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Zoning Unit Gets County Jail Appeal Variance Sought In Requirements On Space, Parking The Board of Zoning Appeals has taken under advisement testimony presented in the appeal of the Board of Allcgany County Commissioners for a variance needed for the con- struction of the Allegany County Jail and Office Building on Prospect Square. The testimony is being ic- viewed by James C. chairman, and Sidney II. Stcrer Sr. and Lester A.

Inskeep, members of the board set up to hear appeals arising from in- terpretation of the ordinance. Mr. Gardner said the board has authority to variances for yard and open space re- quirements, but for off- street parking, which is the only real issue in the appeal, Coverage In Excess The appeal as filed after (he City Engineer's Office ruled that the total lot coverage was in excess of the required 50 per cent, that the rear yard was less than the required 20 feet, side yards less than the required five feet and it would be neces- sary to provide 94 spaces of off street parking within 400 feet of the building. Because of the terrain of ihe lot, members of the board ap- peared willing to grant lot re- quirements. Fred H.

Anderson, attorney for the County Commissioners, presented the county's position and asked the'board to make a liberal interpretation of th ordinance. Relates Background For background, he related how in March 1966 the county asked the city to close Johnson Street and was asked by the Mayor and Council to present a plan for parking before begin- ning -negotiations ior- closing street. He said the.county proceeded to do so, and arranged with the Shrine Temple Association for 12 parking spaces and with St. Paul's -Lutheran Church for 15 spaces. He said the lack of full com- munications between the 'county and city was at fault in the present situation, adding that the county was led to believe that since the city was agree- to closing the alley after the parking arrangements were made, the zoning requirements would be met.

Not Detract From Area Mr. Anderson said ihe build- ing will -not detract from the area and should be improve- adding that grand juries have for years been advocating the; construction of a new jail. The county, he said, shares the city's concern over parking in the County Court House-area and is in the process of negoti- ating for some 50 permanent parking spaces in addition to the temporary parking provided before the alley was closed. He said the county hopes to have, the permanent parking arranged before the building is completed in about a year. About 20 Employes In response to a query from Mr.

Mr. Anderson es- timated the building will have about 20 employes, exclusive of prisoners. The question, Mr. Gardner said, is the grounds the board would have for waiving the off- street parking Police and Fire Commissioner Frederick J. Hill, speaking as a member of the Municipal Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, said that unit met yester- day and unanimously recom- mended that the board grant the needed variance.

He said that the board came to that decision after a thor- ough consideration of the prob- lem. Board Sympathetic Mr. Gardner said all mem- (Continued on Page 16) CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Chief Damage Con- trolman William Beaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Beaver, St.

George, W. formerly of Patterson's Creek, presents gifts to Viet- namese children at a Christmas Day party given by Chief Beaver's unit, the Navy Sup- port Activity Fire Department at Da Nanfi. Chief Beaver is married to Ihe former Eleanor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren McKenzie, RD 5, Cumberland.

15--Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, January 4, 1967 jTawcs? Aide Stays 30 Pays Agnew Names Blair Secretary Of State 'Polar Bear' Takes Annual Hivcr Swim Gus 'the; Charleroi 'Hum an Polar Bear," -who swam the length of Deep Creek Lake several, went for his annual New Year's Day dip in the Monongahela River at-Pittsburgh'Sunday. Brickner, 56-years old, has been making it a custom for-the past 17 years. But this year, those who annually watch him take his swim saw his event shadowed by a water-skiier who jkied down the river without skis. Last two sky divers plunged into- the Monbngahela while Brickner paddled around in the Allegheny River on the other side of the Point in Pitts- burgh. Local Store Loses In Robbery City detectives are continuing to investigate the New Year's weekend theft $825 from the Cumberland Cloak and Suit Store, according to Captain James E.

Van. Harry Kauffman, of Cumber- land Cloak and Suit, reported to police that when he opened the store yesterday following the holiday weekend it was dis- covered that a cash register on the first floor and another on the second floor had been pilfered. It is estimated that $700 was removed from one register and $125 from the other. A third register was tampered with but was empty. Investigating authorities said today that although no evidence of breaking and entering has been found the possibility of a forced entry still exists.

In addition to Captain Van, others investigating are Detec- tive Kenneth-Morrissey and Wil- liam F. criminal investi- gator or Allegany -County BALTIMORE Stan- ley Blair, a member of the House of Delegates for the past four years, was appointed Mary- land's secretary of state today by Spiro Blair, 39, will -be formally nominated and sworn in by Ag- new as his first official act fol- lowing his inauguration Jan. 25. The appointment is-subject to Senate confirmation. By custom, it is made between the time the governor takes his oath of of- fice and delivers his inugural address.

The post pays $10,000 a year. On Tax Committee Blair, a Republican, served on the House Ways and Means Committee in the General As- sembly and on the special com- mittee which drafted the Cooper- Hughes tax. reform bill for; the 19fi6 session. A graduate of the University of- Maryland in 1950, and from its law school in 1953, Bla'irtoo'w lives in Bel Air where he is an attorney. Mester To Remain Meanwhile, 'Agnew has asked Gov.

Tawes' top administrative assistant, Edmund C. Mester, to stay on with his administration for 30 days to ease difficulties of transition. After that, Mester will-become aide to Dr. Wilson H. Elkins, president of the University of Maryland.

Mester is the last-of administration figures to dis- close his plans, or to win an-ap-. pointment to Mester, 44, is the only Tawes (Continued on Page 26) Board Issues Two Permits The Allegany County Board of Alcoholic License Commis- sioners today issued two per- mits. A beer license was. issued to a i Breighner for 11 Offutt Street. The business had formerly been operated at 9 Offutt Street.

The Little Ritz, on U. S. Route 40 at the western.limits of Frostburg, has become a partnership and a beer, wine and liquor license has been issued to Dorothy Dudek and Edgar H. Mickey. The permit was formerly in the name of Dorothy Dudek as an individual.

Local Navy Man Plays Viet'Santa' A veteran Cumberland sailor and his unit in South Vietnam helped make Christmas an oc- casion of joy for 48 Vietnamese children and their parents, who were guests of the Americans at Da Nang. i Damage Controlman William Beaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Beaver, St. George, W.

formerly of Patterson's Creek, and the men of the U. S. Naval Support Fire Department presented gifts to the children and family packages to their parents. Chief Beaver, who has been in Vietnam since last August, is a'23-year Navy-veteran. He: is married to the former Eleanor McKenzie; daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Oren McKenzie, RD 5, Cumberland. During his Viet- nam tour, the chief's wife and children, Carole, 12, and David, 10, are residing in San Lorenzo, Calif. In a Christmas -message to the Vietnamese guests of his unit at the downtown Da Nang firehouse, Chief Brewer said in part, Although we; are away from home, we want to the. joy of Christmas with other people' as it is shared in the United We hope we have made this Christmas as happy and memorable for you as you it for us The gifts and holiday foods were, furnished partially "by the uhikand partially by their fami lies in who sent Christmas packages for the oc casion.

The Navy firemen -'pass- ed the hat' to com- plete the party arrangements. Church Holds Student Day Youth of Cresaptown Metho- dist Church led morning worship services on Student'Sunday. Participating were a i Bishop, David Miller, Jenny McKenzie, a Bowman, James Wallace, Glen DeHaven, Carol Lewis, Carol Cage, Robert Richardson, Gary Glover, Bar- bara Lewis, Raymond Richard- son, Linda Richardson, Sandy Davis and Gail Sherman. The young people-were enter iained-at- a-buffet given by the Women's Society of Christian-Service, church. A i "The 'Magnificent Ditch," a i the CO Canal, 'was shown.

Race Group Meets The Cumberland Lions Foun- dation committee for the-1967 National Sports Car Races-will meet in the-Lib- erty Trust Company Building at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. Center Site Areas Given Inspections Offidulw DIKCUKK Proponed Regional Health Setup Here Inspection of a dozen possible sites for the proposed Regional Health Center in Allegany Coun- was made yesterday by state, federal and county officials. Included was one location within Cumberland near Ihcj Willow Brook Road )lhers were the Allegany Com-; munily College site off Willow Brook Road where a new cam- pus will be built, two in one on Winchester Road, one in Potomac Park, one in the Pinto I drca of McMullen Highway, one on Hazen Road and one in the Frostburg section.

Representing the county were Commissioner Burton Smith and ''vlberl S. Paye, county engineer. Dr. Elmer Hill, deputy state health officer; Gaylord Brooks, senior state sanitarian and Con- ad Zimmerman, sanitarian. ere on hand representing the Allegany County Health Depart- ment.

Two officials of the State De- partment of Health and a hospi- service agency representa- tive of the U. S. Public Health Service also part in he inspection tour. Following the tour the group reviewed the situation at a meeting with the Allegany Coun- ty Board of Commissioners. HELP MARCH OF DIMES Children of (ho Hraddoe.k Road area already have made a contribution to the Allcgany County Chapter National Foundation a of Dimes by assisting with the preparation of moil nppenls which hnvc been sent nren residents.

The fund cnmpnlRn Is bring hold this month. Left to right senkd are Debbie McCreery, Cnlhy Russell, Robin Russell and Susan Minkley, Standing, same order, are Steve Crouch, Joflrey Wellor find Mike Gellner. Coin containers arc being distributed by Henry Harl Tost i VFW. Community Seminars To Resume The seventh in a series of seminars on community affairs and community development will be held today at 8 p. m.

in the Community Room of Cen- tral YMCA. Wallace G. Ullery, regional coordinator for the seminars, said tonight's session will be on the "Transportation," with the speaker being Robert C. Petersen, manager of the Cumberland Chamber of Com- merce. The discussion will be focused on local, regional and inter- regional systems of moving the maximum number of people in minimum time at an economi- cal cost, according to Mr Petersen, who said emphasis will be placed on local trans- portation systems.

The role of the automobile and its attendant problems also will be aired. The leadership seminars are co-sponsored by the University of Maryland and. the Maryland Municipal League under funds from the Higher Education Act of 1965. The university is admin- istrator of funds in Maryland. Previous seminars have touch- upon history and culture of the area, community govern- ments, economics, education, land use and fiscal services and problems, according to Mr.

Ullery. Getty Move In Accident Case Upheld Appeals Court Says Denial Of Directed Verdict Was Proper The Maryland Court of Ap- peals has upheld a ruling by Judge James S. Getty in a suit involving a 1964 traffic accident at the intersection of Greene Street and Ridgeley Road. The court ruled that Judge Getty's denial of a motion for a directed verdict was proper and the case properly submitted Gas Merger Plan Denied CHARLESTON, W. Va.

(UPI) --The Columbia Gas System has jeen refused a rehearing by the State Public Service Commis- sion in its request to merge gas distributing compan- ies. Columbia sought merge United Fuel Gas Manufac- turers Light and Heat Co. and Cumberland and Allegheny Gas The request first was turned down Jan. 7, 1966. Columbia claimed that the merger would result in net-sav- ings of SI million per year.

Obitti a BRINKMAN--Vernon 46, of 106M2 Arch Street. COOK--Jacob 81, Meyers- dale. HEBB--Mrs. Maggie 91, Oakland. LEMMERT--Mrs.

George 71, Froslburg. MILLER--Mrs. William 80, of 661 Greene Street. OFTEN--William 66, of 417 North Centre Street. WALSWORTH--Howard 56, Hollidaysburg, Pa.

MRS. WILLIAM A. MILLER Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Miller, SO. of 661 Greene Street, died today in Sacred Heart Hospital, where she had been a patient one week.

She had been in fail- ing health for several years. Mrs. Miller was born July 18, 1886 in Frostburg, a daughter of the late William and Mary (Scally) Miller. She was the widow of William A. Miller and a member of St.

Patrick's atholic Church. Surviving are one a Mrs. Thelma K. Roberts, this city; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. The body is at the George Funeral Home where friends will be received from 7 to 0 m.

today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to p. in. tomorrow. WILLIAM W. OFTEN William Wesley Often, (ifi, of 117 North Centre Street, died odny in Memorial Hospital, (Continued on Page IB) COMPUTER MIXES COLORS--The Amcclle plant of Celanese Fibers Company has an extensive technical program for the impiove- mcnt of its product.

Pictured above is Dr. Henry George, area supervisor of process control (seated) and Ted Brookovcr, senior development engineer, using a colorant mix- ture computer to match yarn to standard. This equipment is an important part of the process in manufacturing colored yarn. to a jury. Plaintiff in the suit was George Stein and the defendant was George Hillebrecht.

Infor- mation pointed out that the Stein vehicle was struck in the rear when the Stein car stopped to avoid colliding with a red automobile that sped through the red traffic light as he and Hillebrecht were approaching the green traffic light at the intersection. Defendant Testimony According to the defendant, he had parked his car heading east on Greene, returned to it and waited for the plaintiff to pass, the opinion says. He drove two car lengths behind the Stein car until Stein appliec his brakes and stopped to avoid hitting the car going through the intersection. The defendant said he skidded, struck the plaintiff's car with his left fend- er and pushed the Stein vehicle forward several feet. He said he could not swerve right because it would have put him out of the lane in which he was driv- ing.

He further stated he did not think the plaintiff would have to stop, the opinion con- tinued. The court said the record shows the only three vehicles on the road were the three in- volved. Damage to the auto- of the defendant was slight but the plaintiff's car.was damaged ex- tensively and he suffered per- sonal injuries. Motion Denied A motion for a directed ver- dict was denied and the jury, under instruction by the court, as to which there were no ex- ceptions, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for 026.61 for personal injuries and property damage. When a mo- tion for judgement n.o.v.

was also denied, the defendant ap- pealed. The appellant claimed (Continued on Page 16) Dimes Fund Mail Appeal Under Way Some 23,000 mail appeals for National Foundation March of Dimes fund campaign went out to area residents today. William Walsh is chairman of Allegany County Chapter and J. Frederick Sharer is campaign chairman. The letter appeals were placed in the mail by Mrs.

W. Glen McCreery, executive secretary. Mr. Walsh and Mr. Sharer said the need for funds is urgent if continued progress is to be made in reducing the figure of 250,000 babies born each year with birth defects.

Already March of ported scientists have devised a detecting and controll- ing several conditions which can cause permanent mental disa bility and are working in the fields of German measles anc other diseases known to be responsible for defects," they said. There are 77 treatment cen ters established in the U. it was said. Other officers Permit Required For Using Dump Mayor Thomas F. Conlon to- day a number of com- plaints have been made regard- ing the use of the city dump by unlicensed garbage collectors.

The mayor pointed out that a permit is required for all per- sons using the dump, and that may be secured at the Street Department office in the City Hall. He stressed that vio- ators will be prosecuted. Local Lions Club Slates Program Cumberland Lions Club will be host to W. R. Bryan.

Akron. Key To Progress Technical Operation At Celanese Landed of Allegany County Chapter are Hugh A. McMullen, vice president; Ron- ald C. Brubaker, treasurer; Mr. McMullen, Frederick J.

Hill and Mrs. Joyce Vowell, mem- bers of he board. Mrs. McCreery also announc- ed that Henry Hart Post 1411, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will distribute coin containers in behalf of the campaign. RoadWork Discussed By Board County roads problems were discussed in an executive sess- ion of the Board of Allegany lounty Commissioners yester- dav.

Mrs. Lucile Roeder, board president, said the session was attended by Harry T. Skelly, roads superintendent; Roy Loar, assistant superintendent, and John Erode, chief clerk of the Roads Department. Mrs. Roeder also said she had attended the dedication of the new Potomac Volunteer Fire building at Western Dort, Saturday, congratulated town, its officials and citi- zens and wished them well.

The board voted to send a of commendation. Mrs. Roeder called the new fire hall 'an example of what citizens can do." and noted that the icople of Wcstcrnporl had voted lo tax theselvcs in order to make the endeavor successful. commendation recom- mendation was seconded Commissioner i Several weeks ago it was an- nounced that the Celanese Cor- poration of America had won a national honor--the Kirkpatrick Award for achievement in nanagement. This management achieve- ment is reflected in the opera- ion of the Amcelle plant here.

The local plant is not only one of the largest in the world-wide corporation but is also the first one-having gone into production more than 40 years ago. The key to Amcelle's pro- gress, according to William P. Jopenhaver, plant manager, is a department i works in close cooperation with research units of the Celanese at Summit, N. and Char- lotte, N.C. Officials Named Doug Kay is manager of the Technical Department i Vern Kight as superintendent of chemical development, i Abraham head of process devel- opment and Bob Woodhead as leader of quality control.

Process development is con- cerned with improvements in the manufacturing system for Amcelle's products. Its aim is to take fiber technology and corresponding mechanical de- velopments, and mold them in terms of commercial utiliza- tion; that is, getting maximum, mileage and economy out of the plant's resources and facilities. Chemical as its name implies, is concerned with the chemistry man-mado fibers. At Amcelle, major spe- cific areas of activity are in colored yarns, fiber lubricants and general support and' ser- vice to the plant's manufactur- ing functions. Quality control, the plant's product watch-dog, is a broad operation touching every as- pect of manufacturing' and itial phases of marketing.

At a level such as Amcelle's, qual- ity control is, in the words of one technician, "the trench war- fare of the Celanese guarantee of product quality and perform- ance." Laboratory Central Central-to each of the opera- tional areas is Amcelle's labora- tory, which is actualiy a series of functional-units in five dif- ferent locations which provide an intimate relationship with all plant operations. In addi- tion to the main laboratory, which operates from a central- ly located building on the plant site, there are facilities for physical analysis of materials and products, color control, coal and water, plastics, and waste materials. The technical tools available in the lab sec- Continued on Page 16) ea Cil DOWNTOWN READINGS Yesterday 1 p. in. 42 2 p.

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4fi Commissioner Ohio, third vice president termed the action "corn- Lions I a i a at a meet- nicndable and thoughtful." ing a a IS at Central! YMCA. Mr. Bryan will address the club which has also sot aside the meeting as a 'Ladies' Day" event. Snow Forecast In Skiing Area The Wisp ski area at Depp Creek Lake had no skiing today. Snow is predicted in the ski area tonight with a drop in a Officials said are on a standby basis to "make snow." Ike Thanks Friomls a .1.

I Law, patient at Raker VA Hospital, Ward Iflfi Martinsburg, W. has expressed his a to all who have sent gifts and cards. HI-POCKETS Liltloj 5 P- p. m. 30 7 p.

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Lows from 22 to 28. Clear- i tomorrow, with highs in tho J40s. Western Pennsylvania Clou- dy and colder tonight with soino snow likely in tin; mountains. Lows in the 20s. Considerable cloudiness with snow likely and not much change in tempera- ture tomorrow.

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