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On the High Trapeze HISTORY From Our Files WORLD TODAY THE COURIER-NEWS Member of the Gannett Group John E. Heselden, General Manager Eugene F. Hampson, Managing Editor Harvey L. Benner, Business Manager Paul H. Troth, Associate Editor Gerald E.

Schmechel, Advertising Director Stewart W. Smith, City Editor Published daily except Sunday by The Plainfield Courier-News Co. at 201 Church Plainfield, N. J. (07061); Paul Miller, president; John E.

Heselden, vice president and secretary; Cyril Williams, treasurer and assistant secretary; Harvey Benner, assistant treasurer. Friday, September 4, 1964 By JAMES MARLOW Associated Pess Analyst Washington CP) Senator Barry Goldwater's speech, formally opening his presidential bid, contained no surprises but was rather a kind of foundation for what he can say later in the campaign. This speech yesterday was a roundup of positions he has New Jersey Projects stated before. For this rea- 50 Years Ago, 1914 Arthur Hammerstein presented a musical "jollity" entitled High Jinks at the Plainfield Theater. A dance, which climaxed one of the scenes, was called the "Wriggle Waggle Tangle." Also on the week's bill at the theater was "Potash and Perlmutter," famous comedy team.

Plainfield's new directory, the third to be issued in the city since W. L. Richmond took up the work here, was distributed to subscribers. It has 30 more pages than the previous year and the Plainfield section showed about a 10 per cent increase in population over the year before. Mr.

and Mrs. Ernest R. Acker-man returned to their W. Eighth St. home after a three-month trip to the Orient.

They had intended to go around the world but were forced back by the w.ir in Europe. I son, because it touched so many bases, it lammmmm was short on details. If he doesn't go into JS details, plater, I Af Jwill probably jlnTes Mw challenge him an increasing share of the water-borne trade in the New York port area as a whole, with all that means in terms of new jobs and expanded industry. Most of the cost in this project is being paid by the Port Authority, but the federal appropriation bill provides funds for deepening of the channels in the Newark Bay area. One effort helps the other.

Nearby projects in which local, state and federal funds and efforts are combined for area improvement are along the Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays, in the Rahway River flood control project, in the Passaic River basin, and also in the engineering study of the Tocks Island Dam project in the Delaware River. These projects, when carried to completion, will all have a favorable influence on the future of New Jersey. In these projects, federal funds may cover as much as one-half to two-thirds of the cost. Some good examples of sound planning and inter-governmental cooperation were presented this week in a run-down of projects to improve New Jersey harbors and waterways. The list was presented by Senator Clifford P.

Case, to show what Congress has done this year to assist our state and local governments to carry out their obligations. Case pointed to the recently passed Public Works Appropriations bill which provides federal funds to help finance state and local projects. The cost factor is measured against the potential benefit, Case said, and each project must show a favorable cost-benefit ratio. That is, each project must create value greater than the cost. This makes the expense a good investment.

As one example, Case pointed to the $300 million Port Elizabeth development undertaken by the N. Y. Port Authority to help bring to New Jersey I Ml I WJUJITJUVJf 25 Years Ago, 1939 William D. Murray of W. Ninth "who had served the Sunday school of the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church since 1867 and had led the Primary Department for 41 years, resigned.

He said he had taught about 1,400 children in the primary department and was currently teaching children whose parents had been babies on his cradle roll. He estimated he had written and painted some 3,000 "birthday letters" during his years as head of the Primary Department. His sister, Mrs. Townsend Rushmore, who had assisted him most of the years since 1867, except when her own children were too small and active to leave, also resigned. Miss Eileen Veghte's grand champion Brown Swiss cow took all honors for the third straight year in its class in the 4-H Club dairy competitions at th Flem-ington Fair.

Miss Vegtte lived in Somerville. The N.J. Senate Local Hoodlums Leadership May Spark Family Feud By MILES CUNNINGHAM The CourierNews Bureau Trenton A modest quarrel over leadership in the N.J. Senate could develop into a serious intra-party fight. The quarrel is an old one in that each year the Senate majority must select new leaders, and there are always more candidates announced or not than there are posts to be filled.

Next year may be unusual for two reasons: 1965 is a gubernatorial election year, and the most enough to know better. They have been turned over to their parents, pending the filing of juvenile complaints against them. The parents should exercise parental authority promptly. For the most part our young people are well-behaved. It is only the few who "goof off" and occasionally run wild.

But every parent and adult leader has an obligation, by direction and by example, to help young people grow up with respect for the property of others and the desire to maintain law and order. Punishment is in order when that pattern is broken. The three city youths who went on a rampage this week upsetting trash cans, potted plants, and damaging awnings and flag displays along Park Ave. were old enough to know better. Also they came from home environments which should have taught them better.

Their malicious destruction was the result probably of over-exuberance and lack of proper respect for private property. Because the three boys were considered "juveniles," their names have been withheld from publication. But two of the boys were 16 years old and one was 17, and that is plenty old rpmipntlv mpn- wwwwww tioned prospects for the 1 i a Li mr Sergeant York Goldwater has been accused of shooting from the hip and once admitted this may be so. Yesterday he bore down hard on his peaceful intentions, called the Republicans the "Peace Party," and made peace a steady theme in his talk. Because so much he said was a repetition in one form or another of what he had said before this speech at Prescott, was not exactly fiery but, in the process, but he put a lot of pieces gether and can work on them later.

HE PROMISED, IF elected, to end the draft "as soon as possible." He said the armed forces need trained volunteers. As early as last February he said he thought the peacetime draft could be ended. A couple of months after he had said that President Johnson ordered a study of the draft system and said the study group would consider the possibility of ending Selective Service within a decade. When he said "the shadow of scandal falls, unlighted yet by answers, across the White House itself," Goldwater was following up what he himself had said weeks ago: The "dark shadow of scandal that hangs over the White House itself" would be one of the main issues in the campaign. So far he has not gone beyond this generalized statement.

He hasn't spelled out details of any scandaL HE ACCUSED THE John-son administration of "dismantling" American defenses, a charge he has made before. It's been denied by the administration. But Goldwater continues to bang away at it. The senator said Republicans "shall never abandon the needy and the aged we shall never forsake the helpless. We understand their problems in our hearts.

"But we know that a true and lasting solution of those problems cannot be found in degrading, capricious and politically motivated handouts from the White House. It must ultimately be found in a thriving and compassionate economy principally handled by the levels of government closest to the people." This week, when the Senate approved a program of medical care for the aged through Social Security, Gold-water voted against it with-this explanation in part: "My fundamental objection to this proposal is that it is based on the unspoken premise that American workers, whether in the $5,000 or $50,000 class, are incapable of deciding how to spend their money. It reveals a contempt for the intelligence and judgment of our people nation and once again the influence in the state Senate. Each of the three major offices in the Sen ate brings with ii i vi: y1 takes a large share of the blame for this. However, there are eight members on the Senate Judiciary Committee which must clear nominations for a vote on the floor of the Senate.

Ozzard disclosed at a press conference Tuesday the opposition to Parsekian was bipartisan. Senator John A. Lynch, the Democrat from Middlesex County, said he voted for Parsekian. Senate Minority Leader Anthony J. Grossi, D-Passaic, was absent.

Senator Sido L. Ridolfi of Mercer County, the only other Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has declined comment. Some Republicans look upon Ozzard's contest with the Governor disapprovingly, and others contend the majority leader is acting as just that a leader. "I was particularly unhappy about Tuesday's Senate session if Ozzard and the Governor want to play ping pong, I don't see why the Senate has to be dragged in," said Stamler. THE REPUBLICAN majority is now said to be evenly divided in the Senate among the old hands those who have served longest and the relative newcomers.

In this last category are considered Senators Frederick J. Scholz, R-Camden; Edwin B. For-sythe, R-Burlington, and John E. Hunt, R-Gloucester. Senator George B.

Harper, R-Sussex, resigned earlier this year to become state auditor and left this standoff, possibility. With Harper, there were 15 Republicans. At least the ingredients for an uninhibited family fight are now present. Moreover, he faces a primary contest next year. For these reasons, he is not expected to seek one of the demanding leadership jobs Senate president, majority leader or chairman of the Appropriations Committee.

AS ANTICIPATED, Ozzard has been a strong leader. This week the Senate was recalled by the Governor to consider 13 judicial nominations left unconfirmed in an earlier special session.The Senate met Tuesday for 2xh. minutes just as Ozzard had said it would. Democrats were righteously indignant, as were some Republicans. Stamler and Senator Wayne Dumont, R-War-ren, have publicly deplored the unproductive session.

Ozzard said if the Governor persisted and called another special session, Republicans might boycott. Dumont and Stamler have said they would appear. While Ozzard has made enemies leading the fight against Governor Hughes' judicial nominations, there is another side to the coin. "He's been taking the rap for a lot of other people, not all of them in his own party," said one senator this week. "It isn't fair and it ought to be ended." The Senate and ultimately Ozzard have been widely criticized for holding up the judicial appointments which Hughes says must be made to meet an unprecedented backlog of cases in the courts.

THE APPOINTMENT of former Motor Vehicle Director Ned J. Parsekian to a Superior Court judgeship has been blocked, and Ozzard it auueu puuuc 10 Years Ago, 1954 George F. Freeman of 102 Manning Ave. was named acting executive secretary of the Moorland Branch YMCA. Freeman replaced Donald P.

J. Simmons. The Rev. Donald Moreland, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Clinton, was scheduled to preach at the morning and evening services of the Hydewood Park Baptist Church in the absence of the Rev. Joseph S.

McCullough. The Rev. Mr. McCullough was attending a conference at Homer City, Pa. 5 Years Ago, 1959 Savel Kendall of 1008 Maltby South Plainfield, was appointed a full-time instructor at Union Junior College.

Kendall was scheduled to teach Russian, English and French. William T. Prim of 853 Adams Circle, was appointed to the newly-created position of Johns-Manville resident sales manager in Puerto Rico. The Plainfield native joined J-M in 1955 as a sales engineer. Prior to that he was associated with the Worth-ington Corporation of Harrison.

Today in History On this date in 1886, Apache Indians under Chief Geronimo surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz. On this date in 1913, Andrew Jackson and Thomas Benton were wounded in a brawl in the streets of Nashville, Tenn. In 1870, Empress Eugenie took refuge from a Paris mob in the house of American dentist Thomas Evans. Disguised in Mrs.

Evans' clothes, the Empress escaped to England. In 1929, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin completed a trip around the world. In 1953, Florence Chadwick of California set a new speed record in swimming the English Channel from England to France. In 1953, the highest ranking U. S.

Army officer captured by the Communists, Maj. Gen. William Dean, was released after 37 and one-half months in North Korean prisons. Watch Your Language LAME (la-MAY) noun; an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads are woven with silk, wool, rayon or It is fitting that an honor guard from his old outfit the 82nd All American Division will participate in the funeral services for Sgt. Alvin C.

York, the Tennessee doughboy hero of World War 1 who died Wednesday at age 76. It is also appropriate that a choir will sing three of his favorite hymns, including "Onward Christian Soldiers." Sergeant York was a Christian soldier who believed the commandment "Thou shalt not kill." He was once a conscientious objector, but he answered the call to serve his country and used his skill as a marksman to save his buddies and to become a national hero and a legend in the 82nd Division. In 1941, before the United States entered World War 2, the Sergeant York legend was renewed in a moving picture based on his life. It was shown in Army posts and theaters across the of Sergeant York was felt. It had its impact on the 82nd Division, then under command of Gen.

Omar Bradley, at the time that the 82nd was divided to form America's first two Airborne Divisions, the 82nd and the 101st. Both airborne divisions earned a place in history In World War 2. It was the men of the 82nd Division, still proud of the legend of Sergeant York, who led the victory parade up Fifth Ave. in New York. New names have been added to the list of heroes, and Sgt.

Alvin C. York will always be enshrined among them. A quotation made by the sergeant should also be enshrined in the hearts of men in America as a reminder in days of doubt and uncertainty. "The thing some forget," Sergeant York had said, "is that liberty and freedom and democracy are so very precious that you do not fight to win them once and stop." Letters from Our Readers The CBS Yankees Sports Fans View with Alarm exposure, a commodity fice seekers re- Cunningham quire like air and water. Most feel that reapportionment is on the horizon threatening to take away Senate seats or at least to rearrange them.

This may heighten survival instincts in the Senate at the expense of the "old club" atmosphere. The N.J. Legislature, unlike those in 31 other states, rotates the leadership each year. The odds are this system will be retained, despite a recommendation by the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University that it be abandoned. Now there is for every member of the majority the possibility of becoming speaker of the Assembly or president of the Senate.

The Eagle-ton Institute in a report for the Legislature said leaders should serve for more than two years, "but a two-year term would be an important step in this direction." HOWEVER, the 14 Republicans in the Senate apparently are agreed that if this change is to be made it should not be done in a gubernatorial election year. Under the Senate's customary progression, Senate Majority Leader William E. Oz-zard, R-Somerset, would move up to Senate president in 1965. But Ozzard served as president in 1963. Senate President Charles W.

Sandman R-Cape May, served a second term as majority leader last year. Ozzard was in line for the post that year, but Sandman stayed on at Ozzard request. Ozzard asked for a one-year delay on account of poor health. Thus, both Ozzard and Sandman have had what must be considered a fair opportunity in the leadership roles under the rotation system. Last year, Senator Raymond H.

Bowkley, R-Hunterdon, challenged Ozzard for majority leadership without success. Because of seniority in the Senate and no prior service in the leadership posts, those who would move up next year are Bowkley and Senators Nelson F. Stamler, R-Union, and Pierce H. Deamer, R-Ber-gen. Deamer is recovering from exploratory surgery and has been absent from two special sessions of the Senate in which he had a vital interest.

I'm sure at least one of these men is well able to cover the total complexities of government and politics. I'd like to see this debate, and so would many people who now realize just how important the vice president can be after all, another madman's mail-order bullet and our next President could be Hubert Humphrey or William Miller. I have a feeling that it would be the Republicans who would be anxious to default at the prospect of this debate. JOEL LE BOW Califon. LAFF-A-DAY Editorial Research Report Washington Owners of American League baseball clubs will meet in Boston next Wednesday to discuss sale of the New York Yankees to the Columbia Broadcasting System.

The sale of the Yankees to CBS is providing material for professional viewers with alarm, many of whom are discovering more than a decade too late that baseball may be a sport but it is also in all realism a business, and quite a big business at that. For all the paternalism of the U. S. Supreme Court, the pattern of franchise shifts in the 11 years since the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee the first relocation of a major league team in half a century has made it pretty clear that gate-watching owners rule the sport. There is a certain inside irony about the CBS-Yankee deal.

American League President Joe Cronin, who polled the owners by telephone or telegram for their approval in a much criticized procedure, only last January had opposed still another franchise transfer from Kansas City to Louisville with the ringing statement: "I doubt if the American League owners would like to make a checkerboard out of an American League franchise." .1 Asks VP Debate Your little bit of naivette in your editorial of Aug. 27 entitled so nobly "A Wrong Decision" deserves some comment and some commendation. First, as President, Lyndon B. Johnson, if placed in a position of debate with candidate Barry Goldwater, would automatically assume the role of justifying his actions, decisions, policy, and general performance as President. There could be no other way such an encounter could appear.

In 1960, if you can remember, neither candidate was President, both were relatively free to discuss the issues at hand, and neither had to appear to be justifying his own performance in office. It is unnecessary for the President of the United States to present an accounting of his activities in office for the delectation of Candidate Gold-water. Invariably, some of the issues would have to touch upon the actions, policy and performance of the late President Kennedy. Since JFK can no longer enter the debate he enjoyed so much, it seems a bit ungracious, or opportunistic, to demand that debate of another who personally does not favor such a technique. Since a television debate could be used to acquaint the public with the issues and viewpoints of the candidates and parties, why cheat the public of this opportunity? Here I commend you for keeping the debate issue alive.

Why not use the medium of your paper to suggest a debate between the vice presidential candidates, William Miller and Hubert Humphrey? THE SALE does not become final until November. That leaves plenty of time for public discussion, for the review of the transaction asked by CBS, for a once-over by the U. S. Department of Justice, and even congressional intervention. Rep.

Emanuel Celler, D-N. chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which handles antitrust matters, on Aug. 16 questioned whether show business might replace baseball day and night. Within the American League, the sale is opposed by Arthur Allyn of Chicago and Charles Finley of Kansas City. Allyn holds that the vote as called by Cronin was contrary to league rules.

THE RUB is not the size nor the secrecy of the deal. Fans have seen what television has done to wrestling, where not even the pretence of honesty is maintained, and to boxing, which has been ground into the dust. They see what television is beginning to do to golf. Even the most innocent sports enthusiasts remember the rigged television quizzes. And these fans will be asking, between now and November, whether, in self-protection, CBS's television rivals won't have to buy into baseball.

The next inevitable question is: Can baseball be sold into the hands of ratings-hungry programmers who wouldn't know a Texas leaguer from a Baltimore chop? Television excuses violence and hillbilly nonsense by saying it only gives the viewers what they want. What if CBS Chairman William S. Paley decides that what the public really wants is Chinese home runs? On a Boy's Letter I like the letter from the teenage boy, Robert J. Yannuzzi Jr. (Sept.

1). He didn't want to say the wrong thing about our presidential candidates. I feel as he does. I like what President Johnson said: "Come, let us reason together," and he said he prayed for the Lord to help him. Goldwater seems to think he is right in everything.

My Bible tells me no one is perfect. May God bless the teenager that wrote such a nice letter. I'm sure he has nice parents and wants to do right. We need more good boys like him. MRS.

WILLIAM SWODY Plainfield 9-H CENTRAL JERSEY SKIES TODAY Sunset today 7:26 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:29 a.m. Mooririse tomorrow 5:34 a.m. New Moon Saturday night The planet, Venus, rises 3:06 a.m. and much dimmer Mars is now well above it.

The ruddy planet is now just south of Pollux, star of the constellation, Gemini. Daily Bible Thought We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren because that your faith groweth exceedingly. II. Thessalonians 1:3. Some people, like stalled cars, will go no farther than they are pushed.

The ones who go on are cause for fervent thanks. Kinsr Feature Syndicate, 1964. World TipriU referred. "You're wasting your time, George I ate the last of the corned beef before I came to, bed.".