Portsmouth Herald (Newspaper) - May 29, 1961, Portsmouth, New Hampshire The Day's Almanac Monday Slay 29 1961 Sunset pm Sunrise im High tide today 10.9 It pm High tide Tuts 9.8 ft pm The Portsmouth Herald Weather Forecast cool cool Herald 24 70 low 47 VOL NO 206 New October 1 PORTSMOUTH N H MONDAY MAY 29 1961 with TUE HERALD I 10 PAGES 400 Attend C of C Hear Work Program Berounsky Heads Slate of Officers Powell Speaker NEW CASTLE Members of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce fresh from their successful annual dinner here Saturday today embark on a nine-point work program for 1961 62 More than 400 members and their guests turned out for the dinner at the Hotel to applaud re-election of dent Henry W Berounsky nam ing of other and to hca talks by Gov Wesley Powell am executive director Theo dore C in outlining program described il as ambi lious and told members it i one of essentials of ful Chamber operation Today more than ever before a practical well-balanced ule of work projects is a sary foundation tor an program of community he said Berounsky in commenting on the year ahead told members their active participation in a Chamber program properly and well-financed will guarantee accomplishment of community gains He asked all Chamber bers to meet call to civic duty cited ber officials in his lalk and also thanked The Portsmouth Herald and other news media for support to Chamber A special edition of the Herald was printed for the dinner and distributed lo The work program Jarrell said is a format for action prepared by Chamber directors and the SPEED committee It calls promotion by ation with other groups to build in Portsmouth's historic houses a guide on where lo slay dine and shop in die area better information service on highways inlo the area special summer at- tractions and support for bery Banke all designed lo bring Holiday Toll Averages Over Four an Hour By THE ASSOCIATED Traffic Boating Miscellaneous Total 289 DINNER SPEAKER Gov Wesley Powell right was main speaker al Greater mouth Chamber of Commerce's annual Saturday He was introduced by Chamber ident Henry W left Portsmouth Herald 17 Freedom Riders Facing Court Today JACKSON leen Miss Freedom Riders go on trial in cily court today amid reports a fifth group would leave soon for Jackson in an attempt the Deep South's Jim Crow barriers In Park Pa the dom Riders chief co-ordinator Marvin Rich of New York said bus trip would be made to Former Representative John Yeaton Dies At Local Hospital H Yeaton 92 of Richards Ave a former Ward 2 state representative died this morning at Portsmouth Hospital The highway death toll held lo a course today which could set i record for the nation's extended Memorial Day weekend An ominous aspect was of expected substantial mic holiday the dead ly peaks at the opening and clos Ing Ry today fi gures showed traffic deaths wer occurring at a rate of 4.3 an hour This is tbe same average rale maintained throughout 196 when 38.200 traffic fatalities wer counted for the year The however en braces deaths from injuries week and after the date of U accident The current count co crs only deaths over Uie holida period Si The homeward rush of millio from extended outings was e to step up rate dr tomorrow The weekend started with heavy toll National Safety Council officials Ihc rale alarming and said if il continued through morrow's holiday period tol could top the record of 413 way deaths reported in a day Memorial Day weekend 1957 The council did noS make an estimate of traffic deaths for Ihc four-day period which a 6 p.m Friday and ends al mid tomorrow However estimated that 100 persons might be killed on Memorial Day alone 30 more lhan the average PLACE Veteran's graves In the Tarllon Pil Lane New tle by American Legionnaires The cemetery Is more than 100 years old and veterans of the Revolution as well s Civil re burled in the small plot HeraM Area to Mark Holiday With Services Parades dollars earned elsewhere lo be to improve our economy Urban renewal by working with city and Housing officials to assure con- planning for possible tional projects and by ing and assisting private in colonial restoration work Retail trade by service K all members lo in keeping business in tbe area by represent ing them in civic matters and other cooperative efforts In this regard Jarrett said file Chamber Is pledged to help keep our dollars at home Military affairs by expanding Please turn lo page two Local Woman Stabbing Victim At York Beach YORK 27-year-old woman was slabbed or tomorrow Meanwhile 22 Freedom Riders here in Mississippi's capital city on breach of peace charges last Friday were trans- ferred today to the county penal farm lo work off fines al rate of a day Five ers posted bond earlier and were released The 17 newly arrested freedom riders whiles 13 Negroes and four go on trial on the same charges as the other 27 Four separate groups of bus riders attempting to desegregate bus terminals through the South have arrived in Jackson since last Wednesday after a brief illness Born in Portsmouth Feb 7 he was the son of John A and Margaret and attended local schools In his younger days lie was employed for 22 years at the Frank Jones Brewing Co and later in the shipwright shop al mouth Navy Yard lie was for many years active In fraternal circles and the member of St John's of which for 30 years he was chaplain Upon his retirement in December 1959 he was made tus He was a past thrice potent master of tbe Ineffable Lodge of Perfection and a past the John Princes of prince of Christie Council Jerusalem both of this city He was also a member of the Chapter Rose Croix of Dover Two bus loads from Consistory of 32 degree ry Ala aboul four Masons of Nashua and Bektash hours apart from i Tern pie Mystic Shrine of Con- city were arrested after while wailing rooms and to obey police orders to leave I He was a member of r Osgood Lodge of this city H was a past noble grand and for 55 years served the lodge as its ago depu member of Yesterday two more groups ar from and he other from Memphis Both originally left Nashville late retiring year He was also a past district fc Tuesday ti The council said traffic deaths would average 385 over a non- holiday period covering 102 hours from 6 p.m Friday to midnight Tuesday Generally pleasant weather prevailed in most parts of the tion yesterday and millions of headed outings and recreation spots There were 120 highway fatalities including liple In several auto crashes An Associated Press survey for a period of 102 hours from 6 p.m Friday May 12 lo for Ihc purpose of flowers or otherwise ating tiie graves of comrades who died in defense of country With these immortal words from Commander in Chief John A gan of the Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day came into being Tomorrow and with tiie ly blossoming of lilacs area communities will join the rest of tiie nation in honoring war dead As usual it will be a lime for ceremonies and prayers parades and flags laying and Three divisions will take parl ii parade by the Central Veterans Counci wilh Marion Murphy of Elliot a chief He is past com of the DAV It will form on Pleasant at p.m and move off nl 2 The parade route to Ceme lery will follow Congress Middle Streel antt Richards Ave nue The route will be from to Avenue Pleasant Streel and Street The parade will disbon police headquarters here day by a man police identified as her divorced husband Mrs Mary Lou Kent of Woodworth Ave of voun daughter under went em surgery at York Hospita and was later reported good condition with wound In Ihc abdomen Her Roberl GJ Kent 26 who is living with his at 157 The Orleans Negroes and two arrested during the morning Eight groes and two ar- rested upon arrival in the after- noon One of the latter slab Richards Ave gent did not in the desegregation test and was not arrested Arrests were made after police Capl J L Ray told them have to move and they die not budge They were herded inlo a ng paddy wagon under the Identified men until Police James 11 Morgan reached the scene Chief Morgan took Kent York County Jail in Alfred for M i if Chiel Morgan's wife was painting a window frame at the nearby police at time and said iw a man later identified as Kent walk across the toward his ex-wife At the time she said he had his in his pockets Morgan said she kept her painting and the she was eyes of highway men and FBI agents and hauled ess than two blocks to city jail y grand masler Bankc Encampment Canton Senior Patriarch Mili of this city and Fannie A Gardiner Lodge For may years be was degree ler of latter organization In 1946 he was honored by the Grand Lodge of Masons being the recipient of eral John Sullivan for out- standing service lo Masonry 4 if He was a member of tiie Congregational Parish and a regular attendant until his illness He is survived by two ters Mrs Philip H Sanderson and Mrs DeGross Please turn to page two midnight Tuesday May 16 showed 341 traffic deaths In er violent deaths 14 persons were killed in boating accidents 78 others drowned not involved with boating and 106 lost lives in miscellaneous accidents The over-all total was 539 JOHN H YEATON Hampton to Call Special Meeting On Post Office special town meeting to vole on articles to prc vent locating the new post office Road will be hel Saturday wen Lafayette here Selectmen handed a petition by Mrs Vir ginia L signed by mon than 50 voters asking for meeting David Colt chairman of select men said the meeting woul Mrs on wilh ext Mrs Kent who ing on sidewalk She called her husband n a nearby store At York Hospital officials said Mrs Kent also was treated for face and head cuts and hut it wasn't known whether she suffered in her fall or in the incident her Mrs Morgan said the front of clothing was with Wood when her husband took him into custody Hospital officials tbe stab wound was al an inch deep and pierced abdominal wall No charges had been placed Kent at press time Utah Blasts Fell Three Towers in CD Relay Setup SALT LAKE CITY Utah blasts that shattered hree lonely unattended micro- vave and cable relay cations stalions in Ulah and vada off a and produced a nervousness The question of whether mysterious explosions were set by saboteurs or vandals was on many lips Within hours after the dawn ex- plosions FBI agents armed Guard troops and area lice began hunting persons or persons who for a moment cut a nerve in America's civil de- fense communications system The damaged stations all are located in Ihc desert of Ulah and Nevada and along U.S highway The are part of the American probably be held in about two Telephone and Telegraph system and a half weeks Me has been in touch with town counsel Judge John W Perkins who will ably meet with selectmen tonight three miles west of Wendover on on the subject I the line The second 55 minutes later collapsed a ble relay station at Knolls Utah after passing the American Home The reviewing stand at Uie Po Office will be passed on the n turn trip X Organizations and participating in parade The Mariners Drum and Bug Corp Gold Star Mothers Polic Department Portsmouth Ci Band Marines Navy Air For and National Guard detachments Also High Band United Spanish War ans World War I Veterans Fra E Rooma American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars D American Veterans Yankee Division Auxiliary P lice Fleet Reserve Boy Girl Scouts Juni High Band Loyal Order of Moos Portsmouth Lodge of Elks and Masons U.S Rep Chester E Merrow will be principal speaker at the exercise Mayor Robert Shaines will also speak Arthur J Greenough will be master of ceremonies and the Its Wars Nation Prepares To Honor Dead THE ASSOCIATED PRESS j will vary from region to region The nation will honor its but there will be a oneness o gratitude to those wl Democrat Asks GOP to Cut Out JFK Criticism WASHINGTON leaders called today for cool period In Republican political attacks until President iennedy has talked with Soviet Temler Khrushchev In Vienna Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana urged a nice to suspend at least the kind of foreign cy blasts at the President with which the GOP kept the political battle reverberating over the weekend i This Is not the time with the Khrushchev talks approaching for anyone become political or In the foreign policy field Mansfield said Rather it Is Hie time for all Americans to come to the aid and support of their president f 4 Sen Hubert H Humphrey of Minnesota the assistant leader said In a separate he recognizes the Re- right to criticize for- ign policy decisions But he said c the country would fit by a little more unity behind he President as he approaches he Vienna meeting For the Republicans to assail lie President as he is preparing or this vital conference Is bad manners bad politics and poor Humphrey said Kennedy who is 44 today old a cheering audience of at a birthday dinner here Saturday f all its wars tomorrow The Memorial Day ceremonies The blast at demolished a microwave tower The Lafayette Road site was chosen by post authorities In Washington and a battle has been going on here for months on that site and a site on Road which people town meeting at the annual 40 miles further east The third 55 minutes later crippled a mi tower tain 20 miles Utah at Cedar Moun further east The unmanned stations radio waves up to 30 miles on i I line of sight to In presenting the petition Mrs i border lo border Hale said both Democrats and Republicans had signed it and it was strictly a grass roots seg of the voters involved said that no special inter- organization was involved Political figures and civic who had asked to sign were told the petition was meant to be devoid of any pressure politics Mrs Hale also said she avoid cd contacting anyone previously connected with tile controversy LEAVE FOR COUNTRY A group of the freedom riders sit in a truck as they wait to leave for the Hinds County Farm In Jackson today Twenty-two the riders who were I left In the Jail were transferred AP The Portsmouth Herald Weather Station Readings 8 12 m Temperature 61 15 Direction H SSE Wind Velocity 1 6 29.70 The three blasts snipped ou a portion of this telephonic back bone but automatic immediately shuttled messages tc another system Associated Prcs circuits in the West were disrupt ed for a time Telephone company officials said repairs would hi made by tonight National Guardsmen in Utah Idaho Wyoming Colorado da and Mexico searched an then stood guard over stations The KBI had blanket no comment for every question about their investigation At each blast site broken steel lev Edward J chaplain Olsen will be Earlier in the day al 9 memorial Mass will he held at Calvary Cemetery It is being by Ihc Catholic men's Retreat Guild and in case of rain will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception The Rev Thomas F Dully or of St James Church will or Members of the fourth degree of the Knights of Columbus orm an honor guard Mrs ard P Jackson will be and Marian Boys Choir will also Similar parades and services be held in other area towns In the observance is ng sponsored by the Allied erans Council with Kenneth ley as parade marshal VFW aides will be Jules dahl and Edward Hope with American Legion aides Harvey Jennings and Carroll Hatch Rear Adm Charles J Palmer commander of the Naval Shipyard speak at Special Tribute Portsmouth's war dead buried In eight area ies will be remembered again tomorrow in special early morning services Frank K American Legion Post since World War I hns n delegation o lie cemeteries for firing volleys and playing of taps The group will start out at and pay honors North Pleasant Street Calvary anil of Craves Cemeteries In Portsmouth nt the Plains and al cemeteries In Rye New and In the group will O King commander Mrs K chaplain Floyd Daley bugler and In firing squad Charles kins sergeant it arms dolph Harold Burton Blake Frank Howard and Fritz Charier N H Legislature Faces Variety Bills Wednesday AP Lost pe sons railroad crossings votin machines and moving sidewalk are among the subjects to he con this week by the Legi The General Court doesn't mec because of the mortal Day holiday but will start its three-day week Wednesday The House will vote Wednesday on a appropriating for purchase of a compressed air horn lo help lead losl hunters out of New Hampshire woods The horn would be ed on a truck and operated by the State Highway Department up for a Wednesday house vote is part of a posed relief package for the Boston Maine Railroad The measure asks either the state local communities to fake over maintenance of railroad crossing and overhead bridges now owned by the road The would be relieved of some in cnance costs The House will consider a on Thursday which would pave the way for the use of voting machines in Manchester the biggest cily In the Senate Wednesday a allowing com- to construct moving walks will come up for a vote The measure was introduced to auth a moving sidewalk to con a new shopping center with Main Street in Concord Also scheduled for Senate Wednesday arc two other approved bills One would give boat agents 50 cents for ave lives for Uie idea endowed wilh perm ancy in 1776 In Arlington Va of Isl Ball iroup 3rd Infantry pla night that he intends to moke it clear to Khrushchev that the United States will resist to the end all those who are seeking to destroy human freedom Kennedy said lhat he Is going lo individual conferences with Khrushchev President Charles da Gaulle of France and Prime Minister Harold of merican Hags on all of Britain because he feels it Is Indispensable for ons lo have an understanding of he men with whom must eal Vice President Lyndon B on told his colleagues he believes hat free men on every cnl will be behind Kennedy In is talks wilh Khrushchev June Republicans gave no sign he graves Sen Richard Q Russell represent President Kennedy n placing the presidential wreath the Tomb of Hie Unknown SoMier at the cemetery n Hawaii traditional services vill be held above the sunken Arizona which went down fith hundreds of its men still In- ilde In the Japanese attack on Pearl in 1941 At tiie Cathedral of the Pines in wreaths rom President Kennedy and flor al tributes from all 50 governors and heads of various civic or across Ihc will be placed on Altar o the Nation Tiie Memorial Day as known are generally be to have had their begin ning nt Columbus Miss There In April 1863 a sma group of Southern women seal spring flowers on the grave of Ihc Southern soldiers who ha died in the battle of ju across Ihc border in Tennessee One of found two Unio graves among the Southern deat The placed flowers o graves a simple ac transcending wartime thai lived to become a tradition ever of any in ng criticism of Kennedys foreign and domestic policies In which hey engaged over the weekend Sen Everett M Dirksen of Illinois Senole Republican er old a Republican meeting Sunday in Chicago that he be- Kennedy could blunder Hie inlo war with the Soviet Union No Paper Tomorrow Tha Portsmouth Herald will be published morrow In observance of Memorial Day SERVING NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS Ford Insurance Agency 17 Maine Tel lit or HI ANTOINETTE'S BEAUTY SALON 400 Broad St OPEN EVERY DAY to 10 P.M Specializing In All Types Of Beauty Cultura Mr from Italy Connie nark Mary A Prop services in Orchard Grove etery Prayer and benediction will ho led by Ihc Rev John II of First Christian Church Point The voiles and taps will be sounded by U.S Marines Services at the Memorial every license they sell The other would firing a hunting gun within 50 yards of any roac or 500 feet of any house without the owner's permission hunks of and splintered In the cemetery will con- lumber littered the scene the observance which wil searched the debris lori clues Please turn lo pace Iwo THE GOLDENROD NOW OPEN York Beach Maine SHOP AT YOUR New Store Hours At The Ultra fc 800 Islington Sf Portsmouth N H OPEN from 8 to 9 P.M Daily OPEN SATURDAYS 7 P.M This Week Closed Tuesday Memorial Day We Give Top Value Stamps With Every Purchase of boston announces opening l I oj new saon Wed May at 38 Daniel St Portsmouth refreshments will be served fe custom coiffures GE
