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Father Joyce To Head BC BOSTON (UPI) Seavey Joyce, S.J. was named iucsoay as the new president of Boston college. A native of Boston, Father juyie win succeed the Rev. Michael P. Walsh on July 1 Father 54, has been at the Jesuit school for 19 veurs beginning as chairman of the Department or Economics and a professor in that denarimsm While serving as chairman he inaugurated the master's program in economics in 1949 and the doctor's program in 1953.

In 1963 Fattier Joyce was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration and since 1966 has served as vice president of BC community affairs. In 1931 Father Joyce was graauaica irom Boston College high school and entered the Jesuit order. He was ordained at Wesson college in 1043. i3jy-w, ne taugnt economics a Holy Cross in Worcester. He has served as a Boston college trustee since 1953.

From its inception in 1963, Falhe Joyce nas served as president of the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning council, the state agency responsible for the phy sical, social and economic nlan ning for 9G communities in oreater uoston. He is a director of the Greater Boston Chamber of Com merce, United Community Scr- vices and the Boston Municipal Father Joyce holds a bachi or's and master's degree from uosion ccouege, a master dc gree in economics from Georgetown University and a Ph. in economics from Harvard university. Clergy to Advise Pregnant Women About Abortions LOS ANGELES (AP) Formation of the Clergy Counseling Service on Problem Pregnancies, designed to advise expectant mothers who are contemplating abortions, was announced Tuesday. The Rev.

J. Hugh Anwyl, chairman, said the service consists of 45 Protestant and Jewish clergymen who will function rtruunn tne clocK on a voluntary Most of the women concerned fire married and have children, said the Rev. Mr. Anwyl, pastor of Mount Hollywood Congregational Church. "Confronted with difficult decision and the means of implementing it.

the women are forced by ignorance, misinformation and desperation into courses of action that demand humane concern on the part of religious leaders," he said. The service says nearly one-third of all maternal deaths in California result from abortions, and each day about 10 women are hospitalized for results of induced abortion. Dialing GDC-7600 will get an electronic answering service giving names and locations of clergymen on duly. Callers need not idenlifv themselves DB-SA5PPD May 14 Nixon Is Given Rousing Welcome In Oregon County welcome Tuesday in the center of a county that backed him 8-5 over John F. Kennedy in 1960.

The former vice president brought his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to Oregon and opened a two-day swing through the state wilh a talk to a cheering crowd of 1,000 packed inside Ihe National Guard Armory here. He said a new administration is needed to meet both foreign and domestic problems. His theme concerned building a strong united country. "Let's talk about what's right with America." he said, and the crowd cheered. There were a large number of high school and college students.

To enable them to look back later on years of peace, Nixon said, this country must restore its strength so it can negotiate with the Soviet Union and Communist China from a position of power. He said this means an overhaul of the military establishment, and added that the military draft is obsolete. For fu ture wars, he said, there should be a volunteer armed service. He said such wars will be either nuclear or of the brush fire type, and great masses troops would not be needed. Nixon also said there is need of a new diplomacy to get the lesi oi me iree world to sh more of the burdens.

"Wc used to he respected aoroau, nc said. "But when re spect for the United States falls so low that a fourth-rate pow in North. Korea can seize American ship, we need new itaaersnip. i JOSEPH H. ROBER markine the riinrese'.

nial anniversary rs. jr. Milford Man New Chairman Of Steel Group Joseph H. Roberts, of 35 minora, president of Edgcomb-Milford, has been named chairman of the executive committee of the Steel Service Center Institute. The announcement was made ve.sterrf.-iv si thn management rade association's 59th annual meeting in Denver, A graduate of Lehigh univer-tV in BelhlnhKm decree in ncering, the steel company pres- ncia otner positions, including those of vice president and treasurer, with the institute, ti national distributors.

handling techniques, Mr. Roberts once directed the develop- ii oi an innovational system COmh.Milfnrrf tW for the industry. on TnTs01" lhS American berts served as special cha'rman for the 1967-68 Milford United Fund campaign president of the Milford YMCA from 1964 to 1966, president of the Milford Cham-1959 Commerce '957 to I Rotary club from 1950 to 1351, unecior Of the Quinnipiac council ot the Boy Scouts of America from J95S to 1966 director of the Milford United Fund from 195R to 1962, and treasurer of the Girl Scouts of American from 1958 to 1960. Steel I Executives Told "F.NVER, Colo. of the sieru nuustry attending a Denver con- jay outness nas im-proved 5 to 15 per cent since jor of I fUltUre lS a strike ot steel workers this summer.

expressed doubt any walkout would occur. One said the union "can't afford it and we can't afford it." But several said a strike, if Lave a greater imZ JTZ. TJZ industry and the cost of living presidential election. steel exc- icjiurieo mere Per cent gain ducts! HesarsalesT'stai" iu oars nave increased hi lurospnce, I trie. min'ng indlls" ,1, mentioned that sleel imports have increased as much as 40 per cent over ast year's figures.

One said these imports could mean "a against a strike." Priests Are Hospitalized As Bleachers Fall ilARnictniiiiDn uamoiic priests irom narnsnurg diocese were tahzed Tuesday when tei rary bleachers erected Tor ture-taking ceremonies in Harnsburg Catholic Youth Some 200 priests had The 11 clergymen all su leg, back or shoulder ininr iltjsp; gathered Photographer tv, bleachers and was alien to place the remaining 20 on the platform when the attempli auuuemy collapsed in the ilfcrcd customary black cassocks and white uces were sprawled in all onto the auditorium floor or a chorus of ansuishcrt orn- 1 surp thudded amid groans. The last i-riw of the bleach was approximately 15 fe the floor. "The sland iust coll from one priest '-'Everything nappenea so last we didn time to think cbout anyth have Ike Checks In At Walter Reed WASHINGTON p-nr. mer President Dwight D. Eisen hower checked in at the Army's waiter need Hospital Tuesday to continue his recovery from a mim near: aicacK.

After the general's transconti cnlal shift of hospitals, doctc reported he appears "in go (and) conti uing to make progress." mey said it is anticipated at Eisenhower will remain at Walter Reed for several weeks. to i also rcnorted lhat he "had enjoyed a noon meal on the Night." Specially Equipped fhe 77-year-old eeneral was flown in a specially equipped i-urce jet irom March orce Base, where he had been hospilalized since suf ferine the attack April 29 at his Desert. home in nearbv Pa His plane landed at Andrews Force Base in suburban Maryland and he shuttled to Walter Reed by helicopter. Eisenhower was to have en tered the hospital's east en- rance, which he usually uses on his visits for medical attention. Reporters were waiting for him nere.

So was a crowd of about 50, including some Vietnam battle casualties who are Da- at the hospital. at 4:50 p.m. EDT. a hnsnl- (al spokesman said Eisenhower already had been admitted by dimmer enirancc. The spokesman said Fisi-n.

hower was lying on a stretcher when he was taken from the hel- cupter in a waiting ambulance. Hospital Statement Ihe hospital issued a stain. ment shortly after Eisenhower's saying he had been ac companied on Ihe trin from fornia by four doctors of waiter Keea staff and bv some other medical personnel from wauer Keea. Mamie Eisenhower. Ihe erai wire, was reported hy hospital officials to be in the uite on the hosnital's thirrf iiuur awaiting tne arrival of her husband.

Mrs. Eisenhower turned east from California by acvtiiai aays ago. or Eisenhower. Ihe current cnecK-in at Walter Reed i laiesi oi many such stays he has mere over the past "H.1UUUIJ5 some mi- maior Dempsey Denies Merit 'Blush' in Retort to GOP HARTFORD (AP) In a rare eturn of Republican fire. Gov.

ohn Dempsey Tuesday replied mf.tism from State nop Chairman Howard li. Hausman that he (Dempsey) "must have blushed" when he this week as Mgrit System Week in Connecticut. Hausman charged Monday that the bill passed by the Democratic-controlled 19B7 eral Assembly and signer! taw oy uemosev "had suhctan- tially weakened the merit principle in slate government." The governor told newsmen ne wanted "to put ihe record He said that he had submitted a dim providinc that the siatp personnel director would be appointed under the provisions nf the merit system. bi-parlisan support, calling for personnel oepart it headed hy a commission appointed by the governor npscy reported that whei bill, as amended, was passed GOP minorilv leader Nicholas A Lenge of West Hartford was among those who rose to support the measure. The amended bill endorsed publicly by cans in the state Sena sey safd.

Hausman. in his had stressed that the bill for a "political appointee rather man a career man. also Republi 5, Demp- nticism, Dempsey added he "did not oiusn at all when I signed it. 1 am very proud of what Com missioner C. Perrie Phillins doing with the personnel de partment.

"But I did want to put Iht record straight." he said. $456 Buys Lock Of Nelson's Hah LONDON (AP) A lock of Lord Nelson's hair, perhaps the oniy one extant, was sold auction Tuesday for S456. a Lonuon dealer, acting for private purchaser, bought the nair ai aotneoy Irom heirs an officer named Rotely. served with Nelson aboard HMS Victory in the triumph over Ihe combined French-Spanish fleet at trataigar in 1805. Nelson was wounded in the fighting and died on his ship Rolely wrole in a letter to father that he went to see the body and found that a ram Hardy had cut off all Nelson's hair except for "a small lock at mc oacK ot tne neck, which I re ceived." The lock of hair was sold in a t.

lu gu t0 Rote'y JHE BRIDGEPORT. TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, MAY" 15, 196S State GOP Is Told To Stress Ghetto Aid HARTFORD, (UPI) Greater Individual and political involvement in urban ghetto problems rvuum reaurt in gieater understanding and compassion, Sen. Wallace Barnes, R-Farmington, must become camming both as indivaduals and as a political organization," Barnes told the weekly statewide GOP luncheon here. Actual first-hand cxDOsure to mi. ijiuuium is ine oest way tor us to treat the ghetto conditions with understanding and compassion," Barnes said.

asked, "are we lo ignore auuouun oecausc. politically may be a hii tnn hm handle, or do we consider these rightfully our problems, hnih human beings and politicians?" Barnes said the GOP in Connecticut was involving itself in (he urban problems. Danbury Native To Be Honored By UConn Grads STORRS -Eight decades of! service to alma mater will marked by the University of mumill Snlurday when it holds its 80th annual Alumni Day exercises. About 4U0 former UConn tin. dents from 13 classes, dating back to 1903, are plannine lo re turn to the university's main campus for the spring reunion.

Since its founding in 188S. the niuniiu pupuiation nas grown A highlight of the 1968 pi gram will he the presentation outstanding alumni awards two UConn graduates. They w- sione, senior vice president of the Natiinal Bank oi uetroit, and Dr. Charles Helmboldt, head of the UConn uepariment 0t Animal Diseases Dr. Stone is a native of Dan bury who received his bachelor's degree here with hichest linction in economics in 1949.

He cn-quireo nis master's degree UConn in 1951 and his Ph. the University of Virginia ne toon a post as economist He took a potst as economist in 1953 with the Federal Reserve oi new York and "pen marnet securities trading desk in 1958. Four years luier ne Dccame the bank's vice president and manager of the icserve system's open market Dr. Stone was resiviiwiMo ine execution of U.S. monetary 35 formulated by the Federal Open Markel committee.

He also was resnnnc. ble for securities a'-tivitioc the U.S. Treasury and foreipn joined Ihe National Hank of Detroit in 1965 as vice pres ident in charge of the Bank tn- tmeut portfolio and activities money markets. He lives Grosse Pint Park, Mich. Student Revolt Shakes France (Co from Page One) iudent nrntpsts ih the "workers and students" struggle be stepped up, and that niversuy nave an hour of on ine state-run tc cvisinn network.

Police in Background In Strasbourg, students seized university buildings and pro-limed "The Autonomous Uni-rsify of Strasbourg where, police remained in the background. annareniK, nn ders from the highest authori- behind the disorde lie said: 'Already I have ciueQ to call on a committee, for which will in-elude representatives of profes siuucnis, parents oi teach nd personalities Tenreseni. ing all the spiritual families which we will ask to furnish us with suggestions and propose, ifl "vi 3UIUIIUHS, al least experi ments." He said he thnunht nno bility was in greater autonomy me universities which now under a tieht cenlrali7oH control from Paris. Censure Motion Federation of the Demo and Socialist Left nut in motion of censure against thi government's educational ant policies. Observer.

thought such a vote could possi defeat Pompidou. csidcnl Charles dc Gaulle's prestige would be damaged by censure, hut his tenure in office would not be affected. Touring Romania on a state visit, he announced a nationwide speech May 24, presumably dealing with the student crisis. The deputies set May 21 and 22 for final discussion and vote on tne censure motion Shortly before Pompidou spoke, the National Assembly session had to he suspended nnrny oecause several of thf deputies came near lo blows Roger Souchal, a Gaul' depu ty, proposed a minute of stand ing silence because the student aemnnstrators had profaned Ih tomb of France's unknown sol. dier by hoisting Ihe red flag al nun vi iriumpn, The Poor Move In (Continued from One) returned by helicopter after a trip fo Texas, but the White House remained silent on the encampment.

A spokesman for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which is sponsoring the march said 150 people had moved into the tent-shaped shelters by 10 p.m. and several hundred more would move in today. Campaign leaders predict Ihe protesters, vowing to stay until Ihe nation mcels (heir demands for more aid for the poor, will grow to 3,000 by (he weekend. Caravans moved toward the capital through the r.ntnim*. Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Ten buses rolled into rnnaaeipiua where the Rev. Ralph David Abernathv. learW of the march, planned a rallv outside Independence Hall. birthplace of the nation. SCLC officials met with Mavor Jerome P.

Cavanach in De troit in the wake of a bloody confrontation by marchers with niuuntea ponce that left five injured Monday night. In Washington, the Rev. Bernard Lafayette, coordinator of ampaign, lold a camn- ground news demonstrators remain dedicat- nonviolence. He said, "iho only violence will be that which comes out of Congress and the Pentagon." The Pentagon has placed thousands of troops in a state of readiness for possible emergen ce in Washington, where persons died in the fiery violence that erurited aft er the assassination of Dr. Mari uutner King in Mem-lis, last month.

Campaign leaders declined to comment on their demonstra tion plans and timetable. rhmgs will unfold," said fhe James Bevel. "We will present our demands when ready We expect lo a great drama, a ereat theater, to educate the Ameri- people." Black Power advocate Stokely armichacl visited the encamp, ent during Ihe day. Bevel called him "our friend and brother. Percy, a strong supporter of the billion omnibus housing bill which the Senate may take up witnin a week, said reaction to the march in Congress is as i is it is in the countrv.

Soldier Draws 60 Days in Jail A Danbury solder, AWOL since last August 2, from Fort Jackson. S.C.. was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Judge Rodney Fielson in Cir- rt here Monday for breach of the peace and resist- arrest. Robert J. Wilkie.

19. of 31 Osborne street, was arrested last i-nday after police attempted to pick him up for being AWOL. Several patrolmen were called to the scene after Wilkie reportedly put up a fight. William V. Botelho, 38, of 24 inter street, pleaded euiltv to breaking and entering with cri- nai intent and larceny under 0, and pleaded innocent to a third charge of failure to keep controlled drugs in the orisinal His case has been continued to June 3 for a presentence investigation.

uotelho was arrested Mav 5 during a routine check. Douglas flerrynian, 16, of Caye cnargeo will; oreaKing entering and larceny under S250 as tne result of an incident May 10 in Danbury, was referred to Juvenile court. Robert B. Miller 33, 0r 12 rove street. New Milford, was given a 90-day suspended jail term for obtaining money or goods under false pretenses.

He was arrested May 3 in Danbury on the complaint of a local merchant after issuing a fraudulent check last month. Judge Eielson suspended imposition of sentence in the case of David Richards, 31, of South Cove road, Danbury, arrested Jan. 2S for forgery, a charge subsequently changed to fraudulent issue of check or drafl. Three Norwalk vouths arrest ed April 28 for procuring liquor or Ridgefield were fined, gorv C. Williams.

20 and Thomas Herman, 20, both of Norwalk, were lined S25 and 550 respectively, and David P. Fagen IV. also of Norwalk. was fined S35 lor an olfensc in Ridgefield Traffic dispositions included mc following: Napoleon Bonaparte, ji New Haven, failure to have wheel protection, imposition of sentence suspended, and driving under suspension. $200 fine: Albert Langlais, 28, Waterbury urivmg unuer suspension, $100, speeding, 525: William G.

Scarlt 42, South Olmstead road. West Redding, driving under the in fluence of liquor, $100; Patrick A. Bingle, 16, 55 Grand sireel speeding. Robert H. Vcncss 44, of 12 Thorpe street, ipeed ing, $20; and Kenneth Guy Sim of Cross road, Rronk field, carrying weapons in vehi cle, dismissed, of 1Jls 5ma" boy from Memphis, sits InTont move into tne Poor Peon federal permission MILFORD Four city firefigh-rs were cited last night heroic acts during the past year by the Board of Fire Com- issioners and shared in the annual Ralph Ryder cash award.

Firemen Thomas Wh i I mes Becker, and volunteer Robert Peck were commended tor their rescue of the two young children of a Yale professor from their burning home on Gulf street March 31. Volunteer Charles Ratio was honored for his rescue of a driver from his flaming truck on the Moses Wheeler bridge on the Connecticut turnpike. uecKer antl Mr. Wh le braved flames and smokc to pull the children to safely while Mr. Peck singlehandedly helped a strip along side of ihe Reflecting Pool.

4 Firefighters Honored For Heroism in Milford Senator Urges Drive to Renew Beauty of Cities GREENWICH (AP) Sen. Abraham Ribicoft added his voice Tuesday to those urging renewal of the beauty of Ameri- cities. is as important to renew the spirit of the city as it is to rebuild its structures." he at the pening of Ihe na-I convention of Garden Clubs of America. Ribicoff added that the re newal of cities ranks in importance with such other nation- 1 problems as the Vietnamese the urban crisis, and the "We must insure that trees! 'itt always grow in Brooklyn, nd that small boys will know lat apples don't come tissue- wrapped in wooden crates," Ribicoff said. Some 500 delegates are at tending the convention that ends Thursday with a visit from Mrs.

Lyndon B. Johnson wife of, the President. move firefighting equipment lo the house. He also gave moulh-to-mouth resuscitation to one of the youngsters. Mr.

Ratto also received the National Allslate Safety Award. He is a volunteer assigned to Company 4 in Devon. The cash award is presented annually lo an outstanding Tire-man by Mr. Ryder, a local busi- Milfoid Bicyclist, 11, Hit by Car, Injured MILFORD Carl Ariz, 11, of 103 Gunn street, was listed in satisfactory condition at Milford hosital last night after he was struck by a car on the Roston Post Uoad about 6 p.m. Police said the youth was crossing tne highway on a bicy cle when he was hit by a car thrown into Ihe air, and landed against its windshield.

Hospital oinciais sain ne received a oration of the head. The car, westbound on Post road, was driven by John oi Hale avenue, There was no arrest. Duffy Complains to Board On Jail Cell Conditions Gordon Dully, of 205 Fourth street, appeared at a Board of Police Commissioners meeting last nighl to complain of cell conditions al the recently built new Police headquarters where he spent 12 hours last month following his arrest for a housing vio lation. The board members headed by wniiam a. i) Connor, nresi said they found no basis for the complaint tiled by Mr.

Duffy. A former candidate for mayor on an independent ticket a few years ago, Mr. Duffy claimed "the cells arc cold, there was no bedding, and no toilet tissue." "The cot was very uncomfortable and just like lying on a cement floor," Mr. Duffy told the board. Mr.

Duffy however did admit to the commissioners thai "the place was clean." Police Supt. Joseph A. Walsh told the board and Mr. Duffy that "jails are not made to he comfortable." "We do not allow bedding of any type tear the articles would be used fur suicides by the prisoners or possibly set afire," Supt. Walsh said.

Mr. Duffy said he was at the meeting lo acquaint the commissioners with the conditions of the cells. He explained that "the Norwalk Woman Is Shot Watching TV; Son Held Blood Hank Todav blood bank in which four North End industries will parti cipate will take place today from a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Bridce- port Machines.

500 Lindlcy street. The other firms are pro-ducto Machines, Hawic Manufacturing and Acme Shear. The session is open to the public. Groton Granted Air-Taxi Service To Bradley Field HARTFORD (AP)-The Stale Aeronautics Commission Tuesday granted a Pilgrim Airlines request lo schedule air-taxi service between Groton and Aeronautics Director Horace B. Wcthcrcll said the service would ease Ihe congeslion at New York's Kennedy Airport and would make direct connec tions al Bradley easier for passengers.

In other business the commis sion approved a request by rranj East Airlines to establish service at Bradley for western Massacnuseus, Mew Hampshire and Maine passengers to Ciuardia Airport in New York City. The commission also approved a federal grant of $1,257,000 for construction of a new airport in uxiora. protectorate of NORWALK Willia 29, of 24 Slocum street, Hyatt. nclo hy polirc fo: qupMimrrg in connection with the "accidentia!" shooting of his mother, Mrs. Florence Hyatt, 51, of 225 Main street, home last night shortly that Mrs.

Hyatt was shot in the abdomen with a .22 caliber automatic pislol by her son while she was watching television with her hus- Attendents at Norwalk hospital said the wounded woman was undergoing surgery late last night. ronce oelieve that the shooting as accidental since her son was i a hallway leading from tn-; room in which his mother was eated and was cleaning the wea-on. The son was charged with breach of peace and intoxication. and is being held in lieu ol bond. The police were unable tu question Hyatt in regard tn ihe shooting because of her condi- Noonan 'Satisfactory' After Texas Surgery Robert F.

Noonan, executive director of the Boys Clubs Bridgeport and the North End ijiris club is reported in factory condition in Methodist hospital, Houston, Tex. after un dcrgoing cardio-vascular surg cry yesterday. Mr. Noonan was operated or by Dr. Michael De Bakey and nis surgical team al ihe Ho Ion hospital.

He is expected remain in the Texas city lor at K-9 dogs got better Ireatmenl man the prisoners. "I Expect to Return" "1 would like to see conditions corrected as I expect to one of the cells again," Duffy pointed out. As to the toilet paper i cell, Mr. Duffy said he had no request for any to the nolice men who had periodically check ed ine cell block. In regard to the coldness in the cells, Supt.

Walsh pointed uui tnai tne entire buildi controlled by automatic heat and mat no one else in the building Keporis oi two patrolmen on ouiy who checked the cells aicaien that "Mr. Duffv sleot an ingni ana was no prob lem to us." Commissioner Wiley Wheelei told Mr. Duffy that the policemer could not give the hospitality in a cell" Mr. Duffv later Blankets should be distributed lo me prisoners while locked ine board members sairf did not approve of (his idea After listening lo Mr. Duffv'' complaint Mr.

O'Connor menled that "everyone lodged in a cell has a complaint or a nmk. lem-and the biggest one is (1 they can't get out of Ihe Smith College Eases Rules on Beer and Wine NORTHAMPTON. Mass Mm Smith College announced luesaay a liberalization of uniting peer and wine or impus. The all-girls schnnl sniri dents will he served beer wine, regardless of their age ir selected buildinps mri rm ed occasions. A spokesman snirt naa cnecKed rules on drinkino mini s'ns scnonis and nd its new policy is in line ilh those schools.

College lawyers checked a ate law barring r.r coholic beverages to anvonc nn. but decidnrt Ih'nl the school is a private nlacn does not apply, the spokes- or from New York, and pres lent of the Student Gnvernmer which made th proposal (o the administratior sard the new regulations wj "hopefully lead lo fewer con-plications and a general trans tion from a dry campus to a r.e.- Still pending is a student government request that students be allowed lo consume hard liquor on campus. Under the new rules beer and wine may be served at dining halls one night a week, and on other designated occasions, a spokesman said, but may not be kept in rooms. ers. will be con National Visitors Center by ly 1370.

Poor People's Midwest Leg Quits Detroit DETROIT fAP) Th. 'mm. west leg of the Poor People's of rolledVt Tuesday after an eight-hour, delay in which marchers met with Mayor Je-rome P. Cavanaeh to J. handling of a skirmish be-cen officers and Monday night.

Probe Promised Cavanagh promised an Inves-Satton and sent e.egram expressing regret over the incident. Hosea Williams, a campaign leader, called Detroit a dungeon of shame" and said, When we leave Washington, are going to Detroit No. 1 on ur agenda." 24 POOR People's Midwest Leg tu for cleveland Ihe departure of the march- rs was delayed hours as their leaders met wilb. Cavanagh for an hour and then the meetinu. tended by about 3Mt nnnni.

2 city government building audi- "-avanagn promised a full investigation of the incident He assured march leaders that action would be taken in regard to police handiine of ntter "if imoroDer established." The meetine was denunciations of Detroit and its police force by march leaders. Hosea Williams, executive vice president of the SCLC, told people, including Ca-the meeting in a citv government building auditorium, "Detroit has just put itself No. 1 on the civil rights list as far as SCLC is concerned." "Won't Kill Our Dream" In a reference to the murder in Memphis. of Dr. Martin Luther King Abernathy's predecessor as head of the SCLC, Williams said, "We had a dreamer.

They killed our dreamer. But they are not going to kill our dream. "We are leaving resources here to mobilize the people to change Detroit from a dungeon of shame to a place of sanity and justice. When we leave Washington, we; ate going lo make Detroit No. I on our agenda." The Rev.

James Groppi called the incident a "foolish, stupid confrontation over nothing." The trouble developed, police said, after some marchers deified police order to move 'a" sound truck which was parked illegally near where the marchers were meeting. One SCLC leader pledged that when the campaign's business was done in Washington, "We are going to make Detroit No. 1 on one agenda." Cavanagh, in a telearam to the Rev. Ralph David Aber-nathy, head of the Southern dership Confer ence, sponsor of the march, expressed regret over the incident. Police called in a tow truck ir.

haul the vehicle away, but about 50 marchers surrounded it so it could not be moved. Mounted police then moved in. Five marchers reported (hey suffered injuries in the brief melee that ensued. Groppi said the mounted offi cers attempted (o nush nonnl. nto the meeting hall and officers inside Ihe hall, apparenlly unaware of what was going on, moved in with clubs to push the marchers back outside.

Cavanagh told newsmen, fhe gcnls of this mnrrh the ideals of the Deonln mportant to he comnro- mised by a disturbance involv. so few people and sn nnro. presenlativf. of feeling of the citizens of this community." State Vanguard Of 'Poor People' Arrives at HUD WASHINGTON (AP) The vanguard of Poor People's Campaigners from Connecticut arrived Tuesdav at the Department of Health. Education and Welfare to complain about state and local welfare practices.

About IS persons, mostly women, marie what HEW spokesman Chip Savoy called an "across-the-board condemnation" of state and local administration ot welfare programs. He said most of the group came from Hartford, with two from Waterbury. They spoke with Fred Steinin-gcr, deputy commissioner of federal assistance payments and with other HEW staffers, Savoy said, adding that about "99 per cent of their complaints had to do with dissatisfaction with state and local operation of welfare Steininger, whose department oversees federal welfare aid to states, promised he would in- imgtnn, vcsttgale the complaints, Savoy apitaltsaid. ravel-1 Other memhers ot the North- he east's Poor People's Campaign uue iu arrive in wasnington i later this week,.

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