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-J 1 A i There Is 1 -A i The Newiiest no greater mistake in the world than the looking on every sort of nonsense as want of sense Leigh Hunt MB New York llmee News (AP)-Assodated Preu United WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22 1969 THIRTY-TWO PAGES 43- New 1 AN ASSIST FROM THE PRESIDENT Former Gov John Volpe of Massachusetts right secretary of transportation gets help from President Nixon qs he stepped up to take the oath of office at the White House Apparently without think- id (AP Win ing Nixon raised his own right hand ifirephoto) Newspaper In Western Massachusetts CENTS Me Horn Delivered Weakly Toe Downs Three Jets tuts SAIGON Communist roundfire downed Jhroe US Air Force FIN Supenabre jets in -South Vietnam military eppkesman said today Off the Northern coait an American fnavy patrol boat -dashed through a flotilla of eampans and aan 43 of the vessels The spokesman said one of the Supenabre pilots waa killed but theother two parachuted to The first jet waa shot down Monday near Quang Ngai City in South Vietnam' northern quarter Ike oilier two fell Tuesday 0 mile east of Saigon and 14 miles aortheaat of the eapitaL Near Katum in "Tay Ninh province about IS mile from the Cambodian border Tuesday troop of the UA lit Air 'Cavalry Division seized more than 39 torn- of Communist arms in a huge bunker complex It waa' one of the largest weapons finds of the war The supplies were itacked in IS hunkers and included recoil- leas rifles mortars rocket grenades email arms ammunl- turn and oxplorivu spokesmen said The lone Navy patrol boat wed its five jnaehinegtms in its attack on- fleet of 125 Coaununist sampans it caught in a restricted area southeast of the northern coastal town of Hoi An At lout Communists were killed and furthers captured by the boat's six-man crew apokeimen laid' The Americana reported no casuil-' feci Those boats not sunk scattered 'Communist gunners fired at least II large rockets into the Da' Nang Air Base today Caiualties were described as "light" end no US planes were damaged an announcement said A huge Allied amphibious operation -on the Batangan Peninsula in the northern quarter went into its 10th dey today Spokesmen said tha US Marines US Army troops and South Vietnamese infantrymen had captured in Viet Cong and killed it least others Near the peninsula end south of Quang Ngai UA infantrymen tightened a cordon around a Communist unit tripped for three days in a village PREPARING FOR BEACON HILL Frande W- Sargent Tuesday checks over his speech presented to the Massachusetts Leg- Sargent In Governor Role As Volpe Sworn In At DC Nixon Starts Work Early 11 Of Cabinet Sworn In ion Sum Needed To Balance $lS5-BiUion State Budget BOSTON (UPI) Republican Gov Frands Sargent sub-mitted today a record high $15 billion state budget which called for a 14 per cent surcharge on nearly all existing taxes and a two-cent boost in cigarette -taxes Sargent's tax program designed to raise a total of $143 million in new taxes for fiscal 1979 also would eliminate the 51 per cent federal tax deduction allowed on state income tax -forms "The Commonwealth if in troubled Sargent told theMas--achusetts Legislature in a combined budget message tax bill and state-of-the-stete address "The root of the trouble ia money the lack of The levy on cigarettes would increase from 10 to 13 cents a Pck The budget was some $309 million more than last 'It is the third tax increase many years under the publicans and the new tax plan was described as "temporaiy" with a life expectancy of two years The cause" for the needed tax revenue Is welfare Welfare with a $7090 million allocation accounts for nearly half fee budget end is short only by some $200 million of the entire state budget for fiscal 1968 The recommended appropriation is $3447 million more than the estimated cost of welfare Medicaid during fiscal 1969 which ends June 30 Education Costs Soar The $2347 million allocation for education is more than $302 million higher than last year The revenue to pay the estimated $143 million deficit in the $1555824849 budget largely wiU 1 come from the surcharge the first tax id this magnitude to Please Turn To Page 16 the man credited with helping the graphic arts industry it is known today The American Pad ii Paper Co of Holyoke wu the recipient of the club's 1969 printing industrial award for outstanding achievement Members of the greater Springfield- Club of Printing House Craftsmen were extended special recognition this morning by the Chamber Miu Barbara Jane Blodgett of Hillside Ave who has been selected "Miu Printing Week" members of the Springfield ub of Printing House Craftsmen received corsage of remembrance Miu Blodgett is employed "as secretary receptionist with the Valley Photo ngraving Corp of Holyoke The Wcstover guut of the month wu Lt Juanita I Heath Lt Heath received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah and ia currently responsible for the operation of the WAFS 99th Support Group it Weslovrr Air Force Base Frost Saluted The Chamber also extended recognition and a "salute" to Dr George Frost and the succeeded John A Volpe Sargent Drops Mansion Idea For Governors BOSTON (UPD Massachu- acting governor rolled out the direst of dire news today-more taxes end lots of them But itwas the sweet with the bitter because FYancis Sargent who took the helm from now Secretanr of Transportation John A Volpe demonstrated good will by doing something government and politicians rarely if ever -he killed a pet project The pet project was a 63-year-'old $1 million mansion in suburban historic Dedham Mass whose 31 acres and 35 rooms were to become the offidal residence of the governor Volpe had to settle for a plush downtown apartment Sargent in remarks prepared for delivery to a joint of the legislature today said "Massachusetts in 1991 cannot afford the luxury of a million-dollar governor's He should know The acting governor had just asked for 5143 million in new taxes to balance a record $L5 billion budget Weather Low Tonight In 20s Thursday Fair With High In 40s Service PreM International No 27980 ty-of the United States shall at the ume time hold the office id governor the acceptance of such trust shall pe deemed and taken to be a resignation of his said 1 Sargent's service a public official began in 1947 when he waa appointed as director of the Massachusetts Divirion of Marine Fisheries He hu held a variety of other high level poata since among them the chairmanship of the state Water Resources Commission the directorship of tha Please Turn To Page 16- Ex-Westover General Heads A HQ Staff Maj Gen Timothy Dacey Jr commander of the Eighth Air Force at Westover AFB front August of 1963 until August of 1965 wu named yesterday aa Chief of Staff of the Strategic Air Command Headquarters at Offcutt Air Force Base Neb Maj Gon Dacey Jr Gen Dacey replaces Maj Gen James Napp who hu i been appointed senior member of the Military Armistice Commission of the United Nation! Command in Seoul Korea Gen Dacey hu been with SAC eince 1948 and became a member of the Eighth Air Force in I960 when he arrived at West-over as vice-commander of tho 4050th Air Refueling Wing Ha assumed command of the- wing a year later and in 1963 waa named Eighth' Air Foret Chief of Staff I -In August of 1965 Gen Dacey became commander of tho 72nd Bomb Wing at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico and in 1966 he became director of personnel at Offcutt AFB Neb A native of Marshfield Gen Dacey Is a graduate of Boston College High School and a 1939 graduate of Boston College Hie on Timothy Ill worked for several summers a newa re- porter with the Transcript-Tele-gram T-T Claarifiod Comica 27 Crossword Editorial 4 Obituary 10 Oracle 32 Sports 26-27-28-29 Suburban 17-19-19 TV 29 12-13 WASHINGTON (UPD-Eleven of the 12 men President Nixon -dioso for his cabinet were aworn ih early today along with UN Ambassador Charles Yost and Budget Director Robert Mayo Chief Justice Earl adminiatered the oath at an I -im ceremony in the White House' as the new Chief Executive looked on The twelfth cabinet member Interior Secretary designate Walter Hickel still lacked Seriate confirmation but Nixon -was confident it would be granted soon possibly later today After a brief coffee hour the President end his cabinet met PAYMENT IN FULL MEMPHIS Tenn (UPI)-Mayor Henry Loeb Monday retrieved an envelope containing fl A letter said: "This is my 1968 payment for the air I breathed Since it Wes somewhat polluted I think this is Loeb- gave the dollar to the city treasury islature when he (AP Wirephoto) officially for the first time to discuss the business- of the administration In only the second full day of the new administration several new features were emerging It was' becoming apparent Nixon would: regular meetings of the Cabinet and National Security Council on staff-prepared memos for the news instead of the three television sets end wire service tickers former' President Lyndon Johnson kept dose it hand a great deal of time working adjacent to the White House in the Executive Office Building to work early in the morning and expect his apparently including his Cabinet to do the same He told the Cabinet to show up at 1 7:39 this morning One of first offidal ads inauguration day was to officially appoint his Cabinet and the Senate quickly followed with confirmation of all but Hickel Although they had not been sworn in all but Secretary Melvin Laird and Secretanr of Health Educaun and Welfare Robert Finch were on the job Tuesday Nixon himself showed up for work at 7:30 aim Tuesday and by the time "the lid went on" for newsmen 9)4 hours later he had met with the National Security Council Secretary General Galo Plaza of the Organisation of American' States (OAS) Gen Earle Wheeler of the Joint Chiefs end Central Intelligence Agency Director Richard Helms Hadley Band Returns After Day Of Glory By JO ANN SANBORN It's all over but the praising! The 131 bandsmen of the South Hadley High School Tiger Marching Hundred and their six chaperones returned home safe and proud from their inaugural Pleau Turn To Page 16 BOSTON (AP) Francis Sargent tall genial and greying at 53 became the 93rd governor id- Massachusetts today by virtue of a ceremony hundreds of miles away in Washington Sargent a Republican succeeds John A Volpe one of eleven men sworn in as members of President Richard it Nixon's new Cabinet Volpe ia secretary of transportation Sargent whose first official act in his new capacity was to be the delivery of a "state of the address end the unveiling -of proposed new budget will complete the remaining two years of Volpe' term Volpe also a Republican had been elected to the state's first four-year gubernatorial term Sargent became governor at am and immediately js- -sued a proclamation noting that Volpe had been sworn in as secretary of transportation proclamation cap Sring his title as "Lieutenant ovemor Acting Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth" announced he hu all the duties and ell the powers of the governor automatic elevation was provided for in Article VIII of the Massachusetts Constitution It says: "nri person holding any office under the authori- CC Breakfast new Holyoke Community Col-lege Facility Henry McNulty received an appreciation certificate for hie 41 years of service to Holyoke McNulty retired from the position 61 superintendent of parks and recreation was honored for his long hours of dedicated service in the improvement of the parks playgrounds and other city recreational areaa Officers of the Holyoke 'Water Power took a bow for their efforts in conservation The company was cited by the Mau Audubon Society for their dinting of trees and shrubs in the greater Holyoke area A welcome certificate was extended to Charles Dcllapcnria and George who opened the Highlander Lounge adjacent to the Dwight St Municipal Parking Lot The two men were previously the owners of the Circus Lounge Congratulations were extended to Thomas Monahan new president of (he board of aldermen Monahan has served three previous terms on the board and is a life long resident of Please Turn To Page 16 Varied Achievements Noted At Ex-Sec Of Navy Ignatius Is WashingtonPost Pres By CARRIE The January Breakfast of the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce was held morning in the dining room of the Holyoke House Allan McKinnon vice president of Jolly Co was chief greeter McKinnon was general chairman of the United Fund Drive in M7 Seated at the head table were: Lt Charles Wood Lt Juanita Heath Edward De-men Roger Farnsworth David Daviau Sharon Flynn Guy Gau-lin printing week chairman Miss Barbara Blodgett Miss Printing Week Edward McLaughlin Allan McKinnon Donald McCorkindale John Newton Jr Dr George Frost Thomas llazen Ilcniy McNulty Francis O'Connell deputy chief 'of police Michael Manning and Stephen Doy-chak The program opened with recognition of the greater Holyoke Area Printers who celebrated international printing week last week The annual observance coincides with the birthday of Benjamin Franklin on Jan 17 Paul Ignatius secretary of the Navy in the Johnson administration has been named wee ident of tha Washington Post only 'morning newspaper ia the capital Ignatius 41 is married to the former Nancy Weiaer of Holyoke and has been a freouent visitor to Holvoke and South Hadley where the elder Weiaer Hr and Mrs Richard Weiaer of 7 Birch Hill ltd now make their home The announcement of the Post appointment was made by Fred- wick Beebe chairman of the board -and Katherine Graham Kxident of the Washington -tCo Ignatius who left the goo Monday with the change In administrations also becomes executive vice president of the Washington Post Co director and a member of its executive committee Besides tbri newspaper the Washington Post Co owns News- week Magazine Poat-News-wcek Stations Inc end other inter eats The Ignatiiii family hu been In Washington since INI when lie became Assistant Secretary of the Army then moved up to Army Undersecretary and later Assistant Secretary of Defense It was In August 1M7 that ha was named Secretanr of the Navy the post he left Monday When Ignatius left the Defense Drpt to become Secretary of the Navy Robert McNamara Secretary of Defense referred to him "one of my most valuable end trusted sssodsle The new Post president and 1 Nancy Weiser were married in the Weiser home on Amherst St this city an Dec 2L 1947 They first made their feme in Cam bridge i while Ignatius wai a I 1 Paul Ignatius graduate asaislant in the'Harv aid Business School end con tinued to live in' Cambridge following the formation of Ignatius' own business ltarbridgs House Inc in 1950 a private management research and consulting firm When a western branch of business was opened in California in 1932 tha Ignatius family moved to En-emo Calif They returned to the Boston area later and resided in Weston from 19S7 until Ignaliua went into government service in INI They have been living in Washington since Ignatius is a graduate 6 liar-vrird College While Mre Ignatius was graduated from Welles ley College in the class of 1947 They hid been brought together S' his sister a School friend of rs Ignatius 1 There are four Ignatius children David the obiest at 19 a student at Harvard Sarah 17 Any II and Alan 1L McKinnon Thomas Monahan Miss Barbara Blodgett Donald McCorkindala Edward McLaughliq and Robert Ua CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST Present at this morning's Chamber of Commerce January Salute Break-tost wars from left: Thomas Hasen Dr Gaorge Frost Allan litiO.