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6 The Burlington Free Press SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 1MT Burlington Community Theater To Hold Tryouts On Monday evening at 8 the Burlington Community Theater will hold a short business meeting at its club rooms, 138 N. Winooski and will then US. Marines Hit Beaches In Mekong Delta Club members and all those interested in Community Theater are invited to come to the try-outs any of the three evenings to read for the roles of the seven women and four men. "Our fall play, with a casV of eight, included six actors new to the Burlington stage," said President Dick Young, "and hope to see some more nev faces at this week's tryouts." lhyjh hold tryouts for the winter production.

The try-outs will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, begin This Weekend ning at 8 p.m. at the club SSj "V-" THANH PHU rooms. PENINSULA, land, commander of U.S. forces Make dinina a tawd" Vietnam (AP) A U.S. Marine Johnny Keane, Former Baseball Manager, Dies HOUSTON (AP) John Joseph (Johnny) Keane, the peppery ex-manager of the St.

Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, died Friday night in his Houston home of an acute heart attack. He was 55. Keane led the Cardinals to a 1964 World Series victory over the Yankees, four games to three. Almost immediately, he gave the Cards his resignation, the Yankees fired Yogi Berra as manager and Keane was Ber-ra's replacement. Vietnam, told newsmen aboard the carrier Iowa Jima that the Marine assault, though Corps task force hit the beaches of this Mekong Delta area Fri CUJU Willi I 1 day and helicoptered onto land music and pleasant: of short duration, marked the first commitment of American ing zones inland.

It was the first atmosphere direct American troop commitment to the delta in the Vietnam war. troops to the delta, which has a population, of six million and is important as a rich rice-grow DINNERS SERVED FROM 5 P.M. SUNDAY FROM 4:00 TO 9:00 P.M. Those wishing to read for roles may come on any of the three evenings. "Picnic," by William Inge, will begin rehearsal the following week and will be, performed on Feb.

20 and 21 at the Taft School Auditorium. I The play, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Critics' Circle Award, shows a group of small-town citizens in reaction to the sudden presence of a young man "whose animal vitality seriously upsets the ing area. Splashing ashore in steel am-traks from U.S. 7th Fleet ships Westmoreland added: "In the coming months it is quite likely moored in the South China Sea, the Marines quickly secured the beaches at the southern tip of that there will be some Ameri Complete Meals from $2.95 can troops permanently in the this marshy peninsula 55 miles When the Yankees plunged to 10th place last May, Ralph Houk south of Saigon. This area has delta area.

They will be very much in the minority compared Mr- long been a Viet Cong base. replaced Keane as manager. At the time of his death. lilictorian with the Vietnamese soldier." Shelburne Road South Burlington Phone UN 3-9814 American Express Carte Blanche Credit Cards Honored Other Marines, poised aboard the helicopter carrier Iwo Jima, flew inland in assaults upon suspected Communist training Yermonter Helps entire group." (Hawkins; World-Telegram and Sun). His effect upon a wary mother, her The first Marines to hit the Keane was a special assignment scout for the American League delta were from the 1st Battal MOTOR INN two daughters, and a spinster1 ion, 9th Regiment, an outfit that California Angels.

Keane was born in St. Louis, camps and bivouacs. schoolteacher bring change and has seen a lot of action near the A task force of Vietnamese Rated by Mobil Travel Guide demilitarized zone between marines also moved in as this upheaval into their previously placid lives. Wreckage lies in background as medics and onlookers help five U.S. servicemen injured when two helicopters collided at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon Thursday.

Among those who helped remove injured was S. Sgt. David F. Shanks of St. Albans, Vt.

(UPI Telephoto) North and South Vietnam. but he was a Houston resident for more than 30 years, playing and managing the Texas League Houston Buffs before moving into the big leagues. He was a 'third baseman in his The commander of Compa largest amphibious operation so far in Vietnam got under way. The Vietnamese landed in helicopters and surface craft at ENDS TODAY Matinee at 2:00 Eve. at 6:55 and 8:55 FLYNN ny, Capt.

Michael Sayers, Fort Smith, told newsmen at Boston Fire Chief Seriously Injured In Auto Accident BOSTON (AP) Boston Fire the beach, "We were prepared midday Saturday because at playing days. for the worst, but we walked in He managed Cardinal farm A History Of Teacher Pay By CHARLES LEKK1GO difficult sea conditions that prevailed Friday. The Marine beach landings PSTeH teams in Rochester, N.Y.: Oma' unopposed. "I didn't expect too much opposition, but I did expect some, ha, and Columbus before Chief James J. Flanagan was seriously injured Friday night moving up to the parent club as a coach in 1959.

A year later, he were virtually unopposed except for snipers. The helicopter forces also caught some sniper If a look at the past four years negotiation between Burlington teachers in a three-car accident on the i was surprised there was none," the captain said of his PANAVtSIOM Southeast Expressway. and the School Board reveals anything, it shows salary negotiations do not replaced Solly Hemus as Cardinal manager. COlOtt by Dlmc Flanagan's car was involved fire. By Saturday morning, Ma happen in a local vacuum.

After his 1964 series victory, in a minor rear-end collision, police said, but while he ex Three times in the last four years the teachers have come to the board and Keane said, "I waited 35 years rines were moving out across the water-logged muddy terrain changed papers outside the car, three times have walked away with very nearly their asking. But in each case for this. That's a long time, but it wa3 worth it. I never dreamed SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY SUNDAY SHOWS AT sector. Westmoreland told newsmen that the Thanh Phu Peninsula, also named the Phanh Phong Peninsula, "is a well established Viet Cong base along the coast." The multibattalion forces engaged in the delta landings, coae-named Deckhouse Five, the board has had pressure on it not only by the local teachers but by state a third vehicle struck the cars wedging him between the cars, after a night of sniper harass ment.

Gen. William C. Westmore- a human being could bo this wide sources. happy." and breaking both legs. Police said Flanagan directed rescuers in placing splints on MIR5CH PRODUCTIONS.

HCTiEITS The Burlington Teachers Association had their most recent package down by the School Board at the close of December. "Return his broken legs. UulBrynn assembled last weekend aboard oftim GM Recalling 270,000 Cars To Replace Steering Shafts Dec. 1965 Board still seek- maximum salary would be ing additional sources of reve- $10,304, with additional nue from city fathers; still un- increments for advanced I C010H hint FIMTOT UNITED ARTISTS Here is a brief history of the negotiations, with some of the tangential factors. Jan.

1962 Teachers pre t. 1 Seven" successful. Board rejects BTA schooling, prospoals. He was taken to Boston City Hospital and placed on the danger list. Flanagan, who joined the department in 1929, was appointed chief Nov.

1, 1966. He received national recognition in 1963 when an early And in 1965, state aid to Bur sented the present index, which they are trying in the present Offer of School Board raises lington increased another government to comply with a minimum salary to $5,300 000. Average starting salary new auto safety law. for the first time a starting throughout state was $4,691. negotiations to maintain.

State minimum (since July 1957) was $3,400. March 1962 Teachers won The company said owners of March 1966 After several figure comparative with other large school systems in the 269,200 cars involved in the cur Saturday Gourmet Dinner warm sessions witn Doara pushing for raises only as high rent campaign are being told by their index, with a base of state. But board refused to go morning fire swept the Sherry Biltmore Hotel killing four persons. His direction of rescue efforts was credited with saving scores of lives. certified mail to bring their cars along with proportionate boost as new proposed state $4,000, a figure $600 above the state minimum.

However, on the maximum levels, claim minimum, with the average a 12-ship Navy task force off the coastal resort of Vung Tau, waiting for weather to clear. D-Day was postponed twice because of hazardous sea conditions, particularly for the Vietnamese marines, who had to clamber oversides of their assault transports, flown scramble nets, and into landing craft. Eventually, the order was given for the U.S. Marines to go in first. They assaulted through the gray hght of Friday morning, ramming eight steel am-traks onto "White Beach" after barrages of artillery and rocket fire from the 7th Fleet heavy cruiser Canberra and the medium rocket ship St.

Francis River. With the beach the remainder of the U.S. Marine to GM dealers promptly. salary in the state $191 more In Washington, Dr. William ing they are already competitive.

Even with the increases the Haddon federal highway average salary for all beginning teachers in the state was $4,118, with secondary teachers getting about $200 more than those in than what Burlington was paying its first year teachers, and with BTA asking for a raise safety administrator, said his MAKE 1967 A FLOWER YEAR BTA proposed, however, the elementary grades. of $500 with the present index Burlington will still be below In 1963, the average salary professional associations' for all teachers rose to $4,244. a compromise, with teachers winning a $500 across-the-board hike. Maximum salary went to DETROIT (AP) General Motors Corp. announced Friday it is recalling nearly 270,000 of its 1967 cars to replace possibly defective steering shafts recently adopted as a new safety device.

The company said the suspect shafts are in the smaller models produced by GM, and that none of its larger models is affected. The new, impact-absorbing steering columns collapse under extreme pressure, such as from a collision. A GM spokesman said that eight failures have been reported so far under circumstances such as parking or turning at low speeds. The eight cases, he said, did not involve accidents. He said the defect is in the way the shaft was installed, not in the design of it.

Vehicles involved, GM said, are 89,950 Chevrolet Chevelles and Fl Caminos, 76,103 Pontiac Tempests, 56,441 Oldsmobile F-85s and 46,749 Buick Specials. July 1964 State minimum office had been informed Fri day afternoon of the action. Local Debaters At UNH Today requirement jumped to $4,000. $8,780, 184 Main St. UN 4-9861 recommendations for both maximum and minimum salaries.

The city, according to the BTA survey, is competitive at the maximum levels, but with a present 1.84 maximum on the Dec. 1964 Teachers asked for a base of board offered $4,300 the first year and at OLTON Valley IOITON, VIRMONT A Night in Old Deutchland: First: A visit to the Valley Corner Appetizer Buffet German Beer Soup Wilted Lettuce Salad Pumpernickel Sauerbraten with Gingersnap Gravy Potato Pancakes Bavarian Carrots Rich Black Coffee Apple Streudel According to the March agreement, the teachers would have a $5,000 base and the present index if sufficient state full amount the next Debaters from South Bur conclusion: board accepted BTA aid came through battalion landing team flew to landing zones in helicopters. By late afternoon, the first U.S. troops deployment into the delta was completed. recommendation.

July, 1966 State minimum Every Saturday Night Special catering lington and Burlington High Schools will participate in the 50th annual High School Novice Debate Tournament for New England Schools this Saturday requirement jumps from to $4,800. City still over mini At that time, the teachers were getting $8,280 at the top of their index. The state mum by $200, but still under index, does not approach the 2.0 index for 10 years service; recommended by National and1 Vermont Education A c-ciations. The School Board proposal 1 would lower the top of the index to 1.76, but adds an average, however, was $4,452. average starting salary.

Activities Calender Dec. 1966 State aid came Weddings Private Parties and All Occasions The Old Lantern, Inc. Charlotte, Vt. Burlington, then, was $500 over the minimum, but only $48 above what was actually being through, an increase of $238,000 over the previous year. March BURLINGTON No other GM cars are affect paid.

agreement went into effect Also, in 1964, state began at the University of New Hampshire; Topic for debate: Resolved, that the foreign aid program of the United States should be limited to non-military assistance. Two of the four representatives from a jj school will argue for the proposition; two will take the opposite view. ed because the steering shafts 1n all other GM cars, while still the safety version, are of a different design and do not involve beginning Jan. 1, 1967 Maximum salary was $9,200. Dec.

1966 Salary study con Jan. 8 p.m., CHAPTER PEO MEETING at the home of Mrs. Lelon Weaver, 45 South-crest Drive. A business meeting will follow a talk by John Gardner on "Railroading in pouring financial aid into local schools, giving Burlington $100,000 more than the previous An excellent selection of German table winet it available. Continuous entertainment from 4:30 p.m.

In the James Moore Tavern ducted by BTA committee the same assembly problem, the shows city teachers have com year. spokesman said. He said he did not know how March 1965 School Depart additional five per cent increment for teachers attaining five years service at the maximum step. Since the board has made its offer, BTA has drawn up three alternative proposals, which with the board proposal will be presented teachers for a vote Monday. vAnd the final decision for the year comes Wednesday by the board.

ment won increase in city school many campaigns the company petitive salaries at maximum levels. Study also shows city is not competitive with starting salaries. In 1966, state average on beginning salaries went to has launched to recall its mod tax rate, aften warning that if TONIGHT Tony Curtli Verna Lltl "NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T" Technicolor Sat. A Sun. Matin "Munsters Go Home" P.M.

Color STARTS SUNDAY Charlcton Hlon Tchn icolor 5 00 "Khartoum" the tax boost hadn't passed, els, hut added that GM would have reported any to the federal teachers couldn't have been ipaid raises. Board also sought addi LAST TIMES TODAY! LAST TIMES TODAYI $5,078. Dec. 1966 BTA asks for tional city revenue; was MATINEE AT 2 South Burlington Snow Removal Lags unsuccessful. same index with a $5,600 base; EVENING AT 6:45 8:55 WALT DISNEY presents 1 South Burlington still has some Christmas snow on its sidewalks and Town Manager Henry N.

LeClair is pointing Ransom of $50,000 Frees Woman Held in Her Home an accusing finger at an unsympathetic Mother Nature. Admitting snow removal from the sidewalks is behind the Oapitol Theatre MONTPELIER TONIGHT THRU SAT. Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau "The FORTUNE COOKIE" I mm usual schedule, LeClair blamed TECHNICOLOR it on a near-record snowfall coupled with a warming spell MacMURRAY VERA MILES ADULTS MAT. EVE. $1.25 struggled to the front of the house and attracted a neighbor's attention by breaking the glass in a window with her head.

Scott Werner, special agent in charge of the Denver office of the FBI, said Friday night, "We don't know how many persons were involved." The FBI entered the case, 1 I 1 minutes after depositing the money in the designated room. Hill told authorities the money was gone when he returned. The briefcase was found in another part of the library later, indicating that the money was removed from the building in some other manner, officials said. Mrs. Hill said man left the home after outlining the plan to BOULDER, Colo.

(AP) -Ransom of $50,000 cash was paid Friday to free the wife of a Boulder bank president held prisoner in her home. Betty Lue Hill, 42, was left bound and unharmed in her home after a man, who forced his way into the house at gunpoint, made arrangements by telephone with her husband, Leo, get the money. MAT. 50c, EVE. 75c CHILDREN STARTS SUNDAY MATINEE AT 2 P.M.

I EVENINGS AT 6:10 P.M. 8:10 P.M. ittj liiiilrtiiuieiffifears! her husband. The man told her as he left that he would return Werner said, after receiving! official clearance from the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.

The clearance was based on what! Werner termed "bank larceny! statutes." in five minutes, she said. When he didn't return after several DIME-A-DIP DINNER Holy Cross Church Malletts Boy Sunday, Jan. 8th SERVING FROM 12:00 to 1:30 P.M. BENEFIT NEW CHURCH FUND Ana v-i minutes, Mrs. Hill said she This Saturday Mrs.

Hill told authorities a man in his early 20s was at the door when she answered a knock about 11 a.m. She said his face was covered with a red and white stocking cap which had been pulled over his face with holes cut out for eyes. "He came right in the door and told me to turn around," she said. "He asked me to be quiet and said nothing would happen to me," nwrTHjra jir -m wr Silversmith Skinger is shown working at craft in Alburg in 1940s. Joseph Skinger, Silversmith, Dies that made the snow too wet to shoot through a snow blower.

South Burlington doesn't have a regular sidewalk plow, but usually makes out pretty well with rented equipment and a big blower that shoots the snow into trucks. This year 14.9 inches fell on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Hearing 24-hour record of inches set last Feb. 25 and 26. When the sidewalk digging out began, a bulldozer was tried on the sidewalks, but it didn't work; it shoved a lot of snow into a lot of driveways and walks that had been shoveled by hand. Then the snow blower went to work.

and the weather turned warm and a lot of the snow turned to slush that wouldn't be blown. So they tried using a scoop lifter to dump it into trucks, and that worked but it was awfully clow. Friday it turned cold again and the snow dried out enough to put the blower in operation again. LeClair said although South 200 Student Council Delegates To Attend Workshop in Brandon RUTLAND The first class will be held Approximately also several nieces and neph 200 Student Council members from throughout the state will in parliamentary procedure, which in itself will be 2 PERFORMANCES TODAY SUNDAY 2 8 PM ews. meet at Otter Valley Union divided into two sections: one for those who not MATINEE ADM.

ADULTS 2.00 CHILDREN 1.00 EVENING PERFORMANCES $2.50 acquainted with it and one for those who have been versed in it previously. The chairman of CiJ- i fh ttf Mrs. Hill said the man forced her ito lie down in the hall while he taped her legs and wrists. Mrs. Hill said she was unable to hear instructions the man gave to her husband when he called the bank.

Hill, officials said later, was told in the telephone conversation ito get $50,000 in cash and take it to a room at University of Colorado library. Paul Dawson, chairman of the STOWE Joseph A. Skinger, 55, well-known silversmith, died unexpectedly at his home Friday evening. He was born in Worcester, March 16, 1911, the son of Bruno and Rose (Guyer) Skinger. He had been a fulltime resident of Vermont since 1946, when he started his silversmith business in Alburg.

The family later moved to Stowe. He leaves his wife, Constance (Adams) Skinger of Stowe; three daughters, Joanna, Erica and Carol, all of Stowe; a brother, Richard T. Skinger of Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Knights of Pythias Going To Montreal Bethel Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will make a visitation to the Ivanhoe Lodge in Montreal Monday. The group will leave at 4 p.m.

by chartered bus from the parking lot at 100 South Winooski Ave. The Rank of Knight will be NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED High School in Brandon Jan. 7 for the second Annual Miniature Workshop sponsored by District III Region 2 of the Vermont Association of Student Councils. The students will attend classes and special lab periods in which they will be trained in the techniques of solving pertinent council problems. The theme for the workshop revolves around the topic: "A Time for Action." It relates mainly to the position of the youth of Vermont in the America of tomorrow as the guardians of the future.

board of the First National JULIE ANDREWS CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER the sponsoring region, Louis J. Tesconi, will instruct students who are not familiar with the traditional Robert's Rules of Order, while Joseph M. O'Neill, a Rutland attorney and parliamentarian, will hold the session in advanced parliamentary procedure. Hospitalized Earl Bushey, 256 N. Winooski underwent surgery Thursday at DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital Bank of Boulder, said Hill followed the man's instructions Burlington doesn't have a sidewalk plow like the city's, the COLOR nv Hr 1 town also doesn't have side He said Hill put the money $40,000 in $20 bills and $10,000 in walks like the city's.

There I Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters, exemplified by Past Supreme 13th BIG WEEK! BY ALL MEANS. NOT MISS THIS GREAT ATTRACTION $50 bills in a briefcase and waited, as instructed, in a lava- Representative Harry Pcncer. Members will be accompanied aren't so many miles of them and they're separated by long stretches of walk-less streets. Mrs. Alice Lallochc of Washington, D.C., and Mrs.

Mary Noonan of Worcester, in the library for 10, their wives..