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VOL. XC, NO. 146 PORTSMOUTH, N.H., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1976 16 PAGES one P*r 91 in.P*rweek

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Something which developers in Portsmouth mightnot be too pleased with, but with no recourse of actionare available, the Public Service Co.'s utility poles

The marching poleswhich zigzag across the land within the city limits. Ahindrance to possible industrial development in

areas, the cost would be exhorbitant, and there's noreal room to move them. (Staff Photo).

High tension lines bar building-r - O . •- '; .-:', .-£ ' / - ,-• ' - . ' - • , - , • • ' <~2

By I10ULY YOUNG~ Staff,Writer ', . -Two hundred and fourteen

acres of land that zigzags acrossthe City of Portsmouth in a 300-foot wide easement damagestracts of land that could be usedfor possible industrialdevelopment.

Cutting squarely through themiddle of some of these largeportions of land, the right of wayis~owned by Public Service Co.of^New Hampshire.

At the moment, two largeutility poles top the horizon, butif *nd,-"when the Seabrook

nuclear power plant is given the-Okay, another, hundred feet'ofland is available at the right-

'bf:way to add another' pole,which to some looks like 'agigantic football field goalpost.

The unwieldly snake: beginsits trek into the city .at theGreenland border, working itsway across two large portions ofland in a sandwich fashion, upthrough the 1-95 area of Port-smouth, following it up'to theNewington border and backdown through the city itself.

According to EconomicDirector Raymond Richardson,

"It divides" and hampers con-siderably 'the developmentrofthe five essentially remainingareas suitable fof potential de-velopment."' He-cited one case where a"substantial" firm was in-terested in relocating in Por-tsmouth, but the land theywanted was intersected by themassive power lines and theydecidedagainst it.

Richardson said they felt itwould have caused a distur-bance to what they manufac-tured. More importantly, how-ever, is the fact that corporate

headquarters, such as Wheela-tbrator-Frye in Hampton, aren't'enthusiastic-about relocating inan area where these objectsloom over their heads like giantGohaths marching across thecountryside.

To move the poles, however,would be "extremely ex-pensive" to do, Richardsonsaid, costing "hundreds ofthousands of dollars."

He explained in one examplewhere 12 acres of available landis diminished to just one and ahalf acres of buildable acreage,with the rest constrained by the

easement and a bog area. Itcould be used only lor parkingspaces or a similar type use.

"It hurts us on corporateheadquarters," he said, ex-plaining that most don't like tobuild "underneath power lines"of this size. "T

The monstrous poles criss-cross the Portsmouth TrafficCircle area like a giant spider'sweb, weaving their way acrossthe country-side, their giantarms outstretched and firmly in

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New criminal law runs into police criticism

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ByKALLAMPRONEmployers can no longer

require prospective employes toreveal their • criminalbackgrounds.

(Police cannot discuss asuspect's prior record over twoway radios, and the State Policemust constsuct a high security,limited-access central deposito-ry jor all criminal history in-formation.

Trooperarrested

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€bl. DoyonCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A

state •- trooper was -arrestedFriday "in connection with aFeb. 20 bank robbery in WestStewartstown.

"Col. Paul A. Doyon, head ofthe -state police, said he per-sonally ' arrested Trooper'William G. Simpson at Simp-son's lawyer's off ice, in Man-chester. ' 1 ,-Simpson, 34, of Pittsburg, hadbeen on the force for 13 years.'• He is the second man arrestedin connection with the $38,000armed robbery at the Framersand Traders National Bank."Uoyon . said Simpson was

suspended from the forcereclRly for disciplinary.reasons unrelated; to the rob-

Z-THe was indicted by ,a federalwand jury this week following^investigation by .the' FBI,<slate police and, the U.sAttorney's office, a»d charged"wffli aiding.in/ihe robbery. Bail•wassetat$15,000. <•^Eiehard N. Hogg, of Exeter,-was arrested in Ft Lauderdale,'HK, Feb. 25 in connection with-therobbery. - . . .-^Simpson had been assigned toroata-ol duty in the Cotebrookma, which includes WestJpvartstown. ;t— The lone gunman who robbed.Tffigbank escaped in the car of a:iink employe. The money, car

I a gun were later recovered./on said arresting Sim-

was "the 'toughest^ .^ent i've had to performin my career as a policeman. -•

These are just a few effects ofa new and controversial lawthat went into effect Tuesday.

Section 524 of the OmnibusCrime Control and Safe Streets -Act of 1968 became national lawTuesday. The law carries -a$10,000 fine for individuals whodon't comply, and suspension offederal funds to criminal justiceagencies that don't meet itsrequirements.

The law's purpose is "toassure that criminal historyrecords information wherever itappears, is collected, stored anddisseminated in a manner toinsure the completeness, in-tegrity, accuracy' and securityof such information and toprotect individual privacy."

Criminal history recordsinclude information on an in-dividual's criminal activities,other than traffic offenses andfinger prints, compiled by thepolice, the courts or other lawenforcement agencies.

Accesss to this information isrestricted almost exclusively tolaw enforcement agencies,certain/ state and federalagencies, statistical research-organization and the individualthe information is compiled on.

Reaction to this new law byarea police chiefs isn't.favorable. Most resent thefederal government imposingstandards on local agencies and

- some, feel the law fs protectingthe criminal.

Lee Police Chief Brian Burkesaid, "1 dislike the U.S,

' government telling localagencies what to do as well asdangle the, political plum .of

"federal hinds in front of us."New Hampshire could lose all

or part of the federal funding/received from the LawEnforcement AssistanceAdministration (LEAA) if theregulations of the law aren'tmet.

According to Roger Crowley,.director of, the Governor'sCommission on Crime andJuvenile Delinquency, the statereceives about $2.5 millionyearly in LEAA hinds. He saidthat amount will decrease about15 per cent in 1916. .

Newmarket Police Chief PaulGahan said the law is "too big astep" for him. "I am violentlyopposed to it if it can be used to

protect the criminal," he said.His department has been

instructed to comply with thelaw since the beginning ofMarch. Even "before lastTuesday they refused to releasecriminal record information toa state police representativeover the phone.

"We have no idea who is onthe other end of the line," hesaid. He requires his staff-toanswer such inquiries by callingthe individual back at the of-ficial number to confirm hisidentity.

The law forbids the tran-smission of such informationover police radios unless it iscoded. However the state hasadvised local police depart-

ments that "in cases ofemergencies where time is of

' the essence, and life or limb is injeopardy, uncoded radio voicetransmissions are authorized."

City Marshal Stanton G.Remick does not believe the lawprotects the criminal, but keeps"unauthorized people from ourfiles "

"It seems like another steptoward a centralized policedepartment," he said."Something that none of uswant."

Employers, newsmen andsecurity agencies have beenaffected by this law. Althoughmost local chiefs have said theydidn't allow unauthorized in-vestigation into criminal

records anyway, it is no\v ex-pressly forbidden.

Police can confirm or deny anindividual's involvement incriminal activity only if it is inreply to a specific'question andif the information is containedin a chronological police blotter.

Police blotters are requiredby law and are available forpublic inspection. However theycontain only the individualpolice department's involve-ment in a case and do not reportcourt findings.

The law does allow en-forcement agencies to disclosethe results of pending in-

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Hearstjurorsponder

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —The question of PatriciaHearst's guilt or innocence onbank robbery charges wasplaced in the hands of her jurorsFriday after the defendant'smother, overcome by emotion,rushed from the hushed cour-troom in tears.

Randolph Hearst said laterthat his wife, Catherine, sawthis first day of decision at thecelebrated trial as "the end ofthe line" for her accuseddaughter.

Jurors, who had heard thetestimony from 67 witnesses,were asked to decide whetherMiss Hearst was a determinedterrorist or a terrified victimwhen she sprinted into theHibernia Bank here April 15,1974, and helped rob it of $10,690,brandishing a sawed-offcarbine.

But they were instructedspecifically that the heiress*frequently mentioned Feb. 4,1974. kidnaping by theSymbionese Liberation Army"Is not alone enough to absolveher from the criminal acts"with which she is cTiarged.

U.S. District Court JudgeOliver J. Carter, taking no noteof Mrs. Hearst's quiet departureduring his instructions, gave thecrucial order at 10:47" a.m. —"To the ladies and gentlemen ofthe jury, you may retire to thejury room for yourdeliberations."

With Miss Hearst watchingimpassively, the seven womenand five men were escorted totheir deliberation room.

"We will await the verdict ofthe jury," said Carter. He toldthe packed courtroom: "... Noone in this world, not even thejurors in that jury room, can tellwhen they will arrive at averdict."

After deliberating for aboutan hour and a half in the mor-ning, the panel took a break for

, lunch at a private courthousedining room shortly after noon.Carter had told them to allow anhour and a half for their lun-cheons and to pace themselves

- as the deliberations-went on.The 22-year-old Miss Hearst,

wearing a new knitted dress,turned her chair to face thejudge during instructions andsipped nervously at a glass ofwater.

She did not notice hermother's exit about 27 minutesbefore the judge committed herfate to jurors.

"Where's Mama?" she askedher father at the session's end.He told her Mrs. Hearst hadgone home.

Mrs. Hearst, who had testifiedwithout tears as the last witnessin her daughter's defenseWednesday, came to court withher face red and puffy fromcrying. Her husband said, "Shehad a sleepless niglit, butnothing in particular set her off.

"It's just, you know, sort ofthe end of the line, and she wasupset."

Jurors appeared to noticeMrs. Hearst's hasty departurefrom the front row of thecourtroom, which was lockedthroughout the instructions.

"I'm afraid I chickened out,"Mrs. Hearst told a reporter asshe left the federal building. "Ididn't do too well."

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On the sceneFederal officials from the Dept. of Transporta-tion viewed the B&M Railroad yard in Ports-mouth Friday with Mayor Bruce Graves, right,checking on the transportation of LP gas. Withthe Mayor are. on the left, Quentin Banks, chief

of the Compliance Branch of the Office of Haz-ardous Materials Operation. Materials Trans-portation Bureau: and Francis H. Hayes, safetyhtspector-ha/ardous materials, from Boston.(Staff Photo)

Federal officialsinspect rail yard

There are tank cars loaded with LP gas in therailroad yard off McDonough Street while trainsare being made up, but none of the full ones aresupposedly there more than 12 hours.

That was one of the conclusions of federalofficials who toured the ray yard yesterday withPortsmouth Mayor Bruce Graves, and inspected

•the log of the Boston and Maine Railroad.Mayor Graves told The Herald, "The fact is

loaded cars are in the McDonough Street yard ona regular basis because that's where the trainsare made up before going to Rockingham Junc-tion."

However, he was told by Quentin H. Banks, ofthe Office of Safety of the Federal RailroadAdministration,'that Banks looked at the logsand determined no loaded cars stay in the yardmore than 12 hours. -

The mayor said one important aspect of thesafety angle is the signs on the cars which show

' at a glance whether they are loaded or not.He said people in the McDonough Street area,

who are understandably concerned, can use thesigns to "monitor for themselves" whether thecars are loaded.

When a car is loaded the sign is supposed tosay in large red letters "Dangerous", with a"Handle Carefully" and "Keep Lights and FiresAway."

When empty, there are the words "Empty"and a smaller "Dangerous" in black.

The mayor said the signs are supposed to be inview on four places on a car. Some violationswere found, and the federal official from thefederal Transportation Department, Banks, saidhe would "tighten up on signs," according toGraves.

Mayor Graves said also they found that carson some sidings are "only 100 feet from thenearest residence" rather than 300 as main-tained previously by rail officials.

The mayor said he had no wish to cause anyunnecessary alarm or panic, but people in thearea and in the city have a right to be concerned,and to "know what's empty and what's loaded."

He said it is B&M's "responsibility to flip thesign and show^what's empty."

_ It appears that the present ordinance passed •by the City Council banning empty cars won't beenforceable because the Department of Tran-sportation won't approve it. However, MayorGraves believes an enforceable ordinance onlength of stay of full cars, at least, can bepassed.

However, some possibilities other than anordinance may be forthcoming.

The City Council has scheduled a work sessionand discussion March 29 with officials of theB&M and the Sea-3 company in Newingtonwhich manufactures LP gas, to see what kind ofagreements might be worked out.

Aid vital

Egypt seeks U.S. arms

Peter Lowd HouseThe Peter Lowd House at Strawbery Banke is undergoing resto-ration to house the Patch Tool Collection. Here, Harvey Garland,left, and Norman Clark, the Banke's restoration carpenter, put up

new siding this week on the house. The collection shouM be openfor tourists by the end of June. (Staff Photo)

CAIRO , Egypt (AP) - Egyptwill intensify its efforts to obtainU.S. and Western Europeanarms following the terminationof a 15-year friendship treatywith the Soviet Union,diplomatic sources said today.

The sources said the Egyptianhigh command considers suchaid vital to maintain pressureon Israel for additional con-cessions toward a Midest peace,cessions toward a Mideastpeace.

President Anwar Sadatrenounced "the treaty withMoscow Sunday and said manySoviet-supplied combat planeswere grounded for lack of spareparts.

Thomsonexplainsbrochure

CONCORD," N.H. (AP) -Gov. Meldrim Thomson saidFriday he will use $800 from hisoffice discretionary fund to payfor a pamphlet that has comeunder criticism from guber-natorial candidate GeraldZeiller.

Thomson said in a statementthat he will ask the Departmentof Resources and EconomicDevelopment to take overpublication of the pamphletentitled "New Hampshire, theEconomy State."• Zeiller had contended thebrochure, which includes apicture of Thomson and a for-word by the governor, wasdesigned to boost the governorpolitically.

Zeiller is challengingThomson for the Republicangubernatorial nomination.

In his prepared statement,Thomson for the first timeexplained the financing of thepamphlet. In the past, thegoveror's spokesman had saidno state funds had been used onthepamphlet

Thomson said he can un-derstand Zeiller's criticismbecause the pamphlet showswhat good financial conditionthe state is in under his ad-ministration.

He indicated that the lack ofaction-ready equipment meantEgypt could not engage in warat the present.

One analyst said, "At bestthey might be able to hold theline in the Sinai if there werefull-scale hostilities and Israeliattention was concentratedelsewhere."

France and England, alreadyreplacing some of Egypt's oldRussian aircraft and armor, areexpected to help establish anArab weapons industry herethat will be financed by SaudiArabia and other Arab oilstates.

Sadat also is counting on theUnited States to provide earlywarning radar systems andother sophisticated electronicgear.

Despite opposition fromIsrael and its supporters inWashington, the Ford ad-ministration wants to sell Egyptsix C130 cargo planes in a movethat could set a precedent formore significant weapons deals.

War Minister Gen.Mohammed Abdel Ghany

Gamasy has taken personalcontrol of the arms diver-sification program. He leftFriday for a week-long arms-shopping visit to France.

Gamasy also visitedCzechoslovakia and Yugoslavialast week.

Diplomatic sources said heapparently obtained a pledgefrom Yugoslavia to providespare parts for its Soviet-manufactured MIG21 jetfighters until they can bereplaced with Western aircraft

Press reports said French-made Gazelle helicopters made 'their first appearance with theEgyptian air force Thursdaywhen Gamasy attended agraduation ceremony for pilotsand navigators.

The reports quoted Gamasyas saying that in cooperationwith other Arab states "we canovercome all the difficulties inthe way of equipping the armedforces."

In addition to the Gazelles,Egypt has asked France for" 22Mirage Fl interceptors and 22Mirage FIE attack aircraft.

Ouster of Corsondelayed by court

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Thefight to oust Bernard Corsonfrom his job as head of the NewHampshire Fish and GameDepartment has been delayedtemporarily while the stateSupreme Court considers legalquestions involved in thedispute.

Following a hearing m MSchambers Friday, MerrimackCounty Superior Court JudgeWilliam Batchelder enjoinedthe state Fish and GameCommission from taking anysteps regarding Corson's jobuntil the legal questions aresettled by the high court.

Batchelder also told thecommission not to interfer inthe day-to-day operations of thedepartment.

Gov. Meldrim Thomson andtwo of his appointees to thecommission have criticizedCorson, saying he hasmismanaged the department

and should be removed.Corson filed suit in superior

court seeking an injunction toprevent the commission fromdismissing him. He contendedonly the Executive Council—notthe commission—had theauthority to fire him.

Corson also sought to haveThomson barred from anyExecutive Council hearing onthe matter.

However, Judge BatcnekJoraccepted a motion byThomson's lawyers that thegovernor's name be droppedfrom the list of defendents inCorson's suit. They arguedsuccessfully that the governorshould not be a defendentbecause he is not a member ofthe commission.

Corson has been with thedepartment for 28 years,directed it for the last sevenyears and is due to retire nextyear.

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