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NAUCATUCK NEWS (Cam.) Saturday, November mi Man Who Spent 44 Years In Slate Hospital Freed AUGUSTA, Maine (UPI) Melvin Whittum, 66, the man who spent 44 years in the Augusta State Hospital because of misunderstanding, is free. Whittum was released Friday on a 30-day trial visit to a boarding home. If the trial works out he will be given his outright release. Whittum was sent to the slate hospital in 1927 from Maine State Prison where he was serving a term for housebreaking. "His mental illness has long since burned out," said Dr.

Ulrich B. Jacobsohn, assistant hospital superintendant, but "he has been so institutionalized he almost can't live outside the hospital." Under new hospital administrator Roy A. Ettliner, a three- man task force has been reviewing patient records. Whittum's case has received extensive publicity, but Ettliner told newsmen Friday "there are possibly several hundred more 'Whittum's in the Hundreds of the patients at the hospital "could get out tomorrow but no one wants them," Ettliner said. "There's nowhere else for them to go." Ettliner said he is setting up Frank Bergin, Football Ref, Dies At 85 NEW HAVEN, Conn.

(UPI)A funeral mass will be said Monday for Frank S. Bergin, a college football referee, coach and former state senator. Bergin died Thursday at the age of 85. He had been quarterback of the Princeton football team from 1907 to 1909, was athletic director of the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station during World War served as coach of the Bowdoin College football team after the war and was a referee for East Coast college football games for several years. Bergin was a senator from New Haven's 10th district and a former chairman of the Connecticut Liquor Control Commission.

Funeral MRS. JOHN KAZANJIAN The funeral of Mrs. Nowritza (Sulahian! Kazanjian, 88, 61 Walnut widow of John Kazanjian, one of the founders of Peter Paul Inc. was held (his morning at 11 a.m. in the Naugatuck Congregational Church with the Rev.

George F. Fisher officiating. Burial was in Grove Cemetery. Obituaries MRS. WASEI.RUDENKO Mrs.

Viola (Kozemor) Rudenko, of 3 Vermont Walerbury, died Friday morning Walerbury Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in a daughter of the late John and Agata (Wolanin) Kozemor. She had been a resident of Waterbury for the past 50 years. She was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and a member of the Sacred Heart of Mary Society.

Besides her husband, Wasel is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Albert Litro of Wolcott. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Fitzgerald Zembruski Sgrillo Funeral Home, 122 Easl Farm Walerbury. to St. Stanislaus Kostka Church for a Mass at Burial will be in new Pine Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the Sacred Heart of Mary Society will meet al the funeral home tomorrow at 3 p.m. MRS. LEROY MAXWELL Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Reardon) Maxwell, 85, 5 Wheeler Waterbury, widow of Leroy Maxwell, died Friday morning at St.

Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Boston, Feb. 6, 1886, a daughter of the later Jeremiah and Bridget (Kelly) Reardon. She had been a resident of Waterbury for the past 50 years. She is survived by a son, William H.

Sullivan, Sarasota, a daughter, Mrs. John Dobkins, Walerbury; and a grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Zembruski Sgrillo Funeral Home, 122 East Farm Waterbury with the Rev. Michael Kendall, rector of St.

John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in new Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Teddy's Worried About Vineyard Back When a 200-bed nursing home unit at the hospital for those who are not really mentally ill. Whittum's release was delayed for a short time Friday after his blood showed a high sugar content when he received a physical examination Friday morning. He was given a diet and will be examined periodically.

DR. CARROLL B. WILLIAMS, project leader of the Forest Insect and Disease Laboratory in Hamden, will open the third Nature Study Course at tie Utch- field Nature. Center and Museum on Friday, Nov. 19.

Theme of the course will be Their Use and Abuse." State To Supply Continued From Page 1 Mass Transportation Department for available federal funds to buy new buses to replace the older vehicles now in use." Kanell's meeting Friday with Gengras culminated more than one year of discussions of possible public subsidy to the company. Grengras told an earlier meeting Friday of 45 mayors and first selectmen that a public subsidy was the only alternative to his firm going bankrupt. He said the projected loss in revenues for this year stood at $320,000 with $928,000 in operating losses expected for fiscal 1972-73. MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. investigation of the use of a small uninhabited island near Martha's Vineyard for Navy bombing practice has been requested by Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. In a letter Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, Kennedy said Friday the Pennsylvania Air National Guard bombed Neman's Island Tuesday night, setting most of the tiny island afire and scaring Martha's Vineyard residents. "I hope that this investigation will assure that the residents of Massachusetts need not live in fear of military training exercises carried out with no concern for the environment and 1 with little concern for their very real fears," Kennedy said. The senator asked why the area is used for such exercises, what procedures exist for dealing with fires and other accidents and whether nearby residents are being informed of when such bombings take place and what danger exists.

Neman's land, a bird sanctuary, is a stopping place for migratory fowl. It was first used as a practice bombing range during World War II. Canadian Continued From Page 1 $50,000 was handed to the hijacker by a policewoman. The money was later recovered. The plane then took off for a scheduled stop in Regina, to let the 114 passengers aboard disembark.

The plane did not land in Regina, however, but turned back and set down in Great Falls again where the passengers and three of the nine crew members were set free. ARREST AND WARNING Eckhard Grull, 19, of East Flat Hill South Britain, was cited for failure to carry a license following a slight accident at the Route 8 exit ramp and Maple St. late yesterday afternoon. A Dec. 13 court date was set.

Grull was also issued a written warning for making an improper turn. On The Local Scene 1 WOMAN INJURED Maria Pomeroy, 33, of 933 Rubber was taken, to St. Mary's Hospital by local police shortly after 3.a.m. today for treatment of chest injuries and lacerations of the right knee. The woman had been a passenger in a vehicle which was involved in an accident near the Mountview Shopping Plaza, Rubber Ave.

The car, operated by Jean Y. Tanguay, 25. of 597 Rubber reportedly went to the left of the roadway, climbed a bank and (raveled nearly 50 feet before hitting a utility pole. The pole was severed in half. The car sustained damage and was towed from the scene.

The driver of the vehicle was arrested by the investigating officer, Patrolman Ronald Pruchnicki, for failure to drive in the proper lane. She is to appear in court Dec. 14. BREAK REPORTED Anthony DeBrigit of 73 Arch St. told police yesterday that tools valued at about $50 and a lawn mower valued at about $50 had been stolen from his cellar.

Entry reportedly was gained by prying open the cellar door. PROBATION VIOLATION Arlhur Richard Carreiro, 49, of Maple was arrested yesterday by local police for violation of probation. He was held at the police station in lieu of $1,000 bond pending an appearance in Waterbury Circuit Court on Monday. BREACH OF PEACE William J. Shea, 32, of 3 Orchard Terrace, was cited for breach of peace and intoxication early this morning.

He was held in lieu of $500 cash bond pending an appearance in court Monday. HIT AND RUN Palrolman Bronislaw Ezenski investigated an accident at the Colonial Bank and Trust Co. parking lot, Church yesterday morning. A parked car, owned by Anna R. Antunes, 105 Oak sustained damage to the left rear fender.

TRAFFIC VIOLATION Theodore W. Pelkey, 52, of Mulberry was arrested by Detective William Long early last night for failure to obey a traffic control signal. Pelkey is to appear in court Dec. 6. Some Stuff Continued From Page 1 Haven Road, but delay in action follows.

Purchase finally authorized and voted on Jury 23. Town chuckles over fiasco involving appointment of a park he's up, then he's down and finally he's out. Funds running low for operations of the borough attorney. Human Resources Development plan officially starts. Plans to widen and re-pave Rubber Ave.

finished. Frank (Spec) Shea named Park Dept. superintendent as well as recreation supervisor, reportedly at a salary saving to the Borough. Also in August, officials vote to put the police towing service back on a rotating system, and the mayor is authorized to contract for repairs to Horton Hill Road. Mayor uses tie-breaking vote to make new police appointments.

The Federal Government puts up nearly $134,000 for use in the borough under the Emergency Employment Act. Came September and the fall weather, the Baummer's Pond land purchase was finally approved. Work was begun shortly thereafter on the dam and was finished early In November. Maybe somewhere along the line we missed an important item or two, but in essence we have tried to hit the highlights of the Waskowicz Administration from May 3 to date. In the matter of the missing Street Dept.

materials, mentioned earlier, a warrant was eventually issued for former Street Supt. Walter Dumonski, he had his day in court and was found not guilty. So there have been rough spots along the road the mayor has traveled, and he would be the first to admit he has made some mistakes. But in summing up what the people of Naugatuck think of their new mayor, we can only repeat what a good Democrat told us a few days ago when we asked what he thought about Chuck's performance as mayor. He grinned and looked around to make sure no one else was in earshot: "He hadn't made any serious mistakes, fn fact, I wish he were on our side." When we suggested-also grinhing-that he might change sides, the comment was to have been expected: "No, thanks, I'd rather fight than switch!" THE NAUGATUCK HIGH SCHOOL basketball team of 1904-05 was a tough contingent to beat, but they took (ime out one day to pose for IWs photo.

Front row, Unidentified (left) and Pat Clifford (right). Middle row, Frank Zwick, O'Donnell and Brighton. Top row: Henry Blumenauer, Ed Ahern and Andy Wiley. (Photo courtesy of Gene Ferreira and the Naugatuck Historical Society) Aiken Fears Vermont Faces Power Shortage WARRANTSERVED A Superior Court bench warrant was served against Jose Antonio Oliveria of 154 Baldwin Waterbury recently charging him with assault with intent to kill in the stabbing of Juan Cardona of Naugatuck in June of 1969. Cardona had been stabbed at 241 Baldwin St.

after a fight and was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital and treafed for knife wounds in the neck and lower chest. Waterbury Police Lt. Thomas Fiore and Detective Thomas Ariola picked Olivera up al the Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, and returned him to Waterbury yesterday. Olivera is doing time at the Michigan institution on federal charges of interstate transportation of stolen automobiles and was taken to the New Haven Correctional Center where he is being held under a $20,000 bond for a scheduled court appearance Tuesday.

PLEA CHANGED The case of Ferdinand DeSantis, 47, of 772 Prospect was assigned to the office of Chief Probation Michael F. Rizzuti in Superior Court yesterday for pre-sentence investigation and report, and was continued to Dec. 17. The action was taken after interruption of the jury trial yesterday, after five jurors were selected, to permit the accused to withdraw his plea of innocent to a morals charge, to pleade guilty to a substituted charge of risk of injury to a minor. UNSAFE TIRES CHARGED William F.

Wrinn, 22, of Shadduck Middlebury, was cited for failure to obey a traffic control signal and for operating with unsafe tires by Detective Dennis Clisham shortly before 4 a.m. today. The accused is to appear in court Dec. 6. Wrinn was also issued a written warning for operating a motor vehicle with defective headlights.

Clisham also noted in his report that the right front directional signal on the vehicle was not in working order. LAWN DAMAGED A car operated by John Hammond of 933 Rubber Ave reportedly left the road last night, hit several large stones at the edge of the lawn al the home of William Simmons, Rubber Ave. The car reportedly dragged WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. George D. Aiken, believes Vermont faces a short supply of electricity this winter because of the drawn-out controversy over a proposed nuclear power plant.

"The people who buy electricity have been largely forgotten in the continuing legal baltles over the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon," Aiken said Thursday. Aiken. ranking Republican on the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, said both sides of the controversy around the $161 million. plant helped Baptist Choir Plans Service The Adull Choir of the First Baptist Church will present a service of music and scripture, which will begin at 4 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

The choir will present Felix Mendelssohn's Motet, "Hear My Prayer" with Mrs. prolong the situation. "The utility combine that owns Vermont Yankee has been unrealistic in its dealing with the public and the environmental groups," Aiken said. "On the other hand, adequately financed opponents of nuclear power have been engaging lawyers to throw down every possible legal roadblock to prevent Vermont Yankee from going into operation." The Vermont Public Service board, Aiken said, is the only body that "has stood up for those who have to suffer from these consumers who buy electricity." Aiken said the Atomic Energy Commission told him an electrical shortage may hit New England even if Vermont Yankee starts operating in December as planned. Delays in the start of the plant, he said, will cost state residents $1.3 million month in higher rates.

JAPANESE SHIP SINKS KOBE, Japan (UPI) -A Japanese chemical tanker sank early Thursday morning after it collided with a Taiwan freighter. All its 14 crewmen were rescued by (he Taiwanese shi, the Maritime Safety Agency report today. The agency said the collision occurred between the 999-ton Japanes tanker Ryoyo Maru and the Taiwan freightr Tong Ching at a point 450 miles southeast of Kajitori- misaki Port in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. the Conservationists have opposed the location and the operation of Vermont Yankee, saying its dis- Gertrude Raskauskas as soprano charges will damage the envir- soloist, Glenn Whiting, baritone onment. Other opponents say the and Arthur Johnson, tenor.

Rev. secondary safety system is not Paul M.Humphreys will read the adequate in case of a reactor scripture and Mrs. Jeannette core malfunction. Brown, organist, will perform Tne next AEC licensing-hear organ works of Widor, Bach, Marcello, Sainl-Saens and Mendelssohn. The public is invited to the Sunday service.

PM'S TAX RETURN PARIS (UPI) -The French post office department is trying to find out how the income tax return of Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas disappeared from the mails and turned up printed in a humor magazine. A photocopy of a notice to the prime minister listing what he owed in taxes was published in the newspaper Canard En- chaine (Chained Duck), which often kids politicians. The photocopy said the prime minister listed $14,480 as taxable income for 1970. NEW LAWMAKER HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) Robert A.

Johnson, a West Haven Democrat, has been sworn in as the new state representative from the ll-Uh district, a scat formerly held by John Prete. Prete is now Democratic state senator filling the vacancy created by the death of William T. Blake. SANDERS CONTRACT NASHUA, N.H. (UPI)- Sanders Associates, has announced receipt of million io develop an electronic optics system for the U.S.

Navy. one of the stones for several feet. Hammond assumed responsibility for the accident. No arrest was made. ing is set for Nov.

29. Wiretap Continued From Page 1 oned priest Philip Berrigan, were charged with a general conspiracy which included the kidnap plot, the raiding of draft board offices in nine states, and the blowing up of heating systems under five government buildings in Washington. Herman still must rule on a series of other motions if the trial is to begin Jan. 10, the date he tentatively set. High St.

Man Continued From Page 1 forced into the patrol car, Wyant reportedly spat at Como. He also struck and hit the officer again after emerging from the car and succeeded in ripping the officer's shirt and breaking his watch. Como then arrested Wyanl for resisting a police officer, and for assault of a police officer. He was held at police headquarters in lieu of $1,000 bond pending an appearance in courl Monday. A local youth, Joseph M.

Pierce, 17, of 17 Kent during the struggle to gel Wyant into the patrol car, reportedly had kept insisting that Wyant was his friend. He became belligerent, police said, climbed into Ihc patrol car, and refused to leave. Pierce was arrested by Officer officer. He wiil also appear in court on Monday. Earlier in the evening, Wyanl had been issued a warning ticket by Patrolman Louis Grohs for speeding on New Haven Rd.

PARTING THOUGHT: If you cast your bread upon the waters these days, you're likely to wind up with a $100 fine for littering. Banker Sues Continued From Page 1 Wilson first invaded Bioomfield home of a man named Paul Mpntinieri, apparently confusing him with the bank officer. The gunman, who allegedly called directory assistance and was given the banker's phone number and address, then forced his hostage to accompany him to Wethersfield where he- held the banker and his wife at gunpoint. In the confusion, the couple's two teenage children were able to slip out and notify a neighbor who called police. Wilson exchanged the hostages for three policemen, one who posed as a priest.

Authorities said they gave the order for a police marksman to shoot Wilson through a glass door in the home when it appeared the lives of the policemen were threatened. REMINDER BEACON FALLS Parents are reminded that sweatshirt orders are to''be returned to school by MoSday, Nov. 1 15. Checks may be made payable to Mrs. George Lafferty, chairman, or to the Laurel Ledge PTA.

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