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Naugatuck Stores Open Tonight Until 8:45 For Christmas Shoppers 111 CH Weather 1 Good Pitce Naugatuck Daily News to min. Snow tapering. off. to Snow today possibly. changing furries tonight and turning much live and Work colder.

morrow Variable with scattered cloudiness snow. toand Pray flurries and quite cold. (Published Dully Except Sunday. Second Class Postage Paid at Naugatuck, Conn.) 75th Year, Number 29G Dedicated To Community Public Service FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1960 Established 1885 10 PAGES PRICE SEVEN CENTS Two Airliners Crash Over New York; Over 100 Dead Snow, Freezing Rain Cause Difficult Conditions, MinorTie-Ups, Accidents Police Cruiser Damaged While Officer Probes Six Car Accident Freezing rains and snow hit the western ureas of the state this morning aboul 5 a.m. according 10 a State Police report.

About one hour after the freezing rain slarted to Call, a number of minor aceidens were reported throughout the area. Borough streets remain fairly clear and passable due la the rock salt which has previously been placed on the streets hy the Street Department. Leo Brophy, Superintendent of Streets, explained this morning the chemicals in the rock sult will keep the snow from nuking the roads slippery as long as the temperature does not fail too far below 20 degrees. The heavy rain-mixed snow started to fall in the borough about 9 a.m, and Mr. Brophy said this too should be melted by the mock salt.

He said his department is standing by in order to be ready to go out should it get too, cold for the chemicals to work. Many schools closed for the day, or opened an hour late, according to reports. Cheshire and Derby schools did not open at all and classes were late in several schools in Watertown, Oakville and Waterbury. Schools in the borough started on lime. There were several accidents in the borough due to the slippery conditions, but most of them were minor and no arrests were made by police.

One accident near the south ramp on the Route 8 Expressway at Main and Maple Sts. involved six cars that were unable to slop on the slippery road. Officer James, Hennessey was sent to investigate the mishap which occurred at 1:15 a.m. When he arrived he (Continued on page 6) Minor Injury To Borough Girl WATERBURY- borough girl sustained a. minor head.

inJury when the vehicle she was driving skidded and hit the rear of a parked oil truck on South Leonard about 5:15 p. m. yesterday. Police said, the girl, Miss Sally Ciarello, 19, 43 Pleasant Naugatuck, was hraded south on the road when her auto hit the truck. Operator of the truck, Francis J.

Porto, 31. 512 Congress who was delivering oll at 490 South Leonard did not see the accident. The girl was taken (0 St. Mary's Hospital where X-rays were taken of her skull. No fractures were found and she was released, police said.

BEACON FALLS White Eagle Society To Elect Officers Dorothy B. Rybinski Correspondent PA 9-6213 The White Eagle Sociely will hold its annual meeting and election of officers Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in the White Eagle Hail. Pres.

ident Walter Dobosz will conduct the meeting. A meeting of the controllers will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the clubrooms. Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies of Beacon Falls, will present Carol Sing Sunday at the Fire house in front of the ChristmAs tree starting at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend and take part in the carol singing program. O'Ol SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS SHOP FOR GIFTS IN OUR AD PAGES No Prediction On Borough's Fiscal Structure With the information available, Adam T.

Mengacci said this morning that he could not make any valid forecast al the borough economic structure or the tax rate for next yeur. Although a $2 million increase in the Grand List is normal for any one year, the mayor noted, there is no way of telling what the evaluation al borough properties will amount to this time. These factors, combined with the constant demands for increased services, and requests already received from several borough departments for raises for personnel make an accurate picture of the borough's financial outlook impossible to obtain. The mayor said, however, that he would make every attempt to hold the tax to the present rate while affording boroughites as many additional services as possible. He also stated that last year, for the first time in the borough's history, $20,000 had been set aside for capital improvements for several projects that have been problems in the borough for many years.

"We can't accomplish everything in one or two the mayor said but I think we have made an excellent The mayor cited the Neage Beacon Valley, and Woodruff Ave. projects, which along with several tuce of the $20,000 allotted. caused an overexpendiA similar appropriation this year would appear to be quite inadequate, he concluded. The borough Board of Finance began its annual task of balancing the current year's budget and preparing the new one in a session held last night. Also last night.

members unanimously chose Harold W. Turnbloom to replace resigned member Eric Gabrielson as vice-chairman of the board. Of the total $2,666.916 approprilate, $875,692.33 is left for the final thus months, Expenditures fax are nearly $1,8 million. As in past years, with the fiscal year upproaching its conclusion, the contingency fund is being. hit hard by other departments.

Legal Claims At last night's meeting, $4,232.25 was taken from contingency for the Police Department and another $4,000 for legal claims. Members also expressed a fear that the recent storm will bring an overex-1 penditure from the Street Department. Also approved was a $2,000 intradepartmental transfer in the Po- (Continued on page 6) A five room apartment at 288 High St. has been found for the members of the Arturo Cellupica, they family will and be able It to is move in this weekend. Mrs.

Charles K. Anderson. executive director of the Naugatuck Chapter of the American Red Cross, announced last night that the apartment had been found and said that the ted Cross put a deposit on it SO Ag to insure the bargain. The family with five children ranging in age from 3 months to five years, were burned out of their apartment af. 33 High St.

on Tuesday. Some of the items needed include cooking utensils, china, linen, blankets, glassware and table linens. Promises of ald have been flowing in since Mayor Adam T. Mengacci appointed a mittee, headed by CD Director Philip J. Mallane, to nid the stricken family.

Mr. Mailane said the family also needs a crib, 11 double-bed and a bunk bed. Those with items to donate are asked to call either the Red Cross, 9.2921 Mr. Mallane at PA 9-8291. In addition to a number of items already donated, State Rep.

John J. Carroll has ised a used refrigerator. 5-Room High St. Apartment Found For Cellupicas Births SHEEHAN A son, to Mr. and Mrs.

Leo Shechan, Field Dec. 16 in St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Sheehan is the former Mar.

ilyn Daly of Syracuse, N.Y. DAUCH Third child, first daughter. Catherine to Mr. and Mrs. George Dauch, 89 Dec.

13 in Bradley Memorial Hospital, Southington, Mrs. Dauch is the former Mary Cote. Radio Reports Rebellion Against Selassie Crushed Rebels Flee Country As Loyal Troops Seek Their Arrest. LONDON (UPD) The Addis Ababa Radio, said tuilay the rebellion against Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie had been crushed und the rebels were fleeing" "the country. The broadcast was heard in Nairobi, Kenya.

The broadcast said Gen. Merid Mengesha, supreme commander of the Ethiopian armed forces, issued orders for the arrest of all the rebels, most of whom were believed to be members of the imperial palace guard. The rebels seized power Wednesday while the "Lion of Jul dah" was making a state visit 10 Brazil and announced they were installing Crown Prince Asia Wassan, 44, the emperor's eldest son, as the new "king." left Haile Selassie Khartoum, Sudan, today by plane to return to Ethiopia. The broadcast picked up in Nairobi followed a series of dipomatic reports that his loyal were crushing the rebellion and had recaptured the city of Addis Ababa. Elsewhere in the country the troops mainly remained loyal to the Emperor, including 10.000 infantrymen and an air force battalion in Eritrea.

Selassie himself was moving across Africa to reclaim the year-old. throne soid to date back to the Queen of Sheba. He has had it for. 30 -yearsBattling between insurgent and loyalist forces was reported going on in Addis Ababa, the capital, in Harar 225 miles to the east and in Ethiopian-ruied Eritrea to the north; Dispatches received in Khartoum, The Sudan, said there was a "high death toll" in the Addis Ababa fighting. Flies To Chad Selassie flew out of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday night to Ft.

Lamy, Chad, within a few hours flying time of his, teau country. AL Monrovia he talked to Liberian President William V. S. Tubman and the U.S, and British ambassadors. It bearded, was 68-year-old considered "Lion likely of the Ju- dah" would speed first 10 Eritrea where his son-in-law Gen.

Abiye Abele is governor general: The Ethiopian Embassy in don said Abele had sent a sage saying the new Wossen regime 'without foundation or valdity" and that the bulk of the army was with the Emperor, Addis Ababa radio, under control of the insurgents, confirmed the street fighting in the capital and accused the loyalists of starting It. group of bandits under the influence of traitors, former generals, opened fire on peaceful civilians demonstrating for the new government," it claimed. Truce Is Called After truce had been called, Indicating the government unable to drive back the loyalists by force of arms. Wossen, 44, was proclaimed king of the new regime but informed diplomatic sources said he probably was only a figurehead and that Aman Michiel Andoum, commandant of the palace guard, was the real power behind the coup. Ras Imeru.

66, ambassador to the Soviet Union, was named premier. He is a cousin of the Emperor and his political support in high places but little popularity among Nearly the all people. the reports on the situation were relayed through diplomatic channels. Direct tact with the country was nearly impossible. 2 Drivers Charged After Minor Mishap Two drivers were charged with failure to grant the right of way and are slated to appear in Borough Court on Monday, according to police.

The arrest was made following an accident on Mulberry St. Abraham Sternberg, 68, 25 Johnson Waterbury, was traveling south on Mulberry his car collided with one driven by Jean M. Gagnon, 41 Mulberry St. Investigating officer, Patrolman Jerry Sirica, said that the impact pushed the Gagnon vehiinto a snowbank with the Sternberg car resting against it. Both vehicles sustained slight damage on the left side, and Mr.

Gagnon complained of A sore back. Passenger List KANSAS CITY, Mo. UPI) Trans World Airlines today released the following list of passengers and crew members aboard the plane which collided today with a United Airlines plane over New York. Crew: Capt. D.A.

Wollam, First Officer D.T. Bowen, Flight Engineer Leroy Rosenthal, Hostess Patricia Ann' Post of Glenshaw, Hostess Margaret Gernat of Granville, N.Y. Pussengers: 1. C.B. Helton 2.

E. Tierney 3 4. Mr. and Mrs. Cecll W.

Mullins 5. Mr. J. Walden 6. A.B, Swenson 7.

A.B. Peterson 8. Mr. M.T. Wright (The above eight passengers boarded at Dayton, Ohio) 9 Miss N.

Briggs 10. Mr. R. Bitters, Athens, Ohio da. Miss M.

Bricker 12. J. Buchheit 13. Mr. A.

Burten 14. Mr. C. Clothier 05. A.W.

Chandler 16. Mr. R. Connell 17. Mr.

S. Dahlberg 18. Mr. D. Evans, Chillicothe, 0.

19. Cyril G. Ewart 20. Mr. R.

Ellis 21. R. Flood, Somerset, 0. Mr. Fisher 23.

Mr. P. Griebel -24. Mrx. P.

Griebet25. A. T. Gingold 26. Mrs.

Esta Israel 27. Mr. A. Trumm 28. Mrs.

Mary Myers 29. Mr. Gary Myers 30. Mr. R.

Magnuson 31, Mr. R. McCeachern 32. Mr. Rapkin 33.

Mr. R. Simpson 31. Mr. E.

Voelker 35. Mr. R. Walsh 36. Dr.

R. Waman 37. Mr. J. Horsey The above 29 passengers boarded at Columbus.) CHICAGO (UPI) United Air Lines today announced the following names.

of crew members of the DC-8 which crashed in New York, All were based at Los Angeles. They were: Capt. R.H. Sawyer First Officer R.W. Fiebing Flight Enginecr Prewitt Stewardess Ann Marie Bothun Stewardess Mary Mahoney Stewardess Patricia Ann Keller Stewardess Augustine Louise Ferrar.

Slate Mai Property Hearing Tuesday IA' special meeting of the Board of Mayor and Burgesses sitting as the Zoning Board will be held Tuesday to act on a request by Helena Mai and the Naugatuck Fuel Co. to change the designatnon of a strip of the Mai property from rural ta.com: mercial. The board has 60 days to act on the request made about two weeks ago, but in the light.of the 31 deadline for the fuel company to move its installation Church to allow National food store chain, reported. ly First. National, to take over, the board will take early action.

Circuit Court Judges Receive Black Robes HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI)-The 44 new state Circuit Court judges, described as "symbols of seven centuries of the development of the law that we hold dear." were presented with their black judicial robes at solemn ceremonies Thursday night. U.S. Circuit Judge John A. Danaher told the new judges, "Let justice not only be our goal, let's work at it every day." The new juriges, 22 from each major parly, were presented the symbols of office State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ray.

mond E. Baldwin after the roll was called by Gov. Ribicoff. Justice Baldwin told them, "the judicial robe is not a garment, it signifies the judicial power of He told the new jurists that they face a load of 196.000 .000 cases annually, which previously had been considered by the minor municipal courts throughout the state. The local courts go out of existence when the new Circuit I Court system takes effect Jan.

1, Blaze Started In By One Plane Ten Buildings, One Church Set Aflame As Plummeting Airliner Crashes Other Plane Falls In Staten Island By JACK V. FOX United Press International NEW YORK -Police said today that more than 100 persons appeared to have been killed in the crash of two airliners here. There were only three known survivors -two wo men and a boy. -at Method- OVER 175 MEMBERS the club's eighth annual kitchen committee shown dell, Walter Baker, George also served accompanied by Al Smith Waterbury. Guest speakers prizes were awarded during American Among Four New Cardinals OF THE Retired Men's Club and guests were, served 3 Christmas party last night in St.

Michael's Parish House. preparing the dinner are shown left to right: Henry Held and Olncy Trusk. President William Goggin was us toastmaster. Entertuinment was provided by Daniel at the piano, Ronald Ruzzy, singer accordionist and the included Philip F. Rice and State Rep.

James Farren. the entertainment program. VATICAN CITY (UPII Pope John XXDI today named four new cardinals. Including Joseph E. Ritter, archbishop of St.

Louis. The tour new cardinals will be at a solemn in Vatican on Jan. In addition to Ritter, the new cardinals named are: Jose Humberto Quintero of. Caracas, Venezuela, titular, archbishop Cordoba, of rida: Luis Concha archbishop of Bogota, Colombia, Msgr. Giuseppe Ferrello, Romehorn secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

The new appointments raise the strength of the Sacred College of Cardinals. to 86. In addition, his last consistory March 28. John created three other cardinals (within the breast), withholding their names a later date. No one except the Pope knows who these three "secret are, including the nominees themselves.

Ritter's nomination as cardinal raises the number of U.S. princes of the Roman Catholic church to six. The two Latin American cardinuls increase the South American continent's total cardinals In addition, Mexico and Cuba each have one. Dillon Appointed Secy. Of Treasury WASHINGTON UPI President elect John F.

Kennedy today named Republican Douglas DilIon--as his Treasury secretary. MASS MEETING NEW ORLEANS -The White Citizens Council held a mass mecting Thursday night inn its battle to halt the integration of public schools in New Orleans. The meeting. was inter. rupted repeatedly by shouts of "kill the Niggers," "Feed 'em hay." and "Send 'em back ta Africa." Deaths KAPSHEVICH, John, of 66 in Waterbury, Dec.

15, 1960. Funeral services tomorrow al 8 a. m. from the Fitzgerald Funeral Home, 240 No. to S1 Hechvig's Churchifor a requiem high Mass at 9.

Burial in SI. James' Cemetery. Friends may call at at the funeral home today from 3 10 5 and 7 10 9 p. m. BULLETINS PATROL SEA WASHINGTON UPI U.S.

Marine and naval forces patrol. ted the South China Sea today rendy to back up Americn'8 pledge to protect the Western government of Laos against neighbors. At tho same time any aggression try its Communist the State Department is preparing one of the stiffest notes ever sent to Russia, rejecting Soviet charges thint the Unlied States is intervening in the hattle between pro-Communist and proAmerican forces in the strifeAslax nation. -001--- BATTLE RAGES Thailand The battle for the Laotian capital of Vientinno raged Into. its fourth day today and Communist-supported troops were reported to have seized five Americans 28 hostages.

Pro Western troops conunanded by Gen. Phoumt Nosavan appeared, to be holding doggedly heart of the city under heavy artillery attack 1 Communist-supported forces led by paratroop Capt. Kong I.e. -000- TAX COLLECTIONS HARTFORD-State tax collections declined last month but still are running ahead of a year ago, the State Tax De partment reported today. The agency said the collections last month totaled $27,132,097.

This WAS $191,912 less than in November 1959. --000-- AGREES WITH KENNEDY WASHINGTON Gov. Or ville Freeman, newly named agriculture agrees with President-elect John F. Kennedy that strong government programs are the best approach to solving the complex farm problem. ALL-OUT EFFORT WASHINGTON Newly named Labor Secretary Arthur J.

Goldberg will make alt all-out effort to achieve a trice between warring union and management factions. WANTED! 200 Volunteers To Be Blood Donors When? Thursday, December 22 St. Michael's Parish House Time? 12:35 to 5:15 P.M. Piscictelli) chicken dinner at Members' of the Zwick, Allan Cran: chairman of arSweeney, soloist, Clifford family of Several door Robert Kennedy General WASHINGTON UPI President-electe John F. Kennedy today named his brother, Robert, as attorney general, Kennedy also announced that Byron! R.

Whizzer White, Denver lawyer and former All Amer. ica football player, will serve AS assistant attorncy general. The Presndent-elect announced that Harry Anslinger will rehead of Narcotics Division in the Justice Department. That left only postmaster general to be filled for the Kennedy Cabinet and J. Ed.

ward Day, vice president of Prudential Insurance Company, was reported to have been selected for that post. Eagles Annual Christmas Party To Be Held Sunday The 52nd annual children's Christmas party for members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Auxiliary will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Eagles Hall. Willian Wood, general chairman of arrangements, is being assisted by Everett Donovan and William Stokes and their wives, Mrs.

Wood, Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Stokes, auxiliary members. Members may obtain tickets from any committee member or from Don Russo, secretary, Santa will be present and will distribute gifts to all of the children. Announce Christmas Closing In Sections Of Footwear Plant A spokesman for the U.

S. Rubber Footwear Plant nounced that all the departments of the plant will close for Christmas on December 23 and reopen an December 27 and close again December 30 for New Years and reopen on January. 3. except for some departments in Waterproofing. These departments will close on December 23 and remain closed through January 3.

The reason for the closing Is to allow time to bring the inventory more 'in line with sales. The spokesman explained that sales have been poor this year because of the poor consuming weather as far as waterproof footwear is concerned. He said that until the snow storm early this week, there has been fair and dry weather prevailing in the arca, ist Hospital in Brooklyn. NEW YORK (UPD)- Two giant airliners with 125 passengers aboard, one a United DC8 jet and the olher a TWA Super Constellation, collided in a snowstorm over Nay. York: City today and plunged in names on Brooklyn and Stater and.

"Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh estimated at least 50 persons were dead in the: Brooklyn, crash. That. was the United Flight 826 non-stop from Chicago. carrying passengers and seven crew members.

There were 37 passengers. and five crew members on TWA flight 266 out of Dayton and Columbus, The Coast Guard reported it had picked up six by helicopter and carried them to a hospital. All six died. The crash. of.

the big United DC-S jet in Brooklyn. set a. tremendous. fire which spread. brownstone buildings whose residents fled into the snow-filled streets.

Fire equipment from Manhattan sped, across the East River bridges into Brooklyn to fight the seven alarm fie. The pilot of the TWA propellerdriven craft apparently was trying to bring his plane down in an emergency landing. It crashed near Miller's Field, a small airport on. Staten Island. It was the first fatal crash of a pure jet in American aviation history since they werit into oper: ation in October of 1958.

By grim coincidence, planes 'of the same airline were previously Involved in the worst commercial crash of all--the collision of TWA and United craft over the Grand Canyon in Arizona on June 30, 1956: when 128 persons were killed. Ten buildings and St. Sebastian's Church were set aflame when the tail. and part of the fuselage of the jet smashed into. the residential area between downtown Brooklyn and Prospect Bits of the plane and parts of human bodies were.

scattered up and down 'Sterling Place for one block. Sixty-year-old Louis Vinick of Brooklyn crawled into the wreckage and carried out old Stephen Blatz of Chicago. The screams of panic-stricken residents filled the neighborhood. Six of the buildings with roots afire were fourstory tenements. Scores of doctors, priests and nuns knelt over victims on the slushy street.

A morning rain had turned to snow shortly before the collision. An eyewitness to the Staten Island crash, Peter. Bennett, said: window of St. Charles Seminary, we Saw. a four engined plane explode in the air.

A wing carne off. Then it The Rev. Raymond Morgan, who was walking in Brooklyn, said: 'I saw something that looked like a guided missile coming out of the sky. I ran to the corner and as I was running I heard an explosion. I turned the corner and saw a large flame that went skyward.

(Continued on page 6) LITTLE LIZ If some women a new hat more than orics it's considered a good buy. FOR TOPS in refreshments Winter or Sumiper, Try, Naugatuck Dairy -104 Cream,.