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A 1 XI 1 i 1 i eA $5 win A -V r-- '4 LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 31 1972 I TRUDEAU GETS SURPRISE OPPOSITION IN ELECTION -d-j By WILUAM 1YAN -V AP Special Cerreipeadcal i TORONTO (AP) -i Canada'! unpredictable voter! handed Prime Minlater Pierre Elliott Trudeau a icvere Jolt Monday in a cliffhanger election 1 that threatened to-throw the political picture in this nation of 21 million into unprecedented eonfuaion Tbward election seemed heading for a atandoff with an almost equal number of "£4 A 'i m-L --l1 1 Launches Jet Raid on Arabs UP) tWrwMs Flt Moves South In'rrmante in Saigon disclosed Mondav that the UR has moved much of its powerful 7th Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin oouthward below the 20th Parallel The Navy hag halted all bombardment and new mining of North Vietnamese waters hove -41)0 line the Informants aid Bousd of Commons seats Won by Trudeau's Liberals and Robert Stanfield's Conaevatlves Then in a i aw contest the Conservatives edged -slightly ahead But the result was far from definitive In any case neither party could form a majority and 1 whatever minority regime either party could form would be unlikely to last long The 29th general elections thus appeared to hand tho balance of power to the socialists of the New Democratic party who will have a strong representation in the next House of Commons- The painful blow to winging prime minister was first signaled by a dramatic upset in Ontario Province Then that setback was followed by a harp upsurge in Conservative fortunes in the later-reporting West- The Liberals picked up three eats from the Conservatives in their stronghold the Atlantic Provinces emerging with 10 eats to 22 for opposition Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield won easily in his Halifax NS district He is former provincial premier of Nova Scotia NDP Leader David Lewis won his seat in Ontario and Real Caouette the Social Credit party in his Quebec district Trudeau also was re-elected to his Montreal seat The early turnout' the country was moderate despite fairly food weather- This seemingly reflected a campaign in which political leaders fell Secretary Sir Alee las-Home of Britain that both nations want to see the end of the Vtetnam war and the establishment of a 'Tf luting peace They also agreed onee in Vietnam Th Chinese Communist party newspaper 1 Daily' uid tha United States ''must ha held responsible for the acts of tha Nguyen Van Thieu government an attempt to obstruct and wreck the agreement Puce in Vietnam longed for by the people the world over ia bring impeded and ubotaged when it is-about Tto be realised" Mrs' Binh ulJ the Commu- Hit side baa gone to tho limit Wreckage of Gommuter Trains in Chicago- id car" of olastyla Illinoia Central' leaving more than 40 deed mare thi than 900 By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) North Vietnam and tha Viet Cong havs laid the-blama for delay in a Vietnam cease-fire solely on the United States Hanoi demanded Monday that Washington stalling'' The Viet Cong raid it was willing to go on with the peace talks later this' week but will hold Washington responsible for falling 4o sign a cease-fire accord Tuesday Mrs Nguyen Thl Binh the chief Viet Cong negotiator vowed at a news conference that the Communists will fight total victory" unless the Nixon administration forces Saigon to accept the UR -North Vietnamese draft agreement A North Vietnamese broadcast quoted Nguyeb Duy Trinh Ninth Vietnam's vice premier and foreign minister as saying responsibility for the delay in signing entirely with the UR side" "The United States Is trying to fool the public by saying that Lead Gulf Railroad commuter train telescopes 4 modem- commuter in Chicago Monday 44 Persons a jm -V r- i of conceuons and wouMrajeg any American attempt if -Th in Chicago Train Crash MRS NGUYEN THI BINH Continued on Page 12 Column 7 fy the agreement reached v-ent talks by Henry A Kiuiit- and the North Vietnameu 'i'' -side 'Yr China Pressing N-Powerto Aid Talks with USSR Whites In NY Extend Schoplv Busing Boycott NEW FORM (AP) Twenty-nine black and Puerto Rican children were escorted past a jeering throng into a Canarsie junior high for a second school day Monday only to1 find classrooms again empty of white pupils Five other schools in the Bfookten area were closed by a spreading white boycott "All doing ia making us sit 1 in the auditorium no teaching going on" aid 13-year-old Kevin Bursin as he left embattled JHS 111 in anger He was one of a number of blacks regularly enrolled there Pdiee escorted the Negro and Puerto Rican youngsters Into JHS 211 -after they were bused from the low-income Tll-den housing project about a mile and a quarter away in another school district -4 Outside JHS 211 tension mounted for a time serosa barricades that kept a police sti-mated 100 white ana 100 Mack jm rents apart at midmorning Later however the crowd on administration's peace negotiations The official Saigon radio criticised the United States' role in negotiations with Hanoi and charged the North Veitnameap were trying to lure Nixon into a quick settlement "in return for a few ballots'' Radio quoting the Communist party- newspaper Nhan Dan asked of the Nixon administration: "Do they want to use the negotiations to serve the political goals they pursue in their The broadcast was referring to Ihe UR request for more Ume before signing because of opposition in Saigon In- Peking Foreign' Minister Chi of China and I or-1 Continued on Page 8 CMnmn fer negotiator Le Due Tho Sho drew a sharp distinction between the- substance of the agreement and the original Oct 81 dradUno foR' Ra rignatura Implying that tha Communist was prepared to leovo the text on the table despite the American refusal to meet the deadline- Tbe deadline pruom-ablyls midnight Tuesday Faria time or 8 pm EST Asked to pin down tho exact time limit tor signature she re- plied: Is not a question of minutes or hours- It is a quet- thin of good faith" Kissinger President-' Nixon's national security adviser told a news conference in WsshingtoQ last Thursday that to settle various minor matters i he said Trinh claimed that "since Oct 11 the United States has many times demanded a revision of the contents of 1 the agreement and of the schedule" "If the United States does not top stalling the agreement can never be signed to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam" Trinh added Both North and South Vietnam raised the quesiton of winter US presidential politics were playing a part IK the Nix- TEL AVIV (AP) Angered Israel sent jets Monday to attack Arab guerrila baser and an army installation in Syria on the heels of a guerrilla air hijack that won tho relese from West Germany of three Black September terrorists swatting trial for the Munich' Olympic massacre Israeli jets swept into Syria twice during the day once to attack four guerrilla bases within seven miles of Damacua the capital and again to slam rackets ami machine-gun fire into a Syrian armored base and military warehouses near Homs about 80 miles north of -Between the air strikes' the Syrians opened an artillery barrage against Israeli military positions along a 13-mile front In the Occupied Golan Heights of Syrl soldier was wounded but denied Syrian Maims that several set-Uementa and missile installations were set ablase The Israeli military command said the barrage lasted about 20 minutes and the second Israeli1 air strike of he day In Syria was in retaliation fat the artillery attack A spokesman however denied that tha strike at the mer-rilla bases was in direct response to the hijacking that cured the release of the three Olympic terrorists- -But resentment toward West Germany spread across Israel and the government demanded that the German! explain why they turned the three taptive Arabs over to the hijackers in Zagreb Yugoslavia on Sunday "The Germsni have added In to sin" said Mrs Dana Romano widow of the slain Israeli weight! iftor Yosef Romano am" broken and nunhrd but 1 think we should ho silent" 1 Romano was killed In the first onslaught of the guerrillas an the Israeli pavlllion Sent 5 He waa gunned down while holding the door against the attackers allowing some Israelis to escape Israeli newspaper demanded the mflUon dollars sent by West Germany to the victims' families as compensation be returned- "This German money has a it said "I am sick and embittered at the release oT the three terrorists'' eld Mrs Shoshana Sha-pira widow of Olympic Coach -V! Most of US Fleet Leaves Tonkin Gulf SAIGON (AP) The United States has removed much of its powerful 7th Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin strike force it built to its biggest level since World War II informants disclosed Monday- Tha withdrawal was seen as another gesture of good will in ese Dozens of carriers cruisers and destroyers have quietly steamed southward below tho 20th Parallel and the Navy hai halted all bombardment and new mining of North Vietnamese waters above the line the Informants said It had been disclosed earlier and confirmed by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird that all air strikes had been halted above the 20th Parallel The 20th Parallel la just above the port of Thanh Boa 85 miles south of Hanoi ud 210 miles north of the demilitarized tone separating the Vietntms The UR reduction In effect halts all types of attasks against North hesit-land including the major cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and the vital northeast and northwest rail 'lines connecting with China i While the placing of mrnes has been halted above the 20th Parallel Informix: cautioned that the waters are etill dangerous to ocean going traffic silica active mines still remain Although the United States ts not replacing the new mines that have automaticallv then are stm other types that must be deactivated by other means Thus far informants uld no move Ms been made to do this- -In Saigon Foreign Minister TVsn Van Lam uld his ifovcn-merit wont aim an acr-efueni until North Vietnam withdraws Its troops from the South and there is agreement on tK exin rate of a proposed National Council of Reconcniafon and Concord It is supposed to maintain cease-fire and supervise elections Lem uid that under the present wording of the scree-ment the council is a coalition government in disguise Saigon has steadfastly resisted a coall tton government savinc it eventually would lead to a US STILL SAYS ACCORD: ON VIETNAM IS DUE SOON Nixon Cancels Trip fp Chicago for Motorcade CHICAGO (AP) A collision of two- -crowded commuter trains during the morning rush hour Monday killed dozens of persons and scattered mangled bodies through the telescoped wreckage Forty-four killed and more than 300 were injured hospitals reputed President Nixon canceled plans for a noon-hour motorcade Tuesday in downtown Chicago The President expressed his sorrow and concern "over the tragic accident which cost so many Uvea and inflicted so much suffering' Officials at the Cook County morgue said they expected more bodies to be brought iu ambulances Several received the injured The collision of the Ullnois Central Gulf Railroad trains oe curred when -a lead train a -four ear double-decked tram called the High-Liner overshot the 27th Street station on the South Side and began backing up--- 1 T- It was rammed by a second commuter train made up of five coaches The train was not scheduled to stop at the station across from the McCormick Place exposition haU on the Lake Mlchl shoreline There were an estimated 500 passengers aboard each train The front 5th graf Tin front car of the second train plowed through the rear ear of the lead train Both cars were crumpled and telescoped Many of the riders In these cars met instant death Glorio Gonzales 20 a passenger on the second train said "Heads were bleeding Legs were bleeding" Another passenger Laurelne 19 said "People Browning and somehow I was able to And my way off that Witnesses in the second train said the engineer who was not identified shouted a warning "Run back! Run back! going to crash" The engineer was among the final- trapped victims to bo freed and was taken by helicopter to a hospital Dr Edward Goldberg a Burgeon at Michael Reese Hospital only a hundred feet from the wreckage site said many victims were brought in with partly severed limbs Another hospital employ who was among crowd of about 1000 persona who quickly gathered to give aid said "People were stfll sitting in the streets They were so shocked they just sat there dazed" The screams of pinned victims were clearly audible to twscuers- who pried at the twisted steel Doctors ana medical teams crawled through the debris-to administer morphine give emergency aid Railroad -ties were propped against the- ripped-open cars to prevent them from crushing victims and rescue workers Cutting torches and heavy wrecking equipment were rushed to the scene but several persona remained trapped four bours after the crash which occurred at 7:31 am -Railroad officials said both trains were on schedule The first train started its run nine minutes ahead of the second and was due in the downtown station at 7:40 am The second train was duo at 7:41 am The first train was made up of four double-decked cars each of which has a capacity of 130 persons The second train waa made up of five older cars with a capacity of 85 persona ach Both trains whites if1 -i signing of Uw LONDON (AP) Chins is forging ahead with its nuclear weapon program to gain br-gaiiungpower with the Soviet Union in border disputes an authoritative British reference annual uld Tuesday Jane's Weapon Systems added however that the Chi-! are still technologically weak and will peed American and Japanese help "The relationship between flic two great 'Communist powers is such that China cannot tolerate a situation that enables Russia to blackmail her any more than the Russians could tolerate a similar relationship with tha Americans Jane aid "Now that soma of the heat has been taken out 1 of the URA-URRR relationship need ia to achievo a nuclear capability that1 is sufficient to form the basis for useful discusslouaw 1th the Russians i "Such evidence as is avail-He however suggests that the Chinese are still too technologically weak to drive such irograms forward with suf Sclent soeed and this weakness Is probably one Of the reasons for China new readiness to have dealings with America and Japan" Jane's said it is unlikely that dwindled to about and 50 blacks The whites surged against tha barricades end traded shouted insults with the Negroes about 50 yards away1 A soda can and eggs were hurled at the Macks Sho threw the soda can back at whites Three Mocks away rival ups of about 20 Mack and an WASHINGTON (AP) The chance of signing a Vietnam peace by the Tuesday deadline set by Hanoi apparently has pused but American officiate UU say an accord will be reached and soon' The optimism was expressed event as presidential adviser Henry A Kissinger sat in his White House office fare from the final meeting he says is necessary to wrap up detail qua! number of white teen- WASHINGTON 1 AP) Expressing deepest concern ever a commuter train crash in Chicago' President Nixon Monday canceled plana to fly to that city Tuesday for a campaign motorcade Nixon who earlier had sent Secretary of Transportation John A Votpe to Chicago to direct and investigation of tho crash of two Illinois Csntral Gulf trains said in a state-'''-)' ment: "I want to express my deepest sorrow and concern ever the- tragic accident in Chicago this morning which cost so many Uvea and 'inflicted so much suffering- The heart of the nation goes out to tha victims of this tragedy and to the agers Jeered police alsperM Ispersed blocking the agreement Tuesday Parte time was set by the North Vietnamese as tha date to sign a peace pact hot White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler said Monday would not sign such agreement until the conditions are right' Hanoi and Its Viet Cong allies continued Monday to insist Kissinger agreed to sign by Tuesday and said the American refusal was bad faith though the United States has indicated more consultations are needed with South Vietnam as well as North Vietnam -Officials said there was as yet no word from Hanoi when it would be ready for the next round iff talks Kissinger said last week the time 'and place' for such a session was up to North Vietnam -1 -Criticism of the tentative settlement which would end the fighting within one day of a signing and bring home all American forces in conjunction each other until them Inride JHS 211 about 70 Mack children were at their desks when the 20 Tilden pupils were brought in accompanied by city 'schools Chancellor Harvey Scribner and Eleanor Holmes Norton chairman of the city commission on human rights The school has an rollment of 1400 Even if they're the only people of Chicago" Tno President Continued on Page 12 Column 0 Continued on Pago Oohunn Continued on Page 13 Column 7 and Mrs NIx-ksd planned to fly to Chicago for a noon-hour motorcade Tuesday through tha downtown Loop which was to have been followed by an afternoon reception for campaign leaders from 25 Midwestern Mountain and Western states I NIXON SIGNING SOCIAL SECURITY BILL BUT WILL VETO TWO TO HELP ELDERLY Gpv Curtis Says Election: Favors Maine Democrats A A (AP) -Gov- Kenneth Curtis told a news conference Monday ho believes the Nov 7 election "will generally favor" theMlne Democratic Party and that Sen George McGovern will do better than expected Curtis a Democrat said ha thinks Congressman William Hathaway has an "excellent" chance uf unseating veteran RepuMican Sen Margaret Chase Smith "Rep Peter' Kyros is very safe and (Slate Sen Elmerl Violetta is on his way to winning seat ha Said Curtis said he thinks the makeup of the legislature will remain about tha wm with Republicans holding a alight Turning to tha Maine Munld- In The Sun thismorning Continued on Page 8 Column 2 Trick-or-Troting Vetoed by virtue of withholding of presidential signatures were amendments to the Older Americans Act and a proposed Continued on Page 8 Colum 8 Sports' 14-1S YVaad Radio 1 Paga I Special Featires-Bridge Celama Dear Abby Jean IMxea Hsmcsp Children Parents' Advised to Use Halloween Caution 1 When vou go trick-or-treating of dan- geroua Halloween tricks police pal Bond Bank controversy the l(jviM cnildren and their per- on Tuesday be careful Ui Todays Weather Jf newsmen in Pittsburgh that the vetoes contradict ear Iier promises to expand oro-grama of aid for the elderly One of the bills would have established a National Institute on Aging to conduct research bite the aging process end set up i new program of mental health services for the elderly The ether was an 5850-million bill providing funds for public-service jobs for older low-income persons for senior centers for extensions of programs providing a variety of services to the elderly end for model projects The Social Security and welfare bill provides benefits for the needy aged tha disabled widows and many other groups It also raises payroll taxes to finance the benefits and contains cutbacks in the Medicaid program for the poor designed to save STM million a year would sign the Nixon said he ndians Gather -in DC to Score Broken Treaties WASHINGTON (AP) Several thousand Indiana are converging on the capital td dramatize the "trail of broken treaties" Thirty medicine men will camp wt in teepees starting Tuesday in Potomac Park The bulk of the Indians however will sleep churches or ia homes of well-wishers They nope to meet with government officials to discuss the 871 broken treaties and what WASHINGTON (AP) Wrapping up work on scores of bills pasd in the closing days of Congress Presidentr Nixon announced Monday he ia signing a 98-MUion Social Security-a d-welfare measure i but vetoing two-Mils aimed at help big the elderly The White House releasing three presidential -statements aid Nixon completed aciim on a backlog of legislation by deciding on the two pocket vetoes while agreeing to sign 00 other measures Altogether Nixon has pdeket-vetoed 11 Mils-passed in the closing days of tha 1072 session Administration -sources said these actions would -forestall pending of about $950 million in the current fiscal year that ends next June 90 Nixon said 50 other Mils on his approved list included one to Increase help for minority business enterprises to- allow greater benefits to Vietnam war prisoners and the survivors of those who qra missing in ac-Ide federal bans to Is restore damage caused in by tropical governor said ho doubts iff: "anything will be found during investigative hearings being conducted by a legislative subcommittee regretful negotiations appeared to be questionable not 4n the best lnterert of the state" he said State finance and administration director Maurice WiL items has charged tbst Run-ford Attorney Severin -t rt font from this sort of thlag Hal i fowaon aighi la -Madisou Heights Midi I and Albuquerque NM there were plana for metal- detection craters at shopping-centers and parks Jayeses in Clifton Park1 NY are aellinff coupons to local residents that can ha given to trick-or-treaters and re deemed at local atom for Hal ioween treats- VUls I to prevent the possibility of doctored candy A new California law win hr ia effeet this Halloween that makes it a felony punishable by one to to years in prison for anyone who "wilfully mingles any harmful substance with any food drink or medicine with intent to injure- -New York State Atty Gen' Loris X1 Lefkowits cautioned norente shout flammable Hal-i MAINE FORECAST (By The Atsocteted Press) FAIR AND CHILLY Tuesday suni Highs in the 40s Vi winds becoming easterly 10 -mpfa Tuesday night increasing ctoudlnesa Lows in the 20s Wednesday cloudy with a chance uf rain- H'ghs to the 40s to low 50s Praha-bility of precipitation near era Tuesday and 10 per- cent Tuesday night FORECASTS New Hampshire Tuesday mostly sunny with highs onto Authorities in many American communities have set up special safeguards for youngsters In past years children have been given such treacherous treats as laxative-coated candy casutic-covend chawing gum cookies baked with contaminants chocolate covered pep pills and even applet containing concealed razor blades In Phoenix metal detection experts will be out on Hallow era night searching for razor Madra pins snd other objects aimed at injuring children "Hopefully the publicity atona will discourage people with dis- law to set up a new institute to do research on the problems of the aging Of these measures Nixon authorise unbudgeted and excessive expenditures end would also require duplications or fragmentations of effort which would actually impair our effort to serve elder Americans more effectively" The President said the proposed amendments to the Nder Americans Act would authorise more than 12 billion of federal pending over a three-year period Bernard Nash executive director of the American Association of Retired Persons and National Retired Teachers association said alder Americana agree with the need for fiscal responsibility we do not agree that programs which deal in basic human needs should be arbitrarily slashed while subsidies to wealthy farmers and loan guarantees (or major corporations go unchallenged" Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern uxd political Mvejmsewgwr 'v-C LEWIS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE AUBURN un emu mil they call tha trend toward eco- liveau -hair max of the Maine nomic exololtilion of Indians! Democratic Party tried to ia- in the 40s to lower 50s Tuesday n'ght increasing cloudiness Lows in the 20s Wednesday cloudy with a chance of rain -or anew Higha in the 404 Vermont Tuesday part- ninny gad rather colds Ighs ln jhe 40s Tuesday night Increasing cloudiness Lows hi the 90s 'Wednesday cloudy with occasional rain likely Highs talhe 40s- Boston sad Vicinity Tuesday sonny little temperature change High the tow 50s East to southeast winds 10 to 15- mph Tuesday night increasing doudinesa not so cold Lew around 40 Wednesday cloudy chance of a few showers-Ifighs Is the 50s Prohabili- More Weather on Page 2 POLITtclu SOVgsnSeMWIT Oxford County Voters VOTE measure "with very great Ly oilmen nndiers fishermen riue nee his vote awarding the and others underwriting of bonds Issued by This bill said Nixon am- The march Is unprecedented' the new agency Believeau detains many improvements ando indtern The eochairman of Died ft Curtis was questioned about a report on the structure of theltorted minds from doing these said Fred Cox one of Department of Mental Heath things expansions of the Social Seciir-! lh caravan former Rowbud-tty Medicara -and -Mmlicaidiottx chairman Robert Burn-programs which thia adminis-- said up to 250 differont Continued on Page Columa 5 tribes will be represented and Corrections prepared by tbe storm Agnes and to carry out a 1070 boundary treaty with Mexico program's organisers "Our goal is not to have one child: Continued on Page 0 Ootuma I veoaVt auumc a hi ggfc afl- Continued on Page I Column 2 raUTtCaL aPVtKTISEMXNT THE PLACE TO GO STEER HOUSE r' JEANNE'S RESTAURANT 30 Main St Saba ttus OPENING WEIL NOV 1 HOURS: 4 am fo 0 pm TONIGHT and every Tims thru Sat the FLAIRS Roundhousr Lounge Ores Code Enforced V'Jakeir Longs LfoM Cotton A Therms Knit Rag 1 Tall Flanders (i- i i i Wbithrap' V-t Richard WHITING -V Charles 'ABBOTT- FOR STATE SENATE SiAum uw raw EXPERIENCED 9N AML VO Laka SK AMra aw for For Your Holiday Parties Banquets'" fv Weddings Meetings Lavdston 784-7324 i4 i I -t Wlnlhrop 277-2272 Bunnies SKIS 100 an A up BOOTS-- Sia 9 A up PARRAS Site 8 WARM-UP PAWTS from Site 4 Lost Valley si- OPEN 12 to pm HAPPY HALLOWEEN Auburn Novelty Shop j04 Thrner SL Auburn Maine UntlDC-Monday Frldaytemfofpns nUUKD Saturday tam to 5 pm Td have a gold mine out here If someone hadn't bulk this dam restaurant! 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