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B52 Bombing of South Vietnam Halted Students Refuse In Peace Overture to Ho's Successors Dominic 59, Cheshire Native Demonstrators Seeking Rent Control Arrested and About 10 students in a study hall class at Monument Moun- l.EBANKSE SOCIAL CLUB CORAL CLUB The Lebanese Social Club will The Coral Club ot the Firs! have its first fall meeting Mon- Congregational Church will open day evening at 8 at the home of the new season Monday with a the president Abraham Antonbs favorite dish luncheon at It at Dominic J. Delmolino, 59, of 31 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -a 50 Chenaille Ter. the church. School Lee, a native of Che-Eleven demonstrators were ar- The the ALSAC Tlian i Ser- SAIGON (AP) Acting on or- sions scheduled for Thursday ordered as part of a "peace of- who's taking the initiative." ders from Washington, the U.S.

night were suddenly canceled tensive." Johnson sent the Fearful Weapon Command canceled B52 bomb- without explanation. bombers back into action on since the eight-jet -n tt, ing raids scheduled for South "Part of the schedule was Jan 31 1966 after 37 davs be tresses entered the Vietnam tain High School in shire, died Wednesday at the rested Thursday afternoon when fund drive ward chairman, which vice will follow and during tne Vietnam Thursday night and to- canceled on orders from Wash- cause h'e didn't get the response war on June 18 1965 thev have Great Barrin toI Wednesday re- Pittsfield General unit of Berk- they refused to leave the Cam- was planned for Monday eve- business session, Mrs. Robert B. day in a peace overture to Ho ington," said one source. "We he wanted from Hanoi flown more than 50000 sorties fwied salutc the fla dur ng shlre Medloal Center follow bridge Municipal Building at ning at Mt.

Greylock Bowl, will Heggie will report on the sym- Comment Refused There was no immediate indi- don't know the interplay cation when the big bombers Washington." en as an indication would go into action again over The South Vietnamese govern- command wished to against enemy targets in Viet- tne classs ple dge of Allegiance, an illness of several weeks. closing time, protesting an elec- take place iastead at the An- posium, "Root Causes of World Chi Minh's successors, military had missions scheduled for the UBOMUI cucmj uugcw viei- sources said. 1st and 3rd Corps, but they were The U.S. Command refused to nam and dropped more than 1 5 Aiter tl students refused to He had lived in Lee the past tion commission decision not to tonios home at the same Hunger. Might Last Longer canceled.

I don't knew. why. 1 make any comment on the re- million tons of bombs. Because stand Principal Eugene Balazs 21 years and was a longtime submit the issue of rent control A 50c a i 0 ow and pf rcsrl the interplay in ported suspension. This was lak- it drops its bombs from about 50ught reasons for their octlon employe in the General Electric to voters in a November refer- mcnts wi be served under the that the 30,000 feet, the B52 gives no Some apparently had no specific Company's transformer depart- endum.

direction of Mrs. Edna George keep its warning of its approach and 50 5 or stan S. he said. ment. They were booked on charges of Adaras and Mrs South Vietnam.

Some sources ment had no immediate com-hands free to resume the strikes this, with its big bomb load, who did were permitted to '-J speculated the suspension might ment. at any time. The command re- makes it one of the most feared rcmaln seated yesterday. last as long as 36 hours, which Sources also reported that the ported only that there had been weapons in the U.S. arsenal.

Tne Principal said the admin. would carry it past President weekly average of sorties the no B52 strikes in Vietnam since The U.S. Air Force was flying istration has no inlention of cur- ment. He leaves his wife, the former of trespassing and faced ar- vis of tnis city Inez Laurent; two brothers, raignment today at. East Cam- Emile of Cheshire and Leo Del- bridge District Court.

LIONS CLUB molino of Pittsfield; and two Thirty other demonstrators Tne Licns i ub boar(1 re sters, Mrs. Joseph Sukanek were arrested at noon after a tors, at a meeting Wednesday Church Women United "AJI open meeting of the Nor- rj a them i Council of Nixon's conference in Washing- U.S. Air Force's fighter-bomb- at least 2 p.m. Saigon time about 2,400 sorties a week with tailin or threatening student ton today with his top diplomat- ers had dropped 38 per cent Thursday despite an increase in its smaller fighter-bombers at rlghts is entitled reasons an Mrs. Francis Astorino, both clash with police, in which eight evening at the Mountain View ic and military advisers on Viet- since the beginning of the year ground fighting and more than the start of 1969, sources said.

tor actions of Cheshire. officers received minor injuries. Restaurant in Clarksburg, made nam. because there is "less ground 30 enemy rocket and mortar at- but this has dropped to an aver- Under the U.S. Constitution, Funeral services will be at 9 The 30 were charged with as- pi ans the first regular meet- Meanwhile B52 attacks contin- action and less call for sup- tacks Thursday night and early age of about 1,500.

one is not obliged to salute the tomorrow morning at the Kelly sault and battery, as- ng tne season next Wednes- hV ued on the Ho Chi Minn trail port." todap. Action on the ground returned fag if it is contrary to his or Funeral Home, Lee, followed at sembly and disturbing the day even ng at tne restaurant. through eastern Laos, the main There was no indication how "I don't know how permanent to normal levels following the political or religious beliefs, in by a High Mass of Requiem peace. North Vietnamese infiltration long the B52 suspension would it will be," said one source, cease-fire. The allied commands The administration discussed the st Mary's Church The noon clash developed and supply corridor to South remain in effect.

There was "Things are moving fast. I don't reported more than to actions matter with both students and Bur a i ju be in St. Mary's when about a dozen pickets Vietnam. B32 raids also contin- speculation that the raids would know what to expect." Thursday in which they said their arem after the Incident, cemetery. ued there during the three-day be put on an on-and-off basis Asked why the bombing was five Americans and 177 enemy cease-fire this week for Ho's fu- geared to the intensity of the en- suspended during the trace re- were killed and 39 Americans neral although they were sus- emy's activity.

sumed, for about 12 hours wounded. South Vietnamese pended over South Vietnam. "It is a gesture of de-escala- Thursday, then suspended casualties were reported light There was speculation that tion, a political move," one again, one informant said: Duriny one battle 35 miles the new suspension was accom- source said. "There is a new "If they had just continued northwest of Saigon, an Ameri- panied by diplomatic peace leadership in Hanoi." not flying, then the response can observation helicopter was Church Women United will take place at 8 Monday evening at the Salavation Army Citadel at 393 River St. Mrs.

James L. Brain, a captain in the Salvation Army, will speak on local Reports on FISH and the Square Day Care burst through police lines Guest speakers will be Senator Maurice A. Donahue of Holyoke and Sen. Andrea F. Nuciforo of and Pittsfield.

A large attendance is In tBC Hospital Springfield Mayor Calling hours at the funeral dashed the third floor, expeded home arc 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where the Cambridge Election today Commission was meeting. NO-BE-SO-VE CAMPERS Police said the group burst in chapter 53 ot National on the meeting, shouting ob- Assn of Family campers of moves elsewhere. A South Viet- Another military source com- would have been tied to what shot down, killing one American namese source said there "will pared the suspension to the halt the North Vietnamese did in de- and wounding three. This be some peace moves soon." in the bombing of North Viet- daring a cease-fire.

Instead, brought the number of U.S. heli- No Explanation nam Dec. 24, 1965. which they flew a few, then stopped, copters reported lost in the war Military sources said B52 mis- President Lyndon B. Johnson This way, there's no question to 3,002.

Mrs. Fred Gould, 83, Born in Charlemont scenlties, and then began chant- Americai tne No Be Mo-jn- ing, "On the ballot, on the bal- wil hold its tirst fa ii lot. The SPRINGFIELD. Mass. (AP) Housing conditions in Spring- Iii Northern Ireland Prime Minister Chichester-Clark Admits Protestants Treated Catholics Badly Four Men Indicted On Charges Linked With Gang Slaying field are than any Mrs.

Cleo (Harwood) Gould, 83, of Brier Road, Savoy, died yesterday afternoon at Pittsfield General Unit of Berkshire Med- commission voted the stituiional as drafted. "as bad, if not worse icacenter after a fl sh tendcd charlemont schooh and Workers Starts 1930 to Fred NORTH ADAMS HOSPITAL Mrs. Genevieve Beauchemin of 35 Leonard for surgery, OTHER HOSPITALS BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER Mrs. Richard Bullett of 18 Frederick at the Pittsfieid meeting, a picnic lunch meeting, General unit, for surgery. Sunday at 2 p.m.

at Windsor Francis J. Mastroianni Jr. of Lake off Bradley Street. All 16 Frederick at the Pitts- camping families are invited to field General unit, for treatment, attend and join the organization Robert J. Cone of Cheshire, at already members.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland being prepared. sition to violence or (AP) Prime Minister James The commission listed inferior Leaders Criticized Chichester-Clark admitted to- housing. anti-Catholic discrimi- The commission sharply criti- jd manhunt was on today for day that his Protestant party nation in making government cized both the Rev. Ian Paisley, our men indicted Thursday BOSTON (AP) A nation- with has treated the Roman Catlio- appointments, and gerryman- a militant Protestant leader, lies badly and reaffirmed ith de- dering of political boundaries to and Bernadette Devlin, the ton's long termination on reform. favor the Protestants as three young Catholic member of the siayings.

Commenting on a judicial in- basic causes of discontent British Parliament from Ulster quiry's report on Northern Ire- among the Catholics. who has become a fiery leader even land's year of violence, Chiches- The report warned of "a ris- in the civil rights movement. Franc' ter-Clark said: "It is self-cvi- ing sense of continuing injus- Of Miss Devlin, the report Sa i emrnfi Peter city dent that in the past all of us (ices and grief among large sec- said: "We do not think she oull have made mistakes. The ques- tions of the Catholic population would rule out the use of force tion is what do we do now--prof- in respect to inadequacy of to achieve her own purposes if it from these mistakes, or sink housing conditions, unfair meth- the method of political persua- into a welter of recriminations ods of allocation of houses, and sion had, in her opinion, failed." which would insure that those misuse in certain cases of house It accused Paisley of "inflam- mistakes will be repeated "We are quite prepared gro ever to seek the of mayor. "This city is rapidly becoming was married a city of slum landlords," Hurst Gou i said recentlv "Peoole in the suburbs nowhavet7support he decaT" 'springS Urban on ue says he "ll canvass canva Walkout of GE the St.

Luke's unit, for treatment. GOLDEN AGE CLUB Plans for a trip to the Eastern States Exposition at West Sprmg- field next Tuesday were made A wallto ut involving General yesterday by members of the Electric Co. ordnance depart- North Adams Golden Age Club She lived in PittSMd workers'in Pittsfield start- at their meeting at the Drop-In eral years tef0re m0 TM Sa ed this TM rnin and expected Center. Buses will leave the '8 ht ears a she was to involve 500 or more workers American Legion Home at 9:30 of Bos- door-to-door of gangland 01 election. identified as If elected, Hurst 35, of Milton; would make housing come levels so attractive in Mrs.

Clara Rondeau was welcomed as a new member, and Besides her husband, she ed electric test men but soon tull -as a new meniuer aim Jr TMLt1r 0 es a daughter, Mrs. Sybil spread throughout the depart- a report was given on the trip montn preliminary Kem Savoy brothers, ment and several hundred work- by 39 members to the Great Archie and Dean both of Savoy, ers were involved by noon, ac- Harrington Fair last Tuesday. says Floyd of Pittsfield, and Stanley cording to company and union Mrs. Marie Ducharme was wel- all in- Harwood of Arcadia, two spokesmen. The work stoppage corned back, and it was report- listers, Mrs.

Gladys Harris of is over a company rejected griev- ed that Mrs. Bertha Maynard hat and would movc Savoy, and Miss Ethel Harwood ance concerning pay rate 39 of Boston; and Hugh back in where the cost of living ot Pittstield and one grandchild, job description and apparently "Sonny Shields, 32, of Bos- Fur era services will be Mon- has nation negotiation overtones. The walkout began at 8:30 this allocations to perpetuate Union- ing passions and engineering op- of ne W( 1 to ac- ist control of the local position to lawful and what in tl ie sla rt con- ty." all probability might have otll- cep' the facts the report con- ty. tains. What we have to do now The report recommended re- erwise been is get on with the reforms we forms beyond those already straticns." have promised." promised by tht state govern- Miss Deviin said she had not Militant Protestant and Catho- ment, including the setting up of had time to read the report ful- lic leaders denounced the re- a special board of judges to ly, "but my first impression is ton.

Springfield has a population They were among six persons about 175.000. named in indictments returned by a Suffolk County grand jury, others, one acted as car witness in the case and already is in protec- 3 Arthur day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the A. C. Simmons Funeral morning. Home, Adams, followed by burial in Spruce Corners Cemetery, Savoy.

Calling hours at the funeral home are Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. still is a patient at the North Adams Hospital. A whist party followed the meeting under the direction of Mrs. Percy Donnelly and Mrs. Helen Baxter.

VISIT OUR LARGE INDOOR DISPLAY Our display rt tho largest In ihs area. Why not ifop in and our telaction. Rsck of Granitt with iha Certificate EVENING AND SUNDAY APPOINTMENTS ARRANGED BERKSHIRE MONUMENTAL WORKS Gtorgo Fain, Gin. Manager 663-9200 probability might have otll- peaceful demon- tive and the olher js dead Funeral services for Arthur The slaying was that of Wil- Lee Busby, 83, of 144 Furnace b'od ennett a6 B05l st wi be at 9:3 tomt rroiv TM ISS Jul 1 0 Kemp, 76, port, which accused them of to- investigate complaints against that it shows all the signs of car ori jjarvard Street in Bos- monilng a menting the religious strife. the police and a new civil serv- hasty compilation and contra- on The report, re- ice embracing both central and dictory re-editing.

It fails to Montagna Home for Funerals it Dorchester section Dec. 20 Quincy St. leased todav. was the result of a local government administra- deal with the basic social prob- Lafaye ra ue judicial inquiry by a three-man tions. lems." prominently in several of he commission into the nature and The commission accused the paisley, in the United States a reTMs other zandlnd officiate.

Bunal causes of the troubles between ulster police of a lack of disci- on a fund-raising tour, called sla )TM5. be the Ulster's Protestant majority pline and some brutality in the panel "a backroom commis- anrl Catholic minority. trying to control marches and sion," and said that since there The inquiry began March 3. demonstrations. But surprising- had been no "sworn public in- Last month's riots, in which ly it praised the outlawed Irish quiry, Protestants refused to eight persons were killed, oc- Republican Army for "main- cooperate.

Therefore its evi curred while the report Formerly of W'mst. Miss Julia 0. Kemp. 76. a Shields all were charged with murder and conspiring to murder.

was taining and checking any dispo- dence is all Catholic evidence." plrac arld an accessory before the fact of murder. Jusfice Auto Makers Sign Accord Requiring Competing Antismog Devices and Southview Cemetery. Mr. Busby died early Hospital, where he had been a Poulos was charged with con- patient since Aug. 18.

Calling hours at the funeral home will be from 2 to 4 7 Robert J. D'addieco, 35, of to 9 p.m., today. Revere, a convicted bank robber, was charged with conspira- John R. cy. It was D'addieco who pro- (Bryne) Kemp, formerly of Williamstown, died in Washington, D.C.

She is survived by a sister, Miss Ida Kemp of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Funeral services will be in the Washington area, but a committal service will be conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Leamon, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Williamstown. at Hairy or Hairless? Police late this morning were still investigating a burglary at a River Street business establishment and pondering whether to be looking for a thief with a heard or a clean-shaven burglar.

Elmo's Barber Shop, 100 River reported that someone entered his shop during the night through a rear window and took five straight razors. courtesy )f First Agricultural National Bank: MEMBER F.D.t£. vided thi case. Named key testimony in the Funeral services for John Robert Sears. 80, of 422 Church wil! be at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning with a Solemn High Mass of Requiem in St.

Francis Church. Burial will be in the family lot in Southview Cemetery. Mr. Sears, a native of Holyoke LOS ANGELES (AP) The eral Motors denied they had trict Court here. Named as a co-conspirator Justice Department has agreed taken part in any agreement to However, county supervisors was Richard Grasso.

35. of Bosto settle out of court its antitrust restrain development of antis- and Rep. George E. Brown, D- on Grasso was killed in a suit charging tile nation's auto- mog devices. They said they saicL pact permits au- an slaying six days after makers with conspiring to delay were entering into the settle- tomakers to evade a court suit Bennett.

installation of antismog devices ment to avoid long and costly without laying down a specific Bennett was last seen alive on new model cars. litigation that would delay de- timetable for the development when two men picked him up in who had lived in this city 56 accord--announced velopment of emission control of auto exhaust control systems, an auto at his home. years, died early yesterday alt- Thursday--would require auto- systems. Seventeen other congressmen His brothers, Edward and mobile manufacturers to devel- Los Angeles County supervi- opposed the pact as word of its Walter, had disappeared in sep- op antismog devices independ- sors said they would try to in- existence spread through Wash- arate incidents earlier, and in- ently and in competition with tervene in the case before the ington. vestigators have theorized that each other.

With court approval, 30-day deadline, thereby keep- As detailed in a news confer- they too were the victims of the agreement would become ing the suit alive and nullifying ence by Mitchell, the agreement gangland assassinations. Some o'clock. Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. binding in SO days. The decree was signed by General Motors Ford Motor Chrysler Corp.

American Motors Corp. and the Automobile Manufacturers Association, a trade group. In Detroit, Chrysler and Gen- thc accord. The pact was announced prohibits si- veloping multaneously by Atty. Gen.

in concert and bans them from John N. Mitchell in Washington agreeing among themselves and Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard when to equip the cars with Ihc McLaren in Los Angeles.

The antipollution devices, agreement, a proposed consent McLaren said the pact forces automakers from de- investigators think that Bennett smog control devices was killed because he was trying to avenge his brothers. ernoon at the North Adams Hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday. There will be no calling hours at the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, and the family has requested the omission of flowers. Friends who wish may donate in his memory to the St. Francis Parish Fund.

CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank wfio helped in any way at time of the of our mother, sitter and daughter, MM. Harriet Crltelli. Mr. and MM. Brotheri and Children decree, was filed in Dis- Navy Is Sacrificing Size To Allow for Modernization the nation's automakers to rescind a agreement providing for crosslicensing of antismog devices patents.

The federal government's antitrust suit was initiated by fo iack Warner, Last Of Famed Brothers, Will Produce Plays BOSTON (a) The navy is it is not going to get any lower." sacrificing present size to allow A powerful navy remains a for a modernization program to necessity to provide a conven- keep pace future military tirma! deterrent in the nuclear demands, John H. Chafee. Sec- age. Chafee said, retary of the Navy, said Thurs- "It gives the president an op- day, tion tn put American power The $3 billion dollar cutback abroad." Chafee said, without in defense funds ordered by con- which the Uniled States would gress forced a cutback some- itself to being bullied out where, Chafee said, and the of various parts of the world if choice was between a large 'he only recourse was to nuclear navy which would be outdated and a smaller force that can In a speech to Sigma Delia By A Soldier Warner, the last tycoon of Hollywood's family-owned movie empires, left Warner Brothers- Seven Arts today after a half jury investigation. Los Angeles County Supervisor Warren Dorn, a Republican, said, "It looks as though the cit- izens will be sold down the Ce Pr0dUCt 01 Cmef river." Warner, 77, said he won't The pact, he said, prevents public disclosure of the facts that led to the federal grand jury indictment.

Two U.S. re shot and continuously be Chi. the national journalistic The Navv has no plans to re- ciuce further than the 72,000 cut- said fif can pt ry ad sers A be announcer! for reductions in kiapd Monday by a mentally civilian personnel. Aides to depressed" South Vietnamese Chnfec said the Navy would suf- soldier who then killed himself, fer about one-third of an overall the U.S. Command announced decrease of about 50,000 civilian today.

back in military personnel snd elimination of 100 ships already nnnounced, Chafce said. Ail vessels of cruiser class and above will Chafee said, and be nuclear, emplov( nuclear sub- The Americans were Lt Col tire. Instead, he will concentrate on a new career as producer of stage plays. His first venture, "Jimmy." a play based on the life of New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, is trying out in Philadelphia, with its Broadway opening set for Oct. 23.

Last ot tlie four Warner brothers who founded the studio of that name in Warner had sold the bulk of his studio holdings to tlie Seven Arls Corp. in 196S for $32 million. The original studio merged with Seven Arts Tn reference lo the decision by Eugene F. Smallwood, 42 of 1SW mA was sM again Inst marines beyond the Polaris type vy fil colleges to drop their Fairfax, and Maj. Anthony Klnncy Natio nl Service, are planned.

raval ROTC progranlSi chafce J. Broullon, 32, of Jackson The Navy has decided to con- said the 48 rolleges re-naining Heights, N.Y. They were killed In P' corporate takc- tinue research and acquisition in ihe program arc going PS they were leaving a South over Warner retained strong of planes that will cost S8 mil- strongly. Vietnamese army compound 25 influence as vice chairman of lion dollars each and on destroy- Chafee said 100 olher colleges miles southwest of Saigon. 'he board.

He outlasted other ers priced at $62 million instead which lo enter the ROTC Both were senior advisers to 'S studio "bosses" in a system of the post-World War II vessels program will "caccrk take up uuils in the South Vietnamese of one-man power which faded Hint cost $12 million, Chafee the slack left by lhe ivy-lenguc Infantry Division, Small- with Hollywood's golden age. said. colleges. wood with lhe division's 50th "I don't do everything," cost of freedom is al- "Frankly, nnnr of them sup- Regiment and Broullon with once said. "I'm perhaps a ways high," Chafee said, "and pliod very much," he said.

that regiment's 4th Battalion. steering committee of one." REGISTRATION OF VOTERS CITY OF NORTH ADAMS PRELIMINARY ELECTION OCTOBER 14,1969 The Board of Registrars of Voteri will be In session for the purpose of registering persons desiring to vote and for the correc- Hon of the voting lists, in the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, as follows: Monday, September 15, 1969 from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 24, 1969 from A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Persons may also register in the City Clerk's Office daily from 8:30 A.M.

to 5 P.M. All persons who are not voters and who wish to vote in the Preliminary Election of City Officials on October 14, 1969, must register on or before 10:00 o'clock in the evening of Wednesday, September 24, 1969. All applicants must be citizens and must have resided in the city at least six months and in the Commonwealth one year preceding the election at which they claim the right to vote. Naturalized citizens MUST produce their naturalization papers. BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Thomas E.

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