Daily Messenger, The (Newspaper) - October 5, 1964, Canandaigua, New York t- VOL 168 NO 192 Year PHONE CANANDAIGUA NEW YORK MONDAY OCTOBER 5 1964 Established 1796 Tomorrow's Finger GRADED HANDICAPS On Today's Sport A WEEK HOME DELIVERED A COPY DEMOCRATIC TICKET These candidates appeared day at a meet your candidate luncheon in Clifton Springs They left to right Samuel Levy for supreme court justice Frank for county clerk Edward T Malone for district attorney Rep Samuel S Irving R ens for slate senate and Philip J Rowley for assembly Warder Rowley Declares Philip J Rowley candidate for the assembly re- plied to Republican questions about his loyalty with a charge lhat his opponent Fred L Warder has been dominated by cal bosses during his short tical career Rowley was one of six dates speaking before mately 170 persons at a eon in Clifton Springs day The luncheon was ed by the Ontario County Democratic Club He cited reports in the papers regarding charges by county GOP chairman James Alleged Bandits To Be Arraigned Two Canandaigua men who were indicted Friday by the Monroe County Grand Jury for the armed holdup of a ter bank Sept 9 are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Monroe County Court The arraignment was ally set for today but was George H Warren 33 of the Pickering Hotel and Albert V Bunnell 45 Canandaigua RD 5 were charged with first degree robbery in the robbery of the Manger Arcade branch of Community Savings Bank The wo men were ed less than an hour after the bank by Canandaigua police after a passerby got the license number of car and il was broadcast from Rochester The car was spoiled by cial Investigator Oren and Patrolman Paul Meath on Coach Street The two suspects away when told to pull over and weru captured after a chase of about miles on Bristol Street The and a 38 caliber revolver were found under a seat of the auto according lo police Blodgett Saturday evening thai Rowley was putting personal ambition above parly loyalties Rowley said My opponent has asked where my loyalties lie Unfortunately the mayor of Geneva knows no er way than lo be loyal lo parly bosses Parly Comes Second I strongly disagree with the assemblyman and firmly be- lieve a first con- cern should be his constituents not his party Rowley commented Our has failed to he is capable of ing with the present day government pace Among his failures is the fact lhat he gave no assistance whatsoever when we were negotiating with the stale for our county park He has voted away home rule hy supporting legislation that was unanimously opposed by our county board of super- said Rowley who is chairman county board 1 Need Cited We need legislators who are not only responsible but are re- and who are equipped thc experience to readily recognize problems and the needs of our people and our county legislators who are not the voice piece of political bosses but are independent to vole in best of the people The candidate said There are numerous matters 1 feel need immediate in stale government First I would Concern myself with the ted million deficit for I would study it and attempt to derive ways to bring about a sound fiscal policy possibly after our county which enjoys a true policy Rep Samuel S Stratlon speaking before the group said We have been hearing a lot of loose and indiscriminate talk in recent months about ment spending The kind of spending that has given the Ge- neva area such a Continued on Page 3 3 Area Politics Got Warm Over Weekend The political campaign in Ontario County picked up mentum this weekend as Republican and Democratic dates were given lie rostrum at separate meet your date sessions Some of the most pointed statements made during the meetings involved the assembly race in which incumbent Re- publican Fred L Warder faces a challenge from independent Republican Philip J Rowley who has received the support of the Democratic and Liberal parties Charges of personal ambition were leveled against Rowley by County GOP chairman James Blodgell at the Trenholm East Inn Saturday night during a Farmington GOP committee dinner Rowley responded yesterday at a Democratic luncheon in Clifton Springs Country Club with Hie assertion lhat his opponent is boss controlled Candidates from both seeking election to the House of Representatives also spoke at the weekend meetings Robert M Quigley Republican from Phelps limited his remarks primarily to giving support to Sen Kenneth B ing and pointing out the senator's actions in alerting this nation to the dire threat of missiles in Cuba He also called for a four-point program aimed at the encouragement and growth of small business His opponent Democrat Samuel S Stratlon incumbent pointed to his own role in helping lo obtain federal aid for such projects as a sewer project in Quigley's home own of Phelps and lo the improving economic picture in Ontario county Appearing at the Democratic luncheon yesterday was Charles Stockmeister of Monroe County who described Warder as A Rockefeller robot and pointed out that Warder had voted against the controversial liquor in the regular session this year but changed his vole under pressure in the special session called by the governor on the liquor issue Candidates present at the Republican meeting Saturday evening included Quigley and Warder Supreme Court Justice Frederic T Henry District Attorney M Maurice Chacchia and County Clerk Byron Blazey State Sen Dutlon S son was not present at the Democratic meeting yesterday were Representative Stratton Rowley Irving R Stevens date for state senate Edward T Malone candidate for dis- attorney Samuel R Levy candidate for supreme court justice and Frank Demming candidate for county clerk REPUBLICAN SLATE Candidates for office in fie Nov 3 election shown as they appeared at a dinner in Saturday lo right Assemblyman Fred der Robert M Quigley candidate for the House of Supreme Court Justice Frederic T Henry rict AKy M Maurice Chacchia County Clerk Byron Blazey GOP Chairman Blasts Rowley James chairman of the county GOP committee night charged Philip J Rowley Democratic candidate for the Assembly with putting personal ambition above party loyalty and said Rowley would side with Democrats in the reapportionment of the slate legislature if he is elected spoke at a session in which GOP candidates for election on Nov 3 were introduced to mately 150 persons He concentrated much of his speech on attacking Rowley who is seeking to unseat man Fred L Warder GOP for re-election Wide Political Spectrum Rowley a registered can is running as an dent candidate and has ed the endorsement of the and Liberal parly said Saturday night Republican running on he ticket whose only excuse for doing so is thai he docs not like thc decision of the ity of the Republican County Committee who denied him the nomination for the office Other speakers at the ington GOP ed dinner Saturday ed Assemblyman Warder who pointed to his record during his first term in office He listed among his a data processing passed by legislature lo low school districts to install data processing machinery in central district offices lie also cited a nursing dormitory which he introduced The provides for construction of nursing dormitories for on 3 Col 6 Warder Denies Union In National Pact Accord Tunnel Under Cooper Demands Senate Speedup Probe Of Baker WASHINGTON UPI Sen John Sherman Cooper today pushed a GOP demand for a speedup in the Senate in- of charges that by Baker was involved in a political payoff Cooper said he would ask the Senate Rules Committee at a closed meeting today to start calling key witnesses by the latter part of the week The meeting was scheduled for 10 EOT He said he would formally re- quest lhat the Senate Rules Committee summon for public hearings Sen John J Williams who made charge builder Matthew McCloskey who allegedly made a kickback after getting the con- tract on the District of bia stadium insurance agent Don B Reynolds who is charged with being the between and pocketing and Baker who allegedly re- from Reynolds and used it for 1960 presidential If is it not reasonable lo assume he will sit on the Democrat side of he aisle and vote with the Democrats from New York City on reapportionment and other important is he going to vote with Liberal party who answered his plea for will he vole with the Conservative party whoso support he also sought but was denied? Is it any wonder there is confusion regarding his party affiliations a registered Re- publican nominated by Democrats running as an in- dependent and as a candidate of the Liberal What is Where are his What are his Who is he thinking of ex- cept Personal Ambition Blodgelt continued Ontario County cannot afford to replace our able Republican man who has already ed an enviable record by a newborn Democrat who puts personal ambition above party loyalty one who claims to be a Robot Charge Assemblyman Fred L er today look issue with a ment made yesterday by Charles ter County that Warder was Rockefeller robot when he changed his vote on the liquor between the ular and special sessions of the legislature year Warder told The Messenger this morning The in tha special session was different from the one I voted against in the regular session The measure I voted for did not remove the minimum price for wine as it did for The initial did not ex- empt wine as did the one in special he said The portion of the liquor lo which Warder referred is the section which removes next year the state set prices for liquor Warder added today The stale council of churches also changed Us stand on this ure and was another reason for my changing my decision 57 Flee E Berlin To West BERLIN Berlin officials announced that 57 East Germans had escaped to West Berlin through a tunnel under the Communist wall The Communists said a Red border guard was shol and killed when tunnel was discovered early West Berlin cily officials said refugees fled over a three day period When Communists ered the tunnel this morning Eastern border guards fired round after round into it hul no refugees were hit The East German Defense Department announced later lhat a border guard was shot fatally by one of the Western bandits The refugees numbered 23 men 31 women and three dren They burrowed under the wall lo the French sector Wed ding district of West Berlin in small groups beginning day The mass escape ended al when four Commu nisi border guards and three secret policemen discovered tunnel They opened fire with machine pistols The West Berlin city ment said the tunnel was dis- covered just before the end of the rescue action It said no refugees were in the area at the time But Communist East Ger man Defense Minister said Cpl Schullz was killed by fired by men who had en- tered East Berlin through the tunnel The ministry ment was carried by the cial East German news service ADN The tunnel was dug from West to East from the cellar of a six story apartment house on the Western side of Bernau er Strasse The house No 97 is 20 feet from the East Berlin border Plant Level Pacts Needed At 130 Plants DETROIT United Auto Workers and General lors Crop today reached ment on a national contract But union will continue its strike against the company un- til new contracts have been at 130 locals around The new contract covering nearly GM workers a pattern established at ord and Chrysler earlier the same to Christmas bonus UAW won rom Ford The Chrysler and settlements were valued it an hour per worker over the next three years Announcement of the settlement came about 9 today following an all-night bargaining session GM Personnel Vice President Louis G Sealon said he was very happy lo announce tha settlement but added the ties have yet lo resolve local demand issues at 117 of 139 slants and a new national con- will not become effective until these matters are resolved and the agreement is ratified Local Problems Priority Seaton said union and com- pany bargainers would continue lo concentrate their efforts on resolution of local problems so all of our employes can go bach to work Sealon said he did not know how long it would be before the local mailers could be cleaned up He said company and union speeded up their forts lo resolve local issues and were in constant tion with locals UAW President Walter P said the new contract included basic economic sions lhat paralleled benefits at Chrysler and Ford plus an im- provement in a wage inequity fund and a slightly better clause in the medical insurance program It also included meaningful Continued on Page 3 Col Cops And Robbers DALLAS UPI Two red faced roommates searched to day for their television sel a a pistol some clothes and a wallet all stolen from their apartment while they slept The roommates Bobby Gib son and J P Cornelius are policemen The Weather Mostly cloudy and cold through tomorrow An even chance of a few showers sibly mixed wilh snow and a few intervals of partial ing during the period High day near 50 low tonight about 35 close to a few urban ters ranging to below ing areas of high terrain Wind gusty west 15 to 30 an hour 24 hour high 77 low 43 Witnesses Write Biography Of Hilda's Four Violent Days EDITOR'S cane Hilda struck a deadly disastrous path through iana on Saturday and Sunday A team of United Press In- reporters was strung from New Orleans to New Iberia o cover it This is he story of what they saw f By B WEBB JR NEW ORLEANS UPI A monster hurricane is something lhat breathes in a snarl and crushes the life out of a young radio operator trying to shout a warning A monster is something that reaches out with black tentacles and scratches a scar on the face of leaving a man to stir the ashes with a long pole in search of his father and brother A monster is something with a single eye 35 miles wide to see the gallant 14 men fighting its anger at sea the thousands of acres of sugar cane il on eve the taped and boarded towns darkened in its wash This was a monster of the genus hurricane Hilda born on the morning of Sepl 30 in the incubating warmth of tropical waters between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula Oct 4 of exhaustion in Jho piney woodlands of sippi The story of Hilda is in the weather bureau's cold recitation of winds that reached 150 miles per hour in matics of latitude and longitude plots in a curving pencil scrawl of lines and X's from the atan across Louisana on a tered map It is also a of people Some won Some losl And those who lived will award her a place in the hall of bitter memories Alongside another she-monster named Audrey At first Hilda was just an easterly a band of squalls and winds annoying nothing save perhaps some fish and birds or a remote fishing vessel But the Gulf of Mexico breeds her monsters fast Hilda was a hurrier In a matter of hours she grew from a wave into a storm the eighth this year and nally into a full-blown hurricane of fearsome proportions Thursday afternoon a bulletin from the New Orleans er Ordered cane warnings raised on the Louisiana coast west of the of the Mississippi er Remembered Audrey Suddenly Louisianians re- membered There clean hurricane that flushed Cameron La on June 1957 and look 500 lives There was Carla the dirty of No one was waiting to judge Hilda The memory of a warehouse filled with dead and rotting ies seven years ago still ed sheriff Claude He ordered Cameron Parish ated Only thc ghosts were left The Cameron residents led the persons that fled the coast to seek safely in h i g h school gymnasiums city halls courthouses shelters where the odor of human sweat gled with the boiling aroma of shrimp red beans and coffee Ed Dupont of Bayou Teche was caught once in a Pacific Ocean typhoon He respects the strength of nature's unleased energy Sitting in a gym near Baton Rouge unshaven and a cigarette dangling from his lips he was satisfied his family was safe out of Hilda's reach Our house can blow away for all I he smiled Houses can lie rebuilt human bodies cannot Almost Ready It was late Friday and Hilda was 150 miles offshore feeling out the Louisana coastline with tenuous drizzles that shined roads to a deadly polish and windy gusts that rattled the mi- of windows not yet taped or boarded Louisiana was most ready Almost bul not quite In marshy Parish iff Eddie Ste Marie was having trouble persuading his people to evacuate In lillle a few miles outside the evacuation area a number chose to stay put II was lo prove a tragic fake Sheriff Ste Marie was south of Larose on Louisiana way 1 when trooper Stanley Bernard's cry for help crackled over the police radio Where are you? Where are the sheriff called back I'm pinned in the came the reply Suddenly a second voice broke in with a message that twitched thc graying hairs on the sheriff's Get hold of the sheriff ple are running all over here It was his Capl bert LaRose Ste Marie sped to to the most incredible sight of his life a mile of housing shorn away as if by a giant scythe people stumbling and crawling in a daze with broken arms and fractured skulls and blood drenching shirts and pants on the ground The New Orleans Weather Bureau was expecting the lierce winds from Hilda It was not expecting the savage that spawned in the hurricane's leading edge that dipped down lo snatch away Trooper Bernard's car scores of houses and 21 lives United Press International photographer Pile Fischer body afler body in the twisted debris of what had been a happy and contented fishing village He watched one man unmindful of the blood that drenched his shirt probing the wreckage for his relatives The memory was vivid with Andrew His family was huddled in their home at the south end of Larose when all of a sudden my nephew heard a roaring sound When he looked out the window we saw tornado He thought a moment I be- lieve it was the brick house lhat saved us And all around here was the silence of shock Closing In Hilda was now only 80 miles away and flexed her muscles against 14 men who clung grimly lo they mechanical land of a floating rig known as the Ocean Driller The decision to remain aboard the triangular rig had been theirs to make said their boss A J Laborde president of the Ocean Drilling and Ex- Co of New Orleans They preferred lo slay maybe because feel H's just as safe out there Hilda tested her fury She blasted tiny island with a rage thai broke a wind velocity meler at 120 miles per hour She tried to trick wilh the thick calm of her eye then slammed with tlic side Thc 14 men survived safe and sound Hilda had lost bul she would try time at thc soft belly of Louisiana's cane try on Atchafalaya Bay The lime was after 5 p.m CST Saturday The cane was inland 100 miles west-southwest of New Orleans Wind Was Fierce On lonely Point jutting into Vermilion Bay young Leo Olander jammed his foot on the brakes to keep his truck from blowing away He glanced at his wind gauge 120 miles an hour He relayed the reading to a fellow civil defense worker in Delcambre who in urn passed it up the line to New Iberia I'm still holding Olander added almost as an after- thought and broke the circuit Then he lost contact for the next 24 hours In New Iberia Mrs Wilman Picard was nervously saying her rosary when the lights in the courthouse out ing quickly she asked 400 other evacuees lo join her Panic ebbed in prayer Outside as UPI ent Edward described it things were a mess People are stranded everywhere And Hilda marched lessly through the swamps Inside tiny brick city hall 15 juiles oi new Iberia ham radio operator Scotly Bernard his fragile electronic link with outside world relaying a blow-by-blow account of Hilda's charge Snap Unheard Inside no one could see the town's water lower swaying like a metallic lily in the wind No one would hear the snap of tortured metal Eight men died and 6 others were injured in the tower's plunge through the city hall Among the broken bodies was that of young Scotty Bernard Tragically the radio link with Erath was silenced These were the people who fought Hurricane Hilda on her deadly stabbing foray into the heart of Louisiana There was Charles Vesper who led a iant attempt to rescue seven people from a house wilh no roof on it only to be forced to leave them There was nothing we could said Vesper We had to leave them there since they had a belter chance with at least some shelter than out in the hurricane with us There was John Coco who took an amphibious duck into the ravaging winds and rain to try lo rescue a woman who had given birth and was in trouble lie and other rescuers made it in time to snatch 32 more prospective victims from Hilda Saturday night wore into day and Hilda stretched her path of destruction past the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge hoa undermining railroad beds snapping strands of telephone wire like giant whips piling driftwood and broken limbs on highways But there was no warm wa ter from which to suck en energy no Gulf to ride across Hilda was ing each building that stood in her path each tree thai dragged back at her winds bled and finally exhausted the cane Winds dipped from 100 miles per hour past 90 80 70 Bj Sunday noon Hilda was dead as a hurricane and dying as a tropical storm The monster's brief life ex acted a steep price 37 dead nearly 200 injured scores ol houses demolished miles o railroad track and power damaged knocked out a sugar cane crop flattened barely a week harvest time and a job that may run many million of dollars In the chapters ol death however there can bo i few happy paragraphs such as the birth of a baby girl In Morgan Cily Her birthday is Oct 3 liar is
