iianrt|PHtpr lEupning lpral5 MANCHESTER, CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1975 — VOL. XCIV, No. 103 Mnnchesler—A City of yHhffe Chnnn TWENTY PAGES — TWO SECTIONS NEWS Following Ship Collision CAPSULES Amnesty Extended United Press International Blasts, Fires WASHINGTON (UPI) - Thursday President Ford extended his program of pardon and clemency for Vietnam war draft evaders and deserters to March 1. A spokesman for the Presidential Clemency Rip Refinery 'im. Board said there were six times as many applications in the last three weeks than there were in the first four months. MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (UPI) - Two volved the Corinthus and a barge, but it However pro-amnesty groups are pushing ships, one containing 315,000 gallons of was later determined that the dredge for full amnesty and are spuming the crude oil, collided at dockside at the barge was docked nearby. President’s program. British Petroleum refinery here today, The spokesman said the Corinthus had causing at least one death. approximately 315,000 gallons of crude oil They Were Wrong Several persons were believed missing aboard which apparentiy touched off the BOSTON (UPI) — Boston University and at least 20 were injured. mass of flames and smoke which could be seen miles away. President John Silber said that since The U.S. Coast Guard said a Liberian students invited Ronald Ziegler to speak at tanker, the Corinthus, was moored at Eyewitnesses said the bow of the the school for money, they should not have dockside unloading and was struck by the tanker, the Corinthus, either sank or was taken back their offer. He re-extended the U.S. Edgar M. Queeney as it was leaving blown off, and flames consumed the stern above water. invitation Thursday, offering the former dockside, causing a series of explosions and fires. White House spokesman ?1,000. Flames from the Corinthus quickly ig­ The original offer from students had The blasts shattered windows in a wide nited and virtually destroyed the BP docks in nearby Trainer. been J2,500 plus expenses. Ziegler turned area and rocked this area of industrial down the $1,000. His agent in New York complexes, including many refineries. A Coast Guard air crew reported flames from the initial blast jumped 400 to 500 said that BU’s change of heart is too late One person was confirmed dead on and too little. arrival at Crozer Chester Medical Center, high and spread a distance of two to three where 13 of the injured were taken. miles across the river, which separates A Coast Guard report said “numerous the Pennsylvania and New Jersey borders. Predicts Food Crisis persons are unaccounted for at this time, The fire, touched off about 12:45 a.m., WASHINGTON (UPI) - “By mid-1976, although there is no detailed information continued raging through the night on an if something isn’t done, we will have one as to specific casualties.” oil slick on the river and the docks, but of the most serious fo<^ crises that this Coast Guard spokesman Chief Ed firemen believed they had the blaze under country has ever known,” Sonny Covill Fireboat Moves in to Battle Blaze Conlon said later that he had “no idea” as control. There was no immediate danger predicts. Covill, who has been farming for to whether there were further casualties. to the oil storage tanks and homes stud­ 28 years around Burgaw, N.C., delivered ding the area. A marine fireboat moves in to the .Delaware River at Marcus Hook, Pa., The Coast Guard dispatched two his warning at the annual meeting of the flaming explosion of an oil tanker that being treated for injuries in nearby cutters, two tugboats, a buoy tender and Six persons were taken to Sacred Heart Consumer Federation of America. He said early today. At least one person is collided with a smaller ship on the hospitals. (UPI photo) two helicopters to aid in fire control and Hospital in Chester, but only three high consumer prices for food are only the known dead and more than 20 are search for victims. required hospitalization. Two other per­ beginning. Corporate control over food Authorities said, however, it was dif­ sons taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital in from farm to shelf is increasing, and ficult to determine how many were aboard Media, about 10 miles north of here, were operating costs are driving more farmers the Corinthus because of numerous shore reported not seriously injured. off the land. Study panels and dinner Ford Seeks Spending Curbs leaves. Originally, because of the smoke The Coast Guard had planes flying the speeches at the meeting are exploring and flames that had blanketed the area the area to watch for any persons who might ways the average buyer can beat the food Coast Guard reported that the collision in­ still be in the water. distribution system. WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Ford national, economic and energy problems is asking Congress to let him cut or delay at a 90-minute session Thursday, and Ford Administration life insurance policies held Manhunt Mounted federal spending of $2.6 billion for later gave a black tie state dinner for by more than 2.5 million former GIs who programs ranging from cancer research Wilson at the White House. served in World War I and II or Korea. LOS ANGELES (UPI) - One of the to construction of schools and hospitals. The money will be paid out within the next greatest manhunts in the history of Los Grasso To Seek Explanation Ford’s request was the latest in a series In other developments Thursday, the 45 days, and “the President feels this ac­ Angeles has been mounted to find a killer tion will distribute a substantial amount of of attempts he has made to hold down a President: known as the “Skid Row slasher.” He has multibillion dollar deficit this year — with cash at a time when it is needed to give a cut the throats of eight men in two — Sent Congress a 182-page package of Of Bar’s Review Procedure virtual certainty of another one in the 1976 proposed legislation, called “the Energy boost to consumer spending,” a White months. Police are concerned, because House spokesman said. federal budget that he will submit Monday Independence Act of 1975,” to carry out the slasher went outside the Skid Row to Congress. HARTFORD (UPI) - Gov. Ella T. “That is information to which you are in area to kill his latest victim Wednesday the fuel conservation steps he suggested 15 Grasso says she will speak to Connecticut fact entitled,’’ Mrs Grasso told a The bulk of his choices for the chopping days ago in his State of the Unions ■ ■ In’all, Ford sought 35 recisions amoun­ night. The killer “may strike any time and block — $1.8 billion worth — dealt with Bar Association President William K. newswoman. any place now,” a police spokesman said. message. In appealing for “prompt ac­ ting to nearly $1.1 billion. If both the Cole about his declining to detail the bar’s The governor also reappointed eight social welfare and was expected to en­ tion,” he said “without these measures we House and the Senate do not approve that counter resistance on Capitol Hill. judicial review committee’s procedures. judges whose present terms expire his face a future of shortages or dependence request within 45 days the money will be year. Search for Wreckage The President’s first order of official She said Thursday she had understood which the nation cannot tolerate and the released. The President listed 14 deferrals after talking to Cole Wednesday that the ISTANBUL (UPI) — A search is,being business today was to complete a round of ’The governor declined to explain why American people will not accept.” totaling $769 million. That action will take bar would explain its rejection of Interim made in the Sea of Marmara for 41 per­ talks with British Prime Minister Harold she offered Gaffney, former Republican — Ordered an acceleration of $335.6 effect automatically unless either the Superior Court Judge J. Brian Gaffney for sons missing in a freak crash of a ’Turkish Wilson. The two leaders focused on inter­ state chairman, a common pleas court million in dividend payments on Veteran’s House or the Senate votes to stop him. a full term appointment. jetliner 'Thursday evening. The plane judgeship even after he was implicated in the state leasing scandal. crashed into the choppy waters when a Asked why she offered Gaffney the brief blackout at the airport forced the bench appointment, Mrs. Grasso would pilot to delay his landing. Police said only say the’ Connecticut Bar Association fishing boats found wreckage of the plane has agreed to consider the nomination 19 miles west of Istanbul in the Sea of Mar­ Dr, Lundberg Recalls Turning Points after leasing probers file a final report. mara. Authorities said a flotilla of ’Turkish In rejecting Gaffney’s superior court warships and fishing boats joined in the nomination by former GOP Gov. ’Thomas search. In Lifetime Career in Medical Profession J. Meskill Wednesday, the bar objected to Gaffney’s role in the leasing scandal. Angela Speaks Gaffney’s appointment to the state’s se­ NORMAN, Okla. (UPI) - Black activist By JUNE TOMPKINS commemorate those who had witnessed so elected to take all night obstetrics cases cond highest court “might well be incon­ Angela Davis spoke at the University of much suffering during the flu epedemic at doctors of the importance of taking sistent with preserving the appearance of ’The recollections of an 85-year-old doc­ because I was the youngest doctor in town. medical case histories,” he says.