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ihe un l.libe Monday. August 19. 1968 Dilapidated Newton School Produces Top Scholars DPU Challenged on Milton Line the D.P.U. has no jurisdiction over this case. Town counsel Robert D.

O'Leary filed request for ruling for the town in which the jurisdiction of the D.P.U. "is questioned, since the line (proposed gas line) should go directly from Milton to Boston." Gas Company project on the grounds it is a safety hazard. Citizens and selectmen have argued that the line cannot be shown to be safe, and that an alternate route be chosen. The new route should avoid school, resider tial and playground are. the town argued.

The town now contends By DANIEL JUDA Milton officials and land owners are challenging the right of the Dept. of Public Utilities' (DPU) to interfere in the protracted controversy over a proposed natural gas pipe line. For several months the town has opposed the Boston activities. But, it may be a while in coming. Alderman William Matthews opposes all new construction, says, "My impression is that we are being asked to implement the educational dream of some philosopher.

The tax rate worries alderman Edward C. Uehlein. But alderman H. James Shea, who was graduated from Newton North High School in 1957 says that "Building 1 was a disgrace then. For every year we delay we run into a 5 percent cost increase.

It is the aldermen who-eventually must approve the necessary appropriation. science laboratories and other fixtures, the dingy pedestrian tunnel connecting the schools. What was once a "music hall" is now half science room and a lecture hall for driver education. Howland says space is needed for academic athletic, and extra curricular total school population in four shifts of 9C0 daily. Students have complained about the lack of comfort Custodial care was praised but officials knocked the antiquated incandescent lighting in many rooms.

Lack of lecture hall space and study space, the old toilet shower rooms, outmoded The mm By EVELYN KEENE Newton's North High ranks academically as one of the top 10 high schools in the country, but the facilities for the 2750-students school probably ranks it near the bottom. is the watchword for assistant principal Richard Howland. "Space is what we need and we need it now. We need more total space in every department art, music, physical education, library, science and English." Newton aldermen tentatively recommended construction of a new $12-mil-lion high school last Monday. That was not a final vote however.

For new construction the state would reimburse the city 40 percent, bringing construction costs down to $7 million. Aldermen voted to put a total price ceiling of $15 million on the total cost including construction, land acquisition, architect fees and furnishings. Mayor Monte G. Basbas' and the architects agree new construction is advisable. Of the three buildings that make up the school complex Building 1 erected in 1886 is the oldest.

Building 2 was built in 1908. Building 3 was built in 1925 with an addition in 1948. "We can't possibly do the things we should be doing in the space we now have," Howland asserts. "We don't even have a learning resource center a brand new concept in learning." The boiler system central heating system for the school has been criticized by Alderman Ernest Dietz who calls it "dangerous held together only by baling wires." But -nearly all other officials agreed Newton North is safe but obsolete from a space viewpoint. The boiler system has been declared off-limits to all but so-called authorized personnel or engineers.

The cafeteria is in the basement of Building 3. It seats 600, but must serve the 220 uu pymm aGWflO Race School Topic For Wellesley WELLESLEY Racism will be discussed by Paul Parks, administrator of the Boston Model Cities program at a meeting of Wellesley public schools teachers Sept. 3 in Wellesley High School. Parks also is vice-president of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Metco) and was co-author of the legislature racial imbalance law. An engineer and architect, Parks, of Roxbury, has been active in urban affairs.

He was invited to speak by Supt, John Chaffee just two days Some Mercedes-Benz Diesels just won't quit. In the 32 years since Mercedes- Benz invented the Diesel- before the opening of school Sept. 5. man who buys a Mercedes-Benz. But by no means does it tell the whole story.

Here are some more examples: A superior braking system Many ordinary cars still use old-fashioned drum brakes. Today's 180-mph Grand Prix racing cars use disc brakes. So does the Mercedes-Benz 220 Diesel. And not just on the front wheels, but on every wheel. Drum brakes are cheaper, but tests prove that disc brakes provide the most precise braking possible at any speed.

So Mercedes-Benz engineers insist on 4-wheel disc brakes as standard equipment. With 421.1 AT V.F.W. Veterans of Foreign Wars State Cmdr James E. Peoples of Somer-ville is leading the Massachusetts delegation at the annual national convention this week in Detroit. foreground: the world's first Diesel passenger car (1936).

Background: the world's hest Diesel sedan (1968). Both hy Mercedes-Benz. powered passenger car, over 500,000 Diesels have been made, and 87 are still running1. One owner in Stockholm recentlystartedhissecoKmillion miles. The newest Mercedes-Benz Diesel is the 220 (so-called because its engine displaces 2.2 liters).

It costs $4,494 and from the million-dollar way it looks and rides, many people believe it should be classified as a luxury car. An unconventional economy car Mercedes-Benz says the 220 Diesel is an economy car. Yes, an economy car, because it could save you more money in the long run (say, 100,000 miles or more) than the flimsiest little economy car you could buy. The 220 Diesel is so economical it doesn't even use gasoline. It sips inexpensive Diesel fuel at a miserly rate, yet has enough power to cruise at 80 (where the law allows).

This amazing power plant does away with carburetors, spark plugs, and other paraphernalia of the conventional gasoline engine. But the engine is not the only unconventional thing about the new Mercedes-Benz 220 Diesel. The whole car is "over-engineered." That's the way one critic put it. He was right. By conventional standards, it is built to far more exacting standards than ordinary motor cars.

What else "over-engineering" can mean to you The remarkable longevity of the Diesel engine is one good example of how "over-engineering" works for the i i If mere a verv vents the car from leaning on hard turns. Without it, the car would wallow (or the springs would have to be made so stiff that the ride would be ruined). Mercedes-Benz engineers took this idea one step further. They added a second anti-sway bar at the rear, part of the 220 Diesel's new and patented independent rear suspension. This allowed the Mercedes-Benz engineers to make the rear springs softer, too.

Result a vastly superior ride, but still no mush, sway or wallow-even in hairpin turns. "Fatigue-proof" seats Take a day-long trip in some cars and you'll wind up feeling like a damp washrag. The Mercedes-Benz 220 Diesel is engineered as much for human comfort as it is for mechanical efficiency. Ortho- square inches of braking area, it's virtually impossible to outrun the 220 brakes. 10,000 body welds Most conventional cars have a separate body and chassis, held together with bolts.

After a while, the bolts can work loose. On a washboard road, the rattles can be deafening. Mercedes-Benz eliminated thebody bolts. In their place are over 10,000 individual welds. Result: a structure of immense strength and rigidity.

After 50,000 miles or so, you'll wonder if your 220 Diesel will ever ratde. A patented suspension Conventional sedans usually have a little device called an "anti-sway bar" nestled in the front suspension. It pre- pedic physicians were consulted in the awesome 600 to the thrifty 220 (a car design of the 220 Diesel's seats so you'll very much like the 220 Diesel, but with have proper support on cross-country a regular gasoline engine for people tours as well as short hops to the super- who are diffident about the virtues of market. When you first slip into one of the Diesel engine). They include: the 220 Diesel's carefully contoured 600 Grand Mercedes $22,299 seats, it may seem firm, but once you 300SEL Limousine 9,400 get used to it, you'll never settle for 280SE Coupe 9,174 "marshmallow" seats again.

Mercedes- 280SL Roadster 6,485 Benz engineers have 'respect for your 280SE Sedan 6,222 backbone. 250 Sedan 5,060 230 Sedan 4544 Cl.p coupon for brochure sdan For more details on the 220 Diesel and 6 other Mercedes-Benz models, send today for your copy of the free 24- SEND TODAY FOR page color brochure (coupon at right). I r'VM FREE BROCHURE Better yet, visit our showroom. See I ISf or cttcr vet come and drive the new 220 Diesel. Find out in and Pic one UP) llOVV it feels tO drive a Car built to be Mercd-Banz of North Ameriei Ine.

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