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WRTDCEPORT TELEGRAM, Tuesflty, Jtfly 4, New City Taxes On Air Travel Run Into Snags (Ctmlinued Item Page One) Martin described it as "an ungodly mess." "The head-tax collection problems, combined with (he heavy holiday traffic, jammed the terminal area with long, long lines n( passengers in front of all ticket counters," Martin "One aii-line. reported lhal none of their planes were getting out on lime. "Another carrier told me that their planes were being consistently delayed by reason of the head 1aN collection and refusal processes, I ram 25 min-uics to an hour and 25 minutes. "Thousands of people refused io pay the tax, upon which refusal most carriers asked the passenger to fill out and sign a special form. "When one person in the line started to out a form, the domino theory took effect and the rest of the line refused and went through the time-consuming procedure of eom-pfeliiiR the form." Airline representatives said' they are prohibited by law from refusing tickets to persons who paid the published fare, regardless of payment of the tax- citv officials aid steps would be taken tc collect the delinquent But airline representatives said some passengers even refused to Eivc their names on the denial forms and thus couldnot be traced.

lie city has proposed al: fine the airlines $iO to SHOD for failure to collect the tax. "Unless Congress acts to pre empt this field to the federal government the new collec tions are only the beginning of a terribly unjust burden on air line passengers all over the saia ituart tj. Upton ATA president. Philadelphia city officials said Monday they would make It clear to passengers that stiff lines and penalties await those who refuse to pay. City Finance Director Lennox L.

Maak said passengers refusing to pay the tax will be told they are. subject to fines of jiot less than 5100 and hdi more than and imprisonment of not less than 30 davs riar more than 90. Moak said the city will track down and prosecute anyone who refuses to pay. The airlines, wtio ore. iigruinK the new levy in court, are not1 now held responsible lor tollec ting the iee.

But Monk said Monday that some ail lines per stinncl were li ving to aabotagi the tax- by lolling passenger: they did not have to pay. He. said some center-city ticket agencies also are people not to nav the by telling llicni it could he pain ac ine -airport, ine ta should he paid at the point where the ticket is purchased. Monk said. me erty hopes to collect nearly (15 million annually the levy for its general tuna, Council Defers Action on Items To Next Monday (Continued from Page One) traditional summertime shorten inS 01 city Han oilice hour offices began closing one hour earlier yesterday.

City Hall spokesmen said Ibe oitices will close daily at 4 p.m whereas in the winter they don' until 5 p.m. Thr-: vtuahon or. 11 i.T.u- ing July and August, according luugiune piacuce, unless tni Council votes a change, Jvfayar Panmio has asked for the hours of 3 a.rn.-l p.m. to be replaced w-nn ones oi a.m.-i:.iu p.m. He said this would permit half I'our early closings wit rout re (tucing the Cilv Hall emplov work week below the inrai mat prevails aurrng rue win.

ter. Republican moves to Ivy bring the matter to a vote for passage arc now postponed next Morflav. A nuniher of members of City employe nnoai attendee; night's meeting as observers. Society Alcatel of France and the French Atomic klnergy Commission. 'Tmplant of the pacemaker will be accomplished on an informed consent basis," the ACC said, "and will include provision for recovery or the pacemaker should death occur.

Each patient will be examined and tested periodicals on a regular schedule." The projected first human tests in the United stales follow ye.ir.i of sucres.Uul lesl-. trip of atonnc-iicnvered pace niakrrs in dogs. Ihe said the American North, South Korea To End Hostilities (Continued froni page One) expedite independent peaceful lification, have agreed io carry various excharees in manv fields. The two sides have agreed' install a direct lefenhnne line between Seoul and Pyouevaiiz im order to prevent (tie outbreak of unexpected military incidents and tu deal directly, promptly and accurately with, problems arising between them. i lie two sides have agreed.1 i set ud and oneralp a jiorm headed by Lee and implement the agreement and I solve various problems The two sides lava agreed cooperate positively io -seek eariy success or the South-North Red Cross talks now under way to help separated families reunite.

The communique pledged that the two sides will faithfully carry The two Koreas Penan moves toward reconciliation in August last year when Chui Dco-Sun president of the South Korean Red Cross society, proposed with government support for reuniting 10 million families separated by formation of the two nations. It was the first direct contact no ween the North and South South Korean governments since the peninsula was divided alone the parallel when the war ended in 1945. Officials cf the two Red Cross societies hell their first prelim- Sleeping Giant junior highi scnooi in namaen. Kep. nenry I'ovineiu, 01 Juuiord, al though not yet an announced candidate, is expected to be nominated by the convention to ncumbent Democratic Congressman Hobert N.

Giaimo of North Haven. The only announced candidate ir the GOP nomination in the Third is Richard Antonelti dependent coneressionai date in 1970 and whose name appeared on the same ballot as the Sen. Thomas J. Dndd. who -was then seeking re-election as an independent.

In the Fifth Repub ans plan a 10 a.m: Saturday convention in the Waverly.inn, Cheshire. State Rep. -Ronald A. sarann ot Beacon fans sistant House minority leader legislature, is expected to win the nomination and the pporlunity to lace long-time icumbent Congressman John Monagan, a waterbury Dem-First District Republicans ex pect a contest for the nomina. it their 10 a.m.

conven-Saturday in West Hart ford- Whiting school. Those expected to compete for the endorsement include Deputy May- Arthur fav of West Hart ford; Jonathan Dugan ot Hartford; Richard RUlenband ot South Windsor; Mark Yellin, ol West Hartford, and Donald La Croix, of Hartford. The incum bent is Democratic. Congress man William R. Cutler of Hart ford.

In the Second district, GOP Congressman Robert H. Steele is unuppused for rennmination at the district convention slated for Saturday morning at East ern Connecticut Slate College in willimantic. Roger llilsman, Old Lyme, was the choice district Democrats to against Rep. Steele. Sixth district Republicans plan an II a.m.

convention in Torrington City Hall jicefcins; nomination Include John Walsh, of New Britain Robert Slachen, of Burlington; iiugens O'Meara, of Kent; and Deputy state Personnel Com missioner Russell Post, of Can VA Hospital Is Allowed First Atom Pacemaker for Humans (Continued from Page One) pacemaker assemblies manufactured by Medtronic, Int. of Minneapolis, and are de signed "to withstand stresses associated with impact, 1 and fire which may result accidents." Collection Joseph John Sika of 1720 Koble avenue, a lawyer was one two men named yesterday hy cancres on the nrirtseport'zon. ire Boairt Appeals. apneared inrn, 1 in yesterday's Post. inary meeting Sept, 10 at Pan-muniom truce village.

Many of the in million families have lived apart since Korea was umueo. ny soviet Intervention icr worm war H. ouiers were separaiM aunng the 1950-53 Korean war. Armed Incidents between the two sides continued last vear hut officials Korea had viewed the nea v.rc.»» contact as a rtet reunification of tha mum The Korean war, which broke out June 2.5, 195(1, when North Korean troops invaded across the 38th parallel, drew United Na. tions support for South Korean ana UN.

forces entered the war under command of the late Gen. Douglas China entered the war in No vember after U.N. forces' mace successful landings a1 choc and Itron and later pushed as far north as the Yalu River dividing Koim Korean and China The two sides hegan cease-fin and armistice talis in July 1851 at Panmunjom truce village on 38th parallel which dragged on until the armistice was finally signoo, jury ii, iioj, ana A prisoner exchange began lri August, imi, with the U.N, command turning over North Korean and 5,649 Chinese and the Communists releasing 12,760 prisoners inctucnng 7,1150 Soutli Koreans. Armed border incidents con tinued along the 38th parallel despite official meetings between me command ana the Koncana at Panmunjom. GOP Will Name Congress Candidates on Saturday (Continued from One) decision wilf be forthcoming be-; fore Friday.

Povinellf Third district Republicans have scheduled the a.m. Saturday ton. The Sixth district Incum bent Is Democratic wuman bub 1. urasso Windsor Locks. Nixon Will Make Radio Address Today to Nation (Continued from Page One) Qualifying them (or fed eral assistance.

The White House also Issued1 Nixon's annual Jndpeednence Day message, which cited America's heritage as the "hnrr.e of the free and th haven for the weak and bt pressed frnm other parti of th world," tireat trials and erealer iriumpns sliil ilb smeacl for i the mesas aaid." There are still wronjts be righted, and new goals peace, prosperity, justice and belter envinmihent to be met in words Nixon is expected to expano upon his radio dress, message added: But as long as we rem true to the ideals ot Amtricn. as long as our energy does not flag and our faith does not fall. no problem is too great and no evn is too strong to he over. vume ny people." The President Hew here Sat-' uroay ror a twa week stay nallway through an election year which has seen him spend! about two-thirds of his time' away 110m the White House. Of the 182 days during the' half-year, Nixon was away' an or part 111 days.

ins ravonte retreat is Camp David in Maryland's Catoitin Mountains, where he spent all or part of 53 days. Next in line was ins nome at Key Hiscayne. t-ia. He spent all or part of 12 days there or at the Bahamian isianci or urana commut mg cl.stancs RWav by helicon-ter. Until this visit, had upeni oniy six aays this yea San Clemente.

The owner of Grand Cay New York industrialist Robert nupianaip, ano wion's Key Biscayne neighbor, banker C. 11. "aeoe" Reboio. are with the nciiueni in aan (jiemenle Before Mrs. Nixon Sunday night, they dined with hixuh ana Kissinger at Cha-sens restaurant in Los Ange.

les. It Looks Good For Big Parade last night's late forecast was auspicious for today's big Rsmum Festival parstfe: cloudy and cooler" was Ihe wurd, with only a per cent thsnce of rain. Optimists can trunslate "partly cloudy" Into "partly sunny." The 24th annual street par-adc, with 171 units In live divisions, starts moving from Seaside park io Jnhn Kennedy stadium at 11 a.m. Trumbull Council Mulls Teacher Pact, Funding By MARY V. JONES TRUMBULL A two-year coti-racl, granting teachers an over-ill increase Df 8.S per cent thm will cost the town an estimated $216,000 in salaries is before the Town Council, and raises a question on whether budget funds are available to cover negotiations on all sin new contracts to be signed this year.

The agreement signed by the' naara or tiaucation and Trumbull Education Association provides for raises in three steps, One, of approximately three per cent, will be granted in the first semester of the 1972-73 school year and another of approximately two per cent in the second The third raise of a fs scheduled for the 1S7J.T4 fiscal year with the contract to expire in June The Tov.ti Council will act on ne ttintract on July J3 and uri-lesj they it" stands as negotiated. me agreement Is the second six contracts which are cur. rently under nceotiations settled earlier this year and agreement has reportedly been estnea wrm uie Trumbull Education Secretaries Association. jotjahm are the Trum-inistratorj. Association, lianS and partment employees.

ine mi-ii Budget carries conlingency funds to be led in contract settlements the Board of Finance said last March the amount is expected to serve as a buffer for the settlements. "If settlements exceed this mount," the beard minutes say the department involved may ave to absorb the- increased muiaii rrom its budget. John Hahn. administrati tieer ol the town, said yesterday he has made no determination of what the teachers package will ran mis years con-fund. estimates 160,000 of the cor.tlngency fund will be needed! to meet the terms of the police contract starting teachers with inure uargamir.g units which must share in these funis." Under the salary schedule for contract, starting teachers withh a bachelor's degTee will move from $7,850 to with pay available 11 13 si its huui IU Pay for a Master's decree wl move from JS.325 tu at the starting level and from 400 to 514,848 at the maximum level in steps.

At Hie sixth vtar level, start- big pay will Increase from Jiff, jou to iiij.na una at the maid mum in 13 steps, from (16,000 uuring me second semester of the current year, the schedule provides a starting pay for bachelor's degree of JS.241 and a ir.av imiun of to SIM36 1'iaaiei a uegree ana Jtl), 878 to J16JJ16 for a sixth ynar cer tifrcate. In the second year nf the con tract, starting and maximum sal anes are scheduled at (8,514 la S13.115 for a bachelor's to (15,617 for a Master's and (11,237 to (17,171 for a sixth year certificate. The contract also provides (500 extra for a Doctoral degree and ior a Master degree the teaching field. ennge oeoetits 01 ttie contract! provide- lull payment of insuranct costs for Blue Cross and tury Plan of Connecticut ted American I for each employee and up lito four percent of the teaeheS pay towards cost coverage for tho employees family. wonting conditions carried Clauses lor academic freedom anti-daserimination, class oreoara- tion time during school hours and a teacher evaluation program with provisions for teachers to see the report.

Supplemental wage schedules were filed for coaches, depart-ment chairmen; club advisors ui.cciurs ana special eduea tion teachers. Tha schedule for coaches. Pacc' rates irom one to- len ana salaries in a threa step phast depending the SaTariej range from (130 to (l.fioo ivr ins next term with increases to (470 end (I.8W in the m4-H uepartment chairmen, also a three-year pact, have two ratn. gories with nine teachers as the oreaiang point lor salary differ eniiais. salaries range from (740 and (S40 In the year to sou in ir.e year txtia oav for adVitnr, dUty.

fromi LU ueperiaing on the JUU. The Board of Education esti mates an enrollment a Chi. dents next yeah, an Increase of 20S with approximately 430 each- era, ine tjuaget 01 J8.2 approved last May carries funds lor tna annual increment of cners granted under-existing! contracts. Lightninp; Strikes House in Fairfield Lightning struck ihe side 01 a 1: nisc owned by Joan Katz ol 272 Lucille street, Fail field ye, lerday at about p.m. fire man Fire Captain William Scliumni: sain Ihe lighlning caused a hole in me wan.

mere no and nn one was injured. Cum panies two and three responded, Court Refuses to Enter Calif. Delegates Dispute (Cgntlaued from Pige One) the basis of his plurality In the captured In a wlnner-take-all The South Dakola senator primary. wSl the hoMiy Wfpk. c.lmmM'* rufed Unit he end st his turn on the Eastern should have no more than 120, Shore of Maryland, Sen, Hubert and possibly as few 118.

on If. Humphrey flew Fn, ih. Armed Busjackers Rob Passengers (Continued from Page One) bag into which the victims dumped their money. fOllce said the spotted Benjamin Titelman, of Philadelphia, dying to hide J219 under his belt. One bandit reportedly slapped him and nr.

dered him to stand no. The money fell down his pants lee and onto the floor. jrge Dotson, the bus Jriv-said the bandits ordered him to stop the bus at the interchange and that both, tied on foot over an embankment across the. busy; highway, 'Np car was seen, uotson three passengers who not robbed said thev merely told the gunmen they had no msnev. manning said one nasseimer scribbled a note calling for help and dropped it from the moving ress, but it was Tost stream of 6S-mile-sn-hour traf Foe Continues Hue Shelling SAIGON (AP) North Viet namese artillerymen fired fctis rounflj Into Hue just after dawn today, marking the third con sccutive dav that the oH imrvriii capital has come under shelling! field reports said at least one person was killed and sev eral were wounded when four! 122mm artillery shells struck.

inside the ciladel about 7 a.m. Government military spokesmen, meanwhile, reported nearly enemv in new iignung lust to the south of QuaiiK Tri City and west of Hue, and j.iiri troops taking part In the Quanp Tri counter-offensive alsn had recaptured threa MSnim arlillerv euns lost earlier fighting. The company executive said) eight of the buses leave thei Baltimore area daily for Delaware race (rack between a.m. and noon. C.

--BriUlndtam. nresf dent of Delaware Park, said aiter learning 01 me hijack 'My God' "It seems like everythln going wrong this year, what wnn ine 11000.S weaning every. thing out and now, now they start our-buses. My Drittingham said this was the nrst re nad heard of such an incident. could well dlscouraee oth er track fans from coming over ny -dus, ne said when con-tacted at the track.

'MHybe armed guards on the huses would he a solution. he said. "Df course I'm Islkine off the top of my head just now, but I guess we'll have to meet viun the bus owners to what their opinions are and see what can be done." Muyor Plans Outlay Of Million on Sewers (Continued from Page sanitary sewers in Yacht street gave two of the residents of that street a chance to complain about flooding in their cellars. Mayor Panuiio said the problem sewoae treatment mi. a-11 be relieved as soon as the West lind Sewage treatment plant is completed and staff is hired, later this year.

elimination of combined stivers is probably the only total answer to residential flooding and back-up problems; he said. 1 ne mayor told a newsman the new plant is abouJ.SO per cent complete. To complete the work and to hire staff, he estimated would take two to three months. The completed tanks would be able to handle the How of the combined storni-sanilarv sewer Deen informed by the city's consulting engineer. Testimony was heard from Edward O.

Swar.son, 78 Yacht street who said for over two years, "the City has been frivins; me the run-around" about getting the flooding Me daimed the flooding prob-fem has existed since tf.s com pletion of Twin Towers apartments, nearby. hours last week-end pumping out ne anoea that he clgnr new rumace 1 since t-eoruary. "crinpe, me director ot public works, and Mr. Kalm. to his house io view the prob- liie mayor responded Jaler to tion has heen working pruuiem since it tirst suggested that the flooding might oy a freak in the pipe 1 ine street.

Mrs dies in the street even In rlrv She further complained that the endangering the health of" her ffranrtrhi'rtrun As a climax to the testimony Alderman Daniel Piceolello, mo eno: the bickering back and forth; let's go out and do grew great applause Nixon to Seek to Expand Social Security Benefits (Continued Irom Page (hie) social Security increase reluctantly, as had been report ed. felt, Flemming said; thst provision should have been made to provide money for the increase. Nixon favored a 5-per-ccnt pension increase. Flemming quoted Nixon saying the bill "jeopardizes the integrity of tfie Social Security Questioned about this. Flem ming said that the increased pension's would result In a trust iiino neticit of about (10 billion annually, tr taxes aren't increased.

Ha conceded that the additional benefits proposed bv Nix. on would cost several billion uojiars. Loufek Tons Amnion pa In Championship Play GLENEAGLE5, Scotland bod uiuteic or IWolin i.nampionship twice, had a three-under-par 119 Monday far first qualifying round over the Rains Cause Area Outages Of Electricity than l.WO. minatlng customcTi in the North t-nd of Stratfnrd wsr. pflWBT last night for approximately minutes whet, downed power lines on James form Toaa, accordinE to 1 com.

pany spokesman. p0wer Ioss at about and electrical service for the majority of the 1 0M customers effected was restored at 9:10 o'clock. The company spokesman said a portion of Oronoaue Village the North End of Stratford was also effected, In Trumbull, an estimated Mft ciutflrncrs lost po(ver when wires were downed in the North street and Huntington raad areas. The mss occurca at about 111. ana service was restored bout SO miiinies later.

The UI company spokesman ISO slid that wires were down 1 Milford on Mew Haven ave. nue. Stiles street, Pullman street, mri ai several others in that The imnibcr nf Milford cus-omers was not known last night, holiday at Wavcrly. Mlrm. Sen.

Edmund S. MJskis of Maine was in his home siato at Ken-nebunkport. That left the Democratic political stage to Ihe court esse and the continuing Credentials Committee proceedings in Washington. the credentials nane-1 still was plowing through a record array of challenges to the seating of delegates at the Demo- ranc National Convention which opens at Miami Beach1 July 10, McCJuvern held a runawav lead in delegate strength. The California credentials battle, In court and later on the convention floor.

Is Ukelv tu dutfr. mine whether he can convert it imu nrsr-sa let nam majorlty. That would take 1.609 votet Humphrey was the principal1 beneficiary of its mlino ihni ui.ccaies snouia apportioned among primary candi-dates on the basis of their shares in the total Democratic vole. Josepn L. Rnuh artnilni.

for McGovem, told' Hart the committee action violated Rauh said the committee had 'changed Ihe rules in the middle of the game" by forbid- urns ine winner-ta he-all system in California. iie said If the Credentials Committee is upheld "then politics Is simplv the rule of Ihe jungle." "It might not be cricket. It might even be dirty pool, but is i unconstitutional?" Hart oiiico uunng tns hearing, Joseph A. Callfano sel for the Democratic National vumminee. argued the creden tlals panel had right to act uiy.

t.ainmnj saia no con- siumionai issue was involved "Presidential politics that's what is operating at the Shera ton Park," Califano said, refer ring to the hotel where the committee 19 meeting. Lutherans Seek Major Criminal Justiee Reforms By GEORGE CORNELL lim breakers in prison usually improves neither the nor 'worse, -''a Lutheran group re- monaay alter a tworyear study. The qtiiriu sweeping reforms in crimiml justice, with particular empha- 1 on ireatment in the corn-unity." whether the offender confined confinement Is normally the most appropriate penalty for said. Lutheran Church in America's Board ot Social Relations. by a special research headed by lawyer-cri- of Southern Illinois University ICarbondale, III.

I Jails and prijons are schools of alienation and the report said. "Those persons who survive thom constitute a growing pool o( dis-laffected men and WDm, en Nevertheless, much or the public looks approvingly upon oWenders unities to which 'heyevenUially must return." ana frantic RICHARD O. PALUMBO Palumbo Chosen Minority Leader Of City Council (Continued from Page One) vealed the great need for provid ing basic services for the peo ple, Aiaerman j'aiuDioo sniu These include such things sewers, improved refuse colli Hons, "and a nlethora orob- lems which must be thoroughly! researched," he added. A native Bridgeporter, Alder man i-animDO, in. restaes at Hattery Park drive.

He is bachelor, and Is associated with the law firm of Ruben and Saffo. He attended local schools, and after graduation front Southern Connecticut State college, he be came a leaener. A graduate also of Suffolk university School of mw, r.e is now a practicing lawyer. His hobbies include boating, swimming and water skiing. Kb is one of the eight GOP aldermen who won election last November, denting the previously solid Democritic ranks of the Council.

Fischer to Get Cash From Angel -So He'll Play (Continued from Page One) plane was a half-hour late getting into the air. about 50 newspaper, radio and television newsmen waited for him Ihe airport, airline personnel drove Fischer and a party cf four ethers to die plane in a station Wagon. He was unsmiling. Among Hiose in the party was Freystrinn Thorbergsson, Ice Jandic chess player and old friend of Fischer who flew here Sunday 1-is- clier. to meet the deadline arid play the 24-game championship match.

Fischer had deliberately missed plane after tf.ane for which he had reservations, as his representatives in Iceland sought £0 increase his share of the take from the match which was originally scheduled tn start Sunday and has drawn chess fans from throughout the world. One of them. British hanfcur James D. Slater, was so anx- that he offered to add JUO.OOO to the prize monev. on a win.

r-take-all or peroentBge the chess giant thought the offer "stupendous" and elected to iwnci vinion, wniCn would split Slater's mmey by perceniaga as the original purse, sive lht instead of (78,125, and 'h' luser (104,000 instead of the spokesman for Fischer said, Tha two plavers also of the income from television "na pnotpgraphic rights. Virgin Islands Night Tops Previous Year's Lured by the hypnotic rhythm LannDean steel drums, sell out crowd estimated at 1,500 jam med the Pleasure Beach ballroom here Monday night as the Barnum Festival toasted the virein Is lands with an evening of calypso merriment. It was the second year the uvai eaa a virgin islands Night and according to chairman Bill Murphy, the evening was an even bigger and better success than me iirsi lime around, ire estimated that some people turned out to hear puking beat of native drums and waicn jimco nanceTs move catlike under sticks just inches from the floor, "We were pf. ler the Ulh dav saic, ne toia On hand as special guests the' vjrEtn tsrtniJ ir. natries, Including John P.

Scott commissioner of the Islands De partment ol Commerce, and his! rtsiisiari, George 1 nomas and a bev nf the islands beauty queens along with the entire Bamum Festival family a change of pace, from the ibean style there was Del Pcrcio and his orchestra playing nltf favorites and some New Stiatfoirl Hit by Lightning; Lighlnine struck Imm. Stratford last night at 7 o' causea an estimaled oamage, according to ofttcials. Lieutenant William Naylor frora Company 3 Prospect drive, Stratford me lieutenant said lightning wooden front of the daZtag The fire iva, out when firemen arrived at the scene UNITED STATES Resides the United States of he (cm States th, united Slates of lh, MONROE Unit Named For Town Hall Dedication A of tha Town Council has been by Council Chairman Raymond T. Pendagast to work with mem bers or Town Hall Building Committee in planning for tha dedication of tha new Town Hall Library and ponce Deaprtment, tpt. 9.

Serving on tha sub-commlttea are Keith Lester, chairman for the Council; Frederick Haffner and Fred Brauer, for Ihe Council; George Johnson, Building Committee chairman-Mrs, George B. Tyler, Donald Wales and Norman. Atkinson, building committee members. Johnson at the last Coun-meeting, outlined briefly plans for publication of a leaflet to be available at the dedica tion, ana asaea Mr. rendagast week, me a committee to work the Building Joint dedication of the new huilding.

The group plana to tor first time, this A plaque Is being readied Io be placed In the Library, In appreciation of their gift to first library, by Dr. and Mrs. L. Harshharger, and for the gift of the land on which it stood, by Mrs, John Vernik and the late John Vernik, Mr. Johnson told the council.

At the Council meeting there was a discussion of the need for additional parking at tha front of the Toirn Hall, so the publia win ne able 10 more conveniently have access to the building. Mr. Pendagast asked his dedication sub committee to discuss this item also, with tha building committee, and make Isome recommendation about parking problem. Youth Croup Electa Officers for the coming vear have been elected by tha United Methodist Youth Fellowship, according to the Rev. L.

David rortr, minister. They are: Jean RiEa. nresl- denl; Helen Kadric, vice president; July Ferris, secretary and The Fellowship recently chal lenged the "older members of (he church" to a ballgame at the church picnic at Putnam Mate J'srK, and were defeated 15 tn 7. A re-match has heen proposed and will be arranged later in the summer, if possible. UMYF presented a flower arrangement to Mrs, Narmand Smith, at the picnic.

f'1 lion of her manv in. vitations to the group tn use her lmming pool and to so snowmobiling at the Smith house. Freere Funds Encumbered The. Board Education has received an opinion from Town Atiomcy Janies C. White, treere lunds amounting .000 in the buduet for the year which ended June 30, must he encumbered and should not Spent at this time.

The onin- mn a i' reauested after ihe board was notified that an appeal from two former opinions is bu ng sought in Washington. D.C. from Wage Board, on passible payment of the funds far increases to teachers during the frcere period, is being made. Mr. advises that until the federal courts have made a it is his ODinion tha hoard sSwuld not tha (19,000 for any' other purpose.

ooara nas also received an opinion from Town Auditor Clayton Friedberg, saying the funds should be encumbered. outcome of teachers appeal. omorrow Fond Agency representative in Town Hall, 9 a.m. to noon. Thin club.

10:10 a.m„ Good Shepherd Lutheran church hall. A-ommunity House at East Village open 1p.m. to 11:10 p.m. Ked Cross Swimming f.es. sons oegm 10 a.m.

to p.m. Harsbbaraer Pool. Pnrdv mil road, with registration for he-glnners, advanced intermediates at thr children six years of age over are eligible. Hieh school library open 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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