Bennington Evening Banner, The (Newspaper) - December 5, 1956, Bennington, Vermont Founded 1903 evening NO FIVE CENTS Banner VERMONT WEDNESDAY DECEMBER WEATHER Cloudy and warmer tonight lowed by light snow beginning by lato tonight but soon mixed with sleet and rain central and south portions Thursday rain in south portion changing to snow Hurries Thursday morning ing colder Thursday afternoon Sunrise Sunset 4 p.m Gum Chewing a Standard U S Pastime Seems to be Going Strong Latest Figures Show Sales at High of We Think That Most of It is Stuck Under the Movie Seats Appear At Hearing Residents Protest SUNDERLAND Opposition to the construction of two earth fill dams on Hopper Brook in Sandgate was expressed day at a hearing held here by the Water Conservation Board Dr J G Davidson has applied to bord for permission t o build the dams on his property About 25 people most of them Sandra fe rpsiderts attended the meeting hejd in the Toll House at the foot of Equinox Sky L I n e Drive is the property o f Dr Davidson The meeting wa s 45 because the board members were inspecting dnm sites on mountain Basis of the hostility to the posed dams expressed in a tition presented late in the ing bv Nagl chairman of the Sandgate Board of Selectmen It was signed by 36 residents of Says Coops Protect Farmers From Domination Sen George D Aiken says stand between the er and virtually complete ment domination today Sen told tne annual con- ferece the Vermont Coopera tive Council last night that the farmers choice is e pation m cooperatives or govern ment regulation and price supports which could conceivable cost him his independence The senator cooperatives have helped to bring healthy in Vermont But he ad- ded there are numerous areas in which increased cooperative work is needed Vermont is importing millions of dollars worth of farm wluch could be produced here to good he said The large-scale farmer can turn to contract selling to insure his profit Sen Aiken told the council But the man who cultivates only a small area cannot engage in con- tract selling because he is unable to guarantee the buyer a steady Through membership i n an active cooperative he said the farmer can overcome this problem Sen cited three areas in which Vermont cooperatives could be more the maple industry selling of cows for beef and poultry In all three he said price variations within the state are Earlier Agriculture Commis Elmer Towne had touched upon the same three areas of mont agriculture and suggested in- creased cooperative activity i n them But Son Aiken said while the state's cooperatives have room for expansion they e still done much to safeguard agricultural ec- in Vermont And he added without further farm problems to face the state could well grow stagnant in its thinking Vermont he concluded a 1 most if not leads the union in farm cooperatives Asylum Offered To Olympic MELBOURNE Tt Hungarian Ob nip it pondering the dtvam of political freedom away from their i ov olution-torn land recei ved a offer to- fiom America The United States would look with said American Con- sul General Gerald Warner in on any pleas for Irani any Olympic Games athletes Hungarian or Tnis statement came ally as many of the great names in Hungary's sports history faced a fateful -18 hours of their lives For them this was a ing time of return to Russian devastated land or stay in Australia far irom their but in dom From Australia they could seek refuge in America But in these next no decisions are expected to be announced for ail groups in sympathy with the ly Hungarians don't want thing to occur before the games end Saturday to mar the Olympic Io sources have dis- that the Australian uill permit any athletes who seek asylum to remain in Australia the end of ary Sandgate and West Arlington Petitioners argued that Kopper Brook and Green River into which it flows are vital to the tiny tain community for drinking dry swimming and cooking and as an attraction to visitors and potential home owners Green River is the greatest selling point of the petition said Sandgate said has lost much of its population but has been encouraged by many inent state officials to continue its struggle to survive and grow The protest which he read argued that the dams would effect erty sales The petition and the many dents who spoke at the hearing claimed that the dams would con- a hazard to life and ty because there could be solute assurance that they would not break They claimed thac Dr Davidson's present dam caused adulteration of the stream which adversely effected its use for swimming and household es One dam will back up about 25 acres of water in Spruce Swamp with a maximum depth of 10 feet while the other will a 5 acre pond with a maximum depth of 9 feet Tne smaller pond is up the hall and at right? angles to per Brook close to the present darn Reinhold commissioner of water resources Francis Leach acting board chairman in the ab- sence of John Wackerman and Perry Bascomb the third member listened to the arguments of the petitioners Thieme Attorney Francis rissey and Dr Davidson ed the purposes of the proposed dams Designed to impound water at flood seasons and let it out at low water season the dams were pre- sented as flood control projects as well as Serving to regulate the flow of water in to Dr Davidson's present dam w hich operates his power plant Dr Davidson told the meeting that he had employed expert en- to design the dams to in- sure maximum safety It w s pointed out by the board that the plans were approved by state en- who must rule on the safety factors involved Regulated flow of the stream would benefit the town Dr son said both in flood prevention and to prevent low water periods Davidson that the dams would cause any adulteration of the stream saying that he had checked past reports of muddy water and found the cause to be construction or logging with which he was not associated Several years ago the present dam was cleaned out causing dy water but Dr Davidson said no other muddy had been cause by his x Floyd Holiday Bennington in a and George Plumb member of the Fish and Game Board in a letter expressed con- cern over the effect of the dams and the possible adulteration o f the s tr e am o n trou t ti on At one point Bascom stated that the board understood that the vidson might be deeded to the state after Dr Davidson's death This statement was a t tacked by several present as im- material Sen T Garry Buckley suggested that it be retracted on the grounds that it was not a con- and would be cial to the decision The board stated that another hearing will be held if interested persons so petition the board EXAMINE LOOT Part of the cache of hub caps chrome strips spot lights ash trays car mirrors and clothing recovered by Village Police is ex- by Officer August Kelson and Chief Edward Silver Three were lodged in ton County Jail as the result of a tip when a Hoosick Falls man spotted his missing hub caps on the car of one of the alleged thieves Staff Aid Retarded Youths most improbable that any re- sponsible Briton would take such action It was not a question of a canal passing through Nasser said but it was a tion of Egypt itself He asserted that Egypt's strength and political ence endangered Britain's tion in its struggle against tionalist rebels in Algeria Israel alone he said could not do anything against us Cap- tured enemy documents Nasser claimed showed the aim the Israeli forces was to reach mailia and contact British and French forces there Nasser said he felt Egypt had won the battle in its al from the Smi Desert after forces the area Oct 29 Egypt's military tion on that date Nasser said only the National Guard was re- sponsible for the Gaza Strip and that Egypt always knew row finger of land could be cm off easily On the Egyptian Palestinian frontier he continued Egypt had SLX divisions and their equipment at only three points in the north There were no other troops in the Sinai he added and the rest of Egypt's main forces were west of the Suez Canal for to force a price movement in the event of I increase an attack Foresee No Milk Strike ALBANY N Y leading state agricultural spokesman sees little chance that a farmers milk strike proposed by a fledgling dairy group could succeed at this time The spokesman bases his opinion on the fact that farmers are ex- to receive relatively high prices for their November milk He declined use his name in expressing his views to a reporter yesterday In addition a spokesman for one major dairy organization said he believed most members oE that group would refuse to join a strike Leaders of other major i men's organizations have re- silent on poll being taken by the fledgling Dairy Farmers of America DFA to determine producer sentiment on County Association Formed To Sponsor Special Class POWNAL February 1 has been set as a target date for the opening of a proposed privately sponsored class for mentally r e children in Bennington County The date was chosen at an organizational meeting of about 50 interested persons and parents last night at the Oak Hill School The special school would be sponsored by a proposed parents Nasser Claims Attack Aimed At Destruction CAIRO Egypt Iff President Nasser charged today the attack on Egypt by Britain France and Israel represented a conspiracy aimed at the full and complete destruction his country God was with he de- clared The President a lieutenant colonel and a veteran of the 1948 Palestine War gave his detailed account of the tary operation in a signed article in the Cairo weekly newspaper He wrote that he was surprised when Britain because he 1 its attack had considered it and friends organization to be known as the Bennington County Association for Mentally ed Children A committee to organize such an Association Mrs Elizabeth lard Prof Lucien Hanks Rev Charles Baboian Rev Earle For- man Harry Noyes Miss Eleanor Pelton and Mrs Edward Pet tibone Earl Houston director of special education of the Department of and Frederick J Reed of Montpelier president of the Vermont Association for Retarded Children a private organization through which the Department of Education supports classes for the mentally retarded outlined the formation of a special class to the group Houston explained that the De- of Education will pay what it costs to educate a capped child in an approved school The Department will re in turn from the child's school district the amount paid to educate that pupil in the public schools the previous year The educational program of the special stresses basic ing oral expression and simple arithmetic Houston said ed out that these special classes are not play schools the ren are educated soundly When they grow up they will be not tax consumers The cost per pupil in such a cial was aid by Houston to range from to a high of A strict maximum of 15 pupils per teacher is maintained ing average cost of each classroom to about If you institutionalize these children the cost during t h e ir lifetime could run as high as 000 or Houston said Houston emphasized that the special school and the parents would have no ship to any town's school board The school belongs to the parents and supporters who are members oJE the association They pay for the special class teacher and facilities with money granted them by the Houston added Interested persons are urged to contact one the organizational committee IN WASHINGTON Iff Rep today proposed that sef Cardinal Catholic Primate of Hungary be invited to this country to address a joint session of Congress Cardinal was released from prison during the recent rising in Hungary When Russian was L he took refuge in the II S In letters to House Speaker Ray- burn Majority Leader McCormack and ity Leader Martin Dodd suggested that McCormack and Martin introduce the necessary to authorize the speaker to extend such an invitation Village Police Recover Cache Of Car Goods A large cache of stolen hub caps chrome stripping lights car mirrors aerials ash trays and clothing valued at over were recovered by Village Police from three youths yesterday Lodged in Bennington County Jail Robert Munger Edward ley and Edward Loveland no ages given Police were unable to list ages of the youths but all are over 16 The trio is reported by police to have admitted to taking two cars sometime ago and ing them on the Pownal road in to being implicated by the recovered loot allegedly taken by them The arrest and recovery of the stolen car accessories apparently brings to an end a long chain of unsolved robberies of valuable hub caps chrome strips and dec- accessories from in the area The break came last night when Ronald Hall of Hoosick Falls recognized two hub caps bearing a special design that were stolen from his auto two weeks ago on Munger's car Hall notified Village Police and they picked up Munger and the other two youths Village Police said today State Police have been notified that some of the loot recovered was taken from LeBlanc's garage on the North Bennington road last week State Police are expected to enter investigation of the case Trio Of Women Seized By Police On Shoplifting Three alleged shoplifters from North Adams three Bennington stores yesterday were asked to leave Bennington by lage Police after the store agers agreed not to press charges The women identified as othy Smith 82 Ashland Ave North Adams Mrs Rose ti 88 Ashland Ave North Ad- ams and Mabel Larabee of derson road were caught when employes recognized Miss Smith as she returned to Woolworth's store after allegedly carrying out several items Articles recovered from the women who had no money with them were said to have been en from Woolworth's store M H Fishman Co and D B Joy's store Upon identification of dise from North Adams stores the women admitted to having taken the articles without paying in that town also Village Police accordingly fied the North Adams Police De- and told the women to turn the merchandise over to the Berkshire city police North Ad- ams police released the women after store managers there greed not to press charges Woman 80 Is Murdered PROVIDENCE R I UP Two men were charged early today with the murder of Mrs Deli about SO whose lifeless body was found sprawled across a bed last night in hers floor tenement The two charged are Joseph A King 21 and J Harrison 22 both of Providence They were picked their homes after 15 suspects had been questioned in the murder Det Cmdr Walter E Stone said Mrs was beaten on the head A male boarder at the house James Brennan 76 who ly tried to come to Mrs Callahan's was also beaten His name is on the danger list at Rhode Island Hospital with a broken leg broken pelvis and in- ternal injuries Det Cmdr Stone said robbery was the motive in the murder He said King and Harrison admitted entering the house early day Nothing was taken then Cmdr Stone said but was stolen in two earlier breaks at the house The mattresses under Mrs was sliced Wired Community Television Systems Ask Official Permit Town Selectmen and Village Trustees have taken under con- sideration requests by two com- commercial firms for an exclusive permit to establish a wired community television tem in Bennington as soon as possible Meeting in a joint session last evening town and village ials heard the proposals of ney E Young president of Young's Community Television Corp of Springfield Vt and Donald Spencer president of the Corp of ton Mass Young who operates several similar systems in the Vermont towns of Springfield Windsor and Burlington is affiliated with the Jerold Electronics Corp which would provide all the equipment for the local system Spencer's firm is basically a manufacturer of the equipment with an interest in establishing systems using its products It has systems in operation in Barre and Brattleboro Under the proposals presented by both groups a large television tower would be erected near Bennington to pick up television transmission signals of at least five New England and New York area stations The signals would be carried over the system's coaxial cable to homes of sub- scribers in the community thus eliminating the need of ual home and ing what the representatives termed better quality and greater number of television programs Either system would carry the programs of stations using the three major TV networks as well as an educational channel in Boston Area stations which would be accommodated on the system would include Schenectady Mt Washington -N H two channels in Boston and the Burlington Town and village officials were told that the community wired television system would in no way affect local television sets utilizing individual and that Federal Jaws protect present television set users against such infringements They said these TV owners could continue to receive nel 6 from Schenectady or any other channels which they now receive but that the wired com- munity system would offer Report Student Unrest LONDON of unrest among young Soviet students and workers sparked by a growing doctrine reached London today There was no evidence that the disillusionment with Communist doctrine reached London today There was no evidence that the reported discontent was anything like that which led to the students rebellion in Hungary But it ently is causing concern There was no official tion of the reports But they were given added weight by Moscow radio broadcasts quoting Soviet added UD to the same a deep-seated lessness among the younger The Daily Mail said in a dis- patch from Moscow that more than 100 students at Moscow Uni- versity have been expelled during the past two months for ing and taking part in tions against the Communist re- gime The Daily Express in another story from Moscow reporting the expulsions Some of those dismissed from Moscow University have been sent to manual work Similar action has been taken in Leningrad and at a university in the Ukraine Lending support to these reports was a broadcast by Moscow radio last night quoting the Soviet Com- munist youth magazine which said brash and demagogic remarks were heard These remarks were made in an effort to ignore com- the undoubted gains of our Socialist culture The Manchester Guardian re- ported the Soviet trade union per Trud had attacked speakers at meetings of Soviet workers who do not intend to make serious of local they loudly attack everything and everybody ter quality transmission and more channels than can now be received in this area The Young Corp said it would establish a system whereby local TV homes could purchase shares of stock in its corporation which would also provide for running the cable into the stockholder's house Stock in the corporation would sell fgr between and Young said and at- to the system would also pay a monthly service fee of from to according to experience of the company in other Vermont communities The Young Corp would also offer TV set owners who did not wish to become stockholders an optional plan under which they could pay a small tion fee and a monthly service charge of or so Under the proposal presented by the Corp a local corporation would be with local management This firm would offer TV set owners their wired service for an installation charge of Irom to and charge users a monthly fee of from to Principal differences between the two plans are the types of equipment used The Spencer Kennedy com- pany also claimed it could vide better service by providing a closed-circuit for local grams Appearing with Young were representatives of the New land Telephone and Telegraph Co and the Central Vermont Public Service Corp both of whom will allow but one TV firm permission to use their existing poles to carry the necessary coaxial cables Already overcrowded pole and other factors were cited by the utility representatives as See on Page Fourl Buckley Presents Plans To Increase Highway Money State Sen T Garry Buckley suggested last night that Vermont should look for opportunities to economize in present government operations in order to help pay for an expanded highway program Some luxuries may have to be reduced or dispensed ley told a meeting of the ton County Tourist Association He said he believed that lining of department operations could at least save enough money to pay the interest on highway bonds He did not propose a bonding program During the recent election Gov Joseph B Johnson recommended a million ing program for new highway con- struction Buckley outlined a number of plans as examples of sources for sources for savings and new enues He plans as examples of savings and new revenues He 1 Registration plates be ed every four years rather than annually to save on the cost o f materials manufacture postage and handling Under this plan on- ly a date tab would be changed every year Present plates cost between 13 and IS cents a set to mail he said The date tab could be mailed tor 3 cents 2 Operators he given a choice of one or three year licenses to save the cost of annual processing of license renewals 3 Special registration plate numbers be offered at a premium price to drivers with five-year records He suggested that the special plates should be taken away from any operator convicted of a traffic offense 4 That checks sent in payment for licenses and registrations be made out to the Tax Department whore the funds eventually go to eliminate special handling in the Motor Vehicle Department Buckley discussed the problems faced by the southwestern area ot Vermont which will be by tiie new federal interstate system in New York and eastern Vermont He recommended that the put its weight bo- hind the Regional Highway cil in that organization's efforts to get state action on new tion in this area He suggested that the group work to get support for a specific calling for reconstruction of U.S Route 7 Defiant Crowd Still Protesting Against Russia BUDAPEST Hundreds of Hungarian women demonstrated for the second consecutive day in Budapest's streets today in mourning for insurgents killed in the rebellion The Russians moved more and armored cars into the city as a precaution but ordered garian soldiers and police to dle the job of dispersing the women Most the demonstration was orderly It involved about women made up of groups of about 200 each yesterday about demonstrated and one woman was wounded by gunfire after an altercation with a Soviet officer The women again marched with bouquets flags and mourning wreaths The center of today's stration was Square pn a bank of the Danube in the ter of town where there is a to the Hungarian poet of the 1848 revolution Sandor As the women approached the square they were blocked from seven Russian tanks and about the same number of armored cars Halted the women sang the anthem God Bless the holding high their flags and bouquets of red white and green The Russians finally allowed three women from about a dozen groups to go to the monument and ay their flowers and flags at the loot of the pedestal holding a figure of his right hand raised in the We shall not longer be slaves The same monument figured prominently in the tions Oct 23 at the outset of the rebellion against Communist tation One group of women marching toward square today was forced out of the street and on to the sidewalk by a Russian tank which headed toward them Many tanks and cars were in streets Whenever the women passed them a sibilant sh-sh sounded the crowd enjoining lence Russian tanks blocked access to Parliament where the government of Premier Janos Ka- dar has its offices At the tomb of the unknown dier in Heroes Square where yesterday's demonstration centered all was quiet A few women dressed in mourning stood be- side the white stone Flowers flags and black wreaths laid there yesterday still covered the The women said their sons had been killed in the revolution Western diplomat reported large group of women leaving Heroes Square yesterday passed the U.S legation building ing and waving Then Russian ar- mored cars drove them off Communications between pest and Pecs in southern gary were restored t 5 d a y The best information was that reports of fighting in that area between insurgents and Russian troops were greatly exaggerated Radio Budapest quoting the government newspaper also denied these reports of armed revolt and said work was proceeding in most factories in the region Another broadcast quoted the trade union paper as saying the Hungarian railways have coal for only five days and loaded freight cars are stranded on various sidings The large wagon and machine factory at in northwest Hungary was reported idle be- cause of the lack of power and raw materials said it was planning to use some of the the factory in ing coal SAVED BY STARLETS There was a happy ending yesterday to the plane crash in which Peter selin 65 of Berlin N H was involved He was plucked unhurt from the water off the beach by two suited movie starlets after the plane in which he was riding ended as it touched the water Bella Darvi a French actress played in the movie The and Delores Kipple star of movie short sub- were sunbathing nearby when they saw the plane flip over They got into a speedboat and rescued Gosselin and the two men with him Fred Prato and Harvey Smith of Foil
