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NAUGA1VCK NEWS (CM.) Fit. itmt Beacon Falls Summer Recreation Program Scheduled State Building Unit Elects New Officers Helen Hurley 729-7577 BEACON FALLS-The summer recreation program will begin registration Wednesday, June 24 at the Recreation Field, Lopus Road, at 9 a.m. All children of Beacon Falls between the ages of 7 and 12 are invited to register and par- ticipate in the summer activities. Many new and interesting craft projects are planned, as well as the varied recreational activities. The six-week summer program, which begins June 24 will conclude Wednesday, August 5.

This program functions weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Transportation must be provided by the parents. Panther Leader Faces Charge Of Attempted Jail Break top of the same bar. Officials said they had no idea how the men got the hacksaw.

-LOUIS JOHNSON PUTS TO USE some of the business theories learned in Distributive Education classes at Naugatuck High School as he operates a gasoline service station in the borough. (NEWSphoto by Fitzsimmons) High School Distributive Education Student Seeing If Schooling Pays Robert Copley, Naugaluck High School Distributive Education Teacher-Coordinator, announced recently the opening of Lou's Gas Town by one of Education's most promising students, Louis Johnson. Louis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson of 13 John St.

The young businessman is the proprietor of Lou's Gas Town Service Station located at 531 North Main St. in Union City. The high school senior has been considering the service station business since his first days in Distributive Education, nearly two years ago. Copley eager (o see his Distributive Education students Playgrounds To Open June 29; Supervisory Assignments Made NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPD- Black Panther Captain Lonnie McLucas has been charged with attempting to break out of jail on the eve of his murder trial.

The new charge came to light Thursday when an arrest warrant was issued against McLucas and another inmate for attempting to flee the Litchfield Correctional Center. FBI Offices Picketed In New Haven NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPD- Picketing of the FBI by Italian- American citizens protesting their being linked with organized crime has spread to New Haven. About 25 persons picketed the FBI offices Thursday night and complained the bureau was maligning Americans of Italian de- succeed in the business world, scent in what they called "FBI has worked closely with the harassment." young business man in trying to The protest was similar to anticipate managerial decisions, picketing in recent weeks in setting policy, consignment front of the FBI headquarters in buying and scores of other New York City. The protesters details there have argued that because Salesmanship, merchandising, the FBI has never penetrated business law, Mafia or other such groups, management, and many other this is proof they are non-exist- curricular areas of Distributive ent.

Education should prove to be A member of the group dem- invaluable in the operation of the onstrating here said, "When the service station. Allot these areas FBI speaks about such organi- are covered in the Distributive zations as the Mafia, Cosa Nos- Education program. tra and Italian criminal syndi- VERY UNROMANTIC Copley remarked, "Lou cates, it is speaking about or- WIGAN, England ititive eanizations that do not exist." Clifton J. Cotter of M.J. Daley Sons, Waterbury, was elected president of the Connecticut Building Congress at the annual meeting and outing Gunmen Flee To Canada With $97,000 ENOSBURG FALLS, Vt.

gunmen apparently escaped across the Canadian border Thursday after staging what officials called the largest robbery in this area since Civil War days. The three gunmen, two brandishing rifles and one a pistol and all wearing ski McLucas and Raymond J. Duffey, 33, of Ansonia, were each held in $10,000 bond on at- made off with $97,000 from the tempted escape and conspiracy Enosburg Falls National Bank charges. A prison spokesman said the two men allegedly used a hacksaw to saw through the bottom of a cell-window bar and three- quarters of the way through the Thursday. They entered the bank about 11:15 a.m.

and cleaned out the tellers' drawers and the vault of all bills. No shots were fired and none of the eight employes or five customers was injured. Richard Miller, head cashier, said "They were in the bank McLucas, 24, is one of eight about four minutes and then Black Panthers, including party leader Bobby G. Seale, accused in the slaying of alleged police informer Alex Rackley whose mutilated body was found in a Middlefield swamp May 21, 1969. Three more jurors were chosen Thursday to bring to five the number selected for the Superior Court trial.

Judge Harold M. Mulvey has dismissed 35 prospective jurors so far. Thirteen of them said they were either afraid to serve or had formed indelible impressions of the Panthers and their activities. McLucas, who is charged with murder and kidnap, has been named by another Panther awaiting trial as one of the of Rackley, who killed on Scale's took off in a car in the direction of Canada bout five miles away." yesterday at Restland Farm Northford. Other officers elected include Leo D.

Rose of Dubin-Mindell- Bloome Associates, West Hartford, first vice president; John E. Planting a partner in Meyeri Strong and Jones, New York City, second vice president; Anthony J. Calini of Pfisterer, Tor arid Associates, New Haven, secretary, and Matthew ISIakely of The Dwight Building Company, Hamden, treasurer. Serving as immediate past president is Roy C. Ferguson, Frid, Ferguson, Mahaffey Perry, Architects, Hartford.

Elected to the Board of Directors for three year terms were Peter Flagg, C.N. Flagg Meriden; Ralph Mausolf, Cybernetics, Cheshire; and Russell G. Williams, The Reynolds Electric Wallingford. Continuing to serve on the Board of Directors are Robert E. Baker, Conco Industries, West Haven; Augustus Kellogg, Environmental Design Group, New Haven; Roscoe Smith, W.J.

Megin, Naugatuck; all two years' Robert W. Kallinich, J.H. Hogan, New Haven; Frank J. White, The Associated General Contractors of The prosecution has said it will not seek the death penalty for the defendant. Johnson has the competit; business spirit needed to be successful in today's difficult ganizations that do not exist." Brian Ellison, 20, was fined $24 During the afternoon, a large Thursday for driving in his black limousine cruised ths "sportscar with a 'girl perched The bank, one of two in this Edwin Moss Son, community of 2,500, customarily Bridgeport; all one year, has about $100,000 on hand, officials said.

The Quebec Provincial Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the FBI and the U.S. Customs Service were called into the case by the Vermont State Police, who had to come from 18 miles away in St. Albans. Police said they believed the trio had fled into Canada. "It would have been impossible to stop them," one state trooper said.

"Enosburg Falls doesn't have a regular police force, only a village sheriff, and there are no constabulary stations on the road to Canada there." Officials said the robbery was the largest in the area since Oct. 19, 1864 when Confederate soldiers under the direction of Capt. Bennett Young of Kentucky robbed a St. Albans bank of nearly $200,000 and made their getaway into Canada. En- vigi- Hood the WAR ON LITTER STO W-ON-THE-WOLD, gland iantes, wearing Robin style hats, will go on warpath against culprits who leave rubbish around this area's picturesque Cotswold Hills.

The group, which plans to lodge complaints in rural courts against litterbugs, was formed by retired forestry expert, Walter Didcote, 62. "We do not want to scare people away from the Cot- swolds but we do want to teach them how to behave in the countryside," Didcote said. Assignments of playground 'supervisors for this summer's recreation season at the various playground locations in the were made this week by Recreation Director Frank Blue-Collar Wages Low, Senator Says WASHINGTON (UPD Sen. Claiborne Pell, R.I., has urged the Senate Post Office pros ect St. School, Kathy and Civil Service Committee to Matyoka; Legion Field, Barbara "Spec" Shea and Playground Director Edward Mariano.

The playgrounds will open Monday, June 29, for six weeks, closing August 28. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon and 1 to 4 p.m. five days a week, Monday through Friday. The following assignments of supervisors for the playgrounds indicated were made: Fairchild Park, Lynn Uszakiewicz and Suzanne Doback; Hop Brook School, Christy Hall and Barbi Nitowski; Salem School, Patty Healy and Kathy Kortis; economic environment.

The fact downtown section of the city- on his knee. He pleaded guilty Arts and crafts supervisors will that young businessman urging the public to attend the; be Katiellen Madden and Maureen Konavage. Assignments of boys to direct athletic programs for youngsters will be made soon. of not having proper managed the Distributive protest march. control of his car Education School Store has been FBI officials here refused to "It wasn't all that romantic," an invisible factor in making Lou comment, and New Haven de- Ellison said.

"There were seven Johnson a better businessman," tectives at the scene said there people in the car Copley said. were no incidents. RADIATORS Rtpoirtd by factory trointd mtin. All Work Guarantee). Chuck's Friendly Service.

531 No. Main St. Tel. 729-8155 RAIN-PROOF Your Masonry WoHs WATER PLUG STOPS LEAKS TIIOROSEAL SEALS SURFACE SOLD SINCE 1912 Information Literature At ThtBiwnLumMrCo. 51 Elm Naugatuck 729-4549 Master Charge Honored pass legislation to improve Schiaroli and Susan Fratesi; Royal May Shift Work To England wages for government blue-col- Li den Park Janice Vallonc; lar workers a Indian Hills playground, Pell charged Thursday the Joan and Lynda failure of the Civil Service Com- mission and the Department of the Navy "to recognize the need for changes in the boundaries of the wage survey area left my state as an artificial enclave of low wages." He urged the committee to accept his amendment to a wage reform bill to require ur- HARTFORD, Conn.

(UPD ban areas within commuting dis- Already reeling from continu- tance of each other to be in- in 8 labor cutbacks, Connecticut eluded within the boundaries of was faced today with the pos- the same wage survey area. sible loss of sti11 another 1,300 "In my own state the bound- obs at tne al Typewriter aries are nearly the same as Co P' ant they were when they were first Tne Hartford firm, in a no- designated despite the ticE to workers Thursday, said fact that the commuting pat- that il was considering shifting terns have extended the labor tne production of three Royal market into the nearby Boston, models to its plant in Hull, Eng- and New London, land survey areas," Pell said. Tne al plant hires about "The result of this incongrui- 2 GO Production workers, mostly ty among the wage survey a members of the United Auto I areas is that in Rhode Island Workers Union, (UAW) at an i it is possible to find three work-; annual payroll of $14 million. ingmen who live on the same Union spokesmen looked on the street, hold similar government move as more than just a pro; jobs at the same level of skill, posal, and they said they were but who receive three different preparing for large layoffs, per; wages because onje works in ha as eariv a fall. Quonset, the second in Jeremiah J.

Driscoll, president i London where the second larg- of Local 9 37, UAW, said after est industrial employer of Rhode tne announcement he would Islanders is located; and the meet witn un attorneys to i third works in Boston," he said, discuss the situation. IrUll Remember, Look Out for Children at Play-You Can Help Them Have a Happier Summer Follow the Road to Fun This Summer by Driving Safely, Carefully, Courteously This message Is sponsored by these cirfc-mintled and safetu-consctous firms: CAVAUARO JMTRS. Dodge City U.S.A. Clifton Ansonia FITZPATRICK'S M. FREEDMAN IvV CMlfCn MUd RWfMIMk G.C.

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