Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - September 29, 1983, Syracuse, New York SPORTS Phillies are SYRACUSE HE JOURNAL VOL 107 NO METRO EDITION 1983 The Herald Company SEPTEMBER Good evening GORGEOUS High In Page A2 Plan ahead A Minnesota funeral home offers sales pitch for potential customers A2 Dems claim support A poll commissioned by the Democrats indicates Americans strongly favor that party's stands on environment and social issues A3 More aid needed Former President Richard Nixon says a new Marshall type aid program is needed to achieve peace in Central America A3 Burford testifies The of the En- Protection Agency denies politics influenced agency decisions A4 Banks in trouble Almost 600 banks in the United States are in trouble because of bad loans Business B6 Fancy flight Flight show will take off in style with elegant de- signs for traveling Lifestyle Cl Investigators finished Police investigators say they will not reopen their probe of the James de- spite a hung jury in the trial of Cynthia Pugh accused of killing him Metro D3 No show Clay Highway Superintendent William C Weaver did not appear in town court on a DWI charge but Justice Helen L Burnham said she'll give him the benefit of the doubt D3 Lottery winners Daily 124 Win 3615 Today's features Sylvia B6 Editorials A Today's chuckle Short form Being of sound I spent it Information fire levels Auburn Country Club AP TESTIFIES Former President Richard Nixon talks to reporters in Washington after testifying before National Bipartisan Commission on chaired by his former policy Henry right Page in Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO A transformer fire in the basement of a downtown has just the state office building contaminated by toxic chemicals after a similar blaze Tests were being conducted Wednesday night to determine if First National Bank of Chicago may reopen its headquarters after a fire in an electrical transformer three floors the street authorities said it appeared that un- like the Binghamton no PCBs were burned in the and the air ducts were not arranged so that they carried the smoke throughout the building 10 injured When PCBs biphenyls they create one of the most toxic of made chemicals Over the last three New York state has spent more than million to clean up the Binghamton office where PCBs were burned in the transformer toxic of that fire were left out the building by the smoke Ten including five fighters and five employes in the bank's underground were in- jured none seriously in the Chicago which of workers from the headquarters of the First National Bank of Chicago into the street John a spokesman for state Environmental Protection said samples of soot and air with ner on every fifth floor of the building to see if PCBs ent Testing for PCBs If no evidence of PCBs was the bank building would open this morning as a bank man said if the tests turn up dence of will go back over the building with much more thorough That would result in closing the building for three to five days or he said The PCBs were in a liquid used as a coolant in the transformer John a Commonwealth Edison said 15 of the 200 liquid in the trans- former had spilled out during the fire but not been consumed by fire There was no smoke he said Hogan said there were no air ducts in the vault that contained the so smoke did not get into the building's heating and si TRANSFORMER Page A6 Firemen find largely aflame AUBURN A fire early today destroyed the Auburn a former mansion overlooking Owasco state lice said The which broke out at caused a heavy to the building on East Lake fire officials said Firefighters arrived to find the stately building engulfed in flames It took more than an hour to control the authorities said By several firefighting units still were on the scene ping officials said Fire companies from the city of West Niles and Union Springs helped fight the injuries were reported Troopers said the speed with which flames spread led state police arson investigators to consider the blaze suspicious They said the building is considered a total loss The owner the club was not identified officials said Reagan talk WASHINGTON British Prime Minister Margaret visiting with President Reagan is praising his strategy for arms negotiations with the Soviet but voicing concern about the effect of U.S budget deficits on worldwide economic who arrived here Wednesday after visiting was said to be worried that U.S budget deficits will boost interest rates and stifle the eco- nomic upturn worldwide Interviewed on the show this Mrs Thatcher said she feels it is coming out of a to have a high interest rate It stops of if you don't get you do not get the national New tax revenue U.S officials say Reagan believes that the stronger economic ery in the United States will erate new tax thus ing federal deficits and easing the threat of higher The summit was first scheduled last May but was postponed while the prime ister waged a successful re-election campaign Immediately following her ing with Reagan in the Oval Office at the House Mrs Thatcher was to put on view the British copy of the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States TVo set agenda A senior U.S who briefed reporters Wednesday on the White House said that while there was no set agenda the talks are expected to range over i nan la v V home of about if there are a few pounds But the General Birdseye plant in toni feet of at capacity until this time qf more than 5 million pounds of the bright orange tables are chopped and canned or frozen Employees now spend 20 hours a day working with farmers who unload the clock to complete the harvest Pilots propose strike to publicize problems By The Associated Press Pilots from 46 airlines are ering a brief nationwide strike to call attention to what they say is industry on the pilots voting today on a strike against Continental Airlines will to roll back 50 percent pay a spokesman And the head of Eastern Airlines union mechanics branded the company's request for a voluntary pay cut an maniac position and demanded that Chairman Frank Borman resign I Eastern today sent ballots lo 16.000 workers for votes next week on 15 percent pay cute Borman has said the airline faces bankruptcy unless it wins lion in concessions from its who have already Page Husband's death faked Then pair file insurance claim NEW YORK Robert and his wife were with waiting for their disability checks that they took matters into their own hands They faked berg's death and filed for in insurance claims a licensed private lived in his self-imposed world for two years until his arrest Aug 20 His lawyer said he spent most of the time in a apartment outside London and saw his wife only occasionally The Island couple ted their scheme Wednesday as they pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges Granberg told U.S District Judge Robert Sweet that he faked his death on July by scheming with friends to make it appear he had drowned on a fishing trip Then Judith ad- mitted she Hod in the Island surrogate's court in order to have her husband declared legally And then Miss Brent she filed in insurance col- After the hearing at U.S District Court in lawyer explained why the couple did it He said and Miss were injured at The husband had knee and heart the a toll un- derwent nine operations and lost a finger after a motorist grasped her hand as he drove away he just got fed up with years of hearings going for disability attorney Ivan Fisher said in describing why the WHO he compensation check ar- rived at the couple's Island home a week after his death was faked Granberg a former investigator for now faces up to 15 years in prison and in fines after pleading guilty to charges of mail fraud and using a fraudulently obtained ATTENDS FUNERAL Former Jimmy Carter tugs at his throat during funeral for Ruth in as his r from her eye Reagan urges Senate follow i House lead in Marines vote WASHINGTON dent having swayed an edgy called on the Senate to today and approve a tion allowing him to keep U.S rines in Lebanon for 18 more months is not an easy decision for but believe it is a nry one for our country and the House Speaker Thomas toM before they to the compromise which helped negotiate with ii expected to etv despite in Homik we the United in a praised the or Hang the plan that de- of Marines In congressional bvl them to stay as a part of a peacekeeping force for 18 months more I spirit of members of the two parties and bi- tween the executive and uie tive branches of our government has been the traditional hallmark a successful foreign Reagan said we look to the Senate fdr a similar demonstration of ble I Voting for the resolution were Central New York congressmen Sherwood George C and David Martin Canton Opposed were Matthew P Frank and Stan D- Sen Daniel Patrick he will vote against the proposal Most Americans say they want Congress to limit the continued of U.S Marines in non to six months or a new Page A6
