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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1979 Page 7 the nation e\i ltL ^eCfe (; - )n re^ : title andw eii; lic *< and Dti s and Bedy > also went ^ rodeo are he club is s turing 1 l - m - attheSfe ^ 3 milesi ^section of fij ooper, 'laude Merc dse Camplil n. Smith, Del Alexander, Enriquez aith, Jeff! ades, Chris | Villiam Heath >g, Bruce Ci , Brent Ta^ iron Ponislt Editorial prompts rally for abortion United Press International MANCHESTER, N.H. — About 200 demonstrators kicked off abortion Rights Action Week by protesting the anti-abortion stance of publisher William Loeb with a candlelight rally at the Manchester Jnion Leader building. Loeb, meantime, reaffirmed his “abortion is murder” stance in the tewspaper’s Sunday editions. Members of the National Abortion Rights Action League of New lampshire, lighted candles in hand, marched 5 blocks Sunday from Manchester’s federal building to the Union Leader building for the rally. Another 150 counter-demonstrators staged a rally at the same time. The action was prompted by the Union Leader’s front page edito- Irial, written by Loeb and his wife, Nackey Scripps Loeb. | “Let’s get it straight from the outset — abortion is murder,” the Loebs wrote. “We started out calling abortion murder, and we will go on calling abortion murder. We also emphasize that the people who practice this not only commit murder, but they are also a sloppy, careless and stupid lot,” they wrote. The Loebs, forewarned of the demonstration, wrote: “We are proud that the murdering abortionists have decided to picket our newspaper in protest to the stand taken over these many years by the editors and this publisher.” Among the several speakers at the rally was Illinois Rep. John Anderson, a Republican presidential contender and supporter of freedom of choice for abortion. The majority of Americans are for freedom of choice and claim a well-monied minority is lobbying to make the issue national, Ander son told the crowd. Inmate says jailers made her give up baby United Press International CASPER, Wyo. —Officials of the State Girls School at Sheridan have denied a former inmate’s charge that she was coerced to give up her unborn child for adoption, but con firm the woman was held in solitary confinement while she was preg nant. Superintendent Jack Geisler con firmed that the school discourages inmates from keeping their babies. Officials also denied that Jody McCoy, now 19, was blindfolded and tied to the operating table dur ing delivery of the child 3% years ago. “I was just the carrier until I could give her to someone else,’’ McCoy said. “I think about her every day. I can’t put her out of my mind.” McCoy said she was allowed to leave the small room in which she was confined every few days to shower, and was forced to use a bucket as a toilet when she was un able to get staff members to escort her to a lavatory. The school’s physician. Dr. Peter Schunk of Sheridan, denied she was forcibly kept from seeing the child. He said he and his staff did not eng age in an activity that “isn’t human.” Schunk said, however, McCoy may have been restrained during delivery for sanitary reasons and a wet rag placed across her forehead may have slipped down over her eyes. Two officials of the state Depart ment of Public Assistance and Social Services said they have heard of similar instances where mothers have been prevented from seeing their babies before adoption. McCoy, who said she is pregnant again and intends to keep her baby although she is not married, said she has served three terms in the cor rectional institution at Sheridan. The first occurred in 1975 for “in corrigibility,” she said. She was then paroled, but was ordered back in 1976 after she became pregnant. She said morning sickness kept her from attending school, one of the conditions of her parole. She was put in jail when she was 'PRIORfTEAS BLENDS OF GIF I-GIVING five months pregnant, McCoy said, and placed in solitary confinement after repeatedly telling staff mem bers she intended to keep the un born child. McCoy said while in solitary con finement, she was denied visitors and reading material and was al lowed only two sets of clothing. Geisler said she was held in solit ary confinement so she could decide on goals for her life. He said school records did not show how long she was confined or whether any psychological ducted. testing was con- “ We're committed to trying to help the girls,” Geisler said. “If being in a room with four walls is going to quicken the matter, we re all for it.” Exxon doubles third-quarter earnings Firefighter’s friends help fund transplant United Press International Exxon Corp., the world’s largest oil company, Monday reported it more than doubled its third-quarter profits, but said most of the 120 per cent increase was made overseas, not in the United States. In the June-September period, the oil company earned $1.14 billion compared with $525 million in the third quarter last year. Exxon’s third-quarter revenues rose 30 per cent to $20.64 billion from $15.91 billion. United Press International Sonm, B? BOSTON — Firefighter Fred Mazeika, Jui. J Gosper, Dt French rnty Kelley, whose neighbors in subur ban Framingham decided to help fund bis heart transplant, flew to San Francisco Monday with “high Ipirits and high hopes.” Kelley and his wife Evelyn will be S wuests of the San Francisco Fire gflHHpepartment while he awaits a donor icart. Doctors say he may have to wait more than a year. Framingham Fire Chief John investmentp Hancock was among those at Logan >f land in fa Airport Monday to bid Kelley good- He is a rf bye as he boarded a United Airlines d a veterinare DC-10. His fellow firefighters held a going-away party for him Sunday ul Ross scW night. i Carter, It: Hancock said Kelley is “going out rt LangM[ Nth high spirits and high hopes. Neeley, Clef We’re planning a big party for him hips are f Gross. when he comes back.” Kelley will be met in San Fran- gisco by members of that city’s fire department'in a silver Rolls-Royce. “I wouldn't be surprised” if they I didn’t have some other special! plans, Hancock said. “I think he’s! going to be the toast of the city. After all, they’re starting him out with a Rolls Royce aren’t they?” | Kelley, 39, is expected to be in' California for 10 to 15 months. He’s scheduled to enter Stanford Univer sity Hospital next Monday for 10 days of tests, then be released to await a donor. Hancock said Kelley will stay in - Palo Alto in a motel room which was donated for three months by a na tionwide chain. Kelley, who retired last month on medical disability, suffered a heart attack last year and another in March. Residents of Framingham voted to spend $60,000 in tax money for Kelley’s. hpspiUxl expenses because ^'s medical in; Formals Now at Northgate! Betty W. 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These are a sample of the tough and complex questions which a distinguished group of experts from government, industry, and academe will ad dress during the National Energy Forum, which is sponsored by the United States National Commit tee to the World Energy Conference. Among the distinguished speakers scheduled to participate are Jack Stabbock, Chairman of the National Energy Board of Canada; John Deutch, Undersecretary, United States Department of En ergy; Randall Meyer, President, Exxon Company, US. A.; and Lief Olsen, Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of Citibank, New York. Energy Policies will be discussed by Professor David White, Director of the Energy Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a panel including Guy Martin, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Interior; Guy Nichols, Presi dent of New England Electric System; David P. Goodman, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, Inc., New York; and Michael G. Sheldrick, Energy Editor of Business Week Magazine. Energy Economics will be discussed by Dr. Herbert Woodson, Director, Center for Energy Studies, University of Texas at Austin and a panel including Vincent O'Reilly, Director of Utility Department of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Solomon Harge, Executive Director of Cleveland Consumer Protection Association; Jacques Mafoni, Energy Planning Manager of Ford Motor Company and Robert R. Russell, Acting Director, Council on Wage and Price Stability. Energy Availability will be discussed by Professor Fred Benson, Vice President of Engineering and Non-Renewable Resources, Texas A&M University and a panel including Carl Bagge, President, Na tional Coal Association; George H. Lawrence, President, American Gas Association; William McCollam, President, Edison Electric Institute; Ted Snyder, President of The Sierra Club; and Carl Walske, President, The Atomic Industrial Forum. 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