Athol Daily News from Athol, Massachusetts • 1

jJT 't A W-: --V' '( i'1' I-' '-i I 1 3 4 1 Sv V-- -v -v-1 i i '-v 7 --1-' 1 4 V' As-v-f i rt 5 95 7 7 a A if 4 1 i -T -s-- -f H' "-W'' 4 4 si YSYTi 'f "V-? -v- Daily Nows Nos' 249 3535 WEATHER 7 Rain Tonight i Clearing Wed De talk Oa Pace Z7 7 544-27017- '7 a '-Af4 3 iL in li i rf' yt MassMTuBsday l5ecembec31jl968 4 Associate Preit (AP) Lenued' W'ire 8 Pages VoLCXXyVNo77 s- Trailer Destroyed Richardson To Be CaililidateS Nrti'oA 'AnilnAairfa Wri 'vv-y-X' Fqk2 Seats Named Autlndet Secretary Of Stale Oir School jJSyFije Orange An Qrange famifSft homeless today driven from their trailer-home od Eaglevllle 'reed Monday by: fire which destroyed the home end contents Mb 'and Mrs John Mosher and their children a '2V4 year old girl four year aid boy and 13 months old boyi 'gro presently staying'' with 'relatives QhwhgtrRiefiiters have Initiated a drv for clothing for the family who escaped the blaze unharmed 7 According te fire depart me nt officials the blase was slgnlfod by sparks- from an open Franklln stove which set the living rooni'rugafire The Orange deportment was vas- listed mutual aid'by Athol firefighters Who covered the Orange station and' New Salem firefighters Who assisted at thescene nte the authority would Stand firm to convey toe school property 'Selectmen have set datftof a tentative data of BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts Atty Gen Elliot Rl-chardapa will become an vn-deredcretary of state la the adiniatotratjba of Presldent-elect Rlihard Ntooa The Associated Press' earned Jo-4a c-An' source also Laid that Roberf Quinn D-Boston speaker of- toe atote House fit Rrepresentatlves' ap-peara to he lo linq to succeed' Rkhaidson as attorney griier- aL 7- Richardson a RejwbUcan as United States atfor-' There wltf be four intha Febfown election 'fob school committee town clerk selectman and boatd iof health' FoffberAthol teacher Dennis Pleasant street filed nomination papers- Monday 25 'minutes before the' deadline ar5 piq created this fodrtti contest tte will op- pone (heuntoento Pri Ray pto- sendad and for Virginia Pryor- for election to One'of two goats open on -the Com-' ndttee the Mo gandidatea poll- :7 The 34h annual Bahy Derby r-wlll be oft and running at piid-jiight? tonight with numerous gifts awaiting 'the 'first little niiss or mister borti to permanent residents of the MtCrace Region on New Day Sponsors of the derby are the Athol Daily News and 29 participating merchants Elt gfbk are residents of the reg loa towns of Athol Orange' Erring New Salem Wendell od'ito selectom of the Lake Elli site -v-' TCMi toeetirt 'ihentojrs yin brisked to acpt two righto of way- from TrifUO Brothera jind to -convey tfr '-them a' flekible right of 'way oyer the pwnicipal parking lot One -mall parcel of laohd would lie conveyed to Trifilo' 1 'a special town meeting seeking approval of acceptance of righto way in the-Lord Pond ShopingTlaza area' to Trifilo Brothers of Bar- rd plaza ffibmoters Other articles submitted by Mrs Lydia Abbott' of i 188 Orange street deal with Nation of a second Musing project ekterly! Three Yndticlei have been sub-' mitted dn a move 'toward plac-ing the' housing project for the elderly' at- file Bite of Highland Schooh The first asks the town to approve the Highland School site toe second asks the town pey -for Massachusetoto from? ing toe greatest number of votes to the Hdusing Authority fthe third asks (revocation of the special town meeting yotabf June' 20 1966 which approved a site off Lake Efyia xopA Mrs Abbott headed a petition movement the phst summer when she obtained -1160 signs tufes of rtsidenta who -opposed toe Lake iSllis site In November she presented the-petitionl to -the school eomriilftee askirig for-fClease iiof The Ellin wood Tfousing Authority diairman: Ellinwoodbad stated although federal -funds were not immediately -ilViilaBle V'vVK Warwick PhBBpstoii Peter- sham and Royalston Sponsors said the winher-ls not Contributing merchants and their gifts AthplCredit Union share savings Account Athol Savings account started1 withS5 Mill's Dress Shoppe a free gift Clark's Pharmacy baby" ther mdmeterj Hapies photo Shop orlored' mlnature of baby DepartmenTStore bunting ALupi Stationery photo album first shoes Knit and Pul' 15 gut LlChimce Int baby food Carroll's Supermarkets- 510 worth of baby food Flowers by Paul a novelty flOFapwigemfent Ma RettaunmtErng her for mom and dad? -tv Also Moskovitz'a a thermal blanket Plotkin Furniture Store a locking clalr' Pharmacy baby gilt set Temple Oil Service -50 gallons range fuelml Temple Oil Service BABY Paget 1951 to 1161 under an appoiat- the nowcovered-Mill Brook -ment by President overt -Clsenhow- -a Page 4 ii tt rv 1 leading from'South atreet for the 'nominal fee of JlThe town would retaina 3(Kxt right of way oveitond how leased by Trifilo and presently owned' by toe town 7 Chairman: of jSelectmen ThofoasXolo' said Trifilo would £lve the 'town a 30-foot right of Prisoner Df VC For 5 Yeaii Freed -necessarily die first haby bom tt Athoj-Hi oi1 sh could arrive on the oceneat other area hos- pitali The winner will be ajnnoua-: ced officially only in the Daily News actual minute hour and '4ay of birth to be' confirmed -bythb attending physician Selected for the New' Year baby 'are gifts ranging from first shoes to clothing for fno ther and car service for dai A k' Boxes Found To Be Sen! way from "Main street Kover QUINCY Mass' (AP) FmJf mofiey boxes-which hrid poit tion of the 806 j)dp token id the hijacking Saturdaynight A truck id Boston found today in a wooded of (fife city 'soutk of Bbston police said Puc)loGrcw: Describes land owned by Trifilo which is the entrance to the municipal parking lot He explained Trifilo would then ask fbr corAinuance of this 36-foot right over town-owned land in the municipal parking fotto connect with land owned Trifilo This "right xf way Colo said will have the provb sio future bdard of selectmen with approval of- town meeting could be movied in the '4 i li ii (( 1 ns -SMI DIEGO Calif (AP) Beapngs Beapngs of USS Pueblo Russel B'-long who wants to keep Although a usually thankless job that mainly involves founding-up colleagues for yoll calls the assistant jeader has Uonally stepped up wjien the top pdst became vacant and baa helped such previous whips' as Hubert Humphrey and -Lyndon Johhson Kennedy said be has the support of Vice President Hujn-phreyand of Humphrey's-tuih nipg mate In the Nov 5 election Sen Edmund! Muskie of Mahie His candidacy also won a quick pledge of support from KENNEDY vui Page I WASHINGTON (AP)' Supporters of tdward Kennedy privately give bim little chance of winning toe No 2 Senate Democratic bid that apparently Is a first step toward a possible 1972 run for the White House1'-' But1 win br tose'ln the chai-lenge he Issued Moddaylhe 36-year-dd aenatorfrom Massachusetts' seems likely tallied at least partially his role as a fol- lower of the leadership team and emerge as a new leader' for Senate liberals- Politicians generally thought this was one of objec-fives in seeking the job df whip or assistant leader now held by MEETING': PagexA Renewed efoctefi Fouc pereons town clerk' the post vacated by toq' recent Fesijpiation of Waltef E- Farnpm Candidates -ara iBie AFemtrif Robert JHorrigan Burton E' New- y6on and Richard Qualfers 1 Mrs- JUnice JL Anderson pre sently serving as town -tlerk by -j appointment is not a candk" date for thc jwo-year unexpired tenii ef FarnUm 'State Repi H'Thomas Colo Vht li seeking at fourth-term as selectman wHL be opposed by Chauvette and Mrs -Rtttii' Honigan incumbent Will run bgainst Ewle Gibson for the board of-healtiv unopposed" are Dr Fessendfn- moderator rRV Sunands Assessor Leo' treasurer P-- Joseph ajllrtftor Dexter public works compiis- -Ijeonard Cook authority 31 to school toun-grades to 12 at' Regkmal School In was a teacher In the- system from 1961- a teacher of English -and- at Athol -High for three years as counsellor graduated from the Uni-7 Maine in 1959 and bachelor of Arts degree psychology He received' degree in education University of Massa- -chusetts and moved here in that year -He certified by the as a school psychol- married to the former Claudette Viau of Central Falls RI They have three daughters Michelle 8 Lbsa 6 and Suzanne five months old All precinctswith the excep tion of precinct 3 where there sre two three-year vacancies have the required 10 candidates for election as town meeting representatives The openings if nor filled by write-in votes wHl be filled by appointees ac cording' to the town Violeiicev SAIGON (AP) So3th Viet-hamese' army troops sweeping a thick Jungle In the Mekong Delta today freedY USjAnny officer who had prisoner of the Viet Cong for more than five years A US' spokesman said the Am erica na first lieu tenantin She Spccral Forces was in condition despite his long captivity! But "he was reported emaciated and tired A South Vietnamese iermy of: liter was reported freed atHie same time and both were flown' to hospitals i The Americait's identity was withheld until his next of kin are notified- The UA Command said a patrol from the1 South Vietnamese 21st Division freed the American officer shortly after noon today He was found In a camp In the wild' marshy Minh forest about 150 miles southwest of Saigon The Minh forest: has -long been a Viet Cong stronghold an allied troops seldom pene trite It There was nh indication whether' the South Vietnamese sweep had encountered any resistance The American lieutenant was captured fn J963 while serving as an adviser at a remote camp in the Mekong Delta south of Saigon Since American- involvement in the war began In January 1961 only a handful of American prisoner have been res reporto indicated that quantity of checks also was'dte covered tut this epuid not Immediately- be confirmed -The robbers escaped with 5JWOOOO in cash' and about 5300000 In checks most of them non-negotiable authorities said The holdup was "staged after the truck had made pickups at vsellor for number of Boston department stores -4 The bales werq -found by employes of the Metropolitan District Water Division An MDC water plant to Jo-bated nearby One of those whb participated in 'the discovery Joseph-Dilloh of Boston said the bones were scattered on the ice of the Quin-cytReservoir The reservoir Is in a remote section of the Blue Hills Reservation --The find apparently was the first brpak' for 'investigators since the robbery occurred Saturday night Detectives "announced then that they had re- a seat on Running mond Dugas Erali tax Gleason sion and housing Kieman Quabbin Barre He Atol School to 1967 as' Spanish School and school He versity of earned a In His master's from the June of to monwealth ogist He to Mlid-Kast- 'v 4 I crew-' nfen were stepped up when their North Korean captors learped that- a widely circulated phofof suppmedly showing this UA sailors in good health and contained gestures ef contempt two of the crew say: Charles Benton Law Jr 27'n quartermaster first class and Lee Roy Hayes 26 a radioman 'detailed a story of continuous beatings to a' news conference Monday The surviving Pueblo crewmen were freed from 11 months In a North- Korean prison com-- pound and here-for -a Christmas "Eve reunion with tiieir families Law" and Hiyes i i I Missionary Describes Work Of Americans In Sb 'Viettiani i 1 4 'i others escaped two later A "lyhen in control you a three wiljnotbe preaching like you are doing now You will have-) Min i your but you! will not be able to go out into the vUlage make So said -a North' Vietnamese commander to a South Vietnamese pastor was captured In Banmeth-put during the Tet offensive Jait 30-Feb 2 1968 He 'and months years during the First She already churches Viet were the first permitted by the Navy to tell their stories publicly In detail The picture of supposedly contented prisoners sent worldwide by the North Koreans gave rise to speculation and sheptism at the time about treatment of tfte Americana By the Associated press AraMsraeli hostility renewed violence In the Middle East to dgy while in Nqw York UN Security Council condemnation of Israel for its commando attack on International appeared imminent Jordan announced three Israeli helicopters escorted by two jet fighters machine-gunned a Jordanian security police' car and set it afire on a desert road between Gharandal and the port of Aqaba A spokesman said the fate of the five persona in the car was not immediately determined' Israel announced saboteurs from Jordan had" rained 19 mortar-shells' shortly after midnight on a-civilian target- its nature unspecified near Eilat' At Teh Aviv spokesmen said there were Tib casualties 'MIDDLE EAST Page 2 'PROMOTED -Brace English ion of Mrs John Bresnahsn 38 Prospect street Orange snd Afthur English of Framingham who has been promoted to 'Army Specialist 5 E-5 with thff 310 Medical Detachment at Pleikn Vietnam A medical lab technician he has been in Vietnam since 'March He recently -spent a week of leave japan and expects to go to Sydney' Australia for a week of rest and re creation in February He win reirn to the UJ3 in April and be' discharged Page 4 PI Seeks To Establisli cued from Viet Cong camps tfr The Daily Reyn TWill Piililish 7 'No Regular1 'Editiong OllS Kingsbury missionary to South Vietnam for 16 this incident a talk Sunday night at' Baptist Church of Ath-61 reported restrictions are -being placed upon In villages where the are in control -The native pastors cannot go Into the village or surrounding villages to evangelize-or When asked whether the settlement of -toe war would have any effect upon missionary activity' in South Vietnam Mi Kingsbury said -If the Communists have control 11 missionaries will have" to leave and' Christian activity will'bfe curbed- The Communists nrortiise all kinds of freedom but all indications prove the Pictures were shown of the destruction" which took place In Bfnmethout in February of this vfcar Many homes Were alsq the roof of toe hew 'native church was blown off Six missionaries lost their lives' and two were 'Captured Jattlng Elected -Bank Vice President Tomorrow hi Observance Of NEW: DAY 3 Springfield Men Jailed Law-said oLthe finger ges-tures wanted to let every-' body in the United States that the impression the North Koreans wanted the photo give was untrue liw said lie Hqyes and the others used Vinternatibnally known' which the Ko-' reao propagandists overlooked Once they did find out however the men said the beatings Increased i 'Their story of continuous beatings supported previous statements by the Pueblo Cmdr -Lloyd Bucher that the Pueblo crew was terrorized fend beaten by the North Koreans As the two men spoka at San Diego Naval Hospital Secretary of Defense Clark- Clifford Was ordering Secretary of Navy Paul Ignatius to conduct an inquiry into the treatment by North Korea A few hours later Sen Richard Russell U-Ga said at Winder Ga that he felt the PUEBLO' Page 6 Pending Trial O'i vt The US Command does not know bow marty Americans may be hqld in juqgle camps The Viet Cong hs released a few American prisoners and offered -before Christmas to release three pnlisted men itcap-within the I past eight monthk A team of JJS-negotiators was unable to'arrange the release in a meeting Christmas Day with Viet Cong representi-tives and another meeting fs scheduled New morning: Little fighting was reported todfiy the sepond day of the Viet Cong's New' ceasgt fire although US and South Vietnamese were ja trolling as vigorously ps ever US headquarters reported Jhat two American helicopters were shot down by enemy ground fire Monday several hours after the Viet Cong cease-fire began Both helicopters were and two Americans were wounded The losses raised to 970 the announced number of American helicopters shot down Jq South Vififnim 2 Contests -f a In Ncv( Salem Election LAirliner Crashes 26 Feared Dead SYDNEY Australia (AP) A chartered Australian airliner crashed la northwest Austra-' IIA today and all 20 persons aboard were believed dead The pilot of a small plane re- ported he sighted the wreckage of the Vbraunt and saw no sign of any survivors He said the burned wreckage was scattered ever a wide area -The plane with 21 passengers ami a crew of five- was on a flight from Perth the capital of Western Australia to Port HedlaLd 800 miles to the north -on the northwest coast It crashed 15 miles south Port Hedland The Orange selectmen Monday night' received a -copy of a letter- sent to Crocker Snow president of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Association from Parachutes Inc win-ter operations of Orange airport Parachutes Inc seeks to told out what it's responsibilities are when t(ie airport Is legally closed Selectmen will discuss the question with 'Parachutes Inc- Club on East Main street was granted a ycar'a entertainment license for 1969 and Wheelerville Community was granted a permit for a Juke box and pool table The board received a bid from to Enterprise -and Journal for the -printing of the town's annual repoh The board vtked fco meet Jan 8 at 8 pm-rith to sewage facility! -The board signed common victutor licenses for -all fstab Ishments in town At a meeting of the board of directors of the 'Athol-Clinton Co-operative Bank' Monday ev-coing John J' Jasins was elected vice-president and clerk of the bank to fill the wtiexplred term of the late James McIntosh Jasins has been a director of thebank since November 1938 He has bren resident of Athol since 1913 and operated his qwn tailoring business from 1921 to 1959 He lives with his wife Frances at 69 'atreet Jhe Jasins have three children a daughter Mijda and 'sons John Jr and Alfred Tito contests will be on the ballot of New Salem town elections Feb 3 Mts Diane Good-now will oppose Mrs' Violet Orr for the one-year term on school flown Jp- Nhatrang a few days anallaa LAnaaiM aI Iftaiaae Many of the nationals were also killed or Captured Miss'Kings-(wry who was the medical director of the leprosarium had earlier of illness Three Springfield ffon scheduled for trial bi Athol District Court Jaik 13 fof motor vehicle viola tions arid drunkenness were remanded to the Worcester County Jail in lieu of bail by Judge A William Plotkin sitting ki AChol DistrichtA-Couct Monday -They werfe arrested-in Petersham at 4 am Mcrfiday When thfeir Vehicle became stalled to a snow bank' RoosfveltJWaShingtoni 23 and' E2- Albert Byrd 22 presently attached to' the special proces-- JAILED I Page s' PC because After the meeting Miss King-burg said home we gain the -impression that Americans MISSIONARY Page 6 Vietnam-A South Vietnamese military VIETNAM Page I I RAY-5 committee both women seeking the unexpired term of Mrs llelqn Weber -designed The second contest for a three-year seat on school committee to between Mrs Joan Jaykjr and Harold Overing incumbent Joseph Jay1or fijqd nomipatbn papers fear the onc-year term of auditor The deadline for fihng nomination papers was 3 pm Monday MMUMltSaa 4 1 aL BRUCE'S 'PHARMACY -Uptown Athol OPEN 7 JLM to 1PM NEW YEAR'S DAY TEMPLE OIL SERVICE OFnCE CLOSED ALL DAY NEW YEAR'S SERVICE STATION OPEN 8 AX to lOPL PHARMACY OPEN 9 Aid ip 1PM Kelly A Tyler Gtosa Shop NOW LOCATED AT 29 South Main Street Orange Treasury Balance FADDEN ROOFING Slate Shingles Chlmaey Flashing Steeplework Gqtters Nrmkr of kthti Chamber al Commrrra 71 MarJorla SL Orange TeL Athol 2404271 Fill tip Early WE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY NEW DAY Carl's Shell Station 1590 Main St Uptown Athol NEW YEAR'S DAY 3144650 Of AW WASHINGTON $5ARS9Dt 12053 Kinds Glass a AtAyM4AAAlM4 A.