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C h a n g e a b l e Moderating’ tonight; snow Friday: low, 20. 1 H E Batavia Area - - Community of Opportunity EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR BATAVIA, N. Y„ 14020, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1965 PRICE' EIGHT CENTS B o b b y M a r t i n C o m e s B a c k A l ii It v e n Ruling Awaited On Peaceful Demonstrations MONTGOMERY* Ala. (AP) — The spotlight on Alabama’s racial strife switches today to this capital city where a federal judge considers whether state officials may Interfere with peaceful demonstrations on be half of Negro rights. The m a in question before U.S. Dist. Judge Frank M, Johnson J r . is a s u i t filed, attorney: fo r th e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n l a the Advancement of Colored People. The suit asks Johnson to halt Gov. George C. Wallace; Al Lingo, Alabama public safety director, and Dallas County Sheriff James G. Clark from interfering with a planned march by Negro demonstrators from Selma to Montgomery to plead for Negro voting rights. However, the Justice Depart m e n t has asked Johnson to con sider the broader question of forbidding Wallace and other officials from Interfering with' any peaceful demonstrations. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach intervened in the suit Wednes day. i Contempt Issue, Too Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the civil rights'’ drive, faces a possible contempt of court charge at the hearing. He defied an order by Johnson Tuesday banning further at tempted marches by leading a march later in the day in which about 2,000 demonstrators in cluding many ministers turned back after meeting state police. King was here today for the hearing. There were these other devel opments on the Alabama racial scene: 1. Selma’s public safety director, Wilson' Baker, an nounced the arrest of three white men on charges of beating three white Unitarian ministers who came to Selma to partici pate in the civil rights drive. Baker identified those arrested as William Stanley Hoggle, 36; R. B. Kelley, 30, and Elmer Cook, 41. Baker said a warrant has been issued for a fourth man. ^ Sleep In Streets ( 2. About 350 civil rights dem onstrators slept in the.streets of Selma in 40-degree weather in a vigil for one of the beaten min isters, the Rev. James Reeb, 38, of Boston, who lay near death in a Birmingham hospital. It was the first nighttime demonstra tion in Selma in the almost eight weeks since the right-to-vote campaign began in this rich farm soil area known as the Black Belt. The vigil grew out of a night march, which along with an earlier one was Baited by Mayor Joe Smitherman. 3. A c o l d r a i n b r o u g h t a n abrupt end to a demonstration in Montgomery by about 125 Civil rights m a rchers before the Capitol building. E a r lier, about 1,000 dem onstrators tried to get into the Capitol to see Wallace, but. were kept out by police. A homemade fire bomb was thrown onto a Negro house but w a s extinguished with little damage. 4. Former Florida Gov. Le- ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - His loved ones and his friends today were welcoming Bobby Martin -home, as it were, from the dead. They had come to bury him. But when the body arrived from Louisiana, a friend of Bob by’s who works in a funeral home saw it was not Robert Wade Martin Jr., 22. Bobby was supposed to have been shot to death in a store burglary in Tal lulah, La. The friend called Bobby’s fa ther and he called Bobby at his job in Houston, Tex. When his father told him the story, Bobby said he decided to quit his job and head home as soon as he hung up the phone. Bobby's wallet and some of his clothes had been stolen from him, His wallet was found on th e sh o o t i n g v i e t im , la t e r id e n t i- lled as an 18-year-old youth. Bobby got a VIP welcome home at Woodrum Airport. Continued on Page 4 L B J , A i d e s D i s c u s s V i e t M o v e s WASHINGTON (AP) - A presidential policy conference at Camp David indicates new decisions on the U.S. role in the Vietnamese war may be in the making. One question believed to be under top-level consideration is whether U.S. air attacks on mil itary bases in North Viet Nam should be carried deeper into that country. So far they have been restricted to the southern regions, well away from the capita], Hanoi. Wednesday night’s conference at the presidential retreat in the mountains of western Maryland brought together President Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of De fense Robert S. McNamara, and McGeorge Bundy and BiU‘D. Moyers, White House aides. The topic for the meeting was not announced but it was under stood that the major subject, at least, was Viet NM and that Camp David was chosen by the President because it afforded a relaxed atmosphere in which he and his chief advisers could talk out the whole complex of prob lems associated with the South east Asian conflict. These include the efforts by many other countries, including Britain, France and the Soviet Union, to initiate peace talks; political and military conditions inside South Viet Nam, which U.S. officials are said to consid er difficult and disappointing but not hopeless, and the John son administration’s desire for support from other countries in the struggle in Viet Nam. The central problem constant ly before Johnson and his chief diplomatic and military advis ers, however, is how to bring enough pressure on Communist North Viet Nam to persuade the leaders in Hanoi to halt the In filtration of tfoops and arms into the South to reinforce the Ylet Cong guerrilla fighters trying to tak e over the country. \SALUTE TO INDUSTRY\ — That was the theme of the an nual Batavia Area Chamber of Commerce dinner Wednesday night at the Moose Home attended by nearly 200, Among those participating, from left, Jack Brady, Le Roy Chamber director and co-ichalrman of the P. F. C. Development Fund; Neil T. Burns, Batavia Area Chamber past president and co-chairman of the fund; Clarence,M. Gifford, Rochester attorney, principal speaker; John H. Connor, retiring Chamber president; William F. Brown Jr., toastmaster, and John A. Mumford, current Chamber president. Story on Page 4. B a d S t a r t CHICAGO (AP) - The Na tional Safety Council reported today that the 3,500 traffic fatal ities in the first month of 1965 were the most In any January, The total was a gain of 9 per cent over the toll for January 1964. H o u s e w i f e C h i d e s B a n k e r s F o r O v e r l o o k i n g O v e r t i m e NEW YORK (AP) - I have just learned from my friendly neighborhood banker that I, along with 29,999,999 of my coworkers, earn $8,285:68 a year at the going rates for all the jobs we hold under the general title of “housewife.” The Chase Manhattan Bank’s Economic Research Depart ment has conducted a survey which reveals what tasks the average housewife performs daily, the numbed of hours she spends on each, and the rate of pay for these jobs on the labor ' m arket. Their statistics show that America’s 30 million homemak ers are worth $159.34 a week on the hoof,, which is usually where they a r e during the 99.6 hours they’re on the job. As one of that number, I take issue with some of their figures. t In the role of food buyer I .may indeed spend 3.3 hours a week at the rate of $1.50 • an- hour, for a total of $4.95. But shouldn’t I get overtime pay for the extra minutes I spend lick ing the trading stamps? For the job of nursemaid - 44.5 hours at $1.25 per — I ’m entitled to $55.63. I no longer have any little ones around, but we wives who play nursemaid to boys over 40 surely deserve a bonus. That total of $9.30 for 6.2 hours of dishwashing must be for those who have an army of little kilowatts helping out. I ’m a Strictly nonautomatic dish washer myself, and I spend much longer than that acquiring my , rose-colored detergent hands. In aU honesty, 111 have to re turn the check for $3.25 I ’m al lowed as seamstress at $2.50 an hour. Even if I could sew, I’d find some way to keep from spending 1.3 hours a week at it. Being a cook for 13.1 hours a week at $2.50 an hour sounds Continued on’Page 4 H e a l t h C a r e M e a s u r e S h a p i n g U p WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ways and Means Com mittee begins voting today on the language of a comprehen sive health care bill for the aged. House passage in about two weeks is predicted. The forecast of passage was made Wednesday by Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., who said he hopes the committee can make its essential decisions by Friday. This would permit House ac tion during the week of March 22', Mills told members of'the Senior Citizens Golden Ring Council. Mills withheld details of the draft legislation but confirmed in general terms; reports of a multifaceted bill on ttfcteh % tna- jority' of the committee had agreed informally. “I am thoroughly convinced that what the committee will report in the next few days and the House win pass a few days thereafter will provide a more complete solution of the prob lems people face — not exclu sively those over 65 — than any other program suggested to us,” he said. MiUs said the draft bill in cludes the basic administration proposal, a• hospitalization plan financed by a pay-roll tax, also an additional plan for further health expenses, an increase in the Social Security old-age pay ments, and a broadening of the existing state-federal programs for health care of indigent and low-income persons. The reference to benefits for some under 65 apparently re ferred to this part of the pack age, which could) include health c a r e o f d e p e n d e n t c h il d r e n . President Johnson sent Wednesday’s meeting a mes sage that “the long debate is draw ing to a close. There is going to be a program of health insurance for older people in this country.” G o v e r n o r s In v i t e d T o H e a r i n g ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov ernors of neighboring states will be invited to a public hearing April 2 on whether the New YorK State legal drinKing age should be raised! from 18 to 21. Sen. Abraham Bernstein, chairman of the Senate Excise Committee, announced plans for the hearing Wednesday night. Besides the governors, he said, representatives of the liquor in dustry, church groups and other interested parties will be invit ed. Bernstein said a statewide referendum on the minimum drinking age was among sever al proposals under study. The New York City Democrat pointed out there was no mini mum-age legislation before the Senate. Gov. RockefeUei* has said he would sign a biU to raise the drinking age if the Legisla ture enacts one,. Officials in [neighboring states, notably Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have complained that youth un der 21 drive from their states to New York to drink. Many, the officials sajr, are involved in traffic accidents on their way home. A s s e m b l y m a n P r e s id e s O v e r H o u s e For 20 minutes Wednesday, Assemblyman James A. Car michael Jr. presided as speaker of the Assembly. The Batavian became the first member of the Assembly, other than the speaker, to preside over the house this year. It happened when Speaker An thony Travia of Brooklyn had to absent himself from the chamber. Mr. Travia called the Genesee assemblyman to the chair and handed him the gavel. During the 20 minutes Mr. Carmichael presided, a debate on taxes was in progress and several legis lators rose to ask permission to participate. The Genesee- representative was congratulated by members from both sides of the Assem bly on his being selected to preside. P o l i o A t t a c k O n M e a s l e s A d v o c a t e d ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York State should combat m e as les with the sam e intensity it attacks diptheria and polio, the state health commissioner says. Other medical authorities, testifying at a legislative hear ing Wednesday, said the public should toss out the widespread notion that measles is just a minor trial of childhood. Dr. Hollis Ingraham told the Senate Committee on Public Health that he believed his de partment had enough money in its local assistance fund to pay up to half the costs of measles inoculations through out the state. Wednesday's hearing was the f i r s t to c o n s i d e r a b r o a d , a n t i- meafiles campaign. S y r a c u s e C i t e s H u m p h r e y SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will receive an honorary degree of doctor of laws when he speaks at Syracuse University's 111th commencement June 6 , Chancellor William P. Tolley announced W e d n e s day that Humphrey would speak herie. The university said 2,200 bache lor degrees and 1,050 advance degrees would be awarded at the ceremony, C o u n t y E x p r e s s e s I n t e n t T o A d o p t S a l e s T a x e s ; W i l l P u t C i t y o n N o t i c e Since there appears little chance for the enactment of a state sales tax, the Genesee County Board, of Supervisors is expected to adopt, on April 14, a “resolution of intent,” indicat ing its plans to impose a 2 per cent county sales tax nexf Jan. 1. r That the Board will impose the sales levy appears almost certain since it will need the funds for various county proj ects. Until a law can be drawn, however, the “resolution of in tent'’ will serve to put the city of Batavia officially on notice as to the county’s plans. Since_. the city will have to gwC jp l per cent of its 2 per cent levy when the county im poses a tax, it must be .given six months notice of the fco'unty’s intention to levy a sales tax. That is the reason for the “reso lution of intent.” Originally, it was planned to have the Board consider the “resolution of intent’’ a t its Feb ruary meeting. At that time, however, Finance Chairman William W. Stuart of Elba said sales tax experts had suggested a delay until it could be deter mined what the Legislature might do toward a state sales tax. Gov. Rockefeller had rec ommended a measure that would permit a sales tax of up to 5 per cent with 2 per cent going to the state and the in dividual counties permitted to levy a tax of up to 3 per cent. Word from Albany is that any sales tax measure is a “dead duck,” at least at this session of the Legislature. In this situation, Mr. Stuart said, there is no need to delay action any longer. He asked and received on a show of hands, Board approval to place the resolution on the agenda at the April 14 session. ~ Le Roy Supervisor Richard E. Graney asked about the plan to distribute receipts from a sales tax, commenting that it could become “like a bunch of pirates, dividing up the loot.”' Mr. Stuart said current thinking is that money “should go into the gen eral fund, at least for now.” He said this would have to be worked out later. The city’s 2 per cent sales tax is expected to net the munici pality $500,000 this year. N e w F a c i l i t y F o r W a t e r t o w n WASHINGTON (A P )—A Wa tertown, N.Y., site has been chosen for a Social Security Ad ministration building to be con structed at a cost of about $140,000. The General Services Admin istration said Wednesday the chosen site is on the north side of Stone Street and has a front age of 97 feet. D i e s a t 89 HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP)—Fu- neral services were conducted today for M rs. Minnie (Brow) Cutten, widow of a president- emeritus of Colgate University. Mrs. Cutten, 89, died Wednes day in her Northampton, Mass., home. Her husband, Dr. George B. Cutten, died in Hamilton, site of the university, in 1962. h S t u d y S e t O n C o u n t y G o v e r n m e n t A seven-member special study committee will be named with in a few days to investigate re apportionment of the Genesee County Board of Supervisors. On a voice vote, the solons au thorized Board Chairman Frank S . C r o s b y to s e le c t th e s p e c i a l committee. Objectors were Su pervisors John E. Howe of the town of BataYia ana Harold e, Schultz of Oakfield, who believe it should be a standing, rath e r 5 th a n a special com m ittee. A fter the m e eting, the board chairman said he will name seven members to the commit tee. The B o a rd authorized a com m ittee of “five to seven” members. Earlier Supervisor -William W. Stuart of Elba had outlined the information reported earlier from a meeting in Albany called fey the vf t*99«l m e n t. H e reiterated the u r g ency of the m a tte r since those attending wer£ told they would have to reapportion or “it will be done for us.” Solons agreed there is no prob lem in the city of Batavia since the .changing of district lines will solve the court edict of the “one man, one vote” procedure, but it is a different matter in the county. Oakfield Supervisor Harold E. Schultz suggested the use of the 3,000 population figure as t the basis for solving the reappor- tionment. He said that speakers said that if the differential was hot over 2 to-1, it wouldn’t be too much out of line and noted that room should be left for growth. He reported that nine towns have under 3,000 persons and that would take care of nine votes. The city, with 18,000 persons,'has six votes so that would be in line. Le Rby, with Continued On Page 4 O n e S c h o o l A d v o c a t e d F o r C o u n t y A suggestion that a “county high school,” including the Jun ior and Senior high school years, plus two years of college level work, might solve the ed ucational problem in Genesee County, w a s advanced before the Board of Supervisors Wed nesday. T h e suggestion cam e during the afternoon session from Oak field Supervisor Harold E. Schultz. Earlier, in the morn ing meeting, Byron Supervisor Russell E. Gillett,' chairman of the Public Relations Committee, had reported on the progress of the Community College studies, Plans are going ahead to have the issue on the ballot this Fall. Meanwhile, the commit tee is pouring over the Jaycee report and is \satisfied- with most of the information,” but wants more detailed informa tion as to budgets of other com munity colleges. This informa tion now is being obtained, Mr. Gillett said. He noted that work is now being done on a potential budget for a Genesee Community College. Mr. Schultz recalled that last Fall he was “not too much” in favor of a Community Col lege because he felt that other things had priority. Since that time, there have been discus sions about the state’s master plan for combining certain schools and more recently, the proposal for a county high school. , “I don’t know why we can’t cut out the intermediate steps caUed for in the Master Plan,” Mr. Schultz said. “It is ali leading to a county high school.” He said both Oakfield and Elba residents are opposed to combining their schools as called for in the master plan and this would not be necessary Supervisors, Action Gives Power to Towns “We’re here to guard the tax payer’s dollar. That’s what this resolution does. How could you be against it.” Thus did one supervisor ex plain the Board of Supervisors’ action Wednesday in setting up a program aimed at curtailing the County Highway Dept, and turning some of the county du ties over to the towns.- The explosion of the long- smoldering controversy was surprising only in its timing and. in the fact that support w as unanimous. Supervisor Russell E. Gillett of Byron, sponsor of the resolution, said he acted only after unsuccessful at tempts to spur the Board’s Committee on Highways & Bridges to act. Unanimous Action All 16 supervisors at Wed nesday’s meeting went along with the new policy to be ef fective April 1, 1966. Absent were Supervisors Morris G. Cunningham of Bergen, chair m an of the Committee on High ways & Bridges, Harvey W. Phelps, who is in Florida, and Nicholas DiFilippo of the Fifth Ward. Supervisor Gillett said he be lieves the new policy wiU trim one-fourth of the cost of the highway department operation, a $1,157,635 item in this, year’s county budget. Supervisor Frank A. Baumeister of Ala bama, who seconded the resolu tion, congratulated Mr. GiUett for his “extensive study” of the matter. In addition to adopting the Gillett proposals, the Board au thorized committee studies of two other situations brought to light by the Byronite, One pro posal is designed to put more controls over County Highway Dept, personnel, particularly concerning some who, the By ronite said, attend dinner gath erings “at least three times a month” while on duty and be ing paid by the county. He also suggested a change in bridge building policy that would have the county contract with the city of Batavia for the replacement and maintenance of bridges in the city. \Kept in Dark\ County Highway Supt. Rob ert T. Carrier, a spectator at the meeting, was obviously an gered at the Board action. Ask ed to comment by Supervisor Wendell W. CaU of Stafford, Mr. Carrier said “I have no comment at this time. I’ve been kept a little bit in the dark on this.” Mr. Gillett replied that he had been a member of the highway committee as long as four years and “ asked the committee and Supt. C arrier to do what I have done here. I think it needed Study, but no one studied it. I was prom p ted to m o v e la s t F a ll when there was the possibility of legislation to wipe out town highway departm ents. This was a study long over due. There is nothing here that was in the dark.” Mr. Carrier asked if the Town Highway Superintendents Assn. had approved the proposal and Mr. Gillett said he did hot know. After the meeting, Mr. Carrier repeated to a news- <ts- Continued on Page 4 man that he would have nothing to say at this time. Town Vs. County The issue of town versus coun ty plowing of roads in the Win ter has been under discussion for some time: The towns be gan to make some encroach ment two years ago and in the past Winter, Byron, Stafford and Oakfield each did some plowing on state roads where the county normally plows (towns plow town and county roads. First indication that the bombshell was about to drop came when Mr. Gillett rose and said he had some recom mendations to make. The first, which he said result ed from even ts he k d wifcMMd, and been told about, involved county personnel “abusing” the right to attend functions. He charged “they,” in an obvious reference to County Highway Dept, foreman, travel in county- owned vehicles to functions, some of them outside of Genesee County, at least three times a month. At these times they receive their regular pay, Mr. GiUett charged, saying he believed a set of rules can be formulated to control this sort of thing. He also noted that county-owned vehicles are being driven home by county personnel and sug gested the department head should submit a list of those who drive county vehicles home and the reason that it is being done. City Question;' The final Suggestion involved the study onto the possibility of the county contracting with the city to take care of city bridges, this bringing approval of City Supervisors Fred L. Pixley and Charles L. Churchill. The first two suggestions were referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislation and the third to the Committee oil Highways and Bridges. Mr. Gillett then said he had a policy recommendation for the highway department and offered it in the form of a resolution. He recaUed that he had asked the highway committee to looK Into this and make a report “but 1 have heard none.” The Byron ite termed the Highway Dept, “far from efficient” and said it needs “a complete overhauling.” He suggested first that the towns take over mowing road sides and minor patching on county roads at a starting rate of $300 a mile. Then he suggest ed that the 11 towns take over snow and ice control on state roads. Only Bethany and Ala bama would not participate. The suggestion is that the following towns sub-contract for snow and ice control on all or certain por tions of the foUowing roads: Bergen, Rt. 19 from Rt. 33 north to the Orleans County line; Byron, Rt. 237 from Rt. 33 north to the Orleans County line and Rt, 262 west of Rt. 237 to the Transit Rd. (this is now done by the town of Byron); E lba, Rt. 98, north from Rt. 282 to the Orleans County line and Rt. 262 east- from Rt. 98 to Transit Rd. j Oakfield, Rt. 262 from Rt. 63 east to Rt. 98 (this is now done by Oakfield) and Rt. 63 from the Batavia-Oakfield Townline Rd. northwest to the intersec tions of Rts. 63 and 77 at Basom. Roads Defined Pembroke, Rt. 77, south from Continued on Page 4 A d d e d L a n d Is A c q u i r e d F o r C o u n t y A i r p o r t U s e The Board of Supervisors voted 14 to 2 Wednesday to take up its option to purchase the Addison C. Putney property on Bank St. Rd. for $5,000. Objectors were Supervisors William W. Taylor of the Third Ward and Fred T. Wescott of the Fourth Ward, both of whom had objected last month when the resolution to obtain the op tion cam e as a “ surprise.” The Putney property, consist ing of a house and four acres, is in line with the runway at the airport. The house will be removed as a safety measure. Money to finance the purchase will Come from the Airport Con struction Fund. The Board also approved the signing of papers to seek state and federal aid for the purchase. If this move is successful, the county would be reimbursed for half of the cost of the property. In another fiscal matter in volving the airport, the Board Voted, again 14 to 2 with Mr. Taylor and Mr. Wescott object ing, to transfer $21,000 from the contingent fund to the air port construction fund. Of this, $5,000 is to finance the property purchase and $16,000 to pay the final bUls to Keeler Construc tion Co. of Albion, contractor for the airport. Board Chairman William W. Stuart explained the $16,000 transfer is necessary because of the Board decision last year to finance construction of turn arounds and similar items for which the federal government would not participate. It was necessary to use funds budget ed for the airport so that these funds were not available for the final payments fo the con tractor. He said tlie transfer represents a temporary loan since the money p ll be paid back to the airport construction fund. n
