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3-A Oct. 16, 1970 PRESS, Binghamton, N. Y. Outdated Traffic Control Hit Need for Changed, Uniform Signs Cited Suspension For Long Hair Not Halted Local 306 Elects Officers The election of officers for Binghamton Local 306 of the Chemical Workers Union has resulted in the defeat of the incumbent president and a tie vote for one of the vice-presidencies. Thomas P.

Fadden, incumbent president, was defeated by Robert F. Gaughan, a former president, for the top leadership post in the union, representing GAF Corp. employes. It is one of the largest in the Southern By WILLIAM DOWD New math and computer skills are influencing education, but New York State drivers will find next year that the things they learned in elementary school will serve them better when they're behind the Wheel. A new federal vehicle and A U.

S. District Court Judge yesterday temporarily upheld, in effect, the suspension of a Blue Ridge High School junior who has been out of school since Sept. 14 because his shoulder-length hair violates a school dress code. J0 ft PRESS PHOTO BY JOHN BOLAS. NEW TRAFFIC SIGNS Francis J.

Simonis, left, associate director of the State Traffic Safety Council, and Arthur Freed, Westchester County traffic engineer, look over a listing of new traffic control devices approved nationally and scheduled for use in New York next year. are illegal," Mr. Freed said, adding: "Too often stop signs are used where a yield sign or no sign at all would suffice and break up traffic congestion. The variance of meaning and the huge automobile population are the two biggest contributors to congestion." THE WESTCHESTER official pointed to New York City's traffic problems as prime examples of confusion. "In 1917 the average speed of traffic in New York City was 11 m.p.h.," he said.

"Last year the average speed was 7 m.p.h. That's a good illustration of what we have to overcome." The symbolic traffic signs, used with great success in many foreign countries pa-tricularly bilingual Canada, are recommended by the new federal code. The states have five years in which to adopt federal rules wherever practicable. But Mr. Freed said that the majority of rules are instituted within a year whenever new guidelines are drawn.

"We are planning the use of symbols rather than words on such signs as pedestrian, traffic code manual is now in the printing stages. Distribution in late December or early January will be the first step in revision of existing state laws. Arthur Freed, Westchester County traffic engineer, said today that the states will be making several new and significant changes in highway markings and traffic control devices. HE SPOKE TO a gathering of 75 law enforcement officers and community officials today as part of a State Traffic Safety Council seminar co-sponsored by the Broome County Sheriff's Department and Broome Technical Community College, which was the site of the session. Mr.

Freed said that traffic control is vastly outdated and inconsistent throughout the state. He said that in his travels in New York to take part in the seminar series, he has noted extensive differences from community to community concerning the meaning of certain traffic control devices. "I estimate that 50 per cent of the traffic signs, as posted, 'tlt'tuuise lnnoeeni May Mle lturC OFB Court Complaint Is Withrawii school attorney Robert Dean of Montrose and two Scranton lawyers, Eugene Nogi and Paul Barrett. The Geres are represented by Tunkhannock attorney Thomas DeWitt, assigned to their case by the American Civil Liberties Union which is providing financial backing. Judge Nealon temporarily upheld the suspension by not ordering the district to reinstate young Gere.

The Geres had sought a temporary injunction allowing the student to return to school until the case was decided in court. He gave no indication how long it would take for him to reach a decision. He told both parties after court that precedent was divided in such cases already contested throughout the country. THE THIEE defendants, the Geres and Steve Campbell, a Blue Ridge junior who was in court as a witness for young Gere, testified. Mr.

DeWitt argued that young Gere was being discriminated against because of his sex, saying that there is no school rule regarding the length of girls' hair. He also said the suspension was in violation of the First Amendment in that it refused to allow the student freedom of expression in his choice of hair length. The school suspended young Gere last April for the same reason but all parties involved agreed to lift the suspension until a court ruling could be made and the school dress code rewritten and clarified. The new dress code became effective Sept. 8 of this year.

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Saturday 7:30 a.m. 1 p.m. -fft Cuftmr forking On Our Nmttd The Rev. Paul W. Gere, pastor of the Hallstead and Great Bend Methodist churches since moving to Susquehanna County from Endicott about a year ago, had brough suit on behalf of his 16-year-old son, Jerald.

The case was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Scranton yesterday. But at the suggestion of Judge William Nealon, both sides argued their cases and the hearing became a final one. It lasted five and one-half hours. THE DEFENDANTS are Blue Ridge superintendent of schools Emory R. Stanley, high school principal Clair W.

Young and board president Douglas Melhuish. They are represented by Buckley To Visit TC James L. Buckley, Conservative nominee for the U. Senate post held by Republican Charles L. Goodell, will spend Tuesday campaigning in the Triple Cities.

Mr. Buckley will arrive at Broome County Airport by private plane Tuesday morning and go to the Sheraton Hotel for a press conference at 10 o'clock. He then will go to an IBM plant, as, yet unspecified, to talk with employes. The candidate will return to Binghamton for a short walking tour of the downtown area at about 12:15 p.m. At 4 p.

m. he is scheduled to address students at State University at Binghamton in Lecture Hall One, in an appearance sponsored by a student group of Buckley supporters. At 7:15 p.m. he will be speaker at a rally at the American Legion Post 89, Jensen Road, Vestal, in his last appearance before flying back to New York City. Lefkowitz to Visit Binghamton Tuesday.

Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz will visit Binghamton Tuesday. Mr. Lefkowitz, a Republican who is opposed in his reelection bid by Democratic nominee Adam Walinsky, will appear at a press conference at 3:15 p. m.

at the Treadway Inn. No further details of his visit were available today. Complete Line Of DECOUPAGE MATERIAL Fairview Arts Crafts 129 Main Binghamton, N.Y. school and animal crossings," he said, "and changing the left turn-green arrow light arrangement. "The federal code also will help eliminate the confusion created by one-way streets," he added.

MR. FREED pointed out that a distance of 50 feet is the first time a motorist with 20-20 vision can clearly read signs with letters one inch high. This, he said, does not give the motorist enough time to react to whatever situation the sign indicates. OFB as does Homestart, a family improvement project operated by Catholic Social Services of Broome County. Because of the contractual agreement with OFB, some board members question how effectively and vigorously the case could be pursued by Broome Legal Assistance, when the action might mean the agency could be cut off from federal money, Mr.

Flanagan said. THE BOARD instructed Mr. Taylor to select a substitute attorney from a list of volunteers to continue the case. Flanagan added the merits of the case were not discussed by the board and that it accepted Mr. Taylor's judgment that there was an eligible complainant.

Also today, James Toner, a member of the Homestart Advisory Board, said there was no connection between the two decisions. OFB, meanwhile, will continue with legal action in defense of the complaint until it is told officially there has been a withdrawal, according to Eugene F. Elander, executive director. Mr. Elander, William I.

Gracey, OFB board president, and the agency itself had been lines, two-way streets with yellow lines. In that way, motorists turning from a one-way street to a two-way street won't run the risk of thinking they are still on a one-way street and being in the wrong lane. THE YIELD SIGNS also will be changed from yellow to red, something New York once had but was forced to change until the federal laws were re-, vised, he said. Another significant change will be the use of red, amber and green arrows in turning lanes. Mr.

Freed said that traffic backups often result when a motorist stops in a left-turn lane, does not want to turn left and forces traffic behind him to wait until he gets the go-ahead light. The use of three colored arrows will readily indicate that the lane is for turning cars only. "There are many other changes which will have to come," Mr. Freed said. "Seventy per cent of our drivers could not pass a written test because they haven't kept up with traffic law changes.

We have to educate the MR. FREED also said that the completion of the interstate routes will be good for transient drivers but that urban roads still will be congested unless proper steps are taken. "In 45 B. Julius Caesar decreed that for 10 hours after sunrise no carts were to be driven in the marketplace because of the traffic jams," Mr. Freed said.

"Now, 2,000 years later, U. S. Trans-portation Secretary John Volpe suggests cities start thinking about the same type of ban. "We've come a long way in some things, but we still have a long way to go," he said. Driver Slugged A 20-year-old Binghamton man was in fair condition today in Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, with a severe cut of the left eyelid suffered when he was punched in an incident today in the George F.

Highway between Endicott and Johnson City. He was identified by sheriff's deputies as Jerry Canniff of 284 Front Street. Deputies said he was driving east in the highway about 2 o'clock this morning when his car overtook another car in the driving lane. According to deputies, Mr. Canniff said the car in front suddenly applied its brakes, causing him to have to slam on his brakes to.

avoid a collision. Mr. Canniff said he then pulled out to pass the other car, a white Pontiac, and as he did a passenger in the Canniff car yelled out an open money for next year until the law suit was resolved. In a statement released last night, George Negus, chairman of the Homestart Advisory Board, said: "BECAUSE OF (he concern that innocent people may be hurt, that other local poverty programs may be endangered and for the good of the total community, the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Homestart and the Advisory Board of Project Homestart have decided to drop their suit against OFB. "We feel as strongly as ever that OFB has not been responsive to the voice of the poor as set forth in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

"It is our request that OFB reexamine itself in this regard. This request is also being forwarded to appro-p i a governmental officials." DONALD M. FLANAGAN, a Binghamton lawyer, who is president of the Broome Legal Assistance board, said today the decision to remove the legal aid agency from the case was made because of a fear that there may have been a conflict of interest. Broome Legal Assistance, which provides free legal aid for the poor in civil cases, receives federal money through Building Edwin A. Link, Binghamton inventor, aeronautical engineer and undersea arch-eologist, today was awarded the Syracuse University Centennial Medal as the $6,000,000 Link Hall of Engineering was dedicated on the Syracuse campus.

Tier. THE RACE for union Vice-president of the paper plant resulted in a tie between incumbent James L. Wilcox and the challenger, Daniel Mac-Blane. In the only other race, Stanley Orzell defeated Edwin Reigles for the position of union vice-president of the film plant. The position was left vacant by the resignation of Patrick J.

Nanery. William M. Tyne, business agent for Local 306, said the tie vote in the paper plant will force another election for that position Wednesday. The election will be from 6 a. m.

to 6 p.m. in the West Street Fire Station. Only paper plant union employes will be eligible to vote in the election, Mr. Tyne said. IN HIS REPORT on the results of the election, the business agent pointed to the tie vote as an example of how important each man's vote is.

"I know personally of one union member who drove to Binghamton from Seneca Falls to cast his vote. Had this responsible individual not made the effort to drive a round trip of 180 miles to exercise his elective rights, the tied vote would not have occurred and the vice-presidency would have been determined due to Ms one vote not being cast," Mr. Tyne said. "One vote does have value and might well determine the leadership and representation of any democratic segment of society whether it be a lodge, club, labor organization or governmental office," he added. Incumbents running unchallenged in this week's union elections were: MR.

TYNE, business agent; WILLIAM Dl CERCHIO, vice-president of special products plant; EDWARD EARLEY, financial secretary treasurer; HELEN HENDRICKSON, recording secretary; WILLIAM BELCHER, sergeant at arms; and ROBERT ROACH, REESE MUNRO and LaVERNE WAGNER, trustees. Out of Hospital Edna L. Anderson, 73, of Sunset Avenue, Vestal, has been discharged from Binghamton General Hospital after being in critical condition since she was injured in a car accident Aug. 5. In Dispute window at the driver of the Pontiac.

The passenger was identified as Steven Kudritz, 19, of 9 Jarvis Street, Binghamton. The Pontiac reportedly forced Mr. Canniff's car into the left guard rails. The operator, who was unidentified, then walked over and slugged Mr. Canniff.

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8-12 By LOU GAXIM Paul Taylor, supervising attorney for Broome Legal Assistance today sent a telegram to Chief Judge James Foley of the U. S. District Court in Albany withdrawing a complaint against the county's antipoverty agency. The decision to withdraw the complaint, which charged Opportunities for Broome, with violation of several federal regulations, was made last night. Those filing the complaint, including members of a Project Homestart participants' ry Board, decided to drop the legal action "because of a con- cern that innocent people may be hurt." THE FILING of the complaint stemmed from opposition to a move by the OFB board of directors last month to give Homestart $17,700 next year compared with this year's $35,950 figure.

The complaint was an attempt to reverse that decision. Today, spokesmen for both Broome Legal Assistance and those filing the complaint denied there was a connection" between the withdrawal of the charges and a decision to remove, in effect, Mr. Taylor and the legal aid agency from the case. IN A CLOSED session Monday night, the board of directors of Broome Legal Assistance voted to arrange for legal counsel, other than Mr. Taylor and his staff, to handle the case.

Mr. Taylor had been scheduled to appear in Federal District Court Monday and ask for a restraining order that would have prohibited OFB from applying for federal "Studies find that a large picture symbol will be seen at a greater distance than printing," he said, "so the new signs will have a picture of a cow if it's a cattle crossing, a pedestrian if it's a pedestrian crossing and so on." Other such symbols will be a bicycle with a slash throug it, indicating that cyclists are not "allowed in a designated area and large parallel arrows pointing in two directions to indicate a divided highway. He said that one-way streets will all be marked with white named in the complaint. MR. ELANDER also said today that Milton Pulakis, district director for the Office of Economic Opportunity, was in Binghamton yesterday to meet with OFB officials.

The OFB executive said he has been told by the OEO official that "everything is in order and that we are in full compliance with regulations." He added that Mr. Pulakis "found no fault" with OFB in the Homestart issue. Mr. Toner also said today the Homestart board and the participants' group have not decided how they will take their case to government officials. THEY HAD PLANNED to send petitions to both Gov.

Nelson A. Rockefeller and OEO Director Donald Rumsfeld. Mr. Toner said it is not known if this will be one. In a related matter, a spokesman for St.

Paul's Episcopal Church in Endicott said today the church's vestry has allocated $5,000 to Project Homestart for 1971. The money was given to the program on the recommendation of the church's Gould Fund Allocation Committee. The spokesman said the grant is for one year only. dition." The citation said the award was made "in recognition of your contribution sto aviation, to oceanography, to industrial development, to the defense of your country and to Syracuse University through your benefactions." Charge Mr. Woolfolk entered his plea through Charles H.

Colli- son, Endicott attorney and a former assistant district attorney. Acting City Court Judge Matthew J. Vitanza first set bail at $500 cash, but reduced it to $250 cash after a protest by Mr. Collison. MR.

WOOLFOLK was remanded to Broome County Jail in lieu of the bail. Midgett S. Parker, president of the board of directors of the Broome County Urban League, told reporters today that Mr. Woolfolk will be placed on administrative leave until the matter is cleared up. Mr.

Parker explained that Mr. Woolfolk would not be performing any services for the Urban League, but that on administrative leave he would continue to draw his salary at the rate of $7,500 annually. He said he felt any other action would be "to prejudge Mr. Woolfolk in the matter." If convicted, Mr. Woolfolk could be sentenced up to one year in jail.

Named for Inventor Woolfolk Pleads Innocent to BINGHAMTON KNITTING INC. FACTORY OUTLET STORE SPECIAL OUTLET SAVINGS WHILE THEY LAST 100 BONDED ORLON ACRYLIC University Chancellor John. E. Corbally, made the award. The citation said, "Your contributions to this engineering building which bears your name have made it possible for many generations of engineers to carry on in your tra telephone company gave the following account of the incident that led to Mr.

Wool-folk's arrest: Woolfolk allegedly called a telephone operator, Mrs. Dorothy Townsend, to place a long distance call to Pennsylvania. Mrs. Townsend turned the call over to Miss Fenn when some dfificulty arose. AFTER SOME conversation with Miss Fenn, during which he allegedly "used profanity and did threaten said persons with physical harm," Mr.

Woolfolk allegedly told Miss Fenn, "I'm having a bomb over there." When asked where, he allegedly replied, "Right there at the telephone company on Henry Street." He then identified himself as Matthew Wool-folk, the affidavit states, and the operator asked him to hold the line. She then switched to another line and called police. Miss Fenn also stated "he wanted to place a call to Georgia, and (said) he had the Black Panthers coming over after me." Matthew Woolfolk, 27, controversial figure in Broome County interracial affairs and a community organizer for the county Urban League, pleaded innocent today in Binghamton City Court to a charge of aggravated harassment, a class A misdemeanor. Mr. Woolfolk was charged in connection with a phone conversation early yesterday with a telephone operator and a supervisor in which he allegedly threatened to bomb the Binghamton headquarters of the New York Telephone 64 Henry Street.

He was arrested about 7 o'clock last night at 110 Susquehanna Street, which he told police is his home. It is understood, however, that he maintains an apartment at 93 Walnut Street, Binghamton, from which the alleged threatening phone call was made. POLICE WERE summoned by telephone company em- ployes shortly after 1:30 a. m. yesterday.

Investigation by Detective Sgts. Gerald Rusin and Raymond Martin resulted MATTHEW WOOLFOLK in the arrest and charges explained in a deposition by Sergeant Rusin filed today in City Court. Sergeant Rusin charged in the deposition that Mr. Wool-folk committed the crime of aggravated harassment, between about 1:15 a.m. and 3:16 a.

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