The Buffalo News from Buffalo, New York • 35

Buffalo Evening THfdJwpjolihm PaqjL The Red Carpet for Prospective Employes i Liney supervisor of personnel for the Pennsylvania North an for one Saturday visitors have been pCDCAKjc lhidt zeraging 50 in Kenmore (3660 rtKiUlNb nUKT What Supervisors Did A Tffi nations that would have hitriet No 1 isaid field 1 representative for the heart surgery an operation that to build up selective service system in West his contributions helped Heart und era New York Jv' make possible ward the goa The city was charged with after Christmas turned out to be even better than Christmas Dav And times will get better and the was Social Security Office Hours Cut Adams Will Seek To End Niagara Tolls Aid Grand Island Tuesday December 28 1965 Section Ill rPage 35 ted children to enter the pool area Because legal fees were con sidered in arriving at a verdict Asst Corporation Counsel Louis Blatt appealed asking the verdict be set aside as contrary to the evidence or that Mr Me verdict be reduced Justice Kelly denied the request to set asidn the verdict 1 of the tax was $33 million It has been estimated the state would raise $300 million by March 31 the end of the fiscal year TORCH BLAMED OR IRE irefighters were summoned to the waterfront shortly after 9 this morning when fire started in a two story brick and concrete structure occupied by the Dormalux Co furniture manufacturers 601 Ohio St The blaze was confined to a paint spray room according to Bat talion Chief Charles Beilman who blamed sparks from a weld torch and estimated $7000 damage Starting in January and con tinuing through March the Buf falo and Kenmore social security offices will have extra hour serv ice only on Saturdays from 9 AM Until noon Monday and Thursday eve ning hours will be discontinued Explaining this discontinuance Robert Phillips assistant mana ger in Buffalo and Sidney Bader Kenmore assistant manager noted: "Regionwide experience has indicated this was not suffi ciently productive" Cheektowaga Death Probed Dr Arthur Elsaesser medical examiner will investigate the death early this morning of Paul Lesswing 42 of 20 Lyncrest Ter Cheektowaga Cheektowaga police said Mr Lesswing was found by his wife in the back seat of his car in the garage with the motor running The Cleveland Hill Hose Company first aid squad responded and took Mr Lesswing to St Joseph Intercommunity Hospital where he was pronounced dead joint program of business and city government was a must or it never could have been done "Your unflagging enthusiasm and repeated endorsements were certainly instrumental in bring ing about the co operation of all the executive departments and city boards in the actions they had to take to make the project feasible and possible "As one of the business groups actually involved in putting the over all project together I wish to personally acknowledge and thank you for the wonderful job done within our original time schedule and I am happy that it was completed during your averaeine Delaware) and 35 in Buffalo (120 Mohawk) Another 392 Erie County resi dents filed applications last week for hospital insurance coverage medicare Since August 5572 eligible Erie County per sons not currently receiving either social security or railroad retirement benefits have ap plied i Noting an estimated 12400 per lons 65 years or older are also eligible the joint statement laid: "We urge them to apply as soon as volume Companies seeking heln ran the gamut from supermarkets to giant manufacturing cor porations The chief demand was for en gineers chemical mechanical industrial and electrical After that students majoring in business administration were being sought Brochures preached opportuni ties for advancement offering supervisory and managerial po sitions to the qualified Most of them offered on the job training with pay Some Merely Berryman chairman of the Education Com mittee said many students had lined up a number of interviews "to find out being of A few of the students had specific companies in mind but these were in the minority he said Most students agreed that they were merely but many said it would be easier and desirable to start off campus life living at home and working in local industry surrounded by old friends Noting the size of the crowd James Greer chairman of Operation Home Town Talent told an assembly: "It seemed like a good idea because of the fact that all Before the two davs of inter viewing began the students were shown The Impatient rontier a film about employment op portunities on the Niagara rontier 1 24 Hour Limit Sei or Hearing Delay On Extortion Charge City Judge Alois Mazur retused Monaay to give the prosecution more than a 24 hour adjournment of a hearing to de termine whether a former state senator and a Buffalo policeman should be held for grand jury action Stanley Bauer 52 of 105 St Rd and Patrolman Eu gene Sroka 38 of 116 Pearl St West Seneca are charged with attempted first degree grand larceny 1 Their arrest last Wednesday followed an investigation of an alleged shakedown attempt in volving a supermarket manager who is himself charged with try ing to extort money from an alleged shoplifter They pleaded innocent Wednes day and over objections of a de fense lawyer Asst Dist Atty Arthur Baumeister was giv en an adjournment of the hear ing until Monday He asked for another two day adjournment when the case was called draw ing strong objections from de fense lawyers who said they were ready to proceed The defense has claimed that the district office which would have to reveal its evidence at a City Court hear ing is seeking to bypass City Court and present the matter airectiy to a grand jury Judge Mazur told Mr Baumei ster that he satisfied with the prosecution claim that it needed more time to prepare the matter He directed that the hearing be scheduled for today Mr Baumeister took exception to a statement by Judge Mazur that if a "Joe were in volved the hearing would be held The assistant district attor ney said he was acting in the interest of justice on behalf of the people of the state and that it was within the authority of his office to present their evidence at a hearing or before a grand jury The prosecutor described the matter as a complex one involv ing a statement of a defendant that he could a lawsuit and bribe certain public officials Bridge tolls state aid in lieu of taxes water pollution and sep arate collection of town and school taxes were major issues discussed at Monday evenings meeting of Grand Island town and school officials with Sen ator elect William Adams and Assemblyman Lloyd Long Recalling that the governor this year vetoed a bill which would have provided a $20 toll plate for town residents in lieu of bridge tolls Mr Adams said he will first try working for removal of tolls 'on the Niagara section of the Thruway "I would like to work for that and then try to go the rest of the he said Land Compensation Sought He agreed to join town officials at a meeting with the New York State Thruway Authority to dis cuss again the possibility of ad justing tolls for island taxoayers Claiming that the state has taken more than 63 of the is river frontage as well as land in sewer and water dis tricts Supervisor Raymond Griffin said the state consistent ly acquires less than 2 of a taxable district to keep within the law which provides reduced payments to a town if more than this amount is taken at one time Mr Adams suggested a change in formula might be considered whereby retroactive payments would be required when the state expropriates more property orced to Borrow Grand Island is the only town In the state except one where school and town taxes are col lected at the same time and ap pear on the same tax bill the newly elected legislators were told Town and school officials favor legislation which would allow by local option the sep arate collection The present method forces the school district to borrow money to meet its budget between the time it is passed and the time taxes are collected the school business manager Richard Buzby explained The separate collection would be made only when the cost of borrowing exceeds that which such a change would incur he said CITY TREASURER TAKES POSITION AT AUTO AGENCY City Treasurer Melvin El liott Saturday will become gen eral sales manager of John Ma roone ord Inc 1717 Walden Ave Cheektowaga The appointment was an nounced today by John Maroone president of the auto agency Mr Elliott was general sales manager of the Smith Mo tor Corp Lackawanna before he joined city government Jan 1 1962 as city purchase direc tor under Mayor Kowal He was appointed city treasurer by the mayor Sept 30 1963 Mr Elliott will leave the treas post when the Kowal ad ministration is replaced on Sat urday by the Democratic admin istration of Mayor elect rank A Sedita Mr Elliott has been associated with the retail auto business in the Buffalo area for 30 years He once operated his own agency Elliott King Motor Sales Inc American colonial sights and sounds Plans to Promote ort Mr McClellan who has writ ten a great deal about Old Niagara the past now hopes to devote all of his energies to ward promoting the fort in America "Most people who come to visit Old Niagara are seri ous minded and have said Mr McClellan One of the most serious mind ed of all is Dr Donald Wat kins an Arcade dentist and amateur historian The Watkins family showed up on the grounds one day last summer in colonial costumes Then Dr Watkins who is skilled in such things fired one of the rench cannon cast at Strasbourg in 1758 "As far as we know it was the first time since 1759 that a rench cannon was fired in this part of the Mr McClel lan said irst Built in 1679 Tuesday morning Mr Mc Clellan and several others laid a wreath on the grave of Col Charles Morrow It was the IN 4 VEHICLE THRUWAY CRASH ive persons were hurt in an accident involving two cars and two trucks on the Thruway near Walden Ave Cheektowaga about 4:35 Monday afternoon Taken to Our Lady of Victory Hospital were: Clyde Bess 25 of 114 John son St a driver injured shoul der Mrs JerlBess 27 of 79 Earl PL his sister in law facial cuts Alvertis Wilkins 50 of 101 Earl another Bess passenger cut forehead Clayton Graham 53 of 691 Beach Rd Cheektowaga another driver severe facial cuts Saying he would visit his fam ily doctor was: Chester Deyo 40 of 2428 Steel ting Ave Niagara alls another driver cut lip Mr Bess told Trooper Robert Stoddart he drove his west bound car onto the center mall when the brakes failed The car crossed into the east bound lanes and collided with a station wagon driven by Mr Graham Trooper Stoddart added that a pickup truck operated by Mr Deyo hit the station wagon and a stake body truck driven by Norbert Schroeder 5462 Sheri dan Dr Amherst struck the pickup truck award (because it "if excessive in view of the fact that the jury erroneously considered and apparently included an item for legal If Mr McClive had refused to accept the reduction a new should have been ordered bythel Squaw Island Residents Lose ight Io Remain Squaw Island tenants seeking to block eviction by the City of Buffalo lost their fight in Su preme Court today Justice Carman Ball dis missed their case at the request of Asst Corp Counsel Joseph A Nicosia after an earlier hearing and submission of written argu ments Those affected by the order include about 12 permanent resi dents and owners of more than 100 summer homes at the north ern end of the' island The city wants the area for refuse dis posal Eventually it is antici pated the island will be con verted into a park Mr Nicosia said that in ac cordance with a Common Coun cil resolution he would start early next month with the evic tion procedures in City Court Mrs Ben Brunner 114 Squaw Island started the legal proceedings against the city for herself and other residents They paid $95 rent per lot annually until last May when the city re fused to accept further payments from them Eviction notices were served May 22 but the city was pre vented from proceeding then by a Supreme Court order pending a hearing Probation Rejected or Two in Theft Armed Burglary County Judge Charles Gaughan today said he could not consider probation for two de fendants who participated in a gas station burglary while of them was armed An indefinite term in Elmira Reception Center imposed on Ronald Pelczyn ski 19 of 102 Argus St He pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor unlawful entry of a gasoline station March 19 at 1042 Englewood Ave petit larceny in the theft of three half dollars and illegal possession of a 22 caliber sawed off rifle A co defendant William Collins 22 of 22 Zeba St Dunkirk who pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and petit larceny was sent to the Erie County Pen itentiary at Wende for one year Judge Gaughan also imposed these sentences: Jack Stewart 23 of 519 Rldje Ave East Aurora second degree criminal as sault on complaint of a 15 vear oid girl Elmira Reformatory for an Indeflite term Thomas Chowanlec 19 of Trevett Rd Springville third degree assault of a Springville police officer Thomas Mc arlin during an arrest July 29 on a disordSrly conduct charge Elmira Recep tion Center for Indefinite term William A Eccles 23 of IBS erry St petit larceny In connection with the forging of withdrawal slips to obtain a total of $2300 last March from a savings account in the Marine Trust Co In the name of Booker Cypress 441 Dodge St with whom the defendant roomed at the time year in the penitentiary sus pended and the defendant placed on pro bation to make full restitution rranK ern Region shows Pennsylvania booklet to Miss Barbara A Blizniak a State University of Buffalo student and Gary Graham of State University College at Buffalo James Greer chairman of Buffalo Operation Home Town Talent points to booklet GROVE MeCIELLAN Retiring to More Work restorations in the nation education job lies ahead Little Known by Americans The fort is little known even though it is the oldest rench settlement in the United States even though American history was made here for 150 years (from 1679 to 1830) and even though its Lake Ontario site is one of the more beautiful in North America "Washington never visited here much less slept here and no one wrote the National An them here and no one ever said give up the or some other such famous line in his Mr McClellan said the history books rarely mention Old Niagara With out taking anything away from some of the other forts most compare with the span of years or the impact on history that Old Niagara symbol ew other places have the glamour of three nations the pageantry of English rench and Married Men ace a Draft Call Local Boards May Turn to Them Starting in January The present selective classifications are broken down into five major divisions with 18 sub classifications Age is an important factor also in determining draft status Men are held liable for military service from their 18th to their 35lh birthdays Younger Men Called Selective service headquarters in Albany regulates the age limit of the men who will be called from local areas In 1964 and early this year many 'men in their 20s were being 'put on active duty The eight local boards are now call ing i9 year olils In addition to the older men so that they can reach theier quota Lt Andrew Pastorlous In auctiOn officer at the station sAid that from January to No vember of 1965 19093 men re ceived physicals at 1021 Main St Armid PnwM vam ining Entrance Station ailures About Average He said that he expects an other 2500 for December "The national average of men who fait Induction tests Is around 46 said Maj Marvin RIDAY IS LAST DAY TO APPEAL ASSESSMENTS Buffalo property owners were reminded Monday that riday is the final day for filing anneals from proposed 1966 67 assess ments Chairman James Kane Jr of the Board of Assessors said the appeals may be filed in Room 101 City Hall daily through riday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Mailed appeals postmarked before midnight riday also will be honored The board consisting of Alfon so Bellanca and Edwin Kantowski besides Mr Kane will begin hearings on the ap peals Jan 6 without my wife I could not have performed as I said Mr McClellan the sum mer for example our day usually begins at 5:30 and 6 AM and often goes to 9:30 to 10 Sometime this winter Mr and Mrs McClellan will move from their 200 year old house and of fice on the grounds to an apart ment in Lewiston be halfway between Old Niagara and Niagara Mr McClellan said "You see I may be retiring as executive vice president but been made public relations director While Old Niagara is one of the most successful historical 30th anniversary of the death of the former 28th Infantry Regi ment commander who in the 1930s revived interest which be gan with area residents in re storing the fort Old Niagara was first built in 1679 by the rench was car ried on by the British in 1687 and finally was wrested by the Americans from the British in 1796 and again in 1812 It will continue as an historic site even though the Army finally abandoned its own fort in 1963 Old Niagara is on state land and is licensed by the Ni agara rontier State Parks Commission It functions under its own di rection relying exclusively on gate receipts and trading post sales for operating revenue Brydges Invites 'Big 6' Mayors To Meet in Albany Buffalo Evening Newt Bureau ALBANY Dec 28 The may ors of the six largest cities including Mayor elect rank A Sedita of Buffalo have been invited to Albany Jan 10 by the Senate majority leader i designate Earl Brydges of Niagara alls it was revealed today The group will also include Mayor John Lindsay of New York City The other cities in the so called Big Six are Al bany Rochester Yonkers and Syracuse Plans call for a lunch in the Orange Club here and dis cussions are expected to focus on the fiscal problem which all of the large cities have in com mon in varying degrees Mayor elect Sedita attracted state wide attention on Dec 20 1 by declaring at a hearing of Democratic legislative leaders that Buffalo is facing an acute 1 financial crisis This is expected to be the first I of several visits here by Mayor 1 Sedita during the legislative ses I sion 1 Mayor Kowal Is Commended or Help to Downtown Mall Bank Official Says Signing of Agreement On 'Main Place' Was Renewal Milestone The Erie County Savings Bank one of the developers for the downtown shopping mall office building 0 pl officially named today commended Mayor Kowal for signing the agreement paving the way for the $20 million proj ect A letter to the mayor from Lee Norton the senior vice president said: upon having accomplished one of the great est achievements in Buffalo his tory committee on down town development certainly got the ball rolling and your con stant and firm support of the Refurbishing Old ort's History Retiring Director Hopes Niagara Will Be National Shrine By BOB BUYER Buffalo Newt Staff Reporter YOUNGSTOWN Dec 28 Grove McClellan peered across Old frozen drill field toward Lake Ontario A sin gle couple arm in arm strolled toward the 240 year old rench castle said Mr McClellan ber is our slowest month and doing well if we get 10 visitors a day But the number of visitors to Old ort Niagara reached 291000 this year it will go even higher next said Mr McClellan The edge of pride in Mr Mc voice was clear Dur ing the past 15 years the former Buffalo banker estate planner businessman and veterans advis er has been as responsible as any man for the restoration and operation of this pre Revolution ary War monument Next week will be his last as executive vice president of the Old ort Niagara Association and the final week as assistant secretary and treasurer Mrs Bertha McClellan Assisted by Wife my wife I could Awarded contract to Anel Preu Inc Elmwood tor printing 1966 pro iceedlnai of board at low bld ot $720 'per page pamphlet form and 05 cents page printed aheet form Received and filed a letter from StanleyJ Topor 1721 Amherst oblecting tothe board's opposition to a new welfare law requiring the payment of 10 and 20 salary Increases to welfare case workers with special graduate training Referred to the Capital Improvements Committee: A resolution of Hamburg Central School District I and a letter from Orchard Park Central School Dis trlct 1 both urging an expansion of theErie County Technical Institute with a campus In Buffalo and another In thejoulhern part ot the county A communlcaflort from the Depew Hook Ladder Company 1 opposing the pro posal ot Cheektowaga Supervisor Daniel Weber and Lancaster SupervisorStanley Keysa mat a fire training tower be built In Cheeklowage and urg ing that a tower be built In the villageor town nf Lancaster A resolution of the Lancaster Town Board providing that a fire training tower be built In Como Park within the (town llmIl Received end filed an Invitation fromVice President Humphrey to BoardChairman Arthur Carlsen to attend aconference In Washington Jan 19 onnational programs designed to aid counties Inferred to the Laws Legislation Com jpltfee a resolution of the GeneseeCounty Board of Supervisors calling iupon the Legislature to' enect a lawrequiring boards of supervisors to re apportion subject to a single referen dum Approved revised plans for a new foodcenter et Meyer Memorial Hospital and authorlted the county public works com missioner advertise for blds for Ils rnnstrucrinn RhfAlvpd And fllpd th anniinnr hv County Executive Rath of the appoint 1 front of Walter Steffan president of the School 84 Parent Teachers to the School 94 Regional Planning Board Approved a transfer of $11000 to cover the cost of social security payments for county employes Approved final payments of $297937 and 9429055 fa the Co Inc for fpnirrucrion worts on sewer uistrict IM I C'lAPkA Valtv plans and specifications for slon of iewer Olsfrlet No 1 Sales Tax Yield $207 Million In 3 Months Ending Nov 30 ALBANY Dec 28 The State Tax Department reported today that the new state sales tax brought in $207422896 in the three months ending Nov 30 The department said returns were running slightly behind estimates Erie County is scheduled to receive $6055238 from the first quarter and the City of Buffalo will get $504377 Elsewhere in Western New York the local share is: Ba tavia $131060 Niagara alls $524647 Niagara alls City School District $107960 Western New total share amounts to $7323282 Of the state total the share of the current distribution is $105 million The share of the first month August Starting in January married men without children stand a chance of being inducted by lo cal selective service I the supply of bach elors becomes exhausted However married men with children must be with their wives and children" to re main quslified for deferment under current selective service reguLations Col John Brokaw deputy state director and operations officer at state selective service headquarters in Albany' said that it is "impossible to tell when the present regulations' might be changed" Officials at Local Boards 82 89 said that 1913 men were in ducted into 'the armed forces from the Buffalo area in 1965 Cnnnli 1 I tw In I Col Brokaw former area field representative for the Buffalo region said it would be almost impossible to determine when the supply of single men will be depleted are too many classifi to be "he A4 Verdict Against City Reduced $1500 Over Legal ee Error A consideration of legal fees as part of its verdict for damages against the City of Buffalo has resulted in a $1500 reduction by order of Supreme Court Justice Harold Kelly The reduction from $2500 to $1000 was accepted by Douglas McClive Jr 50 Anderson Pl Mr McClive and his daughter Susan McClive were award ed $7500 early this month She but ordered the reduction of tell at the age of ll on March 141963 into the empty swim ming pool in the Rees St play ground' She was given $5001) damages: fort a fractured' left REGAN NAMES EX KOWAL AIDE AS SECRETARY Edward Regan who takes office Jan 1 as Republican councilman at large today an nounced that his confidential secretary will be Thomas MacKinnon 22 Royal Ave The i post pays $5000 a year Mr MacKinnon served in the Kowal administration as city recreation director until Novem ber 1964 when he and other i key Parks Department officials were fired in a City Hall shake up stemming from internal strife in the Republican organization He is resigning as deputy com missioner of the Erie County Board of Elections to accept the secretary job Two Plead Guilty To Reduced Charges Philip Mercio 16 of 44 Sey mour St and Philip Laub 17 of 28 Clinton St both of Tonawan da each charged with grand lar ceny first degree and burglary third degree pleaded guilty to a reduced charge that of unlawful entry and petit larceny when araigned before City Judge Ruth Vogel in Tonawanda City Court today Judge Vogel de ferred sentencing until Jan 31 pending a probation report The pair were accused police said of taking on Nov 12 a bull horn valued at $50 and a pair of field glasses valued at $180 from the Army Corps of En gineers vessel docked in the Barge Canal in the rear of the Cotinental Can Co plan in Tona wanda I WOMAN INJURED AS CAR HITS ICE Miss Joanne Cretacci 22 of 2249 Delaware Ave suffered a leg fracture today in an accident on Youngmann Hwy Town of Tonawanda police re ported her eastbound car Skidded on the icy surface of (he overpass at Colvin Blvd and struck a guard rail She was taken to Kenmore Mercy Hospital Annulment Granted Supreme Court Justice Harold Kelly today grantedan annul ment to Kathleen ertita 135 Stevenson Blvd from Joseph ertita 179 Potomac Ave They were married March 7 1964 in Amherst The grounds cited were non support Hicks commanding officer of the Exaniinine Station here Hn said Buffalo is in ly the same average" The percentage figure includes those who fall for moral or men tal reasons in addition to the men with physical handicaps Last January 274 local jnen were put on active duty The draft call for this coining Janu ary is 324 an increase of 50 men Requirements Are Listed ollowing is the induction schedule for the first month of 1966 by local board date and number of men needed: Jan 7 5 Jan 19 15 Jan 25 10 Jan 26 7 and Jan 31 2 Jan 7 22 Jan 7 6 Jan 7 3 A Jan 7 J0 Jan 14 47 Jan 21 47 Him Jan zo 40 1 89 Jan 6 15 Jan 11 17 I better for Mr Bergmann ian ij zn jan i zu ana Jan 3125' Maj Byron Meader is the or Robert II Bergmann 37 But since the day after Christ of 18 Lemon St Angola the day mas he has been home with Mrs Bergmann and their six children recovering from the delicate sur gery or ivir xierumann lie snnwn with hut wppu On Christmas Day Mr Bcrg iold son Joseph mann was still in the Clevelandi Meanwhile the voluntppr firp recovering ifrom open friends are still working i arm tne Mena Bob The tv was charged with i now $137010 to negligence for faillnci tn ranalr WSrCl the soal of 23000' I a hAlft in fi fonra niktirk hhPtMii noiiel i IIVIV $11 IVIIVV 9TIIIVil LIS I lllll VUUI 74 I' 4 a V' Job Prospects Here Great 500 College Seniors ind 44 Area Industries Woo Hometown Talent At Opening of Two Day of Clinic By RAY HILL The 1966 of college graduates went job shop ping in Buffalo today and found that work never has been more plentiful or opportunities more golden Upwards of 500 seniors found they were being literally added extra staff to handle the 44 area industries when they ar rived at tne Statler Hilton this morning for the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce's first Operation Home Town Talent The object of the two day clinic is to keep local youth working in local industries Chamber President Ira Ross summed up the situation for the prospective jobseekers this morning: bargaining position is terrific!" Response Is Enthusiastic Mr Ross said the further ex pansion of booming economy now depends on the availability of a fresh supply of skilled personnel The object of Operation Home Town Talent he said is con vince you your skills can be best employed in The response to the efforts to bring prospective em ployers and employes together for interviews was so enthu siastic that Paul A Willax the administrator pre dicted that the original objective of 500 students will be exceeded by 200 or more The campus invasion of the hotel began shortly after 8 AM and within an hour more than 300 young men and a sprinkling of young women were filling uui applications ior interviews Engineers in Demand An hour after that interviews began and personnel depart ments of several industries After Delicate Operation a Reunion or Robert II Bergmann 37t 5 111 wk rwi ri it IT I jmVSRSH Xi SMdaHnBraMHnreHRSHK mSv 1 zc ii 1 ill' til 'k i JHHk El 1 13 1 I IHwfeir i I ON 4 A 'IV' fl.