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Some R.I. waters off limits for fishing Newport Mercury, Friday, January 17,1975 Monday, January (Daily News) OFFICERS INSTALLED by Christian Action Center yesterday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church were, from left, Eugenie Williams, vice president; Joseph A. Sullivan, president; Carol Finn, secretary; and Geraldine Adams, treasurer. Kindergarten time change is revealed in Jamestown Friday, January 10 JAMESTOWN The School Committee last night voted that kindergarten classes will be changed at the beginning of the second semester, Jan. 27.

Autumn's morning class during the next semester will attend the afternoon session, and the present afternoon class will go to school mornings. Supt. Nicholas S. Logothets said shifting the classes balances the teaching time between the two groups by the end of the year. No afternoon kindergarten is held on days of early dismissal for teachers inservice training.

Dr. Lenore A. DeLucia said the change of these classes should be flexible enough not to cause a hardship for parents. Island Rubbish Service, the lone bidder for rubbish removal, was awarded the contract for $270 for 180 days, from March 1,1975 to March 1, 1976. E.B.

Brooks the only bidder on propane gas, was awarded that contract. E.R. Vieira lone bidder for No. 4 12 workers retire at NUSC lab Tuesday, January 14 Twelve employes of the Newport Laboratory at the Naval Underwater Systems Center have retired from federal service. The Newport County residents were Elizabeth MacKinnon, secretary 36 years, and Stanley C.

Murphy, clerk, 32 years, both of Newport; Mary C. Rolando, secretary, 33 years, of Middletown; Ernest L. Mercier, supervisory personnel staffing specialist, 35 years, Thomas M. Turner, equipment specialist, 34 years, Frank P. Viera, model maker inspector, 14 years, all of Portsmouth; and Francis G.

Murphy, research physicist, 30 years, of Tiverton. Certificates of retirement and special NUSC plaques commemorating the ceremony were presented by Capt. Milton C. McFarland, NUSC commanding officer, and Cmdr. John E.

director for logistics. fuel oil, received that contract, based on an adjustable clause accepted June 29,1960. The school will continue to buy No. 2 fuel oil from Sylvia's E.R. Vieira Co.

and E.B. Brooks, and purchase as needed at the lowest price at the time of purchase. The superintendent reported he found, on investigation of insurance on wind damaged outside doors, that the present coverage has a $1 ,000 deductible clause. To obtain a $100 deductible policy would cost $600 a year more in premiums, so the insurance will not pay the cost of replacing outside doors. He recommended that plastic overlaid doors be preferred to the particle core doors, but since 12 to 14 weeks must be allowed for delivery, the work cannot be accomplished on the present budget.

The total cost of about $2,000 for the outside doors will be included in the next school budget or in the capital improvement fund. The committee decided the superintendent should draw up specifications for bids for busing the island's students. The United Truck Co. presented a proposed contract for 1975-76 at $42,322, an increase of $6,631 from last year. This company has the present contract.

Committeeman Andrew M. Brown Jr. said he was not happy with U.T.C. and he believed the committee should seek prices from other companies. Enrollment projections developed i'or Jamestown by the computer service of N.E.

School Development Council indicated very little change in enrollment for the coming year. Also, total enrollments for kindergarten through Grade 12 appear to be stable for the next few years, the superintendent said. However, Logothets said, beginning in 1976, there appears to be a downward trend in kindergarten through Grade 4, caused by a declining birth rate, but at the same time, there appears to be an increase in the high school enrollment. The projections are based upon experience factors of the last years and will therefore be subject to change, if there is any major increase in construction of apartment or individual home units on the island. The superintendent said that before installing additional heating units in the kindergarten room there would be some experimenting with the present system, to determine if adding the new units would be necessary.

He reported that the teachers' work room was relocated in an area nest to the gymnasium, enabling the workroom to become a music class room. Policeman's mother robbed at knifepoint Friday, January 10 The mother of a Newport policeman was robbed at knifepoint last night while she was walking home to 3 Gladding Court. Police said Mrs. Minnie Young, mother of Patrolman Milton Young, was walking along Battery Street near Second Street about 7:20 p.m. when a man stopped her and asked for $1.

When Mrs. Young told the man she had no money, he pulled out what looked like a switchblade, she said, and put it to her throat. The man grabbed her purse and ran. Mrs. Young gave police a partial description of her assailant.

A Newport man was awakened about 2 a.m. today by three juveniles prowling around his basement. Michael Carey of 13 Dearborn St. called police, who found a sister and a brother, age 8 and 9, and a second boy, age 10, hiding in the cellar. Police said the children apparently were walking by Carey's house, pushed open the cellar door, and walked inside.

Their mothers were scheduled to be questioned today. MOKE AND FUMES prctat baurd tt Bremen as Hey climb ladders to roof. nrefl(bten it rigM get water oatbanl of fUmes wfclk those it left rat veils to release explosive gates aid retace beat fanMe. Story Page 1. Moatfay, Jaawry a Tuesday, January 14 Some of Rhode Island's waters have been put off limits to commercial fishermen, Dennis J.

Murphy state director of natural resources, announced today. He said sports and commercial fishermen have come to an understanding concerning the state's menhaden fishery resources after a series of conferences. The commerical fishermen have agreed to honor areas marked on a nautical chart of Rhode Island as reserved for sports fishermen. These areas include the ocean waters from Land's End in Newport to Sachuest Point in Middletown; the harbor waters from Fort Adams to Rose Island; the waters from Coaster's Harbor Island to Buoy 18, which enclose Coddington Cove; the Dyer Island area enclosing Coggeshall Point in Portsmouth. At Jamestown, the agreement includes Dutch Harbor.

Areas reserved in the Sakonnet River are from Flint Point on the east side of Sachuest Point to Black Point in Portsmouth; the Tiverton area between High Hill and Seapowet Points; and from an area off the Hummocks in Portsmouth south to a point below the old Sea victim is hunted off beach Tuesday, January 14 The search for a man drowned Sunday in a canoeing mishap went into its third day in the Atlantic Ocean near Gooseberry Beach. A 41-foot utility boat from the Castle Hill Coast Guard Station resumed the search around 9:30 this morning. Five men from the state Department of Natural Resources enforcement division resumed the search, some in a small boat and others walking the shoreline. A department spokesman said divers from the Naval Underwater Systems Center who assisted in yesterday's search would not participate today. The water was too murky from a storm yesterday and hindered the divers' efforts.

He said the department would wait "at least 24 hours" for the water to settle before resuming diving operations. Missing is Kevin Coyne, 20 of 109 Connection who disappeared in the turbulent waters of the ocean Sunday afternoon after a canoe capsized about 200 yards off Gooseberry Beach. A woman companion, Ann Martin, 18, of 22 Ellery Road, was rescued by a man who was paddling a kayak in the area. She was removed from the intensive care unit at Newport Hospital yesterday after being treated for exposure. Ex-police chief has heart attack Tuesday, January 14 JAMESTOWN Special Assistant Atty.

Gen. Frederick C. B. Smyth of Jamestown suffered a heart attack yesterday morning near Providence while driving to work there. Jamestown's former police chief managed to drive himself to Newport Hospital, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit.

His condition today was reported as good. He was appointed special assistant attorney general by Julius Michaelson, attorney general, Smyth, who is 42, served on the Jamestown Police Department for 21 years, 18 of them as chief. Ust March he went on sick leave because of high blood pressure and was able to return to work for a short time, but in June he submitted his resignation as Jamestown's police chief and retired JrJy 1. Condominiums change hands Saturday, January 11 Transfers of property filed with the office of the city clerk recorded the sale of two condominiums at Bellevue Avenue and Webster Street. Snelling R.

Brainard, trustee of the James Estate, transferred to Daphne and Joanne F. Merchant, a condomimium sold for a price of approximately $32,000. Brainard transferred to Douglas Merrifield and Francis X. Romanullo, property for approximately Stone Bridge site. All of Bristol harbor included in the sports areas.

The agreement, Murphy noted, is not law. It is being termed a gentlemen's agreement. "The problem has been ongoing for a number of years now," the director said. "I am pleased we could tak this longstanding conflict and bring it to some sort of resolution." Murphy stated that it has not been conclusively demonstrated that there is a direct link between menhaden and other fisheries or that Rhode Island's menhaden were geing over- fished. "I hope that we can initiate a study on menhaden so that we will have some positive evidence to go on in the future," he said.

"In the meantime, I'm glad that the two groups involved could get together and see eye to eye on this issue." EDWARD SHARKEY, formerly of Billy Goode's bar, watches destruction of his new bar in old Crown and Bar Grill on Broadway. Bar was among businesses destroyed by block-long fire last night. From left, Norman Oxx, Sharkley and Ken Libby of Newport Electric Co. Story on Page 1. (Daily News) Monday, January 13 State signs to direct tourists to city Friday, January 10 State highway officials have assured the Newport County Chamber of Commerce they will follow up on a Chamber's proposal to erect a series of signs directing potential tourists to Newport.

The Chamber's Highway Signing Committee met yesterday with Paul E. Romano, state highway engineer, and Vincent A. Carano, field engineer technician for the Department of Transportation. George Mandis, manager of the Sheraton-Islander Inn, is chairman of the Chamber committee. A spokesman for the Chamber said discussion centered on a proposal submitted by the local group to the governor last spring.

This proposal never was carried out. State transportation officials in October, however, removed a series of signs erected during Contractor sues for building pay Saturday, January 11 A Portsmouth contractor filed suit in Superior Court yesterday charging that William H. DeCotis, Bojangles and the R.I. Hospital Trust National Bank failed to yay him for the construction of the Middletown night spot. The complaint says that the contract, John G.

Edwards of the J.G. Edwards Construction Co. of 2409 East Main Road contracted last April 15 with DeCotis, who is president of Bojangles, to construct the building. Edwards says that DeCotis failed to pay him in full Water rate is subject of talks Tuesday, January 14 Negotiations for a new water rate for the Navy began yesterday between Navy and city officials. Water Director Frederick W.

Kent Jr. said some progress was made at the all-day session, and a second session was scheduled Jan. 22. A third session will be held Jan. 27 if necessary.

The city is seeking to increase the amount the Navy pays for water under the Lawtons Valley agreement of 1942. The Navy pays 23 cents a 1,000 gallons for water it costs the Water Department 48 cents to produce. Most homeowners pay 56 cents per 1,000 gallons. In 1942 when the agreement with the Navy was signed, most customers paid 20 cents per 1,000 gallons and the Navy paid 10 cents. Business people pick councilman Tuesday, January 14 JAMESTOWN Councilman Anthony J.

was elected president of the Jamestown Businessmen's Association recently at the Bay View Hotel. Other elected were C. Leigh Kingsford, vice president; William Hunger, treasurer; and John M. Rosa IV, secretary. Those elected to the board of directors were John M.

Rosa in, retiring president; John B. Foley, Mrs. Joseph F. Andrade III and state Rep. Spencer E.

Dickson. Fred Newman, Ernest R. Vieira, JamesK. Ide, Robert M. Clarke and Francis R.

Costa were named to the membership committee. The association approved the outline of a brochure of promote Jamestown. It will be printed and ready for distribution by spring between New York and Boston. The brochure will include a map of the island, lilting major roads, historical sites, a business directory and stories of local events. and $19,902 is still owed him.

Edwards says that he was directed by DeCotis last May 11 to the bank's branch at 286 Thames St. where he met with John Burns, an employe, Burns affirmed that the bank had approved a $70,000 mortgage to DeCotis for construction of Bojangles. But since this time, the bank has withheld $10,000 from the money the bank said was available for construction, Edwards claims. On July 30, Edwards said, he and DeCotis agreed that $19,902 was due the contracting firm for "work, labor, services and material" in connection with the construction of the building. The complaint demands payment of the $19,902 owed by Bojangles and DeCotis and the $10,000 it says the bank owes and asks judgment from each of the defendants on both accounts.

Civic League seats officers Saturday, January 11 The Portuguese-American Women's Civic League held its installation dinner Wednesday night at Ann's Kitchen in Middletown. Mrs. Marion Viverios was installing officer. Installed were Mrs. Frank Pasquale, president; Mrs.

Edward Gamer, vice president; Mrs. Joseph Rodrigues, secretary; Mrs. Frank Rosa, treasurer; Mrs. Henry Roderiques, Mrs. Mary Dopart, inner guard; Mrs.

Arthur Maciel, Mrs. Henry Silvia, Mrs. William Venancio and Mrs. Thomas Roderiques, directors; and Mrs. James Shea, publicity.

the summer throughout the state for the Chamber by the Turnpike and Bridge Authority, which is distinct from the Department of Transportation. The state said then the signs, paid for by the Chamber and made by students at the county vocational unit at Rogers High School, did not meet specifications for highway signs. The chamber says its original proposal is the result of statewide research "that culminated in specific recommendations to increase the visual impact of highway signs. Particularly stressed are maximum use of directions to Newport." Romano assured the Chamber, the spokesman said, that ''he would give attention to the proposal "either by securing permission for some from the Federal Highway Administration or by cheeking into those under his own jurisdiction, to include the word 'Newport 1 on existing signs or to erect supplemental signs." Signs suggested by the Chamber are: Interstate Route 95 (northbound) two supplemental signs. Interstate Route 95 (southbound) three supplemental signs.

R.I. Route 138 (eastbound), two supplemental signs and additions to four existing signs. R.I. Route 24 (southbound) one supplemental sign. U.S.

Route 1 (southbound) one supplemental sign. T.F. Green Airport one supplemental sign. Route 136 at line one supplemental sign. Intruders break in, beat and rob tenant Tuesday, January 14 A man was assaulted and robbed in his apartment last night by intruders who broke in the front door to gain entry.

Fire other apartments in the same building were ransacked and articles taken. Robert A. Pollett of Apartment 5, 35 Pelham told police he was asleep on a couch in his third-floor apartment when a man came bursting through his front door. The intruder put his hand over Pollett's mouth and ordered him to lie down and close his eyes or he would be killed. Pollett said the man then tied him up.

He said he heard the intruder talking to a second man as the two ransacked the apartment. When they had finished, Pollett's assailant once again Lobsters stolen from Anthony's Wednesday, January 8 About 100 pounds of lobsters were stolen Monday night or early yesterday from Anthony's Seafood Market on Waite's Wharf. The lobsters, weighing from 6 to 10 pounds each and totalling about $200 in value, were taken from a storage area at the rear of the building, police said. Entry was gained by breaking out a wood door panel at the rear of the building. threatened his life, warning that he would return to make certain he had not moved or opened his eyes.

Pollett said he the men rip the telephone from the wall as they left. Pollett said he then heard noise elsewhere in the building as the th eves ransacked other apartments. After he was certain they had left the building, he untied himself and went to a nearby phone to call police, he said. Taken from Pollett's apartment vere $46 in cash from a wallet and $11 in coins from a jar. Tenants of the other five apartments were not home at the time of the breaks.

Richard G. Barclay of Apartment 1 returned home to find a turntable, amplifier and two stereo speakers valued at $756 missing. Joseph Cook of Apartment 2 reported a color television set valued at $450 and a leather coat valued at $210 missing. Police had not yet talked with residents of the other three apartments. Saturday, January 11 ON DEAN'S LIST Stephen A.

Moniz, son of Jesse J. Moniz of 182 Newport Middletown, and the late Mrs. Alice G. Moniz, is on the dean's list at Roger Williams College the autumn semester. He is a sophomore majoring in business administration.

He is an alumnus of Middletown High School. MAYOR DONNELLY, left, reads proclamation at City Hall yesterday noon declaring January as March of Dimes Month. Ceremony was kick-oif for annual drive for funds. With him are, from left, John Paduano, member of March of Dimes state executive board; Mrs. Gloria Gibbons, Newport County general chairman; and Mrs.

Mary Finnegan, Newport Mothers March chairman. Funds raised in drive are used to study means of preventing birth defects. (Daily News) Friday, Jamary.