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The Weather Tonight Scattered Show era Temperatures Today Maximum, 61; Minimum, 52 Saturday high tides at Kingst Toint 5:03 a. 6:28 p. rn. on CfreJUnasston Patio if reman A One Gift Works Many Wonders VOL. 304 CITY OF KINGSTON.

N. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1965 PRICE SEVEN CENTS Rosendale Area Scoured for Fugitive Is Last of Trio, IN airted Suspecls in Mail Job Supervisors Accept $32,350 County Office Site Job Bid UN DAY PROCLAIMED John J. Schwenk presents distinguished service award to Gordon Kidd, right, UN Day chairman, as part of United Nations Day proclamation festivities. The award was presented in recognition of the nationwide observance by Mayor Schwenk and Robert J. Benjamin, national UN Day chairman.

Oct. 24 was designated by the mayor as UN Day. He urged citizens groups and agencies of press and radio to engage in appropriate observance as a demonstration of faith in the United Nations. (Freeman photo by Wagenfohr) Incision Pains Give Johnson Little Sleep Bv DOUGLAS B. (ORNELL WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson was reported today to be some pains in the area of his and to have had barely two hours of sleep Thursday night.

Mrs. LeFever Is Named Again as College Trustee Assemblyman Kenneth L. Wilson of Ulster County announced today that Mrs. Lloyd R. LeFever of Richmond Park has been reappointed by Gov.

Rockefeller as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ulster County Community College. Mi's. LeFever had served on the Board of Trustees since the Ulster County Community College was formed, and her appointment is for a seven year term. Assemblyman Wilson praised the work which Mrs. LeFever has done as a member of the 1 Board of Trustees and noted that she has served with distinction as secretary of the Board and as Chairman of the tors Personnel Committee.

Active in Civic Affairs Mrs. LeFever is married to Kingston attorney, Lloyd R. LeFever and is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Mrs. LeFever, prior to coming to Kingston, taught mathematics in the Westchester County School system and is now active in civic affairs in Ulster County.

Mrs. LeFever is on the Board of Directors of the Home in Kingston, is a member of the Kingston YWCA, the Musical Society of Kingston and the Ulster County Republican Club. She is also a member of the American Association of University Women and the Mid-Hudson Wellesley Club. Josepn Laotian. assistant press secretary, said the pain was not great enough to require any sedation.

Progress Continues When asked for the latest assessment of the condition, Laflin said: general opinion among the doctors is that progress is continuing Lad tin reported Johnson went to sleep shortly before midnkrht but awoke at 2 a.m. and remained awake until after breakfast. Then, Laitin said, the President napped in a darkened room. The press aide said Johnson has been having pains in his right side near the incision through which surgeons a week ago today removed his gall bladder and a kidney stone. For the past, day or so.

the White House has been emphasizing that Johnson is very tired and quite weak. His color and mood seemed good, however, when newsmen saw him during his first airing Thursday on a sunny rooftop I terrace at the Bethesda Naval (Photo on Page 2If) Site development work at the Ulster County' Office Building, air pollution, authorization to seek bids for construction of an alternate seat of government shelter, reappointment of Joseph Fitzsimmons as Commissioner of Public Welfare, Community College parking and acceptance of the resignation of Macdonald Dewitt as trustee of the Ulster Community College, were among the matters taken up by the board of supervisors Thursday night. The meeting, convened shortly after 8 p. rn. was interrupted by a caucus recess at 9:36 which lasted until 11:55 when business was resumed.

It was 1:30 a. rn. today when the session finally adjourned. Six Bids Received Six bids were received for development of the County Office Building site at Main and Fair Streets. Bidders were Gregory Keegan, Hurley Sand and Gravel, James Berardi, William West, Trowbridge Brothers and Larson Company.

The Larson Company, Kingston, was low bidder with a base bid of $19,250. Two alternates were accepted including one for installation of sprinkler system underground at an additional cost of $13,100. The total bid was $32,350 and the board accepted the bid and also voted a three-year financing plan mak-! ing available $35,000 to meet the cost of construction, pius fees. The original resolution by Supervisor Charles Relyea (R), Hurley, called for a five-year bond issue. On motion of Supervisor George Majestic (D), Gardiner, the "bond term was reduced to three years.

On motion of Supervisor Relyea, the board voted to advertise for bids by October 15, for construction of an underground emergency operating center to be used as an alternate seat of government in the event of atomic attack. The board approved plans by the architecct, Augustus R. Schrowang Associates. The plans are also on file with the State and Federal Civil Defense Departments for their approval. DeWitt Resigns Resignation of Macdonald Dewitt, one of the original trustees of the Community College, was accepted deep by the board.

Mr. Dewitt generosity has provided $200,000 toward the cost of the colage (Continued on Page 23, Col. I) MAKES ll A Congo President Joseph Kasavubu dismissed Premier Moise Tshombe earlier this week following tension between the two leaders. Kasavubu called on Evaristed Kimba, a deputy from North Katanga, to form a new government. Tshombe took office July 8, 1964.

(NFA Radio-Telephoto) Gold Coast Is Hit by Peak Rains POMPANO RF ACH According to unofficial reports police officials, the men are scattered clouds over southeast wanted by Michigan authorities fabled Gold Coast to- in connection with an armed day after two days of robbery on Wednesday. rains that brought widespread vrSt p.n^ors reportedly were flooding. checking the possibility that the By ALTER S. CLARK (Freeman staff Writer A hizzare and dramatic manhunt was under way today in the Maple Hill section of the Town of Rosendale, bordering the State Thruway, for a fugitive believed to he armed, who fled from a car into a wooded area after the vehicle was forced to stop near mile post 87 by state troopers following a chase. The fugitive and two men accomplices were forced off the superhighway at about ----------------------------p.

rn. at the point of state troopers guns. One Slays Self One of the trio fatally shot himself as troopers closed in. I he man reportedly had told his family and friends in Ohio that ho would never be taken alive. The suspect died instantly of the self-inflicted wound of the chest.

A was captured by troopers and later booked on a gun charge. The police chase started after Thruway troopers received an alarm from Rockland County them that an Ohio registered vehicle wanted in connection with a Michigan robbery, was traveling north at a high rate of speed. Manhunt Is Second For Area Greatest in Memory trio is wanted in other states for crimes committed in their It was the greatest trp through the states to New York. rainfall in living unbelievable amounts the Weather Bureau said today as it totaled up rxrecipdta- tion figures fbi' 36 hours that exceeded the normal annual rainfall in 16 states. Fort Lauderdale, a city of .112,000 about 30 miles north of Miami, received 24.43 inches in ram in a 24-hour period ending at 8 this morning.

Porn- T) 2 A rtnrirt 9Q OO QOtcUl, HUQ MBJOT All" recordatW torsoft hemanhumLt. and the highest total ever recorded for the entire month of October since the Weather Bureau began keeping records in 1951 was 17.25 inches. No Visitors Due Once, again, no official visi- expccted during the day. But there were official tio is. The President sent Congress a supplemental appropriations request for S186 million, and approved a speech to be delivered in his name to the Consumers Advisory Council bv Vice President Hubert H.

Humphrey. Lait in said that Saturday Johnson plans to have routine dental probably in his third-floor hospital suite. Johnson smiled readily and his color and mood seemed good during his outing en the hospital terrace late Thursday afternoon. He traded hugs and kisses with a pretty young lady the (Continued on Page 23, Col. 3) Hoover to Tour Soviet With IOO U.S.

Educators The superintendent of the Kingston Consolidated Schools will make a tour of Russia under arrangements through the Comparative Education Society of America, it was announced today. Dr. W. Wendell Hoover told The Freeman that the educational tour, which will include some IOO educators and supervisory officials from throughout the country, is under triple sponsorship of the CESA, which arranged and planned the trip; Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, and the National School Boards Association. Dr.

Hoover said the tentative itinerary calls for departure (Continued on Page 23, Col. 6) VanBlarcum of Ferndale is in command of the uniformed troopers. After the car wvas halted, one Water cursed three feet deep across many roads hi the Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach area Thursday night and police warned residents: you have to go out. stay Homes and stores were flooded, seawalls washed away by the force of water that ran from land to ocean, and dozens of autos sit ailed iii water up to their door handles. Worst Than Hurricanes is the most terrifying thing ever said Mi's.

Maxine Degraw, who her boat dock and seawall washed away. The rain dumped more water on Pompano Beach than any (Continued on Page 23, Col. 6) Search for a fugitive who fled second member of the trio I Thursday night from an Ohio- registered car on the State Thruway near Mile Post 87 south of Kingston, after the vehicle was forced to stop by State Police in the Maple Hill area of the Town of Rosendale, developed into the second biggest manhunt in this area within the last five More than 70 state troopers from Zone I substations and several deputy sheriffs assigned by Sheriff Claude Bell took part in search for James Myers, 25, of Sans Creek, Mich. He as one of a trio who leaped from the car on the superhighway after it was stopped by troopers at about 9:40 p. rn.

Thursday. Troopers Heavily Armed Troopers were heavily armed today as they combed the bordering the Thruway in the Rosendale area, and set up roadblocks on all highways in the immediate vicinity. The second major manhunt continued through the night. On the afternoon of Sept. 8 state troopers, deputy sheriffs and city police organized search parties and set up roadblocks after Allan Rufus McKinney, 24, of Poughkeepsie, escaped from a deputy sheriff after receiving dental treatment in a Wall Street office.

McKinney had been taken by Deputy Sheriff John Daly to the office of Dr. Julian Gifford. 286 Wall Street early on that afternoon in September. After treatment. McKinney left the den(Continued on Page 23, Col.

If) 75 Troopers iii Search Seventy five state troopers from outposts throughout the Zone I area, assisted by several deputy sheriffs assigned to the hunt by Sheriff Claude Bell, and Town of Rosendale constables took part in the search for the ELLIOT GANT MARTIN GANT MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY FOR CITY is expected to receive an economic bolster soon with purchase of the Jacobson Sons shirt manufacturing plant, 77 Cornell Street, by the Cant Company which operates million-dollar operation in New England area, it was announced today. Kingston Area Chamber of Commerce, through its president, Harry Kapreilian, announced that plans are definitely underway by Cant for increased production and hiring in Kingston area. Tentative opening is planned for month. Gant firm was founded in 1928 by the late Bernard Gant and pioneered a shirt contracting business in New- Haven. Conn.

After serving in armed forces in World War 2 sons, Elliot, left, and Martin Gant took over reins of their business, and under their direction the firm prospered, becoming a shirt manufacturer on its own. The firm ended fiscal 1965 on June 30 with sales volume approaching $10 million producing some 225,000 dozen shirts, about 15 per cent of which were for women. Gant Company maintains four plants in New Haven, and sales offices in New York City, but due to demand for the Gant product, they have undergone steady expansion from 19551965, creating a necessity for a plant in the Hudson Valley. South iets Claim 218 Cong Killed in 2 Days Time Capsule Items Includes Memory Plane Pieces of the first atomic reactor, a part of Mercury spacecraft Aurora 7, and a memory plane developed by Ferroxcube Corporation of America, Saugerties, will rest alongside a Beatles record for the next 5,000 years in an underground capsule. Each is part of a key to this civilization for the distant future which has been compiled by a group of world experts for the Westinghouse time capsule to be lowered at its World Fair site Saturday.

The Ferroxcube memory plane to be sunk into the Flushing Meadows in the Westinghouse Time Capsule holds 4096 memory cores strung on over 21 feet of wire. Wiring this number of 20 mil cores cores that are only of an inch in diameter, or smaller than the head of a pin takes approximately 14 hours to assemble. Ferroxcube, Ulster second largest employer has been manufacturing these mem- oiy units for over five years. I The growth of this plane manufacturing area greatly helped to push present employment to over 1,000. A piece of graphite from the historic Fermi reactor built secretly under Stagg Field in Chicago during World War II was supplied by the Atomic Energy Commission and the piece of the re-entry heat shield from Lt.

Cmdr. M. Scott his- torv-making craft was supplied by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Fermi reactor proved that man could achieve and maintain a nuclear ch adm reaction: flight helped prove ability to conquer space. The Time Capsule contents were chosen by a 1-man Selections Committee headed by Dr.

Leonard Carmichael, vice president for research and exploration, National Geographic Society. The heart of the Capsule is an encyclopedic message on modern culture. Approximately 50,000 pages containing more than I 20 million words will be preserved on microfilm for the peoples of 6939 A.D. More than 40 scientific and common objects have been selected for the Capsule, along with films, recordings and videotapes of our times. A genealogical record of present-day family names will be provided by an estimated 750.000 signatures collected at the Westinghouse pavilion at the Fair.

Each visitor can sign a special record book for this purpose. Signature number one is that of President Lyndon B. Johnson. purpose has been to supplement the original Westinghouse Time Capsule buried in 1938 with a record of the unprecedented progress and significant changes in the world during the past 25 years to give our descendants 50 centuries from a broader and more accurate view of our Dr. Carmichael explained.

Time Capsule II will be buried next to its predecessor at the Westinghouse pavilion at the (Continued on Page 23, Col. 7) I position very Career Plan Is for 1966, Kurdt Declares A career incentive plan for all city employes must be worked cut for 1966, according to Albert Kurdt, Republican candidate for Mayor of Kingston. Kurdt further pledged his support to initiate immediate action to see that such plans are carried through. A plan which will provide competitive salaries for all city ployes, including those in the Police, Fire and Board of Public Works Departments and attract additional applicants for vacant positions in these departments is a must to provide citizens with adequate protection and safety measures. Kurdt further said, are alarmed at the increasing vandalism, robberies and accidents, which can only be prevented by a full compliment of policemen.

We must face this situation head on and provide our citizens with the adequate protection which they are entitled to. The fire department must be adequately staffed to cope with any emergency, and I believe that the institution of a Career Incentive Plan will help achieve this result in both Fire and Police Kurdt continued, will provide the badly needed job security for these Kurdt also said that this statement is issued to further develop his position on this most important topic, a position he expressed in a recent release. Kurdt said. is one of the most important issue of the campaign, and I want to make my 'vehicle as troopers closed in and the man shot himself in the chest with a .32 caliber revolver. He was identified by state police as Willard Dennis Wilson, 28, of 804 Anderson Street, Toledo, O.

('a rries Out Vow Wilson, a former Merchant Marine wanted for a federal parole violation, reportedly had told his family anet friends he never be taken Wilson was prononuced dead at the scene by Ulster County Coroner William S. Keyser, who ordered an autopsy at the City Morgue. Coroner Keyser told the Freeman that the autopsy disclosed that Wilson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He said the bullet entered the fourth costal space penetrating the heart. He said Wilson died instantly.

Listed as Dangerous Object of the second biggest manhunt in this area in recent weeks was James Myers, 25, of Sands Creek, Mich, and Toledo, Ohio. He is believed to be armed and searchers have been cautioned the iran is dangerous. The third suspect, Eugene (Continued on Page 6, Col. If) Landerway Quits Fire Post, Will Join Pilgrim Co. The ranks of the public safety agencies received another jolt today with the immediate resignation of Fire Fighter Leo Landerway of 81 Clinton Avenue.

The Board of Fire Commissioners, at a special meeting Thursday with all members present, accepted sincere Landerway resignation to accept a position that he said provide a larger salary plus additional fringe resignation came during what was described as a critical manpower problem in both fille fire and police agencies. It also came amid rumors that (Continued on Page 23, Col. 3) ended a huge five-dav operation. American casualties were described as light. Three of the helicopters were (Continue don Page 6, Col.

3) rn WzMmSm SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) Tho South Vietnamese army claimed today that its troops killed 218 Viet Cong guerrillas in two battles in the past two days. The claim was not confirmed bv U.S. military spokesmen. 168 In Major Battle The Vietnamese said 168 guerrillas were killed in the major battle Wednesday night in the Mekong Delta. IO miles southwest of Can Tho and 95 miles southwest of Saigon.

Earlier they had redried 60 Viet Cong killed. 500 guerrillas clashed with a government battalion which was reinforced bv four other battalions. The government troops as a whole suffered moderate casualties, the Vietnamese said, but one company took heavy lasses. During the action. 37 Vietnamese prisoners of the Viet Cong were set free.

A Vietnamese photographer for The Associated Press, Huvrnh Thanh My, also was killed dun zig the fighting. 50 in Another Fifty Viet Cong were reported killed in another Vietnamese operation Thursday in Binh Duong Province 20 miles northwest of Saigon. The Vietnamese said they took light losses in the action. Troops of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division reported siioradic contact in the same area today but said there were no casualties to either side.

Four U.S. Army helicopters Supervisor Mabie stated the were shot down Thursday in the reason for the proposed tax de- central highlands as 8,000 troops crease stemmed from increased of the 1st Air Cavalry Division (Continued on Page 6, Col. 2) Esopus Lowers 66 Preliminary Budget $13,928 A proposed $13,928 town-wide reduction in appropriations in the Town of Esopus for next year was disclosed at the Wednesday meeting of the Town Board at the Town Hall, Port Ewen. The reduction was announced in the reading of the $217,992 preliminary budget by Supervisor Roger W. Mabie.

No tax monies will be levied for the general welfare and health funds. Supervisor Mabie stated that as far as can be ascertained this is the first time in the history of the township that no tax monies are to be levied for those purposes. Last year, taxes raised for the general, welfare and health funds of the town amounted to $22,756. The amount of taxes to be raised for the highway fund in 1966 shows an overall increase of $8,828. When this increase is applied against the $22,756 reduction of the other town funds, the net decrease of $13,928 results.

House Passes Bill For Area Projects A compromi public works appropriation bill totaling $4,292,866,500, including $2,230,000 for projects in this immediate Work at Rosendale was scheduled to start with rock excavation at the lower end at LeFevre I alls and will proceed upstream to provide early benefit from BIRTHDAY Former President Eisenhower, in New York for his 75th birthday, wears a formal West Point parade hat, presented by Cadet First Captain Norman Fret- tai of $3,200,000 was allocated well of Joplin, Mo. Story on Page S. (NEA Telephoto) last year. arca was approved by the House elimination of channel construc- and now awaits Senate action, tion. the Associated Press in Wash- Project between LeFevre ington said today.

Fails and Route 32 in Rosendale Projects in Ulster County area eliminate the north chaninclude: ncd around Ackerman Island and 1. Another $150,000 for Rosen- vvould widen and deepen the dale flood control project, which channel. It vvould also received $100,000 last year. I eliminate the canal at the gorge 2. Another $80,000 for the Slte: lower the lips of LeFevre North Ellenville project, which Falls and straighten out the received a $50,000 appropriation between Route 32 bridge last year.

and the Thruway span. 3. Another $2 million for the Ellenville project 32-feet widening and deepening for construction of local project of the Hudson River Protection works on the Bear from Albany to New York City Fill, Famine Kill and North harbor. U. S.

Army Corps of En- Golly. gineers are currently working Other projects approved Thurson tho project in the Catskill- da-v include: Hudson area of the river. A to- Construction- Groat Lakes to Hudson River Waterway, on Page 6, Col. lf).