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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 18

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JS Boston Evening Globe Tuesday, March 24, 1970 Meetings seek new answers to old problems 1 jj By Robert L. Ward, Globe Staff Town meetings began in two communities last night. A score of other towns continued meetings. Leading issues were school budgets, water fluoridation, pay raises, housing and Metco busing. i Town meetings will begin tonight in Brookline and Swampscott.

Continued meetings are scheduled in: Braintree, Bedford, Framingham, Hingham, Randolph, Nahant, Natick and Wellesley. Among towns with meetings scheduled for Wednesday night are Arlington, Burlington, Lexington and Needham. Specially Priced! Misses' i Af v. VM I oridation budget, up to $24,000. Winthrop rejected a bid to put the question of liquor licenses for restaurants on the next town ballot.

Nahant appropriated $2000 for a boat and motor for its harbormaster. Hingham, meeting in its initial session, approved a 6.4 percent pay hike for all town workers. The police chief got an additional Board had recommended a $9100 top. Braintree selectmen concluded contract negotiations with police and firemen calling for an 8 percent hike. This is expected to be acted upon tonight.

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In Sizes 6-16. no Sin" FOR EASTER PARADE These two North Adams charmers try on home-made Easter Cheryl Ann Leitch of the first grade (right front) is fitted by Julie Johnson, a fourth grader. Kitchen worker, 33, held in hreak at courthouse $544, but a similar move for the fire chief failed. The firemen's work week was reduced from 50.4 hours to 48. Randolph firemen got a raise to $8255 annually, going to $9200 in four years.

The Personnel of former School Committee members. The action came after final approval and considerable debate over this a r's budget of $7,412,842. a 15 percent increase over last year. Bedford and Hudson voters took steps to reduce their proposed school budgets. Hudson taxpayers trimmed $50,000 from the budget offered by the School Committee, despite threats of court action.

And for the third week in a row Bedford voters rejected a proposed school budget. The School Committee said it has already chopped $28,000 from the budget. They requested $3.5 million. Bedford vot- ers insist on more cuts before they approve. In atertown and Wal-pole heated debate preceded the final approval of greatly increased school budgets.

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In Lincoln the voters added nine more Metco students to its present commitment bringing the total to 67. Lexington became a pioneer ii low and modar-ate-income housing when voters changed town bylaws to permit construction of 950 subsidized low and middle income housing units. Also approved were 50 additional units of housing for the elderly. Reading tackled its waste disposal problem head on when voters appropriated $1.5 million to build an incinerator for town use. Operation is expected in June, 1971.

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In Metropolitan Boston Area Call 221-3131 SUBURBANITES: CALL IWelleslev) IPeabody! 531-9000: (Brockton) 583-8440; New Bedford! ENterprise 7250; (Lynnl 599-5000; ILswrencel 497-7 1 E4; (Worcester! 754-6247; I Braintree) 648-1500; IRocklandl 878-7831; (Haverhill) 374-7425; (Reading) 944-3070; IFramingham) 879-OICO; IBurlinqtonl 272-4000; IConcordl 349-3728; (Lowell) 458-4866 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA CALL: (Manchester) 669-4200; (Nashua) Concord) 224-7769; I Peterborough) 924-3357; ic ti jiTrr finally approved a $5,968, 654 budget. In Walpole an attempt was made to cut $72,000 from the expense account item in the School Committee request. The appropriation committee's attempt was defeated by the voters after debate. In Arlington, voters nought to ease the school budget crunch by spreading it over ten years. The 10-year school building plan includes the use of "demountable classrooms," expansion of the high school, the junior high, and the Pierce elementary.

Also, improvements and additions to fire protection systems in three schools. Last night the voters got their new program going with $290,000 for the 1970 phase. Sudbury and Lincoln both approved funds for an addition to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. cause of teaching tactics; One involved the Vietnam question. The second was when a teacher disciplined a student who threw a basket at him.

There have been several resignations "from the school including the forced resignation of a vice principal. The school department claimed the poem was not on the required reading list and claimed it was a parody on modern day advertisements. They voted last night to turn down an appeal from Loretz to present his case to the school department. It was stated by the IN MAINE AREA CALL: 775-5431 Flease send the fcllovlng Drhiler Quantity Item Color Choicl" 'r'ce I 1 Somerville teacher fired II Name. Street 1 City- State CHARGE TO MY ACCT.

NO. By William Cash Globe Staff An East Boston kitchen worker was taken into custody last night and charged with breaking into the Dorchester District Court and cracking a safe there early Sunday morning. Louis Morrill, 33, alias Louis Royce, who gave an address on Washington Jamaica Plain, was arrested shortly after 5 p.m. The arrest was made by Dets. John Flaherty and Edward Duffy of Dist.

11, Dorchester, aided by detectives of Dist. 7, East Boston. PAUL SIMON "Green pleasure machine." partment, Edward J. head of the English de-' Berra, that Loretz was an excellent teacher. Other administrators however claim that this might be so but said Loretz was unable to control his classes and recommended that he not be rehired.

knowledge, there will be no decision announced today." Further, he said he had no plans to discuss the NASA Center with the White House or anyone today. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Gov. Sargent said "hap OR I ENCLOSE A CHECK OR M.O. SEND CHARGE ACCOUNT APPLICATION Add State Sales Tax Where Applicable Fm-32470-904 Coat fit $14.59 I -Zip Just From Italy of Brand 1 aJVic SdI ne At I or By William Godsoe Globe Staff Voters in at least three towns lowered the boom on proposed school budgets in the latest round of annual town meetings last night. The voter action last night was typical of the growing resistance to school budgets throughout tao state.

Nearly every school budget offered in this year's round of town meetings has met with resistance. In an unprecedented move Wellesley voters approved a resolution to place the town meeting on record as opposing any future increase in the school department budget exceeding 8 percent. The vote was 185 to 27. Th? move was introduced by town meeting member Maurice Clem-ence who headed a group Poem gets By George Croft Globe Staff The Somerville School Committee has launched a full-scale investigation into the teaching practices Budget cuts seen threat to UMass AMHERST In his last annual report as president of the U. of Massachusetts, John W.

Lederle said today a budget squeeze threatens the scope and quality of its education. He said that because of the decline in operating budget per student, the university is considering cutting back the quota of 1500 additional students per year at the Amherst campus. "Over the past decade the university's enrollment has quadrupled, capital outlay has nearly matched the pace, but many of our operative levels of support have remained almost static," he said. Lederle said that the past year was the third in succession of a "truly restrictive operating and for the most part, new programs have not been begun. "Projections for 1930 indicated that need in this area will exceed available places in this state by he said.

Lederle said plans are going smoothly for admission of the first class the university medical school si Worcester while the facility is being built, and for development of the Boston campus at Columbia Point. of a 23-year-old teacher at Northeastern Junior High School. The investigation was triggered by a poem read by Donald Loretz, 23, of Dana to his class. Loretz allegedly read the "Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" written by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkle, nationally known singing duo. The school department said it has refused to rehire Loretz because of "disciplinary problems." This marks the third time in the past five years that teachers at the school have come under fire be Sargent says By S.

J. Micciche Globe Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Gov. Sargent told a Senate committee today that the decade of the 1970's represents "our last chance" to preserve the nation's land for future generations. The Bay State chief executive, representing the National Governors Conference, endorsed pending Senate legislation providing Federal aid to states which adopt comprehensive jr- Police said shoe prints found inside and outside the Dorchester Court matched shoes owned by Morrill. More than $100 in cash was found on his person, police said." Morrill was arraigned in Dorchester District Court today on a charge of breaking and entering in the night time and larceny.

He was held in $50,000 bond by Judge Jerome P. Troy for a hearing Mar. 31. Morrill is Expected to be represented at the hearing by Atty. Martin Leppo.

Police said more than $1272 was taken in the Dorchester Court break. Entry was gained by pushing out a back door panel. A walk-in safe in the court clerk's office was forced open and the contents rifled. The Probation Dept. walk-in safe was jimmied and the combination chiseled off, but it was not opened.

Police also said they found more than $1000 in U.S. stamps in a car allegedly used by Morrill. large number of stamps were taken from a safe in West Roxbury District Court, which was also broken into on the wee k-e d. Entry was gained to the courthouse by forcing a garage door beneath the courthouse. Detectives of Dist.

13, Jamaica Plain said they would question Morrill later today about the West Roxbury courthouse break. hazard development" in the use of land "has brought us serious trouble." Land use planning, he said, "must be tempered with an urgency of purpose. If we do not act now, the opportunities which are currently available will not exist come the end of this decade," said Sargent. with intent to murder a Brighton man. Flemmi was convicted in absentia after he jumped $25,000 bail after four days of testimony.

Judge Eugene Hudson ordered the trial to continue. Zalkind will seek indictments charging Flemmi with being a habitual criminal. If convicted, Flemmi faces a maximum 20-year sentence in State Prison. It also was reported that Zalkind will seek indictments against some witnesses, who testified in Flemmi's behalf oh perjury charges. This action will be taken at a later date.

It is expected that the jury will hear first a case to be presented by Asst. Atty. Gen. John Irwin seeking indictments against a Boston man suspected of having close underworld connections. Save Manv '70s 'last chance' for land Grand Jury to hear airliner shooting case Carrier admits mail theft ''rl 1 1 i I I iiritoiiiriSji 5 Outrageously low priced knits to you many fashion for spring.

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Sixes 10-18. land use planning programs. This was Sargent's fourth consecutive weekly trip to Washington. He appeared before Congressional committees previously on air pollution, mass transit and housing proposals. Sargent was asked if he were also in Washington because of any development on the future use of the soon-to-be abandoned electronic research center in Cambridge, Sargent said.

"To the best of my of first class mail contained 55 welfare checks. Sykes admitted in court he obtained a key to the relay box at the Brookline post office on Dec. 13, 1969 and drove his car to the relay box at Washington and Northampton sts. Opened the box and took a sack of mail. The sack had been placed in the relay box to await delivery by a carrier.

According to postal officials, Sykes placed the sack in an alley off Reed Roxbury where an accomplice was to pick it up, extract the welfare checks, and cash them. "My share of the transaction was to b2 40 percent of the proceeds," Sykes told the court. Judge Julian continued the case for two weeks for "disposition. Atty. Gen.

Robert H. Quinn and Suffolk County Dist. Atty. Garrett H. Byrne will present three cases to a special session of the Suffolk County Grand Jury tomorrow.

One of the cases, to be presented by Asst. Dist. Atty. John F. McAuliffe, will deal with the recent Eastern Airlines incident in which the co-pilot of a flight from Newark, N.J., to Boston was shot and killed.

Indictments of muder will be sought against John Divivo of West New York, N.J.,' who is pres-e 1 1 recovering from gunshot wounds he suffered during the shooting. In' another case, Asst. Dist. Atty. Jack I.

Zalkind will seek indictments against Vincent J. Flem-mi, 41, of Georgetown Hyde Park, who yesterday was convicted in Suffolk Superior Court of assault Actv erusement) David S. Sykes, 24, of Lambert Roxbury, a letter carrier at the Brookline branch post office, pleaded guilty in Federal Court today to a charge stealing a sack of mail from a -letter relay box in Roxbury. Asst. U.S.

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