Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - April 21, 1976, Zanesville, Ohio Today's Chuckle A mother may hope her daughter gets a better husband than she did but she knows her son won't get as good as wife as his father did The Times Recorder Today's Weather FORECAST Considerable cloudiness and warm with showers and thunderstorms likely Highs in the mid to upper 80s Clearing tonight with low in the upper 50s Vol 112 28 Pages Your Good Morning Newspaper Zanesville Ohio 43701 Wednesday April 21 1976 20 Cents CLEVELAND AP United Rubber Workers President Peter Bommarito said late Tuesday he was pessimistic about an agreement with the Big Four but that anything can happen before expiration of the union's nationwide contract at midnight I am not hopeful right at this moment Bommarito said as he entered a dinner meeting with his own officials to make some determinations before the final meeting with the stone Tire Rubber Co The URW is concentrating its negotiating efforts on Firestone and has said it will launch a boycott against the company's products if there is a strike Bommarito said if there is a strike it might be a lengthy one depending on how much eco- nomic pressure could be put on Firestone Union officials said Firestone the nation's second largest producer makes 38 different brands of tires in- many for other firms Bommarito said the URW would extend its contract past the midnight expiration if the union and Firestone were close to agreement But early Tuesday evening Bommarito said but we are not at that sition The union president said if he called a strike it would be against all the Big Four com- Firestone Goodyear Tire Rubber Co ich Co and Unirpyal Inc He added that the Firestone cott would be worldwide with AFL-CIO support if necessary The Big Four contracts ering of the 000 members were to expire at Wednesday A stone settlement would set the pattern for all four though each is negotiated separately Bommarito also made public a letter from Sen Edward M Kennedy to the tice Department's antitrust di- vision chief Thomas Kauper asking about possible antitrust violations or investigations relative to a mutual aid ment among the companies Company spokesmen knowledged such agreements have existed since 1967 in- the agreements were revised to fit the circumstances of the negotiations each three years but refusing to give de- tails of past or current pacts A Justice Department man in Washington Mark Sheehan said the letter was re- Tuesday and we will of course look into the situation as we would in response to any request That doesn't mean there's going to be an antitrust Sheehan added We usually reserve that for ations when we've come to be- lieve on our own that there is a violation The URW went into the talks demanding an unlimited adjustment provision and an increase in hourly wages sufficient to bring the URW hourly average into line with United Auto Workers pay and to keep it there The amount needed was estimated at in the first year and or more over life of the con- tract Company concern centered on separating tire and worker pay scales a step the URW insisted it wouldn't cept and on work rule and er operational and pay changes aimed at making ations more competitive with those in smaller nonunion com- panies The Big Four's last known of- fer proposed in hourly wage increases for tire workers over life of the contract 50 cents of it in the first year 85 cents for workers over three years and a ing adjustment ranging from 5 to 10 cents an hour per year The union said at the outset it wanted an increase of an hour for skilled tradesmen such as electrical or machinists plus improvements in pensions supplemental unemployment benefits and other fringes in a total package of increases Bommarito estimated at 42 per cent A URW spokesman said the current fringe package added to the hourly wage for a total of Tne URW pointed out that its 1973 contracts were negotiated while the economic controls of Phase III were in effect but that the UAW contract was reached after Phase Ill's removal The effect was to limit the URW wage boost to 6 per cent without the cost-of-living adjustment which the UAW was able to obtain the URW said The cost-of-living vision has added so far to its members wages that rently average an hour but range from to a high of for skilled workers plus a fringe package adding to the hourly average The URW wants to catch up contending its pay has climbed only 17 per cent while inflation has boosted the cost of living 27 per cent URW sources said the dollar value of the total package it seeks couldn't be estimated be- cause of such variables as in- surance rate increases Union spokesmen said the legations of company ance pacts were presented to Kennedy 10 days ago when he attended a labor session in Washington Officials said they received a copy of the letter Tuesday via dictation Kennedy aide In it Kennedy told Kauper that he understood the pact took such forms of assistance as permitting a struck com- pany to use the retail outlets of a major tire competitor Bommarito said earlier the agreement provides for such help as transfer of a struck company's tire molds to other companies which then go ahead with production for the one that was shut down Industry sources said pre- vious practices have included provision for some form of assistance if needed and for exchange of Physical Facility Set M m mm State Rep Rex Kieffer Zanesville yesterday an- plans for a physical education building at Ohio branch will soon be under way as approved by Ohio Controlling Board This project Kieffer ex- will also serve Technical College The building plans include expanded technical programs and maintenance buildings to For OUZ MATC service both institutions Kieffer added When completed the ing will include a gymnasium area three classrooms one multi-purpose room two student activity rooms six locker storage rooms a swimming tank and five of- Kieffer said Aside from these indoor Kieffer went on to sav an outdoor multi-purpose paved area will be constructed and areas for tennis ball volleyball and other outdoor sports Kieffer said the first allocation approved by the board was for and will cover architectural fees and planning costs Cars Off Track Six cars of a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight train derailed shortly before 2 p.m Tuesday in New Concord The section of track involved is located on the west end of New Concord Four of the six cars were overturned in the incident No further details were available from Baltimore and Ohio officials in Newark Photos by Marjorie D 5 D 2 B 4 A 3 B C 6 B B Classified Comics Deaths Editorials Financial Sports Pages Television Women's Pages Firemen Battle Brush Fire National Trails Volunteer Fire Department Tuesday battled two fires one of which was still smoldering Tuesday night Firemen were called to a brush and dump fire along Kimes road near West Muskingum High School at The area had been used as a refuse dump years ago Firemen brought the fire under control but small fires kept reigniting Ohio Department of Forestry brought in a bulldozer to build a fire wall around the area It was feared if left unattended the area would again catch fire and threaten a nearby wooded area Firemen were still on the scene last night as the wall was being constructed A brush and grass fire called two of National Trails trucks from the scene at p.m About one acre burned along Licking County Road 283 just off Ohio 668 The blaze was started by an oil storage tank heater officials said Firemen said there was no monetary loss at either fire Mansfield Firemen Join Strike City Seeks Help Jurors List Narrows ____ For Governor's Trial CHARLESTON AP A list of potential jurors to hear extortion charges against Gov Arch A Moore Jr was whittled down to 45 Tuesday on the first day of the federal trial U.S District Judge Joseph Young said the final panel of 12 jurors and two alternates would be chosen Wednesday morning Moore 53 and his former aide William Loy are charged with conspiracy to extort 000 from Theodore R Price president of Diversified Corp in 1972 Price wanted a state bank charter and Moore was running for re- election that year Young instructed the 45 semi- finalists not to read any paper listen to any television or radio news shows relating to anything in this case Nearly 100 persons from the current petit jury list were questioned collectively and individually Tuesday One by one they were asked what they had heard or read about the case Few of the prospective jurors could remember details of any news stories about Moore or Price who will be a principal witness in the trial I don't remember what it the story was said one woman I don't believe all I read I read and I wonder if it's true It seems there's been bad publicity for but I can't a man said I have read but I haven't really sorted it another woman said I've intentionally avoided reading or hearing about the case on the chance I might be said a man You have to take everything you read with a grain of salt Young then asked each son do you have any pre- conceived ideas about the guilt or innocence of the Almost all said no One woman who said she worked at the statehouse said I would really rather not be on this jury I personally feel that since I am a state employe I would not be one of the best jurors Young also asked the people if they voted for or against Moore in the 1968 or 1972 tions But those who voted ther way said their votes would not influence them if they were chosen jurors The judge asked the jurors if they were acquainted with any persons on a list of probable witnesses The list includes for- Developer Gets Permit mer DMC officials Price his wife Paul E Allen Edward Tiley Maxine Little Roger Baird and Jan Seaton Also on the list were state banking commissioner George B dan and Gassaway banker No- lan Hamric both of whom are unindicted Only about one dozen tors watched the long jury process including Moore's wife Shelley Young said the jury would not be sequestered but would be instructed not to read listen to or watch any news reports of the case During his meeting with the attorneys Young de- nied a defense motion to quester the jurors to Moore said day that the governor continues to run the state even though he is forced to spend much of his time in a courtroom He's taking care of said Norman Yost By The Associated Press While firemen returned to work Tuesday after a one-day sickout in Columbus the mayor of Mansfield asked Ohio Gov James A Rhodes for assistance as firefighters joined striking Senators Vote For Consumer COLUMBUS Ohio AP Senators added their approval Tuesday to major tion to protect Ohio's con- sumers from providers of ice and merchandise who can escape responsibility for by quality under present law The vote was on a House that practically does away with the long controversial holder in doctrine It says in effect that the seller of a uct or service can sell the in- stallment contract to a third party usually a bank or finance company Subsequently if a service or product turns out to be tive the buyer has no recourse against the financial institution which bought his contract or against the seller The vides the remedy of letting the buyer withhold payments from the financial institution and to use the defective product or service as a defense in any en- suing legal action The Senate sponsor Sen Neal F Jr ton said Ohio is one of six slates that have not moved to repeal the holder in due course doctrine Zimmers said the federal government already moved to outlaw the practice in tions covered by interstate commerce laws effective this May The returns to the House which approved it last Feb 24 with concurrence there expected Without dissent senators proved another House measure that strengthens the right of lo- cal governments to control the number of liquor permits the state can issue within their cor- borders That measure which also re- turns to the lower chamber lows local governments to file formal objections to pending permit renewals pate as a full partner in liquor commission hearings on con- tested permits and finally to file appeals first with the liquor commission and in state courts if desired police officers in a wage test Representatives of Local 67 of the International Association of Firefighters met with Columbus officials and a federal mediator Tuesday to discuss union demands for a hour work week and vacation provisions afforded to policeman in the city of half a million In Mansfield 11 of 25 firemen scheduled for duty failed to re- port for work Tuesday forcing the fire chief to close four fire stations and reassign The city is sitting on a powder keg that may explode at any said Mayor Richard Porter of Mansfield He asked the governor for standby aid from outside police agencies after firemen joined police who walked off the job six days ago He said he was in contact with Rhodes several times Tuesday to find out about sible for the city of Members of the Mansfield fire department represented by Local 266 of the Inter- national Association of Firefighters joined 92 bers of the police force to protest a job freeze instituted by the city in February The firemen also are objecting to a sick leave policy being reviewed by the City Council Porter said he was ering invoking the state's guson Act which prohibits strikes by public employes City police officers pating in a sickout since last Thursday remained off the job with local Richland County sheriff's deputies responding to emergency police calls In Columbus the fire ment was at full strength day while city officials ered possible legal action against firemen who called in sick Monday Rov Morello president of the firefighters local denied that the union had ordered the one- day walkout I heard about Morello said That was a tragedy I don't know of any of our people who are ever on sick leave and that aren't sick Policemen in Columbus tled a contract dispute with the city earlier this month after staging a slowdown and then a step-up in ticket writing Daylight Time Near Daylight savings time returns to Ohio and most of the remainder of the nation at 2 Sunday April 25 Before going to bed Saturday evening residents should move their clocks ahead one hour For example at midnight the clock would be set at 1 An earlier move in Congress to start daylight savings time last March failed to win approval Zanesville Public Works officials Tuesday issued a building permit to Douglas C Ruth of Granville authorizing alteration of a building at 716 Adair avenue for development as a restaurant and cocktail lounge a city spokesman reported Ruth along with associates proposed construction of a million complex on Adair avenue between Maple and Culbertson avenues in 1974 However neither Ruth nor his attorney Edward Ormond could be reached to determine if this is a first phase in con- Zanesville Soap Box Derby Association will hold a clinic at p.m Thursday April 22 in Eagles Lodge Rainbow Room on North Third street ments will be served Those interested in entering the derby must be registered by Saturday April 24 Car construction and design will be explained by Neil Ensminger and Floyd Wetzel clinic directors Kits containing material to build cars may be obtained by contacting John Mock or Floyd Wetzel Co-directors of the race are Ed Roby and Howard The race is scheduled July 25 on Mclntire avenue and is sponsored by White Chevrolet The Times Recorder and Eagles Lodge struction of the previously proposed project In November of 1974 Ruth Jacqueline Ruth Ralph K Ruth Margaret Ruth T Scott Slates and Pauline Slates plied for a zoning certificate to authorize use of eight lots on Adair avenue between Maple and Culbertson avenues for construction of a restaurant complex retail shops and possibly doctor's offices and a drive-in bank Some residents of the area and Mclntire Terrace Association opposed the project and tried to block it in court Judge J Lincoln Knapp of Muskingum County Common Pleas Court upheld a Zanesville Board of Zoning Appeals ruling which allowed the project The opponents then ed to Fifth District Court of Appeals but that court also ruled in favor of the developers New Lexington Police Accuse 3 Of Robbery NEW LEXINGTON Two Lancaster men and a juvenile of that city have been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan 2 robbery of the Kroger store here According to Chief Police William Kirkbride he has filed charges of armed robbery against Terry Cotterman and Peter John as well as the juvenile who is being held in Fairfield County Juvenile Detention Center Cotterman was bound over to Perry County grand Tuesday in County Court after a preliminary hearing A bond has been set A bond hearing was also held Tuesday for and bond set A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 Friday and asked that the court appoint an attorney to represent him Both are presently being held in county jail in lieu of the set bonds The trio is accused of en- tering the local store located at the junction of Ohio 93 37 and 13 brandishing a handgun and ordering the manager to hand over the money from the cash register He refused saying the gun was not real the juvenile allegedly fired a shot into the ceiling They are alleged to have taken from the cash ter Police recovered the bullet fired News Digest Jobs Program Help Expected CINCINNATI AP Rep Willis Gradison said Tuesday the City of Cincinnati will be able to preserve 600 jobs with million allocated under extended public service job program legislation signed by over the weekend Pollution Alert Period Record WHEELING AP Air Pollution Control officials say the length of a bad air alert in the Steubenville area may be a new Leaders Negotiate In Strike SAN FRANCISCO AP Striking union leaders and a city met behind closed doors Tuesday in a surprise move aimed at ending the stalemated municipal walkout Mound Protection Backed COLUMBUS Ohio AP Looking back on a unique feature of ancient Ohio state senators approved Tuesday a aimed to protect prehistoric Indian burial mounds from indiscriminate desecration Plane Cockpit Smoking Opposed WASHINGTON AP Smoking in the cockpit would be banned under a petition to the Federal Aviation Administration filed Tuesday by a group of commercial airline pilots and two interest groups Ferguson Hints Against Fees COLUMBUS Ohio AP State Auditor Thomas E Ferguson hinted Tuesday that he would not issue a check for Gov James A Rhodes Kent State legal unless he was convinced the state had a legal obligation to pay 2 Western Counties On Alert COLUMBUS Ohio AP Two western Ohio counties of and Miami were placed under an air pollution alert Tuesday after ozone produced from the bright sunlight and auto emissions reached high levels Total appropriation for this project is Kieffer noted This physical education project is much needed by the students of both institutions Kieffer commented For several years the colleges have had to rent space in the community to serve requirements of the students Kieffer said the physical education facilities will be a bonus factor for attracting students to both institutions expanding physical education programs intramural sports and recreation needs Arabs Renew Protest JERUSALEM AP Arab riots erupted again Tuesday against the Israeli occupation of west Jordan Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin reaffirmed rael was still prepared to give up part of the territory in any eventual peace negotiations with Jordan's King Hussein The military command said the riots were minor and no in- juries were reported But troops clamped a curfew on the town of Tulkarm where Arab students built roadblocks on the main street and clashed with security forces Troops and police also broke up stone-throwing tions in east Jerusalem Jenin and Nablus where one Arab ri- oter was killed by army gunfire Monday and three were wounded The Arab street protests lowed a two-day weekend march through territory on the west bank of the Jordan River by an estimated Israelis The marchers hiked 24 miles through the hills and desert to dramatize their demand that Israel annex west Jordan as the land promised by God to the Jews In a newspaper interview Tuesday Rabin said his was maintaining freedom of action to negotiate with Jordan including territorial compromise But no such negotiations are in sight and Rabin told the daily Al that he would hold elections before agreeing to return any west bank land Later in the day while Rabin was visiting Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley he made clear Israel plans to keep parts of the west bank for security The Jordan Valley is the de- fense line of Rabin said The state radio reported that he told Jewish settlers the de- fense lines should be based on Israeli settlements built in the region The Israelis have built 19 communities in west Jordan since capturing the land in the 1967 Mideast war A Happy Day We hope you have a nice day today If you want to place a Happy Ad for someone you know for that Special just call Classified Advertising Remember the cost is only Call us today and place a Happy Ad The Times Recorder Ph Classified Advertising Newark Probe To Begin NEWARK Ohio AP Mayor Richard Baker the ty director and 17 police de- employes were to pear starting Wednesday before a Licking County grand jury investigating allegations of police corruption the Licking County prosecutor said Tuesday Prosecutor Neil Laughlin said he subpoenaed Police Chief Arthur Nutter and Chief of Detectives Ned Ashton to help clarify rumors of thefts by policemen Information about reported payoffs embezzlement ment for services and inter- state solicitation for murder also will be brought to the grand jury's attention Laughlin Rob Benson a Newark cate reporter also has been subpoenaed to discuss the newspaper's continuing gation of the police ment Laughlin said the grand jury also will look into questions di- to him by city Solicitor Robert and Safety Director Ray Starr who made their own investigation Hendricks and Starr began their investigation after com- plaints of a police coverup in connection with a March 23 in- involving a police geant and an East End woman The sergeant was suspended 16 days for misconduct and the suspension upheld by Starr SPAPERI SPAPERI
