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NEWPORT, K. DAItY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 12, Spy's Defection May Force Reds To Revamp Intelligence Judge Questions Non-Appearance Of Liquor Sellers LONDON CAP)--Defection of a top Russian spy to the West raised speculation today that nil flight might force the Soviet Union to revamp its Intelligence apparatus. The British government said the defector, a senior Soviet intelligence officer, was turned over to Britain after weeks of interrogation by the U.S. Intelligence Agency in Wasliington. The British said he was 1m- portaiit' as any defector on either since World War II, Oils Strong, Market Mixed NEW YORK (AP) Oils were strong In a mixed stock market which showed a slightly higher edge-early this afternoon.

Trading was moderate. Gains.and losses of key stocks were mainly fracdonal, with few going to a pblnt or so. The oils seemed to be responding to a resumption of investment demand as well as to talk in Wall Street about various discoveries. Big three motors were al! down fractionally. News Items helped some of the "glamour" issues which picked up 1 to 3 points.

The market as a whole, however, remained cautious and seemed to lack incentive for a sharp move either way. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon was TO .2 at 2T1.9 with industrials up .4, rails off .3, and utilities UB .4. The Dow Jones industrial average also potted modest gain, rising .30 to 710.06 at noon. Portsmouth (Continued from Page 1) G. Lewis as teacher in the primary was accepted and Elsie Kennedy, clerk, was requested to send her a letter of appreciation for her many years of service to the tovvn's children.

Superlndent Maine presented a plan for having all outside main, tenance, including snow removal, sanding an ddearing of upkeep ol fences, driveways, shrubs and trees and sepHe tanks under the supervision of ena man' to relieve the administration and School Committee of the work involved with inspectons, recommendations and njpervlilcm of work. He noted the loss (A valuable committee members who haven't had time to carry on this work and that if all this maintenance wen in the Jurisdiction of the commit tee about 38 per cent of the cost would be met by the slate. The highway department now plows and" 'school entrances' The committee agreed to give the plan when a new bud jet is drawn. Maine was authorized to secure estimates of the needed interior work and was allo authorized to continue as the agent in application for federal funds, James F. Talbot, a new committee member, was iwom in by Town Clerk Arthur A.

Sherman on Monday and attended the meeting. Town GOP (Continued from Page 1) cedure changes. Some members attending claimed they did nol know the police chief was $2.50 an arraignment In all Middletown cases and that he was paid about $400 or J100 a day In court during last' week's Jazz Festival. Such payments, it wag pointed nut, are legal under state law. Similar payments are made elsewhere in the state with the excep- identity wns kept secret.

Officials said he being held at a secret headiuarters In Britain for ear the Russians might try to kidnap or-kill him. "His life is in positive danger," one official said, An Informed source said the Russian contacted on American embassy in an Allied capital after revelations at the Moscow trial ol 3ol. Oleg a Soviet ot- Iclal shot last May for passing m'ormatton to the British. Penkovsky compromised a num- ier of 'Soviet agents, a move that ipparently prompted the Russian iow held by the British to defect. British officials ranked the de- ector with George Blake, a Brit- sti double agent who gave the lusslans names and locations of Sritlsh agents.and their methods.

The. discover of Blake's treachery forced the British to rebrgan- ze, their entire intelligence net- vork in the Middle East and Sastern Europe. was jailed in 1961 for 42 years, the longest sen- ence for espionage in British history. Informants said the Russian has invaluable information on Soviet espionage methods and spy network in the West. tion of Newpo ments go into ment fund.

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He is Cmdr. Joseph Bolger. The Navy said his father. Is Vice 3. F.

Bolger, USN, of Lxmg Island. F3B Demon Jet crashed nto the flight deck of the Oris- any and careened over the side to the water. A full-scale tea and air search was started Immediately, with life from the Orlskany and the destroyer King participating. A Coast Guard plane from here dropped illuminating flares in the area and a plane from 'North Island Naval Air Station flew a aearch pattern early this morning. Helicopters from the' Orlskany were Urs Into the search at of dawn.

Arthur J. Sullivan, In ojwn court this morning, expressed his dissatisfaction at the noliappcaranca In court of people who sell alcoholic bover- to minors. Minors arc brought Into court on charges of possessing Intoxicants, drinking lit public or Intoxication, but the judge noted, the people sell the Intuxi- bunts arc seldom In courl. Ho nuxdo (he observation after he had heard the cases of six minors charged with intoxication, possessing; intoxicants or drinking In a public place, Time mid again the judge has queried defendants appearing before him as to whore tho intoxicating boverageo were obtained. Invariably, the answer Is either Omt the liquor was boivrlit from I'v-i (lio street or that sonic- one bought It for the' defendant Bolger a Fighter pSoniadron 161 at Mlramar Naval Air Station.

He lives here with wife, Callle, and four children. Navy Relations (Continued from Page 1) dren of Navy personnel comprise a large percentage of this group, said. Captain Finnigan said a Defense Department directive on Navy oj available housing rentals or sales provided for nondiscrimination because of race, color or creprf. Housing was recognized an acute problem among low rated Navy -men and low Income with large families, The establishment of transient llitings available rentals for temporary listing of families newly arrived In the community will sought through the cooperation of local owners and realtors. Such listings would take care of.

families unable to make Immediate provisions for themselves. The committee agreed that relations between the military and the law enforcement authorities are oustandlng. The committee will hold meeting! the third Tuesday of each rnonlh. Besides Mr. Mees and Mr.

Rhodes, civilians attending were Jack Roach, Chamber of Commerce naval affairs council chairman, and Francis J. Holbrook, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce; Philip A. Deschenes, president, Newport County Board of Realtors; Harold Van Slyke, Navy YMCA, Christopher Dutra, Newport County chairman, Urban League; Miss Audrey Gallon," Newport Family Welfare Service and James Williams, Urban League executive director. Navy representatives besides Admiral Taylor and Captain Fin- nlgan were Capt. Robert T.

Wooding, Public Works Center commander; Capt. Jack Dean, Supply Depot commander; Capt. Wilfred A. Hearn, Justice School commander; Capt. John H.

Markley, Cruiser-Destroyer Force Chaplain; Capt. Edward A. Slattery, Naval Base senior chaplain, and Cmdr. William R. Newsome, Naval Base legal officer.

Local News Briefs --The monthly dinner meeting of the Association of Civilian Supervisors of the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station and the Central Office, which was scheduled for July 20, has been cancelled. The next meeting will be Aug. 17. --A sixth anniversary mass for Miss Elizabeth -Alexander of 85 Pelham St. will in St.

Mary's Church Monday at 7 a.m. Staff Sgt. ConstanSne J. Splra- tos, USAF, has completed a two- weeks stay with his Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony of'264 Broadway. He returned recently from a special awlgnment In Greece, where his parents visited him. He Is now tulgned to Air Force in, California. -Robert H. of 12 Carey a student in electrical engineering at tilt Univwilty of Rhode Island, one of (even students at the unfvenlty who been awardrf grants for graduate work under the National Defense Education Act.

Tlie grant carries ot a'year for the two yean Md $2,400 tar --Newport Bey Troop 12 will hold a cake sale at Almaes at Shopping Center tomorrow, beginning at 10 a.m. --The Seamen's Church Instl- tile Auxiliary met at tlie institute yesterday, to complete plans for a dessert bridge party on Aug. 1 at the institute. Proceeds will be devoted to the purchase, of a silver Communion service for the Institute chapel. --A month's mind mass for Mrs.

Kathryn V. Price of 20 Ttiurston Avc. will be said at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow In St. Joseph's Church.

--A first anniversary mass for Joseph G. Parvo of 7 Caiwell Ave. will be eaid Monday at 7 a.m. in Jetut Saviour Church. The mass originally was scheduled for tomorrow.

--Tha, Newport County Chapter of the American Association of JUiired Persons will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. In Ifonyman Hall to discuss the conference of the National 'Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Persons to be held July 34 35 tn Driunmohd Jinny Told Of Paynieiits J. NEW YORK (AP)-A' Jury day heard a statement read In which a Navy yeoman allegedly confessed' that he had received In bonuses agents plus payments of $100 to $500 oveiy time he transmitted sensitive Navul documents to them. i to yeoman I.e. Nelson C.

fivum- rnond, 34, was read to Judge Thomas Murphy and tha jtlty of 10 men and two women by Asst. U.S. Casey. Atly. i a C.

Drummond, a Negro, faces' the death penalty In his trial on charges ofl'esnionago In the sale ol confidential defense' informa- tlon to Soviet agents. Joseph K. Paguta, an FBI agent, said mm it had signed the nine-page statement Sept. 29, 1962, the day after, his arrest outside Y. diner, at members of 'vhe Soviet delegation also were taken Into cus- a Larchmpnt, which time two tody.

Paguta testified Drummbnd told him that he began selling In- formation 'to the Russians after meeting 'a Soviet cblonel London in' 1957. -i According to -ilie FBI- agent, the accused man related that the colonel; told him' he was aware of Driimmond's financial difficulties and that he apparently learned.lt Irb'm else; in the London headquarters of the U.S. Navy Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean' head a where Drummond then was Paguta said Drummond told him that a 'Week before- Dum- mond'j activities were Invesll- gated by the office: of Navy- Intelligence Jits Soviet -contact In to. cease activities until he got word resume. Tills: occurred In Southampton, England, where Drummond was mec on a street by an Individual who'gave 50 pounds in English money; and.

a cuff link for Identification, according to Pa- guta, plus- instructions', on meeting Soviet agents in the United States. Dnimmond is on trial for the second time on the I'ne first trial having ended with a liung'jury last. May 23. Paguta also said Drummond said no made his first U.S. contacts with Soviet agents in New York in' June or July, 1958, the first Saturday of the tnomli after Ills retiun to this country from England.

Paguta also testified that the defendant told him he had known his Soviet contacts by the code name'of "Mike" and had IderitU fled three "Mikes" who had met with him in this country as Boris G. Gladkov, Vadim V. Sorokln and Evden! M. Prokhorov, all of whom wore formerly with tha. Soviet U.N.

delegation. Prokhorov was taken into custody at the LarchmonV diner. Air Park (Contluned, from Page I) provcments of the Air Park that require an additional initial expen dllure of $500,000, Tavanl said. The Newport Air Park, established by Wood, is the busiest in the state with the exception of the main state airport at Hillsgrove. Savamiali (Continued -from Page' 1) bines or nightsticks and wearing gap masks, a The marchers halted.

A A city official' talked with two of the leaders and the column fcf twos be- Bah to disperse. A shot rang out', but on officer said It apparently was" fired accidentally, As the demonstrators retreated quietly, Negroes who had crowded street corners began Jeering officers. Rocks and bottles began to fly, Tlie helmeted troops and the city's riot squad charged behind a staccato barrage of tear gas grenades. The Negroes fled. Stones bricks were hurled at officers and motorists.

Windows were smashed several buildings. A ear and an unoccupied store building were burned. Streets were blocked in some places by upended garbage bins and piles of rocks. of them carry- inp electric prod sticks', and city policemen formed in columns of twos and cleared Negroes from Vhe street and sidewalks. Jumping Jacks America's Inert Fitting Sheet For Children 226 Thamii Street NEED AN OIL BURNER More complete ilne to ehooee from than you've seen iit a long time I Well-known maka --quality-built for long; trouble-free service.

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