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Mount Vernon Argus from White Plains, New York • 17

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White Plains, New York
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Second Section Arjjns Second Section MOUNT VERNON NY TUESDAY JANUARY 31 1967 the second Pianist Browning Lauds Orchestra SOLID STATE STEREO BUY NOW and SAVE! in Ca you drive COMPACT STEREO Console (Easyssaii c) COUNTY PHONt Na ANNUAL SALE program in talks and an of the tram 1 I I The program includes talks directors of several oom mu pity action programs panel clis iussions field training assign nents and evaluation of the as signments schedule began vith an orientation and cxplana ion of the procedure by Robert Hill training assoc ate with the New Haven CAT Role of the Communityelion Program in Dealing withhe Problems of was the topieof a talk by John Mer chant deputy director of Action i i Clipand Mail or Can Collect! John Barnett musical direc tor and conductor of the Phil harmonic Symphony of West chester and Browning guest soloist were honored Sa turday at a reception at the home of Mr and Kirs Richard Baer of White Plains following the concert held the sym phony at Wood Auditorium Mr Baer is chairman of the sym phony board Attending the reception were some 100 guests and 'board' members including Herbert Barrett concert manager of Mr Browning and Mrs Barrett: WITH THE Children's Acad emy scheduled to open tomor row Mrs John orrest checks the cards in the library which will have some 800 books There will be 320 children in the program designed to cre ate integrated and quality ed ucation for each child The Bondholders Present Plan At Hearing 7 Thrilling Stereo noise free drift free Monaural Superb AM Radio Exclusive Micromatic Player banishes discernible record and stylus wear Now your records can last a lifetime 15 Watts undistorted music power Two 10" speakers with coaxial tweeters Beautiful Contem porary model 2 RP295 A vast improvement in the re creation of music Contemporary model 2 CP606 has 20 watts undistorted' music power four high fidelity speakers Automatic 400! Player banishes discernible record and stylus wear So1 detachable legs make it ideal for shelves or tables our fine furniture styles to choose from Also with' Stereo AM Radio NOW ONLY $18850 Academy is of the ment In addition to three class rooms there is a music room an art room a library a guid ance office and an administra tive office Staff Photo by John Sarno NOW ONLY $I385O Another suggestion was that the Hell Gate Bridge and the New Harlem River di vision become part of New York rapid transit rail net work presumably under the Transit Authority Thompson was followed on the hearing stand by raank A Ma son a Boston real estate consul tant Mason supported liquidation estimates discussed earlier These included a valuation of $246 million placed on the Har lem River division including the Harlem River and Oak Point freight yards which al ready are being eyed by New Haven bondholders for their air rights potentials Alexander Baskind manager of our White Plains Regional Office has the information you need or knows how to get it fast He is as near to you as your phone Call him at WH 9 6518 or write to him in care of the Dept of Commerce 61 itchell Place White Plaiiis New York 10601 and he or one of his staff will meet with you in confidence and at your convenience At his command are all the resources of the NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT COMMERCE WHERE OUR BUSINESS TO HELI YOUR BUSINESS GROW on Child Develop ed Third Ave PROTECTION colorfait permanent fireproofs waterproofssoundproofs DESIGN'Rockfaced in Ancient Roman style beau tiful Meridian Brick is fashioned in pastel shades Of ROSEBURGUNDYBU and WTIOUE WHITE to 7 years to pay! Advanced highly dependable Solid State Circuitry replaces tubes eliminates component damaging heat and maintains the remarkable performance of these Magnavox stereo consoles with lasting reliability NEW YORK (API Attor neys for groups of New Haven Railroad bondholders have sug gested that the bankrupt rail Harlem River division be replaced by a new superhigh way The proposal was made Mon day as an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) hearing on plans to sell the New Haven en tered its third week1 There were indications that the superhighway proposal involving liquidation of railroad was made as a threat in the drive to get a better price for the New Ha ven than the one now estimated The New federal bank ruptcy trustees hope to sell the railroad for absorption into the Penn Central system expected to be formed shortly by merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads The trustees estimate the sale price at a $140 million package of cash securities and obligations The ICC in approving he merger has made a require ment that the Penn Central sys tem absorb both the passenger and freight services of the New Haven A suggestion that the New Harlem River division right of way might be better used for a highway was made at the ICC hearing by Walter A Kernan counsel for the United States Trust Co representing the holders of $66 million worth of New Haven first mortage 4 per cent bonds The proposal came as Brad ford Thompson the New Ha general real estate agent was on the witness stand Responding to a question by Kernan Thompson said he is not a highway expert and could not estimate whether the right of way would be more valuable as a highway route During a hearing recess oth er attorneys for bondholder groups suggested that the Har lem River recently reduced from four tracks to two might be double decked to provide a major highway link extending over 10 miles from the South Bronx to New Ro chelle NY 'Several lawyers for bondhold er groups said such a highway would privide an important new vehicular route from the New England Thruway at New Ro chelle to the Triborough Bridge which links the Bronx with both Manhattan and Queens In addition they said the highway might feed into a dou ble decked highway across the Hell Gate Bridge which spans the East River between the Bronx and Queens and carries I A training program for 15 llount Vernon and other West llicstcr Community Action lgcncy workers is being spon Irred this week by the Com liunity Progress Inc Commu lity Action Institute New Hav In Conn The Mount Vernon is host group I The workshop which began esterday and ends riday is 'lesigned to provide background nformation for intelligent func ioning as community workers nd to provide related field train passenger trains running be tween Boston and Washington via Pennsylvania Station The Hell Gate Bridge com pleted in 1917 at a cost of $27 million also carries freight traffic bound' for Long Island and for Bay Ridge Brooklyn from where it is carried by barge across the harbor to New Jersey Earlier in the ICC hearing there was testimony that no val ue had been assigned to the Hell Gate Bridge in a liquidation study which assumed demoli tion of the bridge at a cost equal to salvage value The bridge is part of the New Haven intercon necting railway equally owned by the New Haven and by the Pennsylvania Miss Peggy Tueller of the Me tropolitan Opera and Mr and Mrs Robert Lewis in Mr party Dj and Mrs Alan Scheer of Scarsdale Mr and Mrs Emanuel Steindl of White Plains Eugene Elswit of Mount Vernon Symphony presi dent and Mrs Elswit Mr Browning commented on the warmth and responsiveness of the audience and was im pressed with the fact that even with the proximity of the New York City area with its vast cultural offerings' the Westches ter community exhibits magni ficent support of the Philhar monic Symphony of Westches ter' Mr Brown ing said avoca tion al orchestras make an import ant contribution to the cultural life of a community and was enthusiastic in his endorsement of them This is Mr second appearance with the Phil harmonic THANKS II UBER Hubert Booth of London vented the vacuum cleaner about 1901 RADIO PHONOGRAPH with Stereo Monaural MAM what here for 'at the NY State Dept of Commerce 'Bursting at the seams for more plant space or more acreage? Is your present plant limiting your production and profits? We can help you as helped thousands of expanding New York "businesses with site and building surveys tailored to your needs And we can do it in complete confidence If you wish have your attorney or any responsible third party work with us i And what about your other business problems such as financingexpansion finding out about accelerated tax write offs for new plants and equipment and opening overseas markets? A staff of over 100 specialists is available to help you at the New York State Department of Commerce Of course ne ver any charge for their services for Bridgeport (Conn) Commu nity Development Joshua Liburd neighborhood coordinator with the CPI Dix well Newhallville Neighborhood Services Office spoke on "Know ing Your Talks on Rights of the and Nature of Po were presented by rank Logue director of the CPI CAI and William Will di rector of the CPI Program De velopment and Training Unit re spectively program was opened by rank Corbett Associate di rector of the CPI Neighborhood Services Division whose topic was Resident Partici Joseph Downey group work supervisor of the Prince Com munity School New Haven pre sented "Listening to Inner City and of Working with A panel on "Duties and Role of the Neighborhood was held this afternoon Panel ists were Peter Almond assist ant coordinator with CPI Hill Neighborhood Services: Robert Esposito and Helen Bosley field trainers with the CPI CAI Other Sessions Morning and afternoon field training sessions are set for tomorrow and Thursday with re view of the experience at the enu oi earn oay The final eludes a series of evaluation session ing program Alex Harth associate director for Program Operation with CPI Unified Social Services will dis cuss "Providing Supportive Seiv ices for the of Recording and will be outlined by Durrick Jones contracts officer of the CPI Ideas on "Develop ing Workable Communication in Community Action will be developed by Mr Will Robert Tucker coordinator of the CPI Consumer Action Unit will talk on "Consumer Action for the the MountVernon CAG staff members participat ing are Mrs Dorothy Pleas as sistant program coordinator: Robert Milton Ernest Middlc ton Albert Antonaccio Robert Reeves Gardner Ware and Mrs Mattie Smalls rom Project ENABLE are Mrs' Catharine See Al Baskind our 'man in White Plains He can show you how 350 Attend Police HN Dinner ete Some 350 persons attended the annual dinner dance and instal lation ceremony for the officers of the Police Holy Name Soci ety at the Our Lady of Victory Church Hall A paten in memory of Michael I Silverstein who was largely responsible for the formation of the society was presented to the organization Saturday night by Mayor and Mrs Joseph Vacca rella The paten had been given to them by the Silversteins Officers installed were Lt Richard Limato president Ptl James Northrup first vice pres ident Ptl James Murphy Jr second vice president Ptl Clar ence Russell treasurer Ptl Al exander DtVernieri secretary Ptl Bernard Dolan sergeant at arms 'Proceeds from the dinner dance will be used for high school scholarships to any pa rochial school and for the needy at St Agnes Hospital in White Plains and the Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne Among the guests were Mayor Vaccarclla City Judge John Griffith Acting City Judge Har ry Zimmerman Police Commis sioner George Kummerle Po lice Chief Harry Traver and State Sen Anthony Gioffre Manufacturers: CANW EASEYOUR GROWING PAINS? 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NO DOWN PAYMENT' up ACTdRYAUTHORIZED Told Needs Early Mankind should adopt the so cial system which existed when God gave Moses the Ten Com mandments Robert Armour district supervisor for Witnesses told the 1191 dele gates who met last weekend at Jtlip district assembly at the Ja miaica Kingdom Hall Long' Is land City He pointed to the Internation al and national problems which must be solved and declared that great need is the dynamic Christian system of the early Christians in 33 AD and the period of 1513 BC to provide world government inthis 1 Robert Rasmussen of New Rochelle presiding minister of the Mount Vernon West Congre gation who attended the ses sions with members of his con gregation and the local East Group reported that a baptism service for 18 new ministers also was held He announced that all regular meetings of the local congregation will be resumed i Oates Mrs Dorothy' Woodley this week and Miss Ruth Gilbert 1 AM INTERESTED IN MORE IN ORMATION without obligation) 3600 I (PLEASE CHECK) Q1NTERIOR DeXTERIOR NAME STREET SAVE HUNDREDS of DOLLARS buy now at low 1 low winter prices This weak only! 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