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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - January 17, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather generally fair tonight and thursday with moderating temperatures lows tonight in the teens and highs thursday in the 30s to near 40. The evening Sun Chenango county a daily newspaper vol. La no. 214 wednesday. January 17, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8< per copy Sun spots new Berlin names outstanding educator Farmer Page 8 Oxford discusses possible building program Page 9 emergency squad answers 717 Calls in 1967, Page 3u.s. Officers killed in Guatemala today i "3 a around the state around the nation around the world sen. Thomas j. Dodd columnists Are liable Washington apr a Federal judge has ruled columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson Are liable for damages for using files stolen from the office of sen. Thomas j. Dodd a Conn. The summary judgement against the columnists was made tuesday at Dodds request in . District court. But judge Alex Ander Holtzoff said the question of damages would have to be settled at a later trial. Dodd is suing Pearson and Anderson for $1 million. The columnists have conceded writing articles based on material allegedly taken from Dodds files by several of the senators employees. The articles dealt largely with the Connecticut democrats finances. Dodd was censured by the Senate june 22 for using political funds to pay personal Bills. Holtzoff said his ruling concerned Only whether a person is liable for damages if he receives purloined documents and uses the information they contain. The judge rejected Dodds Contention that his rights to privacy were violated. Sickness continues flu like sickness has closed the doors of two hospitals and a school in new York state. Officials at two Madison county hospitals said tuesday they were Banning visitors because of a High incidence of upper respiratory illness. Spokesmen at Oneida City Hospital and Hamiltons Community memorial Hospital said Only members of the immediate families of critically ill patients would be allowed to visit. In the Tompkins county Community of Groton the Groton Central school was shut Down until Friday after 300 pupils and 14 faculty members were absent. School principal Leslie Graves said the school has been unable to find substitute teachers to replace the ailing faculty members. The Hospital ban put into effect upon the recommendations of the hospitals medical staffs will continue until the illness subsides in Madison and adjoining sections of Oneida and Chenango counties. Temporarily out of steam Saigon apr the communists a seem to have temporarily run out of steam a Gen. William c. Westmoreland said today As the ground War in South Vietnam slipped into another one of its periodic lulls. Only Small scattered ground clashes were reported. But Westmoreland the top american commander in Vietnam said he anticipates a a resurgence of enemy initiatives just before or after tet a the vietnamese lunar new year Jan. 30. A most of the communist initiatives have political motives a Westmoreland said in an interview. A tet is an emotional time when families and friends Gath Yyi Lliam or. Any display of strength would Benefit the Westmoreland enemy both psychologically and politically. They like to develop the image of strength and try to give the people the impression they re object to nuclear Craft Casebo Japan a Radical leftists vowed today to drive the american nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Enterprise from Japan a shores by the same riot tactics that kept president Eisenhower away in i960. In a Warmup for the 75,000 ton carriers arrival at the Casebo naval base later this week about 800 leftist students tried to invade the base today. Riot police drove them off in a three hour Battle with heavy casualties on both sides. Casebo City Hospital said it treated about 500 students and onlookers for bruises and the effects of tear Gas. Gen. William Mansfield expresses concern sen. Mike Mansfield Washington apr Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield expresses concern the United states will be faced with trying to fill the military vacuum created when British forces leave the vast area from the Middle East to Singapore. A state department spokesmen said monday in the Wake of the British announcement of its plans to pull out troops from the area in a budget cutting move a we have no plans to move in where the British forces pull but mans Field said in an interview a i am sorry the w British Felt they were forced to take this step m because i am certain we Well be asked to fill the vacuum East of Suez. I done to know How we Are going to do it because i Don t think we have the men or resources for it was Clear from private conversations that Many civilian and military officials shared Mansfield a belief and concern. Death toll grows Sicily a the unofficial earthquake toll in Western Sicily Rose to 337 today with nearly 1,000 still missing and most were women children and aged. Most of the Able bodied men of the to towns hardest hit Are among the thousands of italian labourers who leave Home to find work. The death count was mounting As Crews dug desperately through Mounds of rubble and communications were restored to villages that had been isolated by the big earthquake monday. Market report at 11 10 a.m., Continental Telephone corp. Was 28% open 29va High 28% Low and last Norwich Pha Macal co. 441/0�?Topen and High 44% Low and last a amp a communications no Quot sales previous close 28% . Grant 33 High Low and last Montgomery wards 25% open and High 24% Low and last . Fishman 12v2 High Low and last. Over the counter general Laboratory associates 16 bid 18 asked Jerrold corp Taco 35% bid 36v2 asked mid states raceway 71/4 bid 8 asked Norwich Mills 40 bid Raymond corp. 32 bid 33 asked Teize chemicals 27,bid, 29 asked Gladding corp. 14% bid it 15l.4 asked Victory markets 9% bid 10% asked National Bank and Trust co. Of Norwich 54 bid Chenango county National Bank of Norwich 300 bid. Brown is new assemblyman i we i Richard a. Brown Democrat Robert Mcneil of Norwich swept 26 of the 40 election districts in Chenango county in his bid for 114th District assemblyman tuesday but lost to his Republican opponent Richard a. Brown of Madison county. The unofficial vote with All but one of the 90 voting districts in the two counties reporting was 4,811 for Brown and 3,711 for Mcneil. Unofficial totals showed Brown took All but one of his Home county districts by a 3,284 to 1,191 vote. The special election was held to name a successor to the late Republican Harold i. Tyler who died thanksgiving Day. Brown will serve until the end of this year when he or another candidate to be elected in november will take Over representation in the two counties. A Republican supervisor in the Madison county town of Sullivan for the past 20 years Brown is expected to be opposed for the party nomination by Carl Sirianni of Greene. Sirianni lost the nomination to Brown in december. Thanking a fall those who voted for me yesterday a a Brown said this morning he would fulfil All the promises he made prior to the election. He said he planned to be in Norwich one Day a week More if necessary to talk with Chenango county residents. The assemblyman indicated he would be Given space in the Chenango county courthouse for an office. Brown said he was off to Albany this morning for a legislative meeting. Voters in Chenango county cast 2,531 ballots for Mcneil and 1,527 for Brown in an unofficial count. Voting was Light in the county with some 4,000 of the approximately 18,800 registered voters getting to the polls which were open from 6 a. In. To 7 pan. Mcneil won the City of Norwich a six wards by a tally of i,185 to Browne a 297. The Ward four Democrat who represents wards four five and six on the county Board of supervisors won in the City by 157 to 53 in Ward one too to 42 in Ward two 229 to 80 in Ward three 138 to 33 in Ward four 261 to 39 in Ward five and 300 to 50 in Ward six. Mcneil took the City by 888 votes. Brown won in one of Afton a two districts 37 to 29 but lost the other 32 to 39. The Republican took both of Bainbridge a districts with a total of 146 to 41, and won in Columbus 30 to 25 and in Coventry 43 to 40. The Madison county candidate won in two of Greene a three districts by a total of 125 to 43, but lost the third District by a scant 18 to 22. Winning in both Guilford districts 86 to 71, Brown squeezed by his democratic opponent 18 to 17 in North Norwich District two but lost District i 25 to 58. The new assemblyman also took phar Salia 16 to 8. Pitcher 17 to ii Smyrna 46 to 30 and Smithville District two 21 to 16. He lost Smithville one 6 to 7. Mcneil won in seven of the eight districts outside the City of Norwich who Are represented by democratic supervisors. He lost in Pitcher where a Democrat won Over his Republican opponent in the supervisors election in november. Brown renamed head of savings loan shareholders of the Chenango savings and loan association attended the 80th annual meeting of the institution on tuesday evening to elect directors and to hear the annual report of the president of the association. Elected As directors for terms of three years were Otis a. Thompson Donald Vav. Smith Robert j. Fahy and Kepner. Or. Thompson has been an officer and director of the association since 1913. Others currently serving on the Board of directors Are Earl j. Elliott Garrett e. Brown Raymond b. Fernalld John v. Mcnulty Nelson h. Benedict William h. Winans Donald h. Burr and theron j. Hust. Garrett e. Brown president of the association presented his annual report to the shareholders. The report showed consistent growth in All major accounts of the institution. Mortgage Loans made during 1967 amounted to $1,347,000 and increased this account to $6,-331,450, a net gain of $520,-300. Other loan accounts increased by $8800. Share accounts grew by nearly $200,000 and dividends paid or credited on these accounts were in excess of $268,800 an increase of More than $13,000 Over 1966. Required reserves were credited with More than $20,000 during the past year bringing these accounts to More than $510,000. Gross earnings showed a gain of $21,950 and were at an All time High of $392,900. Total operating costs increased slightly due primarily to increases in real estate and franchise taxes. He also noted that dividend rates had been increased to 4% per cent on All classes of savings accounts effective on Jan. I 1968. Commenting on personnel changes during 1967, or. Brown said that Earl j. Elliott had been elected As second vice president at the organization meeting of the Board of directors and that Frederic b. Miers became Secretary and treasurer on March i. He also commented concerning the Active officers directors and employees who have been associated with the institution for More than ten years. These include Otis a. Thompson Earl j. Elliott Garrett e. Brown Raymond b. Fernalld Donald w. Smith Robert j. Fahy mrs. Bernice Mcneil and mrs. Rena Womel Dorff. Immediately following t h e shareholders meeting the directors of the association met for the 1968 organization meeting. Elected As officers for 1968 were Otis a. Thompson chairman of the Board Garrett e. Brown president and executive officer Raymond b. Fernalld first vice president Earl j. Elliott second vice president and Frederic b. Miers Secretary and treasurer. The following appointments were also made by the Board of directors Bernice s. Mcneil head Teller j. William Kepner general counsel Renfroe Jackson and Thomas Vitanza associate attorneys James Haynes and Robert Sumner proxies Lewis w. Phelps and Milton my fee inspectors of election and William Spicer and Kasson Crandall auditors. Louella Nelson Hurt in crash investigation is continuing in a one car Accident on county Road 38 this morning some two Miles North of Bainbridge. Sheriffs deputies report that Louella b. Nelson 64, of Bainbridge was treated by or. Vernon Dean for a laceration Over her right Eye. More details will be available when the report is completed. Proclaim martial Law Guatemala apr a pro Castro revolutionary organization said today that it was responsible for the machine gun slaying of the top two . Military officers in Guatemala. A typewritten communique signed rebel armed forces far said the . Military Mission had a ordered the guatemalan to create groups of assassins a against guerrillas and the far a decided to mete out firing from a speeding car into the americans car near the guatemalan air forces headquarter tuesday machine gunners killed . Army col. John d. Webber jr., 47, and Navy it. Cmdr. Ernest a. Munro 40, and wounded sgt. Maj. John r. Forster 42. And Marine sgt. Harry l. Greene 41. Greene was reported in critical condition but discharged from after treatment wound. Forster was the Hospital of an the guatemalan Cabinet proclaimed a a state of alarm a modified martial Law in an attempt to Check a mounting wave of terrorism by both sex trem rightists and extreme leftists As Well As gangsters taking advantage of the political turmoil. A Durst of machine gun fire earlier tuesday killed former guatemalan congressman Alejandro Silva Falla 40, and his 20-year-old bodyguard was killed in an Exchange of fire with the gunmen. Silvas name had appeared on a list circulated in june by rightists saying that All who served communism would be executed. In a third attack tuesday gunmen missed Manuel Villa Corta Vielman former vice presidential candidate from the strongly anti communist National liberation movement but wounded his 20-year-old son. The government says 26 persons have been killed this month by terrorists. The state of alarm proclaimed by the government permits arrests without charges imposes censorship prohibits the carrying of firearms except by authorized persons and bans assemblies of More than four persons. Kiwanis hears ism speaker at the regular meeting held at the Canasa Acta country club last night the members of the Norwich kiwanis club heard a talk by Timothy r. Hayes of the . Corp. Of Endicott. Or. Hayes who is an expert on High Speed printing development spoke on the . World Trade corp. Which is a subsidiary of the . Corp. This corp. Grossed one and one fourth billion dollars last year and is one of the fastest growing branches of the . Complex. After the talk a film entitled a a pacemakers was shown Winch described some of the work being done by the world Trade corp. In South America. New mayor Melvin w. Osborne right appointed mayor of the City of Norwich last night to fill the vacancy caused by the death of mayor j. Leo Weiler is congratulated by Alderman James c. Ferry of the fifth Ward. Or. Osborne has been photo by Bangston serving As Alderman from the second Ward. That vacancy will be filled at a later Date. Osborne appointed mayor of Norwich by Linda Shader Melvin w. Osborne second Ward Alderman on the City Council was appointed to the position of mayor to fill a vacancy caused by the untimely death of mayor j. Leo Weiler last week. The appointment was made during a special Council meeting last evening at City Hall. James c. Ferry president of the governing body presided at the meeting. He made the motion for the appointment which was seconded by Frank w. Moore fourth Ward Alderman. The vote was unanimous. In accepting the new position or. Osborne said a i have known a Doc Weiler for the most part of my life. We were in the elks together for 47 years and in rotary 34 years. I have watched him operate and i feel it is my duty to carry on his interests As Best i know How. It will be hard to fill his shoes but at least i will try to do what i or. Osborne continued a i never had any desire to enter politics but six years ago mayor Weiler asked me to run for Alderman. I was reluctant to do so but i did no to want to let him Down. And that is How i entered this the new mayor who will hold the office until Jan. I 1969 called on the other City officials to help him in his new work. A i know other members have been complaints made on sidewalk care members of the common Council police chief Harold Mattice and radio station Wohn have been receiving numerous phone Calls from City residents complaining that neighbouring sidewalks Are not being shovelled and properly cared for thus result ing in personal Falls and ensuing injuries this information came to Light last evening at the com. Mon Council meeting. City attorney Renfroe Jackson explained that there is an ordinance in the City charter relative to this matter. He said that a compliance order could be issued which would be followed by a sum. Mons if no action was taken bythe individual property owners. Police chief Mattice reported that his department has contacted several residents in this matter but has found a response in action taken each time. Hazardous conditions do result state of Union message tonight c7 Washington apr president Johnson gives the nation tonight his formula for balancing the financial demands of the Vietnam War against the need to curb crime in the streets and to rehabilitate riot Breeding City slums. The president is expected to reiterate in his nationally Tele Vised state of the Union message to a joint session of con Gress that he is exploring every Avenue that might Lead to peace. But Advance indications were that North Vietnam a latest stated conditions for opening peace talks a halt in . Bombing of the North and a other acts of aggression a still was under exhaustive examination. To an election year Congress already breathing fire about any increase in spending the president is expected to disclose that expenditures will lie $11 billion higher possibly a Little More for administrative purposes than in the current fiscal year ending june 30. Republicans Are prepared to respond at once to Johnson a proposals. Gop congressional leaders have slated a news conference for one half hour after Johnson concludes his speech and eight Republican governors will jointly discuss the message with newsmen thursday morning. When Snow piles up and is Cov ered by freezing Rains. All residents Are reminded to take care of their own walks daily or when Ever necessary. A moment of silence was observed last evening in re Mem. Brance of mayor j. Leo Weiler. James c. Ferry president of the Council who presides at the meeting stated a i have served on this Council a Good Many years and never recalled a time when a mayor put As much time into the office As did mayor Weiler. He was a Good Friend and we All had the highest admiration and regard for third Ward Alderman Robert v. Smith reported that he had met with the Norwich Boardo education concerning the possible creation of a sidewalk along the North Side of Ridgeland Road in the i. Finity of the Stanford j. Gibson elementary school. H e said he had found the Board members a a receptive to the idea. A further investigation will be Fondue ted As a result of so Many com. Plaints of children walking in the Road there. Everett Stewartjr. Was a. Pointed to the Alert Hose com. Pany i. Chief Mattice was granted the authority to hire a school Cross ing guard to work for approx ornately one hour each school Day in the Vicinity of the East main Street school. An increase in pay of $200 above the budget allotment will come from sur plus funds this year. A motion was made and carried to dispense with the Reading of the minutes of the pre Vious meeting each time the coun oilmen meet. This Reading was termed a time consuming and deemed unnecessary As copies Are forwarded to each Alderman prior to the meetings. The meter report for the month of december showed a total re venue of $1,739.28. This report was received and filed. On the Council longer than myself but i am Semi retired now Aud feel i have the time to devote to this Job. But i will need the Good help from the other members of the Council and All the City officers. Norwich is a Good place to live and we can be thankful that we have such a Nice or. Osborne is a past exalted ruler and chairman of the Board of trustees of Norwich Lodge 1222 . Past commander of american legion Post and disabled War veterans local c chapter me Illier of world War i Barracks and . Post member of Norwich rotary club for the past 34 years a director of the Chenango county National Bank and Trust company past resident of Norwich clamber of Commerce serving for two terms past director of the Chenango county agricultural society for 21 years and president of it for 15 years and Alderman for the past six years in Ward two. A member of the Emmanuel episcopal Church mayor Osborne has served As a Warden and vestry Man. He is a member of the masonic bodies in eluding Katurah shrine. As a commissioner on the Norwich Urban renewal Agency he is Well acquainted with its projects which were of particular inter est to mayor Weiler. Or. Osborne has been an electrical contractor for the past 40 years he and his wife Helen reside at 61 fair Street. The couple have a son Robert who lives in Lafayette la., and a daughter Jeanne mrs. Richard k. Ford who lives in Dallas Texas. In the next general election held in Norwich a successor to mayor Osborne shall be elected for the remainder of the term. Will Iain Gordon nominated for commission Albany my. Apr gov. Rockefeller today nominated William j. Gordon of Norwich for reappointment to the vet Erans affairs commission for a two year term. Gordon is a partner in the Norwich Law firm of Gordon and Hul the appointment carrying no salary must be approved by the Senate. Gordon lives Broad St. At 23 North i delays chuckle the government is concerned about the population explosion but ifs also True that the population is concerned about the government explosion

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