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Mm 0 THE CtoURANTs Wednesday, May 31, 1972 Medical Center Aids New London Skid Row Alcoholics si fLMTlLr- i i ukU, a'' I 'Wx NEW ORLEANS (AP) When detour as many as possible into Buyer Sought To Save, Use Union Station a skid row drunk stumbles into alcoholic rehabilitation pro-the paddy wagon here now. he problem to the satisfaction of year to 18 months. Yoga Class far, they apparently have not been able to develop a feasible method of doing so. 'Cooperation' "As a result, in an effort to be as cooperative as possible, we all concerned," said Silverstein. "The agency is trying hard to cooperate." He said if no one can be found to buy the station, it will be razed by the agency in about a may waive ujj iu luiu Jiiiuauil a hospital bed with a staff of inbil doctors, nurses and social workers hovering at his bedside.

The experience an alternative to the more familiar jail tank, is a new one for the city's some 2,500 rag-tag drunks who have hit the skids. The Detoxification Medical Center, a place to dry out as a patient rather than an immate, has been in operation since last August. The first detox center was opened in St. Louis seven years ago, and there are only a handful throughout the rest of the country today, says Ashton Brisolara. the center's execu-1 tive director.

1 The admission procedure at the detoxification center takes! about seven minutes of the ar- at a is 2nd Reading Backs Proposed New Rate NEW LONDON The Redevelopment Agency is planning a concerted effort to preserve controversial Union Railroad Station by selling it to a developer who would renovate it and put it to commercial use, agency Chairman F. Jerome Silver-stein said Tuesday. But if this effort fails, Silver-stein added, the station, believed by conservationists to be of great historical and architectural value, will eventually be razed to make way for a modern transportation center. According to Silverstein and agency Executive Director Robert Turk, the agency will seek to attract possible developers by placing advertisements in the New England Real Estate Journal, the National Real Estate Investor and newspapers. "We appreciate that several conservation groups are seeking ways to preserve Union Station," said Silverstein.

"But, so Examines Deadly Beads Detective Constable James Wookey at Bristol, England, Central Police Station Friday looks at some of the beads sent in for analysis following the discovery in the city of an African necklace containing deadly poison. Beads have arrived at the police station from all parts of Bristol for checking (AP). resting police officer's 1 while it takes an average of 23 1 NEW LONDON A 17-year hours to go through the process Preston vouth who shot and of booking and testifying at the his stepmother because trial of an arrested drunk. she was strict Tuesday "We tabulated all that and was sentenced to a 7-to-15 year we found we were wasting nris()n term NEW LONDON As expected, City Council Tuesday night gave the second reading to an ordinance adopting a new tax rate of 64.99 mills. With Ruby Turner Morris on hand, the vote passing the tax rate was 4 to 3.

Voting for were Dr. Morris, Mayor Hubert A. Neilan and Councilmen Richard R. Martin and Daniel D. Schwartz.

Again opposed were Deputy Mayor William Riordan and Councilmen Thomas F. Di-Maggio and William Nahas. As a result of this action, the council will meet again today at City Hall at 7 p.m. to give the third and final reading to the or dinance, beating the Thursday deadline set by the City Charter and permitting the tax bills to go out as scheduled July 1. This new tax rate represents an increase of 3.44 mills over the current rate of 61.55 mills.

It Youth Teaches Chess To Kindergarteners Day Gamp Opens uly 3 For Boys, Girls 6 to 12 owns seven chess sets, in lice time, COUrt time and city! funds to the tune of more than a million dollars a year on chronic alchohcs," Brisolara Bda. i lua uie idi-i uicu, lium a therapeutic point of view, the result was nil." Swung Grant Brisolara convinced the city to chip in a building for the de toxification center and swung a two-year federal grant of $389. 641 to get the center going. The money has allowed I Brisolara to hire a full staff of; physicians, nurses, social work- Choir to Tour Britain ers, consulting psycniatnst andtured bv his stepmother. 38- NEW LONDON- The YMCA boys and girls day camp will open July 3 and run through Aug.

at Mitchell Woods Park and Beach and registrations are still being accepted, Andrew M. Hume, youth director, said Tuesday. Hume, who will be assisted by Jerome P. Fitzgerald in directing the camp, said there is a participant limit of 100 per two-week period, with the age limit for boys and girls from six to 12; The program, he said, will include instructional and recreational swimming, arts and crafts, sports and games, archery, nature study, field trips, camp crafts, cook outs and picnics. Featured this said Hume, will be the aquatic program directed by Phyllis Wyatt.

Children will be tested and assigned to instructional swimming classes according to ability. The national YMCA progressive swim program with four basic levels will be used. Also on the camp schedule, Waterfortl The center can refer the men either to alcoholic treatment centers at Mandeville and Jackson or out.patient iduuiucs me oiiuiiicdi.ci 11 Alcoholic Clinic in New Orleans. For those who can't get a bed Mandeville or Jackson, there are group psychotherapy sessions at the out-patient clinic in Orleans. The clinic has ibeen handling some 3,000 cases year, and the medical center expected to just about double that load.

iTCSlOn YOUtll (jgtS 7-15 I GtlFSJ Slpv SfpniTiOtrlPr TWnrp imnnsinff spntenr-e nn Rlchard A champagne, Super ior Court Judge Joseph E. Klail asked nim jf ne nad anything to cf)y. The youth, originally charged with first degree murder, said he did not. Stayed Up, Drank Asst. State's Atty.

C. Robert satti told 'champagne Judge Klau that who later pleaded nUnty to a reduced charge of manslaughter, had the habit of staving up late and drinking, conduct for which he was lec- year-old Evelyn M. Champagne As a result, said Satti, on Sept. 30. while Mrs.

Cnampagne was out shopping, the youth look a high-powered rifle from a weapons, rack and tested it, and when his stepmother returned to their Jewett City Road home, he shot her in the head as she was stepping out of the car. Champagne was represented by Atty. Thomas A. Bishop, who told the court it was felt initially that his client might plead innocent to the murder charge by reason of insanity. Interview But after interviews with psy- chiatrists and psychologists in- trial he would be convicted on the first degree murder count.

Consequently, the youth decided to plead guilty to the reduced manslaughter charge. Peanuts Leading Crop ATLANTA Peanuts, worth over J.140 million a year, ara Georgia's leading crop. A LIQUORS WINES CORDIALS Minimum Prices ARTHUR DRUG A OR clerical help. When a patient is admitted to the center, usually at the request of police, he is given a bath, his clothes are thrown in the wash, and he is put in one of the center's 34 beds. "For the first 24 hours, most of them just sleep," says George Faler, a social worker.

"By the second day, we begin to talk to them and try to motivate them." Medical Attention During their stay at the center, usually 3 to 5 days, they are given the best medical attention available and are led to accept the idea of treatment will seek to attract a developer who would be willing to pay a reasonable price for the station and pledge to renovate it. and then make godd use-of Sil verstein added. The agency acquired the sta tion at the foot of State Street overlooking New London Har bor, from Penn Central and Central Vermont railroads. When the agency disclosed plans to raze the station, con servationists objected vigorous ly and sought and are still seeking funds with which to buy it. But, to' date, Silverstein said, they have not been in a position to make a concrete offer.

"So if we can get a developer this might solve the Hume said, is a basic instructional program in rowing. Aldo beginning on July 3 in Groton will be the YMCA's Gun- gywamp Camp for boys and giris, directed by Lee Mclntyre. Camp brochures and other information may be obtained by calling him at the New London YMCA, Hume said. 2 Named Judges For Photo Contest NEW LONDON Philip Bis cuti, director of photographic services at Connecticut College, and Jack Urwiller, New London Day Staff photographer, will judge an amateur nature pho tography contest June 10-11 sponsored by Thames Science Center. Deadline for entries is Satur day.

The Nature Festival will fea- ture workshops, demonstrations and field trips on the theme "Exploring the Natural World A Program for the Entire Family." grade status so the junior high school, would become a three- year school and the senior high school would become a three-year school; That the present Waterford High be retained for use by Grades 10, 11 and 12 for at least the next 10 years; That the present Clark Lane Junior High be used for a portion of Grades 7, 8 and 9 for at least the next 10 years; That the balance of grades 7, 8 and 9, over the capacity of the present Clark Lane Junior High, be housed in a new junior high school to be constructed for occupancy in September, 1975, and that the Board of Edu-cation immediately review areas for the location of this new junior high; Before starting of construction of additional classrooms a decision be made whether to implement a continuous learning year and that the number of additional classrooms to be constructed be determined by the decision made concerning the continuous learning year; That additions to existing elementary schools or a new Portland cluding one huge "artistic" one. He also plays bridge, but thinks it involves too much luck. "In chess there's a very small percentage of luck," he says. "The only reason people lose in chess is because they make a mistake themselves." Schiller plans to attend the University of Chicago next year and major in Russian, a lan guage he became interested in from reading books about chess, but which he now enjoys for its own sake. In addition to speaking Russian, he speaks Serbo-Croatian and can read German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Czech and Swedish, all of which he familiarized himself with through reading chess magazines.

He may eventually go into the field of diplomacy, teaching or some type ot interpreting "But my real idea for life is to get a job to sustain myself while playing chess," he says. City Trying Out Pill for Pigeons ROTTERDAM (AP) The municipality of Rotterdam be gan netting pigeons la'st Febru ary to rid itself of the nuisance birds. But the city is keeping a close watch on the pigeons in another Dutch city, Amster dam, where pigeons are being fed special food containing sub stances that interfere with their breeding. If Amsterdam's 'bird pill' works, Rotterdam may adopt pigeon family planning, according to Rotterdam's informative service. NEW LONDON Connecticut College choir, directed by Paul Althouse, will leave Monday for a concert tour of the British Isles with Lehigh University Glee Club.

The two singing groups, who will travel under the title of the Lehigh University Connecticut College Concert Choir, is sched- 35 to Graduate at NEW LONDON Commencement exercises for Joseph Lawrence School of Nursing will be June 16 at 7 p.m., it was announced Tuesday. The trustees of Lawrence and elementary school be constructed, as needed, when projections of student enrollment "have been validated by That a library be constructed immediately at Clark Lane Junior High School; And that an auditorium be constructed immediately at Wa through group meetings and in- i cheated this was not a solid de-dividual contact with members jfense, said Bishop, he informed of the staff. Champagne there was a good "Our goal is getting them probability that if he went to A new one-hour yoga class will begin at the YMCA Monday at 5:30 p.m. Frank Zarifis will instruct the 10-week course. is required to support the new budget of 12,139,462.

Dr. Morris, who last week was on vacation in Bermuda, read a lengthy statement, taking the position that it was imperative this new tax rate be adopted. She also indicated that she would not have gone to Bermuda except that she had been assured the tax rate ordinance would be adopted without her presence. Last week, the council gave the first reading to the ordinance, but then deadlocked, 3 to 3, on the second reading. Dr.

Morris rushed back from Bermuda after receiving an urgent "come back" telegram from Mayor Neilan. Also speaking against the new tax rate ordinance was Lyda Visco, vice-chairman of the Republican Town Committee. She told the council that New London residents can no longer cope with the rising tax rate. uled to spend three weeks Ireland, Wales and England. They will give nine concerts in a variety of settings including St.

Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity on the Avon River at Stratford where William Shakespeare is buried. The choruses will return June 26. Nursing School Memorial Hospitals, which sponsors the school, said it will be in Mitchell College's Clarke Center. A total of 35 persons are to graduate. terford High School.

The Board of Finance already approved an additional appropriation of $14,000 to plan the library at the junior high to the bidding stage. The Representative Town Meeting will consider this action Monday at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Complex. Chief Dudley R. Wheeler, who did not reveal details.

He said only that it was "for violation of specific sections of the rules and regulations of the Stoning- ton Police Department." Turek also would not release details of the charges Tuesday. He did, however, say the board will later hand down a decision on the charge, based on the evidence heard at the hear ing Tuesday. West Germans Respect Doctors, Then Managers ILLEREICHEN, Germany (UPI) Doctors are respected more than any other profession, a poll taken among 2,067 West German shows. The poll, conducted by Wickert Institute, revealed 31 per cent of persons 18 years of aae or older asked, believe doctors receive more respect than other professions. Company managers took se cond place with 7 per cent.

followed by ministers with 5 per cent and lawyers with 4 per cent. Civil servants, judges, teachers and technicians each received 3 per cent. Other professions noted were computer programmers, who received 2 per cent of the vote, and politicians, 1 per cent. School Board Clears Facility Plan well and getting tnem into treatment," says Faler, who has the job of determining where they should go once they leave detox center. Many of the skid row types need continued medical treatment for such diseases as cir- jrhosis and tuberculosis.

Restored Physically The medical attention the! men receive at the detoxif ication center, plus three solid meals a day, usually restores their physical state enough to allow them to walk back into the streets in relatively good health. But the center tries to Selectmen Hear Charges Filed Against Patrolman PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (AP) Five-year-olds are perfectly capable of learning to play chess and, in fact, that is the best age to start them out, says teen-age chess expert Eric Schiller, who serves as a volunteer teacher to kindergarten youngsters. "The earlier they learn to play chess the more beneficial the ability will be," he says. "Chess playing helps develop more logical reasoning processes and helps them to think more clearly and evaluate decisions better." The 17-year-old senior at Schreiber High School here teachers the fundamentals of the game to kindergarteners at the Flower Hill Elementary School.

He is a volunteer to HELP (Help Educate Little People), a program that places high school students in an assistant teacher capacity in elmentary schools. "I asked for the younger children because I feel they're easier to work with and there's more you can teach someone young," says Schiller. Tve always had the idea of introducing chess to kids and felt the best place was on the kindergarten level. "I learned at that age and Bobby Fischer did and so did most of the other players I have come in contact with," he continues. "In the United States it may seem early but in the Soviet Union it's normal." Schiller, who gets a half unit credit per term for working five days a week with his young students, starts out by introducing the pieces one at a time and letting the kids become thoroughly familiar with how each moves.

One 6-year-old has already played in an under-13-year-old tournament. "I give them general prin ciples that get them going," he explains. "They use basically the same opening all the time, but they are beginning to get some attacking schemes down and occasionally get into some defensive things." The youth lists intelligence and a very competitive in-( stinct" as major prerequisites: for the game. Though an aptitude for math often is not apparent at that age, he adds that the child who plays good chess will be good in math. Schiller recalls that from the time he was 4 or he played chess with his father or guests in a casual way.

In the middle of junior highJie joined a group of 9th-graders who played it a little more seriously. "We entered a tournament and had a crushing defeat," he admits, "and then I started to pick up chess seriously and bought the first of many chess books. I probably buy more chess books than any other junior (under-21 player) in the country." No. chess has become a way of life for Schiller, who carries a folding chess board, zipper-cased playing pieces and basic chess books with him wherever he goes. He was an assistant i i n.

tournament director ior tne US flhpsc Chamninnshin wasi captain of the Eastern High Sphnnl rn-p hamninnchin tpum and has won many trophies. He TOP PRICES FOR C00D CLEAK USED CARS iLLS CHEVROLET -BUICK RT.44,AV0N,CT. THIS MONTH ONLY ALL NEW 1972 COLORFUL FABRICS WATERFORD The Board of Education has approved a 10-year plan for future education facilities, subject to continuous review and updating. The nine major points of the plan are: -That a 3.5 per cent growth factor in enrollment be used as the basis for the plan; That the Waterford school system be changed from a Economy Given Highest Priority In Questionnaire WILLMANTIC The economy is the most important issue, according to 2nd Congressional District residents responding to a poll by U.S. Rep.

Robert H. Steele (R-2nd). Steele said more than 32,000 persons in the 2nd District answered a questionnaire sent out the last week of April. Of those responding 41 per cent were men, 41 per cent were women and 18 per cent identified themselves as Residents in the district rated pollution second, Vietnam third, crime fourth, and drug abuse fifth, with national defense rat ed sixth, Steele said. Youth, according to Steele dis agreed with their elders by list ing Vietnam as the most important issue.

Drug abuse was second with pollution third, economy fourth and crime fifth, he said. The questionnaire asked, "Which five of the following issues do you consider to be the most important issues facing our nation today: pollution, crime, the economy, Vietnam, drug abuse, equal rights, health care, education, mass transportation, national defense, welfare or other?" CHABilS Grant Forms Available PORTLAND Applications I in 1968. for the Eleanor B. Larson Scho- is given annually to a high STONINGTON The Board of Selectmen, acting as the Board of Police Commissioners, conducted a hearing Tuesday on a charge of conduct unbecoming a police officer filed against Patrolman Paul Mitchell. Board Chairman Frank Turek said the hearing lasted most of the day, with the board reserving judgment.

According to Turek, Mitchell who has been with the police department since June 12, 1968. was present at the hearing with legal counsel. The charge against Mitchell was filed last week by Police school senior who is entering the field of education. The recipient will be announced at an awards assembly in June. Meeting The Democratic Town Committee will meet at 8 p.m.

Thursday at the Brownstone Restaurant. A thrift shop will be today from 1 to 3 p.m. at Trinity Community Center. Banquet High school seniors will hold a banquet today from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at Sun Valley Acres Restaurant in Meriden.

Larry Merk and Lori Paley, co-business managers of "The Gypsy," the school yearbook are in charge of arrangements. fOUTICAlADVT Lever IB. the Louden Slate, is the McGovern Slate in the June 1st West Hartford Primary. Conn. McGovern for President Stephome May, Treo I I I raont.

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