Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - November 2, 1966, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Ttw For 127 THE WEATHER Cloudy SEE REPORT ON FACE 1 1838 Vol FITCHBURG MASS 01420 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 1966 60 PAGES A WMk By 10 CENTS NIKE MISSILE BASE MENACED BY FIRE brush fire which caused the evacuation of two today moves toward an Army Nike missile base on a near Sylmar Calif Firefighters hoped they would be able to save the installation AP Wirephoto i in m 10 Firemen Killed SYLMAR Calif AP A blast of flames sweeping up a steep hillside snuffed out the lives of 10 firefighters in a crew of 25 battling one of four brush fires in Angeles National For- est The men were veterans known as El Cariso Hotshots from Riverside County who had specialized in combatting the hottest of forest fires in tana Idaho California and gon But they lost Tuesday to that unpredictable quality of all fires wind behind them that kicked up before they could cape something every fighter thinks sudden gust of said U.S Forest Service spokesman Don Porter in reporting the death toll of blaze that swept acres Names of the dead were held pending notification of next of kin Nine of the 15 survivors in the crew were in critical con- dition at the Los Angeles County General Hospital's Burn Center Suppression leaders said the fire was 90 per cent contained early today Of the other two fires one on Camp Pendleton Marine Corps reservation in San Diego County swept acres In Ventura County a blaze burned inland from U.S Highway 101 through an oil tank farm damaging structures In the Santa Susana Mountains west of the Angeles crest fire two blazes scorched more than 150 acres The inferno of flame coursing through Pacoima Canyon in the Angeles crest fire was touched off by a downed power line Hot blasts of dry desert storm known an ta over the tains driving temperatures as high as 101 a record for November Gusts reached 60 miles an hour No were damaged but early in the day a wall of flames was halted at Olive View Hospital where most of 600 patients were ated Also evacuated were 450 patients of a veterans tration hospital in the same area The men who died were backed up against a rocky cliff in the cutting a line around a hot spot One of the survivors said the flames made -a flash run-up the hill Early in the day Nike base was threatened but the flames failed to reach this installation or either of the two hospitals The veterans hospital moved its back during the ing Six Gf s Slain By North Koreans SEOUL South Korea AP North Korean troops ambushed and killed six American and one South Korean below the armistice line before dawn day while President and Mrs Johnson slept 30 miles away The incident was the gravest involving Americans since the Korean War ended in 1953 It occurred eight hours before Johnson left Korea for the ed States In Anchorage Alaska the traveling White House said Johnson has asked for a com- plete report on the incident from Gen Charles H steel commander of the U.S 8th Army in Korea and of the United Nations Command there The President met with steel Tuesday when he visited American and South Korean troops during his stay in South Korea was one survivor an American from the U.S 2nd Infantry Division patrol Wounded by a grenade but re- ported in good condition he said the rean army uniforms The Communists escaped and there was no any were wounded Army said the attack occurred under a full moon and the ing was heard at the patrol's base camp A motorized patrol was sent out to investigate and found the bodies and the ed man The spokesman said there was evidence that the patrol returned the Communist fire when it was ambushed He de- scribed the as quite a good engagement The United Nations Command announced that the patrol was jumped by the Com- about 800 yards south of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea The ambush occurred east of Libby Bridge one of two ning the River in the American sector of the front price and close to Panmunjom where the Military sion meets in the demilitarized zone The Command said the attack occurred at President Johnson gave no cation that he was aware of il when he left Kimpo Airfield 15 miles away The ambush was not announced until after the President took off The Command an- Expended shell casings in the area from which the bush was launched were Com- Search patrols discovered the wounded man and the slain soldiers All of the dead and wounded were assigned to the 2nd Infan try Division Their identities will be released after tion of next of kin Vows Asian Stand ANCHORAGE Alaska AP President Johnson returned Tuesday night soil aid promised that America will take a firm stand In you can put your pipe and smoke It from a tion tour Johnson was greeted by several thousand residents of Alaska's largest city in a steady but gentle midnight rain The President told welcomers at Elmendorf Air Force Base four miles from town that ed States it taking a stand In Vkt that stand is going to come true Although the dampened hour crowd was the smallest of his journey around the Pacific the President took microphone in hand to urge repeatedly that his ers move a yard there and let the motorcade proceed Viet Nam wat the theme of fch Impromptu speech in An- too He said the United States won't permit the juts to take over South Viet if succeeded there they might be in Harbor tomorrow Butch Harbor ii to Alaska's Aleutian The MM did aot believe in ignoring a fire until it gets to your front yard He emphasized again that his aim to get Communist North Viet Nam to the negotiating ble and the sooner they ize it the better they'll be Johnson landed in Alaska's biggest city shortly before mid- night following a nonstop flight from the South Korean capital of Seoul The presidential jet set down at Elmendorf Air Force Base Downtown Days A three-day Fitchburg Downtown sale will be held Thursday through day sponsored by the tile Affairs Committee of the Greater Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce Included with of The Sentinel is a supplement JBI by burg merchants Twenty five Mores remain open until t p m Thursday and Friday and until p m Saturday All of part hi the fan tale feature for area five miles out of the city at p.m AST EST Johnson will a fast this morning at his hotel then take off for a nonstop hop to Washington where his al at Dulles International port will be televised live The President is due at Dulles at 8 p.m EST Eight hours before Johnson left Seoul North Korean troops ambushed a patrol from the U.S 2nd Infantry Division WO yards south of the zone between North and South Korea killed six Americans and a South Korean soldier and wounded the other American in the patrol The Communist troops escaped The North Korean attack announced five hours after President took off for It the most tenons of a oi attacks by the North Koreans the Hne since trip to rea Oct I Some fc fecal UM Commtmttti night be put n for mort for visors Itant Name Leak Buildings Purchased A parcel of real estate from 49 to 55 Fox St was sold this forenoon in a transfer to two prominent burg men who announced they intend to begin immediate to transform the parcel into a complex of offices and deluxe apartments Purchasers in the tion which was handled by Paul F SanClemente were Dr Joseph B Addante oi 32 Hartwell St a podiatrist with offices at 32 Adams St and Ferdinand R Angel of enburg president of the Angel Co Inc 318 Broad St The sellers of the property listed as Mrs Mary T Carlson Hannes Taavela and Louis E Fletcher et ux though the property consists of three separate buildings with four entrances they share com- mon walli and are regarded as a single parcel Dr Addante and Mr Angel said this noon that the records show that since 1876 the three buildings have been under single ownership We both believe strongly In the general ing of downtown Addante and Angel said and we feel that the downtown tion is fully ready for the grading of its properties When renovations are com they said the first floor will consist of business offices and the second and third floors will be made up of deluxe ments The building presently consists at 12 apartments tome of which are vacant 55 Townhouse is the that will be given to the com plex at the completion of sive renovations both to the in- and the exterior uled to begin as soon as ble Rents will be in a able range the purchasers said Tax stamps were recorded of on the section representing a sale on the Carlson BUILDINGS Papp 2 OLDEST GRADUATE Mrs W Leo Phelan of 370 West St Leominster right accompanied by Miss Claire Campbell student teacher and nurse visits the Edgerly School where Phelan was a member of the first graduating class and later taught school Oldest Edgerly Graduate 91 In School Visit The last living member of the first graduating class at W Leo Phelan of 370 West St inster came back for a visit Tuesday school Mrs Fhelan the former Margaret Donnelly who will be 91 years old Dec 24 taught at the same school when George Edgerly for whom the school was named was ing as superintendent of schools She is member of the class of 1837 There was one building Thompson Hall standing in a field when Mrs Phelan re- her teaching degree at Fitchburg Normal School now Fitchburg State College There were no houses around and we brought our lunches to Mrs lan reminisced We went from Main Street up Pa BP 1 Dr John Marshall of Belmont could be the educational con- for the Reingold tary School but premature release of Dr Marshall's name the recommendation of a study committee today touched off another in a series of dis- putes involving the construction of the long-delayed school build ing All members of the special committee contacted denied making the name public Reaction ranged from state ments that the release by a still undisclosed source was and outrageous and a violation of the functions of the Advisory Building Committee It all started Monday when tee always reports to the al committee Present at the meeting were Dr Robert H tendent of schools and tee chairman James J mond president of Fitchburg State College Dr Philip G Cashman and Edmond C Kelly of the School Committee City Councilor William G Flynn Turo Hallfors principal of Crocker Elementary School Dr Gerard Thibert all bers of the study committee Also present were Dr all and Mayor George J Bourque This morning a news story announced that Er Marshall had been selected as con- NUCLEAR CLOUD RIDING OVER UNITED area on map is the approximate path of the radioactive cloud from Red China's nuclear which American ment weather and health siy is riding high over the country The cloud is expected to begin heading out over the Atlantic Ocean by subcommittee met to decide on a recommendation to be submitted to the general committee It was announced after the meeting that agree ment had been reached on the recommendation but in cordance standard dure the name would not be re- leased until the next public eral committee meeting Any premature release it was stated would violate the whereby subcommit uy and that the committee's action was confirmed by Dr Carn Disclosure of the committee's selection was termed out- rageous by Mr Kelly and an abrogation of the advisory committee The findings of any should never be released or reported until they have been submitted to the total CONSULTANT Page 2 Jingle Jingle Jingle The city is digging so deep into its pockets the jingle of its cash becomes more and more muted with each passing day Available Cash is down to 000 and the Reserve Fund to a mere And city officials speculated today a couple of snowstorms before Dec 31 combined with the expected needs for more money in some departments could empty the city's pockets completely At its regular meeting Tues day night the City Council ap proved a number of money ders submitted by Mayor George J of which the drain on the ing 1 Approved a transfer from the Reserve Fund the Snow and count to fight predicted winter storms 2 Transferred the Reserve Fund to Aid to Dependent Children to meet rising costs in that category of welfare 3 Appropriated from with Available Funds to form a kitty for a loan for from been unable to purchase and erect signs for one-way streets stop signs school warning signs and others In other said Nigro we have the laws on the books but we can't put them into effect because We don't have the money for a few signs It's Nigro concluded The Welfare Department is ex- of Motor Vehicles building un John Fitch Highway Indirectly there were other of the worsening situation Ward 5 Councilor Anthony Nigro advised his colleagues that because of t lack of funds in the Police Department's of maintenance that to counts and repair department has construction of a new Registry to seek approval soon of a loan of to This money may be borrowed and will not be taken from Available Cash account Even so it is the continuing spiral of costs which are out- stripping budget estimates City Auditor James B ault asked about the possibility of some city departments FINANCES Page 2 Underground Bid Loses first Round John Fitch Poles Going Up The City Council voted but with frustrated re- Tuesday night to mit the erection of utility poles along the new stretch of John Fitch Highway in order to speed construction of the new First Baptist Church In other important decisions the council tabled for two weeks a final vote on establishment of a municipal personnel board agreed to meet with all officials concerned at Airport of to probe the possibility of con- of interest in the Airport Commission and among airport employes and consented to give further study to a proposal that a purchasing department be set up as a division the auditor's office One month ago the council turned down a petition from FitchBurg Gas i Electric Light Co and the New England Tele- phone Telegraph Co for tion of the nine poles on John Fitch Highway Two weeks ago appealed the deci- sion arid members of the First Baptist Church supported the plea but their voices were not heard because were too late for the official council calendar When the subject came up again Tuesday night in the form of two petitions Howard W Evirs Jr a vice-president of and several bers of the church declared themselves in favor of erection of the poles Ward 1 Councilor Joseph bert reviewed the history of the petitions explaining that the council wanting to preserve the natural beauty of the asked that the power lines go underground Councilor William G Flynn said the council had been ad- vised that the cost to run the lines underground would be as opposed to for lines carried by poles We've done considerable re- search into Flynn said with the Federal Power Com- among other utilities and in other cities I can say unequivocally that what we're suggesting is a progressive step We've been told however that we're looking for Utopia and ought to get our feet on the ground I remain convinced ever that underground power is not Utopian idea It is being done in other communities Un- fortunately we're defeated be- POLES Page 2 Dr Cochrane Confirmed Mayor's Brother Rebuffed By Council For Liquor Post hod tartar kcM the aw aa tried to cool hi day of tor IM WH M at 2 p Mr MM i IMi Chaucer tht Mart tht tot Mayor George J Bourque's effort to have his brother ert A Bourque appointed a member of the Board of License Commissioners was rebuffed by the City Council Tuesday night for the second time In other appointments ever the council displayed a more agreeable temperament in matters involving the Board of Health the Neighborhood Facilities Commission and the Planning Board About weeks ago the nomination of Robert Bourque was turned down when the cil deadlocked in a S to S vote Robert Bourque of 151 Walton St would succeed another the late P Bourque who last Summer while he wat chairman of the city's liquor control board When Council C ran Smith Jr read the tetter from the without a word of debate the issue was set aside The council's obvious cold shoulder indicates that broad disagreement between the mayor and the council and haps among councilors selves still exists At least one other Fitchburg man reportedly is interested in the appointment The council suspended iti rules to confirm the appoint ment of Charlei J Sala to ceed Atty Solomon Today's Index I II Cnin It H on Facilities Commission a volunteer agency investigating the of constructing a civic recreation center Councilor Goguen asked for immediate confirmation praising Sala a very cap- able mm above reproach and one who is dedicated to the city's best interest Also confirmed wai the tof Dr Paul E Cochrane to the Board of Health to succeed Or Albert A who has at ter 13 years of service The council a letter of thanki to Dr DesChenes for what Council Pm aa his and tervice to the city on the table Ux of Richard J Ryan and Donald E to the Board Their would five to the amaber at 01 the hoard and tama tf i aMaMi M ak
