Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine (2024)

May 3, 1955

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Morning Sentineli

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Waterville, Maine

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Tuesday, May 3, 1955

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2 Wtervin Morning Sentinel Tuesday May '15S ar be in the Wat of bc Hospital Notes I AdmHfer! 'M TMvr 111 in' and 4 has passed a of service for care for Amer on Water Street the river bank? Mrs Tibbetts alerted! in her Cony Reduces Hoop Sched ule To 1 5 Gaines AUGUSTA May The Board of Education tonight or dered Cony High bas ketball schedules limited to 15 games a season The school has been scheduling 19 or 20 games The board also asked that midweek games be gradually eliminated It commanded the State Prin cipals Assn for plans announc ed to study curbs on basketballover emphasis monuments' Chas Morse Son 5 Spring Street Tn 2 6131 alarm of i' "i i i iif jiihiimiiiii miiwm iswrariiwimtiiBitaBwiJiiiriawrRMMMBMiaaBa 1 Obituaries 4nd unerals There are ten mills 'hr one cent themill value being bne tenth of a cent Band Parents Club Will Meet Tonight The Waterville Band Parents Club will meet at 615 at the high school cafeteria for a supper meeting The meeting was postponed from last week Plans will be discussed for the exchange concert to be held in Groton Conn May 12 and a nominating committee will be ap pointed Hosts will be Mr and Mrs Ar land Simmons and Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith said she was home by the screams of the children who saw the Ross boy fall into the waler Mrs Tibbetts ran down the stream and was able to keep the Ross boy in sight as his body tumbled through the swift water When Watson arrived at the i scene she was able to point out the boys body a rather difficult matter she aid but Watson Was able to follow her pointed direc tion as he plunged into the water' Mrs Tibetts disclaims any cfedi't for her aid but others de clare she whs able to help a great deal and doubtless hasten ed the rescue i George Joseph sr George Josephsr of Main Street North Vassalboro died early Monday morning at a local hospital after a long illness He was bom in 31879 but had resided herejor the past 53 years He had been em ployed by the American Woolen Company aC North Vassalboro He is survived byhia widow Lillian George Joseph of North Vassalboro two sons George Jo seph jr of Waterville and Mor rone Joseph of North Vassalboro three grandchildren one brother Habib Joseph and a sister' Mrs BaddouraEzhaya of Lebanon The body is at the NJ'J Etnond uneral Home 10 Elm Street uneral services will be held at fl at Wednesday at gt lIaronite Church Burial will be inthe family lot in St rancis Cemetery The Rev Joseph Awad will recite the rosary at the funerhome at 7:45 today Balben Theodore Green Joseph AL laherty MOTHER THE YEAR Mra Joseph Couture of Wa terville cutsthe ribboniv Monday to officially open Po'rteous Mitchell flower show dedicated to all Maine mothers Mr Couture is at the right Ulfs Ruth Walsh city councillor watches at left UNERAL MRS NELLlK CHASE SKOWHEGA uneral ser vices for Mrs Nellie Chaseyidowz of EbenB Chase were conducted at 2 Saturday from the Lord uneral Home Rev Robert Simon ton officiating Burial was in the family lot In the South Cemetery Rearers were Eugene Tarbox Leon Smiley Allan Wentworth Willis Quinn Olin Bonnin Charles Chase ELMHURST LORISTS BXICHtTMTgT TEL B431S New Look Weddings Special uneral Designs Styled lb Occasions BounurU Durepun deltvext Car And Power Shovel Damaged By Vandals Here Sugar in a gasoline tank and power shovel damage of $150 were reports bf weekend vandal ism to police here Jack of Redington Street told authorities that some time Saturday night someone put sugar into tb: gasoline tank of his car while it parked in front of his home He added a tire of the vehicle was cut Donald Gurney of the Sidney Road said that the same night om on damaged his power shovel at the Drummond Avenue pit All shatter proof glass the machine was broken City Personals Lambda Chapter Beta Slftna Phi will meet with Mrs Carpi Ca rey 104 Western Avenuett 8 rtioday Miss Mary Jules will speak on Architecture Ruth White will be assisting rank Whelan retired Univer sal 1 Tz cxecutiv of NewA'ork City wasisifing yesterday at the home pf Mr and Mrs Elias A Joseph: Cherry Hill Drive He and Joseph are leaving today for sev visit in Montreal Miss Glertda Ambrose was In Pittsfield Sunday" the guest of Dr an Mrs Robert Parker Miss Ambrose also was guest soloist at the irst Universalist Church there EDWIN CARLETON Edwin Carleton 72 a native andjifelong resident of this community died early Mon day morning ata Burnham nurs ing home after ijong illness Born in Troy Orf 28 1882 he was the son of Milton and Sarah Wright Carleton Heas a' far mer many years and was a mem ber of Seven Star Grange Surviving are a son Norman of Troy a daughter Mrs Verna Card of Portsmouth two sisters Mrs lora Leavitt of Reedville Mass and Mrs Alma Green of Wilton four grandchild dren and several nieces and nephews uneral Wlinbelfeia Wednesday at the residence the Rev Bruce Cummings of Pitts field officiating Burial will be in the Rogers Cemetery here The body is at the Donald Shorty uneral Home in Pitts i field where friends may call to aay irpm gto and 7 to 8 pm Today At Club Building the Citizens of 7 Tomorrow 1 Club opens 130 free period In the gym 3:00 High School boys in the pool Midget period in the gym 4:00 Tadpoles Goldfish Begin ners in the pool period in the gym ree period in the gym Little League practice 6:00 Sailfish Swordfish Inter mediates and Swimmers in i the pool 700 Tcen age girls in the pool 730 i fntetmedites in the gym Adult wpmenJn thepooL closes Probe Continues 3 After Attack On Waterville Girl 'Waterville police contlnueiln vestlgatlon 'of the early morning Sunday assaulton Miss Linda Wadlin when she was awakenedfrom sleep at her North Street home and struck on the head jy a weapon Injhe hands of apAin known man zz' Capt Albert Drost pfAhe po lice said Monday night thatnb nevydevelopments had Miss Wadlin 13 remained Monday night at Thayer Hospi tal andivas reported to be re covering from her injuries which iimlud'ed cuts and bruiseS'on theright side of Her head (Continued rom irst Page) if necessary and that is a great The Liv'd Defense discussion end cd the opening day of atwq day conference set up by President Ei senhower for top administration of ficials to brief the governors on problems of foreign relations na tional security highways and health education and welfare The state executives were told at a morning session that commu nism is losing ground in Europe and Latin America Vice" President Nixon who re cently toured the Caribbean told the state executives that commu nism definitely is declining in the nations to the south Harold Stassen President Eisenhower's special assistant on disarmament said Communist influence is reced ing in Europe although it is still a 'major problem in rance and Italyi Stassen said the major struggle from' now on will be In Asia The governors came to Wash ington at Eisenhower's invitation for a third annual briefing on for eign policy national security high way problemsand healthz educa tio and welfare programs The sessions 'were closed Re porters werq told something of what went on by rank McBane executive secretary of the' gov Conference which meets every summer Eisenhower took no part in the round table discussions He did have 'the governors in for p)jd morning coffee and some picture taking on the back steps ol the White House And he arranged to address them informally about 9:10 pm tonight at a dinnert the Mayflower Hotel Secretary of State Dulles talking with the governors apparently gave them little additional enlight enment on administration inten tions toward Quemoy and the Mat su Islands McBane said Dulles of fered'no details on the ormosa situation He said Dulles provide a complete of conditions in Europe Asia and on con ferences scheduled in Europe soon as a result of ratification of trea ties admitting West Germany to the North Atlantic Alliance Henry Cabot Lodge am bassador to the United Nations told the governors "that the world organization has an excellent rec7 ord in preventing wars and gression even though Russja Jjas vetoed use of UN's full powers Lodge McBane said called the UN enormous worldwide bur glar but said that what is done is done after the sounds depends on action dividual member nrtions Anastasia Case It nor IVlicQinr A VU1 Witness Wife Have Been Killed MIAMI la? May 2 (A Police of three states delved for clues today to 'the mysterious disap pearance of Charles erric a gov ernment witness in the Albert An: astasia Income tax' evasion trial and his wife The i richly furnished suburban home northeast of Mia mi was found spattered with blood A vase had been broken a drape ripped from the living room wall there was a bloody 'heelprint in the carport and bloody shoes were found on the lawn Pools blood were found in the living room and bedroom and the torn drape and some blankets all bloodstained were discovered In the bathroom sure looks said Sher iffs Deputy loyd but we call it murder until some bodies are erri 68 and his wife 61 moved here 18 months ago after selling a heating and plumbing business in ort Lee where Anastas ia has a home They were last seen riday and that day Eerri was with a subpoena to appear as a witness in a new in come tax evasion trial against An astasia reputed one time head of the Brooklyn Murder Inc mob The new trial was to start May 10 erri was a government wit ness in the previous which ended in a jury disagreement last October He testified that 'Anastas ia paid him $8700 for four bath rooms and a heating system in stalled in the ort Lee home overlooking the Hudson Riv er 1 The federal government sought that Anastasia' spent more mon? than he earned or bad ac cess to during 1047' and 1948 when he was charged with failing to pay $11742 in income taxes Admitted 'to ThSyer Hospital Monday were Steven Langdo of 29 Graji Street Roger Sorrcnt of Rockland: Mrs Mary BuzzeR of Oakland Mrs Mary of Washburn George Gamaclpj of 20 Sanger Avenue Thomas Tbwle of Winthrop Mrs Dorothy Wilson of Mars Hill Walter Bulger of 91 Benton Avenue Mrs Priscilla Os berg of 9 Center Street Discharged from Thayer Hospi tal Monday were Winston She pard of Randolph Mrs rances Bigelow of Blnghany Mrs Muriel Whitten of AugusttBrian Bro chu of 3 Broad StreetLionel Cvr of Upper repthville lrs Rita Boucher of13 Edward Street Mrs Lois Knights and infant son of Route 2 Admitted Waterville Osteo pathic Hospital Monday were Mrs Darline Harris armington alls Mrs Lucia Thrasher China Road: Stanley GrindellClinton Clinton: Miss Han nah York Augusta Road Mrs Doris Laiyt(Pejirlrce4 Discharged from Waterville Osteopathic Hospital Monday were Chafles Cavanaugh Rock port MrssMary Pelky' and son Athens Mrs Georgia NadSti Stratton Mrs Charlotte Goode Unity Mrs Beverly Varney and daughter North Vassalboro Admitted at Hospital Monday were Mrs Maurice Mc Kenney Clinton: Miss Sandra Hunter 8 12 Green Street Mrs GedeonGagnon 15 Canabas Street Mrs Omer Begin air field the Rev Neil McLain alr field Erwin Kathie Hawes Win slow Erwin Carter jr 86 Col lege Avenue Harold Chandler 3 Hillcrest Street Kenneth Ches ley Clinton: Mrs Lionel Guay 138 Water Staeet Miss Patricia Tully airfield I 1 iJVTr and Mrs lorien Quirion Winslow are the parents of a daughter born at HoSpi Ldl JUUllUdy DIscha rtfedLJ rom Skt rr Mm pital Monday were Reginald Perry' 128 Kennebec Street Miss Grace Taylor Benton Sts7 tion Airs ROgef Mathieu 183 Main Street Ira Witham Clin ton Mrs Altha Babb East Vas salboro £linton Continued rom irst Page) Jgood condition in' Waterville jarring the possibility of a cold The boy was on the river bank when he fell in thewaler at about 3 pm Watson is well known in Ken Jiebec Valley policing service having served as a Kennebec County Sheriff for sev eral years Spectators said that when he plunged Into the water he was gambling with his own life be cause of the rapid current and the cold of the water Watson queried about the res cue replied in modest manner and other sources of information were checked for the'full story ofhis daring Aiding in the rescue was Mrs lorida Tibbetts whose hope is on Water Street which parallels Sfc and Mrs Bernard Potncr leau jr formerly of ort Jay Governors JslfrndN "YT" visited his mother 'Mrs Bernice Pomcr leau of 31 film Street before sailing for Pirmasens Germany Smtrsue Lahigan Unit Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will enter tain the Past Presidents Parley Wjsdneday Supper ill be served at 630 pm There i 11 be elec tion! of delegates and alternates for the state con ventton" to held in Augusta Mrs Barbara LIndvall and her committee are irr charge of refreshments The executive board 'will meet kt Miss Cleo Loubier Mrs Caro lyn urman Mrs Evangeline Bourgoln Mrs Dorothy Dumont Mrs Poulin and 'Mrs Jacqueline Arbour attended beauty clinic in Portland Sunday sponsored by Carl Zolov This in cluded permanent waving tech latest hair styles mani cures and hair coloring "Amicltla" Club past chiefs of Havelock Temple Pythian Sis ters will have a supper at 630 pm Wednesday at the Hall A meeting of Havelock Tempi will follow Maine Banking History Cited At Rotary Session Credit wisely used has been a factor in development of this while credit used un wisely has brought on severe business panics Albert Noyes of the State Banking Commission told members of the Rotary Club in the Elmwood Hotel Monday noon i Describing the duties of the Commission Noyes also spoke of the history of Maine banking re calling the first chartered bank was when the State was a part of Massachusetts in 1819 It was liquidated in 1828 The second bank started in 1824 still is operated he added Maine banks were not under any supervision until 1855 ac cording to Noyes I Public interest and protection is the chief reason for existence of the Commission representa tives of which examine the fi nances of the institutions periodi callythe speaker stated He staid there are in Maine 29 trust companies some with bran ches 32 s'avings banks and 29 loan and building associations inding of shortages is not the the major project of the Commis sion Noyes said He added it is to see that banl are solvent and operated according to laws as eil a' making certain bank man agement is such that solvency can be a ntained 1 eg lative measures for con trol of collection's agencies and retail financing of cars' by the State also were discussed Two Plead Guilty 1 Driving While Under Influence Two paid fines and cnstsMotallihg $106 in Municipal Court here Monday whert'theJ pleaded guilty to charges of driv ing motor vehicles while under the influence of liquor They were Edward Bedgod 24 of Dow ield Bangor and Vincent Simons 27 of this city The formerwas' appre hended in a car on Route loo In Benton Sunday by State Trooper rederick Kneeland of Clinton the latter In a truck on Clinton Avenue Winslow by Chief Raymond Lachance the same day ound of operating unregistcred automobile was Her bert A Heraey 27 of airfield who pleaded Innocent stating he could not operate the vehicle be cause lacked a motor' Tha' machine wasz being towed when Patrolman Paul Arbo stopped It on Main Street Sunday Judge Roland Poullfi" in formed Hersey that the vehicle was in the position of operating Unless the front wheels were off the ground behind a 'wrecker Hersey paid a and costs Pleading 'guilty to driving without a license Saturday on Route 100 in Benton Perley Ed ward Hustus 28 of Belfast paid a fine and costs totalling $16 He was apprehended by Trooper KneeLand Parrish Alanson 36 of 'AYater Street Oakland paid the sa rile fine and costs when he pleaded guilty to speeding at 65 miles an hour Saturday on Route 27 In Belgrade Trooper Herman Hol brook jr of this etty filed complaint Enrollment or Blue Cross Plan ToOpen May Walter Black enrollment di rector of the Associated Hospitaf Service 'of Maine has announced that the annual Kennebec Coufi ty community enrollment will be held beginning Monday May 9 and continuing through Saturday May 14 Residents of this area who are interested in joining Blue Cross or Blue Cross and Blue Shield or adding Blue Shield to their contract need only sbeure forms at one of the following locations Augusta General Hospital De positorsTrust Co in AuguSta Gardiner General Hospital Nat ional Bank of Gardtner in Gar diner Depositors Trust Co In Winthrop Hospital Thay er Hospital Osteopathia Hospi tal Depositors Trust Co ederal Trust Co in 'Waterville Depos itors Trust Co in Richmond al so the Blue CrosBiue Shield Enrollment Truck If you are joining for the first time 'a monthly payment must accom pany your application If one is adding Blue Shield no money is necessary when one applies rank Jewell Enrollment Rep resentative will erville Area Blue Cross quarter century prepair hospital lea and today the movement con tinues to grow even though it already claims 46 million people as members But most important of all is the unique Blue Cross has had with the hos pitals from the very first It is a which is made pos sible by the Blue Cross affilia tion with the American Hospital Association and one that dis tinguishes Blue Cross Plans from all other forms of hospital care protection January 1 1955 started 17th year of this non profit hos pital Blue Cross Plan in Maine The Plan now hasa membership of greater than "324000 Now only in the fouith year the Blue Shield surgical medical plan has a membership of over 122000 lames Damage Car In Winslow The Winslow ire Department was called about 8:15 Mon day night to Nowell Road where an automobile owned by Charles Varney was practically destroyed by fire Varney was working on his car when it began to smoke and then burst into flame apparently start ed by a short circuit as he had left the motor running The oar was a 1938 Plymouth seda The call necessitated a run of eight miles Vou HAVE A SNACK If you afford" to stop for something to eat while traveling by' automobile an In dianapolis Ind manufacturer may have the solution to your problem He has ccnoe up with an ajjjasnack bar a steel tray with a deep receai for a glass or ip bottle and lots of room ta jandwicbesz Jv is Pcroiiislas Urgc Separation Of Church Stale BUENOS AIRESArgentina May 2 The Peronista party to night announced its full support of a move to separate the church and state in Argentina The wom Peronista party adopted a similar position Semiofficial newspapers recently have been calling for constitutional separation of and' State A May Day mass i meeting of or ganized workers yesterday en thusiastically applauded a speaker who called for such action The Roman Catholic Church is the state church in Argentina A joint statement issued" by the Peronista party anti its group said they would advise Pres ident Juan 'Pe'ron they were ready to full political sup to the move' for church state separation The Peronista party crated by Peron" ik Argentina's only major political party Peron has been feuding onenlv with the church since last November when be ac cused some clergymen of attempt ing to undermine hisTegime ingold (Continued rom irst Page) breakdown discipline? and morale" paved the way for the uprising in which a bank robber a cop kpler a rapist and a gunman combined to hold five guards and six other prisoners hostages for 84 hours before releasing them un harmed Release of the guards was ne gotiated by a seven man' committee The jurors found that a was made with the desperadoes to end the revolt and that sub stance the four convicts dictated the terms of their own The included no questions asked abobt how the convicts got their guns and ammunition a speedy trial on former Indictments and a return of rebels to the general prison population after trial The report submitted Jurv oreman Robert A Crockett saidthe jury found that Atty Gen in gold in the hands 'of the grand jury certain' letters of in dictment the four con have rejected them the (let ters) as before stated" the report said regard them a being tainted and tied in with a' deal which would: 1 Compromise the dignity ot the commonwealth 2 Undermine executive author ity 5 3 Make a mockery of the court' 4 Jeopardize the safety ot our fellow consider the conduct ot the chief law enforcement officer to be Strange the report con tinued The jury report charged that ifi gold and Asst Atty Gen Andrew Trodden known from the be ginning that A promise or agree ment 'to have the convicts tried before March 15 and then released to the prison population The grand Jurors said the Spur? vyas did not answer questions put to him was contra dictory other times and was definitely notforthright" The four convicts wbo surren dererl were: ritz Swenson Walter Balben Theodore Green and Averaging' 40 to 70 pounds the beaver is the largest rodent in North America and the second in the world 2 Waterville 1 Boys Heli! Ip Connecticut Tu'n' Waterville bovs were Tested in a diner In Norwalk conn early Saturday morning as the resultrof what Connecti cut state police say was thei third traffic aocident after tak ing a ear from the grandfather of otjic of the boys withouthi? permission State policeman Jeromt Nepi arsky identified one of the paii as Patrick Willette 16 of 28 Green Street His companion also from Waterville was not identified because he is onlyT5 Ncpiarsky said the pajr signed statements giving th'is account of theik activities since Thursday night when they met in a Water ville diner anddccided On a trip to New York They went to Wiscasset where they allegedly took a car and $li belonging to Aaron Tucker sr Driving through they involved two accidents one with another car and one with ai but there wa no police investigation bf either cae As they proceeded along the Merritt Parkway in New Cana'ari today with the 15 ear old at the wheeVihe car went ouUof con trol Crossed the center espkiri ada and was wrecked against a fence'bordering the opposite traf fic lanp Abandoning the car they walk ed five miles to Norwalk City policeman Ander son aware there wis an alarm out for the driver of a wrecked car spotted the pair in a diner became suspicious questioned them and turned them over to state police Pending word from Maine au thorities the Willette boy was held at the Westport State Police Barracks and his companion at the juvenile detention home in Bridgeport Waterville police called shortly after 5 a Saturday for information bn the boys 16 Initiated Into Phi Beta Kappa At Colby College The annual initiation banquet of the 'Colby chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was held Monday with Richard Kellenbetger presid ing ollowing the banquet he and Secretary Philip Bither ini tiated 16 seniors into the society William Hastings Professor Emeritus in English of Brown University and vice president of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa' then addressed the audi ence of faculty members and high ranking student 011 the subject of his speech with a quotation from Shakespeareoi which he is a renowned scholar the speaker cited various cases' involving loyalties in government and religion which affect the American thinker' He noted that the'question ot heresies and security risks which have gained attention on a na tional scale are in the final analysis a problem of individual integrity to be' summarized in the words of Shakespeare thine own self be true then thou canst not be false to any man" Hastings closed with the following remark: us be free men uncolored by passion prejudice or fear loyal to the highest and best whateveithe Dr Hastings has been an ac tive officer of Phi Beta Kanna since has co editcd manyseholMly journal includ ing the Shakespeare Quarterly and the New England iQuarterly Present at this banquet were 23 outstanding sophom*ores and juniors and the following senior initiates: Mary Cutter Ann Eilertson Yvonne Ellis Sue ranklin Ka tharine Hartwell Margaret Hat tie" Olga Jaroszewicz Marcia ebb John Macklin Ann Mandel1 baum Arthur Marchand jr Mary 'McCullum Beverly Moset tig Joseph Perham Elinor Small and Ronald Swanson Listing Of Tax Delinquents To Be Discussed Legislation to make public tt names of delinquent taxpayers is expected at the May meeting of ik i PAnneil In II 11 IHC mom tonight while at a 6 30 session the inance Committee of the Council will consider sale of two lots at Edgemont Park The tax measures propose that within 45 days the tax Collector list by years the persons owingand properties on which personal taxe are owed that within 60 days he list real estate for whicii taxes are owed There also is suggestion tht Tax Committee obthe Council? meet weekly for A period of time Qi ii rtrvcf inn hue lwn that line eny teii tor ion in ana vuuu I I leiuors uui consiaer accepun 'bids for such sale Proposed Saturday closings Of City Hail offices aho will be con sidered at the main Council meeting scheduled to start at 7 o'clock Closing for one hour at nonn ot offices now kept open through that hour also wiH considered Munlwpal offices In Bangor Portland and Augusta now' close Saturday (Continued rom irst Page) History" by Paul Horgan a book that took the Roswell au thor 15 years to compile Biography Taft William story pf the late'Republican leader and US senator from Ohio White works in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times Poetry Collected Poems of Wallace a compilation in honor of the 75th birthday last year of the Pennsylvania poet who is an insurance companv vice pres ident I Music Saint bf Bleecker' Gain Carlo Men widely acclaimed opera on a i girl revered in New York's Italian section Menolli won' thePulitzer Prize for music in 1950 with hisopera Consul" National Reporting Anthony Lewis of the Washington Daily News foi a series of ar i tides that restored to duty Abra ham Chssaaow dismissed from the Navy Department as a secur ity risk A International Reposing liar risoir Salisbury of xorK iimcfe uho summed up six as a newspaper correspond ent on Seyiet Russia in a series(articles Re viewed" Editorial Writing The Detroit Mich ree Press fee an editorial by Royce Howes the associate editor He analyzed re sponsibility of both labor and mat agement in an unauthorized strike which made idle 45000 Chrysler Corp workers Cartoons Daniel itzpaf Tick of the St Louis Post Dispatch for a cartoon entitled Would Another Mistake It shows Uncle Sam bayoneted rille in hand contemplating a descent into a morass labelled "redch Mis takes in indochina" itzpatrick MOTi once Delore 1926 New Photography 4 John Gaunt Jr' of the Ixm Angeles Cal Times for a moving photo graph of a young couple beside an angry sea which fnoments before bad claimed the life of their year oM son zr The 1955 Pulitzer art scholarship went to Jack Henderson of Kan sas City Ma currently enrolled at the Art Students League of New York The 25 year old artist sub mitted three oil paintings to the awards Jury His 'traveling schol arship fs worth $1500 Observer Post Site Sought Bv Officials Possibly stymied in a move to establish a ground observer post atop Hqspital city officials are open to suggestion of another site" it was learned Mon day i Civil Defense7 officials here recently discussed such a post with some bHiJals of the Sis Hospital the suggestion be ing accepted However the ad visory board of the hospital has nbt given its sanction feeling that the post would make the The post atop the senior high Ldcemont Park iroJiiAre til Mxnirir a school bunding cannot oe used for a (variety of reasons and the Hospital location was sought as one of the highest pos sible with" good visibility from it Sunday there was a Civil De fense alert and 'Watervilie was stated as one of the few Maine points that could not report cause of lack of facilities ire Threatens Summer Resort Area In Mass PLYMOUTH Mass May 2 tfl A forest fire with' lightning like speed at times burned over five square miles ot scrub pine and brush in the Man omet area before it was controlled tonight after a 10 hour battle by more than 200 firefighters and vol unteers The soaring blaze was checked before it reached Priscilla a summer resort dotted with val uable cottages irefighters said considerable commercial timber was destroyed i Police reported firefighters from nearly a dozen nearby communi ties blocked the blaze along a two mil front at Rocky Hill a mile from Priscilla Beach A small patch was still burning when police reported the fire under control at 1030 pm The blaze originated near Sand wich road about 130 fn and swept steadily toward the ocean before it blocked off Route 3 a main artery be tween Plymouth and Gape Cod was closed along a four mile front when flames jumped the thorough fare and endangered traffic Raymond Kenney' director of the Division of orestry in the Massachusetts Department of Con servation said the area was bum ed over a year ago 'Continued rom lrat Page) Bear this northern New York farm community He stole two revolvers ud freed throe other prisoners One Leon Caskinettc 24 ot Ray nxndville was captured last ri day It yas then that the first shots shattered the valley peace Jn fleeing LaShomb Talarico and Brooks left behind a wounded trooper After today's shooting LaShbmbtold police that Brooktf had bcch with them shortly State Police SupL rancis McGarvey said in Albany however that there? was a possibility Brooks had been killed by his companions Mc Garvey characterize! Talarico and LaShomb as the the group A farmer's wife Mrs Mark Jtegan spotted Talarico and La £bornb crossing a clearing near 3er farm borne Her husband 'drove to a tote 'police roadblock nearby anthree Hoads of troopers rushed up Re forcements followed The nine man detoil picked up he trail with a bloud Jtound veleranof many a man IiunL The oxer found about of Ji in light underbrush growth pine Tne two revolvers stolen fromthe jail were recovered Talaricowas carrying a 38 caliber police special and LaShomb had a power Jful 357 Magnum State police said that Brooks jnight have picked up another Aveapon in a camp or bunting lodge The fugitives took a sheriffs de partment car when they escaped Jfrom the jail but they abandoned Jt last week a a 4 4 1 MrH II1 A Jaa A Aat'A A A'TA a 4 Aaa A Jv a A A I gggi rr of A ilflMHN A a 1 's i 'MM JWnwWMK A ''1 Uiii'r" i Ibaassaassssss A Aa A 'A' A I A7 isA Vv A 1 A 1 i A A 1 I li I Ik krvfl al.

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