Rutland Daily Herald from Rutland, Vermont • 4

-1 RUTLAND DAILY HERALD TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 9 190 Judge Confines Addison Jury Drawn in Manslaughter Case any knowledge of whit happened in Auguit WA Harrington started hi qua tionlng by asking If any of th Jurori would be embarraaied by any personal question be might ask them They all wer aUent Implying that they wouldn't be Besklei hla cartful qo-Honing of bow each felt about th possession of flreirma be also asked If they bad any religion belief thit might hinder their performance a Jurori 21 xleo questioned each carefully about bavinf any know-edge of the shooting or whether they knew anyone involved In th esse The ntise-men thjwwuuiaai Jury wn choeen at 4 30 Two alternate wer cboea by 1:30 Seven person in alt were excused A delay re wilted In th af Leell lW 11a of Orietoi If Smith of FerrMsurg AJbert dilute of Weytiridge Do mint que Lalfiaote of Bridpart Kenneth Nurrl of ShoreCsem Bruno Schmidt of Mtddtebury and Roger Boavouiulr of Orwefi Alternate Juror are Kanoeth EUtoU and Virginia Sileby both of UkVUobury Only a few spectator Walcb-ad the proceeding la the Ad dleurj County Oaurthouee Monday BeauBeu wa or i 1 a a 1 1 charged with aeoossddegre murder for the death of Me wife Carol Aw la Auguit lent told pohr trying lo fix a lammed piatof whan dsacharged swxfijjf bylrt Into Us train of hi wti She died 10 day later ba a Burlington boepflat without regaining conacluuaoaa The murder charge waa dropped at the request of five attorney general' a office 30 a ichedulcd itart of th trill By 45 all wer preient according to a court employ' roll call They ill gossiping In the chill courtroom decorited only by the American and tU flag and a picture of Vermont! Judge and lawyari taken In 1114 At 1T30 am they were dismissed until 130 During th morning one court official remarked that the Judge was unable to itart hit car The Jury wai beck at 1:30 but It hi 2 30 before Judge Larrow called th court to order One reitoo given wn that Atty Cheeveri wai late Ut arriving Beaulieu made tils first id-peirmce la to then-warm courtroom la the tflcnsooa Sundtog five feet itx lnchei tall and weighing about 130 poundi wai drened In a dark green lull white ihlrt and tie ternoon proceeding when It wa neerxary for the court to find loro woo lo flay the Jury Near th tod of tha day Judge Larrow told th Juror Use would be confined to the Middle bury Ion lie laid they won't be allowed to read any local paper Baton to the radio or watch DlevLuoa Larrow said they Could read out of at at peperi after they have been ceneored presumably to remove any new of the Dial Larrow aald court wIM coo-verve at I Jo a Tuewlay and clot about 4 30 lie aald that acbedula wB) bold aa long li tna triad continue Cbusea at Juror were Maxine a dc heater and Cirri Bingham both of Co rowel Helen Wash burn and George Viillinirth both of AddieuO Rudolph flotax of Monk loo also queiUoned the Jurori carefully alwut any relation hip with Beaulieu hi deceaaed wife or her family Though the trial a I transferred from Trank I In County where the (booting occurred to Addison County on a change of venue three of the prospective Juror laid they bad known th victim' father Archie Beiudetl of Vergennel But none Mid they had known lam well Judge La row dismissed one woman when ehe laid the had already made up her mind about th caae Three proaeeutori Aiilstant Atty Cen Alan Cbeevrri and Ronald llaan and Franklin County Slate'l Aliy llunald KUbura art repri sen ting tha atata Bean handled th queitioolng during to jury selection Moil of th proipectiv Jurori wer to tha courtroom by th Ill hair wa abort and neatly cut Ha aomeUmci wore glaiaei He appeared to be cadta Beaulieu aald later In the afternoon that he wai a graduat of the Holy Angelt Elementary School la St Alban and of Bellowi Free Academy there He aerved three yean In the Army two of them Us Europe Beaulieu ntd be a drummer In band He hat remarried since hit tint wife'i death In J966 and ha a eon He wa married ho hii firit wife itx monlhi before ih died Ecia bciso th quciUcdIdi of prospective lurori at 230 lie aiked them If they knew Mm or other attorney! or knew Beaulieu hit family or any mimberi of th family of the victim Bean aiked each If they bad med pn'ot when It discharged striking hi alee ping wile in the head be lection the Jury took two and one bait hour a Monday Ifc trial wa acbeduied to begin at 30 a Monday but a combination of aoowy road carl that wouldn't atari and aoma legal dickering ciuted lb postponmot of proceeding until mid-aflernoon Ai the Jury aclecttng went on Beauheu lat calmly and quietly beide hi attorney Juba Harrington of Burlington The aiender aiudioua IBM employ and part time muti-eian apoke rarely and in butbed tone with hi lawyer lielaetiMi the Jury waa dominated by lb rather lengthy qucvUontog by A tty Harrington He pressed each prospectiv juror etpecuily cloMly on Kla opinion about on a right to possess firearms Legislators to Totaling $85 Trial Opens Today for St Albans Man Charged in Wifes Death MIDDLE BURY (Special) A Jury of tun men tul tore uumen was thoaen Monday in tb a of Richard BfiultcU 23 of SI Albina who charged lU) manMaughU in roiinocUun lth to aborting death of hi wll to Aufuil JJo6 The Jury was ordered coo fined to the Mlddlcbury Inn Monday night by Judge Hubert Larrow after Uv firal day of the trial ended at 30 Argument in toe ran wiH begin Tuedy Ikilh the dele dm and pcoaecu-tiuii uert? predicting a two- or three-day trial for Beaulieu who told police after the death of hi wife Carol Aon 22 that be uei attempting to fax a Jam Housing (Continued from Peg One) bank ere demending from 2D-30 per cent down payment Thla it major part of the problem housing cotta ere continuing to rii and thla forcee an Inert In the fix of the down payment mil tee in the moderate Income range can afford aubitin-UaJ monthly mortgage piyment but they don't have enough for a large down pay-moot The bouMng problem catta lor a four -pronged attack: 1 Passage of enabling kglala-lion so local communUlea can adopt by rtfcrcnc xtandard houaing building electrical and plumbing code Such bill is now In the House Municipal Corporation Committee and 1 expected to receive a favorable report by the end of the week 2 Creation of a atata boo ring Petroleum Dealers Will Take Gas Tax Hike Stand After Legislative Probe Venae Preu Bum) (he bau fac little i at th ML MGNTmJEa Spending Ascutncy afci area request totaUmg at Malt lh Th bill pecihc completioo miiiioo wtU be on the dr si of accua road by Dec IS Vcrmooti W0 lawmaker Tuea- House Agriculture Committee day morning a they Mart the namberi will eonasder ad-aecond week of the 1908 eeialoa minietretioo kcgiaiatioa that The large alngle request lor a $3 mlhloo bood lame to build a new etate office-diatrict court facility In Rutland Alao included in the tpeoding bill are request lor: 12 23 million to build a new health departmant office In Burlington 1221 mihina lor a new laboratory in MootpeRer 100000 for a regional library in SL Alhao $36000 In pay for planning architect' fee and engusaer log coeti of court facilltici Another Democratic a d- Car-aide Tells House Highway Committee Study Should Come First (Verroaat Frets Bur as) MONTI TLEER Tb brad of toe Vermont Petroleum Association said Monday his organization won't tak a atand oa gaa tax hik until the legislator complete its investigation of to atata Highway Department Robert Cartide executive director of the petroleum taaocUUoo told toe House Highways Committee no action should be taken to meet th present highway building ertsii until to legislative study la completed Tb six-man committee authorized Friday to itudy the Highway Department will report by Feb 19 Garxldoi stand la similar to toe one taken by Keith Wallace bead of toe state Highway User Conference the other powerful lobby likely to have aa Influence oo toe Legislature's actioo oa the highway problem GarMde waa the only witness Get Requests Million Today would aUow Uv tat to buy milk on competitive contract Existing law allows local munlcipakliei exemption from rtat price fixing regulation The atalc feci It't paying too much for It milk and want to buy on competitive contract Board membert now receiva 1 13 a day and th ad-miniatrition wanta to rata thD to 326 And finally Firti Came Department want to change the date on bearing! deakng with fiah and wildlife Petition tor hearing wouk) he filed from Jan 1 to March 31 Jnetead of June 1 If th big Kaee And the bearing would held from April through June instead of lo July and August press-fair trial Issue and ad-vlsed each group of its mutual rights In criminal case Information In addition Oakea said the attorney general of New England tav created the first regional organisation of tta kind In tha nation to combat organlx-toed crime and exchang information before the Highways Committee Monday com mitt headed by Rp Waller Ken-nedy IS of Chelae took no actioo and very nearly failed to gather quorum of Its member a Considerable atata tUetUloa ba iocuaed oa Kennedys committee nnce It waa revealed that a critical short of fund threaten to stymie southwestern Vermont road-building program Th taaua which 6 a dominated the Legislature einc it reconvened Jao 1 probably wont com to bead until to legislative committee finish Ha Investigation Gov Philip Hoff baa already said be will ask to Ltglairtur to pass a bood Dru for at least 324 mlRioci to get Route 4 Improvement com-pleted by 1973 if originally scheduled He may alao ask for tnotoar 324 million to fun ah to Route 7 road construction before i960 which will be to completion drt unes more money Is raised this session To pay for the firrt $24 million Hoff will ak for a one- MELTS tent kicrtat la the taxes paid by highway user If be decide lo try to raise the mooey for Route 7 Mao it will require ea additional one-cant bike in the ga tax Garside said Monday ooe-ceot increase in the gaeohne tax at to present rat of ala would ralae $1 mfilioo a year But be added if toe coo-aumptlon rite in the state continue to Increase an additional penny oo th ga tax could raise up to $2 mill ion a year Although Garakl wouldn't commit th aaaoriartioa to up-porting aa increase be told the committee tost In th part It bat accepted gas tax hike if they proved to be needed DISEAS E'FlEVENTI ON MEXICO CITY (AP) Among Mexico's new measure to prevent outbreaks of loot and mouth disco a la InataDatfoo at airport of treacbe filled with chemically treated sawdust Passenger from countriei where the livestock diaeae la prevalent must walk through toe treoebe a a safeguard against contamination AWAY luthorlty which can come up miniatratioo meaeur request with low-coit houilng for the us 000 to cocatruct a nioe-poor ind for elderly people on tenth mil acceia road from 'J1 lncom- Rout 44 in Wert Wiadacr to The Democratic ad- ministration will eponeor thii type of agency State purchase of home mortgages ilmiltr to the Oakes Reviews His Year -w fr Ti In Office for Rotarians Bellows Falls Club Hean Attorney GcnaraT Account (Vx Mat Ftm Bsureis) BELLOWS FAULS Atty Gen Jamea Oakea Monday booo gave Rotartane her an accounting of the first year of his stewirdship as the state highest elected law enforcement officer Governors (Continued from Page One) ling them designate reprocn-Utlvct In thla way th governors conference would art ai an ap pc 1 1 function for th etate representative on the commits! on Undor com ml slon bylaw the federal co-chalrmin hn veto powers over th action of th governors Thu proposition la nil under diicuaslon among th governors although It known that tha fcdcrilitate cn-chairman offered om op-position to th move The conference held it th Shcriton-Boiton wit on In which th Intertill organisation of th conference wee the mils topic of most dDcu'lon In official action the governor passed a resolution urging the secretary of the interior to study the quota for home baiting oil for New England It wa ex pi lined that there 1 a shortage of this fuel for the region became of transportation problem Tha governors also backed an east-west alt route from Main to the Great Lakes Thlx would Include stops In New Hampshire and Vermont Compact at least three months away Also at the aamo meeting toe compact director said the between toe six atates which baa been in effect since 1047 should be changed to provide for Joint enforcement He explained that toe compact now has do enforcement 0k considered by many as ioT pricf fixing which was t-thR a 1 1 can too Uej out jor gaoooo gubernatorial nossiblllty brief Aod ta othtr irlll WINTER PROBLEMS -4 )i THOMAS HAYES Hayes (Continued from Page One) an tosu If Daley campaigns oa the governor's past record Hayta aak) be feels that he baa a good chance of being elected Beotenant governor hut added be expect oppoeBloa from Sea Daniel Buggies R-Washington and posatbly from Rep Emory A Hebard 26 of Glover Vietnam will cart Its shadow over tba state election Hayes said wbetber the gubernatorial candidates discuss jt or not the country Vermont haa already had one $35000 grant from the com-' mission to be used in coming' up with a state public in- vestment plan This plan la supposed to determine where the states greatest problems lie University of Vermont economics professor Milton Nadworny la heading up toe special project for state government The new grant will be used along this same line according to an official of to commission -At the same meeting it was announced that toe commission has launched its first (Continued from Page One) peratur limits by the Interstate commission could affect th state's decision on Vermont Yankees cooling plan The Vermont Water Resource Board has the option of setting tougher standard thin the interstate standard Peloquln aald the interstate commission to concerned with the effect of thermal pollution on' surface weters While on the Vermont Yankee case Peloquln told the six governors that the problems of Lifting a temporary con- thermal polkitioo on the Coo-l are going to have to put the struction Injunction against tha nee ti cut have focused attention accent on youth to elect the ma-state's ETV system on a new pollutant Jority of the candidates Ha Arguing in court for the The official predicted that th clearly didn't want to get in-farmers by trying to set aside decision reached lo the Vermont volved in taking any kn at rfiwwniw irh ctM "undoubtedly will Davis who i 68 set a precedent with regards to future ouclear power plant construction in the nation Vermont Yankee and Vermont official have reached agreement that some sort of cooling system will be operated by the Vernon plant which would take into account the cHmatic conditions of the year During the aummer months for instance the waters needed to cool the huge atomic reactor i srt might never be pumped back Regional Commission Makes Into the river because this Award of $3850 for VCT-migbt upset toe fish Me and the rivers ecology The power company has promised to meet any state standard The exact determination hasnt been made in writing but soon will be issued by toe Vermont Water Resources Board Peloqukt said that any decisions on proposed interstate river temperature changes are ed them oa the Involvement of hit office In: price differentials which have plagued dairymen for years Entry Into union school district litigation In one case (Groton-Ryegato-Welto River) which "his been dragging its heels Calling an inquest In another union school district case (Grand Isle) to find out why a voters check list has been missing Helping to insure that the atomic power plant now under construction at Vernon wouldn't pollute the Connecticut River Emitter tfaomitter 00 fourth Burke from toe FOC to erect tern- He aaJd he la a preakfeotiaf backer of Sen Charles Percy R-Hl but concede the party proa whom be ha bucked la the past are lining up aolkhy behind Richard Nixoo New York Governor Neiaoo Rockefeller looks good to him a a preMdeatiaf candidate be aald Michigan Gov George Romney to suffering from tore overkill" nod Cahfonrf Gov Ronald Re gen is the X-lector an unknown quantity" Hayes think the Republican (Vermont Press Bursas) BOSTON Vermont wag warded a (38750 grant for a study of its crucial problems here Monday by toe New England Regional Commission The 'commission is the federal-state unit formed to combat regional problems It is one of six such commissions in ed tha civic dub members on what bis office hat don In th past year and plana to do In th future He was elected in November 1B66 and was tba only Republican to survive the Democratic onslaught led by Gov Philip Hoff On of hla first actions was to reorganise th attorney general's office into three divisions: litigation optniona-appeala and laglalation-governmental policy The attorney general aald tha five homicide caes held over from 1966 have been disposed of and that hla office to involved in three current murder ces Oakes said he has worked with law enforcement officers and the states press on the free program conducted by the 4 State guarantee of conventional bank kilns to Insure more no-down-payment loans Giuliani's bill which the administration hat discussed with him Is aimed at part of the bousing problem It would create a Vermont Home Mortgage Finance Agen- cy that could: Buy from banks con- ventkmal VA and FHA v-miareg a ge av ThU Would theoretically free additional bank fund to make more home loans This Is where the compromise was reached Monday Giuliani had intended to limit the state to buying conventional mortgages However by including VA and FHA loans the door should be opened for more people to buy homes mtb minimal If any do wo payment Guarantee the top 20 per cent of conventional baok loan made on homes coating 320000 or less and payable for 23 years This part of the program would be aimed at the moderate Income family earning from 35000 to 310000 who can afford healthy monthly payments but dont have cash for large down payment Essentially it provides foe no-down-payment loans Insured with the states credit Existing law allows banks to make up to 80 per cent loans the state assure the bank maining 20 per cent of the loan would be guaranteed by the state per cent loans thTS Housing like highways to an with Political sex appeal I its passed both parties can take credit for doing something to alleviate the housing shortage 7 The Republicans control both legislative houses and can say it was a GOP bill passed by GOP lawmakers The Democrats can eay they fought to expand the bill and strengthen Jt If its not passed the Democrats have a key Issue for the coming gubernatorial campaign that is it was killed by a Republican Legislature Washington Court Now Has 87-Case Backlog BARRE (AP) Court of- 1 the permanent transmitter A heavy early snowstorm made completion of the facilities there impossible until spring Were waiting for delivery on this equipment now Skinner aaid Much of toe a Ti-riT t-rt Ascutney ETV Tower May Operate Soon Despite rouble MKS AUTOMATIC LOAN SUMO is a new way for our checking account customers to have automatic stand-by credit available when they need it You simply apply for PS Automatic Loan Service in advance Select your maximum credit from $300 to $5000 After your application has been approved you simply write checks as you need to up to your credit limit PS Automatic Loan Service transfers funds into your checking account in multiples of $100 as needed You take ten months to make repayment or repay sooner if you wish When repayment is made within 15 days no interest is charged Talk with us soon about this modem way of serving you It's a part of our up-to-the-minute banking service northeast portion of toe state procedures complained that WETK ML Mansfield thanks there is need to improve the in part to community antennae working relationships between systems and we hope toe tem- the federal water pollution frol people and toe state water Sfi Ti? additional areas pollution control represen-with full coverage expected tatives toe permanent He called this a serious faclitie at Bur regional problem" when toeyre completed this from trans BURLINGTON- (Special) Vermont Educational Television' KkUl UUhopfu a key transmitter 'on Mt Aicutney in southeastern Vermont may be completed this month enabling the full network to reacb southern tress of the state not now covered by-WETK UHF Channel 33 from Mt Mansfield The network has been Operating since October from its main atudios on the University of Vermont Ethan Allen Campus broadcasting to more than half of Vermonts population from the Mt Mansfield transmitter However delays in construction and equipment delivery and bad weather have prevented completion of toe place to secure the tower and antenna equipment must still be hoisted into place We need at least five or six days of good working weather to finish that Job he said This is the kind of thing thats frustrated us since last summer Were doing everything we can to complete the network but at this stage were almost totally dependent on the weather Aseutney transmitter linking Vermont ETC with the Eastern Educational Network Aseutney which will go on the air aa WVTA UHF Channel 41 will not only cover toe southeastern portion of the state but will also beam toe ETV signal to the already-completed transmitter at Grandpas Knob near Rutland WVER UHF Channel 28 serving southwestern Vermont Vermont ETV Station' Manager Odell Skinner said Monday that the Aseutney Montpelier Clerk Wants transmitter tower has been Je -r erected- but that permanent guy state Poll Tax Repealed Wires still need to be put in ficials in Washington County say there is a backlog of 87 innocent pleas in district court Defendants have been order- ed to the court here Jan 14 for possible plea changes and those who remain with innocent pleas come back Jan 22 The docket includes a variety of cases but malicious destruction of property accounts for 12 of the 87 spring" CITIFIED POLAND WARSAW (AP) Poland began the new year with 321 million persons slightly more than half of them living in urban areas Nearly 40 per cent of the population is under 19 Dewey Stamp MONTPELIER (AP) -The Vermont Historical Society said the Post Office will issue a commemorative stamp honoring Burlington native John Dewey The society said the tamp will be Issued In 7 October 1968 Dewey wai a famous educator and philosopher His face la expected to appear on a 30-cent special delivery stamp -will MONTPELIER (AP) City Clerk Jorbert Jeffrey says the Legislature should replace the statewide poll tax with another source of revenue Jeffrey said the tax is unfair He is seeking an eighth term as city clerk In toe states capital city the tax has nothing to do with voting and failure to pay means revocation of driving licenses Cause of Cottage Fire In Barre Still Unknown BARRE (AP) Just how a fire started in a six-room cottage on Lake Elmore is not known The owners Mr and Mrs Peter Ciachcro of Barre said they went to the cottage to shovel snow off the roof but did not build a fire in the fireplace They did say the furnace was started to warm the cottage Flames broke out Saturday and burned the cottage to the ground LACK or INTEREST ECAUSSINNES Belgium lv AP The famous annual tlons begin to November for toe bachelors roundup here may be fesUv tnothlnf canceled for lack of village in abee" done r- st terest and Mayor Victor Stassin hdreds cou threatens to quit both as its efh yr at promoter and from the mayor celebrated Gou er Matoimo ally if it is NormaUy prepara matrimonial tea party demonstration project This is a special program designed to teadi 12 persons two from each of the six states how to train unemployed persons for jobs in hospitals and allied health professions The program would be aimed at the hard core unemployed in the hopes that these persons could help relieve toe critical labor shortage in hospitals Finally the commission elected New Hampshire Gov John King as the etate co-chairman for the commission He succeeds Massachusetts Gov John A Volpe in the post Volpe is a Republican and King a Democrat VERMONTraF BANK i WHERE MONEY WORKS HARPER FORYOUR BUSINESS AND YOU SRATTLEBORO BELLOWS FALlS BENNINGTON CHESTER JAMAICA LUDLOW NEWFANE PROCTORSVILLE SPRINGFIELD WILMINGTON WINDSOR WOODSTOCK Member Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.