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NEW YORK AP Pulsing again with the rush of trains and traffic New York City went back to work today as federal officials opened their investigation in to why the lights went outand why they stayed out for so long hearing by the US Federal Power Commission FPC today in Manhattan requested Thursday by President Carter was the fir st by government agencies trying to fix blame for the blackout that shut down the largest US city for an entire day Carter ordered an FPC report in two weeks Two other investigations were in the works One was ordered by Gov Hugh Carey and one by Mayor Abraham Beame who declined at news con ference Thursday to declare the citys state of emergency at an end until we are fir mly convinced and get repor ts from Con Edison that the situation is in hand With most of 10 million cus tomers of Consolidated Edison Co still without refrigeration elevators and public transportation Beame on Thursday ap pointed board of inquiry whose chairman had harsh words for federal and state regulatory agencies TIME LAG STUDIEI Carey directed the regulatory State Public Ser vice Commission to analyse why the power was lost at 934 Wednesday night during an electrical storm and why it took on Ed 25 hours to restore it fully As the utility gradually brought back power to sweltering city there was sharp drop in the numbers of fires and arrests mostly for looting More than 3300 persons were being dealt swift justice by judges working overtime to arraign six times the usual number of defendants arrested in day Coated with the shards of broken windows and the debris of looted shops streets were nearly free of looters Nearly half of the 25000 member police force was on patrol at any time with 531 policemen reported injured 27 of them seriously lieless sleepless and wearing shirtsleeves at postmidnight news con ference the mayor warned commuters to expect sower service Asked how he felt the 71yearold Beanie re plied wouldnt want any public official to go through the trying period all of us have gone through MAY BE SLITS Earlier he had accused Con Ed of gross negligence implying the possibility of damage suit We have been needlessly subjected to night of terror in many communities that have been looted and bur ned Beame said We can not tolerate in this age of modern technology power system that can shut down the nations largest city Blaming the blackout on lightning strikes on tran sformer and feeder cables hairman harles Luce of the utility company said the mayor was wrong about negligence and added that he expects number of lawsuits No one came up with sound figure for the cost of the blackout and its effects but the estimate of losses during similarly disrupting subway and bus strike in 1966 was $1 billion day Carey asked for federal disaster relief from the Small Business Ad ministration tSBA to help merchants repair damaged property In Washington the chief of the SBAs disaster unit lB Alexander said he expects that relief will be granted He would not however soon or how estimate how much fZ°$I UARRIE 26 5400 broken cash register aan other debris lie in the street in Manhattans llarlem section Thursday outside store that was lootcd in the wake of massive power failure that hit the New York metropolitan area Wednesday night Incidents of looting took place in several parts of New York and Mayor Abraham Beanie declared an emergency AP Photo Photo la BANANA SPLIT $1 COCONUT SHAKE One small cone with the purchase of either Open Mon to Thurs ll am 1030 pm Fri Sat Sun arn ll pm ork Federal officials probe the New grout Aerial view from New Yorks borough of Queens looking toward midManhattan shows virtually deserted Long Island Expressway and entrance to the Midtown Tunnel Thursday in the wake of tedncsrla nights massive power failure Tunnels to Manhattan were closed because sentilation fans were inoperable without electric power from the utilities AP TASTEE TREAT 428 BLAKE ST across from Bertram Bros SPECIAL OFFER Hamburger Fries and Soft Drink all for $159 REAL SAVING THESE SPECIALS FROM FRIDAY JULY IS TO THURSDAY JULY 21 Watch for next weeks special Ploy did not work Levesque says bid toamend language proposal could not be caled the coup of the century QUEBEC tCP Premier Rene Levesque said Thursday his governments manoeuvre to replace proposed language legs islation with an amended ver sion had not been the coup of the century Levesque said the revised law Bill 101 was introduced this week in the national assem bly to end hearings of the legis lature committee studying the original French language char ter Bill and get on with the passage of the law The government considered it an expedient tactic but op position members in the assem bly raised storm of protest over the ploy and it backfired he said Now that see what hap pened think perhaps we RENE LEVESQLE backfired should have proceeded in dif ferent manner the premier said Although Levesque said the Parti Quebecois would have to be more careful in the future he stressed that the move to discontinue the hearings was not undemocratic as opposrtron members have charged The hearings were held to give minorities and special in terest groups in the province chance to air their views on the proposed language legislation But PQ members thought the hearings which lasted five weeks had dragged on long enough ne of the proposals will for ce children of all newcomers to Quebecincluding those from other Canadian provincesinto Constitutional challenge likely if no amendments OTTAWA tCl The federal government likely will chal lenge the constitutionality of Quebecs proposed language legislation if it is passed with out major amendments Prime Minister Trudean said Thur sday in the Commons The government is particu larly concerned with provision that would force Englishtanadians moving to Quebec from other provinces to send their children to French schools Passage of unamended lan guage legislation would leave the federal government with two options Trudeau told Pro gressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark It could either call federal provincial conference and ask the province to provide guaran tees for their linguistic minor ities or intervene through the courts on the basis of uncon stitutional apsects of the legislation Trudeau said the govemment Did not take briefs not yet made public QlflClEIX ttP Only briefs on Quebecs language charter which had already been made public were taken by Quebec provincial police Deputy Speaker JeanGuy ardinal said Thursday ardinal reported to the na tional assembly that members of the force had been given copies of the 62 briefs heard by legislature committee on the language bill lcdnesday Justice Minister MarcAndre Bedard said the police had taken briefs that had not yet been heard He condemned their action Cardinal said the briefs had not been seized as some press reports had indicated but had been handed over to police by civil servant Opposition member John Ciaecia r1 Mont Royal asked Bedard whether he intended to take the documents back from the police Bedard said there was no rea Try ourththUS MIRAMAII ADVENTURE AVariety or Chinese Foodq 7266101 Banquet Facilities MIBAMAB GARDENS Licenced Tavern 41 Dunlop StWBarrie son to do so because the briefs were public documents How ever police would not be allowed to take documents in such manner in future Earlier Premier Rene Le vesque said at his weekly news conference that the collection of the briefs by police was absurd He said it was absurd because all the briefs are going to be prin ted in the national assembly journal and will become public odious and information in this world theres always room for one more 1W on Call your Welcome Wagon Hostess now Phone W54 Epitome Artists summer season of Showbus Attractions NEXT ATTRACTION Thurs July 2lst CANCAN with leslie Caron Thursday August Perry Como Thursday August ll Bing Crosby Wednesday August l7 Sammy Davis Jr The SHOWBUS shall be leaving Memorial Square Barrie at 630 pm sharp on each of the above evenings for performances at the OKeele Centre Toronto For the inclusive price of $2000 per seat you will receive Return bus to the theatre The services of courier Reserved seats at the theatre beverage of y0ur choice at the theatre bar It you wish further information or would like to make booking please write to Epitome Artists The Showbus Attractions 95 Queen St Barrie Ont MM 114 Telephone reservations will be accepted Monday to Friday pm to pm Please telephone 7266256 would be willing to back private citizens challenging the legisla tion in court However the government had not initiated any formal study on the constitutionality of the language bill and likely would not do so until it was passed in the Qeebee national assembly Bagbidd Malt Emrm the examiner Friday JuLy15 1977 French schools Although some of the 62 groups which appeared before the legislature committee re guested that this proposal be ropped Levesque said such move would seriously threaten the survival of Quebecs French schools The premier hastened to add however that he does not want to severe relations between Quebec and Canada never thought of legisla tion even this type as being eternal he said adding that Quebec is still part of Can ada and intends to establish economic association with the other provinces UNLESS THIS EMBLEM IS ON YOUR CAR YOU PROBABLY PAID TOO MUCH Receive 50 gallons of gas FREE with the purchase of new car or truck from our large inventory offer expires July 20 I977 GEORGIAN NOW PLAYING PontiacBuickGMC I45 Bradford St 7261885 7269944 AT 7158 915 he one and oly real live Evel Knievel in his first dramatic movie role iiiliiiiillrii iiiiiiiliiiiiiiii mun AS AMI EITLIIAMIEII IMHO AS ANT EITEITAIIEII ne riump m7 manta anus Al rung Mimic SHERRILL conwrn ProductiollVlVA KNlEVEL Starring EVEL KNIEVEL GENE KELLY LAUREN HUTTON RED BUTTONS IoStarring tEStlE NIELSEN and arc orsorr CAMERON MITCHELL ALBEtti sum And MARJOE GORTNER as Jessie Produced by STAN HOUGH 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