The Burlington Free Press from Burlington, Vermont • Page 17

Paquette Wins 70 Per Cent of Burlington Vote fat-Si" at. -A M- 7 ii hJ i J-trf i rl -r- came in Ward 4, where incumbent Alderman James B. Draper squeaked by Democratic challenger Rosaire Longe with an unofficial 36-vote edge. Independent candidate Noel Boucher acted as the spoiler in the ward, collecting 125 votes. In Ward 1, 23-year-old John T.

Leddy was an easy victor over Republican Robert V. Giroux for the unexpired one-year term recently vacated by William Leach. Leddy is the son of the late Judge Bernard Leddy, who was the youngest alderman ever to serve i Burlington. Mark A. Kaplan was the winner in the other ward race, defeating Stephen Schuster in a three-way race that included Independent Richard Bove, who had been defeated earlier in the ward's Democratic caucus.

Paul Couture, son of Ward 3 Alderman Alfred Couture, was the winner in Ward 2, defeating Independent candidate Peter D. Ray. This could mark the first time a father-and-son team By FREDRIC BAYLES Burlington voters Tuesday gave overwhelming support to Mayor Gordon H. Paquette's two-year administration, giving the Democratic incumbent nearly 70 per cent of the votes over Republican challenger Joseph A. Sullivan.

An unofficial tally gave Paquette 6,089 votes to Sullivan's 2,428. City voters also picked seven aldermen, electing a woman to the board for the first time in the city's 108-year history. The hard-fought mayoral campaign pitted Sullivan, Republican city chairman and relative newcomer to entrenched city politics, against the better known Paquette, who served for many years as an alderman before moving up to the mayor's office two years ago. Sullivan used billboards, television and radio ads to attack the incumbent administration, accusing Paquette of "fiscal mismanagement and misplaced priorities." Paquette's campaign was generally low-keyed, conducted door-to-door. In the last weeks of the election, he used radio ads to answer his opponent's charges.

The mayor carried every city ward, including the heavily Republican Wards 4 and 6. Paquette's landslide swept six Democratic aldermanic candidates into office, including Mrs. Patricia Novotny, a Burlington businesswoman and mother of two. Mrs. Novotny's victory came as a surprise to many.

Her victory over two-term incumbent Torrey Carpenter came in Ward 6, the city's most Republican ward. In a Tuesday night victory statement, Paquette said his win "shows that the people have been able to communicate with City Hall and know what's going on." The mayor thanked voters for their support and pledged "to carry on the business of City Hall." Sullivan could hot be reached for comment Tuesday evening. The only Republican victory Leddy Draper Couture has served on the board. In Ward 3, Chester Bromley a Democrat, topped two independent candidates, Clement LaBelle and John Bartlett to represent the ward on the Board of Aldermen. And Democrat William Blan-chard was the winner in the Ward 5 race for retiring Board President M.

Robert Blanchard's seat. Blanchard, who is not related to the board president, defeated Republican Donald E. Patnaude. Items rejected the $1.4 million scheme to renovate the old post office building on Main Street for. use as a county courthouse, by more than 1,000 votes.

And Burlington voted yes to the question of membership in the proposed Chittenden County Transit Authority, 6,557 to 1,397. The transit authority will provide public transportation to four area towns when Burlington Rapid Transit ends its service this June. for Mayor Burlington Rejects 3 Tax fmltuijtou Jra xm Ok Beautijid UJU WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1973 Police Without Clues In Fitzgerald Slaying Mayor Gordon H. Paquette Reelected Burlington Polls Used Moderately SULLIVAN I I 136 188 51 139 191 43 99 140 36 304 '702 120 131 296 77 221 510 74 1030 2027 401 place, faced brief waits during the later hours of the day. Poll officials at the ward estimated the total vote would be about 50 per cent.

Ward 4 is considered one of the better voting wards of the city. Most voters got into the booths with little or no wait, straggling to the polls all through the warm but overcast day. At some polls there was activity at the entrances as the candidates for various posts made final bids for votes. Burlington voters, as anticipated, turned out in moderate numbers Tuesday to choose a mayor, seven aldermen and a number of ward officials. Voting went relatively smoothly through the day, with no rerun of the threerhour lines that tangled the polls last November.

Estimates put the total city vote around 45 per cent of those registered, the totals fluctuating from ward to ward. Voters at "Lyman C. Hunt School, the new Ward 4 polling Kaplan Mrs. Novotny the then leaf-covered grove of trees. Until the body was discovered by two teen-age hunters Sunday, police had listed Fitzgerald as a missing person.

His abandoned 1972 Vega station wagon, used by the victim on the night of his disappearance, was found the next day in a residential area. Lakewood Estates. Fitzgerald had done a wiring job at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul A.

Levi 53 Van Patten Pkwy. The home is some distance east of North Avenue, not too far from the Intervale area. Tallwood Lane, where the vehicle was found, is some distance west of iNorth Avenue. Investigators are baffled as to who parked the car and left the keys in the ignition. the vehicle was dusted for prints, then, because there was no indication of foul play, it was returned to the Fitzgerald family.

During the intervening five months friends and relatives have been questioned but have been unable to shed any light on his disappearance. Murray and chief investigator Detective Sgt. Wayne Liberty met with the Fitzgerald family Monday night and briefed them on particulars in the case. Fitzgerald's father. Lloyd Fitzgerald, met with detectives again Tuesday and reviewed facts in the victim's life prior to the tragedy.

Murray admitted Tuesday WP hi jy I Today Beginning Of Lent's 40 Days Bromley CkoMftaM Page 17 the case was "tough." because anv clues were now five months old. Fitzgerald's murder is the third unsolved homicide in Chittenden County in less than two years. On July 19. 1971. Miss Rita P.

Curran. 24. of 17 Brooks Ave. was murdered in her apartment bedroom. An autopsy showed the second grade teacher had been strangled to death.

On May 23. 1972. the body of 50-year-old Walter B. Perkins Jr. was found in an Essex ditch.

An autopsy showed death due to strangulation. Police said at the time Perkins was a familiar figure in both Main and North Street cafes. S. Burlington Passes Transit Not Courthouse Voters in South Burlington overwhelmingly chose to join the Chittenden County Transportation Authority Tuesday, but determined to vote down the County Courthouse question. The city holds its annual meeting in May.

But residents turned out to vote at the Middle School on the two county issues. On the transit authority, 971 voted to join, while 250 voted against the county bus service. The courthouse issue saw 580 voting for the $1.4 million project, with 622 opposing it. i i rv 1 vk: Sold the 1st day! whan this Want Ad wsnttowork. 1970 BOMBARDIER SKI-DOO 12 runt good, with covar, ond urt (sizs 12).

1150. 000-0000. DIAL 863-3441 Blanchard 7 h4 bond which will allow Burlington Electric Light Department to purchase joint ownership in four proposed New England nuclear power plants. The issue, which missed the necessary two-thirds vote last November, passed with nearly 500 votes to spare. A bond for the construction of a new water main into the city's north end missed the necessary two-thirds by nearly 300 votes.

Gity voters overwhelmingly Ward Vote Wards 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sub Totals Totals 6089 A -ifi 'It' PAQUETTE 750 697 657 1441 772 742 5059 -V Ml U' The reapportionment plan, passed 4,963 to 2,467, will add an extra alderman to Ward 6, increase the School Board membership from six to 13 commissioners and change ward lines in the central city. Under the new charter change, School Board meetings will be open except when school personnel are discussed. After two tries at the polls, voters approved a $6 million Librarians Now Eligible To Join Union Lindol M. Atkins, president of the Burlington Area Public Employes Union, has announced city officials have accepted members of the library staff as part of Local 1343, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes, AFL-CIO. Ten members of the library's professional staff will be eligible for union membership, marking the first time librarians have unionized in Vermont.

Atkins said the librarians will be the first women members in the union which presently represents six Burlington city departments and the public works department in St. Albans. The librarians will be represented on the union bargaining team currently meeting with city officials over next year's contract. Democratic Women To Meet Thursday South Burlington Democratic Women will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the home of Mrs.

Leo O'Brien, 200 Old Farm Road: Norman James, press secretary to Gov. Salmon, will speak. All interested area women are invited. 1 If' 1 1 lb Clues as well as answers were nonexistent Tuesday as law enforcement officials wrestled with the questions of who killed Lloyd "Pat" Fitzgerald, and why. Deputy State's Atty.

Francis X. Murray said Burlington detectives, backed by an investigator from the chief prosecutor's office, were working around the clock to find the killer of the 27-year-old electrician. Fitzgerald, father of three, and an employe of the Burlington Electric Light Department, dropped from sight here Oct. 2. His bullet-riddled body was discovered Sunday afternoon in a half-frozen cornfield bordering the Winooski River in the Intervale section of north Burlington.

Murray confirmed Tuesday the experts have no motives for the brutal slaying. The popular young man and former athlete had no known enemies, and according to Murray "enjoyed a fine reputation by all who knew him." For a third straight day detectives were in the field trying to locate bullet slugs or any other clues that might be hidden by the water and snow. No slugs were uncovered by a metal detector, indicating the shooting may have occurred elsewhere or in another par of the field. From the position of the body, it appeared Fitzgerald was dragged by his boots into ii 7 ZLA i By FREDRIC BAYLES Burlington residents voted in favor of their pocketbooks Tuesday, defeating three tax items, including both controversial school tax questions, during the city vote. The city School Board's request for a 25-cent school tax increase was defeated nearly two to one, while a 16-cent special maintenance tax for school repair went down with a slightly better percentage.

The vote for a .0175 tax to the Greater Burlington Improvement a Burlington area business and job booster, also was voted down in a close vote. City residents also voted against a $500,000 bond for repair and renovations to the Lyman C. Hunt School in the city's north end. The facility has not met state criteria for nearly nine years. The bond was defeated in an unofficial vote, 4,179 to 3,469.

The only school money issue to pass was the $348,000 bond for the construction of an early essential education facility for handicapped children. The bond, which will provide training to children from homes outside the Burlington area, passed better than two to one. Two city charter changes, one for the reapportionment of city wards and the other which will provide for open meetings of the city's School Board, were passed by the voters. UVM Housing Listing Service Transferred A service of the University of Vermont off-campus housing office has been transferred to the office of residence halls. A listing service whereby landlords and rental agencies have made known housing availabilities to the UVM campus community will now be handled by the office of residence halls, 25 Colchester Ave.

The reason for the change is to make the listings more accessible to those on campus. (The off-campus housing office is at Ft. Ethan Allen). Colchester Plans Family Fun Night A "Family Fun Night," open to the public, will be held Friday at the Colchester Junior High School. A baked ham supper will be served at 6, followed by games for adults and movies for children at 8.

Proceeds will be for audiovisual equipment for elementary schools. The event is sponsored by the Colchester PTO. Reservations must be made by Thursday, by calling 863-5079 or 863-4066. New York! Philadelphia, oar Waxhitlftnm Cherry BloMm House, Capitol, historic sites, Colonial Williamsburg, lop ShsringTwia 900 Bedroom $240 Single Boom 2nd Tour Baa Added Make Reservations Now ond roiorvotiont: Trol Suroou TRANSIT LINES preparation for Easter in remembrance of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent climaxes at Easter Sunday.

Easter on April 22 this year is almost as late as it can be. Easter is a movable feast, meaning it is not always on the same date. It can occur as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. The greatest festival in the Christian Church is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the Vernal Equinox. The equinox this year is March 20 at 7:22 a.m.

when the sun crosses the equator. The first full moon after March 20 is April 17. This formula for the date of Easter was established in 325 A.D. Remember man, that dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return. (Gen.

3:19) Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Palms from last year's Palm Sunday were burned. The ashes are used to form the crosses on the foreheads of the faithful at services today. Sprinkling of ashes on the body is a mark of sorrow for sin. To this meaning of penance, the clergy points out Ash Wednesday adds a second lesson: the reminder of the need for preparing for a holy death.

Lent is a period of 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, excluding Sundays. It observes the 40 days of Jesus Christ's fast in the wilderness. The term Lent comes from an Old English word Lenten. It means spring time. Many Christians observe Lent by fasting, performing penance, giving alms, abstaining from amusements, not solemnizing marriages.

This is an emphasis on the spiritual side of man's nature. For the season originated as one of spiritual 2428 Ponderosa Ll 1 ii 7DayBApril 5,6, 7, 8,910, 11 For Cherry Blossoms Washington, D.C Cherry Blossom Parade 3 inn 'OA Evening in bright I citrine nf I.ihrrtv. Parade, White more! Beautiful accommodations. For lH information af, Mil vpil Philadelphia Richmond Today's Chuckle On trnoll girl to another, a a protttt march: "Ifi lilt a tantrum, only bottor U. until 530-Sat.

until Noon -Ph. itfminoi, voningi, Sat Sunday Ph. 864-4811 Moderator Lawrence Burgess (upper photo) kept the lid on during the day's session. Mrs. Suzanne Kusserow (standing center) pushed for passage of local funding and the issue passed on a voice vote.

Town meeting is a time for dead reckoning and from the faces of these voters at Underhill Center things appeared grim Tuesday. Wasn't a case of misappropriated funds, or the ouster of a town official, simply whether to approve matching federal funds for two new tennis courts. VERMONT.