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-A 'k Preliminary Work Under Way On Low-Cost Housing Study Truck Brakes Fail Sunday On South Hill "2. It seems obvious that the city should begin to consider public housing for its elderly population in the amount of approximately 100 units." Niederkom, in today's report, went on to summarize that "Earlier retirement and increased life-span force us to consider the needs of the elderly especially where housing is concerned. "The problem of the economic condition of our elderly population must be considered and acted upon now. Several types of housing must be considered in order to serve adequately the needs of the elderly in Ithaca and Tompkins County." Among the particulars he mentioned: 1. There are 521 households in Ithaca with heads over 65.

Of grams will be outlined. What the Housing Authority's precise role would be is not clear at the moment, though chairman Jack K. Kiely said he would confer with Johns on the subject to determine a future course of action. "Before we started the study on middle-income housing, we didn't think there was this much demand in the city for low-cost housing," Niederkorn said. The study, however, enumerated several revealing items, he said.

Nlederkorn's conclusions? In regard to demand for middle-income housing for Ithaca's elderly, analyses indicate a potential demand for at least 100 units at rents of $75-95 per month, with the majority of the units being efficiency type to accomodate elderly individuals. By JERRY LANGDON Preliminary work on a study of low-cost housing for the city is already underway, Planning Director Thomas Niederkorn said this morning. His staff is also completing work on a study of middle-income housing for the elderly. Today's announcement is in conjunction with Mayor Johns' request Friday that the Ithaca Housing Authority be activated to consider the situation. The Planning Board's study will delve into all aspects of low-cost housing, with presumably a major emphasis to come on its relation to the aged population.

Niederkom released a report today that termed the economic condition of the city's elderly a problem that must be considered and acted upon now. Various state and federal pro i 't i l'' -E, 4- o.r- of CO II4.0tool4tsm,,,, l''' i 1 I 1 vit- 4 1 4 1 I' '1 11 1 Oa 1 11 A ,,,11.7 1 'i I 77' I 4.1 4 '-i it Nil 1. -'-') -J .1..... I It: 'sr' 0, 'i. set.

.1 7' 17:177:4 41" 1, '-''f '11 k. ilk 4. 4 -4' 0 "1- 1 i' 44t, 't I I 4 '1, "-k a i a 1 i- 4 1 1 IJ A i ,,,4 1 ..3, 3 i 1 0 I 1 I these; some 325 have total household incomes of less than $3,000 per year. Some 26 per cent of these 521 households have total household incomes of less than $1,000 per year. "This 28 per cent is paying an average of $79 per month in rent.

"This figure shows that these households are paying almost their total income in rent, which means their other needs are either neglected or are being provided for by public assistance programs. These figures indicate there is a need for low-income housing for the elderly in Ithaca, as well as middle-income housing." 2. Some 16.2 per cent of Ithaca's population is 65 or older, 20.2 per cent are 60 or older. The elderly population of the city is increasing three times as fast as the population as a whole. 3.

Four major problems of the elderly are physically and economically suitable housing, decline of economic status, loss of security, and need for continuing social interaction. 4. Median income for elderly households (60 or older) is $3,539 per year, while the median income for the city as a whole is $6,125. 5. Critical income group is aged males and females living alone, with 70 per cent of these individuals having incomes of less than $3,000 per year.

6. Some 38 per cent of the single persons over 65 have incomes of less than $1,000 per year. "This figure represents 212 old persons who are at the bottom limits of poverty in Ithaca," the Planning Board report said. 7. Of the 135 elderly renters 65 or older with incomes of less than $1,000 per year, nine per cent pay at least $100 in rent each month, which is deficit spending.

City Court Adjourns Journs Driver Case The driver of a runaway truck maneuvered his vehicle to a safe stop shortly before noon Sunday after the truck roared down South Hill and crossed several intersections before coming to rest. Luigi J. Dirienzo, 26, of 156 Henry Binghamton, driver of an American Express tractor trailer truck, told police that the air brakes of his vehicle gave out coming down the S. Aurora St. hill.

No injuries or property damage was reported. The incident occurred only minutes before services were dismissed at St. Paul's Methodist and the Unitarian Churches. Sounding the horn of the truck, Dirienzo guided the vehicle at a high rate of speed down the hill and passed the intersections of State, Seneca, Buffalo and Court Sts. The truck rolled across the bridge over Cascadilla Creek and came to a stop near Farm Ithaca police said.

Charles A. Wooster of Newfield RD 1 was charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday afternoon after being involved in a one-car accident on the Depot Rd. in the Town of Newfield. Wooster posted $50 bail for a later appearance before Newfield Peace Justice Lewis Howell. While driving west on the Depot State Police said, Wooster failed to negotiate a curve and struck several guard rails.

John T. Smith, 20, of Freeville RD 2 was issued a summons Saturday for following too closely after he struck the rear of a car operated by John W. Finley, 22 of Weedsport at the intersection of Rtes. 366 and 13 in the Town of Dryden. Smith was fined $10 by Dryden Peace Justice Harry Spaulding.

State Police said Smith struck the Finely car when it slowed to allow an unidentified vehicle to enter a driveway. THE ITHACA JOURNAL, Journal Photo by George Clay SOME WINGS WOULD HELP persons who try the front entrance of Ithaca Schools' new administration building on opening day today. The sign says 'Keep Off Fresh The same wings would help ascend the 314-foot step at the open back entrance of the building. Monday, March 29, 1965 PAGE 9 Does Community Offer Move-Worn Schoolmen Face Opening Day Ups and Downs Programs for Girls? A mild furor has arisen over comments at a recent Youth Bureau Advisory Council meeting concerning the alleged lack of activities for girls in the community. Youth Bureau Director Robert The Planning Board's study will in many ways elaborate on and go into greater detail than that done on low rent (as well as middle-income) housing here two years ago by the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal.

The state group said at the time: "A suitable site location, considering proximity to shopping centers, transporation, parks, and social and cultural atmospheres, will have an important influence on occupancy of a new project." Guggenheims Awarded To 8 Ithacans Any citizen fortunate enough to discover the unmarked mud-hole that eventually will serve as a visitor's parking. and who circumvented the dozen or more puddles on the way to the main entrance found only a sign, "Keep Off Fresh Concrete" as compensation for his water-soaked feet. It seems that someone (not a woman) changed his mind about what should be in the entrance, so asphalt tile cement covered By GEORGE B. CLAY Today is one day Superintendent James I. Mason couldn't possibly lean back in his chair, prop his feet on the desk and thinkhe has no chair.

The move-weary central office staff, today continued their weekend task of getting settled in their new quarters adjacent to the Ithaca high School. Employes are utilizing after-hours, weekends and vacation time to get the job done. Fluoridation Opponents Urge Letters C. Briggs has studied the situation. He reported today that there is an abundance and variety of programs available for girls in both the "pree-teen" and "teenaged" categories.

"After meeting and corresponding with various agencies serving Ithaca and Tompkins County, I have discovered that this community is extremely fortunate to have an abundance and a very large variety of excellent programs being conducted under well-established agencies such as the 4-H, Camp Fire Girls, and the Neighborhood Houses, to mention just a few," Briggs said. He added that the Youth Bureau office at City Hall would be glad to act as a clearing house for girls interested in registering for various activities, whether or not the programs are connected with the Youth Bureau. Among the programs Conservation Parley Odessa Posts Still in Doubt Scheduled at Batavia A charge of driving while intoxicated against an Ithaca man was adjourned in City Court this morning. The defendant, Gordon C. Buzzell, 50, of 304 E.

State St. requested a postponement of his case. City Judge Edward J. Casey adjourned the matter for further hearing on Monday, April 5. Buzzell is at liberty on $100 bail.

He was summoned Saturday after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a car operated by James H. Gaherty, 34, of 409 N. Albany St. Buzzell was reported by Ithaca police to have struck the Gaherty car several times in the rear near the intersection of State and Aurora Sts. John R.

Oltz, 19, of 235 Floral Ave. is being held in the Tompkins County jail in lieu of $150 bail after he appeared today to answer to three traffic charges. Summoned Saturday in the 900 block of W. Seneca Oltz is charged with operating a vehicle with no insurance, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and violating a restriction of his operator's license, namely, driving without corrective lenses. He is represented by attorney Stanley Tsapis.

His case was adjuorned until Thursday for further hearing. Hearing of a charge of reckless driving against Francis J. Darrow, 21, of Ludlowville was also adjourned until Thursday. He is represented by Tsapis. Darrow was summoned Saturday evening in the 100 block of E.

Green police said. Robert Champlin of Owego was given a three month suspended sentence in the county jail and placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to cashing a check without sufficient funds. He was represented by Owego attorney Laverne Brister. The charge against Champlin was made in January after he cashed a check for $20 at a local supermarket. James C.

Fu, 27 and York Feng, 27, both of 223 Eddy St. were each fined $10 after appearing on a summons issued Saturday evening in the 800 block of Stewart Ave. Feng was fined for driving without a license. He was operating a car owned by Fu, who was charged with permitting unlicensed operation. In other court actions a charge of disorderly conduct against a Danby youth was dismissed by Judge Casey.

The youth was alleged to have made an obscene statement to an Ithaca woman. The charge was dismissed on the ground that there was reasonable doubt that the statement had been made. The youth involved had not been arrested but was subpoenaed to appear in court for the hearing this morning. Three other motorists were fined a total of $25. Two paid fines of $10 each for passing through traffic signals and the third paid a $5 fine for going the wrong way on a one-way street.

the floor. An undaunted visitor then could walk around to the back and face the possibility of taking a 31i-foot step upwards. If he made the wrong guess about which door, he could jump down, then take another giant step upwards in the unintentional "May game. Secretaries, who somehow managed to get in, took off their coats in anticipation of a pleasant task, only to put them back on quickly. Someone had turned the heat off.

Ilardied individuals left their coats off, but most began to shed their outdoor wear about 10 a.m. Furniture appears to be a mixture of new, old, and rummage-sale. Superintendent Mason said painters will "coordinate" it with paint, one office at a time. Workmen moving boxes of paper and books shared working space with painters and tile-layers. Painters provided a Mutt and Jeff situation when a short one stood on a ladder painting ceiling trim; a tall one, who could have painted some of the ceilings without a ladder, bent over touching up scuff marks near the floor.

Assistant Superintenden Leonard C. Buyse arrived with any office's most important piece of equipment, waste baskets. Workmen are trying to finish the office, finish the academic wing and get as much of the alterations made in the old buildings as time will permit, before pupils return next week. Perhaps the smartest of all was Curriculum Director Jane C. Stoutenberg, who had a vacation and took it.

When all the minor irritations and inconveniences are over, she'll come back and settle comfortably. How have waterfowl migration routes changed? How are waterfowl surveys made and how are they used in drafting hunting regulations? Why are snow geese decreasing and blue geese increasing in numbers? Sportsmen of New York State will learn the answers to these and many more questions at the 14th Annual Conservation Workshop, April 22-24 in Batavia, according to Prof. Richard J. McN I conservationist at the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. The two-day schedule which Nil' include tours of the Oak Orchard State a me Management area, the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, both near Oak-field, and the Montezuma Refuge near Seneca Falls.

The sportsmen hope to large numbers of geese and will learn about the management of these areas and methods of col PEE-TEENS Power lawn mower training (April 5, 12, 19, 26), embryology (taught in schools), camping, farm projects, home making projects (cooking, sewing, arts and crafts, dancing, sports (volleyball, gymnastics, roller skating, basketball, quiet games, outdoor games, field trips, science projects, girls' clubs, and baton classes. Seven faculty members at Cornell University and an Ithaca writer have received John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship awards. Guggenheim grants are made to assist persons in carrying on work in their various fields which have been proposed to the foundation. The awards are made on the basis of scholarly and scientific research, and creative ability in the fine arts. The eight Ithacans are among 313 scholars, scientists and artists chosen from among 1,869 applicants to receive the fellowships.

Those at Cornell named for awards by the foundation's Committee of Selection are: James Ax, assistant professor of mathematics, studies in alegbraic number theory. Walter F. Berns, professor of government, Rousseau's political thought, particularly in reference to the relation of free speech and a free press with the problem of self-government. Eric A. Blackall, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, the formal structure of the novels of the German Romantics.

Herbert L. Kufner, associate professor of linguistics, contrasts in linguistic structure between English and German. Frank Spitzer, professor of mathematics, the theory of stochastic processes. Peter C. Stein, associate professor of physics, studies on electron positron interactions.

Jacob Wolfowitz, professor of mathematics, studies in mathematical statistics and information theory. Receiving an award for ereeative writing in fiction is Miss Alison Lurie, Ithaca novelist. lecting data about waterfowl. Richard E. Griffith of Boston, regional director of the U.S.

Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, will report on the national refuge system and its contributions to the waterfowl management program. Friday evening (April 23) the group will hear three speakers describe how the annual waterfowl regulations are determined. Speakers include Water Crissey, director of the U.S. Migratory Bird Station, Laurel, Maryland, who will tell how the annual continental waterfowl population surveys are made; John Gottschalk, director of the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Washington, D.C., who will outline the federal responsibilities and procedures in drafting the proposed regulations; and E.

L. Cheatum, assistant commissioner for Fish and Game, of the State Conservation Department, Albany, discussing the state's role in waterfowl regulations. After the tour of the Montezuma Refuge on Saturday morning (April 24) many in the group will go to the John Milton Thruway Motel, Syracuse, for the annual spring meeting of the New York State Conservation Council at 1:30 p.m. Sportsmen may make reservations for the workshop until April 1 by contacting Martin Turner, 7631 Old Lake Shore Road, Lakeview. ODESSAThe game of musical chairs, involving the mayor's job and that of one trustee in the village of Odessa, continues.

It is possible that a state ruling may yet be required to determine whether or not the incumbent mayor, Charles Harrington, or a newcomer to politics and a relatively recent arrival in the village, Sydney Hynes, was given the $300 a year job by voters during village elections Tuesday, March 16. Harrington received 45 votes as a mayoral candidate. Hynes, candidate for the trustee post, received 49 votes for that and 58 write-ins for mayor. After elections, the village attorney ruled Hynes ineligible to hold village office because of a property ownership technicality. Hynes is a former Chemung County resident and has lived in the Odessa area for about two years.

He has said he would prefer the job of mayor if ruled eligible for office. As of mid-morning today, he had not filed proof of property ownership with the village clerk as required. He is not compelled to do so before noon Monday, April 5, 1965, when the current village officers' terms expire. The annual organizational session of the village board is scheduled for that evening. The trustees in Odessa receive an annual salary of $100.

Should Hynes be ruled ineligible or be approved for the mayor's job, a trustee could be appointed by the board and vacancy committee or a special election might be scheduled to fill that vacancy. There were two more political developments in the fluoridation controversy in Ithaca over the weekend. The Ithaca Committee Opposed to Fluoridation urged residents to write to Assemblyman Canstance Cook and to Sen. George Metcalf in Albany in favor of Bill 168, involving referendums on fluoridation. "Bill 168 has been introduced by Assemblyman (L.F.) Russo of Nassau County which, if passed, would require a vote of citizens in all communities such as Ithaca where there is constant pressure to make fluoridation compulsory for all who use the municipal water supply," said Mrs.

Lois J. Foster, cochairman of ICOF. "More than half of these United States make provision for a referendum on this issue," Mrs. Foster added. "If you think that New York State residents should also have this privilege, write immediately to Tompkins County Representative Constance Cook, Assembly Office Building, Albany; and to Sen.

George Metcalf, Senate Office Building, Albany." The other development concerned mayorality candidate John F. Ryan, who has said he opposed fluoridation. Ryan called on other candidates including incumbent Hunna Johns, George Culligan and W. Arthur Sprague to make known their positions. "Mayor Johns evidently is try.

lag to straddle the fence at least until after the election," Ryan said, adding that Johns' veto a few weeks ago of Common Council's "rush" order to fluoridate was nothing more than a delaying tactic. Ryan said he would be "more satisfied" to see the issue taken out of politics by having Common Council rescind its Nov. 4 action by which it voted to fluoridate the city's water supply. "I urge Council to do this at the next meeting," Ryan concluded. Next Council meeting is scheduled for April 7.

TEENS Auto program, leadership de. velopment (three classes in the fall), power lawn mower training (April 5, 12, 19, 26), embryology (taught in schools), dress revue, camping (counseling and techniques), arm projects (gardening, animal and pet raising, home making projects (cooking, sewing, volunteer service projects, career exploration, sports, skill development, arts and crafts, dancing, gym activities, and resident camp. 1 Al 1 Road Aid Proposed For Villages Increases In state aid pay. President Relaxes WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson relaxed Sunday at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains of western Maryland. The President and Mrs.

Johnson flew to the camp by helicopter Saturday night and returned late Sunday evening. Pope Asks For Report Elm Disease Control Measures Outlined ments to villages, recommended by the Commission on State-Local Fiscal Relations, would add $37,000 to the five villages of Tompkins County. The commission serves in an advisory capacity to the State Legislature on the problems of aid in financing small governments. It proposes to add street and traffic aid, a new area of state tax funds. The amount of per capita aid would also increase.

Total increases in aid proposed for these uses is $6.08 million. Villages the size of Cayuga heights, Dryden, Freeville, Groton and Trumansburg would get from $370 to $510 per mile if the Legislature approves the proposal. The commission's formula also varies the amount of per capita aid to match local resources available, rather than continue with the same amount per capita throughout the state, as it is now computed. The funds to provide the street and traffic aid would come out of the proposed increase in state motor vehicle license fees. Sums to be added to payments to Tompkins County villages under the proposal would be: Cayuga Heights, Dryden, Freeville, Groton, Trumansburg, $11,498, Watkins Justice Fines Drivers VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul VI has told the Vatican birth control commission that the Roman Catholic Church needs its recommendations urgently.

The Vatican press office, In the first official mention of the commission since its formation last year in the midst of public debate on the new contraceptive pills, said it would draw up its final report after its current working session in Rome. There was no indication when this report might be presented to the Pope. Pope Paul's speech to the commission at an audience Saturday, and published today appeared to be a clear exhortation to the commission to overcome reported divisions. It is said to be divided into three groups. One favors a strict adherence to current Church teaching against any birth control except through the rhythm system.

Another proposes limited use of the new pills. Third suggests a more liberal use in the light of world population growth. of Bidrin for control of the smaller European elm bark beetle, cankerworms, and aphids on American elm. The department specified it can only be used by people "specifically trained and qualified for this use by the manufacturer or its duly authorized representatives." In addition, each qualified arborist must have a numbered certificate of training issued by the manufacturer and registered with the USDA. No training schools have been held in New York State so the specialist cautioned homeowners not to let unauthorized persons or unauthorized materials be used on their elm trees since the amount injected to control bark beetles is very close to the amount which causes injury to the trees.

If tests of Bidrin in New York State are favorable this year, Weidhaas said he hopes supplies will be adequate and training schools for arborists will be provided for 1966. The next three or four weeks are critical in carrying out recommended sanitation and spraying programs for control of Dutch elm disease, said a Cornell University entomologist. Prof. John A. Weldhaas of the State College of Agriculture, said that homeowners and municipal officials should not forego present control measures In hopes of using the new injection treatment of an insecticide, Bidrin.

There is not enough of the new material available for the injection treatment and too few trained men to apply it in New York State this year. Weldhaas said the chemical has received only preliminary testing in the Northeast. The present injection tool is only a very recent development. Bid. rin's effect on the native elm bark beetle is unknown and the timing of the treatment in the four plant zones of the state must still be determined.

He is not reconunending its use until further studies and observations of treated trees tation, the removal and burning of any and all dead elm wood in which bark beetles can breed, is essential whether the spraying or injection method is used for control of beetles. Weidhaas cited studies in Wisconsin showing that the control of bark beetles by Bidrin reduced the incidence of Dutch elm disease tq 1.6 per cent of the treated trees. Experience in Buffalo and Syracuse shows that an effective, continuing sanitation program alone, on a municipal-wide basis, has kept tree losses under one per cent. This is without the use of any chemical control treatments for beetles. In areas where no sanitation programs have been carried out, special sprays of DDT or methoxychlor, properly applied under ideal conditions, have given 99 per cent control of bark beetles.

The entomologist says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently approved the use can be made under New York State growing conditions. This new treatment, however, does hold great promise for the future, he says. Weidhaas said that Bidrin does not directly control Dutch elm disease. It kills the smaller European elm bark beetle, one of two beetles that transmit fungus spores of the Dutch elm disease from diseased wood to healthy trees.

When the tree is inoculated, the chemical is carried within the tree to the furthermost twigs making them toxic to this beetle. Bidrin protects trees from 20 to 30 days after application. It can only be used on healthy American elm trees growing under good conditions. It should not be used on very young trees or unhealthy trees under eight inches in diameter. Bidrin, he says, is a substitute for spraying with DDT or methoxychlor for protection of selected high value American elms in areas where sanitation programs are inadequate.

San! Liberal Party Backs Medicare The Liberal Party has urged all New York State Congressmen to vote for the expanded version of medicare. In a message signed by Timothy W. Costello, state chairman of the Liberal Party and Ben Davidson, the party's executive director, the Party stated: "The people of New York along with the rest of the nation have long awaited the passage of medical and hospital care for the elderly. We, in the Liberal Party, have long fought for medicare under Social Security. The bill reported by the Ways and Means Committee substantially justifies our expectations of a major new program in social legislation.

We urge you to support it." 1, WATKINS GLEN Two men paid a total of $60 in fines for traffic violations when arraigned today before Police Justice Olin Storch, Watkins Glen. Paul A. Atwell, 20, of Corning was fined $25 for having no operator's license, $15 for speeding and $10 for going through a red light. Henry D. Simmons, 29, of Montour Falls RD.

paid a $10 fine when found guilty of speeding. Arrests were made by the village police department. I I mmmummolmlawiligemonnow oNdoi.