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ft THE HARTFORD COURANT: Friday. July 2, I96S placed in nomination by a Dempsey Signs Record 169 Bills; Bias Law, Sheriff 's Raises Included Democrat, retired Associate Justice Abraham S. Bordon West Hartford, and seconded by Fight Opens Constitution Convention (Continued from Page 1) former GOP State Chairman By CHARLES F. J. MORSE Also signed into law by Gov.

Gov. Dempsey Thursday Dempsey was a bill raising signed 169 bills into law, almost the amount of damage requir-doubling his previous one day ing motor vehicle reports, from Edwin H. May Jr. of Wethers- field and retired Chief the present $100 to $200. The P.

B. O'Sullivan of Oranee. who record of 87 set several weeks ago. XI A A 1 I. 0 auracieu iv voces irom me was eected vice 84 members.

of the convention. Never So Restrictive Mrs. Helen case oster West Cornwall was elected sec "I've never seen rules so re and State Sen. Florence strictive" said Kimball in if vi uieeuwiui was utuaie. riui.

onuw saiu. ii Important we get something Wft.on r. On Wooden Chairs Among the measures clearing his desk during the afternoon were those increasing the salaries of sheriffs, arming the Civil Rights Commission with the power of injunctive relief and exempting from taxation goods in transit stored in public commercial warehouses. Can Tie Up Sale Sheriffs in Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield and New London counties will realize salary increases from the present $8,000 to $10,500 a year. Those in Mid The convention officers sat on wooden chairs brought from ''Wp I fere 1 I 5 I ZJ I' I "A i fa tin i R' ill 1 i If across the hall, where the Sen ate chamber is located.

They were 1818 chairs, perhaps ol earlier vintage. done and not end up like the convention of 1902 (which Newman Marsilius Jr. of Trumbull, in supporting Kimball's move, described it as "an Ideal one." But the two floor leaders, Meade Alcorn for the Republicans and Mrs. Ella Grasso, secretary of the state, for the Democrats, opposed this and other changes proposed. Both police (Subst.

HB 2548); Liberalizing the income limits for medical assistance for th aged, raising the single limit from $1,800 to $2,100 and the married limit from $2,700 to (Subst. HB 4383); Allowing the Civil Rights Commission to subpoena records during an investigation of a employment discrimination case (Modified HB 3781); Appropriating $30,000 for th establishment of day-care programs for emotionally disturbed and mentally-ill children (SB 255); Appropriating $25,000 for a comprehensive survey of vacation travel business in Connecticut (HB 3098); Incorporating the Covenant Life Insurance Co. of Hartford (SB 143); Establishing branches of the Motor Vehicle Department in Enfield and Old Saybrook; Creating a 10-member legislative committee to study the judicial pension system with an appropriation of $10,000 (HB 4874); Authorizing the installation of traffic dividers the entire length of the Wilbur Cross Parkway at the rate of four miles a year or more (Subst. HB 2075); lhe two formal speeches on the first day of the convention bill (Subst. HB 5228) takes effect Oct.

1. Other bills of general interest which cleared the Governor's desk Thursday were: Allow the State Highway Commissioner to acquire, not by condemnation, land adjacent to a highway for the preservation of natural beauty (Subst. HB 3079); Authorize the leasing of facilities for Superior and Common Pleas courts in Tolland County (Modified HB 4743); Increase from $7,100 to $9,100 the salary limit for over-time pay for state employes (Subst. SB 768); State Arts Unit Create a State Commission on the Arts (Subst. SB 125): Appropriate $5,000 for the marking of graves of veterans of the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars (Subst.

HB 4073); Hiking the limit for urban renewal assistance by the state from $37.5 million to $54 million (Subst. HB 3393); Requiring doctors and sur. geons to report cases of child abuse to the state health or welfare commissioner or local which was summoned by the General Assembly on order Federal Court sitting on the dlesex, Tolland, Litchfield, and Windham will have their present salaries raised to $8,500. Under the civil rights legislation signed by the Governor (Subst. HB 2045), the Civil Rights Commission can seek an Assembly reapportionment I case, were given by Gov.

Demp- sey and Baldwin. "Our Connecticut Consti injunction from the Circuit Court said a two thirds vote would Impress the state. "Our position was not taken in a hasty manner," said Alcorn. A move by Delegate Lawrence DeNardis Jr. of Hamden to expand the number of convention committees from three tution," said the Governor, does not, according to judicial opinion, give every citizen his tying up the sale or rental of housing until the alleged discrimination issue is settled.

The exemption from taxation equal right to an equal vote, The very first object of this convention, then, must be to cor to seven was overwhelmingly of merchandise in transit ap rect those portions of our Con plies to public warehouses only turned down. Against Rules stitution which have infringed under HB 3445 and does not cov Five delegates voted against upon these rights of the people. er goods stored in privately-owned facilities. file adoption of the rules Let us apply mazimum efforts to the swift and satisfactory discharge of the precise duties facing us. "We have these primary con Pope May Visit U.N.

cerns: districting the Senate, Snow, Kimball, Meskill, Mrs. Ryan and DeNardis. Democratic State Chairman John M. Bailey and Repulican Chairman A. Searle Pinney, both wearing honorary convention badges, stood side by side at the rear of the hall during a.m.

and ended at 12:55 p.m. The room where the conven apportioning the House of Re Chemistry May Warn Of Suicidal Intent WASHINGTON UP) Govern-1 feelings of depression, but per-ment researchers are trying toiiodically sank into agonizing presentatives, making manda This Year tory a revision of the structure of the General Assembly every 10 vears. adopting a less cum UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. bersome method of amending tion as chairman. At the left is Mrs.

Ella Grasso of Windsor Locks, secretary of the state. Also on the platform is Gov. Dempsey. The bottom photograph shows the general convention scene in the hall of the House of Representatives at the Old State House (Cou-rant Photos by Arman Hatsian). develop a biochemical test that would provide a warning of (AP) The United Nations ob CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OPENS: Connecticut's third Constitutional Convention in history opened Thursday at the Old State House.

In the top photograph, Raymond E. Baldwin of Glastonbury, the only man in the state's history to hold the offices of Governor, U. S. Senator and Chief Justice, takes the rostrum of the convention after his elec our Constitution." tion met the same chamber in suicidal intent in a person suf server from tne Vatican said Thursday he expeots Pope Paul VI to visit the U.N. General As fering from depression, a widespread form of mental illness.

which 201 delegates at the 1818 Highest Ideals Convention drafted the state's He said: "We must be mind-present Constitution in three ful also as we review and re-weeks was jammed. A por- new this precious document, trait of Gov. Jonathan Trum- that our time-honored and time-hull nf Lebanon 1720-1785) and cherished Constitution has spells of derangement. These episodes built up over an aver age of 13 days and came to a head on what Bunney terms "the crisis onset day." On the alert for these crises, the scientists kept a record of the patients' daily behavior. Urine was collected and analyzed for its content of waste pro Walter H.

Gray and Rabbi Abra ham J. Feldman. sembly next fall or winter and expressed hope the pontiff could speak to the 114-nation body. Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti, the Holy See's permanent U.N.

observer, set up an afternoon The objective is to provide a test of urine, blood or possibly some other body fluid. This was reported by the Public Health Service in disclosing new evidence of an apparent link between certain aspects of served the state well. There is much here that must be pre- The Connecticut League of another of Chief Justice. Eli-phalet Dyer (1721-1807) hung on one of the walls. served.

I am confident that your Women Voters sent a telegram deliberations will produce a Over one of the two doors in the chamber was an ancient of welcome to the convention, On the street in front of the con Constitution that will serve as a ducts from certain hormones of appointment with Secretary-General Thant, evidently to discuss the prospective trip. sign that read: a patient's body chemistry and his symptoms of depression. Indeed, the report, indicated, even without a specific test for "2 miles: of dusty road to symbol of our highest ideas. Baldwin said "We are meeting in behalf of all the people. Our task is not to serve our vention was an old British taxi-cab, owned by Mrs.

Sidney Sweet Jr. of of New Ca He told a reporter beforehand! the adrenal glands believed connected with depression and anxiety. The levels of the hormones rose slightly as the patients it was premature to talk about dates for a papal visit but "it naan, league president. It was decorated with welcome signs selves or our particular political party. If we fall short of that solemn responsibility, his suicidal intent, the new findings might provide doctors with a set of physical and emotional warning signals that would help them prevent a "depressive cri seems to be quite sure." "We hope the Holy Father Hartford Center "Keep on: Your leather blinders till you enter "Be fair: Slow down and keep In mind "We have to: Eat the dust you leave behind." Balcony Empty from the league, and two or grew more depressed, and, on the "crisis day," the levels shot will come during the 20th ses tory will relate our failure and three league officers, dressed in 1818 and 1902 costumes, greeted up out of normal range.

sion of the General Assembly," During these depressive epi he said. "The session will start consequent dishonor to tne latest generation." Ralrfwin outline some of the sodes, the patients' symptoms delegates. From now on, convention sessions will be held in the hall The four-row balcony, considered unsafe for occupancy, was included despair and intense terror of death. Sept. 21.

There will be a recess at Christmas time. Then the assembly will resume in the empty except for an occasional of the House of Representatives at the State On the "Occasionally, these people nhotoerapher. In other cham new year, it is quite iixeiy tnat attempted suicide the re sis and possible suicide in a patient. Next to schizophrenia, or "split personality," depression accounts for the largest number of mentally ill persons in the United States. Its victims make up the majority of the 25,000 Americans who commit suicide each year, the agency related.

Suicide is the fourth ranking cause of death among Ameri the Holy Father will be here final day of the convention, slated for Oct. 29, the 84 delegates port said. some time during that period." The researchers also found will return to the Old State That could bring the Pope to that each crisis was triggered the United Nations any time House to wind up their proceed ings. issues that will come before the convention. He warned: "Change simply for the sake of change could be disastrous." "Let us," said Baldwin, "perform the task assigned to us in a spirit of unselfish devotion to the cause of good government, conscious of the great trust reposed in us, always mindful that we serve, not as the instruments of any political party or special interest, but as the servants of all of the people' by either a challenge to the per son's idea of his own sanity; a between Sept.

21 and the adjournment of the session early next year. temporary absence of a close person: or the renewed stirring Coast Guard Retires Rescue Branch Chief bers at the Old State House seats were set up for guests yho viewed the proceedings on closed circuit television. Channel 3 broadcast the proceedings. Mrs. Grasso, as secretary of the state, opened the convention and gave the oath to the delegates.

She relinquished the rostrum when Baldwin, the only man in the state's history to be Governor, U.S. Senator and Chief Justice, was unanimously elected chairman. He was There was no comment from of a key conflict in the person's life. Vatican officialdom on Msgr. Giovannetti's statement.

One cans in the productive years of 18 to 45. New Findings The Health Service told about it in describing new research findings of a team of investigators headed by Dr. William E. i -rT BOSTON UP) Capt. Kenneth R.

Goodwin, chief of the Coast Guard's First District Search and Rescue Branch, retired of the State of Connecticut." prelate in the Vatican Secretariat of State said he was "frankly surprised," but he did not deny Prayers Offered Prayers were offered by Bi Thursday. Goodwin, 48, is a 1941 grad trip was planned. Informants in Rome said it shop John F. Hackett, Bishop Bunney a psychiatrist, at the National Institute of Mental Health. Bunnev made a techni uate of the Coast Guard Acad emy at New London, Conn.

He appeared the Pope probably would be unable to travel before was born in Woodstock, grew up in Concord, he end of the year since he Raps Allies BERLIN (UPI) Mayor Willy Brandt Thursday criticized the Western Allies for not forcing down East German army helicopters flying over Berlin in violation of four-power postwar agreements. He demanded they do so in the future. Brandt lashed out at the illegal Communist German flights as the Communists continued large-scale demolition of houses along the East-West Berlin border to deprive refugees of cover and now lives in Needham, would be occupied with the fourth and final session of the Mass. Vatican Council, beginning Sept. Capt.

Goodwin was chief of the Wt Will Ba Closed Sundays During July and August. cal report on the work in the current issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Here are some of the details: In a three-year study of patients whose depressions ranged from mild to psychotic (outright-ly deranged), patients usually had normal thinking despite TWO CONVENTION ONLOOKERS: Standing in the rear of the House chamber at the Old State House, where the Constitutional Convention opened Thursday, were two interested onlookers, Democratic State Chairman John M. Bailey, at the left, and Republican State Chairman A. Searle Pinney.

They remained there during the course of the convention session, nearly three hours (Courant Photo, by Arman Hatsian). 4 and expected to run until the Rescue Branch during several emergencies, one of them the iWOUB I III end of the year. New York World Fair offi Have a Safe and Sane cials told exhibitors Wednesday, rescue of seven men from the burning vessel St. Anthony off Provincetown Jan. 12, 1963.

Fourth" however, that the fair president, Robert Moses, expected the India's Premier More than 90 per cent of the ope to attend the U.N. Assem Finletter Quits As NATO Envoy bly Oct. 23 and asked it tney inhabitants of Iran belong to the Shi'a sect of Islam. would keep the fair open beyond its scheduled Oct. 17 close so the Makes Plea for Birth Control Pope could see it.

Get us while we're down Get Canada Dry gin at the new low price of 4.79 a quart. Also available in half-gallons, fifths, pints and half-pints. Always America's finest gin at America's fairest price. WASHINGTON (AP) Johnson announced night the resignation of NEW DELHI, India (AP) Prime Minister Lai Bahadur Hurt in Rescue Try, Boy Receives Award LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -James (Bucky) Welch, the 8-year-old boy who lost his arms trying to pull a puppy from un- Shastri made an unprecedented Thomas K.

Finletter as ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. appeal Thursday for intensive birth control programs to limit India's population explosion. The President said he plans to a train, received the W. C. nominate Harlan Cleveland Every year 12 million hungry assistant Secretary of State, tO'Stillman Award Thursday The plaque was given by the mouths are added to the coun- succeed Finletter II 1 ft -fi i iaasiV try's population while food Finletter, 71, has been ambas-production remains stagnant, he sador and American representa-said.

jtive to NATO for nearly AM Until now, Shastri has refused years. He will return to private to endorse birth control, despite life. urgings from many experts. He Cleveland, 47, has been assist-is the father of six children. jant secretary for international Shastri, in a nationwide! organization affairs since 1961.

broadcast, warned his impover- Johnson, in accepting Finlet- American Humane Association in recognition of "outstanding bravery." J. Wallace Van Cleave, president of the Kentucky Humane Society who presented the award, said it was the sixth time the award had been given since 1900. Bucky accepted the award FUli 4 QUA! 15179 ished people to be prepared for the quart i "greater discipline and hardship." He spoke gloomily about with the artificial limbs replacing the arms he lost last August. The award, named after a l965 (lliMlM l965 CORYAIR CHEYROLET 8P0RT 2 D00R HARDTOP Mn3J BISCAYNE 4-DOOR SEDAN .3 A baiutiful Wick fiimh wiHi Wj 13,41 If ir jr I wntritln r.d nptioltery. 11(1.

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