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vT Local Weather Today's Chuckle Lancaster new Era The modern boss usually follows his work schedule to a tee. Windy, turning colder with chance of somesnow flurnes tonight, lows in low to mid 30s Partly cloudy, colder Sunday, highs mid to upper 30s. Complat Details Pag 3 Metropolitan Lancaster 1970 U. S. Census 320,079 98th Year -No.

30,949 Price 15c Daily Home Delivered 90c A Week METROPOLITAN EDITION LANCASTER. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 6. 1975 WmffTi on on OmSubudbeiini 1 Wife of MSC Student; Few Clues Found Biechler was found stabbed to death last evening. Police this morning indicated they had no suspects and few clues in what they described as definitely a homicide.

The first apartment entrance at right is 104-A Kloss Dr. at Spring Manor Apartments, the entrance to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Biechler.

Mrs. MRS. LINDY SUE BIECHLER Stabbed to Dath By JOHN M. HOOBER III Nw Era Staff Writer A 20-year-old married woman was viciously stabbed to death in her Manor Township apartment last night, and police today are without a suspect, many clues or a motive in the death. The victim was: MRS.

LINDY SUE BIECHLER, 20, wife of Philip D. Biechler, 104-A Kloss Drive, Spring Manor Apartments, located off Millers-villeRoad. Mrs. Biechler was employed as a clerk at Landis Flower and Gift Shop, 28 Cottage Lancaster. Her husband is an art student at Millersville State College and works part-time as an agent at Hertz Rent-A-Car, 229 N.

Queen St. FOUND BY AUNT Rain, Chance Of Flurries In Store Here Senate OKs Federal Loans To Aid NYC Fatality Near Strasburg Dense Fog, Ice Cause Crashes, Youth Killed Z-j The heavy fog that blanketed Lancaster County this morning, signaled a change in the weather pattern that is expected to bring rain this afternoon and tonight. MJml NtwEr Photo by Richard Htrtxltr Bill Sent to White House after 57 to 30 Approval This is the Landis Flower and Gift Shop at 28 Cottage Ave. in Lancaster where Mrs. Biechler had been employed.

She had worked there as usual yesterday, and the shop owner said she seemed in good spirits and was making plans for the evening when she left for home at closing time. Dense fog and low temperatures combined last night to create icy highways throughout Lancaster County, and the hazardous conditions caused one death and numerous The National Weather Service said there is a 70 per cent probability of rain this afternoon with a 20 per cent probability of rain Sunday. There also is a chance of a few snow flurries tonight. Temperature rose to 47 by 1 p.m. today in midcity and is expected to drop into the 30s tonight.

Sunday will be partly cloudy and colder with highs in the upper 30s. WASHINGTON (AP) -Legislation authorizing $2.3 billion in federal loans to save New York City from default passed easily in the Senate early today and was sent to the White House for certain approval. Somehow or another an awful lot of fiscal rabbits have been pulled out of New Yorks hat in the last few weeks, said Sen. James Buckley, who voted for the bill. Senate approval came on a 57 to 30 vote.

Thousands Cheer Ford in Manila way inside the apartment. Dr. Clyde Musselman, deputy coroner, said the Littles found the door of the apartment open when they entered. Three or four bags of groceries also were found on the kitchen table. Police this morning apparently were puzzled in their search for a motive and a suspect.

Both Mrs. Biechler and her husband apparently were well liked and there was no indication the couple was having domestic difficulties. friends said. Mrs. Biechler and her husband had been married for about two years, friends said.

She originally is from Leola. The time of death has been placed at within an hour before Mr. and Mrs. Little discovered the body. The occupants of the apartment across from the Biechlers and persons living in two upstairs apartments all were away when the woman was murdered, Lt.

West said, leaving no one in the building. Philip Biechler was working at Hertz at the estimated time of death, a firm spokesman said. There was no sign of forced entry to the Biechler apartment. One theory advanced by neighbors is that the killer waited for the woman to come home from work and. knowing nobody was in the building, knocked at her door.

It doesnt take long for someone to find when people go to work and are out around here, a neighbor of the Biechlers remarked this morning. Another possible theory is that Mrs. Biechler surprised a burglar in her apartment when she returned from work and grocery shopping. GROCERIES FOUND A bag of groceries was found on the kitchen table. Investigators said the victim might have stopped at a market in Millersville before coming home.

Robert P. Aument, 34, manager of the Landis flower shop, and Diane Hersey, 30, an employe, this morning told a reporter that Mrs. Biechler left the shop at 5:30 p.m. Police said before going home Gas Blast Levels Empty School Marcos Asks U.S. Military Aid As Hedge Against Security Threat ENDS SPECULATION Final congressional action Mrs.

Biechler's body was found on the living oom floor of her apartment at 8:42 p.m. yesterday by her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Little, 109 Wellington Rd. Lt.

Harvey West, a Manor Township police investigator, said the couple was returning from a high school basketball game and stopped in to see their niece. Little waited in the car while his wife went inside the first floor apartment, police said. Lt. West reported that Mrs. Biechler was stabbed with a butcher knife that was still sticking in her neck when she was found.

There also were other stab wounds on the upper body. 'DEFINITELY HOMICIDE It is definitely a homicide, the investigator said this morning. The woman was lying face-up on the floor just inside the apartment door. She was clothed in blue jeans and a knit shirt, and police said there was no indication of any criminal assault. STABBED 11 TIMES An autopsy completed late this morning showed the woman was stabbed 11 times, mostly in the neck, chest and immediate cause of death was a four-inch deep wound in the left side which pierced an artery.

The wounds were inflicted by a butcher knife taken from the kitchen in the apartment, police said. Dr. Musselman estimated the time of death at between 6 and 7 p.m. He said the only signs of a struggle in the apartment were a broken lamp on an end table and an overturned lamp in the hall- influence of intoxicants. Officer Sultzbach reported that Pelsinski's car skidded for 60 feet, and hit a telephone pole, which was snapped off.

The crash occurred on Landis Valley Road. District Magistrate William A. Carroll committed Pelsinski to county prison under $2,500 bail. Pelsinski was treated at General Hospital for a minor injury. Lancaster state police reported they investigated about 10 fog and icy road accidents late yesterday and early today.

Reports on those accidents were not immediately available. Reckless driving before the fog came was cited by Manheim Township police, as cause of a two-car crash yesterday about 5:20 p.m. Dawn L. Lindeman, 27, of 1554 Princess Anne Drive, was prosecuted for reckless driving after her car crashed into the rear of another stopped on gon Pike near Eden Road. The other car was operated by Christine F.

Horn, 31, of 1933 Oregon Pike, according to Officer Robert C.Schellh am er. MANILA, The Philippines (AP) President Ford was cheered by thousands today on his arrival in Manila, where President Ferdinand E. Marcos asked the United States to help the small countries of Asia arm themselves against any threat to their security. An icy road triggered a one-car crash early today In which an 18-year-old Cochranville area youth was killed and a companion injured on Route 741 in Salisbury Township. The victim was: WESLEY LEROY ALEXANDER, 18, Wesley Acres, Cochranville R2.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. David E. Krusen, Paradise. Reported in guarded condition at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital with multiple injuries is Charles C. Counts 16, Cochranville R2.

Trooper Antoinette M. D'Agostino, Lancaster state police, reported that the two youths had been roller skating at Overlook Skating Rink in Man-heim Township and Alexander was driving them homeward today about 12:05 a.m. On Route 741, about 300 feet west of Strasburg Road, the officer reported, the 1974 model sedan slid on icy road. Trooper DAgostino said that the car crossed the highway and struck guardrails. The vehicle also hit a steel Penn Central Railroad post supporting a railroad power transformer.

The auto, valued at $2,600, was a total loss. Marcos greeted Ford at the airport when the American leader arrived from Jakarta, and the two men drove to the presidential palace for a round of talks. HIGH PRIORITY ended months of speculation as to whether the federal government would step in to keep the city from defaulting on its obligations. The bill extends $2.3 billion in short-term loans for the city and is effective for the next three years. President Ford proposed the bill in late November, reversing his previous opposition to federal aid for the city.

The House okayed the measure 213 to 203 last Tuesday. City officials have warned that default could come as soon as next Thursday, but with approval of the federal loans, it is expected that city bondholders will exchange their due notes for long-term notes to enable New York to continue operations without a foral default. On behalf of eight million SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) -Authorities combed the rubble of an elementary school today to determine the cause of a natural gas explosion that leveled the building only minutes after 175 children were herded to safety outside. Ernest Carter, 34-year-old principal of Roosevelt-Central Elementary, said the youngsters were evacuated Friday after a teacher "noticed the smell of gas" and custodians Carr Donaldson and David Hayworth found a ruptured gas line beneath the building.

The state fire marshal's office was called in to help investigate the explosion. Seminole schools, especially the high school, have been plagued by bomb threats in the past two years. Two were telephoned to the high school Friday. Students were evacuated, but both calls proved to be hoaxes. ing countries of Asia, perhaps, it is the development of the indigenous capabilities of these nations in order that they may meet any threat to their security with honor and dignity." Marcos, who wants the United States to restore control of its military bases here to his government, did not specify the source of any threat to small Asian countries.

Marcos said he did not interpret The Philippines mutual security agreement with the United States to mean the country wanted American foot soldiers here. Instead, Marcos cited a U.S. policy to give small countries the means to make their own arms. Colt International is helping The At a toast at the state banquet winding up the day, the Philippine president said Ford's visit confirmed Asian faith that the region enjoys a high American priority, Marcos said his country sought security treaty arrangements that will build our capability (so) that in the fuure this will render obsolete and unnecessary further and future deliveries of military aid to our people. "If there is any valid and noble contribution that United States can make to the small develop A motorist crashed when he swerved to miss a car that pulled in front of him on Route 722 in East Hempfield Township last SENATE Pag 2 DENSE Pag 2 WOMAN Pag 2 THOUSANDS Pag 2 Vote on Reform Likely Monday Shapp Enlists Elderly to Fight Snyder's Welfare Amendments DEAD AT SCENE Alexander was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr.

Krusen today at 1 a.m. and the body was taken to Conestoga View. Counts was taken to the hospital by Gap Fire Co. ambulance. The death of Alexander raises to 56 the number killed in traffic accidents in the county this year.

In other accidents, ice on a hill was cited by Lancaster state police as cause of a one-car crash on Route 372, about two miles west of Quarryville yesterday about 11 p.m. Robert H. Groff, 16, Ronks Rl, was taken to General Hospital for treatment of head cuts suffered when his car slid on the ice and hit a pole. INTOXICANTS A combination of dense fog and driving under influence of intoxicants was cited by Manheim Township police as cause of a one-car crash yesterday about 11 p.m. on Landis Valley Road near Butter Road.

Joseph Pelsinski, 44, Lititz R4. was charged by Officer John E. Sultzbach with driving under By JACK MOORE New Era Staff Writer Medicaid and Medicare; new federal benefits would put them over the allowable income by half a dollar. which he has been trying to get past Democratic opposition for years. SHAPP IS FURIOUS What Snyder offered were the main provisions of his weliare reform bill, the one the Democrats have kept pigeonholed in the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee since he first proposed them in late 1969.

HARRISBURG, The Shapp Administration is organizing a lobbying campaign to be spearheaded by retired persons in an effort to thwart a welfare reform bill that comes up for a decisive vote in the State Senate, probably on Monday. Why the aged, when it's a welfare reform bill? Because they're the ones who would be most affected if Gov. Milton Shapp feels he's forced to veto the bill in its present form. The bill originally had Shapp blessing and was designed to equalize aid to the aged, blind and handicapped, also keeping them qualified lor Medicaid and Medicare. Without affecting the original bill.

Sen Richard Snyder ol Lancaster tacked onto it an amendment containing a list ot other weliare reforms Shapp is just furious because Snyder put one over on the Democrats," a Senate source said. "The governor is determined that Snyder won't get his way on welfare reform. For nearly six years Shapp has successfully turned aside all of Snyder's efforts to tighten the state's welfare laws and regulations. On Thanksgiving week, however. Snyder quietly offered an amendment to what appeared to be a routine bill, one that would adjust state regulations to increased federal grants to the aged, blind and handicapped under Social Security If the bill.

House bill 1153. isn't passed, many of the state retired persons stand to lose their eligibility for A person properly on welfare has nothing to fear from this legislation, Snyder assured his colleagues. "It will help clean up the present bad name of welfare and at the same time be reassuring to the taxpayers." Snyder told the Senate he would have preferred that the legislation be considered through normal committee process, but said the Democrat-controlled committee Today's New Era Page Bridge 9 Comics 9-10 Crossword Puzzle 15 Editorials 6 Family 7 Obituaries 3 Radio-TV 10 Sports 11-12 Theater 4 Want Ads 13-14-15-16-17-18-19' Phone Lancaster 397-5251 City Man Hurt in Icy Road Crash rence, was injured when is jeep (above (skidded off Route 324 near Marticville and tumbled down a hill. -S SHAPP Pag 2 A slippery sheet of ice formed overnight on county roads as low temperatures combined with dense fog to make driving hazardous. A city man, Richard G.

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