much in one police source said Zuhdi Tervi a PLO ob- server to the United Nations said later that the PLO denies any in- volvement in the act Most of the injured were en lo City Hospital Center at Elmhurst in Queens Two were dead on Other victims were rushed to Booth Memorial Queens nd Jamaica ushing Criminal Magnet JUNEAU Alaska AP A Juslice Department crime says the Alaska pipeline has attracted criminals in droves and recommends that at least be allocated to in- organized crime's in- fluence in the state's oil Proxmire said commercial flights not only save the government hundreds of sands of dollars if not millions but would help the depressed airline industry Official Resigns MEXICO CITY AP For- eign Minister Emilio O Rabasa has resigned in the midst of a foreign policy controversy over Mexico's votes in the United Nations against Zionism Springdale Couple Killed In A Springdale couple was killed Monday in a crash on Interstate 40 near Police said The victims were identified as Charles Fantinel 65 and his wife Mrs Louise Fantinel 63 Police said the Fantinel car crossed Ihe median on the in- and ran into the path of a pickup truck The truck driver was hospitalized Fantinel was born Sept 20 1910 in the son of Jerome and Teresa Fa ntin el He wa s a red farmer A veteran of World War II and a member of Ihe American Legion and the Catholic Church Survivors the one son of Morrilton three brothers Albino and Louis all of Springdale five sisters Mrs Lucy Miss Josephine and Mrs Florence Hammond of Springdale Mrs Marie Waldron and three grandchildren Mrs Fantinel was born May 14 1912 in Springdale the daughter of Wiley and Elvira Jack Jones She was a retired nurses aide and a Catholic She is survived by her and Arrangements wil an- by Sisco Funeral Chapel
