Wellsville Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - January 23, 1976, Wellsville, New York Shaky ceasefire being upheld in Lebanon Lebanon UPI Christian and Moslem gunmen today upheld a shaky cease despite occasional exchanges of rocket and In a skirmish during the looting of a supermarket killed six The state radio said all parties were generally abiding by the although most political observers agreed it was too early to tell if the truce would eventually take hold or collapse like the 25 previous Hopes the truce will succeed rest largely on the Most diplomats agree this is Syrias last hope of arranging peace short of a military intervention that could touch off a war with Moslem and Palestinian forces controlled at least twothirds of the country when the ceasefire went into effect at 8 The major test of todays ceasefire was the agreement by rival factions to gradually withdraw from captured ter Fires erupted throughout the shattered but were quickly brought under Blazes broke out at the headquarters of riot police and near a munitions A fire in the outskirts of the capital engulfed Spinneys which was ransacked by hungry looters trying to grab food during the lull in the civil Units of the Palestine Armed Struggle the Palestinian police fought with the Six persons died and 13 were police sources Photographers at the scene had their films Another blaze in the downtown commercial sector swept through the Intra Bank which houses the offices of several foreign firms includ ing British Airways and the Australian The crumbling capital has been the site of some of the heaviest fighting in the war that has left dead and Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam and Hikmat Chehabi arrived in Beirut Wednesday to discuss ceasefire terms with President Suleiman As they thousands of Palestine Liberation Army troops from Syria led Moslem forces in a sweep through northern and eastern They advanced 20 miles through the Bekaa Valley into the eastern ranges of Lebanon and 35 miles down from the northern Syrian border to There they but the threat they might advance again and squeeze Christian forces into a circle around Beirut gave the Syrians the necessary leverage to impose a settlement oh recalcitrant government sources A brutal afternote to the fighting was the discovery of a massacre of Christians by Palestinian and Moslem forces who overran their town of Damour 25 miles south of Beirut earlier this When the leftists began pulling out of Damour reporters found the bodies of dozens of children and elderly men slaughtered with hatchets They were not They were all old people and They were lying in pools of blood in their homes and on the They didnt have a said one witness returning from The massacre was apparently in retaliation for a similar attack on the Beirut slum district of by Christians earlier this week and was not the first committed by either Daily er Serving Allegany and Potter Counties by The II Company All right reserved Year New Friday January 1 976 10 Cents Per Copy Progress in arms folks Kissinger denies he plans to quit MOSCOW UPI Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said today his three days of talks with Soviet leaders produced significant progress toward a strategic arms but officials said more hard bargaining is needed to produce a final Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko also termed the talks telling Western reporters There is forward movement on several You and the United States would call it Kissinger met for final talks with Ford seeking running mate WASHINGTON UPI President Ford says he is considering a long list of vice presidential candidates and considers it unfortunate George Bush had to be eliminated as the price for his confirmation as head of the In an interview with seven New Hampshire Ford said four possible running mates are Edward Brooke of and Howard Baker and Brock of and Elliot who has been confirmed but not sworn in as commerce Ford told the editors he is considering many more than those four but did not want to provide a complete He reluctantly eliminated Bush last month when the Senate Armed Services Committee threatened to block his nomination to head the After Ford the committee approved The Senate is expected to confirm him next Ford told the editors the need to drop Bushs name from consideration was unfortunate and Baker and Brock expressed pleasure at being Obviously Im pleased the President considers me as a potential running Brooke But he added that at no time have I been asked to be a candidate I dont expect to be asked this Brock said The President was very gracious and I appreciate his mentioning my It is my to be able to run for re election in Asked if he would turn down a vice presidential Brock Its hard to say August is a long way Baker said Its flattering and nice to know but I have no Theres a political lifetime before the convention in Kansas Its nice to be on the list but Im not packing my Gromyko before flying to Brussels to brief North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign ministers on his discussions with Soviet leader Leonid Despite the optimism on arms the talks failed to resolve the worsening crisis in dismissed as ridiculous reports that he might resign because of failure to settle the dispute over Soviet intervention in the West African The secretary said he was unaware of reported remarks by John former ambassador to the United that he might Kissinger earlier called the Soviet provision of arms and advisers to one warring faction in Angola a threat to Thursday Kissinger had achieved a partial breakthrough in the Strategic Arms Limitations which have been stalled in Geneva since Kissinger echoed that feeling today as he arrived for the morning meeting with Significant progress has been made toward a SALT he and indicated there was now a good chance of completing an We have received some very interesting new Soviet Kissinger But a official participating in the talks said further hard bargaining was needed before an agreement could be completed and long delayed summit trip to Washington could be Star probably wont testify WASHINGTON UPI The Senate intelligence committees staff has advised the panel against calling singer Frank Sinatra as a witness because he knows nothing about CIA murder plots and his testimony might reopen the touchy issue of John Kennedys love committee sources The sources said they hoped the panel would decide the Sinatra testimony issue in closed session today and vote against We dont believe questioning Sinatra could lead to any reopening of the assassination plots one committee source said We dont think Sinatra knows anything about dealings in that On the other we are definitely not interested in getting into the area of President Kennedys love That is not our Sinatra reportedly introduced Kennedy and the late Sam a reputed Chicago Mafia boss shot to death last to a woman who now claims to have had intimate relations with both men in the early The committees report on assassination plots said the CIA enlisted the help of Giancana and other reputed Mafia figures in various schemes to kill Cubas Premier Fidel But it could not determine whether Kennedy knew of the GOT THE nine Immaculate Conception School cheerleaders helped their seventh and eighth grade team to its sixth straight victory this season last Kneeling from left are Jean Michelle Susan and Shelly and in back Karen Mary Julie Susan and Missing last night was Robyn Reporter Photo Top workers get pay boosts UPI The first full pay period of the new year tor the Assembly staff shows pay increases to several top The fiscal documents released Thursday revealed that for the second year the top pay went to Joseph former Democratic state He is paid a year as chief of staff to the majority Democrats a wage hike of over his salary of one year The largest pay apparently based on a went to Edwin husband of Mary Anne who is listed to receive as counsel to the Last Margolis got as legislative Kenneth who replaced Daniel Chill as counsel to the also is listed for William Haddad of who is director of legislative is slated for a salary while Robert Herman of Slingerlands is to get as special advisor to the Michael secretary to Speaker Stanley was increased by to and Andrew Hatcher of the director of communi was boosted by to a The top pay on the minority Republican side went to Philip executive counsel to Minority Leader Perry salary was increased by to Next in line on the GOP side is Henry listed at as executive assistant to the minority The highest paid woman is Marcia Aronoff of who is listed for as director to Majority Leader Albert Blumenthal of Fiscal officer Dorothy Clough is paid and Catherine Carey of no relation to Hugh is paid as clerk of the A increase over last years level went ot David Keiper of who is listed for as director of and Edward McDonough of was boosted by to as administrative Andrew Goldman of Rochester is listed for as director of program and committee The total including employes hired just for the runs about News briefs 411 await decision FIVE NUNS from the Sisters of Charity of the Saint Elizabeth Order face eviction from their home in Glen because the towns zoning ordinance forbids nonfamily members from living in From left are Marilyn Carol Maureen Diane McEvoy and Marilyn UPI WASHINGTON UPI There are 411 persons on death row in 30 and the Supreme Court is about to face the question of whether they can be executed to punish and deter The justices decided Thursday to hear on March 30 a murder case from each of five states North Louisiana and The issue will be decided before the current term ends in Thirtyfour states permit capital Proponents claim the electric chair and the gas chamber deter Opponents say the death penalty is morally wrong and falls disproportionately on the poor and the The federal govern ment says it is permissible in some These arguments will be made to a court whose membership has changed since it last spoke on the The court has been chipping away at the death penalty for Most in the justices ruled 5 to 4 that as then administered it violated the 8th Amendments ban against cruel and unusual But of the majority only two Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall would have wiped out the penalty The other three William Potter Stewart and Byron White said only that capital punishment was being imposed so that some defendants were executed and others convicted of the same crimes were not All the courts Nixon appointees Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Harry Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist dissented on grounds the decision rests with state not the courts Strike expands LOS ANGELES UPI I Thousands of general practitioners have shut their offices in Southern California and flocked to the support of specialists striking over increased malpractice More were expected to join The strike now covers a area of more than 11 million Aided FBI WASHINGTON UPI A former network news correspondent has confirmed reports he supplied the FBI with information while working Two congressional committees are investigating the role of reporters and news organizations in foreign intelligence Sam Jaffe said Thursday he had told Senate investigators he supplied the FBI with intelligence information without pay during foreign affairs reporting assignments for CBS No funds WASHINGTON UPI The White House is reconsidering its decision to stop building Minuteman III nuclear missiles and may keep the production line warm while it awaits an outcome of the strategic arms talks There are no funds in the fiscal 1977 budget to continue Minuteman but that would be no problem for several weeks when money would be needed to maintain component pipelines Halt assault Zambia Pro Western forces massed their troops at a small river crossing in central Angola today to halt an allout assault by forces on then southern Military sources in Lusaka said the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola was receiving fresh infusions of Cuban soldiers to spearhead their offensive Takes post A Cornell University professor with a distinguished career in collective bargaining and labor relations has been named as the states new labor commissioner Sources said Philip Ross will take over for Louis who announced his resignation The naming of the educator and labor consultant came after Hugh Carey had made public statements saying he would make every effort to encourage business to stay in and come back to New York Wont talk DETROIT New Teamster Stephen Andretta bounced in and out of a federal grand jury room 27 times then returned to prison to await more questions about the disappearance of former Teamsters boss James Hoffa The reluctant jailed 43 days ago for refusing to answer one appeared before the jury Thursday to be asked about Hoffas July 30 disappearance from a suburban Detroit restaurant Weather Mostly cloudy with a chance of light Low near Periods of snow likely High near The chance of snow is 30 per cent 40 per cent tonight and 60 per cent Snow flurries and partial clearing Sunday with a low of Flurries ending HIGH The high occurred at noon yesterday and the low at 6 There was a trace of snow recorded and the barometer at read and Temperatures for the period were 5 3 4 6 2 9 7 9 3 12 9 8 am 2
