Daily Messenger, The (Newspaper) - December 23, 1964, Canandaigua, New York SI VOL 168 NO 248 Year PHONE CANANDAIGUA NEW YORK WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 1964 Established 1796 A WEEK HOME DELIVERED A COPY Clemency For Man Jailed In 51 Killing Serving Time In Murder Of County Deputy ALBANY A man convicted In 1951 of second degree murder of Ontario Counly Deputy iff Jack Fennell yesterday was a beneficiary of Governor use of the executive clemency traditionally extended at Christmas The man is Anthony J Napoli 33 serving a to life tence at Attica Stale Prison The governor's action means Napoli will be eligible for parole in June 1986 lie would not have been eligible until about 1978 without the clemency act Rockefeller said the fation was extended upon recommendation of the Slate Parole Board Napoli was one of four en- listed men from Sampson Air Force Base who were chased by deputies after the men had robbed an attendant at a service station in Canandaigua on June 4 1951 Tile car in which the fcur men were driving was stopped by Deputy Fennell OH Route 5 and 20 just east of the State Police substation As the deputy got out of his car to approach the airmen he was shot in the abdomen by Cpl Joseph Me Cretton Deputy Arthur Scammell ar- rived just as the four airmen were driving away He found Fennell and radioed for help for the stricken man and began chasing the airmen He edly shot one of the young men after the chase which ended in Geneva City when the car en by Napoli crashed into a tree after hurtling through a road block set up by Geneva police During the gun battle which after the crash Napoli suffered a slight wound in the head and another of the men Sgt Peter Gannon was shot in the leg reportedly has had a good record in He has served as a teacher in the program al Attica Stale Prison No commutation was ed to the other three men who were involved in the robbery and shooting Turkeys For Mississippi JACKSON Miss families largely Negro across Mississippi receive free Christmas turkeys today in a handout organized by Negro comedian Dick Gregory and columnist Drew Pearson Gregory was to fly here al noon EST in a chartered plane to distribute of the birds The other turkeys were shipped in refrigerated trucks to nine other distribution points in the state A drive was launched several weeks ago for purchase of the birds Part of the money was raised at a benefit performance starring Gregory and Negro singer Sammy Davis Jr Bob Hope will he in Viet Nam this Christmas and I will be in Gregory said Tuesday night in Chicago We will both be on the front lines where freedom is being fought for and died for After Bob and I can go home but those people on the front line stay Application forms for turkeys were submitted in advance and carefully screened according to State Field Secretary Charles Evers of the National tion for the Advancement of Colored People Evers said the distribution starting today would continue until all of are given out Viet Nam May Go It Alone SAIGON Viel Nam UPI South Vietnamese leaders were reported day to be considering a al lhat they adopt a without American help in the war Usually reliable sources said Lt Gen Nguyen com- mander in chief of the armed forces proposed a campaign of sustained anti-Americanism at a meeting Tuesday of the gen who purged the civilian high national council and ar- rested some of its members The move brought criticism from the U.S government and pressure from U.S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor to restore the high council or risk a re- vision of plans for major in- creases in American aid Resists Freeing Civilians Hut the sources said Khanh told the generals the army could get along without can aid They said he also told the generals they no longer should tolerate Taylor's to force them to free the ar- rested civilians and to reinstate council the nation's acting legislature The sources said Khanh ed at enlisting the support ol the nation's Buddhists for anti- American and o m c demonstrations This would nol be difficult since the leadership also has a strong dislike for Taylor Raps U.S Position However following the ing with the generals Khanh sued an order of the day day in which he denounced the council and attacked the U.S position on Sunday's p a r t i a coup He charged some counci members were inciting revoll on the home front while the army was shedding ils blood if the field Then in two obvious barbs a the United Stales Khanh also We make sacrifices for the country's independence and the Vietnamese people's hu not to carry out the policy o any foreign country Although the armed forces support a clean civilian gov when necessary still have the task of as an intermediary to settle all disputes and differences if they create a favorable to the common nism and colonialism in any form Following this Khanh gave an interview to an American newspaper in which he said that unless Taylor docs not act more intelligently the United States will lose Southeast Asia and we will lose our freedom TIS Members nf Hie Canandaigua Academy band and chorus went ling last night o help residents enjoy the Christmas Season Jack Bullock left leads he band in a rousing number Churches Set Their Services Churches in Canandaigua and throughout the Christian world will mark the anniversary of the birth of the Christ Child with appropriate music geantry and services many of which will be candlelight ices Congregational Church A Christmas Eve Candlelight service will held in the First Congregational Church day at 5 p.m The service will open with the preludes Pastorale by Cor- Pastoral Symphony by Handel played by Mrs iel E Buisch organist by hymn The ald Angels Sing by the choir and 0 Come All Ye Faithful by the choir and congregation Mary Cockram will sing Cantique de by Adam Ronald Lischeid will read the Christmas Story and Terry Cools lead the prayer The Children's Choir will sing Away In a Manger by Luther and choir and congregation the II No Relief For Western Floods SAN FRANCISCO UPI Floods roared out of control in northern California and Oregon today There was no letup in sight from rains which have caused at least eight deaths and forced more than persons Kennedy Takes Over Party From Wagner Session Ends Today Apportionment Package Moving Through Easily ALBANY UPI The New York Slate Legislature riding out a hurricane of Democratic protests prepared today to complete action on a Republican legislative apportionment package Came Upon the Midnight Clear and 0 Litlle Town of hem Selections by the Bell Choir directed by Mrs Andrew ston will be There's A Song in the Air and What Child is Taking parts of angels in the service will be Jacquelyn Blair Diane Brockelt Betty Carson Betsy Cox Fitzhugh Corinne line Hopkins Marjorie Moore Connie Pool Linda Stanton Debra Weeden and Valerie Winship Lutheran Church The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd will hold a Christmas Candlelight per service at 8 p.m Thursday in the new church South Pearl St At this service the candles of worshippers will be lighted in a progressive manner from the allar candles prior to the singing of Silent Night Holy Night The Christmas Day Festival Continued on Page 3 Col 4 Population Booing On WASHINGTON UPI The Census Bureau estimates that the U.S population as of Nov 1 was up or 7.2 per cent from the last sus on April 3 1960 Including armed forces abroad the Nov 1 estimate would be Chance For New Life Is Christmas Gift CINCINNATI Ohio UPI Mrs Lance a widow who slept in theaters and public restrooms because she could not afford to pay rent received for a chance for a new life Mrs Lance appeared in Court Tuesday on a charge of stealing a scarf from a downtown ment store I took it because I was she lold Judge George S Heitzler I've never stolen anything before Mrs Lance's husband died 20 years ago leaving her no estate She said she receives a month in Social payments most of which is spent for food She said she sells nameplates for doors and mail boxes but earned little from it I don't have enough money to rent a decent room she said and I prefer to slay in downtown and sleep in the ladies lounge at an all-night garage She told the court she has a en Age card which admits her o theaters at a reduced price Mrs Lance said she had been living in this manner for the past two years The judge reached in his pocket for a dollar to pay for the scarf and dismissed the petit larceny charge against her Mrs Ida Bruner the depart menl store's security officer refused lo lake money Mrs Lance is a nuisance and besides we don't sell scarves in snapped Mrs Brunner who had made the ar- rest The judge said he would mail the to store Then the manager of the rage where Mrs Lance has been sleeping stepped forward and offered her a job keeping the ladies lounge clean He said she could slay there as long as she liked The Sisters of the Poor also offered Mrs Lance a home for life to flee their homes Blue Canyon in northern Placer County ed 6.28 inches in the hour period ending early day and oilier points in the in- undated area were not far be- hind The forecast was for a third consecutive day of rain Richard Tarble meteorologist lold California Gov Edmund G Brown lhat Kel River flooding was so bad it could be to happen only once in years He said the storms have the of being the worst of all time for the coastal region and could well surpass the dis- floods of ly nine years ago which caused 64 deaths in northern nia Situation Could Worsen Oregon Gov Mark broadcast to the people of his state that the could el much worse Brown and both proclaimed the areas of slates as disaster areas They ordered National Guards to assist workers and prevent possible looting In Humboldt County nia the Coast Guard reported lhat one of its helicopters was missing and presumed down with men aboard The heroic chopper crew had cued 16 persons off Cock Robin Island at the mouth of boldt Bay and was looking for other stranded flood victims when radio contact was lost Tuesday night A search party was launched immediately Lt Col Robert H Allan San Francisco district Army engi flew over the flood area and damage in north ern California alone at lion if forecasts for crest heights prove correct Engineer Dies Latest death reported in was that of television station engineer Phil Seilheimer 23 Reno who was lost in the stormy Sierras Monday night and later died of exposure and exhaustion Neighboring states o nia and Oregon also reported some flood problems Idaho Gov Robert E Smylie ordered 50 National Guardsmen to croft in the southeastern pan of the state in case of expected floods Slale police closed all roads out Of Boise because reported washouts But in Reno Nev predictor major flooding did nol take place Workers piled sandbags along the Truckee River throughout the downtown area and the river about a foot below flood stage Only minor leaks were reported anc gambling continued along glil lering casino row A spokesman at Reno city engineer's office said think the state can get out o this thing without much dam age if it will only slop raining pretty soon Six Oregon Deaths Six of the flood deaths place in Oregon where two per sons were electrocuted and fou swept away by rampaging flood waters Almost ever stream in the western part o the stale was flooded Malaysia Says Attack Again PONTIAN Malaysia lore than 20 Indonesian illas landed on Malaysian al dawn today from two Mats in the Straits of Malacca to officials here Malaysian authorities rushed forces lo the area of he incursion and declared 100 uiles of facing In- off limits to ships and The invaders were re trapped in a swamp A Malaysian spokesman said he invaders landed from two arge boats at the mouth of the iver three miles north of the own of Kukup on the western oast Police pinpointed the spot as about 30 miles west of Sing apore A spokesman said four of dressed in civilian lothing and carrying British nade submachine guns cap- two young A third boy and a Malay adult escaped and spread the alarm three hours later other villagers spotted 20 armed illas crossing a road about one mile inland Malaysian field force police ind a regiment of Malay ers converged on the coastal strip which is the same al area where 108 guerrillas staged the Indonesian in- vasion of Malaysian main and on Aug 17 Mosl of the in- were either killed or captured It's The Law It's Enforced CHICAGO Federal officers felt at home when they staged a raid on a Christmas party where illegal drinking was going on In fact hey were at home when they entered he press room of the new federal ing and ordered about 50 guests Tuesday including U.S district judges o break up the parly U.S guards of the Services tion carried out raid In the room were at least three federal judges ham Joseph Sam Perry and Julius Hoffman There were also nine federal prosecutors a dozen U.S marshals and newsmen signed o the building The GSA acted under law banning drinking on federal reservations The two bills in GOP plan were jammed through Senate and Assembly over bitter protest of the Democratic ity The first approved and signed almost immediately by Governor Rockefeller apportions the Legislature on the The second measure was geared lo the 1962 vole Both houses get into tional voting measures today which are more acceptable lo the Republicans because the in- of the counly is ed as far as Assembly is concerned One of fractional vole plans uses citizen tion and the other the vote Before Hie Republicans could zip through the first two bills in the Assembly Democrats called attention to vacant seats on the Republican side Despite the Democratic es the Assembly approved measures Two Republican members of the 1064 Legislature are dead and a third is of the stale Assemblyman Darnel Kelly and Mark T New York Democrats tried to block by pointing out the empty seals Their efforts were overruled referred lo as a Missis sippi style gerrymander which cuts heart out of Harlem and gives it lo Bronx Hours long debate and a charge that the Plan B was fatally defective set off a near quarrel between cans and Democrats over I h c powers of the Senate Rules Committee The Rules action in ordering the lo the third reading drew an immediate ob from Sen Seymour Tha ler who said mi party was being aked to vole on an imperfect a that is still nol in its fina form Sen Robert McKwen one of of the four package program said any defects were being cor reeled and lhat an lo the was being readied for action Thaler referred to some lines on maps of Queen Counly which he said go through city blocks lhat do not exist anc lines that do not meel He that action on he pu over but was overruled by the chair In defense of Sen Edward Democrats are nol against re bul m e r e 1 Republicans doing th job Al one point in the debate i senator said the sue cial session was bul McEwen said it wa the mandate of the court tha we hold a special session Wp were obligated lo com up wilh a plan that would con form to Supreme Court's re Continued on Page 3 Col 1 Steingut Take Over ALBANY al cross seclion of Democrats belling at New York Mayor tobert Wagner's political r Tuesday night elected Sen ulian Erway of Albany and Stanley Steingut f Brooklyn to the posts in the 1965 ature Wagner's legislative choices enate Minority Leader Joseph and Assembly y Leader Anthony Travia were in bitterly contested arty caucuses The results appeared to in- lame the old feud between the York City mayor and those he called in a statement night an old f bosses The rift threatens to divide the Democratic party and undermine ils in running he legislature which it will control for the first time in 30 years The bosses whom Wagner was talking about include Peter of Erie County Charles Buckley of the Bronx and John English of Nassau County All key delegations to for Senate majority er and Steingut for Assembly speaker Buckley in particular has come under Wagner's fire in the Jast and it was Buckley's which backed anti ler candidates more solidly than any other group After his defeat Zaretzki com- H was an Make no bones about it They said I was a nice guy but Wagner supported me Another key factor in the Sen ate choice was the strong desire of upstate Democrats to acquire a more powerful voice in party affairs Their ace in the hole was enough votes to make the difference in a showdown be downstate Democrats ant the GOP minority The Assembly caucus original ly gave a victory Wagner Opposed New Democratic Albany Leaders lly I KING ALBANY Robert F Kennedy's political backers hava taken over the powerful New York Slale Democratic tion The same group of cratic leaders who successfully pushed Kennedy's campaign for the New York Senate scat un- veiled their power with the lection of new party tain for the 1305 controlled Legislature The senator-elect maintained a hands-off policy during the tle for Ihc legislative leadership but selection of man Stanly of lyn as speaker and Julian Er- way of Albany as Senale leader left no doubt that lie forces are in National Democratic Edwin Weisl close riend of President Johnson im- mediately pledged his support to and irway He said they would hava he backing of top party leaders n New York State Mayor Robert K Wagner un- stale leader until about six months ago suffered his serious political defeat Wagner backing minority ers Sen Joseph and Assemblyman Anthony Travia the higher posts in the next legislature their defeat the same old of bosses old Kings bounty leader had he support of John of Nassau ter J Crotly of Krio and Charles Buckley of Bronx Steingut English Crotly and Buckley were original Kennedy backers State Democratic Chairman William Daniel P Albany Counly leader and headed the drive for Erway Their argument was that Upstate New York was entitled to one of leadership jobs in the new Legislature the first controlled in 3D years attributed his defeat to tile fact he carried Wagner's blessings He said They senators said I was a nice guy but Wagner supported me The mayor was bitter about his political and said he would take his campaign against the bosses to the streets of New York apparently referring with three lawmakers abstain ing and then agreed to make i unanimous In Senate gathering Er way was elected over Za but pleas for a unani inous front were bitterly reject ed by four liberal New York City lawmakers They were Seymour Thaler o Queens and Mrs Constance Motley Manfred and Jerome Wilson all of New York Cily Ohrenstein declared he could not vote for Erway as a matter of conscience and that's it Tis A Problem NEW BRUNSWICK UPI New Jersey Turnpike commissioners were informed Tuesday hat experiments to disperse fog with high cy sound waves are continuing despite one big problem Tile sound waves are said Traffic Engineer Paul Weckesser but right now they'd kill anyone in path Key GOP House Unit May Decide Leader WASHINGTON UPI A group of liberal House cans hopeful they might hold the balance of power in the House GOP leadership fight day awaited offers from both sides They held a meeting Tuesday in office of Rep John V Lindsay of Manhattan who is the leader of bloc known as the Wednesday Club Their 15 to 20 votes be deciding in a down Jan 4 between House Re- publican Leader Charles A leek of Indiana and Rep Gerald R Ford of Michigan Ford is seeking the job has held since 1959 Lindsay said after the mecl ing Hint there was no general agreement on a group position But he said some thought that Ford's candidacy was a nite improvement over Halleck There was some general talk of proposing a third date for leadership Lindsay said He said he sonally favored Rep Robert T Stafford of Vermont The group planned lo meet again before Jan 4 down By then the pattern ol strength claimed by Halleck and Ford should be firmer Lindsay said he thought t h c leadership might have a psychological effect on the move lo oust Dean Burch as GOP na tional chairman He said they were related in liming since boll issues are due to rome lo a heac in January Burch's fale is ex peeled lo be decided at a nation al committee meeting Jan in Chicago to next year's mayoralty one of the or's targets said he was ing Wagner for re-election Wagner said he had to convince the Democratic makers lo go along wilh Zaretzki and Travia I have felt lhat valion of the present minority to and he presidency of Senate re- would be the most and at the same time the east disruptive and distracting he added This would follow ng tradition in all legislative However some functionaries of the parly organization the same old of the bosses an opportunity to reach or control of the Slate lure Since 1961 as u result of he primary and general tion in lhat year the party es have not had a dominating or predominant influence in any body or in any major executive office of the city Nor have they had the power which before 1361 they exercised so freely of naming officials who were lo fill high public office Weather Overcast with sonic fog drizzle and mild this after- mid tonight High In 40s Low tonight 35 lo 40 Patches of thick fog likely early tomorrow then showers and unseasonably w a r m Winds south 10 to 23 an hour wilh higher gusts at times
