Bennington Evening Banner, The (Newspaper) - February 29, 1956, Bennington, Vermont Founded 1903 WEATHER Fair moderately today Fair somewhat warmer row FIVE CENTS BENNINGTON VERMONT WEDNESDAY FEB 29 1956 The Safford Sage Says That He Wishes That He Had Gotten Married on February 29 As Then He Would Only Be Forgetting the Wedding Anniversary Only Once Every Four Years Probers Seek Story On Neff WASHINGTON special Senate committee strn es today to resolve a direct conflict in counts of whether oil company lawyer John M Neff offered an Iowa campaign contribution Sen George chairman of the four-rnembor group named to investigate a contribution from Neff which Sen Francis Case rejected said he was reasonably confident the group's public hearings could be com- today But the committee held similar only to find itself involved in a new line of inquiry when Neff for the first time testified about an excursion inlo Iowa political wa- ters The Lexington Neb lawyer told the committee he never of- any as a campaign contribution for Sen Hickenlooper He said he had no funds to do so In Des Moines Robert win Iowa Republican national and the man with whom talked last November told newsmen Neff did offer him for But Goodwin said he turned it down and never arranged the meeting Neff asked with the Iowa senator A secondary conflict involved Neff's testimony he made only one visit to Des Moines Goodwin said there were two and that the contribution offered on the second The committee immediately sued a subpoena for Goodwin to testify Hickenlooper told newsmen he never had heard of the matter until yesterday's testimony and had never discussed it with As Road To Area's win or anyone else Besides Goodwin four other witnesses were listed for today's session They include President Howard B Keck of the Superior Oil Co of California who provided the money for the preferred campaign funds Elmer Patman of Austin Tex lawyer lor Superior Jarvis manager for Case m South Dakota and E J Kahler business ager of the Falls Daily with whom Neff left the intended for Case Blames Man Failure For Wreck Mass Boston Maine Railroad blamed human failure for the rear end collision of two ter trains which killed 13 and in- jured 100 at the height of a ing snowstorm yesterday The said its preliminary investigation showed a Budd train passed two warning signals and a flagman be core ramming into the rear of a halted passenger train in this coastal town about 12 miles north of Boston A statement by the railroad said the engineer of the second train Ernest Tourtellotte 55 of chester who was killed in the crash violated operating rules A less serious rear end collision of two trams occurred in Re- vere about 10 miles away an hour later and the railroad said that too was caused by similar Twenty persons were injured in the Revere accident including some who had escaped injury in the Swampscott wreck and had boarded the other t to continue to Boston In the Swampscott wreck a self-propelled Budd train headed from to Boston smashed into the rear of the train bound from Portsmouth N H to Boston which had stopped because its engineer couldn't read a plastered signal The Portsmouth train was made up of six cars and a diesel engine The two trains carried about passengers most of them en route to work and school The leading car ot the second train was smashed open like a dropped one ness said It rammed its way un- der almost the entire length of the rear coach of the halted train ing it in the air and twisting it to one side Some of the dead were trapped over an hour under twisted steel and beneath piles of debris Many of the injured were ried or made their way to a garage and a lumber yard nearby to re- first aid before transfer to hospitals in Lynn Salem Beverly and Of the 100 persons who were taken to hospitals for treatment 28 were kept overnight many of them in critical condition Basing their appeal on the of centralized ment four members of the zen's Committee for tion urged passage last night of the proposed merger of the ington town and village govern ments Addressing an open hearing at- tended by about 75 voters Alex Drysdale Norton Barber Lee Shoemaker and Moderator George Plumb stressed that while no act can be perfect the proposed Con solidation Act has been careful ly developed to provide a basis for unification that is equitable to every area Drysdale stated that expansion of Bennington must be in the rur al area and that consolidation will make it possible to extend the services necessary to expansion in that area At the same time he argued voters will get the most out ol their tax dollars through efficient management and selective ing Although he wouldn't claim that taxes will go down he said that money would be saved through centralized government Estimated savings were ed by Shoemaker who saw im- mediate and concrete reduction in expenses through the tion of salaries and expenses for village officers employees office operations and village ings and through an efficiency factor based on the combining of purchasing power and better of highway equipment and personnel Shoemaker a professional tor based his figures on a survey of 1954 town and village budgets tie stated that could amount to as much as Consolidation spokesmen sed that the measure of the rer plan was not in reduced tax rates but rather in the ity provided for expansion and efficient management Consolidation would open the avenue to special services for the rural area Shoemaker said out these services how can hope to see industrial and expansion he asked He pointed up the need of the tax base to the continually rising cost of government and stated that only through development of the outside area could such growth come about Problems of operating ly under the present system were described by Town Agent Norton Barber He cited the state auditors sion that municipal bookkeeping was a hopeless confusion in Bennington To audit the town's books Barber said the auditors were obliged to audit the books of the village and one school dis- Barber spoke of the prospective to area have understanding the com brought about by th situation As an example he asked the meeting to consider the situation an Indus trial firm would be in if they located west of Old Bennington A sewer line to such a plan would pass through town Olc Bennington and village tion If the plant wished special service on the line it would be faced with dealing with three gov Drysdale had previously men the incident over the Park street bridge In accordance with law the town built the bridge in the village An argument follow ed which kept the bridge for two weeks over which was responsible for re- building and the approaches to the bridge Barber stressed that the act as written represented an effort to answer the wishes expressed by the various factions over the iod of years that the act was de- The provision for taxing dis- by which means each area will pay for its own services was written into the plan because that seemed to be the basis on which voters wished to merger In answer to a question ber stated categorically that the act presented to the legislature Eor approval was in the form agreed upon by a majority of the committee appointed to draw up he act Lafayette Lyons and Col N Y DuHamel have stated that the committee voted to make a petition necessary before an cle for a vote on the act could be placed in a town or village ng The act as approved states that the article in the warning may be placed in the warning without petition See CONSOLIDATION Continued on Page Six Smith Attacks Fulbright On Dulles Charge WASHINGTON H exander Smith today de- scribed as completely ble a Democratic claim that of Dulles ed to deceive the American ple about the deadly menace of Soviet Russia Smith charged in a prepared speech that Sen Fulbright ID- Ark based his Senate attack Monday on off the cuff ments Dulles made under by ths Senate Foreign Re- lations Committee Friday Smith also said Fulbright completely ignored a more complete ment Dulles made in a phia address Sunday At his news conference day Dulles stood firm on the i he took last e world unity has forced a change in Soviet tactics crats in the Senate have been contending they see no signs the Russians have been put on the defensive In his speech Smith called for bipartisan backing of the dent's new and more flexible policy of economic aid to ries being wooed by Russia in its current diplomatic social and eco- lomic offensive The administration seeks range economic aid authority but leaders have a reluctance to grant such Dowers except possibly on specific projects Some Democrats have argued hat Dulles optimistic of onditions last has under- ut the administration's bid for uch blanket aid authority Smith said I would not have shocked if the senator from Arkansas differed in the appraisal f world facts from the position f the secretary I But he continued to charge that had the facts to the American eople and to charge he would ay one thing publicly and an thing privately is to me indefensible Smith called Dulles a great merican and said 11 can agree there never has een a secretary of state of higher DWIGHT D EiSENHOWER Sevea Accidents Filed Here Tuesday Lease Gives Town Aviation For Period WASHINGTON military plane any apparent pattern of rash of to possible causes They mention many things that happen in Program Listed For Band Concert On Thursday Night The program lor the free con- cert to be presented by the ican Legion Band tomorrow night at the School multi- purpose room starts at S o'clock and is announced by Director red J LaCroix as air A F Gaylord America Fighting Bob Sylvia D J Cook arr Tom Clark Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa Piccolo solo Fletcher Hall The Old Home Down On The Farm F P Harlow Baritone solo Walter Dunham Semper Sousa American Patrol Jerry Gray St Louis Blues March W C Handy Intermission National Emblem E E Bagley The Pals G D Barnard Trumpet duet Charles stock and Leo Poinsettia Colonel Bogey Trees Star Spangled Banner arr Laurendeau W L Skaggs K J Alford arr Tom Clark R B Hall arr A F Gaylord Legion majorettes who will iorm will be Gail Ann Horst Frances Hogan and Janet K Flynn The concert is open to the ic and there will be no charge admission A lease between the Town of Bennington and the Fairdale Farms exchanging rights on tain lands involved in the cipal Airport project was filed with Town Clerk Miss Mary Hodeck on Tuesday afternoon Signed by Bennington men at their regular meeting Monday night the lease gives the town avigation or aircraft Hying rights over certain tions of Fairdale Farm lands in return for the use of certain airport lands owned by the town The lease wherein Fairdale Farms conveys the avigation rights over its property to the town is for a period ex- tending through to March 5 1968 Land use rights conveyed to Fairdale Farms are on by the town a year-to-year basis and may be on a six months notice at the request of either party The town's avigation rights from the Farms however are not sub- ject to renewal or until 1968 unless either party violates the requirements of the lease In the town's lease of land-use to the Farms the rights will be automatically renewed each year unless six months notice is en by either party Both leases are required to be renewed gether on March 5 1968 The avigation rights granted he town provide for use by the public of an easement and right of way for free and ed passage of aircraft in and principle witness through airspace above a Mrs King was scheduled eel of land owned by the Farms go on trial yesterday She The land is located on the south side of the southeasterly runway and the rights are ed on inclined planes of flight activity extending from a low altitude at the end to a higher elevation several dred feet south of the runway The town has the continuing the land leased by the Farms of trees and buildings or other obstructions Fairdale Farms on the other hand has the right to use two parcels of land one on the east side of Town Road 131 and the other on the south side of Road 132 both formerly owned by the Farms and conveyed to the town in 1947 and 1948 Both of the land parcels are within the boundaries of the port but their use by Fairdale Farms is restricted to activities which will not obstruct flying activities at the airport The lease under negotiation for more than a year has been examined by Civil Aeronautics Administration representatives Selectman Paul Kelley said It was signed by Maurice D Douglass on behalf of Fairdale Farms and by Selectmen Kelley Richard Van Santvoord and T Garry Buckley Embezzlement Case Continued Due To Witness Illness The case of Henrietta King of Manchester charged with em- from iety Store in continued by Manchester was Presiding Judge James S Holden in County Court yesterday due to the illness of a charged with embezzling the money Aug 2 and 3 1955 when she was employed as a clerk at the store The store is owned by William and Emilie Montagne of Manchester State's Atty Margaret E Lillie made the motion that the case be continued Counsel for the right to clear and keep cleared ant is O'Brien of Rutland is giving the Air Force able concern Since early January airmen have died in seven air accidents not including crashes of jet ers in routine operation and ing flights These crashes have involved some of the oldest and newest planes used by the Air transport and a jet bomb er for example Officials decline to disclose the exact number ot accidents They contend this information would be valuable to Russia But according to published news accounts A bomber caught fire as it landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base Jan 4 The crew caped An Voodoo one of the century series ot supersonic jet fighters crashed Jan 10 at Eglin AFB Fla tailing the pilot A newest biggest and est of the heavy bombers came apart in the air near Tracy if Feb 15 Four men parachuted to safety and four died A cargo plane crashed on takeoff near Palm Beach Fla Feb 21 killing five men A crashed into a mountain peak in Spam Feb 24 Three died three survived On Feb 27 there were two bomber near Dayton Ohio ing 11 men a medium jet bomber near Sedalia Mo killing four There were close calls also like the which limped to land with engine trouble Because there seems to be no immediate discernible pattern in this upsurge of accidents of- are hesitant about pointing ian as well as military things like pilot deficiencies They CHECKED OUT OKLAHOMA CITY MB Three weeks ago police mounted an around-the-clock series of raids against downtown Oklahoma City bootleggers in an attempt to stamp them out One of them Ray Haynes paid in fines and bonds plus at- fees during that time Twice he told police he had quit selling booze twice the raiders camp back and found more Yesterday they returned for the third time On the door of the was tacked a huge funeral wreath and the Left Town talk about unairworthy airports and navigational aids They mention too a growing shortage of experienced ance personnel Air Force find better paying jobs in industry And these officials wonder if there shouldn't be more money available to buy fuel to allow more flying time for pilots Personnel Board Orders Miss Dolan Restored To MONTPELIER IP Miss M Dolan last night was restored to her job as tron of the Rutland Colony House on grounds the state's dis- missal action against her was technically deficient and a breach oi good faith Reinstatement of Miss Dolan to a post sue has held for 26 years was ordered by the State Boaid it wrote a tic climax to a bitter hearing in the Vermont Senate on Miss appeal her discharge The order specified that Miss Dolan is to be ed to the state payroll within live days without any loss oi salary vacation and bick leave or benefits Although the next step in the dispute was not immediately clear there was strong indica tion that the Department of In will renew the fight to depose Miss Dolan on she disobeyed orders of su The clue to this was provided by the department's special counsel Atty Frederick G man of St Johnsbury in an ex change with the board and Miss Dolan's counsel after the order was issued Mehlman contending the board had gone beyond the scope of inquiry in ruling the state acted in bad faith gained assurance that the order favoring Miss iand was without to the Department Miss Dolan's lawyer Bernard R Dick contested the without phase and took an ex- ception to it Morning Press Conference WASHINGTON Eisenhower an- today he is available for a second term The President's dramatic announcement came at a tense record capacity news conference He said he will go on nationwide television and radio tonight probably sometime between and p m EST to explain his decision to the American people My answer will be Eisenhower said in giving reporters permission to quote him directly The President declined to say Congress With the tension mounting finally turned to the sub- ject everyone had been waiting for him to attitude this time whether he favors Vice President Nixon as his running mate again However he again had warm praise for Nixon and called him a dedicated public servant Eisenhower's second term an- had been expected at today's news conference on the basis his own earlier remarks but up to the moment he walked nto the conference room there was no certainty it would come For tne first eight minutes of the session the President calm and collected tantalized the men by talking first about various other matters such things the Red Cross drive for funds the farm and a water resources measure which is before Court To Rule On Lucy Case After Hearin BIRMINGHAM Ala ne Lucy today renews her court struggle to crack Alabama's rigid segregation barriers For Federal Judge H Hobart the basic question is whether the Negro a ormer schoolteacher should be to the sity of Alabama campus at caloosa A mob drove her off the ampus Feb 6 The Lucy case has assumed en- significance here as a est of the federal court's icss to insist on compliance with ts orders despite the state's sentiments and customs In Gov James E again said he would am law and order at the um- regardless of the outcome the hearing I don't expect he aid I expect the good old laws if common sense to prevail he I want all the and fathers of students at the university to know I am oing all in my power to keep heir children from getting hurt For 29 months Miss Lucy has ought the right to be educated t the 125 year old university nee a training school for Con- officers With the aid of the National for the Advancement of Col- People she fought the case to the U.S Supreme and won Last 1 Brooms ordered her admission as student She enrolled for the semester but when she tried to attend classes she vas met by an mob of 3.000 In the wake of the not the un- Board of Trustees larred her from the campus for er own safety Miss Lucy's attorney Arthur D promptly sought contempt court proceedings against 13 and trustees of the uni- versity and four men identified as members of the mob In addition Shores has asked the dean women Sarah lealy be ordered to provide Miss with a dormitory room and permit her to use the dining In a last-minute move lay the legal situation was fur complicated by attorneys for he university officials who asked 1 hat each defendant be tried irately and before a jury Among the 17 defendants are Villiam F Adams dean of ad missions University President Oliver C Carmichael and as S Lawson a trustee and asso justice oi the Alabama Court a second term He said he had an which was something more al in nature and recalled that he had promised the newsmen that he would disclose his second term plans to them first if it could be worked out that way Eisenhower then said he had reached a decision whether to bid for another four years in the White House He went on to say that his deci- sion involves so many factors that it was impossible for him to ex- press it in terms of a simple yes or no For that mason he added he was asking the networks for time tonight to speak to the American people Eisenhower said he did not know for sure whether cither the lican party or the people generally want him to serve another four years but that he was eroing ly to the people and tell them the facts At that point the President ed the months of speculation and My answer will be that is affirmative That statement came just five months and five days after Sept 24 heart attack Eisenhower's announcement pre- sages his nomination by tion at the party's Aug 20 tion m San some development meantime should ter the situation Republicans from top leaders down through the rank and file have been hoping and praying that Eisenhower would consent to run again In the absence of a definite nod from Eisenhower in behalf of on there remains some division in the party however about a vice presidential nominee Some ments would like to drop Nixon from the No 2 spot But its generally accepted that Eisenhower as the nominee can have anyone he wants as his ning mate And many party bers believe he would want Nixon since tile President has repeatedly spoken his high regard for the vice president Just before Eisenhower ended his meeting with ers he said he never would have decided to seek re-election unless IG thought he would live out the next five years That recalled his doctors report on Feb 15 saving the President appeared physically fit to serve another 5 to 10 years in a job the presidency In the course of the conference the newsmen fired many questions at Eisenhower regarding his deci- sion To several he replied that he would withhold the answer until us talk But responding to one question Eisenhower said his decision to run should not have the effect of ex- any other candidates if they want to get into the race So far there has one announced conditional candidate for the GOP nomination Sen See Continued On Page See The Buy of the Week On Display At THE VERMONT 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