Newport Daily News from Newport, Rhode Island • Page 1

Weather Data Tinrsdjy: rlws Sets Tides: High A.M., P.M.; 1:54 A. 2:41 P. M. Tsesday Temperatures: HigS IS, low 36. Local Forecast Increasing cloudiness, not ft cold tonight; Ion- In 30s.

Thursday mostly cloudy, occasional light rain, a little warmer. (Detailed Report on Page 2) ESTABLISHED 1S4H VOL. 121--NO. 205 NEWPORT, K. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1965 PAGES PRICE SEVEN CENTS Blackout Skips Part Of City; Rest Of Island Loses Power Newport was little bv the massive power blackout in Northeastern United States last night, because of alertness of the Newport Electric Corp.

power plant employes. Some areas of Newport did not lose their light anil power at all. Others were without electricity for periods up to 70 minutes, starting at 5:21 p.m. was back by 7:30 p.m. Newport i a altho prepared with its emergency generator, did not lose power at any time and dirt" not put its generator into service.

The Naval Hospital lost i's power for 16 minutes. However, emergency battery lights were available in (he operating rooms resumption of power from the city. The steam plant of the Electric Corporation was in operation providing about one third of the company's power load. Kmployes watching a frequency meter, which shows the speed of generators, spotted the failure early. They opened the circuit to the mainland (Men- taup).

This prevented the surge of power cause of the trouble in most power stations elsewhere from hitting the steam plant and hnwking.it out. The steam plant continued to furnish power. Diesels- at the Jepson station in 1'orlsmoulh were started, furnishing additional utilities administrator Police Chief Joseph A and the hospital was quickiyfpower, nnd eventually power connected lo the Navy's Gould came from the Mootaup Plant. Island power plant, followed by' Frank Nunes, state public 'WHERE THE POWER DIED-- The shaded area indicates parts of tile northeast Unilcd States and Canada hit by a massive power blackout last night. Power went out nt 5:28 p.m.

EST yesterday and came back on at 3:33 a.m. EST this morning. Some areas witliin the area were not affected due to independent power sources. (AP Wirepliolo) Coat Blood Spotted, Says State Chemist A chemist today testified In found In a seam o( Franklin'slwas at his apartment on the Superior Court that he discovered small 'blood on a specks of a coat and a shoe on the hatchet or the blue Identified as belonging to a uniform, which police have tcs- Navy Base steward on trial for the murder of Mrs. Ernie Gywn last April.

At the same time, P. Rene Bldlz, who works tn the labora- tories.of the Federal Bureau of- Investigation told the court 13, according to previous he did not find evidence of mony. The hatchet was found blood on a hatchet police claim was murder weapon. The trial of Charles II. entered its third day this morning with testimony being given by BIdiz, Newport Police Lt.

Frank 11. Walsh, and a former Newport police officer, Monday Franklin waived a jury trial. Bidiz said he found a small reddish stain in a scam In the boys as one slolen from his and lab tests showed it coat. No trace of'blood was fount lificd is Franklin's. Police have testified also that Franklin admitted the coat and shoe belonged to him.

The shoe, uniform and coal were obtained by April April 17 in a lot at Wanton and North Baptist Streets, Lt. Walsh Walsh said today. The hatchet, which 4vas submitted tS'lhe'-coiirt as an exhibit for identification, as ourid by three boys playing in he area Lt. Walsh said. Lt.

Walsh said Warner Jackon of 18 Pearl St. identified, he hatchet found by (he young afternoon of the murder and left in the early evening. They had been drinking and Franklin telephoned G- twice that afternoon, according to Sgt. Canole. Lt.

Walsh, who participated in the questioning of Franklin when he was brought to the po lice'station April 13, read'to th court his questions and Frank lin's alleged answers during th 1 interrogation. Yesterday Sgt. Canole'was ho permitted to read from his'note concerning his questioning the Today Matthew J. Faerber, di. fense counsel, objected as Jie die yesterday to Ihe reading from notes, but this time Judge Me iernan denied the objection He did not Lt.

Walsh, reading from typed notes, quoted Franklin as say- Lights, Go Off For 30 Million that parts of Newport were the only area In the state unaffected by the black-out. He said today, "I compliment tht workers of Newport Electric Corp. who worked so hard and restored power to the rest of the community so speedily." "The Federal Power Commission has been pressuring for huge publicly owned generating plants to replace smaller and less efficient private electric generating plants," Nuncs said. "I think' the FPC will have' to take a second look at the desirability of such a change." The failure in the Newport Radice to alert all off-duty offi cers and to ask the Narragan sett Bay Citizens Radio Club to be ready to assist. However neither measure was needed, Ihe chief said.

The Coast Guard Station was without lights briefly, and oper aled under auxiliary power. Stale police switched their lights and communication equip menl wilhin two minutes onto auxiliary power. Jlidilletown police and fire departments went on their emergency power almost immediately. Minor traffic tieups occurred. area occurred at 5:20 al-jMiddlelown police cruisers were though it never affected the en-'sent to Two Mile Corner and Ihe was QUID in uiwu, I I I icopic portion of blood wa i3L.

ft a i a admitted Franklin School Account Shift Up For Council Study Accounting work of the and partly in the school of- Department may be incorporated in the work of the city Finance Department, according to Information furnished to the Council In "brief sheet' 'which will be presented to councilmcn City Manager Fred E. Weis- rod said his office, in conjunc- ion with the office of School Supt. Joseph P. Devine, is begin- ficc. This study and research project, Weisbrod says, will result, "we hope," in a joint report being filed by the superintendent of schools and city manager to the Council and School Committee, conlaining a recommendation of some sort.

"We arc entering into this study without any conclusions being made," Weisbrod said, but rather to develop some con- elusions based on observations feasibility rnd advisability of of a ex amj co accounting activities onhc (i ihoughls of Ihe Finance Department and others involved in this activity seem to nance Deparlment and School Department and others in- Deparlment. Many actions in the account- Ing section of the Finance De partmcnt are now school ac Francis Canole a i ing, "They will hang me. I'll get the electrics chair. give you the, whole slory when I see my wife. 1 Former Newport Police Del.

Joseph KivleJian told the court ie photographed the scene of Ihe murder and the body. He said he was Ihe officer who processed iiems sent lo the FBI labs in Washington for analysis. During Kivlehan's testimony the coat, uniform, shoe and pho- los were entered as stale's libits. Three persons a poli sergeant, a friend of the im, and a Navy officer, les cd yesterday afternoon abo onvcrsalions which alleged ook plscc between them an Franklin. Franklin did not a visibly moved by any h- testimony! Sgl.

Canole who interrogale Franklin when he was fir brought lo Hie police station (h day the murder was discovcrc (old of Ihe conversation. The prosecution attempted NEW YORK (AP) Light Hashed on in paralyzed Ne' York early today, signaling th end of a massive and fright ening power blackout that crip iled the teeming Northeast. After 10 hours of worrier waiting the. lights came back on at 3:35 a.m. (EST) in the heart of Manhattan one of the las areas stillIgripped by Ihe na ion's worst power failure.

Coming on wilh alarming sud lenness during Tuesday's eve ning rush hour, the blackout a ts peak enveloped 80,000 sqiian miles, affecting up to 30 million Jersons in eight states, scram transportation and commu nications and stranded hundreds of thousands in'stalled'subwa cars and elevators. Through the nigfit the Texas White House reported progress of experts.Irying th'e "drained' "electric power from New York, Boston and hundreds of smaller cities, towns and hamlets. Reports were conlradlclory, although President Johnson was advised the experts were "pretty well no sabotage was involved and Ihe Pentagon said military communications ind the Washington-Moscow hot ine were not hampered. have a written copy of the coi iiiave a Lopy ui uie Tli.s report he formu- (i a lated for dislribution immodi-! ha 0 0 mlprl 5 counts, he says. Several of atcly following Ihe.

first of (he emereu as them are done partly- by thciycar, the cily manager said. I (Continued on Page 2) Plaiis Board Eyes Program To Rid City Of Utility Poles Conferences with the N. Telephone Co. and Newport Electric Corp. will'be called bs the Planning Board, lo discuss the clly.

At a meeting of the board last night In City Hall, leltcrs cables on Broadway as far ou! ss (he One Mile Corner for special attention. a long range program lo get rid several years ago an agreement Of poles and overhead wires In was made lo i i a a mim- William L. Carey recalled Iliat the Planning Board, and neg her of poles each year. He the regular public notice. Ihe Ocean Drive situa- There was cussion over considerable dis the state deparl ment's failure lo confer will led to give it any special notice of public hearing, olher lhan Paul E.

Burke presenlcd for mess." He said (he himself and Mrs. Burke a re quest lo divide a plal wilh five were received from two compan-board should accent Iho tele lei replying to letters previously phone company's invitation houses on it, "on Km'gsion Av" sent them by the board. The meet, ami to invite the eleclric enuc, into five lots, so Ihe telephone company suggested company in at Ihe same limc.jiiousc's could be. individually sole the conference so It could said Ihe cily manager and He required the board denial to cuss its plans for undergroundjCouncil should attend, loo. qualify his appearance before construction'in the future.

Both companies indicated 'he cost placing all existing overhead work underground would be prohibitive. Ltiwls G. Calvanl, board chairman, said it was a "very, very City Manager Fred E. Weis- the Board of Review. The sub- brod advised (lie board to work division was i on tht out the situation wilh Ihe telephone company, find out what It Is going to do, and report lo the city Council.

He said the telephone company is elimina Imporlant" matter. If costs are ling poles and wires on Mcmor- pronlbtlive, he said, Ihe board ial.Boulcvard. should find oul how much il would cost lo put certain areas cello, state public works dircc underground. These are, he tor, staled Ihe only projects said, overhead cables which planned in Newport were Ihe ex- underground and tension of Memorial Boulevard which the companies could A i a Kalhfus Road and a A letter from Angclo A. Mar- Ht tlnifcd out polei Isludy of the new Bay Bridge ind'Tro Corner approach.

grounds of lack of jurisdiction. A bill of $2,500 was received from David C. Symons, planner, for one year's work. Calvanl asknd whi had authorized ihe work. Weisbrod suggested It be referred lo him and lhat he would investigate and report back wilh a detailed bill to ihe board.

Weisbrod also i Ihe ward thai new rules nnd regulations were being printed for (Continued on t) I As the night wore on, power wgan seeping back into most of he blackout area that at one ime stretched over NEW York, 'ennsyivania, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Con- lecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island nd even struck Toronto and )ttawa in Canada. Johnson, however, ordered he Federal Power Commission launch a sweeping invesliga- lon and gave it all the facilities the federal government p.m. (EST), the peak of the rush hour in teeming cities. Subway cars speeding an estimated 850,000 persons through New York.s subway ground frighteningly to -a halt. stopped between floors bringing cries of dismay.

Operating rooni's 'darkened. News tickers fell silent. Airliners scrambled to other ports. Convicts in a Massachusetts prison rioted. off-duty police v'ere called back to work.

Na- lonal Guardsmen wra put on alert in case of looting. Emergency power was plugged in at tospitals. One man told of being in an ilevalor in -a Manhattan office luiiding: sputtered mt. The threolJMJsipressed the ilarm buttoiRfs-We waited and few-minutes ater the doors opened. I can tell ou we were glad to get out." tire area.

The steam plant was producing 8,000 kilowatts at the time of the blackout. This kept some areas and downtown Newport in operation. About 5:45 p.m. the emergency diesels at Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, went into operation and the company was able to turn on power for a large part of Ihe Naval Base and some'of Middle-; town. At 6:30 p.m.

the company picked up 6,000 kiowlatfs over the transmission line from the Monlaup Plant in Somerset. Newport had been taking about 23,000 kilowatts from there at the time the outage occurred. With this addition power, the company was able to pick uti Warwick Shoppers World, using tlicir lights to direct traffic at the out-of-service traffic lights. ment responded to an alarm at St. Lucy's School at 5:22 p.m.

but found the break in the power had set off the alarm. Portsmouth Fire Department switched onto auxiliary power for the alarms and communications systems. The Portsmouth Police were without lights until 7:30, and used walkie -talkie systems to keep cruiser communications. Extra men were called in to watch key business establishments, including banks. In Newport, all fire alarm sys- lems shifted automatically'tcr battery powered generators when the power outage oc- The Middletown Fire Depart-safely measure.

curred. There was no break in radio nor telephone communica- ions. Lights were out at the leadquarters station about half an hour. Some additional off- duty men were called in as a including the FBI. The blackout came wilh A commercial airline pilot in for.

a landing at Boson's Logan Inlerriational Air Mrt at 5::21 p.m. witnessed "a tartling sighl. There' below is a rightly lighted city and sud enly it plunges into darkness ou don't know what to There was a heart-stopping loment at Manhattan's St. Vin cnt's Hospital when -an emcr- ency generator failed during a brain'operation. A police generator was pressed into action and the operation was completed.

St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue was nearly filled with worried worshipers. But with the grimness and fear there was also excitement and humor. A young girl wilh school books under her arm walked through darkened Times Square and more of the local load, but still was shy of Its normal. By 7:15 p.m.

Newport got another 12,500 kilowatts from Monlaup. By 7:25 p.m. all lines of the company were back in service. The blackout in this area wcs spotty. Kay Boulevard, as an City Needs Plans, Manager Reports A long range program aimed at improving and beautifying Newport has been envisioned by City Manager Fred E.

Weisbrod. He will recommend to the Council tonight that a comprehensive engineering study of thia "serious and meaningful" program be made. Among his. proposals are oner example, having no lights on ice skating rink; a municipally new fire station to take the, place of two of the city's three stations; a large auditorium for conventions; the rehabilitation of Freebody Park for year' round use; community centers In several areas of the city; an east side, while its west side was not affected. Street lights in this area came back in about 40 minutes, home lights at 6:30.

The west side of Broadway, he- business'section between Pleasant Street and Mslbone 3oad, lost lights for three min- utes. The.east side of the street ne stated: was cot affected. Funds are available to pay for When the power failure hit, the detailed engineering of the operated swimming pool; better street lighting; planting of trees and shrubs throughout the city. The study would probably en at least 12 months of research and development, and an other six months of considera- ion by Ihe Council, before'a final port 'presented City Manager Fred E. Weisbrod explained in rapture: "This is I IIC I a I I 1 flickering of lights at about Oh, this is exciting Burns Fatal To Boy In Yard Blast T)avid Michael Meteraud, 9, one of the two boys burned in an explosion last Friday in a Middlelown yard, died last night at the Naval Hospital, companion.

James Furado. 7, was reported in good condition at Newport Hospital oday. David Meleraud, a third grade student at Aqurdneek School, was the son of William J. and Elaine Racehiocchi Meteraud of 210 Purgatory Road, Middlctown. His father is a retired Navy man.

Besides his parents, the boj loaves a brother Will-am: sisters, Barbara, Juliann and Kathleen Meteraud: h's m'er- nsl grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph llelcraud of Superior, and great grandmother.

Mrs. Helen McNauph- ton of vSupcrior; a his a a grandmother, Mrs. Epjsto Bacchiocchi of Haven, Conn. The funeral- will take place rom the Faria Funeral Homo A solemn high Mass of he Angels will be sung in St. Mary's Church a 10 a.m.

lurial will be in St. Columba's Cemetery. subject, the city manager said. The two chief programs available to.the city are in the federal Housing referred (o as F01 and 702 programs. The city i can obtain loans or grants for JJf engineering assistance lo de sicn public works projects.

Weisbrod recommended the city engage an engineering or- ganization that has the capabilities of engineering, planning ami setting up the program, including tie financing of the physical facilities needed. The scope of the study would include detailed planning and engineering of sanilary a storm sewers; the separation ot slorm sewer from the sani. sewer in areas where corn- lined sewers now pose a capa- cily limit; the engineering and detailed construction drawing! )f the sewers and of streets hat are classified a primarily residential, and through way (reels for curb, gutter and sur- acing, including sidewalks. It would include acquisition of idditional land for recreational purposes in the year round pro- Tarn. It would include an engineer- ng study of the reconstruction comprehensive sidewalk 'r e- placement and extension pro- (Continucd on Page 2) Flashlights Light Dramatic Wein Conference For a moment reporters thought Jazz and Folk Festivals impressario George Wein was being a little over dramatic with his presentation at his press conference yesterday in Close to 6 p.m., after reporters, festival personnel and other officials had been talking informally at Ihe Strike Lounge for about an hour, Wein sat down and suggested everyone gather around him and lie would outline his festival plans iii Middletown.

Just then the lights flickered and slowly dimmed. A comment was made about Wein's overworked sense of Ihe dramatic. Then the lights went out. There was momentary silence as everyone appeared to be waiting for the electricity to come back on, Wein suggested someone get candles or other temp- orary light. In a few minutes the conference got underway by candle and flash lighl.

For one hour Wein spoke pi the future of his festivals in Middletown and answered reporters' questions Periodically someone 1 leave the room to check on the power failure. "Lights arc out in New York City and much of New England," one reported. A little while later: cr is gone as far west as Chicago and south lo Philadelphia." Tiie press conference went on. Shortly after 7 p.m., Wein asked if there were anymore questions. There was none.

Wein stood up, Ihe lighls blinked on and a cheer went lip. One reporter muttered: "The timing was just loo perfect." American Casualties Heavy In Viet Nam Last Week SAIGON, South Viet Nam first week of November lolalcdithc area and mortared the.dis- (AP) American casualties In Ihe first week of November were the highest so far In the Viet Nam war 70 killed anc 237 wounded, a U.S. spokesman reported today. Most ol Ihe Americans were killed in actions around the Spc clal Forces camp at Plei Me, ii the central highlands. The week ti lrc( during the week.

DIM VIKW OF TI.MKS squAUK Times Square, the en- tertnlnmcnt center of New York City, takes cm A dim cast in the midst ot tho fjinnl power failure which gripped Hie Northeast. Auto headlights cause lha pavement to look time exposure from tht AUlfd Chtmical before there were 42 American dead. The figures released today diii not Include the major battle Monday In Ihe Zone north of Saigon between U.S. paratroopers and Communist troops. The casualties brought the total of Americans killed in action In Viet Nam lo 933, according to unofficial tab- illation.

A total of 4,801 have been wounded and 92 are missing. Twenly Americans are known lo be dclatned by the Viol Cong, VietiimcM killed durlf 144. twice as many as the (own of Kicn Binh. The out- icans killed. Two months ago post defenders withdrew.

one American was dying to every four Vietnamese. Viet Cong dead were eslimal- ed at 53C, giving Allkd forces a 2.5 lo Two Troops from Ihe U. S. Army's 101st Airborne Brigade terminated "Operation Capricorn" near fjui Xhon wilh seven Viet in Ihe two-day kill ratio in their Cotl Farther west, 1st Cavalry Di. Americans were cap (rMps comimlct) swe ing the Plei Me area, scene of Air Force hammered and Navj targets a suspected Vlcl about 35 miles U.S.

ilancs S'orth and South Vlcl N'am ground action lessened. Air Force B52s pounded Zone for the second successive lay, striking Cong target northeast of Slsgon. The Viet Cong were In action leor the Cambodian border oulh of Saigon. They Inflicted icavy casualties on a Vietnam- so force moving supplies lo an solated on I post. The Communist guerillas lio alt I eked mother outpost la several major engagements last week.

Tlio cavalrymen reported only llglit action today. THURSDAY ARMISTICE DAY tore Mil Be No Of Doily News.