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Ai.oliol Passenger Seriously Hurt i. -To Head College ar Hits Franklin I I Building; GOP for Potsdam Driver Killed UNITY, Maine (AP) The Unity College Board of Trustees announced Thursday the appointment of Lawrence Reichel as president of the four- year Liberal Arts school. George Murdock, chairman of the board, said Reichel was chosen by the board's presidential selection committee to succeed Clair E.Wood. Wood resigned about a month ago, reportedly over a dispute with several member of the board. Reichel, 40, who has served on the faculty and in the administration of the City University of New York, is leaving his position as program director of the American Management Association's management internship program to come to Unity.

He is also a former control manager of McGraw Hill Book Co. and president of an executive, placement corporator Reichel lives with his wife, Josine and three children in Saranac Lake, N.Y. He will begin his new duties Aug. 1. Unity graduated its first class this June, and officials expect an enrollment this fall of about 400 students.

MASSENA Damase J. Rose, 21, of Route 3, Potsdam, was killed and Ronald Fein berg, 19, of 1530 Markum Road, Montreal, was seriously injured in a one-car accident at 1 a.m. Thursday on Route 11 in Sanfordville, six miles west of Winthrop, State Police reported. Rose was pronounced dead at the scene by David Donaldson, of Massean, a St. Lawrence County coroner.

The body was taken to the Potsdam Hospital, where Dr. Donald A. Doucet said Rose died of compound skull fracture, severed right upper arm, TOWHS TT11116 pound fracture of the left leg and a broken neck, Feinberg, the passenger, was rushed to the Montreal Neurological Institute with a fractured skull, fractured left forearm, cuts and contusions of tne body. He was taken in the Postdam Rescue Squad ambulance after emergency treatment at the Potsdam Hospital. Rose was the operator of the 1968 vehicle which was traveling west on Route 11.

It went off the shoulder of the road on a curve, traveled 500 feet through a field and then struck and severed a power pole, police said. The vehicle went completely through a one-story storage building owned by the E. Green Lumber Co. and came to a halt, according to troopers. The driver was partially ejected from the vehicle.

Donaldson said the Rose body was removed to the Garner Funeral Home in Potsdam. He said there will be an autopsy but an inquest is: pending. BCJ Officer G. B. Griffin of the Masseria substation, Trooper N.

J. Fanned, of Zone 2, Canton, and Donaldson investigated. Canton Youth's Body in ra sse iver FJytrap Plant Thrives With Mention POTSDAM A picture of a plant bought in a supermarket by a Potsdam man who expressed little faith that it would ever bloom has found its way onto the cover of a iological science journal. Dr. Herbert Mason, member of the education department faculty at State University College at Potsdam, last year bought a Venus flytrap plant at a local supermarket, despite his knowledge that this unique species seldom blooms outside its native region near Wilmington, N.

C. A little tender loving care, however, produced the unexpected, and in the middle of last winter when the Potsdam temperature was 20 degrees below zero Dr. Mason's flytrap was hungrily opening its bloom to devour some unsuspecting insect. Richard Bitely, professional photographer with the Potsdam College's Learning Resources Center, photographed the exotic plant, and the photograph will appear on the July 15 cover of "Bioscience," a bi-weekly magazine. "While the plant is unusual," Dr.

Mason commented, "I feel it was the high quality of Dick Bitely's photograph which made the editors decide to use it on the cover." Truck Hits Bicycle Rider POTSDAM a i Furst, 39, of Potsdam, RD 2, was injured about 7:15 a.m. Thursday when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a pickup truck on Regan Road, east of Potsdam. Police said Allen B. King- si ey, 34, of Potsdam, RD 2, was driving the truck west behind another truck. Kingsley said that because of oncoming trucks he was unable to avoid striking the east bound bicycle with the right side mirror of his truck.

Furst suffered an injured left shoulder and elbow and was treated at Potsdam Hospital. Patrolman E. A. Bump investigated. Astronaut Slates Visit PLATTSBURGH The mission project scientist officer for Apollo 14, the next lunar landing mission, will visit Pittsburgh State University College on Tuesday.

NASA astronaut Dr. Philip K. Chapman will speak at 8 p.m. in Room 208 of the Yokum Communications-Lecture Hal! on the topic "Project Apollo and Beyond." The program is open to the public. EAT Partly cloudy and continued warm with chance of scattered showers and a few thundershowers through Saturday.

High both days in the 80s. Winds south to southeast 10 to 20 Friday. Low Friday night in thefts. CANTON Searchers from the St. Lawrence County Sheriffs Department and area fire departments Thursday found the body of Russell Eugene Elliot, 19, Canton, RD 2, who drowned in the Grasse River Wednesday evening.

Authorities said Elliot was swimming with friends one half mile north of Pyrites in the Town of Canton. He submerged in 20 feet of water and did not come up again. Friends were unable to locate him at 10 p.m. the sheriffs department received a call from Thomas Frank, a companion of Elliot's reporting the accident. The Canton Fire Depart- ment was dispatched to the scene, with Pyrites and Hermon fire departments assisting.

At 11:30 p.m. four scuba divers from the Norwood Fire Department searched the area with underwater lights. They resumed the search at 7:30 a.m. Thursday and discovered the body at 9:34 a.m. The body was removed to the E.

J. Noble Hospital. Coro- ned A. E. Dodds of Edwards pronounced Elliot dead at the scene.

Services for Elliot will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the 0'- Leary Funeral Home, followed by. a requiem Mass in St. Mary's Church. Burial will be in St.

Henry's Cemetery, De- at their funeral Kalb. Friends may call convenience at. the home. 4 He is survived by his parents, Eugene and Shirley Conklin Elliot; three sisters; a brother; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Elliot of Eddy; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Conklin, of Eddy, and several aunts and uncles. He was born in Potsdam and attended Canton Schools. He attended Brockport State University College and Canton ATC.

A recent enlistee in the Marine Corps, he was scheduled to report for active duty Aug. 26. 4 i mVm I 4 -t I mm 'MKv-vvvM it I I 1 1 mfm- I 1 i i t.t i ftlmlVfm ALONE Conservative a senatorial candidate James Buckley has been endorsed by the Franklin County Republican Committee. In giving its approval tc Buckley over GOP candidate Sen. Charles Goodell at a meeting in Malone Wednesday night, the i expressed dissatisfaction with what it called Goodell's attempts to handcuff the president, his position supporting virtual surrender in Vietnam and his efforts to "further polarize" America's youth.

In its resolution backing Buckley, the committee noted he has been an enrolled Republican and said: "We support Buckley because he is a man of conviction who has faith in America, faith in the Republic and has the dedication to effect positive changes for the good of all its citizens." Re-elected chairman of the county committee was Attor- 4 ney Hay ward H. Plum adore of Saranac Lake. Elected to serve with Plumadore were Mrs. Gladys T. Brown of Malone, vice chairman; Mrs.

Jennie Bartlettof Ft. Covington, secretary, and J. Harold Stewart of Constable, treasurer. committee endorsed Gov. Rockefeller, Lt.

Gov. Malcolm Wilson and Atty. Gen. Louis K. Lefkowitz for re-election and Edward V.

Reagan for state comptroller. Also endorsed for re-election were Rep. Robert C. Me Ewen, State Sen. Ronald B.

Stafford and Assemblyman Glenn H. Harris. County candidates endorsed were Edward G. Hoit for county treasurer and Mrs. Mariah Dickinson for county clerk.

Both are Malone residents. Serve Tourists These three young women serve tourists who seek information at the Chamber of Commerce booth on W. Orvis Street in They are from left, Misses Marie Comeau, Ann Hiter and Mag Woodward, So far they have had 1,086 tourists seek information. At left is Robert Hammill, chair- in an of the chamber tourist committee, and at right, James Yonally, first vice president of the chamber. Potsdam Host Jesse Owens Due JC Sports Event Ferries Equipped To Halt Pollution POTSDAM The man considered by many sport experts to be the greatest track and field star in American history, Jesse Owens, will address nearly 400 young athletes at the State Jaycee Sports Spectacular, July 18.

The appearance of Owens will highlight he three-day event which is being hosted by the Potsdam and St. Lawrence County Jaycees for the second consecutive year. Owens will speak at. the awards dinner at 6:45 p.m. in the new Student Union at the State University College at.

Crone Chorus To Give Concert POTSDAM The 55-voice Crane Summer Session Chorus, State University College here conducted by Prof. Brock McE.heran, will present a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday in Crane Recital Hall, The chorus, composed mainly of graduate and undergraduate students and a few selected high school pupils will be assisted in the concert by the Crane Summer Orchestera, conducted by Prof. Maurice Baritaud. Potsdam.

Toastmaster for the affair will be Jack Phillips, former major league baseball player and now baseball coach at Clarkson College of Technology. Tickets for the dinner, which will be open to the public, will be -on sale at Kinney Drugs, Marine Midland Bank, St. Lawrence County National Bank, Potsdam Savings and Loan, the Office of Community Relations at the State University College the Office of Public Information at Clarkson College. A limited number of tickets are available. Owens' life follows the classic pattern of the American success story an individual rising to the top through sheer ability and hard work.

Born in rural Alabama in 1913, he broke 11 world track and field records during an illustrious athletic career and was chosen by President Eisenhower as his personal emissary to the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956. Tn 1960, he was selected over immortals such as Jim Thorpe and Bobby Jones as the "champion of the Century" by the country's sports writers. BURLINGTON, Vt. (UPI) -The Lake Champlain Transportation which operates ferry boats between New York and Vermont, has become one of the first such firms in the U. S.

to meet anit-pollution standards set by both state and federal governments. A spokesman for the company said that more than $25,000 worth of holding tanks has been installed in its seven fer- ries, one excursion boat and one tow boat. "We believe today that not only are we the oldest water transportation company in the country, but the first to comply with all standards." Ogdensburg Seeks Port Manager OGDENSBURG With the new marine terminal at the Port of Ogdensburg nearir.g 4 1 completion, the bridge and port authority here has begun efforts to recruit a promotion manager to direct development activities for the new port. The terminal is scheduled to be completed by December. The new position, with a starting salary of $10,000, will carry the responsibility for cargo solicitation, freight rate surveillance, port and industrial development and public relations.

The authority has advertised in several trade journals for such a manager. a P. McGuinness, director of the Ogdensfyurg Bridge and Port Authority, said this week that the job will be challenging. He added that an active cargo solicitation and ship service program will be necessary as well as developing the means to compelete with the larger container ports. The manager also will be responsible for coordinating development of the authority's SOO-acre industrial park, adja- to the international bridge and the Ogdensburg- Norwood railway right-of-way.

1970 Soap Box Champion Kim Giiilbert. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Guilbert, 80 Dana won the 1970 Rlassena Soap Box Derby. He was presented the award plus a $500 savings bond at a dinner at the conclusion of the races.

Jim Toms, Syracuse, General Motors representative, who made the presentation, is at left. Kenneth Kirkey, president of Mas sena Kiwanis and derby director, is right. Guilbert now is eligible lake part in the nationals Aug. 15 at Akron, Ohio. LOCAL NEWS.

George K. SiOaijze, Slate Editor Dan Carey, KEENE VALLEY (AP) A teen-aged counselor accompanying a group of boys on a hiking trip was killed Wednesday when he fell off a 200-foot high ledge on Giant Mountain near this -Adirondack community. Harvey Dearstyne, 16, of Glens Falls, was found dead after he failed to return to the group's camp for dinner, state police said. The group of 2:3 boys, aged 30 to 12, was hiking in the Roaring Brook area of the 4.622-foot mountain, a few miles southeast of Keene Valley. Police said Dearstyne left the group in the late afternoon saying he wanted to do some exploring nearby.

Coroner Alfonso Goff of es- sex said Dearstyne died of af- nlctured skull and neck. MASSENA POTSDAM MALONE CANTON OGDENSBURG PLATTSBURGH 6 THE POST-STANDARD, July 10,1970 Bad-Check Suspect Held Seaway Unit Elects Head MASSENA Joseph N. Thomas of Gary, was elected chariman of the Advisory Board of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development according to the made by the SLSDC. He was elected chairman by other members, Dr.

Foster S. Brown of Canton, Miles F. McKee of Grosse Pointe. William W. Knight Jr.

of Toledo, Ohio, and Jacob I. Bernheim of Milwaukee, Wis. David W. Oberlin, administrator, Brendon T. Jose, ass i a administrator, and George E.

Wilson assistant administrator of development, of the Seaway attended the advisory board meeting June 29 in Detroit. PLATTSBURGH (AP) A bank official who follows his hunches has helped apprehend a German national posing as a language professor, who, police here believe, may be wanted on bad check, charges throughout the Richard Federice, 28, an administrative assistant at a State of Albany'branch here, became suspicious after he approved an $80 check presented by a fr D. Schmiedtke, 32 who identified himself as a professor on a lecture tour. A call to the Chicago bank whose chec'; Schmiedtke used disclosed that checks totaling nearly $12,000 and bearing his signature, had been presented for payment, Federice told police. Federice and two other bank officials then went looking for Schmiedtke, whom they found walking toward the city's bus depot.

He offered no resistance and was soon taken in custody by Plattsburgh police, who had been alerted. Later, Schmiedtke was arraigned before City Judge Ara Assadourian on a petit larceny charge and held without bail in Clinton County Jail A number of blank checks and $5,000 allegedly was carrying were held as evidence. Capt. Leo Connick of the Pittsburgh police said his office had received queiries from a number of other states concerning Schmiedtke, as well as one from Interpol, the international -police agency, which told Connick that Schmiedtke was wanted on similar charges in France, possibly Germany. SUC Profs Lead Teacher Session POTSDAM Two Potsdam educators, fs.

Mildred and Paul Lamb, members of the education department faculty at State University College at Potsdam, were leaders of a recent invitational teacher education conference in Mrs. Lamb was chairman of the conference planning committee and Lamb was chairman of a discussion group dealing with "Technology in Teacher Education." The conference theme was "Reality and Teacher Education," with a focus on major reforms which are seen as necessary in. the education of cash that Schmiedtke teachers. MRS. MARIE DuMOUUN TQPPER LAKE Services for Mrs.

Marie DuMoulin, 83, of 59 Main who died Wednesday at Saranac Lake General Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Name Church. Burial will be in Holy Name Cemetery. Murray Aiding Victims 1 NORFOLK Navy Seaman Apprentice Phillip E. Murray of -Star Route, Norfolk, is aboard, the amphibious assault carrier USS Guam participating 'in' the mercy missiin to earthquake-torn Peru.

Hundreds injured in earthquakes are being flown to the carrier for medical care. Other medical teams are airlifted by Marine helicopters. The choppers also are transporting food and medical supplies to the devasted areas from the port city of Chimbote, 2-10 miles north of Lima. MISS LULU LEONARD SARANAC LAKE Services for Miss Lulu 87, of Saranac Lake, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St.

Bernard's Church. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Bernard's Cemetery. Miss Leonard died Thursday at the New Ideal Nursing Home in Glens Falls, where she had been a patient the past month and a half. MRS.

MAMIE RAMSEY SARANAC LAKE Mrs. Mamie a 70, died Thursday at the Saranac Lake General Hospital. The Fortune Funeral Home is in charge'of arrangements. Recognition The Rev. Cliarlton Opdykc, pstor of the a Congregational Church, who was elected president of Notary Club, presents a plaque lo James Yonally, manager of the Boston Store, for having completed a year in office,.

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