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Daily News from New York, New York • 299

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-5- Harry, Too, Lifces Texas Viffes Lindsay Brmm Aims gk Qiy UMI Phones md lmks By DONALD SINGLETON Mayor Wagner's holdover clerical staff at City Hall will still have the keys to all the doors and file cabinets after New Year's Day, and a policeman will still guard the Mayor's office through the night. The only difference will be that the police officer 'will not be doubling as a telephone receptionist, and the old keys will be useless in all those hundreds of brand new locks. Mayor-elect Lindsay announced yesterday that he plans a complete new telephone svstem and mil of A 1 switchboard complete with a Timothy Cottello Robert Price trap for wiretaps for his City Hall office. Just a Bigger Bill? While Lindsay forces were bill-i On the switchboards ing the telephone plan as an ef- complaint about the system, the ficiency measure, Wagner spokes- spokesmen said. it would just Anouier ieaiure oi me new men were sayi mayor wiepnune system wm dp miniature switchboards on the desks of Lindsay and his two deputy mayors, Robert Price and Timothy W.

Costello, with direct lines to the desks of all city mean a bigger telephone bill about $50,000 a year bigger, in fact. Sources close to the Mayor es-; timated it would cost that much to add five full-time telephone ODerators (there are now four). The new system will have pe- 20 incoming trunk lines (there riodic checl.s lor wiretaps by a officer and a telephone are now 30) and install the sys- police CPI foto Former President Harry Truman holds hands to his ears for warmth as he takes a walk outside Hotel Carlyle yesterday. HST told reporters during his 20-minute jaunt that he's in complete agreement with President Johnson on Texas and French cooking. LBJ recently replaced his French chef with one from Lone Star state.

"By far. Texas cooking is much better," HST said. "It's like Missouri cooking." company engineer, the Lindsay aid said. tern. It seems the Mayor-elect and his key aids weren't impressed by what they saw during a night inspection tour of City Hall, where they will settle down Jan.

1. Under the present system, telephone calls to the mayor's office after 6 P.M. are answered by a policeman, whose job it is to guard the reception area. "The system is completely unsatisfactory," Lindsay's spokesman said. "We don't want a policeman answering a call from a citizen who may well turn out to be making a complaint about the police." Never a Complaint Wagner spokesmen said the Changing of the Locks As for all those old keys, the ones that open the doors and the important filing cabinets forget them.

One source reported that all the locks in the east and west wings of City Hall will be changed. In fact, it was reported yesterday that locks in the east wing, where City Council President-elect Frank D. O'Connor will have his office, were changed over the Christmas weekend. A spokesman for the outgoing Queens DA said O'Connor didn't Periconi New Chief Of City Sanitation Lame-duck Bronx Borough President Joseph F. Periconi, a Republican with Liberal support, will be the new head of the Sanitation Department after Mayor-elect John V.

Lindsay takes office Saturday. He will succeed Frank J. Lucia, outgoing commissioner. Pick 7 More Landmarks The Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday designated seven more downtown Manhattan buildings as official landmarks. With the designation, the exteriors cannot be changed without the commission's permission.

The structures: The First National City Bank, the Federal Hall Memorial and the J. P. Morgan Co. building, at 65, 28 and 2 Wall Sfe respectively; India House, 1 Hanover Square; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty St; the John Street Methodist Church, 44 John and St. Peter's Church, 22 Barclay St Periconi was narrowly defeated a.

Tl make the switcn. Who aid is a he was elected in 1961 to the cops had at all times a list of i whodunit Bronx post. He lives with his wife and four children at 1733 Astor in tiie Bronx. The new job pays $30,000, $5,000 less than for a borough president, phone numbers where all top city officials could be reached, with instructions to relay important calls. There has never been a The keys to the important files will be in the hands of confidential aids to Lindsay, Price and Costello.

in the last election Dy nerman Badillo. Periconi contested the election but the State Supreme Court rebuffed his bid to have 20,000 ballots declared invalid because the voters had taken their literacy tests in Spanish. Served in State Senate A former deputy commissioner of the State Liquor Authority, a state senator for three terms and a member of the Transit Author A Happy Couple Fooler Doesn't Fool Around, So Gef Busy By JACK SMITH All entries to the Little Fooler's $10,000 Puzzle No. 11 must reach his P. 0.

Box 1440, Grand Central Station, by 5 P.M. tomorrow to be eligible for a prize. The little puzzle pundit is a stickler for promptness and will disqualify any entries that fail to beat the deadline. Puzzle No. 11 moved up to the $10,000 level when no one solved Puzzle on Page 24.

last week's word teaser, jno. iu. The $10,000 Is now up for grabs, plus a 10 bonus if the winning entry is on a postcard or pasted to the back of an envelope making: the complete package worth a cool $11,000. Puzzle No. 11 is printed for the last time today.

Dough on the Line Regulars in this contest know that the Fooler pays up immediately when his fans outsmart him. The little braggart's victory last week was his first after seven straight weeks of shelling out to his fans. Anyone who can work a simple crossword puzzle can make a bid for the Fooler's bankroll. There's no limit to the number of entries you can submit Any of you too late to have a go at this week's prize money, can get in the game starting next Sunday when the Fooler unveils his Puzzle No. 12.

It will be worth at least $5,000 and could weigh in at a fancy if no one correctly solves No. 11. fe PH UPITelefoto Gerald Mantonya, 20, and his wife, Robin, 20, hold up newspaper that tells the story of their Siamese twins birth Christmas Day. They were joined at the lower abdomen. A team of 18 specialists separated the little girls in an operation in Hollywood.

The infants have been given a better than 50-50 chance of survival..

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