Bennington Evening Banner, The (Newspaper) - February 9, 1956, Bennington, Vermont tV E A T BE E R Tan and colder tonight Fn day partly cloudy north portion FIFTY PRICE FIVE CENTS BENNINGTON TEB 9 1956 The Safford Street Sage Says That Some Things Just Can't Be Hurried Along He Came To This Conclusion After Trying Several Days To Think Of A Word Right On The Tip Of His Own Tongue All The Time BIG Bushee 29 of Nor th escaped with a bruised head and laceration of the wrist when his car sk yesterday on Route 67 A in North Bennington bolted over a guard rail fence dropped some 35 teet landing on its wheels in river Car above is shown half submerged in water North Police Chief John who investigated said roads were when the accident occurred and a witness said the auto traveling only about 25 miles an hour After the accident Bushee who is about 5 feet tall waded in the waist high ice-cold water to shore and reported the mishap to Nash Bushee later returned to shut off the lights of the car and waded in the icy water again The car oddly enough came to rest close to the wall as seen m the picture Wary UP President Eisenhower s proposals for immi gration law that could double the of grants faced today cautious scrut my by an election year Congress There was reluctance to predict the outcome wa ting to return to W from a Far Fastern trip Rep Viator D Pa coauthor of the prese t law denounced Eisenhower s recom Walter is chairman of the Ju ee on tion i will e the first of look it the proposals in the House Sen V of Utah 101 Republican on the Senate Im migrition subcommittee o bills to carry out the recon bai without flatly en dorsing them He for sin cei e and f ur consideration Some of Congress up for recom o criticized them on the ground would not make chinges in the U iltet Act The dib as al ib the on gins quota system The present lav contains i formula on the 1920 It quota for immigrants trom a number of countries according to the number of Americans vv iose families orig mated in those countries Cri icb STV is an punc pie which est int In recent y s many quota haxe gone unused in such as Br tain Germany and It in the quotas cut ma iv 10 like to come to this country and Gi eece for example could use times then quotas and the lands a substantially en one d d not scripp the ni origins sys he suggested that Congress he did propose substantial cations One is a shift from 1920 to 1950 is a base foi the total immigration quota He said tins would raise it bout Go 000 ov ci the 154 Another gain come from n proposal to sh each year legion il pools oE leftover quotas fiom the vear In practice v ould apply ar nc to Europe For example British quo U spaces unused m 1956 in ght be See On Page Burton Mitchell Is Transferred lo Ohio Plant D FEMALE i CLERICAL LOCAL IV FG COMPANY Good Silary Send resume to E DOX tin Burton Mitchell plant manager at National Carbon Company since 1951 has been promoted and will for C Ohio in early March Announcing the shift at tho com pany s Gage street plant yester d y H F Doolittle d strict works manager Mitchell has been appointed plant of tne Plant is the lai plant in the consumer divi i cd to as the mother plant Replacing Mitchell will be liar low C presently assist int plant at Edgewater He will e sometime next week and will spend two and one half with Mitchell learning the operations pi emotion announced j esterday vv as that of Fi to assistant plant man ager in charge o engineering in the plant He nils a created pObt which will al low Assistant Plant Manager My ton er to on production Englehart has been with the bon Co since 1948 and has been on development of new products in the division a 1952 With the departure of Mitchell loses a man who has been in many civic and cial 01 since he came here as assistant plant manager in 1950 He is presently a dn ector of the YMCA and the Indus tries of eimont and has been a director of the Chamber of Com merce and the Community Chest He it a member of the Old First Church Masonic Order and the Club Mi and Mis Mitchell who live at 199 Weeks St have two boys and a all of whom arc present ly in the elementary school ell expects to leave for Cleveland the second week in March His family will 30 n him as soon as See BURTON Continued on Public Complaints Mount Against Dog Menace Here Public complaints against dogs mounting pie issued protests of then pets being killed and school officials and became concerned about the safety of en During the past year complaints have been issued townspeople w ho reported their pet cats and dogs and in one case a rabbit being killed by dogs Graded School Trustees sed dogs jeopardizing the safety of school children at their regular meeting last night Parents have also reported cases of children be ing bitten by dogs An Elm street resident report cd yesterday that her pet pedigreed cocker spaniel was ripped apart and killed by two tan boxer dogs About a month ago a South street family reported that their dog was killed by the same two Dog constable George A Rogers told the Banner today that com plaints about the boxers had been issued to him at various times and he had warned the to keep them tied up Reports continued to come in however concerning the boxers killing dogs and cats and other animals mounting in the last lew weeks It was also reported that the canines weie tipping over garbage cans and jumping on children Graded School last night cited two specific instances con corning the dog problem They said that last week a child was bitten inside a classroom at the Elemen tary School by a dog before the teacher could put the animal out Also during the past week a pack See on Page C W White Gives Scout Fund For Water Lines The Boy Scout campaign to pand facilities at Camp Sunrise impetus today when a North maji Clarence W White returned a pledge for 000 to extend water lines to all the troop campsites This is one of the vital parts of the program to raise the capacity of that camp from the present SO boys to 200 boys each week Until now campers have had to carry water in buckets from the dining hall to their campsites Un der these conditions it was cult to insure White s gift ides each group of campers its own water supply and allows the camp to in stall more troop sites over a much laiger area r lite who is now retired from the manufacturing business is the chairman of the North orl s Protests Low WASHINGTON Jackson D Wash said today a centres subcommittee he heads will want to hear the views of Trevor Gai on what should be done to spur the Defense De s missile program Gardner announced yesterday lie hid sent to President his resignation as assistant Air Force Secretary for and development Urging a very highly on Doth inter modi ate range and intercontinental mi siles Gardner said an honest difference of opinion had devel between him and his Penta gon suner ors Of the long range missile proj ect aimed at developing ballistic weapons capable of spanning oceans while carrying atomic war heads Gardner said A crash program is badly needed As the Pentagon uses the words crash program is one aimed at achieving its goal in the short est time with cost a secondary Gardner said he was quitting be cause of differences about the scope and importance of the proj ect He said he told Congress las the Air Force was shor about 200 million dollars in the money it should have foi research Gardner declined a direct reply asked if he thinks Russia is ahead of this country in develop ment of either the 000 mile in rocket or the 1500 mile missile But he d d say we need a very highly ac program on both these missiles Jackson is chairman of a Senate louse Atomic Energy subcommit ce on weapons which has been a series of closed hear ngs on this nation s standing in he arms race with Russia Jackson remarked he considered significant that Eisenhower said hen asked about the missile pro ram at his news conference that in certain fields I am ure are well ahead of the ther side and in certain fields think they are probably ahead f us I believe we may be ahead of he Soviets in defensive missiles ackson commented but there is reason to fear Russii is bead of us in offensive missiles Senate Committee Accepts Vermont Flood Work Plan MONTPELIER The U S lenate Appropriations Commit ee has acted to accept the lor flood I and surveys in Sen Ralph Flanders in his Vermont office here The appropriation of 000 for planning of the North Springfield dam will be available if and when the state authorizes its construction the senator said On Tuesday the House over ruled appropriations com and restored to a supple mental all money asked by the Army engineers for flood control and construction in northeast states including Vcr mont Today s action by the Senate Appropriations Committee camo quickly after the action of the House and should insure final approval when the comes to the Senate floor Sen Flanders said Locations and amounts al located for the projects are East Revised plans and cost estimates of a renovation project designed in 1952 to the Cora B Whitney School are to be submitted to Graded School District Trustees within a week or 10 days by a Bur lington architectural firm Trustees meeting with W Freeman architect of Bui lington here last night requested revision of the plans and cost estimates with a toward on at least a second phase of the rcn o tion Freeman developed plans n 1952 which called for of the school s heating plant said to be at least 50 years old in of new toilet and plumb ing facilities throughout the three grade school building and exten sive rehabilitation of floors wallc and lor The original plans called for ar expenditure of about 800 but Freeman said that a 20 to 30 pel cent increase in building costs since 1952 would materially affect new cost estimates During a discussion Freeman pointed out to trustees steadily increasing school construction costs by estimating that if the new Ele mentary School built here in 1954 was undertaken it would cost at least 20 per cent more The school boird has undertaken minor parts of tho orig mal renovation since 1952 and has completed the installation of ligh ing throughout the building installation of some new plumbing facilities and other repairs which will reduce the cost of the main project estimated that with these jobs already done the in crease in cost of the over all plan could be to be in the range of 000 said would review the project in detail and to plan some action on the pro gram after receipt of Freeman s revised plans and cost estimates In other action the board an immediate expenditure of THEIR CONTROVERSY FLARES Harry S Truman pursed his lips as he pinned Dis- Sen ice Medal four Oak Leaf clusters on Gen dm ing ceremonies at Wake on Oct 14 1950 Early m 1951 Truman fired MacArthur The controversy ex- with new fury Feb 8 in parallel articles in Life The former chief executive wrote that Arthur vi as fired for MacArthur charged Truman with distortion of truth Can Convey Barre reservoir 000 Hartland 1 4 0 000 North Springfield 000 Rutland 000 Townshend 000 Waterbury Wrightsville 000 and Ball Mountain 000 Fire District Has Meeting Feb 15 warnings were posted today loi tno lust meeting of i lie District No 1 1 o i -t ing u II be held at the -I o vn i i bu Iding at S dO p ii i 15 b e ire i established the dis t le 1 g the rural areas le o villages ate meeting Monday A se n i p at the first g -i a must e oct a three na i p a mo leiato elc and taxes Vv ith the ex i ot ti t tax collector nil i ins bo of the i slightly less than 000 to strengthen floors and walls in the Machine Shop building off Pleasant street Tho boaid s Building Committee headed by Trustee Philip Knapp the repair work after in spec ion of the building indicated it now constitutes a threat to safety Included in the repair work is laying of eight inch steel beams undei the mam f 001 with steel columns as supports Trustees that the d strict older and purchase the ma and will request Contractor E to cany out the pi A summer maintenance and lepair program in tho dis s facilities estimated at than 000 was tentatively adopt cd upon recommendation of the Building Committee Tho work will be considered again in compilation of the d annual budget Most of the are routine painting and woik ic pairs to be cai ned out at ton High School Purchase of a large metal lathe machine to be used in the Machine Shop at a cost of 400 was by the board participation in the new State Aid to Vocational Education program the district will pay only 50 pet cent of cost of the lathe or SI 200 In committing 57 bud get funds which can be used on a matching basis with State Aid money for vocational education and guidance department ment the board approved purchase of a seci eta y s desk for the guidance office and leplace of two sewing machines at a total cost of at the high school Trustees set mesday Feb 23 as the first date on which they will interviews with a number of applicants for the newly created post of maintenance supei intendent Applications for the position must be to the superintendent of schools be foie Wednesday Feb 15 Future Of Memorial Park In Doubt As Study Is Made Future development and use of Park tion while the remains Village in ques Trustees study a Ic tei received Monday from the YMCA boaid One trustee Patrick pressed a view at the Tuesday meeting of the boai d that is be to be held by a number of The Y Board s letter was another aiea where and embarrass the development funds would be used on Village owned or leased prop erty cally mentioned the possibility of leasing an aiea from the Soldiers Home members when he urged that the Village stop spending its money on Memorial Paik and find The VERMONT BANK Be Closed TLB loth In Observance Of LINCOLN'S Chamber Elects Gilchrist Backs Plans Last night the board of tors placed the oi Com merce behind expend vocational m the area At the same timo the named rist of the WASHINGTON was the reason behind President acular firing of Gen Douglas MacArthur in 1951 Truman says it v as open de- fiance by and that it lo on an atomic World V ai III calls it vengeful re- the general sought to unmask a i ng steahn this s top secret military plans And o the con Tiuman MacAr har involving the i in of Fast nto a new round with publ ca ion n L o ne of a now ins ailment of Truman s oils and a j 010 word plv bv the five s ar general ac count of the is a lab o and fiction clis and on Sa s MacAr hui w s a groat soldier but he t orders he was willing to nsl all out war and so lust as Prcs dent Lincoln fired Ccn Ian in Civil War days left me no I co lid no long er tolerate Ins ins vis on is thi ho was fired in a s ivage and hi util manner right a lei lie demanded of a sny wh oh he said was Celling top t i nl plans sent fiom tne Korean command And the says the story corning to 1 lit only British Foreign Office of Guv Burgess and r Maclean d behind the Iron Curt un These men with access lo sc cret files were undoubtedly Jin s in the chain lo our enemy in through Peiping by way of cow MacArthur assei s I be riy demand that this situi tion be com ng aflei the iliss and While scandals caused the deepest resentment and th it it was branded i politic il move to disclaiming any intention to reflect on Truman b loyalty Arthur The which die ated failure of Tiuman to the damage that could be done bv Red infiltrators and h red herring charac of all to unmask them are the astounding of an astounding epoch Tinman makes no men ion of any such spy ring 01 any effort by elevated Maurice Douglass to in 1951 sta i reply to a Dec 9 request from the trustees that the Y Mem Park to the village That request followed a meeting I or trustees YMCA directors and members of the Village Recreation a letter to Rop committee Nov S at which the Vil I Mass ing the use oC lago officials said that pare devel against the Communists in was impossible when the village d d noi own 01 control the paik George Buck writing foi the told the boaid that the as sociation directors have ed a trust which we must toi conscientiously He tho acquisition of th land by the that ice president and Murphy when the Paik Associa to second vice The move foi expanded voca training was tne result of the boaid that facilities should be provided to turn the area s potential labor into a more skilled group It was felt that this in tuin would enable to moie industry to tne town as well as training to the com ing The report of the com tor the past that five possible industries seek ing locations heie had been con One is heie one is still sei lously considering and went or en their present location One 01 ine reasons giver foi to secure new business was the lack of skill in the local labor loice The new stressed that the Chamber should choose some that would do the most good foi and make sure that it was earned to its conclusion Committees named included publicity Benjamin Hubley Laur eneo Barker and B R Drysdale budget Arthur Gordon and Vincent Hoy and Richard son and Thomas Lynch committees be named as re qun ed An invitation to take a ac trv e part in the annual Fall Fo i age Festival was received and will be acted upon at the next session the boaid tion was unable to find willing agency it gave tile park to the YMCA specifying tint it be used fo recreational purposes At the meeting time Buck or the the associat ion directors understood that the village trustees would outline at a subsequent meeting then plans for the development of th paik would the poss b h ties of developing it under a lease and would have their discuss the legal cations of anj transfer with the as sociation s Since our meeting w th jou we have heaid nothing further on anj of the above matters the letter states Buck wrote that h s board had given no further cons to the mattei until their recent meeting The lettei docs not state or not a dec sion w as tak en at this meeting but concludes with a of the board s feeling of responsibility for tne park Village Attorney William Sen spol e to the trustees of a meeting on the subject with Waldo Holden the YMCA attorney He All Is In At Fire Trial Hudd Testifies I know it w-s stupid bin I can assure you that here was n j Robert 4 of two defendants on trial foi setting a fne testified m Court his Louis L Luck 20 tho ol 1 r North man will sol ing a fire at the old Lincoln South Pownal was not called to the Halloween stand Donald M Trench of Hie firm of and O Lne i ot Rutland defence coun el his ease at 30 many given Re aid Hall of Po vi U and now of was a character witness fo the defense State s Am Margaret I I rested hoi noon The w is c i urtil 1 30 P M tno stale in I defense present their argument an 1 Presiding I J Smith of Pu land wis to i ige the panel Rudd and Buck furnished gasoline to a of said the assoc auon is capable of conv eying title to the pai Trustees reiterated that hey were unwilling to spend money on the development of tha pa k while it is owned and controlled by the YMCA Winston Lothor suggested thai the Y might be willing to deed the area if the deed specified that the park reverted to the associa tion if the plans fell by the it any future date young who weic performing Halloween pranks and wl o a cording to testimony bv two of the boys spreid the g is on the floor of the home and set a fire The two men stayed in the cat during the nc dent it was brought o it at the trial The homo now owned by Robert L and Margaret M Gyles whose residence is unknown was also burned in October 1932 which destroyed much of the building several witnesses lied
