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THE BATAVIA DAILY NEW S ^ - Friday, March 12, 1965 T h e D a i l y N e w s An. a v e r a g e d a i ly c ircu la t io n in F e b r u a r y , 12,419. P u b lish e d d a ily except Sunday by Griswold & McWain, Inc., 19-25 Jackson St., Batavia, N. Y., 14020, phone Fillmore 3-8000. EVELYN H. GRISWOLD ROBERT H. NAGEL President Secretary and Treasurer Publisher—ROBERT H. NAGEL E d i t o r - J O H N H . C O N N O R Business Manager—HARRY L. TRIETLEY Andrew J. McWain, Editor, 1881-1949 Gerrit S. Griswold, Publisher, 1881-1938 Milton R. Miller, Editor and Publisher, 1949-1959 Towns to the Fore Under impetus provided by Supervisor Bussell E . Gillett of Byron, the Board of Su pervisors, on a unanimous vote, has made some radical changes in the operation of the County Highway Dept. H is estimate is that it w ill cut county high w a y costs 25 per cent. The Budget this yea,r is $1,157,635. It involves turning over certain county functions, such as snow and ice control and maintenance to town departments on a reim bursement basis. This has been a development that has sup posedly long been discussed. This wias evidenced by Mr. Gillett’s obser vation that he had asked the Highway Com- mitte to study and make recommendations for more efficiency but had gained no reaction. Effective Aptfl 1, i966, it w ill mean, ac cording to Mr. Gillett, a reduction of county highway personnel from 65 to a maximum of 45. The overlapping involved complex and duplication of equipment brought on by the system are obvious. Neighboring towns, as they enter this new era, would do well to do some business-like thinking', too, in such terms as to how to best pool their manpower and equipment resources for regional operations. There has been traditionally a reasonably good spirit of co-operation among' town high way departments. Greater responsibilities are now coming the town highway departments’ way. How well they plan w ill be an important factor. Their efforts w ill be watched with interest. <£?\HbS. i • *T» MAC* S E C O N D F R O N T W a llace Extremism Sure to Backfire By A. LEOKUM Where Does Asphalt From? Come Win The 15-Volume Britannica Junior Encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions, name, age, address to “Tell Me Why!” care of The News. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. ^ Today’s winner is: Gay Roche- leau, 13, Worcester, Mass. Asphalt is a dark brown to black colored, mineral sub stance, It is found in the earth In solid, liquid, and partly solid forms. It is also a natural part of most crude oils. From this you can see that there are two kinds of asphalts. One, the natural asphalt, comes from deposits found on or near the surface of the earth. The other, petroleum asphalt, is separated from crude oil by re fining or cooking methods. The natural asphalts were formed in the early ages by oil being forced to the surface through sand beds and rock for mations. Asphalt softens when warmed. It becomes liquid when heated, and then hardens when cooled. Asphalt is excellent to use for waterproofing and cementing, and this was known to people of ancient times. The Babylo nians called it “pitche” and “slime.” The Romans called it “bitumin,” and used it to line water reservoirs and swimming pools to keep them from leak ing. Natural asphalt sometimes ap pears on the surface of the earth as a kind of lake, and one of the largest of these is in Trinidad in the West Indies. It covers about 100 acres and is more than 100 feet deep. This was the world's maw sup ply of asphalt for m a n y years. Asphalt cement is used in pav ing to hold sand and stone to gether tightly, and to pre vent w a te r from entering the pavement. It has certain quali ties like rubber, so that it bends under an extra heavy blow in stead of breaking like a rock. That’s why heavy-duty asphalt is used at air fields where planes may weigh 300,000 pounds and for highways with truck loads of 100.000 pounds, In modern life, asphalt has hundreds of important uses. As phalt shingles are used for roof ing. Building walls below ground are covered with as phalt to keep water out. As phalt is used to line reservoirs. And asphalt is used to under coat the fenders of new cars to prevent them from rusting and to keep them from rattling. A tit . $ < FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1. What will happen if you take a bath with Beatle soap? 2. What’s the last thing you put in an ice cream soda? 3. What has four eyes but can’t s^e? 1. You’ll get a Ringo around your tub. 2. A straw. 3. Missis sippi. * * * THE TRICK BOX T he D aily N ews SUBSCRIPTION PRICE BY CARRIER — Fifty cents a week. All subscriptions payable in advance. BY MAIL—In the counties of Genesee, Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming $11 per year; $6 for six months; $3 for three months; $1.50 for one month. BY MAIL—Outside the above counties in the U. ,S. and Canada, $17 per year; $8,50 for six months; $4.50 for three months; $2 for one month. BY RURAL MOTOR ROUTE — $22 per year, $12 for six months; $6.75 for three months and $2.23 for one month. Entered at the Post Office at Ba tavia. N- Y_, September 1, 1879. as second-class' matter according to the A c t of Congress March 2, 1879. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively ’to the use for repub- lieatioh of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all A P news dispatches. Here’s a trick to find the best spot on a bat at which to hit the ball. Hold the bat in one hand and hit it with a hammer an inch apart at a time. When you hit it at the spot where it doesn’t sting, that’s the spot at which to hit the ball!' # * # Answer to yesterday’s Cross Word Puzzle: Across: 1. Belie. 3. I. 4. Rat. 5. Comma. 8. Are. 9. Sea. 10. Ape. 11, Eel. 12. Sky. DOWN; 1 Became. 2, Erases, 3, It, 6 Or. 7. Meal. By JAMES MARLOW AP News Analyst WASHINGTON (AP) - Ala bama’s segregationist governor, G e o r g e W a l l a c e , d i d i t a g a i n . Twice, confronted1 with civil rights problems, he went to ex tremes, once with President Kennedy and now with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Both times he brought nation al embarrassment on his state. He tried defiance with Kenne dy, It was an empty gesture. He couldn’t win, and he didn’t. He tried defiance again with King who planned a march of 450 Negroes from Selma to Montgomery, 50 miles, as a civil rights demonstration. The purpose, when they reached Montgomery, was to petition Wallace to remove ob stacles to the Negroes’ right to vote in Alabama. The end-product of Wallace’s defiance was a disgraceful, bru tal police action — the chasing and beating of the Negroes — which shocked the nation. Yet, if Wallace had used a little shrew d n ess, the m a rch m ight have accom p lished little. King’s non-violent expedition was to be a gesture to enlist na tional sympathy and attention. The police action couldn’t have won the Negroes more sympathy and attention if King had planned it. He says he nev er expected what happened. When he was sworn in as gov ernor in 1963, Wallace pledged “segregation forever.” He knew he couldn’t make good on it. That would haye meant defy i n g t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t a n d courts. If he could get away with it, anyone, could, and the result would be chaos. Nevertheless, when federal courts ordered the University of Alabama desegregated, he put on a “standing in the school- house door” act. This was supposed to.be de fiance of the court. Kennedy called the Alabama National Guard into federal service and Wallace melted away. Wallace had two choices when King announced the Selma- Montgomery journey. He could have permitted it, and even helped it, or he could smash it with police swinging nightsticks. He chose police and clubs. About 40 Negroes were hurt. Fifty miles add up to a long march, not to be done in a day. Before it started Wallace could haye figured; Long before the N egro m en and womn reached M ontgom ery their ranks would have been thinned by drop-outs. And he could have deprived the marchers of drama by send ing along police, not to smash the march but to guide traffic along the highway and protect Negroes from segregationist at tacks. King was supposed to lead the march but stayed in Atlanta, an act which must puzzle Negroes, particularly those who expected t o s e e h i m u p f r o n t . But he said he would lead second march. This, thanks to Wallace and the police, would be against a different back ground. From several states, scores of clergymen headed for Alabama to take part in today’s journey Several members of Congress expressed outrage over Sun day’s brutality, with a South erner, Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex., saying: “Shame on you, Goerge Wallace.” And outrage at this time in Congress is bad news for sgre- gationists. The Johnson administration, heding Negroes’ demands, is preparing to send Congress a voting bill to give Negroes far more access to the polls. Perhaps, the most disturbing reaction, considering the source, cam e from Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the Na tional Association for the Ad v a n c e m e n t o f C o l o r e d ^ P e o p l e , which practices the non-violence King preaches. He said he had asked Presi dent Johnson for troops, if nec essary, to protect Negroes in Alabama, adding! “The terrible alternative” would be the or ganization of a Negro under ground to fight back. i D a n W i n e g a r T o p ic s In T h e N e w s ANOTHER MH,ESTQNE - John D. Yerger of 5io Ellicott St. was 95 years old last Sat urday. So he celebrated by buy ing a new television set which should easily carry him to the century mark, which is his next goal. Mr. Yerger said the former set was ten years old and there was some difficulty with its sound system, so he de cided to get a new one. Mr. Yerger is looking for ward to the baseball season, which he enjoys on television — in fact like a lot of younger men, his meals are some times postponed if a game happens to collide with his supper hour, With the appearance of a man possibly 20 years young er, Mr. Yerger sat in a chair in his home watching a news broadcast on his new set. Next to baseball, bowling and some other sports, foot ball excepted, he enjoys poli tics and keeping up with world events via television. Football is a bit too compli cated and, besides, baseball has always been his first love. Winter confines him pretty much indoors. “If I go out, I catch cold and my arthritis bothers me,” he said, rubbing a knee. But he is mentally^ alert and enjoys life. He glances at The News when it arrives and then puts it aside until the next morning when he has more time to peruse $ with the aid of a m a g n ifying glass. M r. Y e rger likes to recall “the old days” and has a viYid memory of them, A gunsm ith by trad e , he was employed at the Baker Gun Co., predecessor of the Batavia Metal Products Co. at School and Liberty Sts. “A company down in Nor wich, Conn., bought them out 01 ivia d e H a v illand Looks for \Positive\ Win the Britannica World At las or Yearbook of Events. Send your riddles, jokes to: Riddles, Jokes, “Tell Me Why!” Today’s winner is: Charmeine Prayoln, 14, Washington, District of Col umbia. S c e n ic V i e w s G e t A t t e n t i o n Gov. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ____ Rockefeller said today a study was under way on the possibil ity of legislation authorizing the Public Works Department to acquire land specifically for preserving scenic views along New York State highways. The governor commented in a letter to U. S. Commerce Secre tary John T. Connor, who had sought New York’s cooperation in a highw a y beautification pro gram . In pledging support for the plan, Rockefeller noted that the State Conservation Department now is authorised to take land for preserving scenic vistas. By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) - In the heart of every star there is dark place where it doesn’t twinkle. You wouldn’t think that is true of Olivia de Havilland, but it is, according to her own testi mony. Throughout her life whatever Livvy wanted, Livvy got. She was a standout student in school; she was still in her teens when she first won stage ac claim in Max Reinhardt’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Through a 30-year screen career she has. been signally honored. She is one of the few wh& h&m wah twa Oscars, and three other times S a y s C o w h a n d R e f u s e s P r i n t s TROY, N.Y. (AP)~The Rens selaer Counity district attorney says cowhand Clay Hollister has refused to have his fingerprints taken to confirm he is Norman H. Briggs, presumed drowned in i960. M. Andrew Dwyer said Wednesday he had asked Sher iff George Wayne in Newcastle, Wyo., to obtain the fingerprints of Hollister, who works on a Newcastle ranch. Dwyer said he would investi gate all aspects of the case, in cluding possibilities of insurance fraud. Vicious Animat •The cape buffalo is generally ra te d as A frica’s m o s t vicious animal. Buffalo have been known to ambush a hunter and trample him with ax-sharp hoofs,, They have even dispos- tions — always angry. for now she has been nominated Academy Awards. What could bother her after such long success? “I have a fear of being un loved,” she said, “or of be lieving I ’m loved and finding out that I’m not. Isn’t that odd?” Miss de Havilland attributes the feeling to the breakup of her parents marriage -- her father was an international patent at torney in Tokyo — during her childhood. “I never knew my father after the age of 3,” she remarked, “and I never even saw him for 10 years, i felt abandoned. “It has profoundly affected both my life and that of my sis ter, Joan Fontaine. A thing like that leaves you jitiery Inside ever after.” She is determined that her own two children, Benjamin, 15, and Gisele, 10, won’t grow up with that feeling. “I think the biggest duty of a N e w s p a p e r s E x p a n d i n g NEW YORK (AP) - Daily newspapers in the United States and Canada spent $108 million last year to modernize and ex pand plants and plan to spend another $121 million this year, the American Newspaper Pub lishers Association reports. The association’s annual sur vey of daily newspaper capital investments was released Wednesday. It showed that 739 U.S. dailies invested $98,558,928 in plant expansions in 1964 while 31' publications spent $10,059,685 in Canada. The report said 711 newspa pers, including dailies in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the West Indies, have plans to spend $121 million this year. parent is to have comprehen sion,” she said. “To love them is not enough. Love without comprehension has no value. “In adolescence children need this help most. They have strong feelings, then they don’t understand themselves.” At 48 Livvy, married to a French magazine editor, retains the same haunting beauty she had when she played Melanie in “Gone With the Wind\’ in 1939. Her hair is a color she describes as pale mink. Her reddish brown eyes glow when she talks. She is vivacious, keenly intel ligent, bubbling over with many interests. “The world is full of infinite possibility,” she said. “That’s a thing so hard for many of us to remember, so easy to forget. “Self-discouragement defeats too many people. By that I don’t m e an m erely lack of energy. I mean negative attitudes. “In every negative experience there is the seed of some imme diately positive experience — if you can just find and develop it.” Rockefeller B a l k s a t R o l e In R a i l \ P o k e \ WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller has de clined a role in a four-state plan to aid the New Haven Railroad. He says he and the New York Legislature “don’t want to buy a pig in a poke.” The governor told a Senate committee Wednesday that New York and Connecticut were working on a joint solution to problems posted by the New Haven’s plan to end commuteF services. The four-state plan, involving New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, is in a bill authored by Sen. Clai borne Pell, D-R. I. The measure, one of many proposals to aid the bankrupt railroad, would establish a re gional passenger system. Before Rockefeller testified, administration officials said they could not support the Pell bill and other aid measures be cause the bills called for too much federal participation and operating subsidies contrary to long-standing federal policy. Rockefeller and Gov. John N. Dempsey of Connecticut haye proposed state and federal aid to the New Haven. Rockefeller said he would m e et with the other three gover nors in Boston next week but would not be prepared to com mit New York to any plan. T w o Y o u t h s L i n d e r A r r e s t BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)— Two youths faced third-degree burg lary and attempted larceny charges today in connection with the attempted burglary of store during which a third youth was shot and killed. Police said Dennis Moye, 16, brother of the slain youth, and Carl McClain, all of Buffalo, were picked up Wednesday night. M ilton M oye J r ., 19, w as killed, police said, w h en he and the other two* youths attempted to rob a food market owned by John Sherrell, who fired the shot. S e e s A m p u t a t i o n P o s s i b l y B e t t e r SEATTLE, “Wash. (AP) - A Canadian surgeon says medical attempts to save a patient’s badly injured hand are not only difficult, but sometimes can cause more trouble than ampu tation. Dr. Gordon Grant, Victoria B.C., told a symposium at a sec tional meeting of the American College of Surgeons here Wednesday that such attempts are “roughly comparable to an attempt to build a house of cards in a high wind.” Also, Dr. Grant said, severe injury to the dominant hand in a male may lead to psychological problems or psychoses. The am putee m ay be easier to rehabili tate than the victim whose hand is unsightly and only slightly useful, he said. and I went down there for a while, just about three m p n ths. But H attie didn’t like it and we soon cam e back to Batavia. “Why, you had to go up stairs everywhere, even to go down cellar!” he laughed. Hattie was his wife of 68 years, who died last year. Interwoven with three ses sions at Batavia Metal Pro ducts, Mr. Yerger worked at the former Massey-Harris Ferguson Ltd. plant — “the harvester works” — for 30 years. He retired when he was 80. “I remember one time when things weren’t so good and we were laid off. Dan Tomlinson came here to the door and told me to bring my tools back to Batavia Metal Pro ducts again, he had a job for me. So whenever the harves ter works was slow I ’d go over there.” * Mi*. Yerger still laughs about the day he was first hired at M assey-Harris. The late M. O. Clement was em ployment manager, as he was for many years, and inter viewed all applicants. “So he asked me if I were born in this country,” Mr. Yerger recalled. “ And I said ‘no’ ” “Then he said, ‘Well, where were you born?’ and I told him ‘E a s t E lba.’ “ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I guess you’re right. East Elba isn’t in this country’.” When there’s nothing a ttrac tive on television, M r. Y e rger plays cards with his son-in- law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Doughtery, with whom he resides. They play cutthroat pinochle (\and he • accuses them of being in ca- , hoots against him) or he plays cribbage with Mrs. Dougherty. Of the cribbage, he says: “I generally win; but you can’t win them all.” Mrs. Dougherty concedes he usually takes three out of four games, proving he is still “pretty sharp.” Having passed 95, Mr. Yer ger appears ready to make a small concession to age. He is going to give up spading his garden this Spring and let his son-in-law do it. But he will rake it and plant the lettuce and other vegetables, For years after his retire ment, Mr. Yerger was active in carpentry and built a new barn at his home as well as working at numerous repairs. He has a checkup by his phy sician twice a year. He has a good appetite, avoiding only high! y-seasoned foods and . very cold drinks. During this visit, Mr. Yer-' ger had the stub of a cigar in a holder (he received 155 cigars for Christmas). Like many factory workers of years gone by he chewed to bacco for years, until one day he just put it aside. He also smokes a pipe. After seeing the cigar and hearing him say that he likes b e e r and takes a little wine, “about two swallows at a ' tim e ,” we decided against asking his formula for longe vity. Of course he doesn’t touch cigarettes or whiskey. ' Letters to the Editor <*>- P r a y e r D a y T h a n k N o t e our To the Editor: This note is to express thanks for the co-operation re ceived from The News and its staff and WBTA and its pro gram directors for the helpful ness in bringing the information and focusing interest of the pub lic for the 79th World Day of Prayer. From news releases we have learned that this day of Christ ian fellowship was very suc cessful in more than 125 coun tries across the globe. The same service is used by groups in all countries and pro vides an extraordinary Oppor tunity for the experience of Christian unity in prayer. The service each year comes from a different part of the world. We thank the members of the participating churches who served in any way to make our local observance one to be a day of great rejoicing, thanks giving and offering. Miss Dorothy A. Ritz, General Chairman; Mrs. Russell Clark Publicity Chairman Today In H istory By the Associated Press Today is Friday, March 12 the 71st day of 1965. There are 294 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this datein 1912, the first patrol of Girl Guides - later the Girl Scouts of A m e rica was organized in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Low. On this date In 1902, John Peter Altgeld, the German-born governor of Illinois, died. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast his first fireside chat. Also in 1933, the banner em blazoned with the swastika be came the official flag of Ger many. In 1940, a peace treaty was signed in Moscow by Finland and the Soviet Union. In 1945, Gen. Douglas Mae- Arthur announced American forces had invaded the Philip pine island of Mindanao, T e n y e a r s a g o — P o l i c e o v e r - powered an assailant trying to attack Prime Minister Nehru. Five years ago—A three-day battle broke out between politi cal factions in the Belgian Con go. One year ago — The United States and Panama agreed on a formula to end a two-months- old Canal Zone dispute. B e m o d e r n w ith W. G . MANET Plumbing-Tinning-Heating 14 Main St. Batavia Phone FI 3-0680 P r a y e r fo r T o d a y 0 God, the eternal reality from Whom comes all that is good and true and beautiful, hear our prayer this day. As Thou hast given men aspiration to find the truth, to achieve the good, and to create the beautiful, forbid that we shall ourselves cheapen, or cripple, or suffocate these hopes. Help us to turn away from concentration on self and, by remembering Thee, to find our best selves; in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Russell S,_Hutchison, New Concord, Ohio, professor of Bible and religion, Muskingum College. Prayers prepared by National Council Religious Fea tures. ATTENTION OAKFIELD VOTERS Your Support and Votes Are Needed Tuesday, March 16th FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEES Joseph S. DiSalvo Leo E. Lynch Polls Open From 2 to 8 P. M. For a Ride to the Polls Call 948*5014 - O n ly th e f i n e s t is i fin e e n o u g h DELIVER PHONE FI. 3*0682 12 JACKSON ST. BATAVIA. N. Y i t 1 ; *• -
