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Saturday, March 20,1976 (EST).

"Sunset 5:55 P.M. Sunrise 5:46 A.M
High Tide 10.4' Today 2:40 P.M.
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VOL. XC, NO. 146 PORTSMOUTH, N.H., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1976 16 PAGES 2Oe copy dtlivared.

Hearst
jurors
ponder
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
The question of Patricia
Hearst's guilt or innocence on
bank robbery charges was
placed in the hands of her jurors
Friday after the defendant's
mother, overcome by emotion,
rushed from the hushed cour-
troom in tears.
Randolph Hearst said later
that his wife, Catherine, saw
this first day of decision at the
celebrated trial as "the end of
the line" for her accused
daughter.
Jurors, who had heard the
testimony from 67 witnesses,
were asked to decide whether
Miss Hearst was a determined
terrorist or a terrified victim
when she sprinted into the
Hibernia Bank here April 15,
1974, and helped rob it of $10,690,
brandishing a sawed-off
carbine.
But they were instructed
On the scene
specifically that the heiress* Federal officials from the Dept. of Transporta- of the Compliance Branch of the Office of Haz-
frequently mentioned Feb. 4, tion viewed the B&M Railroad yard in Ports- ardous Materials Operation. Materials Trans-
1974. kidnaping by the mouth Friday with Mayor Bruce Graves, right, portation Bureau: and Francis H. Hayes, safety
Symbionese Liberation Army checking on the transportation of LP gas. With htspector-ha/ardous materials, from Boston.
"Is not alone enough to absolve the Mayor are. on the left, Quentin Banks, chief (Staff Photo)
her from the criminal acts"
with which she is cTiarged.
U.S. District Court Judge
Oliver J. Carter, taking no note
of Mrs. Hearst's quiet departure
during his instructions, gave the
crucial order at 10:47" a.m. —
Federal officials
"To the ladies and gentlemen of
the jury, you may retire to the
jury room
deliberations."
for
With Miss Hearst watching
impassively, the seven women
and five men were escorted to
your
inspect rail yard The mayor said the signs are supposed to be in
their deliberation room. There are tank cars loaded with LP gas in the
"We will await the verdict of railroad yard off McDonough Street while trains view on four places on a car. Some violations
the jury," said Carter. He told are being made up, but none of the full ones are were found, and the federal official from the
supposedly there more than 12 hours. federal Transportation Department, Banks, said
the packed courtroom: "... No he would "tighten up on signs," according to
one in this world, not even the That was one of the conclusions of federal
The marching poles jurors in that jury room, can tell officials who toured the ray yard yesterday with
Portsmouth Mayor Bruce Graves, and inspected
Graves.
Mayor Graves said also they found that cars
which zigzag across the land within the city limits. A areas, the cost would be exhorbitant, and there's no when they will arrive at a on some sidings are "only 100 feet from the
Something which developers in Portsmouth might verdict." •the log of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
not be too pleased with, but with no recourse of action hindrance to possible industrial development in real room to move them. (Staff Photo). Mayor Graves told The Herald, "The fact is nearest residence" rather than 300 as main-
are available, the Public Service Co.'s utility poles After deliberating for about loaded cars are in the McDonough Street yard on tained previously by rail officials.
an hour and a half in the mor- a regular basis because that's where the trains The mayor said he had no wish to cause any
ning, the panel took a break for are made up before going to Rockingham Junc- unnecessary alarm or panic, but people in the

High tension lines bar building

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By I10ULY YOUNG
. •-
~ Staff,Writer ', . -
Two hundred and fourteen
acres of land that zigzags across
the City of Portsmouth in a 300-
foot wide easement damages
tracts of land that could be used
for possible industrial
development.
Cutting squarely through the
middle of some of these large
portions of land, the right of way
is~owned by Public Service Co.
of^New Hampshire.
At the moment, two large
utility poles top the horizon, but
if *nd,-"when the Seabrook
'; .-:', .-£ '/-,-•' - . ' - • , - ,
nuclear power plant is given the
-Okay, another, hundred feet'of
land is available at the right-
'bf:way to add another' pole,
which to some looks like 'a
gigantic football field goalpost.
The unwieldly snake: begins
its trek into the city .at the
Greenland border, working its
way across two large portions of
land in a sandwich fashion, up
through the 1-95 area of Port-
smouth, following it up'to the
Newington border and back
down through the city itself.
According to Economic
Director Raymond Richardson,
"It divides" and hampers con-
siderably 'the developmentrof
the five essentially remaining
areas suitable fof potential de-
velopment."
' He-cited one case where a
"substantial" firm was in-
terested in relocating in Por-
tsmouth, but the land they
wanted was intersected by the
massive power lines and they
decidedagainst it.
Richardson said they felt it
would 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 in
an area where these objects
loom over their heads like giant
Gohaths marching across the
countryside.
To move the poles, however,
would be "extremely ex-
pensive" to do, Richardson
said, costing "hundreds of
thousands of dollars."
He explained in one example
where 12 acres of available land
is diminished to just one and a
half acres of buildable acreage,
with the rest constrained by the
' <~2
easement and a bog area. It
, lunch at a private courthouse
dining room shortly after noon.
Carter had told them to allow an
hour and a half for their lun-
cheons and to pace themselves
- as the deliberations-went on.
could be used only lor parking
spaces or a similar type use. The 22-year-old Miss Hearst,
wearing a new knitted dress,
"It hurts us on corporate turned her chair to face the
headquarters," he said, ex- judge during instructions and
plaining that most don't like to
sipped nervously at a glass of
build "underneath power lines" water.
of this size. "T
The monstrous poles criss- She did not notice her
cross the Portsmouth Traffic mother's exit about 27 minutes
Circle area like a giant spider's before the judge committed her
web, weaving their way across fate to jurors.
the country-side, their giant "Where's Mama?" she asked
arms outstretched and firmly in her father at the session's end.
HIGH He told her Mrs. Hearst had
gone home.
Please Turn to Page 3
Mrs. Hearst, who had testified
without tears as the last witness
tion."
However, he was told by Quentin H. Banks, of
the Office of Safety of the Federal Railroad
Administration,'that Banks looked at the logs
and determined no loaded cars stay in the yard
more than 12 hours. -
area 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 the
sign and show^what's empty."
_ It appears that the present ordinance passed •
by the City Council banning empty cars won't be
The mayor said one important aspect of the enforceable because the Department of Tran-
safety angle is the signs on the cars which show sportation won't approve it. However, Mayor
' at a glance whether they are loaded or not. Graves believes an enforceable ordinance on
He said people in the McDonough Street area,
length of stay of full cars, at least, can be
who are understandably concerned, can use the passed.
signs to "monitor for themselves" whether the
cars are loaded. However, some possibilities other than an
When a car is loaded the sign is supposed to ordinance may be forthcoming.
say in large red letters "Dangerous", with a The City Council has scheduled a work session
"Handle Carefully" and "Keep Lights and Fires and discussion March 29 with officials of the
Away." B&M and the Sea-3 company in Newington
When empty, there are the words "Empty" which manufactures LP gas, to see what kind of
and a smaller "Dangerous" in black. agreements might be worked out.
Aid vital

New criminal law runs into police criticism in her daughter's defense
Wednesday, came to court with
her face red and puffy from
crying. Her husband said, "She
Egypt seeks U.S. arms
He indicated that the lack of Gamasy has taken personal
CAIRO , Egypt (AP) - Egypt
ByKALLAMPRON These are just a few effects of protect the criminal," he said. ments that "in cases of records anyway, it is no\v ex- had a sleepless niglit, but will intensify its efforts to obtain action-ready equipment meant control of the arms diver-
Employers can no longer a new and controversial law His department has been emergencies where time is of pressly forbidden. nothing in particular set her off. U.S. and Western European Egypt could not engage in war sification program. He left
require prospective employes to that went into effect Tuesday. instructed to comply with the ' the essence, and life or limb is in Police can confirm or deny an "It's just, you know, sort of arms following the termination at the present. Friday for a week-long arms-
reveal their • criminal Section 524 of the Omnibus law since the beginning of jeopardy, uncoded radio voice individual's involvement in the end of the line, and she was of a 15-year friendship treatyOne analyst said, "At best shopping visit to France.
Crime Control and Safe Streets - March. Even "before last transmissions are authorized." criminal activity only if it is in upset." with the Soviet they might be able to hold the
Union, Gamasy also visited
backgrounds. City Marshal Stanton G. reply to a specific'question and Jurors appeared to notice line in the Sinai if there were
(Police cannot discuss a Act of 1968 became national law Tuesday they refused to release Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
suspect's prior record over two Tuesday. The law carries -a criminal record information to Remick does not believe the law if the information is contained Mrs. Hearst's hasty departure diplomatic sources said today.
full-scale hostilities and Israeli
The sources said the Egyptian last week.
$10,000 fine for individuals who a state police representative protects the criminal, but keeps in a chronological police blotter. from the front row of the high command considers such attention was concentrated Diplomatic sources said he
way radios, and the State Police Police blotters are required courtroom, which was locked aid vital to maintain pressure elsewhere."
must constsuct a high security, don't comply, and suspension of over the phone. "unauthorized people from our apparently obtained a pledge
limited-access central deposito- federal funds to criminal justice "We have no idea who is on files " by law and are available for throughout the instructions. on Israel for additional con-France and England, already from Yugoslavia to provide
ry jor all criminal history in- agencies that don't meet its the other end of the line," he "It seems like another step public inspection. However they "I'm afraid I chickened out," cessions toward a Midest peace,
replacing some of Egypt's old spare parts for its Soviet-
formation. requirements. said. He requires his staff-to toward a centralized police contain only the individual Mrs. Hearst told a reporter as cessions toward a Mideast Russian aircraft and armor, are manufactured MIG21 jet
The law's purpose is "to answer such inquiries by calling department," he said. police department's involve- she left the federal building. "I peace. expected to help establish an fighters until they can be
Trooper assure that criminal history
records information wherever it
appears, is collected, stored and
the individual back at the of-
ficial number to confirm his
identity.
"Something that none of us
want."
Employers, newsmen and
ment in a case and do not report
court findings.
The law does allow en-
didn't do too well."
On the ittsitlr
President Anwar
renounced "the treaty with
Arab weapons industry here
Sadat
that will be financed by Saudi
Arabia and other Arab oil
replaced with Western aircraft
Press reports said French-
made Gazelle helicopters made '
disseminated in a manner to The law forbids the tran- security agencies have been forcement agencies to disclose Moscow Sunday and said many
Page 6 Soviet-supplied states. their first appearance with the
Church page
arrested
. «*
by* insure the completeness, in-
tegrity, accuracy' and security
smission of such information
over police radios unless it is
affected by this law. Although
most local chiefs have said they
the results of pending in-
NEW LAW
Pease Report
Ramblings
PageS were grounded for
Page 5 parts.
combat planesSadat also is counting on the
lack of spare
United States to provide early
Egyptian air force Thursday
when Gamasy attended a
of such information and to coded. However the state has didn't allow unauthorized in- Weather Page 2 warning radar systems and graduation ceremony for pilots
€bl. Doyon protect individual privacy."
Criminal history records
advised local police depart- vestigation into criminal Please Turn to Page 3
Thomson other sophisticated electronic
gear.
Despite opposition from
and navigators.
The reports quoted Gamasy
as saying that in cooperation
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A include information on an in-
state •- trooper was -arrested dividual's criminal activities, Israel and its supporters in with other Arab states "we can
Friday "in connection with a
Feb. 20 bank robbery in West
other than traffic offenses and
finger prints, compiled by the explains Washington, the Ford ad-
ministration wants to sell Egypt
six C130 cargo planes in a move
overcome all the difficulties in
the way of equipping the armed
forces."
Stewartstown. police, the courts or other law
In addition to the Gazelles,
"Col. Paul A. Doyon, head of
the -state police, said he per-
enforcement agencies.
Accesss to this information is
restricted almost exclusively to
brochure that could set a precedent for
more significant weapons deals.
War Minister Gen.
Egypt has asked France for" 22
Mirage Fl interceptors and 22
sonally ' arrested Trooper' law enforcement agencies, CONCORD," N.H. (AP) - Mohammed Abdel Ghany Mirage FIE attack aircraft.
William G. Simpson at Simp- certain/ state and federal Gov. Meldrim Thomson said
son's lawyer's off ice, in Man-
chester. ' 1 ,
-Simpson, 34, of Pittsburg, had
been on the force for 13 years.
agencies, statistical research
-organization and the individual
the information is compiled on.
Friday he will use $800 from his
office discretionary fund to pay
for a pamphlet that has come
under criticism from guber-
Ouster of Corson
'• He is the second man arrested areaReaction to this new law by natorial candidate Gerald
in connection with the $38,000 .favorable. police chiefs isn't
armed robbery at the Framers federal government
and Traders National Bank.
Most resent the
imposing
Zeiller.
Thomson said in a statement
that he will ask the Department
delayed by court
"Uoyon . said Simpson was - standards on local agencies and of Resources and Economic CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The and should be removed.
suspended from the force some, feel the law fs protecting Development to take over fight to oust Bernard Corson Corson filed suit in superior
reclRly for disciplinary theLee criminal. publication of the pamphlet from his job as head of the New
court seeking an injunction to
.reasons unrelated; to the rob- said, Police Chief Brian Burke
"1 dislike the U.S, entitled "New Hampshire, the Hampshire Fish and Game prevent the commission from
dismissing him. He contended
Economy State." Department has been delayed
Z-THe was indicted by ,a federal ' agencies
government telling local
what to do as well as • Zeiller had contended the temporarily while the state
only the Executive Council—not
the commission—had the
wand jury this week following dangle the, brochure, which includes a Supreme Court considers legal
^investigation by .the' FBI, "federal hinds in front of plum
political
us."
.of picture of Thomson and a for- questions involved in the authority to fire him.
Corson also sought to have
<slate police and, the U.s word by the governor, was dispute.
Attorney's office, a»d charged orNew Hampshire could lose all
part of the federal funding designed to boost the governor Following a hearing m MS Thomson barred from any
Executive Council hearing on
"wffli aiding.in/ihe robbery. Bail /received politically. chambers Friday, Merrimack
•wassetat$15,000. <• from the Law Zeiller is challenging County Superior Court Judge the matter.
^Eiehard N. Hogg, of Exeter, Enforcement Assistance Thomson for the Republican William Batchelder enjoined However, Judge BatcnekJor
Administration (LEAA) if the
-was arrested in Ft Lauderdale, regulations gubernatorial nomination. the state Fish and Game accepted a motion by
'HK, Feb. 25 in connection with of the law aren't In his prepared statement, Commission from taking any Thomson's lawyers that the
-therobbery. - . . . met. Thomson for the first time steps regarding Corson's job governor's name be dropped
According to Roger Crowley,
-^Simpson had been assigned to .director explained the financing of the until the legal questions are from the list of defendents in
roata-ol duty in the Cotebrook Commission of, the Governor's pamphlet. In the past, the settled by the high court. Corson's suit. They argued
ma, which includes West on Crime and goveror's spokesman had said Batchelder also told the successfully that the governor
Jpvartstown. ; Juvenile Delinquency, the state should not be a defendent
no state funds had been used on commission not to interfer in because he is not a member of
t—The lone gunman who robbed. receives about $2.5 million thepamphlet the day-to-day operations of the
the commission.
Tffigbank escaped in the car of a yearly in LEAA hinds. He said Thomson said he can un- department. Corson has been with the
:iink employe. The money, car that amount will decrease about derstand Zeiller's criticism Gov. Meldrim Thomson and
department for 28 years,
I a gun were later recovered. 15 per cent in 1916. . Peter Lowd House because the pamphlet shows two of his appointees to the directed it for the last seven
/on said arresting Sim- Newmarket Police Chief Paul
was "the 'toughest Gahan said the law is "too big a The Peter Lowd House at Strawbery Banke is undergoing resto- new siding this week on the house. The collection shouM be open what good financial condition commission have criticized years and is due to retire next
the state is in under his ad- Corson, saying he has
^ . ^ e n t i've had to perform step" for him. "I am violently ration to house the Patch Tool Collection. Here, Harvey Garland, for tourists by the end of June. (Staff Photo)
ministration. mismanaged the department year.
in my career as a policeman. -• opposed to it if it can be used to left, and Norman Clark, the Banke's restoration carpenter, put up

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