The Weather THE PQNTIAC PRESS Home Edition VOL. 121 NO. : ★ ijr ♦ ^ THE PONTIAC PkESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, ;i9(i3-32 PAGES UNITED *PRE8/®NraB%*A ^ Are New York Bettors 500 Riot at Racetrack WESTBURY, N.Y. (iP>-A mob of 500 Karness race bettors, a^ered ovef a six^orse accident that >viped away their twin double wagers, rioted for more than an hour at the multi-miUion-dollar Roosevelt Raceway. , Conrad Rothengast, head of the track’s security police, collapsed and died of a heart attack in the early, minutes of the riot, which J)egan late jast ri^ht.__ Patrolman Frank O’Neill, one of the first 150 officers summoned tq holp track polite, was knocked down by a group of 20. Nearly a score of injured were taken to a hospital for treatment. , -At-4«!ast la pe7sons“were“ Senate Okays Privileges for 2 Red Hatiori! Restores JFK Rxight to Lower Tariffs xfor Poland, Yugoslavia WASHINGTON — IPnrty .- leaders -whipped rested and charged with assault. A finish iine judge, John DeMatteo, suffered head cuts when someone smashed the V of Ills booth. One person was hospitalized— Joseph McAlduff of Prince Edward Isle, Canada, driver of one of the horses involved in the spill. He suffered cuts and -the foreign-aid bill toward passage next week after the Senate voted to restore President Kennedy’s authority tq extend trade privileges to Poland and Yugoslavia. The controversy over granting most-favored-nation treatment Blast in Mine, B-Tiain Wreck Hurt Hundreds 600 Remain Trapped in Gas'FiU’ed \Shafts; Fear Toll Will Mount bruises and was held for ob- to the two Communist countries servation. ' | was one of the highest hurdles ★ * ir to be cleared, and the Senate Trade President Alvin Weil, who said racing would resume tdnight, would not estimate damages until after a survey of the track and grounds. Police estimated the damage to the ^20 -jmniion structure, loct^ted about 30 miles from midtown Manhattan, at $100,000. . RACES CANCELED The track lost another $30,000^ its anticipated take- from the money that would have filteh bet on the last three races of the nine-race program. They were canceled. EUSTLEiD FROM SCENE—A racing fan at Roosevelt RaceWhy, nedr New York City, is shown being hustled along by police during a riot which broke out after a six-horse accideht in the slxjh race last night at the harness track._^ Fate Baldvyln Planl Still a Question Mark Whether the Baldwin Rubber plant will be offered for salq or turned over to liquidators still remained a question today pending the outcome of a board of directors mcleting in New York. Frank A. Ross, vice president in charge of manufacturing at the plant, said he has received no news of the meeting of offi- cials of the parent firm, Baldwin-Montrose Chemical Co. Meanwhile, The Press has learned that a congressional Investigation may be launched the contemplated closing of the local plant, which employes about TOO.' *' Max Adams, manager of the P e n t i a c Area Chamber of Cdfnmerce,' stated there have been several Inquiries f roni potential buyers. But he admitted he “didn’t have much hope” to prevent the plant’s scheduled closing by 6ec. 1 unless company officials are rhorejcooperatlve. “Buyers want to ae^ something In black and white,” sa|d Adams, who charged the company was not releasing pertinent Information. UNOPnetAt PRICE lUi said he Jias learned the unofhclal aiddng price for the Baldwin Pontiac plant aKt‘1w» smaller ones at -Casa City, and Norwalk, 0., is |2.s-mlUion. of United iRnbber Workers Local Its, added he was likewise diseeutaged abont Of preventing.he AljhoMgh a. plan was considered to have employes tilie. money to buy the plant, “I would not now reempmend II; UR-til we have e complete picture pUhe business, especially of liabilities,” commented Yoouro. The mob, part of an official crowd of 23,127 lured by the appearance of ace 3-year-old Speedy Scot in the $80,000 Dexter Cup, began spilling out of the grandstand when the sixth race result was an-jiounced'-.as-4dfieiai'-aitiHmgh only two of the eight horses finished. Six fell at the three-quarter mark of the half-mile track, Jn-ciuding the’ top three favorites. A longshot, Knight Deposit, was declared winner,- paying $35 for each $2 win ticket. In the trade bill; i>e£u8ed"tff . Its approval yesterday was the biggest victory for the administration so far in the two weeks of debate. There were few tickets on the winner. Many in the crowd, as is the custom in twin double betting,, had chosen one of the favorites to start off the wagering in which a bettor tries to couple the winners of^the slxth^, seventh, eighth'and ninth rapes. Payoffs on twin doubles frequently are fantastic. One bettor won more than $79,000 at Roosevelt last Wednesday night. Sixty-eight minutes after the riot began, pqlice reported ^he situation was under control. Some Office? to Stay Open hr Vets Day State and county offices will be closed Monday, but city departments will be open during the Veterans Day observance. All banks and savings and loan institutions will be closed. Schools will not be affected, however, and all have scheduled a full day bf plasses. . City of Pontiac employes will be on the jdb'whtle their «punty and state counterparts have the; day off because of their working a^m^nt. Hiey work Veterans day but do not n>nAfinn />i/MvivYiAv«/>io1 ... ........... . . . i . to continue most-favored-pation busiest and most heavily policed commercial areas-treatment for the^tWo^countn^^^ beneath Jhe-^WM and r-besMe-the luxury steamship piers on ♦ vicinity and approach his car, slowed by heavy traffic. It followed a series of .setbacks which saw the Republican and Democratic leaders agree to cutting Kennedy’s request to .7 billion. He had asked for $4.5 billion. Encouraged by the progress, Repubitoan Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois said he would start midving to table a score of amendments *^ Whith’ may be brought up wjien the Senate resumes work on the bill Tuesday.’ Both the Prsident and Secretary of State t)ean Rusk made appeals yesterday on behalf of the aid . program, which this year has been battered -by a strong tide of opposition. the Hudson River, near tlje entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. There was no shooting and no confusion as the armed bandits moved smoothly to their assigned tasks. They handcuffed six ihen who were transporting the jewelry in a dozen bags for the AAA Jewelers Service. Less than seven hours after the midtown Manhattan robbery — New York’s biggest — the gem distributor’s station wagon and slightly more than half the loot '”"were~'found abandoned^lif' 4Jot. , Louis Moots of Ridgefield, N.J., the driver of the station wagon, told police that two other times in the last five weeks he had seen similarly dressed men leave an un-tfiarked, black car In the same He said all three times, including the actual robbery, he thought he was about to get a traffic ticket. The first two times the men returned to their car as a marked police patrol car appeared, he said. The station wagon, owned;by the AAA Jewelers Service, was found abandoned at the Irear of a partly demolished building .several blocks from the robbery site.. Police said tire inarks near it indicated part of the loot had been transferred to another vehicle. ' ■ They said some of the jewels and eight gold bars, each weighing 15 poimds, were left behind, apparentlpj^en the men were frightened off by demolition workers nearby. 'V M jva; T ^ LOOKING BACK -r Ponliac Area United Fund vokintoerli yesterday celebri^ted raising a record $^,581 fpr the 1983 goal, but took time out to. thank keyi leaders. Rcoeiving special plaques from Glenn H, Griffin (left), current fund president, were (from left) past presidents kebnard 'T. Lewis, Harold A. Fitzgerald, and William B> Hartman. E- M-Estes (riglil) Was general cltplpman of Uiis yeoFs campaign. wheat to the Comm w IfieTiands of private traders after setting guidelines on the sensitive shipping is.sue. / Shortly after agreement w^ announced yesterday betw^^cn the United States and Rdssia on the handling of transportation, the Commerce/Department issued an expdrt license for the shipment of 100,000 tons of wheat—about $7.(1 million worth—toRungary. The deal, by the Cargill, Inc., grain firm of Minneapolis, may be the first trickle in a steady flow of U.S. surplus grain to the Soviet Union and her .European satalUtes,, ________,, .■■/—••rf TOKYO (JFI — Disaster .struck twice in quick and deadly succession in widely separated parts of Japan today, leaving at least 285 persons'^dead and hundreds injured. First was a tearing mine explosion on the southern main island of Kyushu which snuffed out the lives of at least 171 coal miners, with more bodies expected to be pulled out of the earth’s depths as rescuers reach _a huge gas - filled underground chamber where police said some 600 others were reported trapped. ► The second accident oc- : I curred about eight hours later { in the port city of Yokohama, where two passenger trains speeding in opposite directions hurtled into a derailed three-coach freight. The Yokohama Fire Department put the , number of dead at 114, with at .least 100 injured. The moany of injured could be hear d-under the twisted wreckage./ MINE BLAST Ihe mine tragedy resulted from/an explosion of coal dust wh^ brought tons of stone and iAFi”cras!iing crashing down in one of II the mam tunijels of the Mitsui Mikawa Mine at Omuta. The c-ompany said 1,221 miners were at work in the slanting galleries at the time, but many of them were able, bleeding and faces blackened, to stagger to safety from two remaining exits. The explosion traveled with such temendous force up the 700 yards from its origin to the surface that it wrecked a large wooden, steel - supported buil ing at the mouth of the ink . shattered windows hundreds of Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. said the understanding between the United States and Ru.s.sia on shipping covers 2.5 million tons of wheat which the Sciviets want by next May 31. The satellite countries are expected to take an additional 1.5 million tons. The 4 million tons would be about 130 million bushels and would involve more than $250 million. Transportation t*cfsts may add another $.50 million or miire to the purchase price. yards away. It uoqld bb heard "njihiTbs"' -------- ■ TRAIN CRASH / - The t r a 1 n/crash occurred while the ernpel’or and etopress were attending, with visiting West Germhn President Henin-rich Lu be k e, a gala performance of the Berlin Opera in nearby Tokyo. The train wreck site was littered with (he small articles of everyday life which, scattered ip terrible disarray, mutely testified to the violence of sudden death. Rain Likely to Mar Plans hr Weekend Among them were children s shoes, lorn briefcases, paper parrels apd pieces of clothing. Keep your raincoat handy. A few showers or thundershowers are possible tonight and t6mo^' row. ' The mercury will drop I ................ ’ cllm pf 42 tonight to 56 tomorrow. Mofld8y*»- ml. $. on Hornor Rd., I nil. I mr Hougii Rd. 1‘ronk wntKinii Rrto., Hlcklnoll Auctlon««r. OA l-llW. r."o There also were purely Japanese articles such as geta, the wooden clogs worn by men; paper fans; furoshikis, the gaily colored kerchiefs Used to carry a variety of things. TRIPLE CRASH 4 The triple crash tore down power lines, plunging the area into darkness, slowing down the work of rescuers. The same was ironically true at the mine, where the blast extingTiished 'air lights, hiriiing the Vast, underground chamber into a blackness in which injured and dying men awaited help. : Man pies in Atcideht NfmtHVILLE (AP) Wayne Wilcox. 43, of Northville was'-.’ killed last night when his gar ran off a road and struck a pole in western Wayne County. MIHO c- TWO THE PONTIAC PRESS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER < Buddhists Back Viets SAIGON; Viet Nam W -.South Viet Nam’s new regime received promises' from Buddhist' leaders today they will heip in the w£|r against communism. Buddhism can play a major role in the campaign against the Viet Cong , guerillas hy preparing the nation’s Buddhist millions ^psychologically, said Thich Due Nicp, a leading Buddhist spokesman who was -Jailed under the Diem regime. “This war eannoU^ Won by guns alone,” said Due. Niep. “The psycholo^ of the nation is just As important. We can build it up J.’ The Buddhist hierarchy has issued a series of proclamations from Saigon’s Ka Lol Pagoda, center of Buddhist activities Sfafe Dept. Officials Admit Lying—Dodd WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Thomas J. Dodd called on the State Department today to bring charges against three of its officials. He said they have admit- effeqt that they lied under »ap