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THE HARTFORD COURANT: WaJn.sJay, February 22, 194 4.1 foiliiarios Booby Trap Kills LUCILLE ANN BRADLEY Elliott Perlstein Dies; Well-Known Podiatrist Vietnam SANTO FAILLA Santo Failla, 81, of 1076 Capitol died Tuesday at a local convalescent 1 hospital. Born in Sortino, Province! of Siracusa, Italy, he lived in Hartford 58 years. He was a member of the Christopher Columbus Society. He leaves his wife Mrs. Lucy Briganti failla; three sons, Paul Failla of Hartford, Joseph Failla of Fairfield and Louis Failla of Rocky Hill; two daughters, Mrs.

Sally Raffa of West Hartford and Mrs, Lucy Strano of Hartford; a brother, Joseph Failla of Hackensack, ALL DR. ELLIOTT PERLSTEIN XVI Dr. Elliott M. Perlstein, 32 Terry Plains a well-known area podiatrist, died Tuesday at Hartford Hospital. He was a member of the Connecticut Podiatry Assn.

and a staff member at McCook Hospital, the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Hartford Dispen sary. He was a member of the Boomfield Indoor Racquet Club, Temple Beth Israel and the Mens' Club Board of the temple was chairman of the Ushering Committee of the temple. A World War II Army veteran, he served in the Pacific. was past chairman of the Badminton Committee of the Town of Bloomfield. Born in Hartford, he gradu ated from Weaver High School, class of 1925 and attended Trin College and Amherst College before graduating from Harvard in 1929.

He received his M.D. degree from the Illinois School of Pediatry. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Elva Kimball Perlstein; a son, James Perlstein at home; two brothers, Abraham Perlstein of West Hartford and Julian Perlstein of Bloomfield; two sisters, Mrs. Morris M.

Cohen and Mrs. Raymond Brown, both of Bloomfield, and several nieces and nephews. -The funeral will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel of the Weinstein Mortu ary, 640 Farmington with Rabbi Abraham J. Feld-man officiating.

Burial will be Beth Israel Cemetery, Hart ford. Memorial Week will be ob served, at his home. The family suggests that memorial do nations be made to a charity of the donor's choice. There will no calling hours at the mortuary prior to the service. Funerals The funeral of Oswald A.

Rhuda of 101 Connecticut East Hartford, who died Mon day: will be held Thursday at p.m. at St. John's Episcopal East; Hartford. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Rocky Hill- Friends may call at the Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 318 Burn-side East Hartford, today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. The family suggests memorial contributions bz made to St.

John's The, funeral of Mrs. Molly Lubit Lebetkin of 23 Lyman West Hartford who died Monday, will be held today at p.m. in the Chapel of the Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Farm ington with Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman officiating. Burial will be in the Workmen's Circle Order Cemetery, Cleveland Avenue 1 Extension.

Memorial Week, will be ob served at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lester Kaufman, 23 Lyman West Hartford. 20 to 40 LIVING ROOM SETS BEDROOM SETS BEDDING DINING ROOM SETS KITCHEN SETS Welcome Here i on SAIGOl( Prof. Bernard B. Ifall, journalist-historian widely! jegarded as knowing more abcjut Vietnam than almost anyjother Westerner, was killed by a booby trap Tuesday during a frefight between Communists and U.S.' Marines.

Fall, 40j was moving forward tc take pictures of the Marine operation about 12 miles northwest of the coastal city of Hue. The Marines said he and a ser-geant tripped the booby trap and were killed instantly. Fall's body was recovered. Wrote About Vietnam Author of five books on Vietnam the best known of them 'Street Without Joy" Fall planned 'to' write a sequel, "Street Without Joy Revisited," whose locale would be coastal Route 1, in, the area where he met his death. He was the.

eighth correspondent killed in the Vietnamese war. Fall's field trips had taken him to many parts of Vietnam, from the Mekong River delta in the South? to the demilitarized zone at the: border of North Vietnam. He spent Christmas Day with lljs. Marines. A of international relations at Howard University, Washington, D.C., Fall had received fellowships from the.

Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. In addition to collecting material for a book, he was reporting the war for magazines. Interviewed Red Leader A tall, 'amiable man with a zest for life, Fall was a veteran of the Vietnam scene since 1953. He was cine of the few Westerners to have interviewed H6 Chi Minh, the; Communist leader of Mnrih Viaifnom Fall was born in Vienna of, French parentage Nov, 19, 1926, He served the French army in the anti-Nazi underground during WnrlH iWar TI was rfis. charged in 1946 and then served his government, at the Neuern- Fall visited the United States," for the first time as a Fulbright scholar and1 earned a master's dtgree in political science at Syracuse -University.

Still a citizen of France, he was a resident of Washington with his l.S.-born wife and three: children. VM 'i'-'-'f ff" His wife now is in Hong Kong, and Gen. William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, sought to notify her there of her husband's death.

Called on for Advice Although he often was critical of the administration's Vietnam policies all the way ll Deaths JOKUBAITIS. In St Francis Hosoltal, February 20, 1W, Mrs. Stella (Sadaus-kas) Jokubaltis of 40 Newton St: Funeral Thursday, at 8:15 from the Giu-liano-Sagarino Funeral Home, 247 Washington with a Solemn Reaulem Mass In Hoiy Trinity Church at 9. Burial In- Mt. St.

Benedict Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, today 3 to 5 and 7 to p.m. ICILLEEN. Vtn West Hartford, February 20, 1967. William J.

Kllleen, husband of Mrs. Leona (Zauche) Kllleen of 47 Dover? Rd West Hartford. Funeral procession from the- Ahern Funeral Home, lOff; Farmington today at wltlr a Solemn Requiem Mass In the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle at o'clock. Interment, Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford.

RHUDA. lit East Hartford. February 70, 1967. Oswald A. h-rbn of Susie (Corney) Rhuda, 101 Connecticut Boulevard, East Hartford.

Funeral services Thursday o.m, at St. lohn's Episcopal Church, East Hartford. Interment, Rose Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Newklrk Whitney Funeral Home, 318 Burnslde Avenue, East Hartford today from 3 to 5 and to 9. In lieu of flowers, friends art requested to make contributions in his memory to St.

John's Church. Mass Notice CLYNN. There will be a Month's Mind Mass for- repose of the soul of Mrs. Chprles J. Glynn, Thursday morning, February 23 at 7:30 at the Church of th Incarnation, Wethersfield.

Memoriam I IN MEMORY Of William Hadley Penn, who passed way ten1-years ago on February 19, 1957 and was buried on February 22, 1957. Gone but not forgotten Mother, sister and grandmother VEINSTEIN Mortuary Our wmce av.tl.bl. la all Synagogue, Lodge, and Society Cemeteriea FUNERAL SERVICES iena a Merdeck Morrison W. Johnson, Inc. Albany Ave.

ni-715 FARLEY FUNERAL HOME. INC TEL: 249-5681 Air Conditioned Webster SVeet t.ientofl Expert as 7 of THOMAS C. QUINN Thomas C. Quinn, 74, of 64 Terry's Plain Simsbury, died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital.

Born in Simsbury, he was a lifelong resident there. He was employed as a coiler at the Ensign Bickford Co. Simsbury for 1 more than 40 years, until his retirement in 1958. He was a member of St, Mary's Church, Simsbury. He leaves his wife, Mrs.

Laura Welton Quinn; two daughters, Mrs. Timothy J. Ryan of Union-ville and Mrs. Elmer Vincent of Simsbury; a brother, George C. Quinn, of Hartford; five grandchildren and several niec es and nephews.

The funeral will be held today at 8:30 a.m at the Charles H. Vincent and Son Funeral Home, 890 Hop-meadow Simsbury, with a Requiem Mass at St. Mary's Church, Simsbury at 9. Burial will be in Center Cemetery, Simsbury. MRS.

SOPHIE BENOIT Mrs. Sophie Durocher Benoit, 75, of .78 Penderton Rd.f Willimantic died. Monday at Valley View Convalescent Home. She was born in Putnam and was a. member of St.

Ann's Society of St. Ann's Church Hartford. She leaves six daughters, Mrs. Janet Brown, with whom she lived, Irene O'Dell of Hicksville, N.Y., Mrs. Florence Perrone of East Hartford, Mrs.

Claire Perrone of East Hartford, Mrs. Evelyn Bristoll of East Troy, Wis. and Mrs. Theresa Ierna of South Windsor; three sons, Louis Benoit of Daytona Beach, Fla. Henry Benoit of Pensacola, Fla.

and Ronald Benoit of East Hartford; a brother, Armand Durocher of West Hartford; 27 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Friday at 9:15 a.m. at the Cardinal Funeral Home, 88 Windham Willimantic, and at 10 at St. Mary's Church in Willimantic. Burial will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery, Putnam. Friends may call at the funeral home today and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. MRS. ELIZABETH KUZARO Mrs. Elizabeth B.

Kuzaro, 87, of East Haddam Road, Moodus, died Tuesday at her home following a long illness. She was the widow of John F. Kuzaro. She was born in the daughter of the late Joseph and Maryann Barlog and had been a resident of Moodus for many years. She was a communicant St Bridget's Church.

She leaves five sons, Frank Kuzaro of Joseph Kuzaro and Walter Kuzaro, both of Chester, and 1 Edward Kuzaro anc George Kuzaro. both of Moodus; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Moskey of Portland, Mrs. Katherine Bogdan of Col chester, Mrs. Frank Wawroski of Moodus and Mrs.

Joseph Platek of Moodus; a brother and a sister in Poland; 20 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver Middletown, Thursday at 9 a.m. with Solemn Requiem Mass to be celebrated in St. Bridget Church at 10. Burial will be in St.

Bridget's Cemeteryi Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m. WILLIAM F. THOMAS William F. Thomas, 63, of 15 Sanford died Tuesday at Newmgton Veterans Hospital, Born in East Hartford, he lived in this area all of his life.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of the Amer ican Legion, McKinney King Post He leaves his wife, Mrs. Sarah Scott Thomas and a brother, Clarence Thomas of West Hartford. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m at the John C. Clark Funeral Chapel, 319 Barbour St, Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 8 p.m, The American Legion will hold a service at the funeral home Friday at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Soldiers Field, Wilson, with full military honors.

FREDERICK P. HART Frederick P. Hart, 64, of 6 Elizabeth Plainville, died Tuesday at Hartford Hospita after a long illness. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he lived most of his in Plainville and worked at the Plainville Casting Co. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

He leaves his wife, Addie Roper Hart; four daughters, Mrs. Virginia Roman and Miss Loretta Hart, both of New Britain; Miss Ar-lene Lockwood of Farmington and Mrs. Marian Wambbe of Durham, N.C.; a son, William Hart of Granby, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Frances Loveioy of Derby; a stepson, Alan Gervia of Plain ville; a brother, Joseph Hart of Bennington, and 10 grand children. The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a.m.

at the Methodist Church, Plainville, Burial will be in West Ceme tery. Friends may call at the Bailey Funeral Home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Lucille Ann Bradley, infant daughter of Lloyd and Donna Friend Bradley of 58 Granville North Granby, died Tues day at her home. Besides her parents, she leaves a brother, Charles N. Bradley, and a sister, Lila B.

Bradley, both at home; her paternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Nolan of North Granby, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs Lucille Friend of Brattleboro, vt. rrivate funeral services and burial will be held today in Granby Center Cemetery, with the Rev. Ralph M.

Cook officiating. The Charles H. Vincent and. Son Funeral Home, 880 Hopmeadow Simsbury, is in charge of arrangements. LAURENCE S.

WHALEN Laurence Stephen Whalen, 78, of 29 Salem died Tuesday at his home. Born in Hartford, he was employed by the City of Hartford at the Jones Jr. High School, until his retirement. He eaves four brothers, Thomas E. Whalen, Joseph A.

Whalen, Dennis J. Whalen and Anthony P. Whalen, all of Hartford; a sister, Mrs. Margaret W. Mar tin of Hartford, and several nieces and nephews.

The fu neral will be held Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Ahern Funeral Home, 180 Farmington with a Solemn Requiem Mass in St. Augustine Church at 9. Burial will be in Mt. St.

Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from .2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. MRS. MARY GODIN Mrs.

Mary McKeon Godin; 54, of 53 Schaller Man chester, widow of Charles Godin, died Tuesday at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Hartford she had been a resi dent of Manchester for 'four years and was employed by the State of Connecticut Welfare Office in Hartford. She leaves a daughter, Miss Arden-Claire Godin, Manchester; two broth ers, Walter McKeon of Weth-i ersfield, and Lester R. McKeon, of New Hartford; two sisters, Mrs. William Dush of.Newing- ton and Miss Veronica M.

Mc Keon of Hartford. The funeral will be held Thursday at 9:15 a.m. at the John F. Tierney Funeral Home, 219 West Center Manchester, and at 10 a.m. at St.

Bridget's Church, Man chester. Burial will be in Mt, St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloom field. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 237 East Center Manchester.

JOHN H. GILBERT John Hiram Gilbert, 73, of 71 Overlook died Monday at St. Francis Hospital. Born in West Hartford, he lived there! most of his life. He leaves seven sons, Raymond -E.

Gilbert anc. Chester Gilbert, both pf Hartford; Howard J. Gilbert of Torrington, Robert L. Gilbert of Windsor Locks, Russell H. Gil bert of Vernon, Wallace G.

Gil bert of Manchester, and Irving F. Gilbert of West Suffield; three daughters, Mrs. Viola G. Wright of Bloomfield, Mrs. Gladys G.

Williams of Farmington, and Mrs. Bertha Hunker of Beaverton, a sister, Miss Marguerite D. Gilbert of Hartford; 25. grandchildren and five great-grandchil dren. The funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

at the Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 776 Farmington West Hartford with the Rev. Robert L. Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from to 9 p.m.

The family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Hartford Heart 310 Collins St. MRS. C.H. BIDWELL Mrs. Charlotte Hollister Bid-well, 74, of 1499 Main Glastonbury, widow of Ralph S.

Bid-well, died Tuesday at a local convalescent home. Born in Glastonbury, she lived there all her life. She was employed by the J.B. Williams Co. in Glastonbury for many years.

She leaves a son, Ralph T. Bidwell of Glastonbury; two brothers, Alfred E. Hollister of Glastonbury and Charles Hollister of Hart ford; three sisters, Mrs. Harold Forbes and Mrs. Isadore Peck-ham, both of Glastonbury, and Mrs.

Dorothy Dupar of East Hartford: and two grandchil dren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Lowe-Robacker Funeral Home, 2534 Mam St, Glastonbury, with the Rev. Theodore G. Hos- kins officiating.

Burial will be in the Green Cemetery, Glaston bury. There will be no calling hours prior to the service. The family suggests that contribu tions may be made to the Can cer Society, 406 Main St FRESNO Redwood trees may secrete an unknown poison to kill insects upon which many of the native birds feed. In many of the redwood bird life is almost unknown. of the and He ity in be 1 2 I back to the days when the' French were being ousted from Indochina by Ho's Viet Minh Fall nevertheless had been called upon by Washington for advice.

a year ago President Johnson asked for a memorandum from him after the Honolulu conference with. South Vietnamese leaders who had been opposing any negotiations with the Communist Viet Cong; The United. States at the time had been willing to have a Viet. Cong view presented at any peace negotiations. to the meroorandum, Fall' was quoted as saying that the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam was controlled by North Vietnam as a political arm for the Viet Cong, but that the United States should treat it a separate entity.

-i "It is in the interests of the United States to consider the NLF as the second combatant in the war," he told an interviewer, on the theory that splitting th- opposition would weaken the enemy. Fall left Da Nang Sunday, planning to spend a week with U.L. Marines in search and destroy operation. He had been interviewing many U.S. and Vietnamese officials in the area.

Apart from his sequel, he also planned to write a book giving his view of why Viet Cong who were not followers of a hard Communist line continued to fight for the National Liberation Front. 1 Terryville Man Dies After Fall TERRYVILLE (Special) Lyle E. Tenneson, 56, of 16 1LL.I1 -1 T-l Q'ea, sf Mncmtal Uatrfnri ThopHqw Hospital, Hartford, Tuesday of injuries suffered in an accidental fall at his home Monday night. Police said Tenneson fell down cellar stairs at his house about pm. Monday.

He suffered a noun imiiru Born in Limestone, Maine he had lived in Terryville for the past 40 years and had been employed by the American Research Co. of was a member of St: Michael's Greek Catholic Church of Terryville and a member of the Pe-quabuck Political He leaves his wife, Pauline Mozelak Tenneson; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Walter of Pa-chaug. N.Y., Mrs. Ruth Mazerak Staten Island, N.Y.

and Miss Judy Tenneson of Terryville; five brothers, Beecher Tenneson and Llewellyn Tenneson, both of Sherman, Maine, Arnold Tenneson of New Hampshire, Jessie Tenneson of Hartford and Vinal Tenneson of Mil-ford; six sisters, Mrs. Inez Crow-ther of Wolcott, Mrs. Ida St. Louis of Morris, Mrs. Daisy Davis and Mrs.

Vesta McLaughlin, both of Millonockett, Maine, Mrs. Alice Ayoob of Ft. Fairfield, Maine and Mrs. June Le-Gassey of Limestone, Maine; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held ruudy o.ov a.m.

uw cuuu Funeral Home, 69 Main and a'. St. Michael's Church at Burial will be in St. Michael's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

and may call the family for possible calling hours this evening. Wounded Man Dies in Hospital NEW HAVEN (ff) Solon K. Kyprianides died Tuesday three weeks after he was shot during an argument at the Greek Democratic Club. Kyprianides, 51, of New Haven, died in Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was shot twice during the argument at the club Jan.

31. Kamal Mahmood, 39, of West Haven, has been held since the incident on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Madison Woman Dies From Auto Crash RICHMOND, Va. (ff) A Madison, woman died Mon day of injuries received Sunday in a three-vehicle crash at a Richmond street intersection. State police identified the vic tim as Margaret W.

Gilliam, of 506 Boston Pest Madison. Police said her car and an other vehicle sideswiped and both struck a third vehicle which was not moving. Population up 10 WASHINGTON (ff) The census bureau estimated the population of the United States as of Jan. 1 at 197,882,000, about 10 per cent above that counted in the 1960 census. This estimate includes servicemen abroad in addition to the resident population.

N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Blan- cato of Middletown; 14 grand' children and three great-grand-' children. The funeral will be held Friday at 8:15 a.m. at tfe D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 235 Wethersfield with a Solemn Requiem Mass in he Church of St. Patrick and St.

Anthony at 9. Burial will be In Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Friends may call at the chapel today and Thursday from 2 tc 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the Christopher Columbus fco- ciety will meet at the chapel Thursday at 8 p.m.

FRANK J. REMKIEWICZ Frank J. Remkiewicz, 43, for merly of Rockville, died Mqn day in Whittier, Calif. He was a battalion chief in the Whit tier Fire a veteran of World War II, serving with the Marine Corps in the South Pa cific, and was a member of American Legion Post 14 of Rockville. He leaves his wife, Mrs.

Anne Krueger Remkie wicz, and seven children in Whittier, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Remkiewicz of Rockville; two brothers. Jerome Remkie wicz of Rockville and Lawrence Remkiewicz of Windsor: two sisters, Mrs. Edward Chapman of Windsor Locks and Mrs.

William Alford of Hanford and several nieces and nephews. The funeral and burial will be held Thursday in Whittier. MRS. SIGNE J. CLAUSON Mrs.

Signe Johnson Clauson, 85, of 460 Huckleberry Hill A' wiAnw nt Aw riansnn' died 'Tuesday at home Born in Swdeni sne was a founding member of the Eben ezer Lutheran Church of Willi-mantic. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Carl E. Pratt of Avon, with whom she made her home for the past 15 years; a brother Ernest C. Johnson of Williman- tic, several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Saturday at 11:30 a.m., with the Hev. David Halners, pastor of the church, officiating. Buri al will be at the convenience of the family in Old Willimantic Cemetery. There will be no call ing hours. The family suggests memorial donations be made to the Memorial Fund of Ebenezer Lutheran Church.

The John A. Hangen Funeral Home, Union-ville, is in charge of arrangements. MRS. ANA D. SANTOS Mrs.

Ana Dos Santos, 76, of 243 Brewer East Hartford, died Tuesday in Hartford Hospital. Born in Portugal, she lived in East Hartford 17 years. She leaves a son, Edward Mar- tin of East Hartford. a daught. er Mrs Mary Carneirio of East Hartford; a daughter in Portu gal and seven, grandchildren The funeral wiU be Friday at 8:15 a.m.

at the Giuliano- Sagarino Funeral Home, 247 Washington with a Solemn Requiem Mass in Our Lady of Fatima Church at 9. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.

and Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m GERALD S. ROY Gerald S. Roy, 23, of 629 Gris-wold Glastonbury, died Tuesday at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford a son of Aram D. and Helen Chefskey Roy, he lived in Glastonbury for 14 years.

He attended Glastonbury High School, Class of 1962. Be sides his parents, he leaves a brother, Eugene A. Roy of Weth ersfield. The funeral will be held Friday at 8:15 a.m. at the Sulli van Funeral Home; 50 Naubuc Glastonbury, with a Sol emn Requiem Mass in St Paul's Church, Glastonbury, at 9.

jaur- ial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 and Thurs day from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m WENDY A. DeROEHN Wendy Ann DeRoehn, infant daughter of Eugene and Marcia Lussen DeRoehn of 57 Birch Rocky Hill, died Monday at St.

Francis Hospital. Besides her parents, she leaves her pa ternal grandparents, Clarence and Mariorie DeRoehn of Rocky Hill her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Lussen of Rocky Hill, and a brother, Da vid DeRoehn at home. Grave side services will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at the Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill.

The Rose Hill Funeral Home 580 Elm Rocky Hill, is charge of arrangements. in Eugene Reising Dies; Designed Submachine Gun Eugene G.r Reising, 83, of 109 Adelaide St. and 92 Ararat Worcester, the small arms inventor and designer of tlie Reising, submachine gun used by the Marines in World War II, died Monday in Wor cester. Born in Port Jervis, N.Y., he lived in the Hartford and Worcester areas since 1940. He was a member of the National Rifle Ass.n.

and the American Ordinance Assn. He held 60 U.S. patents improving the design of firearms, including the Harrington and Richarson Arms Co. submachine gun. Among his other achievements were the successful designs for repeating and self-loading rifles for Mossberg, Marlin, Savage, and Stevens.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Alice Fohlin a niece, Mrs. Ingeborg Ekman of Hall-stad Sweden. The funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Nordpren Memorial Chapel, 300 Lincoln Worcester, with the Rev.

Stephan Tucker officiat ing. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Meeting to Tell Integration Story The success story of integrating Hartford suburbs will be told at a public meeting March 1 at 8 p.m. at City Hall on the second floor.

The Hartford Region Fair Housing Committee, the Hart ford Human Relations Commis sion, the Community Renewal Team and the Hartford Housing Department' are sponsoring the meeting. i "Operation Open Suburbs" was launched by these organizations two years ago. High School, and Mrs. Maglieri on behalf of the host Bloomfield PTA Council. All PTA mem bers ana friends will be wel come.

135,000 Members Forsake CMS For Medicare Connecticut Medical Service lost 135,000 members over 65 years to Medicare, CMS report ed at its annual meeting Tues day. But of those regular membership was canceled, some 86.000 signed ud asain for Medicare supplementary, cov erage. iotai CMa enrollment rose 20,000 during 1966 to close to million. Officials of the non-profit phy sicians insurance plan said it was too early to tell if subscriber rates can be reduced as a result of the reduction of eld erly members. Dr.

Willard E. Buckley of Mid dletown was returned to the CMS presidency. John Coolidge of Farmington was again named to the board of directors and former Hartford Mayor Joseph E. Cronin was returned as sec retary. New Fan Belts DETROIT About" 11 mil lion motorists purchase and in stall new fan belts in their auto mobiles every 12 months.

FLOWERS SAY IT BETTER! Panel Discussion Slated For PTA Conference CHARGE IT WITH Burrmo NATIONAL HURRY TO FURNITURE WORLD HARTFORD 3340 MAIN ST. 522-3224 Formerly Hartford Skating Palae S0UTHINGT0N 52 MAIN ST. MA 8-4719 OPEN TODAY 9-9 P.M. Moiu-Thuri. 9-9 P.M.

OPEN SUNDAY 10-9 P.M. Fri. 'til Sundown CIosd SalurJjy "What's Ahead in Legislation for willv.be the theme of the spring conference of District 3, Parent-Teachers Assn. of Connecticut March 1, at the Bloomfield High School. Representatives of PTA units will attend from Hartford, East Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield.

Registration will be at 7:30 n.m.. followed at by the meeting at which Mrs. David R. Congdon of Wethersfield district direct or, will preside. A panel discussion; open to to PTA members and friends, will be conducted by Senator! Gloria Schaffer of Woodbridge, co-chairman of the Senate Committee on Dr.

Howard J. Wetstone, chairman of the Bloomfield Board of Education, and Mrs. Kimball Re- winski of Meriden, state PTA legislative chairman.1 Moderat or will be Mrs. Roy C. Fos- berg of second vice president of the state PTA.

A reaction panel will be form ed by PTA council presidents: Bloomfield, Mrs. Augustine P. Maglien; East Mrs. Andre LaBosse; Glastonbury, Mrs. 'Francis R.

McGumness; Hartford, Herman W. Pfenning; Newington, Mrs. Wil liam Meskill; Rocky Hill, Mrs. Paul Daukas; West Hart ford; Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Wethersfield, Mrs. Wel les V. Adams, Norman L. of Seymour, state PTA president, and Mrs, Maurice WUley, of Manchester, New Engiana regional vice-president of PTA, will take part in the program. Confer-! ence participants will be welcomed by Edward Ji Rogean, superintendent of schools in Bloomfield Leo J.

Yaconiello, vice principal ot Bloomfield.

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