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Two THE TIMES-ARGUS, BARRE-MONTPELIEK, VT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1970 Authorities Satisfied VSH Personnel Will Handle Prisoners With Precaution Nf.WfV presence contributed substantially to the problem. Davis said Cheney was now satisfied that hospital authorities understood their responsibility and were making every at-tempt to carry out the duties imposed toy law. Gov. Davis said he personally felt that every effort is being made to insure that no further escapes occur during construction of the new maximum security facility.

Davis said, All the people responsible for keeping these potentially dangerous men in tight security know the problem. They will take every The man stole a car and escaped, and soon after he was captured, he escaped again with the other seven men. Cheney emphasized that lie was concerned with the safety of the general public in having potentially dangerous prisoners constantly escaping from the central Vermont institution. He said lie was aware that a new maximum security wing would soon be under construction at the hospital, but said it would be two years before the wing would be in use. Gov.

Davis issued a press release several hours after the' meeting with Cheney and state officials, and he empha sized that eaah one of the officials had been consulted before tiie press release was made public, and had agreed on it. In the release, Davis said one of the main reasons for the escape of the eight men was the fact the treatment program had operated so successfully in the early months that there had been some relaxation of the rules regal-ding nighttime confinement. He also excused the escape by saying that Dr. George Brooks, the hospital superintendent, had been on vacation, otherwise several prisoners from Windsor would have been returned to the prison earlier. He said their VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Gov.

Deane C. Davis promised Friday that Vermont State Hospital personnel will take every precaution in handling potentially dangerous prisoners transferred from the Vermont State Prison in Windsor to the hospital. Davis made the statement after a conference held in his office with officials of the hospital, the Mental Health Department, the Corections Department and Washington County States Atty. Kimberly B. Cheney.

Cheney had appealed to Gov. Davis two weeks afo after the escape of eight men from the hospital, seven of them considered potentially dangerous. Cheney was critical of the attitude of mental health officials at the hospital, saying that they didnt really think that it was part of their job to care for prisoners who couldnt be handled at the States Prison because of mental problems. He pointed out that apparently no search was made of the quarters where the men, who escaped were housed, because the men tied a number of bedsheets together to slide down the side of the building. In addition, Cheney pointed out that a prisoner who bad escaped from Windsor and was later transferred to Waterbury, was almost immediately given a grounds pass.

Hoff Raps Unbalanced National Priorities FIRE Destroys bam in Cabot. (Photo by Sam Dwinell) Cow Dies In Cabot Fire RUTLAND (Special) Recent administration vetoes of four major Health, Education and Welfare programs while military spending continues unchecked, represents the sad truth of unbalanced national priorities, former Governor Philip H. Hoff said Friday. Hoff, speaking at a county candidates forum, said he is keenly disappointed by the current admin istrations emphasis on public spending. They seem terribly concerned about what they call cost overruns in domestic spending but almost casual about overruns in Ive always been here but I just dont know Ill have to think it over for a while, he said.

He said the bam was insured but he wasn't positive how much, adding, I know there are some things I didnt have covered. Bolton commended all the firefighters at the scene, saying they all did a remarkable job. I would like to say one thing, Bolton added, "there are sure an awful lot of nice people in the area and I dont mean just Cabot, but the surrounding towns as well. Everyone has been wonderful and offered to help me rebuild it I wanted to, he said. "They have just been great" Located about 125 feet from the bam is the two-story, woodframed Bolton home, which is occupied by Mr.

and Mrs. Bolton and their two sons. We were real lucky the wind was blowing in the opposite direction, he said. If it wasn't, the fire would have probably wiped out everything. Fighting the fire, which broke out about 8:45 a.m., were the Cabot, Walden, Marshfield and Danville fire departments.

Bolton said the fire was not under control until nightfall and then a man remained on duty with all the hoses still hooked up in case another blaze broke out. Asked if he would rebuild, he said: I dont really know. Court Rules On Everyone recognizes that the federal government Is going to have to bear more of the financial responsibility for education in the future. Thats why this veto is so contradictory to the real needs of the nation. he said.

Hoff pointed out that the President vetoed the education bill because it contained $453 million more than he requested ip. his budget. "The irony is that the $453 million is contained many times over in our multi-billion dollar-defense budget, Hoff noted. He pointed out that in the last nine months, taxpayers have Restraint flicting statements of the cause of the injuries. In another criminal case, involving an Essex County man convicted of operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment the high court also upheld the decision of the lower court.

In this case Elton B. Ovitt appealed on the grounds that the Essex Circuit Court committed an error in not allowing his guardian to appear as his lawyer in the jury trial. Justice Smith, who wrote the decision, pointed out that Ovitt was 19 at the time, and the court appointed his brother, Herbert, as his guardian. He noted that under Vermont Yt. Institutions Asked To Curb Phosphate Use Meyer Attack Backfires Hoff Popularity Swells if tiie veto is upheld.

$3.8 million for elementary and secondary school aid. $200,000 for education for the handicapped. $1.5 million for vocational and adult education. $1.7 million for higher education assistance. $463,770 for community education, including library assistance.

$121,513 for education professions development. These programs would have a significant impact here in Rutland, Hoff said. I think it essential that these funds be restored. Defense point an attorney to represent him. But the high court based Its decision on a ruling made in 1965 by the Vermont Supreme Court in the Dobson case.

At that time, associate Justice Albert K. Barney held that a lawyer attempting to act as both guardian and counsel is cast in the quandary of acting as both attorney and client. In the contract case of Sherman Hartley Ball vs. Robert Cohen, appealed from Washington County Court, the high court reversed the lower court decision and declared judgment entered for Cohen. as a student member of the Education Board.

The moderate party members who have always supported Hoff were outspoken in their animosity to Meyer. One of this group, Rep. John Zampieri, D-52, of Ryegate, said, I think the Democrats should vote him out of the party for good on primary day. He can go to the liberty Union Party. In his letter to Meyer Friday, Hoff said: If you have any specific charges to make.

It would seem to me that you have an obligation to provide this information to the public through the press and through the authorities. Meyer had demanded that Hoff answer a list of 25 questions, many of them personal ones, and including one which asked: How much financial and other support have you received directly or indirectly from racing, gambling and underworld-related interests? In his letter, Hoff said: Your performance yesterday in Montpelier makes it apparent that you wish to engage in nothing less than character assassination. Hoff said he will continue to discuss the substantive issues and said he will not engage in a name-calling contest. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of ROY J. MOORE Sr.

Aug. 15, 1963 -Aug. 15, 1970 A lonely home a vacant chair. Something missing everywhere. The silent thoughts and tears unseen Wishing your absence was only a dream.

Sadly missed by Wife, children and grandchildren Lost and Fond ads taken cntQ 10:3 a.m. Monday thra Friday, and Baton day util a.m. same day ef pebh cation. Regular classified rates apply bat skip day" lost and fooad ads cannot be accepted. Te place year ad Dial 47611 paid $4 billion to some of the big defense contractors in cost overruns.

What were doing is subsidizing big industry while we sacrifice the education of our children, Hoff said. The former governor said one of the fatalities of the Presidents veto would be Vermonts new Teacher Corps Program to serve Rutland and four other communities. The states application for the $385,000 program was approved just one day after the veto message. Hoff listed other Vermont educations programs and the amount of funds they would lose In Self law, counsel is assigned to an in-digent defendant at the expense of the state only in crimes punishable by imprisonment for more than 60 days or by a fine of more than $1,000. The offense with which Ovitt was charged was punishable by a $25 fine, or 30 days in jail, or both.

Justice Smith said the record of the lower court showed that the judge informed Ovitt that he was at perfect liberty to consult with his guardian at any time during the trial. He also noted that the record did not show that Ovitt at any time requested the court to ap since he dumped former President Lyndon B. Johnson two years ago over Johnson's Vietnam policies and threw his support to the late Bobby Kennedy. On the other hand, the conservatives have never liked Meyer, considering him a radical because of his urging 12 years ago to allow Red China into the United Nations. But, on Friday, the conservatives were swinging to Hoff, indicating that Meyer was trying to sling mud at the whole Democratic party.

Howard Sweeney of Montpelier, a long-time conservative, was one of the conservatives who appeared Friday to be outraged by the Meyer attack on Hoff, and indicated he would support Hoff. Many young people had been supporting Meyer, saying openly they were doing so because Meyer was so honest and a real liberal. But Meyers attack on Hoff Thursday turned off the younger generation. Among those who indicated they would drop Meyer was Obie Benz, a senior at Mid-dlebury College, who is serving UVM Gains Summer Students VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Summer enrollment at the University of Vermont was up 13 per cent this year. Dr.

Jack Little, assistant dean of UVMs summer session, said 2,447 were enrolled in the session, an increase of 283 over 1969. The university pointed out that summer enrollment at other colleges was generally leveling off, or on the downswing, while UVM was increasing its enrollment. It attributed the increase to 220 course offerings and workshops offered during the summer session. our swollen military budget, Hoff said. Hoff said he was "delighted at House action Thursday to override the Presidents veto of the education bill, and expressed hope that the Senate would follow suit.

The former governor said Vermont will lose almost $8 million in education aid if the President's education bill veto is sustained by the Congress. The people of Rutland are acutely aware of the increasing high costs of education, said Hoff, "and the situation may get a lot worse before it gets better. tack made upon him by Gagnon. But the Supreme Court went on to point out that one witness eventually admitted that Dragon had kicked Gagnon repeatedly while Gagnon was on the ground and in a semi-conscious condition. When Gagnon was admitted to the hospital he was suffering from critical injuries, including a ruptured liver, multiple fractures of the right ribs and abdominal bleeding.

He told hospital authorities he had been kicked by Dragon. However, Gagnon denied this on the witness stand. But Associate Justice Milford K. Smith of Rutland, who wrote the decision for the court, said the testimony from Lovejoy (the man who eventually admitted having seen the kicking) raised the substantial question of whether Dragon had used unnecessary force and violence at a time whea he was not in fear of bodily injury. Justice Smith upheld the Chittenden Circuit Court, saying it was right in denying Dragons motion for a directed verdict in view of the serious injuries received by Gagnon and the con- St.

Albans Promised Assistance VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Gov. Deane C. Davis promises the Town of St. Albans Friday that he would do everything he could to make sure that the federal government supplies funds for storm sewer water separation facilities. Gov.

Deane C. Davis toured the St. Albans area on Friday and inspected the pollution problem on the Stevens Brook. The brook is extremely polluted and St. Albans Mayor Mer-vtin Kaye is seeking $1 million in federal funds to put In storm sewer separation facilities in the town.

The governor said Friday hs would be willing to travel to the Housing and Urban Development Office In Washington to help with the cause. This only reinforces my feelings that the federal government must step up its efforts to provide more funding and cooperation in helping local communities and the states, the governor said. Gov. Davis said that he will also ask Water Resources Commissioner Martin Johnson to look at the situation. The brook is already heavily polluted, and the recent hot weather has caused an unbearable stench in the area, town officials said.

Welcome VERMONT PRESS BUREAU The office of U.S. Sen. Winston L. Prouty, R-Vt. put out a press release Friday, saying that Prouty will visit the state this weekend.

Prouty is apposed in his bid far re-election to the U.S. Senate toy former Gov. Philip H. Hoff who is constantly pointing out that Prouty rarely visits the state. The brief two paragraph press release said Prouty and his wife will attend the centennial celebration at the Vermont MarbJe Co.

to Proctor Sunday. It said Prouty will speak briefly in the center to Proctor at 1:30 p.m. and will then attend the 2:15 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony at Vermarcos new caJcite plant to Brandon before returning to Washington Sunday night. CABOT A huge bam was destroyed, a cow perished and a two-story wooden frame home was threatened when a fire of undetermined origin broke out at the William Bolton farm here Friday morning.

Bolton, a longtime resident of Cabot, said he wasnt sure what started the fire, commenting tt broke out in the end of the huge bam where some hay was stored. Inside the bam were a bull and two of the 60 head of cows he cared for. Attempts to rescue the three animals were successful in only two cases. One of the cows perished. Also housed in the large structure was about 200 tons of hay, according to Bolton.

He said all the machinery was outside but very close to the bam and, because of the intense heat, much of the farm equipment sustained some damage. The barn, located on the Cabot Plains Road near Joes Pond, is comprised of three sections. Bolton said the original section of the bam is "probably over 100 years old. In 1921, another large section was added and, only two years ago, a big dairy section with 116 stalls was added. Miller Waiting To Resign VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Water Resources Board Chairman Denning Miller, who announced last May that he would resign, indicated Friday that he is going to be around for some time yet.

Miller said the governor has not taken any action to appoint a replacement. And he will stay around as long as he is needed. The governor had said of Miller's resignation that he wanted the man to stay aboard until some of the major matters confronting the state had been resolved. One of these is the controversy over the Hemco Dam in Waitsfield. Hemco wants to construct a dam on a portion of the Mad River, and this has drawn a lot of criticism from citizens and some state officials.

That is probably another month or two away from being select The governor's office said Friday that it was very pleased witn tne work Miller had done, and had no intentions of looking for another man for some time. Robert Glover Joins Capital Police Force Robert W. Glover a former state trooper, and one of three additional men being hired by the Montpelier Police Department, began as a patrolman Friday. Glover, who resigned after serving with the state police at the Troop Barracks in Montpelier for a year, was hired by the city earlier this month. The newest officer will work with Lt.

Vincent Langlois and patrolman Lewis Graham on the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. The department will be up to full force as soon as Glover, and the other new men assume duty later this month, according tei City Manager H. Warren Scribner. Glover married the former Dorma Warner, and has a son, Terrance Joseph Glover.

They live at 12 Kent Northfield. He received his police training from the Vermont Law Enforcement Training Council School held at Norwich University in Northfield. Barre Business Briefs Drew Real Estate Office, 10 Park will be closed from August 15 to August 22. Adv. Barre Lodges and Clubs CruJM A Regular communication of Granite Lodge r.VJT? 35, Monday, Aug.

17, at 7:30 p.m. VERMONT PRESS BUREAU The Vermont Supreme Court Friday upheld a lower court decision that a person may use only the necessary amount of force in defending himself from an attack. The decision was handed down in the case of the State of Vermont against Robert Eugene Dragon was oonvicted by a jury in a breach of peace case involving the alleged beating of Bernard Gagnon. The high court pointed out that Gagnon had testified on the stand that he struck the first blow in the fight, and said that the respondent had the right to use sufficient force to repel the at- Duff Taking New Look At Barre Zoning Barre City Manager Thomas Duff is involved in re-evaluations of city zoning laws as well as housing and other codes, as part of the recertification of the city's workable program. The workable program must be certified every two years, and the citys certification runs out in February, 1971, Duff explained.

A workable program is a prerequisite for the receipt of federal funds. Duff noted it might be advisable to revise the zoning ordinances by using a different system of classifications. For example, there might be Residential and for different residential uses, instead of the present category of only residential. The Master Plan, which is part of the workable program, is a land-use plan which defines the uses to which the land is and should be put. Thus, the Master Plan already shows the gradations in use between one area and another.

There are classifications such as public and semi-private and "rural residential, Duff noted. Although the area in which the Allen Street and Prospect Street concentrated housing velop-ments are located, is designated for single family residences, Duff saw no conflict. There is a difference between the Master Plan and zoning. Duff explained, and he pointed out that the housing projects meet zoning requirements. Willisfon Dam Hearing Sept.

3 VERMONT PRESS BUREAU The Water Resources Department said Friday that a hearing on the construction of an earth-fill dam in Williston will be held at the Williston town clerks office at 2 p.m. on Sept. 3. Stele T. Griswold, contractor, wants to put in the dam on a Williston brook.

Competition Incorporators for a new Burlington newspaper filed papers with the Secretary of States office to do business in Vermont The Paper Corp. announced its plans to publish a paper in the Burlington area disclosing its capital at 100 shares of common stock at $100 per share. Incorporators were listed as Harvey and Lynn Rockwell Salgo of Underhill and Samue Bittman of Louisvile, Ky. The corporation is expected to print an offset afternoon daily competing with the morning Burlington paper, the citys only daily at the present time. INSIDE DC 24 VT.

Institutions. VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Gov. Deane C. Davis has directed that all state institutions use as little phosphate as possible in an attempt to cut down the pollution in Vermont waters. On a tour of the Lake Champlain Islands, Friday, Gov.

Davis said Tt will be a small step but if the State erf Vermont can take tiie lead in encouraging the voluntary use of low phosphate detergents it will show that we are sincere in backing up our words with actions. Critics make a good point When they charge that state and federal government are two sub- Environmental Talk Tuesday For Waterbury Grange WATERBURY-Harry R. Montague, District 3 Environmental Commission member of Westford, will address Waterbury Grange 237 in the Waterbury Center Grange Hall Tuesday at 8 p.m. Montague, a member of Governor a i Environmental Commission is also a past president of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen Clubs and at present, is serving as its treasurer. A native Vermonter, Montague was educated at the University of Vermont and has had 20 years experience as an officer and organizer of conservation clubs and activites in Vermont and New York.

Nuclear Seminar VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Dr. Ernest Tsivoglou, a nationally known expert on nuclear waste, will come to Vermont on Sept. 10 to brief Gov. Deane C. Davis on discharges from nuclear generating plants.

The state environmental officials will also sit in on the meeting. Tsivoglou visited Vermont last fall to participate in the atomic energy seminar at the University of Vermont. He is a professor of sanitary engineering at Georgia Tech. East Montpelier Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin C. Codling and family have returned from a trip to see her mother, Mrs. T. E. Ard of Riverdale, Air lanta, Ga.

They also visited her sisters, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Armstead, of Fayetteville, and Mr.

and Mrs. C. W. Carroth of Forest Park, Ga. Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin Clark have returned from a trip which included Montreal, Toronto, Canada, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee where they visited the Smoky end Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson and family are in camp at Center Pond in West Burke.

Miss Doris Barcomb and Miss Lucille Newsom of Columbus, Ohio spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. David Barcomb. Ronald Codling, Lori Matava, Darcee Slack, Laurie Stacy and Michael Hudson are at Camp Mississquoi in Enosburg Falls for a week. Mr.

and Mrs. E. G. Codling accompanied Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin Clark on a trip through Maine and Massachusetts. stantial polluters of our air, land and water, he said. Gov. Davis is beginning to combine a lot of politicking with his environmental action. One of the biggest pluses on his side of the campaign ledger will be the environmental legislation that has been put into effect.

Friday, he attended several coffee hours in and around the Lake Champlain Islands, and put out a lot cf information on how his administration has acted on tiie environment. In his statement Friday the governor said he has ordered Administration Commissioner William French to implement the order immediately. For those critics who think we are going too fast in this matter of water cleanup, I would like them to read the letters that come into my office, the governor said. The governor said that he was encouraged by his trip to Washington in that the state might be receiving more help from the federal government. But, the governor said that the key te the environmental battle would rest with the participation of individuals.

Like most environmental problems, we will never enjoy the success we want until all of us pitch into this battle personally. the governor said. Unemployment Decrease VERMONT PRESS BUREAU The 4.9 unemployment rate for the month of June has dropped to 4.4 per cent in the month of July, the Department of Employment Security said Friday. In a total labor force of there were 8,700 persons out of work. This is 700 lower than the month of June.

The national unemployment rate for July was 5.3 per cent. A year ago the unemployment rate in Vermont stood at 3.8 per cent in July. The department said that the largest increase in workers came from the fact this is the tourist season in Vermont, and more workers are needed. While employment in the tourist trade was rising, manufacturing wage and salary workers had dropped to 40,900 which is 1,200 lower than in the month of June. Booze Sales Up VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Liquor sales in Vermont rose seven per cent during fiscal 1970 with total over the counter sales in state liquor stores of $27.95 million.

The total was up $1.82 million from the previous year. Liquor tax collections were up 1317 per cent, as a result of the 1969 General Assembly raising the tax on liquor by 50 cents a gallon. The beer tax was increased by five cents per gallon, netting a 30.2 per cent increase in the tax during the year. The liquor and fortified wines tax netted $7 million to the stale while the beer tax brought in $2.49 million. The liquor board reported cases of liquor sold during the year, and 52,449 cases of fortified wines and vermouth.

VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Former Gov. Philip H. Hoff i ay challenged his Democratic opponent in the U. S. senatorial race, William H.

Meyer of West Rupert, to publicly state any specific charges he may have against Hoff. Meyer, a one-time U. S. House member from Vermont, made a bitter personal attack on Hoff Thursday, asking Hoff publicly to say how much financial assistance he has received directly and indirectly from the racing, gambling and underworld-related interests. But Meyers attack on Hoff appeared to have boomeranged Friday as support for Hoff piled up to both the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic party.

Hoff has not been popular with the conservative Democrats Voter Education Plans VERMONT PRESS BUREAU Secretary of State Richard C. Thomas said Friday his office is conducting an intensive voter education drive to inform the public cif the new open primary law which gets its first test on Sept 8. Thomas said that all town, city and county clerks have been provided information spelling out the procedures under the new law. Thomas said he will personally stump the state during the last two weeks to August, explaining the law through radio and public appearances. His deputy, James Sanderson, well appear on a television panel shew on Aug.

30 to explain the law. The open primary law was passed by the 1970 Legislature over the objections of Gov. Deane C. Davis. Davis refused to veto the measure, however, which allows voters to cast tl'eir ballots to complete secrecy for the first time to a primary election.

Voters no longer have to declare their party preference when voting to the primary. They will receive two complete sets of ballots Democratic and Republican vote cne of the sets and discard the other. The fear has been expressed by many officials that the first test of the open primary may result in a great number of spoiled ballots because of crossvoting, which automatically invalidates the ballot. NOTICE Residents of Marshfield, Vt. Marshfield Town Dump will be closed as of August 20, 1970.

You may join a garbage collection route or take your garbage to Inland, East Montpelier. Signed i Selectmen Town of Marshfield i i i.