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THE SCRANTON TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1964. City Ordinance Mute About Profession County Day For Scouts Proclaimed Solicitor May Be Asked to Clarify Chiropractor Status in Zoning Case To Meet Again Minor Questions Left Unresolved At Last Session Inequities to Be Weeded Out County Tax Board Not Planning Formal Reassessment Program Meeting Set For Tuesday The Lackawanna County Board of Tax Assessments and Revisions is not contemplating any formal re: assessment in Lackawanna County, it was made clear today. At the board's meeting in the Courthouse Annex, Edward Popil, board chairman, said that "inequities will be weeded out" but that a formal reassessment would cost too much to make it beneficial. Dunmore Mayor Martin F. Monahan and Attorney Joseph Mullaney, Archbald, the two other board members, concurred in the statement.

However, while ruling out a Needle Makes Point; Irked Mayor Fumes Burglars Take Cash, Jewelry Carbondale Home latters campaign charges against the county assessors office. The oft-nettled Mayor was angered by Needles announcement' Mayor Schmidt admitted had no personal knowledge to support his allegations other than what had submitted to him by City Solicitor T. Gownley. The only information Mayor had was that to him by Mr. Gownley, Mr.

Needle reiterated after the Mayor was Board Is Due To Hear Appeal City Solicitor H. R. Van-Deusen Jr. may be called upon a second time to help decide whether a chiropractor may use a house in an A zone for his office as well as residence. In a verbal opinion to Building Supt.

Joseph Fitterer, Mr. YanDeusen said the Board of Zoning Appeals ought to be called upon to settle the question. The board is scheduled to hear the case Thursday at 10:30 A.M. and one member said today he is considering asking Mr. VanDeusen to present written advice.

Mr. Fitterer asked the solicitor for an opinion after receiving the application of Dr. Peter W. Shorten and his wife. Anne Marie, of 2349 Adams to install an office in a house at 1528 Wyoming Ave.

which they reportedly Mr. that he been Assistant Robert the submitted today quoted A citizens group assisting in! drafting new city zoning law will meet once more before completing recommendations. Attorney John J. Dunn said today that too many minor! questions had been left unre-i solved at a lengthy session last I night at the Chamber of Com-! merce Building to arrive at a final draft without another! meeting. The next meeting is to be held in 'two or three weeks! when committee members will! I have an.

opportunity to submit1 (written suggestions, he said, i In the interval, outdoor ad-1 vertising' concerns are to conifer with Michael Cabot, of Can-! deub, Cabot Associates, on regu- jlations applying to billboards 'and- a proposal presented to the! zoning subcommittee headed by! Attorney Dunn. I The Candeub firm was en-1 gaged by the City Planning Commission some years ago for a series of Master Plan reports, (one of which was a draft of a (new zoning ordinance in 1958. This has been the basis of the (work of: the zoning subcommittee, which has conducted some 30 meetings in the past two years. Other sections still to be decided on to have to do with jregulation of strip mining, junk' yards, slaughter houses, height; of apartment houses and boun- daries of some zoning districts, Mr. Dunn said.

We dont want to throw any; one out of business, Mr. Dunn! said as he explained the committee was trying to develop regulations that would protect property owners but not hamper business. The subcommittee also is concerned about developing effec- Times Photo by Greskovic County Commissioner Patrick J. Mellody, a former first-class Boy Scout, proclaimed today County Day for area Boy Scouts. The observance is in connection with the marking of Boy Scout Week, which runs through next Thursday, in Forest Lakes Council.

Mr. Mellody and other county officers will be host to 22 scouts of the county on Monday, beginning with breakfast at Hotel Casey. The boys will fill various county offices during the morning. Principals at the proclamation ceremonies included, from Ifet: Joseph Manning and Bruce Louryk, Troop 24, Eagle Hose Dickson City; Mr. Mellody, Edward Bieryla, Post 34, St.

Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Olyphant; Cub Scout Stewart Shear, Pack 35, SS. Cyril and Methodius Greek Catholic Church, Olyphant; Attorney Robert W. Munley, County Day in Government chairman, and County Commissioner Edward Zipay. Looted in Daylight A daring daylight burglary of a Carbondale home yesterday afternoon netted looters several thousand dollars in cash, rings and clothing. Police Chief Thomas Scalzo and Sgt.

John Kane are investigating the ransacking of the home of the Misses Madeline and Frances Tolerico at 92 North Main St. I The two sisters told police! they came home for lunch' yesterday from the BCJ Corp dress manufacturing plant one! block away. They returned to work at' 12:30 P.M. and the house was; in gdod order then, they said, i When they returned at 3:30 P.M. they found that some one had gained entry to the home through a rear porch door and then entered the kitchen the 5,600 Expected At FOE Parley Ex-Congressman, Publisher Co.

L. H. Wat res, 82, Hero of WWI, Is Dead RALPH P. NEEDLE Hotels Listed As Headquarters Some 5,600 visitors are Col Laurence Hawley Watres. 82.

World War 1 hero, former ex. Congressman and newspaper publisher, died early yesterday in Puerto Rico, where he had been vacationing. Colonel Watres. cprvpH four terms in Congress prior to his retirement in 1930. was pected in this city for the an- tive administration of new zon- nual state convention of Pennsylvania State Aerie and State (Continued Page H.

R. VANDEUSEN JR. EDWARD POPIL formal reassessment, Mr. Popil indicated that the newly-constituted board has plans for improving the assessment and reassessment picture in Lackawanna County. The -board chairman said it is still too early to reveal complete plans of the agency, but admitted that inequities prob- ably exist and will be corrected rings, all the lingerie owned by '1 'the sisters, gloves, rosary beads, a pearl necklace and a wallet containing $150 in cash.

The home is situated between of home by breaking the lock on the kitchen door. An examination of the first floor showed the only thing missing was a prized afghan, a family heirloom, taken from the living room. However, the second floor sleeping quarters were in shambles. The looters tok four diamond in due time. As the first step in establishing new operational policies, the board plans to meet Stricken Fatally as saying either the reporter (Times) deliberately distorted the facts or Attorney Needle supplied information which was misleading and without foundation.

I asked him point-blank if he had any information rather than what Mr. Gownley gave, him or if he had any personal knowledge and he said no, absolutely, the assistant district attorney added. Corroborating the correct- active many years in civic and intend to purchase frorn. Stella community affairs in Scranton Basalyga. prior to moving to East Orange.

Doubt was raised because the N.J.. several years ago. term chiropractor does not ap- According to word reemved pear be zoning law section from Puerto Rico bv a niece. uhich applied. This provides Mrs.

Richard J. Lawrence- hat "offices for physicians, sur-ville. N.J., Colonel Watres was goons, dentists, architects and found dead in his hotel room engineers" are allowed in top slumped over a desk. A Bible residential sections, was found near the body, sug- After Mr. VanDeusen said the gesting that he might have been hard ought to make the de-reading it when he wa stricken.

cisi0n- Mr. Fitterer denied the permit application because of East Orange. (Continued on Page 12) 373 William next Tuesday morning with its office staff to make it clear that each employe knows his job and does it, Mr. Popil said. It also was revealed that the subassessors have been given! on 12) 109th to Train July 11 to 25 Flock Orders Dales; begin rivin, on Thursday.

Gap Seen as '65 Site June 11. Several ritualistic de- igree teams will compete for top Col. John J. Remetta, com-iSlate honors in ceremonial work, mander of 3d Infantry Following several caucus ses-Pennsylvania National Guard isons on Thursday, June 11, the disclosed this afternoon that conventin sessions will open brigade units would conduct a 1 M- the following day. their two-week Summer encamp-1 -)ne tde conclave high-I jment this year from July 11 to ghts be a banquet Satur- 'nr ni ffVlt of nt aL a 4 a Auxiliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles, on June 12, 13 and 14.

Hotel Casey has been chosen as the headquarters for the state Aerie and Hotel Jermvn as headquarters for the auxiliary'. Various state officers, district and zone directors and committee members are expected to day night at 6 at each the Carbondale YMCA building I ness of Mr. Needles anon the north side and a funeral home on the south. Across the street are a restaurant and a florist shop. Apparently no one from any nouncement was County Detective Thomas (Tim) Vellela.

who sat through the half-hour conference. Regarding the published report that the Mayor is obviously anticipating the Needle report will turn thumbs down on a grand jury Mr. the the Solicitor to Act On Complaint 25. of the I Colonel Remetta said orders I headquarter hotels. Joint installconfirming the dates for the of new state officers will nual field exercises had Sunday.

the a than! iea tney are city to submit fto mterroga- snow tl0n hv anv probe. Needle said: refuse to comment on 1TI If im)1 Vs a what my report will be until I submit it to my superior and any speculation' on their part is without foundation. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Times reporters and editors who have incurred Mayor Schmidts displeasure, suggested that they too. tion by any citizens left for Puerto Rico on Jan. 21 after stopping in Florida to visit his nephew.

Arthur Watres, and sister-in-law. Mrs. Reyburn Watres, both of RD 1, Lake Ariel. According to Mrs. Cole Price.

1727 North Washington a A I II relative. Colorfel Watres last vis-! AuOUl I1OUS6 ited the Scranton area shortly after last Christmas. City Solicitor R. VanDeu- Estate Destroyed scn Jr- uas Preparing action to- day on a complaint about a dilapidated house that brought him under fire at last Wednesday's City Council meeting. Councilman Neil Trama criticised the Solicitor for causing a two-week delay by forwarding the complaint to council instead of directing it to the city 1.

a mem' department responsible for I the Lackawanna County eliminating fire and safety haz- 1 ards. He called it a City Hall run-around. ey. Colonel Watres lived at the family estate. Pen Bryn.

jalong the Elmhurst Boulevard until it was destroyed by fire. (Later he lived in quarters on (the estate converted from what I had been his fathers office. 1 Colonel Watres was It will be the 53d state convention of the organization. The last gathering in Scranton was in 1953 for the 42d convention. State president is Paul N.

released late yesterday by Maj. Gen. Henry K. Fluck, commander of the 28th Division, at division headquarters in Harrisburg. Both battalions of the 109th In- COL.

L. H. WATREb fantry are attached to the 3d Grannis of Ellwood City and Brigade. Mabel Ritasse of Littletown is; The orders confirmed earlier state auxiliarv president, reports that the brigade with The following local commit-headquarters at Watres Armory itee has been named by Jacob II i I I would return to Camp A. P.

Hilllnesky Jr- thy president of ZnrflrT)C 110111? for the annual 314: Louis two-week Del-campment. Meanwhile, the Pen- tagon indicated that the states (Continued on Page 12) Vecchio, general chairman; Mayor William T. Schmidt, honorary chairman; Albert Williams, Cameras, Radio, Mink Jacket Missing committee to be appointed by the Mayor. Dalton Fire Unit Buys 21 Acres for $16,000 A 21-acre tract of land on the southerly side of the Dalton Factoryville road in Dalton Borough has been sold for to the Dalton Fire Co by Berks Trust Reading, trustee for the Berks Trust Co. and the First National Banks of Schoemakersville and Lees-port, according to a deed, recorded today.

publicity chairman; Paul J. Weiss, program chairman; Vito DelVecchio, entertainment chairman; Robert J. Cordier, an April 1 dead line to complete of these places spotted their reports on new construe-(looters entering or leavin tion and complaints for all oflbuilding County, including Scranton. In addition to placing assessments on new construction and improvements, this work involves granting reductions on buildings razed or destroyed by fires. It also involves- other forms of complaints.

No dead line has been set for the completion of work on such matters in Scranton. Mr. Popil revealed that the (Continued en Page 12) Dead Line Set For Personal Property Tax Taxpayers were reminded today by Chief Clerk Edward J. Spitzer of the Lackawanna County personal property tax office that Saturday, Feb. 15, is the dead line for filing personal property tax returns.

Mr. Spitzer said returns so far have been slow and directed taxpayers attention to the fact that if they fail to make a return assessors are required to file an estimated return on which a 12 per cent penalty is added. The 4-mill personal property tax applies to mortgages, promissory notes or bonds of individuals, judgments, public loans or bonds, corporation bonds, stock, articles of agreement and equitable interest. Taxable securities must be returned at their Dec. 31, 1963, market value.

Information and return forms may be obtained at the tax office in Room 601, Courthouse Annex, 506 Spruce St. The Weather: Winds, Clouds And Flurries Snow flurries make up weather picture following storm that dumped more a half-inch of rain on the and up to four inches of in the mountains. The forecast calls for cloudy and windy conditions today and tomorrow, with flurries both days. Scranton Weather Meteorologist Richard E. said the should get up to 40 before tailing off to a range 18 to 24 tonight and 28 tomorrow.

Not much accumulation from the flurries, an inch in the areas, the weather observer Roads were reported in good condition this after cindering throughout seven-county area served Scranton District of the Department of Highways. Hit hardest by the were the northern parts Wayne and Bradford which received four inches snow. Daleville got three but most other higher elevations in the immediate Scranton saw only an inch of the stuff. Donald Myers, PDH maintenance rfLported (Continued on Page 12) The complaint from Mrs. Olga Korpa, of 26 Throop about the house at Greenbush St.

and (Continued on Page 12) ice of law was limited by the myriad of other activities. He was the son of the late Arthur L. Abrams, of 1200 Col. L. A.

Watres, former lieu- Pine complained to citv po- tenant governor of Pennsyl- initiation chairman; Louis Del- lice last nieht at that hie vania ahd former publisher of CHILD- PSYCHOLOGY The! Vecchio, housing chairman; II5 ls The Scranton Republican. The science of behavior that has McAndrew, reception- bur8terized wb lie he covered many excellent rules for John Muller, hospitality chair- i JVjL pftvfamily were in bringing up other people's man. and Joseph Gibson, con y' son followed in his father's steps in participation in politics, and publishing. SOFT AS A KISS rather snow Bureau Sim-mermacher temperature today of to 34 is anticipated possibly outlying reported. fairly morning the by I Pennsylvania storm of counties, of inches area white children.

(Continued on Page 12) Missing were two cameras, a Colonel Watres was born in 1 short wave radio, a mink jacket this eitv on Julv 18 1882 His jand a pair of gold cuff links, mother 'was Mrs. Effie Hawlevi according to a preliminary in-Watres. He received his early: ventory. A further check of the education in Scranton public loss was to bej jnade today. No schools and the Hill School estimate of value was made.

Pottstown. Capt. John McCrone headed He received a bachelor of arts the investigation which showed degree from Princeton Univer-a door leading to the dining sity in 1904 and was graduated' room had been broken open, from Harvard University School rwh0c closets and dresser of Law in 1907. 1 Clothes closets and School Authority Question Financing Method Is Vital Issue (Editors note: This is the third and last of a series of articles on authonty local or state methods of financing the balance of a modernization program to be carried out by the Scranton School District.) projects a year the distric would be faced by a seemingi? insurmountable problem of housing the displaced students were rjansacked. Ripple in other school buildings dur- sole shoe prints were found.

nf hu, in ing the period of renovation and The family had left for New th Lackawannaj remodeling. York Wednesday at 9 A.M. and The fm'Twmrd8 vtM Director Henry Dende de returned last night at 9. Patrol- he flrm of War-, He was admitted to the prac- By JOHN E. MULHERIN Times Staff Writer Basic cost of a modernization clared at the Jan.

27 meeting men Joseph Stancheski and Wil- Fr onTyhe the program such as contemplated I by the Scranton School Board (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 12) (Continued on Page 12) Presented by Mrs. Rich man Cable Committee Gets Material Home-Owners Interested Rhodes to Present Cave-Aid Bill Saidi hopes to perts in the Legislative Refer-jby the Urban Renewal Admin- TIPYf WPPlr iiiKi nVi 5 1 ence Division of the Library of jistration of the pre-disaster mar ket value of a home damaged by mine caves or subsidence, when that property is acquired by the Urban Renewal Admin istration. next week which could provide financial relief for property owners whose homes have been damaged by mine caves. Rep. Rhodes said he feels there is 'We will digest this ma- disclosed that th.

adrMt "th 3(Ted and aPProved a revised draft of the add it to the information we re- questionnaire, which is to be, sent to the mayors of 45 communities throughout the country. The revised query form will be retyped, he said, and repro are usually the same but financing and administrative costs may be more difficult to analyze because certain of such items may be incorporated into the cost of the program in different ways. There are other considerations of vital importance besides the actual dollar cost. The proposed articles of in corporation of the Scranton School Building Authoviry drafted by Solicitor James A Kelly specify that the project which shall be undertaken by the authority shall be tef acquire hold, construct, alter, improve refurbish, enlarge, furnish equip, maintain, operate and lease public school buildings. Directors of the Scranton School District have not ex pressed their feelings publicly at least, on turning over the authority their powers to provide school maintenance staffs or to decide on furnishings and equipment for the new and remodeled schools.

Another factor to be considered is that the program involves some 30 separate projects not a single building construction project as in the case of most local authorities. Twenty-eight school buildings are to be remodeled and two new buildings erected. This will add materially to inspection costs during the period of modernization and construction The state authority provides this inspection service by experienced, full-time employes on a flat-fee basis, regardless of the eventual cost. Proponents of the local authority method of financing the program have stressed the need for a crash program md at one time1: fixed the period at three years. However, at the rate of 10 'House rwn fv rrw By TERRY CARDEN Times Staff Writer The citizens cable television study committee received a mountain of new material I last night from a member of the group who was given the data during a three-hour conference in Washington with an official of the Federal Communications Commission.

John J. Baldi, chairman of the citizens group, disclosed today that Mrs. Milton Richman, member of the committee, had brought the material back from her conference with Martin Levy, chief of the broadcast facilities division of the FCC. Mr. Baldi said Mrs.

Richman, who took the opportunity to meet with the FCC aide while in Washington on other business, presented the material to the committee at its second meeting last night at the University of Scranton. While we havent had much chance to look at it, he said, it shows that there is a great deal of activity over the cable television coming before the FCC. 1 (ER325J IRLAID SCOTCH WHISK! a good chance of pas sage of the legislation. This is the first action taken by a Federal lawmaker regarding the mine cave problem. The Reading Democrats district includes Schuylkill and Northumberland counties where mine cave damage especially in Coaldale has provided a problem for property owners.

The progress of the legislation will be followed with interest by regional groups and citizens who have been campaigning, for governmental aid to property owners locally whose properties have been inflicted with cave I damage In addition, the co-ordinating1 unit-ifot the groups and individuals, the Citizens Joint Resolutions Committee, may press state and federal lawmakers- to swing behind Congressman Rhodes legislation. -The Congressman said he and Congress the to In Thus, if a property owners home is damaged by mine caves or subsidences, the Urban Renewal Administration could acquire the home for the market value of the property before the damage occurred. There are state laws governing such acquisitions, it was noted. These might have to be amended to include allowance for acquisitions under such cases as mine-cave damage. Congressman Rhodes legislation is general in nature and designed to cover a multiple of damage and disaster situations.

The Berks County lawmaker said he has been conferring with Rep. Leon Rains (D.Ala.), chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee and also the head of the housing subcommittee. In addition, conferences are Continued on Pago 12) duced as quickly as possible. We hope to be able to send it out over the weekend or by the beginning of the week, he said. Mr.

Baldi, chairman of the department of social science at the university, said the committee also approved a draft '4 tetter to accompany the jf 'iv questionnaire, and accepted the list of cities to which the queries be sent. The committee chairman said 1 the group decided to hold its next meeting in weeks, jnoting that aside from the new material presented by Mrs.i Richman, wife of Rabbi Rich-1 man of Madison Avenue Temple, there were no develop-: ments that would require an-; other session any sooner. Pointing out that the State Public Utility Commission held a hearing Wednesday on the (Continued on Pago 12) RICHMAN of the sending with cable also MRS. MILTON GEORGE M. RHODES 18 KJ 4 5 QT and with officials of Urban Renewal Administration draft the proposed law.

draft form, the legislation ceived from returns questionnaire we are out to communities systems. The committee chairman nr Ait roc iumei Kirn turn win mv arniii ei imams, au. 1.